readx; Two days later, King Rong Li Wan led 40,000 Hedong troops to arrive in Gyeongju, so that Li Longji had 160,000 troops around him, at the same time, King Bian sent someone to send the news, the Hui army has withdrawn north to the grassland, Shuofang's danger was officially lifted, get this news, Li Longji no longer has any worries, he immediately ordered the whole army to go north to Lingzhou, in late April, 160,000 troops marched to Lingzhou, the seat of Shuofang's Jiedu Embassy. Lingzhou is where today's Ningxia Lingwu County is located, it is close to the Yellow River, the Yellow River is wide, there are many tributaries, the land is fertile, it is a famous grain producing area in the north of Guanlong, Lingzhou City is also the largest city in the north of Guanlong, it is because of its rich resources and large population, so it has also become the seat of Shuofang Jiedu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The departure of the Hui people did not bring a little respite to Shuofang Jiedu to An Sishun, on the contrary, a kind of fear of the coming of the end made An Sishun panic, and that afternoon, An Sishun received news that Li Longji had left Gyeongju, and an army of more than 100,000 troops was coming to his Lingzhou, and the army would arrive in Lingzhou in two days at the latest.

In a dimly lit room, Ann Sishun stared blankly at the roof, he had locked himself in his room for two hours, he was making an extremely difficult decision, what should he do?

In fact, he has already made a decision, and now he needs to make up his mind, An Sishun is in his early fifties, and his decades of military career have cultivated his surname of cutting off and killing, and he doesn't know how many major decisions he has made in this life, including the interception and killing of Li Qing'an back then, he just made a decision with a cup of tea, a cup of tea, this is the upper limit of his decision, he will never make a decision more than the time of a tea, but today's decision, he has considered it for three days.

Supporting the army and being self-reliant, this is an idea that An Sishun has never considered, and even he has never come up with the idea of supporting the army and standing on his own, which means that he will split the Tang Dynasty, which means that he will become the emperor of a soil, there has never been such a precedent in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and he An Sishun will take this first step.

After three days of contemplation, and two hours of contemplation, An Sishun had gradually made up his mind that he was going to take this step, in fact, he had no way out, and if he did not stand on his own, he would surely die.

In front of An Sishun's eyes, there is a map of the Guanlong area, he has not yet had a sand table, he has sent someone to make it, but it has not been completed, in fact, he does not need a sand table, the mountains and rivers in the Guanlong area, he is very familiar, among which he is most familiar with Hexi, where he has been a festival envoy for many years, at this time his eyes fell on the Hexi corridor of the map.

Like Li Qing'an, he also found an opportunity in Hexi, Ge Shuhan has already withdrawn Hexi's troops, Hexi is empty of soldiers, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, An Sishun's gaze gradually became decisive, this is the emotional expression of his determination, he looked out the window and smiled coldly, and said to himself: "Li Longji, you forced me, you don't have to regret it!" ”

"Dashuai!" Gao Xiuyan's voice suddenly came from outside the door, and his voice was slightly panicked.

"What's the matter?"

"I just received news that a scout found that Guo Ziyi led his troops south from Jiuyuan and was almost to Anding County."

An Sishun was taken aback and asked urgently: "Is it in the east of the Yellow River or the west of the Yellow River?" ”

"It's west of the Yellow River."

An Sishun's heart suddenly became nervous, could it be that Guo Ziyi had already discovered his intentions? It is very possible, otherwise there is no need for Guo Ziyi to come down from the west bank of the Yellow River, how should this be good? An Sishun paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, thinking quickly of a countermeasure.

At this time, Gao Xiuyan said again: "Dashuai, there is still a matter of retribution for the humble position." ”

"Come in!"

The door opened, Gao Xiuyan entered the room in a flash, An Sishun had already sat back in his position, and looked at him lightly, "Say it!" What's up? ”

It stands to reason that Gao Xiuyan is his confidant, he shouldn't be so cold, but in fact he has found that An Sishun is not so loyal to himself, this person is selfish, someone told him that Gao Xiuyan has secretly transferred his family property and wife and children, of course, An Sishun can understand his worries, he transferred his wife and children and family property is nothing, the key is that Gao Xiuyan did not report to himself, he did everything quietly under the condition of concealing himself, which shows that he is no longer optimistic about himself, which makes An Sishun feel a little dissatisfied with him.

