Chang'an is good

In the early autumn of last year, Li Suining led 4,000 cavalrymen deep into the Northern Di.

Under this bold decision that was almost unpopular at that time, these 4,000 cavalrymen were all ready to die, and were determined to wade into the sea of ​​fire and take the risky move of cutting off the source of the fire for their country.

In the end, they did it. At the cost of thousands of casualties, they put out the scorching fire and brought success and peace back to their homeland.

A military strategist said that this battle deep into the Northern Di saved tens of millions of soldiers and civilians from casualties, and cut off the bloody and sinful path that would have lasted for several years.

Its significance is significant. The names of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for this will be recorded in the history books along with this glorious record and will be remembered by future generations.

This is the case for those who entered the Northern Di, and also for those who died while guarding the pass.

When Cui Jing led his troops halfway, the Northern Di army camped on the front line began to retreat northward in an orderly manner. The two armies occasionally brushed shoulders, and the Northern Di army saluted from a distance. This salute had the significance of life and death, saving countless flesh and blood from turning into bones.

The queen ordered Yuan Li to dispatch a thousand cavalrymen to escort Li Suining out of the country. They drove the cattle, sheep, horses, gold and silver objects that were presented as tribute to surrender, and headed south in a mighty procession.

The road was not easy to walk on after the snow melted, and there were several rains, so the return march was inevitably slowed down, so there was no time to rush.

On this slow journey home, the further south we go, the warmer the weather becomes and the softer the wind becomes.

However, the secret reports that came one after another from behind Guanshan and into Dasheng were filled with restlessness and noise.

Those secret reports always passed through Cui Jing's hands first and then were delivered to Li Suining's car.

During the war, it was extremely inconvenient to transmit messages between different countries. In order to ensure the transmission of messages, many secret letters were repeated, and the earliest content was more than two months ago. It was not until the distance of transmission became shorter that the content of the events conveyed in the letters gradually became relatively timely.

Those urgent reports that came in one after another spread out, as if they had formed a picture of a vast landscape being burned by wildfire. Every situation in the picture was gradually magnified in front of Li Suining's eyes.

Some news is expected, but some changes are beyond common sense.

In mid-winter last year, the Tubo army entered the country.

Cui Jing was not without precautions against the invasion of Tubo. He had troops stationed at the border between Longyou and Tubo in the north to guard and patrol. However, the Tubo army did not attack from the north, but instead "borrowed the road" from Tuyuhun in the east.

Tuyuhun rebelled.

Tuyuhun opened a convenient door for the Tubo army.

Tuyuhun was located to the north of Jiannan Road. The defense line in that area had always been under the charge of the Rongwang Mansion of Yizhou stationed in the western border. However, the troops left behind by the Rongwang Mansion were unable to hold out for two days, and the Tubo army invaded Dasheng with great momentum.

After entering the country, the Tibetan army did not attack the capital which was now heavily guarded, but chose to go straight to Taiyuan. The intention behind this was obvious - they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when all the northern forces were used to resist the Northern Di and invade the northern territory of Dasheng in one fell swoop.

It was November at that time, and the war between the Northern Border and the Northern Di had not yet shown any signs of stopping.

It also took time for Tubo to gather a large army. When they first started, the war between Dasheng and Beidi was at its most difficult and dangerous moment. Every dangerous battle to defend the pass had the possibility of the pass being breached, and troops from all over the northern border went to support one after another.

From Tubo's perspective, this was undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The sudden and aggressive attack of Tubo made the already precarious situation in the northern border even worse, and the whole country of Dasheng was in panic.

At this time, Prince Rong Li Yin once again sent officials to Taiyuan, which was in crisis, to welcome the emperor back to Beijing for safety.

Taiyuan could be captured by the Tubo army at any time. Who would not say that Prince Rong’s move is a benevolent act?

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, as the Tubo army approached, Taifu Chu made a decision to "escort" the emperor away from Taiyuan, not to return to the capital, but to take refuge in Luoyang temporarily.

However, when they were halfway through their journey, something unexpected happened.

One of the accompanying officials developed a traitorous mind and teamed up with the assassins who were lying in ambush to assassinate the emperor.

The empress, who had been ill for a long time, was assassinated and fell into the icy lake with her carriage, leaving no trace of her body.

Ma Xingzhou was seriously injured and fell into a coma while protecting the emperor, and his life or death is unknown.

When the news of the emperor's death reached the capital, the regent Prince Rong sighed and, despite the opposition of those court officials who had listed the empress's faults, still respected her as the Emperor of Dasheng, gave her a posthumous title, and had her clothes and hats buried in the imperial mausoleum, with the whole country in mourning.

During the period of mourning for the empress, war reports from the north were urgently transmitted to the capital.

During a court meeting, an official wearing white silk for the empress came out to lament the current state of the country, saying: "In peaceful times, the country cannot be without a ruler for a day, let alone now?"

Immediately afterwards, Luo Guanlin stepped forward and knelt down to ask Prince Rong to inherit the throne and put the world first.

Soon, all the ministers followed suit and made requests.

Prince Rong did not agree.

