Chapter 429: One Stone Strikes

readx; After the Anxi army defeated An Lushan's Fanyang army in Suizhou, it immediately turned back to the camp, where there were 20,000 troops of An Lushan, but the army drove to Yanzhou, just bumped into Tian Qianzhen's army who rushed to help, and learned that An Lushan's army had been defeated, Tian Qianzhen knew that he was invincible, and led the army to surrender to Li Qing'an, so far, An Lushan's 90,000 army that attacked Guannei Province was completely annihilated, and the army that fled back to Hedong with An Lushan was less than 2,000 people, and several of his generals, except for Tian Qianzhen's surrender, Li Yueyue was captured, Shi Siming and other generals all escaped by luck and returned to Hedong, the 90,000 army was killed nearly 40,000 people, and the rest surrendered to the Anxi army, but in the first battle of Suizhou, the Anxi army also suffered tens of thousands of casualties, Li Qing'an ordered the general Nan Jiyun to deal with the aftermath, and he himself led the 30,000 army to Pinggao County again, waiting for the news of Chang'an. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Fengxiang Chencang County, 100,000 Jiannan Army has been stationed here for nearly a month, while Yu County on the other side of the Wei River has Guo Ziyi's 50,000 troops, on the other side, Wushan County in Longzhou also has Ge Shuhan's 50,000 troops stationed, the three armies face off here, no one dares to act rashly, although there are factors of equal strength, but to a large extent it is also because the situation in Chang'an is unclear, so that everyone does not dare to act rashly.

Early in the morning, the sky is not yet bright, in the hazy morning fog, a team of cavalry galloped forward, galloping towards the Jiannan army camp in the east of Chencang County, the Jiannan army camp is very silent, only the patrolling soldiers go back and forth to inspect the camp, when the Jiannan army just arrived in Guanzhong, every day before dawn to get up and practice, but since the king of Shu came to the camp, the soldiers began to be a little slack, including today, they have not had morning exercises for three days.

In the center of the camp in a big tent is still lit, Gao Xianzhi has not slept all night, he stands in front of the map quietly thinking about something, in front of him on the map of Guannei Road, painted with all kinds of red bars that only he can understand, he is paying attention to the battle between the Anxi Army and the Fan Yang Army, for this he has sent hundreds of scouts to Guannei Road, with pigeon letters to him from time to time to report the progress of the war, his news is only one to two days later than the actual war time, Gao Xianzhi stayed awake all night, because he analyzed from various intelligence, The war between the two armies has reached the final decisive moment.

For the decisive battle of these two armies, Gao Xianzhi is not optimistic about Fan Yangjun, this has nothing to do with his personal feelings, just on the matter, An Lushan has committed too many taboos, hesitated between war and non-war, dispersed the troops, rumors confuse the public but hurt himself, this will be a heavy blow to morale, and in terms of strength, Gao Xianzhi also recognizes the Anxi Army, he knows this army too well, strict military discipline, can bear hardships and stand hard work, and Li Qingan also performed very well, this small soldier in the fort that he pulled out back then, In the end, he led the Anxi army to completely defeat the big cannibal and drive the big cannibal across the Amu Darya River, Gao Xianzhi knew better than anyone else that this was a great achievement, although he was a little jealous of Li Qing'an, but he had to admit that Li Qing'an did better than him.

Gao Xianzhi looked at the information he had just received, An Lushan withdrew his troops to the north, Gao Xianzhi immediately keenly judged that An Lushan was preparing to fight the time difference and cross the river from Suizhou, he couldn't help but sigh softly, I don't know who gave An Lushan this idea, I don't know much about the Anxi army, Gao Xianzhi has always regretted the most thing is that he didn't take a batch of war horses with him when he left Anxi, and after arriving in Shuzhong, he found that the war horses of Bashu could not be compared with the fierce horses of the Western Regions. The war horses of the Anxi army are as strong as they sprint and gallop long distances, especially Li Qing'an has defeated the big cannibal several times, and he will definitely be able to get more excellent war horses from the West, An Lushan obviously did not take this factor into account, so he hastily made the decision to withdraw the army from Suizhou, and for this reason, he also divided the troops into two ends, Gao Xianzhi has already made a preliminary judgment that the Anxi army will definitely be able to catch up with An Lushan, and it will be able to win a big victory.

Gao Xianzhi looked up at the sky outside, it was almost dawn, and he urged his soldiers again: "Go and see, why hasn't the information been sent yet!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent, and a personal soldier shouted: "Gao Shuai, there is urgent information!" ”

The soldiers rushed into the account with a letterbox, Gao Xianzhi took the letterbox, and opened it impatiently, for a while, he sighed slightly, and as he expected, Fan Yang's army was defeated, almost annihilated, but An Lushan escaped.

