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Chapter 574 Submission

So it is said that horses are good at being ridden by others, and people are good at being bullied.

For the safety of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang said that he did not hesitate to offend Wei Dang. Although he wrote a letter to Li Longji, he can be regarded as loyal.

Now Li Xian smashed the teacup again, but fortunately, when he smashed it out, Li Xian's hands softened and he didn't use much strength. That's it. yes.

Zhang said that he was not afraid, and he replied: "Your Majesty, Wang Hua and the minister said they would not attack Chang'an, but how many days have passed?"

Li Xian couldn't answer the one-sentence question.

It was said that more than 20 days have passed, and now a month has passed, and it is almost [-] days.

I also wrote a letter, but Wang Hua didn't reply, but only brought back a sentence, with a grace period of several days.I didn't think about it at the time, how many days is a few days?Is it really just a few days?

Li Xian's inability to answer does not mean that he is not angry.

He walked up and down the hall.

Zhang said again: "Your Majesty, it is better to let the minister go to guard Chang'an."

"Are you going to guard Chang'an?" Li Xian glanced suspiciously.

"I also know that many people have impeached me recently that I colluded with Wang Hua and deliberately cheated to gain time to attack Chang'an. Fortunately, Your Majesty trusts me and protects me. Therefore, I beg Your Majesty to give me a chance to serve His Majesty. Your Majesty. All of my family members are in Luoyang, therefore, I would like to say a word here, the city of Chang'an is here, and the city is dead and the people are dead."

Zhang said that he had no choice but to do so.

I advocated persuading Li Xian to make a peace agreement, but the resistance from the court was too great, and Li Xian's peace agreement has not been able to go through.This time has been delayed again and again, and now I don't know what Wang Hua thinks.If Wang Hua had breached the city of Chang'an and the peace talks in Luoyang had not yet been concluded, then Zhu Wei would be the first to blame himself.At that time, if you don't die, you have to die.This is just like Chao Cuo who proposed to cut down the feudal clan in the Western Han Dynasty.

It is better to die in battle, and my family will have a better end.

Li Xian hesitated for a while, and indeed there was no one available in court.

So he ordered Li Dan to be the shepherd of Jingzhao Prefecture, the generalissimo of Gyeonggi Province, and Zhang Shuo as the deputy marshal.

This is because Li Dan is also in Chang'an, and the three cities of Chang'an, Luoyang, and Taiyuan have no history of governors, and Chang Shi acts as an agent for government affairs.Sometimes a government priest is temporarily set up, and most of the second-rank official positions are held by princes.This is a false title, and the actual affairs are managed by Zhang Shuo.Just like when the blood camp was established at the beginning, Wu Sansi served as the camp supervisor, but in fact it was Wang Hua who presided over the affairs of the blood camp.

Hearing the imperial decree, Zhang said that there was no delay, and set off immediately. At the same time, he sent someone to send an order to the magistrate of Chencang County, no matter what, to delay the blood camp for a while.Even if it is lost in the end, it is innocent and meritorious.

Because of the confusion of the blood camp, many troops in Chang'an were transferred to several states such as Hanzhong and Liangzhou.Now as long as there is enough time, the troops from these states can be brought back, and at the same time, reinforcements from the rear will continue to arrive.No matter how many troops there are, Zhang said that he has witnessed the terrifying combat effectiveness of the blood camp with his own eyes.He will not dream of defeating Wang Hua, he just wants to keep Chang'an.

Then he put on a simple dress and left Chang'an, but when he crossed the Weishui River, although the weather was very hot, he felt that the river was cool, but it was very cold.He couldn't help hitting the boat wall, and said softly: "In the past, I read that Jing Ke went to Qin Dynasty, and gradually left to build. Jing Ke sang in harmony: the wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man will never return when he is gone. I only know the truth today. taste."

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Zhang said he was worried about the country and himself.

But the blood camp did not stop there.

After receiving the order from the fast horse that Zhang said, Chencang County immediately made preparations.Although Chencang County is small, it has unique geographical conditions.

On the back is Qizhou as the biggest barrier, on the south is the Weishui River, on the west is the famous Mount Wu, this mountain is a bridge between Longshan and Qinling, with beautiful scenery, and it is connected with Yishan in the East Town, Yiwulu Mountain in the North Town, Kuaiji Mountain in the South Town and Zhongshan Mountain in the South Town. Zhenhuo Mountain is listed as one of the five major towns.But the mountains are high and steep, and they are also one of the biggest barriers.

The county magistrate of Chencang also ordered all wooden boats on the Weishui to be confiscated, and some camps were built on the north bank of the Weishui.

