Late Tang

Chang'an, inside the Xingqing Hall of the Xingqing Palace in Nanda. .

The whole palace was filled with sad faces, and the atmosphere was gloomy and frightening.On the dragon chair on the imperial seat, the emperor Li Ye looked at all the civil and military men who bowed their heads silently, and then at Yang Fugong whose face was as dark as lacquer, opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.

Wang Chucun's rebellion, Yang Fuguang's capture, and Luoyang's fall, each of these news was like a heavy hammer, which made the whole palace dizzy, dazzled and dazzled, and even now they are still breathless.Especially for Yang Fugong, although this brother is not a real brother, but the two have connected interests, but they are closer than real brothers.He was in charge of the house, and his brother Yang Fuguang was in charge of the outside. The two cooperated tacitly and supported the court with their own hands. Seeing that the situation was originally very good, it was getting better every day.But who would have thought that in an instant, the torrent would go downhill, and the situation would have reached such a dire situation.Not only did Zhu Wen not be killed, but Li Keyong was lost, and now, in the blink of an eye, even Yang Fuguang and Luoyang were lost.

Li Jing, they still underestimate him.

Everyone was waiting for Yang Fugong's attack, but to everyone's surprise, Yang Fugong didn't roar.

Yang Fugong tried his best to restrain himself, and after a long time, he said with his still trembling lips: "King Qin has worked hard to pacify the second town of Hebei for the imperial court. He has made great achievements, and he should be rewarded heavily. The old minister thinks that His Majesty can make Li Jing the king of politics, and this honor is specially bestowed upon him." title, to show your kindness."

Everyone was amazed, even Li Ye's eyes widened.Everyone could see that Li Jing captured Hebei Second Town so quickly, and then broke the peace agreement with the imperial court, and raided and captured Hedong Town.Even the fact that Zhu Wen beheaded Li Keyong, at this time, he couldn't understand that it must be the result of Li Jing's meddling in it.Now that Wang Chucun rebelled, captured Yang Fuguang, and captured Luoyang, it was obvious that he wanted to take refuge in Li Jing.Li Jing's next goal must be to take Luoyang, and then point directly to Chang'an.Li Jing's heart is already known to all passers-by, but Yang Fugong actually wants to add Li Jing?

Yang Fugong continued: "Add the title of Li Jing, the King of Qin, to the title of King of Discussion. He is above the king and the duke. He will grant [-] households. In addition, the land in the northeast of Shanhaiguan will be granted to Li Jing's Qin Kingdom. The Qin Dynasty can set up its own Government officials and national officials can recruit soldiers and set their own taxes. Also, Your Majesty should give King Li Jing the head of all officials to discuss and discuss politics!"

The hall was amazed, and many people were already surprised.

Li Ye was puzzled at first, and then thought that what Yang Fugong said was ironic, but when he looked carefully, he saw that although Yang Fugong had a dark face, but his expression was extremely serious, he immediately understood that this was not a joke.His mind was flexible and he started to move. After a while, he finally realized that although Yang Fugong was very domineering, this person had been in the palace for many years and had experienced power struggles, but he was not a simple person.It can even be said that Yang Fugong's tactics are still higher than that of the No.1 Tian Lingzi in the palace.

No one was more angry with Yang Fugong during the Luoyang mutiny, but Yang Fugong remained calm when he was angry, and he saw Li Jing's momentum more clearly.

Delay strategy!This point is a tactic to delay the attack, Li Ye was amazed and admired in his heart, at this time, Yang Fugong not only did not lose his mind in anger, but became more sober.He added an official to Li Jing, not to admit defeat, but to show weakness, to slow down and abuse Li Jing, in order to prepare for a real showdown.

At this moment, Li Ye had a deeper understanding of Yang Fugong.

