In Bianliang City, in the secret room of the yamen of the Xuanwu Army Jiedushi, Zhu Wen, Zhu Zhen, Xu Huaiyu, Jingxiang, and Wei Zhao were discussing matters.

Xie Tong, who served as a regular servant of Sanqi in the court, sent an urgent letter six hundred miles away, saying that there had been changes in the capital. Li Maozhen and Wang Xing's army of more than 60,000 troops were approaching Chang'an, and said that this was a good opportunity for Zhu Wen to send troops.

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After Zhu Wen and the other four people all read the letter, they said, "What do you think about this matter?"

Zhu Zhen said: "Now Li Maozhen is self-respecting and very domineering. It is the time for the Lord to send troops to serve the king. In my opinion, we can defeat the coalition forces of Li Maozhen and Wang Xingyu in one fell swoop, and take the opportunity to support Zhaozong in moving the capital to Luoyang. Luoyang is our territory and is guarded by Zhang Quanyi."

, come to think of it, no one dares to take Luoyang’s idea.”

Xu Huaiyu also nodded in agreement.

Wei Zhao also nodded and said: "This is a good idea. Luoyang was originally the capital of the East, so it can't be said that it was wrong to let Zhaozong temporarily move the capital to Luoyang. This has also been good for the lord. Now the lord is located in the place where the Central Plains Four Wars are fought.

Cao Cao's situation at the end of the Han Dynasty was somewhat similar. In my opinion, we might as well imitate Cao Cao and use the emperor to control the princes and gain hegemony. This would be a benefit to Zhaozong."

Zhu Wen turned to look at Jingxiang, wanting to hear Jingxiang's opinion. Jingxiang thought for a long time and said: "In my opinion, the time is not yet ripe. Among the three towns in Hebei, only Luo Hongxin of Weibo Town obeys the orders of the lord, and Lu Long

Li Kuangwei has already captured Youzhou from his younger brother Li Kuang, and now he is temporarily living in Zhenzhou, guarding Zhenzhou together with Wang Rong of Chengde Town. Lulong and Chengde towns may not necessarily sell out to their lord, not to mention Hedong Li Keyong.

They are mortal enemies of the lord. The three towns in Guanzhong, Xingning Wang Xingyu, Fengxiang Li Maozhen, and the protector of the country (Huazhou) Han Jian, are all strong soldiers and horses, and they may not betray the lord's face. The forces in the south are also intertwined, Yang Xingmi in Huainan, Qian Liu in eastern Zhejiang,

Dong Chang from Yuezhou, Liu Yin from Guangzhou, Liu Jianfeng and Ma Yin from Tanzhou, Wang Jian, Gu Yanhui, Yang Shouliang from Bashu... Any force wants to compete in the Central Plains. At this time, it is not appropriate for the lord to take the lead. In my opinion, it is still

It’s good to wait and see how things change.”

Zhu Zhen and Xu Huaiyu have always admired Jingxiang's resourcefulness, but this time they both dared not agree with Jingxiang's views, and both said: "This is really a God-given opportunity. If you miss it, I'm afraid there won't be such a good opportunity in the future."

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Zhu Wen smiled and said: "In my opinion, what Zizhen said makes sense. Now we are in a place where there are four wars. In the north there are King Chengde and Wei Boluo Hongxin, in the south there is Yang Xingmi in Huainan, and in the east of Shannan there is Zhao Deqi. Now Zhao Deqi is critically ill, and his son

Zhao Kuangning may not take orders from the Xuanwu Army like him. There are also Wang Shifan of the Pinglu Army in the east, Li Maozhen, Li Keyong in the northwest, and Wang Xingyu is even more powerful. Although our Xuanwu Army has advanced muskets, it cannot

At the same time, we withstood the sieges from all the feudal lords and towns in the world."

Xu Huaiyu still said unwillingly: "But my lord, this opportunity cannot be missed!"

Zhu Wen said: "I understand Huaiyu's feelings. Now that Li Tang is cowardly, I am afraid that Zhaozong will go into exile again in the future. There may be better opportunities then."

Seeing what Zhu Wen said, Zhu Zhen and Xu Huaiyu stopped insisting. They also knew that although the Xuanwu Army was strong, it had been fighting for years and had successively annexed the Xuanyi (i.e. Yicheng Army) Army, the Guiying Army, and the Tianping Army.

, the Taining Army, defeated the Qin Zongquan in Caizhou, repeatedly defeated Li Keyong, and pacified Sun Ru together with Yang Xingmi. Although the victory of this series of wars greatly boosted Zhu Wen's military power, he also lost all the consumable real gold and silver, food, grass and horses.

It's real.

