The Pei family is deployed in Guanzhong's 100,000 Niu Wei, of which about 30,000 are stationed in Chang'an, more than 10,000 are stationed in the main counties west of Chang'an, and about 60,000 are stationed in Tongguan, Tongguan Marshal is the general Li Baozhen, after Cui Qinggong occupied Luoyang, Li Baozhen personally led 50,000 troops to garrison Shaanxi County, but the tragedy of An Lushan's rebellion did not repeat, Cui Qinggong did not immediately march into Chang'an after occupying Luoyang, but stayed in the eastern capital, which gave Li Baozhen a chance to breathe, he built fortifications day and night, Drill the soldiers and prepare to hold on to Shaanxi County.

Li Baozhen is the younger brother of Li Baoyu, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, who is in his early sixties this year, but he is in good spirits, old and strong, with rich experience in leading troops, he himself is not a member of the Pei family, but a general appointed by Pei Jun, in the Pei family's military system, the leading generals are generally not the Pei family, but a professional soldier with rich experience in leading troops, and most of the Pei family's scholars in the army serve as civilian officials such as Sima or Changshi, nominally to deal with miscellaneous things in the army, and master the money and food in the army, but in fact, the Pei family sent the supervising army in the army, Tongguan Army is also like this, the main general Li Baozhen, the commander of the battle decision, and Changshi is a person of the Pei family, named Pei Wei, born in Jinshi, responsible for the Tongguan Army's correspondence and money and grain allocation, he is currently staying in Tongguan, is organizing the people to build the Tongguan city wall.

In the past few days, Li Baozhen has also been restless, Pei Jun's death shocked the world, how could he not be moved, although he was in Tongguan, but he knew the situation of the court well, the queen mother had an empty shell, and poisoned the young emperor who was about to become an adult for her own benefit. This made Li Baozhen even more angry, as a soldier, he resolutely supported Zhang Huan's recovery of Anxi, but as a general of Pei Jiadi, he did not dare to have anything to do with Zhang Huan.

At this time, Pei Jun died, which made him feel a kind of crisis that the building was about to collapse, and he was restless for several days. Now I have a lot of worries.

"Marshal, Lu Sima is here." Outside the tent came the sound of the soldiers' reports.

"Please come in!" Li Baozhen put down the pen and tried to calm his chaotic mood.

As soon as the curtain was raised, a middle-aged scribe with beautiful eyebrows walked in, he was Sima Lu Xuanqing, the marching officer of the Tongguan Army. Lu Xuanqing is Lu Qi's younger brother, and was appointed as Li Baozhen's deputy because of Lu Qi's special relationship with Pei Jundi, but he, the marching horse, has no power, and the right to allocate money and food and the right to select sergeants are in the hands of Changshi Pei Wei, he just draws a combat map. or trivial matters such as counting military merits, but Li Baozhen trusts him very much, and some confidential matters in the army like to discuss with him, and to some extent, he can be regarded as Li Baozhen's staff.

"I'm very bored in my heart, I want to chat with Dashuai, I don't know if Dashuai has time?"

Li Baozhen nodded, "Lu Sima, please take a seat!" ”

Lu Xuanqing walked up to him and sat down. Sighing slightly, he said, "I just received a letter from my brother. It is said that the people in Beijing are panicked, the official documents of various ministries are piled up, and no one is concentrating on official business, Pei Xiangguo died at this time, which is definitely not the blessing of my Tang Dynasty! ”

Lu Xuanqing aroused Li Baozhen's heart, he shook his head, and sighed helplessly, "Maybe Li Xiangguo has the ability to turn the tide!" ”

"Is the big marshal talking about Li Mian?" Lu Xuanqing sneered, "He can't even control his own Ministry of Rites and still wants to control the situation in Datang?" It's not that I underestimate him.... UC eBook::First::Hair.. Although he is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites. He is also one of the three ministers of the cabinet, but no one in the DPRK and China knows about it. He is just a puppet of the Queen Mother, nominally he is acting as prime minister, but who will buy his account as the minister of the court? I heard my brother say that Pei Xiangguo had just died, and he drew up a list of personnel changes, covering a wide range of people, covering almost the entire court and localities. ”

