It is the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month of the third year.★W√w    W.

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The snowflakes that had been floating all night finally stopped when the morning light first appeared. The gatekeeper of Qinrenfang urged a servant to speed up cleaning up the snow on the ground. Several important officials of the court lived in the yard. If they were asked to catch their little braids, their job would be gone.

Prime Minister Li Shi is accustomed to going to bed late and getting up late. He gets up late and doesn't have time to have breakfast. Therefore, when he goes out, he still holds a piece of sedan cake in his hand and eats it while walking. Li Shi has always claimed to be honest. As the prime minister, he never takes a car and sedan chair. He goes in and out and rides a horse, and he is always alone, and he doesn't even bring an old slave.

The gatekeeper saw Li Shi coming from afar and drove the snow-swepting servant to the side of the road, and one by one gave him a bow, and then stood on the side of the road, making his debut for Li Shi. Without even looking at him, Li Shi went straight out of the gate. Just as he had walked about ten feet away, a man suddenly rushed out from behind the big tree next to the road, and an arrow shot at Li Shi's face.

Li Shi practiced Kung Fu when he was young, but when he saw that the situation was not good, he bent over and lay on the horse's back and barely avoided the arrow. Seeing that the assassin failed to hit the blow, he led the bow and shot again. This time Li Shi was not so lucky. The arrow hit his left arm. Li Shi wailed in pain and fell off his horse. As soon as the assassin saw that he could get the hand, he threw his bow and drew his sword to kill Li Shi.

Li Shi lay motionless on the ground, luring the assassin to approach. Suddenly, he turned over and pulled out the arrow from his left arm and stabbed it at the assassin. The assassin was shocked and avoided it, and pushed Li Shi to the ground with just one palm. The gatekeeper witnessed all this not far away and was so scared that he was so scared that he was scattered. However, several servants were brave and started to clamor. The assassin was in a dilemma.

At this moment of crisis, Li Shi's old horse suddenly roared and raised his hind legs to kick the assassin. The assassin was not careful and kicked him straight by it, and he immediately turned over and fell to the ground.

The horse was kneeling on the ground, asking Li Shi to climb onto his back. Then he stood up and ran to the mansion. When passing by the Fangmen, he suddenly heard a loud roar. A murderer with a knife-faced sword jumped off the crossbar of the Fangmen and slashed it hard. If he was hit by him, Li Shi would inevitably be in a different place, and this horse would probably be cut into two sections by him.

In the moment of lightning, the horse suddenly jumped forward and avoided the fatal knife, but the dancing ponytail was cut off by the sharp blade.

Several servants from the Li Shi family came to reinforce with sticks, and the rescue of the gatekeeper and a servant. The assassin fled in a hurry when he saw that the situation was not good.

This was not the first time that the prime minister was assassinated in the street in the Tang Dynasty. During the Xianzong period, the prime minister Wu Yuanheng was assassinated on the street by the assassin sent by Li Shidao, the governor of Pinglu on the third day of the sixth month of the 10th year of Yuanhe.

Wu Yuanheng was the prime minister who advocated the use of strong reduction of the vassal states at that time and was killed for touching the interests of the vassal states. He knew why Li Shi was assassinated.

A day ago, Liu Liu from Hedong reported that Shatuo's troops led thousands of troops to siege Langu and looted the people, but the local defenders could not ban it. When Li Ang presided over the court, Prime Minister Li Guyan advocated the transfer of troops to Taiyuan to send troops to fight, but Li Shi said that the Hedong army was mainly infantry, attacking cities, defending cities, and fighting in the mountains was a good move. However, when fighting with the Shatuo people, mainly cavalry, they often had a disadvantage.

However, the neighboring Zhenwu Army won many battles with Shatu and Turks. The Jiedu governor Liu Mian was very good at arresting thieves. Li Shi advocated mobilizing the Wu army to go south to eliminate the Shatu bandit gang. Prime Minister Zheng Qin and Chen Yixing discussed this matter.

Although Li Guyan was at a disadvantage, he still fought and the court held a delay in deciding. After a long time, Li Guyan fainted without breathing. Li Ang had to ask to save the person first and then discuss the matter later.

