Zhao Ziliang nodded, and immediately said to Ma Lin and Pugu Huai'en: "Ma Lin led 10,000 Hexi troops, and Pugu Huai'en led Wang's rare 10,000 Long You army to go to Taiyuan to reinforce Li Guangbi, with Ma Lin as the main general. , Pugu Huai'en will light a fire and make food for the deputy tomorrow when he is ugly.
Set off on time at Yinshi and rush to Taiyuan as quickly as possible.
After arriving in Taiyuan, you will be under the control of Li Guangbi."
Ma Lin and Pugu Huai'en were overjoyed.
They immediately stood up and clasped their fists and said, "The general will wait to receive your order."
Zhao Ziliang further explained: "After arriving near Taiyuan, whether to contact Li Guangbi first or look for opportunities to attack the rebels, and then contact Li Guangbi after repelling the rebels, you need to make your own judgment based on the situation.
The military situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the fighter planes can be controlled at any time.
It’s fleeting and there’s no hesitation, so everything depends on your own on-the-spot decision, and no one else can give you advice, do you understand?”
"You will finally understand" Chen Xuanli said at this time: "Commander, Shi Siming and Cai Xide have 300,000 troops.
Can they only send 20,000 troops?
Isn't the force too small?"
Twenty thousand people were indeed too thin to face the rebels.
Zhao Ziliang walked to the map and stared at it for a long time.
Suddenly he turned around and sat down at the desk.
He spread out a piece of letter paper, picked up a brush and dipped some ink in it to think about it.
He immediately wrote quickly and finished the letter in a short time.
Then he folded it and put it in an envelope, sealed it with a fire qi, and shouted: "Wang Can" Wang Can immediately stood up and said: "The end will be here."
Zhao Ziliang waved, Wang Can stepped forward and came over, Zhao Ziliang whispered a few words in his ear, Wang Can then stood at attention, clasped his fists and said: "I will understand."
At around midnight the next day, when the sky was still dark, Ma Lin and Pugu Huai'en led 20,000 troops and set off for Taiyuan.
Because the army camp was too close to Tongguan, in order to prevent the army from being discovered by the Tongguan defenders.
Abnormal, so Zhao Ziliang asked Ma Lin and Pugu Huai'en to set off in the early morning.
At dawn, the 20,000 troops to reinforce Taiyuan had arrived at Feng Ling, and the Tongguan defenders had no way of knowing that there were 20,000 troops missing from the Tang army's camp.
September 15th, Chang'an, Daming Palace.
Xuanzong walked to the throne and sat down in front of the throne with the ministers shouting long live.
He asked: "Fang Guan, you are responsible for the migration of refugees and refugees.
How is the migration of refugees and refugees now?"
Fang Guan stood up and cupped his hands and said: "In response to your majesty, after this month of dispatch and mobilization, now all three million refugees and refugees have received food and set off.
The roads in Guanzhong are full of refugees and refugees.
According to the government officials along the way, who were traveling westward, they kept sending people to report, and the first batch of refugees who were at the forefront have now arrived at the border of Guazhou."
Xuanzong was quite satisfied and nodded: "Okay, Fang Guan did a good job on this matter."
Fang Guan cupped his hands and said humbly: "Your Majesty has arranged things well, and I don't dare to take credit for it."
Xuanzong smiled and asked again: "Has the envoy Yan Zhenqing set off?"
Prime Minister Wei Jiansu stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Yan Zhenqing led the delegation to Tibet ten days ago.
According to the itinerary, it should have reached the border of Lanzhou by now.
In addition, to the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate The imperial envoy announcing the decree had already set out five days ago."
Xuanzong said: "Very well, Ministry of Household Affairs, how is the autumn tax collection going?"
Yang Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, the taxes from the Guanzhong area and Shu area have been sent over.
The taxes from other areas are a little farther away and have not been sent over yet."
Xuanzong said: "The Ministry of Household Affairs will send people to urge them.
If they don't escort them in another ten days, they will send people to investigate.
Now some local officials see that the rebels are powerful and think that the court can't withstand it, so they violate the imperial orders.
If we find such people, we will punish them and we will never tolerate them.”
Yang Yan quickly said: "I obey the order."
