readx; Early the next morning, the Anxi Army, in the name of a Tang border army, officially issued an open letter to the Southern Tang Emperor Li Heng, demanding that he immediately and unconditionally release Gao Xianzhi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Within a few days, this letter spread all over Guanzhong, becoming the second shocking news after Gao Xianzhi was imprisoned, a sensation in the government and the opposition, the soldiers of the three armies of Anxi are even more excited, although Gao Xianzhi is no longer the chief general of Anxi, but after all, he has been in Anxi for many years, treat the soldiers well, many veterans in the army still read his kindness, they all hope that Li Qingan and Gao Xianzhi can get along, instead of turning against each other, see each other on the battlefield, and now Li Qingan publicly rescued Gao Xianzhi, so that the soldiers of the Anxi Army are very happy, That's exactly what they want to see.

But an open letter was not enough to rescue Gao Xianzhi, Li Qingan immediately ordered Li Guangbi, ordering him to send troops to Jianghuai again and march to Yangzhou.

On October 15, the cavalry passed through Fuli and completely annihilated the 1,000th Southern Tang Army stationed in Fuli; On October 16, the cavalry was killed in Hongxian, and the Hongxian garrison led 1,500 men to surrender; October 18, the army from Sizhou to cross the Huai, Linhuai guard general Liang Feng is Li Lan's favorite general, quite brave, he led 4,000 troops to guard Xuyi, heard that the right soldiers of Long, Liang Feng wanted to cross the interception, but was from the other way to cross the river 800 cavalry from behind the sneak attack, Liang Feng's army was caught off guard, defeated, 4,000 defenders were killed and wounded, Liang Feng himself also died in the chaos.

October 20th, 10,000 cavalry has arrived at Yangzhou only 100 miles away from the town of Tianchang, at this time Yangzhou city is in chaos, just moved back to Yangzhou Wu King Li Lan was afraid of the Anxi cavalry, once again gave up Yangzhou, led the army to escape across the Yangtze River, deployed 100,000 troops in the first line of Runzhou, and the north resisted the Anxi army to the south,

On October 21, He Jinqing led 10,000 cavalry to occupy Yangzhou, and this rich city in the Tang Dynasty, second only to Chang'an, was occupied by Li Qing'an for the first time.

But Li Qing'an's pressure is not over, Xiangyang Jingwang Mansion, faintly there is the sound of silk and bamboo around the beams in the house, in the Qingguang Pavilion on the Jasper Pond, Li Mao, who has just woken up from a nap, reclines on the splendid couch, holding a cup of jasmine tea in his hand and slowly tasting tea, in front of him, his beloved concubine Xiao Lian is dancing, with smoke in her eyebrows, Qingbo is looking forward to it, dancing swayingly, giving birth to lotus step by step, and the slightly resentful eye waves fall on the graceful Li Mao from time to time, as before, Li Mao will blow his Qibao white jade flute, and dance with her with the sound of the flute, But today Li Mao seemed a little uneasy.

Li Mao does have something on his mind today, he just saw Li Qing'an's open letter to Li Heng, and there is a sentence at the end of the open letter, calling on the world to join forces to promote Li Heng to release Gao Xianzhi, Li Mao understands in his heart that Li Qing'an's words are aimed at himself, there are five forces in the world, Li Qing'an will certainly not appeal to An Lushan, he can only hope that he will put pressure on Li Heng with him.

A few months ago, Li Mao paid the price of 300,000 stone grain in exchange for Li Qing'an's troops to suppress Jianghuai, and finally forced Li Lan to withdraw his troops, disintegrating Li Heng's attempt to invade Jingzhou.

Now Li Qingan also called on him to put pressure, of course, Li Mao also knew that he was not qualified to bargain with Li Qingan, this is Li Qingan to give him a chance to perform, if he is willing to help this time, then the next time Li Heng invades Jingxiang, Li Qingan will help him again,

Li Mao knew that this was actually an opportunity for him, and the key was how he should use this opportunity and how to cooperate with Li Qingan to exert pressure.

Just as Li Mao was thinking about it repeatedly, a report from the guards came from outside the Qingguang Pavilion, "Your Highness, Ge Shuhan has urgent information. ”

Li Mao perked up, immediately sat up and said, "Come in!" ”

He waved his hand to Concubine Ai and motioned her to go down, Concubine Ai Xiaolian also saw that the prince had something in his heart, she didn't dare to be coquettish, so she quietly retreated, and a group of Le Ji also stopped Sizhu and retreated, and after a while, a messenger was brought in by the guards, he knelt down on one knee and saluted, took out a letter and held it high above his head, "Your Highness, this is General Geshu's urgent military situation, please take a look!" ”

The guard took the letter and handed it to Li Mao, Li Mao opened the letter impatiently, read it in a hurry, and he suddenly laughed and said, "It's really good, it's exactly what I want." ”

Ge Shuhan said in the letter that Li Qing'an's elite cavalry had already moved south to Jianghuai, Li Lan was forced to the south of the Yangtze River, and his troops were all shrunk along the Yangtze River.

