readx; Li Qing'an returned to the barracks in the afternoon, Li Mi had something important to look for him, to be exact, it was Li Mi who asked to return to the East Palace, this afternoon, Li Heng sent an attendant to Li Mi to send a letter, at this moment, the letter was placed in front of Li Qing'an, the content of the letter was very simple, Li Yu entered the East Palace and no one helped, Li Heng begged Li Yu to enter the East Palace to help his son. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At the same time, he also wrote a letter to Li Qingan, in which he expressed endless apologies to Li Qing'an, hoping that Li Qing'an would understand the embarrassment of no one around Li Yu.

The two letters were side by side at this moment, Li Yu stood aside, slightly cramped and uneasy, Li Heng in addition to these two letters, also ordered someone to bring a message to him, "Whether to go or stay, Mr. can deal with himself, never reluctantly." ’

In fact, it was Li Mi who was tempted, it was he who wanted to go to the East Palace to assist Li Yu, he was smart since he was a child, he was well-versed in history, studied "Yi Xiang", and Wang Zuo was conceited, as the emperor's teacher, it was his dream since childhood, and later he was fortunate to assist Li Heng, how could Li Heng be restricted everywhere, every word and deed was recorded, and Li Yu also lacked the opportunity to play his talents, after Li Heng was deposed, he offended Yang Guozhong, and had to go to Anxi to take refuge in Li Qing'an.

Now Li Yu has entered the East Palace, and has the right to dispose of state affairs, so how can Li Yu not be tempted and ask the world about things, this is what he has dreamed of for many years, and now, the opportunity has finally come, but Li Yu is very guilty in his heart, in this way, he is suspected of betraying Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an did not dislike him when he was most down, took him in as a staff member, and entrusted him to reuse, this kindness made him difficult to repay.

Li Qingan was silent for a long time, and he suddenly smiled: "This is a good thing!" How can a gentleman feel guilty? Although Mr. went to the East Palace, I hope that Mr. can become a bridge between me and the prince. ”

Li Qing'an's generosity made Li Mi even more ashamed, and he gave a deep salute and said: "The envoy has a great kindness to me, Li Mi has not repaid it and left like this, I feel guilty in my heart, please let you allow me to repay in the future." ”

Li Qingan nodded and said: "Although the imperial grandson has entered the East Palace, his front is still full of murderous opportunities and dangers, he really needs the assistance of a great talent like Mr., I heard that Gao Lishi will also assist him, I hope that Mr. will persuade the emperor to be cautious and careful, and leave his ambitions when he ascends the throne, as for my side, Mr. Don't worry, I will use talents in an eclectic way, there will be more literati to work for me, the nephew Zhang Zhihe recommended by Mr. last time, is young and talented, extraordinary, I am ready to take him back to Anxi." ”

"I have a large number of talents in the Tang Dynasty, and there are many people who are better than Li Mi, and I hope that the general will open a recruitment hall and recruit talents from all over the world, so as to realize the general's great ambition of moving Han people and placing Zhou County in Lingxi."

Speaking of this, Li Mi sighed and said, "I will leave, and I am willing to offer another strategy for the general." ”

Li Qingan did not refuse, and said lightly: "Sir, please speak!" ”

Frankly speaking, Li Qing'an has no regrets about Li Mi's departure, and he doesn't want to keep it, maybe Li Mi is talented, but for Li Qing'an, loyalty is far more important than talent, he would rather be a person with ordinary talents, but loyal to him, this is why he values Yan Zhuang far more than Li Mi.

In fact, this is also a good thing, Li Mi is better to go now than in the future, and when he has not yet understood his secrets, there is no threat or loss to himself.

At this time, Li Mi offered his last strategy to Li Qing'an, since Ge Shuhan proposed that the Longyou Army and the Anxi Army jointly launch a two-front campaign against Tubo, then the Anxi Army might as well expand the battle line to the east, and attack Tubo from the Shazhou line, so that the Anxi Army could justifiably garrison in Shazhou, control Shazhou, and open the door to the Hexi Corridor.

Li Mi left, Li Qing'an stood next to the map with his hands behind his back, silently staring at Shazhou, the northernmost part of the Hexi Corridor, Shazhou is Dunhuang, from Yumen Pass through Dunhuang, through Puchanghai, that is, later Lop Nur, you can directly reach Gaochang, if Yumen Pass is the north gate of the Hexi Corridor, then Dunhuang is the side gate to enter the Hexi Corridor, occupying Dunhuang, and the northern part of the Hexi Corridor is in the bag.

