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"It was General Guo's heir who saved me." Li Shi said with emotion.

Li Shimin nodded and praised, that was Guo Ziyi who rebuilt the Tang Dynasty, "This descendant of Guo Ziyi has not dishonored the glory of his Guo family."

Li Shi was confused, "His Majesty Emperor Taizong, do you also know General Guo?"

"I have met Li Longji." Li Shimin's attitude towards Li Shi was not so gentle. Speaking of it, he remembered Li Longji's absurdity at that time, which almost ruined the Tang Dynasty.

It seems that Li Longji's lineage doesn't have many talents.

Li Shi noticed that Li Shimin's eyes were getting more and more unhappy, and he felt uneasy and did not dare to continue asking.

Xiao Ran continued, "However, this was only a temporary escape. After Tang Dezong fled from Xianyang to Fengtian in embarrassment and reorganized a new court, he reluctantly settled down."

"But the emperor fled Chang'an City, and no one knew whether he was alive or dead, so the news of Tang Dezong's murder spread throughout the world. For a time, people in the world were panicked, the situation began to get out of control, and the dynasty could be directly changed at any time. But this was not the news that made the vassals the most. ”

"Then what else happened?" Li Shimin asked.

Xiao Ran looked stern and said somewhat seriously: "There was a mutiny in the Jingyuan army, and Dezong fled to Fengtian. Yao Lingyan told the rebels that since they had captured Chang'an and wanted to achieve great things, they could not do without a commander, so he sent someone to Welcoming Zhu Si that night, Zhu Si entered the Hanyuan Hall and set up a warning. Later he moved to the Baihua Hall and issued a message. The emperor was frightened and went out on a parade. He was now in charge of the Sixth Army and asked all officials to come and pay homage. He would not do so within three days. Kill everyone who goes."

Xiao Ran shook his head, "There are vassal kings who want to rebel, and there are generals who are loyal and patriotic."

"Returning to Chang'an, Zhu Si spread the news that Fengtian had been defeated in Chang'an City, and continued to stay in Chang'an as emperor."

Xiao Ran sighed: "Fengtian is not a frontier city, and it does not have very strong defenses. Moreover, when the incident happened, there was a sudden lack of armaments, so it was impossible to hold on for a long time. The rebels attacked the city more than ten times in one day, and Shuofang Jiedu stayed and was released. His son Hun Yao was still injured and fought hard."

"After rescuing Fengtian, in February of the first year of Xingyuan, Li Sheng killed Liu Dexin, the general of the Shence Army, for the crime of defeat, and annexed his troops. When Li Huaiguang was stationed in Xianyang, he was worried that Li Sheng would take away his credit if he acted alone, so he Tang Dezong requested to join forces with Li Sheng, and Tang Dezong ordered Li Sheng to move the camp. "

Li Shimin's eyes were unkind, "He really proclaimed himself emperor?"

"Two days after proclaiming himself emperor, Zhu Si led his army to besiege Fengtian. He used the Emperor's ceremonial guard, gathered soldiers, and the troops were grand. However, Zhu Si was defeated at the foot of Fengtian City and retreated to camp three miles east of Fengtian City and began to overhaul the siege equipment. "

Li Shi said nothing, trying to reduce his presence.

"After receiving the news of Du Xi's defeat in Mogu, Zhu Si became more and more confident. Unfortunately, the Fengtian army used the city defense facilities to fight, and everyone worked a hundred times more bravely. Zhu Si failed to attack the city many times. Zhu Si forced the people to fill the trenches and chose to attack the city at night, but failed If you fail, you have to retreat.”

"Zhu Si entered the Xuanzheng Hall from the Baihua Palace and proclaimed himself the emperor. He named the country Daqin and changed it to Yuan Yingtian. Then he appointed hundreds of officials. He ordered his nephew Zhu Sui to be crown prince and named Zhu Tao from afar. In order to officially change the dynasty, Zhu Si Exterminate the clan that stayed in Chang'an."

