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The eunuch went, Li Yu lay down, and gently pinched the temples on both sides, and then he suddenly remembered that Wang Heng was still waiting outside, so he hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and invite Wang Xiangguo in!" ”

After a while, Wang Heng hurriedly walked in and bowed, "Your Majesty!" ”

"Xiangguo, you said that you have something urgent to find me, what is the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the minister has found some clues, whether it is the king of Shu or the king of Jing, they are all wise to protect their lives and refuse to sell their lives, the minister is thinking, no matter how they fight, even if they win, but there is only one position in the East Palace in the future, how can they divide it? If the minister did not guess wrong, this position should have been given to the king of Shu, then there is a contradiction between the king of Shu and the king of Jing, so the minister has a plan to separate the two of them, at least let the king of Jing withdraw his troops back to Jingzhou, so that General Meng Yun's army can withdraw to defend Chang'an, I don't know if His Majesty has the intention. ”

Li Yu nodded with interest and smiled: "Tell me, what kind of countermeasures do you use?" ”

"Your Majesty can change the title of King Shu to the King of Qin, which will give the outside world an illusion, it seems that His Majesty and Emperor Taizu have reached some kind of agreement, and in the future, the King of Shu will enter the East Palace, and King Jing will inevitably have a mustard, and then, His Majesty will send someone to pretend to be Yuzhang Taishou Shangshu, saying that Wu Wangxuan led an army of 80,000 down the river and is marching to Jingxiang, giving Yang Guozhong an illusion, and at the same time we widely publicize it in Hanzhong, with King Jing's suspicious surname, he will worry about the loss of his nest, so that the two-pronged approach, the minister is sure that King Jing will retreat."

Li Yu thought about it carefully, Li Mao is indeed a suspicious person, this method is good, it can be adopted, he immediately said happily: "I accepted this method, I will entrust Xiangguo with full authority to implement this matter, the king of Shu should be crowned the king of Qin, I will make an order tomorrow." ”

Wang Heng was overjoyed when he saw that the saint had adopted his suggestion, so he took his leave, and after a while, the eunuch came to report, "Li Shangshu has arrived!" ”

Li Yu hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up and invite him in!" ”

His heart was full of expectations, and he wanted to discuss with Li Yan how to expand and deepen the liquidation of the land annexed by the clan elites.

．．．．．．．． In the evening, after two days of crossing the river, Li Qing'an's 80,000 troops had already crossed the Yellow River, as the sky was dark, the wind on the river increased, and the water was high and the waves were high, Li Qing'an ordered to stop crossing the river, and the two armies were stationed on the bank of the Yellow River.

Li Qing'an had also crossed the Yellow River, and his army was stationed in the wilderness about five miles away from the Yellow River, and the state of Huizhou governed Huining County, and six miles away, its swarthy city walls could be faintly seen, and Huining County was also occupied by Anxi at this time, and there was a high beacon tower on the city wall, and if the enemy attacked, the beacon tower would immediately notify the Tang army camp several miles away.

The camp was very quiet, the soldiers had rested early after a day of training, but Li Qing'an's big tent was brightly lit, and more than a dozen senior generals were gathering together to discuss the battle against An Lushan.

This battle with An Lushan is inevitable, this is not only their need to compete for the Guannei Road, but also the first battle of the Anxi Army, the two strong contend, the brave wins, over the years, the debate about whether the strongest warlord in the Tang Dynasty is the Fan Yang Army or the Anxi Army, has not subsided, because the Anxi Army is located in the Western Regions, too far away from the Central Plains, not understood, so in addition to some officials of the imperial court, the people of the Tang Dynasty almost all agree that the Fan Yang Army of An Lushan is stronger than the Anxi Army, which is what many people have seen with their own eyes.

An Lushan has an army of 300,000, killing all the way from Hebei to Hedong, murderous, boundless army has a profound impact on the Tang Dynasty military and people, while the Anxi army is just a distant imagination, they are far away in broken leaves, have been fighting with foreign races, and have never shown up in the Central Plains, it is difficult to resonate with the Tang people.

