Chapter 496: The crisis intensifies
readx; On the east side of Suzaku Street, Chen Xuanli, the general of Jin Wuwei, has been patiently waiting for the result, in fact, he also realizes that it is very risky to do this, from his heart, he is unwilling to meddle in this matter, and he is even more unwilling to send his subordinates to cross the border to Chang'an County, their strength is not as good as Qianniuwei, but under the pressure of Li Heng, he has to do this. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
For a woman, taking the risk of turning his face with Qianniuwei, this made Chen Xuanli very dissatisfied, he always thought that Li Heng fell in love with Yang Yuhuan, and it was Li Heng who wanted this woman, although he also admitted that Yang Yuhuan was a national color, which was a huge temptation for men, but Yang Yuhuan had changed from a brother-in-law to a mother, should he become a wife again? This made Chen Xuanli also have a trace of disdain for Li Heng, and more importantly, this affected his interests, once his subordinates could not retreat and were surrounded by Qianniuwei, how would he deal with the consequences?
The fact is often like this, the more you are afraid of it happening, it will happen, just when Chen Xuanli was anxiously waiting, a delayed liaison soldier escaped from Chang'an County, and rushed to report: "General, things are not good, General Jin and five hundred brothers have been detained by Qianniuwei." ”
"What about the people of An Lushan?" Chen Xuanli asked urgently, "Did they succeed?" ”
"No, they also fell for the trick and suffered heavy casualties."
Chen Xuanli was speechless for a long time, things really developed for the worst, the Anxi army detained their own people, and tomorrow they will inevitably attack themselves.
Chen Xuanli stomped his feet in hatred and said to the left and right: "Go to the prison mansion!" ”
...... Li Heng's Yongwang Mansion moved to Changle Fang close to Daming Palace at the beginning of this year, it is a royal mansion covering an area of nearly 100 acres, the house is full of strange flowers and plants, pavilions and pavilions, extraordinarily ingenious, and Chang'an everywhere, Yongwang is also covered with snow, the house is very quiet, Li Heng's wives and concubines and children mostly stay in the house, only occasionally there are patrolling guards walking by. Li Heng's outer study was brightly lit, Chen Xuanli stood aside with his hands down, without saying a word, Li Heng had a gloomy face, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he was both annoyed and very helpless, he was annoyed that his father's excessive requirements caused him to be so passive, but he didn't know what to do now.
"You go back first, I will deal with this matter properly, but tomorrow you also have to go to Qianniuwei Yamen, explain to them, ask people back first, you tell Nan Jiyun, I will give Qianniuwei an explanation."
"But ....."
Chen Xuanli hesitated for a moment and said, "But this matter has nothing to do with my subordinates, please handle it carefully." ”
He was very worried, Li Heng gave the statement that he was to use his own subordinates, this is absolutely not good, Li Heng glanced at him, and said with some displeasure: "I know what to do, you don't have to worry about it,"
"The subordinates don't dare, and the subordinates retire."
Chen Xuanli saluted and retreated, Li Heng snorted heavily, and said to himself: "What kind of person does he think he is, and he dares to bargain with me?" ”
During this time, Li Heng was really dissatisfied with Chen Xuanli in his heart, since Wang Sili was transferred to Longyou under an excuse, Chen Xuanli began to monopolize the power of Jin Wuwei and the Guanzhong Army, obviously more arrogant than before, he used to say the same, but now he has ignored his own words, and he only buys it if he has to pay for his own written instructions or the gold medal for transferring troops, and it is still very reluctant, like this time, he obviously asked him to use a little more troops, at least more than 2,000 people, and Qianniuwei will cast a mouse trap, but he just doesn't understand, only sends 500 people, and became a captive of others.
In the end, he gave him the aftermath, but he still had to impose conditions that he was not allowed to touch his people, Li Heng had a hunch that this was just the beginning, and it would be more and more difficult for him to mobilize this person in the future, and finally he was no longer under his control.
Li Heng's heart was heavy, he had already realized that in fact, Chen Xuanli's crisis was far more serious than Jin Wuwei's mistake in Chang'an.
What to do? Li Heng's brows furrowed, Chen Xuanli's military power must be cut as soon as possible, he can no longer be the commander of the Guanzhong Army, he must find someone he can absolutely trust, so who is the most suitable person?
