Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 263 Self-destructing the Great Wall ([-])

Bian Lingcheng had just left Chang'an City when he rode a fast horse from Huainan into Chang'an City, and ran all the way to the palace gate.

The man on the horse was named Wang An, and he was a member of the Qiqing Chamber of Commerce.

Li Fei's handwritten memorandum first arrived in Huainan from the sea, and then Cao Xiaozhong and Xiao Ruoshui sent people to Chang'an City in a hurry.

"Who dares to break into the palace!" Because Wang An was wearing the clothes of ordinary people, in order to prevent anyone from breaking into the palace, the imperial guards who guarded the palace gate shouted loudly, and there were also guards on the palace wall who bent their bows and set up arrows, pointing at Wang An. .

"Don't get me wrong, I'll send Li Fei, the Eastern Jiedu Envoy of the Public Security Bureau of the State of Wu, here to play a book in his own hand. There is an urgent battle report, and I hope to present it to His Majesty as soon as possible!" Wang An dismounted his horse a hundred meters away from the palace gate, and rushed towards the imperial guards at the palace gate. the guard yelled.

The imperial guards guarding the palace gate were shocked. It turned out that it was a memorial from the Anton Governor's Mansion.

Although Wang An was not allowed to enter the palace directly, the guards of the forbidden army also took Li Fei's memorial to Tang Xuanzong to report.

"Report-"

"Your Majesty, the memorandum from Wu Guogong Li Fei of the Protectorate of Andong!"

"Andong Protectorate, Li Fei?" Tang Xuanzong was taken aback. Because of the Anlu Mountain rebellion, everything north of the Yellow River became the territory of Anlu Mountain. Andong Protectorate was isolated in the northeast. Unexpectedly, Li Fei Fei was able to send the letter to Chang'an City.

"Submit it to me quickly!" Tang Xuanzong said eagerly.

Because Li Fei once led the weak Anton army to defeat the [-] troops of the Bohai Kingdom in just a few days, and his record is shining. At this critical moment of the Anlu Mountain rebellion, Tang Xuanzong eagerly hoped that someone could threaten Anlu Mountain from behind. Anlu Mountain.And Li Fei's Andong Protectorate's Mansion is bordered by Pinglu Road, which is the best place to directly threaten An Lushan's lair.

"Okay, what a Li Fei!" Tang Xuanzong said in surprise.

In his memorial, Li Fei described how he entered the Khitan and the grasslands of the Xi clan, and surrendered to the two clans.He also told about how he annihilated 1 rebels in Youzhou and came to the city of Youzhou.

Every one can cheer up Tang Xuanzong's heart.

Over the past few days, the imperial court has lost consecutive battles against Anlu Mountain, allowing Anlu Mountain to cross the Yellow River in just over a month, and also captured Luoyang, the eastern capital. Tang Xuanzong has heard too many defeats, and Li Fei's victory It just gave him a rare incentive.

"It's a pity that Li Fei didn't take the opportunity to capture Youzhou City in the end, otherwise the rebel An Lushan would be in chaos!" Tang Xuanzong said regretfully.

Li Fei said in his memorial the reason why he did not capture Youzhou City.The Anton Governor's Mansion has too few troops, not only to guard against the rebels in Pinglu Road, but also to attack the Khitan and Xi tribes, and to annihilate the 1 Youzhou rebels brought out of Youzhou by Jia Xun. , There were not many troops at the foot of Youzhou City, and it was really difficult to pose a threat to the tall and strong Youzhou City, so they had no choice but to withdraw after only an attack. Therefore, Tang Xuanzong also asked Tang Xuanzong to agree to increase his troops.

Tang Xuanzong was not completely stupid, and he could understand this.

He also knew that Li Fei only had [-] Anton troops under his command, and it was very rare to be able to achieve this step.The most important thing is the encouragement of Li Fei's big victory to the court.

Tang Xuanzong immediately wanted to announce Li Fei's achievements to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

However, when Tang Xuanzong saw the back, Li Fei's pleading for Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing immediately made him frown again.

Li Fei's memorial was written ten days ago at the earliest. At that time, the battle of Luoyang had just begun. How did Li Fei know that today he would want to kill Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing?

Li Fei pleaded for Feng Changqing, wrote very clearly, and analyzed many things, especially Feng Changqing's fiasco.

