July 19 of the first year of Zhide.

An Lushan swore an army in Fanyang, claiming that the army was powerful and went south, under the banner of going out for the old emperor, destroying Li Heng, and welcoming the old emperor to reinstate.

In the solemn text, Li Heng was described as a heinous person who usurped the throne and killed his father, and as soon as the news came out, it shook the world. [Search for the latest updates..]

Hebei Prefecture and County surrendered, and An Lushan's army drove all the way in, and it only took more than half a month to occupy most of the counties and counties in Hebei, forming a fatal threat to Henan.

When the news reached Chang'an, Li Heng was furious and ordered Yan Zhenqing to be the general manager of the Henan Road march, and ordered the guards and horses of each state to lay an iron bucket-like defense line on the periphery of Bianzhou to block the An Lushan rebels from moving south.

At the same time, Li Heng issued an edict ordering the feudal towns of the world to send troops to King Qin, and within one day, he issued three holy decrees to Longshuo, asking Zhang Ji to immediately organize the army to fight against the An Lushan rebels and protect Chang'an Gyeonggi.

Li Heng was scared, although he said that he would fight to the death with An Lushan's rebels and kill An Lushan's traitors, but in his heart he was really ready to give up Chang'an and abscond to Lingzhou.

In the past six months, he has continued to mobilize grain and grass to Lingzhou, on the one hand, to support Zhang Xuan's military war, and on the other hand, to plan for him to flee to Lingzhou in the future.

In Li Heng's opinion, if he led the central court to move to Lingzhou, with Zhang Xuan's army of more than 100,000 and the army of Geshuhan in Hexi, his safety would be guaranteed. With the protection of Zhang Yin and Ge Shuhan, he has the confidence to argue with An Lushan.

When the holy decree reached Lingzhou, Zhang Xuan had already received the news that An Lushan had raised troops.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"

Li Heng's confidant eunuch Huo Changqing personally led people to Lingzhou to announce the edict, which shows how much Li Heng attaches importance to this edict.

Zhang Xuan led the generals of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to bow down, "The minister accepts the order!" ”

Huo Changqing hurriedly read Li Heng's edict for help, then handed the holy decree to Zhang Xuan with both hands, lowered his voice and said with a smile, "Lord Wang, An Lushan raised troops and captured countless counties and counties along the way, Hebei fell, and Henan was also in danger. Your Majesty asked our family to come, and you must ask the prince to immediately raise troops to fight against the thieves and protect Your Majesty and Chang'an. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Please go back and tell Your Majesty that Zhang Xuan will be the king of soldiers to guard the capital!" Please also ask Your Majesty and the court to wait with peace of mind, An Lushan's rebels are rebellious, they have plundered the Central Plains, and the heavens are angry and resentful, and they will be destroyed by our army! ”

Huo Changqing hesitated for a moment, remembered Li Heng's advice, and asked again, "I don't know if the prince will start the army, and our family will go back and report to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhang Xuan frowned, glanced at Huo Changqing, and said indifferently, "The army goes on the expedition, it is not child's play, the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass are heavy, and it takes time to deploy." Please rest assured, Your Majesty, my Longshuo army will rush to the national disaster and go to the soup and fire, and there will be no delay! ”

Huo Changqing sighed secretly in his heart.

Li Heng asked him to immediately urge Zhang Yin to raise troops, but although he was a eunuch, he also knew that it would take a certain amount of time for the army to be deployed. It's just that Huo Changqing was halfway to Lingzhou when he heard that Zhang Xuan was using troops with Tubo, and that Li Guangbi and Yang Lian's 80,000 troops were fighting against Tubo troops and horses in Tubo, and he couldn't help but be very worried.

He was worried that Zhang Xuan would delay the rescue of Chang'an because of the war with Tibet.

