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It's something beyond Zhang Chao's knowledge.

Liu Heita and Xu Yuanlang had just pacified, but here Fu Gongyu joined forces with the Hongzhou general to rebel, and the Jiangnan rebelled. Gao Kaidao and others led the Turks to the south again, and they defeated the defeated general Li Shentong so quickly, and surrounded Princess Pingyang in Yanmen.

This year, I have only been five years of martial ethics, and none of these should have happened.

"I'll go to Chang'an." Zhang Chao explained to Cui Yingying.

Cui Yingying took Zhang Chao's hand and said, "Bring more guards." King Li Fuwei of Wu died in Beijing. Rumors were said to be assassinated in the capital, and most people thought it was done by Turkic assassins. Zhang Chao had eight vassal servants provided by the imperial court, and he also had servants. But usually he only brought two Shuanzizhuzi.

Zhang Chao nodded. Although he actually suspected that Li Fuwei was killed by Li Shimin. But now Chang'an is a little nervous and rebellious, and Turks are heading south. Who knows if the assassin is a Turkic sect?

He brought Shuanzi and Zhuzi two long followers, and Zhang Chao brought the eight servants with him. He also wore a horizontal knife and was a little more careful.

Everyone rode their horses and rushed all the way to Chang'an.

After entering the city gate, Zhang Chao found that the atmosphere in Chang'an City was obviously much more tense. The more guards there were, and the Wuhous on the Sixth Street in Beijing were energetic and seriously guarding every gate and every corner. There were also a large number of Wuhous wearing armor and fully armed patrolling the Sixth Street.

Along the way, Zhang Chao and his party were checked several times.

Outside the Changlin Gate of the East Palace, there were also a large group of guards leading the guards, which really felt like they were full of soldiers.

After entering the Eastern Palace, he came to Jiade Hall under the guidance of the eunuch.

Wei Zheng, Wang Gui and other civil officials were all there, and Wei Ting, Feng Li, Xue Wanche, and Chang He were also there.

"Damn it never happens alone."

As soon as Li Jiancheng saw Zhang Chao, he immediately said, "Wenyuan, have you heard that the Fu Gongyu of Jianghuai has already rebelled, proclaimed himself Emperor Song, and has also built a palace in the old capital of Nanchen. The Hongzhou General Manager Zhang Shan'an also rebelled in the five states. Now he is the Tai Shangshu Ling, the Southwest Road Grand Historian of Fu Gongyu."

These are all old news from a few days ago, but Zhang Chao is more concerned about the news from Kan Ling and Wang Xiongdan.

"I wonder if Your Highness has news about Kan Ling and Wang Xiongdan?"

These two are Li Fuwei's adopted sons. Although Li Fuwei was also very young, he also accepted thirty adopted sons in the battle between Jianghuai and Huai. Among these thirty adopted sons, Kan Ling and Wang Xiongdan were the most famous and brave. In the army, Kan Ling was called the general and Wang Xiongdan was called the young general.

Although Li Fuwei and Fu Gongyu were brothers who lived and died together, after Li Fuwei claimed to be the general manager, he also had suspicion about Fu Gongyu. Later, he asked his adopted son Kan Ling to be the left general, Wang Xiongdan as the right general, and promoted Fu Gongyu to be the servant, which was actually an upward rise and a downward rise in secret.

In history, Fu Gongyu faked Li Fuwei's letters, saying that Li Fuwei asked them to raise an army. As a result, Wang Xiongdan refused and was killed by him, while Kan Ling fled to Tang Dynasty.

Fu Gongyou was defeated so quickly after the rebellion, and he was defeated in half a year, which was also related to the internal strife of the Jianghuai Army.

But now Li Fuwei died suddenly in Chang'an, and then Fu Gongyu raised his army under the banner of avenging Li Fuwei, which was completely different from before.

If the second general Kan Ling and Wang Xiongdan were on the side of Fu Gong's side, it would be another situation. Before Li Fuwei entered the capital, he handed over all the military power to the second general, and the two of them had a high prestige in the Jianghuai army.

