Chapter 174 Three Generals (1)
Chang'an, the Eastern Palace, and the Chongjiao Hall.
Crown Prince Li Chengqian was reviewing memorials sent by the three provinces and six ministries.
"Commander Long, why are you here?" Wang Quan saw Long Zhi walking towards the Chongjiao Hall and hurried to meet him.
Wang Quan saw that he was in a hurry and couldn't help but frown. He wondered if something had happened.
"Eunuch Wang, please let me know. I have something important to report to His Highness!" Long Zhi bowed.
"Commander Long, follow me!" Wang Quan turned and walked into the hall, and Long Zhi hurriedly followed.
Wang Quan knew that Long Zhi was stationed in the Jinyiwei and would not leave the Jinyiwei base without the crown prince's summons.
Seeing that he looked flustered just now, something must have happened, and he was in a hurry to report to the crown prince. Wang Quan then led Long Zhi directly into the Chongjiao Hall.
"My dear!"
Wang Quan saluted. "Your Highness!" Long Zhi saluted.
Li Chengqian put down the red brush in his hand, raised his head and said, "No need to be polite! Long Zhi, why are you here?"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Long Zhi said, "Your Highness! I just received a pigeon message from the Mobei secret service, something went wrong with Xueyantuo!" "
Something went wrong? What happened?" Li Chengqian frowned.
He thought to himself: Could it be that Bazhuo finally became the Khan of Xueyantuo?
Then all his careful planning and efforts would be in vain!
Long Zhi's words confirmed his guess.
"Your Highness! Xueyantuo Zhenzhu Khan Yinan suddenly died, and Yinan's eldest son Bazhuo succeeded to become the new Khan of Xueyantuo and proclaimed himself Duomi Khan."
"Yinan's eldest son Yemang was worried that Bazhuo would harm him, so he fled back to the east in advance. Yemang was later killed by Bazhuo who caught up with him!"
"This is intelligence about the internal strife of Xueyantuo. Jinyiwei is not doing a good job. Please punish them!" Long Zhi finished speaking, knelt on one knee and handed the information to Li Chengqian.
The prince asked him to pay close attention to the movements of Xueyantuo, and even secretly intervened in the Khan's dispute within Xueyantuo.
Although Long Zhi did not know what the purpose of the prince's doing this was, he still perfectly executed the prince's orders.
They thought the situation was very good, and as long as Yi Nan died, with their help, Ye Mang would be able to ascend the Khan throne smoothly.
But who could have thought that at the last moment, Ba Zhuo actually made a desperate counterattack and caught them off guard.
The prince asked his Jinyiwei to stop Ba Zhuo from inheriting the Khan throne and support Ye Mang to take the throne, but now Ye Mang was killed by Ba Zhuo. No matter what, their Jinyiwei was not doing a good job.
Wang Quan stepped forward to take the intelligence from Long Zhi, turned to Li Chengqian, and handed the intelligence to Li Chengqian.
"It seems that I underestimated Ba Zhuo, which led to this mistake!"
"Get up! This is not your fault, Jinyiwei!" Li Chengqian said after reading it.
As a leader, you must take responsibility and not push everything onto your subordinates. Doing so will only cause everyone to become disloyal.
"It looks like things are going to change in Mobei!" Li Chengqian sighed. He had made many plans to prevent Bazhuo from taking the throne, but in the end, he still failed.
Man proposes, God disposes!
Even God wants Bazhuo to be the new Khan, so no matter how good his plans are, it will be useless. At most, it will only hinder Bazhuo's ascension to the throne.
"Who is the garrison commander in Xiazhou?" Li Chengqian turned around and asked Wang Quan.
Wang Quan thought for a moment and said, "As far as I know, the Turkic army of Anguogong Shishishili is stationed in Jinshan Road, north of Xiazhou."
"Xiazhou is guarded by Zuo Wuhou Zhonglang Jiang Tian Renhui."
Speaking of it, the chief of the Turkic Shishi tribe, Shishishili, is also Li Chengqian's uncle.
