Chapter 1172: Hedong Jiedu changes hands

It was the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty that the Tang Dynasty was expelled by military advice to expel a party to the Jiedu envoy. However, if Du Shiyi was here, he would definitely feel emotional, in history, after the Anshi Rebellion, large and small feudal towns spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, such a thing is no longer unusual, the partial generals expelled the Jiedu envoys, and the soldiers below expelled the partial generals, such things have always emerged from the Middle Tang Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty. However, in an age like this, this is very unusual. When Wang Chengye and his confidants and family members left the Jiedu Embassy in a miserable manner, the Taiyuan soldiers and civilians who heard the news suddenly boiled.

On both sides of the street, some people shook their heads and sighed that the world was becoming less and less ancient, some people were amazed at the boldness of the generals, but more people applauded. In the past few days, the people have gone from the initial worry that the war was unfavorable and Chang'an was stormy, to learning that Anbei and Shuofang's army were going south to fight against the rebellion, and they were about to go out of Tongguan and enter Heluo, and their feelings also changed from dark to excited.

Hedong Province is adjacent to Hebei Province in the east and Henan Province in the south of Tugi Province, and many families have relatives and friends in the occupied area of An Lushan rebels. Therefore, Wang Chengye, a coach who missed a good opportunity, naturally looked down on even the small people.

If you don't take the initiative to attack, will you still wait for the rebels to come?

And Cheng Qianli, with many generals, looked at Wang Chengye's down-and-out back, but he was not much complacent, but couldn't help but shudder. He had only seen Pei Xiuzhen last night, and after thinking about it again, he agreed to give it a try. He didn't have the time at all, nor did he have the ability to contact the subordinate generals, after all, he himself was a newcomer. Therefore, there is such a scene today that seems to be the whole army working together to expel the dignified envoys, and his role in it is really very limited, so limited that he himself feels ashamed! But now that this matter is successful, it is not a matter of his momentary righteous indignation, so many people support him, he just has to do it if he doesn't want to, which is equivalent to forcing him to pick such a burden, but to say that he is really unhappy, it is also a lie.

After experiencing these great changes, the prestige of the Son of Heaven has dropped to the extreme, but he was forced to move back from the Western Regions under the pressure of Gao Xianzhi, but he didn't want his military career to end so disgracefully, he still wanted to make a contribution! As for whether he will be kicked away by the Son of Heaven like Zhang Shouqi and Li Yi Wang Zhonghei after the world is stable, I don't care.

In order to prevent Wang Chengye from playing any tricks, there was even a partial general who volunteered to lead the troops to escort this Jiedu envoy out of the country after Wang Chengye, and it is said that he will be sent all the way to Tongguan!

"General Cheng, since we have taken away this disgusting Wang Chengye, let's go back to Jietang and discuss the matter of sending troops to Heluo!"

Seeing that all the people around him were looking at him, Cheng Qianli, who had always thought of himself as brave and resolute, only felt that the pressure on his heart was huge. If this was in Qiuzi Town, Western Regions, where he had stayed for many years, he would only be secretly happy, but how long Wang Chengye had been in Hedong, and how long had he been in Hedong, and how long he had been in Hedong, he was not familiar with the generals here at all, let alone any grace. He was already in his early fifties, and he would never think that these partial generals would obey him, so he finally decided to conform to the will of the army first.

But when he arrived at the festival hall, he insisted on refusing to sit on the throne, and repeatedly humbly said that he was only the deputy envoy of the festival, and as for the candidate for the festival envoy, he should be appointed by the imperial court. At this time, he opened his mouth and said tentatively: "Wang Chengye and I have arrived in Taiyuan successively, he is so a vegetarian meal, I can't escape the blame, thanks to last night when Pei Weng came to meet in Hedong Jiedu, he strongly advised me to come forward to persuade Wang Chengye and urge him to send troops to Heluo, but I didn't expect it to evolve into a scene where we are now expelling Wang Chengye." If the court blames this matter, I should bear it alone! ”

"Why do you have to say that, General Cheng dares to do it, this matter is something we did together, of course we should bear it together!"

