After a long time, the emperor asked Lu Zhi whether the news about Masui in Hedong had arrived.

Lu Zhi replied that since Ma Sui was defeated in Lianjieshan and returned to Taiyuan last time, he had dug out the river water and flooded the east side of Taiyuan City, saying that water would replace soldiers and guard against the rebellious towns of Heshuo. Now that he had asked him to attack Li Huaiguang, he had already arrived by detour, and Ma Sui also replied that he was preparing for the troops, but he was not sure how to go on the specific "route to serve the king": should he go directly to Shuofang to reinforce Fengtian, or should he give priority to Li Huaiguang's four prefectures?

When the emperor heard this, he sneered and said that Ma Sui was still the same.

In fact, as long as Li Shi does not command war, his IQ is still online if he only seeks politics.

He knew that Ma Sui had flooded the east side of Taiyuan, and came to play the ball again. He even asked "route questions" when he was serving the king. Ma Pushe's idea should be "self-protection first".

The emperor simply did not hide it, and asked Lu Zhi to draft the document immediately, "Follow his wishes." He was awarded the position of Situ Ma Sui and promoted his brother and son to his official position. More importantly, he promised Ma Sui that once he conquered the four prefectures of Hezhong, he could elect the governor of Hezhong from the court.

The emperor's words meant that Ma Sui could "respond to the official" and that as long as Li Huaiguang was pacified, his power could be freely exerted in the river.

In addition, what shocked the emperor even more was Chen Shaoyou of Huainan and Han Huan (Anhui and Zhejiang). These two men first took out money from the general's mansion, built cities within their jurisdiction, hoarded rice and grain, built a large number of ships, set up beacon towers on the rivers of the Yangtze and Huai Rivers, and asked the fleet to carry crossbowmen and soldiers patrolled up and down the river bank, calling them *** thieves, but did not send troops to defend the king.

Not only that, the entourage ship carried millions of silos of money and silk by the Biandong Transportation Commissioner Bao Ji was transported on the waterway, but it was not the thieves in Huaixi or Ziqing who robbed them, but Han Huan and Chen Shaoyou.

Five million jin, first half of it was robbed by Han Huan, and then half of it was robbed by Chen Shaoyou. Bao Ji was almost killed by Chen Shaoyou's soldiers, and he hid under the table with his wife and children before he survived.

So as soon as Bao Ji fled to Shouzhou, he impeached the bandits of Han and Chen to Fengtian City with the support of the governor Zhang Wanfu.

But after the emperor received the news, he just clenched his fists in secret, and his face quickly turned into a calm expression. He also said to many scholars with a smile: "Chen Shaoyou, Han Huan is just short of money to support the army. Let the money be left for them. After publishing a document to allow Xuanrun and Huainan to obtain military expenditure, he will expel the thieves in Huainxi as soon as possible."

After Gao Chongjie and Lu Xiqian died in battle, Li Shi finally learned two things:

Compromise and delegate power.

"I will calculate this account carefully in the future." Li Shi silently hid his emotions in his heart.

But during this period, there was still exciting news: the Guiguan Manager Liu Yan recruited three thousand Huangdong barbarians and rushed north to serve the king. Now he has entered the territory of Hunan and sent letters to Han Huan and Chen Shaoyou, warning them to be careful - Liu Yan also wrote a letter to Li Na of Ziqingfang Town, asking him to abandon the king's name and submit to the court again.

As for Li Sheng, who was in Yi and Ding, he also brought five thousand Shence Pioneer troops to the camp and quickly marched westward to help Chang'an. However, Li Sheng did not pass Feihu Pass and enter Hedong, but went south to Xing and Ming, then into Huguan, Heyang, and Duji Road.

The reason why Li Sheng did not go to Hedong means that he did not trust Ma Sui at all.

It is said that Ma Sui got angry about this matter.

In addition, the troops of the Shence Army in Luoyang and Ruzhou were originally planned to reinforce several camps, namely Xing Junya, Shang Kegu, Luo Yuanguang, Liu Dexin and Zhu Zhongliang, after knowing that the emperor was in trouble, they also quickly returned to the west. Several generals recommended Liu Dexin as their leader, and actually seized Tongguan in front of the rebellious 6,000 Jingyuan troops - Li Zhongchen. Yao Lingyan could only order the entire army to occupy Dali and confront Liu Dexin.

The emperor finally felt better, and asked Lu Zhi to help the public and issue various documents, in the form of a king's words, to give the commander of the king, and the generals who were responsible for the king's title.

"No paper and pen." Lu Zhi replied carefully.

In order to prevent the emperor from "micro-operating", the ministers united and controlled all the paper and pens of the Hanlin scholars in the Fengtian City Miscellaneous Library. In this way, if the emperor had any ideas, he had to discuss and approve them with the ministers before he could ask the Hanlin scholars to produce the text.

The emperor laughed bitterly and repeatedly said to himself, "You must know how to compromise and delegate power." Finally, he said it doesn't matter, and I will explain these things clearly to the ministers immediately. It will not be too late for you to write the article.

At this time, Huo Zhongtang walked in and presented the pictures drawn by Duan Xiushi to the emperor, saying, "Duan Taiwei confronted the bandit Li Chulin in Fengxiang, and dared not do anything about the military formation. He specially drew the formation diagram and handed it over to His Majesty to seize it."

The emperor's hand trembled and slowly stretched towards the drawing. How eager he was to see the terrain and camp map and give Duan Xiushi and Gao Yue accurate guidance.

The scholars around were worried, afraid that the emperor would express his opinions on the front line.

"Well!" Finally, the emperor sighed and pushed the drawing away with his hands firmly, restraining his desires, saying, "I will not accept the orders of the king outside. I ask myself that I still have the aura of Emperor Wen Jing. Go and tell Taiwei Duan that he will march and fight in the future and respond to the situation, and there is no need to ask me for everything."

When the emperor was about to announce the end of the meeting and let all the scholars rest, a formation suddenly came from outside the window, as if something amazing sound came from afar. Li Shi hurriedly got up and looked at the window:

At the foot of Liangshan, outside the northern gate of Fengtian City, there was a "top tower" as tall as a diamond. This was built by Zhu Li mobilized thousands of people to the north of Liangshan. This morning, he crossed the Mogugu Road and quickly assembled one mile outside the city, which is what Zhu Li mentioned earlier.

Although Li Shi had known for a long time that the rebels were creating buildings for siege, he did not expect the regulations to be so shocking.

This opposite building is seven feet tall, two feet taller than the wall of Fengtian City. It is divided into five layers, like a pagoda, covered with layers of wet leather to resist the burning of rockets in the city. There are four hundred people hidden in the lower floor. Holding levers in their hands, they make rhythmic shouts, hunching their waists, sweating like rain, pushing eight pairs of dark wheels, allowing the "big cloud beam" to rumble towards Fengtian City.

Li Shi stood on the tallest bell tower in the city, looking at each other almost in front of Da Yunliang, and he was stunned:

"Duan Xiushi, Gao Yue, Cui Ning, Li Sheng, Liu Yan, no matter who is good, come and save me!"

On the Qianling Plain, Li Huaiguang, Li Xilie and Zhu Li stood there, overlooking Dayunliang step by step towards the wall of Fengtian City in the opposite direction.

They could see the horse faces connected to the city and the city walls, soldiers guarding the city rushed back and forth like ants; they could also hear the sad and rapid sounds of bells and drums and horns in Fengtian City.

In the other drum tower, Tang An, who was sleeping in a slumber, suddenly woke up. She got up and saw the "big cloud beam".

"Oh my God!" Tang An's appearance was fading.
Chapter completed!