As soon as the Wang Zhen brothers and sisters left, a large number of people came one after another to intercede for Pei Mian, Cui Youfu, Yuan Zai and other officials.
These people were either relatives of the emperor or from noble families.
None of them were small roles.
Zhao Ziliang This time, I was under tremendous pressure and would not see anyone asking for mercy, no matter who they were.
Zhao Ziliang left these people to Du Fu to deal with, regardless of whether Du Fu could handle them.
He himself went to tell Wu Sun to tell the prison authorities that relatives of prisoners were allowed to visit, but supervision must be strengthened to prevent prisoners from dying in the prison before going to the execution ground.
After sending Wu Sun away, Zhao Ziliang was about to take a lunch break in the backyard, when Xuan Shiba came over and reported: "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Fan Yang."
Zhao Ziliang was shocked: "What news?"
Xuan Shiba said: "On July 24, at the instigation of Liu Daoqian, Li Huaixian was killed by his generals Zhu Xicai, Zhu Si and Zhu Tao.
Zhu Xicai claimed to be the Queen of Youzhou and Lu Longliu, but just a month later, Zhu Xicai Because of improper governance, which caused anger and resentment, deputy Li Yuan First of all, he was dissatisfied and instigated other generals to kill Zhu Xicai.
Li Huaixian's general Zhang Zhongzhi got the news and immediately led his troops to Fan Yang in the name of revenge.
However, Li Yuan, Zhu Si and others joined forces to kill Zhang Zhongzhi, but Zhang Zhongzhi As soon as Zhongzhi left, brothers Li Yuan and Zhu Si Fighting started again, and now the Youzhou and Lulong areas are in chaos.
Each general supports his own troops and no one is willing to obey.
Since from the end of July to mid-August, it rained continuously for more than 20 days in Hebei and Henan. , causing extremely serious floods Damage, many roads were cut off by floods, and no one dared to ferry across the river due to too much water.
Therefore, there was some delay in the transmission of news.
The four secret reports sent by Liu Daoqian and our detailed work in Fanyang were finally completed after the weather improved.
We arrived in Chang'an together this morning."
After Zhao Ziliang listened to the report, he immediately said: "The time has come to attack the three towns of Heshuo.
Come here, it is reported that the palace staff and officials from the provinces and ministries above the third rank of the court will come quickly to discuss the matter."
"Yes, Your Majesty" In less than half an hour, a dozen of the most important staff officials of the Regent's Palace and the main ministers of the imperial court rushed to the lobby.
Zhao Ziliang stopped being polite and went straight to the point: "Everyone, I have just received the latest news.
In the early morning of July 20th, more than a month ago, Li Huaixian, the governor of Youzhou and Lulong, was killed by his subordinates Zhu Caixi, Zhu Si and Zhu Tao brothers.
They joined forces to kill him, and then Zhu Xicai subdued the Youzhou and Lulong generals and claimed to stay in the rear.
However, on August 25, Zhu Xicai aroused the anger of his generals because of his cruelty and cruelty.
Yuan provoked the generals to be angry and killed Zhu Xicai together.
Now there was chaos in Youzhou and Lulong, and the leading generals fought against each other for the position of overlord of Fanyang.
Ben Wan believed that the time had come to pacify the three towns of Heshuo.
Here, if we wait for Youzhou to decide a winner before taking action, the trouble will be much greater.
I decided to attack Youzhou and Lulong from the north and west first, and then recover Youzhou and Lulong."
"Now I have ordered that the soldiers and horses of the counties and counties bordering the three towns of Heshuo be ready to attack the three towns of Heshuo at any time, and mobilize soldiers, horses, grain and grass to stockpile border areas to stand by, especially Hedong and Henan."
Then Zhao Ziliang immediately sent eight hundred miles to Yunzhong and Mobei to deliver the edict.
In the edict, Zhao Ziliang ordered Zhang Shouyu of Mobei and Gao Xiuyan of Yunzhong to lead their troops to attack Youzhou and Lulong areas respectively.
The area occupied by the Youzhou Jiedushi was not large, but the area under the jurisdiction of the Lulong Jiedushi was larger, and a large part of it was directly under the jurisdiction of the Andong Protectorate.
In 761, the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, affected by the Anshi Rebellion, the Andong Protectorate was abolished, but the jurisdiction of the Andong Protectorate was merged into the jurisdiction of Lulong Jiedushi, including parts of Jilin, Liaoning, and Heilongjiang in later generations. , Pyongyang, North Korea and large areas on both sides of the Yalu River to the north.
After Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan received Zhao Ziliang's edict, they led their troops to attack Youzhou quickly in two groups.
The Youzhou warlords who were in chaos were unable to form a unified resistance and were defeated by Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan.
First, Zhang Zhizhong was defeated by Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan.
Gao Xiuyan was defeated, Zhang Zhizhong was defeated and committed suicide.
After Gao Xiuyan defeated Zhang Zhizhong, he quickly occupied the southern areas of Youzhou such as Zhuozhou, Yingzhou and Mozhou.
This undoubtedly put great pressure on Li Baochen, the governor of Chengde Jiedu.
Li Baochen immediately organized heavy troops to go north to confront Gao Xiuyan's army, but Hedong Jiedu After receiving Zhao Ziliang's order, Xue Qianxun immediately led the Hedong Army to approach In the western Hengzhou and Zhaozhou areas under the jurisdiction of Chengde Jiedushi, Li Baochen was so frightened that he had no choice but to transfer most of the troops deployed in the northern area to the west to defend Xue Qianxun.
After all, Gao Xiuyan's troops were mostly cavalry and there were fewer infantry. , and Xue Qianxun's Hedong Army was mostly infantry and could attack cities and seize territory, posing a greater threat.
