Chapter 581: Special Reinforcements
readx; Zhang Yun's hobby is still fishing, which has almost become his only hobby, as soon as he takes a break in the middle of the year, he will go to the nearby river to fish for a day, today is no exception, he went out with a small stool and fishing gear before dawn, he wore a wide-body Zen robe, wearing a hat, looking quite leisurely. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
A few old fishermen are also familiar with him, although they know that he is the most powerful Xiangguo, but it does not make him feel uncomfortable, Zhang Yun is called Lao Zhang by everyone, at this time, he is no different from ordinary people.
But today Zhang Yun seemed a little absent-minded, on the one hand, it was Song Qian's death that made him regret, and on the other hand, he was very worried that someone would use Song Qian to do his article, and he also knew who this person was, this person was a cancer in the political hall, except for Lu Huan, he wanted to kill the rest of the important ministers.
It was precisely because of his heart that Zhang Yun fished for an hour before he caught a fish, and the fishermen next to him also saw that he had something on his mind, and no one dared to disturb him.
At this time, a carriage slowly stopped by the small bridge, and a young official got out of the carriage, his name was Zhou Cheng, he was the servant of the Yushi Terrace, and he was also Zhang Yun's protégé, and he also participated in the trial of the case of courtiers colluding with An Lushan this time.
Zhou Cheng quickly walked down the path next to him, squatted beside Zhang Yun, and whispered to him: "Teacher, that person may be unfavorable to you today." ”
"What did you find?"
Zhang Yun asked expressionlessly, as if what Zhou Cheng said had nothing to do with him.
"Last night he stayed in the Yushitai all night, and he has been collecting the relationship between Song Qian and you, and when someone brought him tea, he saw that he was writing an impeachment letter, and it was against the teacher.
"And then?"
"Then before dawn, he went back to Zhongshu Province, and then came out and went to the military department, and the news I just got that he finally went to Zhao Wangfu."
"Humph!"
Zhang Yun snorted heavily, "Since he can't get along with the old man, that's good, I don't think he will be the right minister for long." ”
"Teacher, what should we do about this?"
"What to do?"
Zhang Yun glanced at Zhou Cheng and said lightly: "Let him dance alone, we will treat it as if nothing happened, I don't believe that Li Qingan will really condone his impeachment, the more fierce he jumps, the greater the ugliness." ”
Zhou Cheng was stunned for a long time, Zhang Yun's statement made him a little overwhelmed, and he shouted: "Then what can I do for my teacher?" ”
Zhang Yun smiled slightly and said: "You don't have to do anything, if you really want to do something for me, then okay, I have a black fishing rod in the carriage above, you can bring it for me!" ”
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Zhou Cheng said goodbye and left, Zhang Yun's face began to become more and more gloomy, he just didn't want to show his mind in front of his protégé, this didn't mean that he really didn't care, in fact, he cared a lot, he sneered a few times in his heart, since Pei Zunqing wanted to play with him, well, he would have a good time with this old guy.
Zhang Yun stopped fishing for the first time, he packed up his fishing gear, said hello to a few fishermen, said that he was unwell, and he got on the bridge and got into his carriage.
"Master, are you going home?" The coachman asked quietly.
Zhang Yun was still pondering, he remembered that yesterday when Wei Tao went down to the court, he invited him to sit in the mansion when he was free, this was the first time that he and Wei Tao had been officials in the same dynasty for decades, and Wei Tao invited him to sit in the mansion for the first time, of course Zhang Yun also understood what Wei Tao meant, isn't Dali Shaoqing Zhao Yuanwei also his protégé? Obviously, he wanted to form an alliance with himself against Pei Zunqing, in that case, why wouldn't he do it?
"Don't go home, go to Quchifang, go to Weifu!"
The carriage started and drove towards Wei Tao's mansion at a high speed, Pei Zunqing may not have dreamed that his impeachment of Zhang Yun was unsuccessful, but it promoted the gradual formation of an anti-Pei front.
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Zhao Wangfu, Pei Zunqing reluctantly resigned, he came with confidence, this time to deal with the official's case, in his opinion, is an excellent opportunity, Li Qingan can use this opportunity to purge dissidents, of course, this is also an opportunity for him to establish his authority, take this opportunity to purge Zhang Yun, Wei Tao and other old ministers, at that time, he Pei Zunqing is the number one important minister in the political hall, he thought that he would get Li Qingan's support.
But he didn't expect Li Qing'an's attitude to be so tough, yes, what he thought of was the word tough, this was the toughest he had ever seen since he dealt with Li Qing'an, and he vetoed his proposal without hesitation, without any leeway.
