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.    February arrives, and all the plum blossoms in the palace are in full bloom, in brilliant purples and reds.

    Di Renjie came to the inner palace, and Wu Zetian met him in Wucheng Hall.

    After arriving in Luoyang, Di Renjie was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic and almost managed by doing nothing.  He was more honest than Xue Yuanchao back then, no matter what Pei Yan said, he was just submissive.

    Wu Zetian just smiled and said: "The Ai family is not a tiger that eats people."

    After Di Renjie heard this, he also sighed at home: "Is a tiger as powerful as you at eating a human?"

    After hearing the news from Luoyang, Wu Zetian didn't believe it.  So he summoned Di Renjie and asked, "Di Qing, have you heard about the recent rumors in Dongdu?"

    "I heard this."

    "Do you believe it or not?"

    "I don't believe it."

    But through the pearl curtain, Wu Zetian clearly saw a hint of confusion in his eyes.  I was very suspicious in my heart. It didn't seem like it, but could my son be killed so easily?  It's not like that, but it's very similar. In order to encourage his subordinates, he has the habit of taking risks.

    Wu Zetian didn¡¯t quite believe it either, but where did this news come from?

    ¡°Whether it was her son¡¯s trick, she didn¡¯t know much about military matters and couldn¡¯t judge.  If it was a conspiracy, and Di Renjie did not participate, Pei Xingjian must have participated. However, after her husband died last year, both Pei Xingjian and Xue Yuanchao died of illness.  Everyone has been buried, and there is no way to ask questions.

    However, since he was summoned to the inner palace, Di Renjie was an upright minister after all. He kept one sentence in his heart for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said: "To Queen Mother Qi, why did General Qiu go to Bazhou to kill His Highness King Yong?"

    At the end of last year, Wu Zetian asked Qiu Shenji to go to Bazhou to inspect the Yongwang residence.  This order was normal at that time. Li Xian once supervised the state affairs and the emperor did not come back, but he still had appeal.  Qiu Shenji inspected Li Xian's house to prepare for external dangers and to prevent Li Xian from becoming uneasy.  After Qiu Shenji arrived in Bazhou, he killed Li Xian.

    The newspaper written to the imperial court stated that King Yong died of illness.

    No one believes this statement. How could Li Xianzheng die of illness in his prime?  Afraid of Wu Zetian's power, no minister dared to give advice.  Di Renjie couldn't stand it, but it was hard to say it in person, and it was even harder to give advice behind the scenes.  Just when Wu Zetian summoned him alone, Di Renjie expressed his dissatisfaction.

    He was a man of great power and wisdom, and he was still an orthodox minister. However, Li Xian did bad things and ended up being the emperor's younger brother and the Queen Mother's biological son. The Queen Mother's behavior made Di Renjie very dissatisfied.

    Wu Zetian stared at Di Renjie and said word by word for a long time: "The Ai family knows. Others can advise on this matter, but you can't. Do you understand?"

    Through the curtain, you can see clearly from inside the curtain, but you can¡¯t see clearly from outside the curtain, and you can¡¯t see her in the open. After all, she is a beautiful widow.  But Di Renjie could feel Wu Zetian's gaze stabbing him like a cold arrow.

    I sighed in my heart, since the person is dead anyway, there is no point in fighting anymore.  Regardless of the brotherhood, Li Xian's death was also beneficial to the emperor, so he could only say: "I know it."

    "But Di Qing proposed that you are Hong'er's confidant. The Ai family will give you a piece of thin noodles, and immediately draft a decree for the Ai family, demoting Qiu Shenji to the governor of Wuzhou."

    "Here."

    But Di Renjie was slandering in his heart, what kind of derogatory is this?  Wuzhou is a poor lower state in Shannan Road, but it is a governor and is very close to Jinglu City.  But since he didn't know whether the news of the emperor's death at the southern entrance of Khotan was true or false, he didn't want to fight anymore.

