There was no progress in the case, so Shan Tao had no choice but to lead the players to keep an eye on the East Palace.
Unfortunately, the incident at Suzaku Bridge may have had too great an impact. There has been no movement in the East Palace, and the players have been following for many days to no avail.
There has been no progress in the investigation for the time being, but the pressure to solve the case is increasing, and Shan Tao can only grit his teeth and hold on.
October passed by very quickly, and November is coming soon.
Li Yan in Shazhou City opened the system and saw the October settlement report.
[Prince title: 200 points per month]
[Captain Longyou: 300 points per month]
[Deputy Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses: 500 points per month]
[Control the Beiting Protectorate: 400 points per month]
[Affect Anxi Protectorate: 200 points per month]
[Affect Mobei Grassland: 400 points per month]
[Jisui Tuyuhun: 300 points per month]
[Included with Tu Shi Qi: 200 points per month]
[Jisui Modong Grassland: 200 points per month]
[Prompt Luoyang to surrender: 1000 points]
[The total increase in luck points is 5200 points, and the balance of luck points in October is 20 points. The host currently has 5220 luck points. 】
so close!
As the number of players increased, more and more players redeemed attribute points every month, and Li Yan gradually became unable to make ends meet.
Including the players who use the Resurrection Book, Li Yan will only have 20 luck points left in his account after October.
Sighing, as the number of players increases and their levels increase, more and more luck points need to be left to strengthen the players.
It seems that we can no longer summon as many players as before.
"System, summon a thousand new players."
【As you wish, 9083 players are currently playing the game.】
Alas, we still failed to break through 10,000 players.
Li Yan is a little depressed, but the recent development of Longyou can be said to be quite smooth.
Yu Chixin's army had arrived at the newly built Tongliao City, which also made the whole Longyou heave a sigh of relief.
The weakest link in the Great Roundabout Strategy was the window period when Fang Guoshou was building the city of Tongliao.
At this time, the grain purchased by Fang Guoshou from Bohai State was stored in Tongliao City of Songmo Prefecture.
If the army from Hedong goes north at this time and discovers the secretly fortified city of Tongliao, then this batch of grain will fall into the hands of the puppet Yan.
If the puppet Yan forces occupy Tongliao City, Longyou's army will have to pay a heavy price if they want to gain a foothold in western Liaoning.
Fortunately, none of this happened. Yuchixin and Fang Guoshou successfully met in Tongliao City, and the army entered Tongliao City. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The vanguard troops brought by Yuchixin were all flexible cavalry. Although there were only two thousand people, Yuchixin had enough confidence that these people could defend Tongliao City.
Next, when the artillery from the rear reaches Tongliao, the city of Tongliao will be impregnable.
While the players were secretly hoarding troops in Tongliao, conflicts arose among the rebels in Hedong.
When An Qingxu committed patricide, he was afraid that his father's close comrade-in-arms Shi Siming would rebel, so he transferred Shi Siming back to Hedong under the guise of An Lushan's order and served as a left-behind guard in Taiyuan Prefecture, guarding Taiyuan, an important town in Hedong.
Taiyuan Prefecture was the place where the Hedong Jiedu envoys were stationed, and it was also one of the bases for Anlushan's army.
An Qingxu transferred Shi Siming to Taiyuan Prefecture, partly because the Tang Dynasty had attacked Hedong from Shuofang, and Taiyuan Prefecture urgently needed a veteran guard.
Within the Puppet Yan, except for Shi Siming, no other general had such prestige and combat capabilities.
Sure enough, Shi Siming commanded the puppet Yan rebels in Taiyuan Prefecture, thwarting Guo Ziyi's strategic intention to march from Shuofang.
Later, under the emperor's order, Guo Ziyi had to give up his plan to first sweep away the puppet Yan's nest and then wipe out the rebels in the two capitals, and instead marched from Guanzhong to attack Chang'an and Luoyang.
Another reason why An Qingxu transferred Shi Siming to Taiyuan Mansion was that Shi Siming's prestige was too high. An Qingxu was afraid that Shi Siming would discover that he had killed his father and usurped the throne. If Shi Siming raised his voice, the pseudo-Yan throne would have to change his surname to Shi.
Originally, An Qingxu ascended the throne in Luoyang, and Shi Siming was in charge of the rear in Taiyuan Prefecture. All of this was based on a fragile balance.
An Qingxu had great righteousness, after all, he was the son of An Lushan, and An Lushan had a high prestige in the three towns in Hedong, so An Qingxu could naturally command these generals.
However, due to the failure of the two capitals and the fact that Luoyang escaped from Luoyang without fighting An Qingxu, his number one strategist Yan Zhuang also surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
This was a devastating blow to An Qingxu's prestige.
When the news of the defeat spread to the three towns of Hedong, Pinglu and Fanyang, every street in the north was covered with linen and mourning, and weeping could be heard in every household.
The defeat of the two capitals not only ruined the elite of the puppet Yan, but also ruined the fathers, sons and husbands of many families in the three towns.
The person responsible for these two major defeats was naturally An Qingxu, the pseudo-Yan emperor.
The officers and soldiers who stayed in the three towns vaguely moved closer to Shi Siming's command.
An Qingxu's character is a bit surly, but he is not a fool.