This made Pei Zunqing both disappointed and helpless, he didn't understand why Li Qingan didn't take advantage of this opportunity, this is also his limiting surname, he has selfish interests in his heart, and he will never understand Li Qing'an's heart for the world.
Pei Zunqing sighed and left with a sense of loss, in his opinion, this matter was over, but he didn't know that the anti-Pei trend caused by this incident had just begun.
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A few days passed, Li Qing'an went to Tongguan for a few days, and in the afternoon, he had just returned to Chang'an, when he received news from the direction of Xianyang, a special army from Anxi had arrived in Xianyang, and asked him to go to deal with it immediately, and Li Qing'an immediately rushed to Xianyang.
Soon, more than 1,000 cavalry escorted Li Qing'an to the Xianyang Anxi Army camp, a few miles away from the Anxi Army, only to see the local people helping the old and the young to rush to the direction of the barracks, and there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the official road, which made Li Qing'an feel a little surprised, what did so many people rush to the barracks for?
"Get out of the way!"
Several personal soldiers opened the way in front, and in a moment, Li Qing'an's army rushed to the front of the barracks, in an open space in front of the barracks, crowded with crowds of people, all of them were local people, the crowd was noisy and laughing, and the enthusiasm was abnormal, only to see that in the large circle of the crowd besieging the city, there were dozens of elephants pacing slowly, led by elephant slaves, and dozens of children were riding on the back of elephants, screaming with excitement.
"It turned out to be an elephant!"
Li Qingan shook his head and smiled, he knew that these elephants came from Xinde to build the Tang Straight Road, and seeing that the Tang Straight Road was about to be completed, these elephants should have returned to Xinde, but they ran to Chang'an, which made him feel a little strange.
Li Qing'an arrived at the camp gate, turned over and dismounted and entered the barracks, but he was stunned when he entered the barracks, only to see thousands of elephants neatly parked in a corner of the barracks, and the momentum was magnificent. ”
Li Qingan pointed to the elephant herd with a horsewhip and said, "What's the matter with these elephants?" ”
Li Siye smiled apologetically: "This is the group of elephants that built the road, originally selected from the war statues of Xinde, I heard that they were going to be sent back, so I felt a little pity, and proposed to send these war elephants to the Central Plains, and they were really sent, general, I think that these war elephants can be used to organize an elephant cavalry, which will have a surprise effect." ”
Li Qing'an walked up to a war elephant, this is an adult war elephant, huge, two long tusks, this elephant is draped in glittering armor, a Tang Army archer rides on the back of the war elephant, and there are baffle armor on the front and back of the saddle.
"General, please look!"
Li Siye pointed to the wide saddle on the elephant and said: "In addition to the elephant slave, an elephant can also accommodate two archers, and when the elephant hits the enemy formation, the crossbowmen can release arrows on both sides and shoot the enemy generals." ”
"Hmm!" Li Qing'an took a closer look, then patted the elephant and said, "Yes, I will hand over this elephant cavalry to you." ”
After a pause, he smiled again and asked, "Is this the special reinforcement you want me to see?" ”
"Nope! No, they're just big statues, not reinforcements, real special reinforcements are waiting for the general, the general, please come with me! ”
Li Siye led Li Qing'an through the big camp and walked to another small camp next to the main camp, which was originally the field hospital of the Anxi Army, with dozens of female escorts accompanying the army, but because the wounded soldiers in the Han were placed in Xianyang City, and the female escorts also followed, this small camp became an empty camp.
But at this time, there was another special army stationed in the barracks, numbering about 3,000 people, all riding camels, wearing tight leather armor, using short spears, this army turned out to be the Great Food Army, and it was the Great Food Khorasan Army, Li Qing'an recognized the unique Black Eagle Banner of the Khorasan Army at a glance.
"How can it be the Great Food Army?" Li Qingan asked a little strangely.
"I don't know the specifics, their leader said that he must see the general."
"Check it out!"
Li Qing'an led everyone to the big tent, a general of the Great Food Army had already heard the news, this person was extremely tall, a little older, nearly forty years old, he put his hand on his chest, bowed to Li Qing'an and said: "In the Lower Khorasan Army Jabr, see General Li, we are ordered by the caliph to come to support the Anxi army!" ”
He spoke Turkic and stammered, but to Li Qing'an, he seemed to have heard a ridiculous thing, the old opponent who had fought for many years actually sent troops to support him, and only sent 3,000 troops, this is obviously a kind of support symbolic surname, what is the reason?
