"Lord, the personal guard battalion has returned, and the expatriate troops of the third battalion have also returned to the camp." Early in the morning, Li Xuanqing was teaching Qiaoxi to practice swordsmanship, and Xu Tianxiang and Cen Tianshi came together.

"It seems like you're doing a lot." Li Xuanqing said with a smile, took the towel handed over by the guard, wiped the sweat stains, beckoned Qiaoxi to prepare breakfast, and then took the two back to the big tent, and said with a smile: "The results and losses of the Battle of Chang'an have been counted?" ”

Xu Tianxiang nodded and said with a smile: "Although this battle was hard, the results were very rich. So far, the statistics of the logistics department are as follows: a total of 300,000 stones of grain and grass have been seized, 150,000 stones have been traded by Li Maozhen in Guanxi, 400,000 stones have been seized and sealed in Chang'an City, 500,000 stones have been sealed in the treasury of various cities in Guanzhong, and about 100,000 stones have been seized last night, totaling about 1.5 million stones; There were about five million taels of gold and silver this time, of which the Chang'an treasury and the robbery of Yang Fugong were about 100,000 taels of gold. Xu Tianxiang handed the summary report in his hand to Li Xuanqing and said with a smile: "The rest of the list of war horses, weapons and other materials are here, please take a look." ”

Li Xuanqing glanced at it a few times, nodded and smiled: "I didn't expect to be rich enough after this battle." Let the logistics department keep the military rations, and hand over the rest to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for disaster relief and pacification of the displaced people in the later stage. ”

Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, I have asked Murong to contact the existing merchants in Guanzhong to gather 300,000 stone of grain and 500,000 taels of silver, and transport them to Chang'an tomorrow, just wait for the lord's side to end the military management and then the Ministry of Civil Affairs will start work." ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and instructed: "During this period of military administration, the troops stationed in the area should assist the civil affairs officials who arrived in advance to check their household registration and collect the displaced people. When the war on the Chang'an side is over, the cavalry battalion will pull the net to investigate all parts of Guanzhong, completely eliminate the chaotic soldiers and bandits in various places, and strive to complete all these things when the Ministry of Civil Affairs takes over. ”

Xu Tianxiang said with a smile: "The cavalry battalion has returned to Chang'an, and Tongguan has also let Chai Jia's ninth battalion take over, and when the time comes, the four cavalry battalions will sift through the pass from east to west, and the operation will be completed in one month." ”

"What are the casualties of our army in this battle?" Li Xuanqing saw Qiaoxi walk in, waved his hand and beckoned a few people to sit aside and continue to ask.

"Since June, our army has been fighting continuously for five months, losing more than 30,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry, and all the recruits recruited by the Recruit Department from Lingzhou have been transferred to combat units." Xu Tianxiang added: "This includes the light and serious wounded, according to the existing medical conditions of the Tiance Army, basically 30% of the lightly injured can be returned to the team, the rest need to be transferred to the logistics department or the locality, and the heavy ones need to be retired or transferred to a nursing home." ”

"The lord can rest assured that the Ministry of Civil Affairs has a special agency to receive, train and then assign soldiers who are transferred to the local area, and serve as the chief of the pavilion or the patrol and arrest houses at all levels under the patrol and arrest department at the grassroots level in various localities." Cen Tianshi knew what Li Xuanqing was thinking, and hurriedly said: "This method is actually very beneficial to local civil affairs, it can quickly control the local area, and let Tiance Mansion go deep into the corners of the local area." ”

Li Xuanqing saw that Qiaoxi had already cleaned up, and beckoned a few people to eat and chat together. The confrontation on the outskirts of Chang'an will soon end, and the governance of Guanzhong in the later period involves a thousand things, and it is necessary to let one's right hand cooperate well in advance to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong as soon as possible.

"Mr. Cen, Tianxiang, why are you here with the lord?" A few people were eating, and suddenly the big tent door was opened, and Hu Xiaosi walked in with a smile.

"It's true that you boasted that you came to the lord's house without a notice, I said that the guards at the door will go back, and I will have to talk about it well, and I will definitely block it for you next time." Xu Tianxiang couldn't help but smile when he saw his appearance.

Hu Xiaosi didn't give the chief of staff any face, and sat beside him with a big grin and laughed: "I'm not here to eat, I'm here to give gifts, okay?" After speaking, he took out a box from his arms and handed it to Li Xuanqing: "Some time ago, I picked up a priceless treasure in Chang'an City, thinking that the lord was going to get married, so I came to give a gift in advance, and then the lord will take this as a dowry to ensure that you will be blinded." ”

"What makes you so sassy?" Li Xuanqing took it and said with a smile, and pressed Qiaoxi, who wanted to escape, aside. But when he opened it, he was stunned. Everyone was curious when they saw his expression.

