That night Li Siye wrote furiously under the lamp in the tent and wrote a letter on silk to Feng Changqing reminiscing about the past. The letter did not mention a word about the current war, but described the friendship between colleagues in the past with great emotion. Then he
Divide the letter into several pieces and shoot it into Tongguan City from different directions with a strong bow during the night.
The internal strength ratio of Tongguan is about 40,000 Longxiang Army, 30,000 Longwu Army, and 30,000 Guo Ziyi's trusted troops. Among them, Feng Changqing only has seven or eight thousand people, accounting for one-tenth of the total military strength.
Even though the number of troops under the direct control of the eunuch has reached 70%, I believe that as long as one of these arrows falls into their hands, his clumsy alienation plan will take effect.
The soldiers on night watch at the city head picked up one of them and hurriedly presented it to Guo Ziyi's tent. However, the other two or three were picked up by the soldiers of Longxiang Army and Longwu Army. Naturally, these soldiers had to present it to the eunuch Yu Chaoen first.
and Cheng Yuanzhen.
After Guo Ziyi took the arrow, he dismantled the silk cloth wrapped around it and said with a smile: "It is indeed a divorce plan. The method is so clumsy. I guess Li Siye is at the end of his game."
When he stretched out the silk cloth and took a look, he realized that the person being alienated was not him, but Feng Changqing, and his face suddenly darkened.
Li Siye's tricks would not have any effect if used on him, but if used on Feng Changqing, Feng Changqing might not even have a chance to defend himself. It was precisely because the emperor was suspicious of Feng Changqing, because he
He was single-handedly promoted by Li Siye in the past, and because the force Feng Changqing now controls is insignificant among the entire Tongguan garrison, he can be easily abandoned.
Guo Ziyi hurriedly put down his arrows and ordered: "There must be more than one arrow fired by the other party. Immediately send people to search, and when they are found, send them to the Chinese army's tent."
He was worried that these arrows would be obtained by the two eunuchs Yu Chaoen and Cheng Yuanzhen. They themselves were the kind of people who were jealous of the heroes and feared that the world would not be in chaos.
After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately went out to search the city gates for a while, and then reported back to Guo Ziyi: "This is the only arrow we found, and the rest have disappeared into the sea, and there is no news."
Guo Ziyi waved her hand tiredly, signaling for them to retreat, and waited until dawn before sending someone to invite Yu Chaoen and Cheng Yuanzhen to the tent.
He enthusiastically invited the two of them to sit down and asked directly: "Last night the rebels threw silk letters into the city. Did the two father-in-laws pick them up? Maybe they saw the contents. No matter what the rebel Li Siye wrote in them,
What's going on? This is all his plan to alienate each other. Please give the two father-in-laws the arrow's letter to me for processing."
Yu Chaoen and Yu Chaoen denied it at first, but after Guo Ziyi called the soldiers in to confront him, the two quickly changed their tune. Yu Chaoen responded with a face: "Guo Sikong, don't forget, I am not just a victim."
The military envoy of the Longxiang Army under your jurisdiction is still the supervisory army sent by the imperial court to supervise military affairs. Regardless of whether the content on this silk is just a reminder of the past, or has an ulterior motive, or even if Feng Changqing is innocent, he should let the people close to Chang'an
Your Majesty must know the military situation. Whether he has colluded with the rebel Li Siye or not, only Your Majesty can decide."
As soon as the other party said such words, he could not refute, so he had to say: "Well, I will also write a memorial to your Majesty, asking your Majesty to decide the right and wrong."
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The emperor has begun to recruit troops in Guanzhong, Shuofang, and Longyou, and expand the army organization to fight a protracted war. As long as Tongguan can hold on, Li Siye's army temporarily staying in Luoyang, Shaanxi County will be a tree without roots, and the military will inevitably be scattered.
.In the future, after Ji Guangchen, the military envoy of Zheng and Cai Cai, Xu Shuji, the military envoy of Hua Pu Jiedao, Lai Yi, the military envoy of Huainan West Road, Lu Jiong, the military envoy of Nanyang Military Region, and others have recovered their strength slightly, the six-pronged armies will all come out to recapture Henan.
