People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1312: Sacrificing prisoners according to the order, threatened by the imperial army

On the banks of the Weishui River, Li Xuan, dressed in red and golden armor, stepped off the boat with a solemn expression, then walked to Li Xian and stood three feet in front of him.

Other generals in the army also followed down one by one, standing behind Li Xuan on the pier, arranged in order.

Li Xuan raised his hand to Li Xian with a solemn expression and said loudly: "My lord, the marching commander of Luoxue Road, Wang Xuan of Nanchang, I wish to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, may he be well and safe for the rest of his life."

"I see you, Your Highness, the Crown Prince. May your Majesty be in good health for a long time to come." Everyone bowed their hands and saluted at the same time.

Standing under the yellow cover, Li Xian looked with satisfaction at Li Xuan, who was dressed in red and golden armor, and at the group of fierce generals behind him.

He knew that as long as he gave an order, Li Xuan would immediately command these generals to charge into battle for him regardless of life or death.

For a moment, Li Xian felt extremely relieved.

But immediately, a sense of absurdity arose in Li Xian's heart.

This is Chang'an, what kind of charge is needed, and now these generals are his father's cronies, especially Li Xuan.

Li Xian even knew that every report sent back from the front mentioned Li Xuan's work in front of the army, thinking about the court and his father as much as possible.

The most fundamental reason why my father allowed Uncle Wang to lead 70,000 elite cavalry without worrying was that Uncle Wang never hid anything from him.

Maybe Uncle Wang would argue a few words about official documents from the court, but he would absolutely carry out his father's orders unconditionally.

This is almost the same for Li Xian. The only difference is that the priority of his father is higher than that of the prince.

Li Xian immediately put this idea behind him. He was not as paranoid as his other two royal brothers. He was very at ease with everything at the moment.

Because he knew that besides his father, in Uncle Wang's eyes, he was the next one.

Others, even the queen mother, have to be a little later.

Thinking of this, Li Xian raised his hand and said: "Uncle Wang, please get up, all the generals, please get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Li Xian. However, at this moment, Li Xian took out an imperial edict with a smile.

Li Xuan immediately knelt down on one knee, and the other generals immediately followed suit.

The generals in armor were not good at conduct, so they did not need to be polite. However, Wang Dezhen, Yang Zhirou, and other civil servants all knelt down completely.

"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty ordered Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang, to lead some Taoist generals to offer prisoners to the Ancestral Temple. Prince Li Xian and all the officials in the court will accompany them and express their admiration for this."

"I am waiting for you to receive the imperial edict. May your Majesty live forever." Li Xuan stretched out her hand and took the edict with excitement.

Although the sacrifice of prisoners to the Ancestral Temple was not as great as the destruction of the country, there were not many people in the entire Tang Dynasty who could do it.

Li Jing, Li Ji, Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian, Liu Rengui, Liu Shenli, Hou Junji, etc. were all great generals who killed countless people.

Li Xuan officially joined the ranks of these generals today.

Even though his ability to command an army is still lacking, his military exploits have truly reached this point.

"Uncle Wang, please get up." Li Xian stepped forward to help Li Xuan up, and then said: "Put the others aside first. Where is the King of Tibet, Chidu Songtsen?"

"In the back, there are a group of Tubo princes and nobles." Li Xuan looked solemn and said, "Do you want to change clothes? They have been traveling all the way. Although they have no shortage of food and drink, their other treatment is much worse. They also have nearly half of their clothes. I haven’t washed it for a month…”

"It doesn't matter, that's just right." Li Xian sneered and said, "I still remember that when Uncle Wang and I were forced into an embarrassing situation by the Tubo people in Changzhou, it was Uncle Wang who finally let Xian stand on the top of the city to witness a scene. A hearty victory. Today, I have to take a good look at the embarrassment of the Tubo people. "

"Your Highness." Li Xuan leaned slightly closer to Li Xian and whispered: "The Tibetan general Bren Chanren was now the Duke of the Tang Dynasty and the general of the Youwu Guard. He is now behind me, Your Highness..."

