Chapter 34 Visitors from Hedong
In the evening, Li Xuanqing was about to go out to find Xu Tianxiang to arrange things, but the door of the tent was broken open, Tie Liang walked in, kicked a desk next to him, and sat on the ground silent.
"What's wrong? Who messed with you? Born so atmospheric? Li Xuanqing was taken aback by this guy's sudden move, and hurriedly walked over and poured him a glass of water.
"Third child, I don't want to do it anymore." Tie Liang took the big bowl handed over by Li Xuanqing, took a big sip, and said in a sullen voice.
Li Xuanqing's mind turned, he walked to the side and sat down and said, "Is it that the marshal didn't agree to your request?" Also fined? What did Commander Wan say? ”
"The marshal dismissed Commander Wan and let his bullshit son Han Xun serve as the acting commander." As soon as Tie Liang mentioned this, the anger that had just subsided a little suddenly came up again, and he almost jumped up when he saw his appearance.
Li Xuanqing's deeds about Han Xun flashed in his mind, this kid has mixed well in history. And it's only been a few years since he looked at Han Zun's appearance, could it be that he wants to clear the obstacles for Han Xun? It's possible.
After thinking about this clearly, Li Xuanqing whispered to Tie Liang: "Brother Tie, I want to ask you for help with something. After seeing Tie Liang coming over, he briefly told Xu Tianxiang that they were going to leave the camp, and hoped that he would help remove the sentry posts around the Fourth Brigade.
Tie Liang nodded, suddenly smiled at Li Xuanqing, and said, "Third child, I have something I want to ask you, if you can tell me, how about I sell this life to you?" ”
Li Xuanqing saw that his expression suddenly became very strange, and suddenly remembered one thing, the Five Dynasties period was also the most serious era of the tooth soldiers' rebellion, during this period, the festival soldiers needed to consolidate their rule, and the tooth soldiers also needed the festival to protect their own interests, so this strange combination of interests was born. There are always betrayals and compromises between such combinations, and the rebellion of the tooth soldiers and the killing of the envoys of the festival are arguably one of the greatest ills of this era.
After thinking about this clearly, Li Xuanqing also had a more understanding of Han Zun's letting his son Han Xun control the iron spear, after his old age and weakness, only his own heir was the most reliable, blood was thicker than water, and the strongest strength of the Lingwu Army must also be handed over to him to rest assured.
But looking at Tie Liang's appearance, it seems that he can dig out a group of people from the iron spear and take them away. As for betraying or not betraying in the future, it should be possible to eliminate the invisible with the knowledge reserve of his future visitors. Besides, there is still no problem with this Tie Liang in front of him. So when I saw him ask myself, I nodded and said with a smile: "You ask, I promise to know everything, and I promise to say everything." ”
"Third child, did you go out of the camp overnight to rebel against the Lingwu Army?" Tie Liang saw Li Xuanqing nodding, his face was also solemn, and he asked word by word.
Li Xuanqing also said with a solemn face: "I, Li Xuanqing, am not a person who knows how to repay my kindness, the horse team is promoting me between the ranks, and I have to be appreciated by the commander of the guard to reach the level of the brigade commander, how can I betray the Lingwu army." I'm just trying to find a way out for the more than 1,000 people under my command. Li Xuanqing's face became very heavy, and he said slowly: "Since Brother Tie, since you can ask me this, I also know that the marshal asked Wei Shuai to dismiss and let Commander Wan dismiss him, and the purpose is already obvious." This is to create conditions for the young master's superiority. In the past, these robes, brave and good at fighting, were the backbone of the Lingwu Army, especially Wei Shuai, who had a unique position in the Lingwu Army, and even a senior general like Wan Commander gave him the gift of a disciple, do you think that if the young master is on the throne, for the big marshal, will he feel that Wei Shuai is not a threat? Isn't the Commander of Ten Thousand a threat? If these people are not kicked out, how can the young master be able to ascend to the throne? ”
Li Xuanqing's words also made Tie Liang's face worse and worse, in fact, he himself understood these things, especially when he was in the Iron Spear Capital, the killer unit of the Lingwu Army, the news he got was much clearer than Li Xuanqing, how many people had the Marshal arranged to enter the Iron Spear Capital in the past two years? Look at the helpless and resentful expression on Commander Wan's face when he was dismissed. Tie Liang suddenly felt that his brain had become smarter, and all these things were figured out at once.