Li Jiancheng didn't expect Zhang Chao to ask this. He had also heard of Kan Ling and Wang Xiongdan, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He couldn't answer now.

Wei Zheng answered the conversation, "Kan Ling and Wang Xiongdan both responded to Fu Gong's revenge and vowed to avenge Li Fuwei. Now the two are Fu Gong's pseudo-Song's General of the Left Guard, and the other is the General of the Right Guard of the Pseudo-Song."

"Then this is more troublesome." Zhang Chao sighed.

Li Fuwei suddenly died in Chang'an. The Jianghuai Army all believed that Li Tang killed him, and now everyone wants to take revenge. This is no worse than Liu Heita's uprising to avenge Dou Jiande. The Jianghuai Army had already been united, and it was really a trouble.

Of course, the most troublesome thing is that the Turks also marched south at this time, and it was a chaos between the north and the south.

"What happened to the Turks?" Zhang Chao asked. Compared to the rebellion of the Jianghuai Army, the Turks were the real big trouble. Since Yang Guang was besieged by Yanmen and almost killed, until now, the Turks have once again dominated the north, no longer being beaten to the point of being beaten in the Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty, and they are competing to please the situation in the Central Plains.

The prince left guard led Wei Ting to sigh, "The Turks are coming this time. Shuofang Liang Shidu, Mayi Yuan Junzhang, and Yanbei Gaokaidao. These three Turkish dogs went south almost at the same time, and the Turks followed the massive attacks south. Yulin, Yanmen, Youzhou, and three routes of invasion."

Liang Shidu was a rebellious king who started from Shuofang at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Because he relied on the Turks, the Tang Dynasty had not yet destroyed him. Yuan Junzhang was Liu Wuzhou's brother-in-law. Liu Wuzhou was destroyed a few years ago. Yuan Junzhang led the remnants of defeated generals to surrender the Turks, and occupied the Mayi area outside Yanmen Pass and refused to rest.

As for Gao Kaidao, he had been repeatedly and repeatedly. He had been in the Tang Dynasty twice. The Tang Dynasty also named him King of Beiping and was given the surname Li. As a result, he rebelled with Liu Heita last time and attacked Youzhou for a while. After Liu Heita was defeated, he led his troops to the north of Yanshan Mountain and is now back.

With the support of the Turks, Gao Kaidao raided Beiping, defeated and killed Li Daoxun, the governor of Jizhou who was guarding Jizhou. Now his troops are siege Youzhou.

The Turks can be said to have chosen a good opportunity to go south.

One is the Jianghuai Rebellion.

The second is that the court had just cancelled the Xingtai and transferred Luo Yi, who had been in Youzhou for a long time, to the pass, and even the powerful general Wang Junkuo was transferred away.

The newly defended Hebei Grand Governor Li Shentong and the famous general who defeated Jizhou Li Daoxuan are even a young general in his teenage family. Although brave, they are not cautious enough. They easily fell into Gao Kaidao's plan to lure the enemy and went out of the city to pursue him. As a result, they fell into a trap and were defeated and died.

Then Jizhou was lost, and Gao Kaidao led the Turkic army to directly kill the city of Youzhou. Li Shentong fought a battle and was defeated. He had to escape back to Youzhou in a panic and closed the city and did not leave.

In the middle, under the leadership of Yuan Junzhang, a traitor who knew Hedong well, the Hedong rebels and the Turks did not attack the more dangerous Yanmen Pass, but instead took a detour to attack Loufan Pass. After breaking the pass, they went around to the back of Yanmen Pass. Princess Pingyang led his troops to fight, but was injured by an arrow, so he had to withdraw back to Yanmen Pass.

The Turks have now broken through the three passes and sent an army to watch over the Daizhou soldiers of Yanmen Pass, and then headed straight to Taiyuan.

The Shuofang Liang army in the west also led the Turks to attack Huizhou, and even pointed to Xiaoguan, the northwest gate of Guanzhong. Another branch was attacking Yulin. If this city was broken, it could go south along the west bank of the Yellow River and go south to Yinzhou and Yanzhou to Chang'an, Tongzhou.

