Chapter 281: Geshu's Concern
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At the banquet, Dugu Haoran was depressed and drunk, and the farewell and departure of the guests were all sent by Mrs. Pei alone.
Li Qing'an's wine was half drunk, Mingyue sent him out of the house, although his father finally announced the marriage, but Mingyue was still worried, she was worried that there would be extraneous branches, she had suffered many times in the past two years, and she was a little bit of a soldier.
"I'll let the dancers and picturesques accompany you these days, don't worry, nothing will happen."
Li Qingan comforted her in a low voice: "I am no longer the petty officer who was slaughtered by others back then, I believe that I have enough ability to protect you." β
"I know, you have to be careful yourself."
"Okay, I'll go first, wait for our moment!"
Li Qingan turned over and got on the horse, nodded slightly to Mingyue, Mingyue smiled, coquettish, staring at Li Qingan away, Mrs. Pei came over and grabbed her daughter's arm and smiled: "What, are you reluctant?" β
"Mother, I'm worried about him, he has offended the saint, what should I do?" Mingyue sighed and said......
"Don't worry, things for men are not as simple as you think, you have to trust your husband to be able to face it."
"I hope so, too!"
Mingyue smiled and said to her mother, "Mother, let's go back!" β
As the guests all said goodbye and left, the front of Dugu Mansion quickly became deserted.
Li Qing'an, escorted by more than 50 personal soldiers, walked towards the gate of the fang, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the fang, he saw a carriage parked on the side of the road from a distance, and a soldier came forward to salute.
"General Li, our commander is invited!"
"Is it Geshu Dashuai?" Li Qing'an recognized this officer as Ge Shuhan's personal servant Zuoche, who was also a fierce general.
"Yes! The marshal asked the general to come to the carriage for a while. β
"Then bother."
Li Qing'an rode to the carriage, Ge Shuhan had already opened the door and waited, he laughed and said, "Is General Li drunk?" β
Li Qingan also smiled: "It's okay to drink, it's just that the beauty makes me intoxicated." β
Ge Shuhan stroked his palms and laughed, "Brother Xian is really a person who understands amorous feelings, please get into the carriage quickly." β
Li Qing'an got out of the car and got into his carriage, which was surprisingly wide, like a small house, with a thick carpet, luxuriously furnished, fixed candlesticks, bright light, and a small room in the middle, with a low table in the middle, on which was a map, and many books piled up beside it.
"Sure enough!"
Li Qingan nodded and praised, in the past two days, he also considered whether he would also change to a carriage, not for comfort, mainly to facilitate office work on the road, and also to prevent assassination, now his identity is very important, not only political enemies like Yang Guozhong, but also enemy countries such as Da Shi and Tubo hate him to the core, riding across the street, the goal is too obvious, it is difficult to prevent being assassinated, Ge Shuhan's carriage made him have this idea.
He sat down, at this time, the door of the inner compartment of the carriage opened, and a beautiful lady came out, dressed very charmingly, she knelt on the carpet, holding a tea tray in her hand, and put two hot teacups on the small table, Li Qingan glimpsed a bed in the inner room, and there was a woman half-lying on it, dressed very revealingly, and the flesh was flashing, he couldn't help but smile ambiguously: "Handsome so enjoyed!" β
Ge Shuhan smiled happily: "These two women are my favorite concubines, if there is no war, I can't leave women for a moment, so I take them by my side." β
He said to the concubine who served the tea: "I have something important to discuss with General Li, don't disturb." β
"Yes!" The woman nodded in agreement, went back to the inner room, and closed the door.
Li Qing'an took a sip of tea slowly, his eyes fell on the map in front of him, and he realized that this was a combination of two maps, one was a map west of Qinghai, and the other was actually a map of Anxi, both of which bordered Tibet.
Li Qing'an had a slight realization in his heart, Ge Shuhan was afraid that he wanted to talk to him about Tubo, and he remembered that Li Linfu had told him that Li Longji would not reduce his army for the time being, and asked him to go to Ge Shuhan to discuss, and he should talk to Ge Shuhan and himself with the same meaning.
He didn't speak, just drank tea silently, waiting for Ge Shuhan to speak first.
"I want to launch a full-front war against Tibet at the turn of summer and autumn!" Ge Shuhan was not subtle, and said his thoughts straight to the point.
Seeing that Li Qing'an was silent, he continued: "The new king of Tubo is young, and the three factions of the Nayu clan and Ma Chongying and Shangxi Dongzan in the court are fiercely competing for power, which makes the national strength of Tubo in a period of weakness, and this is also a rare opportunity for us in a century, I think this opportunity must not be missed." β
"General Geshu means that Anxi will also join the war and launch a large-scale campaign on the eastern and western fronts."
