Shi Zhongtang had been hiding the news of the defeat, but the paper could not cover up the fire. With the movement of people, the news of the defeat of the southern Xinjiang rebels spread throughout the south. "Defeated?"
The literati were gathering in a restaurant, and they carefully asked people to guard the outside. Only after they were sure that no one was eavesdropping did they dare to discuss the matter.
"It is said that Shi Zhongtang had many tricks, but the King of Qin calmly resolved them one by one and finally won with one blow."
"I heard that the King of Qin personally led the black armored cavalry into the formation, and the soldiers in the army shouted long live, and the country's atmosphere was greatly enhanced."
"What about Shi Zhongtang?"
"He just hid in the middle of the army and ran away when he saw that the situation was not going well."
"One of them braved the stone and charged to kill, while the other fled. Let's judge!"
"No, after that, the King of Qin successively conquered and established the state, and Yuezhou became unstoppable. Now he is eyeing our southern border."
"After that"
Everyone looked at each other with strange colors flashing in their eyes.
It turned out that Shi Zhongtang's rebellion was progressing so smoothly that these people could only hang their heads and wait for the establishment of a new dynasty.
But now the situation is reversed
"It seems that King Qin has a destiny!" "The army is back." Someone shouted outside.
A scholar walked to the window and took a look outside. He saw Shi Zhongtang, Wei Ming and others. "How is it?" someone asked.
The scholar by the window turned around and said, "He's back."
Shi Zhongtang returned to Qinghe.
"Keep an eye on those people." Shi Zhongtang looked at the desperate state of the people who were forced to come out to welcome them, and said coldly: "There will definitely be some people who will cause trouble. Let's catch a group of them and kill them to scare those idiots.
"yes!"
When he arrived outside the Jiedu envoy's house, civil and military officials came out to greet him.
Shi Zhongtang entered the lobby, said some words of encouragement, and then ordered everyone to disperse.
He Zun stayed.
"The men recruiting warriors have already gone to those tribes and mountains."
Shi Zhongtang sneered: "I promised more money and food, but people from the Tang Dynasty still refuse to join the army?"
"Yes." He Zun felt a little melancholy in his heart. A feeling of abandonment emerged spontaneously.
"I don't need them!" Shi Zhongtang said: "I only want their taxes.
A general came outside the door and came in to report: "Your Majesty, the Northern Xinjiang Army has stationed troops in Yuezhou and Daozhou. It is said that they have been training very diligently."
"After the battle, you must rest. After the rest, the soldiers will become lazy. They must practice slowly and step by step. Is Li Xuan ready to start?"
Shi Zhongtang looked at the map and said, "Tell them to guard the city." "Yes!"
"Hurry up and recruit warriors, practice them, and assemble and stand by immediately." "Yes!"
Shi Zhongtang stood up, "Although we have lost the war, our southern Xinjiang is still there. However, the army in the northern Xinjiang is lacking in food and grass and it is difficult to mobilize soldiers. We still have a lot to do."
He Zun said: "Someone has suggested that we should go to the Southern Zhou Dynasty to plunder."
In his opinion, such people are fools.
Shi Zhongtang hesitated for a moment, "It's not easy to cause extraneous matters at this moment." Southern Zhou Dynasty.
Nian Ru has been in charge of the Lover's Department for many years and is a confidant of the emperor.
After the failure of the attack on southern Xinjiang, Nian Xu ordered him to send more spies to keep an eye on southern Xinjiang and Qinghe.
Nian Ru knew that he was worried about the revenge of the Southern Xinjiang Army, so he selected the best spies to go.
"Is there any news?"
When I arrived at Lovers' Department in the morning, before entering the check-in room, Nian Ru asked, "No."
The young scholar felt relieved and immediately went to the palace to report. "That's good."
Nian Xu still looked graceful, but Nian Ru, who was familiar with him, noticed that there was a trace of wrinkles in the corners of his eyes.
After the defeat of the attack on southern Xinjiang, the remnants of the New Party in the court launched an offensive to impeach Peng Jing, Fang Chong and others. However, the New Party had some lack of stamina since Sun Shi resigned. Han Bi could not support it alone, and the offensive was eventually defeated.
Peng Jing and others resolved it.
"By the way." Nian Xu suddenly remembered something, "How is Sun Shi?"
After Sun Shi resigned, he took his family and left Bianjing.
Live in a small town not far away.