Li Xian looked over subconsciously, and sure enough he saw Brenzan lowering his head in shame.

"We haven't seen him for many years. The changes are really quite big." Li Xian sighed, waved his hands indifferently, and said, "What happened back then is in the past. From now on, Duke Sa will serve the country."

"I will do my best to repay His Highness's great kindness." Brenzan immediately knelt down on one knee, lowered his head, and was extremely excited as he spoke.

"Okay, get up." Li Xian raised his head slightly, and then Brunzanren stood up respectfully and retreated to the generals.

Li Xian looked back, and Li Xuan stood on one side, waving at a dozen official ships at the same time.

The next moment, a number of prisoners of war and boxes of captures were all escorted from the official ship by the guards and carried down.

Li Xian's eyes fell directly on the ten-year-old Chidu Songtsan, dressed in black plain clothes and tightly held in the hands of a plump-looking thirty-year-old lady.

Standing on both sides of Chidu Songtsan and Bu Lu were none other than Zhou Qian and Su Baotong.

Two Qianniu Guardsmen will escort him personally, and they are naturally the Lord of Tubo.

Li Xian smiled with satisfaction, then turned to look at Li Xuan and said, "Uncle Wang and Gu Tong took the chariot and headed to the Ancestral Temple together."

"Here!" Li Xuan solemnly held her hands, then turned around and bowed deeply to the officials in the court who were a little further away.

With Li Xian in front, the ministers could only stand a little behind.

Li Xuan did not dare to show any slightness to these people, let alone his own uncle and his father-in-law among them.

……

The prince's chariot slowly passed by among the ministers, followed by the generals of the army on tall horses.

The Qianniu Guards and the Jinwu Guards passed closely behind the generals, followed by Bu Lu and Chidu Songtsan who were put on the carriage, followed by a large group of Tibetan nobles.

The right guard cavalry in black clothes and armor followed closely behind, followed by the left guard, right leader guard, right garrison guard, left Xiaowei, right Xiaowei, right Wuwei and other cavalry units, all of them were handsome and brave.

The ministers finally mounted their horses and slowly headed towards Chang'an City.

The long Chang'an Avenue was crowded with countless people. Even the minister, no matter how old he looked, nodded with great satisfaction at this time.

The Tubo people have been a threat to the Tang Dynasty since the Zhenguan period.

Even when Princess Wencheng married Tibet, it was because of the threat of Songtsan Gampo and Tibet. In addition, they wanted to conquer Goguryeo in the east and conquer the Turks in the west. This allowed Tibet and Songtsan Gampo to take advantage of the loopholes.

Songtsan and the late emperor died almost at the same time. After that, the conflict between Tubo and Tang Dynasty became increasingly fierce.

The demise of Tuyuhun made Tubo directly threaten Ganliang Longxi.

The defeat of Dafeichuan caused one hundred thousand men of the Tang Dynasty to die on the battlefield, most of them were descendants of Guanzhong.

Today, in Chang'an City, there are many families of soldiers who died in the battle.

The Tibetan prisoners of war marched down the long street. At the beginning, the people of Chang'an showed restraint, but later on, they could no longer help but throw eggs and vegetables at them.

Some people even burst into tears on the long street.

Great revenge must be avenged, great revenge must be avenged.

……

Li Xuan was sitting in the prince's chariot. The yellow curtains on both sides were lifted, and everyone could see Li Xuan's appearance.

In fact, Li Xuan should have ridden his own horse and followed Li Xian's prince's chariot, but Li Xian was obviously looking for something to do with him.

And this matter cannot be discussed elsewhere.

"I think Uncle Wang already knows about King Cao." Li Xian looked a little sad.

"Since Xie You, the governor of Qianzhou, is dead, the case of King Cao will be closed." Li Xuan reminded in a low voice.

Li Xian nodded lightly, and then said: "The matter with King Cao is naturally nothing, but just a few days ago, someone mentioned that the emperor's brother would be sent to Lingnan."