Li Xuanqing slowly took out an object from the box, but when he saw that this thing left the box, it suddenly flashed with a silver-purple luster, dazzling, it turned out to be a pair of phoenix hairpins that were about to fly, which was one size larger than the ordinary hairpins, and the whole body was made of a strange silver-white metal, which was dotted with purple-red gemstones, and the phoenix body should be engraved with a hollow inscription pattern, which looked graceful and luxurious, and the weather was extraordinary.

Li Xuanqing carefully put the hairpin on the delicate bun, but saw that the silver-purple luster was inlaid on the jet-black hair, setting off the delicate face, which was really beautiful, and for a while the eyes of several big men sitting there felt bright.

"Haha, is my gift grade enough? You can't help it now, right? Hurry back to find out if there are any other heirlooms or something, otherwise I will definitely be compared to me when the time comes. Hu Xiaosi laughed, such a full villain.

Cen Tianshi was completely amused by this guy's treasure-like expression, put down the dishes and chopsticks and said with a smile: "I said Xiaosi, your gift is extraordinary, but can you not be so arrogant?" How do you know that someone else's gift can't be handled? In case the time comes, how are you going to be rounded? ”

"That's it, who doesn't know that you have been to the palace several times during this time, shouldn't you get some good things? I'll tell you, I'll call Tiancheng and them to rob you later, and let you spit out all the treasures you have swallowed during this time. Xu Tianxiang smashed his fist on Hu Xiaosi and scolded with a smile.

Li Xuanqing didn't pay attention to the chatter of these guys, and when he saw Qiaoxi sitting next to him with her head down, her pretty face was full of blush, and she didn't laugh at her anymore. waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's get down to business, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will be stationed in Chang'an City today, and Xuan Yingwei will actively cooperate with Mr. Cen at that time, don't make any mistakes, use heavy codes in troubled times, and don't show mercy to those who dare to come out to make trouble." ”

Speaking of business, the faces of several people immediately became solemn, Hu Xiaosi nodded and said: "Don't worry, the whole city has been closely monitored, and the three large warehouses taken by Xuan Yingwei are also being handed over, and the gold and silver treasures that the secret guards have secretly obtained during this time, and the money and property that I robbed Yang Fugong's private treasury have also been sealed, waiting for Mr. Cen to send someone to receive it at any time." Yang Fugong, a dead eunuch, is a good hand at collecting money, and he has millions of taels of silver in his private treasury, as well as some rare treasures, more than those in the palace. Speaking of this, he ignored the surprised eyes of several people and said: "By the way, the palace wanted to be destroyed when Yang Fugong fled, and it was killed by one of his subordinates, who has now arrived in my Xuanying Guard, and is Yang Fugong's adopted son, named Hu Cheng." ”

Li Xuanqing was also helpless for a while, the palace of the Tang Dynasty didn't know who to provoke, and whoever came wanted to burn it, but now was not the time to talk about it, so he stood up and said with a smile: "Hu Cheng's matter will be handed over to you Xuan Yingwei to deal with by yourself, no matter what his purpose is at the critical moment, at least he has saved the palace from being killed, thanks to the Tang Dynasty." Okay, let's go to the former military camp, I think Yang Fugong's side should also react to last night's incident. In addition, Xuan Yingwei has to keep an eye on Ding Hui, if there is no movement on his side by then, then don't blame me. ”

Since the war is now over, the reception of Chang'an City has also been carried out, Cen Tianshi transferred Yang Qiu, who was stationed in Fengzhou, to Chang'an, and the specific matters have been handed over to him, so Cen Tianshi is also happy to relax. Anyway, for the Tiance Army, the battle between the Xuanwu Army and the Shence Army for the emperor has little impact.

In the big tent of the former General Staff of the Army, Yang Tiancheng and Wang Houchun smiled when they saw everyone coming: "Lord, I think we should not wait for Yang Fugong and give him some fierce medicine?" ”

"Fierce medicine?" Hu Xiaosi was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and said with a smile: "Tiancheng, you don't want to take the opportunity to take Hanzhong, right?" Aren't we in a recuperation period now? The road from Chang'an to Hanzhong is long, can your army afford it? Besides, isn't that the next step? What do you want? ”

"I'm taking advantage of the chaos to rob, anyway, Li Maozhen in Hanzhong has already promised us, let's go and receive it now, okay?" Yang Tiancheng glanced at him and continued: "Houchun left Xu Ying's sixth battalion in Fengxiang and other places, and now let the third battalion and the directly subordinate battalion return to the construction and form the Hanzhong Corps, so that the sixth battalion can enter in advance, and the directly subordinate battalion will follow, and Houchun will lead the third battalion to suppress the formation, isn't Li Maozhen already fighting near Longzhou now?" It makes sense for us to accept Hanzhong now. ”

Yang Tiancheng's words made the eyes of everyone present shift to Li Xuanqing, Hanzhong's population, grain and grass and geographical location are very important, and it is the best logistics base for the development of the Tiance Army, and taking Hanzhong is equivalent to providing manpower, material and financial resources for the development of Guanzhong. But as Hu Xiaosi said, the Tiance Army has been fighting non-stop throughout the year, the war in the south has just ended, and the Chen Fan Corps in the north is still confronting Li Keyong, and it will start again at any time, so it is really not suitable to take the initiative to provoke a war at this time.