An Sishun's indifference Gao Xiuyan didn't realize it, he knew that An Sishun must be as anxious as an ant on a hot pot now, and the six gods had no master, because he had never seen An Sishun lock himself in a room for two hours.

He locked the door, stepped forward and whispered, "Can you think of a way out?" ”

An Sishun's heart suddenly gave birth to a trace of vigilance, and he sighed silently and said, "No, I really don't know where to go?" ”

"Dashuai, I have a suggestion."

"Say it quickly!" An Sishun immediately straightened up and looked at him expectantly, as if he had found a way out on the cliff.

Gao Xiuyan perked up and hurriedly said: "Dashuai, I want to come and go, if Dashuai wants to survive this pass, there is only one way to go, I don't know if Dashuai has thought of it?" ”

"I wondered if I could go to my brother An Lushan, but I just couldn't make up my mind." An Sishun probed him.

Gao Xiuyan smiled, gave a thumbs up and said: "Dashuai, that's exactly what I mean, I think the only way out for Dashuai is to take refuge in the king of Dongping County, under the whole world, the only one who can accept Dashuai is the king of Dongping County." ”

"But I'm also thinking about surrendering to Li Longji."

An Sishun continued to test him and said: "I think as long as I take the initiative to surrender, although Li Longji will not let me take charge of the military again, at least he will not kill me, with my qualifications, I can also serve as a state guard, this is similar to taking refuge in An Lushan." ”

"Has the marshal forgotten the fate of Wang Zhonghe?" Gao Xiuyan was obviously a little anxious, and persuaded him: "Back then, Wang Zhongji was because he refused to attack Shibao City and disobeyed Li Longji's will, and as a result, he was demoted to Jiujiang Taishou, although Li Longji did not kill him at that time, but Wang Zhongji died violently a year later, this must be Li Longji's hand, he is the best at this, Wei Jian, Huangfu Weiming are not all the same?" Dethrone first, let the world think that he is benevolent, and when everyone no longer pays attention, he will do it again, aren't these people all dying strangely a year later? If the marshal surrenders to him, he will surely die in a year's time. ”

"This ...... Let me think again. ”

"Dashuai, don't think about it, the king of Dongping County is your brother, and they are all children of the An family, only he can treat Dashuai well and retain Dashuai's strength."

An Sishun glanced at him, and he 'hey! He let out a long sigh and said, "When did I take so long to make decisions, it's okay!" According to your plan, go to Fanyang to defect to my brother An Lushan, and I will write a letter to him and send someone to send it. ”

An Sishun quickly wrote a letter and handed it to the soldiers in front of Gao Xiuyan and said: "You send this letter out for me immediately, use the 800-mile express report, it must be sent to Fanyang within two days, and one day later, you will bring someone to see me." ”

The soldiers took the letter and walked away quickly, Gao Xiuyan was secretly happy, and said: "Marshal, Li Longji's army is only two days away from here, if you wait for the reply from the king of Dongping County before leaving, I'm afraid it will be too late, so it's better for us to set off immediately." ”

An Sishun nodded, "My plan is to leave in the middle of the night today, you can also go back and prepare!" ”

"That subordinate retires!"

Gao Xiuyan withdrew from the room, An Sishun slowly walked to the window, looked at Gao Xiuyan's disappearing back in the courtyard, and said with a cold smile: "It turns out that you are a dog from An Lushan!" ”

He waved to the pro-soldiers in the courtyard, and the pro-soldiers walked quickly to the window, "Please command!" ”

"Keep an eye on Gao Xiuyan for me, pay attention to his every move, if he has any movement, report to me immediately!"

．．．．．．．． Gao Xiuyan lives in the west of the city, his wife and children have secretly sent someone to Luoyang, and he is the only one living in the entire mansion, An Sishun guessed correctly, he has indeed taken refuge in An Lushan, and the bird chooses a good tree to perch, he also needs to consider his future, since An Sishun rejected Li Longji's will to let him step down, Gao Xiuyan knew that An Sishun would not live long, Li Longji must be the first to attack him, and Guo Ziyi, who took over, had a bad relationship with himself, if he came to power, he would not have his own good life, at this moment, An Lushan sent someone to find him secretly, and Gao Xiuyan fell into the arms of An Lushan, and was appointed by An Lushan as the Pinglu Soldier and Horse Envoy, but An Lushan's appointment was conditional, that is, he had to persuade An Sishun to come to Fanyang, if An Sishun refused to come to Fanyang, then his Gao Xiuyan's Pinglu Soldiers and Horses Envoy was just a dream.

