readx; When Li Qing'an was in Liangzhou, he got a message from the flying pigeon of Broken Leaves, the Byzantine envoy had arrived in Anxi, although Li Qing'an was still waiting for the reaction of the imperial court at this time, but after receiving this news, he immediately set off to return, he was extremely concerned about the arrival of the envoy of the Byzantine Empire, he and Da Shi had been in truce for more than a year, although he did not know the progress of the African campaign, but one thing he knew very well was that Da Shi would not accept the fact that the river was lost anyway, and once the African campaign was over, they would immediately turn around and attack the river, In this sense, the Battle of Talas was far from an end, but only a starting point. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Qingan is very aware of the various complex and dangerous situations he is facing, which seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact the murderous opportunity is lurking, and all kinds of crises are like undercurrents surging in the calm situation, and the serious ones can be described as internal and external troubles, and the court is suspicious, Li Longji has decided to kill him, and uses secret and open means to deal with him, which can be described as internal worries.

The external trouble is that the Great Eclipse is immortal to the heart of the river, the Great Eclipse is not the Tubo Hui, it is a Western Empire that is not weaker than the Tang Dynasty, it is not a battle of Talas that can defeat it, it can be said that the war with the Great Eclipse will take several years or even decades to finally see it, but the war is not going on all the time, after a large-scale battle, it will often be calm for a few years, and with the calm period of these years, he can turn back and solve the internal worries.

In addition to the strategic rival of the Great Food, there are two traditional tactical enemies of Hui and Tubo, they have been involved in Anxi for a long time, Tubo needless to say, the Tang Dynasty restored its rule over Anxi not long after, Tubo sent troops to annex Anxi, although the four towns of Anxi were later recaptured by Wu Zetian, but Tubo's ambition for Anxi has not stopped, the Battle of Xiaobolu, the Battle of Banxian Town, so that after the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo annexed Anxi again, Tubo is a poisonous snake entrenched on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, swallowing the bright red poisonous letter, his eyes were greedily staring at the Tang Western Regions.

When the Tang Dynasty was strong, they clamped their tails and disguised themselves as a hunting dog guarding the household, but when the Tang Dynasty weakened, their wolf ambitions were unabashedly exposed, and after the Anshi Rebellion, they immediately sent troops to occupy the North Court, and fought fiercely with Tubo for several years for the North Court of Anxi.

This time, when the Tongluo tribe moved westward, the Hui people couldn't help but show their sharp claws and invade the west of Jinshan, making Li Qingan feel vigilant, once Anxi and Dashi went to war, would the poisonous snakes and evil wolves watch the battle with angelic smiles? No, definitely not! They are bound to open their hideous bloody mouths on Anzai's back and abdomen without hesitation.

This is the cruel reality, the cruel internal and external troubles, so that Li Qingan can not breathe for a moment, if he did not decisively send troops to Hexi this time, Li Longji does not know how to deal with him, I don't know how much more turbulent waves to set off, sending troops to Hexi is the key for him to break the situation, at least can wake Li Longji up, so that he does not dare to act rashly in the open, can only secretly use his hands and feet, secretly use his hands and feet is in his Li Qing'an's arms, he has controlled Li Cong and Feng Changqing, they can't set off any big waves, The distant space of Anxi and Chang'an can make him calmly arranged, so that he has the time and energy to solve the approaching external trouble.

And Byzantium is another key for him to solve external troubles, if he can pull Byzantium into the game, the strength of the Great Food will be cut by at least half, he can not use all his strength to deal with the Great Food, he can divide his troops to defend against Tibet and Hui, therefore, the arrival of the Byzantine envoy is extremely important to Li Qing'an.

In the snow, Li Qing'an left Liangzhou under the escort of 3,000 cavalry and galloped back to Broken Leaves, while he handed over his army to Duan Xiushi, whom he trusted, and he continued to suppress bandits in Hexi.

In just one day and one night, Li Qing'an rushed to the territory of Ganzhou, and in the evening, he arrived at Qilian City, and the men and horses were exhausted, Li Qing'an ordered to stay in the camp to rest.

