After listening to Huang Baojie's narration, Li Siye showed a serious smile on his face, turned around and waved to the back of the screen, but it was the eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen who stepped forward with a roll of silk in his hand. The bright red handwriting on the silk cloth made people laugh.
It was shocking to see.
Li Siye grabbed one end of the silk cloth, shook it out, and said to Huang Baojie with a smile: "This should be what you call the emperor's blood-written clothes and edicts. Fang Guan always likes to play tricks on others, and he always likes to play tricks on others. His lies
You don’t have to take it to heart, he may have offended you because of this, and I will apologize to you on his behalf.”
After hearing this, Huang Baojie was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. This turned out to be a trap, a trap to test people's hearts. Fortunately, Huang Baojie thought too much and did not make wrong judgments, and also took remedial measures.
Otherwise, his life would really have to be handed over to Chang'an.
Only now did he realize how insidious and abominable Li Siye was. He actually used this method to test people's hearts. How could the average person's heart withstand it?
Xu Bin, the masked man sitting at the top left, suddenly said: "Doctor Huang is sweating a lot."
Huang Baojie hurriedly raised his arms to wipe the sweat, and whispered to himself: "It's already May before I know it, and the weather is so hot that it's completely unbearable."
Li Siye nodded with a smile and said: "After returning to Taiyuan, Hedong, you must be sincere. I almost forgot one more thing. If Shi Siming knew that you led troops to mutiny and killed Deng Jingshan, he would definitely not give up and would definitely send strong troops.
Attack. The Hedong Army has suddenly encountered new changes, and people's hearts are inevitably unstable. King Gu has already thought of a solution for you. My son Li Chongbao is currently stationed in Shangdang, and his command has accumulated 40,000 men who are capable of recruiting and fighting. I suggest to the emperor
I have ordered him to lead his troops to garrison Hedong with you. They will surely be able to stop Shi Siming's attack."
Huang Baojie had a hundred thousand unwillingnesses in his heart. He also had his own ambitions and ideas, and would never easily let his fate be controlled by others. Especially after experiencing the cruel psychological test just now, this idea became more and more firm.
It's just that he has just taken office now and has not yet established a stable foothold in Hedong. He needs Li Siye's support behind him. Therefore, even if he is dissatisfied now, he only dares to do some small tricks that cannot be discovered. But the people who work with him are not ordinary people. Li Chongbao uses ruthlessness to
He is decisive and famous for being good at using troops. His famous battle was when he led the flying tiger cavalry across the three counties between Jiangpu and Pucheng, and directly attacked Pujindu over a long distance and won a complete victory, so he must be dealt with carefully.
"Okay." Li Siye waved his hand: "Go down and stay in Chang'an for a few more days until they prepare all the food for you."
Huang Baojie bowed to Li Siye and folded his hands before resigning: "I will resign at the end of the day."
When Huang Baojie came out of Prince Yong's residence, Li Siye turned and asked Xu Bin, who was sitting next to the superior: "Mr. Xu, what do you think of this person?"
Xu Bin stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Judging from his words and deeds, he does not seem to be a cautious person, but when he entered Prince Yong's Mansion, he behaved cautiously, and he must also be ambitious.
Li Siye chuckled: "It's okay if he is really ambitious. As time goes by and he sees too much, he will naturally suppress his ambition, but I'm afraid his ability cannot support his ambition."
Everyone nodded in agreement, and Li Siye seemed to be in high spirits. He stretched out his hand to stroke the beard on his chin and looked forward with satisfaction.
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After Shi Siming reached an agreement with Li Siye's adviser Xu Bin, he ordered General Tian Chengsi to lead 30,000 troops to garrison at the border of Yunzhou. After Li Siye and Deng Jingshan started fighting in Taiyuan, they took the opportunity to go south to take advantage.
Of course he knew that he couldn't just wait around, he also needed to send people to find out the movements of both sides. Fighter opportunities were fleeting. Don't wait until others had already captured Taiyuan. He was still waiting in Yunzhou for ready-made food.
Shi Siming personally sent three groups of scouts to lurk near Taiyuan and Shangdang, always keeping an eye on the movements of Li Chongbao's army. However, for more than two months, there was no sign of confrontation between the Hedong Army and Shangdang. Only Li Chongbao continued to add troops to Wuxiang.