This is a real rain.

"How is Princess Pingyang's injury?" Zhang Chao asked with concern.

"Sanniang just got an arrow in her arm, and her injuries were not serious." Li Jiancheng replied.

"Wen Yuan, Wei Zheng just suggested to me and immediately ask Your Majesty to direct troops to rescue Hedong and Hebei. Then, order Prince Zhao and Li Jing to send troops to conquer the rebels of Jianghuai. What do you think?"

Li Jiancheng had also led troops to fight wars earlier, but he has been in Beijing for several years and has not led troops for a long time. Now that the Turks are moving south in such a large scale, Li Jiancheng does not have much confidence.

But he was also worried that if he did not lead the troops, as Wei Zheng said, the King of Qin would definitely lead the troops to fight. At that time, he would be afraid that the King of Qin would add another prestige. The advantage he had finally gained during this period might be wasted.

Wei Ting suggested, "I also think that the prince should lead the troops north personally, and we must not let the King of Qin commander again. Your Highness is the commander of the Northern Expedition, and then he will use the King of Qi as the deputy commander. Your Highness rescues Hebei and lets the King of Qi rescue Hedong. This time Li Shentong performed so poorly, losing Jizhou and losing his famous king. After Your Highness rescues Hebei, he can just take down Li Shentong."

Wei Ting was descended from Wei Chong, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, who was a child of the Wei family in Jingzhao. During the Sui Dynasty, the Wei family was extremely powerful. Wei Chong guarded the Yingzhou in Xi of Liao, and later his daughter married Yang Guang's second son, King Qi, as his concubine. He also joined the court to become the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Wei Ting stayed in Yingzhou for a long time in his early years and was more familiar with Hebei. He believed that although the Turks came, even if they broke through the Great Wall Pass, as long as Youzhou was not lost, the Turks would not be able to achieve anything.

In the pass, the Tang army was completely willing to fight against the Turkic army and dared not say that it would defeat the Turkic army, but it would be fine to prevent the Turkic and drive them back outside the pass.

Wang Gui and several civil officials also fully agreed to the prince's personal command of the army.

In the past struggles between the Eastern Palace and the Qin Palace, their unfavorable side was their relationship in the army and the prestige of the prince in the army.

If you can take this opportunity to lead the army north, you will naturally greatly increase the prestige of the prince after victory, and you can also take the opportunity to bring your relationship with the generals in the army, and even take the opportunity to install your confidants in Hebei and other places to support your own power.

It’s just that after saying so much, Li Jiancheng has been hesitating.

He has no confidence in himself.

Zhang Chao felt that Wei Zheng and Wei Ting and others were right. It was indeed a good plan to let Li Jiancheng lead the troops to fight north. At this critical moment, the prince stood up and said that it was courage. If he defended the Turks, it would be a great achievement. This could reflect the prince's ability, gain prestige, and even take the opportunity to win the support of the generals in the army. Well, he could also plant forces in Kanto and cultivate local strength.

There is no need to hesitate to win multiple goals in one fell swoop.

Li Jiancheng asked Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao really wanted to say that it would be better not to take risks. Just let the King of Qi lead the troops, or let the King of Qin lead the troops. But he couldn't say this in front of Wei Zheng and others. If they said it, they would doubt Zhang Chao's motive.

"I also agree that His Highness the Crown Prince personally leads the troops to the north."

"Since Wen Yuan also thinks that Gu should go north personally, then go north."

Wei Zheng sighed. The group of them persuaded him for a long time but couldn't make up his mind. Instead, Zhang Chao said something and the prince agreed.

"Your Highness, I think that you should take this opportunity to summon the former generals of the Qin Palace to join the army to fight. Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yao Jinniu, Shan Xiongxin, Yin Kaishan and other generals were brought with you, and Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Wang Junguo and others were also brought with you!"

Li Jiancheng nodded, "Okay, bring them all!" After saying that, he also said to Zhang Chao, "Wen Yuan and Xuan Cheng will also join the army this time!"
Chapter completed!