Li Cunxu was worried that when his heart was volatile, if Li Siyuan left the big cage of Luoyang and broke away from his own control, with his unparalleled reputation in the army, he would undoubtedly be the most rebel-powered person in the whole world!

Can you believe Li Siyuan's ethics? Li Cunxu hesitated and could not make a decision. Faced with the recommendation of everyone, Li Cunxu found a far-fetched reason and reluctantly refused: "I can't bear to let General Li be too old and suffer the hardships of being in the saddle and horse. Let him stay in the capital." But several prime ministers and Privy Councilors still spoke up: "In the eyes of me, there is no one more suitable person to fight against the rebels of Yedu!" Li Cunxu did not answer, failed to make a decision, and the result was left in vain.

Later, a secret memorial from Li Cunxu's namely father-in-law, King Zhang Quanyi of Qi, finally prompted Li Cunxu to end his hesitation. Zhang Quanyi secretly said: "Heshuo is in troubled times. The longer the time is delayed, the deeper the chaos will inevitably be. It is best to let General Li go to war and smash the rebels as soon as possible. If Li Shaorong is still allowed to take charge, I don't know when to suppress the rebellion!"

Zhang Quanyi was already 74 years old at the time and could not have any ambitions. He was also a vested interest under Li Cunxu's rule. He had a close relationship with Li Cunxu and Liu Yuniang, but had no friendship with Li Siyuan. Obviously, his starting point should be just to maintain the status quo, believing that Li Siyuan could quell the rebellion as soon as possible. Since that was the case, Li Cunxu decided to take a gamble and chose to believe Zhang Quanyi's judgment.

On February 27, Li Cunxu finally ordered Li Siyuan to go to Weizhou to replace Li Shaorong and command the rebellion. In case of precautions, Li Cunxu still left some backs. Li Siyuan had been retired for several months and had his military power deprived of it for a while. Most of his long-term old subordinates were temporarily separated from their relationship.

When he went to Weizhou, the five thousand personal troops led by Li Siyuan for a long time were still left in Chengde. The army that Li Cunxu was assigned to him was his own personal troops, including some of his own personal troops. In Li Cunxu's view, if Li Siyuan was asked to serve as a commander in his own personal guards as a commander, even if Li Siyuan had a strange intention and was surrounded by his own royal army, it would not be possible to rebel with him, and the risks could naturally be minimized.

Just as Li Siyuan left Luoyang and headed for Weizhou, the Kang Yanxiao rebels who were advancing to Chengdu happened to intercept an eunuch sent by Li Cunxu to Chengdu to convey the imperial edict. The eunuch named Cui Yanchen was very clever. Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately fabricated a lie to deceive Kang Yanxiao: "I came here to summon Meng Zhixiang back to Luoyang by the imperial edict. If you are not in a hurry to advance, wait for Meng Zhixiang to leave, Shu will go down without a fight."

At that moment, Kang Yanxiao was fascinated by ghosts. After believing his words, he actually let go of Cui Yanchen and slowed down the marching speed. Cui Yanchen rushed to Chengdu and informed Meng Zhixiang of the facts of Kang Yanxiao's rebels. Previously, Meng Zhixiang had strengthened the defense of Chengdu, dug trenches around the city, erected wooden fences along the trenches, and assembled 40,000 troops to prepare for war. Now, knowing that there are many rebels but not elite, Meng Zhixiang decided to select elite troops and take the initiative to attack, giving Kang Yanxiao a warning.

At this time, the main force of Kang Yanxiao's rebel army was garrisoning in Hanzhou. Ren Yuan, the chief general of the siege appointed by Li Jiji, also chased him to Hanzhou after joining the Dongchuan Army led by Dong Zhang.

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Zhang Li, the secretary of Guo Chongtao, offered advice to Ren Yuan: "Kang Yanxiao regarded himself as a famous general in the world, so he naturally looked down on you, because you were a civil servant and had never fought a war, so it was easy to underestimate the enemy. We can set up an ambush, and then fight with weak soldiers, and deceived defeat to lure him into the trap."

Ren Yuan thought this method was feasible, so he intended to let Dong Zhang, whom Kang Yanxiao hated the most, attack the vanguard, lead the old and the weak to attack, and challenge Kang Yanxiao. As soon as he saw Dong Zhang taking action, Kang Yanxiao suddenly rushed to his forehead with a passionate blood, and his IQ was instantly reduced by 20%. He put on his armor and rode his horse, rushed forward, and killed his enemy regardless of the care!

Kang Yanxiao was naturally ambushed and lost a lot. After finally breaking out of the siege, he bumped into the army sent by Meng Zhixiang and was beaten up as a dog. The mobs that Kang Yanxiao temporarily pulled up were killed thousands of times, and more people fled than those who lost their heads. He had to lead a small number of remnants to flee back to Hanzhou and confine the city to defend.

But Hanzhou is not a strong city. It has neither a city wall nor a moat. There is only one wooden fence, which is better than nothing. Outside the city, tens of thousands of troops from Ren Yuan, Dong Zhang and Meng Zhixiang have siege the wooden fence.

Since Li Cunxu used only 50,000 troops to attack Shu, the first group of Li Jixuan's troops had returned north, and most of the main force of the central army, Li Jiji's troops were still north of Jianmen Pass, and most of the guards rebelled with Kang Yanxiao. Therefore, these besieged troops were mainly surrendered troops from Shu in the past.