Sure enough, after the court meeting was over, Yang Fugong brought several prime ministers and generals to meet the emperor immediately.This meeting lasted for a long time, and it was kept strictly confidential. There were many guards within a hundred steps outside the hall, and no one was allowed to approach.The meeting in the hall did not end until midnight.

Almost at the same time, the Dingnan Jiedushi on the plateau north of Guanzhong was stationed in Xiazhou.

The crown prince Taifu, the inspector Sikong, and Tongzhong Shumen were in peace, and the west of the capital was unified. The power was added to Jingzhao Yin, who was granted the title of Xia Guogong, and the country was given the surname Li. After the brother came over, he remained silent for a long time, sitting on the sandalwood chair like an old monk in meditation.

Generals Li Sixian, Si Xiao, and Si Jing of the Ding Nan Army waited for a long time, but they didn't see him speak, so they couldn't help it.

"Brother, hurriedly called us over, what is it?"

Tuoba Sigong pondered for a long time before pointing to the table beside him, "Take it and see!"

The brothers had seen the letter on the table a long time ago, but the elder brother didn't take the initiative to say it, so they didn't dare to read it casually.Tuoba Sigong was able to achieve his current position, not all because of luck, but by seizing opportunities time and time again.Their family was the leader of the party members. During Yizong's time, the party members caused chaos in Guanzhong. As a result, they were beaten to death by Gao Pian, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and suffered heavy losses. His father died at that time.Later, the party members returned to the imperial court, and Tuoba Sigong became a partial general in Xiazhou, so he was recruited.

After Yizong's death, Tuoba Sigong had become a very tough and fierce general, he had some prestige in the army, and even became the new leader of the party members.In the next few years, the situation changed, Tuoba Sigong also seized the opportunity, successfully drove away the governor, and became the de facto master of Xiazhou, all that was missing was a confession from the court.Not long after that, Li Ke used his father and son to create rebellion on behalf of the north, and Li Guochang personally joined forces with Tuoba Sigong, but Tuoba Sigong did not accept his invitation. Li's father and son.This time, he made the right bet again. In this Battle of Daibei, he finally got rich rewards for his hard work. Not only did he get the Xiazhou Inspector from the imperial court, but he also granted him a festival banner and named him Xia. The envoy of Yinjie suddenly opened a town and built a government office, and became a commander in chief.

At first he only had Xiazhou, but now he has Yinzhou.Soon after, he was given the surname Li.After Huang Chao entered the customs, he also actively worked as a king. He performed well at the beginning, and led the three prefectures of You, Yan, and Sui. It is difficult to control the time, and one side is a big town.

After owning the land of five states, Li Sigong's thoughts became a bit more, and he began to pay less attention to the court.In the next few battles in Guanzhong, he was defeated by the Qi army and retreated immediately, but in fact it was just that he retreated on his own initiative, in order to avoid the battle, and his real strength did not decrease a bit. On the contrary, in the past few years of keeping a low profile, his strength has not decreased but increased.

The world is getting more and more chaotic, even the emperor has changed a few times, Tuoba Sigong also started to think more.

In the past few years, he has joined forces with Dongfang Kui, another very prestigious general in the Dangxiang clan. Dongfang Kui was originally a general of the Binning Army, but was later transferred to Fufang, which was separated from Binning. He seized the opportunity and became Youfufang. Jiedu was changed to Huabei Jiedu envoy to give the title to the commander of the Baoda army.Bao Dajun's territory is north of the Weihe River in Chang'an, and the four prefectures of Fu, Fang, Dan, and Yan in the south of Dingnan are close to the Yellow River and across the river from Hezhong Town.

Since the secret alliance between the two parties, their forces have joined together, and the eight prefectures in the area from the Guanzhong Jingbei Plateau to the Hequ in the north and the Yellow River in the east have become their territory.No matter how the world beats life and death, their strength has become more and more stable.When Yang Fuguang built a larger alliance, they also voted under Yang Fuguang's family as his adopted sons, but secretly, they also joined forces with Tuyuhun Jieshuai from Zhenwu and Tiande in the two towns of Zhenwu and Tiande in the north of the Yellow River. United, the four Fanren Jieshuai united together, and suddenly the area in northern Beijing and Longdong was completely their world. This power was so strong that even the Yang brothers had to pay more attention to them, and even made Baba Si Gong became Jing Zhaoyin.