Said that Feng Changqing's repeated defeats were not at fault, and stated that all the soldiers under An Lushan's command were experienced elites, while the soldiers under Feng Changqing were just ordinary people who had just been recruited without any training. , the combat effectiveness is far from that of Anlushan's rebels, and the number is far inferior to that of Anlushan's rebels. Feng Changqing's fiasco was predictable.

But at least Feng Changqing fought desperately and killed a large number of rebel soldiers.

Besides Gao Xianzhi, Li Fei could only guess the reason why Feng Changqing was accused and beheaded by Tang Xuanzong, but he couldn't guess the specific reason why Gao Xianzhi was also beheaded by Tang Xuanzong.

Pleading for Gao Xianzhi, this is what Li Fei said.

Gao Xianzhi has experienced hundreds of battles and has rich experience in the battlefield. He is a rare general in the Tang Dynasty.It is easy to get a thousand soldiers but hard to find a general. It has been a taboo for military strategists since ancient times for someone to lead an army to wipe out the Anlu Mountain rebels and kill generals at the front.

In short, it meant that Feng Changqing couldn't be killed, and neither could Gao Xianzhi.

It can be said that Li Fei tried his best to keep the two generals Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi and help Datang defend Tongguan.

Li Fei didn't want to see An Lushan enter Guanzhong, and history repeated Tang Xuanzong's escape with Concubine Yang, and finally the tragedy happened in Maweiyi.Li Fei didn't have much heart, he only wanted to protect the people he wanted to protect, and the first ones were undoubtedly his wife and children and Concubine Yang Gui, whom he regarded as his own mother.

He once desperately exposed that An Lushan wanted to rebel, hoping to warn Tang Xuanzong and prevent historical tragedies from happening.

It's a pity that it didn't succeed. Tang Xuanzong didn't want to believe that An Lushan returned to Youzhou safely and rebelled.

Unable to prevent An Lushan from rebelling, Li Fei tried to prevent An Lushan from entering the Guanzhong, and prevented Tang Xuanzong from fleeing with Yang Guifei and others, and finally the tragic scene in Maweiyi.

Li Fei did everything he could.

Tang Xuanzong was very conflicted.

Tang Xuanzong would not have listened to Li Fei's persuasion if Li Fei hadn't had the record of defeating the Khitan, the Xi clan, and annihilating the Youzhou rebels.But Li Fei's record was ahead, and Tang Xuanzong's heart was cheered up, and his depression was reduced a lot, and he could already listen to some of Li Fei's advice.

At this time, Tang Xuanzong faintly felt that killing Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing like this seemed really inappropriate.

But, do you want to listen to Li Fei?
Tang Xuanzong frowned and hesitated there. After a while, Tang Xuanzong's eyes gradually became indifferent again.

Why do you listen to Li Fei?

He is the emperor, and all decisions should be made by him, the emperor.

How much can Li Feiyuan know in the Anton Protectorate thousands of miles away? Does he know how hateful Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi are?In order to cover up the guilt of his repeated defeats, one even exaggerated the strength of the anti-army to shake the morale of the army.A commander of the 11 Tianwu Army did not even fight a battle, and even abandoned Shanzhou and Lingbao for hundreds of miles.

Why not kill!

How can you deter other generals if you don't kill them!Why show off your military prestige?

This letter from Li Fei, together with the report of pleading for Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, came a step too late.

If it was before Tang Xuanzong made the decision to kill Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, Tang Xuanzong might listen to Li Fei's persuasion and not kill Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing for the time being, but now the decision has been made and the imperial edict has been issued Go down and let Bian Lingcheng take him to Tongguan, is it possible to send someone to chase the imperial decree back now?

The so-called you are not joking, if you really send people to pursue the imperial decree, where will you put the face of the emperor?

In fact, at this time, Bian Lingcheng had just left Chang'an, so sending someone to chase him would definitely catch him up.

However, Tang Xuanzong stubbornly insisted on his decision, and did not have the slightest intention of sending people to recover the imperial edict.He stubbornly felt that Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing should be beheaded to uphold the army's prestige.

As for after killing Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, Li Fei was worried that there would be no generals to lead the army, but Tang Xuanzong was not worried at all. His Tang Dynasty did not only have Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing.

If An Lushan dared to rebel in this prosperous Tang Dynasty, he would not succeed anyway, and it would not take long to wipe them out.

Tang Xuanzong was so stubborn that he felt that by killing Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing at this time, he was "showing off his military power"!Just like in history, this is the first big stupid trick Tang Xuanzong made after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion!
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