Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Don't bother with this matter, I have my own opinion... By the way, what happened to Rengui? Is there any news?" Li Zhen suddenly mentioned Xue Rengui, because Xue Rengui was not by Li Zhen's side at this time, and also Not in Lingnan and Nanyang, in fact, as early as five years ago when Li Shimin returned to Beijing, Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai followed Li Shimin back to Chang'an. After all, on Xue Rengui's head, he still had the name of General You Xiaowei Well, with such an identity, Li Shimin naturally wouldn't allow him to stay in Lingnan for a long time.

In addition, after returning to Chang'an, Li Shimin gave him a further canonization because of his contribution to destroying Hou Junji. The history is the same, it is the Duke of Pingyang County, and he was transferred from the General of the Right Guard to the General of the Left Guard, but the strength of the Sixteen Guards is similar, and the level is meaningless. One of the methods of own power.

Qin Huaiyu opened a leaf of the document and said: "There is nothing wrong with Rengui. He neither expressed his support for King Jin nor opposed him clearly. He just kept a neutral attitude. However, King Jin never gave up trying to win him over. Judging from the information you sent, King Jin has already promised everything he should have promised, and even agreed to confer Pingyang to him as a fief... According to Rengui, after your Highness landed in Dengzhou, King Jin is already a little bit uncomfortable. Be patient, a lot of spies have been found around his barracks, if he doesn't make a statement, he will probably go to war."

In the end, Qin Huaiyu was very worried. After all, Xue Rengui in Chang'an City could not support him alone, and Li Zhi would turn his face at any time, which was too dangerous.

Chapter 1252 Departing from Chang'an + Unexpected Visitor

Chapter 199 Departing from Chang'an + Unexpected Visitors

"It's okay, with Rengui's strength, those cats and dogs can't cause him any trouble. I'm quite confident about this." Li Zhen laughed, it's not that he looked down on the other fifteen guards. In fact, the fighting power of the sixteen guards was almost the same. If the strength of the leading generals is about the same, it is impossible for Xue Rengui to defeat fifteen times as many enemies. ?It can even be said that there is no comparison at all, right?

As the veterans were imprisoned by Li Zhi, this action did help Li Zhi to completely control the power of Chang'an City. At least on the surface, no one dared to oppose him, but this decision was not without side effects. That is, without the assistance of the veterans, it also led to no one in his hands to use. Now, whether it is in the court or in the barracks, it is actually supported by people placed by the family, which means that Li Zhi has been emptied by the family at this time.

Although it is said that not all family members are scholars who can only read books, there are also some people who practice martial arts and rule the army, but how can such a character be Xue Rengui's opponent?You must know that it is Xue Rengui, who is a well-known existence in history. Although he did not enter the top ten famous generals in Chinese history, it was mainly because he had a defeat in Dafeichuan, which was the only defeat in his life. It was precisely because of this failure that it left a stain on his record, which made him not as invincible as the other famous generals.

Except for this failure, Xue Rengui is also victorious in all battles. He is a new generation of Tang Dynasty iron wall after Li Jing and Li Ji. The prestigious names of "Tianshan Mountain" and "Take off your hat and retreat from all enemies" are not just talking.

And for such a peerless famous general, how can his commanding skills be compared by a group of people who only talk about military affairs on paper?Therefore, even though the number of enemies is more than ten times that of his, Li Zhen still has absolute confidence in Xue Rengui, thinking that he cannot fail.

Even if Xue Rengui is really outnumbered with two fists and four-handed, even if he can't fight ten times as many enemies, with his ability, he can still hold the camp, at least until Li Zhen returns to Chang'an. Taking a step back, even if Xue Rengui really failed, the strength left by Li Zhen in Chang'an City is enough to guarantee Xue Rengui's safety.

"Notify Rengui, tell him not to act rashly, and don't think about cooperating with the outside world. I have my own opinions about Chang'an, so I shouldn't need him. Now his most important task is to protect himself as much as possible. Immediately give up the military power to protect yourself.” After learning about Xue Rengui’s situation, Li Zhen issued such an order—yes, he did not intend to confront Li Zhi with hard steel, but don’t forget that war will cause destruction of.Although with his current strength, it is not too easy to defeat Li Zhi, the problem is that if the two armies go to war, it will inevitably cause extensive damage to Chang'an City. This is not what Li Zhen wants to see, so unless it is It was a last resort, otherwise Li Zhen would not have chosen to confront Li Zhi on the battlefield.

