Chapter 552: Stupid(1/2)
The flowers were divided into many branches. In October, in Chang'an City, the powerful prime minister Cui Yin was delighted that the court had recruited 3,000 troops.
Cui Yin's sentence to the six military officials is worthy of his reputation.
Daming Palace, Zhaozong's bored rest.
Suddenly, Zhu Youlun, the commander of the Suwei Guard who was left in Chang'an, arrived and handed the emperor a document carelessly.
Zhaozong opened it and saw that his face changed drastically. Unexpectedly, Zhu Wen impeached Prime Minister Cui Yin, and he had many crimes and asked for an order to be executed.
Although Zhaozong hated Cui Yin's behavior as a powerful minister, Cui Yin repeatedly said that he vowed to support the Tang Dynasty and successfully established a new imperial military force.
Zhaozong gritted his teeth and refused to agree. When Cui Yin died, his family's situation would only end up even worse.
Zhu Youlun sneered: "Your Majesty, please wait, I will kill the traitor. Come and ask Your Majesty for the decree."
Zhaozong was depressed, and Zhu Youlun left strode and led a thousand subordinates to execute Zhu Wen's killing order.
Cui Yin was sitting at his home in Kaihuafang. Suddenly, he heard his family screaming in chaos. He frowned and stood up and walked out, and saw more than a dozen guards driving away his family with a fierce spirit.
"Bold." Cui Yin scolded angrily.
The guards looked at each of them, laughing at each other, and one of them kicked a slave away.
Cui Yin was shocked and realized something was wrong. These guards were newly recruited court soldiers.
"Who are you?" Cui Yin asked in a frightened manner.
"We? Of course we are the generals of the lord." A guard laughed.
"Your accent is not from Chang'an?" Cui Yin discovered something was wrong.
"Not many people in Chang'an, don't you accept them all?" the guard sneered.
"How could there be such a stupid person in this world? What other prime minister can you be?" Another guard said sneeringly.
"You?" Cui Yin was so angry and afraid.
"Uncle Xuan Wujun, go out of the house and stay away. If you don't go in, I will give you a kick." The guard lost his interest and scolded him fiercely.
Cui Yin returned to the house in a daze, stayed for a moment, and suddenly laughed and slapped himself in the face, cursing: "You stupid melon, you will lead the wolf into the house, sell the owner for honor, you will not die well..."
Zhu Youlun arrived and at the order, Cui Yin's whole family was killed. 30% of the newly established imperial court's military strength was Xuanwu's army, and 70% of them dispersed.
Cui Yin died, and Zhu Youlun told Zhaozong that he would choose the prime minister.
Zhaozong unexpectedly chose Cui Yuan and Pei Shu as the new prime ministers.
It's just that I've lived a short while.
In November, the Xuanwu Army subordinates in Chang'an carried out Zhu Wen's order and forced Zhaozong and the court officials to move the capital to Luoyang.
It turned out that Zhu Wen could not hold back his mind as the emperor, and he was worried that the emperor would escape or be taken away by the southern Sichuan army.
Zhu Wen not only ordered the emperor to move the capital to Luoyang, but also moved all the population of Chang'an City.
The emperor's family and the court officials left Chang'an City and went east.
The imperial camp commander Zhang Tingfan commanded the Xuanwu army to collect the population from one yard and the other yard. He also forced Chang'an people to tear down houses and collect materials, intending to transport them to the Wei River to raft Luoyang.
The Chang'an scholars cried and reluctant to leave their homes. They could not withstand the bloody means of Xuanwu Army, and walked out of Chang'an in groups to travel east.
Five days later, 30,000 southern Sichuan troops left Ziwu Road and rushed to Chang'an City, including a thousand cavalry.
In the chaotic Chang'an City, most of the Xuanwu army was driving away the robbery, and the city gates were almost unprepared.
The southern Sichuan army was at the city and entered the city one after another and rushed into the Xuanwu army.
Xuanwu Army caught off guard, and only 6,000 troops were left, and the population was scattered everywhere to drive away.
The southern Sichuan army swept the city, causing an angry response from some Chang'an people. Half of the 6,000 Xuanwu army died and half captured.
Zhang Tingfan, the imperial camp commander, was torn to pieces by Chang'an people and died.
A thousand cavalrymen from the southern Sichuan army went out of the city to pursue the east. The Xuanwu army, who escorted the population, either surrendered or was killed, and the rescued Chang'an people returned to their homes.
A thousand cavalry shouted to rescue the car all the way, but in fact they only saved the population of Chang'an, allowing the Xuanwu army to walk through Tongguan with the emperor.
Thirty thousand southern Sichuan troops stationed in Chang'an and helped the Chang'an people repair their homes. They were known as the Tiance Army and were affiliated with the guards of Xingqing Palace in Chang'an.
After experiencing the disaster of homeland and the call of the Southern Sichuan Army, in order to feed the family, a large number of young and strong people in Chang'an entered the army. The population of Chang'an City, which is just over 100,000, has entered the army of 12,000.
Tian Wen'er adopted Tan Quanbo's suggestion and came to Hanzhong to take charge. One was to return to Hanzhong, and the other was to stare at Chang'an, waiting for the emperor to leave Chang'an.