Some officials are stingy with money. In fact, this war brought huge injuries and sacrifices to the Blood Camp, and also brought many unnecessary losses to the Tang Dynasty.The losses before and after are immeasurable, direct and indirect, far exceeding the claims made by Wang Hua.

The blood battalion arrived at Chencang, and the officials at Chencang were still a little excited. We confiscated all the boats, what do you do?
Even building a raft will take a while.Besides, there are many Tubo people among you who don't know water at all.

However, their eyes widened after a while, and without even tying up the raft, they took out the Huntuo that had been brought over, and blew on them one by one.It swelled up, and it was larger than the raft's load.As for the war horse, it is easier to lead it directly to the river.

Don't ask a warhorse if he can swim. In fact, all horses can swim, and they like it very much, but the swimming posture is very ugly.

Then connect Huntuo together, the previous group of soldiers stepped on it, and many soldiers on the other side began to deploy defenses, but the soldiers of the blood camp stood on the Huntuo, and also started to drive slaves and shoot arrows.

Both sides paid some sacrifices, and this group of soldiers stepped across the river, remounted their horses, and charged the camps.At the beginning, they used the fence to fight back, and then as more and more blood battalion soldiers came ashore, several camps were crumbling. When the third group of soldiers came ashore, they finally captured the first camp.The other camps didn't look good, so the leading general led his men back into the city.But they don't have Cao Zhen's skills, plus the blood camp's weird siege equipment, and most of the desperate soldiers are filled with prisoners of war.There is also payment, that is Wang Hua's pocket, and the sacrificed prisoners of war are paid in real money.

In less than two days, Chencang County was lost.

After Guo Zhiyun led the army to supplement the supplies in Chencang again, he escorted more and more prisoners of war to the back of Qizhou City in the opposite direction, and attacked the city with Li Kaigu on both sides. A day later, Qizhou City was lost again.The two armies finally joined together.

As a result, in addition to the nearly 2000 Blood Battalion soldiers who died and more than 3 soldiers who stayed behind, the main soldiers of the Blood Battalion reached 5000, and more than 5000 soldiers died or were seriously injured by Tuyuhun prisoners of war. There are more than 7000 people, and the military strength has reached nearly 1 people.In addition, [-] Tang troops were captured intermittently. These Tang troops and Tuyuhun people were used as cannon fodder for the siege.

In this way, it is not a small knock.

The army headed east all the way, invincible, and quickly forced the city of Xianyang.

When the news came out, the whole country was shocked. Although they stayed in Chang'an City, many dignitaries even offended Wang Hua's family, especially the Wei family, and fled to Luoyang.The official road from Chang'an to Luoyang was crowded with fleeing common people.

But at this time, there was no sound in the hall.

Ministers advocating peace did not dare to say anything, dare to speak in this limelight?When it was said that it was possible, Li Xian pulled himself out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded in anger.

The ministers who advocated a decisive battle could not make a sound. In fact, many ministers decided to negotiate a peace in their hearts.It's just because he didn't want Chao Zhongqingliu to succeed, so he deliberately held back.At this point, I started to regret it.But it's too late, it's time to negotiate a peace, will Wang Hua agree to their terms again?
Immediately, Chang'an was captured, and the Tang Dynasty was really divided into two parts. Why do you want to be your servant?
Even if they can agree to negotiate a peace, the conditions are very harsh. Besides, what do the people think?
Rather than being like this, Zhang said that when he was in Lingzhou earlier, he agreed to let him negotiate a peace.

Even those ministers who really want to fight decisively don't dare to bring it up now, how to fight?Moreover, if Chang'an is lost, it is possible that the Tang Dynasty will be in danger of destroying the country.What power do they have to protect themselves?Under the overturned nest, how can there be any eggs?At least the Tang Dynasty existed, and they could still live happily for a while.Therefore, at this time, there was also regret, regretting in his heart that he underestimated the strength of the blood camp.

Li Xian called all the ministers into the inner hall and asked, "Everyone, what should we do now?"

I was so angry that I even saved Aiqing.

No one dared to say anything, Li Xian threw a teacup on the ground, and said: "What's the matter, isn't it going to fight? Who said it? Stand up for me and go to Jingzhao Mansion together."

No one stood up either.

Li Xian looked at Wei Wen, Wei Anshi, Wei Juyuan, and Wei Sili, and said, "Four Mr. Wei, don't you all want to start a war? Why don't you talk now!"

He didn't curse anyone, but first it was King Chu, King Wei, King Jin, and King Qi, and now it's the four Xianggongs of Wei, who are almost the four Xianggongs of Wei. It can be seen how much Li Xian loathes Zhu Wei.

At this moment, an urgent report came from outside, Li Xian let him in, and the soldier knelt down panting to report: "Your Majesty, Xianyang has fallen."

