Chapter 356: The First Corner
readx; Li Wan never thought that his father would send him to Lingzhou, his heart was full of bitterness, of course he knew what it meant to go to Lingzhou, not only to face the danger of being taken hostage by An Sishun, but more importantly, to whom would his Hedong army be handed over?
Suddenly, Li Wan understood that the real reason why his father ordered him to come to Guanlong to escort him was not an escort, but in the name of escorting, to seize his military power, and think about it a little deeper, maybe Wu Xianyi's two sons, like himself, just made wedding dresses for their father. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It is no wonder that his father is willing to agree to the request of the party members to let them defend against Hui, he wants to bring the Shuofang army back to Chang'an, and then the 180,000 troops will be handed over to the crown prince Li Yu, which may be the real reason why the father wants to come to Shuofang in person.
"What! Won't you go? ”
Li Longji coughed twice, and his tone gradually became stern, just as Li Wan guessed, Li Longji came to Shuofang this time to collect troops, there are only 80,000 troops in Guanzhong, most of them are new soldiers, how can these troops resist the male soldiers of the Jiedu envoy, Li Longji has been the emperor for nearly forty years, he understands this truth, this is also the reason why he tried his best to fight Tubo, if he crippled Tubo, Longyou and Hexi would not be so threatened, so that he could transfer part of the army back to defend Chang'an, as for his imperial patrol of Guanlong, On the one hand, of course, he wanted to personally seize the power of An Sishun, but on the other hand, he also wanted to use this opportunity to collect troops and let these troops return to Chang'an, which was his wishful thinking.
At this time, he felt that his son had seen his true thoughts, his eyes involuntarily showed a trace of murderous intent, the flesh on his face trembled, his love was gone, and he became extremely hideous and terrifying, and said, "Do you also want to resist the decree?" ”
"The child doesn't dare, the child will leave early tomorrow morning."
"Nope! You go now, go now! ”
Li Wan was helpless, so he had to tremble and say, "The child obeys the order." ”
After Li Wan left, Wu Xianyi wiped the sweat on Li Longji's forehead and complained to him in a low voice: "It's so dark outside, and it's raining, it's better to let him go tomorrow." ”
Li Longji didn't answer her words, closed his eyes, and after a while, his face suddenly showed a painful expression, and he hurriedly said, "Quick!" Give me that medicine. ”
Wu Xianyi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you are unwell and can't take that medicine, the imperial doctor has repeatedly told you not to take it when you're sick." ”
"You're fast.... Give me! Li Longji grabbed her wrist with such force that he almost pinched her arm, and his eyes revealed a strange luster, which made Wu Xianyi feel a pang of horror in his heart.
"I'll just give it to you."
She didn't dare to refuse any longer, so she took out a small sandalwood box from the box, opened it, and inside were dozens of red pills as big as red grapes, this crimson made Wu Xianyi think of Li Longji's eyes just now, and she felt even more inexplicably worried in her heart.
"Hurry up!"
Li Longji was urging her again, Wu Xianyi had to take out two pills, walked quickly in front of him, carefully helped him up, and gently stuffed a pill into his mouth, Li Longji was like a hungry and thirsty person, chewed the medicine in a few moments, swallowed it, Wu Xianyi fed him two more mouthfuls of water, and quietly pinched another pill in the palm of his hand, but Li Longji glanced at her hand and said, "And!" ”
Wu Xianyi was helpless, sighed secretly in his heart, and had to stuff another pill into his mouth, Li Longji took the medicine, slowly lay down, and after a while, the strange gaze in his eyes reappeared, and his hand slowly reached into Wu Xianyi's skirt.
Wu Xianyi was shocked, grabbed Li Longji's hand, and begged: "Your Majesty, you are sick!" When you get better, the concubines will definitely serve you well, and now Your Majesty can't do this, you have to take care of your body. ”
Li Longji pulled her hand away a little roughly, and the hand continued to explore upwards along her inner thigh, Wu Xianyi was scared and nervous in her heart, and she didn't know what to do, suddenly, she trembled, and fell to her knees in front of Li Longji with some paralysis, as the strength of Li Longji's hand gradually increased, she also gasped in a low voice, and the two palace maids next to her finally found that something was wrong, they quickly closed the curtain and closed the tent door.
The two of them stood outside the tent and looked at each other in horror, the saint was really dead, he was so sick and still doing such a thing, at this time, he only heard a low scream from Wu Xianyi and the rhythmic creak of the bed from the curtains, and the two palace maids sighed secretly and left quietly.
