Just when Li Lu was ready to destroy the Eastern Roman Empire in one go, and then level Europa, and realize his dream of dominating Europe, the political situation on the Tang side has undergone earth-shaking changes, just like Wu Zetian in the original time and space, Li Xiaojiu's mother-in-law Wu Xu in this time and space has gradually developed political ambitions because of Li Xiaojiu's connivance, and she gradually took the government into her own hands.This Wu Xu began to pursue politics, especially because of the enlightened attitude of the British Empire established by Li Lu towards women's participation in politics, which deeply stimulated Wu Xu, especially Wu Mei's worship of the prime minister, a woman can even be the prime minister, although Wu Xu scolded Wu Mei on the surface, but she was a hundred dissatisfied, in her opinion, Wu Mei was just because there was a good man behind her who loved her.....
Just when Wu Xu was involved in the government, Li Xiaojiu, who was already a sick man, also came to the end of his life, although he was unwilling, but in the face of illness, even if he was the respect of a country, but the king of Hades wanted him to die in the third watch, and he would not keep him until the fifth watch, Li Xiaojiu still went to see his father, and I don't know how this nest emperor will tell his father when he sees Li Er, can it be that Dad, I married your little wife?
However, before he died, Li Xiaojiu took his wife's hand and asked her to take good care of their children, and said that he had fought with Li Lu all his life, suffered a lifetime of anger, and even he was not Li Lu's opponent.As soon as Li Xiaojiu died, their son Li Xian ascended the throne, and Wu Xu became the queen mother.Since the death of Li Xiaojiu and Wu Xu as the queen mother, she knew that she would be challenged by countless old forces, and she had already prepared for this, this ruthless woman would never allow anyone to provoke or oppose her hard-earned status and power for the sake of power.In fact, Wu Xu is not only psychologically prepared, but since the death of her husband Li Xiaojiu, her military preparations have also begun, so when someone rebels under the banner of fairness, Wu Xu not only panicked, but sneered at them and easily swept them out of sight.In the second year of Li Xian's succession, Wu Xu felt that his power was threatened, so he ordered the deposition of Li Xian, and appointed Li Dan, the king of Yu, as emperor.During this period, batch after batch of corrupt officials were demoted and dismissed, including Xu Jingye and others who later rebelled.When they were officials, they were corrupt and bent the law, and now they have been demoted and dismissed, and they are naturally resentful in their hearts, and they get together to vent their strong dissatisfaction with Wu Xu.Xu Jingye, also known as Li Jingye, his grandfather was the famous founder of the country, Li Ji (Xu Maogong), who was given the surname Li because of his high merits.Wu Xu's ascension to a high position is also inseparable from Li Ji's great help, so she respects this important minister of the court very much.But his grandson did not inherit his virtue, and all his days were only pleasures, and his eyes were lawless.In addition to using the restoration of Li Xian's throne as an excuse, Xu Jingye and others also spread rumors that Wu Xu's eldest son Li Xian (note: the eldest son of Li Zhi and Wu Xu in this time and space is called Li Xian, and later died of illness, but many people think that Wu Xu's mother forced her son to death with her own hands) did not die, but took refuge in Yangzhou, and threatened that Li Xian appointed Xu Jingye as the chief general of this rebellion.In fact, among the people who plotted this rebellion, only Wei Siwen was considered to have some military acumen, he was once the superintendent of the imperial history of the court, he was demoted twice, and he was able to write and martial arts, so he naturally became the core think tank of this rebellion.If you want to rebel, you have to have your own territory, Xu Jingye and others first took control of Yangzhou, set up Kuang Fu, Yinggong and Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor, officially announced the rebellion, and restored the name of Zhongzong.Within ten days, he actually recruited more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and he found a person who looked similar to the crown prince Li Xian, and lied that "Xian is immortal, he died in this city, and ordered my subordinates to raise troops", in order to gain more people's hearts.Wu Xu heard that Xu Jingye was in rebellion in Yangzhou, so he ordered Liu Xingju and Liu Xingshi to bring more than 300,000 troops to fight against them.However, when it came time to really confront Wu Xu's rebel army, Xu Jingye had no idea.At this time, he had to ask Wei Siwen to stand up and plan the next step of the rebellion strategy.Faced with this situation, Xu Jingye had internal disagreements.Wei Siwen thought that Xu Jingye should attack Luoyang first, so that the people of the world knew that the rebellion was to restore the Li dynasty, so that more people could be attracted to participate, and the bargaining chips for the success of the rebellion would also increase.However, Xue Zhongzhang advocated conquering Changzhou and Runzhou first, and sticking to Jinling, because Jinling is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and full of royal spirit.However, Xu Jingye was a person who lacked political acumen, let alone courage, and he ignored Wei Siwen's correct advice, and instead adopted Xue Zhongzhang's strategy, because the word "Wang Qi" really moved him too much.He ordered Tang Zhiqi to guard Jiangdu, Wei Chao to garrison troops in Duliangshan, and his younger brother Xu Jingyou to garrison Huaiyin.In the face of Xu Jingye's arrangement, Wei Siwen felt that defeat was inevitable.In this way, Xu Jingye led the main force to conquer Runzhou, because Runzhou was originally a very small place, so this time it achieved a small victory without encountering resistance.Runzhou Assassin's name is Li Siwen, he and Xu Jingye are uncle and nephew, Xu Jingye wanted to use this relationship to persuade Li Siwen to join his team, but the truth was not as expected, Li Siwen not only did not cooperate with Xu Jingye, but reported to Wu Xu in the court.Li Siwen was finally captured because of insufficient troops, and he should have been killed according to Wei Siwen's intentions, but Xu Jingye's relationship with his uncle and nephew saved him from death.In November of that year, Wu Xu appointed Li Xiaoyi, the governor of Yangzhou Province and the Duke of Wu of the Li Tang clan, to lead an army of 300,000 to fight a decisive battle with the rebels led by Xu Jingye in Gaoyou.Xu Jingye's side had the upper hand first and won several times, but Li Xiaoyi quickly adjusted his tactics and switched to fire attack, and the rebel soldiers were already very tired and their hearts were a little weak, so they were defeated under the attack of Li Xiaoyi's wind and fire.Xu Jingye knew that it would be difficult for him to turn over, so he led the light cavalry into the river to take his family out, and fled to Runzhou together, preparing to go to sea and flee to the British-controlled Wa Kingdom for refuge.However, when Xu Jingye and his party walked to Hailing and prepared to cross the sea, they encountered strong winds and were unable to advance or retreat for a while.