Riding fast through the woods, over the ridges, rushed into the county capital of the Xixi Hedong, where the Yellow River is controlled by water and land, "the world's suffocation", the strategic position is extremely important, the main force of the Hedong Army is also distributed here, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi led the Shuofang army into Hedong, after the defeat of Shi Siming's West Route Army, Li Guangbi led the main force to attack Hebei, and Guo Ziyi stayed in Hedong to train, ready to cooperate with the imperial army to attack Luoyang, because Guo Ziyi's generals went to various places to recruit troops and train, and gradually became a force, Among them, Sun Quanxu, the governor of Puzhou, was the most powerful, with more than 30,000 soldiers.

The eldest grandson Quanxu is the heir of the patriarchal Sun family of Tang Chuwang, he is about fifty years old, his face is rough, dark, and he acts neatly, although he is a child of the family, but the long military career has added a kind of military fortitude to his literary and Confucian style, but like all people who have had a glorious family history, he attaches too much importance to power, or the glory of the ancestors has given him too much pressure, and the revival of the eldest grandson family has become the biggest dream of his life. can also touch the target, his treasure pressed on Li Yu's body.

From sending his daughter into the palace, he was waiting, the hard work paid off, he finally waited until this day, from the message from his daughter he got the emperor's promise, the left minister and the military department of the book, in the title of the prince gave him the title of the king of the county, he knew that Li Yu did not lie to him, the right minister was for Li Yu, this he knew in his heart.

With a goal, there is motivation, the eldest grandson Quanxu immediately cooperated with Yu Chaoen to win over the generals in Hedong, his reason is very simple, now the Anxi faction is in power, only by uniting can he have the strength to compete with the Anxi faction, so he bypassed Guo Ziyi. The Hedong faction headed by the eldest grandson Quanxu was established.

Riding fast on the densely populated street, pedestrians on the road are so frightened that they crawl to both sides to dodge, this is an eight-hundred-mile emergency military report, the roadblock is guilty, fast riding like a gust of wind rushed to the state capital Yamen, now the military and government are integrated, state affairs and military affairs are decided by the eldest grandson Quanxu.

"Report to the general, the imperial army has passed through Shaanzhou. There is also Tongguan information here! The sergeant sent two pieces of information.

"It's already Shaanzhou, and it's very fast!"

The eldest grandson Quanxu smiled proudly, and then opened the information of Tongguan. The smile on his face disappeared instantly, his hand trembled a little, and he could only open it three times with a simple piece of information. There was only one sentence on the note: "There are only three thousand defenders in Tongguan." And in the midst of repair, the city is not complete.

The eldest grandson Quanxu let out a long breath. What he was most worried about was Tongguan, if the defenders didn't let him in. Then he had to take a long detour to Longyou. In that case, the time will be delayed, and Tian Zhen, who guards Longyou, may not let him pass safely. And now there are only 3,000 defenders in Tongguan, and in the process of repair, God really helped him, he seems to have seen the grand occasion of his whole army entering Chang'an City, as if he saw the emperor come to greet him in person with tears in his eyes, and the eldest grandson Quanxu can no longer restrain the excitement in his heart, 'Teng! He stood up and shouted, "Quick! Summoned Li Baoyu, Wei Boyu, Zhang Zhijie.|It's time to exhale! ”.

Lingbao County, Shaanzhou, here is the most convenient place to cross the Yellow River in the north, the river is moderate, the terrain on both sides is flat, which is conducive to the assembly of the army, although it snows heavily, but the Yellow River has not frozen, but the flow rate is more slow, on this day, a large army is quietly returning from the east, and stopped at thirty miles away from the Yellow River crossing, and then nearly a hundred scouts were sent out to search for spies on the north bank, this is naturally Li Qing's army, An Qingxu is just a dry bone in the grave, he can be wiped out in a battle, and even Li Guangbi can be alone, It's not worth his effort to engage in any kind of battle, the so-called drunkard doesn't mean to drink.

At night, Li Qing was surrounded by hundreds of people, immediately in front of a hill, the wind with a sharp whistling sound from the treetops, hundreds of steps away, the black and heavy river flowed slowly and solemnly, Li Qing silently watched the river, and then it was cold like this, the Yellow River would soon freeze, but Li Qing knew that the eldest grandson Quanxu was anxious, he couldn't wait for a day, from the information he obtained, the eldest grandson Quanxu's brigade was heading towards the north bank of Lingbao.

He raised his eyes to look to the east, and Xinyun should have arrived at the river crossing from Luoyang, and suddenly, Li Qingruo felt something, and he seemed to see something in the dark night sky, "General, it's fire!" A pro-soldier pointed from afar

On the other side, Li Qing also saw clearly, there were many more sporadic fires on the north bank of the Yellow River, like the Milky Way in a summer night, dotted with stars, stretching for miles.

