Hello Chang’an

Chapter 503 Never sit still and wait for death

In shock and anger, Li Xian drew his sword and pointed it at the soldier who reported the news, with bulging veins on his forehead: "What did you say? Say it again!"

The soldier was so frightened that he knelt down, kowtowed and said in a trembling voice: "...This matter is of great importance. How dare I deceive the Duke! The Duke's Mansion in Beijing has been surrounded by guards from the Forbidden Army, and the imperial envoy delivering the order is already on the way. It will be ready in three days at the latest. Arriving in Tanzhou!”

Li Xian listened, with a brief blank in his mind, and the hand holding the sword trembled slightly from too much force.

At this time, a call came from outside the tent, saying that the military advisor was coming to see him.

"Stay back!" Li Xianning shouted and dismissed the soldier kneeling in front of him.

The soldier exited the tent with sweat on his face, and did not dare to raise his head when he passed by the military advisor who came in.

"Mr. Cai..." Li Xian looked at the military advisor who walked in quickly.

The gray-bearded military advisor took one look at his expression and the sword in his hand, and hurriedly saluted: "General!"

Li Xian: "Sir, have you also learned..."

"Yes." There was an unconcealable solemnity in the eyes of the military advisor. He was a confidant of the Korean government and was largely in charge of Li Xian's intelligence organization. He had just received the news from Beijing and hurriedly coming.

"In my opinion..." Li Xian asked one word at a time: "Does the saint really want to punish me?"

The military advisor was silent for a moment and said: "It is said that the saint's intention has been decided, and everyone in the capital has been informed of the matter, and the eldest princess Xuan'an has made up her mind to wait in the capital for the Duke to be escorted back to the capital for disposal. It’s destined to never give up…”

"What a eldest princess, Li Rong! She's nothing more than a shameless slut!" Li Xian let out an angry laugh from deep in his throat and slashed at a screen with his sword: "How dare you force me to come here!"

The screen collapsed suddenly, and the military advisor hurriedly advised: "My lord, please calm down first..."

Li Xian threw away the sword, walked to the table and sat down, closed his eyes, and tried to calm his mind. However, the turbulence in his chest became more and more violent. He gritted his teeth and said, "My aunt actually wants to kill me..."

"She clearly promised that after I have achieved great success in this battle and established my reputation in the army, she will try to hand over the Xuance Army to me..."

"I just won a victory!" He suddenly waved his hand to the north: "I recaptured Yuezhou and Dongting with my own hands! Not only that, I also killed a hundred thousand people of Bian's army! The vitality of Bian's army was greatly damaged! Take them down. Bian Chunliang’s death is only a matter of time!”

He had been taunted all the way to this point, and when he was about to be done, his aunt wanted to kill him?

He thought that his aunt must be old and faint. After this battle, he would be able to show his power. Then with Xuance's army in hand, he could become the sharpest weapon in his aunt's hands... but his aunt chose to abandon him at this time. he!

He was clearly acting in accordance with his aunt's expectations, but her aunt wanted him to bear such a crime and die in embarrassment... So, what did he do to win before? Are you making wedding clothes for others?

How could he be so willing to die when he was closest to victory?

Li Xian took his hand back and placed it on the table beside him. After closing his eyes and taking a few shaky breaths, he said in a calmer tone: "Sir, I can't go back to Beijing..."

The military advisor's expression changed slightly, and he reminded from the side: "But the Duke's wife and the husband are both in the capital..."

The Han Dynasty Palace in Beijing not only had Li Xian's wife and children, but also had two and three bedrooms. They were Li Xian's brothers from the same father, and their respective families.

"If I die, they won't live long." Li Xianning said: "I am my father's eldest son. As long as I am here, the bloodline of the Korean government will not be cut off..."

The military advisor was frightened when he heard this: "What the Duke means is..."

"Since my aunt is so willing to treat me as an abandoned son, how can she insist on asking me to be loyal to her to the end..." Li Xian's voice was low, but his words were clear: "If you are unkind to your elders, you can't Blame it on the younger generation for being unfilial."

He is not a loser like Ming Jin. With the emperor’s order, he can only kneel on the execution platform and die...

In the past, when he was in the southern border, even if the sky was high and the emperor was far away, he might not dare to have such thoughts, but now it is far different from the past -

A country weed can raise his arms and forge swords to compete with the government. He has a large army, so there is no reason to sit back and wait for death!

The military advisor put down his robe and knelt down, but said: "...This outrageous move is definitely not a feasible strategy. Please think again, Lord!"

Li Xian looked at him, his eyes turned cold, and he asked slowly: "Do you want me to die without restraint, sir?"

