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Feng Changqing, the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, sat alone in the hot carriage, in a trance.

It has been a few days since he arrived in Chang'an, but Feng Changqing is too busy to visit the famous places in the capital. In addition to settling Gao Xianzhi's family, he also had to run around and visit the powerful people of the dynasty.

"If it weren't for being crushed by the Beiting Army in the battle of the Western Expedition to Shiguo, why wouldn't this be the case!" Feng Changqing sighed.

On the first day of the eighth year of Tianbao in 749, the deputy capital of the North Court, Ashina Yang, threw out Wang Zhengjian's carefully planned strategy for conquering the Shiguo in the Zichen Palace, which aroused the sage and the political affairs hall to re-operate the land in the river.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with the Anxi Army, but Li Linfu, who was good at taking advantage of the situation, took the opportunity to intervene, not only turning the Beiting Army's westward expedition alone into a joint conquest of the two major protectors of Anxi and Beiting, but also taking advantage of the fire in Tingzhou to suppress the Beiting Protector Wang Zhengjian, and won the position of the commander of the Western Expedition for Gao Xianzhi.

Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing naturally knew that Li Xiang had spent so much time that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was intended by Pei Gong. However, if Li Xiang wants to achieve his goal, he must also take the achievements of the Anxi Army as the cornerstone.

Therefore, Feng Changqing was careful and planned a military strategy for Gao Xianzhi to send troops into two routes and echo the north and south, which naturally formed a pattern of the main attack of the Anxi army and the cooperation of the Beiting army, so as to marginalize Wang Zhengjian and avoid the Beiting army from sharing too much military achievements.

Feng Changqing thinks that he is safe and has no last resort, but who knows that the situation on the battlefield is sudden and unpredictable.

The boss of the Black Food Army, Abu? Muslim is full of tricks, stealth detours, and thousands of miles north. Tuozhi City, which was supposed to be the main battlefield, was reduced to a supporting role; The Anxi army, which should have obtained the highest glory, was ambushed by the enemy and was in danger; The Beiting Army, which should have eaten some leftovers, became the biggest contributor to turning the tide and defeating the enemy......

After the war, although Li Xiang used all kinds of means, he could not erase the dazzling exploits of the Beiting Army.

Wang Zhengjian's qualifications are deeper than Gao Xianzhi, and he was born in a famous family in Hedong. After the Talas War, Wang Zhengjian's official rank soared, and he was awarded the second grade of the founding county prince and special advancement, and he was only one step away from the opening of the palace and the third division of the people.

Although Li Linfu also won the reward of Gao Xianzhi from the founding county prince and Guanglu doctor of the second grade, Feng Changqing also rose to the top, replacing Cheng Qianli, who was transferred to Beiting, and was promoted to the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu. But those who have a heart can naturally see clearly, after the battle of Talas, Wang Zhengjian's record has overshadowed Gao Xianzhi of the expedition to Xiao Bolu, and has become the first general in the west of the city.

Before the Anxi army could adapt to the great might of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, the blows that made matters worse came one after another.

Shortly after the Battle of Talas, Longyou Jiedu made Ge Shuhan not hesitate to recapture the city of Huaishibao with heavy casualties, so that the Tang Dynasty gained the geographical advantage of Tibet in the area of Qinghai Lake. The Battle of Stone Fort made Ge Shuhan like a dazzling new star, and he became the border general in favor second only to An Lushan in the border towns of the Tang Dynasty.

Against the backdrop of Wang Zhengjian and Ge Shuhan's dazzling exploits, Gao Xianzhi looked more and more bleak.

And when the news spread that the saint intended to enshrine the meritorious Jiedu envoy as the king, Feng Changqing was even more remorseful.

