readx; Yiwu County, Yizhou, this is the first state to enter Beiting, that is, today's Hami in Xinjiang Province, from the beginning of March, the Tang army from all over the country began to gather in Yizhou one after another, except for the army of Xiao Bolu because of the long distance, the rest of the Qiuzi, Khotan, Xiaye, Tingzhou Anxi army has arrived most of them, by the middle of April, Yizhou has gathered nearly 70,000 Anxi army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The dense Anxi Tent was stationed outside the city of Iwu, stretching for three miles, and troops were constantly coming from the far west to join this huge military camp.

Li Qing'an has been in Yizhou for more than a month, and his daily work is to read a large amount of information sent from all over the country, Cui Qianyou led the army to continue to advance eastward, but he would send two messengers every day to deliver the letter, to report to Li Qing'an the situation of the daily march.

The second is the intelligence sent by the Han and Tang Societies from all over the Tang Dynasty, which was originally the Han and Tang Societies' own intelligence system, and now it has been slightly transformed by Li Qing'an, and it has become his intelligence network.

The big tent of the Chinese army in the barracks is located in the middle of the barracks, it is a huge camp tent of white must, here is the place where the senior generals of the Anxi Army meet to discuss important matters, and there are four small tents close to the big tent of the Chinese army, which are connected by small doors and big tents, there are sand table tents, there are Li Qing'an's sleeping tents, and there are small conference rooms and places where Li Qing'an deals with ordinary documents.

At this time, Li Qingan was in the sand table tent, he was engrossed in staring at the sand table map of the Guanlong area, after several years of production, he not only has the sand table map of the entire Anxi region, but also has the sand table map of the main areas such as Hezhong, Hexi, Guanlong, etc., made very meticulously, not only the mountains, rivers and plains are basically the same as the original appearance, even the bridges, cities, villages and towns, as well as the number of people, food products, and even the military camp garrison are all inserted in the sand table with small signs for remarks, It can be said that this is an all-round stereoscopic map of great strategic value.

Of course, the army will be mobilized and the population will migrate, so this information must be updated in time.

The reason why Li Qing'an paid attention to the Guanlong area was because he had just received urgent information, Li Longji was going to go out to patrol the Shuo side and personally negotiate with the Hui people on the conditions for the withdrawal of the army, Li Qing'an also received the information that An Sishun refused to hand over power, and at the same time he also received the news that Ge Shuhan led the army into Dafeichuan, both of which were in his expectation, whether it was An Sishun or Ge Shuhan, how could they hand over the military power so easily, the seven major jiedu envoys, except for the Hedong Jiedu envoy who was the prince Li Wan, The only thing that is easy to clean up may be that the Lingnan Five Mansions have been slightly envoyed, and the remaining five major festivals are not fuel-efficient lamps.

Li Longji's intentions were too obvious, which made the other Jiedu envoys vigilant and tried every means to escape from being seized power.

According to the intelligence, Li Longji mobilized 200,000 troops to hunt Shuofang, but Li Qingan knew that there were actually no 200,000, at least Li Xuan had less 30,000 troops, Li Xuan's original plan was to take 70,000 troops north, but in fact he only got 40,000 troops, and there were 80,000 Guanzhong troops, these troops Li Qing'an did not pay attention to, the original Guanzhong army was a well-trained army, but Gao Xianzhi transferred 100,000 Guanzhong troops to Jiannan because of the lack of troops to fight Nanzhao, and he did not come back, more than half of this Guanzhong army was recruited new army, Not long after joining the army, there are still a large number of pampered Yulin Army, most of whom are from famous families, and they can be honor guards, but it is a bit difficult for them to go to the battlefield to fight.

But Li Qing'an was more concerned about the crossing of the Yellow River by the Hedong Army, and he didn't understand why Li Longji made this decision, which could only show that Li Longji was already extremely mediocre, or he was desperate for all the consequences in order to seize An Sishun's military power.

"Did you go and ask Mr. Yan?" Li Qingan turned around and asked the soldiers.

"General Hui, I have already gone, and it is estimated that it will come soon."

"Hmm!" Li Qing'an nodded, he suddenly remembered something again, and ordered: "Send a pigeon letter to Chang'an immediately, and order Chang Jin to find out where the concubine is a monk as soon as possible." ”

This is also a news that Li Qing'an just received, there is a secret rumor in the palace that Yang Guifei actually left Daming Palace and became a female Taoist priest outside the palace, Li Qing'an knows a little bit that Yang Guifei has a bad relationship with Li Longji, and it has something to do with him, and he is very worried about Yang Guifei's safety.

