readx; Today is destined to be an eventful day for Li Longji, Gao Lishi has just finished pacifying, and the eunuch has come to report again, and An Lushan, the king of Dongping County and the hussar general, asks to see him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Longji was already very tired, and he was about to postpone it until tomorrow, but as soon as he changed his mind, he said to Yu Chaoen: "Go and announce his audience!" ”

Yu Chaoen was a little uneasy, although he was disappointed by the failure of Gao Lishi's retirement, but Li Longji's trust in Gao Lishi really frustrated him, and he realized that he was just a eunuch, and it was still a distant dream for him to replace Gao Lishi.

When Li Longji ordered him to go to Xuan'an Lushan, he was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly came to his senses, bowed his head and hurriedly left, for a moment, An Lushan dragged a fat body and walked in quickly, although he was fat, but he was very flexible, and gave Li Longji a military salute on his knees, "An Lushan sees my emperor's majesty!" ”

In recent years, Li Longji likes this Hu man very much, he is empathetic, and in the case that his son can't even think of it, he actually sent him a flower of help, so that he can revive the man's majesty, although the aftermath of this flower is very serious, but Li Longji is still very grateful to An Lushan, trusts him, and even under the credit of An Lushan's defeat of the Khitan once, he was named the king of Dongping County, which opened a precedent for the Tang Dynasty to canonize a king with a different surname.

At today's court meeting, it was An Lushan who was considerate of himself in the subtleties, which deeply moved Li Longji, Li Longji looked at this honest and honest Hu man, and said with a slight smile: "You big fat man, I have reformed you for a year, are you resenting me?" ”

An Lushan was so frightened that he knelt down on his other knee, kowtowed to Li Longji, and said in fear: "The minister only hates that he can't die for His Majesty!" ”

Li Longji laughed, pointed at him and said, "It's really Hu'er, you don't choose what to say, do you want me to die now?" ”

"Don't dare! Can't! The minister is just making an analogy, the minister is loyal to His Majesty, His Majesty called the minister, the minister did not dare to go west, His Majesty told the minister to jump into the sea, and the minister did not dare to go down the river. ”

"Really? Then I asked you to go back to Beijing as an official, are you willing? Li Longji asked with a smile.

An Lushan's heart almost stopped beating, he remembered what Li Qing'an said to him, the saint intended to transfer him back to Beijing, could it be true? Or is His Majesty testing him? An Lushan's mind turned, and he immediately said: "The ministers will obey Your Majesty's will." ”

"I'm just joking with you, I won't let you leave Fanyang, I still need you to take care of Dongdaemun for me, by the way, you are my dog, a fat dog." Li Longji was in a good mood and joked with An Lushan.

An Lushan's heart slowly let go, his back felt cold, sweat had soaked his back, he came to Li Longji today for a purpose, he had been looking for an opportunity, and today he deduced that Li Longji should be in a good mood, it just so happened that he performed well in the court today, and Li Longji should agree to his request.

At this time, he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the minister plans to attack Chishan this summer and uproot the important fortress of the Khitans, and ask Your Majesty for permission!" ”

Li Longji's smile slowly disappeared, and he muttered: "Aiqing wants to share my worries, I am very moved, but the imperial court is preparing to use troops against Tubo on a large scale this autumn, and financial and material resources are concentrated in Longyou, Aiqing wants to fight Chishan, and I am worried that the imperial court does not have the financial resources to support the two-front battle." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has considered this matter, the minister plans to take a blitzkrieg and use cavalry to attack Chishan, so that Chishan can be taken in ten days at most, and there is no need for money and food support from the imperial court, and the minister will take Chishan, Fan Yang's pressure will weaken, and the minister will concentrate his troops on the military camp to share the worries of the imperial court."

Li Longji nodded and said with a smile: "Then you tell me first, why did you suddenly think of going to fight the Khitan?" ”

An Lushan's head was buried deeply, and after a while, his fat lips trembled: "Today, the officers and soldiers of the Anxi Army are all knighted, and I am afraid that the ministers will not be able to explain to their subordinates when they go back, so ....."

