readx; Ling Hufei's analysis is not a conjecture, but has a certain intelligence basis, especially Ge Shuhan's dynamics, Li Heng sent several spies to lurk in the jurisdiction of Xiangyang and Ge Shuhan, secretly collecting intelligence, so Ling Hu Fei will know Ge Shuhan's situation well. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Ge Shuhan did secretly form an alliance with Li Mao a long time ago, when Ge Shuhan betrayed Li Heng and took refuge in Li Longji, but he was not able to be reused, he wanted to stay in Hanzhong, so that his soldiers could also be relatively close to Longyou, and his family was convenient to come and go, but Li Longji did not do what he wanted, but sent him to Lianghu to station, and changed his army to the Lianghu Army.

The two lakes are Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake, Ge Shuhan's station is located in Yuzhang County, that is, today's Nanchang, the Tang Dynasty has not yet begun large-scale development here, the population is sparse, the forest is dense, so that Ge Shuhan feels endless disappointment, at this time Ge Shuhan is more than 50 years old, and he suffers from foot disease, the damp heat in the two lakes area makes his foot disease aggravated, the torture of illness and the gradual increase in age make Ge Shuhan's heart full of pessimism about the future.

At this time, Li Mao personally brought Jingxiang's most famous doctor to visit him and relieved his pain, which made Ge Shuhan's heart full of gratitude to Li Mao, and their relationship gradually became closer.

Jingxiang in August is still shrouded in the heat of the summer, Xiangyang City just yesterday a rain, so that the road became extremely muddy, at this time, on the official road outside Xiangyang City, a group of cavalry galloped from afar, the cavalry team is about 500 people, the leader is Ge Shuhan.

In the past two years of life in Jiangnan, Ge Shuhan's face has grown old, his temples have become obviously gray, and his eyes are full of tiredness.

He came from Jingzhou, and he was supposed to lead an army of 100,000 to Yangzhou by land, but due to Li Heng's sudden dispatch of troops, they were forced to change their plans and stop the eastward expedition to Yangzhou.

If two years ago, Ge Shuhan would not have taken the Jiannan Army to heart at all, at that time he had 50,000 Longyou elites in his hands, enough to defeat the enemy who was several times his own, but now he is not sure, his 50,000 Longyou elites have fled eighty percent in two years, leaving only 10,000 cavalry loyal to him, and although Li Mao has many troops, they are all recruits who have not been tempered by the war, Ge Shuhan is really worried.

The cavalry team galloped all the way, and in a moment came to the city of Xiangyang, the defenders of Xiangyang City recognized Ge Shuhan, and immediately dodged the doorway, and Ge Shuhan's cavalry rushed into the city gate.

．．．．．． In the north of Xiangyang City, there is a building complex covering an area of about 300 acres, flying beams and dougongs, Qionglou Pavilion, the momentum is very magnificent, here is Li Mao's Jingwang Mansion is located, this palace is Li Mao came to Xiangyang after the new repair, but it is this mansion that makes Li Longji dissatisfied with the eighteenth son Li Mao, Li Mao's palace covers a wide area, magnificent, and Chengdu's Nanming Palace is only more than 200 acres, not only smaller than Jingwangfu, but also much shabby, when Li Longji entered Shu, Jingwangfu was only half repaired, Li Longji had personally issued an order, ordered Li Mao to stop work immediately, the palace must not be wider than the palace, but Li Mao did not pay attention to it, but continued to complete the construction of the Jing Palace.

In fact, Li Mao also had the opportunity to mend the relationship with his father, although Li Longji hated him for repairing the Jingwang Mansion, but in the end he also took a step forward, and summoned him to Chengdu several times to meet him, but Li Mao was worried that the matter of Li Zhen, the king of Shu, would happen again, so he was either sick or busy with official business, and found all kinds of excuses to shirk it, and the resentment accumulated in Li Longji's heart day by day, making him hate Li Mao deeply.

Li Mao is less than forty years old this year, he looks jade-faced and handsome, and has a graceful temperament, he was born in the emperor's family, and he was born with the ** of power, he was originally named King Shou, his mother was Li Longji's favorite concubine Wu Huifei, Li Longji even promised Concubine Wu Hui, will make Li Mao the prince, and Li Linfu also secretly promised Concubine Wu Hui, will try his best to support Li Mao on the throne, but with the death of Concubine Wu Hui, and after the Yang Yuhuan incident, Li Mao was gradually snubbed by his father and became an idle king, but after the crisis broke out in the festival, Li Longji began to canonize the prince to govern in various places, and Li Mao was sealed to Xiangyang, and was later renamed King Jing by Li Yu.

