Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 88

Chapter 116

Two or three days later, Qianzhou seemed to be calm again.

The people work at sunrise and rest at sunset. The war of the past few days seems to have been completely forgotten by everyone.

But they don't know what kind of storm is blowing up in Lingnan Road, Jiannan Road, and Jiangnan Road at this moment.

After the Jiaozhou rebels attacked Guangzhou, some people noticed the situation in Jiaozhou.

When the number of rebels in Jiaozhou reached [-], all the state capitals immediately put on alert to prevent the rebels from getting bigger.

The first line of defense is Qianzhou, so the other state capitals did nothing, just wait and see.

Because if there is no order from the imperial court, the army in the state capital is not allowed to be transferred out privately, otherwise it will be treated as a rebellion.

They didn't want to put themselves in crisis just to help Li Chengqian.

And when Jiaozhou rebels captured Huichuan Town and wanted to attack Qianzhou, the state capitals of Lingnan Road finally received the imperial edict.

With Li Chengqian as the general manager of the Jiaozhou Road and Lingnan Road as the assistant, all the prefectures obey the orders of Li Chengqian, the general manager.

Therefore, the governor of Lingnan Dao Prefecture waited eagerly for Li Chengqian's order to dispatch troops.

As a result, as soon as the imperial decree arrived in the morning, they received the news from the scouts in the afternoon.

The rebels are suppressed!

Hearing this news, the governors of the state capitals were so sad.

What a credit to put down the rebels. Originally, they could get some credit, but unexpectedly, they were put down so easily.

Regretful, but more shocking.

They are very clear about the situation in Qianzhou.

Although it is the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and it also governs Chenzhou and other eight states, it is actually not worth mentioning compared to other Metropolitan Governor's Mansions.

There are only 8 defenders in Qianzhou, but there are [-] rebels. How did Li Chengqian do it?
To be honest, if they hadn't repeatedly sent people out to confirm the news, I'm afraid they wouldn't believe anything they said.

After confirming the news, even if they don't believe it, they will write a memorial as soon as possible and send it to Chang'an as soon as possible.

And Li Chengqian was also a little confused. After suppressing the rebels, he inexplicably received an imperial decree, saying that he was appointed as the chief officer of the Jiaozhou Road Marching to suppress the rebels.

Is there a delay in this imperial decree? The rebels have already been wiped out before the imperial decree came into his hands.

...

Soon, ten days passed.

Changan.

Tai Chi Palace, Tai Chi Hall.

Today's early court naturally revolves around the mutiny in Jiaozhou.

"It's been so long, is there any news from Jiaozhou?" Li Shimin asked while sitting on the dragon chair.

The rebellion in the Tang Dynasty made Li Shimin doubt his life.

He always thought that under his own governance, the Great Tang would enjoy long-term stability and prosperity.

The people should be grateful to him, but why did they stand up and rebel?

Finally, after careful persuasion by Changsun Wuji and others, the monarch and his subjects came to a tacit conclusion.

The people in Jiaozhou may have gone a little bit wrong on the way to follow the evolutionary footsteps of Datang, so their evolution was twisted and they became monkeys.

But it doesn't matter, after the invincible Datang army has pacified Jiaozhou, then slowly teach them how to behave.

Li Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and said, "Return to Your Majesty, there is no news sent back to the Ministry of War, and..."

Speaking of this, his expression became more dignified, "It seems that His Royal Highness King Qian did not mobilize the troops of Lingnan Road."

"What?" Li Shimin's face changed, "Chengqian didn't transfer troops?"

Li Shimin kept an eye out before, and wrote in the imperial decree that people from Lingnan Road should be assisted.

There are tens of thousands of troops in the Guangzhou Metropolitan Government in Lingnan Road. If Li Chengqian mobilizes the Guangzhou army, it will definitely be no problem to suppress the rebels.

But now more than ten days have passed, and there is no news from Qianzhou, and he has not transferred troops from other state capitals.

Could it be...Qianzhou has fallen?

An anxious look appeared on Li Shimin's face, and he immediately said, "Send someone to Qianzhou to find out what's going on!"

Among the civil and military officials, Du Chuke, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, lowered his head and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

From this point of view, Qianzhou is probably lost.

Originally, Du Chuke thought that Li Chengqian failed to suppress the rebels, but he took the opportunity to put pressure on Li Shimin to order him to punish Li Chengqian.

But now that Qianzhou has directly fallen, the situation is even more serious. Even if Li Shimin wants to keep Li Chengqian, I believe the ministers will not agree.

Moreover, it would be even better if Li Chengqian unfortunately died in the offense and defense, all problems would be solved, people are gone, how can we fight?
King Wei sits firmly on the crown prince!

Thinking of this, Du Chuke couldn't hold back the throbbing in his heart anymore, and immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Qianzhou has fallen, and nearly [-] people in Qianzhou will definitely be abused by the rebels!"

"At the beginning, Your Majesty, you gave His Royal Highness King Qian the military power over the entire Lingnan Province, which was more than enough to suppress the rebels, but Mr. Li, Minister of the Ministry of War, said that the state capitals of Lingnan Province did not mobilize troops."

"Can the minister infer that because His Highness Qianzhou is arrogant and does not take the rebels seriously, that's why he didn't mobilize troops, which eventually led to Qianzhou being defeated by the rebels!"

These words are a bit embarrassing. If the charges are convicted, then Li Chengqian will never recover.

Because the nature of this matter is more serious than his rebellion at Xuanwu Gate back then.

At the time of Xuanwumen, although the rebellion was serious, it did not hurt innocent people, so Li Shimin could calm down and think about why Li Chengqian rebelled.

If he had endangered the people of Chang'an at that time, it would have been another end.

This time, if Qianzhou was really breached by the rebels and caused disasters to the people in Qianzhou city, then all the crimes would definitely be blamed on Li Chengqian.

"Your Majesty, Lord Du is right. There must be something serious going on in the absence of news from Qianzhou for so long!" Wei Ting also stood up and echoed.

Except for these two ministers, the rest of Wei Wang's faction did not dare to act rashly.

The previous few times he dealt with Li Chengqian, not only failed to bring down Li Chengqian, but made himself ashamed.

So this time they learned how to behave, and they must not do it again until they are absolutely sure.

"Before you know the situation in Qianzhou, you must not do it lightly!" Li Shimin said lightly, "I have sent people to inquire about the news. If the city of Qianzhou is destroyed, I will never let you go lightly!"

...

But at this moment, in the Ministry of War, the person on duty is Liu Jie, a member of the Ministry of War.

He stretched as usual, and when he was about to go to the toilet, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.

"Report!"

"Master Liu, there is an urgent report from Lingnan Road and Qianzhou!"

"What?" Liu Jie stood up abruptly, and then murmured, "Could it be that the good news from Qianzhou came?"

"Get it now!"

Soon, the little official handed over several letters to Liu Jie.

Liu Jie opened one at random and began to read it.

"What? The Jiaozhou rebels have grown to more than [-]?"

"The king of Guizhou did not send troops to the prefectures of Lingnan Road..."

After seeing the contents of these two urgent reports, Liu Jie's face changed drastically, and a chill rushed straight to his forehead.

There are [-] rebels in Jiaozhou, but only [-] defenders in Qianzhou.

But Li Chengqian did not transfer troops to Lingnan Road, so there were only two results.

The first is that he has already put down the rebels, so no reinforcements are needed.

And the second one is... Qianzhou may have been breached by the rebels, so King Qian didn't have time to ask for help.

And no matter which possibility it is, the result will be fatal, and it may even cause a shock in Datang!

(End of this chapter)