He shook his head, and immediately ordered: "Go and invite the prince to come to me quickly." ”

After a pause, he added, "No! I went to see the prince in person. ”

He simply cleaned up, and hurried to the king tent not far away, the king of Shu Li Jian's king tent is different, composed of more than 20 large tents of reading power, all are wool tents, the middle is sewn into the gold thread, in the sun, it looks golden, Shu King Li Jian came from Chengdu this time, brought more than 500 entourage, only all kinds of baggage carts have thousands of cars, but also brought more than 30 concubines, the big tent is luxurious and rich, like the palace, and Gao Xianzhi's simple sleeping tent formed a sharp contrast.

Li Xianzhi's arrogance and luxury, Gao Xianzhi has nothing to say, after all, he is the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the lord of Bashu, but Gao Xianzhi is quite dissatisfied with Li Jian's early morning training after his arrival, Gao Xianzhi also heard a little reason, it is said that it is because Li Zhen's two concubines do not sleep well, they can't sleep at night, and they can only fall asleep in the early morning, they complain that the soldiers' morning exercises are too noisy and noisy their sleep, but it's a pity that he Gao Xianzhi is not Sun Wuzi, and he can't drag out the two bad women and cut them off, so he has to hold this breath in his heart, and at the same time he is secretly happy, Fortunately, he didn't give his daughter to him as a second concubine, marrying such a person will ruin the happiness of his daughter's life, and he will not let her be free and follow her own good.

Gao Xianzhi walked to the king's tent and said to the guards standing guard: "Go and tell the prince that I have something important to ask to see." ”

The guards were a little embarrassed: "Gao Shuai doesn't know, the prince only slept in the middle of the night last night, and now go and call the prince, the prince is angry, we can't afford to eat!" ”

"!" Gao Xianzhi was furious and said, "Don't I know? I have a very important military aircraft matter, and if you miss a major event, you will lose your head. ”

The guards saw that Gao Xianzhi was angry, so he had to go in a hurry, and after coming over for a while, he came back with a bitter face and said, "Gao Shuai, the prince invites you in." ”

Gao Xianzhi walked quickly to the bed, Li Zhen's two personal guards made a gesture of invitation to him, Gao Xianzhi lifted the tent curtain, and a choking fragrance of fat powder came to his face, Gao Xianzhi hesitated, if in normal times, he would never go in, but now the situation is critical, he has to go in.

The big tent is covered with a thick carpet, surrounded by colorful Shu brocade, all kinds of precious jade porcelain vases are displayed in it, Li Jian has already gotten up, wearing a white middle coat, sitting cross-legged in front of the bronze mirror, two delicate concubines are wearing thin spring shirts, one left and one right, combing his hair and washing, Gao Xianzhi secretly shook his head, this is a military camp, the king of Shu is a little too much, he stepped forward quickly, bowed and saluted: "Gao Xianzhi see the prince!" ”

Li Jian smiled and waved his hand, "Gao Shuai doesn't have to be polite." ”

Li Yong is about thirty years old, fair skin, long eyebrows and fine eyes, quite a bit of agility, he is the thirteenth son of Li Longji, known for his bravery among the sons, but after supporting the army in Bashu, his life began to gradually erode, the original dark and rough skin was also nourished to be white and delicate, at the same time he also became ambitious, every dream is also thinking about the Ninety-Five, this time he sent troops to Guanzhong, it is obvious that he is coming to the throne, after getting the promise of his father, his ambition is even more inflated.

Li Jian glanced at Gao Xianzhi, and when he saw the worry in his eyes, he smiled and said, "What's the matter with Gao Dashuai?" ”

Gao Xianzhi sighed and said, "The prince may not know that Li Qing'an defeated An Lushan in Suizhou, and the entire Fan Yang army was annihilated. ”

"What!"

Li Jian was taken aback, he almost didn't believe his ears, "You mean the whole army is annihilated!" ”

Gao Xianzhi nodded, "The news from my scout, except for An Lushan who escaped by crossing the river by luck, the rest of the 90,000 troops were wiped out. ”

Li Jian was stunned, he didn't react for a long time, Gao Xianzhi said again: "Since Li Qing'an has completely annihilated An Lushan's army, then his next target must be Guanzhong, Lord Wang, if I am not mistaken, Li Yu will definitely order him to deal with us, Lord Wang, the situation is critical, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”

"This ....."