At this time, Rushi walked in from the small tent door next to her, holding a bowl of medicine in her hand, and said with a smile: "Is the eldest brother so concerned about the concubine?" ”

Since the Byzantine princess incident, Mingyue no longer believes in Li Qing'an's conscious surname, in order to control Li Qing'an, she asked Rushi to follow Li Qing'an and take care of his daily life.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not a war, it is normal for the commander of the Tang Army to bring a woman with him when he is out of the house.

Of course, there are also female guards in the barracks of the Anxi Army, which is a major feature of the Anxi Army, in addition to the Anxi Army, the Fan Yang Army of An Lushan also imitates the female guard system established by the Anxi Army, in addition, there is a female archer in Gao Xianzhi's Jiannan Army, which is also a major feature.

In addition to these normal female soldiers, there are actually some special women in the army, that is, with the army records, women are the lubricant to stabilize the morale of the army, their existence is very important to the army, almost in the major armies, although the tradition of the Anxi army is not with the army to remember women, but each section of the envoy will allow the women to come to do business, the officers in charge of camping will set up a dozen camp tents outside the back door, after the soldiers get permission, they will come here in an endless stream to enjoy the taste of women, the soldiers call these camp tents ' Of course, most of the women have nothing to do with the beauties.

Rushi came to Yizhou with Li Qing'an this time, she not only had to take care of Li Qing'an's daily life, but also assisted the old Sogdian doctor Borodo to treat Li Qing'an's illness, to cure Li Qing'an's illness is not a pair of medicine can be cured for a few months, it requires a long period of observation, constantly adding and decreasing medicine, it will take at least three or four months, or even longer.

The treatment of Li Qing'an's disease needs to involve some of Li Qing'an's **, it is not convenient for the soldiers, it is even more inconvenient for other women, only his own woman is the most suitable.

"Big brother, take medicine!"

Rushi handed the medicine bowl to Li Qing'an, and when she saw a trace of unnaturalness flashing in Li Qing'an's eyes, she pursed her lips and smiled: "Is it my question that makes my eldest brother feel embarrassed?" ”

Li Qingan took the medicine bowl and said with a smile: "Where do you want to go, the concubine is kind to me, she recognized Mingyue as her sister, it is normal for me to care about her, and besides, she is my apprentice, you think too much, I am afraid that she will be taken advantage of by gangsters, so I have to protect her." ”

Rushi grinned and said, "I'm just asking casually, why does the eldest brother explain so much?" ”

"This.... If you don't explain it clearly, maybe you will have to write a report to your eldest sister again, and it will make me feel bad again. ”

"That's your own weak heart, what's there to say about this kind of thing."

Rushi pointed to the medicine bowl and smiled: "Hurry up and take the medicine!" It's cold for a while. ”

Li Qing'an drank the medicine in one go, and at this time, Yan Zhuang walked in quickly, and said with a smile: "When will the general let us see the young marshal of Anxi?" ”

Li Qingan also smiled: "I'm working hard, let's hurry!" ”

Yan Zhuang joked to Rushi again: "Miss Rushi, you have a great responsibility!" ”

Rushi's face flushed, and she hurriedly walked to the back tent with the empty bowl, Li Qingan pointed to the chair and motioned for him to sit down, "Mr. is so happy, did you hear any good news?" ”

Yan Zhuang sat down, squinted his eyes and said, "Don't the general think it's not good news?" ”

"I also think this is good news, so I asked my husband to discuss, what should we do next?"

The smile on Yan Zhuang's face disappeared, his eyes became serious, he pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, I have been thinking about this problem, if the saint cuts the domain like this, it will definitely lead to very serious consequences, it can be seen from An Sishun and Ge Shuhan's protest decree that these frontier ministers have already had the heart to resist, Ge Shuhan and An Sishun may not be able to make trouble because of the lack of troops, but An Lushan is different, he has been running Hebei for more than ten years, and he has enough soldiers and food, in order to keep his military power, he has done whatever it takes, If the saint insists on seizing his military power, he may rebel against him, and if An Lushan rebels, the world will inevitably be in chaos, and the opportunity for the general will not come? ”