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier.
........... Huizhou is close to Lingzhou, that is, the area of Jingyuan County, Gansu Province today, here is the Liupan Mountains, the mountains are continuous, the terrain is rugged, although it is not very far from Lingzhou, but the Shuofang army needs to cross the Liupan Mountain, coupled with heavy rain, this is also a severe test for their march.
It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Shuofang's army crossed Liupan Mountain with difficulty, and then they were only halfway away, located in the territory of Wulan County, An Sishun was like a fire, he knew that his whereabouts must have been known by Li Longji, if he didn't cross the river again, once he was caught up by the imperial army, he would die without a place to die.
"Dashuai!"
An officer came at a gallop and reported: "The spies have received news that due to heavy rain, the water of the Yellow River has risen sharply, and the wind and waves are high at night, and it is impossible to cross the river. ”
"Is there any news from the Holy One?"
"Not for the time being, they should still be in Qinggangling, the spies said that the rain over there is heavier."
An Sishun thought for a while and said categorically: "I won't go to Huizhou to cross the river, just cross the river from Wulan Ferry." ”
Wulan County is an important pass of the Yellow River, on the other side of the river is the station of the Xinquan Army, less than half an hour, the army has arrived at the ferry, because the water here is gentle, it is easier to cross the river, so it is a prosperous place of commerce and trade since ancient times, and Wulan County is also formed from this.
At noon, it was lunch time, most of the boat people were eating in the boat, at this moment, a thousand vanguard troops roared, the soldiers rushed to the big ship in twos and threes, scolded angrily, snatched the boats, and in a moment, more than 200 passenger and cargo ships were expropriated by the Shuo army.
In less than half an hour, An Sishun's army rushed to the ferry, and dozens of passenger and cargo ferries forcibly collected by the vanguard troops had been waiting for a long time, An Sishun immediately ordered to get on the boat, but at this time there was an accident, and rumors began to appear in the army, An Sishun was not going to Hexi to fight against the Hui army, but the imperial army was about to come to Lingzhou, and An Sishun went to Hexi in order to escape.
The rumors soon spread, and the three armies shouted and refused to get on board.
"An Shuai, please make it clear before leaving!"
An Sishun had no choice but to order someone to build a high platform, and in the dripping rain and fog, he walked on the high platform.
"Brothers, there are rumors that I have fled from the Holy Lord and gone to Hexi, and I know where this rumor begins, and I can tell you with a pat on my chest that there is no such thing! I received news that the Hui people had moved south from Juyan to Zhangye, and the situation was critical, and the Hexi army was transferred by Geshuhan, and the Hexi army was empty. ”
He took out a decree from his bosom, which was the will of his abonement of the Celestial Rites, and he raised it high and shouted, "Do you see it clearly? This is the Divine Decree! ”
He walked down the steps, unfurled the decree, lifted them in front of the soldiers, and shouted, "Do you see clearly? See? ”
Not to mention that the rain and fog obstructed the vision and could not read the handwriting on it clearly, even if they could see it clearly, most of the soldiers were illiterate, and no one knew what was written on it, but An Sishun's gesture temporarily dispelled the doubts of the soldiers.
Seeing that everyone believed it, An Sishun immediately waved his hand and ordered: "The whole army is on board!" ”
The army began to board the ship one after another, and at this time, a confidant general slowly walked in front of An Sishun and said in a low voice: "I can only hide it for a while, after arriving in Hexi, I have not returned to the army, how can the marshal explain it in the future?" ”
An Sishun looked at the soldiers who were queuing up to board the ship, and sighed softly, "The plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky!" ”
........ More than 200 big ships slowly sailed to the opposite bank in the dense rain, the rain on the river was very heavy, the wind and waves were high, the big ships were violently bumped on the river surface, the driving was extremely difficult, and there was the danger of capsizing if they were not careful, in this weather the ships generally did not sail, but under the coercion of the sergeants, the boatmen had to steer the boats in the wind and waves, and the speed was extremely slow.
After traveling for more than an hour, the ships finally arrived at the opposite shore one after another, An Sishun's boat was in the middle, his ship was the largest, with a thousand stones, which could carry more than 500 people, sitting on An Sishun and his more than 200 personal soldiers, the big ship had not yet docked, An Sishun found the abnormality on the other side, only to see a team of cavalry galloping on the shore, separating his soldiers, the cavalry was shouting loudly, An Sishun seemed to step on the air and fell into the abyss, he had already reacted, these cavalry were not his army, It could only be Guo Ziyi's pursuers who arrived.
