Chapter 376: Zhang Xuan's fame reaches its peak!

In Zhang Xuan's plan, not only will he not kill Yan Zhenqing, but he will also create an opportunity for Yan Zhenqing to atone for his sins and avoid the tragic fate of being killed by Li Heng's order in the future. [..]

On the one hand, of course, it is out of consideration of the war situation and the general trend of the world ≌ The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Zhenqing are not strong in combat and the morale of the army is unstable. At present, the great enemy will greatly damage the morale of the imperial court military horses.

On the other hand, as a traverser, Zhang Xuan knows better than anyone that even though Yan Zhenqing is not a qualified commander in the military, he is definitely a capable minister and capable person in governing the country. For such a historical celebrity, Zhang Xuan naturally has to find a way to preserve it. After all, after the 'chaos' of Anshi subsided, the world in ruins and ruins needed talents like Yan Zhenqing.

Yan Zhenqing is not a fool, of course he saw Zhang Xuan's intention to defend himself, and the shame and gratitude in his heart were incomparable.

After Yan Zhenqing led the army into Shaanxi County, Zhang Xuan led more than 100,000 troops to defend Tongguan, and did not launch a major counteroffensive against Henan and Luoyang.

Feng Chong and the others knew that Zhang Xuan was waiting for the news that Zhang Xuan was killing the Jingyuan army in the hinterland of An Lushan in Izumo, as well as the news that Li Guangbi of Tubo was attacking Luoqi City, as well as the movement on Shi Siming's side.

When the An Lushan rebels learned that Zhang Xuan led a large army to block Tongguan, they also interestingly did not organize an attack, and retreated in the occupied county and county, and the two sides launched a temporarily calm confrontation.

Of course, An Lushan, who claimed the title of emperor in Luoyang, was not satisfied with this.

An Lushan was like a bamboo all the way, but finally met Zhang Xuan and suffered the first defeat. This is a big blow to the morale of the Fanyang rebels, who are like a rainbow.

When the Tang Emperor Li Heng was about to arrive in Lingzhou City, he received the military reports of the great victory in Shaanxi County and the great victory in Tongguan, and he was naturally overjoyed. Li Heng immediately ordered Yang Guozhong to draft an edict, praising Zhang Xuan and the Longshuo army, canonizing the Hui prince Gele as the king of Dingping County, promoting Li Siye to the general of the Shenwu Army, and Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun as the generals of the Shence Army.

Almost at the same time, Li Guangbi and Yang Lian captured the Tubo royal court, killed Trisong Dezan, and supported Stanley as the king of Tubo.

Half of the territory of Tubo was included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty∨ Xuan won a brilliant victory in the war against Tubo while quelling the rebellion, and the news spread to the world, making his reputation gradually reach a peak!

The whole country is excited.

Li Guangbi and Yang Lian rested in Luocheng for half a month, and then led the army to slowly return, retreated to Liangning Prefecture, and then, in accordance with Zhang Xuan's strategic intentions, advanced the border defense of Tuyuhun's hometown and Qinghai as a whole for 800 li, established forts, and consolidated the border defense, not to mention.

The two sides agreed that at the beginning of spring in the coming year, Tang Fan would hold a meeting in Liangning Prefecture to establish the Qinghai Covenant, which would always be the state of father and son.

At the end of October of the first year of Germany, Tongguan.

Li Yu, the king of Chu, galloped into Tongguan with 2,000 men and horses. He shouldn't have come so slowly, but on the way he received several good reports from Tongguan victory, Shaanxi County victory and Li Guangbi's Tubo victory, and knew that Tongguan was safe for the time being, so he made a detour to Chang'an first, and rested in Chang'an before marching from Chang'an to Tongguan again.

When Li Yu entered Tongguan, his mood was a little complicated. Although he was very indifferent to Zhang Xuan, and there were still a lot of grievances between the two sides, Li Yu also had to admit that Zhang Xuan's world-class contributions to the Tang Dynasty and Sheji were incomparable.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no one has surpassed it.