At the same time, Li Baochen sent people to ask for help from Tian Yue, hoping that Tian Yue would send troops to reinforce him.
However, Tian Yue was severely wounded by Li Sheng in the Battle of Bianzhou, and his troops suffered serious losses.
Self-protection was insufficient.
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There was no extra troops to reinforce Li Baochen, so Li Baochen directly rejected Li Baochen's offer.
Ask for help.
Weizhou, the residence of Tian Yue's aide Xu Shize.
That night, Xu Shize invited General Li Changchun to have a drink.
During the dinner, Li Changchun saw that Xu Shize was frowning, so he asked: "Master Xu, why are you so depressed?
Could it be that the general has done something wrong to offend you?"
Xu Shize waved his hands quickly: "No, no.
I am just worried about my future.
Isn't the general worried?"
Li Changchun was not a fool.
How could he not hear the meaning in Xu Shize's words and asked: "Master Xu is saying that the current situation is not good for us and we cannot stop the attack of the imperial army?"
Xu Shize smiled bitterly after drinking a glass of wine: "General Li, the current situation is not only unfavorable to us, it is too unfavorable.
In the past, the three towns of Heshuo were connected as one to support each other, and the court could not do anything to us, but now You Chaos in the state In one piece, Mobei and Yunzhong sent troops to attack again.
Chengde Li Baochen wanted reinforcements but was suppressed by Gao Xiuyan and Xue Qianxun.
Now we want to ask for reinforcements but we have too much time to take care of ourselves.
Now more than 80% of our troops have been transferred to the north bank of the Yellow River to fight with the imperial army.
Xiyan is facing a confrontation, and the hinterland is empty.
If another army comes in, it will be all over.
Judging from the current situation, Lulong in Youzhou is definitely doomed.
Who will be next, Li Na from Qingzhou in Shandong is being killed by Li Sheng led his army to fight successfully Even when retreating, he still has too much time to worry about.
I can predict that Wei Bo won't be able to hold on any longer.
I'm afraid that you and I will be sent to the guillotine in a short time.
It's fine if I die.
It's not a pity, but we still have a large family at home.
More than a hundred mouthfuls.”
Li Changchun felt so cold after Xu Shize's words that he lost all interest in drinking.
He asked uneasily: "Master Xu, is the situation really so serious?
What should we do?
Should we persuade Master Tian to return to the court?"
Xu Shize shook his head and said: "It would be possible if Mr.
Tian was in power, but Mr.
Tian is young and energetic.
I don't think anyone can convince him."
It has to be said that none of the advisers who assisted the generals in the feudal town to separate themselves and establish the king had narrow vision.
They were all very shrewd and sensitive to the changes in the situation.
When there was no other way, if they did not want to die, they could only Can surrender.
Li Changchun suddenly became anxious: "Then what should we do?
Is it possible that we people will die with him?"
Xu Shize pondered for a moment, then waved his hand for the singers and maids to retreat.
Only two of them were left in the hall.
Xu Shize said: "To be honest with General Li, I have been thinking about this for many days.
If we don't want to die, There is only one way left”
"What can I do?"
Xu Shize stood up and walked outside the door.
Seeing no one outside, he returned to the main room and waved to Li Changchun.
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Li Changchun got up and walked over to him.
Xu Shize whispered: "The only way is to kill Tian Yue." , and then led his army to surrender to the imperial court.
If the general takes the lead in doing this, the imperial court will reward him based on his merits in the future.
The general will definitely be the top one.
If the general dares to do it, Xu is willing to do his best to assist."
After hearing this, Li Changchun instantly had beads of sweat falling on his forehead.
He was frightened by Xu Shize's words.
This matter is too damn big.
Asking him to kill Tian Yue, isn't this a rebellion?
If it doesn't work, wouldn't he die?
No burial place, but then again, if he succeeds and leads his army to surrender to the court, he will definitely get the first prize, but the risk of this matter is not ordinary.
Xu Shize did not persuade Li Changchun.
He knew that Li Changchun must be given time to think about it.
Pressure was useless.
If this matter was to be accomplished, it would not be possible without Li Changchun.
Now Tian Yue's generals Lu Ziqi, Xing Caojun and others are stationed in the north, while Huo Guorong, Meng Xiyou and others are leading troops on the north bank of the Yellow River to guard against Zang Xiyan's imperial army.
The only generals beside Tian Yue are Li Changchun and others.
If Li Changchun agrees to a few generals with low official positions, the matter will be half done.
After nearly a quarter of an hour of psychological struggle, Li Changchun finally chose to attack Tian Yue.
He looked up at Xu Shize and asked: "Master Xu, I did this, but do you have any good way to kill Tian Yue?
You need to know this Weizhou City But I’m not the only one leading the troops.”
Xu Shize said: "If General Li agrees to do it, this matter will be easy to handle.
Tian Yue has been a little agitated recently due to the tense situation.
I took some time to suggest that he go out of the city to hunt.
It is already autumn, and it is the time when prey come out to look for food."
The time is right for hunting.
Tian Yue will definitely not refuse.
What the general has to do is to set up an ambush outside the city in advance, and take action as soon as Tian Yue enters the ambush circle."
Li Changchun was still a little worried and asked: "How sure is Master Xu that he can convince Tian Yue to go out to the city for hunting?"
Xu Shize said: "Even if he doesn't want to hunt, I have other ways to get him out of the city.
General, please rest assured.
Just wait for my notification.
If I send someone to inform you, you will prepare immediately."
Li Changchun gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will hand over these more than one hundred kilograms to Mr.
Xu":