Li Baozhen saw that he wantonly belittled Li Mian, and suddenly remembered that it was rumored that Lu Qi had taken refuge in Zhang Huan in Beijing, and his heart couldn't help but move, so he asked quietly: "Then in your opinion, does my Datang really have no one to turn the tide?" ”

Lu Xuanqing laughed dryly, "Why do you want to ask knowingly?" ”

Li Baozhen's old face flushed slightly, and he still shook his head and said, "I really don't understand what you mean." ”

Lu Xuanqing stood up, bowed to Li Baozhen and said: "Now that the situation between the DPRK and China is in chaos, everyone is thinking about their own future, doesn't the marshal have any ideas?" My brother sent a letter to persuade me to take refuge in Zhang Huan, I have promised, if the marshal has a heart, I am willing to draw the line for the marshal, if the marshal has no intention, then I have to resign and go alone. ”

Hearing him say so frankly, Li Baozhen's face couldn't help but change slightly, and he lowered his head for a while

Lu Xuanqing saw that he was silent in thought, and knew that he was tempted, so he stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Dashuai, I have Zhang Huan's envoy in my account, would you like to see him?" ”

Li Baozhen was taken aback, he looked left and right, and also lowered his voice and said, "When did you arrive?" ”

"I just entered the camp at night, would you like to see it?"

Li Baozhen lowered his head and thought about it, then said, "Okay! You bring him to see me, but be careful not to let Pei Wei's people see it. ”

"Don't worry, there will be no mistakes!"

Lu Xuanqing hurriedly went, but Li Baoxin was even more disturbed, Pei Jun's death meant that the Pei family began to decline, and no one in the court could stop Zhang Huan's rise, he Li Baozhen didn't know, how could he not be moved, Zhang Huan's true life experience He also knew that it was the book of Yu Taishu, as long as he restored his identity, it was imperative to ascend to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and he and his eldest brother won the grace of Yu Taishu back then, and he should also defect to the new master in public and private, but he held the army of the Pei family and took refuge in Zhang Huan, which was inevitably suspected of betraying the lord for glory, It's because he's been worried and it's hard to make up his mind.

Li Baozhen stood up and walked to the front of the tent, the sky outside the tent was full of stars, the night was as cold as water, Li Baozhen took a deep breath, his mind was much clearer, at this time, I saw a figure flashing in front of him, Lu Xuanqing brought someone here, in the dim night, I saw that the person who came seemed to be not very old, dressed in military uniforms, and there were five or six retinues behind, and Lu Xuanqing led the way in front. The look was quite respectful.

"Dashuai, here." Lu Xuanqing ran forward to report. xUC e-book x first x release x

Li Baozhen saw that he looked very nervous, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and by looking at the faint light in the tent, he had already seen the face of the person who came, and couldn't help but be surprised. He blurted out: "Lord Shangshu! ”

The person who came had an amiable smile and a short beard under his chin, but it was Zhang Huan who came in person.

Zhang Huan's garrison in Hejin is not far from Shaanxi County, and it can be arrived in only one day. He stepped forward and smiled slightly: "Uninvited guest, don't look at General Li." ”

"Don't dare to be lowly and don't dare, Shangshu please come in quickly."

Li Baozhen was extremely excited, and Zhang Huan actually came to convince him in person, which shows that he attaches great importance to himself. He invited Zhang Huan into the account, and hurriedly turned out a fine celadon cup, poured Zhang Huan a cup of tea, and offered it to him with both hands, "Shangshu has worked hard all the way, please use tea." ”

Zhang Huan took the tea and took a sip, he already knew from Lu Xuanqing's mouth that Li Baozhen intended to take refuge in himself. But there is one more concern. Of course, he knew what the other party was worried about, and he didn't want to embarrass him, so he smiled and said, "I came this time to discuss with General Li how to eliminate Cui Qinggong and coordinate with my two families." ”

Li Baozhen understood in his heart that Zhang Huan was just using a subtle method to win himself over, in the final analysis, both of them were Tang Army, and he was the secretary of the military department and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, so he was fully qualified to mobilize himself. In this way, I can take refuge in him reasonably and legally. Without being criticized, this is undoubtedly a very clever method.