"That's exactly what it means!" Ge Shuhan nodded and smiled: "The east and west fronts are fighting at the same time, so that Tubo can not take care of the beginning and the end, I believe that after this battle, our Tang army will seize Jiuqu and Dafeichuan, sweep away the Tubo people's logistics and grass nest, so that the Tang Dynasty will change from a strategic defensive to a strategic offensive against Tubo, and grasp the initiative for the first time, which can at least make Longyou gain fifty years of quiet." β
Li Qing'an understood what Ge Shuhan meant, this battle was actually based on Longyou, supplemented by Anxi, he came to cooperate with the Longyou army to fight, but this battle is also very necessary for Anxi, in Li Qing'an's plan, he will launch the Tocharian campaign to drive the Great Food Force out of Tocharo, but Tubo is a poisonous snake hidden behind him, it is very likely to take advantage of the Tang Army and the Great Food Army to suddenly send troops, or attack the big and small Bolu, or attack Khotan, so that the Tang Army is trapped in the passivity of the two-front battle, and the wolf Hui, It is also difficult to guarantee that it will not take the opportunity to launch a lightning attack on Beiting, and the Tang army will be defeated in a three-line battle.
And Ge Shuhan's suggestion came at a very timely time, it can ensure that the Anxi army will clear the Tibetan troubles before launching the Tocharian Campaign, so that they can finally go all out to launch the Tocharian Campaign, on the other hand, this will make it difficult for Li Longji to attack himself, whether it is militarily or politically, this is a win-win proposal.
However, the disadvantages of launching the campaign against Tibet first are also obvious, that will give Da Shi a chance to breathe, and when Tubo is defeated, Da Shi's African campaign will also end, and Da Shi will invest more troops to fight for Tocharo with himself, making the Battle of Tocharian more difficult.
But everything will have pros and cons, the pros outweigh the disadvantages, it is feasible, although Li Qing'an made up his mind, but he didn't want Ge Shuhan to get too easy, let Ge Shuhan get too easy, he lost the room to bargain with Ge Shuhan, and at the same time, he could also let Ge Shuhan pressure Li Longji and let Li Longji negotiate with him.
Thinking of this, Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "I wonder if this and the plan have been reported to the saint?" β
It should be said that this plan Ge Shuhan has been thinking about it for two whole years, since the capture of Shibao City, he has continued to move westward, trying to seize Dafeichuan and Jiuqu area, completely uprooting the logistics nest of the Tubo people, but he has not been able to succeed in using troops several times, the key is to be afraid of the 60,000 reinforcements on the western front of Tubo, so that he does not dare to go deep, and the small victory in capturing Tubo Shudun City will be stopped, which is also the reason why Li Qing'an fought against Dashi in the west of Lingxi, and the Tubo army did not stab the knife in the back.
At the beginning of last year, Ge Shuhan had considered uniting with the Anxi Army to fight together, so that the Anxi Army could contain the Western Front Army of Tubo, so that he could give it a go, but at that time, Li Qingan was fighting the Battle of Talas with Da Shi, and he had no time to look east to Tubo, so Ge Shuhan did not mention this matter again, and now Li Qing'an defeated the Great Food Army in Lingxi, with outstanding achievements, and the Anxi Army has become the head of all kinds of princes in terms of strength and territory.
At the same time, Gao Xianzhi also won a big victory in the south, showing off his might, and An Lushan also won the title of King of Dongping County because of the defeat of the Khitan.
Ge Shuhan couldn't sit still any longer, he also had to fight for a big victory over Tubo in order to establish his position in the top three of the Tang Dynasty, just as Li Qing'an ended the battle of Talas, Ge Shuhan's plan that he had considered for two years was finally able to jump on paper.
Li Longji has already made sense on his side, Li Longji is willing to fight this battle with the strength of the country, Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong also expressed their support for him, now the key is Li Qingan's attitude, Ge Shuhan also knows that relying on Li Longji to pressure Li Qingan will not work, Li Qingan can easily refuse, such as immediately provoking a war at the border of Dashi, so that the Anxi army is powerless.
It is still necessary for Li Qingan to sincerely support him, of course, Ge Shuhan is not without other plans, as long as the troops are sufficient, he can also fight on the east and west fronts.