Li Xuan's face suddenly became solemn. He looked at Li Xian seriously and said, "Who mentioned it, when did it happen, and how did His Highness deal with it?"

Seeing Li Xuan's nervous look, Li Xian smiled happily, then waved his hand and said, "This matter was not brought up by someone here alone, but by someone from the father."

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said solemnly: "If someone mentions this matter in private, His Highness can just pretend that he doesn't know about it, but if someone brings it to the table and even asks for the opinion of the East Palace, then Your Highness must refuse firmly. Leave no room for anything.”

"Uncle Wang is worried that someone will not only harm Brother Wang, but also frame him on Lonely." Although Li Xian looked annoyed, his voice was not serious.

"It can be seen that His Highness has already considered this matter before." Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Now that Erlang has been deposed as a commoner, the best thing is to be imprisoned in the palace for a lifetime, so that His Highness can Under His Majesty's nose, he can survive and have enough food and clothing, but if he is released, it will be fine if nothing happens. Once something happens, he will immediately become a pawn used by someone with intentions to threaten His Highness. The outcome will be difficult. material."

Li Xian nodded gently. What worried him most was the same. The most indispensable thing in this world was caring people.

"What happened to King Cao is a precedent." Li Xuan sighed softly, and then said: "King Cao was demoted to Qianzhou, and there were countless surveillances inside and outside. How could he be connected with the rebels in Changzhou thousands of miles away? It's just that there are intentional people involved. Tan Lian, the real scheming person of this Tan Lian group was never King Cao..."

"But the emperor brother." Li Xian immediately gritted his teeth.

How could Li Xian still not understand what Li Xuan said. There were people out there who wanted to take advantage of Li Xian, so there were people who wanted to get him out of the palace.

"Erlang is absolutely not allowed to leave the palace, but His Highness is also not allowed to see him, or even have any contact with him." Li Xuan stared at Li Xian.

Li Xian was slightly stunned, and after a long time, he nodded heavily.

There was complete silence in the chariot.

Li Xian has never been stupid, so he couldn't understand the entanglement here clearly.

Whether someone is suspected of murdering Li Xian or expressing sympathy for him, it is no small matter. But what Li Xuan really pays attention to is that Li Xian must not talk to Li Xian.

At least they couldn't let Empress Wu know that they had talked.

What happened to Li Xian that people still care about now is the reason why Li Xian was deposed in the first place.

It was Empress Wu's persecution and Empress Wu's calculations that finally led to Li Xian being deposed.

The details of this were known to Li Xian, and they would inevitably affect his view of Empress Wu.

Once Empress Wu knew this, she would immediately be extremely suspicious of Li Xian.

Li Xuan even had some doubts about whether Li Xian had talked with Li Xian after he was deposed.

After all, he became the emperor, and it was normal for him to come and go as he pleased in the palace.

It was precisely because he knew some details of Li Xian's deposing that year that Li Xian became so radical.

He wanted to make his father-in-law the prime minister, but in the end he aroused public outrage and was deposed.

"Your Highness, what's going on?" Li Xuan's voice suddenly woke up Li Xian.

Li Xian subconsciously raised his head and saw that everyone had arrived at the Suzaku Gate.

Under the Suzaku Gate, a general in red clothes and golden armor was guarding solemnly, and that man was not Cheng Chubi, whom Li Xuan was familiar with, but Cheng Wuting.

Li Xian calmed down and said in a low voice: "The war on the grassland is over. General Cheng Wuting of the Right Guards has been transferred back to serve in the Forbidden Army. Now he is the General of the Left of the Forbidden Army. He and the Right General of the Forbidden Army Zhang Qianxu are stationed at Zhuque Gate and Xuanwu Gate respectively to guard the palace. ”

Li Xuan's somewhat gloomy expression quickly calmed down, and then said: "Your Highness still remembers what happened to County Duke Wenxi."

Li Xian nodded solemnly and said, "Uncle Wang wrote that it is not a good thing for military generals and court ministers to be too close to each other."

"Not to mention the Imperial Army."

(End of this chapter)