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Chapter 254 King Jianning's Support
The Tang army was defeated, and although Guo Ziyi was a famous general in the world, he could not gather the defeated army.

The Tang army was defeated all the way from Baqiao to Qingqu, and then to Wugong County. At this time, Guo Ziyi stabilized the defeated army.

And with the help of the army brought by Li Siye, the defense of martial arts was stabilized, which prevented the situation from being further defeated.

During this period, Crown Prince Li Chu saw that the situation was not good, so he also ran fast. His army flag fell too fast, and An Shouzhong immediately made the rebels shout the slogan "Capture King Guangping alive", which further aggravated the defeat of the Tang army. .

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Fuguo, the supervisor of the army, also ran very fast. He even ran all the way back to Fengxiang mansion, and reported the news of the Tang army's defeat to the emperor first.

When the news of Qingqu's defeat reached Fengxiang Mansion, the entire court was shocked. The 150,000 Bianzhen elites were defeated again!

Why use "again", this is the same as when Ge Shuhan led 200,000 Tang troops to defeat in Anlu Mountain, which once again exposed the weakness of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Fuguo was very loyal and told the emperor everything that happened on the battlefield, without adding any embellishments or favoring any side.

The emperor's health was not good, and he almost vomited blood when he heard the news.

The 150,000 elites were defeated, and more than half of them were killed or injured. They were all elites supported by the emperor with great difficulty.

In order to reward these soldiers with rations, the emperor almost searched the treasury of the whole country, and sent Wu Qi and other ministers who were good at collecting money to collect salt tax in Jianghuai.

The defeat of this war not only lost the army, but also made it impossible to regain the two capitals.

Thinking of this, the emperor almost vomited blood.

But before the emperor vomited blood, bad news came one after another.

First of all, Nanyang was captured by the rebels. The news hit the Fengxiang Mansion court like a blow to the head.

Nanyang has been the iron-making base of the Central Plains Dynasty since the Han Dynasty. Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty was able to rejuvenate, and the biggest basic factor was the iron officials who controlled Nanyang.

Nanyang is still Datang's weapons and armor forging base. The fall of Nanyang means that it is difficult to replenish the armor and weapons of the Tang army.

This news was bad enough, but another news made the emperor's hands and feet cold.

Suiyang, an important water and land town in the Jianghuai River, has been besieged by the rebels for almost a year. Now that Suiyang is out of ammunition and food, it asks the imperial court for help.

Zhang Xun, the prefect of Suiyang, has been struggling for a year, but the court still has no reinforcements. He wrote in the memorial for help: "The people of Suiyang have no clothes, no food to eat, and it is difficult to survive."

The central part of the Bianhe section of the Suiyang Grand Canal is an important town in the Jianghuai River Basin. If it is lost, the canal will be blocked, and the consequences will be disastrous.

The grain and silk collected from the Jianghuai River must go west from the Huaihe River, pass through the ancient canal, enter the Bianhe River, and finally be transported to Fengxiang Mansion.

If Suiyang falls, the court of Fengxiang Mansion will lose the financial blood transfusion of the Jianghuai area, and that will be the most fatal blow to the Tang court!
At this moment, the emperor finally couldn't hold it anymore, his head swelled up, and he passed out completely.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Li Fuguo hugged the emperor, and quickly asked Xiao Huangmen to pass on the imperial physician.

When the emperor woke up again, all the prime ministers in the political affairs hall were already standing in front of the bed.

When Prime Minister Wei Jiansu saw that the emperor was awake, he hurried forward and asked, "Saint, can you speak?"

The emperor cleared his throat and finally said a word: "I'm fine."

Although these words were weak, the prime ministers were finally relieved that the emperor still had the ability to handle government affairs, so the court could be stable.

After waking up, the emperor immediately said: "Does Guo Ziyi have any memorials?"

Prime Minister Wei Jiansu said: "Guo Pingzhang's apology memorial has been sent to the Political Affairs Hall, and the ministers are preparing to invite His Majesty to order."

The emperor immediately said: "I won't read the memorial. Guo Ziyi will be removed from the important post of military and state affairs, and will be changed to Shangshu Zuopushe. Everything else remains the same."

Wei Jiansu lowered his head and followed the emperor's order.

