Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 986: Legacy
The thousands of miles of fertile fields in Hebei were all scorched yellow, and large swarms of locusts were spreading from the south to the north. Bones were scattered on the roadside, and there were many crutches next to the corpses. The linen clothes were almost weathered, and only a few pieces of silk and satin were left.

In this great escape, the difference between poverty and wealth was not that great.

The war in Guanzhong was in full swing, and the Yan army was trapped in a vast sea of ​​Guanzhong people.

Zhu Wen saw that the situation was not good and wanted to lead his army eastward, but he encountered the Holy Alliance Army that had come all the way eastward.

But the situation in the Tang Dynasty did not get better than in the first year of Yong'an.

Everything seemed like a dream.

It's dazzling and overwhelming, and it changes every day.

The sons of the Luo family who assist the emperor are replaced every seven days, and the title of King Luo has been worn by different people. Now it has finally stabilized.

Her name is Luo Xianzhi.

Nineteen.

The situation she faced was very grim. Her prestige was far less than that of Luo Xingyun, who had been in power for many years. The Tang Dynasty was in turmoil, and the political arena changed every few days. She was still in the growth stage, but the six capitals and three thousand states of the Tang Dynasty were all on her shoulders.

One morning, it had just rained a few times and the ground was a little wet and slippery.

She wakes up in the palace.

Then a palace maid came hurriedly, and when she saw Luo Xianzhi, she fell to her knees with horror on her face.

The group hurried to the emperor's bedroom, where a group of people were already lying prostrate, all of them trembling with fear.

Luo Xianzhi walked in quickly, passed two braziers that were burning into charcoal, and stepped forward to hold the emperor's little hand.

Ice-cold, a little stiff, pale, and lips as red as cherries.

"What happened last night?"

Luo Xianzhi lifted the brazier on the ground and asked sternly, "Who brought the brazier in?"

"In reply to Prince Luo, it was His Majesty who said it was a little cold and asked me to bring it in."

"You closed the window too?"

"Replying to Prince Luo, it was His Majesty who closed the windows himself. The palace has been in chaos recently, and His Majesty was afraid, so he kept the doors and windows closed."

Luo Xianzhi was silent when she heard this. The emperor was afraid of the cold and there had been chaos in the palace recently, so she knew that the emperor was afraid. But she didn't close the window when burning the brazier, and she didn't burn the brazier when closing the window.

This mistake is too low-level.

"Take all the people away and investigate."

Luo Xianzhi knew that there should be no problem here.

Because there are people here that I brought from the Luo family.

If there were someone else in the palace now, the matter would be unclear. Someone would have to be held responsible for the emperor's death, or even commit suicide to thank the world.

But Luo Xianzhi doesn't need it.

Looking at the emperor's body lying there, she felt complicated.

She and the emperor had no feelings for each other, and the time they spent together was only three days at most.

Moreover, she has seen many lives and deaths during this period of time. For the sake of this emperor, many of her elders have lost their souls. But at this moment, she is still a little confused.

"Call all the ministers into the palace, and then bring His Royal Highness Prince Yu here. Ah Jiu, you go in person."

Ajiu is Luo's spiritual soldier, there is absolutely no way anything could go wrong with him.

Prince Yu is the emperor's younger brother. Now that the emperor dies, Prince Yu should inherit the throne.

Summon all the ministers to the palace. Such a big thing has happened, it is impossible not to inform them.

The city of Luoyang has been in chaos. The powerful Luo family has fallen into decline. The Luo family is still powerful, and their foundation has not been damaged at all, but there is a lack of prominent figures.

It is said that the previous head of the family even issued a recall order to the lineage of Prince Zhou and the lineage of Xuanmen, asking the lineage of Prince Zhou to come back to stabilize the situation and inherit the throne of Prince Luo when necessary.

The throne of King Luo was originally extended from the lineage of the King of Zhou, but one branch fled to the State of Qin, while the other branch flourished with the female ruler of the country, and eventually reached an unprecedented level.

……

The ministers were not very sad, their faces showed numbness. The death toll was too high and too fast, and that was the emotion they felt.

Luo Xianzhi only gave a brief explanation about the cause of death of the late emperor.

Then everyone saw His Royal Highness Prince Yu being carried over by a tall and strong woman.

Prince Yu didn't know that his brother was dead, and he didn't know that he was about to become the ruler of the empire.

The spiritual soldier put Prince Yu on the ground, and Luo Xianzhi took him by the hand to see the late emperor. The ministers watched this scene in silence, thinking about what to say in their hearts.

Although the empire is in a difficult situation now.