"Is it possible that the Tang Dynasty was robbed in the end, and Li Shi hid in one place as a coward?"

Li Shimin frowned, "Li Shi is in Fengtian, why not take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"

"This battle seems to have been won by Fengtian, but in fact it was tragic."

"Until later, Li Huaiguang stationed troops in Xianyang for many days and did not send troops. Li Sheng was worried that Li Huaiguang would attack him, so he proposed to the court to transfer the governors of the three states to lead troops to guard each other to ensure smooth communication between Guanzhong and Sichuan. Unfortunately, Tang Dezong did not agree."

"At this time, Li Huaiguang had not revealed his rebellious intentions, but he targeted Li Sheng many times, but he was skillfully solved by Li Sheng."

"Zhu Si is going to proclaim himself emperor! He is so courageous!" Li Shi cursed angrily, and Li Shi secretly noted it down and decided to find a way to kill this person.

"Seeing that the city was only about to fall, and that there were no troops in the city to protect the emperor from breaking out, Tang Dezong had already made preparations to pass the throne to the crown prince, and ordered the imperial concubine to commit suicide and keep her integrity when the city fell, so as not to lose her virginity to the thieves."

"At the critical moment, Li Sheng, the military envoy of the Shence Army who was originally going to Hebei to fight in Qingyuan to pacify the feudal town, rushed to Fengtian to rescue him, and Fengtian temporarily turned the corner."

"Li Sheng had already suppressed several rebellions before rescuing Fengtian. He was seriously ill and his reputation could intimidate the rebels. When he was well enough, he received a request for rescue. Zhang Xiaozhong was under threat from two vassal kings because of the rebel army. , refused to let Li Sheng lead his army to leave. Li Sheng left his son Li Ping as a hostage, and took off his jade belt to bribe Zhang Xiaozhong's cronies, so that he could lead the army back to Fengtian. "

"Shuofang Jiedu envoy Li Huaiguang, who then came to rescue him, took the opportunity to annex the two troops and was eyeing Li Sheng. Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Li Huaiguang to seize Chang'an, but he did not expect that Li Huaiguang refused to resist the order, and his intention to rebel was very obvious. But Li Huaiguang's military strength was strong. Tang Dezong was forced to move to Hanzhong again, leaving people to stay in Fengtian. Unexpectedly, Li Huaiguang formed an alliance with Zhu Si and joined forces to hunt down the emperor. "

"Zhu Si ordered the army to build ladders and attack the city again. The officers and soldiers used fire to force them back. The officers and soldiers took the opportunity to rush out and defeated Zhu Si. That night, the officers and soldiers went out to attack the city, and Zhu Si was defeated. Soon, Li Huaiguang came from Hebei to help, and Zhu Si was defeated. Si's army was defeated, the siege of Fengtian was lifted, and Zhu Si fled back to Chang'an."

Li Shimin's expression was complicated. In this unfavorable situation, everyone wanted to rebel.

Li Shi was a little embarrassed. Even if he didn't listen to the follow-up, he knew that this matter would not end well.

Otherwise, Xiao Ran wouldn't use the word "pity".

"The vassal kings everywhere are watching eagerly, Chang'an City is occupied, and Li Huaiguang is stationed in Xianyang without sending troops. Leaving a clear route is equivalent to having a way out." The more Li Shimin talked about it, the more he felt that Li Shi was too stupid for the war.

Li Shimin looked at Li Shi and said in a stern tone, "You should have more trust in loyal ministers like Li Sheng who have been fighting for many years. Don't you understand this?"

"Your Majesty Emperor Taizong, I am stupid." He admitted his mistake very actively, and Li Shi also felt a little ashamed.

In order to save him, Li Sheng's son became a hostage, but he still didn't trust Li Sheng's plan.

If nothing else, at least Li Sheng would not harm him.

"Later he regretted it, because Li Huaiguang and Zhu Si joined forces and he fled elsewhere, leaving Li Sheng to fight alone."