With the removal of a nominal prime minister title, Shangshu Zuo Pushe is still a high-ranking official, which shows that the emperor still has to rely on Guo Ziyi to suppress the rebellion, so the board is just held high and gently put down.

The emperor continued: "Recall King Guangping, and ask King Guangping and Prince Yehu of Uighur to urge him again. Please Uighur send troops quickly."

The prime ministers wrote down these decrees one after another, and these decrees still needed to be written into edicts by Hanlin scholars, and then passed by the Zhengshitang to draft imperial decrees.

Then the emperor asked again: "Zhang Xun, the prefect of Suiyang, sent several memorials, saying that the rebels are besieging Suiyang, and the ministers have a plan to rescue them?"

All the prime ministers were silent, and as the prime minister, Wei Jiansu said bravely, "Your Majesty, the imperial court has no soldiers to send. We can only reward Zhang Xun, the prefect of Suiyang, and order him to stand firm for a while."

The emperor could only sigh.

When asked about the fall of Nanyang, Prime Minister Zhong was speechless again.

After dealing with several urgent government affairs in a row, the emperor was too tired. He said to Li Fuguo beside him:

"Ask the secretary supervisor to meet you."

Prime Minister Wei Jiansu knew that the emperor was seeing off the guests, but he still said: "I invite the Political Affairs Hall to take turns in the palace."

When the emperor was sick, the prime ministers had to be on duty in the palace. This was also to prevent people from making trouble during the emperor's illness.

The emperor naturally understood that this was a necessary measure. He nodded and said, "Your Excellencies have worked hard, Li Bi, secretary supervisor, is added to the rotation list, let Li Mi be on duty in the palace today."

Only then did the emperor remember Li Mi who had helped him ascend the throne. When the Huangmen arrived at Li Mi's mansion with the imperial decree, Li Mi, who was not feeling well, dragged his sick body and followed the little Huangmen into the palace.

By the time Li Bi entered the palace, the prime ministers had already left the palace.

Seeing the emperor lying on the sickbed, Li Mi also had a sore nose.

The emperor sighed heavily and said: "Bi Gong, I regret that I should not listen to your good words, so that the situation has deteriorated to this point!"

Before entering the palace, Li Mi already knew the dangerous situation of the court, and he was thinking all the way how to solve the crisis situation of the court.

Li Bi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the defeat of Qingqu, although our Tang Dynasty lost troops and generals, as long as the water transportation in the south of the Yangtze River is not lost, it is still only a matter of time before the two capitals are recovered."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Mi continued: "The siege of Suiyang seems to be dangerous. I know that Zhang Xun, the prefect of Suiyang, is loyal to the country. Prefect Zhang is also good at military affairs. He has a reputation for helping the people in Suiyang. I think Suiyang can still be defended!"

The emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Li Mi's judgment.

Li Mi continued: "The current strategy is to borrow troops to return to the Ughurs, gather all the soldiers from all over the world, and then attack the two capitals."

The emperor was taken aback. Li Mi and Guo Ziyi had always been members of the northern movement, that is to say, they believed that the Tang army should first quell the Hebei region where the rebels' lair was.

But I didn't expect Li Mi to now firmly propose to regain the two capitals.

Li Mi coughed for a while and said: "Your Majesty, at this time and at that time, the imperial army was newly defeated, and the water transportation was unstable and Nanyang was lost. There is no capital to spend with the rebels, and the only thing to do is to regain the two capitals."

Li Mi was exhausted physically and mentally, and the emperor also got up from the bed. He whispered: "The position of the crown prince?"

Li Mi said firmly: "The failure of Qingqu was the fault of the crown prince. But if the crown prince of a country makes a mistake, it is His Majesty's mistake. The Li and Tang royal family can no longer afford such a mistake."

"Guo Pu wrote a letter to plead guilty, that is, he took the blame on himself. If His Majesty changes the crown prince, people in the world will say that the battle of clearing the canal is the duty of the royal family."

The emperor trembled, his father's infamy of commanding the battle of Tongguan indiscriminately had already caused the royal family's prestige to be greatly lost.

If the fault of King Guangping is made known to the world, the prestige of the royal family will be even worse.

At this time, the Prime Minister Wei Jiansu who had just left the palace entered the palace again.

After entering the palace, Wei Jiansu said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the envoy of King Jianning has arrived, and he has brought with him [-] offal animals and [-] war horses from Longyou!"

(End of this chapter)