During the war, stability should be the most important thing in the country, and there should be no big disturbances in the court, so as to unite people's hearts and manpower to win the war. Even if someone is corrupt and breaks the law, as long as he can bear it a little bit, the monarch will choose to settle accounts after the end of the war.
However, Li Ye still gave the Tsingyi Yamen an order to cooperate with the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple to directly arrest and interrogate the important ministers in the court who have contacts with Khitan—whether they are active or passive, whether they know that they have contacts with him It is a Khitan.
Li Ye dared to do this, relying on nothing more than three points.
First, the crime of treason cannot be tolerated at any time, even if it is a heavy hand, if someone has criticisms, the voice will not be too loud in front of the national war;
Second, the officials trained by Li Ye have absolute control over the government, and they don't worry about not being able to control the situation;
Thirdly, if there is Tsing Yi yamen to act, if the evidence is solid, whether it is arrest or interrogation, it will be very fast. The so-called turmoil will not last long.
When Li Yan learned that many people including the head of the state, the descendants, and other old people from Pu Wangfu were involved in this turmoil, even when facing Li Ye, his face was extremely pale. I asked several times if I could be lenient to some of them.
Li Yan is a person who attaches great importance to emotions, so much that he can't tell the severity, even if these people are harmful to the country, he can't convince himself to be indifferent to these people. This is his shortcoming as well as his strong point. If it wasn't for this, he probably wouldn't let Li Ye control the state affairs.
Li Ye is not a person who does not know how to adapt, and he is well aware of Li Yan's temper, so he promised to reduce the crime according to the situation, and try not to punish him. Although Li Yan was not very satisfied, but also knew that Li Ye could not make more concessions, so he could only agree with a sigh.
After the death of Monan, less than a month had passed, and the border war was ignited on a large scale.
First, the Khitan marched on two fronts, raided Gubeikou, the fortress of the Great Wall in the northwest of Youzhou, and marched towards Yingzhou in the northeast of Youzhou; soon after, Li Ye received the news that the Uighurs were attacking Sunshine—with the Guiyi army as the main force, and the Hexi army For the backup army, it fought endlessly day and night.
So far, wars on the northeast border and northwest border have completely broken out.
The good news is that because Wang Jian quickly dispatched troops from the middle of Shu, he entered Nanzhao territory through Wuchi Road early and got off to a good start. He has won five battles and captured three cities. He had initially gained a firm foothold in Nanzhao, which made Li Ye quite satisfied.
In the land of Monan, because Dangxiang and Shatuo had been settled by the Spike Army, although Yelu Xienechi wanted to take advantage of the victory to capture Yunzhou and open the door from Monan to Hebei, but because of the 30,000 steps of the Spike Army The border army with pawns as the core stood firm, and the bloody battle was futile for half a decade. In addition, it had suffered heavy losses before, so it put off its offensive momentum.
Today, Yeluxienechi has retreated to the grassland again, and his whereabouts are unknown.
In short, the battle Li Ye needs to worry about the most right now is Khitan's fierce attack on Lulong Jiedushi in Youzhou.
In the past two years, Li Ye compiled the imperial army carefully and mobilized the elite of the feudal town, but Lulong Jiedushi was one of the few. Not only did the military strength not be weakened, but because Li Ye sent a large amount of military equipment, money and food, and sent monks to settle in, the strength was greatly improved. Enhanced feudal town.
Li Ye's purpose in doing this is naturally only one: to prepare for the war with Khitan.
As an important town in the north, Youzhou can even be said to be the most important town. It is the bridgehead for Datang to attack the grassland, and also the first barrier for Datang to resist the Khitan going south. It is the core area where Datang fought with the grassland tribes. lose.
However, in the face of Khitan's army of one million, Lulong Jiedushi alone cannot defend it.
But with the Chang'an Forbidden Army, the situation is different.
When the Khitan army invaded the frontier, the Huwei and Changning armies, and the newly compiled Yuancong and Xiaoqi armies had already entered Lulong territory, and successively marched to the predetermined prefectures and counties to garrison.
As for the Habayashi Army, they entered Yunzhou.
The Chang'an Forbidden Army, except for the Longxiang Army defending Gyeonggi, all other armies entered the northern border. It can be seen from this that Li Ye's emphasis on Khitan is definitely not comparable to Uighur and Nanzhao.
Those who went south from central Shu and supported the Guiyi army from Hexi could only be regarded as partial divisions. One invaded the territory of Nanzhao and the other guarded Yangguan. In Li Ye's opinion, it was enough.
The so-called global attack on Tang, in Li Ye's view, the only key point to break the game, or the only core to win, is to repel the Khitan, or even defeat the Khitan.
All the armies entered the frontier border in full swing, and when they were about to participate in the battle, Li Ye was still sitting in Chang'an City. This time, he did not lead the army to conquer the front as before—even he regarded himself as the vanguard and entered the battlefield early.
By this time, the turmoil in the court had ended, and after those guilty ministers were demoted or imprisoned, no matter whether Li Ye wanted it or not, the officials under his command had to fill in the vacancy.
Under such circumstances, the power of the court has almost completely fallen into Li Ye's control, and the non-king's faction officials account for less than 20% of the three provinces and six ministries.
When the rear was stable, Li Ye insisted on not going to the main battle on the frontier, not only because he himself was in the center and trained his generals to fight alone, but also because the battle of the fairyland had already broken out.
As the absolute commander of the Taoist, Shimen, and Yaozu allied forces, Li Ye, who is only one step away from Daluo Jinxian, not only has to dispatch the army of the fairyland to fight, but also has the power to influence the battle situation with his own personal strength. On the body of the domain: either charge forward, or deal with attack and kill.