Li Qing'an had to admire Li Mi's strategic vision, sure enough, his vision was long-term and profound, yes, this two-front battle was the best time to occupy Shazhou, Li Mi had followed him for so long, only this suggestion had the most strategic value.

．．．．．．．．． Absi's residence is located in Beixianfang, close to the Yanping Gate in the west of Chang'an City, which is actually the house of the Absi people, and the house occupies a large area, with more than 100 rooms, and a tall wall surrounds the house, where Absi and his 100 men live.

The year before last, the grassland where his tribe was located suffered a snowstorm, which caused their tribe to suffer heavy losses, and now the grassland where the Tang Dynasty settled them can no longer meet the survival of more than 100,000 people.

But this trip to Chang'an disappointed him, and the court vetoed his request to expand the pasture, and Arbus was so frustrated that even Li Linfu, who had always been friendly to him, could not do anything.

Although he was disappointed not to get the pasture, Absi felt that another danger was approaching him, that is, An Lushan's ambition for his army, three years ago, An Lushan's ambition was exposed once, and almost succeeded, Absi later slowly realized that if An Lushan got his army, the first thing he wanted to kill was himself, in the past three years, An Sishun asked him about it more than once, that is to say, An Lushan has always been immortal to his army ambitions, this time into Beijing, He met An Lushan again a month ago, and An Lushan bluntly told him that he and his army would be ready to move to Youzhou, and said it so confidently and surely that Abs was terrified for a month.

He thought about all the possibilities, if the imperial court really decided to let his tribe move east, where would he go? He had a bad relationship with the Hui Gele Khan Moyansi, and even incompatible, he could not go to the Hui Hui, thinking about it, Absi only thought of one place, that is, the Qarluqs who had a good relationship with him, and the great chief of the Qarlu plotted to assassinate Montenegro and he was still a sworn brother, but if he went to join the Qarluq, he would first have to get the permission of Li Qing'an, the envoy of the Anxi Festival, and Abs also knew that the Shatuo and Qarluqs of Jinshan had actually become vassals of Beiting, without Li Qing'an's permission, He didn't dare to take him in if he plotted to assassinate Montenegro, and if Li Qing'an agreed, he could even set aside a piece of territory for them to join the Luo Division, such as the coast of Yibohai, where there were rich and fertile grasslands, enough for his hundreds of thousands of people to live and work in peace and contentment.

Fortunately, the relationship between Li Qing'an and An Lushan was very stiff, and he happened to go to Beijing to report on his work, and this morning he still had a few words with him during the intermission of the Great Dynasty, and tomorrow he will go to Li Qing'an and have a good talk with him.

Absi was sitting in the room thinking about how to discuss this matter with Li Qing'an, the time was already very tight, in the afternoon An Lushan sent someone to invite him to dinner, but he refused, he knew An Lushan very well, he would definitely not give up.

At this moment, the deputy general Tubro, who was sent by Absi to the military department to handle the return to Shuofang, rushed back, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he shouted: "Ye Hu, the big thing is not good!" ”

Abs was startled, and quickly got up and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Tubro panted and said, "I just heard a news from the military headquarters that the Holy Lord has promised to lend us and Luo's cavalry to An Lushan, and the will has come down. ”

"What!" Abs was stunned, and after a while, he shouted violently: "Quick! Hurry up and pack all your things, we have to rush back to the tribe at once. ”

He already had no time to negotiate with Li Qing'an, the situation was urgent, he had to return to the tribe immediately, and if he didn't leave, he would be too late when the holy decree arrived in Shuofang.

The mansion suddenly became busy, his subordinates saluted simply, and it was quickly cleaned up, at this time, another subordinate rushed in, nervous: "Ye Hu, we have been watched, there are dozens of suspicious people outside the door." ”

Needless to say, this must be an eye sent by An Lushan, what is he going to do? He must have been afraid that he would escape, the sweat on Absi's forehead had already fallen, and he had brought only a hundred followers, while An Lushan had brought a thousand troops, which were stationed outside the city, and if An Lushan's purpose was to detain him, he would have nowhere to escape.

Abs looked at the sky, it was already dusk, he pondered for a moment, and then said to his subordinates in the courtyard, "Go!" We immediately returned to the tribe. ”

A hundred cavalrymen mounted their horses and rushed into the street from the open gate, and the pedestrians on the street were suddenly frightened and fled in all directions. ”

He jerked his war horse, and the war horse galloped in the direction of the city gate, and his subordinates galloped away with him, and the people sent by An Lushan immediately ran back to report.