Huo Changqing looked at Zhang Xuan's indifferent and calm face, and finally asked. "Lord, I heard that Longshuo is at war with Tubo, and 80,000 troops have invaded Tubo, I don't know how the battle is going?" Now that An Lushan's rebels are heading south, if the prince's army is pinned down here by the Tubo people, I'm afraid it will ......."

Hearing Huo Changqing's posture of questioning himself on behalf of the emperor, Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently, "Not bad." At present, there are 80,000 military horses in Tibet, fighting with Tibet. Tubo and An Lushan colluded and interacted, if this king did not get rid of Tubo's future troubles, how could he raise troops to fight against thieves? ”

"Perhaps this king will go out on the front foot, and the Tibetan army will then cover up. At that time, the Tubo army was under the attack of An Lushan rebels, not to mention that Chang Jian could not be safe, even Longshuo and Hexi would fall",

"However, An Lushan's rebels are moving south, and Chang'an is in danger, so I am afraid that it will be delayed...... Guarding His Majesty and the imperial court bear the brunt, and ask King Yongning to immediately order the war with Tibet to be stopped, and mobilize military horses to fight against King Qin! ”

Huo Changqing's voice was much more serious, and he played the banner of the emperor, obviously a little dissatisfied with Zhang Xuan's attitude.

Zhang Xuan glanced at Huo Changqing, this person is unknown in history, presumably because Zhang Xuan appeared by coincidence in addition to Li Fuguo, Yu Chaoen and others, and gained Li Heng's trust and became the first power supervisor around Li Heng.

"Father-in-law Huo is too worried. Where to go, this king has his own opinion. You don't have to say much, and go back to Chang'an to tell Your Majesty that the army of King Longshuo Qin will be sent soon! Zhang Xuan waved his hand impatiently, and then turned to leave.

Feng Changqing and Zhang Xun exchanged a complicated look, and said to Huo Changqing with a smile, "An Lushan rebelled, the Tubo people invaded, and the marshal was busy with military affairs, and I also asked Gonggong Huo to return to Chang'an quickly and report to Your Majesty" Huo Changqing's face was blue and red for a while, Zhang Xuan was so unkind to him, and his words were aggressive, he was very annoyed in his heart. The corners of his mouth were biting, looking at the back of Zhang Pian leaving, and he sneered in his heart: "What are you crazy about? When our family returns to Beijing, we will definitely give you a copy in front of Your Majesty! ”

"Without His Majesty's permission, he used troops to Tubo without authorization, delayed the dispatch of troops to the king, and had bad intentions."

But Huo Changqing was no longer dissatisfied in his heart, and he didn't dare to say it. Come. In Longshuo, if he wants to offend Zhang Pian, he is asking for his own death. Don't look at him as a celebrity next to the emperor, but Zhang Xuan wants to kill him, there are too many reasons and means.

Huo Changqing snorted coldly, didn't say anything to Feng Changqing and Zhang Xun, turned around and left.

He went all the way to Lingzhou, and wanted to be sent by Zhang Xuan to rest in Lingzhou for two days before leaving, but unexpectedly, he ate "dried noodles" here in Zhang Xuan and was expelled in disguise.

Feng Changqing and Zhang Xun looked at Huo Changqing's angrily departing back, and a trace of worry appeared between their eyebrows.

Zhang Xuan's study.

Feng Changqing, Guo Ziyi, Zhang Xun, Fugu Huaien and others sat on both sides, silent, quietly waiting for Zhang Xuan's order.

Zhang Xuan was silent for a long time before he raised his head and glanced at everyone, and said indifferently, "Lord Zhang, how is the situation of An Lushan's rebels?" ”

"Back to the prince's words, the news came that An Lushan's rebels were divided into two routes in Hengzhou, and more than 100,000 people were personally led by An Lushan all the way to occupy Weizhou, preparing to attack Bianzhou in the south."

