Yang Guozhong was secretly frightened and quickly led his ministers to admonish the emperor: "Your Majesty's body is worth thousands of gold, which is related to the safety of the world. You must not take personal risks. There is no shortage of generals in our court who can conquer and fight well. Please think twice."
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Li Longji shook his head and said: "The security thief is now approaching the Eastern Capital. I am worried and worried that the morale of the soldiers will be low and they will not be able to resist the enemy with all their strength. Therefore, I have to wear armor and fight in person to boost the morale of the three armies. I understand that you are worried about my safety today.
, how about leaving the prince to supervise the country and handle some affairs?"
After Li Heng heard this, he lowered his head and hesitated for a moment, then immediately stepped forward and said: "My father is old, how can I suffer the hardship of running around in the army? My son is young and willing to go out to fight against the thieves on my father's behalf."
"Prince, I already know your intentions, but you are the foundation of the country. I have decided that you will stay in the court and supervise the country."
Li Heng reported again: "General Li Siye, the military commander of the three towns, was far superior to An Thief and his generals. In the past, he used 30,000 men to conquer Dashi, siege cities and plunder territory, and recover the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu and the Tocharo Territory.
, went hundreds of miles deep into Khorasan, conquered Tibet in Dabolu, and penetrated deep into Tianzhu. If he is ordered to lead the people from Anxi in Beiting, Henan Province to march eastward, he will definitely be able to defeat the peaceful thieves."
Yang Guozhong quietly turned his head and glanced at the prince, with a somewhat relaxed look on his face and a smile on his lips.
Li Longji leaned back, his expression gradually trance-like, and waved his hand gently: "Li Siye, it is good to stay in Hexi, but he has many troops under his command, so he should send troops to fight in the Central Plains. Wei Jiansu, you are also the Minister of the Ministry of War, what do you think?
Are there any usable generals among the generals under Li Siye?"
Li Heng quickly retreated. He knew in his heart that this was a test by the emperor against Li Siye. If Li Siye could divide his troops and send out his generals, it would prove that he had no idea of self-respect and no intention of rebellion. If he was looking for excuses,
If you don't send troops eastward to enter Guanzhong, then this person will most likely have different intentions.
Wei Jiansu also understood Li Longji's thoughts. After thinking about it, he remembered a general who was not Li Siye's confidant, and that was Li Guangbi, the current military envoy of Chishui.
"Your Majesty, the Chishui military envoy stationed in Liangzhou, Yunhui General Li Guangbi, is a strict military leader, brave and good at fighting? He has defeated the Tibetan army several times. Even Wang Zhongsi said in the past: 'The only one who can win my troops is Li Guangbi.
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"Okay? It's Li Guangbi!" The emperor is very satisfied with this choice. The position is neither high nor low, and there is a lot of room for promotion. "The Zhongshu Province immediately drafted a decree to Li Siye and asked him to send Li Guangbi to lead most of the Chishui Army to fight in Hedong.
, was promoted to Li Guangbi as Yushi Dafu? Chijie also served as deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu."
After the emperor made his decision, he closed his eyes and rested his mind for a moment, and then he slowly said: "Today's meeting is over. If you have anything to do, we will discuss it tomorrow."
Walking out of the Dragon's Tail Road of Zichen Palace, Yang Guozhong patted his chest and said to himself, "I'm so sorry. Fortunately, the emperor didn't insist on personally marching and ordering the prince to supervise the country? Otherwise, wouldn't Yang Zhao be in trouble?"
Li Heng came to the front of Jinwu's guard yard. Li Jingzhong led four thousand oxen and led the horse out, and helped the prince to get on the horse.
They were marching on the deserted imperial road. Li Heng suddenly turned his head and said to Li Jingzhong: "Aye proposed today that he would like to be the imperial commander to personally conquer the country. He is planning to let me sit in the capital and supervise the country."
Li Jingzhong's eyes shone brightly and his face showed joy: "Your Highness has been dormant for many years? Today there is finally a turn for the better."
"But let me stop it."
The eunuch's smile gradually faded, and he lowered his head and said respectfully: "That's true? The saint personally asked His Highness to supervise the country. Whether it is true or false, His Highness should try his best to refuse, so as not to cause doubts in the Saint. If the Holy Will is firm, he will come tomorrow
Naturally, I will mention it, Your Highness, you won’t have to remonstrate anymore.”
Li Heng shook his head in a daze and said: "If I go to war personally, it would not be a good thing to supervise the country at this time. We should wait and see."
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It was already the end of November when the first decree issued by the emperor arrived in Liangzhou.