The gray-haired military advisor's eyes were sincere and solemn, and his eyes were slightly red: "The late Duke was grateful for the emperor's kindness. When he left, he entrusted me to help you, general, to relieve His Majesty's worries and safeguard the foundation of the Korean government. What I have repeatedly told you is to 'defend the throne.'" 'One word... Cai really can't bear to see the general committing such a traitorous act and disregarding the whole government!"

He was a counselor under the former Duke of Korea, so he was extremely loyal to the Duke of Korea.

He knew in his heart that once Li Xian rebelled, he would inevitably drag innocent people in the Korean government in Beijing into dire straits, and even bring disaster to the entire He family...

He planned carefully for Li Xian, but they had many disagreements over the past year. Li Xian was dissatisfied with his being too forward-thinking, while he was worried that Li Xian would make mistakes in his eagerness for success—

Or knowing that he would stop it, when Li Xian was determined to create a plague, he never discussed it with him. By the time he knew about it, it was already too late...

The mistake has been made, and the most urgent task now is to prevent an even greater disaster from happening!

"Please listen to your last words, Your Majesty!"

For the first time, Military Advisor Cai knocked his head heavily on the ground like this and warned: "The Duke's return to the capital may not necessarily lead to death...Cai Jun will try to confess his guilt to the Holy One and the people of the world, saying that Cai is responsible for creating the plague." ! In this way, the saint may take the opportunity to save the life of the Duke! Even if there is pressure from Princess Xuan'an, the saint will still punish the Duke, but at most he will remove the military power from the Duke. Even if he is punished and demoted, there will still be a chance of survival!"

"When the situation changes in the future, the Duke may not have a chance to rise again!"

"Please also ask the Duke to listen to something!"

Military Advisor Cai kowtowed again, and blood was already visible on his forehead.

Li Xian sighed vaguely, stood up and walked over, knelt down on one knee in front of Commander Cai, and raised his hand to support one of Commander Cai's arms: "The painstaking efforts of Commander Cai to protect each other with their lives are really touching... "

Military Advisor Cai raised his head: "My lord..."

However, before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt something sharp being pushed into his heart.

Military Master Cai froze and tried to struggle, but Li Xian's hand clamped down on his shoulder -

Li Xian sent the dagger deeper with his other hand and said with a smile: "But I know that it is not me who asked the military advisor to protect him with his life, but those people in the Korean government who only want to enjoy themselves..."

"The military advisor wanted to trick me into going back and dying for them..."

Seeing blood spilling from the corner of Commander Cai's mouth, Li Xian pushed him back as if throwing away a piece of rag, stood up and said with a sneer: "What Commander Cai said today must be in line with my father's wishes, so let's go and talk to him."

As Li Xian spoke, he turned around, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant: "After all, it is only suitable to say things that the dead will listen to...and I don't want to die yet." Soon, Li Xian had the general's body restrained. Go down.

After everything was settled, Li Xian immediately invited Xiao Min and others to come to discuss the matter.

The news that Beijing is going to deal with him will surely reach Tanzhou soon. Since he wants to live, he can't delay at all.

"On the east side of Tanzhou, close to Yuanzhou, someone was instigated by Bian Chunliang and gathered tens of thousands of rebels to defect to Tanzhou. The spies came to report that this rebel group was preparing to leave..."

Li Xian's tone was extremely cold: "If they are allowed to enter Tanzhou, Bian Chunliang's power will become stronger... Therefore, they must be intercepted on the way."

"It's just a bunch of rabble!" Li Xian's deputy general Yan Chenglu stood up and said, "Let your subordinates lead the troops to intercept and kill them!"

Lieutenant General Ao, who was beside Xiao Min, immediately frowned when he heard this: "The people around us are already in chaos, how can we continue to kill indiscriminately!"

Yan Chenglu looked sideways and said sarcastically: "General Ao is so soft-hearted towards the troublemakers. Does he think that the swords in their hands will not be able to cut his head in the future?"

Vice General Ao had no intention of arguing with him. He turned to look at Xiao Min with a request for instructions in his eyes: "General..."

"I think most of these people were just temporarily deceived and incited, and their crimes are not worthy of death." Xiao Min stood up, looked at Li Xian, cupped his hands and said, "Xiao is willing to go and settle this matter."

Yan Chenglu also raised his hand and asked for instructions: "Coach—"

Li Xian looked at Xiao Min with a half-smile but not a smile: "General Xiao has always been kind, isn't he planning to treat them with reason and affection?"

Xiao Min didn't say much, he just said: "Xiao promises that this chaos will be put down at the minimum cost."

Tens of thousands of rioters is not a small number. Vice General Ao said: "I am willing to go with the Deputy Commander."

He knew the purpose of General Xiao's personal visit. Most of these rioters were disheartened by the current imperial court, so they were easily incited by others. General Xiao could represent the imperial court. If he came forward to intimidate and appease, he would get twice the result with half the effort.