Li Jian was upset, he waved his hand, ordered the two concubines to go down, stood up and paced back and forth in the big tent, in fact, Gao Xianzhi already had a countermeasure, but he didn't speak, just quietly waited for Li Jian to decide, he already knew this prince very well, very arbitrary, before he inquired, if you took the initiative to say, even if it was a big plan, he accepted it for a while, but afterwards he would be haunted, and he would find trouble for you in other things.

At this time, there was a report from outside the tent, "Report to Your Highness and Gao Shuai, the Longyou Army in Wushan County has seen abnormal movements, and there are signs of eastward advances." ”

"Damn it, Geshuhan, he's quick to react."

Li Jian scolded in a low voice, he suddenly remembered something, glanced back at Gao Xianzhi, and saw that he seemed to be confident, and couldn't help but be a little unhappy: "Gao Shuai has a countermeasure!" Why didn't you say it sooner? ”

"My subordinates just have a superficial opinion, and I'm afraid that His Highness will not agree."

"That's it, if it's a good countermeasure, I'll agree."

Gao Xianzhi pondered and said: "Your Highness, I have already received the news, soon after the Jingzhou army withdrew from Hanzhong, the Guanzhong army also withdrew to Chang'an, and now Hanzhong is empty, it is better for us to garrison Hanzhong, we can enter Chang'an, retreat can return to Bashu, the supply of grain and grass is also guaranteed, and it can prevent the Guanzhong army from taking advantage of the emptiness of Bashu to sneak attack our rear, I don't know what Your Highness thinks?" ”

Li Jian pondered for a moment with his hands behind his back, this is indeed the best countermeasure at present, as Gao Xianzhi said, you can enter Chang'an, and you can return to Bashu if you retreat.

He nodded and said, "Gao Shuai is very right, I agree to withdraw Hanzhong temporarily. ”

"Let's arrange it."

Gao Xianzhi turned around and was just about to leave, when Li Jian suddenly remembered something, so he stopped him, "Marshal, please stay, this king still has one more matter." ”

Gao Xianzhi stopped, turned around and said, "Please give orders from Your Highness!"

Li Jian smiled a little ambiguously: "Gao Shuai, last time I said that I would like to marry Wu Niang as the second concubine, Gao Shuai said that I want to discuss with Wu Niang, I don't know if you can discuss it?" ”

Gao Xianzhi's face was embarrassed, and he said after a while: "I have been busy with His Highness's major affairs during this time, I have forgotten about this matter, and when the matter in Guanzhong is over, I will talk to Wu Niang about it." ”

Li Zhen's face sank, and he said in a long voice: "Gao Shuai won't be a shirk!" ”

"Where! Your Highness was too worried. Gao Xianzhi hurriedly explained with a smile: "Your Highness takes a fancy to Wu Niang, it is her blessing, I will definitely persuade her." ”

"Alright! I'll be patient and wait. Li Jian reluctantly smiled and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, Gao Shuai will go to the withdrawal of the army first, and we will talk about it later." ”

Gao Xianzhi bowed and walked quickly, Li Jian looked at Gao Xianzhi's back, shook his head slightly, and said to himself: "Gao Xianzhi, do you also have different intentions?" ”

....... Because the Anxi army was about to enter Guanzhong, the Jiannan army felt pressure, under Gao Xianzhi's proposal, Li Jian finally decided to retreat south to Hanzhong, on the afternoon of the day they made the decision, 100,000 Jiannan army pulled out the camp and retreated in the direction of Hanzhong, but the confrontation situation of Fengxiang was not disrupted, with the eastward march of Geshuhan's army into Fengxiang, Guo Ziyi's Shuofang army was firmly locked in Fengxiang, until this time, no one knew what kind of medicine was sold in Geshuhan's gourd.

However, the situation in Chang'an was broken with the defeat of An Lushan's army.

Chang'an, the news of the Anxi army's victory over the Fan Yang army in one day, it was like the spring breeze in March, swept all over every corner of Chang'an, the brutality of the Hu soldiers and the dark clouds of An Lushan for more than a month were heavy in everyone's heart, at this moment, completely swept away by the spring breeze of victory, there were festive smiles everywhere, the people beat gongs and drums to celebrate the victory, and the price of rice in Chang'an fell again, falling to 200 Wen of doumi.

As rejoicing as the common people are the officials of the imperial court, there are officials who have begun to return to the court one after another, Daming Palace and the imperial city are lively again, everyone gathers together to talk about the direction of the situation, An Lushan suffered this heavy setback, at least three years do not dare to fight the idea of Guanzhong, some officials think that the Anxi army should take advantage of the victory to pursue, completely annihilate An Lushan, but there are also many officials do not approve, although An Lushan has suffered setbacks, but his strength is still strong, the reason why he was defeated in Guanneidao, to a large extent, is that he left the homeland, If this battle broke out in Hebei, An Lushan might not lose, and the officials had their own opinions and quarreled.