But those who are attentive can see that the current empire does not seem to be in danger of extinction. By escaping from the aggressive situation at the beginning, they can realize that the Tang Dynasty’s rule, at least in the Central Plains, is very stable and has strong popular support.

As long as we can keep the Central Plains, there will always be a chance to restore the territory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the future.

In this case, there is one thing that everyone is faced with, and that is the huge power vacuum in the empire.

He wakes up and holds the power of the world, but he lies drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman.

No one can ignore it. Now that the Luo family has given up a huge amount of power, someone will naturally have to fill this power.

Although Luo Xianzhi is young, he knows this very well.

These people in the hall may be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but being loyal to the Tang Dynasty and being wholeheartedly dedicated to the public are not the same thing.

They are quiet now only because Prince Yu is still in their hands. If Prince Yu also dies, countless criticisms will fall on themselves.

This kind of criticism may not necessarily achieve the apparent purpose, but more likely to get oneself out of the game.

Thinking of this, Luo Xianzhi shook his head. What a pity, I am not a naive person who knows nothing.

Looking at Prince Yu, who was frightened by the emperor's death and was crying loudly, Luo Xianzhi was also wondering, does this child still have a chance to grow up?
Although he knows nothing, his life and death are related to the stability of the empire.

If Prince Yu died, Luo Xianzhi simply couldn't imagine what the world would become like. There would be endless quarrels just over the succession.

Many people looked at Prince Yu with shining eyes.

This is the future ruler of the empire. It will be many years before he can handle government affairs. The one who holds power in these years is the woman in front of him who is also not very old.

A woman from Luo's family.

but.

The way they looked at Luo Xianzhi was not as if they were looking at a person in power.

But looking at a dead person.

They were waiting to see when Luo Xianzhi would die.

Luo Xianzhi also knew what they were looking at, and she sometimes wondered when she would die.

After the arrival of all the ministers, there was no objection to the death of the late emperor. Luo Xianzhi then took the late emperor into custody and announced in front of the late emperor's spirit that Prince Yu would inherit the throne.

Luoyang is shrouded in a new shadow.

The upper shadow has not yet been removed.

……

The sudden death of the emperor caused great damage to people's hearts. During this period of time, people all over the world were in panic. No one knew what had happened, but one thing after another made people feel uneasy.

It even made many people feel that the Tang Dynasty was really going to end.

There has been no good news, and every piece of news that comes is unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty.

For Luo Xianzhi, the most important thing for her now is to reorganize a system that can govern.

The system in the palace does not need to be rebuilt, and people within the Luo family can be used directly. She has a large secretariat that can be used for advisory purposes.

But for those who are outside, she needs to carefully identify which one is available and which one is not.

In this regard, even the people Luo Xingyun had used before might not be available.

This is actually a very simple truth. Luo Xingyun’s allies are not necessarily allies of the Luo family. Those who obey Luo Xingyun may not necessarily obey his descendants.

The first thing Luo Xianzhi did after inheriting the title of the patriarch was to send people to Guanzhong to recruit brave warriors, which were the Luo family's reliance.

If the center is unstable, the front line cannot be stable. Since the death of Luo Xingyun, the situation on the front line has been very worrying.

Li Keyong was a little confused. He didn't understand why Prince Luo, who was fine at the front line, suddenly died after returning to the capital.

He finally came to his senses and was about to contact the new King Luo, but then people died one after another.

By the time he met Luo Xianzhi, he was completely confused.

What kind of curse did the Luo family suffer?
Is the Tang Dynasty really going to end?

impossible!
Even if there is no Luo family, I will revive the Tang Dynasty through my own efforts.

Everyone is waiting to see what will happen to Luo Xianzhi.

Then time passed slowly, one month, two months.

Luo Xianzhi was still sitting peacefully in the Divine Capital, without any sign of abnormality.

Noisy sounds came from everywhere. Did the horrible curse that suddenly befell Luo disappear?

This is the only answer.

Prince Luo is really fine!

When people realized that the curse had disappeared, they looked at Luo Xianzhi differently. Since she was able to survive, she would be the most powerful person in the empire in the future.

Li Keyong sent the letter he had prepared long ago back to Luoyang. The content of the letter was very simple. It just gave a brief account of the military situation on the front line. Then he planned to launch a major battle around Chang'an and hoped that the court would give support.

Luo Xianzhi gave an affirmative response to Li Keyong who took the initiative to show goodwill, and then circled Li Keyong's name.

It is necessary to use Li Keyong.

Li Keyong was one of the most outstanding generals available to the court.

Moreover, there are many brave generals in the Hedong military group, including Li Keyong's adopted son and his subordinates.