At the beginning, the tooth soldier who took the lead in pulling out the black feather of his helmet and said goodbye to Wang Chengye shouted with a big grin, as if he didn't know that his status was the lowest among so many people, and he said babblingly: "The generals must not know that the prince died in vain because of An Lushan's counter-plot, and Wang Dashuai almost didn't escape this catastrophe, and someone actually sent him wine!" Fortunately, there was no edict, so Wang Dashuai tied up the people and sent them back to Chang'an, otherwise I don't know if this life is not there! ”

A mere soldier who couldn't see the depth before, but he was able to confide such important news, and for a while, the generals and colonels whose status was far higher than him in the festival hall were in an uproar. Seeing Cheng Qian's deep expression looking at him, he didn't seem to care at all, and said with a smile: "I was just a tooth soldier who followed Wang Dashuai in the past, and I was lucky to be released to be a small team leader in the Heavenly Soldier Army, but I didn't expect that I didn't have any credit, but I was brought back by Wang Chengye." Although they are also tooth soldiers, Wang Dashuai has personally trained us, and even instructed us in martial arts, what about Wang Chengye? When you flirt with your handmaid, let's watch the door! ”

After he scolded two unbearable swear words, he arched his hand at everyone and said: "Wang Dashuai has always been a strong character, when he was transferred from Hedong to Hexi Longyoujie envoy, not to mention a tooth soldier, even the high judge did not bring it, I did not dare to disobey his old man's order, and because I was worried about the law of the court, I did not dare to follow, so I could only try to ask someone to inquire about Wang Dashuai's news." Now that Wang Dashuai was almost killed like this, I have already discussed with the tooth soldiers who used to follow Wang Dashuai in the past, and there are about 100 people who are willing to go to Yichang County, Lizhou to follow Wang Dashuai! General Cheng, please fulfill it! We are not afraid of death in the crusade against the rebels, but we are all worried that Wang Dashuai will harm people again! ”

Cheng Qianli was moved when he saw that the hall was full of generals, thinking that most of these people were Wang Zhonghe's former generals, and finally nodded: "I will personally issue a certificate for you, and I wish you a safe journey." Take good care of Wang Dashuai, if all of my loyal ministers and generals of the Tang Dynasty are here, how can there be thieves raging? ”

Although he failed to compete with Gao Xianzhi for power in the Western Regions, Cheng Qianli, who is a member of the Jingzhaoren clan, is still a brave warrior from the bottom of his heart. When the tooth soldier bowed his knees and strode away, he had forgotten that his original intention was to explore Pei Xiuzhen's role in the expulsion of Wang Chengye, but seriously discussed with everyone the plan to march into Heluo. Seeing that everyone took the initiative to invite Ying to join this southern expedition, but the number of people left was extremely limited, and when he was in a dilemma, someone outside the festival hall reported that Pei Xiuzhen was coming.

Although Pei Xiuzhen is now at home, he was born in the Hedong Wang clan after all, and has served as the governor of Hedong and the envoy of the Hedong Festival. However, outside the festival hall, after he and Pei Xiuzhen exchanged a long salute, the first words Pei Xiuzhen said made him fall into a dilemma of surprise and hesitation.

"As soon as Wang Chengye goes, I know that with General Cheng's temperament, he will definitely not continue to shrink into Taiyuan Mansion, and other generals will also fight bravely. But Taiyuan is an important place in the east of the river, and it cannot be guarded unguarded. If General Cheng can trust me, he will entrust me, an old man, to know the future, and transfer troops from Yunzhong and Yanmen to defend Taiyuan, and the Heavenly Soldiers will lead the soldiers and horses from Hedong to the south to conquer the Anqi rebels, how about it? ”

Whether the Taiyuan Mansion, which should be as stable as Mount Tai, has a great merit or a great merit to go south to fight against the rebellion, this is a question that does not need to be calculated at all.