"It's coming, it's finally here!" Li Qing smiled coldly, he waved his hand lightly and said, "Everyone go back to the camp, order the scouts to closely observe the situation of crossing the river, and report to me every moment!" ”.

While waiting for the armies to assemble in Puzhou, Changsun Quanxu was also mobilizing a large number of ferries, and he was most worried that the repair of Tongguan would be completed before his arrival, or that Li Qing, who had already arrived in Luoyang, would react and increase his troops in Tongguan.

There are 100,000 people from all walks of life in Hedong, this is a loose alliance of interests, everyone has their own ambitions and goals, but there is one thing in common, that is, to enter the customs to control the imperial court, as for who is the final big winner, that is a matter of the future, the top priority is to take advantage of the emptiness in the pass to take Tongguan.

It is not a simple matter for 100,000 people to cross the river, but as long as the preparation is sufficient, it can be completed overnight, and the eldest grandson Quanxu has collected hundreds of large and small civilian boats, coupled with the gentle current, he believes that he can cross the river overnight.

"Cross the river!" The torches were quickly straightened out into a long dragon,

"General Changsun!" Dozens of horses galloped in, the first one was the general Wei Boyu, he fled to Hedong after the defeat of Geshuhan, with more than 10,000 people under his command, and has been stationed in Fenzhou, although he also came with the brigade, but he felt that Changsun Quanxu was too impatient whether it was a decision or a march, just like Geshuhan at the beginning, many details were not clarified and hurriedly crossed the river.

"General Changsun, I suggest that it is best to cross the river separately, so that we can take care of each other!"

"Points?" Eldest Sun Quanxu glanced at him vigilantly, he suddenly realized that he was nominally the leader of the alliance, but in fact, whoever entered Guanzhong first had the right to speak. I want to be in power. But why don't they want to?

Thinking of this, the eldest grandson Quanxu laughed dryly and said: "The soldiers are fast, there are only so many boats, if you cross the river separately, can't you delay time?" General Wei is really worried! ”

Wei Boyu saw that the eldest grandson Quanxu didn't listen, and said hurriedly: "But if there is an ambush on the other side, intercept it halfway." What should I do? ”

The eldest grandson Quanxu looked up to the sky and laughed for a long time. He shook his head. With a little sarcasm, he said: "I think General Wei was killed by Cui Qianyou, I received information last night that Li Qing's army has arrived in Luoyang." Halfway through! Who do you think it will be? Did Choi Qianyou come back to life from the dead? ”

"Eldest grandson Quanxu!"

Wei Boyu's face turned red. "Don't deceive people too much!" Can't see clearly in the dark. But the anger could be heard in his tone, "Just go." I'm going back to Fenzhou! ”

The eldest grandson, Quanxu, sat motionless on his horse until he turned his horse's head. Only then did he look at his back and said coldly: "The emperor ordered us all to enter Beijing." General Wei dared to resist and disobey the order, because he saw the emptiness of Hedong. Do you want to be the king of Hedong? ”

Wei Boyu was shocked. Half a day. Only then did he sigh and say, "I, Wei Boyu, am dedicated to the country, how can I slander a villain like you." Since you don't listen to me, it's up to you. I was the last to cross the river. ”

Let's talk about it. He flicked his horse's head, and soon disappeared into the fire of the hunt. The eldest grandson Quanxu waited until his back disappeared before he sneered: "Forgive you for not daring to have two hearts!" As soon as he turned around, he whipped his horse straight to the square, and shouted, "Cross the river!" ”

Groups of soldiers rushed onto the ferry, and several of the big boats had turned their bows and slowly left the dock, and in the darkness only the sound of paddles could be heard, and the big boats swayed and sailed towards the endless black fog.

The ships came and went, until the eastern sky showed a hint of green, and the transportation of troops gradually came to an end, and finally the land before crossing the river was full of grain and grass, and the 100,000 troops were densely lined up on the river bank, and the cold wind was bitter, and they shivered with cold.

The eldest grandson Quanxu found Wei Boyu who had just crossed the river, and laughed: "General Wei, 'intercept halfway', who said this?" ”

Wei Boyu ignored him with a cold face, and at this moment, there was some faint movement on the other side, and the original neat firelight suddenly became messy, and then extinguished a lot.

The eldest grandson Quanxu was taken aback, he rode his horse to the river, and desperately looked at the other side, but the fog was so deep that he could not see anything except the faint light of the fire, and he knew in his heart that something must have happened!