Li Qing'an shook his head lightly and said: "There is another possibility that Mr. didn't expect, that is, An Lushan made a tough posture, so that the saint did not dare to act rashly anymore, and turned to deal with Gao Xianzhi, this is just like my Hexi bandits, maybe An Lushan will also come to Hedong to suppress bandits, in this way, the possibility of An Lushan's rebellion is very small, and the situation between the DPRK and China will be stalemate, at least for a few years, so that I will have time to continue to run Anxi." ”

Yan Zhuang understood what Li Qing'an meant, Li Qing'an didn't want to send troops to the Central Plains now, he hoped to win a little more time to prepare for the war, indeed, this is very necessary, on the one hand, Li Qing'an is not yet completely in control of the Anxi army, only his descendants and die-hard henchmen will support him to fight for the world, and many officials still support the imperial court, so he needs time to pinch the army, on the other hand, the four sides of Anxi are still unstable, Tubo has the possibility of backlash, the strength of the Hui is still there, and once the big food solves the domestic crisis, it will inevitably continue to advance eastward, But once Li Qing'an enters the Central Plains, it will be difficult for Anxi to maintain such a strong position, and in this way, Li Qing'an still needs time to completely solve the unfavorable factors around him.

Yan Zhuang walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, he walked to the sand table again, staring at the mountains and rivers on the sand table, and after a while, he said slowly: "Maybe I have a plan to make the situation in the Central Plains form the situation that the general wants, and let An Lushan stiffen but not rebel." ”

"Sir, please!" Li Qingan also walked to the sand table.

Yan Zhuang picked up the wooden pole next to him, pointed to Shuo Fang and said: "An Sishun has too few troops, there is no doubt that the Holy Lord will cut his military power this time, and he will definitely succeed, encouraged by this success, the Holy Lord will definitely strike while the iron is hot and continue to cut the feudal domain strongly, either Ge Shuhan or An Lushan." ”

Yan Zhuang put the wooden pole in the Qinghai area, and said: "Ge Shuhan has already led the army into Dafeichuan, the terrain in that area is very high, and the weak people can't enter at all, and the saint can't enter either, so he may not move Ge Shuhan, I guess he is very likely to attack An Lushan directly." ”

Li Qing'an didn't speak, he quietly listened to Yan Zhuang's analysis, and Yan Zhuang continued: "So if we want to achieve the situation that the general wants, the key is here in the saint, and we must force him to give up his tough cut on An Lushan." ”

Speaking of this, Yan Zhuang stroked his short beard and said with a smile: "Has the general thought of my plan?" ”

At this time, Li Qing'an's gaze fell on Hexi, and Yan Zhuang stroked his palms and laughed: "The general is really thorough!" ”

He pointed to Hexi with a wooden pole and said, "That's right! My plan is to re-enter Hexi, now Ge Shuhan has transferred the army of Hexi, Hexi is extremely empty, it is a good opportunity to occupy Hexi, as long as the general sends troops to Hexi, the saint will inevitably be jealous, and dare not use strong means to deal with An Lushan, in that way, An Lushan's pressure will be reduced, and the possibility of his rebellion will be greatly reduced, after all, he also needs time. ”

Li Qingan nodded slowly and said, "Sir's plan is very incisive!" ”

He took the wooden pole, pointed to the western part of Hexi and said with a smile: "Occupying the entire territory of Hexi will be politically unfavorable to me, as long as I take Shazhou and Guazhou, the door of Hexi will be open to me, what does Mr. think?" ”

"The general is right, in fact, it is enough to take Shazhou, and the general can write to the prince and the court, saying that he found that the Tubo patrol post appeared in the Shazhou area, and now Hexi is empty and empty, I hope the court can allow the Anxi army to enter Hexi for defense, as long as the court or the prince agrees, the general will be famous, and send troops to Shazhou, it will inevitably pass through the Yumen Pass of Guazhou, so that Guazhou will also fall into the bag."

Speaking of this, Yan Zhuang suddenly rolled his eyes and said with a smug smile: "Isn't there the armor of the Tubo army among the trophies in the warehouse?" The general surnamed Suo sent people to pretend to be the Tubo army to harass Dunhuang County, and asked the Dunhuang County Commander to ask the general for help, wouldn't it be more famous? ”

Li Qingan laughed, gave a thumbs up and praised: "If you talk about conspiracy and trickery, there is no one in the world who is on the right side of Mr." ”

．．．．．．．．．． Seven days later, a thousand people of the Tubo army appeared in Dunhuang County west of thirty miles away, at this time stationed in Shazhou Doulu army has been transferred away by Ge Shuhan, the whole Shazhou only a few hundred towns, the appearance of the Tubo army made Shazhou frightened, the people around have entered the city to hide, Shazhou Governor Shi and Dunhuang County Order on the one hand quickly reported to the imperial court, on the other hand, they urgently sent people to the Anxi army stationed in Xingxing Gorge and the Yiwu army stationed in Yizhou for help.

