Outside the Xingqing Palace, Zhang Xuān met Yang Guozhong and Chen Xian, who were also called into the palace.

Yang Guozhong clasped his fists and smiled, "King Yongning, it's been a long time!" I heard that King Yongning has been closed in the mansion recently, and the accompanying beauties are happy to wonder when King Yongning will return to Lingzhou, which is quite practiced by the prince! ”

Chen Xian also smiled and said, "King Yongning, the old man is polite, King Yongning is a young couple, and it is common sense that it is difficult to separate." ”

Zhang Xuān smiled indifferently, and bowed his hand and said, "Yang Xiang, Chen Xiang, this king has delayed his departure because Princess Wanchun is unwell. After a few days, the princess was in better health, and the king returned to Longshuo day and night. But there is Lao Yang who is concerned. ”

Yang Guozhong smiled slightly and didn't say anything more.

Chen Xian said again, "King Yongning, the old man heard that the Xi people rebelled and captured my Tang Pingzhou, Fan Yang urgently reported to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to send troops to reinforce Fan Yang, it seems that His Majesty summoned me to the palace this time, just for this matter." ”

Zhang Xuān nodded, his face slightly solemn.

The three of them entered the palace and finished meeting Li Heng.

Li Heng said impatiently, "Zizhan, Yang Xiang, Chen Xiang, I received an urgent report from Fan Yang, saying that the Xi people of Shizhou had gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses to rebel against the imperial court, and they had now captured Pingzhou. An Lushan asked the imperial court to quickly mobilize the guards and horses of Qingzhou, Qizhou, and Weizhou, and quickly drove to Fanyang to assist An Lushan in quelling the rebellion. ”

Yang Guozhong groaned for a while, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the imperial court should be allowed to play, and immediately mobilize the original soldiers and horses to Fanyang to quell the rebellion of the Xi people. If the Xi people rebel, the minister's Bohai Zhuhu will also be stupid, once the Northeast barbarians rise up and follow suit, I am afraid An Lushan will not be able to resist. ”

"If An Lushan is ambitious, he deliberately lets go of the curfew, and lets the Xi and Zhuhu rebels drive straight in, and the Central Plains is in danger." Yang Guozhong emphasized in a deep voice.

Li Heng's face changed, and he couldn't help but snort coldly.

He made his debut to the throne. The rebellion of the Xi people is undoubtedly a big blow to his imperial authority.

Li Heng turned his head to look at Chen Xian, who hesitated for a moment before saying softly, "Your Majesty, in fact, the Xi people's forces are weak and will not become any climate." However, the old minister thought. This time is also an opportunity for the imperial court. ”

Li Heng raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "Oh? How so? Chen Xiang, please speak, I will listen. ”

Chen Xian said solemnly, "Your Majesty, the old minister has always thought that the imperial court is in great trouble with only Fan Yang An Lushan. This time the Xi people rebelled, the imperial court might as well raise troops to march into Fanyang, and garrison troops in Fanyang under the banner of suppressing the Xi people's rebellion. Divide Weizhou, Cangzhou, Xingzhou and others from Fanyang to disintegrate An Lushan's forces without blood! ”

Chen Xian's idea is not bold, but at the same time it is a clever strategy.

Li Heng's eyes lit up, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed, "What Chen Xiang said is very true.

In this way, I would like to thank the Xi people for giving the imperial court such an opportunity, I don't think it is better to transfer part of the troops of Henan and Longshuo from the left and right flanks into Fanyang, if it works well, it can eliminate the big trouble in my heart in one fell swoop! Zizhan, do you think so? ”

Li Heng's voice was not exciting, he seemed to faintly see the elimination of taking An Lushan.

Zhang Xuān listened to Yang Guozhong and Chen Xian's words, and remained silent. Seeing Li Heng ask him, he resolutely waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, by all means!" If the imperial court sends military horses into Fanyang to assist An Lushan in quelling the rebellion, it will fall into An Lushan's trap! If An Lushan is allowed to encircle and annihilate the imperial army, and then go south, then Henan will be in danger, the Central Plains will be in danger, and Chang'an will be in danger! ”

Hearing Zhang Xuān sing the opposite tune with them, Li Heng frowned a little unhappily and said, "Zizhan, how can you say this?" ”

"Your Majesty, the total population of the ten states of Xi is only 200,000, where is the 100,000 army? From this, it is concluded that Fan Yang is in a hurry to report that there is a fake. This is one of them. ”

Zhang Xuān got up slowly, and said loudly, "The Xi people have always submitted to the imperial court, fought against the Tang Celestial Dynasty with a mere 200,000 barbarian forces, and dared to openly capture Pingzhou, unless King Xi is crazy." This is the second one.

"What's more, the Xi people have always been under the jurisdiction of An Lushan, and there are 200,000 Fan Yang iron riders from An Lushan in Fanyang, don't say that the Xi people don't have the courage to rebel, even if they really rebel, with the power of An Lushan, it is just a matter of raising hands to suppress the rebellion of the Xi people, why do you need to ask the court for help? Thirdly. ”

Li Heng gasped when he heard this, "Zizhan, what do you mean, is this An Lushan's lying about the military situation and the rebellion of the people being ridiculed?" No, it shouldn't be, Zhang Ping, the assassin of Pingzhou, sent an 800-mile urgent military report to the imperial court before the fall of Pingzhou, and there were also reports from the prefectures and counties along the way, so there should be no fake! ”

Zhang Xuān smiled indifferently, arched his hand and hugged his fist and said, "Your Majesty, the fall of Pingzhou is not necessarily fake. However, it is worth thinking about whether the Xi people are really rebelling or fake rebels. ”

