Chapter 346 Li Yu's Worries

The news of the Uighur attacking the border reached Chang'an as fast as possible, which caused a rumor of public opinion in the Chang'an court and country, and caused a huge anger. A small wild tribe that was supported by the Tang Dynasty a few years ago turned against others so quickly. Ministers wrote letters to Li Longji, demanding severe punishment of those who were ungrateful. However, the Uighur attacking the border also caused many people to worry. In fact, many people knew that Guanzhong had few soldiers and no soldiers in the Central Plains. This was an iron fact, and it was not a day or two that could change. Everyone always hoped that before the chaotic pustum of the military system would fade away, they could maintain peace for a period of time, but they did not expect that the one who pustized the pust was not a certain governor, but the Uighurs in the grassland. For this reason, Li Longji held an emergency court meeting in the Zichen Hall to discuss defense against the Uighurs.

It is also touching to say that this court meeting was Li Longji's first public appearance this year. Except for some major events and things that he was interested in, he ignored all the other trivial matters of court affairs, and left them to the emperor's eldest grandson Li Yu and the right prime minister Yang Guozhong. He himself was addicted to the gentle land. It is worth mentioning that the cold war between him and Yang Guifei showed no signs of improvement. Yang Guifei was still too far away, while Li Longji was apart from

In addition to beautifying Wu Xianyi, he was also obsessed with two young new beauties, Lu Feiyan from Hedong and Ye Sisi from Jiangnan, and appointed two beauties as concubines. Both of them were of national character and were very good at charming skills. They were fascinated by Li Longji, who had been romantic for decades. At this time, Li Longji had forgotten the oath of the Palace of Eternal Life. In addition to accidentally seeing old things, he could remember Yang Guifei, he had already abandoned his old man and indulged in the uncontrollable desire for new love.

Of course, Li Longji did not take nothing seriously. He was still paying attention to some things, such as the matter of Li Qing'an and the deprivation of military power by other frontier officials. Because Li Qing'an was too far away from him, he was out of reach. In addition, Li Qing'an was very tough in sending troops to Hexi, which made him feel a little afraid. But except for Li Qing'an, he was all in an orderly manner for other military governors to cut power. The original intention of Shou King Li Mao to sit in Jingxiang.

It was to supervise money and grain, but soon Li Mao collected the remaining troops from the various military prefectures of Jingxiang, and combined more than 30,000 troops, and directly under the command of the Grand Governor's Office in Jingzhou. Li Mao was commanded by Jiannan. On the side of Jiannan, King Ying Li Huo also successfully seized some of Gao Xianzhi's troops, and the north of Chengdu Prefecture was controlled by Li Huo; on the side of Geshuhan Longyou, King Xiliang Li Huo also made smooth progress. He served as the governor of the Longyou Jiedu Prefecture and Shanzhou. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Geshuhan's conquest of Tubo, he seized 30,000 troops from Hehuang.

Good news spread everywhere, and at this time Li Longji's eyes fell on Shuofang and Fan Yang. Although he trusted An Lushan more, for the sake of the Li family, An Lushan had no choice but to give up. According to Li Longji's plan, the King of Rong, who served as the governor of Hedong, should be the governor of Fan Yang. However, Li Wan had some small setbacks in controlling military power and could not go to Fan Yang, which caused Li Longji's plan to experience a little setback. Just when Li Longji temporarily let go of the An brothers and was about to concentrate on seizing Geshuhan's military power, news of the Uighurs invasion in the south came.

When Li Longji heard the news of the Uighur invasion in the south, he was stunned at first, but soon he came back from the panic that the Uighur invasion in the south was not scary. On the contrary, this gave a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to seize the power of An Sishun and Geshuhan at the same time.

Li Longji quickly formulated a careful plan, and at the same time, he held an emergency court meeting to deal with the Uighurs' southern invasion without hesitation.

In Zichen Hall, dozens of important officials sat in their positions according to their official positions. This was a temporary small court meeting. In addition to several prime ministers from the Political Affairs Hall, the main leaders and minds of various provinces and Taiwan attended the meeting. The ministers in Zichen Hall were talking, and most of them showed hatred of the ungratefulness of the Uighurs, but many ministers were also worried. Guanlong was empty, would the Uighurs go all the way to Chang'an and seriously damage their interests?

"Shangshu Zhang, I thought the Uighurs were so powerful in cavalry. If they ignored the attack and used looting as a supplement, they would likely go all the way to Chang'an. We have to be careful!"