Soon, Li Qing'an got a distress letter, and he immediately wrote to the imperial court to explain the situation to the political affairs hall and Li Yu, and at the same time, he personally led an army of 30,000 through the Xingxing Gorge and marched to Hexigua Prefecture and Shazhou.

．．．．．．．．．． At the same time when Li Qing'an marched to Shazhou, the Mobei grassland was also turned upside down by Cui Qianyou, in the vast grassland, more than 60,000 Tang and Hu coalition troops swept in, overwhelming horses galloping on the grassland, they killed and looted all the way, and a month later, the army arrived at the upper reaches of the Kunshui where the Hui Ya tent was located.

At this time, the main force of the Hui was still in the Jiuyuan area, and the second son of Gele Khan, Gu Tutler, and Zaiguo Yanzhi Jialuo, who remained in the tooth tent, and more than 10,000 soldiers were left behind.

The frightened sound of the horn echoed on the banks of the Kun River, and the women, children, and old people abandoned their tents and fled, and ran to the Jinding tent for help, when a messenger officer galloped and rushed to the door of the tent and exclaimed: "Your Royal Highness, the enemy army is less than thirty miles away from here, and is rushing to kill, there are as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people, and the momentum is unstoppable, please leave the prince quickly." ”

Inside the big tent, the prince Gu Tu Teller was urgently discussing countermeasures with a group of civil officials and nobles, hearing the news, everyone's faces changed at the same time, and Gu Si Teller said in horror: "Everyone, the enemy army has been killed, how should we deal with it?" ”

Zaiguo Yanzhijia Luo hurriedly said: "Everyone listen to me, the enemy army is strong, we can't resist, we must evacuate immediately, we can't ask for cattle and sheep property, and it is important to keep my surname!" ”

At this time, as soon as the curtain of the tent was lifted, the general who stayed behind in Hui ran into the tent and shouted: "You quickly take Your Highness away, I will lead the army to stop the Tang army, if you can resist for a moment, it will be too late if you don't leave." ”

After shouting, he got out of the tent and got on his horse, and ordered: "Sound the trumpet, gather the army!" ”

"Woo-" A series of horns sounded on the grassland, this is the order of the gathering of troops, more than 10,000 cavalry gathered from all directions, in a moment, 10,000 troops have been gathered, at this time, the prince Gu Tutler and Zaiguo Yanzhi Jialuo and other hundreds of officials and nobles have fled to the south in a panic, the grassland is full of women, children and old people running on horseback, tents fell, milk cans overturned to the ground, sheep scattered and fled, old people and children, screams, cries and cries, the scene is chaotic.

At this moment, a long black line appeared on the grassland more than ten miles away in the west, which was killed by the Tanghu coalition army, and the general saw that the situation was extremely critical, he waved his big knife and shouted: "Hui warriors, follow me to meet the battle!" ”

"Kill!" More than 10,000 Hui cavalry brandished their swords and rushed towards the enemy.

At this time, Cui Qianyou, the commander of the coalition army, also found that there was a large army on the opposite side, and he waved his hand and ordered: "Slowly reorganize the army!" ”

The 60,000 army slowed down the pace of the impact, gradually stopped advancing, and began to quickly set up a formation on the grassland, tidying up the ranks, they arranged in order of each tribe, and in the middle was the 6,000 Tang army, as the Hui army got closer and closer, Cui Qianyou shouted: "The army is ready to attack!" ”

Countless swords, guns, swords and halberds pointed at the Hui army, like a dense forest of weapons, the team began to run, the two sides got closer and closer, less than two miles apart, Cui Qianyou saw that the time had come, he shouted, "Drums, impact!" ”

The huge drum rumbled loudly, and the 60,000 army shouted, as if there was a muffled thunder on the ground, and the army galloped with thousands of horses, and the horses' hooves beat the ground, shaking the earth, like the wild waves of the sea, overwhelmingly sweeping towards the Hui army.

(To be continued)