This letter made the mystery in Li Mao's heart suddenly clear, and he knew what he should do, so he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, order Brother Shuhan to lead 30,000 troops into Shouzhou, and send troops to Luzhou and Shuzhou!" “

After giving this order, he spread out his pen and paper again, and he also had to write an open letter to echo Li Qing'an, and he had to make Li Qing'an understand that he was repaying his original assistance.

On October 25, King Jing Li Mao also issued an open letter, calling on Li Heng to release Gao Xianzhi, and he also responded to Li Qing'an's troops, ordering his brother Shuhan to lead 30,000 troops to Luzhou and Shuzhou, and the troops pressed Jiangnan.

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Chengdu under the cover of night, the lights are bright, the street is noisy and lively, everywhere are the people who go out to hang out and supper, the harvest in Shuzhong in the past two years is good, so that the grain is sufficient, the price is relatively cheap, although the people do not have much money in their pockets, but there is still a little surplus in addition to supporting their families, coupled with a large number of clans moving south, they can not change the consumption habits of spending a lot of money, so it has led to the prosperity of Chengdu commerce, up and down, in just two years, Chengdu has newly popped up hundreds of wine shops, The night in Chengdu becomes more lively than the day.

In the champion square in the west of Chengdu, there is a mansion covering an area of 40 acres, which is the house of the Southern Tang Dynasty Military Department Shangshu Linghu Fei, there are several family members standing at the door, two dead gas lanterns with a grinding plate are hung under the gate, and the light illuminates the door.

At this time, a man on horseback galloped over, he turned over and dismounted, led the horse to Ling Hufei's mansion, and immediately a family member shouted: "This is a private land, you are not allowed to approach!" ”

The man on horseback took out a letter, handed it to a family member and said: "I am from Chang'an, this letter to your master, the matter is very important, it is related to your master's head, you must forward it immediately!" ”

Jia Ding was stunned, "You are ....."

"Don't ask too much, go and deliver the letter!"

He turned on his horse, urged the horse to go, and soon disappeared into the night, and the family looked at him far away, and they did not dare to slack off, and immediately ran back to the house to deliver the letter.

Not long after, the side door of Linghu's house was wide open, a carriage rushed out of the house, and it drove quickly on the street, dozens of horseback riders with knives guarded around the carriage, the carriage was very dim, there was no light, but the light of a family on the side of the road was reflected in the carriage, revealing Linghufei's thin donkey face.

Linghu Fei is only forty-five years old this year, more than ten years ago he was still a poor scholar, he was admitted to the Ming Jing subject, but because of his ugly appearance and poor family background was brushed off by the officials, there was no way to make a living, and finally had to go to a private school to teach children to read in exchange for a little bit of subsistence rice, and finally because the master of his teaching was a friend of the rich man Xian Yu Zhongtong in Shu, he was recommended to Xian Yu Zhongtong to do the clerk Xixi, two years later, because he was good at strategy and was recommended by Xian Yu Zhongtong to Yang Guozhong, who was demoted to the county order because of Yang Shenjin's case, Become his staff.

Under the planning of Ling Hufei, Yang Guozhong rose step by step, and finally became the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, holding the power of the world, and Ling Hufei himself was promoted to the head of the military department.

But in the end, Ling Hufei abandoned Yang Guozhong and climbed the thicker tree of Li Heng, and now he is the secretary of the military department of the Southern Tang Dynasty and has become one of Li Heng's most trusted henchmen.

Linghu Fei does have a little ability, good at strategic planning, but his character is not favored, many people are behind his back accusing him of forgetting his righteousness, it is true, Yang Guozhong was kind to him at the beginning, but for his own future, but when Yang Guozhong was the most unlucky, he did not hesitate to abandon Yang Guozhong, and his name was beautiful: birds choose good trees to perch.

Ling Hufei is actually a pragmatist, all the decisions he makes are from pragmatic considerations, and his vision is superior, Yang Guifei was deposed, he knew that the prosperity of the Yang family was over, although Yang Guozhong has not fallen for a while, just because Li Longji has not found a suitable replacement, sure enough, after the Li Wan case, Li Longji did not hesitate to raise the butcher's knife and kill the children of the Yang family cleanly, even Yang Guozhong's later staff Liu Sheng was also killed, if he Ling Hufei was still by Yang Guozhong's side, it would be difficult to escape death.