The surrendered soldiers of the Former Shu joined the Later Tang army for a short time, and they didn't feel anything about Li Cunxu's various behaviors of treating the soldiers. So they were not full of hatred towards Li Cunxu like the troops in the Central Plains towns. The army's minds changed, and everyone wanted to rebel. Therefore, although Kang Yanxiao was a general, he did not have the good luck like the junior Zhao Zaili and the soldier Huangfu Hui. His failure was a foregone conclusion, and it was only a matter of time.

The one who was more betrayed by Kang Yanxiao was Mr. Zhao, who was the descendant of Anguo. On March 1, Li Shaozhen, the deputy envoy of recruiting the resignation, captured Xingzhou after joining Chengde's reinforcements, captured Zhao Tai alive, and the mutiny in Anguo Town was pacified. When attacking Zhao Tai, only 5,000 reinforcements under Li Shaozhen were under the command of Chengde. In this army, there were two very important figures.

The first person was An Chonghui. He was the son of An Fuqian, the brave general who was sent by Li Keyong to rescue Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin's brothers, and died in battle. An Chonghui devoted himself to the army very early and followed Li Siyuan to fight in all directions. When Li Siyuan was promoted to the governor of Anguo, An Chonghui took office as the Central Gate Envoy. After that, no matter what town Li Siyuan transferred to, An Chonghui was his Central Gate Envoy.

Before Li Cunxu became emperor, he also served as the governor of Hedong, Wei Bo and Lulong. His central envoy was named Guo Chongtao. An Chonghui had a position in Li Siyuan's confidant, which was the same as Guo Chongtao's confidant in Li Cunxu's confidant.

The second important figure is Li Siyuan's son-in-law, Shi Jingtang, who made contributions during the Battle of Huliupi. Shi Jingtang ranked third among Li Siyuan's confidants, after Li Congke and An Chonghui.

After pacifying Xingzhou, Li Shaozhen led his troops south to participate in the siege of Weibo's rebels. On March 4, Li Shaozhen arrived outside Weizhou City and ordered Zhao Tai, the leader of the Xingzhou mutiny, to beheaded and displayed to the city. The rebels could see clearly on the city: See? This is the end of the rebellion!

The outlaws led by Huangfu Hui cannot survive if they fail.

He strengthened his determination to defend and resist. Two days later, Li Siyuan, the new commander of Weizhou, also came from Luoyang to outside Weizhou City. At this time, among the army he led, in addition to the royal personal army assigned to him by Li Cunxu, there were also a small number of troops coming to meet from other prefectures and counties. One of Li Siyuan's former confidant generals, was promoted to Jiangzhou, and also arrived. This made Li Siyuan have a small but relatively reliable personal guard team around him.

The rebels in the city saw Li Siyuan coming, and the continuous gathering of troops of the siege army had a great advantage over the rebels in the city. If nothing unexpected happens, their doomsday will come! Zhao Zaili, who was very determined, once again gave cattle and sheep to reward the army, and climbed the city tower to apologize to Li Siyuan and requested mercy. However, because the actual military power was controlled by Huangfu Hui, Zhao Zaili could not surrender, and Li Siyuan did not attack immediately.

However, Zhao Zaili's situation was not as bad as he thought, because a strange atmosphere permeated outside the city. The three siege troops did not merge and commanded in a unified manner, and were still divided into three branches, as if they were not comrades on the same front, but potential enemies who were guarding each other.

Li Shaorong, who first arrived in Weizhou, set up a camp in the south of the city; Li Siyuan's army, who arrived the latest, set up a camp in the southwest of the city, not far from Li Shaorong's army. Li Shaozhen established a camp in the northwest of the city, far away from Li Siyuan's camp. Li Shaorong was obviously not very happy about his position being replaced by Li Siyuan, who had captured himself alive and was his adoptive father. But out of etiquette, he still came to the southwest camp where Li Siyuan was located to meet the new commander.

Unexpectedly, when the two met and bowed, an accident happened. Li Shaorong, who was bowing down, suddenly blurted out a short sentence: "Long live! Long live! Long live!" Everyone present was shocked! Since the late Tang Dynasty, "Long live" has evolved into a proper noun and can only be used as the honorific title of the emperor. Now Li Cunxu has not personally fought, so where does Long live? Isn't want to die? The first time I heard someone calling him "Long live", Li Siyuan was also panicked and hurriedly stopped it, barely fooling the matter, as if it had never happened.

The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional. Some of the listeners present have intentions. Yes, when Zi doesn't treat us well today. When Zi is not a real descendant of the Li Tang Dynasty, he can be promoted to emperor. Can others not do it? To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the soldiers, General Manager Li, who is generous and trustworthy to us, is very good!

The army that had been coming from a long distance was rested for two days. Seeing that the rebels had no intention of surrender, Li Siyuan ordered: At dawn on March 9, the entire army launched a raid on Weizhou to win the victory! The order was heard, and some people could not sleep, especially the officers and soldiers from the Mazhi who were ordered to follow Li Siyuan to go on the expedition this time.

More than ten days ago, Guo Congqian told them privately: When will their remaining life span start from Wei Bo be defeated? As long as Zhao Zaili and Huangfu Hui are finished, the emperor will clear Congma Zhi! Although it is a rumor, everyone believes it. So now attacking Weizhou is no longer a normal military order for them, but it also opens the verdict of their death! They are a group of fierce and war-going men. Will they wait for being killed? Not to resist? Of course it is impossible.

Late at night on March 8, the royal army sent by Li Cunxu, led by Zhang Poubai, a soldier from Mazhi, first launched a mutiny, and then responded with a hundred responses, quickly affected the entire southwest camp where Li Siyuan was!
Chapter completed!