The Tang army's camp and the Chinese army's tent.
The generals were inexplicably excited and elated.
The capture of Shibao City meant that the Tang Army had completely taken the strategic initiative and did not gain an advantage because of the number of troops.
This geographically reversed the Tang Army's disadvantage of being at a low altitude.
Gao Shang raised his hands and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Commander, as far as I know, this is the first time that our Tang army has captured Shibao City in only one day.
There has never been such a great victory before.
Back then, King Xin'an and Da The commander-in-chief used a long-distance attack method to lead his troops in a surprise attack.
Later, Ge Shuhan attacked for several days and killed tens of thousands of people before he captured the stone castle.
Today, the commander-in-chief solved this solid defense line without any effort. , never existed since ancient times.”
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said with a smile: "You only saw that I took Shibao City in just one day, but you didn't see that I prepared for this attack for two or three months.
Now that Shibao City has been taken, I will pass on the commander Military order, the army will rest in place for two days today and tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.”
"Report" Before Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, a loud announcement from a messenger came from outside.
Zhao Ziliang had to stop.
Everyone looked outside and saw a knight jumping off his horse at the entrance of the big tent and quickly walked into the big tent on one knee.
Bowing down and clasping his fists, he said: "Commander, Lord Zheng sent a small person to report to the commander.
The emperor's envoy from Chang'an brought the imperial edict.
The envoy has arrived in Shanzhou.
Please return to Linqiang as soon as possible to meet the envoy and his delegation. " Zhao Zi had a bad premonition in his conscience.
Now was the most critical time for the war against Tibet.
An imperial edict at this time was not at the right time.
This news made him feel uneasy and uneasy.
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, and then said in a deep voice to the generals: "Chu Ge and Li Siye have rested for a long time.
Order Chu Ge and Li Siye to lead their troops from the north and south routes to attack Jianzha, Guide, Guinan, and Tong in Pohe County."
Take the German area and capture all the areas east of the Yellow River."
"Yes, Marshal" Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals on the left and right, his eyes fell on Ma Sui's face, and shouted: "Ma Sui, order your troops to march to Riyue Mountain Pass today and occupy the north of Daotang River.
If the Tibetan army comes to attack, you can act according to your circumstances.
Either attack or retreat to Riyue Mountain Pass to garrison" Ma Sui stood up and clasped his fists and said: "The last general will take orders."
Zhao Ziliang said again: "I will rush back to Linqiang to receive the order.
The generals will lead their troops to garrison where they are.
Li Sheng will take charge of everything."
All the generals clasped their fists in unison and said: "General, I will obey your orders."
After arranging the army's stay, Zhao Ziliang immediately returned to Linqiang with Gao Shang, Du Fu and other staff, leaving Chen Qing and Cen Shen to assist Li Sheng in leading the army.
On October 19, Zhao Ziliang returned to Linqiang with his staff and soldiers.
Zheng San took a group of logistics officials and the generals who stayed in Linqiang to wait at the gate of the county government office.
"Meet the Marshal" Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse and said to Zheng San and others: "Let's talk after we get in."
Everyone came to the county government hall and sat down.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Where is the imperial envoy?"
Zheng San cupped his hands and said: "Yesterday we set off from Shanzhou and came to Linqiang first.
According to the itinerary, we should be able to reach Linqiang this afternoon."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "Do you know the content of the imperial edict?"
Wang Can said: "Commander, my subordinates are incompetent.
Our people in Chang'an have been inquiring about the content of this imperial edict, but we have not received any information.
There are only a few people who know the content of the edict, except for In addition to the emperor, there are also the prince and several prime ministers, but they are all tight-lipped and have not leaked any information."
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "I have a bad feeling.
The detailed battle report of the last time we repelled and severely damaged the Tibetan army has been sent.
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It is really untimely to send an imperial edict at this time.
Even if we want to reward according to merit, we have to wait until After the war ended or the situation stabilized, this imperial edict came very strangely.
If it was a general order, the imperial court would only have to send it eight hundred miles away immediately, and there would be no need to send a delegation of hundreds of people to announce it."
Gao Shang nodded and said: "Yes, the imperial court sent such a large-scale mission to announce the decree.
Either there were major personnel changes in the Western Expeditionary Army and so many people were sent to supervise the implementation; or there were major changes in the imperial court and these people came This is for”.