Of course, even if there is no direct war, Li Zhen'an's power in Chang'an is enough to destroy Li Zhi, but although the damage caused by the assassination method is better than direct war, it is too unsightly and does not meet Li Zhen's ideal of being in the world. identity.Not to mention that just killing Li Zhi may not be of any use. After all, although Li Zhi is the emperor in name, he is actually a puppet supported by the family. The Tang court, so it is not so much that the current emperor is Li Zhi, it is better to say that the aristocratic family is the emperor.

Therefore, it is definitely not enough to just get rid of Li Zhi. Even if Li Zhen's people just kill or capture Li Zhi alive, without the name, the family will become rebels, then they will definitely go crazy immediately, and Once the aristocratic family goes crazy, the destructive power may be even more terrifying than going to war directly, so if you can not stimulate the aristocratic family, it is better not to stimulate them for the time being, and just settle the score slowly in the future.

It's just that Li Zhen is actually still thinking about how to end this rebellion. The best way is to be surprised and put an end to the rebellion of King Jin in the shortest possible time.But in any case, going to war directly is not the best choice for Li Zhen, and the assassination is also out of character, so we must think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

Therefore, for Li Zhen, Xue Rengui's persistence is actually not necessary, as long as he can save his own life. For Li Zhen and Datang, [-] to [-] left guard soldiers are nothing, at least compared to Xue Rengui. almost.After all, from a certain point of view, Xue Rengui is also very important to Datang. After all, it is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but hard to find a general. The unique and peerless handsome talent, Li Zhen's conquest of the world in the future will depend on a handsome talent like Xue Rengui.

"Let's make some preparations, we will leave in two days." Li Zhen confirmed the time to leave, because just now, Zhang Lang sent the news that the [-] young army has reached the Guannei Road under the cover of the chamber of commerce. Get up, assemble anytime.Now that the time is ripe, Li Zhen will naturally not be polite anymore. Although he does not plan to go to war, Li Zhen only has the right to choose whether to go to war or not. If his number is too small, Li Zhi may not rely on the number of people The crowd went out of the city to fight against herself——if the battlefield was outside the city, Li Zhen wouldn't mind telling Li Zhi why Hua'er was so popular.

"Yes."

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Two days later, the crown prince's guard of honor walked out of Dengzhou City, and what came out this time was not just an empty shell, this time Li Zhen was actually inside.In addition to the 20 young men who escorted the prince's guard of honor, the marines who returned with Li Zhen this time were also brought by Li Zhen. In addition to the left behind troops, Li Zhen brought a total of [-] people.

The Marine Corps is also considered the elite of the Tang Dynasty. Although it is not comparable to the Youth Army and the Foreign Legion, it is not far behind the Sixteen Guards guarding Chang'an. It is no problem for the young army to take down a mere Chang'an City—even if there are more than 20 forbidden troops in Chang'an City, Li Zhi summoned all the soldiers near Guannei Road during this period. At this time, there are a total of 11 million troops in Chang'an City, but facing Li Zhen's 30 people may not be able to hold on.

However, on the afternoon of the day when the army set off, Li Zhen hadn't left the Dengzhou jurisdiction yet. An unexpected visitor...or the arrival of an uninvited visitor stopped the army's footsteps, making it possible for the army to walk for more than ten miles. had to stop.

At that time, Li Zhenzheng was sitting in the car with her eyes closed, and because it was a cement road, the car was driving very smoothly, and she could hardly feel any bumps. It is said that since the cement was made out by herself, Datang has been on the road for 20 years. In the crazy infrastructure construction, especially in terms of roads, a total of ten main traffic lines with five vertical and five horizontal lines have been built, and there are countless branch lines and remaining lines.

And the cement road I walked from Dengzhou to Luoyang was expanded from the road from Chang'an to Luoyang in the past. Now this road has also been renamed Yudeng Road, because this road starts from Dengzhou. It extends all the way to Yumen Pass in the Western Regions, which also includes the two super cities of Luoyang and Chang'an.That is to say, as long as he walks along this road, Li Zhen can directly arrive at Chang'an from Dengzhou at the fastest speed.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen couldn't help sighing. It seems that the attribute of the infrastructure madman is not the patent of the later generations of Chinese people, but has been hidden in the bones since the ancestors of the Chinese people, but usually because of bad times, The ancients couldn’t even eat enough to eat, so they naturally didn’t pay attention to infrastructure construction. But once the prosperous age came and life was better, they immediately started to build infrastructure—the most typical representatives are the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, especially the Great Wall. The Qin Dynasty that built the Great Wall was perverted, and the major dynasties that maintained the Great Wall for more than 2000 years and never abandoned it were also perverted to the core.