Unexpectedly, such a thing happened. When Li Ang heard that Li Shi was assassinated on the street, he was shocked and angry. He immediately sent 30 Golden Dragon Armor Guards to Qinren to protect Li Shi. On the other hand, he issued an order to arrest the assassin from Jingzhao Mansion, Shence Army, Jinwu Guard and other internal and external military and civilians. People in Chang'an City were panicked for a while.

The day after Li Shi was stabbed, Emperor Wenzong Li Ang went to Zichen Hall to look at the court. There were only nine people in the huge hall. Li Ang sighed silently and could do nothing. Prime Minister Li Guyan made an instructor: "The military situation in Hedong is urgent, please make a decision early."

On that day, Li Shi was in pain and went to court. Zheng Tan asked for leave in the future. Although Chen Yi traveler came, he kept bowing his head and silent. Li Ang looked at him several times, but Chen Yi did not say a word. Several other court officials agreed with Li Guyan's words. Li Ang had no choice but to order Dong Bazheng, the commander of the Hedong former army, to send troops to fight against the thieves in Langu.

When Li Shi was assassinated, Yang Hao had already led his army to 65 miles northwest of Langu County. The day before yesterday, Ma Yue led his two Shatuo camps to capture Langu County. Liu Mian led the main force of Zhenwu Army to the east west of Shuozhou, blocking the possibility of Shuozhou reinforcements to rescue Langu. The Guiyi Army and Baoba were deeply involved in the Hehe River and deployed defenses along the river to prevent Dong Bazhong from jumping over the wall and fleeing west. On the other hand, they were also responsible for blocking the possibility of Linzhou sending troops to interfere in Hedong.

When Dong Bazheng received the imperial edict and the transfer order from the Ministry of War, it was already the tenth day of the first lunar month. Before that, Li Ang approved the request of Li Guyan to envoy the salt and iron transfer envoy, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Yang Sifu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the Minister of Revenue, Li Jue, and the General Office of the Ministry of Revenue. Yang Hao and Liu Mian knew in their hearts that this was a comprehensive victory for Yang Fei's party over the ***. Li Guyan, Yang Sifu, and Li Jue were both from Yang Fei's party, and Yang Sifu was even the nephew of Yang Fei's clan.

Li Shi, who sympathized with the prince, was already disheartened by this shock. He submitted his resignation to the emperor on the pretext of physical illness. Zheng Tan and Chen Yixing were also scared to leave their bodies and only had a body in the court.

These are not the most important things. What Yang Hao is most reluctant to see is that the Yang Fei party and Qiu Shiliang's pace in this matter is surprisingly consistent. This is likely to mean that the two forces have merged. The young prince has always been resentful of the nectar change in Yamato's ninth year, and is very disgusted with Qiu Shiliang's indiscriminate killing of important officials in the court. This can be seen from the fact that he took the risk of rescuing Li Xiaoben's two daughters, Li Yunlai, can be seen.

Qiu Shiliang was worried that after Li Yong inherited the throne, he would overturn the verdict of the political enemies he had beaten in the "Nanlu Incident" and then liquidate himself. Therefore, he has been spared no effort to suppress the prince's party with various means. Qiu Shiliang also knew the ambition of King An Li Rong. He was also quite wary of the alliance between King An and Concubine Yang. But now it seems that he has decided to join them.

Yang Hao felt an invisible pressure. This feeling was something he had never had before, and it was the first time he had encountered it after taking office as Baolishe's sword. What is the coldness of the high place? Is this the case?

On the 17th day of the first lunar month, Li Ang rejected Li Shi's resignation and ordered him to serve as the governor of Jingnan. Li Shi's departure put an end to the battle. The battle in Chang'an came to an end, but the struggle in Hedong had just begun.

Dong Bazheng's Hedong Forehand Army advanced from Taiyuan, Yangqu and Xinzhou in unison. After Li Yufang's troops left Xinzhou, they rushed westward to conquer Jingle County defended by Tiedang Camp. Wang Qun, the commander of Tiedang Camp, was shot two arrows and was unconscious after retreating to Langu.