And the elimination of the rebellion of the Tang Dynasty and the mainstay of the restoration of the country fell on Zhang Xuan.

At this moment, the name Zhang Xuan, for the Tang Dynasty military and civilians, is confidence and courage, and it is a supreme glory.

Compared with Zhang Xuan's bright light, An Lushan appeared dim.

Li Yu came here on order to serve as Zhang Xuan's pacification envoy for the rebel army. He was accompanied by the emperor's favored eunuch, Huo Changqing. Huo Changqing served as a supervisor.

In fact, the two of them have similar roles, they are both prison soldiers, but their identities are different and their status is different.

Huo Changqing was subsequently sent by the emperor after receiving good news, and joined Li Yu in Chang'an.

"Great marshal, Li Yu, the king of Chu, and Huo Changqing, the general of the Right Prison Gate, are here by order!" Feng Chong hurriedly entered the handsome hall and hugged his fists.

Zhang Xuan actually got the news a long time ago, but he didn't come out to greet him.

"Oh? The King of Chu is here? Zhang Xuan pretended to be surprised and said, "It's coming so fast? ”

The corners of Feng Chong's mouth twitched slightly, and then he lowered his voice and said, "Marshal, the King of Chu was ordered to come to our army as a pacification envoy, and this Huo Changqing also came to the army to serve as a supervisor!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently, "The appointment of the internal supervisor as the supervisor is a regulation of the imperial court, and it cannot be abolished because of us." You don't have to take it to heart - it's just that the king of Chu came to Tongguan, which surprised Ben Shuai, but he still has a bit of courage and courage. ”

"Lord Feng, gather all the generals, and greet the King of Chu and Huo Jian Jun with the commander!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

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Li Yu and Huo Changqing had been waiting for a while on the post road outside the Shuai's Mansion in Guannei, as the prince and the Qincha, he had to wait for Zhang Xuan and his generals to come to greet him and maintain the emperor's dignity.

Li Yu's face was as usual, but Huo Changqing's face was a little gloomy.

He originally thought that with the arrival of Li Yu, the prince, and him, the Qin Mission, Zhang Xuan would at least lead the generals out of the pass. But Zhang Xuan has been late until now, which is simply a crazy salute.

But Huo Changqing is not a fool, and he knows that Zhang Xuan today is not something that he can easily shake as a chief eunuch. In this army, Zhang Xuan wanted to pinch him to death, like pinching an ant to death.

Two rows of sturdy soldiers stood solemnly, swords and guns shining.

Li Yu was waiting silently, and suddenly heard two rows of soldiers shouting in unison, "The generalissimo has arrived!" ”

Li Yu looked at it suddenly, and Huo Changqing was taken aback.

Li Yu could clearly observe the red light of excitement that burst out of the faces of the soldiers in an instant, which was a complex look mixed with awe and love that could not be described in words, almost the light of spiritual faith.

Zhang Xuan slowly led Feng Chong, Guo Ziyi, Fugu Huaien, Zhang Tong, Li Siye, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and other generals out of the marshal's mansion, and walked towards Li Yu and Huo Changqing under the attention of two rows of soldiers with guns.

As Zhang Xuan approached, the majestic momentum on his body became stronger and stronger, and he was not angry and arrogant.

The guards and eunuchs behind Li Yu and Huo Changqing didn't dare to look at Zhang Xuan, and couldn't help but hang their heads.

Zhang Xuan stared at Li Yu, his gaze slowly becoming gentle.

He smiled faintly, stepped forward, and saluted Li Yu with a fist, "Ben Shuai has seen His Royal Highness the King of Chu, His Royal Highness the King of Chu rushed to the national disaster, Ben Shuai greeted him late, and asked His Highness to forgive his sins!" ”

Li Yu can also be regarded as a character.

