At five o'clock, Li Ye was pushed awake by Qing Yu who was sleeping next to him.
"What's wrong?" Li Ye asked in a daze.
"Husband, Li Dutong said there is an emergency to report."
"If the world is peaceful, what other emergencies will arise?"
Li Ye sighed and had to sit up slowly, "Put on some clothes for me!"
Qingyu quickly stood up and put on clothes for her husband.
Li Ye washed his face to wake himself up, and then followed the two palace maids out...
In the outer hall, Li Chenghua paced back and forth anxiously.
Not long after, Li Ye came out, sat down and said, "What happened?"
"Sorry to disturb your majesty's rest. We do have urgent information!"
"Tell me! What urgent information?"
"I just received a letter from the inner guard Eagle from Anxi, and Suiye was attacked and fell!"
"What?"
Li Ye's eyes suddenly widened, "Who dares to sneak attack Suiye?"
"It's the Saint Sisters' army!"
"Why did the Holy Maidens attack Suiye?" Li Ye narrowed his eyes.
"It may be related to An Jia. I received another eagle letter this morning. An Jia and his party died suddenly and mysteriously when passing by Sui Ye. A total of thirty-four people died."
Li Ye was confused: "What's going on?"
Li Chenghua suddenly thought of something, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, there are some issues here that are not quite right. The main reason is that the time and distance do not match up. Please let Rong Beizhi go back to sort out his thoughts and report to Your Majesty tomorrow."
Li Ye nodded, "Not necessarily tomorrow, but also in two days."
"I have resigned from my humble position and please take a rest, Your Majesty!"
Li Ye couldn't sleep either. He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands. Qing Yu brought him a cup of tea.
"What time is it now?" Li Ye turned around and asked.
"It's just after five o'clock. Husband, please take a nap for a while!"
Li Ye took a sip of tea and said, "I can't sleep anymore, I'll go to the study!"
It was already early winter, and the night was very cold. Qing Yu quickly put a thick fur coat on her husband, arranged for a light carriage, and Li Ye got on the carriage and returned to the Guantiantai study.
Li Ye came to the study, and several palace maids were waiting at the door. The study was a confidential place, and only Li Ye's wife and children could usually enter. If anyone else wanted to go in and clean up, they must obtain the consent of Li Ye or his wife.
Li Ye opened the door and nodded to several palace ladies. The palace ladies immediately went in, lit the lamps, and moved the burning charcoal basin into the room.
The room gradually became warmer. Li Ye took out a map from the bookcase and spread it on the table. It was a map of the river, with Suiye as the center, extending to Aral Sea County in the west, Anxi and Beiting in the east, and Baer in the north.
Lake Kashgar, south to Tochara.
In such a vast land, Broken Leaf is a crucial strategic place. It can be the eye of a big chess game, but it was unexpectedly captured by a sneak attack. How could Li Ye accept this?
But Li Ye is no longer the impulsive general he used to be. He is now the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who rules the world. He now looks at problems from a higher perspective and looks at problems from an overall perspective.
If the information is true, there is a big problem here. On the surface, it seems that the sudden death of An Jia and others in Suiye triggered the Saint Maiden's revenge on Suiye.
But if you think about it carefully, it is full of loopholes. It will take at least half a month for the news of Anjia's death to reach Kang State. It will also take half a month for the army to kill Zhiye again. How is it possible that as soon as Anjia dies, there will be
The army is coming? Not to mention there are still two thousand troops stationed in Suiye.
This can only mean that the enemy army was hiding not far from Suiye and suddenly attacked Suiye. The garrison of Suiye was caught off guard. There were probably still people in the city who were cooperating with others.
As for Anga's death, it was just an excuse.
Why did the Holy Maidens suddenly attack Suiye? Li Ye didn't know, but he didn't want to know either. He only knew that he now had a perfect reason to send troops to the west.
Li Ye looked at Dashi in the west again. Although Dashi experienced the disastrous defeat of Talas, it was more than ten years ago. Although the war in the west delayed them, they never gave up crossing the river.
area.
Tibet also looked covetously at Tochara and the Transoxiana region.