Cheng Qianli was originally worried that Pei Xiuzhen wanted to take advantage of the aura of being the envoy of the Hedong Festival, and fell in love with the position of the envoy of the festival, but now he has completely put his mind at ease, and even has a trace of emotion. After all, if there is no person with high prestige in Taiyuan Mansion, he will go on an expedition without authorization, and he will definitely end up in the future. The other generals were also overjoyed, although Pei Xiuzhen did not guard Hedong for a long time, but the principle of fairness was recognized by everyone. For a while, one by one, the generals opened their mouths, all of them persuaded Cheng Qianli to agree to Pei Xiuzhen's construction.

"Pei Weng is so righteous and responsible, how can I Cheng Qianli still have the face to say a word?" Cheng Qianli said, turned around to look at the excited general in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "This trip to the south, if you don't recapture Luoyang, you vow not to return it!" ”

"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!"

It wasn't until this military admonition was really successful, and Cheng Qianli was willing to entrust himself with all the things that he would leave behind, that Pei Xiuzhen could be regarded as letting go of the heavy stone in his heart. After Du Shiyi entered Chang'an, he ordered someone to copy the path and send him a letter, and after he hesitated again and again, he finally ignored the short-sightedness of those people in the sect, and set off from Jiangzhou to Taiyuan Mansion, trying to persuade Wang Chengye. However, Wang Chengye him for three days, and after finally seeing him yesterday, he behaved like that again. And he just went to see Cheng Qianli, and today Cheng Qianli actually responded.

Is it that Wang Chengye is really unpopular, Cheng Qianli expressed the voice in everyone's heart, so he responded, or is Wang Zhonghe's military exploits in Hedong too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so that compared with the two, Wang Chengye suddenly seemed despicable and incompetent? Or did Du Shiyi openly send himself as a lobbyist, but secretly there were already other deployments?

It's useless to think too much, the army is about to start, but there are still countless things to deal with, Pei Xiuzhen quickly let go of such doubts.

The news of Wang Chengye's expulsion also spread to Jiangzhou and Zezhou, and while the two Taishou were taken aback, they heard that Cheng Qianli, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, temporarily knew about Jiedu, and ordered them to prepare for the army to go south to Heluo, so they didn't care about Wang Chengye, the first Jiedu envoy to be expelled by the generals. After all, Cheng Qianli has already spoken first, if he can recover Heluo, whether it is the soldiers who are fighting bravely, or the soldiers and horses who stay behind, or the officials who are responsible for logistics and transfer, everyone has merit!

When Hedong experienced such a great change, there was an atmosphere of solemnity in Chenliu County, Bianzhou. This is the first rebel army after An Lushan's army crossed the river, and the most deeply injured county in Daozhou, Henan. Today, in the city of Kaifeng, the state is still a bleak scene after the war, and most of the rebels are still stationed. In other places in Chenliu County outside Kaifeng City, although the rebels who burned, killed and looted still haunted from time to time, in the oral tradition of the common people, there is a legend that the princess Gu'an, who appeared in various parts of Dugi Province and Henan Province and organized volunteers to fight the rebels head-on, has come to Chenliu County!

There are similar rumors in various states and counties, and Tian Chenghe, the rebel general who was ordered to garrison Kaifeng City, and the puppet Chen Liutaishou who was appointed naturally did not care about these. They were more concerned about An Lushan's proclamation of emperor in Luoyang, and second, the war situation in Hebei Province, so they didn't think that the volunteer army would really appear in Chenliu County, which was far away from Luoyang. Because of this, when an urgent report of 100,000 yuan was rushed to the desk of the Taishou Mansion, they were immediately taken aback.

Yongqiu is in a hurry!