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On this morning, a team of cavalry passed through the Yanzhi Mountain Gorge and came to Qilian City, an old general rushed up the high slope on horseback, and looked at Qilian City in the distance, he saw a group of war horses galloping past the edge of Qilian City, and couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect that I, Guo Ziyi, would come to Hexi to release horses." ”

Hearing him say humorous, several of the entourage behind him laughed, and Cheng Qianli, the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu who followed Guo Ziyi, said with a smile: "The old general has time to go to Anxi to see, where the grassland is vast, and it is a good place to put horses!" ”

Cheng Qianli is also ill-fated, can not stay in Anxi, forced to return to Beijing to relax, and later got Li Yu's recommendation, was appointed as the deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu, but when he was the envoy of Hedong Jiedu Rongwang Li Wan did not like him, he was set in the air, so that his deputy envoy of Jiedu was in name only, and then An Lushan occupied Hedong, but he had the intention to win him over, but Cheng Qianli was unwilling to serve An Lushan, so he abandoned the official and fled back to Chang'an, his move was appreciated by the new emperor Li Yu, and was appointed as the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, This time, Guo Ziyi was ordered to come to Hexi to carry out a special mission, and Li Yu specially instructed Guo Ziyi to bring him with him.

Guo Ziyi heard Cheng Qianli talk about Anxi, and he couldn't help but sigh: "I'm old, I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to go to Anxi again in this life." ”

"I don't think so."

Cheng Qianli looked at both sides, and then lowered his voice and said: "If the old general can successfully recapture the Hexi Army this time, I think that sooner or later the Holy Lord will send the old general to lead the army into Anxi." ”

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Guo Ziyi glanced at him with some dissatisfaction, and said, "The Holy Lord has no intention of doing so, and we don't have any reason to attack Anxi. ”

"But ....."

Without waiting for him to say more, Guo Ziyi stopped him with a wave of his hand, "General Cheng, there is one thing I hope you can understand, Li Qingan's Anxi Army is the western wall of the Tang Dynasty, and I don't want this wall to fall down unless it is absolutely necessary." ”

After speaking, he urged the horse and galloped towards Qilian City, Cheng Qianli looked at his back, couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said to himself: "Old general, there are some things that you and I can't decide. ”

．．．．．．．．． The night shrouded Zhangye City, and the cold moonlight revealed from the thin cloud veil, scattering a faint light on the earth, making Zhangye City look particularly cold and desolate.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and I saw a group of cavalry appear on the official road in the distance, quickly approaching the city gate, and an officer led by him waved his hand and shouted: "I am General Luo Zhengyi, and I have an urgent military situation to see General Meng Yun." ”

The defenders of the city were Meng Yunbu, and when they saw that the person who came in the night was Luo Zhengyi, they immediately opened the city gate, and a group of cavalry galloped into Zhangye City.

The lights were still on in the yamen, the head of the Hexi camp, at this time, Li Fei Shouyu couldn't sleep all night, Guo Ziyi was going to Hexi to serve as a stable envoy, and he also got more complicated information than broken leaves, Ge Shuhan's army had withdrawn from Liangzhou, and now the army stationed in Liangzhou was 20,000 Shuofang troops, and there were also 10,000 Longyou troops in Dadou Tugu, which showed that Shuofang troops and Longyou troops had united, and the situation became confusing.

Lifei Shouyu is now in a dilemma, Anxi has an extremely strict army transfer system, in addition to the generals' personal soldiers, the army of more than 100 people must have the signature and seal of Anxi commander Li Qing'an, if he transfers the army out of Ganzhou without authorization, that is the most serious crime of the Anxi army, the crime should be punished, of course, if the situation is critical, he Lifei Shouyu is also willing to bear this responsibility and protect the army.

But if the army withdraws from Hexi, it means that Hexi will be handed over, and the corridor for the Anxi army to enter the Central Plains will disappear, and the consequences will be equally serious.

At this time, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door, and a personal soldier reported outside the door: "General, broken leaves are urgent!" ”

Li Fei Shouyu was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Quickly bring it in!" ”

The soldiers came in and handed over a tube of red pigeon letters, Li Fei Shouyu opened the letter, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, the content of the letter was very short, the situation was critical, and he was ordered to withdraw his troops back to Anxi immediately.

Li Fei Shouyu slowly put down the pigeon letter, in his memory, this is the first time that the princess has publicly signed, to some extent, this is indeed interference in the military and political affairs of Anxi, but Li Fei Shouyu knows that the princess will never interfere in the internal affairs of Anxi, not to mention that she is still pregnant with Liujia, this time, because Li Qingan is not in Anxi, it can only mean that the situation is urgent.