Absi is close to Yanping Gate, run out of the gate and go directly to the city gate, Absi has to take his subordinates out of the city every day to walk horses, the soldiers guarding the city are very familiar with him, and do not intercept, let him run out of Yanping Gate, Absi turned on the official road, ran out of less than a mile, then rushed into a forest, the official road crosses the woods, it is spring, the official road on both sides of the lush, lush and dense.

Seeing that there was no one on the road, Abs rode away from the road and into the woods, while his men continued to gallop westward.

．．．．．．．． Half an hour later, An Lushan led more than 300 cavalry to chase after him, and at this time his 800 cavalry stationed outside the city also arrived, and the two armies joined forces in the woods.

An Lushan was extremely angry, and if he let Absi escape, his plan would be in danger of failing, so no matter what, he had to catch Absi.

"Pass my order, whoever captures Abs alive will be rewarded with 5,000 yuan and promoted to the third rank!"

An Lushan gave an order, and his more than 1,000 cavalry fought bravely to be the first, and chased in the direction of Absi's subordinates, stirring up rolling yellow dust on the official road.

．．．．．．．． It was getting late, and Li Qing'an had just changed his clothes and was about to leave the barracks and return to the city, when the soldiers at the camp gate rushed to report, and the deputy envoy of Shuo Fang Jiedu outside the camp gate asked for an urgent meeting.

Li Qing'an was stunned for a moment, he remembered that in the morning, Absi said that he had come to him for dinner, why did he come now?

"Let him in!"

Li Qing'an had a bad feeling in his heart, if it was an ordinary meal, Absi would not use the word 'emergency', what would happen?

In a moment, Absi was brought into the big tent, he escaped from the woods alone, and immediately came to Li Qing'an, although An Lushan's arrest made him angry, but solving the way out of the tribe was his most urgent problem, Absi knelt down as soon as he entered the big tent, "The general save me!" ”

Li Qing'an suddenly felt a headache, from Anxi to Beijing, it has only been less than ten days, he has encountered all kinds of troubles in a row, although these troubles have been smoothed out by him one by one, but it does not mean that he can replace the Chang'an County Ya, anyone can run to him to complain, this Absi is the deputy envoy of Jiedu, the king of the domain, he has grievances should go to Li Longji to complain.

But Li Qing'an also knew that it was estimated that Anxi could solve Absi's problem, so he came to ask for himself, and listened to him, at least this face had to be given to him, thinking of this, Li Qingan hurriedly helped Absi up and said: "General Absi, what are you doing?" Hurry up! ”

Unexpectedly, Absi refused to stand up, and cried: "The lives of more than 100,000 people in our tribe are in the hands of the general, if the general does not agree, I will kneel in front of the general today." ”

Li Qingan didn't persuade him, he sat down, glanced at Absi who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Say it!" What's the matter? ”

"General, An Lushan wants to take away the 20,000 cavalry of my Tongluo Division, and he transferred me to Fanyang under the pretext of borrowing troops, and the Holy Lord has already agreed to his request....."

"Wait!" Li Qingan waved his hand to stop him, "You said that the Holy Lord has agreed?" ”

"Yes! The decree has come down. ”

Li Qingan said slowly after a while: "Since the holy decree has come down, then this is the official decision of the imperial court, how do you ask me to help you, I am bullying the king if I help you, I can't afford this crime!" Besides, I am far away in the northwest, how can I ask about the affairs of the northeast? I can't help you, General Arbus. ”

"General, I don't want you to send a single soldier, and I won't implicate the general, as long as the general agrees to let me defect to Gelulu, this matter has nothing to do with the general."

'Defection to Qarluq? Li Qing'an then understood why Absi found himself, it turned out that he was going to go to Ge Lulu, of course, he had to nod his head, Li Qing'an did not reply to Absi, but slowly paced in the room with his hands behind his back, he was weighing the pros and cons, the interests were obvious, 20,000 Turkic Tongluo cavalry, was the most elite cavalry in the Shuofang army, although they did not get the opportunity to play during the battle of Shibao City, but Li Qing'an saw it with his own eyes, it was indeed an elite and brave cavalry, so An Lushan would fight the idea of this cavalry, In the way of borrowing soldiers, if you don't pay it back, An Lushan wants this cavalry, and of course he Li Qingan also wants it, 20,000 of the most elite cavalry in the Tang Dynasty! For them, the frontier princes, this was a treasure more precious than gold.

