Chapter 1338 How can one proclaim himself emperor if the traitor is not eliminated?
Yan Dong's status in the Tang Dynasty was not high.
Northern Xinjiang, Southern Xinjiang, Western Xinjiang, and finally Eastern Xinjiang.
Eastern Xinjiang does not face many enemies, not even as many as Western Xinjiang.
Western Xinjiang at least has the task of guarding against the barbarians and the Luoluo Kingdom.
Shi Gongming has been in charge of Eastern Xinjiang for many years and has been thinking of ways to transfer him, even to Western Xinjiang!
But every time his memorial came to Chang'an, there was no response.
Later, he also figured out that since no one was willing to take over Eastern Xinjiang, it would be a good idea for me to become a local emperor here.
He is secretly managing his own power and observing changes in the world.
The emperor only knows how to fight for power and gain, and only knows how to play political tricks, while the world is in dire straits.
The Tang Dynasty is going to be in chaos!
Shi Gongming made this judgment and then began to make preparations.
Shi Zhongtang rebelled, and Shi Gongming was secretly delighted. He felt that even if the court could suppress Shi Zhongtang, its strength would be damaged. In this way, his opportunity came.
But what he didn't expect was that the army in the court was beaten into dogs by Shi Zhongtang.
Shi Zhongtang invaded Guanzhong with overwhelming force, and the emperor abandoned Chang'an and fled. This series of changes shocked Shi Gongming.
He found that he was wrong.
If I had known that the army in the DPRK was so corrupt, I should have taken the lead in raising troops.
He regretted it endlessly and then raised an army.
But now he is not in a hurry, he is waiting for the Northern Xinjiang Army to move south.
For this reason, he regarded Daizhou as a whetstone. While constantly sharpening his subordinates, he also used it to observe the situation.
After the Battle of Daozhou, the situation gradually became clearer, and everyone knew that there would be a battle between the Southern Xinjiang Army and the Northern Xinjiang Army.
He noticed that the atmosphere of the war was getting stronger and stronger.
He originally wanted to continue watching the battle, but Shi Zhongtang sent an envoy and asked him to attack Lizhou using the north as a bargaining chip.
All right!
I'm tempted.
Therefore, Shi Gongming promised to defeat Daizhou in five days.
Five days, he did not make a random promise, but it was well-founded.
The Daizhou garrison had already suffered heavy casualties, and now many of the people on the city walls were strong.
Secondly, the walls of Daizhou City were in disrepair for a long time and showed signs of collapse during many attacks.
The defenders were weak and the city walls were crumbling.
In such a situation, five days would be a good idea for him.
Maximum four days.
For this reason, he sent out scouts widely to guard against surprise attacks by the Northern Xinjiang Army.
But just when he was full of confidence and was about to break the city, the rebellion flag suddenly appeared in his sight.
"This is impossible!"
Shi Gongming lost his composure and roared: "The scout failed in his duty!"
But Shi Jian realized something was wrong, "Yeah, there are a lot less scouts."
Even in a surprise attack, the difficulty of annihilating all the scouts is unimaginably high.
You have to use a large army, and the army must surround you from all sides, otherwise you won't be able to surround and annihilate those fox-like cunning scouts.
Shi Gongming sent out a wide range of scouts, and the number was estimated to be in the thousands, but at this moment only a hundred or so escaped.
Damn it, where are the others?
An idea popped into my mind.
"They came from the mountains!" General Qin Ying said.
There are mountains near Daizhou that stretch very long. Only by coming from the mountains can we avoid most of the scouts.
"Why don't we know there is a passage in the mountain?" Shi Jian said in disbelief, "Aye, I have asked many times, and the people and hunters all said there is no passage."
Shi Gongming's lips moved.
Just because, in the eyes of the people, we are rebellious!
But what the King of Qin was holding high was the banner of rebellion!
On the opposite side of that big flag, I'm waiting to explain the traitor!
"Array up!"
Qin Ying shouted.
At the top of the city, the rebels retreated like a tide.
The defenders looked at the approaching Northern Xinjiang Army with tears in their eyes.
"They are all Qingqi." Wang Shu looked at the big flag greedily, "The King of Qin is here. Your Majesty, we are saved!"
"But that's the Yang Ni your Majesty said!" Zhang Lin held the city head with both hands and looked at the reinforcements greedily.
"Your Majesty, you said before..."
But that was, after all, the rebellion that Emperor Jinkou Yuyan talked about.
Thinking of what Zhang Lin had said before, Wang Shu felt that the envoy's future was worrying.
After the defenders narrowly escaped death, they obviously thought about this problem.
Damn it!
The envoy had previously called the emperor an old dog.
In full view of everyone, Zhang Lin raised his sword and shouted:
"Your Highness, Chitose!"
What?!
Your Highness is a thousand years old!?
Are you determined to surrender to the King of Qin?
Zhang Lin glanced at Wang Shu.
