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Guo Ziyi pointed to Menshan County with a wooden pole, and then said: "This is the closest and largest ferry port to Fulu County, there is news from scouts, there is already a Hedong army heading to Menshan County, they must be to collect ferries, when the Hedong Army crosses the river, it is the opportunity for us to launch a general attack, at that time their army is disheartened, no one thinks about war, and even without injuring a single soldier can return the entire Hedong Army to His Royal Highness, they are all Tang Army brothers, no need to see sword soldiers, isn't this the best ending?" ”

Only then did Li Heng understand Guo Ziyi's deployment of troops, and couldn't help sighing: "Step by step, the enemy is the first, it is really clever, and it is merciful and benevolent, and it is my luck to have the old general!" ”

"Where! Where! I'm just a trick to carve insects, Your Highness is a clever means, and it is Guo Ziyi's luck to serve Your Highness. ”

．．．．．．．．． As Guo Ziyi expected, Li Wan's army was indeed depleted of military rations, and he originally wanted to replenish food in Fulu County, but Fulu County had become an empty city, and not a single grain was left to him.

In the camp of the Hedong Army, Li Wan was extremely depressed, he finally realized that he had made a strategic mistake, in the confrontation for more than ten days, why didn't he send an army into Chang'an, first control the imperial court, and like a fool and Li Heng wasted more than ten days in vain, until Li Guoliang's army blocked his way south, he suddenly woke up, but it was too late.

At this time, Li Wan sat alone in the camp tent drinking stuffy wine, regret so much that his heart was about to break, God had given him a chance, but he failed to seize it, one wrong step, he may eventually be doomed, he can only cross the river to Hedong now, but I heard that Hedong has been occupied by An Lushan, there is no place for him, Li Wan thought about borrowing Hedong to go to Henan Road, especially Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other Qilu places, the land is fertile, the population is large, it has been a prosperous place since ancient times, he will be a king of Qi, now the only thing to worry about, It was intercepted by An Lushan.

At this time, there was a sound of running outside the door, and a scout came out of breath to report, "Your Highness, there is news from Hedong." ”

Li Wan perked up and said hurriedly: "Tell me quickly, what news is Hedong?" ”

"The first news is that the brothers King Bian and King Xiliang led 3,000 defeated soldiers to cross the Yellow River from Yanshui County this morning, and they have already gone to Hedong first."

"These two kings and eight lambs are running fast." Li Wan scolded, and he suddenly reacted, no! An Lushan, how could there be no news of An Lushan, he asked urgently: "What about An Lushan?" Any news of him? ”

"An Lushan has already led a large army to Tongguan a few days ago, and now Hedong is empty."

"What?" Li Wan was taken aback, is An Lushan going to enter the customs? In that case, wouldn't Datang be finished?

His thoughts flashed, but what he thought more about was Hedong, Hedong was empty, wasn't this his chance?

He no longer had the heart to consider the danger of crossing the river, and almost without thinking, he ordered: "Pass my order, and the army will immediately go to Menshan to cross the river, and tell the soldiers that we will return to the east of the river." ”

The 40,000 Hedong army began to pull out overnight, and when they crossed the river to the west, there were not many horses, and now most of the horses were filled with military rations, and there were less than 500 left, which were driven by Li Wan's 500 personal soldiers, and they escorted Li Wan, and took the lead and ran to Menshan County, which was 60 miles away.

At this time, Guo Ziyi also received the news, he was not in a hurry, and also ordered the Tang army to pull out and follow the Hedong army to the east from afar.

Menshan County is a middle county, belonging to Yanzhou, there are 2,000 residents, most of them live on farming and Yellow River trade, Menshan County is the last ferry port in the north of the Yellow River Gorge, and then to the south, hundreds of miles of the Yellow River can not cross the river, so this ferry is extremely important, the people who come and go are continuous, and there are hundreds of ferries active on both sides of the Yellow River.

The news obtained by the scouts of the Hedong Army was that Li Xuan and Li Xuan's brothers crossed the river in Yanshui County in the north half a day in advance, disturbing the ferries along the Yellow River, and most of the ferries were hiding, so Li Wan's vanguard did not collect too many ferries, and only grabbed a dozen ferries, so that the Hedong army could not cross the river at one time, but could only cross the river in batches.

Li Wan was anxious and angry, but he had no choice but to order to cross the river immediately, hoping to find some more boats on the opposite bank, otherwise all 40,000 people would not be able to cross the river at all.

