People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 574
Under the night rain, the sky above the entire city of Chang'an was pitch black.

In Shanhuafang, on the roof of a completely dark mansion, two figures, one tall and one short, looked at the brightly lit Suzaku Gate two miles away.

"The one who just went in is the frame of Nanchang Wang Lixuan." A strange and magnetic voice sounded.

In the darkness, he turned sideways to look at his shorter companion, and asked softly, "I heard that the envoy had contact with the King of Nanchang in Yangzhou City."

Messenger, Yangzhou, King of Nanchang.

This person is obviously the blunt horn of Silla's pleading envoy.

"That's right, the king of Nanchang is fierce and brutal. I was really taken aback. I thought he was trapped in the mire of the Tianyin Sect, but I didn't expect that he would destroy the Tianyin Sect so quickly and be able to make it back to Chang'an." Get married." Qin bluntly gritted his teeth for a while.

"Now, the center has received a report from Mai Xiaocheng about that matter, and they will take action soon."

"Sir, tell me, what kind of decision will His Majesty make? Will he give up attacking Tubo and turn around and attack Silla with all his strength?" Qin Dujiaogan's face was full of worry.

"Sir" looked surprised, and asked, "Why does the envoy think so?"

"Sir, I don't know. When the King of Nanchang was in Yangzhou, he once said that if there were any disputes in Silla in the future, he would lead his troops to Silla and destroy Silla." Qin blunt horned dry face was full of worry.

"The envoy is afraid of the King of Nanchang?" The face of "Sir" was full of surprise, he did not expect that there would be such a thing.

"You will also be afraid when the bloody heads of two high-ranking Tianyin sects are thrown in front of your eyes." Qin bluntly angled a wry smile on his face, and then acted solemnly: "Personal honor and disgrace are nothing, but the king of Nanchang easily Backhandedly quelling Tianyin, his strength is common to everyone, if he is allowed to rush to Silla at this time, sir, I am really worried."

"Silla has Li Jinxing, a high-ranking general, and the emperor will not easily send the King of Nanchang to Silla." "Sir" seemed to shake his head very resolutely.

"Sir, I really don't understand. The Tang army is clearly preparing to retreat. Why did we take the risk of angering Tang Ting and send troops to attack them? Do we really want to focus the attention of the entire Tang Dynasty on Silla?" Qin obtusely angled There was worry on his dry face.

"The Great Tang will not stay in Silla. The DPRK and China have been preparing for the Tubo war for several years." "Sir" paused for a while, and said: "At the beginning of the year, Tubo Gao Xianglun Qinling sent people to Chang'an to ask for help. And, the emperor refused without the slightest hesitation, which shows how far Tang's preparations have come...the battle between Tang and Tubo is imminent, so why would they keep eyeing Silla again."

"So, withdrawal is inevitable." Qin Dujiao couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

"If you want to defeat Datang, right now is the best and last chance. Once they retreat to the north of the Datong River, you will have no chance to win. Even if you attack by force, you will only end in defeat. .”

"Having said that, sir, I don't know what's going on with the battle to buy Xiaocheng now?" Qin bluntly expressed a look of worry on his dry face.

In recent years, the commanders-in-chief of Datang in Silla, from Xue Rengui to Liu Rengui, to Li Jinxing, none of them were easy to mess with.

Xue Rengui was even impeached and demoted because of the heavy killings. This is a rare thing in the Tang Dynasty, which has always praised military exploits.

This shows how many people Xue Rengui killed in the first place.

Although Silla's attack was sudden this time and there was an internal response, even Qin Dujiaogan himself didn't believe how many victories he could win.

"This is the end of the matter. Next, it depends on how the court will deal with it. They should struggle desperately again. Messenger, if they can bear it or not, it depends on this time."

"But the King of Nanchang... If the court didn't want to transfer the King of Nanchang to the East Island, why did they call him this time?" Qin Dujiaogan was still a little worried. When he was in Yangzhou, the connection between Silla and Tianyin Sect was almost No one knows, but the King of Nanchang discovered it.

