Chapter 468: Internal strife in Guanzhong
readx; The next day before dawn, the drum of opening the city gate was knocked over Chang'an, the major city gates of Chang'an slowly opened in the drum, the Chunming Gate had just opened, and a horse rushed in from the outside, and the person on the horse was Cui Ping, who was responsible for the resettlement of immigrants from Huazhou. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
I saw that his face was full of anxiety, and he whipped his horse and rushed straight to the door, and the soldiers on both sides saw him coming fiercely, and shouted together: "Stop! ”
But Cui Ping's heart was on fire, not only did he not stop, but he whipped again and shouted, "Emergency military situation!" Frightened, the soldiers dodged in both directions, and the horses rushed into the city, and in an instant they ran away.
"His grandmother's, what kind of person is this, emergency military intelligence actually wears a robe?"
"It seems that Cui Shilang from the former Ministry of Works, something can't have happened!"
"I've seen enough, this kind of official is not in a hurry, he is in such a hurry, it is estimated that something has happened."
The soldiers were talking and did not know what was happening.
Cui Ping was so anxious that he was going to burn his eyebrows, he came from Xinfeng County, the first batch of about 9,000 immigrants was sent out of Fengxiang by him, he rushed back to Tongguan to meet the second batch of Henan immigrants, about 12,000 households, all the way was smooth, but last night in Xinfeng County had an accident, last night when a group of late immigrants stayed in the woods, they were secretly attacked by the Guanzhong Army stationed in Xinfeng County, more than 200 people were killed and wounded, and nearly 100 women were arrested into the Guanzhong Army camp, life and death are unknown.
Cui Ping learned the news and went to ask for an explanation, but Chen Luxian, the commander of Xinfeng's Guanzhong Army, resolutely denied it, Cui Ping's several negotiations were invalid, and he had no choice but to rush back to Chang'an and ask Li Qingan for help.
It was also bad luck that Li Qingan was not in the barracks outside the city last night, so he lived in the barracks of Qianniuwei, so that Cui Ping could not find Li Qingan in time.
Cui Ping quickly whipped his horse, ran wildly on the empty Chunming Street, and ran wildly in the direction of the imperial city, Qianniuwei's military camp was in the imperial city, he had just run to the Vermilion Bird Gate, but he happened to see Li Qing'an's carriage coming out of the Suzaku Gate, Cui Ping was so excited that he shouted, "General!" General! ”
The carriage stopped, and a personal guard recognized Cui Ping, so he reported to Li Qing'anyu: "General, it's Cui Ping, Cui Shilang." ”
The car window was slowly pulled up, revealing Li Qing'an's slightly tired face, last night he had a banquet for the envoys from various countries from Anxi, and he was in a good mood, he drank a little too much wine, and now his head is still hurting.
He saw that Cui Ping was very anxious, and he was slightly stunned in his heart, could something have happened?
Cui Ping got off his horse, galloped forward, and immediately reported: "General, a group of immigrants were attacked by the Guanzhong Army in Xinfeng County last night, killing and wounding more than 200 people, and nearly 100 women were arrested by them and put into the barracks, and they don't know if they are alive or dead. ”
"What!"
Li Qingan was furious, and he immediately shouted: "Go to the Guanzhong Military Officer's Office!" ”
When Li Qing'an's carriage and hundreds of personal soldiers stopped in front of the steps in front of the yamen, several soldiers guarding the gate saw that the situation was not good, and immediately rushed into the yamen to report the situation.
After a while, Wang Sili walked out of the official office quickly, bowed to Li Qing'an and said, "The general came early in the morning, I don't know what to see?" ”
When guarding the battle in Tongguan, Li Qingan had saved Wang Sili's life, Wang Sili was grateful to Li Qing'an, so his attitude towards Li Qing'an was also particularly respectful, at this time, Li Qing'an also calmed down, as a coach, to always remain rational and calm, especially at the juncture of this power struggle, he was a little careless, he would be taken advantage of, on the way he asked Cui Ping, I feel that there is something strange in this, these immigrants are victims of Henan Province, there will be no money on them, if it is for money, Then the Chinese army should hijack the merchants.
If it is for women, they can find some women in Xinfeng County, there is no need to kill people and rob people, they know that these immigrants are from Anxi, but they are poisoned, it only shows that they are aimed at themselves, and if there is a target, there is a premeditated plan, are they really so simple as killing people and robbing people?
"General Wang, there was a big incident in Xinfeng County last night, you should know!"
Wang Sili was stunned, and after a while, he bowed down and said, "General, what happened last night?" I really don't know. ”
Li Qing'an looked at Wang Sili's eyes, seeing that his eyes were not panicked, only a kind of doubt and confusion, maybe he really didn't know, so he gave Cui Ping a look, Cui Ping stepped forward and saluted Wang Sili and said: "General Wang, at the first watch last night, about 1,000 immigrants from Henan Province were attacked by the Guanzhong Army of Xinfeng County on the bank of the Xishui River near Lingkou Town, Xinfeng County, and were killed 158 people, injured more than 100 people, and 84 women were snatched away by the Guanzhong Army......"
