Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 83
Dezong had no choice but to demote Lu Qi as Xinzhou Sima, Bai Zhizhen Enzhou Sima, and Zhao Zan as Bozhou Sima. At the same time, he issued an order to comfort Li Huaiguang and Li Sheng, a group of generals.Li Huaiguang went up again to reprimand the eunuch Zhai Wenxiu, saying that he should be killed because of his favor and lawlessness.Although Dezong liked Zhai Wenxiu, but the country was in critical condition and he relied on the support of the generals. He had no choice but to follow Li Huaiguang's memorabilia and kill Zhai Wenxiu.

Unexpectedly, Li Huaiguang stationed troops in Xianyang, but he still refused to fight.Lu Zhi, the doctor of meritorious service, persuaded the emperor to issue an edict to sin against himself, so Dezong had no choice but to follow Lu Zhi's words and issued a pitiful edict of guilt. When general Li Xilie saw that Dezong was so weak and incompetent, he relied on his military strength, dreamed of being an emperor, and established himself as emperor.

Dezong was frightened to death when he heard about it, but he got another secret report saying that Li Huaiguang also had the intention of rebellion.Dezong thought that Fengtian City was empty of soldiers and horses, so he followed Hunyan's method to borrow troops from Tubo.Lu Zhi brought the letter of credence to Tupan and borrowed [-] soldiers. Li Huaiguang wrote to Emperor Dezong angrily upon hearing this: "Borrowing troops from Tupan will cause three harms: if the capital is conquered, Tubo will send troops." Looting is the first major harm; Tufan has made great achievements, and he must ask for generous rewards, which is the second greatest harm; when Tubo soldiers arrive, they must wait and see first. When our army wins, he seeks to share the merit; when our army is defeated, he will change. , is the third worst evil."

Dezong felt that what Li Huaiguang said was reasonable, but at this time the Tubo soldiers had arrived at the border, and Dezong hurriedly ordered Lu Zhi to stop the Tubo troops.The Tubo soldiers were very unhappy to see the Chinese emperor's back-and-forth.But Li Huaiguang saw that the emperor didn't need his own troops, but went to borrow troops from Tubo. This obviously did not trust him, so his rebellious heart became more and more urgent. The words reveal resentment.After reading the watch book, Dezong felt quite uneasy, so he wanted to lead the Sixth Division and go straight to Xianyang to comfort the army.However, Li Huaiguang suspected that Emperor Dezong was going to capture him himself, so he discussed with his subordinates.Just at this time, an imperial decree came, adding Li Huaiguang as Taiwei, giving him an iron certificate, and never adding any crime.Li Huaiguang threw the iron coupon on the ground in front of the ambassador, and shouted loudly: "Huaiguang didn't want to rebel, but now I'm giving the iron coupon to encourage me to rebel!" The ambassador shrank his neck in fright, turned around and ran away went back.

Here, Li Huaiguang saw that the matter had come to an end, so he simply erected an anti-flag and sent envoys to Zhu Xi's place to fight against the Tang Dynasty together.Zhu Xi and Li Huaiguang made an appointment as brothers, saying that the Tang Dynasty would be destroyed in the future, and the two families would divide the world equally. On the one hand, they would take [-] gold and thousands of colorful satins to send to the Tubo soldiers. went.

Emperor Dezong saw that the Tubo soldiers had turned away and turned against Li Huaiguang, and he was even more frightened. At this moment, Hun Yan came into the palace in a panic and reported that Li Huaiguang had ordered his subordinate Zhao Shengluan to mix into Fengtian City. The mobilization of banned soldiers is an internal response.Now the forbidden soldiers in the palace are no longer owned by His Majesty!In extreme panic, Emperor Dezong did not discuss with the ministers, hurriedly led a large group of concubines, princesses and princes, and quietly escaped from the harem, and ran straight to the west gate, intending to go to Liangzhou. Five or six hundred subordinates were cut off.When the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty in Fengtian heard that the Lord Long Live had run away, they hurriedly left their belongings, rushed out of the city, and followed Yu Jia.

The embarrassment and panic of the monarchs and ministers along the way is really unsightly.I was walking on a secluded path in the mountain, and suddenly I saw a banner in the depths of the woods.The forbidden soldiers who explored the way hurriedly turned around and announced that there were soldiers and horses in ambush ahead.Dezong hurriedly ordered the chariots and horses to retreat, and at the same time ordered Hun Yan to pat the horse forward and ask where the army horses were.