It's just that his health has been declining recently and he often stays in bed. Most political affairs are left to Li Fuguo to handle, but when it comes to the memorial at Tongguan, Li Fuguo needs to report to him in person.
Fu Guo knelt down in front of the emperor's couch and first output Yu Chaoen's report and opinions: "The rebels fired arrows into Tongguan City to contact Feng Changqing. Although the contents were all sentimental and reminiscing about the past, Yu
Chao En suspected that there was a secret message in it, otherwise Li Siye would not be so idle. After Feng Changqing suffered several disastrous defeats, there were only six or seven thousand troops left under his command. Although these troops were not enough to defend the city wall, if the inside and outside cooperated to secretly open the city gate, Tongguan would
The situation is so dangerous that Chang'an will be handed over to others, so please treat it with caution, Your Majesty."
Li Fuguo also explained Guo Ziyi's suggestion: "Guo Ziyi arbitrarily believed that this was Li Siye's alienation plan and should not be accepted. He said that if Feng Changqing wanted to rebel, he should have followed him when he was under Yecheng. He also said
If your Majesty is indeed suspicious of Feng Changqing, please transfer Feng Changqing from Tongguan to another position in the name of avoiding suspicion, so as to avoid chilling the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the three armies."
Li Heng stood up from the sick bed and asked Li Fu Guodao: "In your opinion, whose words are more trustworthy."
Li Fuguo lowered his head and smiled: "Guo Ziyi is loyal to His Majesty, but he just likes to provide help in times of need and save people in times of crisis. If the saint adopts his words, Feng Changqing will definitely be grateful to him. The entire Tang army
They are all connected like this, and there are many small groups where superiors and subordinates support each other and maintain a harmonious atmosphere, and are maintained by bonds of kindness, but what is lost is His Majesty’s divine power.”
Li Heng's face instantly darkened, and he said coldly: "Keep talking."
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether Feng Changqing colluded with the rebels. What matters is that they all like to leave a way out for themselves. A few days ago, Yu Chaoen sent a letter to his slave saying that he hung Li Chongyun's body in Tongguan.
On the city wall, it was said that it was on the order of Guo Ziyi. But Guo Ziyi immediately lowered his face and seemed unwilling to bear such a reputation. And this time, Li Siye shot an arrow into the city wall to contact Feng Changqing. If Guo Ziyi killed Feng Changqing,
He completely broke up with the rebel Li Siye, and he wanted to be a good person and was willing to give Feng Changqing a chance. So everyone in the world has a way out, but His Majesty and your servants have no way out."
There was firmness and anger in Li Heng's tone: "Jingzhong, you are right. If the Tang Dynasty is destroyed, I will have no way to retreat, but all the officials will have a way out. Immediately pass the decree to Guo Ziyi and grant Chang Qing a collusion."
Rebellion, intent on rebellion, order him to personally execute Feng Changqing on top of Tongguan City, why not let him be a villain."
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The emperor's decree reached Tongguan, and all the generals were shocked. Guo Ziyi was especially shocked. He had made it clear to the emperor in his memorial that killing generals before the battle was a taboo in the army, but the emperor still wanted to kill Feng Changqing.
, doesn’t this make the relatives happy and the enemies happy?
After reading the imperial edict, Yu Chaoen lowered his head and stared at Guo Ziyi who was kneeling on the ground.
Sikong ordered him to be called here and announced the imperial edict to capture and kill him."
Guo Ziyi said thoughtfully: "Please allow me to think about this for a moment or two."
"Ha," Yu Chaoen said with a smile: "What else is there to think about? Is it possible that Guo Sikong is afraid, or does Guo Sikong think that Feng Changqing should not be killed?"
Guo Ziyi smelled the murderous intent and treachery hidden in this. The emperor's suspicion came from many aspects. He had to bear the bad reputation and become the one who was scolded in order to fully gain the emperor's trust.
Now for the descendants of the Guo family and the Tang Dynasty, he could only serve as the executioner ruthlessly.
"Send my military order and ask Feng Changqing to come to the meeting hall."