Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Prime Minister Fang Defeats Chang'an Xi Shi Siming and Forces Yan Zhenqing

Li Mi didn't quite agree with Li Heng's approach. King Jianning was indeed a marshal's material, but King Guangping was the elder brother. If King Jianning was successful, how could King Guangping be accommodated? When Li Mi said this, Li Heng realized that the reason why his ancestor Li Shimin was so tolerant was because he made too much contribution in the troubled times and finally faced the infighting between brothers? Li Mi's solution is very simple. He suggested that Li Chu, the king of Guangping, be the marshal of the army and horses that day.Li Tan, the king of Jianning, was very happy when he heard about it. He ran to Li Mi, "Well done, it made Tan's heart feel at ease!"

The relationship between Emperor Li Heng and Shanren Li Mi became better and better, but when they went out to parade together, the sergeants often pointed at them and whispered, "The one who wears yellow clothes is a saint; the one who wears white clothes is a Shanren! "Li Heng felt that others didn't know, and thought he was a stingy emperor, and it was really unreasonable for Li Mi not to take office, so it was necessary to force Li Mi to accept his appointment. He first launched an emotional offensive, and said some theoretical basis that there is no difference between official uniforms and Taoist uniforms, and then gave Li Mi a set of official uniforms for Li Mi to try on.

After Mr. Li Mi put it on, he laughed there, "I've already put on these clothes, what's the point of not having an official name!" I finished reading the imperial edict with the fastest speaking speed.Li Bi suddenly became the commander of the army and the marshal's mansion, which was unacceptable to him who didn't want to be an official.Li Heng comforted him, "I don't dare to let you be the prime minister, but the current situation is difficult, and when the thieves are calmed down, let the superiors go and stay!" Li Mi is going to assist Generalissimo Li Chu, and the Marshal's Mansion is in the ban.Now that the military situation is urgent, there are countless reports from all quarters. Li Heng himself would definitely not be able to read them all. He sent almost all the military information to the Marshal's Mansion, and asked Li Mi to read it first.He probably knew that Li Mi could see ten things at a glance, and he could not forget. From dark to dawn, someone sorted out the documents all night in the forbidden center, and Li Chu and Li Mi were in charge of the keys.

Li Heng has no shortage of talents, but he still has a big problem-no money. If you don't have money, you don't do things. This is the truth that has not changed since ancient times.Li Mi suggested that Che Jia should not stay in Lingwu now, but go to Pengyuan (Bin County, Shaanxi Province), and go to Fufeng when the Northwest Army is approaching.why?Because Zuyong should arrive at that time, and he can be rewarded by the army.Li Heng agrees with Li Mi.On the way, the car driver met a man who had escaped from the bandit army.Li Heng was deeply impressed by this eunuch, he was Bian Lingcheng.

The reason why he came to join Li Heng must be because after he surrendered to An Lushan, An Lushan didn't treat him like a green onion, and his life was not good, so he gave up Chang'an and came to Li Heng.This Bian Lingcheng was the culprit that caused Tongguan to fall.Bian Lingcheng hoped to find an official position with Li Heng, but he would never have the chance to enjoy the glory and wealth again. After the first stabbing in the early years, he was stabbed again, but this time it was above. On the way, Li Heng met Wei Jiansu, the envoy of the Supreme Emperor from Chengdu. In Li Heng's mind, Wei Jiansu was also a big villain.

Wei Jiansu was recommended by Yang Guozhong, and Yang Guozhong was a bad guy who had murdered Li Heng, and those who followed the bad guys must be bad guys, this was Li Heng's conclusion.Wei Jiansu came to announce the decree, "From now on, the edict will be changed into a imperial edict, and the table will be called the Supreme Emperor. The state affairs of the four navies will be carried out by the emperor first, and I will still report it. Once Ke returns to Beijing, I will not make any advance notice." Li Longji approached Xuan Chiming, the staff in charge of sending the letter, besides Wei Jiansu, Fang Guan, Cui Huan and others, came with He Shibi and Yu Chuan.

Wei Jiansu offered the treasure book, but Li Heng refused to accept it. He was not angry with Wei Jiansu, but firmly believed that if the country's thieves are not eliminated, they must never be registered.Fang Guan who came with Wei Jiansu was reused by Li Heng because Wei Jiansu was not used, and because of his generosity in words and deeds, which is quite a legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, so Li Heng never consulted Wei Jiansu for major military affairs. See Su, but discuss with this Fang Guan.In the near future, Li Heng will suffer for this.Wei Jiansu, Fang Guan and others were left behind. When the envoy was about to return, Li Heng wrote a letter home to his father Li Longji, in addition to the important military affairs, he also praised his wife.