    Three months later, Wu Zetian recalled Qiu Shenji to Luoyang and appointed him General Zuo Jinwu.

    Wu Zetian's unscrupulous behavior finally angered Di Renjie, and he once again signed a letter in his name asking Wu Zetian to withdraw the edict.  Wu Zetian didn't listen.  Di Renjie was unwilling to give in and wrote the letter three times. Wu Zetian laughed it off.  Except for being slightly entangled with Li Xian, Di Renjie did not embarrass himself in other aspects.  Therefore, she was not very angry, but what happened immediately made Wu Zetian change her attitude.

    "Li Xian's death is just a trivial matter compared to the rumors circulating in the market.

    The envoy who issued the edict slowly went to the Western Regions. Just as the situation in the Western Regions stabilized, Hei Te Changzhi led his army to Qinghai.  He stopped him head-on and asked to see Li Wei. Hei Te Changzhi said vaguely: "Your Majesty orally, since the emperor Tailu in the country has a posthumous edict, asking the queen mother to handle government affairs, your majesty does not need to go back in a hurry. The situation in the Western Region is not stable yet.  There are many things to do. Once the Western Region truly stabilizes, His Majesty will return to the Eastern Capital immediately."

    The envoy was not aware of the rumors in the country. After hearing this, he felt happy and thought it would be best if he did not go back.  Return to life after returning.  I asked Wu Zetian to scold me and issue an edict. Why did you come back without even seeing my son?

    He sent an envoy to Qinghai again to inquire, this time he quicklyThey were all very fast and rushed to Shanzhou almost non-stop.  However, Hei Te Changzhi replied again, His Majesty led a military team to the west, and did not know that it reached the Western Regions and Lingxi.  Either you wait for a while until I get news from His Majesty, and then I inform you.

    The envoy had no choice but to report the matter to Dongdu. He stayed in Shanzhou and waited for the news.  Otherwise, in a place as big as the Western Region to Lingxi, where would you go to find someone?

    The war is not over.

    After the Tang Dynasty made peace with Tubo, it never invaded Tubo territory, including the land west of Qinghai and Hexi. Even Lunzanpo invaded Hedong and did not send troops.  Tubo turned against the enemy and tore up the treaty again, which allowed the Tang Dynasty to take over Taoluyi.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT???  Not only the battle with Lun Qinling, the soldiers who died in Suiye City, the capture of Khorasan, and the confrontation with the cannibals, the Tang Dynasty army also sacrificed many people.  But the war is far from over. If we fight at this time, we will be the soldiers of the old master.  Therefore, rewards of more than four million yuan were distributed successively.  Each soldier received an average of more than 30 pieces of gold and silver.  More than thirty cents of money is a very huge amount for the people of the Tang Dynasty today.

    Not only were there rewards in cash and real silver, but also female slaves and a large number of livestock were given.  The rewards are very fair and fair, and they are almost always awarded based on military merit.  Generous pensions were also given to the families of the fallen soldiers.  This move boosted the morale of the soldiers.

    But now, coupled with the consumption of weapons and weapons, the huge wealth obtained from Moufu City has been almost exhausted.

    But new wealth is gathering again.

    After two years of rest and recuperation, the rest of Tuyuhun gradually regained their vitality, and business travel allowed them to accumulate some wealth again.  But the peaceful time passed.  In addition to encircling and suppressing the Geluolu and Chebishi tribes in Jinshan, the Tang Dynasty launched a new battle in Qinghai.