Chen Xilie was most worried. His family had many wives, concubines, and their family was huge. He was worried that he would not have time to withdraw from Chang'an. Zhang Yun smiled and comforted him, "Don't worry, even if they fought all the way as you said, they would not be able to enter Guanzhong. Besides, we have the troops of Shuofang, Longyou and Hexi, and there are nearly 80,000 imperial guards in Guanzhong. Is our army just vegetarian? To be honest, I am not worried at all."

"Shangshu Zhang is right, we really don't have to worry."

Wang Gong next to him smiled and interjected, saying, "As far as I know, the Uighurs' troops are at most 100,000. This time they used an army of 80,000 to invade the south, which means that the grassland is empty. At this time, Li Qing'an can send troops from the west and directly attack their empty nests. The Uighurs should also understand this, so I said that the Uighurs dare not stay in the Central Plains for a long time, and they will return to the grassland soon."

Wang Gong's words relieved Chen Xilie, and he quickly bowed and smiled: "Thank you, Prime Minister Wang, for your guidance, I'm relieved now."

At this moment, he suddenly heard a cold snorkeling from behind. When he turned around, he saw Yang Guozhong sitting in the first place with a gloomy face without saying a word. Chen Xilie laughed dryly: "Prime Minister Wang is right! What do you think Yang Guo?"

Yang Guozhong glanced at him, his eyes full of contempt. He looked down on him and only considered his own small profits. He was no different from those snobbish merchants in the streets and alleys, and he had no backbone. He had just taken away the position of left prime minister by Wang Gong, and now he forgot his shame and humiliation, and called him Wang Prime Minister Wang. Of course, Yang Guozhong still had a trace of dissatisfaction. In January, a slave was killed in Chen Xilie's mansion, and Wang Gong caught him and participated in it.

In the end, Chen Xilie was removed from the left prime minister and Wang Gong took over. Wang Gong thus took control of the Menxia Province and fought against Yang Guozhong everywhere. Every time the instructions and decrees issued by the Secretariat were blocked and returned by the Menxia Province without exception. In addition, the East Palace Party contributed to the fire, Yang Guozhong, the Right Prime Minister, was in a difficult position, which made him hate Wang Gong to the core and clearly distinguished from him. Chen Xilie had just fought with Wang Gong, which made Yang Guozhong feel angry.

Yang Guozhong snorted and ignored Chen Xilie. Chen Xilie hit a nail and his face was extremely embarrassed. He was also a little dissatisfied with Yang Guozhong. Since Yang Guifei was halfway into the cold palace, the status of the Yang family has plummeted, which has also affected Yang Guozhong. Many ministers are no longer optimistic about him, especially at the beginning of the year, Wang Gong was promoted to Left Prime Minister, which was obviously to balance Yang Guozhong. Many people, including Chen Xilie, estimated that Yang Guozhong would work for one or two years at most. Yang Guozhong's own talents and abilities are not good, and he is very arbitrary, and he has no more.

Backstage, how could the emperor let him serve as the right prime minister for a long time? Chen Xilie no longer respects him as he used to. He even regrets a little. If he had not betrayed Li Linfu and defected to Yang Guozhong, then now he should have taken over Li Linfu's squad, not Wang Gong. Chen Xilie was regretful in his heart, and he was also even more disgusted with Yang Guozhong. Now Yang Guozhong showed him his face, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart, cursing in his heart: "Without the imperial concubine as the backstage, he is just a clown, and he dares to be rude to me!"

At this time, the guards shouted from the hall, "Your Majesty is here!"

The Zichen Hall suddenly became silent, and only a few footsteps sounded. Li Longji slowly walked in through the side door. The ministers stood up together and bowed and said, "See Your Majesty!"

Li Longji sat in the seat and waved his hand and said, "This is not a court meeting. Please be more casual and flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the ministers sat down one after another, and many people peeked at Li Longji, and were shocked. He was completely white in his hair and his face was loose and dull. He was less than seventy years old this year, but he looked like an old man in his eighties. Some careful officials even noticed that when the emperor came in just now, his dragon robe looked particularly wide, and he was obviously shorter than before. It seemed that the rumors that the emperor had turned into a hunchback were true.

The officials sighed. A few years ago, the emperor was still energetic and vigorous. In just a few years, he became so old. It is said that he was looking for fun every night and had no restraint in sexual intercourse. He only relied on a medicine to maintain his physical strength. Many ministers sighed. It is estimated that the emperor would not live for a few years. Fortunately, he had the crown prince and the Tang Dynasty could still maintain it.

