readx; Li Huaixian's camp is located in Tunliu County, and he has an army of 70,000 under his command, which is basically the original Fanyang army, mainly Han people from the prefectures and counties near Youzhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Li Huaixian himself is only half Han blood, he has been sinicized more thoroughly, and it is difficult to see that he was a Hu slave of the Khitans, he claimed to be a Han and concealed his youth experience, except for An Lushan and a very small number of henchmen, Fan Yangjun thought he was Han up and down.

Li Huaixian is about 40 years old this year, he looks thin and tall, he has been in the army for nearly 20 years, he is old and cunning in the army, Li Huaixian is not a good man and a woman, the reason why he opposed Li Guiren's massacre and looting, a big reason is that his soldiers are all Han Chinese, the Han army has a strong enemy's resistance and anger against the slaughter of the Hu people, in order to calm the anger in the army, he had to repeatedly make gestures, strongly condemning Li Guiren's atrocities.

Li Huaixian is also a careerist, in the history of the three towns of Hebei, he is occupied Youzhou, has become a de facto local separatist force, in fact, the so-called pacification of the Anshi Rebellion in history, in fact, is just the result of the compromise between the court and the rebels, the rebels are no longer the emperor, seeking to take the Tang Empire and replace it, the court also acquiesced to the secession of the military town, a total of three separatist forces, Tian Chenghei of Weibo Town, Li Baochen of Chengde Town, Li Huaixian of Youzhou Town, this is the late Tang Dynasty feudal town separation.

Faced with the serious situation at this time, Li Huaixian was also thinking about his own retreat, he thought of only two plans, one was to surrender Li Qing'an, seek the status of a general, and finally have a rich and prosperous death; Another plan is to follow Shi Siming's own faction of separatist forces, occupy several states and counties, and enjoy the fun of occupying the power of the mountain.

In the big tent, Li Huaixian stood alone in front of the sand table, looking at the Hebei sand table in front of him and pondering for a long time, although Li Huaixian had sent someone to Li Qing'an to send a letter of intent to surrender, but he did not make a final decision, whether to surrender or stand on his own, he was still in a kind of contradictions.

At this time, a personal soldier at the door of the tent reported: "General, Mr. Han and General Feiyong ask to meet." ”

Li Huaixian slowly woke up from his contemplation, nodded and said, "Let them in!" ”

Mr. Han's full name is Han Li, he is Li Huaixian's staff, and General Feiyong is Li Yueyue, who is Li Huaixian's confidant and favorite general, these two people are both Li Huaixian's most trusted people, and the two walked in after a while, and the two did not meet at the door of the tent, but had already discussed, they came to persuade Li Huaixian to surrender to Tang.

"See the general!"

Li Huaixian waved his hand and smiled: "Sit down and talk!" ”

The three of them walked to the table and sat down, Li Huaixian glanced at Han Li, and said with a slight smile: "Mr. Han is here to persuade me again!" ”

Han Li is more than Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, Chen Liuren, since he was a child, his family is poor, he studied hard, Tianbao ten years and Tianbao eleven years twice entered Beijing to catch the exam, both names fell Sun Shan, he returned to his hometown without shame and went to Hebei, by writing letters to people for a living, by chance, he wrote a few letters for Li Huaixian, he won Li Huaixian's appreciation, let him be his own staff, over the years, he gave Li Huaixian a lot of ideas, and gradually became Li Huaixian's most trusted staff.

Han Li smiled, he didn't answer Li Huaixian's question directly, but asked rhetorically, "How much time does the general think there is now?" ”

It means that there is still time for him to consider and make a choice, this question Li Huaixian has always been confused, and he also knows that the time is very tight, but to what extent he is nervous, he can't tell, Li Huaixian sighed and said: "I really didn't see this clearly, please Mr. Han speak up." ”

"General, in fact, you only have one day, if I guess correctly, tomorrow Yin Ziqi's army will approach Shexian, once they arrive in Shexian, An Qingxu will definitely be the first to leave, will the general go, or stay? Go, where are the general's roots? Stay, where is the general's credit? General, urgent! ”

Li Huaixian said for a while: "If I go, I want to occupy Cangzhou and Dezhou, there is still a little population there, and the damage is not very big, and then mobilize the soldiers to the military camp, which should be my foundation." ”

"And then?" Han Li chased after him and said: "Then in the Hebei War, which faction is the general going to stand on, An Lushan or Shi Siming?" ”

"I won't stand up to anyone, stand on my own, and let them fight."