Qilian City is a majestic stone fort, built on a mountain beam, backed by the Qilian Mountains, overlooking a plain about 100 miles wide, at the other end of the plain, is the reckless Yanzhi Mountain, on the vast plain, originating from the weak water river of the Qilian Mountains flows through, in the southwest of the Qilian City more than 30 miles, is the Dadou Pull Valley, here is the fault zone of the Qilian Mountains, there are several roads can go straight to the Qinghai Plateau, it is the shortcut of the Qiang people to and from the Hexi Corridor and the Qinghai Plateau.

Li Qing'an was worried that the Longyou Army would enter the Hexi Corridor from here and cut off the back route of the Anxi Army in Liangzhou, so he deployed 8,000 heavy troops in this area.

When night fell, Li Qingxin was quite unquiet, he slowly paced to the city wall, more than a dozen personal soldiers followed far behind, the cold wind on the city wall, the cold wind blew his face like a knife, making his mind clear, he stared into the distance, the dark Yanzhi Mountain in the distance seemed to be a monster lying on the Hexi corridor.

At this time, the tip of Li Qingan's nose was cold, he raised his head, and clumps of snowflakes rolled in the air, falling diagonally, and another night snow came.

"General, it's snowing, let's go back!" The soldier whispered a reminder behind him.

Li Qing'an nodded, he wanted to think about the negotiation with Byzantium, but the news sent by the broken leaf was too simple, so he couldn't make a comprehensive judgment, so he could only go back and think about it.

As soon as he turned around, suddenly, there was a rush of horses' hooves in the wind, someone was coming, Li Qingan followed the prestige, only to see that in the dark night wind and snow, a group of cavalry was speeding towards this side.

Li Qingxin was puzzled, he walked down the city wall quickly, at this time, a gatekeeper officer rushed to report, Longyou Jiedu envoy Ge Shuhan came to visit.

'Goshuhan! Li Qing'an was stunned, he thought it was Anxi's messenger, but he didn't expect it to be Ge Shuhan's visit, what did Ge Shuhan do when he came to him? How did he know he was in Qilianbao? Li Qing'an understood as soon as he thought that Ge Shuhan must have gotten the news from the Great Doujun and chased after him.

"Please come to my room!"

As soon as Li Qing'an returned to the room, his own soldiers reported outside, "Marshal Ge Shuhan is here!" ”

"Please come in!"

The door opened, and a cold wind swept into the room with a few snowflakes, and in the cold wind appeared the burly figure of Ge Shuhan, whose usual hearty laughter became very low.

"Qing'an, I've been chasing you for a long time!"

They should have met in Chang'an, they should have met in Liangzhou, or they should have met in Shanzhou, but they should never have met in this small city at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, which added a bit of weirdness to their meeting.

Li Qing'an didn't have any warm greetings, at this time, the etiquette of greetings and hypocritical enthusiasm seemed so redundant, Ge Shuhan obviously did not come to catch up with him, let alone to protest against his occupation of Hexi for no reason, their meeting here means that there will be important things to talk about between them, and this conversation may change a certain pattern of Datang.

"Please be seated!"

Li Qing'an pulled a chair, Ge Shuhan sat down, Li Qing'an didn't say anything, he threw a few hard woods into the fireplace, and soon, the fire in the fireplace became bright, Ge Shuhan silently looked at Li Qing'an's face red by the firelight, the thin face has a kind of hardness unique to men in the Western Regions, and there are also two firelights in his eyes beating, and the beating firelight burns with a kind of far-sighted wisdom.

Li Qingan slowly raised his head and looked at him, a kind smile appeared on his face, Ge Shuhan suddenly had a realization, Li Qingan already knew the purpose of his coming.

"When I left, I happened to get news from the flying pigeons in the capital, and the Holy Lord had issued an order to agree with you to suppress bandits in Hexi, but asked you to return to Anxi in the spring."