"The other way is led by Shi Siming, from Hengzhou to Taiyuan in the west, through the east of the river"

"Yan Zhenqing led more than 100,000 troops to swallow up Bianzhou, laid down heavy defenses, and prepared to fight to the death with An Lushan rebels"

Zhang Xuan nodded, and turned his head to look at Feng Changqing with a solemn face, "Lord Feng, is there any news from Li Guangbi's side?" ”

"Back to the prince, Li Guangbi's army fought hard with the military horses of Trisong Dezan in Qilin Cocity for a day and night, narrowly defeated Tubo, and annihilated nearly 10,000 Tubo military horses, but his own body damage was not small. At present, Trisong Detsen led the remnants of the army to retreat to the city of Luo, while Li Guangbi rested in Qilin and continued to press on the city. On the other hand, Yang Lian has already killed Pibo's ......"

"Report! General Lee Kwang-pil urgently report! Outside the door of the study, a guard shouted.

"Biography!"

The protector hurriedly walked in with the secret report in his hand, bowed to the ground, and handed it over.

Zhang Xun got up and took it, didn't look at it, and gave it to Zhang Xuan directly.

Zhang Xuan opened it and glanced at it, and immediately a smile of excitement appeared between his eyebrows, and he smiled aloud, "Everyone, the big thing in Tubo is decided!" ”

"The former king of Tibet, Stanzhu, led the remnants of the defeated army of more than 10,000 people, and surrendered to Li Guangbi in Qilin Co-city, expressing his submission to the Tang Dynasty. At present, Li Guangbi is reorganizing his army, and taking some cities is just around the corner! As soon as the city of Luo was broken, Tubo was destroyed! ”

Everyone was shocked, and immediately became very excited.

"Lord Zhang, send an order to Li Guangbi, at all costs, then go down to some cities. Tell Stanzhu that if he surrenders sincerely, he will lead the army as the vanguard, as long as he enters and occupies some cities and destroys Trisong Dezan, the king will ask the court to canonize him as the king of Tubo! ”

Zhang Xuan's voice paused slightly, and he looked around at everyone with a smile, "Since this is the case, this king can go out to fight the thief with peace of mind."

"Life,

Zhang Xuan sat there, waved his hand solemnly, and said in a deep voice.

The generals immediately stood up and bowed and said, "The last general!" ”

"Ordered 30,000 troops to enter Jiuyuan, Izumo, and attack Fanyang"

"The Shence Army, the Shenwu Army, the Flying Tiger Army, the Flying Leopard Army, the Women's Army, and 100,000 people of the five armies gathered in the county and prefecture to make various preparations for battle...... This king should swear to go out on the 15th day, and the king of diligence will beg the thief! ”

The generals were a little surprised. An Lushan's rebels were in turmoil, and it was said that Zhang Zhu should send troops to Qinwang in the shortest possible time, but he ordered "to go on the expedition after 15 days" seems to be a bit ...... But Zhang Xuan's prestige in the army was too high, and the generals respected him like a god, and although they had doubts, they still took the order to go.

After the deployment of the troops, Zhang Xuan slowly walked out of the study and entered a quiet courtyard. Hua Nu'er stood quietly at the gate of the courtyard, looking at him.

"Feng Ming!" Zhang Xuan strode over, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he took Hua Nu'er in his arms and leaned over to kiss her.

Hua Nu'er was ashamed, struggled to break free, stared at him with a red face, and lowered her voice and said, "What is this?" What do you think of the slaves? ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Feng Ming, you and I are old husbands and wives, and we are still so shy." In our house, whoever dares to talk nonsense, I will cut out his tongue."

"By the way, is that kid okay?" Zhang Xuan saw that Hua Nu'er's cross-eyebrows were about to attack, so he quickly diverted the conversation.

Hua Nu'er let out a sigh of relief, pouted and said, "This little guy can eat and sleep, it's very good."

"I'm going to meet him," Zhang Pian strode in.

There are more than ten soldiers guarding the courtyard and are heavily guarded. Seeing Zhang Xuan coming in, he immediately knelt down, "Meet the prince!" ”