The first batch of more than 1,000 people boarded the boat, and most of the Hedong troops on the shore had arrived, shouting, scolding, shouting, and shouting, Li Wan stood on a high ground on the dock, anxiously urging the soldiers to get on the boat, at this time, a personal soldier rushed to shout: "Your Highness, please also get on the boat!" ”

"I'll cross the river later!"

"Your Highness!" The soldiers approached him and whispered, "The scouts have discovered that there are cavalry coming from the southeast, and they are about to kill here." ”

"Ahh Li Wan's face turned pale with shock, did Guo Ziyi's army kill so quickly?

"How many people came?" He asked anxiously.

"I don't know, but I've heard that it's overwhelming, and the momentum is terrifying."

As soon as the soldiers finished speaking, there was a sudden shout from the shore, and the shouts were extremely frightened, and I saw a banner covering the sky in the distance, and it was killing the shore at a very fast speed.

The Hedong army on the shore began to scramble to get on the boat, there was a big chaos at the boarding place, a boat was squeezed and sunk, a hundred soldiers fell into the water, shouting loudly, the shore was in chaos, Li Wan's personal soldiers saw that the situation was critical, they set up Li Wan and ran to a big boat, instantly ran on the boat, and urged loudly: "Hurry!" Hurry up and sail. ”

More than a dozen ferries have left the wharf, the wharf is crowded with tens of thousands of Hedong army soldiers, they cry to the sky, scattered and fled, the Hedong army food is cut off, and they are afraid of Guo Ziyi in their hearts, and their morale is extremely low, they have long forgotten that they are also soldiers, forgetting that they still have 40,000 people, enough to compete with any army, at this time, including the generals, they saw that King Rong had fled, and they knew that the general trend had gone, and there was only one thought in their hearts: escape!

But everyone didn't expect that it was not Guo Ziyi's army that came, but a strange army lurking nearby, only 2,500 Anxi cavalry, Li Qingan had been waiting for a day and a night, he knew that his troops were insufficient, and he could only wait for the best time to appear, that is, when Hedong began to cross the river, he also did it to hide most of the boats, he ordered people to pretend to be fleeing stragglers, and looted the ferryboats, so that most of the ferries fled to the other side, which caused great difficulties for the Hedong army to cross the river.

The Anxi army was overwhelming, and each of them held three large flags, forming a terrifying scene of ten thousand flags covering the sky, and scaring the Hedong army into chaos.

In an instant, the Anxi cavalry roared, and they formed a huge semicircle, surrounding the 40,000 Hedong Legions, with horizontal spears and sharp knives out of their sheaths, murderous.

At this time, the Hedong Army found that there were not many cavalry, and it seemed that it was not Guo Ziyi's troops, and some generals recognized that this cavalry seemed to be the Anxi Army.

The situation in the Hedong Army gradually stabilized in a panic, and at this time, Li Qing'an Pegasus rushed out and shouted loudly: "I am Li Qing'an of Anxi, and the officers and men of the Hedong Army don't need to panic!" ”

The dock quickly quieted down, Li Qing'an's prestige in the Tang army is extremely high, his own rise is a legend, is a model for countless Tang Dynasty soldiers to worship, he fought in the south and the north, and made great achievements in defending the Tang Frontier, especially he rewarded and punished clearly, treated the soldiers well, gave their families the land to survive, put an end to the army [***], and fought for the compensation for the fallen soldiers, these deeds have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of every soldier in the Tang Dynasty, so that Li Qing'an's reputation has reached the height of Wang Zhonghei, So when he suddenly appeared in front of the 40,000 Hedong soldiers, it did not cause confusion, on the contrary, his appearance brought hope to the 40,000 Hedong soldiers, and the 40,000 soldiers looked at this famous Anxi Jiedu envoy, and everyone's eyes were full of expectation.

"We are all Tang Dynasty soldiers, there is no need to kill each other, instead of being killed by our own people, it is better to work together to deal with the Hui people who invaded the south, I came from Anxi, just to quell this distressing infighting, soldiers, obey my arrangement, I will be loyal to the new Tang Emperor together, and civil war will never be allowed!"