Zhu Zhen and Xu Huaiyu advocated war, and they were confident of winning the war, but they only wanted to fight. Who knew that behind every war, Jingxiang and Zhu Wen had to do much to mobilize money and food, and recruit civilian men? Although Jingxiang did not go to the battlefield,

But his achievements are not weaker than those of any general.

If Zhu Zhen and Pang Shigu are compared to Han Xin and Chen Ping, Xu Huaiyu can only be Fan Kuai, and Jingxiang is Xiao He. Sometimes he even has to shoulder the responsibility of Zhang Liang, because Zhu Wen still lacks

A counselor who can rival Zhang Liang.

Zhu Wen did not send troops, but this does not mean that he did not pay attention to the trends in Chang'an. On the contrary, because of his relationship with Xie Tong, who served as a regular attendant of Sanqi in Chang'an, Zhu Wen was very aware of the trends in the court.

Du Renneng did not escape death after all. The Du family, which had been the official minister of Li and Tang Dynasty for generations, was finally destroyed because of Zhaozong's whim. However, Zhaozong also left Du Renneng's whole body and let Du Renneng and his younger brother Du Renhong commit suicide.

Du Rangneng looked at the pot of poisonous wine, and Zhaozong's words once again rang in his mind: "You only prepare troops and food for me, and I entrust the kings to use the troops. I will not blame you for success or failure!" Du Rangneng smiled bitterly.

For a moment, his heart was filled with bitterness. The Du family had been assisting Li Tang since the founding of the country, and it had been nearly three hundred years. But now that he had ended up like this, how could he not feel miserable?

Du Rangneng picked up the wine glass, sighed, and thought silently in his heart: "Is the Tang Dynasty really going to end?"

In fact, Du Rangneng knew very well that Li Tang had been terminally ill for a long time, and it was only because of the blessings of his ancestors that he had been living until now. How many vassal towns really take Li Tang seriously now? Li Maozhen was a small soldier back then, and was taken over by the Emperor Xizong.

He was promoted to the status of Jiedu Envoy and given a name (Li Maozhen's real name was Song Wentong), but now he does not take the emperor into consideration, which is really a disaster.

A gust of wind blew by, blowing his long gray hair at the temples. Liu Jishu, the envoy of the palace, advised him: "Mr. Du, the emperor has issued an imperial edict. Now Li Maozhen is pressing hard. Please don't embarrass the emperor. Old

I know that Lieutenant Du is devoted to the country, but now the country is in trouble. Perhaps only the death of the Lieutenant can bring peace to Chang'an. Although the emperor wants to save him, he is unable to do so. Lieutenant, just go on your way with peace of mind. Don't let the old man

The slave is in trouble."

Du Rangneng let out a long sigh and said: "After I leave, you will serve the emperor well..." After saying that, he picked up the cup of poisonous wine and drank it all in one gulp. From then on, the famous family of prime ministers ended, and the descendants were scattered all over the country.

He vowed not to serve as an official again. (Du Xiao, the son of Du Renneng, later became an official in the Houliang Dynasty. In the fourth year of Kaiping, he served as the Minister of Zhongshu. He was under the same title as Zhongshu, Pingzhangshi, and the Minister of Hubu. After Zhu Yougui usurped the throne, he moved to the Ministry of Rites, Pingzhang.

When Yuan Xiang went to Beijing to quell the rebellion, Du Xiao was seriously injured and died.) Du Renneng was dead, and Zhaozong issued an edict to appoint Li Maozhen as the governor of Fengxiang and the two towns of Shannan West Road.

Shu Ling, from then on Li Maozhen occupied the fifteen states of Fengxiang, Xingyuan, Yang, Long, Qin and so on, and became even more arrogant and unscrupulous.

But it is said that after Li Kuangwei of Lulong Town was robbed of Youzhou by his younger brother Li Kuangchou, Wang Rong lived temporarily in Zhenzhou. Wang Rong was only sixteen years old, and because Li Kuangwei repeatedly sent troops to rescue Zhenzhou, Wang Rong treated Li Kuangwei like a father.

Li Kuangwei saw that Wang Rong was young and wanted to replace him. Finally one day, he kidnapped Wang Rong and wanted Wang Rong to give up Chengde Town to him. However, the troops from Chengde Town came and shot him to death with random arrows.

When Li Kuangchou heard that his brother had died in Zhenzhou, he was happy and felt that his position was secure. On the surface, he pretended to be very angry and mobilized his troops to attack Chengde Town.

Weizhou guard general Liu Rengong was Li Kuangwei's confidant, and he rose through the ranks step by step, so he was always supported by the soldiers. The generals elected Liu Rengong as their commander and sent troops to Youzhou in the name of quelling the chaos.