For several days in a row, officials headed by Luo Guanlin knelt outside Prince Rong's residence and could not get up.

One day it rained heavily, but Luo Guanlin was not moved by the biting rain and continued to kneel in the rain.

Prince Rong finally couldn't bear it anymore, and walked out with an umbrella. Luo Guanlin still didn't want to get up until Prince Rong sighed and nodded, and said, "I am willing to follow your wishes, sir, and accept your order in times of crisis to calm the country and the people." Only then did Luo Guanlin stand up and bow with tears in his eyes.

Prince Rong returned the greeting deeply and personally invited all the officials into his palace.

Up to this point, Prince Rong had killed the Bian army and ruled the capital for half a year. However, the emperor passed away today, and there was no news of the crown princess who was not recognized by him. It was legitimate for him to ascend the throne in the name of "accepting the throne in times of crisis".

The official coronation ceremony will be on the third day of March.

On March 3rd, Xuanyuan was born, which is the right time for him to rule the world.

The news spread quickly everywhere. Most of the Li family members had no objection, and many military governors and vassal generals also agreed.

Over the past half year, Prince Rong has been committed to pacifying various forces, and now it has begun to show results. As the decree of his imminent ascension to the throne spreads, people's hearts and minds are gradually coming together.

Only Huainan Road, Henan Road, and Hebei Road, which are under the jurisdiction of the Crown Princess, have not shown any signs of surrender.

At the same time, the news that the Crown Princess had been buried in the Northern Di became more and more intense. Under such circumstances, the crying of people could often be heard at night in various places in Huainan Road, especially in Jiangdu.

Under such a great situation, those officials who had returned to Luoyang from Taiyuan, at the invitation of Prince Rong, returned to the capital one after another.

Taifu Chu still lived in Luoyang. On the day the emperor was assassinated, Taifu was so frightened from traveling around that he fell ill and could not get up.

Prince Rong sent medical officers to examine the Grand Tutor one after another and repeatedly invited him to return to the capital to take charge of the situation, without caring at all about the old man's previous support for the Crown Princess in Taiyuan.

The Grand Tutor remained unmoved.

It was not until Prince Rong took time out of his busy schedule and disregarded his own safety to personally go to a place a hundred miles outside Luoyang City, just to ask to see the Grand Tutor.

After everyone's persuasion, the tutor finally went to meet him.

During this conversation, Prince Rong mentioned the late former Crown Prince Xiao, saying that he was not as good as his nephew, but that he had to accept the order for the sake of the country's affairs. He knew that he was not good enough, so he asked the Grand Tutor to accompany him and teach and advise him. He could do nothing but wish to fulfill Xiao's wishes. The former Crown Prince Xiao was the favorite student of Grand Tutor Chu.

These words finally touched Master Chu, and were soon cited as a good story.

Some literati also dug out the "Sacrificial Essay for My Nephew" written by Prince Rong many years ago. Even after so many years, reading it still makes people cry, and feel the deep affection between uncle and nephew, their mutual understanding, and the fact that they were all like-minded people.

So, amid the sighs of the world and with regret and love for his deceased student, Master Chu finally recognized Prince Rong and set off to return to the capital.

This move by Master Chu had a great impact. Upon hearing the news, famous people from all over the world also came to Beijing one after another.

Those officials who were still hesitating and waiting no longer insisted. They took a look in the direction of the northern border and finally left in tears.

It was early February, and soon, only a few court officials were left in Luoyang City, one of whom was Wei Shuyi.

In the eyes of the world, it was not that Prime Minister Wei did not want to return to the capital, but that he could not.

He was once the empress's confidant, and later supported the crown princess. More importantly, his brother-in-law is the deposed crown prince Li Zhi... After years of active service in officialdom, his stance is unclear when he returns.

Although the Crown Princess was most likely to have died in Beidi, the deposed Crown Prince was still alive. Even if this Wei Xiang returned to the capital, it would be difficult for him to gain the trust of the new emperor, and he would probably not be able to escape the fate of being liquidated in the future.

Such people are all proud and would not want to put themselves in an embarrassing situation. By staying in Luoyang, they can at least maintain some dignity.

He was a rare talent and a pillar of the country, but now he has fallen into such a situation, which is really sad.

But the one who makes people sigh a thousand times more is the "Crown Princess".

The situation was originally very good, but she chose to go to death alone. Such courage and determination are admirable and must be remembered. However, compared with these names after death, she was originally a person who had the hope of competing with King Rong...

She had set out for Northern Di earlier than Prince Rong entered the capital, and there has been no news of her since then. I'm afraid she really died in Northern Di.

History books are usually written by the victors. A hundred years later, her identity as Li would probably not be acknowledged in the history books. Even whether her achievements could be fully recorded depended on the tolerance and mood of those in power.

Although it is early spring, the city of Jiangdu is filled with a bleak atmosphere.

Many officials repeatedly visited the Jiangdu Governor's Mansion, just to ask for news about the whereabouts of the Crown Princess.

Chang Kuo had not appeared in public for many days. It was said that he was ill. His grief and anger had triggered his old illness and he became very ill.