Now. His last scruples were gone, and he immediately stood up, knelt down on one knee and gave a military salute to Zhang Huan, "My subordinates are willing to obey the dispatch of the governor!" ”

Zhang Huan stroked his beard lightly and smiled, Qianniuwei is Pei Jun's most elite army, and even Li Baozhen has taken refuge in him, which shows that the Pei family is gone.

"Good! When Cui Qinggong's civil strife is together, it is the time for you and me to attack. ”

Luoyang, originally stationed on the other side of the Yellow River 30,000 Zhang Huanqian army has quietly retreated north, at the same time, the fierce attack on Xinzheng County Xiangyang Army also withdrew south to Xuzhou, Cui Qinggongdi's military pressure has decreased sharply, and there are scouts to find out the news, a 3,000 goblin soldiers quietly returned to Tongguan in two days.

All indications indicate that Zhang Huan is very likely to secretly return to Beijing to fight for power, and as the threat of foreign enemies decreases, the internal trivial matters in Cui Qinggong's army gradually increase.

In the past two days, a small piece of gossip has quietly spread among Cui Qinggong's army through various channels, saying that Li Shidao has begun to be seriously dissatisfied with Cui Qinggong's arbitrariness and wants to cross the Yellow River to stand on his own.

No one knows where this news came from, but many people believe that it is true, Li Shidao's surrender to Cui Qinggong was originally a loose alliance of interests, if Cui Qinggong's strength is on the rise, maybe Li Shidao will continue to rely on Cui Qinggong, but Cui Qinggong's power is getting worse, and the foundation he has worked so hard to lay has made a wedding dress for others, so how can Li Shidao not have a different heart? Not only Li Shidao, but many people think that Ma Dawei is not so reliable anymore.

Even Cui Qinggong himself is convinced of this statement, and since Zhu Tao persuaded him to take advantage of the chaos in the DPRK and China two days ago to kill Li Shidao and Ma Dawei to seize his army, Cui Qinggong has begun to have ideas.

Among his 300,000 troops, except for a 30,000 Ruyang army that followed him, the rest were in the hands of Li and Ma, one was Li Shidao's 30,000 Puyang elite soldiers, and the other was Ma Dawei's 50,000 Xuzhou army, and most of the surrendered troops after defeating the Hedong army were also obtained by the two.

Although the number of his subordinates is large, most of them are rabble, mainly because he captured Zhuang Ding after the counterattack on the Central Plains, many soldiers do not even have military uniforms, and some people use farm tools as weapons, from the fact that Chen Liu's defenders surrendered without a fight, you can know that these new troops are not reliable, therefore, how to get the elite in the hands of the two has always been what Cui Qinggong thinks about day and night.

But Cui Qinggong is not stupid, he knows that this kind of thing is a double-edged sword, if it is handled well, he can control all the armies, so that his strength will increase greatly, and once he does not handle it well, he will hurt himself, from the current situation, it is best not to have civil strife, but he also knows very well that if this matter is not dealt with as soon as possible, the second general is very likely to have a different heart.

Therefore, Cui Qinggong was extremely cautious about this matter, on the one hand, he ordered people to strictly investigate the source of the news, and those who spoke nonsense were all executed, and on the other hand, he sent money, food and beauties to Li Shidao and Ma Dawei respectively, and promised to share the world with him and the two in the future.

At the same time, the two of them were extremely wooed. He secretly discussed with Zhu Tao the best way to get rid of the two, and Zhu Tao suggested that he first join forces with Ma Dawei to get rid of Li Shidao, who was closest to Luoyang, and then assassinate Ma Dawei in the name of Li Shidao, so that he could collect the two armies, which can be described as a plan to kill two birds with one stone, Cui Qinggong thought so. After finalizing many details, he immediately formed a special service guard, selected a strong martial artist and a good assassin team, led by him directly, and sent his henchmen to tell Ma Dawei that Li Shidao had the heart to surrender to Zhang Huan.

A small squad of cavalry galloped through the early morning mist. In front of him was Bishui County, and the cavalry parted ways with one person and galloped northward. Spotting the direction, he galloped towards the city.

