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11. Disasters follow

The so-called shortcomings, ultimately, are "no money, no money, no money."

The Hedong military funds warehouse had no money, there was no food in the granaries, and the weapons in the armor warehouse were relatively weak. According to the description in Li Ziliang's memorial, relying solely on the remittance of the money to support military supplies last year, it was bottomed out in two months. If I continue to fight, I am afraid that the Fengcheng Army will mutiny.

So the court could only take out the "Ministry of Revenue money" that Li Mi had reserved during his lifetime and allocated it to the Fengcheng Army and Zhaoyi Army.

Similarly, Li Jingluo's Zhenwu Army and Hantan's Xiasui Yin Army were not optimistic, and they could only spend a large amount of money to buy food from Heshuo.

As a result, the Fengcheng Army and Zhaoyi Army were not strong enough, or they were trapped in a vicious cycle: they had no money, their military morale was not strong, and they could not ate the fortress barriers of the Dangxiang; the court could only stuff money in, but when the money came to the army, they could only be used to fill holes and repay old debts, and they did not have half a penny or half a foot of cloth to improve their military. In the end, the more they fought, the poorer they became, the more they were, the more they could not win, and the more they were worried the court.

"Mr., the sir, was responsible for the Ministry of Revenue's money for three years and saved almost six million yuan. Now the war has only been three months old, and most of it has passed." The emperor looked at the Ministry of Revenue's money that Li Mi had saved with great effort, like snow in a boiling pot, and suddenly melted without a shadow, and his heart was bleeding.

On the Yinzhou front line, Li Jingluo presided over the attack on Wancheng, which was also extremely unsuccessful.

For the Xia people, they are tribal systems, and the people are soldiers. Hunting nomadic things are no different from fighting. Those who have stuttering can fight with horses and riding, and those who win and have trophies are earned. In addition, the Qing Tianzi Yuanhui was originally nestled in Tongwan City and was as scared as crickets in winter. But in a blink of an eye, he saw internal strife in the Tang family. Then, Gao Yue, who was most afraid of, was dismissed and left, and immediately became active and planned to stick to Tongwan City:

More than 10,000 Gansuo Qingqi, bounding around the city, occupying water, grass, rivers, and roads. When the Tang army attacked, it fled far away. If the Tang army stopped, it would plunder the food road. On the western front, Gao Chongwen and Kang Ri knew that they were insufficient in troops and did not dare to cooperate with the advance, which caused Li Jingluo to return in a defeat after several attacks, and the consumption and loss were great.

Even the proud Yuanhui sent people to "beg for surrender" to the Tang family, saying that he would go to the title of Qingtian and the King of the Great Xia, and refused to abandon the title of Zanpuzhong in Xifan. From then on, the king's army would not have to go to the distance to fight, but only wanted to give me the title of prince, hereditary to the Tianzhu Army, and allow Zhanyou, Xia and Yin to have the permission to marry Zhanyou, Xia and Yin. In addition, Yuanhui even proposed to the Tang family, imitating the example of the Uighurs, asking the emperor's daughter to be his wife, and other royal women in the clan to be his mother (dodged).

"Shame, great shame!" The emperor was furious and said directly to Song Ruohua and Sister Ruozhao, and then was so angry that he couldn't eat for several days.

Finally, Song Ruohua, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but say to the emperor who was lying on the rope bed without saying a word: "For the sake of the world, why should the Holy Lord start a new job of Qi Hou?"

The emperor turned over, hummed twice, and ignored her.

In the Yanying Palace tomorrow, the emperor asked Dou Shen impatiently: Zhenwu, Fengcheng, Zhaoyi's army is very useful, and the court's supply is insufficient. Not only does the Ministry of Revenue spend money, but he also needs to use the two taxes from Jianghuai to support him. What do you think?

Dou Shen said, just leave this matter to me.

"But now countless money and silk have been spent, and the conquest of the rebel Qiang is difficult to move forward!" The emperor suddenly roared.

The sound made the carved beams shaking. Dou Shen was so shocked that his face was pale, but he could only hold up the tablet and dare not reply.

Ban Hong's comments over there made the emperor even more distressed: "Your Majesty, the Shenwei army has arrived in Yanzhou City, but the troops in Weibei, Binning, and Hezhong refused to advance together with the successor Guo Wang (Li Zezhi)."

What?

You know, the Emperor's last straw is now.

