Late Tang

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After the polo match, Li Jing refused the generals' persuasion.Later that day, Li Wei, Gongsun Lan, Zhang Chengzong, Liu Shouqian, Zhou Dewei, Li Juyi, and other disciples were summoned separately.

No one knew what Li Jing talked with them, but Li Wei and Gongsun Lan disappeared from the next day.

Datang Qianfu five years in August.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, all roads in Hebei Province have always seemed a little lifeless and depressed.

Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of the town [***], has made great achievements in the northeast, taking over Liaodong, restoring Liaoxi, and seizing Jitan.Li Jing, who was originally in Dengzhou in the south of Hebei, landed in Liaodong from the sea in a blink of an eye, and then turned around to reach their north.First they took Pingzhou, and now they took Yingzhou and Jitan.

Li Jing's town [***] has entered Youzhou, and the mighty Lu Long army, only half of the land is left, crawling and trembling in front of Li Jing's iron hooves.After Fan Xinglong's death, Liu Yue and Li Quanzhong were left in Lu Longjun's army, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that if this continues, Youzhou Town will fall into Li Jing's hands sooner or later.

This is already a very bad thing, but what is even worse is that the imperial court has just issued an edict to split the town[***], to take away Li Jing's military power and territory, and then send Li Jing to Hebei to do it. marshal.

In the five towns of Hebei Road, almost everyone who holds military power can smell some kind of ominous smell.

The towns in Hebei are all vassal towns that listen to the tune and don't listen to the announcement. Although they have been beaten and surrendered by the court several times, in the final analysis, they are still separatist.If the imperial court suppresses bandits and puts down rebellions, they will also listen to and send troops when they are dispatched.But if the imperial court wants to collect taxes, or interfere in the internal affairs of the towns, there is no talk at all.

The towns are already hereditary for Jiedu envoys and military positions.

Even these weakened Hebei feudal towns do not allow the imperial court to intervene in the affairs of the feudal towns.

But now the imperial court wants to lift the military power of Li Jing, who has 20 troops and is now the most powerful fan in the world, based in sixteen prefectures.

Everyone could smell the coming of war.

Hebei Road is sandwiched between the imperial court and the town [***], once the flames of war ignite, it is inevitable that the fish in the pond will be affected, the gods will fight, and the mortals will suffer.

Youzhou City Jiedu Envoy's Mansion.

"Marshal." Li Quanzhong came all the way from Mozhou, and he didn't care about Liu Yue's threat at this time.Along the way, there was unconcealable anxiety on his face.

Liu Yue glanced at him and said slowly, "The sky hasn't fallen yet."

"Commander, the imperial court wants to remove Li Jing's military power and split up the [***] town, should the commander know about this?"

"This matter has long been known in the world, and it's not news. Now it's even published in the Yan newspaper, so how could you not know about it?"

Li Quanzhong said anxiously: "Marshal, I recently heard a rumor that it is true that the imperial court cut down the feudal clan, but it is not to cut down the town [***], but to cut down the Hebei feudal town. The so-called dissolution of the town [***] , but Li Jing's sinister plan to cut down the Hebei vassals presented to the imperial court." ""

Liu Yue was startled, "How is it possible?"

"How is that impossible? Think about it, Commander-in-Chief. Given that Li Jing still has enough troops, money and food in his hands, and he has just captured Liaodong and Liaoxi, how could the imperial court say that the town [***] would be disbanded, especially Right now, Li Jingke is at the critical moment of destroying Goguryeo. Who is Li Jing's opponent in the court now?"

"What kind of rumors did you hear, please tell me in detail." Liu Yue was just worried that if the court and Li Jing fought, his Youzhou would inevitably be caught in the middle and feel sad.But now when Li Quanzhong said it, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

Li Quanzhong hurriedly said: "There are rumors, in fact, the news about the disbandment of the town [***] is all fake, and it's all bullshit. According to secret rumors, Li Jing will be able to end the Liaodong War and destroy Goguryeo within this year. Li Jing and the imperial court secretly agreed that the imperial court would falsely announce the disbandment of the town [***], and then the emperor would lead the Shence army to move to Luoyang, and then Zheng Congxun would lead the Hedong army and the Wufan cavalry into Youzhou and Yiwu. Take Cui Anqian and Zhang Zimian to attack Weibo."

"As for Li Jing, he led his troops into two groups at one stroke, one into Shanhaiguan, attacked Youzhou, and joined Zheng Congyu. The other went from Ziqing to cross the Yellow River to attack Yichang Town. The imperial court marched into Hebei at the same time with multiple troops. It must be done in one fell swoop. Destroy all feudal clans in Hebei."