At this time, Wei Jiansu winked at an official.
The official hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Yao Chong, the chief eunuch of the craftsman, has something to report."
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Xuanzong asked: "What's the matter with you?"
Yao Chong said: "Your Majesty, in the past few months, the Eastern Expedition Army has been continuously withdrawing weapons and equipment from our craftsman supervisor.
Now all the weapons and equipment of our craftsman supervisor have been withdrawn, with a total of nearly 200,000 sets.
The military is stationed in Cen Shen, the military armament raising officer in Chang'an, is still urging me, the craftsman supervisor, to come up with 100,000 sets and deliver them as soon as possible.
The craftsman supervisor really can't come up with it.
The Ministry of Household Affairs doesn't allocate money now, and we don't have money to buy materials.
How can we make it?
arms" Xuanzong looked at Yang Yan and asked, "Shilang Yang, why doesn't the Ministry of Household Affairs allocate funds to the craftsmen as supervisors?"
Yang Yan just wanted to hit the wall, so he had to say: "Your Majesty, there is nothing we can do about it.
Every government office in the imperial court needs money everywhere.
Now even if all the autumn taxes are collected, there is still a huge gap that cannot be filled.
These must be spent." of"
Immediately, someone stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the current Eastern Expedition Army has less than 200,000 soldiers and horses in training.
They have won several battles and captured something.
Why do they keep asking the imperial court for armaments?"
From the perspective of a humble minister, the Eastern Expedition army has been staying under Tongguan City for nearly two months.
But still did not launch an attack on Tongguan, but the daily consumption was very high.
No matter how rich the Tang Dynasty was, I could not afford such consumption.
The minister suggested that the court immediately issue an order for Zhao Ziliang to launch an attack on Tongguan, so as to reduce the court's expenditure on armaments and food and salary.
Otherwise, if this continues, all the government offices will be paralyzed."
As soon as this person finished speaking, someone else stood up to express support: "Your Majesty, Tongguan is a strategic location and cannot be occupied by the rebels for a long time.
The rebels occupy Tongguan.
They can retreat to defend and advance to attack.
In case Zhao Ziliang is careless. , was defeated by the rebels' surprise attack from Tongguan, then Chang'an is in danger again.
Please think again, Your Majesty."
Then several ministers came forward and said that they would urge Zhao Ziliang to send troops to attack Tongguan.
Xuanzong felt a little irritated when he heard this.
Wei Jiansu also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court and your majesty have appointed Zhao Ziliang to be fully responsible for the campaign against the rebels, but they are not indifferent to him and the army in front, nor can we let him do what he wants.
Otherwise, how can the court control the army in front?
The imperial court spent huge amounts of military expenditures and supplies to let them go to war. , instead of letting them continue to confront the rebels.
Now seeing the stalemate in the occupation of Taiyuan and Dongshou Jiangcheng, the war in Nanyang is also in a stalemate.
If the situation cannot be opened at the Tongguan front line, as time goes by, our country will definitely fall into If we are passive, the people of the world will gradually lose confidence in the imperial court and the Holy One."
Prime Minister Fang Guan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Marshal Zhao has not sent troops to attack Tongguan now.
He must have his reasons.
We are not familiar with military affairs, but we are here to talk about the situation ahead.
I think it is really inappropriate.
Your Majesty, if If you have any doubts, you can recruit Marshal Zhao to come back to Beijing to ask a question."
After Fang Guan said this, the noise in the court hall was as noisy as a vegetable market.
Xuanzong had a splitting headache.
He stood up and said: "I only care about this matter and will withdraw from the court" and left.
On the way back to the Zichen Palace, Xuanzong sat on the imperial chariot and asked Gao Lishi, who was walking next to him: "Gao Lishi, you have heard the suggestions of the courtiers just now.
Do you think I should order Zhao Ziliang to send troops to attack Tongguan now?"
" Gao Lishi said quickly: "Your Majesty, this old slave is just a eunuch.
How dare I talk nonsense about such a major national matter?"
Gao Lishi knew very well what Xuanzong was thinking.
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The pressure on Xuanzong was too great.
He fled from Chang'an in panic last time, so that the rebels entered Chang'an and wreaked havoc.
