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

Chapter 1332: Bad luck

Under the Danfeng Gate, people were called into the palace from time to time, but there were also many people waiting on both sides of the city gate.

People who are familiar with each other gather together to chat.

Li Xuan, Li Zhaode, Yao Yi, and Yao Chong did not leave immediately after leaving the palace.

Li Zhaode deliberately walked to the left side of the city gate and talked to Li Xuan about Zhou Xing. Some of the officials around him heard clearly.

"I don't know where Zhou Yushi learned that in Linzhi, there was once someone who was entrenched in the mountains. After receiving the prince's message, he took the initiative to ask for surrender. He even sent someone to contact the Linzhi guard in advance to contact him about the surrender, but he On the way to Linzhi, he was killed by the army."

Li Zhaode raised his eyes to look at Li Xuan and said deeply: "Therefore, I dare to ask the prince, is this considered a surrender?"

Li Xuan looked surprised and asked: "Are you sure you got the surrender document signed by the city's general? Are you sure that those people really went to the city to ask for surrender, instead of seizing the city by surrender?"

"The confession said that there was indeed a document of surrender, but it was burned later. As for whether the city was captured by surrender, I don't know. Everyone has been killed."

Li Zhaode shook his head solemnly. The reason why this matter did not cause a big fuss in Yushitai was because there was no evidence for this matter.

Not to mention impeaching Li Xuan, even impeaching the military commander was not enough.

"So who were killed, how many people died in total, and how they were dealt with later. Is there any explanation for this?" Li Xuan continued to ask.

"It was a Tibetan lieutenant who originally served in Linzhi City. He led a thousand people to guard a mountain pass southeast of Linzhi. After Linzhi City was defeated, he sent someone to ask for surrender. After receiving permission, the lieutenant led 300 people to Linzhi City. Halfway there He was attacked and killed by the ambushing army, and then the camp was destroyed and everyone in the camp was scattered in all directions." Li Zhaode stared straight at Li Xuan.

Others nearby also looked at Li Xuan, wanting to hear his explanation.

After hearing this, Li Xuan nodded slowly and said: "So it's not a surrender."

"It's not surrendering troops?" Li Zhaode frowned, looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Why doesn't it count as surrendering troops?"

"Because the ceremony has not been completed." Li Xuan shook his head and said calmly: "I have not seen the surrender document, so I don't know whether it is true or not. Even if there is such a surrender document, then getting this After receiving the document of surrender, a normal surrendering general should go to the place agreed in the document, lay down all weapons, then tie his hands, kneel down and surrender. However, this man obviously did not arrive at Linzhi, so strictly speaking, he did not surrender. Soldier."

"Your Majesty, what you said doesn't make sense. If you get the document of surrender, it doesn't count as surrender, so what counts as surrender?" Li Zhaode stood up straight and looked straight at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan waved her hand and said calmly and solemnly: "This is really not a surrender. What if the person just got the surrender document and then went to the city to pretend to surrender? This kind of situation is not uncommon in history books. If he really was pretended to surrender, , so what?”

"It seems that the city guard doesn't know who he is." Li Zhaode shook his head slightly.

"Then this situation can only be regarded as bad luck for that person." Li Xuan retorted without giving in, saying: "If that person really wanted to surrender, why didn't he take all the defenders in the pass with him and surrender in the city? "If he brings enough people, he won't be ambushed so easily."

"Perhaps it was agreed in the letter of surrender that only three hundred people could be brought to surrender. After all, there are too many people, and it can easily be regarded as an siege." Li Zhaode looked straight at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan smiled at this time and said: "Chang Shi may not know that Linzhi has four generals. The first is Sun Gong, the general of Youtunwei. However, when Youtunwei besieged the city, the city was not broken; The leading guard general Hei Te Changzhi, Linzhi was defeated in his hands."

Li Zhaode's expression remained calm, and it did not change in any way because of Sun Renshi's Youtunwei General and Hei Te Changzhi's Fanzhou Deputy Commander.

But the expressions on the faces of other people around him couldn't help but change slightly.

"After Linzhi was breached, Heiji Changzhi and Li Duozuo led their troops back to support Luoche. Linzhi was still guarded by General Sun, and General Nan Ju of the Youtun Guards conquered all directions." Li Xuan looked at Li Zhaode, shook his head and said, "Right The garrison gets credit for supplying logistics, and there is no need to kill people to receive credit. Moreover, Chang Shi will not doubt that General Sun, who has fought countless battles in his life, will do such a thing, right? "

There was silence all around.

Sun Renshi is a veteran in the army. In his early years, he followed Su Dingfang to conquer the Western Regions. Later, he followed Liu Rengui to conquer Goryeo, Baekje and Silla. In his later years, he followed Li Xuan to conquer Tibet.

From the left guard Zhonglang general, to the right Weiwei general, to the right Tunwei general, and now to the Youtunwei general, he has made outstanding achievements.

If someone said that Master Sun Ren committed suicide by killing someone, everyone would probably spit on him.

"Maybe it's General Nan Ju of Youtun Guard, or any of his generals." Li Zhaode still refused to give in.

"Except General Sun, no one has the qualifications to approve the surrender." Li Xuan shook his head and said: "Now that there is a source of information, there must be an explanation for whose subordinates the murderer was. Let the generals of Wei accuse him."

Everyone looked at Li Zhaode. Indeed, there should be an explanation for this matter.

It was Li Xuan who was impeached in Zhou Xing's memorial. Although Li Xuan must bear leadership responsibility if this matter is true, Sun Renshi, the general of Youtunwei who was really responsible for this matter, had to be mentioned, and no one believed that Sun Renshi would make such a decision. This kind of thing.