Hun Yan saw that there was a general at the head, and the soldiers and horses behind were all over the mountains and plains, and he thought to himself, Long Live Lord, this time is over, how can I fight against the enemy single-handedly?But as soon as he approached, he recognized the general as Li Sheng, Hun Yan didn't wait for him to speak, and asked first, "Is General Li going to rebel with Li Huaiguang?"

Li Sheng got off his horse in a hurry, bowed and said, "How dare the last general dare to rebel?" Then he asked Sheng Shang where his chariot is now?Sure enough, after seeing the driver, Li Sheng hurriedly fell to his knees, "The rebellious minister Li Huaiguang rebelled, and wanted to join the army with the minister and commit a crime against the imperial driver. It was the minister Wan who excused himself, and came out with 1 troops from his headquarters, and came here to protect him."

Hearing this, Dezong nodded in admiration and shed tears at the same time. He immediately worshiped Li Sheng as the right general in front of the car, and ordered him to lead his troops to attack Chang'an first when he returned to the army.Hun Yan still protects the driver and heads for Liangzhou.

At that time, Cui Hanheng, Han Youhuan, Li Chulin and other generals were not tempted by Li Huaiguang and were willing to spare no effort to kill thieves for the emperor.They were ordered to join forces and attack the city of Chang'an day and night.

Ever since Zhu Xi was defeated and returned to guard Chang'an, he had no intention of fighting for the world, regardless of who would kill him, he only knew how to indulge in lust with the beauties in the palace all day long.

After Zhu Xi and Li Huaiguang became brothers, Li Huaiguang's troops were many and brave, and he captured many Tang Cities in the past few days. Every time Li Huaiguang won a county, he sent a letter to Zhu Xi to discuss the strategy of advancing and retreating.Seeing that Li Huaiguang was so loyal and obedient, Zhu Xi couldn't help but feel proud. That day he wrote a handwritten letter calling Li Huaiguang to Beijing to assist the government and worshiped him as a master. He actually called himself Zhen and called Li Huaiguang Qing. The emperor and his ministers.

As soon as Li Huaiguang received Zhu Shi's reply, which was called "big change", he threw his book on the ground in anger, and then he took out his stronghold and plundered Jingyang.

Zhu Xi left a capable helper like Li Huaiguang in a fit of anger, while the soldiers of King Simiqin gathered Li Sheng, Hun Yu, etc., gathered outside Chang'an City, and fought hard to attack the city.

After defeating Yao Lingyan, Li Sheng finally broke through Chang'an City.Zhu Xi was so frightened that he was out of his wits, he only took his concubine Yu Gui with him, led by Yao Lingyan and Yuan Xiu with nearly [-] disabled soldiers to protect him, and fled out of the west gate.

Those concubines in the harem who had been raped by Zhu Xi now heard that Li Sheng had entered the city and Emperor Tang was about to return to the palace, filled with shame and indignation, drowned and hanged to death.While Li Sheng sent people to collect the corpses, he ordered the soldiers not to harass the people, and also beheaded the two generals who hid singing girls and horse thieves for public display.At this time, Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty ordered not to pursue the past of Zhu Xi's subordinates, but allowed them to surrender and rehabilitate, so the subordinates who fled with Zhu Xi surrendered one after another in order to rehabilitate, and Yao Lingyan was hacked to death by soldiers.Zhu Xi galloped north by himself, but Yu Guifei was taken captive by his subordinates, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Zhu Xi was on the way to escape, and the general Liang Tingfen shot an arrow secretly behind him, and it hit Zhu Xi's neck.After being tricked by the plot, Zhu Xi yelled, turned over and fell off his horse, and fell into the deep pit beside the road.Another member of the army, Han Min, rushed forward, and with a click, he chopped off Zhu Mi's head.Then the two of them took this as a merit and went to Dezong to receive the reward.

Then Dezong returned to Chang'an, led his concubines, the princess and the prince back to the palace, checked the family members, most of them died, Dezong was very sad, and gave each of the surviving palace ladies a piece of silk, which was called suppressing shock.On the second day, feast the heroes.Naturally, Li Sheng ranked first, followed by Hun Yan; all the soldiers who accompanied the conquest sat in order.In the middle of drinking, Li Sheng got up and said: "There are still two rebellious people left: one is Li Huaiguang and the other is Li Xilie. Please issue an order to condemn them."

Dezong Zhunzao ordered Hunyu to conquer Li Huaiguang, and Li Sheng commanded 5 troops to conquer Li Xilie, and granted Li Sheng the title of Situ Zhongshuling.

7. Strange woman saves the lonely city righteously

After Li Xilie became emperor, soldiers and horses went out to plunder everywhere.What he wanted to capture most was Xiangcheng County, because it was an important road for communication. If he got this city, he could advance to Xianyang.

