readx; Pinggao County is only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an, the first battle between Li Qing'an and An Lushan is like having wings, spread all over Chang'an, spread all over the land of Guanzhong, especially the Anxi army occupied Xiaoguan, cut off the road for An Lushan to enter Guanzhong, which made Chang'an people rejoice, the neighborhoods beat gongs and drums, and the explosion was loud, at this moment, the Anxi army has become the protector of the people in Guanzhong in a sense. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

With the participation of the Anxi Army, the price of rice in Chang'an plummeted, from the highest 800 Wen to 150 Wen of Doumi, which made hundreds of large merchants of Tun rice bankrupt, and the people of Chang'an all applauded.

On the other hand, Li Qing'an's decision to order the killing of 3,000 captives has sparked a big controversy, almost all the liquor shops are talking about it, some are in favor, some are against, some are worried that Li Qing'an is too ruthless in killing, but more people are firmly supporting, An Lushan's army has passed, looting the city, annihilating silver women, killing the old and weak, all kinds of atrocities are outrageous, especially Xue Hao's army is even more brutal, and the places it passes through are all razed to the ground, especially the 1,300 civilians in Maling County have not escaped, and nearly 1,000 women have been killed by gang violence, As Li Qing'an said in his letter to the imperial court, "Heaven will not forgive them without punishing their crimes." ’

Daming Palace, Li Yu slowly put Li Qing'an's recital on the table, and breathed a long sigh of relief, the Anxi army was able to cut off the southward path of Fan Yang's army, which is undoubtedly a good news, he was in a good mood in the past two days, good news came one after another, Wang Heng's counter-plan worked, the Jingzhou army withdrew from Hanzhong, and Meng Yun and Luo Zhengyi's army was on the way back to Chang'an.

Although Li Yu persuaded Li Yu to take advantage of the emptiness in Shuzhong, ordered Meng Yun's army to directly enter Shuzhong and cut off Gao Xianzhi's back road, but the left minister Wang Heng and the military department Shangshu Chen Xilie resolutely opposed, Chen Xilie thought that the training of the Guanzhong army was not enough, once Gao Xianzhi returned to defend Shuzhong, it was the time when this army was destroyed, Wang Heng also bluntly said that with Gao Xianzhi's caution in using troops, he would never come out, there should be troops in Shuzhong, and now Chang'an is empty, and troops should be led to defend Chang'an.

Li Yu finally accepted the advice of Wang Heng and Chen Xilie, and ordered Meng Yun's army to return to Chang'an, but did not follow Li Yu's advice for the first time.

Another good news that Li Yu got was that Li Yan came, Li Yan and Changsun Quanxu led 5,000 troops to break through seven large manors in Jingyang County and Yunyang County, and thwarted three attempts to organize Zhuang Ding to rebel, the mastermind of the Yiwang Li Pu attempted suicide and was escorted back to Beijing, in these seven vast manors, Li Yan seized nearly 5 million stones of grain, especially in the Baishuihe Manor in Yunyang County, the soldiers accidentally seized the wealth hidden here by 18 clans in Chang'an, a total of 4.2 million yuan, and all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry are countless.

Li Yu was overjoyed by this news, and he ordered that all the money and grain be transported back to the treasury, and tens of thousands of hectares of land would be redistributed to yeoman farmers.

After Li Yu read Li Qing'an's recital, he did not hesitate to approve Li Qing'an's request for one million stone military rations and one million yuan of money, he now has money and food, as long as Li Qing'an can completely annihilate An Lushan's army for him, he will not be stingy.

Li Yu put down his pen and said with a smile: "I found that since Li Qing'an entered the war, the situation has changed greatly, and the court has developed more and more in favor of the imperial court. ”

Li Yu saw that Li Yu did not say a word, so he walked to the window and stretched a long waist, looking at the blue sky, he said with great ambition: "According to this momentum, give me two more months, I can completely solve the problem of land annexation in Guanzhong, and then attack Henan Mansion, I believe that in just one year, I can increase two million homesteaders, bring stable financial income to the imperial court, and the Tang Dynasty will re-enter Zhongxing in my hands." ”

Compared with Li Yu's complacency, Li Yu felt not very optimistic, he found that Li Yu had embarked on a road of no return to break with the clan confrontation, in the raid and confiscation of land again and again, he seemed to get a kind of pleasure of looting, and never tired of it, this is by no means a normal imperial thinking, but like the rebel leader at the bottom, Li Yu felt that Li Yu was moving towards the road of rebellion and family separation day by day, for this reason, he persuaded Li Yu several times, but Li Yu was noncommittal.