So even if Sun Renshi's men did these things, if they want to be held accountable, Sun Renshi should also be held accountable.

Not Li Xuan.

This is also a bit too fussy.

"It was something done in mid-August by a general under Nan Ju, who was the general of Youtun Guard at that time." Li Zhaode finally told the truth.

"General, it's mid-August." Li Xuan frowned and said, "The time makes sense, but if it's mid-August, why not go find Yang Yushi at this time. In mid-August, Yang Yushi is in Linzhi Patrolling, and with him here, it is impossible for him not to know about this kind of surrender, why doesn't this king know about it? "

"Yang Zhirou was in Linzhi at that time?" Li Zhaode was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that things turned out to be such a coincidence.

If Yang Zhirou was really in Linzhi at that time, then this matter would have been discussed.

Everyone on the censorship stage knew that Yang Zhirou was keeping an eye on Li Xuan before sending the Taoist troops to Luo.

With Yang Zhirou's personality and background, if he knew about this kind of thing, there was no way he would let it go.

"I always feel that something is not right about this matter." Li Xuan frowned and waved her hands and said: "It stands to reason that at that time, most of Linzhi was stationed in various cities, steadily harvesting autumn grains, counting the seizures, and had no time to do these things. Only a small number of cavalry have been outside the city..."

Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Yang Zhirou and said, "It's not like a certain tribe wanted to surrender. When they finally went to Linzhi with their weapons, the returning cavalry mistook them for enemy troops attacking the city and wiped them out. It was only afterwards that they were killed." After discovering that there was a surrender document, the general realized that something was wrong, so he destroyed the document..."

When everyone around them heard this, they nodded subconsciously. If this was the case, everything would make sense.

Tubo was vast, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty even captured the entire Tubo. There was really no need to kill and surrender.

Li Zhaode fell silent. The reason why Yushitai suppressed this matter was because Zhou Xing was unwilling to reveal too many things and the accusation was too vague, but he wanted to impeach Li Xuan, who had just won a great victory in front of the army. .

Moreover, this incident happened only after Li Xuan and the others finished their awards and after Yang Zhirou was transferred to Zhongshu Sheren.

If it is said that Yang Zhirou was at Yushitai, the details can be discussed, but it is difficult to say that Yang Zhirou was transferred to Zhongshu Sheren.

After all, this is the impeachment of King Peng of the current dynasty, the guest of the prince, the general of the right guard, the pacifier of Luoche Road, the marching general of Luoche Road, and the governor of Fanzhou.

Even Yang Zhirou may be impeached.

If you let out a little bit of wind, it will be big trouble.

This matter has been delayed for these days, until Li Zhaode returned to Beijing.

Cui Mi, the imperial censor, and Zhongcheng Qian, the censor, knew that he was going to be transferred to Peng Wang Sima, so they told him the matter.

If Li Xuan can't give a good explanation, then the Yushitai will immediately impeach him.

Not to mention Li Xuan, even Yang Zhirou was in trouble.

But if Li Xuan explains it, then the matter will be completely clarified.

Be good to Li Xuan and be good to Yushitai.

For Li Zhaode, although he is still serving as the censor, such a conversation is almost equivalent to a public interrogation. Once Li Xuan reacts, he will immediately feel bad about him. In the future, he will not be able to feel comfortable in Prince Peng's Mansion. Live a comfortable life.

Of course, when he went to Prince Peng's Mansion, he didn't really want to be a royal historian, teach and advise Prince Peng, but he had other tasks.

……

"That's what happened. There was poor communication between inside and outside, which eventually led to those people being killed." Li Xuan shook his head, sighed softly, and said, "I will go back and investigate. If they use this matter to ask for credit, then They just killed good people and took credit for it, but if they didn't take credit for this, then that would be the end of it."

"What about those people who died?" Li Zhaode frowned and looked at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "It can only be said that they are unlucky. If they abandoned their weapons and surrendered after encountering the Youtun Guards, there would be a way to survive. But they were all killed, which means they still fought back. They never fought back." At the first moment, the letter of surrender was already invalid."

Li Xuan looked at Li Zhaode and said in a deep voice: "Although there are various indescribable things about this matter, in the end we can only do things according to the rules. If they had set off earlier, arrived at Linzhi in advance, surrendered, and even entered their household registration, they would have been great. People of the Tang Dynasty, but they are unlucky and did not reach Linzhi. They are not considered surrenders, nor are they considered people of the Tang Dynasty. If they die, they will die. "

Accept the surrender, surrender the letter, abandon the weapons, bind oneself, kneel down and surrender, and finally there are three departments to review.

Li Xuan explained the whole process of surrender clearly.

"What if the commander of a certain army in the future uses surrender to lure others to surrender, but in the end kills and surrenders and takes credit?" Li Zhaode finally asked.

Li Xuan smiled softly, shook her head in the end, and said: "It is a great achievement to make people surrender and to subjugate them without fighting. As for the merit that does not require killing and surrender, then I can only blame those people for their bad luck. You don’t know people well; just like some people, you don’t know people well. They are obviously traitors who surrender and rebel every now and then, but they have to surrender again and again.”

After saying that, Li Xuan nodded slightly, and the next moment, he had already strode away.

Li Zhaode sighed softly, looked at Yao Chong and said, "Yuanzhi, when you return, you will announce what the King of Nanchang said to the censor, and everything will be done in accordance with the regulations."

"Here!" Yao Chong bowed deeply.

(End of this chapter)