When he took refuge in Li Heng, Li Heng had just served as the supervisor of the Northern Tang Dynasty, so that Hu Fei realized at that time that Li Heng would have development in the future, and sure enough, Li Heng finally ascended the throne in the Southern Tang Dynasty and eventually became the emperor.

Inside the carriage, Ling Hufei sighed, and he took out the letter he had just gotten, there was not a word in the letter, but a bright red seal was stamped on the blank stationery: Zhao Wang Yin.

Although there is no word, Ling Hu Fei knows it, in fact, not only Ling Hu Fei will understand, but also the old politicians who have been rolling in the officialdom for many years will understand that this wordless letter is like a look from Li Qing'an, how to guess the thoughts of high-ranking people, this is the password of officialdom.

In order to understand what the superior is thinking, the key is to know what the superior has been paying attention to recently. What is his attitude towards this matter? From what angle will he approach this matter?

If you understand these three premises thoroughly, it is not difficult to guess the thoughts of high-ranking people, such as Kangxi's favorite minister Gao Shiqi, he prepares a bag of golden melon seeds all year round, and every time he goes to the court, the little eunuchs flock to tell him what the emperor is reading recently? Why is things troublesome, Gao Shiqi rewarded the eunuch with golden melon seeds, and then he went back to study carefully, and when Kangxi summoned him to take countermeasures, he would be able to answer like a stream and solve Kangxi's confusion, after a long time, it was difficult for him not to be favored.

The same is true for Ling Hufei at this time, although Li Qingan doesn't write a word, but Ling Hufei knows that Li Qingan is looking for him for Gao Xianzhi's matter, of course, not to ask him, but to give him a chance, whether he Ling Hufei is willing to seize this opportunity depends on himself.

Li Qing'an's letter can be said to have hit the key point of Ling Hufei, he saw through Ling Hufei's pragmatic surname, but his approach is very clever, if Li Qingan really wrote a letter to clearly ask Ling Hufei to cooperate with him to save Gao Xianzhi, Ling Hufei may not be willing, because there will be a second time, and Yang Guozhong's bloody lesson is there!

Therefore, the wordless letter is the most obscure, Ling Hu Fei can do it or not, even if he does it, Li Qingan can't use this matter to blackmail him, both parties know that this is actually a hammer deal, the seller is Li Qing'an, the price he got is Gao Xianzhi released, and the buyer is Ling Hufei, he buys Li Qing'an will spare his life one day in the future, and the reason why Ling Hufei has to buy it is: this day will come sooner or later.

The carriage stopped in front of Nanming Palace, and Ling Hufei took out a gold medal and shook it, this is a gold medal that can enter the palace at any time, Yulin Jun did not dare to stop him, and let Ling Hufei enter.

Although the night was dark, Li Heng was still in the imperial study, he was worried, pacing back and forth in the imperial study with his hands behind his back, and on the imperial case, there were twelve golden pigeon letterboxes neatly placed, this is the twelve letters for help sent by Li Lan, these twelve golden letterboxes are like twelve heavy iron rods, pressing on Li Heng's heart, pressing him breathlessly.

In particular, Li Qing'an's army easily occupied Yangzhou, which made him both angry and full of worry, Yangzhou is the second largest commercial prosperity in the world, and it is also one of Li Heng's important sources of wealth, three months ago, Li Lan from Yangzhou to relieve two million yuan and one million stone grain, greatly alleviating the financial difficulties of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Li Lan promised, every year, but the voice fell less than three months, Yangzhou was lost, if Yangzhou is a bloody battle lost, Li Lan actually led 50,000 troops to escape the Yangtze River, And the other party only has 10,000 people, which makes Li Heng angry, which is really a great shame.

Li Heng also knew that the purpose of Li Qing'an's attack on Jianghuai was to force him to release Gao Xianzhi, but if Gao Xianzhi was really released, he couldn't get off the stage, how could he explain to the people of the world, when he first arrested Gao Xianzhi, he was convincing and wanted to deal with Gao Xianzhi strictly, but now in a blink of an eye, he was afraid of Li Qing'an's pressure and released Gao Xianzhi, he is a dignified emperor, his majesty the emperor, when the matter spreads, where will his face go?

But this time Li Qingan seems to be really attacking Jianghuai, as well as Li Mao's joint attack, if he doesn't compromise again, half of the southeast will be lost.

'What to do?' Li Heng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth.

