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After the polo game, Li Jing refused the persuasion of the generals. Later that day, Li Wei, Gongsun Lan, Zhang Chengzong, Liu Shouqian, Zhou Dewei, Li Juyi, and other disciples were summoned separately.

No one knew what Li Jing had talked with them, but from the next day, Li Wei and Gongsun Lan disappeared.

August of the fifth year of Qianfu in the Tang Dynasty.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the Hebei Roads have always seemed a little dead and depressed.

The commander of the town **, Li Jing, made good news in the northeast, captured Liaodong, restored Liaoxi, and seized Jitan. Li Jing, originally in the south of Hebei, landed in Liaodong from the sea in a blink of an eye, then turned around and reached their north. He first took Pingzhou, and now he even took Yingzhou and Jitan.

Li Jing's town has entered Youzhou. The powerful Lu Long Army is now only half of the land, crawling and trembling in front of Li Jing's iron hooves. After Fan Xinglong's death, Lu Long Army has left Liu Yue and Li Quanzhong, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that if this continues, Youzhou Town will sooner or later completely fall into Li Jing's hands.

This was already a very bad thing, but what's worse is that the court had just issued an edict to split the town, to take over Li Jing's military power and territory, and then send Li Jing to Hebei to be the marshal.

In the five towns of Hebei Road, almost every person with the power of military power can smell some unknown smell.

All towns in Hebei are all vassal states that obey the command and not the prosecutors. Although they were beaten by the court several times, after all, they still still separatist. If the court suppressed bandits and suppressed rebellions, they would also obey the command and dispatch troops. However, if the court wanted to collect taxes or interfered in internal affairs of each town, there would be no talk at all.

The towns have long been hereditary of the Jiedushi and military posts.

Even these weak Hebei vassal states did not allow the court to interfere in the affairs of the vassal states.

But now the court wants to remove the military power of Li Jing, the most powerful vassal in the 16 states in the area.

Everyone smelled a scent of war.

Hebei Road is sandwiched between the imperial court and the town. Once the war is burning, it will inevitably lead to the disaster. The gods fight and the mortals suffer.

The Jiedushi Mansion of Youzhou City.

"Master General." Li Quanzhong came all the way from Mozhou, and at this time he didn't care about Liu Yue's threat. He rushed all the way, and there was an unconcealable anxiety on his face.

Liu Yue glanced at him and said slowly: "The sky has not yet collapsed."

"Master, the imperial court wants to remove Li Jing's military power and split the town **. Should the commander know about this?"

"This matter has long been known to everyone in the world, and it is not news. Now even the Yan newspaper is published. How could I not know about it?"

Li Quanzhong said anxiously: "Master, I have heard a rumor recently. It is said that the imperial court's reduction of vassals is true, but it is not about cutting down the town, but about cutting down the Hebei vassal states. The so-called dissolution of vassals is just a sinister plan to reduce the Hebei vassal states that Li Jing offered to the court."

Liu Yue was shocked, "How is that possible?"

"How is it impossible? The general thought, with Li Jing's current military territory and sufficient military equipment and money, and the momentum and contribution of just conquering Liaodong and Liaoxi, how could the court say that the town was dissolved and disbanded, especially now that Li Jing is at the critical moment of destroying Goguryeo. Who is the real opponent of Li Jing now?"

"What kind of news have you heard? Tell me in detail." Liu Yue was just worried that if the court and Li Jing had a big fight, his Youzhou would inevitably be sad. But now when Li Quanzhong said that, he couldn't help but look pale in shock.

Li Quanzhong hurriedly said, "There is news that the news about the disbanded town ** is actually fake, all of which are cowards. According to secret news, Li Jing can end the Liaodong war within the year and destroy Goguryeo. Li Jing and the court secretly agreed that the court would pretend to release the disbanded town **. Then the emperor led the Shen Ce army to move to Luoyang, and then Zheng Cong-sei led the Hedong army and the five foreign cavalry into Youzhou, Yiwu. Then Cui Anqian and Zhang Zimian led the army to attack Wei Bo."

"When Li Jing led his troops into two groups in one fell swoop, one went to Shanhaiguan, attack Youzhou, and joined Zheng Congqi. He crossed the Yellow River from Ziqing to attack Yichang Town. The imperial court had many troops and horses, and at the same time entered Hebei, so it was necessary to wipe out the Hebei vassals in one fell swoop."

Liu Yue took a long breath of air conditioning and felt that it was impossible, but when he thought about it, he felt that it was very possible.

At least, Li Jing is in a prosperous state now, how could the court suddenly want to remove Li Jing's military power at this time?

On the contrary, the vassal states in Hebei fought against the court for years during the Xianzong period. Although the court was unable to fight again in the end, they had to admit their separatist states. However, the vassal states were no longer as good as before. Otherwise, they would not have been so respectful to the court in recent years and offered constant tributes. Moreover, they sent troops to participate in the court several times.