"Third child, I can help, but I have one condition." Thinking of this, the expression on Tie Liang's face changed a few times before he regained his composure, "If something happens to Wei Shuai and the commander in the future, can you rescue one or two?" After speaking, he suddenly knelt down in front of Li Xuanqing.
"Brother Tie, what are you doing here? Wei Shuai is not just your own Wei Shuai, he is also my Wei Shuai. If something happens to him, I will definitely sacrifice my life to save him, and the same is true for the Ten Thousand Commanders. I promise I'll do my best, how? Hurry up, we brothers are still here? Li Xuanqing hurriedly helped Tie Liang up and said solemnly.
"Well, I'll sell you this life from now on." Tie Liang saw that Li Xuanqing's eyes were clear, obviously he had memorized all his words, he immediately laughed, stood up and bowed: "Subordinate Tie Liang pays a visit to the lord." ”
His words almost scared Li Xuanqing to sit down, "Lord??? Such a cold title made Li Xuanqing helpless for a while, and he still couldn't change his concept, so he hurriedly dragged Tie Liang up and tried to explain: "Brother Tie, we are brothers, isn't this title of lord bad?" Why don't you, like Chen Yu and them, continue to call me the third child? ”
Tie Liang replied seriously: "How can this be, it was before, and now it is now, the etiquette cannot be changed, this is absolutely not good." I'll talk to Chen Yu and them later, don't underestimate this, it's easy to bring others down. ”
Li Xuanqing was completely amused by him, kicked him falsely, and scolded with a smile: "I see that you are a big man in the northwest, how can you talk in a crepe?" Get out of here, go find Tianxiang, you must take everyone in the Fourth Brigade out of the camp tonight, or see how I clean you up." ”
Watching Tie Liang run out with a roll, Li Xuanqing also smiled slightly, got rid of this last obstacle, and picked up hundreds of elite soldiers for nothing, and made a lot of money in this transaction.
"Qiyu Brigade Marshal, Team Hu is reporting that Li Keyong, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, has led 20,000 troops and has arrived in Chang'an Dongcheng." Just then, a soldier from the scout team came in to report.
"Didn't you go into town?" Li Xuanqing was slightly stunned, and then asked.
"No, it's stationed three miles outside the city. But there was a group of about fifty men and horses who had already entered the city. ”
"You immediately notify Team Hu and the deputy brigade commander to speed up." Li Xuanqing groaned slightly.
When Li Xuanqing was pondering Li Ke's intentions here, the actual controller of the Shence Army over there was so frightened by this news that he almost fell, and this Li Ke used it too timely. As soon as Chang'an City was captured, he came to pick peaches, and he had attacked the coalition army before, which almost made the battle fall short. Now you actually have the face to say what is going on to meet the emperor?
However, at this time, Wang Chongrong of the Hezhong Army and Han Zun of the Lingwu Army came together, and Li Changfu was not on the front line, so only one general came to lead the army. Obviously, this news made the other three unable to sit still.
The situation was urgent, and Yang Fugong didn't have much heart to put on his official stand, so he asked directly after arranging for someone to deliver tea: "What do you think of Li Keyong's purpose for this trip?" ”
Wang Chongrong saw that Yang Fugong didn't even have the heart to say hello, and he was secretly happy in his heart: "You, a dead eunuch, are also in a hurry?" So that you don't hand over His Majesty the Emperor? Chang'an City has been taken, and the emperor is still suffering in that ghost place in Xingyuan Mansion, which is worse than Tian Lingzi, so let Li Keyong clean you up. "But these words can only be thought about in my heart, don't say that this Yang Fugong replaces Tian Lingzi, just say that Li Keyong is a typical person who is a high-spirited person, if he really raises troops to attack Chang'an City with a bad brain, is it possible that he wants to accompany this dead eunuch to death? Wang Chongrong has no desire to fight with Li Keyong at all.