Since there was the princess's signature, Lifei Shouyu did not hesitate, he immediately ordered: "Order Meng Yun to come to see me immediately." ”

The 40,000 troops currently stationed in Hexi are the Hedong Army that Li Qing'an has won over a few months ago, and because the time is too short, Li Qing'an has not been able to change the generals of the Hedong Army for a while, and he still appoints them as generals, and the 40,000 Hedong Army is stationed in Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Guazhou, of which the 20,000 troops of Meng Yun and Luo Zhengyi are stationed in Ganzhou, while Wu Yong's 20,000 troops are stationed in Suzhou and Guazhou respectively.

Among the three generals in Hedong, Wu Yong's troops were the largest, Meng Yun's troops were the most elite, and Luo Zhengyi's army was the least and weakest.

At present, the 10,000 defenders of Zhangye are Meng Yun's subordinates, Meng Yun is the oldest of the three generals in Hedong, about forty-five or sixteen years old, in Hedong for more than 20 years, from a small soldier step by step to the Datong Army, the official worships the general Yunlu, and has a high prestige in the Hedong Army, he is now appointed as the deputy head of the Hexi Xing Battalion, the governor of Ganzhou, and he has 15,000 troops under him, all of whom are loyal to his elite of the Datong Army.

At this moment, Meng Yun is receiving Luo Zhengyi who has just arrived from Qilian City, Luo Zhengyi is the weakest of the three generals in Hedong, he was originally the soldier and horse envoy of the Chengtian Army, the official worships General Yiwei, a few levels lower than Meng Yun, he has only 5,000 troops under his command, and most of them are old and weak and remnants, so Luo Zhengyi's status in the three is also the lowest, after coming to Hexi, he was appointed as the Qilian soldier and horse envoy and the deputy governor of Ganzhou, stationed in Qilian City.

Although Luo Zhengyi has the lowest position among the three, he is the first person Li Yu to woo, his uncle Luo Bingzhen is the Shangshu Zuo Cheng of the court, Li Yu gave him the secret decree of the three generals of Zhao'an through his uncle, and today, Luo Zhengyi rushed from Qilian City to find Meng Yun, it was for this matter.

"Big brother, this is the will of the Holy God to us, what a chance!"

Luo Zhengyi lowered his voice, he didn't dare to disturb Meng Yun's contemplation, Meng Yun stared motionlessly at the secret decree on the table, which clearly had his name, if Meng Yun was loyal to me, he would be the general of Jin Wuwei and the prince of Pingyi County.

Pingyi County, Hedong is Meng Yun's hometown, and his hometown was knighted to him, which made Meng Yun's heart pound, but Meng Yun also knew that loyalty to the Holy Lord meant betraying Li Qing'an, he had made a poisonous oath at the beginning, and he would be loyal to Li Qing'an, if he betrayed Li Qing'an, then what was the oath?

He pondered for a long time, and then asked in a deep voice, "Where is Old General Guo now?" ”

"General Guo is in Qilian City, and Cheng Qianli is also here."

Luo Zhengyi knew Meng Yun very well, and he knew that Meng Yun was in a state of hesitation, so he took out a letter and handed it to him: "This is a handwritten letter from General Guo to the general. ”

Meng Yun opened the letter, the letter was only half a page, and the meaning was very simple, betraying Li Qing'an was just a small section, loyalty to the saint was the great righteousness, integrity, and the way back, he advised Meng Yun to seize this opportunity and stop being obsessed.

"Righteousness, integrity!"

These four words were like a sledgehammer, knocking heavily on Meng Yun's heart, making him feel a sense of sudden enlightenment, righteousness and integrity were enough to offset the worry of his poisonous oath, and his gaze returned to the secret purpose, at this moment, the canonization of the general and the prince of Pingyi County was so tempting to him.

"!"

He struck with a fist, and Huo Ran got up and said, "I have decided, allegiance to the Holy Lord." ”

Luo Zhengyi was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "What about Wu Yong?" ”

"Wu Yong is not your business or mine, Cheng Qianli was his boss, since Cheng Qianli is also here, that is his business."

Meng Yun looked at the hour, it was already one watch, and said: "You immediately rush back to Qilian City and tell General Guo that give me three days, I will gather all the people from all over the country, and then hand over the military power to him." ”

As soon as the words fell, a report from the guards suddenly came from outside the door, "General, General Lifei asks you to go to him quickly, saying that there is a big matter to discuss." ”

"Not good!" Luo Zhengyi was surprised: "This must be Lifei Shouyu knowing that I am back, and he is going to attack the general." ”

"There is this possibility, there is no hostile situation, but in the middle of the night he came to summon me, weird!"