Liu Yue took a long breath, thinking that this was impossible for a while, but when he thought about it, he felt that it was very possible.

At least, now that Li Jing is gaining momentum, how could the court suddenly want to release Li Jing's military power at this time.

On the contrary, it was the feudal towns in Hebei. During the reign of Emperor Xianzong, the feudal towns fought against the imperial court for years, although in the end the imperial court was unable to fight anymore and had to admit their separatism.But the feudal vassals are not as good as before, otherwise, they would not have been so respectful to the imperial court these years, and they have made continuous offerings, and they have sent troops to participate in several times when the imperial court dispatched troops.

It can be said that the vassals in Hebei are indeed different from other vassals. At least all the vassals are self-reliant, and the father dies and the son replaces them, and they are not controlled by the court.

If the imperial court wants to take advantage of the current opportunity and take advantage of Li Jing's power to wipe out the feudal clans in Hebei, it is by no means impossible.

After all, the imperial court of Youzhou did not care about Li Jing's entry in the first two years, and later even appointed Li Jing as the governor of Youzhou, and later sent Chen Jingxuan to lead [-] forbidden troops to Youzhou.It can be seen from that that the imperial court does have plans to subdue the Hebei feudal clans.

"Commander, I heard that Li Jing is still attacking Liaodong City. Think about it. If the imperial court really wants to take Li Jing's soldiers, why would he still have the intention to continue besieging the Goguryeo people? Now that Li Jing has accepted the order, But he continued to besiege Liaodong City as if nothing happened, from this we can see that Li Jing has nothing to fear. What is his credentials? I am afraid that he is waiting for the arrival of the imperial army!"

"Then what should we do?" Liu Yue said worriedly, breaking out in cold sweat.

"When Emperor Xianzong cut down the vassals, Hebei was able to preserve it, all because the Hebei vassals advanced and retreated as one, attacking and defending the alliance." Li Quanzhong said.

"Offensive and defensive alliance?" Liu Yue laughed sarcastically, "No one came to help us when Li Jing attacked Youzhou. Besides, let's talk about Wang Jingchong from Chengde Town, his grandfather married Xuanzong's niece Shou Princess An, as far as I know, Wang Jingchong is very respectful to the imperial court. And the Yiwu Army and Yichang Army were separated after the imperial court defeated the Chengde army. They are extremely respectful to the imperial court."

"Wang Jingchong is truly respectful to the imperial court. It is because the Chengde army was defeated several times and civil strife made the strongest Chengde army in the San Francisco town of Hebei at that time divided into three and became the weakest town. The imperial court is respectful. But in my heart, the Chengde Army hopes to restore the past. To tell you the truth, the news I said was sent to me by the Chengde Army Jiedu envoy Wang Jingchong. He hopes that our Hebei towns, at least our The three towns of Lulong, Chengde, and Weibo can unite and form an offensive and defensive alliance to deal with the imperial court's attack together."

"What is Zhao Guogong going to do?" Ever since Fan Xinglong's death and the loss of Jitan, Liu Yue has been under great pressure. The town [***] has come under his nose, and he can come to Youzhou at any time.Right now, he has no way to retreat.

"Imitate the alliance of five kings back then, and form an alliance of three families."

Xijing, Chang'an!

After the Yingtian Festival in early August, there was news that the emperor was going to conscript himself.

However, the emperor's personal conquest requires a lot of preparation work. Originally, he decided to bring [-] Shence troops. By this time, it has been changed again and again. It has become the Shence army plus the troops from Guanzhong and Henan towns, and There are hundreds of thousands of palace servants and servants accompanying the army.

A team of 10 people needs a lot of vehicles, horses, food, etc., naturally.

Various preparations were not progressing quickly, which made it impossible for the emperor to leave Beijing at this time.

But in the city of Chang'an, there were already rumors that Li Jing rebelled, and there was even news that the northern capital Taiyuan fell and the emperor was trapped in Luoyang.

Then some people said that the Hebei feudal town had rebelled, and some even said that Huang Chao had already fought the Yangtze River. It was not Li Jing who besieged the emperor in Luoyang City, but Huang Chao.

In short, there are all kinds of news, and rumors are flying everywhere.

"A fortuneteller, are you accurate?"