However, just when Li Zhen was lamenting the Chinese people's infrastructure madness, he suddenly felt the car under him stop, causing him to stagger, and almost fell to the ground. When Li Zhen stabilized his figure and was about to ask, he saw The samurai in charge of leading the way hurried to report: "His Royal Highness, there is a special envoy from Chang'an to see you!"

Li Zhen was taken aback suddenly, suddenly had a bad feeling, and said in a deep voice, "How many people are here?"

"One special envoy, more than ten guards!"

Cheng Chuliang, who was guarding the side, heard the words: "Your Highness, Chang'an sent a special envoy at this time, I'm afraid the person who came was not kind, and most likely it was King Jin's conspiracy. Shall we kill him directly?"

"It's okay, it's just a child's trick, let's see it first." Li Zhen got up and got out of the car, and then said in a deep voice, "Please come here to read the imperial decree!"

"Yes!"

After a while, an eunuch in his thirties walked over with more than ten guards swaggeringly. Li Zhen recognized the person who came, it was Wang Fulai, the personal eunuch next to Li Zhi. From a distance, Wang Fulai shouted Shouted: "The king of Yue, Li Zhen, accepts the order!"

"Bold." Before Li Zhen could speak, Yuchi Baoqing stood up and yelled harshly: "Your Highness is the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, and the title King of Yue has long been out of use. Who gave you the courage to change His Highness's title without authorization? Are you looking for death? "

"Hmph." Wang Fulai was not stage frightened at all, and just snorted coldly in the face of scolding: "The former emperor has died suddenly, and today's son is the ninth younger brother of the king of Yue. The emperor has not yet established a heir, so why is the prince talking about it? Of course, if the king of Yue wants to It's not impossible to be a prince, as long as the king of Yue is willing to descend to the emperor for a lifetime, the emperor should also recognize the identity of the prince of the king of Yue... Hahaha..."

"Hahaha..." The guards brought by Wang Fulai laughed at the same time. These words obviously meant that Li Zhen should be Li Zhi's son, which would almost 100% anger Li Zhen, but they were not afraid at all, because they were already Knowing that the whole party had a near-death experience, the family had already been arranged by Li Zhi, and they were already ready to sacrifice themselves.And if they are not even afraid of death, why would they be afraid of Li Zhen?Naturally, you can do whatever you want, not to mention just making Li Zhen Li Zhi's son, if Li Zhi and Li Zhen have the same father, scolding Li Zhen is scolding Li Zhi, I'm afraid they won't even be Li Zhen's son. Eighteen generations of ancestors will be scolded cleanly.

"Bastard, I'll kill you." Yuchi Baoqing's face flushed red with anger, and the veins on his forehead twitched, as if they were about to burst at any moment.Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chuliang and the others also looked very ugly, one by one livid, saying that the master had humiliated the minister to death, they watched Li Zhen being insulted, if they still had a bit of reason, they would have rushed to kill the king. Fulai and his party were killed cleanly.

"Don't play tricks, let's declare the decree quickly. I want to see what my ninth younger brother wrote in the decree." Being insulted like this, it is impossible for Li Zhen not to be angry, and she can't wait to get angry immediately. They were about to be killed. In fact, in Li Zhen's eyes, Wang Fulai and his party were already dead ghosts, but before killing them, one had to see what kind of tricks Li Zhi was playing.

"Alright." Wang Fulai opened the imperial decree, cleared his throat, and said proudly: "King Lizhen of Chayue has been in Lingnan for many years, spending food and money in vain, working for nothing. The emperor died, but the king of Yue did not fulfill his filial piety in time, which is extremely unfilial... Now he is given to die, and the eunuch Wang Fulai will take over his position as commander-in-chief! I respect you!"

As soon as this remark came out, the generals were astonished.

After reading the imperial decree, Wang Fulai pushed the imperial decree forward with a smile: "His Royal Highness, please accept the decree?"

Li Zhenniao didn't bother him, but asked left and right: "Why does this regulation sound so familiar? I seem to have heard similar stories somewhere?"