On the 18th, Li Yufang's troops arrived at the city of Langu. Ma Yue followed Yang Hao's orders and did not leave. Li Yufang led his troops to attack the city for a day and a night, but failed, so he besieged the city.

Dong Bazheng led the main force of the Hedong Front Army to advance west along the Fen River and arrived in Lanzhou on the afternoon of the 18th. That night, Lanzhou City was attacked by Wu Chizan. Wu Chizan did not have heavy siege equipment. Dong Bazheng looked down on Wu Chizan, and even had no interest in climbing to the top of the city to watch the battle.

In the early morning of the 19th, Dong Bazheng led the main force of the infantry and cavalry to go out to the city to fight to the decisive battle. Both sides set up formations on the Heiyang slope in the north of the city. Wu Chizan has been in Hedong for many years and has long been aware of the various tactics of the Hedong Army. Since surrendering to Yang Hao, he has become familiar with the tactics of the Xining Army using fast and slow strikes. It was originally very beneficial to Wu Chizan to know himself and his opponent. But perhaps he was afraid of Dong Bazheng's reputation. Wu Chizan made mistakes in command.

He fought a positional battle with less than 4,000 battalions of the first brigade and 20,000 Dong Bali's main force. From the morning to noon, the Xining army lost nearly one-fifth of the loss. By the afternoon, Wu Chizan finally could not support the retreat. Dong Bali pursued with all his strength. Once the movement started, the Xining army's maneuverability would be fully exerted.

The positional war was defeated again and again, but in the mobile war, Wu Chizan succeeded one after another. He even took advantage of Dong Bazhong's mistake to surround Dong Bazhong's central military camp. Unfortunately, his strength was not enough and he was unable to expand the results of the battle.

The battle in Heiyangpo made Dong Bazheng re-understand the Xining Army. He changed his strategy and did not rush to go north to recover Langu, but instead stationed in Lanzhou to observe the changes in the situation.

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, Yang Hao led the Fire Camp, the Flying Tiger Camp, the Cavalry Camp, and the Weiyuan Camp to clear the siege of Langu. Li Yufang used the terrain and fortifications to resist and blocked Yang Hao thirty miles from Langu City. On the same day, Liu Mian began to clear the periphery of Shuozhou at the appointment. He successively conquered Mayi, Shanyang and other counties. The northeast of Hedong was shocked. The Left Army of Hedong went out of Tanglin to rescue the north, and was intercepted by Yu Chongchong through Ningwu. After fighting fiercely for half a day, three thousand people were captured.

On the same day, the four battalions of the Hedong Houjun stationed in Fenzhou were ordered to go north and pass through Wenshui County. Suddenly, they heard that the Wucao headquarters of Suizhou moved towards Shizhou, and the four battalions then stationed in Wenshui to protect the safety of Taiyuan City.

On the morning of the 22nd, Cheng Keling led the Flying Tiger Camp to conquer Huning, the northwest fortress of Langu. Li Yufang had no choice but to clear the siege and head south. Wu Chizan intercepted Li Yufang's troops in several bends and fought fiercely for half a day. Li Yufang broke the siege and headed south, and Wu Chizan won a lot. On the same day, Yang Hao and Ma Yue trained troops to go south to besiege Lanzhou.

On the 22nd day and night, Yu Chong broke through Ningwu, Tang Lin, and the forward Tiger Camp approached Xinzhou. Guduoli's Weiyuan Camp bypassed Xinzhou and went straight to Yangqu, and Taiyuan City was shocked.

On the evening of the 21st to the evening of the 23rd, after three days and fierce battles, Liu Mian conquered Shuozhou, and 20,000 defenders in Shuozhou surrendered. Among them, the longbow formation of the Sixth Battalion of Xiong Wu Kingdom. The northeast of the river all came into Liu Mian's hands. On that day, one of the troops of Liu Mian's rear army went south to attack Ningwu at night, but was defeated by the defenders' scepter's scepter and his deputy general Zhang He was captured. Liu Mian's rear army beheaded Zhang He under Ningwu City on the grounds that Zhang He did not obey the order. Later, he divided his troops to attack Yunzhou, Daizhou, Weizhou and other places.
Chapter completed!