"Your Majesty, the Xi people have always been under the authority of An Lushan, and the possibility of daring to rebel is extremely low. According to the minister's analysis, there are only two possibilities for this matter: First, An Lushan implemented a harsh government and harsh donations in the land of the Xi people in the ten states, causing the Xi people to resist, but with the power of An Lushan, the rebellion is not a problem, and the Xi people who His Majesty does not need will continue to go south. ”

Second, An Lushan instructed the Xi people to rebel, the purpose was to set up a trap, under the banner of leading rebellion, to ask the court for money and grain, so as to enrich himself. And if the imperial court sent troops to the east, it was in the middle of An Lushan's plan to lure the king into the urn, and he happened to hold the imperial court soldiers and horses hostage to formally rebel and attack the Central Plains. ”

Before Li Heng could speak, Yang Guozhong frowned and said, "King Yongning, it's not likely, right?" It is not surprising that Xi has been recuperating in the land of ten states for ten years, and it is not surprising that he has 100,000 military horses≥ although it is exaggerated, but there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. An Lushan certainly has the strength to exterminate the rebellion of the Xi people, but this thief is cunning and cunning, if he is bent on protecting himself and refuses to contribute to the country, wouldn't he let the Xi people become a country of their own, and "chaos" my northeast border defense! ”

"Besides, when Your Majesty first ascended to the throne, there was a barbarian rebellion, if the imperial court did not send troops to conscript, where would the face be?"

Chen Xian also echoed: "What Yang Xiang said is extremely true. King Yongning, the old man also thought that the court and His Majesty Tianwei would not commit a light offense, and the people of Xi rebelled against the "chaos", and the court must raise a large army to suppress it! ”

It is rare for Chen Xian to agree with Yang Guzhong and stand together. However, this time Chen Xian really felt that the Xi people were "in rebellion", no matter whether An Lushan had some Yin plots in it, the court could not sit idly by.

This kind of thinking cannot be said to be wrong. Because Li Heng had just ascended the throne and became emperor, there was a rebellion of foreign races at this time, if the Tang Dynasty court did not say anything, wouldn't it be the loss of authority, and let the foreign races in the world see a joke?

Li Heng also thought so.

Zhang Xuān suddenly sighed, "Your Majesty, the two prime ministers, An Lushan has been running Fan Yang Pinglu for more than ten years, and his power has long been intertwined and deep-rooted. It can be said that east of Fanyang, it has long become a country of its own, and the Fanyang Metropolitan Governor's Mansion does not respect the imperial court but only An Lushan.

"Pingzhou is a place under the rule of Fan Yang, let the Xi people occupy it, anyway, it is An Lushan's territory, why should the imperial court eat radishes salty and worry about An Lushan?"

"As for the face of the imperial court, Your Majesty, the imperial court can issue an edict to strictly order An Lushan to use the power of Fan Yang to exterminate the rebellion of the Xi people, if An Lushan cannot complete the mission, he will be questioned from now on! Of course, the imperial court can also bluff and mobilize all the guards and horses to respond to Fan Yang's momentum. ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to, An Lushan will never let the Xi people make waves on his territory.

Taking a step back, if the Xi people can weaken An Lushan's power, it will also be the joy of the imperial court. ”

Therefore, from the perspective of the ministers, this Fan Yang urgently reported that the so-called rebellion of the Xi people must be An Lushan's jiān plan and trap, and the court cannot be fooled by him. However, it can be seen from this that I am afraid that the time for An Lushan to rebel is near, and it is imperative that the imperial court strictly order Yan Zhenqing in Henan to prepare for the rebellion at any time! ”

"The minister should immediately return to Longshuo day and night, if the thief raises troops, the minister should raise troops in Longshuo again! As long as Yan Zhenqing's Henan soldiers and horses can block the rebels for more than a month, the ministers should lead Longshuo,

The soldiers and horses of the two towns in Hexi smashed into the hinterland of Fan Yang and stabbed the thief in the back! ”

Zhang Xuān clenched his fists and bowed.

Li Heng let out a sigh of relief, glanced at Yang Guozhong and Chen Xian, and saw that the two did not continue to object, so he nodded and said loudly, "Since this is the case, according to Zizhan's intentions, he quickly issued an edict to An Lushan to raise Fanyang's army to immediately exterminate the rebellion of the Xi people, and not to be lazy!" ”

"Chen Xiang, pass the edict to Henan, order Yan Zhenqing to prepare for war, and at the same time order the world, mobilize money and grain to re-enter Longshuo Zizhan, I and the court will all be on you, once An Lushan rebels, I can personally lead the brave men in the west of the Longshuo River, protect King Qin, and protect the safety of me and Chang'an!"

Li Heng's words were actually not thorough. If An Lushan's rebels are unstoppable, he has only two ways to retreat: one is to retreat to Shuzhong, relying on the power of Jiannan and the natural dangers of Shu Dao to resist An Lushan: the other is to abandon Chang'an and go to Longshuo to join Zhang Xuān, and fight with An Lushan for a long time under the protection of Zhang Xuān.

Judging from the current situation, Jiannan's An Sishun cannot be fully trusted, and the possibility of defecting to Zhang Xuān has increased unprecedentedly.

It can be seen that Li Heng actually did not have much confidence in the imperial court's soldiers and horses to resist An Lushan. An Lushan's Fan Yang Iron Cavalry is known as invincible in the world, and it is too difficult to expect Yan Zhenqing of Henan to block the attack of An Lushan's rebels.

In fact, in the "chaos" of Anshi in history, An Lushan only took a few Wutian to take Chang'an City, destroying the foundation of Chang'an, thus laying the groundwork for the Tang Dynasty to collapse from prosperity to decline. And Tang Xuanzong Li Longji abandoned Chang'an and fled to Shuzhong, while the crown prince Li Heng fled to Lingzhou and defected to Guo Ziyi.