"You're honest!" Li Longji praised: "This is the general I want to see, seeing that others are high-sealed, I am not convinced, I have to work hard to make meritorious contributions, but also to fight, this is the result I want to see after I seal the Anxi Army, all the Tang Dynasty soldiers can be ashamed and march, competing for meritorious service and honor, I will never be stingy with that little bit of official, General An, your request to attack Chishan, I approved!" ”

"Your Majesty Xie, understand! Although the minister does not need money and food from the imperial court, the minister's cavalry may be insufficient, and I hope that His Majesty can agree to the minister to borrow cavalry from Shuofang. ”

"An Sishun is your brother, you can discuss it yourself."

"Nope! No! The army is His Majesty's army, and the minister can only borrow An Sishun's sons, without His Majesty's consent, Chen An dares to borrow a soldier from Shuo Fang privately. ”

An Lushan's answer made Li Longji very satisfied, no matter how close his brother is, he can only borrow his son and nephew, and the army is his Li Longji's, today this An fat man behaved very well, and he really wants to be rewarded, Li Longji said happily: "Okay!" How many cavalry do you want to borrow, you go and discuss with An Sishun, I am all approved. ”

An Lushan wanted this sentence, he had been waiting for this sentence for three years, he didn't want any soldiers, he wanted the 20,000 most elite Shuofang Turkic cavalry of Absi.

"The minister will definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy, and use the Khitan head to ask His Majesty for credit!"

．．．．．．．． At the same time that An Lushan's plan to borrow troops was finally approved by Li Longji, Li Qingan was taking Mansur to visit Chang'an West City, and after a meal, their relationship had become much closer, and even Mansur proposed whether Li Qing'an could release the prisoners of war, Li Qing'an did not explicitly refuse, that is, he did not close the door to negotiation.

Although Li Qing'an's next step was to point his sword at Tocharo, the Tubo campaign proposed by Ge Shuhan disrupted Li Qing'an's plan, so that his Tocharian campaign had to be postponed.

Therefore, Li Qingan also hopes to reach a reconciliation treaty similar to an armistice agreement with Da Shi, so that he has time to launch a war against Tubo, otherwise he will not be able to supply logistics on two fronts, Li Qingan also knows that Da Shi's main energy will be on Africa, which makes it impossible for Da Shi to fully counterattack the Tang army, both sides have the will to armistice, and now it depends on who has the upper hand in the negotiations.

But this is not the purpose of Li Qing'an to take Mansur to visit Chang'an, let Mansur understand the strong strength of the Tang Dynasty, which can certainly play a certain role in the negotiations, but Li Qing'an's intention is not here, Li Qing'an is a far-sighted person, he hopes that the Tang Dynasty's open mind can also absorb Islamic culture, and he also hopes that Mansour, the successor of the Abbasid Empire Caliphate, can understand the Tang Dynasty more deeply, war is not what he Li Qing'an needs, he needs time to develop the Anxi economy, resettle immigrants, and accumulate food and wealth, Consolidate his Li Qing'an's control west of the Green Ridge.

War is not what the Tang Dynasty needs, it is no longer the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, now is the turning period of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, the Tang Dynasty was unable to suppress the Anshi Rebellion in history, to a large extent, before the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, the military and economic foundation of the Tang Dynasty have been destroyed by continuous foreign wars and land annexation, so that the imperial court finally compromised the Anshi Rebellion, and the evil consequences affected the millennium.

If any nation makes too many enemies, it will only end up in extinction, and Tubo is the best example, the threat of the Han nation is always from the north, and in the case that there is a strong enemy in the south and the Hui Khitan in the north, it is not a correct national policy to build a more powerful enemy in the west.

Of course, the premise of all this is to drive the Great Food Forces back to the west of the Amu Darya, beat them into fear, and then establish friendship with them.

They walked slowly through the bustling flow of people, Mansour with his hands behind his back, observing with great interest the most prosperous commercial market in the Tang Dynasty, the spacious streets, the spectacular thousands of shops, the shops piled up like a hill of goods, fine porcelain, silk, fragrant tea, snow-white paper, each of which is an expensive luxury in Damascus.

But what makes Mansur feel the most is the confidence and health of the Tang people, whether it is a high-ranking general like Li Qing'an, or a porter with a humble status to carry goods, their laughter is hearty and confident, in front of them Westerners, a small porter will straighten his waist, without the slightest humble gesture.

'This is a people worthy of respect,' Mansour thought secretly.