Li Mao, who finally gained reading ability in Xiangyang, finally revealed his desire for power, overrecruited the army, appointed magistrates privately, and built a royal mansion on land, Li Mao was already a little impatient, even if he couldn't be the lord of the world, but he would definitely be the emperor of Jingxiang.

In an elegantly furnished room, Li Mao, who had just taken a nap, sat at the table, was engrossed in tasting the osmanthus tea carefully concocted by the maid for him, behind a white jade screen, the two concubines were playing the music of the Han River for him, the breeze, the piano music, and the fragrance of jasmine, all of which made people feel refreshed and happy, this is Li Mao's habit, half an hour after the nap, it must be the time for him to drink tea and listen to music, thunder can not move, even if the situation is tense at this time, it is difficult to change Li Mao's habit.

But today Li Mao seems to be a little uneasy, although the tension of the situation has not changed his habits, but it has changed his state of mind, and he is no longer leisurely in his heart.

Li Heng had already sent 200,000 troops to the Jingxiang area, and Li Xuan of Yangzhou was said to be ready to move, and soon he would face an attack from the east and the west, which really worried him.

At this time, if he felt something, he swept the corner of his eye, and saw a family member probing his brain at the door, as if something was wrong, this was the time for him to drink tea and listen to music, and he never dared to disturb anyone, but this family member actually dared to show up, indicating that he had something important.

"What's the matter?" Li Mao also interrupted the listening music for the first time and asked.

"Lord Wang, General Geshu is here, waiting outside the mansion!"

"Ahh Li Mao stood up and said urgently: "Quickly invite General Geshu into the mansion, no!" I'm out to greet you. ”

If there is anyone who can interrupt Li Mao's tea and music, it is Ge Shuhan, who is now Li Mao's life-saving straw and the key figure in whether he Li Mao, the king of Jing, can continue.

Li Mao personally greeted him outside the palace, outside the gate of the palace, Ge Shuhan led the horse, more than a dozen personal soldiers stood behind him, and his five hundred people were temporarily stationed in a military camp two miles away to rest.

Ge Shuhan was in the dust all the way, his brows were furrowed, he thought that at this tense moment, Li Mao would also be in the barracks, but he didn't expect Li Mao to still be in the palace, which made him really a little annoyed in his heart.

At the moment of the great enemy, if Li Mao is in the barracks, he can bring confidence to the soldiers, improve morale, and make his soldiers feel that King Jing is facing the crisis of war with them..... This made Ge Shuhan full of disappointment in him, after all, he was a royal child and the pride of the sky, and he was born a little squeamish.

At this time, the gate of the palace was open, and only the sound of hurried footsteps was heard, and Li Mao walked out quickly surrounded by dozens of guards.

"Humble position, see His Royal Highness King Jing!"

Ge Shuhan stepped forward quickly and wanted to kneel down for Li Mao on one knee, but was held by Li Mao and blamed him: "How many times have I said that General Geshu doesn't have to be polite to me!" ”

"It's a military salute, and I'm used to it."

"Alas! Now that the situation is tense and the military salute is waived, General Geshu will quickly follow the king into the palace. ”

Ge Shuhan was a little relieved when he heard him mention the tense situation, at least he wasn't too indulged in pleasure, so he nodded and said, "It is true that you have to discuss military affairs with Your Highness. ”

The two walked into the house, Li Mao invited Ge Shuhan to sit down, and ordered a beautiful concubine to serve tea to Ge Shuhan, Li Mao did pay for Ge Shuhan in order to recruit Ge Shuhan, he had five beloved concubines, two of which were given to Ge Shuhan, this one of the concubines on the tea is called Ruyi, is Li Mao's baby in the room, this time let her come out for tea, she intended to give it to Ge Shuhan, so that Ge Shuhan can work hard for him.

But today Ge Shuhan has something in his heart, he has no intention of women, and he turns a blind eye to the beautiful concubine who serves the tea, Li Mao saw Ge Shuhan's solemn eyes, he was secretly surprised in his heart, so he waved his hand to the concubine and ordered her to go down.