"Since I have already copied the home of a princess of Huo Guo, I don't care about copying another hundred mansions of Princess Huo Guo, in my opinion, there is no difference between the two."

This is the answer Li Yu gave him.

"Master, what are you worried about?" Li Yu saw that he hadn't spoken, and finally couldn't help but ask first.

Li Mi smiled bitterly and said, "Since Your Majesty values Li Qing'an so much, will Your Majesty agree to the conditions he proposed?" ”

"Does the master mean that he wants to be right-handed?"

"Yes! Are you really going to make him the right minister? ”

Li Yu nodded slowly, and said affirmatively: "That's right, I am indeed ready to make him the right prime minister, I know very well in my heart that my land reform is inseparable from the strong support of the army, although Li Qing'an has ambitions, but there is one thing that he is the same as me, he is against land annexation, from what he did in Anxi, I can see that he will definitely support my land reform, with the support of his army, I will definitely be able to rebuild Zhenguan Datang." ”

Li Yu looked out the window again, looking at the white clouds in the sky, as if the white clouds in the sky were connected, building his ideal kingdom of heaven: the cultivator has his field, lives in his house, no more than ten people are beheaded a year, everyone is polite, the night is not closed, the road is not left behind, the people's families have surplus grain, the children and grandchildren are full, the official grain depot is overflowing, and the world admires the Tang Dynasty and gathers in Chang'an.

He let out a long breath and said in a sad tone: "As long as I am given another three years to govern, then, as long as he proposes to ask for the Tang Dynasty, I am willing to give him the country." ”

Li Yu couldn't say a word, he seemed to have really known Li Yu until today, as if he had become a phoenix, and he would rather burn his life in order to realize his ideals.

After a while, Li Micai asked in a low voice: "Since Your Majesty has decided to make him the Right Prime Minister, what are Your Majesty's plans for one step." ”

Li Yu didn't look back, and said coldly: "Next, I am ready to attack the Yang family." ”

．．．．．．．．． In the past few days, the army of An Lushan has been unstable, Li Qing'an killed 3,000 prisoners of war, which greatly shocked the Fan Yang army, some people scolded angrily, but more people were panicked, generally speaking, the two sides will treat the prisoners of war well, in order to make more people surrender, but Li Qing'an did the opposite, his momentum of killing prisoners of war showed his strong self-confidence, and this self-confidence made An Lushan's soldiers fearful, will they be the opponents of the Anxi army?

An Lushan's mood was also depressed, the battle for Xiaoguan failed, An Lushan finally realized the seriousness of the problem, not only because Li Qingan cut off his way into Guanzhong, but also because he had his back to the Yellow River, and the 80,000 army could only rely on the Yellow River to return to Hedong, but would Li Qing'an give him this opportunity to cross the river calmly? In fact, he has no way to retreat, and only by completely defeating Li Qing'an can he return to Hedong.

Although it is such a hope, but An Lushan does not have a little self-confidence, his 10,000 elite soldiers were easily wiped out, it is true that the heart of the castle was in ambush, but according to the description of the sergeant who escaped, the casualties of the Anxi army were only two or three hundred people at most, or the two sides fought when intercepting the deserters, and in the process of ambush, the Anxi army did not show up from beginning to end, only shot with bows and arrows, and a large number of soldiers died on their own trampling, and exchanged the death and wound of 100 people for the annihilation of 10,000 people. He couldn't help but think of the most mysterious weapon in Li Qing'an's hand, Tianhuo Thunder, for so many years, he didn't know what it was, it was said to be a kind of stone in the Green Ridge Mountain, which could explode after being ignited with fire, but who could tell him, where was this stone hidden in the Green Ridge?

All kinds of unfavorable news made An Lushan lose a little confidence, he locked himself in a big tent, and he didn't even want to appease the army.

"Dashuai, Mr. Gao is here." Outside the tent came the sound of the soldiers' reports.

An Lushan said sullenly: "Let him come in!" ”

The curtain was lifted, his adviser Gao Shang walked in, he went to the Yellow River a few days ago to urge grain, only came back this morning, as soon as he came back, he heard the news of Xue Hao's fiasco, in Gao Shang's view, victory and defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Xue Hao, this idiot plundered all the way, delayed the military plane, how can he be undefeated.