"Tang Dezong fled to Liangzhou because the road in Luogu was narrow and the food supply was difficult. Tang Dezong regretted it extremely and wanted to confirm whether Li Sheng could win. When Hun Yao praised Li Sheng, Tang Dezong felt relieved and promoted Li Sheng. Li Sheng accepted When he was appointed, he worshiped and cried, saying that the capital was the foundation of the country. He repaired clothes, armor and weapons, raised the city walls, dug deep trenches, and planned to regain the capital. "

It can be said that without Li Sheng, Chang'an would have no chance to recover.

Li Shi admired Li Sheng very much at this moment, "When he returns to Beijing, I will definitely treat him as a close minister."

Xiao Ran didn't refute, but complained in his heart.

After the rebellion is resolved, it will depend on Li Shimin whether Tang Dezong is emperor or not. There is a high probability that the throne will be replaced.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Shi and said, "You continue."

"Li Sheng led the lone army between Zhu Si and Li Huaiguang, with no food and grass inside and no reinforcements from outside. The situation was extremely dangerous. In order to regain the capital, Li Sheng pretended to be sincere to Li Huaiguang and secretly asked Zhang Yu to act as the agent of Jingzhao Shaoyin and recruit people around the capital. tax."

"Li Sheng recruited soldiers from all three armies. After training, they were all willing to die. Even during this period, Zhu Si detained the families of some soldiers in Chang'an City. However, Li Huaiguang was afraid of fleeing. Li Sheng led his troops to attack Tonghua Gate in Chang'an, but the rebels did not dare Go to war."

"Li Sheng discussed a strategy and captured Chang'an, the capital, as quickly as possible. After the remaining rebels surrendered, Li Sheng stationed his troops in front of Hanyuan Hall and ordered to condolences to the residents. The army did not commit any crimes in autumn."

"This was the entire process of Li Sheng's recovery of Chang'an. Later, Tang Dezong set up a monument to record Li Sheng's achievements, wrote the inscription himself, and ordered the crown prince to record a copy of the inscription and give it to Li Sheng."

As a result, Li Sheng became Li Shi's most trusted general. In the following days, he fought many battles and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty.

But thinking about what Li Sheng went through later, Xiao Ran felt that Li Shi was quite unlucky when he met Tang Dezong.

Seeing the strange expression on Xiao Ran's face, Li Shi's heart skipped a beat, feeling like he had done something again.

Looking at Li Shimin secretly, he gritted his teeth and decided to ask clearly.

"Mr. Xiao looked like this, but what wrong did I do later?" "You reduced Li Sheng's military power because you hated the war. You are really outrageous in this matter."

Xiao Ran was not tactful in his words, and continued speechlessly: "After regaining Chang'an, Li Sheng considered Jingzhou as an important military area. However, the place was poorly governed and military disasters occurred many times, so he took the initiative to invite Jingzhou."

"As a result, your trusted eunuch Yin Yuanzhen was patrolling with the talisman and went directly to the river to comfort Li Huaiguang. Li Sheng immediately impeached Yin Yuanzhen to absolve the culprits of the rebellion. He also believed that Li Huaiguang could not be pardoned and requested to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to defeat the rebels. And you I just gave the task of attacking the rebels to Ma Sui and Hun Yao, but I didn't agree to it and didn't punish Yin Yuanzhen."

"Forget it, Li Sheng won against Tubo, and Tubo came to sue for peace. Li Sheng said that Tubo was not trustworthy. You must not believe what he said, so you directly agreed to Tubo's request for peace and sent envoys to negotiate peace, which led to the envoy being detained. "

"Before that, you listened to other people's slander and reduced Li Sheng's military power."

This matter is no different from burning the bridge across the river.

Tang Dezong trusted the eunuchs too much because of the rebellion, gave them too much power, and was unable to distinguish between slander and loyalty.

Various reasons eventually led to the chaotic situation in Datang later.

Li Shimin's eyes turned cold. As a military general, he hated this kind of behavior the most.

