Chapter 106 Does Guo Ziyi have a chance to become the second Cao Cao?

[In this way, Guo and Li completely cut off the connection between An Lushan's army and his hometown Fanyang. ]

[An Lushan was trapped in Luoyang, becoming a turtle in a jar. ]

[Guo Ziyi's army was at its peak and was getting braver and braver. He petitioned the court to send troops to Fanyang, An Lushan's base camp. However, the court did not approve the request.]

【why? 】

[It turns out that at this time, Emperor Li Longji abandoned Chang'an City and fled west. ]

[It was precisely because Li Longji escaped that Guo Ziyi was forced onto a bigger historical stage. ]

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"The situation was very good, but the emperor escaped?"

"ridiculous!"

During the Zhenguan period.

Li Shimin was furious!
This scene reminded him of the Ming Dynasty's defense of Beijing!

Although the enemy army was heading straight for the capital, they were able to change the emperor on the battlefield, vowed to defend the capital, and keep half of the country.

When it came to Li Longji, this bastard actually fled in fear of the fight. How ridiculous!

If he could hold on to the capital and wait for the armies from all over the country to form a siege, then there would be no need to worry about the bandits being annihilated!
The Tang Dynasty was not without famous generals. If Li Longji had not killed the general on the battlefield, how could a mere bandit have wreaked havoc on the empire for eight years?
How could it be possible that more than half of the people of the Tang Dynasty were killed or injured, reaching a huge number of 3800 million!
In Li Shimin's opinion, all of this should be blamed on Li Longji!

Li Longji is actually a sinner of the Tang Dynasty!

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[Let's turn our attention to the imperial court. Emperor Li Longji abandoned Chang'an City with his family, escaped through the west gate, and headed west to Shuzhong, or Sichuan.]

[Shuzhong is the territory of Yang Guozhong, the favorite concubine of Li Longji, the brother of Yang Yuhuan, and the treacherous prime minister of the dynasty.]

[An Lushan launched the An-Shi Rebellion under the pretext of clearing the emperor's entourage and killing the treacherous minister Yang Guozhong.]

[The group ran all the way to Maweiyi. The great emperor of the Tang Dynasty had no food to eat. His trusted treacherous minister Yang Guozhong begged everywhere and only got a large cake for Li Longji to fill his stomach. The other entourage had to go hungry.]

[After traveling all the way, the soldiers of the six armies who were accompanying them were in a bad mood. ]

[Are they so hungry that they want to steal the emperor's cake? ]

【of course not. 】

[The leader of the imperial guards, Chen Xuanli, suddenly shouted, "Isn't it all because of the traitor Yang Guozhong that the Tang Dynasty is in this state today? We must kill Yang Guozhong now to vent the anger of the people of the world!"

[The soldiers have been sleeping in the open air these days, and their families left in Chang'an are even more uncertain about their fate, so they have been holding back their anger for a long time. ]

【When Chen Xuanli shouted this, the surrounding soldiers echoed him. Before Li Longji and Yang Guozhong could react, the cavalryman Zhang Xiaojing shot Yang Guozhong off his horse with a sword.】

[Soldiers from the six armies rushed forward, dismembered Yang Guozhong and hung him up for public display.]

[Next came Yang Guozhong’s son, elder sister, and younger sister.]

[The Imperial Censor Wei Fangjin could no longer bear to watch and stood up and shouted, "Are you crazy? How dare you privately kill the prime minister?"

[The soldiers were so angry that they might as well kill Wei Fangjin as well. Out of sight, out of mind.]

[With the previous experience of Wei Fangjin, no one dared to stop these blood-thirsty soldiers.]

[The soldiers of the six armies were still angry and said that there was also Yang Guifei, who was also a relative of Yang Guozhong and should be killed as well.]

[Li Longji whispered that the imperial concubine was in the deep palace all year round and it was none of her business.]

【But it was no use.】

[In front of the soldiers who were so angry about killing, even the words of Emperor Li Longji were useless. ]

[So under the unanimous pressure of the six armies, Li Longji reluctantly gave Yang Yuhuan the last gift of her life - a piece of white silk. ]

[This is the famous Mawei Slope Mutiny. ]

[The opinions of the six armies are so unanimous. Do you believe that there is no one behind the scenes manipulating them? ]

[Some people speculate that the Mawei Slope Incident was actually planned by Crown Prince Li Heng. Why? Because the crown prince did not want to go to Sichuan.]

