: Proclamation

Princess Taiping and Xue Chongxun rested in Huaqing Palace for another night, and hurriedly left the warm palace early the next morning and parted ways. Taiping returned to Chang'an, Xue Chongxun took the Feihu Regiment Guard straight north.

Xue Chongxun's initial destination was Shangjun (near Yulin today), which was a military center of the Guanzhong Army in the north, and there were a large number of elite Tang army soldiers stationed in the mainland. In order to ensure the legitimacy and smoothness of the dispatch of troops, Princess Taiping would issue a military order to Shangjun through the Ministry of War and issue various formal documents for Xue Chongxun.

The journey to Shangjun was bumpy and boring, and the weather was still very cold, so it was naturally not as comfortable as taking a hot spring bath in the Huaqing Palace. Xue Chongxun wrapped himself in a very thick fur coat and then spent time with a traditional Chinese book printed vertically. However, the feeling of reading on the carriage was not very good. His eyes were shaken away, and he could make people dizzy and swell in a short while.

He picked up the curtain to see outside. There was snow nearby, and lifeless dry grass would emerge from the snow; but if you look into the distance, you can find a faint layer of light green in the branches and fields. It was the breath of spring. After all, the envoy was already in spring. The soldiers riding horses on the front, back, left and right were also dressed very thickly, covering almost one eye, silently rushing in the cold wind, and there was only the sound of horse hooves stepping in the soft snow.

As expected, Xue Chongxun felt the wound on his left shoulder tremble and hurt, so he did not dare to lean on the carriage, so he could only sit straight and rest when he was at the station to rest.

When I walked to a small station all night, I had to spend one night here. The Flying Tiger Group had 200 people. The rooms and beds at this small station must not be enough, but it is better for everyone to stay in the house than camping in the snow and ice.

When Xue Chongxun got off the carriage, he heard a sergeant complaining: "This is really cold! Will it be even colder when you go north?"

Xue Chongxun took over and said, "It's been in February when we get to the place. Have you heard of it?"

The soldier turned around and saw him, quickly bent down and clasped his fists. After a moment, he remembered Xue Chongxun's question and shook his head and said, "I can't read."

At this time, Li Kuiyong, who was also illiterate, said to the soldier in a lesson: "This is a poem! Xue Lang, how did you pronounce the whole sentence?"

Xue Chongxun thought about it and satisfied the man with a big head's desire for knowledge and said unjustly: "The jade is made up into a tall tree, and thousands of green silk ribbons are hanging down. I don't know who cuts out the thin leaves, the spring breeze in February is like scissors."

"Good poem! Good poem!" Li Kuiyong sighed twice again without surprise.

Xue Chongxun thought about it and seemed that He Zhizhang was also a member of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but he didn't know if he had written this poem now. After all, not all the followers were ignorant. Even the generals of the Flying Tiger Group had good literary practices. In order to avoid others mistakenly claiming that it was written by him, he explained: "This poem was written by He Zhizhang."

Thinking of He Zhizhang, Xue Chongxun only remembers that he is a famous poet. As for how hard he works, he has no impression of it at all. I think this way of identifying talents is very limited, because people who write poetry do not necessarily have military and political talents.

When the army entered the post station, they raised fire and cooked dry food in the yard. The officials at the post station also found some wine and meat. Everyone was rushing in the wind and snow for a whole day and finally had a hot meal. They could only sleep in the floors of the house and squeezed together. However, Xue Chongxun had a room to sleep with, and the imperial doctor who followed the army took the opportunity to rest and exchanged the medicine for external application for him.

I would continue to march the next morning. This journey would have to be repeated for many days. The pain of wounds, bumpy journeys, and cold weather are not the most uncomfortable. The most uncomfortable thing is this boredom and boredom. Imagine what it would be if I could take a long-distance train for a month. The train was much more comfortable. After a few days, he called Li Kuiyong into the train to chat with him, but Li Kuiyong always talks about swords and guns. In less than two days, Xue Chongxun got bored, so he found another team that was working on the literary team to study poetry and songs together...

It was early February when he arrived in Suizhou (Guannei Road, southeast of Shangjun), and Xue Chongxun suddenly received news from the county: Zhang Renyuan openly announced his rebellion against Chang'an.

The messenger sent a proclamation proclamation issued by the north, and then quickly headed south towards Chang'an.

Xue Chongxun stayed in Suizhou for one night and read the manifesto carefully. It was indeed in the name of King Size. Judging from the position of Xue Chongxun or Princess Taiping, this kind of article is simply boring. Fortunately, Xue Chongxun is thick-skinned... In which he counts the crimes of Princess Taiping and his son, such as rampant autocracy, arbitrary destruction, and plotting for the country, all of which are true. What is there to be arrogance, extravagance, cruelty, indecent lust, and chaos in the palace. Xue Chongxun felt that he was wronged from the bottom of his heart, and what was even more excessive was that he actually said that they were mother and son | incest and incest! This made him a little angry.

He received the officials sent by the Shangjun County Magistrate to contact us that night, and asked the Shangjun officials: "Have the troops set off?"

The official replied: "I received the order from the Ministry of War six days ago. Zhang Shouchao was ordered to lead the light cavalry of Shangjun to the west and rushed to Lingzhou."

"Catch Zhang Shou?" Xue Chongxun blurted out.