He had considered asking Shuo Fangjun to help in the war again, but after he sent someone to express this willingness to An Sishun, An Sishun categorically refused, he had an extremely bad relationship with the An brothers, how could An Sishun come to help him again, this was what he expected.
There is also a plan is to transfer the inland government soldiers to Longyou to participate in the war, this plan can be realized, but the Guanzhong soldiers with a little combat power in the mainland have been transferred to Jiannan to Gao Xianzhi, and the rest are weak troops, their combat power and unable to adapt to the harsh environment, I am afraid that in the end not only can not help him, but also make him suffer a fiasco, then his brother Shuhan has no credit, but also to take responsibility, think about it, only let the Anxi army fight against Tubo from the western front, is the most secure, the most effective plan.
Ge Shuhan took the opportunity to help Li Qingan today, and cautiously made his request to Li Qingan, of course he also knew that this battle was also beneficial to Li Qingan, but the key was whether Li Qingan was willing to help him.
Fortunately, Li Qing'an did not refuse, which made Ge Shuhan's heart ignite a flame of hope, and he hurriedly smiled: "I have naturally submitted this plan to the Holy Lord, and the Holy Lord has agreed in principle, but this battle is too wide-ranging, not the Longyou Army can be defeated, and the Anxi Army of the virtuous brother must also participate in the war." β
Li Qing'an nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Brother Shu is for the country, Qing'an can not help, but this matter is very important, at that time, I was also trying to take advantage of the opportunity to launch the Tocharian Campaign when I had no time to go east, I was indeed a little embarrassed, but..."
Ge Shuhan's heart had just sank, and when he heard another turn in Li Qing'an's words, his heart seemed to have fallen into the mire and climbed up, so he hurriedly asked, "But what?" β
Li Qingan smiled slightly: "But the key is still in the imperial court, it depends on the saint, the frontier has been fighting for many years, the people in the country are burdened, and the national strength is exhausted, if Brother Geshu can completely convince the saint, I don't think Brother Geshu needs to come to me again, the saint will naturally come to me to talk." β
Ge Shuhan was silent, he somewhat understood what Li Qing'an meant, Li Qing'an wanted to bargain with Li Longji, Ge Shuhan also understood Li Qing'an's situation, on the surface, he seemed to be infinitely beautiful, but in fact he was also secretly in crisis, Yang Guozhong's provocation, Anxi's power was too big, and Li Longji sent the prince to Anxi, and Fan Yang and Longyou were not sent, if Li Longji really believed in Li Qingan, would he do this?
Li Qingan just wanted to take this opportunity to help Longyou use troops from the Western Front to ask Li Longji for some benefits, which is also human nature, as for the exhaustion of national strength, his brother Shuhan does not care.
Ge Shuhan nodded and said, "I understand what the virtuous brother means, I will also help the virtuous brother if I give him a favor and repay him with a peach." β
Li Qingan saw that Ge Shuhan understood what he meant, so he smiled and said, "Since Brother Ge Shu has asked me, how can he not express himself first?" β
Ge Shuhan was stunned, and he hurriedly said: "What does the virtuous brother want, just ask!" β
He pointed to the inner room of the carriage and smiled ambiguously: "Does Brother Xian want these two women?" I give it to you. β
Li Qingan shook his head and smiled: "A gentleman doesn't take away the love of others, Brother Brother Shu toasted me three glasses of horn wine, how can I take my brother's woman again, but this carriage is good, I like it very much." β
Ge Shuhan laughed, "Okay! Since the virtuous brother likes it, this carriage will be sent to you. β
οΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌ Xingqing Palace, Yang Yuhuan hurriedly walked to the Datong Hall surrounded by dozens of palace maids, she had just received the news, the saint was furious, and even executed three eunuchs one after another, these three eunuchs were the three people she had just sent to send to the Dugu family to send a congratulatory ceremony.
The reason for Li Longji's execution was that he went out of the palace without permission at night, Yang Yuhuan certainly understood where the anger of the saint came from, and Dugu Haoran announced the marriage date of Li Qingan and Dugu Mingyue, which made him angry.
Yang Yuhuan walked to the door of Datong Hall, she was just about to enter the hall, but several guards stopped her.
"Niangniang, there is an order from the saint that nothing should be disturbed by him."
"Can't even me?" Yang Yuhuan said with a gloomy face.
The guard's face was embarrassed, and Ai Ai said: "The Holy Lord ordered it like this, please forgive me!" β
Yang Yuhuan didn't speak for a long time, she knew that the saint must have pointed out that she was not allowed to enter the hall, otherwise the guards would not dare to let her in, it seemed that the saint was also angry that she sent someone to put pressure on Dugu Haoran, Yang Yuhuan sighed secretly in his heart.