Although Li Longji did not hunch his back, he was indeed a little hunched, but this was his taboo. Whoever dared to mention it, so he immediately killed him. As soon as he sat down, his head suddenly felt dizzy. Recently, his dizziness became more and more serious. He felt dizzy when he took a few more steps. He felt dizzy. Without the advice of the imperial doctor, he himself knew that the problem was the fragrance of flowers that helped the love, but he could no longer do without that kind of medicine. One night he tried not to take that medicine, and he felt that he was almost dead in pain. He got up in the middle of the night and took the medicine, and it took three pills at a time to be effective. He also sent someone to ask An Lushan for inquiries. An Lushan sent a box of things like antidotes, but it didn't work at all.

Li Longji was also very scared, but the more he was afraid, the more he was avoiding the doctor and the medicine. If the imperial doctor said something bad, he immediately ordered someone to fight again. Now he himself didn't know what would happen in the end.

Li Longji closed his eyes for a long time, and the dizziness slowly disappeared. He opened his eyes and saw that the ministers were looking at him, he said a little displeased: "Let's start now!"

He concentrated his spirit and continued: "Today I have summoned you all to discuss the invasion of the Uighurs in the south. This is related to the safety of the thousands of people in Longyou. I hope everyone will come up with a practical and effective plan."

He glanced at Yang Guozhong and said, "Secretary Yang, let's start with you!"

Yang Guozhong stood up and said happily to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, I am on the way to Zichen Palace. I just received the news from Jiuyuan with a flying pigeon. The Uighurs failed to attack Jiuyuan. Now they are blocked outside Jiuyuan City and have not gone south for the time being."

Li Longji was excited. This was good news. He had been worried about his youngest son Li Yu. Now it seemed that Li Yu had not disappointed him. He hurriedly asked: "Where is Fei Ge Book? Show it to me."

A eunuch walked forward with a golden plate with a flying pigeon letter and presented the pigeon letter to Li Longji. Li Longji hurriedly opened it and saw a few simple words written on it: King Bian led the way and boosted morale. The veteran general Guo Ziyi was in good command and defeated the Uighurs who attacked the city, and killed thousands of enemies under Jiuyuan City.

Li Longji nodded. Of course, he understood his son's weight. What is important is that Guo Ziyi is worthy of being a veteran and shows his ability at critical moments. It is even more rare that this veteran is willing to assist his son and allow his son to be trained in the war. Guo Ziyi is a useful person.

At this moment, Li Longji made a decision that after dismissing An Sishun, Guo Ziyi could be reused.

He put down the pigeon letter and smiled at everyone, "The Uighurs overestimate their abilities and thought that there was no one in the Tang Dynasty. One of Jiuyuan City gave them a lesson, which really made me falsely shocked."

Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief. This was the best. I hope that the Uighurs could retreat when they saw the difficulties and not continue to be bold and bold. However, the emperor's eldest grandson Li Yu was very sober. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Chen has something to say."

Li Longji liked this Changsun very much. So far, he was very satisfied with the Changsun. Although he initiated a dispute between the Secretariat and the Menxia Province, most of the court's resolutions could still be conveyed. The key is that he, the Changsun, is good at coordinating so that the court's government affairs will not be paused due to the dispute between Yang Guozhong and Wang Gong. In this way, he can hand over the country to Changsun with confidence in the future.

He smiled and nodded, "Tell me!"

Li Yu saluted the emperor's grandfather, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

He bowed to the ministers and said, "My ministers, I don't think it's strange that the Uighurs defeated Jiuyuan. The Uighurs themselves are good at horse fighting. As for siege, it's not their good at siege. It's normal to lose, but it's strange that I'm worried about Jiuyuan. I don't think the Uighurs will never spend time in Jiuyuan. They may abandon Jiuyuan and go south and attack Lingzhou directly. I caught Lingzhou off guard. I even worried that they wouldn't attack Lingzhou, but instead drove south and rob Longyou. For this reason, we must send troops to deal with it."

As soon as Li Yu finished speaking, he saw a burst of running footsteps outside the hall, and a guard shouted loudly: "Urgent military information!"

After browsing the ground, everyone looked out of the hall, and saw a guard running into him, holding an emergency army report: "The Uighurs bypassed Jiuyuan and went south to Lingzhou along the Yellow River. They defeated the army led by An Sishun in Dingyuan City. Huaiyuan, Anjing, Ningwu counties have been lost, Lingzhou was surrounded, and the situation is in danger."

The hall was silent, and everyone looked at each other. The favorable situation just now was reversed. After reading the military newspaper, Li Longji's face was extremely gloomy. This damn An Sishun, obviously lacking enough troops, was going to fight against the Uighurs, but he actually lost nearly half of his troops, which led to the passive situation. It was really not enough to redeem his crimes after death. But it was good that there was an excuse to remove him from his post as a Jiedu.

