The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 184 Uprising
"Garlu accepted the money, but did not agree." Urna shook his head and added, "These guys are like bandits."

When Ziyad saw Urna's expression, he knew that it might not be that easy for the Karluk to "collect money".

Qi Yade said: "It's okay. The Qarluk army doesn't have many soldiers this time. Moreover, they are flexible. As long as the war is in our favor, they may turn against us. The most important thing is that we can break up the Tang army from within."

“That’s right,” Ulna agreed.

Qi Yade said: "There is no time to lose, we must make contact as soon as possible and catch the Tang army off guard."

"Yes." Urna accepted the order.

……

The city is filled with thirst.

Li Siye hadn't seen Li Heng for a long time, and his temper was very hot. After enduring until now, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and found Gao Xianzhi and said, "General, how is His Royal Highness Shou Wang doing?"

Gao Xianzhi said calmly: "Your Highness just caught a cold and is afraid of infecting everyone, so he is not seeing anyone."

"What kind of cold can be transmitted just by meeting each other?" Li Siye didn't believe it at all and said, "No matter what the condition of His Highness is, I must see him today."

As Li Siye said this, he was about to walk into the inner room.

Gao Xianzhi shouted, "Siye, do you want to disobey military orders?"

"This..." Li Siye was startled and quickly stopped, saying angrily, "I dare not."

"Since you don't dare, just go back and do your job." Gao Xianzhi said seriously.

Li Siye hesitated for a while, sighed, and said, "Yes, I will obey your command."

After saying that, he stepped back.

Li Siye, Li Heng's trusted general, could not see Li Heng, let alone other people.

The generals who followed him retreated silently, with different expressions.

Zhou Yi returned to the camp and called together his five trusted men.

"Prince Shou didn't even see Li Siye. Either he is too ill to get up and arrange the war. Or," Zhou Yi paused, smiled, and said, "Prince Shou has passed away, and Gao Xianzhi and his men are afraid of affecting the morale of the army, so they are keeping the news a secret. Either way, it is of great benefit to us."

"General, most of our soldiers are loyal to the Tang Dynasty. If we directly mutiny, they will most likely not obey." Someone raised a question.

"Nonsense, we are not mutinying. Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were first suspected of embezzling military pay, and now His Royal Highness Prince Shou has not shown up, so they must have taken advantage of His Royal Highness Prince Shou's illness to murder him secretly. This general has received a secret order, and I am following the order to remove Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing's military power." Zhou Yi said righteously.

In ancient wars, only a few people knew the ins and outs of the war at the beginning. Most of the lower-level soldiers only realized it after they had boarded the pirate ship.

"That's feasible." Another person agreed, then shook his head and sighed, saying, "But once something big happens, we will betray the Tang Dynasty."

"It was the Tang Dynasty that abandoned us." Zhou Yi shook his head. "We have been guarding the border for so long and resisted foreign enemies many times. The court has not changed except for verbal commendation. The actual rewards given are getting less and less. This is only one reason. Second, if we win the war with the Arabs this time, Prince Shou will most likely be able to secure the position of Jiedushi of Beiting. You should know Prince Shou's style of doing things. He was able to kill Huangfu Weiming and punish Gai Jiayun. If he really went to Beiting to rectify military discipline, how could we live in peace with what we have done? It's not that we have to make things difficult for him, but he wants to make things difficult for us. We have no choice but to do it."

After hearing what Zhou Yi said, all the confidants remained silent.

Zhou Yi added: "We did do some wrong things, but that was not our intention. We are all brave and good at fighting. Following the Tang Dynasty is restricting us. If we surrender to the Arabs, the situation will be completely different. The first Arab to conquer the city will be the local lord. As long as we are strong enough, we can make achievements and own slaves and prostitutes. Then the brothers will live happily and their lives will not be in vain."

On the one hand, he was afraid of being purged if he went back, and on the other hand, he surrendered to the enemy and welcomed a bright future.

Several people thought for a while and said in unison: "Let's do it, General, let's do it!" "Okay." Zhou Yi was very excited and said: "The King of Shou is in the light, and we are in the dark. We just need to wait for the Arabs to attack. We will surely win the battle with the help of the inside and the outside! The legend of the King of Shou's invincibility will end in our hands!"

Several people had already made up their minds and felt that victory was just around the corner, so they were very happy and the atmosphere was very lively as they toasted each other.

……

Inner hall.

Li Heng was discussing the war with Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing when Zhang Guangsheng hurried in and whispered to Li Heng about the conspiracy of Zhou Yi and others.

"Zhou Yi really has ulterior motives!" Feng Changqing was very surprised and exclaimed, "Your Highness is really a genius. With just one trick, he killed two birds with one stone, deceiving the enemy and attracting the traitor with evil intentions."

Li Heng took over as the Jiedushi of Beiting in a hurry, and led Beiting's army on an expedition to fight. He had no time to reorganize Beiting's army, so he had to come up with this solution as a last resort.

He didn't hold out much hope at first.

Li Ying shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying, "Actually, I don't expect this plan to kill two birds with one stone."

"Yes." Gao Xianzhi understood what Li Heng meant and said with emotion: "Your Highness is kind-hearted and would not want any traitors to appear in our army. But people's hearts are unpredictable, and the Beiting Army is used to being indulgent. There is no guarantee that there will not be people with ill intentions."

Feng Changqing said: "Your Highness, since Zhou Yi has already rebelled, do you want to arrest him now?"

"No rush." ​​Li Heng thought, "If I were Qi Yade, with such a strong internal support, and the enemy commander was hiding, I would definitely choose to take them by surprise and force a crossing of the Xieer River. You must pretend that you know nothing for the time being. Wait until they have agreed on a time, and then we can capture Zhou Yi."

"Yes." Gao Xianzhi and the other two responded in unison.

……

After a few days, Qi Yad and Zhou Yi finally made an appointment.

It was a dark and windy night.

Qiyad led his troops to attack, and Zhou Yi summoned his confidants, ready to act on orders.

Zhou Yi and his five confidants raised their glasses and drank them all. Then they said, "Brothers, we are brothers who share life and death. After tonight, the good days will come. I hope you will work together with this general!"

The five men said in unison: "We will follow the general till death!"

As soon as the five men finished speaking, they suddenly heard footsteps outside the military camp, as if a large number of troops were gathering.

Zhou Yi didn't know he was being tricked, and angrily asked, "Who ordered the troops to gather? Wouldn't it expose our intentions if we gathered the troops at this time?"

"I have not given any order!" The five of them shook their heads, then looked at each other and became suspicious of each other.

Just as they were wondering, the voice of Zhou Yi's personal guard came from outside: "Your Highness, why are you doing this?"

Li Heng did not answer. Li Siye next to him said, "Put down your weapons, hold your heads and squat down, otherwise I will kill you without mercy!"

Zhou Yi's personal guards knew something was wrong and shouted, "General Zhou, hurry up and leave..."

Before the guard could finish his words, Li Siye hacked him to death.

Then, Li Siye and Zhang Guangsheng led the way and rushed into Zhou Yi's tent.

(End of this chapter)