At this time, a large group of military horses slowly appeared on the shore, and I saw that at the front of the team was a veteran, with iron helmet and silver armor, majestic, looking coldly at his big ship, officially about to replace his new Shuo Fang Jiedu envoy Guo Ziyi.
He was still not deceived by himself, An Sishun almost wanted to jump into the Yellow River in pain, he knew too well Guo Ziyi's prestige in the Shuofang army, except for his own personal soldiers, all the soldiers believed in him, it was over, he was completely finished.
At this time, more than 10,000 soldiers who had already landed on the shore burst out with a shout: "Never betray the Tang Dynasty, follow General Guo!" ”
Even several of his henchmen and generals were raising their arms and shouting, and An Sishun felt a chill in his heart, when a personal soldier stepped forward and said, "An Shuai, let's go back to the other side immediately!" ”
An Sishun shook his head gently, although the world is big, where is there a place for him, An Lushan is fancy his army, and now that his army is lost, there is no use value, will An Lushan take the risk of taking him in? Besides, they have no blood relationship in the first place, An Lushan is just a fake surname of his An surname.
"Sail the boat up, I want to talk to Guo Ziyi!"
The big boat slowly approached the shore, An Shunsi walked to the bow of the boat, and said in a loud voice: "Please General Guo come forward to talk!" ”
Guo Ziyi urged the horse forward, hugged his fists on the horse and said: "An Shuai, I'm sorry, I can't let you go to Hexi?" ”
"You know I'm going to Hexi?" An Sishun stared into his eyes and said.
Guo Ziyi nodded, "In fact, you have nowhere to go except Hexi." ”
"Then what if I go to Fan Yang?"
"Instead of taking refuge in Fan Yang, it is better to surrender to Your Majesty, with Dashuai Ning as the head of the chicken, not the surname of the Ox Queen, I know that Dashuai will definitely not go to An Lushan, besides, Gao Xiuyan told me that Dashuai taking refuge in An Lushan is just a pretense."
"Humph!" An Sishun snorted coldly and said, "If you successfully intercept me this time, you will definitely get a heavy reward from Li Longji!" ”
"Ann Sishun!" Guo Ziyi glared suddenly, and said sharply: "Don't you regret it now?" ”
An Sishun laughed, the more he laughed, the louder he became, and finally looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing so much that tears flowed out, he suddenly closed his laughter, and said to Guo Ziyi with disdain: "Guo Ziyi, do you think Li Longji is really your Shuofang Festival envoy?" Don't dream, he's just using you temporarily, and sooner or later you'll become a ghost under his knife, and I'm going to be your end tomorrow! If you let me go, I will serve you as the master, I will be your lieutenant, and we will open up a big thing in Hexi together, how about it? ”
Although An Sishun knew that there was little hope, he still wanted to give it a try, but the miracle did not happen, Guo Ziyi shook his head slightly, "An Sishun, I will give you one last chance, bow your head and arrest it, I will intercede with the saint and beg him to spare your life." ”
"What if I don't say yes?"
Guo Ziyi stopped talking, he waved his hand, nearly a thousand cavalry picked up the short spear together, and a thousand cold spears were aimed at him, although he couldn't use crossbow arrows in the rain, but these thousand short spears were enough to stab him to pieces, he didn't even have a chance to escape, An Sishun knew that he could not be spared, he suddenly pulled out his sword, and laughed, "I An Sishun stands between heaven and earth, I can't dominate one side, and I can survive in the world, I have no hope in this life, so I will wait in the next life!" ”
He slammed his sword across his neck, blood burst out, staining the entire sword red, his throat rattled several times, a large amount of blood gushed out again, he stared at the river, and finally at the tens of thousands of soldiers standing on the shore, he smiled miserably, and fell straight backwards.
Guo Ziyi sighed in a low voice, and ordered left and right: "Take his head, put it in the box, pass on my order, and the army will cross the river again." ”
He turned his horse's head and walked slowly towards the army in a lonely manner, and An Sishun's words seemed to still echo in his ears: 'Do you think Li Longji is sincerely appointed as your Shuofang Festival envoy? Don't dream, he's just using you temporarily, and sooner or later you'll become a ghost under his knife, and I'm going to be your end tomorrow! ’
Guo Ziyi looked up at the gray sky, the dense raindrops slapped on his face, and his eyes were also full of confusion, is it really like An Sishun, isn't the saint worthy of allegiance?
(To be continued)