The hard work paid off, An Sishun was really persuaded by him, willing to go to Fanyang, Gao Xiuyan couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, and immediately rushed back to the house, he walked all the way into the backyard, there was a pigeon cage in a corner, there were five pigeons in it, this was An Lushan ordered someone to send him a pigeon, Gao Xiuyan quickly wrote two identical pigeon letters, the letter told An Lushan, An Sishun will start troops in the middle of the night, rush to Fanyang, let An Lushan be ready to receive troops.

He stuffed the pigeon letter into a letter tube, and walked quickly to the pigeon cage, reached out and found two strong pigeons, tied the two pigeon letters to their legs, and carefully confirmed that they were tied firmly, he threw the two carrier pigeons up suddenly, and the two carrier pigeons fluttered in the air and spread their wings, with Gao Xiuyan's dream of promotion and fortune, circling towards the distant Fan Yang.

．．．．．．．． In the middle of the night, the drums suddenly sounded in the camp of the Shuofang army, and more than 20,000 soldiers were awakened in their sleep.

"What happened?"

"I don't know, maybe the Hui army is calling again!"

All kinds of news spread among the soldiers, but no one explained the reason to them, no one gave them a lecture, and they didn't even have time to sort out the ranks, so they ran to the bank of the Yellow River in a panic with the large army.

Lingzhou City is close to the Yellow River, less than ten miles away from the river bank, Shuo Fang's army has more than 100 ferries on the Yellow River, and can send 20,000 people across the Yellow River at a time, at this time, An Sishun and more than a dozen henchmen have arrived first, An Sishun looked at the dark and heavy river, pondered for a long time, he knew that the opposite bank was Guo Ziyi's troops, if this passed, he would intercept them without waiting for them to go ashore, and he would never cross the river from here.

An Sishun pondered for a long time, the soldiers are not tired of deceit, it is best to drag Guo Ziyi here, and he crossed the river from Huizhou, thinking of this, he called a confidant general, whispered a few words to him, and the general ordered to go, at this time, Gao Xiuyan chased after him from behind, he was terrified in his heart, didn't An Sishun go to Fanyang? If you go to Fanyang, you should go east, how can you cross the Yellow River to the west?

"Dashuai, you're not going to ....."

"Don't worry, I'm going to Fanyang!"

An Sishun patted him on the shoulder, smiled and comforted him: "If you go east, you will be intercepted by Li Longji's army, so I have to go west first, and then go south to go behind Li Longji before changing to east, do you understand?" ”

"But...."Gao Xiuyan still wanted to say that it was faster to go north to Fan Yang, but An Sishun didn't give him a chance to speak, so he stopped him and said, "You get on the boat first, and we'll go south by boat!" ”

He gave a few of his own soldiers a look, and the soldiers immediately hugged Gao Xiuyan and walked towards the big boat, and after walking a few steps, Gao Xiuyan suddenly reacted, no! An Sishun is by no means going to Fanyang.

"An Shuai, what's going on?" Gao Xiuyan shouted, he wanted to break free from his own soldiers, but several of his own soldiers were infinitely powerful, and they dragged his arms towards the big boat.

"Come on!" Gao Xiuyan asked his own soldiers for help, but he only shouted, and was slammed on the back of his head by a soldier with the hilt of a knife, and he immediately fainted.

The sword flashed, and several of the personal soldiers who came with him immediately disappeared into the darkness, An Sishun wanted Gao Xiuyan's three thousand subordinates, otherwise, he would have killed this person who betrayed him, and he dared to secretly send a pigeon letter to An Lushan.

"Marshal, the army has reached the shore, what now?"