In the confrontation with Zhang Huandi, Li Shidao's troops were stationed on the Yellow River north of Luoyang, while Ma Dawei's troops were stationed in Bishui, two hundred miles east of Luoyang, to prevent Zhang Huan from breaking through from the east.

Ma Dawei is slightly different from Cui Qinggong's brutality, he is a civilian official. Relatively tolerant of the people. can also restrain soldiers, so the area of Zhengzhou and Xingyang under his control is still somewhat vibrant, plus the land where he is stationed is rich, and it has been a high-yield grain area since ancient times, and the people can have a bite to eat, so Ma Dawei still has a little reputation among the people.

Early this morning, many angry squires jointly approached Ma Dawei to complain, the cause was that a Cui Qinggong army that went to fight in Chenliu crossed the border and burned and killed adultery along the way. Dozens of villages were destroyed. Thousands of women were also taken away, and the squires complained about the crimes of the crossing army. and persuaded Ma Dawei and Cui Qinggong to part ways, not to be affected by this brutal person, so that future generations of the book could not raise their heads.

Bang! With a bang, Ma Dawei slammed his fist on the table, shaking the tea bowl and spilling water on the ground.

"Cui Qinggong, bastard!" Marvian gritted his teeth and scolded, which also annoyed him greatly, not to mention that he hated the army more and more for their violence and did evil on his turf, which was clearly not giving him face.

Although he didn't want to turn his face with Cui Qinggong for the time being, what Cui Qinggong did made him more and more disgusted, especially two days ago, Cui Qinggong sent someone to explain to him his ambition to be the emperor, which made Ma Dawei suddenly smell a burning smell and call him the emperor! What virtue does he have, how can he dare to call it the Book of Heaven?

Originally, Ma Dawei hoped that Cui Qinggong would enter the dynasty as a minister, and he could also be promoted to the envoy of the festival and taste the taste of separating one party, but now Cui Qinggong seems to be getting farther and farther away from the goal he wants, and he has to risk the world to become the emperor, which makes Ma Dawei have to think about his future.

"Master, let's go to Pengjun!" It was Mrs. Ma Dawei who spoke, she was also surnamed Ma, called Ma Xianglian, that is, Ma Sizidi's sister book, about twenty-four or five years old, born with skin like snow, pretty, and deeply loved by her husband, especially since she was six months pregnant, so that Ma Dawei, who was nearly half a hundred years old and had no books under his knees, was even more obedient to her, and took her there with him, lest she have an accident in the chaos.

She stepped forward to clean up the tea bowl on the ground, but Ma Dawei hurriedly supported her, "Madame be careful with her personal writing, let her subordinates do these things." ”

Ma Xianglian sat down slowly, she saw that her husband seemed to be still hesitating, and she frowned and persuaded again: "The brutality of Cui Qinggong's army, even I, a person who never goes out, have heard it countless times, the master is innocent, why do you want to mix with this kind of person, and tarnish your reputation in vain, we don't have our own territory and army, we can completely dissociate ourselves from him!" ”

Ma Dawei sighed, waved his hand and said, "Madame just take care of the children in her belly, and don't ask about the men's affairs." ”

"Master, I didn't want to ask you about the army, it's just that these days I always have nightmares, dreaming that the Bodhisattva is angry and accuses me of murder, I'm worried about children!"

Speaking of this, Ma Xianglian couldn't help crying and said: "Even if you don't think about it, you should think about it for our children's books, there will be retribution for doing too many evils." ”

"That's it!" Ma Dawei was upset by his wife, he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and finally said to his wife: "We will discuss this matter after your eldest brother comes back, now you go back to the house to rest, don't think about it anymore." ”

Ma Si went to Luoyang ten days ago to urge the army to get food, and he should have come back a long time ago, but he didn't show up for a long time. This also made Ma Dawei very nerve-wracking.

At this moment, a personal soldier suddenly came from outside the door, "General, Mr. Ma is back." ”

(Huh!) I can't help but make the old mistake again, ask everyone for a monthly ticket, and soon the double monthly ticket activity is going to end. ）