Chang'an has not recovered yet, and there is not a penny in the treasury.
If you can't get it out, how can you run the government offices without money?
This is the most critical thing.
Although the Eastern Expedition Army has a small number of troops, its daily consumption is real.
It was too big, especially during the confrontation with the rebels.
The cost was much greater than usual.
In terms of overall strategy, the imperial court was still at a disadvantage.
If it wanted to change the situation of the war and make the situation favorable to the imperial court, the only way was to capture Tongguan.
The only way was to capture Tongguan.
Only by capturing Tongguan could the imperial court shift from strategic passiveness to strategic initiative, but he also knew that capturing Tongguan was not an easy task.
On the one hand, Xuanzong was worried that if this situation continued, the situation would become increasingly unfavorable to the court.
He deliberately wanted to give Zhao Ziliang an order to send troops to attack Tongguan.
Even if the losses were greater, as long as Tongguan was captured, Chang'an would be completely safe and the war situation would be better.
It would become beneficial to the court, but he was worried that he did not understand the situation ahead, and suddenly issued an order to Zhao Ziliang to attack Tongguan, which would lead to the same fate as Ge Shuhan's defeat of Lingbao.
At the same time, Wei Jiansu's words were always lingering in his mind.
The imperial court did not ignore Zhao Ziliang and the counter-rebellion army, nor could it allow Zhao Ziliang and the counter-rebellion army to do their own thing.
The imperial court should have the highest command authority over the counter-rebellion army. , Xuanzong always had a hidden worry in his heart, worried that Zhao Ziliang would be in trouble and threaten the rule of the Li family dynasty.
This is a problem that no king can avoid.
At this time, a panting young eunuch caught up with the royal chariot and reported: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wei Jiansu said that he would like to see you alone."
Xuanzong thought for a while and then shouted: "Stop."
The chariot stopped, Xuanzong got off the chariot and said to the young eunuch: "Send him over."
"Follow the decree" Xuanzong walked to the flower garden and looked at the blooming chrysanthemums, and waved to Gao Lishi and others.
Upon seeing this, Gao Lishi led the eunuchs to retreat far away.
Wei Jiansu quickly rushed over to pay homage to Xuanzong: "Old minister, I pay homage to your majesty."
"Get back on your feet, Wei Qing, what do you want to see me for?"
Wei Jiansu did not get up and said: "Your Majesty, I risked my life to remonstrate with you.
I am not here to deliberately embarrass Zhao Ziliang, nor am I jealous of his outstanding military exploits.
I am really thinking about the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty.
Your Majesty, please think about it. now i Most of the troops and horses that can be mobilized by the DPRK are in the hands of Zhao Ziliang.
This would be extremely dangerous in peacetime, but now that the rebels are rampant, it is really helpless for Zhao Ziliang to command so many troops, but we cannot completely ignore him. supervision" Xuanzong frowned and said, "Isn't Prince Rong in the army?"
"Oh, my Majesty, what role can Prince Rong play in the army?
He has no experience in leading troops, and the generals and colonels under Zhao Ziliang are all close confidants.
Also, your Majesty, please think about it.
Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi are both students of Zhao Ziliang.
Even Lu Jiong of Nanyang was brought out by Ge Shuhan.
Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun under Zhang Xun of Yongqiu were both students of Zhao Ziliang.
It can be said that almost all the soldiers and horses in the world were controlled by Zhao Ziliang.
In hand" Wei Jiansu's words were like a bolt of lightning striking Xuanzong's mind.
Xuanzong's mind was in chaos, and a feeling of fear rose from the bottom of Xuanzong's heart.
Wei Jiansu said again: "Your Majesty, you have ordered Zhao Ziliang to send troops to attack Tongguan.
On the one hand, it is to relieve the pressure on the court, and on the other hand, it is to test Zhao Ziliang.
If he is still loyal to Your Majesty, he will definitely use his troops at all costs."
If he is hesitant, it can be seen that at least his loyalty to His Majesty and the imperial court has been greatly reduced.
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Even if this is not the case, it can also mean that he is arrogant and proud of his favor and respects his troops."
Xuanzong was silent for a long time, waved his hand to Wei Jiansu and said: "Please step back, I have my own opinion on this matter":