Xianyang City is also difficult to attack, not only because of the terrain, but mainly because of the city wall. This is a thousand-year-old city with a very tall city wall, but now the role of the city wall is gradually losing.When the southeast wind blows, it is a very formal attack, with long-range weapons such as trebuchets, longbows, and explosives.The close attack is a ladder, plus soldiers, but mainly cannon fodder.But now the cannon fodder is happy to use it. Once the meritorious service is made, the blood camp is not stingy, and it will reward them with real rewards.In fact, there are several prefectures and counties in a row. These prefectures and counties are close to Chang'an, and each prefecture and county has rich warehouses, including materials, grain, copper and silver.Others were copied by the family.

The harvest is very rich, so they are willing to reward them heavily. The prisoners of war will take the initiative to work hard because of the heavy rewards.The blood camp reduces loss and sacrifice, and doesn't care about the money.Everyone gets what they need.

This is the case against the wind and the situation with the wind. I didn’t dare to use the glider. Now I pay more and more attention to this thing. The target is too obvious when landing in the air, and the loss is too great.So another thing worked, a hot air balloon, and a telescope, rose to the sky above Xianyang, spotted the buildings below, government offices, warehouses and barracks, and ignited the explosives and dropped them.

Coupled with the fierce attack under the city, Xianyang was lost in just two days.

Now the Blood Camp is searching for ships by the Weishui River. The troops are divided into two groups, one directly crosses the Chang'an City, and the other has crossed the Weishui from the upper reaches, and is preparing to detour back to the west side of Chang'an City.

Hearing this news, the faces of all the ministers changed color. Xianyang was defeated so quickly?
At this moment, another urgent report came from outside.

Li Xian wanted to curse: "Report the funeral."

But I endured it, even though nine times out of ten it was bad news, I had to listen to it.

This time, however, it was an accident and good news.

Lun Gongren and Xiao Song went south with [-] troops, including some troops assigned to them by Guo Yuanzhen.

But this road is not easy to walk. Now in June and July, there is a lot of rain, and many places are swamps.Of course it's not the horror of Songfan Grassland, where a person falls and quickly disappears.But there are mud pits everywhere, so it's not easy to walk.

Fortunately, Lun Gongren is very familiar with the terrain here, and after arriving in Wuhai City, he used his relationship to make a few promises and found several discriminated tribes in the local area. They were willing to be guides and offered them logistics supplies. Be a scout for them.Of course, there is a price to pay. Once the war is over, they will vigorously support the rise of their tribe.This kind of support is to provide slaves, materials, livestock, and pastures, and the required amount is still very large.

But Lun Gongren and Xiao Song agreed immediately, after all compared to the current battle, this request is not too much.

With the support of these tribes, Lun Gongren and Xiao Song quickly withdrew Tuyuhun to Bailanqiang and occupied all the key points in advance.And using the terrain and advanced weapons, they defeated a counterattack by the Tuyuhun people.

After receiving the news, Guo Yuanzhen began to declare his surrender.As long as they surrender, their status in the Tuyuhun tribe will remain unchanged, and they will not have such heavy taxes as Tubo.

Finally, some people began to waver. When Ge Shuhan led more than 8000 people, the Tuyuhun people did not know that Ge Shuhan brought prisoners of war, but they all knew Ge Shuhan, and they only saw the huge enemy army coming continuously. The road ahead to retreat was blocked, which also made them lose their last hope.

Finally, the Tuyuhun nobles jointly sent a representative to negotiate with Guo Yuanzhen, and finally reached a peace agreement, allowing Tuyuhun to retain his royal family and some independent powers, at least similar to the jurisdiction of Tubo.But the tax is very little, and an old man who took a long time finally said it, which is only one tenth of that of the Tubo people.

Guo Yuanzhen sneered, but said nothing.

But the old man immediately went on to say that he enjoyed preferential treatment, and Tuyuhun would also pay, such as surrendering to the Tang Dynasty and allowing the Tang Dynasty to send officials to govern together. When the Tang Dynasty needed it, Tuyuhun would send troops to assist the Tang Dynasty in its expedition.It's just that when deploying troops, each family can only draw at most one member out of three members.The last point is slightly more generous than Tubo.

Guo Yuanzhen was so angry that he wanted to curse.

But he heard the news that the Tubo people had pulled out [-] troops and recruited Bailan Qiang from the Bailan tribe to take back Tuyuhun.

After thinking about it, I held back my breath, and only changed a little, and the tax was doubled. Of course, this is still a very loose tax.At the same time, two items were added, and a few areas were set aside for the troops left in the Tang Dynasty to garrison the fields. Every year, a number of war horses of various types were provided to the court, or a number of war horses were raised for the court. If necessary, they were allowed to be sold first at the same price to Tang Dynasty war horses and other livestock.