On the day of her birthday last year, San Lang took a fancy to the glamorous Dugu Mingyue, and implicitly hinted to her that night that he wanted Dugu Mingyue to enter the palace, San Lang is the emperor of the world, and he took a fancy to a woman and let her enter the palace, which is a matter of course, she Yang Yuhuan will not and dare not obstruct it because of jealousy, but she will never allow Dugu Mingyue to enter the palace, because Dugu Mingyue has a marriage contract, and everyone in Chang'an knows that she does not want San Lang to hurt a frontier minister for a woman, I don't want Saburo to bear the infamy of being the wife of a minister again.
On the other hand, Mingyue is Li Qing'an's fiancΓ©e, Yang Yuhuan has always liked Li Qing'an, she doesn't want Li Qing'an to be humiliated, she doesn't want Li Qing'an to suffer the blow of taking his wife, of course, Yang Yuhuan is also a woman, Mingyue's beauty makes her a little uneasy, she is in her early thirties this year, and Mingyue is only twenty years old, and Mingyue will threaten her status after entering the palace.
So in public and private, Yang Yuhuan was never willing to enter the palace in Mingyue, she obstructed Li Longji several times, and today finally angered Li Longji and executed the eunuchs she sent, in fact, she was demonstrating to her.
There will be a court meeting tomorrow, Yang Yuhuan originally wanted to persuade Li Longji to calm his anger and rest early, but now she can't even enter the palace gate, she looked at the Datong Hall for a long time, and finally had to sigh and turn around and return to her bedroom.
In the Datong Palace, Li Longji was furious, he lost his mind a little, he was a dignified emperor, and he couldn't even get a woman he fancied, what did it mean to be an emperor? And that jealous woman, did she think she really could only spoil her alone? Dare to send eunuchs to put pressure on Dugu Haoran privately, what kind of person did she think of him Li Longji, and the Shengdou Xiaomin who lived at home?
"Presumptuous!" Li Longji picked up the inkstone and slammed it on the ground, smashing it into pieces with a 'bang'.
Yu Chaoen and the other eunuchs next to him trembled with fear, they had never seen the saint have lost such a big temper, if it was normal, they would immediately run to clean up the pieces, but now whoever dares to go over will die.
Li Longji vented his anger, his anger calmed down a little, at this time, he looked at a brocade box on the table, this is An Lushan gave him a hundred flowers the year before last, the size is like japonica rice and the color is red, before going to bed with a grain of incense, help the mood to be happy, tireless, he called it Han Zhi Shen Jiao, this thing cured his unspeakable hidden, he rewarded An Lushan for this, and even named him the king of the county.
But then he found that the side effects of this thing were too heavy, after using it, he would be exhausted the next day, dizzy for a few days, he had not used it for nearly a year, today he specially found out, just wanted to wait for Dugu Haoran to secretly send Dugu Mingyue into the palace tonight, he could have a good night, but the good thing fell through, so that his lust would eat himself.
Li Longji was horny in his heart, he was angry with Yang Yuhuan again, he didn't want to go to her, he was upset in his heart, then he suddenly remembered Concubine Mei, that fresh and elegant, delicate and beautiful strange woman, the same beauty, never disobeyed him, he had also doted on her for several years, it seemed that he hadn't seen her for seven or eight years, she lived alone in Taiji Palace, and I don't know how she is doing? The longing in Li Longji's heart came suddenly, and he beckoned to Yu Chaoen.
Yu Chaoen hurriedly came up and said, "Your Majesty, please command!" β
Li Longji whispered to him: "You take my gold medal, go to Taiji Palace, and secretly bring Concubine Mei to me and bring it to Datong Palace, do you know?" β
Yu Chaoen was stunned for a moment, how could the saint suddenly think of Jiang Caiping, how many years has it been, he hurriedly nodded and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the slave will go now, and I will pick it up for Your Majesty immediately." β
If Yang Yuhuan is a big fish and big meat, Jiang Caiping is a fresh and delicious side dish, and big fish and big meat will eventually get tired of eating one day.
Thinking that Concubine Mei was coming, the anger in Li Longji's heart finally subsided, and he gradually regained his senses, only then did he remember that there was still one big thing to do, and tomorrow would be the morning dynasty, and he still had a few words to forget to tell Yang Guozhong.
Li Longji immediately instructed a eunuch: "Go, quickly call Yang Guozhong to me!" β
(To be continued)