He sent an envoy to ask Tian Chengsi, who was staying in Yingchuan, to come and meet him. However, as soon as the envoy left and never returned, An Qingxu knew that his men were no longer reliable.
However, after the Tang army regained Luoyang, Guo Ziyi simply made some repairs, handed over the defense of Luoyang to Zhang Xun, and led his troops north to pursue An Qingxu.
In front was Shi Siming, whose attitude was unclear, and behind was Guo Ziyi, who was chasing after him. An Qingxu seemed to be in a desperate situation.
The optimistic attitude of the Tang Dynasty made everyone feel that pacifying the Anlushan Rebellion was just around the corner.
However, Li Yan, who was in Shazhou, knew that the rebellion in Datang would continue for several more years.
Even if the Anlushan Rebellion was finally put down in name, the influence of this rebellion continued until the end of the Tang Dynasty, and even affected the situation of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Recruiting new players and guiding new players. Nowadays, old players welcome new players and guide new players to become familiar with the game. It has become a fixed monthly project, so Li Yan naturally does not need to worry about it.
Li Yan is paying attention to Li Mi who has just entered Shazhou these days.
Through Zhang Tianlun's game perspective, Li Yan already knew that Li Mi had arrived in Shazhou City.
After all, Guo Ziyi was Li Tan's teacher, and Li Mi also had a half-teacher friendship with Li Tan.
Regarding Li Mi, his old friend, Li Yan's mentality was also complicated.
The original owner of this body, Li Tan, was exiled to Longyou, and it was actually Li Mi's contribution.
After Li Mi supported the emperor in Lingwu and ascended the throne, he believed that the most important thing for the court was to stabilize it as soon as possible.
His outstanding performance on the way north even gave the emperor the idea of establishing a heir apparent.
In order to maintain the stability of the court, Li Mi proposed that Li Tan leave Lingwu and stay away from the center of power.
The original owner died as a result. Although Li Yan came through time travel, he also inherited the memory of the original owner, so he was naturally dissatisfied with Li Mi.
Li Yan did not take the initiative to summon Li Mi, and Li Mi did not take the initiative to seek a meeting with Li Yan.
After arriving in Shazhou, Li Mi's mood was equally complicated.
In order to maintain the stability of the court, Li Bi advised the emperor to drive Li Tan, who had just escorted Li Heng and his party to Lingwu, to Longyou, just to maintain the stability of the East Palace.
But now the prince's behavior is not like that of a human king.
As for the stability of the East Palace that Li Mi had painstakingly maintained, the ambitions of Empress Zhang and Li Fuguo set off a turmoil in the court to seize the throne.
Walking all the way and seeing such a prosperous Longyou, Li Bi felt even more uneasy.
I heard before that King Jianning first defeated the Uighurs and then Tubo in Longyou, and how prosperous Longyou was. Li Mi thought it was a rumor.
But after walking around Longyou with his own eyes, Li Mi became convinced.
Horses, which are very precious in the Central Plains, can be seen everywhere in Longyou. You can even rent a horse to travel in a city by paying a small deposit.
The ironware in Longyou was so luxurious that it could be spread on the ground to facilitate the faster transportation of goods.
What shocked Li Mi the most was Long You’s teachings.
When Li Mi first entered Shazhou City, he saw a group of people talking around the notice.
Li Mi also came over. It turned out that this was an announcement from the Longyou Governor's Office to review the death row prisoners in various places.
The notice was not long, and it stated the crimes committed by the criminals and the applicable Tang laws. These workshop workers, wearing blue overalls with motor oil on their hands, could actually read!
In addition to literacy, they actually discussed "Tang Lv Shu Yi".
You must know that in the most prosperous city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, not even one out of ten people could read.
But in Shazhou, even the drivers driving public carriages can read newspapers, and the literacy rate in Longyou is even more frightening.
With a powerful army, sufficient military resources, and a terrifying literate population, Li Mi just secretly laughed at the fact that everyone in the court was a frog in the well, and had no idea that King Jianning, who was huddled in Longyou, had already accumulated such strength.
But after being shocked, Li Mi was deeply worried.
He is armed with a sharp weapon and has a murderous intention.
King Jianning is the emperor's son, and he has such great power, how can he be a border vassal king with peace of mind?
Not to mention that the current emperor is not in good health. If the new emperor succeeds, how can he tolerate Li Tan continuing to stay in Longyou?
Li Mi was worried, and he would rather support the idiot King Guangping, just for the sake of the stability of the next succession of the Tang Dynasty.
But now it seems that once the late emperor dies, there will be another bloody storm.
Li Mi felt that everything he did was meaningless. In confusion, he asked Zhang Tianlun:
"Zhang Tianshi, do you think King Jianning should inherit the throne?"
Zhang Tianlun was stunned for a moment and said, "Of course."
Zhang Tianlun pointed to the bustling scene on the street and said: "Look at our Longyou, and then look at Lingzhou and Shuozhou that have come along the way. Isn't it natural to support who succeeds? Only King Jianning can bring prosperity to the people.
Have a good day."
Li Bi was stunned for a moment, these words struck him like a bell.
Yes, an emperor who can bring good lives to the people is the best emperor.
Li Mi then felt deeply ashamed. Why had he forgotten such a simple and easy-to-understand truth?
Li Bi pulled Zhang Tianlun and said, "Master Zhang, go to the Governor's Mansion. Li Bi wants to see King Jianning!"