Li Kan, magistrate of Xiangcheng County, was an embarrassing little Confucian. When he heard that Li Xilie had sent troops to attack, he was so frightened that he immediately planned to abandon the city and flee.His wife, Yang Shi, is a heroine among women, and she said sharply to her husband, "Kou Zhi should be guarded, and if he can't be guarded, he should be killed! How could you think of running away?" Li Kan sighed and said, "How can you do so with few soldiers and no wealth?" Shou!"

Yang said in a strict voice: "If this city cannot be guarded, the land will be owned by thieves, the warehouses will be thieves' food, the government treasury will be thieves' profit, and the people will be thieves' people. Then what's the point of the country wanting you to be an official here? Now use up all your wealth Millet, recruit the dead, and guard the city together; only when the city survives, and when the city is destroyed, can we be worthy of the court above and the people below."

Li Kan just shook his head vigorously, but he couldn't listen to it, and he just refused to send troops.Yang was very angry, so he summoned the officials to the court and said loudly to the officials: "The county magistrate is the lord of the city, and you should protect you officials and people; but the county magistrate will move when he is old. Unlike you, you Born in this land, grew up in this land, the fields and huts are here, and the tomb is here, so now we should guard to the death together, who is willing to lose his body and become a thief?" After hearing this, the group of officials raised their arms and shouted: "We swear not Follow the thief!" Yang ordered again: "I have made an agreement with you today, whoever can take tiles and stones to attack the thief will be rewarded with a thousand coins, and whoever kills the thief with a knife and arrow will be rewarded with ten thousand coins."

Immediately, the crowd was enthusiastic, and Yang Shi pushed Li Kanlai from the back hall, forcing him to lead the crowd to the city.

Suddenly seeing a thief approaching with clamor, Li Kan's legs trembled immediately, and he fled down the city in a hurry.Immediately, Yang went to the city on behalf of her husband, and said loudly to the thieves below the city: "The fathers and elders of Xiangcheng know the righteousness and swear to guard this city. When you get this city, it is not enough to demonstrate. Why don't you go with him, so you don't have to waste your energy!" There was a woman standing there who couldn't help laughing.

Yang had no choice but to push her husband to the city again and lead the crowd to resist.In a hurry, an arrow flew from the enemy's formation and hit Li Kan on the shoulder. Li Kan couldn't bear the pain, and ran back down the city. When he met Yang, Yang said in pain: "Why did you go down to the city again? The people have no masters, and the city is about to perish; what happened today, even if you die in battle on the city, you can still get a famous name through the ages.”

Li Kan had no choice but to wrap his wounds and climbed the city repeatedly. The supervisors and soldiers reflexed. Ten thousand crossbows were fired at once, and the enemy was slightly frustrated. So they erected a ladder to attack the city. He shot an arrow in the cheek and fell to his death under the city.The enemy army lost its main general, and the situation suddenly became chaotic.

After Xiangcheng County was saved, the governor reported the list of Yang's achievements in defending the city, and Emperor Dezong issued an edict to promote Li Kan to Taiping Order.

8. Wisdom woman washes away humiliation through wisdom

Not long after attacking Xiangcheng, Li Xilie was defeated by Li Sheng's army. All the prefectures and counties he occupied returned, and he himself fled to Caizhou.The Qing Dynasty also succeeded in conquering Li Huaiguang. After Li Huaiguang committed suicide, his subordinates cut off his head and surrendered to the city.On the day when Zoukai's class returned to Beijing, Emperor Dezong went out of the city to work in the army.

At this time Li Xilie was sticking to Caizhou, although seeing the decline of the army, he was stubborn and refused to surrender.

Li Xilie's favorite concubine, Dou's Guiniang, is the beloved daughter of Dou Liang, Cao Canjun, a householder in Bianzhou. She is not only beautiful, but also talented and knowledgeable.After Li Xilie captured Bianzhou that day, he sent a dowry gift to Dou's house, saying that he would hire Gui Niang as his second wife.Of course, Dou Liang would not agree to marry his young and talented daughter to such an old man as his concubine. In the fury of sternly refusing, this stubborn old man even insulted Li Xilie's daughter in the future. The dowry was thrown out of court.

When Li Xilie saw that Dou Guiniang could not be married by the gift, he sent dozens of soldiers and soldiers to Dou Liang's home, and forced the girl to be kidnapped.Naturally, her father would not be willing to endure it obediently, but chased after him with a sword in hand.Poor Dou Liang is almost 60 years old, old and weak, and in a hurry, he chased him for twenty miles. Dou Guiniang saw her father chasing pitifully in front, and was afraid that her father would really catch up, so he would inevitably die. After being murdered, she turned her head and cried to her father, "Father, just let go of the child! If you go here, you will surely destroy the thieves and make your lord rich."