Luo Xianzhi is good at politics and deployment, but military affairs are not her forte, so she must have a military group that she can trust.

The most useful one now is the Hedong Military Group. The others are of little help, so she has no choice.

……

Li Keyong was very excited when he received Luo Xianzhi's reply. As expected, as long as the Luo family was in power at the central level, the policies would remain consistent.

He stayed in Guanzhong for a long time.

As the war entered a stalemate, Luo Xingyun and he were planning a major battle.

As a result, Luo Xingyun was suddenly transferred back.

In the current situation, Li Keyong decided to become the savior of the Tang Dynasty and open a breakthrough for the current situation in the world. He believed that as long as he could defeat the Yan rebels, the whole game would be revitalized.

Therefore, he needed the support of the court. Although the court's energy was tied up in various places, it was still able to organize a major battle. Moreover, the court only had a shortage of food, but other aspects such as military equipment and military strength could provide him with great support.

It would be impossible to win such a large-scale battle relying solely on his Hedong Army.

In fact, the two sides of this battle.

The enemy was the Yan army and Li Maozhen, with about 300,000 troops. The Yan army was still moving southward in a steady stream. Basically, all able-bodied males over the age of thirteen had to move southward into the Central Plains.

Li Keyong's loyal Hedong Army had only 70,000 soldiers, plus the 100,000 imperial guards brought by Luo Xingyun, namely the Tian Ce Army, and the National Salvation Army he temporarily gathered in Guanzhong, which he reorganized into the Shen Ce Army. There were about 80,000 people in total.

What Li Keyong wanted was the leadership of the Tian Ce Army and the Shen Ce Army. With these two armies, the available forces in his hands would reach 250,000, and he could engage in a real battle with the Yan Army.

……

In the Hedong military camp.

Li Keyong stood in the tent, holding the imperial edict in his right hand. On his left and right sides were the military leaders of all sizes in Guanzhong. Apart from the imperial edict, no one could gather them all here.

Looking at the scene before him, Li Keyong could not help but admire again his wise decision to join Luo Xianzhi. Although Luo Xianzhi was young and lacked prestige, she represented the orthodoxy of the court after all. As long as the people's hearts were retained and the court's system was still functioning, her words would be effective.

"Your Highness the Prince of Jin, please tell me what's the matter." In fact, most people could probably guess what it was. Li Keyong had a good relationship with the Luo family. Before the Prince of Luo left Guanzhong, he asked him to temporarily take charge of the army. Now he probably has obtained authorization from the court.

As expected, Li Keyong did not keep anyone in suspense. He held up the imperial edict in his hand and said, "Everyone, I will not beat around the bush. This is an imperial decree.

The imperial court has appointed me as the Grand Marshal of the Western Expedition, in charge of the Shen Ce Army, the Tian Ce Army, and all military affairs in Shaanxi.

All future expeditions west of the Yellow River will be handed over to this king."

really!

Although everyone had different thoughts, they were not particularly surprised.

Li Keyong did not care what everyone thought, he said solemnly: "Everyone, this is the trust of the court in me, and it is also a great responsibility.

Since the rebellion of Yan, the rebellion of Song also took advantage of the situation, and there were refugees from the Central Plains causing chaos all over the world. The Tang Dynasty seemed to have fallen into a precarious situation.

Prince Luo was loyal and diligent, but he died young.

The people of the world are in turmoil now. If we allow this kind of thinking to continue, the Tang Dynasty will be in danger.

I am a member of the Tang Dynasty royal family and I am deeply trusted by the royal family. I absolutely cannot sit idly by.

Besides, who can forget the splendor of the Tang Dynasty in the past?
Who doesn’t miss the old Tang Dynasty?
Who wouldn’t want to go back to that glorious era?

All of you standing here with me are heroes fighting for the Tang Dynasty.

This king will not hide it from you.

Before the war, King Luo carried his coffin and fought to the death, and I also prepared a coffin for myself. Now Yan Ni is blocked by me in Guanzhong and cannot go east. I want to fight Yan Ni to the death in Guanzhong.

Eliminate this scourge for the Tang Dynasty.

If we cannot win, we will return wrapped in our horse's hide.

The Tang Dynasty will win! "

These words excited everyone, especially the sentence "Who would not miss the old Tang Dynasty?", which made many people break down. There were so many people who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

Don't talk about these people.

Even the rebellious Yan State was longing for that prosperous age in their hearts. They were just dissatisfied because they felt they could not enjoy that prosperous age. They wanted to be the ones living in the Central Plains.

"The Tang Dynasty will win!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

Li Keyong smiled slightly. The people's hearts can be used, and the army's hearts can be used.