    A large number of siege towers were rolled out, making the Tuyuhun people's dangerous geographical location gradually lose their effect.  After a month of hard work, the city of Tuyuhun fell, and Mohe Khan fled to Wuhai with his wife, a Tibetan princess.  Black Teeth Changzhi chased Wuhai again, and was forced to retreat to Zishan Pass with Lunzanpo.  Tuyuhun was leaderless, and the tribes that had fled to the valley came out and surrendered.  Some of them had already contacted the Tang Dynasty and wanted to surrender, so they were sent to Lingzhou and placed under the name of Nuohebo Khan.  But the others were not spared and sent to the Central Plains.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? After Qinling returned to the country, and had no success in his expedition. The situation in Tubo was worsened, and the voice of opposition resounded again.  It's just that without Lu's suppression, he became very gentle.  In order to rescue Lun Qinling, the Meulu family went to Yangtong in person, mobilized an army, and went to Kunlun Mountain to rescue.  Therefore, if there is a contradiction, it cannot be discussed in Qinling.  Under such circumstances, he did not have the strength to send troops to Qinghai again.  He had no choice but to agree with Wu Lu's approach, and prepared to send envoys again to the Tang Dynasty to plead guilty and renegotiate the peace.

    But at this time, there was also a rumor from Tubo that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty died at Nanshan Pass.

    Lun Qinling was very shocked. The battle at Nanshan Pass was very hard, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were sacrificed.  These are the bravest soldiers of Tubo.  After capturing Nanshan Pass, Lun Qinling issued an order to kill the prisoners of the Tang Dynasty without mercy in order to calm down the anger in his heart.  In that battle, only a handful of Tang Dynasty soldiers escaped, but he did not see the Tang Dynasty emperor.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away from Li Wei?  Can't figure it out.  And the result of this is very dangerous. Once the people of the Tang Dynasty confirm and establish a new emperor, he originally lost the great justice of military power because the old emperor fell into a coma before his death. If he loses the throne again, how can he fight for it?  ?  Is it possible that he wants to start a civil war?

    Watching from the sidelines, they dare not send troops.  Hei Te Changzhi continued to deploy troops until nearly August. At this time, the Qing Navy was also filled with worries, so they withdrew their troops from Hexi.  This battle destroyed almost all the cities in Hexi, including all the checkpoints in Qiemo.  Hundreds of thousands of people were robbed and robbed before and after.  In the large area of ????Hexi, there are less than 100,000 surnames left.  Then they sent garrisons to Qiemo and other places to guard the various channels from Qinghai to the Western Regions.  Qinghai Hexi still gave up, but it really became a ruin.

    Faced with the soldiers' concerns, Hei Te Changzhi once again distributed the captured wealth among the rewards, and then sent people to avoid the rumors.

    This may be the war with the most generous rewards since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

    Through various rewards, each soldier may have received an income of more than one hundred yuan.  Only then did morale stabilize again.  But at this time, there was no news about Li Wei, and people in the Tang Dynasty were agitated.  Wu Zetian sent another envoy to Qinghai, issuing a strict order to explain the whereabouts of my son. He wanted to see his son alive and his body after death.

    Hei Te Changzhi said vaguely: "It is possible that the emperor went to Khorasan."

    And then againShow the map to explain.

    After the war, the Western Region was full of grasshoppers, and with some compensated wealth and a large number of slaves, various ministries were barely recovering.  Of course, the Chebishi and Geluolu tribes probably disappeared in the long river of history due to repeated encirclement and suppression by the coalition forces.

    Therefore, the Tang Dynasty army once again set its sights on Dashi.

    This country is in constant civil strife, but it is still a very powerful country. Just when Aviya II came to power, there was a loud voice of opposition in the country, and they took the opportunity to further weaken the country.  Then even if it recovers in the future, it will take a long time before it can pose a threat to the river.  Moreover, like Tubo, its homeland is in Medina, and the rest of its territory was expanded and occupied.  Once shaken, it is not necessarily known whether it can disintegrate.

    Da Qin and Dashi have been fighting hard since last year.  Later, in order to restore the glory of the Holy Emperor, the Holy Emperor united with other ministries to launch the Holy Alliance War.  Even the Avars, who had tense relations with Western countries, sent a thousand troops to offer friendship to the Holy See and Byzantium.

    This was very useful to Constantinople.  In the past, Byzantium made the Avars suffer and sent envoys to comfort them.