At this time, his second son, Nanyang Wang Li Xian, appeared at the door, bowed down and said, "Father, Mr. Linghu is here." ”
Nanyang Wang Li is a few years younger than his eldest son Li Yu, and today he is twenty-seven years old, he is tall and heroic, and he is steady and mature, and his work is reassuring, Li Heng's eyes lit up, why not let his son take charge of the army?
Li Department saw that his father was a little distracted, so he reported again: "Father, Mr. Linghu is here." ”
Only then did Li Heng react, so he temporarily put aside his son's matter, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and invite him in!" ”
Li Heng values Ling Hufei very much, and trusts him even more, he will hide many things from Wang Hui, but he will not hide them from Ling Hufei, Ling Hufei is his military advisor and chief staff.
After a while, Ling Hufei hurriedly walked in, bowed and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”
Although the gate of the hall was closed when it was in Hai, there was still a little leeway in the regulations of the political hall, except for Qianniuwei and Jin Wuwei, who were not restricted by the gate, and some people were also allowed to pass specially, such as Xiangguo of the political hall and those who held the silver medal of the quasi-line, Ling Hufei held the special passage silver medal given to him by Li Heng, and the road was unimpeded, and he could even go out of the city.
Li Heng smiled slightly: "I'm really sorry to let Mr. come so late, but something big happened in Huaiyuanfang, and I must discuss countermeasures with Mr." ”
After a pause, he asked again, "Sir, do you know what happened in Huaiyuanfang?" ”
"My subordinates met General Chen at the door just now, and I heard him say a little, it is said that it is for the matter of the former concubine?"
Li Heng sighed, briefly explained what happened, and finally said: "I just can't hinder the relationship between this father and son, so I reluctantly did it for him, but I didn't expect to cause such a big incident, and I also have a headache!" ”
How shrewd Ling Hufei is, he immediately heard the behind-the-scenes clues that Li Heng did not say, I am afraid that the matter is not as simple as the relationship between father and son, but that Li Heng and Li Longji are secretly colluding, it must be so, otherwise, with their power struggle, how can there still be a father-son relationship.
Guessing this, Ling Hufei didn't say anything, so he said: "My subordinates want to hear the countermeasures that His Highness is going to take." ”
"What else can I do?"
Li Heng said helplessly: "Tomorrow I plan to go to Qianniuwei and make a low profile, even if it is an apology!" Send a letter to Li Qingan to explain again, and promise that there will be no next time, let Nan Jiyun release the person, and this matter will be over. ”
Ling Hufei pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, his subordinates are not worried about the conflict with Qianniuwei, but worried about An Lushan, once he knows that His Highness is plotting against him behind his back, he will inevitably be annoyed and angry, and His Highness should mainly consider how to appease him." ”
Li Heng shook his head and said: "He did it without consulting me, causing such a big incident, and the last time he assassinated Li Yan without authorization, it caused an extremely bad impact, the Tang Dynasty Xiangguo was assassinated for the first time in a hundred years, even Li Qingan didn't dare, but he did it boldly, and finally everyone counted the account on my head, and I haven't asked him to settle the account for that matter!" I can't let him do anything, I'll go and appease him, no! He had to bear certain consequences. ”
Li Heng has already made his attitude clear, this time he will not appease An Lushan, he must let An Lushan accept a lesson, let him understand that Chang'an is by no means a place where he can do whatever he wants, but Ling Hufei is still a little worried, An Lushan and Li Heng's alliance is not yet solid, if there is unhappiness between them at this time, it is likely to split their covenant, in order to teach An Lushan a lesson, they will lose an ally, which is inevitably a bit more than worth the loss.
Ling Hufei persuaded again: "Your Highness, although An Lushan has some surnames, His Highness should focus on the overall situation, first appease An Lushan, and then slowly persuade him to restrain himself." ”
There are some things Li Heng is willing to listen to Ling Hufei's opinion, but there are some things, Li Heng has his own opinions, he has dealt with An Lushan for more than ten years, he knows very well what kind of person An Lushan is, of course he understands in his heart that the so-called alliance between him and An Lushan is just using each other, he wants to use An Lushan to deal with Li Qing'an, but what An Lushan wants to use him to do, he doesn't know very well, just use this matter to test the details of An Lushan.