Han Li sneered repeatedly, "General, you think about the problem too simply, not to mention that you can't stay out of the matter, and not to say whether there is food to feed so many troops, just say a little bit, how long does the general think his secession can last?" Half a year, or a year? ”

Li Huaixian didn't say anything, and Han Li said again: "If it is Li Longji's era, the imperial court is weak, maybe one side is divided, and the imperial court has no choice but to acquiesce, now that Li Qingan is in charge, with his strong military strength, will he allow the general to secede?" If the general is exterminated after being divided, what will be the result, just like An Lushan and Shi Siming, he will be exiled at least and exterminated at worst, and the general must consider it carefully! ”

Han Li's persuasion made Li Huaixian's heart of secession shaken a little, at this time, Li Yueyue next to him also persuaded: "The last time Hebei ambushed, the reason why our army was able to retreat with the whole army and was not chased and killed by the Tang army was because the target of the Tang army's extermination was not us, but Li Guiren, Li Guiren's army brutally killed, lost all conscience, I heard that Li Qingan has issued an order not to accept the surrender of Li Guiren's army, our military discipline is good, there is no slaughter and other evil deeds, this is the general's biggest capital, why doesn't the general use this capital to get a future for himself." , instead of being an enemy of the imperial court? ”

The persuasion of the two of them in turn has made the weight of surrender in Li Huaixian's heart already account for seventy, and at this moment, there are footsteps running outside the tent, and a personal soldier said: "General, the brother who went to the Tang Army camp to deliver the letter has returned." ”

"Ahh

Li Huaixian's spirits perked up, and he said repeatedly: "Bring them in!" ”

He said to Han Li and Li Yueyue again: "Let's take a look at what news they brought back?" ”

In a moment, the three personal soldiers who delivered the letter were ushered in, and they knelt down together to salute, "General, we are back!" ”

"No need to be polite, have you seen Li Qing'an?"

The captain of the pro-soldier colonel led by him said: "Back to the general, we met Li Qing'an, and he wrote a letter to the general. ”

"What about faith? Where is the faith? Li Huaixian hurriedly asked.

The lieutenant took out a letter and handed it to Li Huaixian, Li Huaixian impatiently opened the letter, it was Li Qing'an's handwritten letter, and said at the beginning: "To General Li Huaixian, the governor of Jizhou in Fanyang Festival......."

Li Huaixian couldn't help sighing in his heart, he slowly finished reading the letter again, and handed the letter to Han Li, "Sir, take a look!" ”

Han Li quickly read the letter, and couldn't help laughing: "General, this is an opportunity!" Li Qingan gives you a chance to make meritorious contributions, which is better than leading troops to surrender directly, and the general must seize this opportunity. ”

Li Yueyue also read the letter and said with a smile: "It can be seen from the letterhead that Li Qing'an did not regard the general as a rebel general, and still called the general the governor of Jizhou, and the general surrendered to him, in fact, he should have taken refuge, and the army between different factions in the imperial court switched, which is the reason why the general did not kill the army." ”

Seeing that Li Huaixian was still hesitating, the two couldn't help but be anxious, and said together: "General, decide quickly!" If you don't decide, you won't have a chance! ”

At this moment, Li Huaixian finally made up his mind, and he gritted his teeth, "Okay!" I did as he was asked to do in his letter. ”

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Unlike Li Huaixian's decision to surrender to the Tang Army and An Qingxu's preparation to withdraw to Hebei, Li Guiren's is a resolute main battle faction, he is a mock man, his ideas are much simpler than Li Huaixian and An Qingxu, his greatest wish in life is to fight a good battle with a strong opponent, even if he dies on the battlefield, he doesn't care, from this point of view, he is a pure professional soldier.

In Li Guiren's view, the strongest enemy is naturally Li Qing'an, if he defeats Li Qing'an, then he Li Guiren is the world's number one soldier, although he has suffered two big losses in a row, heavy casualties, but instead of frustrating him, but more determined to fight with Li Qing'an, one or two battles are sneak attacks, what if on the frontal battlefield? It is still unknown who killed the deer!

Especially Li Guangbi defeated the 30,000 Yan army with 2,000 cavalry, this face made Li Guiren really unbearable, and also stimulated the ambition in his heart.

Li Quy Ren's decision to fight to the death was firmly supported by General Cai Xide, but Cai Xide's idea was slightly different from Li Guiren's.

Although Cai Xide is also a Xi person, he has a very good relationship with the Turkic Shi Siming, among the factions of the Hebei army, Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Li Guiren are one faction, and Li Huaixian and Tian Bingsi are the other faction, but the relationship between Shi Siming and Cai Xide is far more than the general faction, but an alliance, even closer than the alliance.

Cai Xide just got a secret letter from Shi Siming, asking him to drag the Yan army on the Hedong battlefield for another two or three days, at most three days, Shi Siming can free up his troops to go south, and at that time the army on the Hedong battlefield can only surrender to him Shi Siming, if Cai Xide can do this, Shi Siming will make him the deputy marshal, and the two will share the wealth.

It is with this kind of mind that Cai Xide vigorously supports Li Guiren, but their army alone is not enough, the two of them only have 80,000 people, and Li Huaixian's 70,000 troops must be added to compete with the Tang army, but is it possible for Li Huaixian to cooperate with them?

Both of them are a little difficult, the only way is to find An Qingxu and see if he can persuade Li Huaixian to fight together, but the question is, what is An Qingxu's attitude?

Just when the countermeasures were being discussed, someone came to report, and Li Huaixian's staff Han Li asked to see him.

Li Guiren was stunned, of course he knew who Han Li was, Li Huaixian's henchmen, what was he doing?

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(To be continued)