Wang Zhongsi's son Wang Zhen said: "Commander, I heard that the emperor's body is not getting better this year.
Recently, friends from the DPRK sent a letter from Chang'an.
The letter mentioned that after the autumn, the emperor's health will not improve."
His condition worsened and he moved from the Daming Palace to the Huaqing Palace.
Could it be that the emperor's subordinates boldly guessed that once the emperor died and the prince ascended the throne, he would inevitably win over or attack the commander-in-chief, otherwise he would not be able to control it In the overall situation, although the commander-in-chief and the prince are relatives, the incident at Maweiyi made it impossible for the prince and the commander-in-chief to live in harmony.
Even if the new emperor does not care about the incident with the commander-in-chief, what about the former prince's subordinates?
I am a magnanimous gentleman.
No matter what, I would like to ask the commander-in-chief to make plans in advance.
Otherwise, if someone really wants to attack the commander-in-chief, there is no guarantee that the commander-in-chief will not make the same mistake as my father and General Huangfu."
As the son of Huangfu Weiming who was deeply jealous of the emperor and ended up in a miserable state, he was deeply touched by this.
After hearing Wang Zhen's words, he immediately stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Commander, what Master Wang said is true.
Commander is the pillar of the Tang Dynasty." , The merits of the world are so great, how can we allow villains to use tricks behind their backs to frame them?
If the heroes and generals all fall in the end If you have to die, is there justice and justice in this world?
Who will dare to die for the imperial court in the future?
I will never think that once this imperial edict is to deprive the general of military power or punish the general with unfounded charges, they will all It is the work of a villain in the court, and the commander-in-chief must not commit it easily, lest he fall into the trap of others."
Wang Can stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Commander, the general has not received the news of the emperor's death yet.
If the emperor really passed away, it is impossible for our people in Chang'an to not get the news.
For such a big thing, even the prince I can’t hide it” Zhao Ziliang drank tea and pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "We don't know the specific content of the imperial edict yet.
Let's wait until the imperial envoy arrives and receives the imperial edict.
We will go back first and come back with me in the afternoon to receive the edict."
Everyone stood up, clasped their hands and left, leaving only a few close friends in the lobby.
They discussed in secret all morning.
After lunch at noon, the officials and generals came to the county government one after another.
Soon soldiers came in and reported: "The imperial envoy has arrived outside the east city gate.
Under the banner of imperial envoy, the mission is of high standard.
The chief envoy of the mission, Yu Chao, Please entreat the commander-in-chief to bring the civil and military officials of the Western Expeditionary Army to meet the imperial edict."
Zhao Ziliang stood up and said to everyone: "It seems that something big has happened.
Everyone, let's go and follow me to meet the imperial edict outside the East City Gate."
"promise" Everyone rode together and arrived outside the east city gate.
At this time, soldiers and horses were gathered here.
Linqiang was used as a logistics station for the Western Expedition army.
Zhao Ziliang stationed 10,000 elite troops here.
At this time, half of the troops were here, and the flags were raised.
Fluttering, war horses neighing The delegation walked over from a distance.
The first general, who was in his thirties, was holding a steel-red tasseled gun, a tall pure white war horse on his hip, and was wearing bright silver armor and a white cloak.
When they walked in, they were familiar.
Everyone recognized it.
It turned out that the leading guard general of the mission was Ma Lin.
Behind them came four magnificent carriages, flanked by Imperial Guard soldiers, a total of three hundred riders.
Behind them are more than 20 carriages carrying more than 200 large and small boxes.
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It is obvious at a glance that they are carrying many valuable things.
Behind these carriages are dozens of palace maids, each of whom is a young and beautiful woman.
The valuables on these carriages were nothing more.
The officials and generals who greeted them thought they were gifts to the generals, but what happened to the many beautiful maids behind them?
The emperor would not be so generous.
Even the maids could reward the soldiers.
Come on Ma Lin jumped off his horse, handed the steel gun to the Forbidden Army soldiers beside him, lifted up his cloak, stepped forward and knelt down and bowed: "General Ma Lin, the general of the Shenwu Army, pays homage to the commander-in-chief."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and stepped forward to help him up and said: "You are already a general of the Shenwu Army, so you don't need to give this grand ceremony."