In order to prevent Xueyantuo from taking advantage of his eastern expedition to invade the Tang Dynasty, Li Er sent Anguogong Shishishili and Tian Renhui to lead troops to guard Xiazhou.
"Immediately send someone to rush 800 miles! Let Anguogong Shishishili and Zuo Wuhou Zhonglang Jiang Tian Renhui strictly guard against Xueyantuo's sudden attack."
"Also, let Jiangxia King Li Daozong, Zuo Xiaowei General Ashina She'er, and Zuo Wuhou General Xue Guwu come to see me." Li Chengqian ordered.
"Yes!" Wang Quan accepted the order and withdrew!
"The Imperial Guards need to keep a close eye on the affairs of Mobei. Keep an eye on Bazhuo for me." Li Chengqian said to Long Zhi.
"I understand!" Long Zhi bowed and left.
Not long after Long Zhi left, Jiangxia King Li Daozon, General of the Left Xiaowei, Ashina She'er, and General of the Left Wuhou, Xue Guwu, all rushed to the East Palace to meet the Crown Prince.
"I have seen His Royal Highness!"
"No need to be polite! Please give me a seat!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
After the three of them sat down, Jiangxia King Li Daozon asked, "I wonder why Your Highness summoned the three of us to come with you?"
Li Daozon and the other two were very curious. Why did Li Chengqian suddenly summon them? They didn't usually interact with the East Palace.
"Recently, I received a piece of intelligence from Mobei about Xueyantuo. You three may want to take a look first." Li Chengqian handed the intelligence to Wang Quan and asked Wang Quan to give it to Li Daozon and others.
"Your Highness! Forgive me for being blunt! The Xueyantuo are in turmoil, and Bazhuo killed his brother to take the throne. This is also a common thing among nomadic peoples."
"There is nothing strange about this. I really don't understand why Your Highness is so anxious to summon the three of us." After reading it, Li Daozon said.
For the three of them, this is just a normal regime change of nomadic peoples, and it has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty.
I really don't understand why the prince called the three of them for a normal regime change of Xueyantuo in Mobei?
"Don't think this is a simple change of power. This is related to the relationship between Xueyantuo Khanate and Tang Dynasty."
"Bazhuo has always been hostile to Tang Dynasty. He has repeatedly persuaded Zhenzhu Khan Yinan to attack the border of Tang Dynasty. Yinan was afraid of Tang Dynasty's strength and never agreed." "
Now that Yinan is dead, Bazhuo will definitely take advantage of his father's expedition to Goguryeo to attack Tang Dynasty."
"This time I summoned the three of you here for this matter. I hope you can put Tang Dynasty's country first." Li Chengqian said.
"Your Highness is right! Xueyantuo has always been hostile to Tang Dynasty. Yinan's son Bazhuo has even robbed Tang Dynasty merchants."
"Now that your majesty is on an expedition to Goguryeo, Bazhuo will surely think that the Tang Dynasty is weak and take the opportunity to send troops to the Tang Dynasty." Xue Guwu said. "
The Xueyantuo were able to establish a khanate because the Tang Dynasty helped them defeat the Turks, so they had the opportunity to establish their own khanate in the northern desert."
"Now they actually dare to have evil intentions towards the Tang Dynasty, they are really abominable!" Li Daozong said.
"The evil ambitions of the Xueyantuo have long been exposed. When Your Majesty was in meditation at Mount Tai, didn't Yinan send his son Datushe to attack the Eastern Turks led by Huaihua Prince Li Simo?" "
Although Li Simo had an army of 100,000, he only had 40,000 soldiers. The Xueyantuo Datushe led his own army and an army of 200,000 from the Tongluo, Pugu, Uighur, Bailei and other tribes."
"Li Simo was defeated by the Xueyantuo coalition. The news reached Your Majesty, who was furious, and ordered Li Li to lead the army to defeat the Xueyantuo." Ashina She'er said.