Is it because the ladder is too heavy and crushes the ship? Not like that! Not like that! Seeing that there were fewer and fewer fires on the other side, the eldest grandson Quanxu was anxious, but he couldn't get any news, and suddenly, a bunch of fires lit on the opposite bank, and the flames soared into the sky, and they looked extremely dazzling in the gray fog.

"General Changsun! Get out of the riverbank, we're in ambush! Wei Boyu flew over, stomped his feet and shouted: "This is the grain and grass that attacked us, but it is really ambushed on our side!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a scout rushed over and reported loudly: "General, there is a large army surrounding us two miles away, there are hundreds of thousands of people, and there is no way to go on the east, west, and south!" ”

The eldest grandson Quanxu was stunned, he suddenly understood that Li Qingdong's visit was just a pretense, and his real purpose was to clean himself up, so to speak, the so-called Tongguan 3,000 soldiers, city repairs, etc., were just a bait to lure himself into being fooled.

He slowly walked in front of Wei Boyu, and said with a face full of shame: "Boyu, I regret not listening to you, how can I do it now?" ”

"General Changsun don't worry, things are not as bad as you think." Wei Boyu thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I know that Li Qing will not let us go, I thought he would intercept us halfway through the river, but I didn't expect him to let us go ashore, which shows that he has no intention of destroying us, I am afraid that he just wants to seize our military power, so that we have two ways to go." ”

"General Wei, please speak!"

"One way is to surrender to him with dignity and hand over the military power, we may still be able to get an official and a half-position, and the other way!" Wei Boyu looked back at the river that was shrouded in mist, sighed and said: "When I crossed the river just now, I found that a thin layer of ice had formed in some places, if we are lucky, wait for two more days, the river may be able to freeze, then we can cross the river directly." ”

The eldest grandson Quanxu raised his head and looked at the east sky, a ray of glow had faintly poked his head out, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, the season has not arrived, how can it be able to afford ice, the grain and grass are still on the other side, not to mention waiting for two days. Today, the soldiers' breakfast has not been settled.

Then. In the distance, a group of soldiers walked briskly around a person, and a sergeant reported to the eldest grandson, Quan Xuyu: "General, the right minister has sent someone!" ”

As he spoke, Li Qing's envoy had already arrived, and he was dressed as a civil official, about 30 years old, and his steps were firm. With confidence in his eyes, he stepped forward and saluted: "In the Lower Anxi Army, Judge Wei Yingwu." I've seen General Changsun! ”

The eldest grandson, Quanxu, had calmed down from his nervousness. He also bowed his hand and said, "May I ask where Xiangguo is?" ”

Wei Yingwu turned around and pointed into the distance and said, "Xiangguo is in the barracks, and he ordered me to invite General Changsun to go and talk!" ”

"This. Handsome. He deserves to be controlled by him. But crossed the river on his own. has torn his face with him, and he is ruthless. Whether he could get out of his hands alive made him nervous. turned around and secretly glanced at Wei Boyu. Cast a gaze to him for help.

Wei Boyu stepped forward and said, "The prime minister has an order, and General Changsun should obey it." The last general, Wei Boyu, is not talented. I am also willing to accompany General Sun to go! ”

Wei Yingwu secretly admired Wei Boyu in his heart. This is a knowledgeable person, decisive and daring. It is much stronger than this indecisive son-in-law, and Xiangguo ordered them to go to Jin. It's about giving them a chance. Is it possible for them to turn the tables on the ground? However, Wei Yingwu also admired Li Qing's wrist more and more. Without spending a single soldier, with a raise of hand, the entire Hedong Army was pocketed.

"General Wei is too modest, but Xiangguo means that not only General Changsun, but also the masters of each army

Go see him. He turned back to the eldest grandson Quanxu and said, "Xiangguo invites all the generals of the eldest grandson to go together!" ”

Seeing that Li Qing was clear about the relationship between him and the generals, the eldest grandson Quanxu had to sigh and respond: "Okay! I'm going to invite them and come with you to see Xiangguo!" ”.

Li Qing's camp is two miles away, except for Xin Yun who took 20,000 troops to cross the Yellow River from Luoyang to copy the back road of Changsun Quanxudi, Li Qing brought more than 200,000 troops to surround the Hedong army that crossed the river, but he did not intend to destroy his civilian prestige, in fact, he did not need to use force, he was the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and the righteousness was on his side, he only needed to exert enough pressure to completely subdue the 100,000 troops.

At this moment, Li Qing's big tent was bright, he was reclining on the soft chair to read, waiting for Wei Yingwu's news, suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent, and then Guo Ziyi's anxious voice was heard, "Tell me quickly, I want to see Xiangguo immediately!" ”

"The prime minister has an order not to discuss military affairs tonight!" The pro-soldier coldly rejected him.