"I was quite haggard at first, but then I gradually got over the pain of losing my son, but I still live in seclusion."
"knew."
When Nian Ru saw a glimmer of satisfaction in the emperor's eyes, he knew that his attitude towards Sun Shi had not changed.
Sun Shi was very resolute in resigning, and the old party was pushing for it, no, it was adding fuel to the flames, so Nian Xu had no choice but to agree. However, Nian Xu had a hand in letting Sun Shi hang up a sinecure not far from Bianjing.
Sun Shi had a resolute temperament and was full of vigor in his actions. With him by Bianjing's side, the old party would have another check.
But even so, Nian Xu is still wary of Sun Shi. This means that he wants to use you, but he will also be wary of you.
Emperor! Are you tired? Nian Ru resigned. Nian Xu returned to the harem.
The Southern Zhou Dynasty was prosperous. Although Nian Xu did not like luxury, the palace was still magnificent. "Where is Nanyang?" Nian Xu ignored the two concubines playing the piano on the roadside.
Xie Yingong asked someone and came back and said, "The princess is having a barbecue." Can barbecue be done in the palace?
Nian Xu had questions all over his head, but Xie Yingong looked innocent, "Your Majesty, the princess has been sequestered in Chang'an for many years."
After returning to Southern Zhou Dynasty, can't you let the princess have fun? "Have a look!"
There is a garden deep in the harem, because the palace is not big and the garden is small.
Even in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, it was quite cold at this time of year, and the cold in the south was different from that in the north. It was cold.
As soon as the little wind blew, I immediately felt like my bones were being frozen.
In the small garden, the charcoal fire was burning brightly, and a leg of lamb was placed on it, roasting sizzlingly.
Nanzhou Zhenbao was standing on the side, warming himself by the fire and directing the barbecue. "Father."
After seeing Nian Xu who was pretending to be angry, Nian Ziyue invited, "I learned this method of roasting lamb legs in Chang'an. Father, would you like to try it?"
Nian Xu walked over, and a puff of oil smoke made him sneeze. "Are you bored?"
"No." Nian Ziyue pointed to the sky, "It's dark here and I can only take a nap while sitting. I thought it would be better to go out and walk around."
"Chang'an is uneasy." Nian Xu said sarcastically: "The rebels entered the pass, and Li Bi didn't say anything about resisting, but only ran away."
"What's going on now?" Nian Ziyue asked.
"The Northern Xinjiang Army has defeated Lizhou, and the war is about to begin." Nian Xu said, "Winning or losing this battle is of great importance."
"Shi Zhongtang wins, the Central Plains will change its dynasty." "That's right. But if Li Xuan wins,
What would happen if he wins? Nian Ziyue thought curiously.
The roasted leg of lamb was ready, and Nian Xu had a rare meal with his daughter. Before leaving, he asked on a whim: "Fang Chong led the Northern Expedition and was defeated. Zi Yue thinks I still have a chance in the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
Nian Ziyue was wiping her hands when she heard this and said almost without thinking: "No chance."
Nian Xu's question seemed to come from a whim, but in fact it was the product of the panic and ambition deep in his heart.
After Fang Chong's Northern Expedition failed, the Southern Zhou Dynasty began to recruit troops on a large scale and form a large army.
Nian Xu was worried that if Shi Zhongtang unified the Central Plains, he would go south to attack the Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, he hoped that the Northern Xinjiang Army could win.
But deep down in his heart, his instinct as an emperor drove him to think about something.
"We must find the vitality of Great Zhou in this battle!"
Nian Xu said this to the ministers.
Fang Chong saluted and said, "God will bless you for the great Zhou Dynasty."
This is the routine of chanting saints.
Nothing special.
"As long as you, Fang Chong, are here, this week will not get better!"
Fang Chong knew it was Han Bi without looking back.
"Have you drunk too much, Prime Minister Han?" Fang Chong said coldly.
Han Bi left the mission. "At first, you and others advocated hard, saying that the main force of the southern Xinjiang army going north would be a good opportunity for the Northern Expedition. When selecting the commander-in-chief, His Majesty originally preferred me, but you and others strongly opposed it.
I was puzzled, Fang Chong has never led an army in a battle, where did you get the confidence? Only later did I understand
, Oh! It turns out that some people regard the Northern Expedition as a good opportunity to gain credit. What I am even more puzzled about is, where does this person get the confidence to win? "
When this matter was mentioned, Fang Chong stopped talking no matter how much he said.