Dou Liang also knew that his daughter would never be taken back, so when they went home, the old couple cried a lot and had to accept their fate.

Dou Guiniang met Li Xilie but she didn't resist very much. Li Xilie fulfilled his wish that day and was able to love her to the fullest. From then on, Li Xilie loved her like a treasure.After Li Xilie became emperor, he made Dou Guiniang a noble concubine.Dou Guiniang took this opportunity to try her best to seduce Li Xilie with her beauty, and deliberately showed off her talent, often managing military affairs for Li Xilie, so Dou Guiniang knew all the secrets of Li Xilie.

Now trapped in Caizhou, Dou Guiniang said to Li Xilie: "I have seen many generals, and there are many loyal and brave men, but none of them are as good as Chen Guangqi. I heard that Guangqi's wife, Dou Shi, is very fond of Guangqi. If I have close contact with him, I will be urgent in the future. If you have confidence, you can be safe." Li Xilie obeyed Dou Guiniang at this time, and since then Dou Guiniang and Chen Guangqi's wife Dou Shi have been visiting each other in the boudoir.

Dou Guiniang and Mrs. Chen have many Dou's, so she called Mrs. Chen's Dou's sister. They have been in love for a long time, and the two of them often talk to each other.That day, when the two of them were talking to each other again, Dou Guiniang said to Mrs. Chen, Dou's family: "How can a small corner of Caizhou defeat the whole country? My sister sees Xi Lie, and she will inevitably be defeated sooner or later. My sister must make her own plan as soon as possible. So as not to worry about extinction." Mrs. Chen Dou told Chen Guangqi what Dou Guiniang had said, and since then he had the heart to murder Li Xilie, and he had no chance to take advantage of it. It happened that Li Xilie was ill at this time, so he bribed Li Xilie with gold. Chen Shanfu, the family doctor of his family, threw the poison into the decoction. After Li Xilie took the medicine, he immediately bled from his orifices, writhed and howled for a while, and died.

Li Xilie's son was very vigilant. Seeing his father's death, he knew that his subordinates had killed him. He deliberately hid his father's body and kept it secret.While discussing how to implement the plan to kill all the old generals, someone happened to offer a basket of red and fresh peaches, and Dou Guiniang took the opportunity to say to him, "Why don't you give some of the peaches to Chen Guangqi's wife first, so as not to be suspected?" .”

Li Xilie's son felt that what Dou Guiniang said was right, so Dou Guiniang sent a maid to give the peaches to Mrs. Chen Dou's family.

Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Dou, is also a delicate person. When she saw that there was a peach in the peach that was similar in shape but not a real peach. It was just a wax pill painted red. She knew something was wrong. After the maid turned around, she picked out the wax pill and handed it To Chen Guangqi.He dissected the pill and examined it, and sure enough, a small piece of paper was exposed from it. There were small cursive characters written on it: "The traitor died on the eve of the eve, and he is buried in the back hall today. The evil son will not be buried in secret. If you want to murder the minister, please Good for yourself."

Chen Guangqi summoned his subordinates overnight and told them the secret.Xue Yu, the general with teeth inside, suddenly realized: "No wonder Li Xilie's room is full of music, which is constantly playing day and night; just imagine how Li Xilie's condition worsens, how can he have such a leisurely mood, this is clearly undecided, fake music to cover up outsiders' eyes and ears. I If you don't strike first, you will be murdered!" Chen Guangqi and Xue Yu each led their troops to surround Yamen, claiming to see Li Xilie.

When Li Xilie's son saw that the matter had been exposed, he rushed out to pay his respects. Chen Guangqi said sharply, "My father is disobedient. The Son of Heaven ordered me to punish the thief." As he spoke, he went up and killed Li Xilie's son without waiting for him to answer, and then killed him again. He killed Li Xilie's wife, cut off Li Xilie's head, and dedicated it to the capital, leaving only Dou Guiniang's life.

Because of Chen Guangqi's meritorious service in killing thieves, Emperor Dezong worshiped Chen Guangqi as the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu.Because of Dou Guiniang's wisdom and courage, she called Dou Guiniang into the palace. Seeing that Dou Guiniang was beautiful and lovely, Wang Guifei recognized her as a righteous daughter and kept her in the palace. At the same time, she asked Dezong to worship Dou Guiniang's father Dou Liang as Caizhou The governor really complied with Dou Guiniang's invitation to riches and honor for her father.

(End of this chapter)