Li Longji was very happy that his daughter-in-law was so kind, so he gave her a Qibao saddle.On the saddle are exquisite jade and jewelry, which is really beautiful. However, the hateful Li Mi actually suggested that the jewels on it be taken down as military expenses to reward the sergeants.After Li Mi left, Li Heng suddenly heard Zhang Liangdi muttering next door, "Those things are all worn-out things from the neighbors, as for this?" Li Heng walked over and comforted her and said, "Mr. Let's go!" Zhang Liangdi got angry, and hid alone without speaking. Li Heng asked someone to take off the pearl on the saddle, and suddenly heard someone crying in the corridor.

Li Tan, king of Jianning, saw his father's tolerance and kindness, so he was full of emotion, expressing his feelings in the corridor, crying bitterly. Li Heng cared about Zhang Liangdi very much. After a few days, he asked Li Mi: "Liangdi's grandmother is the younger sister of the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng (Li Longji's mother-in-law), and she is very close to the Supreme Emperor. I want her to be the official in the middle palace." What do you think?" Mr. Li Mi knew that he was not good, but he was very calm, "Your Majesty ascended to the throne in Lingwu, and it was not for himself, and all the officials knew it in their hearts. As for family affairs, it is not We can decide on our own, right? It’s better to wait for the Supreme Emperor’s order, no matter how late it is, it’s only about a year. If you’re in such a hurry and don’t listen to the Supreme Emperor’s arrangement, it’s not good.”

Li Heng agreed with Li Bi's opinion. There was the Qibaoan incident before, and now there is another person who opposes the queen, so in Zhang Liangdi's mind, Li Mi has become a person who must die. In October of Deyuan Zai, Li Heng's car finally arrived in Pengyuan, reforming the bad governance of Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, admonishing officials to speak out, and ordering the prime minister to divide the political affairs and accept the order, and change one person to preside every ten days to prevent power monopoly phenomenon.But right now, Comrade Fang Guan, who is the most favored, is being criticized by people, and he is gradually showing his weakness.

