Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Eve of the Great War

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In the middle of the moon, under the bright moonlight, there is a quiet between heaven and earth, the breeze blows, the grass by the river rustles and moves, and the water that is not too wide flows slowly, and the sound of water murmurs.

In the night, a little bit of firelight spread along the south bank of Jiangshui to the east and west, a distance of three or four miles, and among these fires, it was the camp of more than 31,000 Youzhou troops.

At this moment, except for a few cavalrymen who were still patrolling around in a strong spirit, most of the Youzhou soldiers had fallen asleep.

Although they knew that the "Jianning King Li Qi" who lacked virtue and smoked would definitely come to make trouble, they were too sleepy due to their mental tension for several days and forced marches.

They could sleep, but An Lushan couldn't sleep at all.

Since the 600 Tiance cavalry rushed from Fukou to Hedong and appeared behind his army, and the cavalry he sent to pursue "Jianning King Li Qi" always defected, An Lushan knew that the hope of going south to seize Chang'an City this time had been completely shattered.

But it is impossible to withdraw to Taiyuan in the north, and then withdraw to Fanyang, because the more than 30,000 Youzhou troops under his command have completely lost their hearts to the Tiance Army and the "Jianning King Li Qi", and when they saw the two flags on the shoulders of the Tiance Army and the "Jianning King Li Qi", they fled in the wind.

In desperation, An Lushan could only continue to go south with the more than 30,000 Youzhou who had no military spirit and morale, and he and the more than 30,000 Youzhou troops were actually waiting for an opportunity, the only chance to survive.

An Lushan has a cunning personality like a fox. Never a rigid person. Since it is completely impossible to defeat the Tiance Army on the battlefield. Then you can only find a way from outside the battlefield.

So, he surrendered!

Naturally, it was not to surrender to Tiance Mansion, but to Li Longji.

The situation is already very clear, the Tang Emperor Li Longji did come to the Hebei battlefield, the purpose was to collect the military power of the Tiance Army and put the King of Jianning under house arrest, but the previous information was wrong, and the King of Jianning was not under house arrest. On the contrary, he successfully coerced Li Longji to make him the marshal of the conquest, the envoy of Fan Yang and Pinglu, and allowed him full power to quell the rebellion and control the soldiers and horses of all towns in the world.

An Lushan, Tian Qianzhen, Zhang Xiancheng, and Yan Zhuang before being captured, Zhang Tongru keenly analyzed the key to the problem, and it was also the only way for the Youzhou army to survive in death.

Li Longji and the Tiance Mansion have already turned their faces and broken up, and with An Lushan and everyone's understanding of Emperor Li Longji, this contradiction cannot be reconciled at all. A fight to the death between the two sides is simply inevitable.

The reason why he hasn't done it now is that the emperor hasn't returned to Chang'an; It's nothing more than that the emperor is not ready. has not yet grasped the real control of the military power of the Shuofang Army, the Hexi Army, the Longyou Army, and the Anxi Xiting Army; It's nothing more than the current enemy of the Youzhou Army, everything has to wait until the Youzhou Army is defeated!

In this case, isn't the only way for Youzhou to survive is to secretly surrender to the emperor and help Li Longji to flank the Tiance army inside and outside?

Although the emperor hated himself, the Youzhou army did a lot of evil and was full of evil, but now that the Youzhou army has been disabled by the Tiance army, it can no longer pose much threat to the emperor, and Li Qi of the Tiance Mansion directly threatens Li Longji's throne.

An Lushan and Tian Qian are really 100% sure that Li Longji will definitely accept the surrender of the Youzhou Army, and is very willing to see the Youzhou Army and the Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou armies, flanking the Tiance Army left and right, and killing the "Jianning King Li Qi"!

"Ah Hao, how many days has Zhang Xiancheng been gone?" In a village by the river, where the villagers had long since run out, in the largest house, An Lushan looked haggard and tired, his hair and beard were messy, his eyes were sunken, and his eyes were red.

This is the fifth time An Lushan has asked like this, and Tian Qianzhen, who is also exhausted, smiled bitterly again and said: "Lord, Commander Zhang set off in the middle of the night on the ninth day of the ninth month of September, and now it is midnight on the thirteenth day of September. ”

An Lushan sighed blankly, and muttered, "Do you think it's too late?" What if the Tiance Army launched a general attack on us before the Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou armies arrived? ”

Tian Qianzhen smiled bitterly, the situation is like this, we can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, what else can we do: "If this is the case, we can only try our best to delay the situation." ”

An Lushan's tears are about to come out, and now the morale of the whole army is on the verge of collapse, but how can it be delayed by ability and Tiance Army.

Tian Qianzhen seemed to see An Lushan's thoughts, thought for a while, and said: "When it is really time for the decisive battle, we will tell the soldiers that the imperial court has declared that the Tiance army is a rebellion, and wants us to cooperate with the Shuofang, Hedong, and Longyou armies to flank the Tiance army, but there is a glimmer of hope, and the morale will not collapse."

Moreover, although the Tiance Army has unparalleled combat strength, after all, most of them are infantry, and the terrain of this Fenhe Plain is vast, which is suitable for cavalry combat. ”

An Lushan thought about it, and it could only be like this, but what he was most worried about was that at that time, the Jianning King Li Qi and the Tiance cavalry would take him directly, because he was too fat, and his body was not as good as before, he couldn't ride a horse, he could only ride the iron opinion, the target was too conspicuous, wouldn't it be inevitable?

Under the same night, almost ten miles south of the Youzhou military camp, a knight was desperately rushing north.

Immediately knighted, fluttering in white, handsome and handsome, it is An Lushan's righteous brother, Zhang Xiancheng, the first master of the Youzhou Army.

Four days ago, he set off overnight, with a secret letter written by Yan Zhuang and Tian Qianzhen and signed by An Lushan, and went to surrender to Li Longji with the last ray of hope.

Sure enough, as Tian Qianzhen and Yan Zhuang expected, after seeing the letter, the dog emperor was overjoyed, not only surrendered with Brother Yi, but also immediately wrote a holy decree for himself to bring back.

After getting the holy decree, the Youzhou army and the emperor turned enemies into friends, and Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou armies attacked Tiance Mansion left and right, and the situation naturally turned around in an instant, Zhang Xiancheng was also overjoyed, and immediately flew to come, but as soon as he arrived in Wenxi County, Zhang Xiancheng's joy turned into a cold sweat.

The Tiance army has already arrived in Wenxi, and the nearest Shuofang army wants to rush to Hedong, but it will take at least a day or two, if the Tiance army launches a general attack on the Youzhou army tomorrow, all plans will be in vain.

Zhang Xiancheng was so anxious that his heart was about to jump out, and when he walked here, he saw the campfire of the Youzhou Army in front of him from a distance, and Zhang Xiancheng was even more eager to fly, but at this moment, he heard a clear and long sound of insect flute.

Zhang Xiancheng's heart sank suddenly.

Zhang Xiancheng can also blow this tune, when he assassinated Xiao Quai, it was this tune that he blew, it was the tune that the Gu master in southern Xinjiang induced Gu worms, how could it appear here?

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