At this time, Mansour was attracted by a pair of exquisite Dayi white porcelain vases on the counter of a porcelain shop, this pair of porcelain vases were as thin as white paper, and the porcelain fetus was crystal clear, he bent down and carefully observed the painting on it, it was an ink landscape painting, exquisite and abnormal, Mansour's eyes showed reluctance.

"Shopkeeper, how much is this pair of porcelain vases?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

The guy hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Guest, this pair of porcelain vases is a display in a small shop, and it is generally not sold, if the guest really wants it, I will ask the shopkeeper." ”

"No need!"

An old man walked out and said with a smile: "The guest wants, I will give you this pair of porcelain vases." ”

The old man's eyes were like torches, and he saw that the identities of Mansur and Li Qing'an and his party were extraordinary, and they would not treat him badly if he gave them a pair of porcelain vases.

"Thank you very much!"

Li Qing'an smiled at Mansur and said, "Your Highness, this merchant said that you are a guest from afar, so this pair of porcelain vases is given to you." ”

"Ahh How can this be? Mansur was stunned, his eyes showed admiration, is Datang even a small businessman so different? He took the porcelain vase, quickly untied a pure gold dagger full of precious stones from his waist, handed it to the shopkeeper with both hands, and said: "Although we Arabs are brothers all over the world, we do not owe strangers the friendship casually. ”

"This ....." The shopkeeper hesitated, he saw that the dagger was very expensive, and he didn't know whether to accept it? looked at Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an nodded and smiled: "You just take it!" ”

The shopkeeper took the dagger, thought about it, and hurriedly took out a sandalwood box from the cabinet, opened it, and inside was a pair of jade bottles that seemed to be used by Guanyin Bodhisattva, of course, it was also porcelain, but it was a high-grade Dayi white porcelain, which was painted with a picture of a court maid, exquisite, obviously from the master's hand, and was obviously much better than the pair of porcelain vases just now.

He handed the sandalwood box to Mansour and said with a smile: "This is the white porcelain fired by the old proprietor of my family, there are not many surviving porcelain, this is the signature of our store, please accept it!" Your dagger is too expensive, I can't take advantage of you. ”

Li Qing'an did not translate, but the Sogdian translator who followed Mansur translated the words of the shopkeeper to Mansur, and Mansur thanked him repeatedly, he took the pair of porcelain vases, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he wanted to present these precious porcelain vases to the caliph.

Li Qing'an saw that this shopkeeper was neither humble nor arrogant, and he gave the Tang people a long face, so he couldn't help but secretly praise him, so he took out one of his famous thorns, handed it to him and said with a smile: "If you have any difficulties that you need my help with, just come to me." ”

The shopkeeper took the thorn and suddenly said, 'Ah! With a sound on the ground, he hurriedly saluted Li Qing'an, "It turned out to be General Li, Xu Heng, a businessman in Chengdu Mansion, who had heard the deeds of the great general for a long time, and defeated the Great Food Ximan, I am very admired, please accept my salute." ”

Li Qing'an laughed, he pointed at Mansur and said, "This is the prince of the Great Food, can't you think of it?" ”

The shopkeeper scratched the back of his head, the expression on his face was extremely strange, it was really strange that the opponents on the battlefield were shopping side by side.

After visiting the West City, Li Qing'an sent Mansur back to the Honglu Temple Guest House in the Imperial City, where they will stay, and when they arrived at the door of the Inn, Pei Yong, the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, stepped forward and said: "General, news has come from Xingqing Palace, and the Holy Admiral will meet with the Great Food Envoy in the Datong Hall in the morning, and the Holy General will also attend the meeting." ”

"I see, have the accommodations for the big eaters been arranged?"

"Please rest assured that we have arranged according to the highest specifications and will not neglect our guests."

Li Qing'an nodded, turned to Mansur and smiled: "Your Highness is tired all the way, please rest well, you can eat in the pavilion, or you can go to the place where you eat at noon, Your Highness can decide for yourself, I will be temporarily absent." ”

Mansour hurriedly saluted Li Qing'an and said, "Thank you General Li for your hospitality, let me feel General Li's sincerity." ”

At this time, Li Qingan suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "In seven days, I will officially get married, and I invite His Royal Highness to attend my wedding." ”

Mansour was surprised, it turned out that the commander of the Tang Army was not married, and he smiled happily: "Good! I'm going to definitely come and participate. ”

Li Qing'an explained a few more words to the officials of Honglu Temple, then said goodbye to the Great Food Envoy and his party, and went to Dugu Mansion, he needed to share the joy of being crowned king with his relatives.