After Li Siye received the edict from the envoy, various thoughts lingered in his head for a long time. Li Longji ordered that only the defenders and horses should be left in the two towns of Shuofang, Longyou, and the rest should reach Guanzhong within 20 days. However, he was told to stay in Hexi without moving his troops.
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This is a problem with the trust between the monarch and his ministers, because he and An Lushan have similar powers. They are both governors of three towns, both have been granted the title of county king, and their military strength poses a threat to the imperial court. Now An Lushan
Lu Shan rebelled, and Li Longji didn't know how to treat him for a while, so he could only wait and see for the time being.
I am afraid that Yang Guozhong was also obstructing this. Their conflict has become public. It is estimated that besides An Lushan, he is the one who wants to kill Yang the most. If Yang is not dead for a day, even if he leads his troops eastward to put down the rebellion, there will be many people behind his back.
I don’t know how many slanderous words there are.
More than ten days later, the second edict from the imperial court arrived, still telling Li Siye to hold his troops stationary, but ordering him to order Li Guangbi to lead most of the Chishui Army into Hedong to quell the rebellion.
He stood up from the desk and paced in his study, deep in thought. Li Guangbi was different from other generals, and also different from his confidants in Anbeiting. No matter how he rewarded and wooed him, he maintained a respectful attitude.
.It seems that he is more respectful to him than anyone else, but there is always such a distance between him and me.
He suddenly understood that the emperor was trying to test whether he had other intentions in supporting his troops. If he refused to send troops, it would be tantamount to openly breaking up with the emperor, and the situation might worsen. He had only been in charge of Hexi for four years, and all the armies under his command
Military envoys all have different thoughts. Even if they are not so, for the sake of the overall situation and the people of the world, they should keep in step with the court.
Li Siye waved his hand and ordered to the guards outside the door: "Go and invite General Li Guangbi."
The bodyguard crossed his arms and left.
After waiting for a while, Li Guangbi, wearing iron armor, walked into the hall and stood there, crossing his hands and saying to Li Siye, "The doctor called me here. I don't know what's important."
Li Siye stood up from the desk with his hands on his knees, walked down the steps without saying a word, walked around Li Guangbi and looked at him, staring at him until his heart went crazy, but he still looked straight ahead calmly.
He walked around to Li Guangbi and asked: "Your Majesty issued an order today, ordering me to send an army to Hedong to quell the rebellion of the An rebels. Guangbi, please tell me, who should I send with which army?"
"Since we are ordered to quell the rebellion, we naturally have to send the most elite troops there. The last general is willing to recommend himself to lead the Chishui Army to Hedong."
Li Siye nodded, picked up the yellow silk imperial edict from the desk, handed it to Li Guangbi and said with a smile: "Congratulations, General Li. From today on, you can lead the army to Hedong with discipline and shoulder important responsibilities independently."
Li Guangbi read the imperial edict carefully and said with confusion on his face: "The great general is a hundred times more capable than Guangbi. Now that the An thieves have launched a rebellion, why doesn't your majesty issue an order to order the general to lead the people from Hexi to march eastward, so that peace can be achieved?"
Wouldn’t the traitors be better?"
Li Siye waved his hand to him: "You don't need to delve into this matter. From tomorrow on, you will choose your confidants among the Chishui Army. I allow you to take away 25,000 people, but you must take away the two cavalry battalions and Zang Xiye."
Leave it to me."
"Here! I'm going to leave." Li Guangbi crossed his hands and saluted, then exited the main hall.
He sat back in front of the desk and calculated carefully. Li Guangbi took away 70% of the Chishui Army and vacated the camp in Liangzhou City. He operated in Liangzhou for four years and expanded a lot of troops, including cavalry.
At most. They are temporarily organized into various armies. Now it is time to integrate these cavalry battalions together to form a new army composed entirely of cavalry.
This was thanks to the 20,000 Arabian horses he had seized through blackmail from the Dashi Company, allowing Li Guangbi to still be rich even after taking away more than 20,000 Chishui troops.
Li Siye immediately ordered Cen Shen to write military orders, respectively ordering Zhao Chongxun, the envoy of Shule Town, to send a thousand cavalry camps, Feng Changqing to send 3,000 cavalry, and Duan Xiushi to send more than 4,000 cavalry from the surrendered Absi tribe, together with the troops from Hexi.
The light cavalry, together with the remaining Chishui Army cavalry, formed a 26,000-strong Flying Tiger Cavalry, with Zang Xiye temporarily acting as military envoy, waiting for a suitable opportunity to report to the court for formal establishment.