Li Shi's eyes were filled with disappointment.

"What's more, this matter was originally a plot by Tubo. You don't trust Li Sheng and you are worried that he will become the next vassal king to rebel." As he said this, Xiao Ran shook his head and felt sorry for Li Sheng.

At this moment, the palace servant's voice came from outside the palace.

"His Majesty Emperor Taizong, the palace banquet has been prepared. When will the banquet start?"

Xiao Ran talked for a long time, and when he stopped, he felt a little thirsty, so he drank two glasses of water to barely relieve it.

"Invite Yao Lingyan and others into the palace." Li Shimin ordered in a deep voice. At this moment, he was a little angry at Li Shi and drove them out without seeing them.

Li Shi felt conscious and hurriedly left the hall with his head lowered.

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Xuanzheng Hall

Yao Lingyan and the generals sat on one side, while the other ministers were on the other side.

They all have very complicated emotions.

No one expected that the two groups of people who were supposed to be fighting each other would now be waiting for the emperor's arrival in the palace.

As soon as Li Shimin and Xiao Ran appeared, everyone's eyes focused on them.

Behind the two people was Li Shi with lowered eyebrows and eyes, and behind them were the palace servants carrying gold and silver jewelry.

When Li Shimin took the first place, Li Shi took the position next to Xiao Ran. He knew that he was not favored by Emperor Taizong, so he consciously found the right position.

"Meet His Majesty Emperor Taizong."

All the ministers kowtowed.

"Get up."

Li Shimin waved his hand casually, and then spoke slowly, "Today's palace banquet is to compensate the generals. As for Jing Zhaoyin, Bai Ling has been given to hang in prison."

"The gold, silver and jewelry below are your rewards."

After the words fell, no one dared to step forward to receive the reward.

Yao Lingyan was forced to stand up by the looks of the people behind him, "His Majesty Emperor Taizong, are these rewards too valuable?"

If the person who issued the reward was Tang Dezong Li Shi, they would definitely take it immediately, but Emperor Taizong was hesitant.

"Soldiers guard the border and protect the peace of the world. They cannot see their families and go through hardships. How can these rewards be valuable?"

Li Shimin's words were serious.

Some generals lowered their heads with complicated expressions.

"The Tang Dynasty cannot be without generals and soldiers, let alone loyal ministers. If you are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, the court will naturally not treat you badly. There is no need to tie your hands. You can come forward to receive the reward."

After a few words, the hall fell silent.

Those who feel guilty don't know if it is a trap by His Majesty Emperor Taizong, while those who were shaken before feel extremely ashamed.

Yao Lingyan kowtowed to Li Shimin in awe and said loudly: "I am so ashamed that I dare not accept the reward!"

"Don't you think that I am testing your loyalty?" Li Shimin said solemnly.

"I know what you have done. You don't need to feel guilty. It is those who rebelled who should feel guilty."

"Yao Lingyan, as the Jiedushi envoy, you are their commander, so you will be the first to receive the reward."

Li Shimin's eyes indicated that the palace attendant standing beside the gold and silver jewelry picked up some things and put them in Yao Lingyan's hands.

With his face pale, Yao Lingyan froze and did not dare to move. The reward in his hand seemed to be a hot potato.

"Distribute it all to them. Anyone who refuses my reward just doesn't want to be a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin's voice echoed throughout the hall.

"I am terrified!"

The generals brought by Yao Lingyan knelt down one after another. They now regretted attacking Chang'an in the name of not receiving rewards.

If they offend His Majesty Emperor Taizong, they may not be able to leave the palace alive today.

"What do you mean by this? My reward actually makes you so scared." Li Shimin deliberately asked with a cold face.

Cold sweat instantly fell, Yao Lingyan held up the reward with trembling hands, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Emperor Taizong, I have failed to make any achievements. Before the time of reward comes, I am willing to go to suppress the rebels. Only after I return in victory can I accept your Majesty's reward." Reward!" (End of Chapter)