However, Liu Rengong had few troops after all. After being defeated by Li Kuangchou, Liu Rengong led the remaining troops to flee to Hedong and defected to Li Keyong.

Liu Rengong was the general of Lulong Town, and he knew Lulong's troop deployment and situation in detail. Li Keyong had already thought of attacking Lulong Town. After getting Liu Rengong, he was of course treated as an honored guest. From then on, Li Keyong and Liu Rengong began to work together.

Planning a plan to attack Lulong.

Now Li Keyong's general Li Cunxiao has defected to Zhu Wen, and the fierce general Xue Ashan has always been on good terms with Li Cunxiao. As early as when Li Keyong ordered Li Cunxiao to be quartered, Xue Ashan committed suicide out of fear of implicating himself. Li Keyong lost

The strength of the two generals was much weaker. Li Keyong wanted to send Zhou Dewei to attack Youzhou. If Li Siyuan went with him, he would not have capable men around him. He couldn't help but think of Li Cunxiao's benefits.

It happened that Kang Junli came to Hedong, and Li Keyong wanted Kang Junli and Zhou Dewei to go to Youzhou together. On that day, he held a banquet for Kang Junli to welcome him. Kang Junli had always been on good terms with Li Cunxiao, and after three rounds of wine during the dinner, Kang Junli couldn't help but think of the old man.

My partner Li Cunxiao couldn't help but say a lot of good things about Li Cunxiao.

Li Keyong immediately jumped up and overturned the wine table.

Kang Junli let out a long sigh and said with tears: "Although my lord didn't say it, he still missed Cunxiao in his heart. It's a pity that Cunxiao was loyal to his lord. How could my lord have the heart to execute him? No wonder he went to Zhu Wen."

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Kang Junli was a veteran under Li Keyong. When Li Keyong raised troops in Yunzhou, he was only seventeen years old. It was Kang Junli. Xue Zhiqin and others worked with Li Keyong to make suggestions for Li Keyong and kill Duan Wenchu. Later, it was Li Keyong.

When Keyong was defeated and fled to the Tatars, Kang Junli and Xue Zhiqin also followed Li Keyong steadfastly. It can be said that their relationship with Li Keyong was extraordinary. That's why Kang Junli dared to say these things, but he didn't know that at this time

Li Keyong is no longer the same Li Keyong as before.

Today, Li Keyong has strengthened his troops and horses, and has annexed several towns. His military strength is probably only matched by Zhu Wen. In contrast, Li Keyong's majesty is much higher than before, and he kills people at every turn. At this time, he pointed at Zhu Wen in anger.

Kang Junli said: "Kang Junli, do you dare to accuse this prince?"

Kang Junli refused to give in and said: "Loyal words are offensive to my ears. Whether my lord listens to them or not, if you treat me like a filial piety, won't you chill the hearts of the soldiers? Today, I, Kang Junli, will splatter blood even if I step five steps, but I will say these words!"

Li Keyong couldn't stop being angry and shouted: "Since you want to die, then this county king will help you! Someone, take Kang Junli out and chop him down!"

Although there were several generals around, they all knew Li Keyong's temperament. How could they dare to plead for mercy? They all remained silent and watched Kang Junli being pulled out. Kang Junli had no fear on his face and just sneered: "It's only my fault that I was blind."

Eye, you actually assisted you, a headstrong person. Back then at Shangyuan Station, Shi Jingsi sacrificed his life to save Li Siyuan, and Li Cunxiao was protected by dozens of wounds. I didn’t expect that you would have the heart to treat Cunxiao like this. Even if you are today

Can killing me, Junjun Li, stop the mouths of everyone in the world?"

Li Keyong was so angry that before everyone could pull Kang Junli out, Li Keyong stretched out his hand and pulled out the scimitar from his waist. The sword-like scimitar shone with cold light and cast down a curtain of light. The light of the sword disappeared in a flash, and Kang Junli's words suddenly stopped.

Then, a stream of blood flowed down from his neck like a spring. Li Keyong's two soldiers subconsciously loosened their grips, and Kang Junli's body fell softly.

The silence in the hall was terrifying. No one dared to speak, let alone move. It took a long time for Li Keyong to realize what had happened. Kang Junli was the general of Hedong and an old subordinate who had been following his cavalry. To be more precise, he should

It was an old brother. Li Keyong couldn't even imagine why he was so excited that he actually killed him, and he couldn't help feeling extremely regretful.

But people cannot be resurrected, let alone Li Keyong, who is stubborn and stubborn. How can he admit that he has done something wrong? He immediately said calmly: "Although Kang Junli is disrespectful to me, he is a veteran who has followed me for more than ten years, so don't inform him of the crime."
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