"Where is Li Keyong now? Did you say anything? Seeing that Wang Chongrong didn't speak, he hurriedly asked, not letting Yang Fugong lose face.
"Li Keyong has already entered the city, and this seat has arranged for him to rest in an annex. He said that he wanted to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and by the way, he heard that our coalition army defeated Zhu Mei, presumably it was a good fighting army of the Tang Dynasty, he wanted to review it, and by the way, he had a discussion with his Hedong cavalry, and he said that he was going to arrange a bonfire dance party in accordance with the customs of the Shatuo people, and invited everyone to participate. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was not stupid, and naturally understood this guy's mind by the way. Emperor Xizong was not in Chang'an at this time, and the idea of an audience was just an excuse. The important thing is that this guy wants to see the reality of the coalition army, if the coalition army is strong, then naturally they can be safe, and after His Majesty the Emperor returns to Chang'an, he can also be rewarded. If the momentum of the coalition army is sluggish, then I am afraid that this guy will turn around and directly attack Chang'an City and snatch the emperor into his own hands, and Cao Cao, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, will probably be him.
"Tomorrow's review will definitely be held, and no matter what Li Ke thinks, we can't weaken our momentum. Our family has asked Li Maozhen to select the elite of the Shence Army to line up outside the city early tomorrow morning, and the three of you will also send the main force to play overnight tomorrow. The two envoys, what does General Wu think? Yang Fugong naturally knew what everyone meant to be silent, anyway, the emperor was not in their hands, and when Li Ke really turned his face, the main force would also point directly at the Shence Army, so they were all waiting for themselves to speak at this time.
"My Lingwu Army will draw iron spears to come to help." Han Zun opened his mouth and said, "My Northwest Frontier Army will not be weaker than Li Keyong's Hedong Army. It's just-" Glancing at Wang Chongrong and Yang Fugong, "I am poor and weak in the northwest, and I have been facing the Wen people for a long time, and the grain and grass are not enough, so it is okay to send troops, but you must give me a satisfactory answer to the Lingwu Army in terms of food and grass." ”
When Wang Chongrong heard Han Zun's words, he immediately secretly scolded this old guy for being shameless, when did he still play the trick of blackmailing himself, but he also knew the special situation in Lingzhou, and besides, people came to join the coalition this time for food and grass, so although he was unhappy, he still agreed. As soon as he agreed, Yang Fugong naturally had no opinion. Li Changfu originally used grain and grass to seduce Han Zun to send troops, and the general Wu he sent naturally would not embarrass Han Zun in this matter.
The Lingwu Army decided to send troops, Wang Chongrong naturally couldn't sit there and didn't move, and promised to transfer his pro-military camp out, and the three of them would fight against Li Keyong early tomorrow morning.
And just when the three of them agreed on tomorrow morning's affairs, Li Keyong, who had already entered Chang'an City, was also discussing tomorrow's affairs with his general Zhou Dewei at this time.
"Lord, since tomorrow is to show off the might of the army, then we will simply give them a big one and scare these people to death at one time." Zhou Dewei said his plan after hearing Li Keyong talk about tomorrow after a little thought.
Under Li Keyong, there are many tiger generals, but Zhou Dewei is a rare Confucian general, both wise and brave. Therefore, Li Keyong still attaches great importance to his opinion. After listening to Zhou Dewei's words, he nodded and said with a smile: "In this case, you go and arrange it, let Cunxiao send 3,000 people to line up outside the city early tomorrow morning, let them take a good look at the heroism of our Hedong boys, and tell Cunxiao to let it go, and tomorrow he can do things according to his temperament." ”
Zhou Dewei hurriedly nodded to arrange, but he was a little strange in his heart, Li Ke seemed to be a little ambiguous in this sentence, but he couldn't think of the specific ambiguity.
Chang'an was exceptionally quiet tonight, the refugees who fled were also quiet early, and several armies in the city also rested early after their respective leaders set plans for tomorrow.
In the camp of the Lingwu Army outside the city, a group of people and horses moved slowly in front of their camp, and everyone walked quietly and headed towards the northeast.