But after all, the vassals in Hebei are indeed different from other vassal states. At least the vassal states are separatist and independent, with the father dead and the son substituted him and are not subject to the court's control.

If the court wants to take advantage of the current opportunity to destroy the Hebei vassals with Li Jing's power, it is definitely not impossible.

After all, Li Jing never took care of the Youzhou court two years ago, and later he even served as Li Jing as the governor of Youzhou. Later, he sent Chen Jingxuan to lead 5,000 imperial guards to Youzhou. From that, we can see that the court did have plans to subdue the Hebei vassals.

"Master General, I heard that Li Jing is still attacking Liaodong City. Think about it. If the court really wanted to take Li Jing's troops, would he still have the intention to continue to besiege the Goguryeo people? Now that Li Jing has received the order, he continues to besiege Liaodong City like nothing happened. From this we can see that Li Jing is fearless. What is his certificate? I'm afraid he is waiting for the arrival of the imperial army!"

"Then what should we do?" Liu Yue said worriedly in a cold sweat.

"When Emperor Xianzong reduced the vassals and Hebei was able to maintain his preservation, all the vassals in Hebei were promoted and retreated, and the offensive and defensive alliance was integrated." Li Quanzhong said.

"Observation and defense alliance?" Liu Yue laughed sarcastically, "When Li Jing attacked Youzhou, no one came to help us. Besides, Wang Jingchong from Chengde Town, his grandfather married Princess Shou'an, the niece of Xuanzong. As far as I know, Wang Jingchong was very respectful to the court. There were also the Yiwu Army and the Yichang Army. They were all divided after the court defeated the Chengde Army. They were extremely respectful to the court."

"Wang Jingchong is not right to be respectful to the court. That is because of the several defeats and civil strife of the Chengde Army in the first place, the strongest Chengde Army among the Three Feudal Towns in Hebei, and turned into the weakest town, so he had to respect the court. But in his heart, the Chengde Army hoped to recover the past. To be honest, the Chengde Army's military governor Wang Jingchong sent someone to tell me. He hoped that our towns in Hebei, at least our three towns, Lu Long, Chengde and Weibo, could unite to form an offensive and defensive alliance, and deal with the court's attack together."

"What should Duke Zhao do?" Since Fan Xinglong's death and Ji Tan lost, Liu Yue was under great pressure. Zhen** had reached his nose and could hit Youzhou at any time. At present, he had no choice but to retreat.

"Imitate the alliance between the five kings and the three families formed an alliance."

Xijing, Chang'an!

After the Yingtian Festival in early August, news came out that the emperor was going to personally expedition.

However, the emperor personally made a lot of preparations. He originally decided to lead 20,000 Shen Ce Army at the beginning, but by this time, he had changed again and again, becoming a Shen Ce Army, the army of Guanzhong and Henan towns, as well as the palace servants and eunuchs and civilians who accompanied the army, etc., together with a group of 100,000.

A team of 100,000 people naturally requires a lot of cars, horses, food and grass.

All preparations were not progressing quickly, which made the emperor not leave Beijing at this time.

However, there have been rumors in Chang'an City that Li Jing has rebelled, and there are even news that the Northern Capital Taiyuan was lost and the emperor was trapped in Luoyang.

Then some people said that the Hebei vassal states had launched a rebellion, and some even said that Huang Chao had already fought over the Yangtze River. It was not Li Jing who besieged the emperor in Luoyang City, but Huang Chao.

In short, there are all kinds of news and rumors are flying everywhere.

"You are the fortune teller, are you sure?"

The old Taoist Fu Qingshan was sitting under the shade of the tree on Fang Street. The fortune teller was leaning against the tree. He was a little sleepy, but suddenly he heard a thunderous sound in his ear. He raised his head and saw a bare-sized man standing in front of him, with a tiger-back and a bear-back, with a fierce look on his face, especially the pair of muscle-like arms, which were even more pierced with green.

The left arm is stabbed with "Isn't afraid of Jingzhao Yin" and the right arm is stabbed with "Isn't afraid of King Yama".

As soon as he saw this man, the old Taoist priest couldn't help but shimmer in his eyes. He whispered: "What's the price of mushrooms lately?"

The strong man looked around and said, "It's cheaper than canned beef."

"The King of Heavenly Kings built the earth tower." The Taoist priest said again.

The strong man replied immediately: "Pauta River Demon!"

The Taoist priest looked around and looked around, "Why are you here to connect? This is too dangerous."

"The matter is urgent. The big boss and the second boss both came from the east. There is an urgent task to summon all the seventh-level authority agents to return to the nest."