A few months ago, after some careful consideration, Feng Changqing sighed to Gao Xianzhi with annoyance: "Jieshuai, if the first credit of the Western Expedition to the Stone Kingdom belongs to my Anxi, you must be in the list of saints and kings!" ”

"Feng Er, life and death are fateful, and wealth is in the sky. In the first battle of the Western Expedition to the Stone Kingdom, we worked hard and faced the frost blade, but were we greedy for life and afraid of death? Have you ever feared the enemy? However, this is the will of God, and it is not a crime of war! Gao Xianzhi played with the glass in his hand, a little depressed: "Besides, after a certain district is transformed into a foreign Han clan, it is enough to lead tens of thousands of male soldiers and run rampant in the west." ”

"Jie Shuai, although the destiny of heaven is clear, but the way of heaven is far away and the manpower is near. Everything in the world is man-made. To put it mildly, the prince will have a kind of Xiangning? "Feng Changqing has had a bumpy road, climbing from the Liuren to the position of deputy envoy of Jiedu, and he has never believed in any destiny! He always believes that the only thing he believes in is a heart that never flinchs and hands that are not afraid of thorns.

"Feng Er, although you are older than a certain person, your heart is more like a young man with strong blood than a certain person." Gao Xianzhi put down his wine glass, picked up the paperwork on the desk, and teased casually.

Feng Changqing understood that Gao Xianzhi didn't want to say anything about it, but he still said bluntly: "Jie Shuai, a certain heart is hot, because he was born poor and has tasted the hardships of the world; Your heart is surging, but because of your youthful ambition, you have never suffered setbacks. ”

"No setbacks?!" Gao Xianzhi held the paperwork in a daze, and his face changed again and again. He pondered for a long time before putting down the paperwork, looking up to the sky and sighing, "Maybe that's true." ”

"Jieshuai, at the moment, An Lushan has the deepest holy favor, Ge Shuhan is in the limelight, and Wang Zhengjian is in the camp step by step, and it is possible to be crowned king. However, Marshal Jie's exploits and reputation are not much better than those of the three, how can he not go against the current and fight hard. The ancients said: The big husband should carry a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements. How can our generation not want to forge ahead and hesitate! Feng Changqing's blood was surging.

"Yes!" Gao Xianzhi slapped the case heavily: "I don't know why Feng Er taught me?" ”

"The marshal, the border general is the king, and the first is in military merit. Today, the army in the river is holding Tuozhi City, and the west is peaceful; The Beiting Army and the Longyou Army are fully equipped with soldiers and horses, and the north and east are naturally worry-free. Now the only one who can make contributions is the southern route! After the Longyou army captured the stone fort, it pressed forward step by step and recaptured the land of Jiuqu. Now that the northern front of Tibet is tight, and the eastern front is involved in the war in the south of Jiannan, the west will inevitably be empty. Our army can choose an opportunity to come out of the small Bolu and encroach on the land of Tibet. In addition, the Yuan Day Dynasty is approaching, and a certain self-invited envoy to Chang'an to go to Chang'an, make a pilgrimage to the saints, visit the important ministers of the court, and cut through thorns and thorns for the marshal to conquer Tibet! Feng Chang had a belly case early in the morning: "The festival commander can also go in person, but it may be too obvious." ”

"You can go, a good general crisscrosses the battlefield, but he is not good at welcoming the powerful. Even if you go to discord, you will never invite trouble. Gao Xianzhi is self-aware: "Since Erlang is going to go this way, I will work hard to escort a certain family and go to Chang'an together." ”

"The ...... of the handsome's move" Feng Changqing looked suspicious.

"Feng Er, don't think about it. It's just that Yunfan and Yunxi are getting older, and it is not suitable to live in the border city for a long time, so they should go to Chang'an to experience it. Yunfan can enter the country to study, and Yunxi needs to make more friends with Chang'an celebrities. "Gao Xianzhi is no longer a famous general who commands thousands of troops at this moment, just an ordinary father who loves his children.

"The marshal is very worried! Although Judge Cen has a high level of knowledge, his accession to the WTO is shallow, and what he teaches is only paper articles after all. The knowledge of the world must be sharpened in the world before it can be engraved in the heart. When it comes to the way of learning, Feng Changqing, who has been reading poetry and books since childhood, has his own experience.