Chang'an has communicated with the army of north and south Sichuan and southern Sichuan.
The northern Sichuan Army sent troops to capture Tongzhou and blocked the Yellow River Ferry of Hezhongfu in Weinan, so that the Xuanwu Army could only go to Tongguan and enter the pass.
At this time, Zhu Wen's army had no time to look west and was stationed in Suzhou to threaten Huainan Road.
In fact, Zhu Wen was unwilling to focus on the inner territory of the city, and the external troubles in the Central Plains were eyeing him, fearing that his nest would not be protected.
Zhaozong and his party arrived in Shanzhou, and because Luoyang was still under renovation, they stayed temporarily.
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Tian Feng was defeated and Zhu Wen learned about it. He retreated in disappointment and returned to Bianliang.
Zhu Wen rested for a few days, dealt with the backlog of military and political affairs, and set off to Shanzhou to pay homage to the emperor.
Zhu Wen wanted Zhaozong to abdicate, so he respected him openly, and told the people of the world that the emperor was willing to move to Luoyang, but he was not forcing him to capture the emperor.
When Zhu Wen arrived in Shaanxi Province, Prime Minister Pei Shu led a dozen officials to greet him.
Zhu Wen welcomed socializing and came to see the emperor.
Zhaozong invited his inner room to pay a visit, and the queen cried and said, "From now on, the couple will rely on you."
Zhu Wen replied with a smile on his face: "I should ensure that Your Majesty is safe and sound."
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Jiangning, Li Shenfu returned from Xuanzhou and his army was stationed on the banks of the river.
Wei Fufeng went to the military camp by the river, Li Shenfu went out to welcome the gate, and entered the army commander's tent together.
After sitting down, Li Shenfu said, "I thought you didn't dare to come, I was about to see you."
Wei Fufeng said: "I have not betrayed the king."
Li Shenfu nodded and said, "I admire your courage, but I also understand that you are not reckless. If the king did not come to the order, I would not be able to act without authorization."
Wei Fufeng nodded and said, "I secretly helped Guo Gaoyan solve the problem of the military raising through Jiangning Weishi."
Li Shenfu said: "I want to know whether you are involved in Gao Yan's capture of Changzhou and ambushing Li Yu?"
Wei Fufeng replied: "When Gao Yan was in Changzhou, I sent my marriage to Hangzhou."
Li Shenfu nodded and said, "It's good if you don't participate."
Wei Fufeng said: "Gao Yan sent troops to rescue the siege, but in fact he saved himself. I was tied to Gao Yan."
Li Shenfu said: "As for it, you have become the real governor of the Eastern Wu army."
Wei Fufeng said: "I can't control Changzhou, let alone Runzhou."
Li Shenfu nodded.
Wei Fufeng said again: "The Hangzhou army is coming. I ordered the Jiangning Chengzhou Prefecture Office to inform the rich people to leave to avoid the war. Afterwards, I asked the provincial government that I had specially asked someone to inform the general's family, but for some reason I did not leave."
Li Shenfu said: "My family is captured and I can't blame you. I can't expect Tian Feng to rebel."
Wei Fufeng nodded, and Li Shenfu said again: "I thought that when the king is alive, Tian Feng dared not rebel because his chances of victory are very low."
Wei Fufeng nodded in agreement. The key was that Zhu Yanshou gave Tian Feng the confidence to win.
However, Zhu Yanshou did not respond to Tian Feng's rebellion and cheated Tian Feng with breach of trust.
Wei Fufeng didn't know that Zhu Yanshou was dead, and Yang Xingmi killed Zhu Yanshou, so it was impossible for him to make it public.
Wei Fufeng predicted that Tian Fu's financial income would be insufficient and he might enter Jiangning.
Li Shenfu failed to predict, perhaps because of his thinking as a general, he was good at leading the army to conquer, and only judged Tian Bo from the perspective of military strength and weakness, ignoring the fundamental nature of supporting the army.
Wei Fufeng left the military camp safely, returned to the city to breathe a sigh of relief, drinking wine alone, and suppressing himself.
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Two days later, Li Shenfu led his army to Jiangning and arrived in Yangzhou. On the same day, he went directly to the inner city military mansion.
When Li Shenfu saw Yang Xingmi in the study, he sat down at the lecture and said, "It's good that the king is in good health."
Yang Xingmi nodded, in a state of spirit, asking about the past when he suppressed the rebellion.
Li Shenfu recounted and said: "If Tian Fu colluded with the Hangzhou Army, if the Hangzhou Army that besieged Shangyuan Prefecture and participated in the Battle of Xuanzhou, his subordinates would consciously win and lose half of each victory or defeat."
Yang Xingmi whispered: "The winner is half overestimated, and there are still Changzhou soldiers who have not participated."
Li Shenfu nodded, Runzhou An Renyi rebelled, and Changzhou lost the threat of foreign enemies from the north.
Li Shenfu said: "I asked, when Gao Yan captured Changzhou, Chu Yu was in Hangzhou."
Yang Xingmi nodded, and Li Shenfu stopped talking.
The next day, Li Shenfu left prisoners in Yangzhou and led his army north to the Huaihe River.
To be continued...