The Taoist priest's face changed. He did not expect that the boss and the second boss had arrived, and he wanted to convene a secret agent at level 7 or above in the capital. He knew that this might be related to the emperor's expedition and the split of the town that he knew how to speak. He nodded, and the strong man pretended to do a fortune, and then left with a curse and bad fortune.

After a while, the old Taoist also closed the divination stall and disappeared on the street.

As night falls, Pingkangfang next to the East City is the city that never sleeps again.

Although the curfew is dark in Chang'an, after the Pingkang Fangmen is closed, the streets of Fangnei can't help but walk at night.

The countless brothels and brothels in the shop are already covered with red lanterns, and there are many restaurants, and the gambling shops are closed at night and open all night.

The backyard of one of the famous Wu Pavilions was quietly arrived tonight from time to time, and the few people waiting here were connected to the basement under the rockery in the yard.

If there are people familiar with Chang'an Street here, you will definitely be surprised to find that those who gather here quietly tonight are all famous people on Chang'an Street.

Among them, there are thieves with great skills. The fruits they eat are all tributes from the palace, such as Dongting oranges, Lingnan lychees, etc.

There is also an old man with superb martial arts skills. He usually lives in a remote corner of the city and occasionally shows off his skills, which is also very amazing.

There are also a few young and beautiful women who usually rent high-end houses to receive wealthy young men. Whenever the young men's money is almost spent, they check out and disappear.

More people are idle people on the street, and these people have tattoos. In addition to the strong man who is not afraid of Jingzhao Yin on his arm during the day and is not afraid of King Yama, there is also a tattoo artist in the room with Bai Juyi's poems all over his body. In addition to these two people, there are also blue dragons on the left and white tigers on the right, etc.

The old Taoist who told the fortunes was also there. In addition to him, the old Taoist, there were several bald monks in the house, and even several female crowns and several bald nuns.

These markets have hundreds of people. They usually have millions of people on Chang'an Street, but they all gather together at this time.

After everyone arrived, two more people wearing cloaks came.

He untied his cloak, but it was a man and a woman.

The man is the big boss Li Wei and Li Zijun mentioned by everyone, and the woman is the second boss Gongsun Lan.

This is a secret stronghold of the Town** Knights. At this time, those who came here not only were there agents trained by the Town**, but also were like the Plum Blossom Inner Guard of Gongsun Lan and the Lijingmen Killer of Xihe Princess Li Huier.

"The secret order of the first Tianzi: Enter the palace to assassinate the emperor!" Li Wei swept through the secret room. Although there were only more than 100 people, this time he was summoned for safety reasons. At least the agents with level seven authority were summoned. In the Xiaoqisi system, every level seven agent is a senior agent.

Although Li Wei's words were amazing, no one doubted Li Wei's orders.

Especially after Li Wei and Gongsun Lan came together and presented Li Jing's Golden Dragon Order, no one would doubt it.

The first secret order of Tianzi is the top mission.

If you want to enter the palace to assassinate the emperor, this will be an extremely difficult task, but no one will refuse the orders below.

Entering the palace is not a simple matter, but it is not impossible for the Xiaoqisi. After half a day of discussion, everyone found a plan to enter the palace. That is, first use a secret dyeing workshop under the name of Xiaoqisi. This dyeing workshop belongs to a stronghold of Xiaoqisi, and the people inside are the spies of Xiaoqisi. This dyeing workshop is responsible for supplying purple grass, the raw materials for dyeing purple fabrics to the palace.

"Hide people in a purplish cart, cover them with purplish grass and mix them into the Daming Palace. After entering, find a place to hide. After waiting until late at night, follow the orders to act together. There are many halls in the Daming Palace, and there is no problem with lying around a hundred people. Moreover, we have a detailed palace map. As long as we go in, we are not afraid of not being able to find the emperor."

After one day of preparation, the next day was the time for the dyeing workshop to send purple grass into the palace. After careful preparation, the cart that delivered the grass was modified and there was a layer of hidden boxes inside, which could hide people inside without being discovered.

Things were always going well, but when the convoy entered one of the palace gates for inspection.

A gatekeeper eunuch discovered something suspicious. Purple herbs were originally very light, but even if it was full, it didn't weigh much. However, today's grass transport trucks were overweight and the car was very well marked.

"Stop!"

The eunuch stopped the convoy and said, "Download the purple grass, I will check it carefully."

"Dadlock, if so many purple grass is removed, it will be a waste of time. Please give me some convenience. This is a filial piety to drink tea." Zhang Jian of the dyeing workshop hurried forward and took out a small bag of gold coins, which looked about twenty or thirty.

The eunuch took the purse, turned around but said coldly: "Open all the goods for inspection."

No one expected that the eunuch would collect money and not do anything. Seeing that the plan had been disrupted, Zhang Jian had to act in a hurry and broke the eunuch's neck. Li Wei and others who were hiding in the car also jumped out and simply killed them with weapons in their hands.
To be continued...