In the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, Pei Min walked excitedly to Li Yu's imperial study, he held a copy of the fold in his hand, his expression was very excited, he not only got the good news of Li Qing'an's defeat of An Lushan, but also got the news that the Jiannan Army withdrew from Hanzhong.

In the imperial study of Zichen Palace, the heat of Li Qing'an's victory has cooled down slightly, Li Yuzheng, the son of heaven, and Li Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, are discussing the matter of 10,000 hectares of Huangzhuang in Weinan County, which is Li Longji's private imperial field, Li Yu has not dared to touch it easily, but with the complete break between him and Li Longji, Li Yu finally decided to make a move on this large grange, 10,000 hectares of the most fertile land, if calculated according to 20 acres per household, it can increase 20,000 households of self-cultivated farmers, and can increase the household tax of 20,000 yuan and the grain rent tax of 300,000 stones every year, which makes Li Yu's heart flutter.

"Your Majesty, this piece of Huangzhuang is not trivial, it can be said to be a weather vane, if it can be completely destroyed, then it will show the world Your Majesty's determination to solve the land problem, the minister suggested that Your Majesty issue an edict to the world to issue this matter, so that the states of the Tang Dynasty will follow suit, where the land is limited to farmers and meritorious ministers, Your Majesty will be promoted and reused."

Li Yu pondered for a long time, he slowly shook his head and said: "Aiqing's words are reasonable, but my idea is to completely solve the land annexation problem in Guanzhong first, and then gradually advance to Henan Mansion and Henan Province, and it is not suitable to promote it to the whole country for the time being, I am worried that it will cause chaos in the whole country, and Guanzhong has only solved the occupation of most of the emperor's relatives and relatives, so I still want to continue to deepen the land reform in Guanzhong, and in the next step, I plan to check the land of high-ranking officials and ministers, and if possible, I also want to prepare a part of the military field." ”

Li Yu took two steps with his hands behind his back and said: "This time the Huangzhuang in Weinan County is very important, I decided to go to Weinan County in person to announce that the Huangzhuang has officially been converted into an official field, I think this is also a gesture. ”

"The minister agrees with His Majesty's decision, and His Majesty personally announced the end of the Imperial Village, which is indeed of extraordinary significance."

At this time, a eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Li Hanlin and Pei Shangshu are here. ”

Li Yu smiled and said, "Please let them in!" ”

He said to Li Yan again: "The matter of Huangzhuang can not be delayed any longer, tomorrow I will hold a meeting of the political hall, there may be no time, the day after tomorrow, I will go to Weinan County with Aiqing to deal with the matter of Huangzhuang." ”

"Good! The minister sent someone to prepare first. ”

The two made a decision, and at this time, Li Mi and Pei Min walked in quickly, and Li Mi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Pei Shangshu has brought you good news again." ”

Pei Min stepped forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, Fengxiang has good news. ”

"Don't panic, sit down!"

Li Yu warmly beckoned his confidants to sit down, and ordered someone to pour tea for them, and then asked Pei Min with a smile: "Pei Shangshu, please speak!" ”

"Your Majesty, the King of Shu has withdrawn his troops back to Hanzhong."

"Sure enough, it was one stone that stirred up a thousand waves!"

Li Yu said with emotion: "Li Qing'an defeated An Lushan, and the King of Shu felt the threat, so he took the initiative to withdraw his troops, but the withdrawal to Hanzhong is only temporary, they are likely to make a comeback, the key is that we must have enough strength." ”

He looked at Li Mi and saw that he was silent in thought, so he smiled and said, "What is Li Hanlin thinking?" ”

"The minister is thinking about Ge Shuhan, this person is very strange, his intention to lead the army into Beijing is still a mystery, and now he has dragged Guo Ziyi back, the minister is really a little worried, this person is very likely to have other intentions."

"It's strange that I thought he was here to help me, but now it doesn't look like it's, and I decided to send someone to question him."

Everyone was silent, Ge Shuhan's actions were indeed suspicious, but no one could say why, Li Yu waved his hand again and smiled: "Let's not talk about him first, if he has the intention of rebelling, I will let the Anxi army and the Shuofang army jointly exterminate him, now let's talk about Li Qing'an, since Yang Guozhong has vacated the position of the right minister, I decided to officially seal him as the right minister of the middle order, and at the same time the Anxi capital protector and Anxi festival envoy, do you have any objections?" ”

(To be continued)