Gao Shang didn't care about the defeat of the army, what he cared about was the instability of the army, and An Lushan's depression, this is a bad thing, as soon as he entered the account, Gao Shang said: "The marshal was scared by Li Qing'an?" ”

An Lushan sighed and said: "I regret that I shouldn't have listened to the advice of my husband at the beginning, and stubbornly wanted to cross the Yellow River, now it seems that crossing the Yellow River to the west is a great mistake, and I am too anxious." ”

Gao Shang glanced at An Lushan, this An Lushan has the biggest problem, that is, he can't withstand setbacks, and when he encounters a setback, it's like the whole person collapses, regardless of what happens later, Gao Shang endured his surname and persuaded him: "Actually, this time it's not how powerful Li Qing'an is, I heard that Shi Siming sent Xue Hao as a pioneer to seize Xiao Pass, and I knew that he would definitely lose." ”

"Why?" An Lushan suddenly had a sense of energy, and hurriedly asked.

Gao Shang sighed slightly: "Use soldiers as a general, if you want to suppress the rebellion, kill people and build power, it is good to use Xue Hao, this person is ruthless, every battle will be plundered, and the people will be as fierce as locusts, but let him go thousands of miles to attack and seize the pass, he will use the wrong person, the marshal can see that he burned and killed the silver along the way, but the journey of three days at most took four days and three nights, and he slaughtered the city for one night in Maling County, such a person, can he grab the pass?" Along the way, he did mischief and delayed time, but when he found out that he was going to miss the military plane, he rushed wildly without any choice, and he couldn't even wait for the scouts to explore along the road, how could such a person be undefeated? If Tian Qianzhen goes to seize the pass, I believe that the Anxi army will lose in the end, so I say that we were actually not defeated by the Anxi army, but by ourselves. ”

The noble analysis head is the Tao, which made An Lushan nod again and again, his confidence was gathering little by little, he slapped the table and scolded: "Good Shi Siming, I sent him as the front army, but how he sent people, he didn't even know the most basic way of employing people!" ”

Gao Shang shook his head secretly, and said with a wry smile: "In fact, the marshal ordered Shi Siming to be a former army general, which is also an improper appointment. ”

An Lushan was stunned, "Sir, what do you mean?" ”

"Did you forget? Shi Siming will be defeated every time he is 'An'! ”

An Lushan suddenly realized, this An Ke is not his An Lushan's An, but Li Qing'an's An, Shi Siming is afraid of Li Qing'an, just like a mouse is afraid of a cat, how can he forget this stubble, he patted his head and hurriedly said: "I know that I am wrong, and I will immediately recruit Shi Siming back." ”

An Lushan also has a great advantage, that is, as long as his adviser is reasonable, he will definitely follow, noble to see him follow the advice, his heart is relieved, so he smiled: "I have a plan, can make Li Qingan lose the advantage of geographical advantages." ”

An Lushan was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "As long as I fight with Li Qingan on flat ground, I am not afraid of him." ”

Gao Shang narrowed his small eyes and said with a slight smile: "I guess that Li Qing'an wants to raise his prestige by defeating the big marshal, not as simple as driving the big marshal back to Hedong, in this case, we can take advantage of Li Qing'an's ambition to annihilate Fan Yangjun and lure him out of the hole." ”

"I wonder what Mr. wants to quote?"

"It's very simple, you can spread rumors in the surrounding states and counties, saying that the Khitan attacked Fanyang, remember, this rumor must not be known to the army, it can only be spread in the states and counties, let the Anxi army scouts know, and then the marshal recalled Shi Siming and began to slowly withdraw the army, and his subordinates believe that Li Qingan will definitely chase after him."

An Lushan frowned and said, "What if he sees through it?" ”

Gao Shang shook his head and said with a smile: "As long as he wants to annihilate Fan Yangjun, even if he sees through it, he will still chase after him." ”

"But what if he doesn't chase it?"

"Then we will withdraw our troops back to Hedong and preserve our strength."

．．．．．．．．． In the afternoon of the next day, Shi Siming's army, which was stationed in Anding County in the south, withdrew and returned to the north, and at the same time, An Lushan's army packed up its garrison and began to withdraw from the camp to the east.

The news spread like the wind to the Anxi Army garrison in Pinggao County, and at the same time, the news that the Khitan attacked Fanyang, and the Fanyang army was panicked.