The ancients said: "The good and the ugly are too bright, and things are not compatible; the wise and the foolish are too bright, and people are not close. It must be shrewd on the inside, but honest on the outside, so that the good and the ugly can be balanced, and the virtuous and foolish can benefit from it. Innate virtue." Master Fang Guan doesn't understand this truth, he is indeed upright, and he also likes to make friends, it's true that he likes it, but if it's just used for talking, in troubled times, then it's wrong. Since Fang Guan has the legacy of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it is common to get together with a group of literati and poets who wear strange clothes, behave strangely, and hold whisks, dog tail flowers, and feather dusters.Comrade Fang Guan has the biggest problem. Among these weird people, he admires famous people. For those unknown juniors, even those who he thinks are not as good as him, Mr. Fang Guan always looks coldly at him. The biggest problem is that there are really few civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty who can really admire Comrade Fang Guan.Therefore, Fang Guan basically despised his colleagues. As a prime minister, it’s fine if you don’t ask facts, but you talk about it every day and despise all living beings. Isn’t your old man too good?He Lan Jinming, the prefect of Beihai, was at odds with Prime Minister Fang Guan. Fang Guan deliberately made things difficult for He Lan Jinming. He first arranged a troop on the east side to contain He Lan Jinming, and then signed with a pen. . Master Fang Guan not only disagrees with his colleagues, but also often disagrees with Li Heng and Li Mi on some major issues, and the mistakes he makes are very low-level.For example, the world is chaotic, and the Northern Army needs tax and food support from the rich Jianghuai area, but Mr. Fang Guan strongly opposes it. Objection reason: "This will increase the burden on the common people." Li Heng asked back: "Then what do you think should be done?" Fang Guan: "I don't know..." (Silence for a long while, before retreating into silence) Only then did Li Heng realize that Fang Guan was indeed, as others said, a guy who didn't know current affairs. Fang Guan also began to notice the change in Li Heng's attitude towards him. In order to prove that he was still able to do some practical things, he did a big event that seemed arrogant-Shangshu invited Li Heng to be his commander-in-chief, and returned the soldiers to the two capitals. Li Heng was shocked by Fang Guan's majestic parallel sentences, and nodded in agreement with his request, adding Fang Guan to hold the festival, recruiting Xijing and defense, Pu and Tongguan soldiers, horses, Jiedu and other envoys.Fang Guan selected several staff officers and deputies, Yushi Zhongcheng Deng Jingshan (deputy), household servant Li Yi (marching Sima), and Liu Zhi (consultant) in the matter.Before leaving, Wang Sili, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also participated in it, serving as deputy envoys with Deng Jingshan. Let me introduce the talents selected by Comrade Fang Guan. The top three are the marching commander and the staff officer. Zhang said that the strategy of Wen Neng An Bang Wu Neng Ding Guo. But Fang Guan firmly believed that the person he chose was very good. He once assured him, "Even if the bandit army is strong, if you fight with me, Liu Zhi, you will definitely be defeated!" Therefore, the army was divided into three armies: the general Yang Xiwen was the commander of the Southern Army and entered from Yishou (Zhouzhi, Shaanxi); Liu Guizhe was the commander of the Chinese Army and entered from Wugong (Xianyang Wugong); Fengtian (Qianxian County, Xianyang) entered. This road went quite smoothly (the neighborhood was cleaned up by Haojie), and all the way to the temporary bridge.The army encountered the army of the thief general An Shouzhong, but what An Shouzhong didn't know was that his opponent was Mr. Fang Guan who had mastered the essence of strategy in ancient books! What is "The Essentials of Ancient Book Strategy"? That is the Spring and Autumn Warfare.What is "Spring and Autumn Warfare"? That is to send troops to say hello in advance, and to fight with loyalty and sincerity. For example, if I want to shoot a penalty kick and you are responsible for the jump, the Spring and Autumn style of play stipulates that I will tell you in advance that I will shoot to the lower right corner.The thieves don't pay attention to these things. Under the premise of fighting in the Spring and Autumn Period, after a second of thinking, Fang Guan decided to use chariots to fight, marching with two thousand bullock carts, escorted by soldiers and horses on the left and right, just like Dou Jiande's march in the past The plan can ensure that the battle is foolproof.An Shouzhong was astonished to discover that the mighty tens of thousands of people in the Tang army were actually protecting a herd of cattle (there were grain and grass in the carts) and were walking slowly on the road.An Shouzhong sent a group of people to kill the general, threw fire into the bullock cart and then quickly retreated. This time, Fang Guan's strategy had the desired effect. The Tang army was in chaos, and the burned ox carts and men and horses trampled on each other, causing countless deaths and injuries.Seeing that Tang Fang had become a mess, the thieves took the opportunity to hack and kill.The scene had turned into a one-sided massacre. There were 40,000 Tang soldiers hacked to death by the thieves, and only a few thousand survived. Because of the chaos, there was no chance to fight the enemy. Fierce defeat... My lord, should we retreat? Fang Guan was not reconciled, and led the southern army to fight again.The southern army was killed by the bandits again, and the fierce generals Yang Xiwen and Liu Guizhe surrendered An Shouzhong because of the collapse.The army was defeated again, and there was no one to use, so Fang Guan retreated, and he would still escape.Li Heng was furious, Master Fang Guan, do you really know how to fight?You boasted that you were going to take the head of the general of the bandit army, and now I didn't even cut off half of the bandit army's hair, but I was completely wiped out, you still have the face to come back! Li Heng was going to kill Fang Guan to pay homage to the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who died.Fortunately, Li Mi was on the side, helping to speak, which saved Fang Guan's life. It might be a wrong choice to keep Fang Guan. In Hebei, Yin Ziqi besieged Hejian and failed to break through for more than forty days.Shi Siming has been suffering from horseshoe disease recently, and joins forces with Yin Ziqi.Hejian, the hinterland of the Jizhong Plain, is an important strategic location.Yan Zhenqing sent 12,000 troops to the rescue, but Shi Siming blocked his way and captured General He Lin alive.The two armies stepped up the siege of the city with loud gongs and drums, successfully captured Hejian, captured the guard Li Huan, and sent him to Luoyang (he was later killed by An Lushan). Shi Siming attacked Jingcheng near Hejian and successfully captured it. Shi Siming sent two envoys to Anle County to persuade him to surrender, and Anle County surrendered (Anle Jujun Surrender). Yan Zhenqing knew that the troops he had assembled in a hurry would never fight against the most elite part of the Anlu Mountain bandit army.There are not enough people, not enough elites, low morale, and they can't beat Shi Siming. The people are still in the north of the Yellow River, and there is no food. What will we do in the future!Unable to wait for death, unable to surrender, Yan Zhenqing was silent. He looked at the map and pointed to a place in front of the guide - Henan! The army set off and crossed the river from Hebei to Henan. Without resistance, Shi Siming sent his farewell general Kang Meiyebo to lead the elite vanguard, and easily captured the plains; he also attacked Qinghe and Boping, and took them; , 3,000 horses, and 50,000 soldiers. Shi Siming turned his attention to Rao Yang.