"Thank you, Marshal."
Ma Lin stood up.
He participated in the martial arts examination at the age of eighteen and became a Jinshi in the high school martial arts examination.
After that, he followed Zhao Ziliang to Hexi to take up a post.
He was appreciated by Zhao Ziliang and was repeatedly promoted and entrusted with important tasks.
He has made outstanding military exploits in Hexi for many years.
Now seventeen years have passed.
He is now thirty-five years old and has four sons.
The eldest son is already fifteen years old.
Before that, he served as the Deputy Envoy and Military Envoy of Hexi Province.
Now he is He holds the position of Shenwu General and the title of County King.
Three eunuchs and a woman in palace clothes walked down from the first four carriages.
The woman wore a veil and a bamboo hat.
No one could see her face clearly, but no one paid attention to her.
Everyone focused on the three eunuchs.
On a eunuch.
Yu Chaoen walked in the middle holding the imperial edict in both hands.
Cheng Yuanzhen and Li Fuguo held whisks on his left and right sides.
The three of them walked up to Zhao Ziliang leisurely.
Cutting five or six meters away, Yu Chaoen stopped and held up the imperial edict with both hands and said loudly: "The Prince of Jiangling County, the Taiwei of the current Dynasty, the General of Hussar, the Protector of Beiting, the Governor of Beiting Camp, the Western Expeditionary Army Coach Zhao Ziliang accepts the order” Zhao Ziliang lifted up his shirt and bowed with one knee and clasped his fists, and other generals and officials also bowed.
"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty decreed: From now on, Zhao Ziliang will be deprived of his title of Prince of Jiangling County, his title of Taiwei, the Protector of Beiting, and the Governor of Beiting Camp will be changed from Beiting to West Qin, and Zhao Ziliang will be named King of West Qin and Capital of West Qin.
In order to protect and protect the Western Qin Dynasty, the military envoys and the generals who conquered the west were responsible for setting up government offices and government offices to conquer Tubo.
King Yangjun and Longyou Jiedushi Wang Nannan led the Central Plains Army to take over the charge.
From the date of the arrival of the decree, the handover was completed within one month.
The Qing family led the officers and soldiers of the Beiting Army to return to Western Qin to preside over the overall situation of Western Qin and for our great cause.
In the western border of Yongzhen in the Tang Dynasty, the king was hereditary and granted a life-saving iron scroll.
He was not allowed to return to the Central Plains without an edict.
I admire this."
Everyone was stunned.
Zhao Ziliang had considered various possible contents of the imperial edict, but he did not expect that it would be like this.
"The emperor still doesn't believe me and is very suspicious of me."
Zhao Ziliang knelt on the ground and felt extremely bitter.
He knew very well the emperor's intention in issuing this imperial edict.
The Tang Dynasty could no longer tolerate him.
He could only stay here.
Let the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty be suspicious of each other, and in the end, the world can only end in chaos.
At this moment, the rapid sound of horse hooves came from the distance, and a horse came from Juechen, eight hundred miles away to rush the Honglui messenger.
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"The emperor has passed away!
The emperor has passed away!"
The knight, with colorful flags behind his back, shouted as he galloped on his horse.
Hearing this voice, thousands of soldiers and civilians at the East City Gate bowed in the direction of Dongfang Chang'an and cried loudly: "Your Majesty" No matter what Emperor Xuanzong's previous faults were, they could not conceal his outstanding civil and martial arts throughout his life.
It was he who created the prosperous Kaiyuan era, and it was he who pushed the Tang Empire to the pinnacle of human civilization in this era.
Under his rule, the Tang Dynasty The empire far surpasses any other country in the world in terms of politics, military and economy, and its territory is rare in the world.
During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years, countless talented politicians, military strategists and writers emerged.
With tears in his eyes, Zhao Ziliang took off his helmet and put it on the ground.
He knelt on the ground and said loudly: "I accept the edict and obey it.
Thank you for your kindness."
After a long time, Yu Chaoen and others stood up and stepped forward to hand the edict and the death-proof iron scroll into the hands of Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang took the edict and the death-proof iron scroll and stood up.
He turned around and shouted: "Pass this commander's military order, the emperor has died, everyone is here."
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