    Reinforcements from various countries arrived, including the Franks and Goths, and the war situation became tense again.

    At this time, the Tang army divided into two groups. Wang Fangyi went to Tehran in person, while Qibi Ming went to Marklan and Xinde to sweep away the Dashi garrison and drive out the Dashi people.  Use this to decompose the pressure on Da Qin.  But this is not a stupid move, nor is it to take the opportunity to capture Markland and Sind. This place is very close to the seaside. The Great Eater has a powerful navy and can land at any time for a battle. The gain outweighs the loss.

    Go to expel, make a show, and then bring valuable wealth back, and other wealth will be distributed to the common people to win people's hearts.  The main force of Dashi came, and there were only a few people, so they took the opportunity to annihilate them.  There are many people coming, so it is better to retreat to Sestan and Khorasan to retain their strength.

    "Are you still going to fight?" The eunuch who gave the order kept saying one sentence for a long time.

    "Why don't we fight? If we don't take the opportunity to lay the foundation stone now, so that the cannibals can recover later, will they really dispatch 100,000 to 80,000 troops from the country to confront them?"

    And once again reported to Wu Zetian intact.

    Wu Zetian decreed that since you have gone to Khorasan, you must also go to Khorasan for me. You must see the emperor in person.  However, at this time, most people may not think that the emperor is really dead, but it is very likely that something went wrong.

    This is not a one-step or two-step journey to Khorasan. The envoy came to Khorasan again. It was already winter. There was no one in charge of Khorasan. So he asked the Persian king Ni Nishi. Ni Nishi didn't know after asking three questions, so he had to go again.  Arrive in Tehran and take a nap.  But there were very few Tang troops inside, most of them were Persians, but the command was given to the generals of the Tang Dynasty.

    And even though he won consecutive battles, no one in the country cared about this. Guan Jian only cared about one person.  Wang Fangyi replied very politely, the emperor is not here with me, he is somewhere in Qibiming. Go and have a look.

    "I'm so angry. This is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Why don't you know the whereabouts of each of you?"

    Then we rushed to Jiling City from Herat. When we arrived at Jiling City, Boshan was in charge. After asking questions, we had no idea, so we had to go south to Balochistan. Still not there, we entered Makran again, because here  The Bailu people make a living by fishing, so they are also called fish eaters.  But still not there, speaking of faith.  So I went to Xinde again. How far did I travel?  No less than Tang Sanzang's journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, the old eunuch's journey was so painful.

    When they arrived in Xinde, they found Qi Biming. At this time, the Tang Dynasty Army reached its goal. The Dashi Army saw that the situation in the east was dangerous and had already sent a military team to rescue them.  Wang Fangyi and Qi Biming achieved their strategic goals and defeated the main force, which allowed the Byzantines to temporarily gain the upper hand.

    ¡° Moreover, the internal conflicts of the cannibals have intensified and there are many problems.  After Yazid's son came to power, various departments in Dashi began to support Zubair.  Under anxiety, he died soon after.  Originally, Zubair seemed to be able to successfully ascend to the position of caliph. However, unexpected forces suddenly emerged. Originally, the Umayyad clan chief Merwan was also prepared to support Zubair, the caliph who ascended the throne in Mecca. However, he followed the advice of others and added Yezid.  With the support of his uncle Hassan, he accepted the oath of support in Jabiah.  Merwan and Hassan went to Damascus to take office together. The Qais intercepted him halfway and were defeated by Merwan.

    Merwan successfully ascended to the new caliphate. This was what Zubair had expected, and he regretted letting this tribe go.  However, the internal fighting was not peaceful, and coupled with the crazy attacks by the Byzantines and the Tang Dynasty, the situation in the Great Eclipse was very dangerous.

    But this has nothing to do with the Tang army, and the rest is left to the Byzantines to solve.

    The army retreated step by step, preparing to resolve domestic affairs.  This is the most important thing, and it¡¯s time to get started!
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