Helped Absi once, but got 20,000 elite cavalry, this is a very cost-effective deal, but the disadvantages in this are also obvious, first of all, is An Lushan willing to give up? He racked his brains to plot Absi, but in the end he made a wedding dress for himself, the depression in this can be imagined, and the hatred for himself can also be imagined, as well as An Sishun, of course he refused to give away his army, and it may have been very reluctant to give it to An Lushan, but if it is returned to himself in the end, it is strange that An Sishun does not jump to scold his mother, but whether it is An Lushan or An Sishun, in fact, they are not important, he has already formed a bond with them, but it is just a new hatred added to the old hatred, the key is Li Longji, his holy decree has been made, If you are a little careless in handling this matter, you will immediately be seized by Yang Guozhong and his party, Li Qingan weighed it for a long time, there are sixty percent of the advantages and forty percent of the disadvantages in this matter, it should be more beneficial than disadvantageous, or not! He should not have known about this, and let Abs flee to Qarluq.

Li Qing'an glanced at Absi and said slowly: "General Absi, I can verbally agree to your request, but there is an ugly saying I want to say in the front, nothing will be perfect, at some point in the future, you may pay the price, even the price of your life, are you willing?" ”

This sentence seems a little ridiculous to ask, but Absi can't laugh at all, he used to be the second person in the Eastern Turks, and he is the second Khan's Tongluo Ye Hu, of course he knows the meaning of Li Qing'an's question, a person with absolute strength is disdainful of lies and deception, if he doesn't keep his word, his tribe will be retaliated against by Li Qing'an, and similarly, since Li Qing'an promised him, he will not go back on his word.

Absi kowtowed heavily, pointed his head and said to Li Qing'an: "As long as the general can protect my Tongluo department, my wife, daughter, and descendants, I am willing to sacrifice this head to the general." ”

"Alright, there you go!"

"The grace of the general, Abs will remember it in my heart!"

As soon as he got up to leave, Li Qingan stopped him again, "General Absi, where are you going to go back?" ”

Absi smiled bitterly and said: "Don't hide it from the general, I ordered my subordinates to flee to the west, it is estimated that An Lushan chased to the west, and I am ready to go from the east, out of Tongguan and go to the east of the river to return to Shuofang." ”

Li Qingan sighed and said: "Don't underestimate An Lushan, if he can't catch up with you from the west, he will definitely guess that you are going to Tongguan, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not intercept you in Tongguan or Hedong, it is best for you to pretend to be my Anxi soldiers." ”

Speaking of this, Li Qingan turned around and said to Jiang Xiaonian, the commander of his own soldiers: "You can go hard, take dozens of brothers, and go to Hedong to inspect the progress of the immigrants in half a month." ”

Li Qing'an turned back to Absi and smiled: "Just wronged General Absi to pretend to be my Anxi soldier, so that you can return to Shuofang safely." ”

After speaking, Li Qingan walked out of the big tent again and instructed his soldiers: "Bring my 'dark clouds'!" ”

His own soldiers immediately brought a black and majestic Arabian horse, which was one of Li Qingan's five most beloved war horses, which was originally the war horse of Qi Yade, the general of the Great Food Army, which was captured by the Tang Army, Li Qingan handed over the war horse to Absi and said: "You ride this war horse, it can help you on a journey, I wish you a smooth journey, we will see you in the North Garden!" ”

Absi was very moved in his heart, he bowed deeply to Li Qing'an, and he did not thank him, he took the war horse and followed Jiang Xiaonian and his party to the outside of the camp, and when he walked out of the camp, he changed into the military uniform of the small soldiers of the Anxi Army, turned over and got on the horse, and everyone urged the horse to go east.

"Drive!" With his legs between his legs, the Arabian horse flew out like an arrow, and galloped eastward with great speed, and a group of Tang troops picked up, and in a moment they disappeared at the end of the road.

．．．．．． A month later, Li Longji's order was sent to Shuofang, and 20,000 cavalry of the Absi Department were transferred to Fanyang to assist An Lushan in attacking the Khitan, but at this moment, the Absi Department suddenly defected to Mobei, and more than 100,000 tribes, old and young, disappeared overnight and escaped into the desert.

(To be continued)