Intuition told Li Ye that Dashi and Tubo would make a comeback in the next two years, and he could not delay any longer.
Early the next morning, Li Ye came to the imperial study and found that Li Chenghua was already waiting for him in front of the imperial study.
Walking into the room, Li Ye smiled lightly and said, "You figured it out so quickly?"
Li Chenghua bowed and said: "Your Majesty asked me to conduct a detailed investigation of the Holy Maidens Association last time, but I haven't submitted the report yet. The reason is that the journey is far away. The men I sent to Suiye have just started investigating, so there are many things about the Holy Maidens."
I didn’t have time to report the important information to His Majesty. I always wanted to write it in the report after the investigation was completed, but I realized last night that if I didn’t tell His Majesty in advance, I’m afraid it would lead to His Majesty’s misjudgment.”
Li Ye sat down and calmed himself down, "Go ahead! I'll listen."
"Your Majesty, do you still remember that I seized a pure gold Three Swords of the Sun in Xinchangfang?"
Why didn't Li Ye remember that the pure gold weighing thirty kilograms was still in the inner treasury?
Li Ye nodded and said with a smile: "What's wrong with it?"
"Your Majesty, An Jia told me that the Three Sun Swords was originally an offering from the Broken Leaf Saints Association, but it was stolen. They didn't expect that the thief turned out to be Kong Shibo, and he brought it to Chang'an."
"Keep talking!"
"This humble minister, Kongsberg, originally thought that he was a member of the Holy Sisters, or at least an outsider, but after several interrogations, it was discovered that his identity was very complicated. He was both a member of the Holy Sisters and a brother of the Illuminati.
A member, he is also a middle-level general of the Kangguo army, and an army spy of the Saint Sisters."
Li Ye frowned, "What can you tell if the relationship is so complicated?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is a subordinate in Beizhi, named Qu Afeng. She is the deputy leader of Anga and a native of Jianzhou, Bashu. She does not want to leave the Tang Dynasty again, so Beizhi recruited her into the inner guard. She told Beizhi that the Saintess will follow
There is no experience in using the army, and the sources of soldiers are mixed, many of them are from the armies of various countries in Sogdia, and even several important generals were recruited from the armies of various countries with huge sums of money."
Li Ye nodded, "Tell me your conclusion!"
Li Chenghua said solemnly: "I believe that the person behind the army's attack on Suiye may not necessarily be the Saintess Society."
Li Ye said calmly: "But what you just said is not enough to support your current conclusion."
"Your Majesty, the Saints' Association has no motive to attack Suiye. Although Your Majesty banned the Saints' Association from preaching in the Tang Dynasty two months ago, it would take at least three or four months for the news to reach the Saints' Association. In the past few years,
, the Holy Maiden Society has been very successful in preaching in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible for them to ruin their future by themselves."
Li Ye smiled and said: "But they can use the Eagle Letter to convey the message, just like the news of Broken Leaf was transmitted to the Tang Dynasty using the Eagle Letter. If they use the Eagle Letter, even if it is transferred several times, they can still send it to the Tang Dynasty within half a month.
When the news reached Samarkand, the Holy Lady of Light was furious and ordered an attack on Suiye to retaliate against us for arresting the Saints. It is entirely possible!"
Li Chenghua sighed and said: "I want to personally go to Suiye to investigate the case. I sincerely request your Majesty's permission!"
"But you are the commander of the inner guards. If you go to break the leaves, what will the inner guards do?"
"Your Majesty, Liu Wutong is reporting on his duties in Chang'an. He has been recommended by his subordinates to be the deputy commander of the internal guards. If his subordinates are no longer here, he can take up the post of commanding the internal guards."
Li Ye knew that Li Chenghua wanted to take this opportunity to offload his burden. She had expressed her desire to resign from the post of internal guard more than once. Li Ye thought for a moment: "I have approved you to go to Suiye to investigate the case. We will discuss other matters when we come back!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Li Ye added: "Lingshan is blocked by heavy snow at this time, but if the weather is fine, you can ride a camel there. You can go and try your luck!"
Li Chenghua bowed and left.
Li Ye thought for a moment and said to Du You: "Notify the political affairs hall that I have an emergency report!"