In Li Qing'an's camp, Yan Zhuang also came from Huizhou, and as soon as he entered the tent, he laughed and said: "General, this must be a noble idea, let the Fan Yang army feign retreat and attract the Anxi army to chase after him." ”

Yan Zhuang saw that Li Qing'an was carefully calculating something with a charcoal ruler in front of the map, so he continued: "I know An Lushan too well, if he really wants to retreat, then he must order Shi Siming to march into Pinggao County, not to retreat, this is his consistent strategy, and the general must not be fooled." ”

Li Qingan put down the charcoal pen in his hand, raised his head and sighed: "But whether he is really retreating or fake retreating, I can't ignore it, this noble person sees through my mind, I really can't let An Lushan run, I admit that I can't afford to gamble." ”

The person Yan Zhuang hated the most in his life was noble, he heard Li Qing'an praise noble a little, and felt uncomfortable, so he said: "General, don't grow his prestige, I have a plan, let him lift a stone and hit himself in the foot." ”

Li Qing'an saw the displeasure in Yan Zhuang's heart, so he smiled slightly: "Sir, please speak, I will listen to you." ”

Yan Zhuang pondered for a while, and then said: "There is one of the biggest taboos of this noble plan, that is, his rumors cannot be known to his own army, otherwise it will cause panic, and the general can order the scouts to find a way to spread this rumor into An Lushan's camp and let him reap the consequences." ”

Li Qingan nodded and said with a smile: "Sir, this plan is good, but the courage is not enough, the purpose of my battle is not only to annihilate the 90,000 army of An Lushan, but also to recover Hedong, so that the people of the world can see the strength of the Anxi army, so no matter what strategy is used by nobles, I will take it step by step, Mr. may not know, I have arranged a strange army in Zhangye." ”

After a pause, Li Qingan smiled again: "But Mr.'s plan can be used as an aid, and it will be endless fun to play An Lushan." ”

Yan Zhuang was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "I have always had a bad relationship with Gao Shang, and I have been fighting for many years, so I can't help but attack him a few words when I have the opportunity, and I am obsessed with this matter, but I forgot to come in a hurry." ”

"Sir, please!"

Yan Zhuang walked to the map, but saw Li Qing'an use a charcoal pen to draw a long black line on the northern grassland, all the way to the east, he suddenly froze, the black line made him seem to see an army galloping on the grassland, he had a realization in his heart.

He immediately pulled his thoughts back again, pointed to the map and said: "General, please see, this time An Lushan's army entered Guannei Dao, I deduce that they have two meanings, one is to enter Guanzhong to control the imperial court, if this strategy cannot be successful, then they will retreat to the second, occupy Guannei Dao, Guannei Dao has fertile land, densely populated, and Guanzhong Plain is separated by plateau platforms, mountains are continuous, and each other is difficult to cross, An Lushan only needs to leave a small number of troops, you can occupy this fertile land, and you can have an army of 100,000 in less than three years, It's like placing a big knife on the top of Chang'an's head, which can be killed in the pass at any time, but it's a pity that An Lushan didn't expect the arrival of the Anxi army, which shattered his dream, but it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the general, and the general took advantage of this opportunity to send an army to station in Guannei Dao, where he carried out recruitment training and laid a solid foundation for the general to dominate the Central Plains. ”

Li Qing'an thought about it and said: "Mr. is right, I do have this intention, for this reason I asked the saint for money and grain of one million each, just for recruiting soldiers, but I want to know, Mr. said that An Lushan needs three years to train 100,000 soldiers, so I don't know how long it will take me?" ”

Yan Zhuang raised his index finger and said with a smile: "An Lushan is cruel and tyrannical, and the people hate him to the bone, so he needs three years, and as long as the general is benevolent and righteous, and buys the hearts of the people, it will only take one year, and the soldiers recruited will not even exceed 100,000. ”

Li Qingan pondered for a long time, and suddenly said with a dumb smile: "I almost forgot, I am now the pacification envoy of Guannei Dao, appeasing the people, and buying people's hearts, it is my duty." ”

．．．．．．．． With the retreat of the Fanyang army to the east, the main force of the Anxi army also left Pinggao County to advance eastward, Li Qingan ordered Wu Yong to be the general of Pinggao, leading an army of 10,000 to garrison Xiaoguan and other important passes, and Li Qingan led an army of 70,000 to advance in the direction of Gyeongju.

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(To be continued)