Old Taoist Fu Qingshan was sitting under the shade of a tree in Fang Street, the fortune-telling tool was leaning against the tree, feeling a little sleepy, when he suddenly heard a thunderous sound in his ears.He raised his head, and saw a shirtless, seven-foot strong man standing in front of him, with a hulking back and a fierce look on his face, especially on those muscular arms, there were even more tattoos.

On the left arm, there is a tattoo of "Life is not afraid of Jing Zhaoyin", and on the right arm is "Death is not afraid of King Yama".

Seeing this person, the old Taoist's eyes could not help but flash.He whispered, "What's the price of mushrooms recently?"

The strong man glanced left and right: "It's cheaper than canned beef."

"Heavenly King built the tower." The Taoist said again.

The strong man immediately replied: "The pagoda suppresses the river demon!"

The Taoist looked around for a while, "Why do you come here to connect, it's too dangerous."

"The matter is urgent. Both the big boss and the second boss have come from the east. There is an urgent mission. Call all agents with level seven authority to return to the nest."

The Taoist priest's face changed, he didn't expect that both the big boss and the second boss had arrived, and they wanted to call the special agents above the seventh level of the capital to meet.He knew that this incident might have something to do with the Emperor's Eastern Expedition and the split of Zhen[***] who could speak.Nodding his head, the brawny man pretended to have made a fortune, then cursed and said that the fortune was not good, so he left.

After a while, the old Taoist also took over the hexagram booth and disappeared on the street.

As night fell, Pingkangfang next to Dongshi became the city that never sleeps.

Although there is a curfew in Chang'an, after the gate of Pingkang Square is closed, the streets inside the square can't help but walk at night.

Countless brothels in the square have been hung with red lanterns, and there are many restaurants and gambling houses that are not closed at night and open all night.

One of the famous Wuge's backyards, people quietly arrived from time to time tonight, and the few people who were waiting here entered the basement under the rockery in the courtyard.

If there are people who are familiar with Chang'an Street here, they will be surprised to find that all the people who quietly gathered here tonight are some famous people on Chang'an Street.

Among them are highly skilled thieves, and the fruits they eat are all tributes from the palace, such as Dongting oranges and Lingnan lychees.

There is also an old man with superb martial arts, who usually lives in a remote corner of the city, and occasionally shows his skills, which is also very amazing.

There are also a few young and beautiful women who usually rent high-end houses to receive rich sons. Whenever the son's money is about to be spent, they will check out and disappear.

More are idlers on the street, and these people have tattoos.In addition to the strong man tattooed on his arm in the daytime who is not afraid of Jing Zhaoyin in life and King Yama in death, there is also a man with tattoos of Bai Juyi's poems all over his body in the room.In addition to these two people, there are also stabbing left green dragon and right white tiger and so on.

The fortune teller was also there, besides him, there were several bald monks in the house, and even a few female crowns and a few bald nuns.

There are as many as hundreds of people in these marketplaces.Usually there are thousands of people from all walks of life on Chang'an Street, but now they all gather together.

After everyone arrived, two more men in cloaks came.

Take off the cloak, but it is a man and a woman.

The male is Li Wei and Li Zijun who are known as the big boss, and the female is the second boss Gongsun Lan.

This is a secret stronghold of Zhen[***] Xiaoqi Division, and at this time, there are not only secret agents trained by Zhen[***], but also plum blossom guards like Gongsun Lan's plum blossom guards. , Xihe Princess Li Huier's Li Jingmen killer.

"Tianzi No. [-] secret order: Enter the palace and assassinate the emperor!" Li Wei scanned the people in the secret room. Although there were only more than a hundred people, this was for safety reasons. This time, at least level [-] agents were summoned. spy.In the Xiaoqisi system, every seven-level agent is a senior agent.

Although Li Wei's words were shocking, no one doubted Li Wei's order.

Especially after Li Wei and Gongsun Lan came together and showed Li Jing's Golden Dragon Token, no one would doubt it.

Tianzi No. [-] Secret Order, this is the top mission.

It will be an extremely difficult task to enter the palace to assassinate the emperor, but no one will refuse the order.

It is not easy to enter the palace, but it is not impossible for Xiaoqisi.After half a day of deliberation, everyone found a plan to enter the palace.That is to first use a secret dyeing workshop under the name of Xiaoqisi.This dyeing workshop belongs to a stronghold of Xiaoqisi, and the people inside are Xiaoqisi's spies.This dyeing workshop is responsible for supplying the purple grass, the raw material for dyeing purple fabrics, to the palace.