"Generals, this is the first battle we moved to the Central Plains, and it is also a battle to fight our Anxi army, An Lushan wolf ambition, fish and meat people in Hedong, rampant expropriation, Hedong people are miserable, and our Anxi army, at least half of them are immigrants from Hedong, so beating the thieves is not only the desire of the Tang people, but also the heart of our Anxi army, I got the latest information, the An Lushan army that crossed the river is about 90,000 people, and our strength is similar, this is the time to test us, we want to let the world know, Who is the strongest army in Datang. ”

Li Qing'an's war mobilization order is simple and effective, the officers in the tent are all gearing up, eager for a battle, especially Wu Yong, the general of Hedong who surrendered to Li Qing'an, is even more anxious, his more than 20,000 troops are Hedong people, father, wife and children are in Hedong, and now their parents, wives and children are in the hands of An Lushan, and there is news that many people have been brutalized, they hate An Lushan's army to the core, and they hope to fight back to Hedong and save their families.

At this time, Li Qingan asked: "Now which of you is willing to be the vanguard and open the way for the army in front!" ”

Wu Yong immediately got up and said, "I am willing to be a pioneer!" ”

Seeing that he was excited, Li Qingan smiled slightly: "I'm afraid that you will lead the troops too far and go directly to Taiyuan." ”

Li Qing'an's ridicule caused laughter in the big tent, and at this time, the general Tian Zhen also got up and said: "General, the position of the vanguard is nothing more than a humble position!" ”

Wu Yong's face was swollen red, and he immediately knelt down on one knee and said: "It is the duty of a soldier to obey military orders, since he is willing to be a pioneer, he will never act without authorization, and he is willing to vouch for his head." ”

Tian Zhen also did not back down and said: "I am also willing to vouch for the head, if there is a mistake, you can behead me and apologize!" ”

Li Qingan nodded, "Okay!" I will order the two of you to be the vanguard of the left and right, and each lead 5,000 elite soldiers to go first, and pave the way for my army. ”

At this time, a soldier came in and whispered a few words in Li Qing'an's ear, Li Qing'an smiled and said: "The imperial court's order has arrived, everyone go back to prepare first, and after the 30,000 troops cross the river, the army will act immediately." ”

The officers dispersed one after another, and the soldiers quickly cleaned up the big tent, and in a moment, the officer on duty brought in Pei Min, who had just arrived at the barracks.

Pei Min is Mingyue's uncle, and he has always had a good relationship with Li Qingan, and Li Yu sent him in the hope of using his relationship with Li Qingan to achieve his own goals.

As soon as Pei Min entered the tent, he smiled and said, "General, we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

Li Qingan hurriedly replied: "Uncle doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

The two sat down separately, and the soldiers served two cups of hot tea, Pei Min said: "I heard that Mingyue gave birth to a son, congratulations to the virtuous nephew." ”

Li Qingan smiled bitterly and said: "I'm ashamed to say it, I'm already thirty-two, and I only have children until now, many people have become grandfathers at my age, and the heirs are not prosperous, so I am ashamed of my ancestors!" ”

"Don't say that, you have been fighting in the north and south for many years, so it is naturally difficult to take care of your family, but you have laid down such a large territory for my Datang, not only recovering the broken leaves, but also driving the Great Food Army across the Wuhu River and restoring my Datang's rule over the river, you don't know, the Chang'an government and the opposition are very excited! The people of Chang'an are also very fond of your silver dollar, not only admire you, but also love your silver dollar, hehe! As a household manager, I also like it! ”

Pei Min's humor caused the two of them to laugh, and the atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became brisk, at this time, Pei Min took a sip of tea and began to get to the point.

"Do you know why I'm loyal to the Holy One?"

Pei Min sighed and said: "When Princess Huoguo's case first came out, we all thought that at most she would be ordered to return the land, and then the matter would be over, from ancient times to the present, all the cases committed by powerful people were dealt with in this way, but I never expected that the saint would confiscate Princess Huoguo's family property and land deeds, and take this opportunity to start checking the land occupied by the clan in Guanzhong, and seven families have been confiscated, so bold, completely different from his previous weakness, let people understand that he is really dealing with the disadvantages of the Tang Dynasty, All of a sudden, countless courtiers felt a heartfelt admiration for him. ”

"But he will be killed by doing so, and he can't last long."

"Kill for righteousness, why die?"

Li Qingan did not approve of Li Yu's approach, he knew that Li Yu had to take this step more because of financial difficulties, but he saw that Pei Min admired Li Yu a lot, so he didn't mention it and laughed it.

"Uncle is here this time, he should have a heavy burden, right?"

Pei Min nodded, took out Li Yu's holy decree from his side, handed it to Li Qing'an, and said: "The cumbersome etiquette is exempted, this is the official will given to you by the saint, you can see for yourself!" ”

Li Qing'an opened the holy decree and read it in a hurry, just as he thought, Li Yu named him as the pacification envoy of Guannei Dao, hoping that he would send troops to meet An Lushan.