Tuyuhun is a horse, and this is not considered a harsh condition. Several Tuyuhun envoys looked at each other, a little overjoyed.

Of course, if they don't give any sweetness, these people will surrender, and they will not surrender sincerely.This is just like the Song-Liao-Chanyuan alliance, which was too heavy for the court to bear, and too light for the Liao Kingdom to come to invade if it was not greedy for this advantage.

After returning, the Tuyuhun people began to formally surrender.

This also means that the Heyuan County and Xihai County of the Sui Dynasty, except for some areas south and west of Bohai, have returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty.

And in order to please the Tang Dynasty emperor, Tuyuhun Puppet Khan Tuyuhun Mohe and the Tubo Princess Tuyuhun Empress Dowager Chibang are going to Luoyang to visit the Tang Dynasty Emperor.Of course, they also have a condition, that is, the Tang Dynasty cannot detain them in Luoyang and prevent them from coming back.

So Guo Yuanzhen wrote a letter of success, and mentioned the last thing by the way.

Of course, Guo Yuanzhen didn't mention the credit for Xueying being in the middle.It's not that he's greedy for merit, it's that he doesn't want to suffer from this bad luck.

Everyone is well aware of this matter, but this report makes everyone faintly feel that it is a turning point.Why?If it was under the pressure of the blood camp, the court would not be able to get rid of this embarrassment if it negotiated peace with the blood camp, but this great victory somewhat gave the court a step down.

In fact, this is also Wang Hua's arrangement.It is soft and hard and forceful, but there is no need for the blood camp to put down a low profile. Rather than this, it is better not to need so many sacrifices, and the soldiers will go to Chang'an.

So they suppressed the memorial sent by Guo Yuanzhen together with the envoys, and just when the army arrived at the city of Chang'an, they began to let the envoys through and arrived in Luoyang.

Just as everyone was looking at each other, preparing to express themselves to Li Xian, the third urgent message arrived.

Everyone was very worried, fearing that Chang'an City would fall.

Unexpectedly, the news was sent by Li Dan. He first greeted Li Xian, and then said that the situation in Chang'an City was not very good. The general's camp was set up in the north of Chang'an, and blood camps began to approach Chang'an City in the west. The morale of the soldiers in the city was low, and the prices in the city skyrocketed.

As the topic changed, Wang Hua also came to the outside of Chang'an City when he talked about another matter, but he worshiped the tombs of the emperor and the queen mother on the Qianling Mausoleum, and stood silently for a long time before leaving the Qianling Mausoleum sadly. To the outside of Chang'an city.

Whether it is war or peace, there is no mention of it.But everything is unspoken.

Why did Wang Hua worship Wu Zetian and Li Zhi? Of course, it is false to worship Li Zhi, but it is true to worship Wu Zetian.Besides gratitude, do you have any other feelings?
Hearing the eunuch finished reading the urgent report, Wei Anshi let out a long breath and said, "Your Majesty, it just so happens that Wang Hua arrived in Chang'an, let's negotiate a peace."

Although he is a member of the Wei family, his attitude on this matter has always been ambiguous, and he has not indicated a peace or a decisive battle.Especially after Li Xian rewarded the four kings, he was almost silent, but he sent two requests for official appointment, but Li Xian didn't agree to it either.

Strictly speaking, he is definitely not the Wei Party. If it wasn't for Webster's involvement, he could still be classified as a Qingliu minister.Back then, Wang Hua was deeply liked by Lao Wu, and he also said a lot of good things in secret.But he doesn't like to show off his merits, and Wang Hua doesn't know it either.Later, I wanted to say that Lao Wu was also dead, and there was no confrontation.But at this time, for the sake of the family, he did not do it very brightly. At least to some extent, he sat back and watched the situation expand.

But one thing is undeniable, he has a high prestige in the Wei family.

With this statement, many people just stepped down the steps and echoed together.

But now the situation is very strange, the minister who originally echoed is still silent, but the minister who echoed was originally a staunch fighter.

Seeing this situation, Li Xian closed his eyes in pain, waved his hand and said, "You all go down, let me be quiet for a while."

The ministers filed out one by one. Li Xian looked at the portraits of Li Yuan, Li Shimin and Li Zhi on the wall of the inner hall, and suddenly burst into tears.Although he knew in his heart that peace talks were beneficial to everyone, but he was forced to make a covenant under the city by a courtier, and the covenant was still made in the authentic capital city. Even if he was an inactive emperor, he felt ashamed in his heart.

A wimp in his heart is a wimp, but he never thought about why there is such a situation today?
(End of this chapter)