"Tell the brothers below that taking Hanzhong is a major event related to the development of the Tiance Army, and I hope that all the soldiers will show the spirit of not being afraid of battle and take Hanzhong before the New Year." After a while, Li Xuanqing clenched his fists heavily and pointed to the locations of Xingyuanfu, Yangzhou, Lizhou and Chengzhou in Hanzhong.

"Please rest assured, Houchun guarantees that he will definitely win Hanzhong before the New Year." Wang Houchun solemnly clenched his fists and took the military order. This was originally his plan, and he naturally had a comprehensive plan in mind, and compared to other generals, his temperament was good at long-distance running, so he didn't pay attention to the road and distance at all.

After making the plan for Hanzhong, Xu Tianxiang asked the General Staff to immediately contact the Logistics Department and began to issue orders for the mobilization of troops. In the camp of the Tiance Army, which had just rested, the order to mobilize troops and horses came again. Li Feixue, the commander of the directly subordinate battalion, quickly assembled the headquarters and took the order of the general staff, and then began to pull out the camp and set off, heading towards Fengxiang. And Xuan Yingwei also sent a flying horse to inform Xu Ying of Fengxiang, and the sixth battalion chose the opportunity to enter Hanzhong. And Wang Houchun set off with the main force of the third battalion.

And the Tiance Army's fanfare to transfer troops to the west also made the surrounding two armies unclear about the intentions of the Tiance Army, and compared to the Xuanwu Army, Yang Fugong was even more nervous, and after the Houjun was attacked last night, he also realized that if he couldn't get Li Xuanqing before retreating, it was estimated that it would be impossible for his people to return to Shannan Xidao in peace. Therefore, almost at the same time as the Tiance Army army was heading west, Yang Fugong also sent people into the Tiance Army barracks to negotiate secretly with Xu Tianxiang and others.

And Yang Fugong's actions naturally couldn't hide Xuanwujun's eyeliner, and Xuan Yingwei deliberately leaked the news, so at the same time that Hu Xiaosi accompanied Yang Fugong to bargain, Ding Hui also knew Yang Fugong's plan. At this time, Ding Hui realized that if he hesitated any longer, then this trip would definitely be a failure, and Zhu Quanzhong's idea of trying to control the emperor to achieve the Son of Heaven to make the princes all come to naught, he immediately used the Fu Festival granted by Zhu Quanzhong to mobilize the treasury of the nearby Henan Prefecture, Huaizhou, Yuzhou and other places, set off to Chang'an in the starry night, and notified Niu Cunjie and others of the rear army to speed up to the convergence, preparing to take the emperor by force when necessary.

Ding Hui's movements naturally couldn't hide Xuan Yingwei's eyes, so at the same time as Ding Hui's actions, the cavalry battalion that came back from Tongguan quietly disappeared from everyone's sight again.

At the end of November 888, when the first snowfall was ushered in in the land of Guanzhong, the Tiance army relieved the officers of Chang'an City, and the base camp of Tiance Mansion led by the Ministry of Civil Affairs began to officially enter the city, and began to take the first step in the development of the switch. After the Tiance Army withdrew from the city and handed over the city defense to the logistics department and the city defense army, it began to garrison the frontline passes in batches and batches.

At this time, the Xuanwu Army and the Shence Army suddenly found that there were no cavalry units in the sequence of the Tiance Army, and the inexplicable disappearance of the huge cavalry army in the other party's hands cast a thick shadow on Yang Fugong and Ding Hui's hearts, and at the same time they knew the deterrence caused by the Tiance Army. So he urged his subordinates to complete the handover of materials with the Tiance Army within the agreed time.

And time is also constantly passing, on the first day of December in 888, the Tiance army sent people to reach an agreement with the Xuanwu army and the Shence army at the same time, after handing over a large amount of materials and money, Xu Tianxiang also officially stated on behalf of the Tiance army that he would not interfere in the dispute between the two sides, but required the two parties to ensure the safety of Emperor Zhaozong, if anyone hurt the emperor was embarrassed by the Tiance army.

For this request, Yang Fugong and Ding Hui naturally agreed, they originally wanted to use the identity of the emperor to achieve their own goals, and naturally they would not harm Emperor Zhaozong.

After reaching an agreement with the two sides, the Tiance Army also released Zheng Fan of the Xuanwu Army as soon as possible, and the intelligence leader and Hu Xiaosi muttered secretly for a long time before turning around and leaving. And his departure has brought a new twist to the dispute.