"A certain knowledge is far from Feng Er!" Gao Xianzhi said with a smile: "He will be in charge of Anxi in the future, and he should be able to go to the next level." ”

"If you can take charge of Anxi, I hope that King Gao will vigorously support him in the court!" Feng Changqing smiled, and Gao Xianzhi smiled bitterly. While talking and laughing, the two reached an agreement on the future military strategy of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

Under the escort of a hundred Anxi soldiers, Feng Changqing, who was shouldering the heavy responsibility, took Gao Yunfan, Gao Yunxi brothers and sisters and a group of servants to Chang'an together.

The brigade commander who commanded 100 tooth soldiers was none other than Wei Boyu, who had made outstanding achievements in the Battle of Talas. Feng Changqing considered that Wei Boyu was a person from Chang'an, and his two-handed sword skills were superb, so he specially named him to lead the troops to escort him.

Gao Xianzhi has a mansion in Yiyangfang, Chang'an, and only Gao Xianzhi's eldest son, Gao Yunzhou, who was then a soldier of the Zhengliupin Longwu Army, and dozens of servants lived in it. Now that so many dings have been added suddenly, Feng Changqing has been busy for several days before he settles it down.

After dealing with trivial matters, Feng Changqing, who was non-stop, visited the right minister Li Linfu on the 23rd day of the lunar month.

The moment he saw Li Linfu in the outer study, Feng Changqing suddenly felt disheartened. Because the right phase, who was still healthy a few years ago, has obviously become old. And with aging comes the decline of power.

When he was far away in Qiuzi City, Feng Changqing always paid attention to the Chang'an court through the Anxi Jinju Academy, and also found out some news: for example, the deeper Yang Guozhong's favor, the more he entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister; For example, Ji Wen, one of Li Linfu's three dogs, has already taken refuge in Yang Guozhong and offered a plan to get rid of two important henchmen under Li Linfu......

At this time, Li Linfu, although he was still the right minister of the head of the hundred officials, could still control the government like a towering giant tree. But Yang Guozhong is like an unstoppable bamboo, with the help of the sunshine and rain of the saint, climbing higher and higher. Although the bamboo has not yet replaced the giant tree, it has made the Manchu civil and military see a new choice. When Ge Shuhan, the envoy of Longyou Jiedu, captured the stone fort and returned to Beijing to make a contribution, he did not make a choice between the East Palace and Li Xiang at all, but did not hesitate to hook up with Yang Guozhong.

Feng Changqing had already expected the rise and fall of the power structure of the court, but the moment he saw Li Linfu dying of old age, the disappointment was still the wind that swept across the Tianshan Valley, violently impacting Feng Changqing's heart. However, he was still patient and briefly explained the strategy he had agreed with Gao Xianzhi.

"Conquest of Tibet?" Li Linfu coughed a few times, and Li Renzhi, who was guarding the side, hurriedly brought water.

Li Linfu took a sip before raising his eyes and sneering: "Gao Xianzhi saw that other side generals might be crowned kings, so he couldn't sit still." ”

As soon as Li Linfu, who had a haggard face, opened his mouth, he was still as sharp as before. When Feng Changqing heard this, he was not surprised but rejoiced, and his uneasy heart calmed down.

"Xiangguo, the marshal is diligently engaged in the matter of sealing the king, not for his own selfishness, but to help Xiangguo." Feng Changqing said eloquently: "Xiangguo is now leading the two towns of Anxi and Shuofang, and the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, Absi, is the same father and son as Xiangguo, so he is naturally safe. But Shuo Fang's real power is in the hands of Li Guangbi, who knows what will happen to him. However, Li Guangbi concentrated on military affairs and never had the heart to take refuge. And the East Palace also led the Shuofang army back then, and what Li Guangbi wanted to do had to make people think deeply. However, looking at my Anxi up and down, since Xiangguo Yao led most of the capital to protect for more than ten years, they are all only Xiangguo Ma is the first to look forward to it, and has never wavered. If Gao Jie Shuai gets the throne, it will naturally be more conducive to the great cause of the country! ”