He looked at this Gabr again, only to see that he took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Li Qing'an with both hands, and said, "This is a letter from His Majesty our caliph to the general. ”
Li Qing'an took the letter, it was indeed Mansour's handwritten letter, the letter was written in Arabic, but there was a Chinese translation below, he read it quickly, Mansur's meaning was very clear, that is, he hoped that the Tang Dynasty could completely open up trade with Arabia, cancel the limit that the upper limit could not exceed 1,000 guan, as a sign of sincerity, he would also do his best to put down the rebellion of An Lushan for the Tang Dynasty.
Li Qing'an nodded, Mansur was indeed more thoughtful, it would definitely be difficult to accept sending more troops into Tang, and if there were fewer troops, it would make no sense, so he only sent 3,000 troops to come.
However, he didn't know about this matter in advance, and Li Qing'an's heart was annoyed, who made the decision without authorization and magnified the entry of the food army? And such a major matter dared not report to himself in advance.
He glanced at Li Siye coldly, Li Siye was frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "General, I don't know about this matter, but when they arrived in Fengxiang, I was notified, on the one hand, I sent troops to control them, on the other hand, I immediately reported to the general, but the general went to Tongguan, I was afraid that they would make trouble in Fengxiang, so I escorted them back to the Xianyang camp, under our strict control, this kind of major matter, subordinates will never dare to make decisions without permission." ”
Li Qing'an snorted coldly, and asked this Gabr again: "Who allowed you to cross the Amu Darya River and enter the territory of Datang?" ”
Gabr took out another document, Li Qing'an recognized it at a glance, it was a pass to enter the Tang Dynasty, which was generally issued by the Anxi Trade Department to merchants, just like the visas of later generations, many big cities have them, foreign caravans want to enter the Tang Dynasty, they must apply in advance, and the caravan can only enter after getting the pass, otherwise it will be regarded as illegal entry by the Anxi border army and will be severely punished.
But if it is an army crossing the border, it needs to be approved by the military head of Anxi, this article has clear regulations, less than 100 people, approved by the regional governor, such as Li Siye, the governor of Hezhong, etc., but the entry of more than 100 troops must be approved by Li Qing'an, and now the Dashi army is 3,000 people, and Li Qing'an actually knows nothing.
Li Qingan took the pass from the other party, opened it with a gloomy face, and saw that the last signer turned out to be Duan Xiushi.
In other words, Duan Xiushi overstepped his authority to approve the entry of a 3,000-person cannibal army, and it was an extremely serious overstepping of his authority.
Li Siye on the side secretly glanced at Li Qing'an's face, and saw that Li Qing'an, who had always been calm, had a trace of anger in his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, in fact, when he was in Fengxiang, he already knew that this was Duan Xiushi's overstepping of his authority, Li Qing'an would never tolerate this kind of overstepping his authority, and he didn't know why Duan Xiushi made such a serious and obvious mistake, he could only explain that Duan Xiushi was testing Li Qing'an's bottom line, or he was reminding Li Qing'an to let go of power, obviously, Duan Xiushi was no longer satisfied with the military position of deputy envoy of Jiedu, he wanted to turn into a deputy envoy of Jiedu, so he tested Li Qing'an on this issue.
Li Siye sighed in his heart, this Duan Xiushi was really hot-headed for a while, and made such a foolish decision, because he stayed with Li Qing'an for so many years, and he didn't know Li Qing'an so much, he knew that Duan Xiushi was because Li Guangbi was named the envoy of the Longyou Festival, and Li Fei Shouyu was named the envoy of the Hexi Festival, so he Duan Xiushi was also itchy and wanted to be the envoy of the festival, but he forgot Anxi's important surname to Li Qing'an, and Li Guangbi and Li Fei Shouyu are both in name only, although they are the envoys of the festival, but people are fighting in the Central Plains, This is completely different from him Duan Xiushi sitting in Anxi, so how can Li Qingan continue to rest assured that he is in charge of Anxi.
Li Qingan did not have an immediate attack, but handed the pass to Li Siye and said, "I will hand over this big food army to you, and arrange a place for them to be stationed." ”
He smiled at the Great Food General Gabr again: "You are welcome to come to the aid of the Tang Army, you can write to Harry to report it, just say that I have felt his sincerity, I will consider some of his requests, and soon, there will be new regulations on the Anxi side." ”
With that, he nodded and turned away.
Within three days, Li Qing'an issued an order for the transfer of the army, appointing Duan Xiushi as the envoy of the Guannei Daojiedu, no longer in charge of Anxi's military affairs, and Feng Changqing was appointed as the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu and the governor of Broken Leaves.
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(To be continued)