The officials of Shangjun hurriedly explained: "Shouzhai's surname is Zhang Chongsi, but he is not a relative of Zhang Renyuan. I'm afraid he has never seen him even when he meets him. Please rest assured, the prince."

After hearing this, Xue Chongxun nodded. Surnames like Sun King, Li, Zhao and Zhang are all big surnames, and they are everywhere in the world, and they may not have any blood relationship with each other. Maybe they are the same ancestors in several generations, but what is the significance of this? According to the Han people, all the people in the world are descendants of Yan Emperor Huang Emperor.

The envoy of the Shang County said again: "King Size and the Chief of the Shuofang really dared to raise an army to oppose His Highness."

Xue Chongxun remained silent and thought to himself: Zhang Renyuan sent two groups of troops, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, and one by one, and one by one, and one by one, could not tell that the attack had failed. At this time, if he did not seize the time to mobilize his subordinates, he would have no chance at all. At this time, he would raise the army openly, and the hostile measures against Chang'an in the jurisdiction could be "legitimate". This legalization means that he at least had an explanation for his failure to abide by the imperial court... Otherwise, Chang'an would have the right to escort the imperial edict to return to Beijing to question the crime, as a minister of the Chang'an court, what reason would he not be restrained? If he resisted at that time, it would be equivalent to resisting stubbornly because he was afraid of the crime.

Xue Chongxun thought that Zhang Renyuan would most likely use troops to launch a war against the Chang'an regime with the Turkic Khanate coalition forces.

He received the necessary news from the envoy of Shangjun, so he sent the man away, not wanting to say anything more to an unfamiliar official. At this time, he had no aide and counselor around him. When he set out from Huaqing Palace, he only brought the Flying Tiger Regiment Guard. There was nothing to discuss with the generals of the Flying Tiger Regiment. He was either too low or he didn't even know anything about him. What's the point of making sense with him?

Although Zhang Renyuan and others had publicly rebelled, Xue Chongxun was not panicked. He did not think that Zhang Renyuan could immediately mobilize a large army to march south to Guanzhong. So all the itinerary remained unchanged. The next morning, he took the Flying Tiger Regiment and continued to march towards Shangjun.

Three days later, he arrived in Shangjun. Wang Dai, the governor of Shangjun, led officials and the people to warmly welcome him out of the city ten miles away. His etiquette was almost as grand as the emperor's blessing. Xue Chongxun also fully understood his mood. After the King of Size issued an edict to the world, he publicly accused him of seeking the Nine Cauldrons, so that those who were not very familiar with the outside world understood the status quo.

Wang Dai was born into a gentry and had a pastoral property in Shangjun. After receiving Xue Chongxun, he did not welcome the dilapidated county yard to settle down. Instead, he held a banquet in his own mansion and gave his house to serve as Xue Chongxun's headquarters. The front yard was the place where military and political orders were issued by the office. Wang Dai lived in the inner house where Xue Chongxun rested and collapsed, and the servants and maids in the mansion were ordered by him.

After the banquet, Wang Dai brought his son, daughter and concubine to see Xue Chongxun, and hinted that the concubine still lived at home... Xue Chongxun was funny and thought that I really thought I was as shameless as the manifesto wrote. No matter how he could still move the woman of the subordinate officials?

He simply ordered the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Regiment to clean up a side hall in the front yard with ceremonial miscellaneous items, and then Li Kuiyong and other lieutenants and brigade commanders lived next door. He also placed a table of papers in the hall as the lobby, and requisitioned this house and did not harass the county magistrate's inner palace.

After the establishment of the marching headquarters, Xue Chongxun began to arrange personnel, and for the time being, there were only generals of the Flying Tiger Regiment and civil and military officials of Shangjun... Of course, it would be impossible to deal with Zhang Renyuan with just a few people, so he immediately formulated the early arrangements.

He first wrote an urgent report back to Chang'an, demanding that he be named "Heisha (Nanting of the Turkic Road marching chief" and sent general Yin Ci, Zhang Wulang to the north as deputy general, Wang Changling and Zhang Jiuling as military counselors and aides, and based on this, he formed a civil and military team.

The status must be formal and legal before it can be justified in the name of the marching chief.

The next day, after a night of consideration, Xue Chongxun believed that the war with the Turks might be inevitable, and in addition to using diplomatic means, he had to prepare for the army to advance. He wrote a letter to Princess Taiping, hoping that she would authorize her to gather elite troops from the northern part of the pass to Shangjun to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

The letters that conveyed the urgent military report were 800 miles in expedited, and horses were constantly changed along the way, so the message was relatively fast. In late February, he received a consultation from the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Zhang Shuo. Zhang Shuo in the article was a big blow to the empty treasury and insufficient troops. Because a large-scale war was just launched against the Tubo country last year, the war and the after-war recovery consumed a lot of finance (the Taiping Huaqing Palace was also expensive, but Zhang Shuo did not explain it). Less than a year has passed, and the tax revenue in the new year has not begun. Xue Chongxun is preparing to launch a war against the Turks, so the Political Affairs Hall will naturally recommend that you exercise caution.

But Xue Chongxun was in high spirits and was looking forward to a heavy blow to the enemy who was opposing him. So he ignored Zhang Shu's advice and insisted that the Ministry of War transfer a group of elite troops and food, grass and weapons to the north.
Chapter completed!