The alliance of the four families greatly increased their status in the Chang'an court, and even the Yang brothers gave them more face.

If they can go on like this for 30 to [-] years, maybe they can reach the strength of Shatuo people back then, and even far surpass their status.Shatuo people failed to establish the Shatuo Kingdom, maybe they could establish their own Dangxiang Kingdom and Tuyuhun Kingdom at that time.But the situation is changing so fast that it is confusing.

The Chang'an court, which was still incomparably powerful just now, became a candle in the wind in a blink of an eye. Their "foster father" Yang Fuguang was actually captured alive by Wang Chucun, and then took Luoyang to defect to Li Jing.But just now the imperial court forced Zhu Wen back, and even broke Li Keyong.Kanto was so corrupt, it almost became a bad game in a blink of an eye.

Such changes in the situation also affected them.The so-called dead lips and cold teeth, there are no eggs under a broken nest.

Last night, Yang Fugong's envoy came from Chang'an, and said a word of death, that there would be no eggs under the nest, and asked them to send troops from the four towns to Kanto to fight against Li Jing and defend everyone's interests.But this morning, just as he was about to summon troops and horses to go out, another envoy arrived, that is Li Jing's envoy.

Li Jing's envoy only said a few words, Tuoba Sigong couldn't help hesitating.

"Brother, this is a good thing!" Li Sijian, the commander of the yamen and the second younger brother of Yinzhou governor, said loudly. He had already read the letter, and the contents of the letter made him very excited.

The third child, Li Sixiao, nodded again and again, what was said in the letter really made them extremely excited.Li Jing's letter only said one thing, that is, Li Jing hopes that they can abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. If they can switch to Qin Fan's side, then Li Jing hereby promises that Qin Fan is willing to share the peace of the world with them in the future, and they will continue to work together in the future. In charge of the Dingnan army, even as long as they can send troops to support the Qin army, then the king of Qin is even willing to let them establish a state as a town, let them establish a party state, and exist as a vassal state of Qin state.

What a big deal this is, the Tuoba family was born in Xianbei, and their ancestors were descendants of the Yellow Emperor.According to legend, Tuoba Sigong and his ancestors were Xianbei nobles and a branch of the Northern Wei Dynasty royal family.Although the Dangxiang clan has been attached to the Tang Dynasty in recent years, they are basically regarded as Tang people, but in their hearts, they are not Han people after all, and they can build their own country, which is the greatest desire.

Sharing the world, Xu Jianguo is a vassal of Qin, Tuoba Sigong murmured, unable to make a decision for a long time.On the one hand, he warned himself that Li Jing is not an ordinary person, and these promises made today may not be fulfilled in the future.But on the other hand, he said to himself that since the Anshi Rebellion, the world has been in chaos for more than a hundred years, and even a British lord like Xianzong Xuanzong can't level the world, level the towns, no matter how heroic Li Jing is, I'm afraid he can dominate one side, but It will be difficult to level the world.It would be great if we could join hands with Li Jing to build a country of party members, even if this country is just a small vassal state, or a subsidiary state of Qin State.

"Brother, why are you still hesitating about such a good thing? The Yang brothers are about to end, do we still have to do it knowing that we can't do it? Why don't we promise Li Jing. No matter what happens in the future, at least we can do it first. Survive the storm."

"That's right, big brother, regardless of whether or not the nation can be established in the future, the most important thing is to preserve our troops and territory. If Yang Fugong wants to fight Li Jing, then let them fight. In my opinion, we might as well fight Li Jing." The three towns of Helianduo form an alliance to protect themselves, we neither help Yang Fugong send troops to fight Li Jing, nor Li Jing send troops to fight Yang Fugong. Neither will offend, support our own defense!"