Li Heng said slowly: "I am ready to test An Lushan with this matter, if he really has the heart to form an alliance with me, then he should be able to bear this grievance, on the contrary, if he turns his face with me, it means that he has no sincerity at all." ”
Speaking of this, Li Heng showed a murderous intent in his eyes, "If that's the case, it's also a disaster for this person to stay, so it's better to take this opportunity to get rid of him." ”
Ling Hufei was shocked, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, this matter is very important, Your Highness must think about it carefully." ”
Perhaps because he felt that he had exposed his mind too early, Li Heng immediately restrained the murderous intent in his eyes, and said lightly: "I know, as long as he is interested and gives me a little room to relax, I won't take this step, forget it, let's not mention this matter first, there is another matter, I also want to discuss it with my husband, it is about Chen Xuanli......"
At the same time when Li Heng and Ling Hufei discussed how to reduce Chen Xuanli's military power, An Lushan's carriage, escorted by more than 100 personal soldiers, came to Li Heng's Yongwang Mansion.
An Lushan didn't know the information that happened in Huaiyuanfang, none of the two hundred elite scouts he sent fled back, and several spies were also hiding in the fang, unable to come out to report the news, but An Lushan also knew that something must have happened, he was so anxious, this matter only came to beg Li Heng and asked him to come forward to redeem his people.
At this time, the kind of eagerness in An Lushan's heart to get Yang Guifei has faded slightly, and he also regrets it a little in his heart, he did it without thinking about it, it was really a bit hasty, but at this time it was too late to regret it, so he had to be cheeky and beg Li Heng to ask him to help him for the sake of the covenant.
The group was still waiting at the gate, the porter had already gone to report, they waited for a full quarter of an hour, just when they were a little impatient, the door opened, Li Heng's second son Li Department walked out, bowed his hand and said: "I'm really sorry to keep Mr. Zhang waiting for a long time." ”
Zhang Tongru hurriedly asked, "Your Highness may receive us?" We do have important matters to discuss with him. ”
Li Xian's face was embarrassed, and he said apologetically: "Don't hide it from Mr., my father felt sick this afternoon, and he had already taken medicine early to sleep, I woke up my father, but he was sick and unable to meet him, and said that he would see Mr. tomorrow morning, please forgive me." ”
An Lushan in the carriage heard it clearly, his face immediately became gloomy, Li Heng didn't see him, and he was sick for some reason, he glanced at another carriage parked not far away, and couldn't help sneering, sick? This excuse is too clumsy, huh! It's clear that I don't want to help myself.
Well, go back first, and talk about it tomorrow, depending on his attitude.
Thinking of this, he gave a hint to the coachman, and as soon as the coachman raised his whip, the carriage started, and Zhang Tongru also understood the meaning of the handsome, so he arched his hand and said: "Since His Royal Highness is sick, then don't bother, let's talk about it tomorrow!" ”
He turned and descended the steps, turned over on his horse, and said to the left and right, "Go back!" ”
The people rode their horses and followed the carriage, and gradually drifted away.
On the steps, Li knew that An Lushan was in the carriage, and he didn't understand why his father didn't see this person, he couldn't help but shake his head, turned around and went back to the house, and the door of King Yong's mansion creaked shut.
.......... The turmoil in Huaiyuanfang in Chang'an County has subsided, and only about 30 of the 200 elites sent by An Lushan surrendered in time and survived, and the rest were all killed, and the 500 Jinwuwei soldiers who broke into Chang'an County were also captured by Qianniuwei and imprisoned in the dungeon of Qianniuwei Yamen.
Although the turmoil in Huaiyuanfang has subsided, Nan Jiyun and Hu Peiyun did not dare to take it lightly, they both agreed that this matter was very important and could not be dealt with rashly, the two discussed it, and Hu Peiyun rushed out of the city to the Anxi army camp in Xianyang.
Hu Peiyun walked out of Chang'an City from the Anhua Gate controlled by Qianniuwei, and galloped quickly in the night with a few servants, the wind was blowing in his ears, and an hour later, he came to the Xianyang camp where the Anxi Army was stationed.
Li Qing'an brought a total of 60,000 elite Anxi troops into Guanzhong, of which 20,000 were turned into Qianniuwei, 20,000 returned to Anxi with Li Qing'an, and there were still 20,000 garrisons in Guanzhong, in addition to more than 10,000 people stationed in various parts of Guanzhong, there were still 8,000 people in the Xianyang camp, and they were mobile and commanded by the general Tian Zhen.