"Wait!" Wang Sili stopped his words, he couldn't believe his ears, was this what Guan Zhongjun did?
"Are you sure this is what Guan Zhongjun did?"
"That's right! Two young immigrants had been following them and had seen them enter the barracks, and I had come to my door twice last night to negotiate, but the guards firmly refused to admit it. ”
Wang Sili's eyes flashed with anger, he knew that some people in the Guanzhong Army were not convinced by him, so he made this incident to embarrass himself, and he hated and said to Li Qingan: "Please rest assured, if it is really the Guanzhong Army, I will definitely give the general an explanation." ”
He turned around and shouted: "Prepare the horse, go to Xinfeng County!" ”
Wang Sili's personal soldiers got on their horses one after another, and galloped eastward with Wang Sili, the fierce sound of horses' hooves gradually faded away, but Li Qingan did not follow him, he pondered for a moment, then took out the gold medal and handed it to the captain of the pro-soldier school and said: "You immediately go back to the military camp outside the city, order Jiang Xiaonian to order three thousand military horses, and then order the army to carry out emergency combat preparations." ”
"Yes!" The pro-soldier captain took the gold medal and led a team of people to rush out of the city, Li Qingxin had a faint uneasiness, I am afraid that this incident is a test of Li Heng for himself.
........ Xinfeng County is located in Chang'an east of eighty miles, the early Han Dynasty built a county, is the Han Gaozu Liu Bang because his father misses his hometown Feng County and specially built for him, so the name Xinfeng County, an hour and a half later, Li Qing'an personally led three thousand cavalry to arrive in Xinfeng County, he did not enter the county, but went directly to the Guanzhong army camp about ten miles south of Xinfeng County. Xinfeng County is an important garrison place of the Guanzhong Army, there are 10,000 garrisons, commanded by Chen Luxian, the general of the right guard, the military camp occupies a very large area, surrounded by a high camp fence, there are watchtowers around the camp, and the guard is very tight. Li Qing'an's army did not come closer, but stopped three miles away, Li Qing'an urged the horse to step forward and look at the gate of the barracks, only to see dozens of horses parked in front of the gate of the barracks, two soldiers were guarding, and the others had entered the barracks.
"The army is stationed on the spot, waiting for orders!"
At this time, several officials in charge of resettlement in Xinfeng County who remained in Xinfeng County hurriedly arrived with more than 100 migrant representatives.
These immigration officers are all civilian officials of the Anxi Army, and they have rich experience in the resettlement of migrants, and they led more than 10,000 families from Henan Province to come over, and the journey went smoothly, but they did not expect to encounter accidents in Xinfeng County.
Several officials stepped forward to salute Li Qing'an and said, "See the general. ”
Li Qingan nodded and said, "You have worked hard, how is the mood of the immigrants now?" ”
One of the leading officials shook his head and said: "The mood is very unstable, they are all frightened, and many people say that they will not go to Anxi, clamoring to go back to their hometown." ”
At this time, more than 100 representatives of immigrants stepped forward and knelt down together, crying to Li Qing'an: "General, please let us go back to our hometown!" We don't want to go to Anthy anymore. ”
Li Qingxin was annoyed, these people had worked so hard to come here, how could they go back? If they go back, whoever dares to go to Anxi in the future will have his immigration plans in jeopardy.
He turned over and dismounted, hurriedly picked up a few old men, and said to everyone: "Fellow villagers, please believe me, I will definitely ensure everyone's safety on the road, from now on, no one will dare to disturb you, I will definitely rescue those who have been arrested, and I will liquidate all the murderers one by one, and I will definitely give you an explanation." ”
With Li Qing'an's promise and the persuasion of immigration officials, the inner fears of these immigration representatives finally calmed down and they no longer mentioned returning to their hometowns.
At this time, Li Qingan's eyes once again fell on the Guanzhong military camp, and he began to vaguely realize that this matter was probably a premeditated plan, that is, to sabotage his immigration plan, if not handled properly, his immigration plan was really dangerous.
........ The Guanzhong army stationed in Xinfeng County has 11,000 people, it is an elite of the Guanzhong army, and once followed Meng Yun to besiege Huangzhuang, after Meng Yun's death, this army fell into the hands of Chen Xuanli, nominally, Wang Sili is the commander of the Guanzhong army, Chen Xuanli is the deputy marshal, but in fact, Chen Xuanli has self-respect, not under the jurisdiction of Wang Sili at all, Li Heng also acquiesced to the existence of this separation of powers, in his opinion, there are contradictions between his subordinates, which is more conducive to control.
The commander of the Guanzhong Army in Xinfeng County is called Chen Luxian, who is Chen Xuanli's brother, and he doesn't take Wang Sili in his eyes at all.
In the big tent, Wang Sili's personal soldiers and Chen Luxian's army glared angrily, and the two sides were tense and murderous.