In Jiangnan West Road, adjacent to Huainan Road, the residence of Grand Princess Xuan'an was already preparing to set off for the capital - outsiders saw this and understood that this was forced by the situation, and even Grand Princess Li Rong had to go with the flow.

Everywhere was focusing on the coronation ceremony on March 3, except for the soldiers and common people in the northwest who had no time to inquire about the exciting news in the capital.

Especially for the soldiers in Shuofang, all the momentum of rallying and progress had nothing to do with them. They resisted the Tubo army and did not dare to slack off in the slightest. They were filled with resentment. They were resentful of the invading foreign races and the hypocrite Li Yin who was about to ascend the throne but had a blood feud with them.

The Tubo army was blocked in the area between Guannei Road and Hedong Road. Seeing that Taiyuan was only 300 miles away, the army had been unable to advance even a single step for more than half a month. What was resisting them was the Shuofang army, but not only the Shuofang army.

This invasion was of a grand scale, and was led personally by the Tibetan king.

At this moment, he was wondering if someone had leaked the news of his march in advance. Otherwise, he had rushed all the way here and had no time to deploy troops. How could there be such a heavy force here to intercept him? It seemed like they had deployed it in advance!
Besides, isn’t it said that the northern part of Dasheng is already in a vulnerable situation now?
Facing his question, the woman sitting in the tent raised her eyes calmly and asked him back: "You have already conquered three states, but you have been blocked here for half a month. Has your Majesty lost his patience?"

The Tibetan king walked to her desk and asked, suppressing his anger: "I want to ask Princess, are the people you are working with trustworthy?"

He only knew that this woman had an insider in Da Sheng, and a very powerful insider. The other party did provide him with an accurate defense map of the western border of Da Sheng. Otherwise, he would not have been able to attack so smoothly all the way...

But this woman never revealed the identity of her collaborator to him, which made him somewhat suspicious.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether he is trustworthy or not." The woman in the lake blue cloak looked at him quietly and said, "We have come here. How much territory we can take from now on depends on your ability and ambition."

"Besides, the Northern Di army is fierce and the war in the north is tense." She said, "The Tibetan army is still coming from the rear. Facing the only 60,000 troops in front, what is there to fear, Your Majesty?"

The Tubo King looked at her steadily: "I just hope Princess Gu'an won't hide anything——"

Ming Luo smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, rest assured. Your Majesty and I are linked by life and death, and we share the same interests. Naturally, I will consider everything for your sake."

The Tubo King left with a gloomy expression.

He made a deal with this woman. She opened the door to Tuyuhun for him, led him to invade Dasheng, and took over half of Dasheng. After that, he would make her queen.

The two of them were calculating and wary of each other, but at this moment they both needed each other. The Tubo King knew very well that now was not the time to fall out.

After watching the Tubo King leave, Ming Luo withdrew his gaze calmly and continued to look through the official documents in front of him.

Slowly, she became distracted, her eyes moved away and fell on the candlestick, and suddenly she sneered.

She still feels a little dazed when she thinks about it now. Her aunt actually died like this.

Such a majestic and inviolable emperor died in such an undignified way on the road of escape in his old age.

Didn’t you say you wanted to stay in Taiyuan and claim that “I will return home with the crown prince”?

She should have stayed in Taiyuan. As his niece, she originally wanted to go to Taiyuan to pay a visit and pay her respects.

There was a hint of resentment in Ming Luo's mocking eyes that she hadn't been able to vent. Of course she was unwilling. She hadn't even been able to let her aunt take a good look at how this abandoned child of her had returned to Dasheng... The aunt who had abandoned her in the first place should have seen it with her own eyes.

Why did my aunt leave? Was it because she no longer believed that the Crown Princess, her biological daughter, could come back alive from Beidi?

Thinking of the words "biological daughter", Ming Luo murmured sarcastically: "I should have thought of it earlier..."

If there really is a way to resurrect in this world, how could someone like my aunt choose to bring a useless daughter back to life? My aunt should have chosen her "son" to be the first prince.

After going to Tuyuhun, I heard that Lady Chang became the General of Ningyuan, then the Governor of Jiangdu, and the Jiedushi of Huainan Road...

One night, she woke up from a nightmare about the Tiannv Tower. After thinking about all the clues, she finally got the answer in her mind.

Princess Chongyue, who married into the Beidi clan, was the former crown prince...so Chongyue could kill the Beidi commander on the battlefield!

This answer makes everything make sense...

So, many years ago, my aunt told a huge lie and deceived the whole world!
Many years later, the art of concealing the truth was activated again, bringing that person back to life!
It's a pity that the resurrected person is still a mortal body, will be injured and bleed, and will die again...

It is said that the princess died in Beidi...

The resentment from past festivals had never faded away, and she could not forget how she was abandoned and thrown into the wild land of Tuyuhun.

Therefore, she hoped that the other party was not dead yet, at least had a breath of life left and returned here... She would wait here and send him off personally.

Otherwise, if you return to your hometown but cannot see any "old friends", wouldn't it be very lonely and boring? (End of this chapter)