The news seems to be a sign of a fight.
Until the news of the mutiny spread from Taiyuan City, the scout captain still couldn't believe it. When he sent someone to confirm the news, the new Hedong Jiedushi Huang Baojie had already left for Chang'an to meet Li Siye.
Only then did the scouts realize that something big had happened, and they quickly sent two reliable men riding four horses to Yunzhou to report to Tian Chengsi. The two men set out on the road at starry night, galloping all the way and destroying two horses before they came.
Go to the Yan Army camp on the border of Yunzhou and kneel down to report to Tian Chengsi.
Tian Chengsi was greatly shocked. He reprimanded the scouts and said that you had missed a big event! At the same time, he sent people to ride fast horses to deliver the news to the palace in Luoyang.
Since Shi Siming became the emperor, he has gradually gained the burden of being an emperor. He no longer has to do many things personally, and the distance between him and the generals and soldiers has gradually increased. If he had stayed in Fanyang, Youzhou instead of Ziwei City, Luoyang, he would have at least been able to move ahead of schedule.
Got the news in fifteen days.
"What!"
He stood up from the bed angrily, reached out and grabbed the celadon cup in his hand, held it in his hand and threw it to the ground. He said angrily: "You Li Siye, you bully me again and again. I will definitely be a liar."
Gotta get it back!"
Xue Song, a close minister, said from the side: "Your Majesty, calm down. I guess this must have happened by chance. Li Siye just got a big advantage."
Shi Siming's big, bulging eyes were filled with fire as he said, "What are you talking about?"
"The Emperor still remembers that Li Siye's confidants came to Luoyang to seek peace. What he said was that they would break up the alliance between us and Deng Jingshan and join us in attacking Hedong. I am sure that at this time they have not thought of instigating mutiny in Hedong. If they
Knowing this outcome, there is no need to sign a covenant with us."
"I don't care if he is lucky or otherwise, Hedong must not fall into the hands of Li Siye! I want to conquer it myself! I want Li Siye to see whose territory Hedong is!"
Shi Siming really made a real move this time, and was bound to win this battle. For this reason, he went to Youzhou in person, took a large amount of money to the Khitan and Xi tribes to hire them to send troops, and also recruited a large number of Tongluo cavalry, and gathered together
He killed 120,000 Hu and Han soldiers, and personally organized and restored the special force Yiluohe. Not only did he want to capture Taiyuan in one fell swoop, he also wanted to take advantage of the situation to seize Shangdang and advance to Pujin Ferry.
The Yan army was so powerful that it attacked Yunzhou City with thunderous momentum. Tian Chengsi led the Tongluo cavalry directly to Daizhou, and the army was hoarded outside Xinkou.
Huang Baojie had never seen such a huge battle. While convening the generals for discussion, he also sent someone to ask for help from Li Chongbao, who was leading his army stationed in Wuxiang.
His intention to convene the generals for discussion was obvious, because he was not sure whether he could hold Taiyuan this time. If he could not hold Taiyuan, he had just been the governor of Hedong for a few days, and he would probably die next.
Another purpose is to test how much resistance there is in the Hedong Army. If it is really unable to resist, it is better to directly offer the city to Shi Siming, in order to save the wealth in front of him.
Thanks to Li Siye's foresight, he sent the judge Wei Yingwu to Hedong. Judge Wei noticed Huang Baojie's surrender mentality and gave him advice in advance before he summoned the generals.
However, for a Shangguan like Huang Baojie who has no integrity but is obsessed with face, the method of admonition needs to be carefully considered, otherwise it will have counterproductive results.
He walked up to Huang Baojie and asked in a low voice: "Doctor, are you confident in facing the enemy?"
"This is exactly what I am worried about. The Yan army is no longer as powerful as before. Shi Siming seems to be sure to win Hedong. I have sent people to Chang'an to ask for help and sent a message to General Li Chongbao. But even if the troops in Hedong and Shangdang are not strong enough,
Together, we only have 70,000 to 80,000 troops, so how can we defeat the more than 100,000 Hu and Han troops under Shi Siming's command?"