An Sishun looked at the other side coldly, he suddenly turned around and ordered: "Order the army to turn south, march to Huizhou, and tell the soldiers that the Hui people are attacking Hexi, and the Holy Lord orders us to rush to Hexi to rescue." ”

In the night, the army of 20,000 Shuofang turned around and headed south, marching towards Huizhou, at the same time, a hundred large ships also set off from the shore, fifty sailed to the opposite shore, and the other fifty ships went north along the water, Guo Ziyi's army came from Jiuyuan in the north, and these fifty big ships went in the direction of Jiuyuan.

．．．．．．．．． Youzhou City, Gao Xiuyan sent a pigeon letter to Youzhou the next night, and was immediately sent to An Lushan's table, at this time, An Lushan was discussing with several of his generals and strategists about sending troops, An Lushan had already decided to send troops, in the earliest plan, An Lushan was planning to keep a low profile and forbearance, and strive to become the last object of Li Longji's cutting of the domain, but the situation changed dramatically, and he never expected that Li Longji would transfer the main force of the Hedong Army to Guanlong, so that there were only a few troops stationed in the Hedong area, which made An Lushan's heart pound.

It can be said that since a few years ago, An Lushan has been staring at Hedong, he tried his best to serve as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, but he has not been able to get his wish, just when he was almost desperate, the opportunity suddenly appeared in front of him: Hedong is empty.

"Generals, everyone already knows what I think, and now I want to ask for everyone's opinions, should we take Hedong?"

There were seven people in the sand table room, all of whom were An Lushan's henchmen, the strategist Gao Shang, the general Shi Siming, Cai Xide, Tian Qianzhen, Li Guiren, Zhang Tongru and An Qingxu, the second son of An Lushan.

Attacking Hedong is a major event, and An Lushan must not only listen to the ideas of the strategists, but also listen to the advice of his generals, all of whom can stand alone, and they are all generals who can fight well.

Strategist Gao Shang said: "According to the information we have obtained, the Hedong army has only more than 10,000 people, all of which are scattered, of which the more concentrated place is the northern capital Taiyuan, with 5,000 troops, followed by Jingcheng Pass, with 2,000 guards, it should be said that Hedong is at our fingertips, the key is what way we use to occupy, whether to forcibly send troops, or to find an excuse, I personally tend to find an excuse." ”

An Lushan nodded, he also thought the same, he saw that several generals were silent, so he was a little unhappy and said: "You also talk about it, don't stand there and don't speak." ”

At this time, Shi Siming took a step forward and slowly said to everyone: "I personally think that whether it is forcible occupation or finding an excuse to enter, these are not important, the important thing is whether we can occupy Hedong for a long time in the future, and also, after occupying Hedong, what should we do next?" Also, whether Li Qingan has entered and occupied Hexi, we don't need any excuses, just send troops. ”

The person Shi Siming pays the most attention to is Li Qing'an, for so many years, he has never been able to get rid of Li Qing'an's shadow, the shame of many years ago has become a nightmare of his life, he will always unconsciously pull Li Qing'an's body, it has become a habit of his, everyone also understands his problem, and no one dares to laugh at him.

At this time, Cai Xide was just about to speak, but An Lushan stopped him, "Sid, don't say it, I know your opinion." ”

Cai Xide is a person who cuts and kills, he decides one thing, he will do it immediately, no matter how difficult things are, he will never give up until he achieves his goal, of course An Lushan knows what he wants to say, he will definitely say that he will send troops to seize Hedong overnight.

An Lushan looked at Tian Qianzhen again, this is a general who is both civil and military, and has always been the most respected by An Lushan, Tian Qianzhen's nickname is Ah Hao, and his popularity in Fan Yang is very good, in addition to Shi Siming, Tian Qianzhen and Shi Siming do not share the enmity of the sky, which An Lushan also knows, so he tries not to arrange for the two of them to do things together.

"Ah Hao, tell me, what do you think!"

Tian Qianzhen stepped forward and saluted: "An Shuai, my thoughts are the same as Mr. Gao, Hedong must be occupied, the key is how to occupy, I advocate making excuses, so that he will be famous, unless An Shuai has decided to show the world that he wants to replace the Li family, otherwise, it is better to be cautious, as for the plan after occupying Hedong, I don't think it is important, the situation is changing, just like Da Shuai was thinking about low-key forbearance a month ago, and now he decided to send troops to Hedong, so the plan is not important, the important thing is to pay attention to the changes in the situation. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Shi Siming out of the corner of his eye, and snorted softly in his heart, Shi Siming said nothing with a gloomy face.