Li Qing walked to the tent and said with a smile: "Old General Guo can be special, please invite him in!" ”

Even if he doesn't come, Li Qing will send someone to invite him, Guo Ziyi is the deputy commander of this Eastern Crusade, but in fact, in addition to more than 20,000 people in his land, Li Qingdi's army he can't command at all, every day he only marches with the army, and doesn't say a word, but when he arrives in Luoyang, the army suddenly turns around and returns, which makes him very confused, what is going on? No one told him, and it wasn't until he learned that the Hedong Army had crossed the river that he suddenly realized.

Guo Ziyi hurriedly walked into the big tent and said: "This is the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other!" Is Xiangguo really unable to accommodate 100,000 sons and daughters in Hedong? ”

"General Guo, don't get excited, please sit down and talk!"

Li Qing smiled and let Guo Ziyi into the big tent, pulled a chair and invited him to sit down, Guo Ziyi saw that his smile was calm, and the excitement in his heart gradually subsided, he sighed and said: "I hope Xiangguo can give the old man a face and let go of the Hedong Army!" ”

Li Qing looked at Guo Ziyi silently, and suddenly said, "Old General Guo, do you know why I want to go east in person?" ”

Guo Ziyi didn't answer immediately, when he attacked Luoyang, he seized his own military power, and then used the battle of Xiangzhou to seize Li Guangbi's military power, can't you guess? Thinking so, there was no expression on his face, only a faint smile and said: "To quell the rebellion of An Lushan, a hundred steps have been taken ninety-nine steps, and the last step Xiangguo naturally has to personally supervise the battle, this is a safe approach, and Ziyi also agrees very much." ”

Li Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "Actually, it's not entirely like this, when the new emperor was crowned the king of Chu as the emperor's grandson, and was ready to be established as the prince, as a result, thirty-three princes and county kings jointly opposed, and hundreds of ministers protested. At the beginning of the An Lushan rebellion, the first emperor allowed the local officials to recruit young and strong people to resist the rebels going south, but once the rebellion subsided, it was time to let go of Manan Mountain and recuperate, were these local ministers who held military power still willing to be obedient? I'm worried that they will use the new emperor's improper throne as an excuse to support local clans, and then merge and fight with each other, and the court whip is beyond the reach of the whip, so that the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty will reappear, which is the disaster of my Tang Dynasty, maybe the old general Guo said that I am alarmist, and the far Tian Shengong and the like do not say, just say that the subordinate generals of these old generals in Hedong, if the old general goes to Hedong alone, are they still willing to hand over the military power to the old general? ”

Speaking of this, Li Qing smiled slightly: "If the contradiction between the imperial court and them intensifies, and there are people from Li Lushan and the eldest grandson Lushan, how should General Guo protect himself?" ”

Guo Ziyi was a little restless, he knew what Li Qing meant, when he went south to attack Luoyang, the eldest grandson Quanxu and Zhang Zhijie were his generals who were still unwilling to follow, and Li Baoyu and Wei Boyu, the generals who later attached themselves to him, spent their own money and food to recruit troops, and now with Li Qing's example, how could they easily hand over the troops, if they once supported the army and stood on their own, it would be like a rebellion, and he was the chief general of Hedong, and this big crime of using people without notice was confirmed.

Guo Ziyi held military power in history and went through several dynasties, and finally died, which is why he was sleek and good at judging the situation, the court was in danger, he came out to turn the tide, and once the chaos subsided, he immediately handed over the power and went home, so he won the trust of the emperor, so his son said a big rebellion, Li Yu also laughed, and did not care, although the current situation makes him no longer have a chance to get ahead, but his mind has not changed.

At this moment, a personal soldier outside the door rushed in to report, "General, Judge Wei has brought Changsun Quanxu and others. ”

Li Qing glanced back at Guo Ziyi, and said with a faint smile: "Please persuade your subordinates to be persuaded by General Guo!" If they are willing to go with me to Xiangzhou to fight, I will not blame me in the past, and I will reward you for your deeds, but if they will not.

Speaking of this, Li Qing's eyes suddenly became as cold as a knife, and he said coldly: "Then I will punish them for the crime of rebellion, and not one of the 100,000 Hedong troops will be left!" ”.

At the beginning of December of the first year of Zhide, Li Qing made a bureau to lead the Hedong Army into the customs, but he set up an ambush in Lingbao, Shaanzhou, cut off the return route of the Hedong Army, under strong political pressure, the generals of the Hedong Army expressed their willingness to follow him to the east to conquer An Qingxu, so far, Li Yu's last hope was also cut off, and the situation in Chang'an gradually fell into crisis and turmoil.