Wang Shu raised his arms without hesitation and shouted, "Your Highness, a thousand years old!"
Zhang Lin's eyes swept over the defenders.
Countless arms are raised high.
Everyone shouted happily: "His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"
A sergeant cursed: "I don't want to endure it for a long time. That old dog doesn't look like an emperor."
"I just want to follow King Qin to relieve my anger!"
"Daizhou has become an isolated city for a long time. The world is so big, but no one has even looked at it. I have long thought of myself as a dead person, but I didn't expect it! At this time, His Highness the King of Qin came in person. Don't worry, from now on I will
This life belongs to His Highness!"
"Qian Laoer, what if His Highness orders you to attack His Majesty?" someone teased.
Qian Laoer said seriously: "Then I will kill that old dog!"
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The rebels want to switch from a siege state to a defensive state, which takes time.
"Array up!"
Shi Gongming urged his men to turn to the formation, and looked back from time to time to glance at the retreating army.
"Hurry up!" Shi Gongming shouted.
"The Northern Xinjiang Army is approaching!"
Li Xuan personally led the army, led by Orion, through the mountains, and suddenly appeared on the side of Daizhou.
This time, the Yandong rebels were caught off guard.
Even though the men and horses were tired, Li Xuan shouted without hesitation: "Assault!"
The rebel formation is in chaos, this is the best time.
He wanted to charge into the formation himself, but in front of him, dozens of generous bodies blocked him tightly. Let alone charging into the formation, even if there was a rain of arrows in front of him, it would not hurt him at all.
Yunshan monks arrived one after another, followed by metaphysics disciples.
I seem to be despised!
Li Xuan resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
Ning Yayun rode to his side, and then Lin Feibao appeared on the other side.
Damn it!
You didn't even give me a chance to take action!
Li Xuan was desperate.
But the rebels are obviously more desperate.
"Array up!"
The generals were roaring.
But how can formation switching be so easy?
Moreover, the Yandong Army had never experienced a major battle. As the Northern Xinjiang Army continued to approach, the soldiers were a little panicked and their formation became increasingly chaotic.
"Aye, the momentum is wrong!" The unruly Shi Jian said: "I will lead a team of people to counterattack."
Behind him, a group of cavalry has assembled and is on standby.
Everyone is looking at Shi Gongming.
He spoke slowly, "Stop the Northern Xinjiang Army with one unit, and retreat, the big army!"
What?
Shi Jian said in disbelief: "Aye, the Northern Xinjiang Army only has more than 10,000 cavalry!"
"withdraw!"
Shi Gongming waved.
Before he finished speaking, the Northern Xinjiang Army came up.
A group of people in front of them fell on their backs, and then a group of cavalry sharply broke through the formation of the Yandong rebels.
The already loose formation suddenly fell into chaos.
Immediately, the following northern Xinjiang cavalry continued to expand their breakthrough points.
Shi Jian's face turned pale, and only now did he know that Shi Gongming's judgment was absolutely correct.
The retreat quickly turned into an escape. The cavalry was fine, but the infantry suffered.
The infantry fled while looking back at the pursuers.
It is rumored that the Northern Xinjiang Army does not want the rebels to take prisoners. Even if you kneel down, you will still be killed with a single blow.
"Na surrender!"
King Qin ordered.
"His Royal Highness orders the surrender!"
The pursuers in front began to shout: "Abandon your sword and kneel down and don't kill!"
The defeated soldiers were stunned for a moment.
Lord, could I have heard wrongly?
No one will lie to you at this time, otherwise no one will believe you if you try to recruit someone in the future.
Reputation is a priceless treasure for those who are interested in competing in the Central Plains.
"Abandon your sword and kneel down without killing!"
You heard that right!
The defeated soldiers discarded their weapons, knelt on the ground, lowered their heads, and did not dare to look at the pursuers.
Ning Yayun asked curiously: "You are not like this towards the rebels in southern Xinjiang."
"Most of them are foreigners over there. If the foreigners come, it's best to stay!" Li Xuan said lightly.
However, the Yandong rebels were all from the Tang Dynasty. They had not committed any murders since they rebelled, so they escaped disaster.
"Twenty miles pursuit!"
Li Xuan reined in his horse.
"Your Highness, are you unhappy?" Han Ji noticed that Li Xuan's brows were a little sad.
"I originally thought that Yan Dong's army could withstand a battle, but I didn't expect that it would collapse at the first touch."
Li Xuan's words made everyone laugh.
But what he said next made people laugh, "What have the warriors of the Tang Dynasty been doing in these years?"
"Shame!" Li Xuan's face turned livid, "If there is a large-scale invasion by foreign tribes, can we rely on this kind of army to defend against the enemy?"
Everyone's hearts were awe-inspiring, but they were also filled with joy.
Your Highness is considering this from the perspective of the world. It can be seen that the situation is so big that Shi Zhongtang and his like are not worthy of being compared to each other.