He seemed to have already forgotten all the contradictions and unhappiness between the two before, he laughed, stepped forward and saluted, "The generalissimo has made another war exploit for the country and defeated the rebels, which is really a blessing for the court and a blessing for the society!" Li Yu came to Tongguan here, and he was ordered to obey the orders of the marshal! ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is polite. His Royal Highness the King of Chu, please enter the marshal's mansion to speak, and the marshal will hold a banquet for His Royal Highness to receive the wind and wash the dust. Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, and walked side by side with Li Yu to the Marshal's Mansion.

Feng Chong and others followed.

With Zhang Xuan's current title, power and merits, he is enough to be on an equal footing with Li Yu, a prince.

Zhang Xuan and Li Yu talked and laughed along the way, as close as they were.

And from beginning to end, Zhang Xuan didn't say a word to Huo Changqing, didn't even look at him, and regarded him as air.

The corners of Huo Changqing's mouth trembled, his face flushed, and he was ashamed and angry. In any case, he is the emperor's confidant and messenger, and he supervises the rebel army, Zhang Xuan dares to snub him so deliberately!

Entering the Marshal's Mansion, Zhang Xuan set up a banquet to entertain Li Yu. At this time, Li Yu mentioned Huo Changqing to Zhang Xuan with some embarrassment.

Zhang Xuan didn't care, and ordered Huo Changqing to be invited in to participate in the banquet, but he didn't make a false deal with him.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan intended to suppress Huo Changqing's face, Li Yu secretly frowned.

He also knew that Huo Changqing had participated in Zhang Xuan in front of the emperor, and he had a lot of slander. It seems that the rumors of the court still reached Zhang Xuan's ears. Li Yu thought.

For this popular eunuch who is gradually gaining power, Zhang Xuan didn't pay attention to it at all. Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen, the two great eunuchs who caused trouble in the history of the Tang Dynasty, all died in his hands one after another, not to mention a mere Huo Changqing!

"Your Highness, please drink!" Zhang Xuan raised his glass to drink, and his attitude was very enthusiastic.

Li Yu raised his glass and drank it all. As for Huo Changqing, he sat under Li Yu very embarrassed, bowing his head slightly, clenching his fists.

Li Yu glanced at Huo Changqing, and said in his heart Huo Changqing, Huo Changqing, you still know each other, in the counterinsurgency army, if you offend Zhang Xuan, the end can be imagined.

In fact, Li Yu was very dissatisfied with his father Li Heng's dispatch of internal supervisors to the army as supervisors. Eunuchs like Huo Changqing came to the army to counsel the military aircraft, which could only have the opposite effect. Moreover, this obvious "surveillance" from the emperor will certainly cause discontent among the officers and men of the three armies.

"If it weren't for the marshal rushing to the aid of Tongguan, this Tongguan would have fallen into the hands of the rebels alive - Yan Zhenqing is really guilty of not being punished!" Li Yu heard that Zhang Xuan asked Yan Zhenqing to make meritorious contributions, so he made a tentative remark.

Zhang Xuan smiled and arched his hand, "Your Highness, this marshal has already reported this matter to His Majesty≌ Zhenqing has been defeated one after another, so naturally it is difficult to escape the blame." But it is also true that the rebels are overwhelming...... Ben Shuai also took into account that at present, the imperial court is the time to employ people, and the battle will be unfavorable to my morale, so he temporarily let Yan Zhenqing reorganize the army in Shaanxi County, and wait for the next day to counterattack Henan and Luoyang with our army, in order to redeem the merits! ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, if Yan Zhenqing loses the battle again, Ben Shuai will definitely bind him to Lingzhou and let His Majesty personally dispose of it."

Li Yu smiled and was about to say something, but at this time, he suddenly saw Huo Changqing standing up.

Li Yu frowned, turned his head to look at Huo Changqing, and hurriedly made a look.

But Huo Changqing turned a blind eye.

(To be continued)