Not only that, he also threw the heads of Wen Bingyan, head of the Yangzhou branch of the Tianyin Sect, and An Rongxiang, one of the four elders of the Tianyin Sect, at his feet.

The two bloody heads had already impressed Li Xuan's powerful and vicious impression deeply into the bottom of Qin Gan's heart.

Even though he was looking at Li Xuan from afar, his blunt horns already felt a little weak in his legs.

"Nanchang Wang Jianxiao Honglu Temple Shaoqing, the emperor has wanted Nanchang Wang to participate in the affairs of Silla from a very early age, but at that time he was more thinking about negotiating with Silla, and now he appears here , don’t you understand what the emperor thinks?”

"So that's how it is." Qin blunt horn Gan suddenly came to his senses.

The fact that the King of Nanchang, the inspector of the Honglu Temple, is here today is enough to show that the Tang Dynasty has a strong intention to withdraw its troops.

What remains now is how much Silla can defeat the Tang army in this war.

"Go back with your heart in mind, Messenger, soon, the King of Nanchang will come to see you." "Sir" waved his hand, Qin Obtuse Jiaogan immediately cupped his hands, and then retreated down the ladder to the roof.

Soon, a group of men in black took Qin Dujiaogan out of the compound, and then took him to the Silla embassy in a black carriage.

The road was unimpeded.

On the roof, "Sir" was already looking at the distant palace, his eyes revealed endless possessiveness in an instant.

I heard him say softly: "Now, I am afraid that not many people will pay attention to this king anymore."

The king of the East China Sea, this person is the king of the East China Sea, the son of Li Jiancheng, the hidden prince of the king Xi of the Tang Dynasty.

On a dark rainy night, he was wearing a black robe and standing less than two miles away from the imperial palace, but no one in the entire court knew he was here.

It would never have even occurred to him that the current battle of Silla was being used by the king of the East China Sea to divert the attention of the court.

This battle had already been planned half a year ago, for today.

The King of the East China Sea looked past Suzaku Empress to Yongle Gate, and said softly, "Queen Mother, are you alright?"

……

In the deep courtyard corridor, Li Xuan followed the servant and walked slowly into the Penglai Hall in front.

Just as Li Xuan stepped into the Penglai Hall, the hall was full of high-ranking officials at the same time looking back at Li Xuan.

Left minister Liu Rengui, right minister Dai Zhide, Zhongshuling Hao Chujun, and servant Zhao Renben.

Li Yiyan, the servant of Zhongshu, Yang Wu, the servant of Zhongshu, Gao Zhizhou, the servant of Huangmen, Laiheng, the servant of Huangmen, and Xue Yuanchao, the doctor.

Pei Xingjian, Secretary of the Ministry of War, Liu Shenli, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Yang Wulian, the General Supervisor, Liu Boying, Minister of Honglu Temple, and other relevant officials from the six departments, nine temples and five prisons, all stood solemnly.

On the high platform above, Li Zhi, Empress Wu, and Prince Li Xian were all there.

Li Xuan's heart skipped a beat.

Under the gazes of everyone, Li Xuan stepped forward, and finally bowed his hands solemnly and said: "My minister, Li Xuan, King of Nanchang County, pays homage to the saint, Queen of Heaven, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Get up." Li Zhi glanced at Li Xuan, and slightly raised his hand indifferently.

"Here!" Li Xuan cupped her hands, then quietly retreated behind the crowd,
Right now, he still doesn't know what happened, why he was called here where all the bigwigs of the imperial court were.

……

Li Zhi sat on the high platform, his eyes swept over the faces of everyone present, and finally looked sideways at Wu Chengsi, the secretary supervisor.

Wu Chengsi immediately raised the memorial in his hand, and read directly in front of everyone: "Your Excellency, Li Jinxing, the ambassador of Andong Township, reported that three days ago, the former Baekje surrendered general, and Deputy General Mai Xiaocheng Chi accepted the letter and led the crowd." The rebellion was fortunately detected by the ministers in time, and Chi led the crowd to leave, but a few days later, Chi and Silla attacked, and more than [-] people besieged and surrendered and bought Xiao Zhucheng. The offensive was very urgent, and the ministers asked for backup."