There were only two of them left in the room, and Li Mao asked in a low voice, "General Geshu, is the situation really not good?" ”

Ge Shuhan shook his head, sighed and said: "I got news on the road, among the 200,000 troops sent by Li Heng this time, there are 100,000 Jiannan veterans, these veterans are all former Guanzhong soldiers, who participated in the battle with Nanzhao, and also fought with the Tubo army several times, I heard that their combat ability is very strong, and they are the elite army brought out by Gao Xianzhi." ”

Li Mao frowned and said, "But our army has also been trained for many years, isn't it not as good as the Jiannan Army at all?" ”

"Your Highness, the combat effectiveness of the army is not only training, training is only a small part, the key is actual combat, why Anxi is so strong, is because they have been trained in actual combat, after the tempering of the war, a soldier has been trained for thousands of years, but when he sees the head being cut off, he is just as unbearable, our soldiers just have no actual combat experience!"

Ge Shuhan knew in his heart that although the Jingxiang army also had nearly 200,000 troops, the combat effectiveness of these 200,000 troops was indeed inferior to Gao Xianzhi's Jiannan army.

Li Mao also understood what Ge Shuhan was referring to, but he had no choice, his combat effectiveness could not be improved in a day or two, and now the key was how to deal with the current crisis, he pondered for a moment and asked: "I also know that the situation is tense, does General Geshu have a countermeasure?" ”

"Yes!" Geshuhan nodded.

Li Mao's spirits were lifted, and he hurriedly said, "What is General Geshu's plan?" Say it! ”

Ge Shuhan hesitated, although it was not easy to speak, but the situation was critical, he had to grit his teeth and say: "Your Highness, if you want to deal with this crisis, there is actually only one way, and that is to publicly pledge your allegiance to the Northern Tang Emperor!" ”

"What? How can this be! ”

Li Mao was shocked and angry, and asked him to be loyal to the two-year-old nephew, and he didn't do anything to kill him.

"Your Highness is angry, listen to me."

Ge Shuhan also knew that Li Mao was difficult to accept, but he had to say some things, "Your Highness should also know that the current confrontation between the north and the south in the world is either the Northern Tang Dynasty or the Southern Tang Dynasty, and there is no third choice for the people of the world, unless His Highness wants to stand up for himself as the emperor, otherwise His Highness has to face the reality in the end, either to the Southern Tang Dynasty, or to the Northern Tang Dynasty, I think, His Royal Highness should not surrender to Li Heng!" ”

Speaking of this, Ge Shuhan's pupils gradually contracted into a line, squinting at Li Mao, he was already a little skeptical that Li Mao would surrender to Li Heng, if that was the case, Li Heng would definitely ask for his own head as a condition for accepting surrender, so would Li Mao kill himself and surrender to Li Heng? The answer is yes, Li Longji's sons are the same as him, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.

Therefore, Ge Shuhan made this suggestion, not only to understand the immediate danger, but also to test Li Mao, at this time Li Mao suddenly understood Ge Shuhan's worry, and he couldn't help but laugh dryly and said: "Where did General Ge Shu go?" How could I surrender to Li Heng, if I surrendered to him, I would have recognized him a long time ago, will I wait until today? Too much to worry about! What a worry! ”

Ge Shuhan heard that Li Mao was a little insincere, so he had to sigh and said: "Your Highness, in fact, admitting the Northern Tang Dynasty may not be serious, the main thing is that we have to get the support of Li Qing'an's army, if Li Qing'an is willing to help us, then this crisis will be solved, but if Li Qing'an wants us to help, we have to pay tribute to the Northern Tang Dynasty, this is the key." ”

Li Mao pondered for a moment and said, "But I'm worried that Li Qing'an will take the opportunity to swallow us." ”

"Nope! No! ”

Ge Shuhan flatly denied it: "I have been with Li Qing'an for many years, I know him very well, this person never does things that he is not sure of, he is already short of troops, if he annexes us, he will disperse his forces even more, and will face the dilemma of fighting with Li Heng and An Lushan on two fronts, he will not gain more than he loses, he will definitely not annex us, besides, he does not have more than 50,000 troops, and it is difficult to annex us, please rest assured that Your Highness is willing to guarantee with a head." ”

Li Mao walked slowly a few steps with his hands behind his back, and he began to seriously consider Ge Shuhan's suggestion, in fact, Li Mao didn't want anyone to surrender, he just wanted to maintain the status quo, and it was best for him to be able to take advantage of their contradictions between the northern and southern courts, and take advantage of their contradictions to reap the greatest benefits.