"That's a good point!"

An Lushan nodded approvingly, Tian Qian's analysis was very appetizing, and he looked at several other people, Li Guiren, Zhang Tongru and An Qingxu all said that they should occupy Hedong and become the de facto envoy of Hedong.

Now that it has become a consensus to march into Hedong, there is no doubt about this, the key is what kind of excuse to use? You can't learn from Li Qing'an and use the excuse of Hedong to suppress bandits! There were no bandits to suppress in the east of the river.

Just when everyone was pondering the excuse, a personal soldier walked into the room and quietly handed a pigeon letter to An Lushan, "An Shuai, it was sent by Gao Xiuyan." ”

An Lushan was stunned, he opened the letter and looked at it, An Sishun really wanted to defect to Hebei, at this moment, An Lushan's mind suddenly flashed, and he thought of a wonderful excuse.

"Everyone, An Sishun wants to take refuge in Hebei, we should help Shengshang and go to Hedong to intercept An Sishun, what do you think of this excuse?"

．．．．．．．．． At the same time as An Sishun evacuated Lingzhou, Li Longji's army had arrived at Qinggangling, which is the junction of Yanzhou, Gyeongju and Lingzhou, the mountains are steep and the forests are dense, at this time it rained in the sky, and the rain became heavier and heavier, making the march of the army extremely difficult, Li Longji was also wet with the rain, he was looking for joy with the two new beauties night and night these days, his body was extremely weak, and after being drenched in the rain, he soon fell ill, Li Wan immediately ordered the three armies to camp on the spot, and then continue to move forward after the heavy rain stopped.

A slender body appeared in the heavy rain, Li Wan held an oil-paper umbrella, and slowly walked to his father's big tent, and a guard stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty is not in good health, so you can't disturb him." ”

"I know, I'll take a look."

Li Wan slowly walked to the door of the tent, stopped and listened, only to hear the coughing sound of his father and the hissing sound of breathing from time to time from the big tent, Li Wan's heart was extremely heavy, he knew that his father would not live long, and it was probably unrealistic to let his father change his intention to establish a prince, seeing that the eldest grandson Li Yu was about to ascend the throne, which made Li Wan's heart full of loss.

Li Wan is the sixth son of Li Longji, known as an elegant name, the style is neat, very prestigious in the famous family, he has always looked down on power, before he was appointed as the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, Li Wan rarely thought about the past to compete for the throne, he never thought that the throne had nothing to do with him, but people's minds are changing with the change of the environment, when Li Wan served as the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, he held the real military power in his hands, he tasted the sweet taste of power for the first time, and the inner world changed dramatically, and he began to have a thirst for the throne, Is there hope for him? Originally, he had always had a glimmer of hope, and with this glimmer of hope, he came to Gyeongju, but now, he saw with his own eyes that his father's body was failing day by day, and he knew that his surname might not be big, and his father would not risk social turmoil anyway and then change the crown prince.

Li Wan sighed secretly and turned around to leave the big tent, when at this moment, Li Longji's weak voice suddenly came from the big tent.

"Is it Wan'er?"

"Yes! Father, it's me. ”

"You..... Come on in! ”

Li Wan walked into the big tent, Li Longji was lying on the couch, he was no longer surrounded by two new Gyeongju women, but Wu Xianyi who went out of Beijing with him, at this time, what he needed most was a woman who was familiar with him and could take care of his body.

"Father!" Li Wan knelt down.

Li Longji sat up with difficulty and said, "I just have something I want to find you. ”

"Father, please speak!"

"I have been thinking about it for a long time, the Shuo Fang army is also my army, I don't want to have any battles and killings with the Shuo Fang army, so I decided to give An Sishun another chance, if he is willing to come and surrender to me immediately, I can change him to Henan Province Observer Envoy, and I will not kill him, what do you think?"

"Father's mercy, this is An Sishun's last chance, if he refuses to change his past, the sky will not allow him."

"Hmm!" Li Longji nodded and smiled at him: "So I'm thinking, who is the best person to send to be my envoy, think about it, or the most suitable for you to go!" ”

(To be continued)