"Don't offend the two?" Tuoba Sigong sighed softly, the two didn't help each other, in fact, both sides offended.But for a while, he really couldn't think of a better countermeasure. Between the cracks of such a big force, there were really not many choices.Reason told him that he should choose one of the two, no matter who he chooses, there is always a [-]% chance of being the winner.But in the end, he still didn't have the determination and courage to make this difficult choice, so he had no choice but to do what his brothers said, to avoid offense, to stand still, to form an alliance with Helian Duo and other four tribes to protect himself, and to sit and watch the situation.

After the three brothers left, Tuoba Sigong let out a long sigh, and sat on the chair a little lonely. At this moment, he felt somewhat lost and somewhat regretful.I always feel that maybe one day, I will regret the choice I made today.

Zhenwu Chanyu Dadu Protectorate, Zhenwu Jiedu Envoy, Yinshan Dadudu, Dai Guogong, Tongping Zhangshi, Inspector He Lianduo soon received the secret letter from Tuoba Sigong, read it carefully After receiving the letter, he summoned his old partner, Bai Yicheng, the envoy of the Tiande Army.

"Brother, what do you think of this?"

Bai Yicheng read Tuoba Sigong's letter carefully, and said after a long time: "Someone thinks that Tuoba Sigong's plan is very good. We mortals should not join in the fun when gods fight. The most suitable thing for us is to fight between two tigers. Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Let them fight, no matter how they fight, let's just be a spectator."

He Lianduo said worriedly: "But it's not the first day we know Li Jing. This guy is really strong. He wiped out the second town of Hebei in January and took down the town of Hedong in half a month. In today's world, no one can beat him." The enemy's sharpness. Now Li Keyong died in battle, Zhu Wen rebelled, Yang Fuguang was captured, Luoyang was lost, and the Chang'an court was even more unstoppable. The soldiers marched west to Guanzhong and killed them all the way, we can't protect ourselves even if we want to."

Bai Yicheng smiled wryly, he naturally wanted to get this too.But can they have a better choice?

"Brother, even so, what choice do we have, send troops to help Yang Fugong? Brother, don't forget, Yu Can has an elite of [-], and he sits under the Great Wall of Shuozhou, and the barracks are all set up in Zihe. Once There is a little change here, I'm afraid we don't need to go all the way to Kanto to find Li Jing to fight for our lives, and he will directly send his troops to kill us in Hetao. Li Jing is giving us courtesy first and then soldiers. On the one hand, he set conditions for us. We have made a good promise, but at the same time, we have a lot of troops on the sidelines. This is a two-handed preparation. Tell me, do we have any choice?"

"Then if we stand still, will Li Jing feel dissatisfied and directly send troops to attack?"

"Don't worry about it. Li Jing must have figured out that we would not send troops to help him. His statement is just to force us to stay out of it. Hey, Li Jing's move is very fierce. Today he beat Yang Fugong , can force us to sit idly by. I'm afraid they will deal with us again after Yang Fugong is dealt with in the future. At that time, I'm afraid no one will come to help us again."

Helianduo let out a long sigh, and both of them were silent for a moment.Although they have seen the matter clearly, they still have no way to deal with this kind of aboveboard conspiracy.Because, if they are asked to send troops to help Yang Fugong at this time, and fight Li Jing to the end with determination, they will not have the confidence.That's the only way to go, take a step, watch a step.

"Reply letters to both Li Jing and Yang Fugong, just say, just say that a certain fell from his horse while hunting and was injured, so he can't lead troops to help for a while." Helianduo said.Bai Yicheng also smiled wryly and said: "I originally planned to use this excuse, but now my brother preempted me, so I can only think of one more." (To be continued.)