During these days of fighting, he had long discovered that, in fact, in the war, only those who came from the State of Yan were the tough ones, and those people really fought desperately.

The people that the Yan army gathered after entering Guanzhong were simply vulnerable. It was not because the people in the Central Plains had poor fighting power, but because these people simply did not want to fight the Tang army.

If there is no desire to fight, the fighting power will naturally be greatly reduced.

After all, fighting is a life-and-death matter.

……

A large-scale battle usually starts with a series of minor frictions and is composed of countless small battlefields. The victory or defeat on each battlefield is equivalent to throwing a chip on the scale of victory or defeat in the war.

Some of these chips are heavier, and some are lighter.

Some will simply tip the scales completely towards one side, leaving the other side unable to move.

For example, a decapitation operation will always result in the direct defeat of one side. At that moment, the outcome of all other battlefields is no longer important.

The core of Guanzhong is currently in the hands of the Yan army, and Li Keyong's offensive is launched around Chang'an.

He believed that the Yan army would never retreat to Chang'an City and its surroundings, but would fight him with real swords and guns. He was looking forward to that scene.

Li Keyong was not wrong in his guess. The Yan army was indeed looking forward to a big battle with him.

Both sides felt they were sure to win.

The elite troops of the empire had a battle of consciousness in Guanzhong. Li Keyong consciously let the elite troops rush to the front to prevent the front line from being blown up directly, and let the Shence Army serve as support. Among the troops under his command, the Shence Army was the least elite.

This war started suddenly, perhaps when two scouts met, or when the first arrow was shot.

Along with the deafening sound of war drums and the rising and setting of the sun and the moon, there were corpses everywhere, bones lying around, and blood spilled everywhere. After the sound of the gong, a blazing fire broke out, and in the fire, the corpses were burning violently.

Both sides tacitly agreed not to attack those who were cleaning up the corpses. Everyone knew that the accumulation of corpses would cause plague.

The other side's tenacity caught both sides by surprise.

The Yan army, which has been away from home for a long time, can still have such strong fighting power.

Those soldiers who had just been recruited from Guanzhong also surprised the Yan people. Although they were weak in combat effectiveness, they were sometimes very tenacious.

……

Li Cunxu looked at his father lying on the sickbed with some grief. The god of war who was once invincible in his eyes was now so weak and dying.

"Father!"

Li Cunxu shouted in grief.

Li Keyong forced his eyes open and saw Li Cunxu finally coming over. He forced a smile and said, "Ya Zi, you are here, man, don't cry."

Li Cunxu forced himself to control the tears in his eyes.

Li Keyong was satisfied and said, "Ya Zi, your father is about to die, and the throne of King Jin will be passed on to you."

After saying that, he took two deep breaths.

Everyone around Li Keyong was shocked. They didn't expect that Li Keyong would actually pass the title of King of Jin to his youngest son Li Cunxu.

Li Cunxu himself was also very surprised.

Li Keyong did not keep the secret, but quickly told the reason, "The world is in turmoil now. King Luo is in the capital to control it. There will be no political problems, but it takes a sharp knife to pacify the world. Yazi, you are extremely talented and have the style of Emperor Taizong in military affairs. I will pass the throne of King Jin to you.

You have to serve the Tang Dynasty.

Remember your father's last wishes.

Bring me a bow and arrows."

Li Keyong endured the pain and sat up from the bed, his face full of solemnity, "I am a father who cannot restore the Tang Dynasty and has failed the trust of the court. This is my regret.

Now I give you a bow and arrow. If one day you can fulfill your father's last wish, you can take the bow and arrow to offer sacrifices to your father's deity.

The chaos in the world now is all because of Yan Ni's rebellion. As your father, you hate him deeply. You must defeat Yan Ni and kill the King of Yan who proclaimed himself as king.

The reason why Yan Ni was able to enter Guanzhong was because of Li Maozhen in Longyou. You must defeat Li Maozhen and use his blood to commemorate the dead and wounded soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Wen of Hexi blocked the way between China and the West. If it weren't for him, your father wouldn't have been so stretched to the limit and suffered defeat. Zhu Wen's crime is unforgivable, and you must kill him.

The Song thieves have always been at odds with the Central Plains. Now they have sided with the Yan rebels and cut off the food supply to the Central Plains. They are the most hateful. If I don't kill the Song thieves, I will die with my eyes open for my father.

The refugees from Guandong are the root of troubles in the world. They must be suppressed as soon as possible and not allowed to grow stronger.

These five people are all people whom my father deeply hates.

These five arrows are given to you. If you can solve two or three of them, your father will feel infinitely honored in his afterlife."