．．．．．．．． Qinrenfang, An Lushan's mansion, An Lushan's subordinate Liu Luogu walked through the courtyard and hurriedly ran to the study, in the study, An Lushan was discussing with his other strategist the transfer of the Absi army, from the end of the Battle of Shibao City three years ago, An Lushan began to plan this elite Turkic cavalry, at first he hoped that the Absi Department would propose to move to Youzhou, for which he gave Absi generous conditions, giving him a large pasture covering an area of 100,000 acres, and his tribesmen did not have to pay a penny of taxes. But in the end, he was rejected by Absi, and clearly told him that his tribe would never go to Fanyang, An Lushan guessed that Abu saw through his intentions, just at this time his brother An Sishun was transferred to Shuofang Jiedu envoy, An Lushan was overjoyed, and immediately negotiated with An Sishun on this matter, hoping that An Sishun could promote the relocation of the Absi Department to Fanyang, but An Sishun had an ambiguous attitude, although he agreed, but in fact he did not take action, and under the repeated persecution of An Lushan, An Sishun had to find an excuse and needed Li Longji's consent, He can let people go.

Now that Li Longji has agreed, this makes An Lushan overjoyed, An Sishun has no reason to hold on, now An Sishun's problem is solved, and the rest is Absi's attitude, but An Lushan doesn't care much about this, as long as Li Longji's will comes out, he Absi must obey the transfer of the saint, and this will has been drafted by the province and sent to the palace, and there should be news soon.

"Congratulations to the handsome, my wish for several years is finally coming true."

An Lushan's pumpkin showed a smug smile on his face, and said: "Ben Shuai has been waiting for this day for three years, there has never been anything that makes me so persistent, it is really the combat effectiveness of this cavalry, which is just to make up for the weakness of my Fanyang army's cavalry, and complement my Youzhou iron cavalry, and the eastward migration of the Absi Department can also bring me a steady stream of war horses, this is also a long-term deal, get this cavalry, the next step is for me to seek Hedong." ”

Gao Shang is one of An Lushan's two great strategists, a Yan Zhuang has been missing for many years, and his whereabouts are unknown, so he became An Lushan's first strategist, although An Lushan has many staff, but An Lushan can trust, and resourceful, but there is only one Gao Shang, Gao Shang is about fifty years old, he looks quite white and fat, has a long beard, and a pair of slender eyes flashing with a cunning gaze.

He stroked his long beard and said, "But in order to be safe, the commander should send someone to intercept Arbus halfway to prevent him from escaping." ”

As soon as his voice fell, a report from the general Liu Luogu came from outside the door: "Report to the commander, there is news!" ”

"Come in!"

Liu Luogu is An Lushan's eyeliner in Chang'an, every year An Lushan allocates a large amount of money to Liu Luogu, so that he can make friends with the powerful and buy the eunuchs around Li Longji, whenever there is a stir in the court, Liu Luogu will send a pigeon letter to Fanyang as soon as possible, Liu Luogu walked into the room, bowed down and said: "Report to the marshal, there is news from the palace, the saint has officially approved the marshal's decision to go to Fanyang to assist in the battle through the Absi department, and the will has just been issued to the military department and Shuo Fang." ”

"Good! Good! ”

An Lushan applauded repeatedly, and he smiled proudly: "Now, I will make my dream come true, haha!" ”

The noble man next to him saw that Liu Luogu wanted to speak and stopped, and seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Is there any other news?" ”

Liu Luogu sighed and said, "The marshal invited Absi to come to the banquet in the evening, but he refused to come!" ”

"Retirement? Hum! Seeing that he is fine in the morning, what will he be sick with? Forget it, I won't invite him anymore. ”

An Lushan turned back to Gao Shang and said, "Mr. Shicai said that this Absi will escape, so where will he flee?" ”

"It should have fled into the desert, but I have heard that Absi has a bad relationship with the Hui Khan, and we want to prevent him from reading the power of the Khan, and the minister still suggests that Abu Si be controlled and let him run his wings."

"Hmm!" An Lushan nodded, and said slowly: "It's a little late to intercept halfway, we have to do it in Chang'an, sooner rather than later, we will start acting tonight!" ”

(To be continued)