Du He suppressed a smile: "Your Highness, you forgot, isn't this the method used by the second emperor Hu Hai to force his son Fusu to death during the Qin Dynasty?"

Li Zhen pretended to be stunned: "Oh yes, yes, so my ninth younger brother played this trick, it seems that he intends to imitate Hu Hai... But I remember that the Qin Dynasty was also passed on to Hu Hai perish, right?"

"Bold Li Zhen, you dare to curse the emperor?" Wang Fulai sternly shouted: "You are a rebellious Li Zhen, you not only cursed the emperor as Hu Hai, but also cursed the death of Tang Jiangshan II. It's a crime that deserves death... Just based on this, you don't want to be the crown prince—now the imperial decree, if you can obey the decree and apologize, the emperor may pardon you and let you be buried in the imperial mausoleum after death , if not, the Son of Heaven will definitely crush you and turn you into a lonely ghost, unable to return to your home, and never to be reborn..."

"How courageous..." Qin Huaiyu shouted loudly, drew out his sword and put it on Wang Fulai's neck, as if receiving a signal, the surrounding guards also drew out their weapons, and arrested the guards brought by Wang Fulai .

Chapter 1253 Trouble + poisonous tricks

Chapter 200 Trouble + poisonous tricks

Li Zhen looked at Wang Fulai who had been slapped several times, and slowly said: "Don't talk nonsense, I have never cursed Tang, let alone compared the ninth younger brother to Hu Hai... just don't forget , Ninth Brother is certainly not Hu Hai, but Ben Gong is not Fu Su either, do you think that with such a nonsense edict, you can make Ben Gong willingly die? Don't be naive."

What are you kidding?Whether it is Li Zhen in history or the current Li Zhen, they have never been a peaceful character. In history, Li Zhen dared to rebel even when he did not have many soldiers in his hands, not to mention the current Li Zhen from later generations. Li Zhen is mad, and wants to make him commit suicide just by relying on an imperial decree... It can only be said that Li Zhi has a good dream.

"What do you want?"

"Forget it, it's not worth getting angry with a villain like you." Li Zhen lazily climbed into the car, and ordered without looking back: "Come on, let's punish these traitors on the spot!"

"Yes." Qin Huaiyu grabbed Wang Fulai's arm to keep him still, and then began to exert force with his long sword.

"Li Zhen, you're going to die, I'll wait for you below... ho ho..." Wang Fulai let out a desperate cry, but it soon fell silent, and Qin Huaiyu probably hated Wang Fulai so much that he died before he died. Afterwards, he did not put down the sword, but continued to use force, and finally cut off Wang Fulai's entire head.At the same time, the dead men brought by Wang Fulai were also executed by the guards, and the corpses were thrown on the side of the road. This is the wilderness, and wild animals are frequent. After one night, it is guaranteed that there will be no bones left. So there is no need to worry about the plague.

"Okay, let's keep going, we'll go for another hour, and then we'll rest."

"Yes." Under Li Zhen's order, the team moved slowly again and continued to move forward.

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The daily consumption of an army of 20 is not a small number, and the food he brought alone is definitely not enough. In fact, Li Zhi also planned to starve Li Zhen to death by using the method of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness. The problem is that this plan is not realistic at all. .Because with the development of Nanyang in these years, Datang is no longer the country that lacks food in history, because there have been food shortages many times in history-after all, many dynasties in history were farmers who were hungry and crazy Those whose foundations were disintegrated, such as the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, were composed of people who were about to starve to death.

Therefore, it is rare to get rich now. Of course, the imperial court wants to store grain vigorously. The granary has even been built at the county level, ensuring that each county must have at least two granaries. According to the granary of the Tang Dynasty According to the specifications, the grain storage capacity of one granary is enough to supply the grain consumption of an entire county for one month, and two granaries are two months.In other words, even if a sudden disaster causes local food production to decrease or even disappear, this amount of food is enough to support a county for two months, and with a two-month buffer time, even if the court No matter how slow the efficiency is, the relief food should have arrived.

Therefore, there is no shortage of food in the Tang Dynasty today, and almost every county town’s granaries are full. Even if Li Zhi wanted to clean up the fields, he didn’t have the strength, and Li Zhen wouldn’t give him that time.What's more, Li Zhen only has an army of 20. If all the food stored in any county along the way is moved out, it will be enough for Li Zhen's people to eat for several days. Therefore, Li Zhen is not short of food, and he is worried about other things. matter.