Meng Yun pondered for a while, and then said, "Go and reply to General Lifei, just say that I am feeling sick, and I will go to see him early tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes!" The guards turned around and went to report.

Luo Zhengyi hurriedly said: "Big brother, what should I do now?" ”

"Don't worry, most of the soldiers in Zhangye City are my subordinates, and now it should be Lifei Shouyu who is worried."

After saying that, Meng Yun walked out of the door and ordered loudly: "Pass my order, and all officers above the rank of captain will come to see me immediately." ”

．．．．．．． At this time, Lifei Shouyu got Meng Yun's reply, and he immediately realized that something was wrong, seeing that he was fine in the afternoon, how could he feel sick? Besides, he is his boss, and his boss has an order, how dare he not come, needless to say, Meng Yun already has a different heart.

At this moment, the soldiers came running with a young officer, this is a lieutenant under Meng Yun, surnamed Wei, his parents and brothers had migrated to Anxi the year before last, and they were die-hard supporters of Anxi, and the officer stepped forward and said: "Report to General Lifei, General Meng called a meeting of hundreds of officers, saying that the will of the Holy Lord has arrived, and General Luo Zhengyi is also here, I am afraid it will be unfavorable to the general." ”

Li Fei Shouyu was taken aback, he had been paying attention to Guo Ziyi, but he didn't expect that the saint actually issued a secret decree first, he didn't think twice, immediately turned over and got on his horse, and at the same time ordered: "Order all the troops in the city to assemble outside the northern city immediately, there must be no mistake!" ”

He whispered to one of his own soldiers: "Go to my tiger camp and give orders, and immediately assemble outside the south gate." ”

Li Fei Shouyu's subordinates followed Li Qing'an to the south, and he himself only brought a thousand troops to Zhangye, and if Meng Yun rebelled, his 1,000 troops would be very dangerous.

At this time, Zhangye City has begun to stir, there are troops gathering everywhere, the sound of soldiers running, wild dogs barking like crazy, the whole Zhangye City is awakened, every house closes the door, women hold children, men hide under the window, peeking out from the gaps, the atmosphere of horror permeates the entire Zhangye City.

Meng Yunding wore armor and held a big sword, leading thousands of people to surround Li Fei Shouyu's camp yamen, everyone holding torches, and the firelight illuminated the night sky.

At this time, several soldiers ran out from the yamen, "General Meng, Lifei Shouyu has fled, he has ordered the whole army to assemble outside the northern city. ”

"Damn it!" Luo Zhengyi scolded hatefully: "Who revealed the news?" ”

"Now is not the time to care who leaks the news, and we must not let Lifei Shouyu escape."

Meng Yun immediately ordered in a loud voice: "The whole army pursues outside the northern city, captures Li Fei Shouyu alive, and rewards 5,000 yuan, and the head of the warlord will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan!" ”

The army turned around and rushed towards the north city, which was a matter of course, if Li Fei Shouyu wanted to escape, he could only go north, at this moment, a cavalry galloped to the front and reported loudly: "Report to the general, the south gate found the traces of Li Fei Shouyu's tiger camp." ”

Meng Yun was stunned, he slapped himself sharply, and shouted: "Turn around and chase towards the south gate!" ”

The army turned around again and hurried towards the south gate.

．．．．．．． A group of cavalry galloped on the vast grassland, the black rumbling world flew past them, the wind whistled in the ears, Lifei Shouyu and his 1,000 tiger battalion had escaped from Zhangye for four hundred miles, Meng Yun's army had long ceased to chase them, but Lifei Shouyu was still giving the order to run wildly, not allowed to rest, they each had three horses, constantly changing horses, and galloping non-stop in the starry night, when the morning dawn first appeared, the first faint golden light appeared in the sky, and they finally arrived at the health army camp on the border of Ganzhou, This is the residence of Wu Yong's troops.

According to Li Fei Shouyu's judgment, Meng Yun's betrayal of Anxi was the result of Luo Zhengyi's arrival, and he most likely brought the will of the Holy Lord, so Meng Yun should only be the first stop of the rebellion, and the next stop should be to go to Jiuquan to rebel against Wu Yong.

If he can rush to Suzhou in front of them, then at least half of it can be saved, and Wu Yong's 20,000 troops must not betray Anxi again.