Li Qing'an's voice was high, and every word of his was carried out with the wind, reaching the ears of every soldier and officer, which was extremely infectious, and at this time, Li Qing'an shouted again: "General Du Yifei, General Meng Yun, General Luo Zhengyi, are you there?" ”

These three people are the main generals of the Hedong Army, and when they heard Li Qing'an's summons, the two generals walked out of the army, and one of them hugged his fists and said: "In Xia Mengyun, the soldiers and horses of the Datong Army, see the general." ”

The other person also clenched his fists and said: "In Xia Luo Zhengyi, the soldiers and horses of the Chengtian Army, see the general." ”

Li Qingan returned the salute to the two of them: "General Du Yifei is here?" ”

Meng Yun pointed to the black spot on the river that was gradually moving away, and said, "General Du Yifei has already left first by boat, and his army has no commander for the time being. ”

"The lieutenant is here?"

Meng Yun turned around and waved his hand and shouted, "Please General Wu Yong come over." ”

Another general came out of the ranks, quite young, it seemed that he was not yet thirty years old, he stepped forward and saluted: "The last general Wu Yong, the deputy envoy of Taiyuan soldiers and horses, see the general." ”

"General Du Yifei is not here, you will command the troops first." Li Qing'an's order was short and forceful, and no one could refuse it.

"The last general obeys!"

At this time, Li Qing'an glanced at the three of them again, and took out Li Yu's handwritten letter, which not only asked the Tongguan defenders to obey Li Qing'an's dispatch, but also included other troops, he handed the letter to the three people: "This is the prince's handwritten letter, now that Hedong has been occupied by An Lushan, you will cross the river will be completely annihilated by An Lushan, I will give you an arrangement, in order to prevent unnecessary infighting, I hope you will temporarily obey my command, may it be done?" ”

The three of them circulated Li Yu's handwritten letter, which was very clear, asking the troops of Tongguan, Hedong and Longyou to obey Li Qing'an's command, and thinking that Hedong was occupied by An Lushan, they had no way to go, the three of them looked at each other, and they had heard that Li Qing'an was a hardcore supporter of the prince Li Yu, and there should be no problem to follow him, but more importantly, they had no way out, or they had to surrender Li Heng, but if they wanted to surrender Li Heng, they could surrender in the camp of Qinggangling, and now they would have no bargaining capital. And Li Qingan appeared as an intermediary mediator and was entrusted by the crown prince, so he followed him...... The three of them all thought of going together, so they bowed down together and said, "I am willing to obey the general's command." ”

Li Qing'an was overjoyed, he brought too few troops, and it was very risky to subdue the Hedong Army, his only reliance was his prestige in the Tang Army and this handwritten letter from the prince Li Yu, betting that the high-level of the Hedong Army was unwilling to betray the imperial court, and now it seemed that his bet had succeeded, and he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, and all the Hedong Army will be stationed in Menshan County." ”

His order was issued, several generals went separately to command the army, and the 40,000 Hedong Army began to march towards Menshan County.

Menshan is only ten miles away from the wharf, when Li Qing'an has just arrived at the county seat with his army, Guo Ziyi's army has also arrived, appearing five miles away, Li Qing'an immediately ordered the soldiers to speed up into the city, and at the same time sent people to negotiate with Guo Ziyi.

Guo Ziyi has stopped the army, as early as more than ten miles away, he has already received the news that a team of more than 2,000 Anxi cavalry has rushed to the dock first, and seems to have recruited 40,000 Hedong troops, which really made Guo Ziyi frightened, because this is also what he wants to do, take advantage of the Hedong army to recruit their subordinates when they have no way out, no general will think that he has many soldiers, Guo Ziyi is the same, but when he heard the second news, his anxiety was gone, it was Li Qingan who personally went out, Recruited 40,000 Hedong troops, which made Guo Ziyi puzzled, in order to prevent the Anxi Army and the Longyou Army from going north, he deployed a large number of scouts along the West Yellow River, deployed several defense networks, how did Li Qingan come over, he didn't know, could it be that he flew with wings, Guo Ziyi couldn't have imagined that Li Qingan didn't come from Hexi at all, but from Tongguan, and the scouts he laid down certainly had no effect.

"Old general, Li Qingan sent someone to deliver two letters."

A soldier interrupted Guo Ziyi's stunned gaze, and he took the letter a little dazed, one letter was for him, and the other was a letter to Li Heng, 'Shuo Fang Jiedu made General Guo personally enlightened', 'His Royal Highness King Yong personally enlightened'.

(To be continued)