Li Qingan shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't have to wait for spring, I will withdraw from the army and return to Anxi after I get the official will." ”

"Are you really willing to quit?" There was a mocking smile in Geshuhan's eyes.

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "Why not!" I am the envoy of the Anxi Festival, and I am not the envoy of the Hexi Festival, what is the garrison in Hexi? ”

"Then what are you doing now that you are stationed in Hexi?" Ge Shuhan asked unrelentingly.

"Don't talk about that!"

Li Qingan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Since the Holy Lord has made an order, I will do it according to the will, let's talk about you!" When are you going to go to Fengxiang to suppress bandits? ”

Li Qing'an's last sentence knocked heavily on Ge Shuhan's heart, this is the purpose of his coming to Li Qing'an, Fengxiang's suppression of bandits is of course a joke, but it is this joke that shows that Li Qing'an has seen through the crisis situation faced by his brother Shuhan, and has also seen through his true purpose of coming to him.

At this time, the crisis faced by Ge Shuhan is no less than Li Qing'an, and even more serious than Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an still has a long way to block, inconvenient transportation, and news is blocked, and Longyou is different, Longyou is close to Guanzhong, and the threat to Chang'an is also the greatest, if Li Longji temporarily lets go of Anxi, then the next step is very likely to be to use a knife against Longyou, in fact, he has already done it, Li Xuan, the king of Xiliang, is now the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu and the governor of Shanzhou, and the envoy of the Zhenwu army, not only taking away half of the military power, At the same time, he also served as the envoy of the herdsmen of Longyou and the envoy of the camp of the branches, and took away the financial rights and military horse rights.

In the face of the aggressive Li Xuan, Ge Shuhan was unprepared, and more importantly, he lost his troops in Tubo, which made him lose his right to speak, and watched Li Xuan seize power step by step, which made him anxious, and Li Qing'an suddenly sent troops to Hexi, which solved the crisis in Anxi at once, so that Ge Shuhan was jealous at the same time, but also had a trace of the idea of asking Li Qing'an for help, so he rushed to Hexi overnight.

Although it was impossible for Feng Xiang to suppress the bandits, Ge Shuhan knew in his heart that Li Qing'an must have a way to help him, and he asked in a deep voice: "In addition to Feng Xiang's suppression of bandits, does Qing'an have any other good strategies?" ”

Li Qingan poured him a cup of hot tea and said with a slight smile: "Why is Brother Brother Shu so nervous? The Holy God does not spare me, because I am built, so that he can not tolerate it, and Brother Geshu has always been the Holy Lord's favorite general, this Tubo Battle failed to win all, the Holy Shang can still crown Brother Shu as the king of Xiping County, I advise Brother Brother Shu to take the initiative to give up Longyou, enter Beijing as an official, even if you can't enter the political hall, at least you can serve as the head of the nine temples and five prisons, even if the husband can't defend the country and the world, if you can govern the country and the people, I think it will not be in vain. ”

Ge Shuhan bowed his head and was silent, his staff Gao Shi also persuaded him to do the same, but Ge Shuhan knew very well in his heart that if he handed over the military power, with Li Longji's ruthless heart, he would never let him go, the reason why Wang Zhongji was killed back then was unknown to others, and his brother Shuhan was still unclear? It was in order to let his brother Shuhan sit firmly in Longyou that he finally killed Wang Zhonghei, and similarly, Li Longji in order to let his son sit firmly in Longyou, he would also kill his brother Shuhan to prevent future troubles, and anyone in Longyou could surrender, but his brother Shuhan could not hand over power.