I give you five arrows, don’t forget your father’s wish!
Li Cunxu took the five arrows with red eyes, "Father, I swear that I will fulfill your last wish in this lifetime!"

Li Keyong smiled when he heard this.

It's not that simple.

If it were before, they could still fight, but now they have lost many soldiers and have to take a defensive stance. The difficulty of reviving the Tang Dynasty has increased by several levels.

Ugh.

I originally wanted to be the savior of the Tang Dynasty, but ended up becoming its sinner.

In fact, he thought it was too serious. Luo Xianzhi didn’t even think it was that bad.

What the Tang Dynasty always lacked was food, not people.

With the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, the Yan army might still be able to survive in Guanzhong. If they really dare to enter Heluo, the people of Heluo will let the Yan army know what it means to be the imperial capital for three hundred years.

Let him feel what the people of the Tang Dynasty are like.

Not to mention that Li Keyong lost hundreds of thousands of troops, even if another hundreds of thousands came, the Tang Dynasty could afford the loss.

When Li Keyong proposed the plan for a major battle, Luo Xianzhi had already anticipated what to do if he failed.

She had already recruited another army in Heluo. If Li Keyong suffered heavy casualties, she would send this army to the front line again.

This is not to say that he did not trust Li Keyong, but that there is no such thing as an undefeated war, and there must always be a backup plan.

……

The coffin that Li Keyong prepared for himself was finally used. His body was placed in the coffin and then transported back to the capital for burial.

The imperial court did not pursue his defeat.

He was not careless, and although he was defeated, he also caused great damage to the Yan army, causing the Yan army to begin licking its wounds and probably waiting for reinforcements from the grassland.

The court officials did not see the successor to the King of Jin in the list of people who accompanied the coffin back to the capital. Later, they learned from the people who accompanied the coffin back that the new Kings of Jin had directly joined the army.

Everyone knew that he wanted to avenge the former King of Jin.

Before his death, King Xianjin gave him five arrows so that he could fulfill his last wish.

But in fact, few people take this matter seriously.

The former King of Jin had fought for his entire life and wanted to defeat the Yan rebels, even at the cost of his own life, but he still failed. What could a mere boy, only in his teens, do?

They certainly knew what Li Cunxu had done in Hedong, and they also knew that he had defeated the peasant army in Hedong and saved Hedong.

The news spread everywhere.

Let Li Cunxu's reputation as Prince of Taiyuan become even more famous.

but.

You must know that the Yan army is not comparable to the peasant army composed of refugees from Hebei.

The peasant army's combat effectiveness was very low.

The Yan army is the elite force of the Tang Dynasty.

It is impossible to defeat the Yan army with just the troops currently deployed in Guanzhong.

Although Li Cunxu was also known as Prince Taiyuan, he was not the real Emperor Taizong after all.

Moreover, Li Cunxu can only command the tens of thousands of troops from Hedong. It is absolutely impossible for the Shen Ce Army and the Tian Ce Army to listen to him.

The best way is to hold on, wait until the imperial army is mobilized, and then send a general who is familiar with military affairs to take charge and fight with the Yan army.

After all, the Yan army was far away from their homeland and it was impossible for it to replenish its troops faster than the imperial court.

……

But Li Cunxu didn't think so. He had been reading the Chronicles of Emperor Taizong since he was a child, and read stories about various young talents. He had understood military books since he was a child, and when he used the knowledge he had learned, he felt as smooth as using one's own arm.

He always knew that he was a genius.

This is not just exaggeration from others, he is a true military genius.

He knew that without an imperial decree, the Shen Ce Army and the Tian Ce Army would not obey his orders, but he believed that the period after the war between the two sides, especially after the death of his father, was the best time to start a war again. The enemy would definitely not be prepared and would most likely relax their vigilance.

He found his father's old subordinates, elaborated on his ideas, pointed out the marching route, and the most important thing, "Five days later, if the Wei River is foggy, we will attack from here, and the Yan army will be in chaos. Our army can directly occupy Chang'an, and then pass through Chang'an City. The Tiance Army and the Shence Army will have to cooperate with us to encircle and suppress the scattered Yan army.

Attacked from both inside and outside, how can Yan Ni be undefeated? "

This was a rather crazy plan. Even if there was heavy fog, using 50,000 troops to fight against an army of 200,000 was not something a normal person could do.

If it were ordinary people, they would definitely refuse, but the one who proposed this plan was Li Cunxu, and the one who heard this plan was the Hedong madman.

Among the people under Li Keyong, there were quite a few with excellent vision, such as Guo Chongtao, who highly appreciated Li Cunxu's plan.

So this plan was actually passed with the strong support of several people.

(End of this chapter)