"If we hadn't risen in Northern Xinjiang, Northern Liao would have invaded sooner or later." Li Xuan felt that there was God's will in the dark, and he was the anomaly that disrupted the process.
"Your Highness, we must win Daizhou!" He Lianrong said, "Only by winning Daizhou can Lizhou be stable."
Only when Lizhou is stable can the transportation of supplies of the Northern Xinjiang Army be guaranteed.
Military morale will be stable.
Li Xuan nodded, "Go and have a look."
He rode his horse and led his subordinates Wenwu to the city.
At this moment, Daizhou City looks particularly miserable: there are corpses under the city, and there are many wooden ladders erected on the city wall. There are cracks in many places on the city wall...
"Tragic!" Han Ji shook his head.
At the top of the city, Zhang Lin held his hand and said, "Daizhou Zhang Lin, thank you so much, Your Highness!"
Wang Shu beside him whispered: "Don't you want to surrender? Why are you hesitating?"
He looked at Zhang Lin, "I have a saying... If you want to surrender, you should do it cleanly. Hesitation will only make people suspicious. If you surrender later, you may not end well!"
Zhang Lin shook his head: "I want to see King Qin's mind."
Under the city, He Lianyan whispered: "Zhang Lin used to be an official in Western Xinjiang. Those barbarians like to come to Western Xinjiang to plunder. After a lot of times, as long as there is not much movement, they don't care about the place. Zhang Lin was a judge at the time, and he brought dozens of people with him.
The junior officials actually ambushed the barbarians, and they suffered heavy casualties. There were too many casualties among the junior officials, and the place could not suppress them. Then Zhang Lin was pushed out to take responsibility... and he came to Daizhou."
"He has been an official in Daizhou for many years, and his temperament is still strong. Daizhou is barren and it is difficult to be promoted as an official, so he can successfully become the governor. Once he became the governor, he never moved again."
Li Xuan looked at Zhang Lin at the top of the city and said: "The Tang Dynasty never lacked heroes, but the imperial court was content and excluded such heroes."
This trend of bad money driving out good money must be killed!
Li Xuan set this direction in his mind and asked: "The false emperor fled, Guanzhong fell, and the isolated city of Daizhou was difficult to defend. Can we make a decision?"
Just as Zhang Ling was about to speak, Wang Shu said: "Your Majesty, the people have come out."
Due to the crisis, the sergeants who were originally patrolling the city were mobilized.
Zhang Lin looked back and saw people walking out of their homes one by one, gathering together, and slowly walking towards the city.
A pair of eyes were looking at him.
Zhang Lin turned around and asked loudly: "May I ask, Your Highness, why you don't proclaim yourself emperor?"
Guanzhong was lost, Chang'an fell, Li Mi fled, the south fell, and the emperor's majesty was completely lost.
In the opinion of many people, this is the best time for Li Xuan to proclaim himself emperor.
After proclaiming himself emperor, he was able to gather many forces that were dissatisfied with Li Mi with just one call.
But Li Xuan still called himself King of Qin and sent troops south.
Zhang Lin really wanted to know the reason.
The whole world wants to know the reason.
From this, we can see Li Xuan’s ambition.
Li Xuan spoke:
"How can we proclaim ourselves emperor if the traitors are not eliminated?"
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Zhang Lin was startled.
He has been an official for many years, and is used to seeing people acting like flies and dogs, and being used to talking about benevolence, righteousness, and morality.
He thought the emperor would be better off, at least, showing courage in the face of rebellion.
But the emperor's courage seemed to be exhausted by the woman, and he actually escaped.
The moment he heard the news, Zhang Lin felt that his sky had collapsed.
The sky of the Tang Dynasty also collapsed!
The Northern Xinjiang Army moved south, and he looked at the north with complicated emotions.
But Li Xuan did not proclaim himself emperor, which puzzled Zhang Lin but also gave him a glimmer of hope.
Li Bi was so stubborn that even the people in the world did not think highly of his children and grandchildren.
Li's reputation was ruined, and the price was that after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, it would be difficult to stand up again.
The world will be at war for many years like the state of Chen after its fall.
White bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles.
Just thinking about this scene makes Zhang Lin's heart throb.
But now, he saw the light.
He turned around and shouted to the people: "I asked Your Highness why you didn't proclaim yourself emperor. Your Highness said, why can you proclaim yourself emperor before the rebels are eliminated! What should I do if I represent the state?"
The people were startled.
Just when the sky of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be covered with a layer of dark clouds, King Qin's choice was like a ray of sunshine piercing the dark clouds.
An old man knelt down tremblingly.
The old man burst into tears and said, "Datang, there is still hope!"
He shouted: "I represent the state and should follow His Highness. Your Highness is a thousand years old!"
The people knelt down one by one.
"Your Highness, Chitose!"
Amidst the loud shouts, Zhang Lin turned around and knelt down.