When Hu Peiyun arrived at the Xianyang camp, it was already the second watch, and as soon as they approached the camp gate, the sentry on the watchtower shouted: "Stop! ”
The military regulations of the Anxi army are strict, and unknown people will be killed within 100 steps of the camp gate, Hu Peiyun stopped and said loudly: "It's my own people, I have a general's gold medal, from Chang'an!" ”
A soldier rushed forward, took Hu Peiyun's gold medal, turned around and went back, and after a while, the camp gate slowly opened, and an officer on duty came out and said, "Manager Hu, please come in!" ”
Hu Peiyun turned over and dismounted, and led the horses into the camp with the servants.
"I have an urgent matter to see Mr. Yan, is he there?"
"In! I guess he was already asleep, so I sent someone to wake him up and asked Mr. Hu to come with me. ”
....... Yan Zhuang's tent was located in the middle, consisting of two tents inside and outside, and it was dark inside, and he was already asleep, when a soldier whispered in the tent: "Sir, Mr. Yan! ”
"What's the matter?" Yan Zhuang was awakened.
"Manager Hu of the Chang'an Internal Affairs Department is here, and I have something important to ask to see Mr."
Yan Zhuang was shocked, Hu Peiyun came so late, there must be something big, he got up in a hurry, and said while getting dressed: "Please ask him to wait in my tent, I'll be fine." ”
The lights of the outer tent were lit, and the soldiers led Hu Peiyun in, at this time, Yan Zhuang simply cleaned up, walked out of the inner tent, and said with a smile: "Manager Hu came to me in such a hurry, is there something important?" ”
"There is indeed a big matter, General Nan and I both think it is very weird, so I have come to ask Mr. for advice."
Yan Zhuang was not polite, waved his hand and said, "Then please sit down and say!" ”
The two sat down, a soldier served them hot tea, and Hu Peiyun drank two sips of hot tea to warm his lungs, and then he described in detail what happened from day to night yesterday, the causes and consequences.
Yan Zhuang listened carefully while drinking tea, his brows furrowed from time to time, and then slowly relaxed, and nodded, he thought that Hu Peiyun and Nan Jiyun had handled this matter well, and they were decisive and ruthless, not giving An Lushan and Jin Wuwei a chance.
After Hu Peiyun finished speaking, he said: "Early tomorrow morning, the prison country will definitely come to ask us for people, we are very embarrassed, whether to let it go or not, and we can't ask the general for instructions, so we can only come to ask Mr. for advice, please ask Mr. for a suggestion." ”
Yan Zhuang stroked the goat's whiskers, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I want to confirm one thing, is Jin Wuwei really here to intercept An Lushan's army?" ”
"Yes!" Hu Peiyun said with certainty: "We have interrogated clearly, Jin Wuwei was indeed ordered to intercept An Lushan's people, they wanted to rob Mrs. Yang halfway, but after hearing that An Lushan's people failed, they started to kill, killing a total of thirty-seven people, they wanted to cover up their true intentions, and seemed to be here to help us, but General Nan was not fooled." ”
"Hmmm! That's where it gets interesting. ”
Yan Zhuang smiled: "These two people have formed an alliance on the surface, but behind the scenes, they are intriguing, this matter is an opportunity, well designed, to break their alliance." ”
"Sir, do you mean to let An Lushan know the truth?"
"That's right!"
Yan Zhuang stood up, took two steps, and said with a smile: "In this way, you immediately rush back, find some people from An Lushan's captives, and don't do it in front of them, but let them hear it, interrogate Jin Wuwei again, and then find an opportunity for two of them to escape, remember, don't do it too explicitly, let them feel that it is indeed a fluke, and it is not deliberately for the two of them to hear, you should understand what I mean." ”
"I understand, I will arrange it properly, so how will Jin Wuwei and the other people from An Lushan arrange it?"
"After Jin Wuwei and the other prisoners come to intercede, they can all be let go, and they will be healed, but An Lushan's people must all be executed, and An Lushan must be let know, so that they can successfully provoke the relationship between them, does Mr. Hu understand?"
Hu Peiyun suddenly realized, he is worthy of being the first strategist in Anxi, and he is really smart!
"Thank you, sir, then I'll take my leave."
Yan Zhuang smiled: "Go!" Work harder, maybe this matter will affect the whole situation, and the general will definitely reward you in the future. ”
(To be continued)