Then Ban Hong said: "These border soldiers all said that they could get dozens of coins of money and silk every time they celebrate. The emperor's grace is so strong that they should be allowed to go out of the army. We are in a low life and are unwilling to rob me of me."

"Then let Shen Weiming and Li Zezhi go first. If the battle is not good, I will go to the army in person! If the ministers I trust don't follow me, and my border troops don't follow me, at least the imperial guards will follow me." The emperor roared again.

One month later, the emperor almost vomited blood.

Outside Guangshun, General Zhang Wanfu, who had returned from the front line, asked for a meeting, and then the old general gave the emperor a horrifying news without hesitation:

At the mouth of Yanchuan, Li Zezhi, Wang Xiqian and Lun Weiming's soldiers had just been ambushed by the thieves in the six palaces and suffered a great defeat. Their power and the death of nearly three thousand of the children of Shen Ce's wars.

Hearing this result, the emperor only felt a sweet throat, and half of his mouth was filled with blood...

It turned out that when Li Zezhi and Lun Weiming led the army to Yanchuan, they asked Li Ziliang and Wang Yangui to move closer to him, but the other party said that the entire army was short of wages and food, and they could not open the door from Qingjian City.

Unfortunately, Li Zezhi could only command the power of the gods, and Shen Jian made about 15,000 people to cross Yanchuan and move northeast, but ended up encountering 20,000 to 30,000 Dangxiang from Prince Nixiang.

Last winter, the "settlement policy" was ordered. After building a fort in Sui and rushing to plant food in the Yin area, Prince Nixiang actually survived. The six governments lacked war horses, but they also flexibly changed the way of infantry and charge.

The two sides were fighting in Shegushan. Li Zezhi had just become the general of Shenwei, and the real power was still in the hands of the eunuch Wang Xiqian, and Wang Xiqian had a habit of pulling out the strong tooth soldiers of the entire army, lined up on the battlefield to sank himself, and sent him to the front line to the front line. What's more, Wang Xiqian believed that Guo Wang Li Zezhi was here to steal his military power. It is conceivable that the cooperation between the two sides was Xiang. The six governments attacked savagely and destroyed the front line of Shenwei Army. Then the Nixiang Prince Zhang surrounded him, and Wang Xiqian turned his head to lead the troops to flee. Li Zezhi, Zhang Wanfu, Lun Weiming and other generals also inexplicably followed the defeat and retreated to Yanzhou City. The baggage and armor were abandoned and all the enemies were invested.

When he arrived at the city, he not only did not give condolences, but was also ridiculed by soldiers such as Baoda and Jingsai. Everyone stood on the top of the city and shouted: "The white-collar workers are fifty pieces of silk cloth, but they don't know how to fight. The army is coming to triumph!"

After describing the situation of the war, Zhang Wanfu said angrily, Your Majesty, the battle cannot be fought like this. I suggest that you let the Marquis of Qi come out to take charge of the battle and control the situation.

"You!" The emperor was most afraid of others mentioning this matter.

But Zhang Wanfu was old and his hair was white, and he was not shy. He was very frank, "Xiban was besieging Shazhou. If Shazhou was trapped, Anxi Beiting would be in danger. There were also rebels from Qiang in the country, which must be wiped out. At this time of extraordinary times, extraordinary people must be used. The Holy Lord deposed the Marquis of Qi just because of some small mistakes, and he was secretly not taken as the Holy Lord."

"This, this, the bastard who was in high school ran away in anger and left poems to humiliate me. Why has it become my fault now..." The emperor was embarrassed.

But in the next few days, not only Zhang Wanfu, but also Wu Xianfu, the governor of the Bao army, Hun Yu, the governor of the Hezhong army, Lun Weiming, the governor of the decisive army, Wei Gao, the governor of the Xichuan army, Du Huangshang, the governor of the Dongchuan army, Fan Ze, the governor of the Shandong East Road, and Wu Coo, the governor of Shaanxi and Guo, all submitted requests to let Gao Yue take charge of the army again.

Finally, Yang Cheng, the counselor, suddenly stood up from the house, then lay outside the Guangshun Gate, shouting long live, and then he opened the door straight to the point, saying that the Qiang Rebellion could not be settled by Gao Yue.

The prince of Shaoyang Courtyard Li Song also rarely submitted a memorial, and the content was the same.

The emperor could not come to Taiwan. When the two princesses Lingxu and Yiyang entered the palace, they said to their two daughters, "Let me accompany me to the Yunyangchun hunting fan again."
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