General Li Longji threw the news to the ground and said sternly: "Transfer my will to remove An Sishun from the position of Shuofang Jiedushi on the spot, and be renamed the governor of Lingzhou, guarding the city to atone for sins. Guo Ziyi, the prefect of Jiuyuan, will temporarily take over as Shuofang Jiedushi."

Here, Li Longji did not directly appoint Bian King Li Yu as the governor. The traces of seizing power were too heavy. He needed to detour and let Guo Ziyi make a shield first.

He originally wanted to discuss with the ministers, but now he couldn't wait. After a while, he continued to issue an order: "I will pass on my will and order the deputy envoy of the Longyou Jiedushi and the governor of Shanzhou Li Yu to lead 60,000 Longyou Army to immediately go north to support Lingzhou, and 10,000 Liangzhou troops to go north at the same time, and Li Yu will be commanded by him, so there must be no delay for a moment."

As soon as Li Longji's decree was released, everyone understood his true purpose. In the Battle of Tubo, the 140,000 troops of the two major Jiedu prefectures in Longyou and Hexi suffered heavy losses, and more than 100,000 were left, including the wounded soldiers. Li Xuan took away 70,000 elite soldiers in an instant, and the remaining ones for Geshuhan were some old and weak wounded soldiers. This time, Geshuhan lost all military power. Li Longji used the Uighurs to invade the south and even seized the military power of the two Jiedu governors at once. Even if Geshuhan's position as Jiedu governor was not lost for the time being, it was meaningless.

Li Yu's lips moved. He had something to say, but in the end he didn't say anything and sighed in his heart.

The court meeting was over. It was supposed to be discussed together by everyone, but in the end, Li Longji's own plan was decided. Wang Gong and Zhang Yun's plan were not brought out. Everyone knew that Li Longji actually didn't care about how to defeat the Uighurs. The only thing he cared about was to seize power. At this time, no one dared to break his plan. Everyone had to sigh secretly and disperse themselves.

In the imperial study room, Li Longji was in a good mood. He was proud of his superb skills, but he was not satisfied. He was considering the next plan and who should fight against him next. After thinking about it, the only one who can make full use of the opportunity to seize power in the Uighur invasion in the south was An Lushan. In fact, Li Qingan could also get involved, but he was too far away and difficult to control.

How can An Lushan hand over his army obediently? Li Longji was half lying on the couch and pondered hard. At this time, a eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, the Emperor Changsun is asking for a meeting."

Li Longji smiled and said, "Let him come in!"

After a moment, Li Yu was brought in by the eunuch. He stepped forward and bowed and said, "See the emperor's grandfather!"

Li Longji glanced at him and smiled and said, "In the hall, I saw you want to say something but stopped. I seemed to have something to say, but I didn't dare to say it. You don't have to be afraid of anything. I won't blame you. You can say it now."

Li Yu was silent for a moment and whispered: "Sun'er was very worried that Uncle Twenty-nine was not good at fighting. The reinforcements he led were defeated by the Uighurs. At that time, the situation in Guanzhong in Longyou was really critical."

This is actually not just Li Yu's concern. All the important officials were worried that this terrible consequence would occur. Li Yu was only twenty years old. Can he lead the 70,000 army? He had no practical experience at all, nor had the experience of dealing with nomadic cavalry. Once he failed, Chen Xilie's concerns would really become a reality. The ministers discussed privately for a long time before finding Li Yu and begging him to persuade the emperor.

Li Yu was also worried about this. The Uighur army came and went like the wind, and the Tang army could still gain the upper hand in offensive and defensive battles. But if the cavalry really had field battles, the Tang army would probably be no match.

If it was someone else, Li Longji would not listen to a single word, but he had to listen to Changsun Li Yu's words, after all, the country and the country must be left to Changsun.

Li Longji pondered for a long time, and he had to admit that there was a possibility. Li Yu was indeed a little too young. Perhaps the Uighurs could succeed in a sneak attack at night. If they really reached that point, the situation would become dangerous.

"Will the emperor have a good idea?"

"The grandson suggested that Li Qing'an be ordered to send troops from Beiting to attack the Uighurs' nests. At that time, there would be no need to be so hard, and the Uighurs would naturally withdraw their troops."

Li Longji stared at the roof and said nothing for a long time. Of course, he knew that letting Li Qingan send troops from Beiting was the best way, but in that case, would he still have a chance to seize the military power of Geshuhan and An Sishun? No! He could not adopt this suggestion no matter what.
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