At this time, a report from the guards came from outside: "Your Majesty, Linghu Shangshu urgently asks to see you!" ”

"Ahh Let him in. ”

Li Heng was overjoyed, he was like a person who was about to drown and suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw.

After a moment, Ling Hu Fei hurriedly walked into the imperial study, bowed down and saluted: "The minister orders Hu Fei to see Your Majesty!" ”

"Linghu Aiqing, don't be polite, come! Come! Come! Please sit down.

Li Heng pulled him to sit down, and at this time, Ling Hu Fei glanced at it and saw the twelve golden letterheads on the imperial case, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, is the situation in the southeast so grim?

Li Heng noticed Ling Hufei's gaze, and he sighed and said: "Now it is not only Li Qing'an's army that threatens the southeast, but even Li Mao's bastard is fishing in troubled waters, occupying the three prefectures of Shou, Lu, and Shu, King Wu is under the enemy's back, and he asks me for help, and Yiling is guarded by Gao Xianzhi's men, it is difficult for my army to advance eastward, and now the situation is critical!" ”

"Your Majesty, doesn't Your Majesty understand Li Qingan's intentions?"

"I know that he just wants me to release Gao Xianzhi, hum! Coerced me with persecution of the southeast, is it so easy for me to be coerced? ”

Li Heng's voice was very high, and he waved his arms angrily, which made Hu Fei sigh in his heart, this fierce and timid king! He actually said that he was desperate, how could he persuade him?

"Your Majesty, in fact, Li Qing'an wants to concentrate on dealing with An Lushan, he doesn't really want to take Jiangnan, the key is Jing King Li Mao, he is ambitious, obviously, he wants to take the opportunity to annex King Wu, this is our biggest threat now, Your Majesty, giving in to Li Qing'an is not a sign of weakness, but a strategy, as long as Gao Xianzhi is released, this crisis can be temporarily resolved, the minister believes that Li Qing'an does not want to break the current balance, he will definitely not allow Li Mao to annex Jiangnan, Your Majesty, as long as Li Qing'an does not interfere in the situation in Jiangnan, We can eat Li Mao in one fell swoop, connect Jiangnan, Jingxiang, and Bashu into one piece, our strength will be greatly strengthened, and we may not be able to compete with Li Qing'an in the future, Your Majesty, let go of Gao Xianzhi! We will win time and opportunity. ”

In fact, Li Heng already wanted to release Gao Xianzhi, but he couldn't save face, this was the crux of the matter, he sat down and sighed: "I'm worried that if I let him go, what others will think of me!" ”

It turned out that this was the case, Ling Hu Fei's eyes rolled, and now it is not difficult to persuade Li Heng to release Gao Xianzhi, the key is to let Li Qingan know that he has contributed to the middle, so he must use a style that makes Hu Fei to release Gao Xianzhi.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a strategy to secretly Chen Cang."

"Say it quickly! What is the strategy of darkness? ”

Ling Hufei smiled slightly and said, "You might as well sentence Gao Xianzhi to exile." ”

"Exile?" Li Heng didn't understand a little, "Tell me specifically, what kind of exile?" ”

"Your Majesty, the exile is just an excuse, Your Majesty might as well let the Third Division sentence Gao Xianzhi to exile Wenzhou to fill the army, and then Your Majesty secretly sent someone to send Gao Xianzhi to Hanzhong, and then deposed Wenzhou Taishou Zhang Baoling, saying that he was not strict and was escaped by Gao Xianzhi, let him carry this black cauldron, and then a few months later, Gao Xianzhi forgot about it, and then quietly sent his family away, and the matter was successfully resolved."

"Good!"

Li Heng gave a thumbs up and smiled: "It is worthy of being my military advisor, and if it is extraordinary, I will adopt your suggestion." ”

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Two days later, the third division of the trial made a review conclusion, Gao Xianzhi's other 2,000 acres of land was privately donated by the Northern Tang Dynasty, although it was not a forcible occupation of private land, but the evidence of the crime of collaborating with the enemy was conclusive, and he had made meritorious contributions to Sheji, exempted from capital crimes, deprived of all officials, and sent Wenzhou to join the army, but it didn't take long for the news that Gao Xianzhi escaped from Wenzhou and went to Chang'an, Li Heng was furious, and dismissed Zhang Baoling, the Taishou of Wenzhou, for the crime of lax care, and ordered that the matter should be strictly investigated, and an explanation must be given to the people.

Half a month later, news came out from Chang'an that Gao Xianzhi was appointed by Li Qingan as the governor of Tubo to replace the outgoing general Feng Changqing.

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(To be continued)