"Hide people in the purple grass cart, cover it with purple grass and mix it into the Daming Palace. After entering, find a place to hide first. Wait until late at night and then listen to the order to act together. There are many halls in the Daming Palace. There is no problem with anyone coming, and we have a detailed map of the palace, as long as you go in, you won't be afraid to find the emperor."

After a day of preparation, the next day was the time for the dyeing workshop to send the purple grass into the palace.After careful preparation, the grass delivery car has been modified, and there is a dark box inside, which can hide people in it without being discovered.

Things had been going well, but when the convoy entered one of the palace gates for inspection.

A eunuch guarding the gate found something suspicious. Comfrey was originally a very light thing, even if it was full, it would not have much weight.But today's grass trucks are overweight, with deep marks on them.

"Stop!"

The eunuch stopped the convoy, "Unload the comfrey, I want to check it carefully."

"Eunuch, if so many purple grasses are unloaded, I'm afraid it will delay the time. I would like to ask the father-in-law for convenience, this is to honor the father-in-law to drink tea." Zhang Jian from the dyeing workshop hurried forward, took out a small bag of gold coins, and asked There are twenty or thirty pieces.

The eunuch took the money bag, turned around but still said coldly: "Unload all the goods for inspection."

Everyone didn't expect that the eunuch would take money and do nothing, seeing that the plan had been disrupted.Zhang Jian had no choice but to act in a hurry and broke the eunuch's neck. Li Wei and others who were hiding in the car also jumped out one after another, holding weapons and killing them.

Li Wei asked Gongsun Lan to take some people to attack the bow and arrow library according to the map, so as to obtain weapons and replenish them.He led another group of people to kill directly towards Qingsi Hall.

All of a sudden, there were killing sounds in Daming Palace.

The goal of Li Wei and the others is Qingsi Temple.

At this time, according to the news from the palace, the emperor Li Xuan was playing polo in the Qingsi Hall.

The eunuch who served Li Xuan saw a group of unknown assassins approaching roaringly, and hurriedly retreated into the Qingsi Palace and closed the courtyard door tightly.

Tian Lingzi hurriedly reported to the emperor that an assassin had entered the palace.

After Li Xuan and Tian Lingzi panicked for a while, Tian Lingzi asked Li Xuan to say: "Go to the Zuo Shence barracks quickly."

The Qingsi Hall where the emperor lived was close to the east wall of the Daming Palace, and the Zuo Shence Barracks was just to the north of the Qingsi Hall, only 300 meters apart.Moreover, Tian Lingzi is the lieutenant of the Zuo Shence Army, and almost all the people in the Zuo Shence Army are his troops.

Li Wei and others were blocked from the palace gate and persisted for a while, and the Shence Army from the Zuo Shence Barracks had heard the news.The two sides fought for a while, and Gongsun Lan led another army to capture the bow and arrow storehouse, and came over with the bow and crossbow.

The two sides joined together, and immediately the momentum revived, and the first batch of more than a hundred Shence troops who arrived were quickly killed.

Li Wei sent people to pile up the corpses under the palace wall, build a corpse wall, and then took a ladder to enter over the wall.

In the Hall of Qingsi, the guards around Li Xuan fell down one by one, even Tian Lingzi was hit by two arrows, his face paled in fright.

At this time, the emperor Li Xuan was even more bewildered and looked at a loss.

Gongsun Lan looked at the panic-stricken young emperor, but a surge of anger surged in her heart.

If her son didn't die, he would probably be about the same size as him.But also the son of the faint emperor Yizong, Li Xuan became the emperor, but her son was drowned in the Wei River.

Zhang Gong nocked the arrow and pulled the bowstring, Li Xuan in the distance fell down in response.

Gongsun Lan was waiting to go up and cut off the little emperor's head with a sword, but she heard the sound of shouting and killing coming from outside.Li Wei rushed over covered in blood, and pulled Gongsun Lan up, "The Shence Army is about to encircle this place, withdraw immediately!"

"The wind is tight, scream!"

Li Wei and Gongsun Lan retreated one after another, and fled desperately before the shence army surrounded them.

Many who ran slower fell one after another.

After repelling the assassins, the soldiers of the Right Shence Army rushed into the Qingsi Hall, but they were shocked to find that there were feather arrows stuck on the ground everywhere in the Qingsi Hall, as well as the eunuchs, palace servants and guards who were lying on the ground. corpse.

Going forward, I saw more than a dozen surviving servants standing beside the emperor and Tian Lingzi, crying in panic, as if mourning a concubine! (To be continued.)