The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty are classified as "Longyou Dao", Longyou Dao is the largest administrative region of the Tang Dynasty, of which the Beiting Protectorate of Longyou Dao is mainly to prevent the Turkic tribes in the north, and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate is to prevent the big food in the west and the small countries in the Western Regions, as well as the Tubo in the southwest.

It can be said that the military role of the Anxi Protectorate in the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty is very important.

More than 100 years after the founding of the country, the once powerful Turks were destroyed by the emperors of Taizong and Gaozong to only one breath, Goryeo was also leveled by Gaozong, and the former Xue Yantuo has been divided.

And the Anxi Protectorate and Hexi, the Longyou Jiedu envoy is an important military town to prevent Tubo, of which the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate is the first line of defense adjacent to Tubo.

Li Longji's decision to increase troops to Anxi has nothing to do with Gu Qing's performance, whether Gu Qing Shangshu wants to increase troops or not, out of the consideration of the western strategy of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji will increase the army, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the garrison in the Western Regions has never been less than 50,000 people, and the same is true during the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that in the past two years, Gao Xianzhi has played too much in the Western Regions, destroying the country and destroying the city at every turn, and the persimmon picks up the soft pinch, and accidentally encounters the hard stubble of the big food, and an encounter will lose half of the troops of the Anxi Protectorate.

The resulting consequences are very serious, this time Tubo blatantly invaded, captured Khotanese City, is to see the air defense in the Anxi Protectorate, the opportunity to take advantage, if not Gu Qing led the army to fight a beautiful ambush battle, Tubo contained the Anxi troops, and the strategic intention of the envoy to attack the right section of Hexi Longyou is likely to be successful.

Li Longji saw the essence of this war from the military newspaper, and the increase in troops in Anxi had long been in his plan.

Kim Wuwei and Zuo Wei each transferred 10,000 soldiers and horses, which was not too nerve-wracking for Gyeonggi Defense.

The guards and horses guarding Chang'an City are about two or three hundred thousand, and the transfer of 20,000 will not have much impact on Chang'an, and as for the money, food, and weapons of war horses, Li Longji doesn't care even more.

Although the people of the Tang Dynasty are living a little reluctantly, the prosperous era is a prosperous era after all, and it can leave the reputation of the prosperous era in the history books.

Gao Lishi took Li Longji's words to heart, and when he was about to retire, he suddenly remembered something, and said: "Your Majesty, you sent Zhongguan Fu Baolin to Fanyang for a secret visit a few months ago, and the news has been transmitted back to Chang'an this morning......

Li Longji raised his eyebrows: "Oh, what's the news?" Can An Lushan have objections? ”

Gao Lishi said respectfully: "The letter sent by Fu Baolin said that An Lushan stationed 150,000 soldiers and horses in Fanyang, Pinglu and other places, but there was no abnormality in checking its grain, grass, weapons and ordnance, An Lushan returned to Fanyang after the pilgrimage, words and deeds are very dedicated, and the generals under his command did not have a secret letter that said that they were all Hu people, but the Han people accounted for most of them, and most of the secret letters were inexplicably intercepted outside Chang'an City last time, most of them were not true, and someone may have framed An Lushan and provoked the monarch and ministers to lose ......harmony."

Li Longji frowned and said, "Fu Linglin really said that? ”

Gao Lishi took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Li Longji with both hands, and said, "The original letter sent by Fu Zhaolin is here, please read it for Your Majesty." ”

Li Longji read it carefully, then folded the letter and muttered, "An Lushan really has no objections? This letter didn't say anything about An Lushan, and there were a lot of words of praise, could it be that I was too careful? ”

Gao Lishi said softly: "The old slave thinks that Your Majesty is not too careful, no matter whether An Lushan has any objections or not, it is a fact that he has 150,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and His Majesty's worries are not unreasonable." ”

Li Longji snorted and said: "Granting him the envoy of the Three Towns Festival is really too much, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, if you want to take back part of An Lushan's military power, you really fell into someone else's plan, causing the monarch and the ministers to lose harmony, and ...... Suddenly taking over his military power, I am afraid that the soldiers will mutiny, but it will be troublesome......"

After pondering for a long time, Li Longji finally made up his mind and said softly: "General Gao, go and send an edict to the military departments of the three provinces, transfer troops and horses from Gyeonggi Province and Henan Province to change defenses, transfer half of the garrisons of Xuzhou, Huazhou, and Luoyang, cross the Yellow River and station Xingzhou, Jinzhou, and Gyeongzhou, and add the governor's mansion in the three places. ”

Gao Lishi was awe-inspiring, and carefully recalled the names of several places that Li Longji had just said, and his face was slightly moved.

Since it was impossible to recover An Lushan's military power, it could only take precautions and dispatch local soldiers to garrison Xing, Jin, and Qing in the name of normal defense change, and the three places were in the shape of a character to defend Chang'an.

After the original Zhengzhou Assassin Shi An Chongzhang was the founding of the country, his great-ancestor An Xing was a noble official who worshiped the right general of Wuhou and was named the Duke of Liangguo, and was one of the famous sixteen heroes of martial arts. An Chongzhang was born in Jiangmen, and he was familiar with military books since he was a child, and his biggest advantage in using soldiers is that he is good at guarding, giving him a city, and he can keep it without moving, and it is solid.

Judging from Li Longji's transfer of troops and horses and the appointment of governors, the suspicion of An Lushan has not only not been eliminated, but has become heavier.