On the side, Pei Min persuaded him again: "As the saying goes, only when the name is right can the words be smooth, the virtuous nephew is Anxi Jiedu, but he crossed the Yellow River to Guanlong, there is neither a holy edict, nor a petition from a hundred officials, it is really an unauthorized use of troops, to put it seriously, there is a suspicion of rebellion, although An Lushan also did not enter Beijing by edict, but his son was killed, speaking of which he also has an excuse, out of a moment of anger, it is excusable, as for Gao Xianzhi, he has the will of the first emperor, Guo Ziyi is edicted to enter Beijing, both of them are justified, so that people have nothing to say, Only the virtuous nephew and Ge Shuhan entered Beijing without authorization, and it is difficult to explain to the world, but now it is different, the virtuous nephew received the holy decree and was ordered to ask for An Lushan, once An Lushan is defeated, the virtuous nephew is a meritorious person to the community, convincing the people of the world, virtuous nephew, this is your opportunity to establish power in the world, defeat An Lushan, you are the representative of the righteous teacher. ”

Although Pei Min persuaded him carefully, Li Qingan didn't buy it, he frowned and said: "Although my uncle's words are reasonable, my uncle knows that An Lushan's army of 90,000 people crossed the river, and it was led by An Lushan himself, and I only had 80,000 troops, and I was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, although the Anxi army was good at fighting, but the Fan Yang army had been fighting with the Khitan for a long time, and the strength was not weak. It has been difficult to turn over for several years, and the price is not small, but the Holy One only gave me some encouragement, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public! ”

Pei Min understood what Li Qing'an meant, this was talking about the conditions, and he immediately said: "Before I left, the saint promised that as long as the Anxi army was defeated, the virtuous nephew could be rewarded by the official title of the soldier, and the holy general would approve it, and the virtuous nephew would be the lord of King Zhao, and the virtuous nephew might not know that although the prince was sealed ten thousand households, it was only in name, in fact, the maximum was only three thousand households, and you will be the first person in ten thousand households." ”

Li Qing'an took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Ten thousand households are not ten thousand households, I don't care, my lifelong ideal is to self-cultivation and govern the country and level the world, on the general's position, I have achieved the Anxi Festival, defeat the big food, open up the territory of the Tang Dynasty is more than 10 million, it can be said that a hundred battles have leveled the world, but I have never done the country in the imperial court, there is no merit in governing the country, there is no title of the book under the door of the book, but I have never entered the political hall for a day, and Yang Guozhong is a talent, but he has been on the right for many years, Li Qingan is not talented, I wish Mao to recommend himself and replace Yang Guozhong. ”

Pei Min was stunned, he didn't expect Li Qing'an's condition to be the right minister, and after a while, he hesitated and asked, "What about Anxi?" ”

Li Qingan smiled, "Didn't Li Linfu concurrently serve as the envoy of the Anxi Festival back then?" ”

"This...."

Pei Min pondered for a moment, and then said: "Virtuous nephew, this matter is very important, I have no right to promise you, I will go back immediately and report to the saint." ”

He stood up and arched his hand, "Then I'll go first." ”

Li Qing'an also stood up and said: "The soldiers are fast, the fighter plane should not be missed, I can send troops to meet An Lushan first, in order to show my sincerity, please tell my uncle to tell the saint, if I am the right minister, within three years, I will level the world for him, and return the Tang Dynasty to a bright blue sky, and then I will return to Anxi, he and I will take the West Yellow River as the boundary, and each will manage the country." ”

Pei Min was angry, and his heart was agitated when he heard it, and he said loudly: "Okay! I must have persuaded the Holy One to take his leave! ”

Li Qing'an Shili smiled slightly, "Uncle, please take care all the way!" ”

．．．．．．．．． Two days later, Li Qing'an's 80,000 Anxi army was reorganized, and the 10,000 vanguard army, led by generals Tian Zhen and Wu Yong, divided their troops into two routes, one north and one south, and marched towards Xiaoguan County and Pinggao County in Yuanzhou.

This time, An Lushan crossed the Yellow River to the west with a total of 90,000 troops, with the general Shi Siming as the vanguard, he personally commanded the army, and Tongguan side, by his son An Qingxu and the general Cai Xide continued to attack, but the strength was only 30,000, and the main forces were concentrated on the army of crossing the river to the west.