Xiao Min looked at Li Xian, waiting for him to let go.

Li Xian nodded casually and said, "That's fine. In this case, General Xiao will have to make a trip to this matter."

Xiao Min nodded. It was obviously better to do this sooner rather than later. After agreeing with Li Xian to lead five thousand cavalry, Xiao Min immediately prepared to go with Vice General Ao.

After other generals also left, Yan Chenglu said with some dissatisfaction: "Why does the coach want this guy named Xiao to take credit for his past achievements?"

Li Xian ignored his question and asked: "Excluding the seriously ill soldiers, how many available troops can be assembled in the camp now?"

Yan Chenglu made a rough calculation and said: "Back to the coach, it's about 70,000."

"Seventy thousand..." Li Xian was obviously not satisfied with this number, but he still said: "After Xiao Min leaves, immediately gather these 70,000 troops and prepare all the food, grass and baggage as soon as possible, and prepare to leave the camp with me."

Yan Chenglu was stunned: "The coach is... going to attack Tanzhou again?"

But the attack on Tanzhou was less than a hundred miles away, so why did he need to bring all the food, grass and baggage with him?

The siege battle that was just around the corner would not be such a cumbersome way of fighting.

"No, not to Tanzhou." Li Xian shook his head, looked outside the tent and said, "It's Mianzhou."

Yan Chenglu was confused and confused: "...Mianzhou?!"

Instead of attacking Bian Jun, we are going to attack Mianzhou. Is this... could it be...

Li Xian looked at Yan Chenglu with a smile: "Why, don't you want to follow me and achieve great things together?"

Yan Chenglu was shocked and suddenly came back to his senses. His eyes were filled with excitement, and he knelt down with his fists clasped in his hands: "I am willing to follow the coach to the death in my humble position!"

To help the imperial court fight the war, you have to endure the nagging of the civil servants and take into account the public opinion. If you are not careful, it will be thankless and it is simply arrogant and useless!

Yan Chenglu didn't ask much about why Li Xian suddenly made this determination. These days, there are so many people, and it's nothing more than ambition.

No matter what, it’s just a beating, so why not have a happy one and do it for yourself, and you can still get ready-made benefits!

Yan Chenglu's heart was burning, and he suddenly thought of something: "But coach, Chang Sui Ning seems to be still in Mianzhou at the moment!"

"Isn't it better this way?" Li Xian's eyes flashed with light: "The number of troops defending the city in Mianzhou is only more than 10,000, and together with Chang Suining's manpower, they can barely make up 20,000. The other troops of Huainan Road are separated by It would be difficult for Hanshui to rush to help for a while... But we can go there with 70,000 troops and catch them off guard. Are we still afraid that we won't be able to capture Mianzhou? "

"When the time comes, Chang Suining will be left to you to deal with." Li Xianxiao looked at Yan Chenglu: "This will not only make you famous in this battle, but also relieve your hatred of being humiliated by the Hanshui River. Not happy?"

These words made the blood all over Yan Chenglu's body boil. As if he had smelled the exciting smell of blood, he clasped his fists again: "You must live up to your humble position and live up to the respect of the coach!"

Li Xian chose to attack Mianzhou. Although it was a hasty decision, it was not a blind move. He had repeatedly considered that to the south was the Bian Army, to the west was to shorten the distance from the capital, and to the east was the Gan River. Natural danger…

There is Yuezhou in the north. He only needs to go there as soon as possible to lead his troops to take over the governance, and then take advantage of Mianzhou's unpreparedness and capture it in one fell swoop... Then he can secure two cities and settle down smoothly. Make other plans.

Thinking of this, Li Xian's mind surged, and he secretly clenched his fists. There was no end to his fate. With his aunt forcing him this time, it might be an opportunity for him to take advantage of the chaos!

Yan Chenglu had already stood up and was eager to make arrangements for the gathering of troops.

Before leaving, he heard Li Xian explain: "Also, after Xiao Min leaves the camp, don't let him have the chance to come back again—"

Letting Xiao Min leave this time is not only to divert the tiger away from the mountain, but also to eradicate the root cause.

There are still Xiao Min's subordinates in the army. When the troops are gathered and set off, he will claim that Xiao Min secretly colluded with Bian Chunliang and has been executed... If anyone dares to question, he will take the opportunity to eliminate those generals who are loyal to Xiao Min. To avoid future troubles, control the situation in the shortest possible time.

Li Xian was so anxious inside that he had made a rough plan, and then summoned several of his confidants. While they were plotting and discussing, a soldier came to report that Arlan had been found and he was already there. Take him back to the army.

Li Xian slightly narrowed his eyes, a little surprised.

See you tomorrow~