After Wu Chengsi finished reading, he bowed to Li Zhi, and then slowly retreated.

"Bang bang bang!" Li Zhi knocked heavily on the table, his eyes fell on Liu Rengui: "Master Zuo, the East Island is fighting again, Li Jinxing asks for help, how many troops should be dispatched, and where will they come from?"

Liu Rengui dared to return from Silla before, so he has the most right to say how to deal with this matter.

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Rengui cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the situation in Silla, the situation of buying Xiaocheng, we should transfer troops from Seventh City."

Li Zhi frowned, and said puzzledly: "If that's all, why ask me for help?"

Li Jinxing, as the ambassador of Andong Zhenfu, all the troops of the Tang army in the entire East Island are under Li Jinxing's command. In case of battle, he can mobilize himself to deal with it. He still needs to ask the court for reinforcements.

Liu Rengui hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "What the Duke of Yarrow wants to ask is the next deployment. Silla's battle should be fought in full force. If it is to destroy the country, follow-up reinforcements are needed. The support force will prevent the army from collapsing under the pursuit of Silla."

The collapse of the army caused the expressions of Li Zhi and everyone present to change at the same time, and a figure could not help appearing in the hearts of everyone.

Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, conquered Korea three times and lost all three battles. Afterwards, the peaks and smoke rose everywhere, and the Great Sui Dynasty perished.
"A decisive battle is indeed needed!" Li Zhi's eyes turned cold, and his eyes fell on Pei Xingjian, Minister of the Ministry of War: "Pei Aiqing, what is the plan for the retreat? If we withdraw to the north, how many reinforcements need to be dispatched from Liaodong Road?"

"Your Majesty." Pei Xingjian stepped forward, bowed his hands solemnly and said, "It's October now, if you want to retreat, you should finish it within January, otherwise the winter will be extremely cold and the army will be difficult to move, and it will be extended for a long time. If you want to retreat in October To withdraw the army, we need to end the battle with Silla by the end of September, and then mobilize [-] soldiers from Liaodong Road for reinforcements."

"That is to say, the Silla people expected our army to retreat, so they attacked at this time to delay our army's retreat, and when it was winter, when our army had to retreat, they wiped out our army in one fell swoop. " Li Zhi's keen eyes fell on everyone present, and everyone cupped their hands at the same time and said: "Your Majesty is wise."

The current situation is like this. If the Silla people do not come to invade, then the army will gradually withdraw from Silla in early October until it completely retreats to the north side of the Datong River.

However, the Silla people came to attack at this time, intending to delay the retreat of the army. When the army had to retreat, they rushed up like wild wolves and devoured the entire army.

"What if I change my mind and order Li Jinxing to stick to buying Xiaocheng and not retreat?" Li Zhi's expression turned completely gloomy.

"Your Majesty." Zhongshu ordered Hao Chujun to stand up, cupped his hands to Li Zhi, and said, "Your Majesty, the withdrawal of Silla's troops is an early decision between the court and China, otherwise the grain and grass for the war with Tubo next year will have to be aided to Silla. The war against Tubo is bound to be delayed."

The so-called cannon fire, ten thousand taels of gold, and the Tang Dynasty's garrison in Silla cost a lot of money and food every day.

Of course, the army can continue to station in Silla, but it will inevitably affect the imperial court's combat food and grass reserves against Tubo.

It was precisely because of this consideration that they decided to withdraw their troops from Tubo. Without this consumption, the court could naturally deal with Tubo's war calmly, but the Silla people took action at this time and bit the army tightly.

It is of course no problem for the army to continue stationing in Silla, but if the army wants to withdraw, they will immediately pounce on them like hungry wolves, and directly devour the entire Tang Dynasty's tens of thousands of troops stationed in Silla.

What a sinister intention.

(End of this chapter)