The Northern Expedition was a stain that could not be erased in his life.
"Later I realized that in this man's eyes, the most important thing is to gain credit for oneself. As for the possibility of defeat... a defeat would only harm the Zhou Dynasty. As for him, he has countless comrades to protect him, and His Majesty can only
What can I do without help...
"That's enough!"
No matter how thick-skinned Chong was, he couldn't speak up on this topic. Peng Jing stepped forward.
Squirting with Han Bi.
There was a quarrel between the two, and Nian Xu watched in silence.
To be honest, it is his fault that the court is like this.
The art of checks and balances is a science that emperors can master without a teacher, and Li Mi is the master of it.
However, Nian Xu’s rank is not low either.
With the old and new parties forming checks and balances in the court, he, the emperor, could sit back and relax.
But checks and balances were not his original intention. However, his ancestors shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, which made the power of civil servants unprecedentedly powerful, so he could only take such helpless measures.
"Shi Zhongtang will definitely be in a stalemate with Li Xuan, at least for several years. Dazhou still has a chance to counterattack!"
Peng Jing vowed to do so, as if he could travel through time and space and see the future.
"How many years will it last? You idiot, I bet you, it will be a year at most!" Han Bi is a privy envoy, and his attainments in martial arts can overwhelm Peng Jing.
The two of them were about to have a duel in front of the emperor using the wat board. When Xie Yingong saw the young scholar coming outside the door, he quickly coughed and said, "My lords, I have something important to do."
The young scholar came in and looked at him with a dead face. "Your Majesty, news of the war has arrived."
Peng Jing's body trembled. Fang Chong stood up straight. "Say."
Nian Xu's mood was complicated. He felt like his fate was being decided by others, which made him feel even more tormented.
"The Northern Xinjiang Army defeated Lizhou, then defeated Shi Gongming, and fought a decisive battle with Shi Zhongtang. On the second day of the battle, Li Xuan personally led the Xuanjia Cavalry into the formation and defeated the Southern Xinjiang Army."
Fang Chong relaxed. Peng Jing stroked his beard and smiled.
Next, Shi Zhongtang entered Guanzhong, so the battle is still going on! "Then Li Xuan regained Guanzhong.
The palace was extremely quiet, and one could even hear the bowel sounds caused by indigestion from a certain courtier.
"The situation is set!"
After a long time, Han Bi sighed: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that Shi Zhongtang will jump over the wall and take advantage of me, Da Zhou!"
It was originally estimated that the war would last for several years, but now it seems that Shi Zhongtang overestimated, no, he underestimated King Qin.
"In the follow-up, the Northern Xinjiang army will move south. I don't know how long this battle will last. Shi Zhongtang will always be a sharp knife hanging over my head, Dazhou."
Han Bi glanced at Fang Chong, "If there had been no Northern Expedition, or if the Northern Expedition had been victorious, then the Great Zhou Dynasty would have made Shi Zhongtang afraid. If he retreated to southern Xinjiang, he would only be worried that I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, would send troops to attack him. But now."
Nian Xu was silent for a long time, "I want to think about it carefully." "I will leave."
The news spread to the harem. "He won?"
Nian Ziyue blinked her beautiful eyes, "I knew that Shi Zhongtang was no match for him."
Zhang Jing said: "Princess, there was silence in the court earlier. They were all worried that Shi Zhongtang would attack Dazhou after returning."
"Will it?" Nian Ziyue's words seemed more like asking himself.
That man once rescued her in Pingkangfang. If there was a crisis in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, would he take action?
"Princess, it is said that after Prime Minister Fang failed in the last Northern Expedition, those in southern Xinjiang regarded Dazhou as a piece of fat meat. Shi Zhongtang lost to the King of Qin, and maybe he will come to Dazhou to seek compensation."
"Is Dazhou so easy to bully?" Nian Ziyue looked at Zhang Jing quietly. "It seems so.
That night, Nian Xu had been sitting in a daze. But Peng Jing and others slept soundly.
To them the news was like the last boot from upstairs.
Once it falls, I feel relieved. As for the future.
Say it again!
Han Bi drank too much at home and scolded Peng Jing and others for harming the country. It was dawn.
Nian Xu called Xie Yingong.
"Go to see Sun Shi in person and tell him that I am waiting for him in Bianjing."