As the sky grew brighter, the cavalry were resting in a poplar forest, exhausted from two nights and a day of galloping, and the horses could not support themselves.

The health army camp is ten miles away, from here you can faintly see the shadow of the camp, the soldiers sent by Li Fei Shouyu have been going for nearly an hour, there is no news coming, at this moment, his heart is full of worry, although he also knows that the people who persuade Wu Yong to surrender may not be able to catch up with them, but his heart is still heavy, lest Wu Yong also rebel, if he also rebels, then even Shazhou can not be saved, the Anxi army will completely lose Hexi, he can not explain to Li Qing'an, he can only die to apologize.

"General, look!" A sentry climbing on a willow tree pointed to the north and shouted.

The soldiers jumped up one after another and looked north, but they couldn't see anything on the ground, only the dust was billowing in the air, and Li Fei Shouyu jumped on a willow tree, and the dazzling sunlight made him unable to open his eyes, and he covered the light with his hand, and saw it at once.

I saw a cavalry of thousands of people galloping towards this side, and the yellow dust was billowing down, and it was less than five miles away from here.

"Get on the horse and get ready for battle!"

Li Fei Shouyu turned over his horse and ran out of the woods with a long lance in his hand, and a thousand tiger camps followed him to meet him, and the two sides gradually stopped, less than a mile apart.

At this time, a young general galloped out of the army and laughed: "Why is General Lifei so nervous, isn't he worried that I will also betray Anxi?" ”

The person who came was one of the three generals of Hedong, the governor of Suzhou, Wu Yong, who was only 29 years old this year, and he was a heroic man, he was originally the deputy envoy of Taiyuan soldiers and horses, and after the envoy fled with Li Wan, Li Qingan appointed him to be in charge of the 20,000 troops under the Taiyuan soldiers and horses.

Li Fei Shouyu didn't expect him to be here, listening to his tone, Guo Ziyi's people had already taken the lead, but it didn't seem to be successful, and Li Fei Shouyu had another glimmer of hope in his heart.

He stepped forward and saluted, "General Wu, why are you here?" ”

Wu Yong bowed and saluted: "I only came here last night to meet my old boss Cheng Qianli. ”

"Cheng Qianli has brought the will of the Holy Lord?"

"Yes, the Holy Lord wanted to crown me as the general of the Right Wuwei and grant me the title of duke of the county, but I didn't agree."

"Why?" Li Fei Shouyu stared at him and said, "Why didn't you agree?" ”

Wu Yong smiled proudly, "My husband has a promise of gold, since I have sworn allegiance to the general, I should abide by the oath, and besides, since the general uses me, how can I be ungrateful, greedy for fame and fortune." ”

Li Fei Shouyu looked at this young general, looked at his clear and firm gaze, and finally couldn't help but sigh: "It is Anxi's luck that the general appointed General Wu!" ”

．．．．．．．． In the first year of the Great Calendar, Li Yu took advantage of Li Qing'an's absence in Anxi to launch the Hexi Incident, Meng Yun and Luo Zhengyi, among the three generals in Hedong, were lured by Li Yu's high-ranking officials and betrayed Li Qing'an, but another young general, Wu Yong, refused to betray Li Qing'an, and the 40,000 Hexi Army was divided into two, Meng Yun and Luo Zhengyi led 20,000 troops to surrender to Guo Ziyi, and the other 20,000 troops retreated to Yumen Pass under the leadership of Lifei Shouyu and Wu Yong.

Guo Ziyi immediately resigned from the post of Hexi Idle Stable Envoy, and Li Yu instead appointed Cheng Qianli as the Hexi Idle Stable Envoy and the Governor of Gansu and Su Prefectures, in charge of the surrendered 20,000 Hexi Army, while Meng Yun and Luo Zhengyi returned to Beijing as officials to participate in the training of recruits.

At this time, Ge Shuhan also resigned from the post of governor of Liangzhou, and Li Yu once again appointed Cheng Qianli as the governor of Liangzhou, and named him the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, and the governor of Liang, Gan, and Su.

The Hexi Incident was the first major political event that occurred after Li Yu ascended the throne, which alluded to the end of the cooperation between Li Yu and Li Qing'an, and the Hexi Incident brought not only the change of ownership of the three states of Hexi, but more importantly, Li Yu used the three states of Hexi to cut off the channels for the eastward transmission of Anxi silver dollars and the westward flow of immigrants and goods, which inhibited the momentum of Anxi's vigorous development with the help of the Central Plains, and it made the contradictions between Anxi and the imperial court go public.

(To be continued)