If An Lushan really rebelled, then the three zigzag cities would be on the way for the rebels to attack Chang'an, and if they were handed over to An Chongzhang to defend, they would leave enough time for the court in Chang'an to deal with it.

The emperor was already suspicious, and once he became suspicious of someone, it was not so easy to dispel, and An Lushan's military power finally became an incurable heart disease for Li Longji.

After writing down all Li Longji's orders, Gao Lishi was about to retire, when Li Longji suddenly said lightly behind him: "The assistant who sent Fan Yang Pinglu, you go and check him." If it is found that he accepted bribes from An Lushan, he will be secretly killed with a cane after he returns to Chang'an. ”

Gao Lishi was stunned and hurriedly received his order.

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Shuzhou, Thorn History.

Song Gensheng walked out of the Thorn Mansion wearing a five-grade light crimson official uniform and a scarf on his head.

Song Gensheng's appearance is much more mature than at the beginning, he even grew a beard, and his black beard under his chin was shiny, and he was taken care of at all, compared to when he was the county commander of Qingcheng County before, Song Gensheng's eyes now have a touch of stability and majesty.

I didn't sleep all night, and I didn't finish all my official business until dawn, Song Gensheng walked out of the Thorn Mansion, stood at the door and stretched a long lazy waist, and exhaled a turbid breath.

Half a year ago, there was a vacancy in the Shuzhou Assassin's Mansion, Gu Qing wrote a letter to Xian Yu Zhongtong, the envoy of Jiannan Province, and the letter was very straightforward to Xian Yu Zhongtong to ask for an official, a state of don't drive is a five-grade official, Xian Yu Zhongtong gave it very happily, and directly wrote a letter of appointment and sent it to the Shuzhou Assassin's Mansion, and Pei Di of Shuzhou Assassin immediately transferred Song Gensheng from Qingcheng County to Shuzhou without saying a word.

Unlike others who study hard in the cold window, and work hard in high school to practice their qualifications in officialdom, Song Gensheng's official fortune is surprisingly smooth, he has never taken the imperial examination, and he has become an official with "filial piety and honesty".

Song Gensheng's official fortunes have a close relationship with Gu Qing's status in Chang'an, and the reason why Xian Yu Zhongtong gave Shuzhou to Song Gensheng so happily is naturally irrelevant to personal feelings, and Xian Yu Zhongtong is not such a righteous person at all.

When Song Gensheng was appointed as a special driver, it happened that Gu Qinggang was made a county marquis by the Son of Heaven, and he was promoted to the general of the left guard, especially the reason for the promotion and knighthood was actually to save the life of the Son of Heaven.

Xian Yu Zhongtong was far away in Yizhou, but he also heard about Gu Qing's deeds, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, he was just a young man in a barren mountain village at the beginning, two years have passed, and before he knew it, that young man had become the savior of the Son of Heaven, and he was also knighted, he finally grew into a towering tree, maybe Xian Yu Zhongtong would have to hug his thigh in turn in the future.

After having a sufficient understanding of Gu Qing's status in the heart of the Son of Heaven, Xian Yu Zhongtong immediately decided that he must be friendly with Gu Qing, this thick thigh has long been related to him, and he and Gu Qing have known each other at the end of the year, Gu Qing's career has a deep connection with him, how can such a thigh not be hugged?

When he was worried about how to get closer to Gu Qing, Gu Qing sent a letter to Song Gensheng as an official, and Xian Yu Zhongtong was overjoyed, so he was appointed without saying a word.

In the final analysis, Song Gensheng's official position was actually the inevitable result of the exchange of interests of the bureaucracy.

Yes, Gu Qing, Xian Yu Zhongtong, including Song Gensheng today, are all members of the bureaucracy.

Xian Yu Zhongtong's affairs were done happily, Gu Qing wrote a letter to thank him after learning about it, and by the way, he told him that he had helped him speak well many times in front of His Majesty and the noble concubine, which was regarded as a thank you for Xian Yu Zhongtong's favor.

And Song Gensheng, since he entered the Shuzhou Thorn History Mansion as a farewell, the first thing he did was to visit Pei Di with a rich gift, and he was humble and courteous in front of Pei Di. Not only that, but he also took leave to go to the Yizhou Jiedu Embassy to see Xian Yu Zhongtong, and also brought a rich gift to thank Xian Yu Zhongtong for his love in person.

Today's Song Gensheng seems to be a mature, decent official who knows the rules.

A great change, a crisis, experiencing death, witnessing life and death, this man grew up overnight.

The black beard under his chin conceals his slightly immature face, and the smiling expression at all times hides his innocence and innocence, his scheming city is deeply hidden behind the smile, and the officials of the Assassin's Mansion praise him, he has never had a grudge since he took office, he is the only person in the Assassin's Mansion who does not involve any grievances, but can be praised by all officials.

Standing at the door of the Thorn Mansion, a breeze blew, Song Gensheng shivered, and couldn't help but stroke his shoulder.

A piece of leather was draped over his shoulders, and Song Gensheng turned around and found that it was his newly recruited Mr. Mubin, named Qing Chongshu.

Now Song Gensheng is already a state driver, qualified to receive guests, Qing Chongshu is he selected from a group of down-and-out readers, it coincided with the state capital's scientific examination unveiling, Song Gensheng accidentally found that this reader walked on the street in despair after reading the list, and was almost hit by his carriage.

The two met from this, and after talking, Song Gensheng felt that this person had a strategic mind, and he was also quite stable, especially good at analyzing the pros and cons of gains and losses, and he was really a rare talent of the curtain strategist, Song Gensheng should even hire him as a curtain guest to help him deal with Shuzhou official affairs.