Wang Sili pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword and shouted: "Chen Luxian, I'll tell you again, you release people, I'll spare you once, I'll go and explain to Anxi Jun, if you are obsessed, beware that your life can't be saved!" ”
Chen Luxian was about forty years old, he was a yin and yang weird person, he chattered for a while and sneered, and said: "Wang Dashuai, I said that I didn't arrest people, if you force me to release people, what will I take?" ”
"It's nonsense, your subordinates have admitted it themselves, you are still hard-mouthed, do you dare to let me search it?"
"If you want to search my camp, you can! Please take out General Chen's warrant, take it, I let you search, but I can't take it, I'm sorry, you can't take a step! ”
Wang Sili's eyes were about to erupt with fire, his teeth were chattering with hatred, and he said, "I am the commander of the Guanzhong Army, how dare you disobey my orders?" ”
Chen Luxian said proudly: "It's true that you are the commander of the Guanzhong Army, but I only listen to General Chen's orders!" ”
"What if I'm going to raid your barracks?"
"Then I don't dare to guarantee the safety of your life, Wang Dashuai, if you know something, you don't care about this matter, this matter has nothing to do with you, if you want to take care of this matter, I tell you, you won't get out of this barracks alive!"
Wang Sili's face couldn't be pulled down, and he shouted angrily: "You are bold! ”
Chen Luxian looked at Wang Sili coldly, he waved his hand, and suddenly a large group of sergeants appeared on the four sides of the camp, each holding a steel crossbow in his hand, the string was full, and the cold arrow was aimed at Wang Sili and his own soldiers.
At this moment, an alarm came from outside the tent, and the sentry of the Guanzhong Army discovered the arrival of the Anxi Army, 'Dang! While! While! The shrill bells echoed in the camp.
Chen Lu first stared at Wang Sili fiercely, turned around and walked out of the camp, he ordered as he walked: "Crossbowmen enter the defense, anyone who walks within a hundred steps will be shot!" ”
In the big tent, Wang Sili sighed and said to the soldiers: "This matter is not something we can manage, let's go!" ”
They led their soldiers out of the big tent, at this time, the camp of the Guanzhong army began to stir, a group of soldiers rushed to the front of the camp fence, one after another with bows and arrows, crossbows wound, nervously watching the Guanzhong army three miles away.
In a moment, the camp gate opened, Wang Sili and his own soldiers rushed out angrily, and he saw Li Qing'an's army from afar, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Get on the horse, follow me!" ”
More than 100 people rushed to the front of the Anxi army in a blink of an eye, and Wang Sili arched his hand on the horse and said loudly: "General, please take a step to speak." ”
Li Qingan urged him to step forward and said, "Can the situation be investigated?" ”
Wang Sili sighed, he turned over and dismounted, walked to a big rock and sat down, his eyes were full of resentment and helplessness, Li Qingan also got off the horse, stepped forward and sat opposite him, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"That damn bastard!"
Wang Sili cursed in a low voice: "If you dare to take a stand in front of me, I have to kill him." ”
Li Qingan glanced at him and said with a sneer: "General Wang is the commander of the Guanzhong Army, and he was still driven out of the camp by his subordinates?" ”
Wang Sili was not angry, and after a long time, he said helplessly: "The general doesn't know, I am only the nominal commander of the Guanzhong Army, and the Guanzhong Army is actually divided into two, half of which is commanded by me, and the other half is in the hands of Chen Xuanli, which is a deliberate arrangement of His Royal Highness the Prison State." ”
"What does General Wang mean is that this Guanzhong army in Xinfeng County is not under your control?"
Wang Sili nodded and said, "Does the general know who this Chen Luxian is?" ”
"He can't be someone from Chen Xuanli!"
"It's his brother, I asked him for someone, he firmly denied it, I said I wanted to search, he said that without Chen Xuanli's order, no one was allowed to search the camp, otherwise he would turn his face and not recognize people."
Anger shot out of Wang Sili's eyes, "This bastard, he actually drew a knife to fight against my own soldiers, if it wasn't for the general coming, it would really be a fight." ”
Li Qingan glanced at Wang Sili suspiciously, and said with some disbelief: "Is this person really so arrogant?" ”
"If he is not arrogant, will he dare to attack the Anxi immigrants? I dare to say that this must be Chen Xuanli's instructions, last time Lin Jian, who broke into Pei's mansion, became a scapegoat, and was beaten by the prison country with a hundred sticks, and his legs were broken, Chen Xuanli held a grudge, and this time it was his revenge. ”
"That's good!"
Li Qingan stood up and said coldly: "Since General Wang can't solve it, then I'll use Anxi's method to solve it." ”
He immediately turned around and ordered: "Send a pigeon letter to pass my order, within an hour, the Anxi army outside Chang'an City must rush to Xinfeng County!" ”
Wang Sili was frightened, and hurriedly said: "General, this, this matter is not so serious!" ”
"For you, it's a trivial matter, but for Anxi, it's a big thing, if you don't give an explanation to the immigrants, then I won't think about the remaining 30,000 immigrants."
Li Qing'an no longer paid attention to Wang Sili, he turned over and returned to the army directly, Wang Sili looked at Li Qing'an dumbfounded, and after a while, he stomped his foot fiercely, "Go make trouble!" What does it have to do with me? ”
(To be continued)