An Lushan crossed the river from Yanzhou, rested for three days after crossing the river, and then marched westward, at this time An Lushan's army was already in the area of Huai'an County, Qingzhou, and then entered the Guanzhong area through Qingzhou, Ningzhou and Jingzhou, during which it took about five days, but An Lushan was very cautious, he was not in a hurry to enter Beijing, but sent people into Beijing to contact Liu Luogu and others who were his henchmen in Chang'an, to understand the development of the current situation in Chang'an, and then look for opportunities to enter Beijing.

But not long after An Lushan entered Gyeongju, he heard the news that Li Qing'an's army crossed the river in Huizhou, this news made him extremely nervous, he did not expect that Li Qing'an had already come from Anxi, since the Anxi army had crossed the Yellow River, then both armies would enter Guanzhong from Guannai Road, and a fierce battle was inevitable.

If the Tang Dynasty still has an opponent that he attaches importance to, it is Li Qing'an's Anxi Army, he has dealt with the Anxi Army for many years, when Li Qing'an entered Beijing as a school captain, just a few days after the title of Zhonglang General, he forced himself to break his son An Qingxu's leg, and defeated Shi Siming with a pot and arrow in the birthday banquet of Mrs. Qiuguo, these two things made him remember deeply, he realized at that time that Li Qing'an would never be a thing in the pool in the future, but he never thought that Li Qing'an finally became the envoy of the Anxi Festival, or after becoming the prince, He was named King Zhao and commanded nearly 300,000 Anxi troops.

If An Lushan knew that one day Li Qingan would become his strong opponent, then he would definitely kill Li Qingan by any means and would never give him a chance.

It is impossible to turn back time, An Lushan regretted it, he could only fight his spirit, and prepare to fight with Li Qing'an's Anxi army, which is actually what he hopes in his heart, if he can defeat the Anxi army in one battle, who else will he be afraid of in the world, he will sweep the world, kick away the Li clan, and he An Lushan will ascend the throne as the emperor and establish the Dayan Dynasty, this is a dream he has had for nearly ten years, whether this dream can be realized depends on this battle with the Anxi army.

An Lushan's army was stationed in Huai'an County, and due to the arrival of the Anxi army, he did not continue to move south, but was ready to wait for work and fight to the death in Gyeongju and Anxi.

An Lushan stood on the city wall of Huai'an, squinting his small eyes and looking at the surrounding terrain, this area is hilly, you can see low hills everywhere, a few miles away is the Baima River, the river is about five zhang wide, faintly visible a bridge to communicate the east and west banks, it is early summer, the weather is hot, and the river is shrouded in a layer of fog.

An Lushan frowned, and pointed with his hand: "Send someone to dismantle that bridge, it looks dazzling." ”

At this time, Tian Qianzhen, the general beside him, cautiously suggested to him: "Dashuai, my subordinates think that this place is not a good place to fight Li Qing'an. ”

"Why?" An Lushan glanced at him and asked.

"Because the subordinates feel that the terrain here is unfavorable, there is no Xiongcheng Guangkuo to resist the enemy, and there is no steep mountain as a basis, there is only a small county town, and it is not the only way to go to Chang'an, the marshal refuses to defend here, although it is to wait for work, but if Li Qing'an does not come here, but waits for us in the only way to enter the customs in the south, will the marshal go or not?"

Tian Qian is really a rare talent under An Lushan, he saw that An Lushan was a little afraid of Li Qing'an, and when Li Qing'an's shadow was not seen, he sent someone to demolish the bridge, which exposed his inner timidity, so he did not dare to go south, only dared to defend this small county, just to get closer to the Yellow River and facilitate his escape.

But will Li Qing'an come here honestly? Definitely not, he will definitely seize the advantageous terrain, such as the area of Longshan Pass and Danzheng Gorge in the south of Yuanzhou, and then wait for Fan Yang's army to pass, but it is a pity that An Lushan crossed the river earlier than Li Qing'an, but he was suspicious and marched slowly, allowing Anxi to seize the opportunity.

An Lushan didn't speak for a long time, and his advisor Gao Shang also persuaded him to go south as soon as possible, but he didn't accept it, and now Tian Qianzhen also persuaded him like this, An Lushan was a little shaken.

At this time, I saw a group of cavalry scouts coming from afar, and in a moment they rushed to the city, and the leading officer shouted: "Marshal, about 80,000 troops of Anxi are stationed in Pinggao County, Yuanzhou, and will not advance eastward. ”

Tian Qianzhen sighed secretly, and it was as he expected.

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(To be continued)