After pondering for a moment, he said to Ge Shuhan: "I can be a vassal to the Northern Tang Dynasty, but I don't want to make it public, I can express my position in private, but I hope to have secret contact with Li Qing'an and promise him certain conditions in exchange for his troops, General Ge Shu, I don't know what this plan is?" ”

Ge Shuhan knew that Li Mao had never been sincere, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay! I sent my henchmen to contact Li Qingan to see if he would give me this face. ”

"Then there will be General Lau Geshu."

．．．．．．．． Heyin County, Zhengzhou, where Li Qing'an's main camp is located, this morning, three cavalry galloped from the south, they were all a long journey, it seemed dusty, they had just arrived a mile outside Li Qing'an's camp, a patrol cavalry outside the camp blocked their way.

"Who are you? Why trespass on the camp!"

One of the leading cavalrymen hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "We are from Xiangyang, sent by General Geshu, to send a handwritten letter to His Royal Highness King Zhao. ”

"Where is the faith?"

The cavalry took out the letter and said, "The letter is here!" ”

The patrol captain waved his warrant and said: "Search the whole body, except for the letter, no other items are allowed to be brought in!" ”

A dozen soldiers stepped forward and searched the three cavalrymen carefully, putting their weapons and belongings into temporary storage bags, and then the captain led them to the camp.

At this time, Li Qing'an had just returned from Luoyang, and he specially returned to Luoyang to listen to Pei Zhen's intelligence report on the promotion of the field restriction order, and at this time, the field restriction in Dugi Province had been fully carried out under the auspices of Pei Zhen, which was actually the confiscation of the land of the Southern Tang magnates and the re-conduct of Juntian, repeating what Li Yu had done in Guanzhong.

Li Qing'an took this matter very seriously, and this was also the main reason why he advocated confrontation with An Lushan's army, he needed time to promote land reform in the Central Plains and buy the hearts of the people in the Central Plains, otherwise once the war spread out in the Central Plains, not to mention the devastation of the Central Plains, his land restriction could no longer be implemented.

If he wants to prosper the Tang Dynasty, he must attack the land, restore the Juntian system in the early Tang Dynasty to a certain extent, and then vigorously develop commerce and trade to guide the flow of capital in the Tang Dynasty, instead of annexing land.

But this is only a long-term vision, Li Qing'an first faced the unification of the Tang Dynasty, at this time, Li Qing'an was listening to the report of Wei Qingping, who had just returned from Bashu, in the tent.

Wei Qingping was very ashamed in his heart, his task could not be completed, Yang Guozhong and Li Wan's actions finally fell short, the Yang family was almost wiped out, and Li Wan was also beheaded.

"The humble post also repeatedly advised Yang Guozhong not to go through a third person, and directly raised troops to besiege Nanming Palace, then Yang Guozhong also agreed, but the humble post didn't expect that they still looked for Yu Chaoen to act, but in the end they were denounced by Yu Chaoen, this is a dereliction of duty, please punish the general!"

Li Qingan shook his head and said: "I also know about this matter, this is the will of heaven, God destined Li Longji to die in the hands of Yu Chaoen, and Yang Guozhong was also destined to give Li Longji a funeral, it has nothing to do with Mr., Mr. has done his best, and Mr. can escape this catastrophe, this is the most fortunate thing." ”

Wei Qingping sighed and said, "Alas! If you can't do things for the general, you will always be ashamed of your humble position, and please ask the general to give a certain punishment for your humble position, so as to show military discipline! ”

Li Qingan thought for a while and said, "That's it! Mr. went to Luoyang for me and supervised the limited fields in Luoyang for me, but Mr. had to collect people's opinions and reports from the fields in the dark, and report to me at any time! ”

"I understand my humble position, so I'll go to Luoyang to handle this matter!"

At this moment, there was a report from the pro-soldiers outside the tent: "Report to the general, the patrol guard intercepted three people, saying that it was a henchman sent by Ge Shuhan to deliver a letter to the general, and there was a letter from Ge Shuhan." ”

"Geshuhan?"

Li Qingan was slightly stunned, he immediately changed his mind, and suddenly understood that he only received a secret report from Xiangyang yesterday, and it must be because of that matter.

He smiled and said, "Bring them in!" ”

At this time, when he saw that Wei Qingping was leaving, he stopped him with a smile, "Sir, you might as well stay for a while, I'm afraid this matter is also related to Chengdu, Mr. can help me learn a little bit." ”

(To be continued)