Ge Shuhan glanced at Li Qing'an with a complicated expression, at this time, he found that Li Qing'an was actually a kind of expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, he suddenly realized, immediately stood up and walked to the door and knelt down, looked up to the sky and said in a deep voice: "My brother Shuhan swears to the sky, I came to Li Qing'an today, I sincerely asked for help, if I have other intentions in my heart, God can't tolerate me, and I will not let my brother Shuhan's children and grandchildren." ”

Li Qingan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, patted his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Brother Shu doesn't have to be like this, I can trust you." ”

Ge Shuhan also smiled: "The poisonous oath is to make my mind clear!" ”

The two sat down again, and at this time, Li Qingan picked up the teacup and said slowly: "What is the relationship between Brother Geshu and Fugu Huaien?" ”

Ge Shuhan also heard that Fugu Huaien fled into Huifu because of disobedience to military discipline, he thought about it, seemed to think of something, but he couldn't see clearly, so he said: "I have a very good relationship with Fugu Huaien, I once wanted to keep him in Longyou, but he was reluctant to give up the Shuofang army, so he went to Anxi, and then we still had correspondence, he wanted to ask me to transfer back to Longyou, and then later, I heard that he had an accident." ”

"I also heard that he has an excellent relationship with Brother Geshu, but under military law, he can't tolerate mercy."

"I can understand this, I don't mean to blame Qing'an."

Ge Shuhan didn't know what Li Qing'an's intention was when he suddenly mentioned Fugu Huai'en, so he didn't say much and waited for Li Qing'an's next words.

Li Qing'an smiled and continued: "I heard that Fugu Huaien mixed well in Hui, I heard that his daughter married the son of Gele Khan, he himself was named the general of the left killing, and became the chief of the Huigu Ministry, the scenery is infinite, but he hates me deeply, and he also hates the Tang Dynasty, and has repeatedly persuaded Gele Khan to send troops to the Tang Dynasty, of course, if Gele Khan sends troops to the Tang Dynasty, it must be aimed at Beiting, but if there is any way to make the Hui change the direction, from attacking to the west, to attacking to the south, I think Brother Geshu's crisis will be solved." ”

Ge Shuhan was dumbfounded when he heard it, of course he understood what Li Qing'an meant, the two jiedu envoys with the biggest crisis in front of him, one was Longyou Brother Shuhan, and the other was Shuofang An Sishun, Li Qing'an meant to let Li Longji go to solve Shuofang first, if he returned to the south to invade Shuofang, he could just borrow the opportunity to transfer troops to seize An Sishun's military power, so how could he let Hui change the direction to invade Shuofang in the south, this is why Li Qing'an asked him about the relationship with Fugu Huaien, and let Fugu Huaien play a role in the middle.

Li Qing'an continued: "After solving An Sishun, the next target of the Holy Lord must be An Lushan, and then it will be Brother Geshu's turn, but I think at that time, the situation has changed, and the Holy Lord should transfer Brother Brother Shu to quell the rebellion in An Lushan." ”

Ge Shuhan's heart was in a mess, he and the An brothers had a deep grudge, of course I hoped that An Sishun would be unlucky first, but let him go to collude with Fugu Huaien to attack the Tang Dynasty, which seemed to be against morality, which made him a little hesitant, Li Qingan seemed to know his thoughts, so he smiled and said: "Brother Ge Shu, don't worry, there is no climate in Hui, with me threatening them in the west, they don't dare to really invade the Tang Dynasty, just to pressure the imperial court, in order to save the face lost when the envoys were sent to Beijing last year, and let the imperial court compensate them for their losses, I know it in my heart." ”

Of course, Ge Shuhan understands that Li Qing'an is the real beneficiary of this strategy, but letting Li Longji deal with Shuo Fang first, kill An Sishun, and force An Lushan to rebel against An Lushan is indeed in the interests of his brother Shuhan, and it is the best way to solve his Ge Shuhan's crisis by diverting the disaster to the north.

He thought about it for a while, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "What if the Holy Shang sends the Longyou Army to support Shuofang and takes the opportunity to seize my military power?" ”

Li Qing'an's eyes narrowed, and he said with a smile: "Do you think that the Holy Lord will solve the two festival envoys at the same time?" Of course he will transfer the Longyou army, but he can only transfer the army of Li Xuan, the king of Xiliang, as soon as Li Xuan leaves, isn't Longyou the world of Brother Geshu? ”

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(To be continued)