The battle scenes between the immortals in the fairyland are relatively simple and rough compared to the mortal world. There is no roundabout battle for hundreds of days, and there is no competition for an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood. The armies of both sides lined up on the predetermined battlefield, waiting for an order, and began to charge head-on until the winner was decided.
This method of warfare is exactly the same as the combat style of the army in the mortal Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties.
It is also because the immortals can only wait for thousands of miles with one leap, so the army of Khitan and Uyghur gods gathered in one place, facing the immortals of the eastern land face to face.
In the endless army formation, not all Khitan and Uyghur gods and elites were mixed in. There were also many who were clearly uneven in terms of attire, temperament, and strength. It felt like the existence of miscellaneous troops. Needless to say, Li Ye and all the immortals also understood that they were the so-called immortals of Dangxiang, Uighur, Nanzhao and even Tubo.
"Although the strength of these immortals from different races is not very good, there are quite a few of them. It is different from the situation in the mortal world. In the mortal world, the people of these alien races combined are not half as many as the people of Tang Dynasty." To be precise, it is Feihong Holy Buddha.
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Her tone obviously contained the meaning of overlooking, and her sense of superiority was very obvious, like an elite warrior in full armor looking at a group of bandits with knives and clubs.
Li Ye glanced back, and behind him, the Shimen, Daomen, and Yaozu were clearly divided into three armies, left, middle, and right. Although the Yaozu's strength was weaker, they were still imposing at the moment.
However, the Daoist Immortal fought with him not long ago. Although he is now in the same camp, whether he can do his best and whether he will stab a knife in the back when he wins is a hard question. Yang Jian seemed to see Li Ye's meaning, and said seriously: "Don't worry, with Yang Jian here, Taoist immortals will fight with all their strength, and no one will make trouble behind their backs!"
Li Ye nodded, as a recognition of Yang Jian's character.
One day in the fairyland, one year in the mortal world. When the immortals in the fairyland are preparing for battle, the situation in the mortal world changes much more quickly.
The Yulin Army was one of the earliest established Four Forbidden Army in Chang'an. The leading general Zhao Polu was once a general of Li Keyong in Hedong before he joined Li Ye. Now Li Ye sent him to Yunzhou to cooperate with him nearby. It can be said that the Spike Army defended the city and ensured the safety of the east of the river.
After Zhao Polu arrived in Yunzhou, the first thing he did was to go to Shangguan Qingcheng to discuss military affairs, and to check on her injuries. When breaking out from the wilderness, Shangguan Qingcheng was seriously injured and fell into a coma. If it weren't for King Qi's protection, there was absolutely no reason for him to survive.
When Zhao Polu saw Shangguan Qingcheng, he was not in the ward where he was recuperating, but at the head of Yunzhou city. In less than a month, Shangguan Qingcheng's injuries had recovered by 30%, but there were only less than 5,000 of the Spike Army's 70,000 elite cavalry, which made her deeply sad.
On the rammed-earth city wall of the border gate, a piece of blood was sprinkled on the city wall, and Shangguan Qingcheng put on his armor and pressed his knife, overlooking the vast northern wilderness. Although his body is still straight, it is difficult to conceal his lonely and lonely state.
There are few undefeated generals in the world, and few undefeated warriors on the battlefield. Just like this desolate and heavy border town, even if it has resisted the iron hooves of countless armies, it is hard to guarantee that it will not collapse in bloody fire one day.
Zhao Polu sighed secretly, stepped forward, cupped his fists and said, "General Shangguan, the Spike Army defeated the party and destroyed Shatuo. Their military achievements are enough to shine in the annals of history. Although there was a defeat that day, the enemy's army was numerous and powerful. It was not a battle. crime.
"I also hope that the general will not be too sad. The general has received three military orders from His Royal Highness, so the general must comfort the general's heart. It can be seen that His Highness does not mean to blame, but only respect."
Shangguan Qingcheng turned around to return the salute. Although his movements were regular, they were stiff.
At this time Zhao Polu found that Shangguan Qingcheng's face was frighteningly pale. Not as white as snow as usual, but morbidly tired and bleak.
The envoy Li Ye sent to Yunzhou to comfort the Spike Army had already arrived, and the meaning was similar to what Zhao Polu said. But this did not make Shangguan Qingcheng feel better. The defeated generals are not brave enough to speak out. Even though there are many reasons for the defeat, a defeat is a defeat.
More than 60,000 brothers and sisters spilled blood on the battlefield, and the corpses were scattered all over the field, and he didn't even have the chance to restrain their bones. This was a burden that the Lord General could not bear.
Shangguan Qingcheng asked: "General Zhao is here, do you have a military order from His Highness ordering me to attack the grassland?"
Zhao Polu opened his mouth, but he felt that his mouth was full of bitterness, and he couldn't say a negative answer.
For many years, Shangguan Qingcheng has always been Li Ye's most trusted and relied on general, even Liu Dazheng can't match it, but Shangguan Qingcheng is not sociable, the generals are inevitably jealous, and there are many criticisms in private.
But now, seeing Shangguan Qingcheng's soulless state before him, and remembering the contribution of the Spike Army in stabilizing Monan in the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Polu only felt that the jealousy before was really too villainous.
He said sincerely: "General Shangguan's injury is not yet healed, the most important thing is to take care of his health first. Given the importance His Highness attaches to General Shangguan, as long as General Shangguan recovers physically, the important task on the battlefield must be the general's!"
Seeing that there was no military order for her to fight, Shangguan Qingcheng was speechless and continued to look at the north silently. Her immobile figure, like a statue, has been integrated with the border town.