[He is not Yang Yuhuan's son. What good will come of him if he goes to the Yang family's territory? ]

[Induce the soldiers of the six armies to participate in the killing of Yang Guozhong. These soldiers dare not go to the Yang family's territory, and can only follow the prince to stay in Guanzhong to quell the rebellion. ]

【And this speculation is well-founded. 】

[Early in the morning of the second day after the Mawei Slope Rebellion, the common people stopped the prince's carriage and refused to let him leave, as if they had agreed to do so, indicating that everyone was willing to follow the prince to quell the rebellion and recapture Chang'an.]

[Faced with the people's pleading, Crown Prince Li Heng immediately said, "I will stand among the people and will not go to Shuzhong! I will stay in Guanzhong to quell the rebellion!"] [A month later, Crown Prince Li Heng rushed to Lingwu with 2000 soldiers and ascended the throne in Lingwu without authorization, and later became Emperor Suzong of Tang.]

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"That makes sense."

Zhang Fei looked thoughtful.

No wonder the soldiers rebelled, it turned out they were being coerced by someone.

Guan Yu snorted coldly: "What a wonderful scene of a loving father and a filial son."

"Li Longji is old and senile. If it weren't for him, the An-Shi Rebellion might not have lasted so long. It's not a bad idea to change the emperor, but I don't know how the new emperor will perform."

Liu Bei burst out laughing.

There are not so many new things in the world, it's nothing more than ambition.

The Tang Dynasty had the Xuanwu Gate Incident as a precedent, so it was not surprising that similar things would happen.

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[On the other hand, Guo Ziyi heard that Chang'an had fallen and the new emperor had ascended the throne in Linwu, so he decisively gave up the advantages he had gained in Hebei and personally led 50,000 troops to withdraw from Hebei and rushed to Linwu to protect the new emperor.]

[Because Guo Ziyi understood that only when the imperial power was stable could the morale of the troops on all sides be stabilized, and only then would there be a chance to fight the rebels to the death.]

[After Guo Ziyi left, the rebel general Shi Siming recaptured Changshan and opened up the north-south passage.]

[On the other side, the new emperor Li Heng was so happy that he almost cried when he saw Guo Ziyi rushing to the throne.]

[It turns out that ever since Li Heng and his father Li Longji parted ways, he has been in anxiety and fear. ]

[After all, he only had 2000 soldiers. In such a chaotic world, 2000 soldiers were nothing.]

[If you don’t have some real strength, you won’t even be able to keep your life, let alone the throne. ]

[Guo Ziyi's 50,000 troops helped Li Heng stabilize his base, at least his life was protected.]

【Li Heng appointed Guo Ziyi as the Minister of War, in charge of the military and political affairs of the country. 】

[It was not until this moment that Guo Ziyi, the famous Tang general who put down the An-Shi Rebellion, was finally in office.]

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"If this person has two minds, he may become the second Dong Zhuo!"

Liu Bei's expression changed slightly.

With the precedent of Dong Zhuo in mind, we have to think more.

At this moment, Guo Ziyi is in charge of a large army and is in charge of the military and political affairs of the entire country. If he really has any ulterior motives, the world will be in chaos again in an instant.

The chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty might not be impossible to repeat in the Tang Dynasty.

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During the Zhenguan period.

Li Shimin's heart also rose to his throat.

However, the first person he thought of was not the Han traitor Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo's rank was too low and his ambition was too short, so he was nothing.

What he was afraid of was that Guo Ziyi was a person like Cao Cao.

With the army at his command, why couldn't Guo Ziyi hold the emperor hostage to control the disobedient?

It can be said that it is not difficult for Guo Ziyi to become a figure like Cao Cao.

Of course, these are just the instinctive reactions of Li Er, who is accustomed to conspiracies and intrigues.

With the hint from Tianmu, he was still confident about Lao Guo's loyalty.

If Guo Ziyi really had ulterior motives, Tianmu would not have mentioned such words as 'his achievements are unmatched by all the people, and his position is the highest among all the ministers, so no one is jealous'.

Since history books had such evaluation for Guo Ziyi, Li Shimin believed that Guo Ziyi’s character was not that bad.

I believe that this person will not be like Cao Cao, who, although a Han minister, was actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty and was shameful.

The most important thing is that Tianmu had mentioned the destiny of the Tang Dynasty before. Li Shimin knew that it would take some time for the Tang Dynasty to fall, so he was not too worried.

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(End of this chapter)