Chapter 497: Lushan Conditions
readx; An Lushan's good days of entering Chang'an a few months ago have disappeared, as soon as the day dawned, bad news came one after another, their two hundred elite troops were wiped out, and the two soldiers who escaped by luck brought him the truth of the matter, Jin Wuwei hid behind them and poisoned them, they wanted to rob the concubine halfway, and after learning that they failed, they poisoned them, if they did not intercept and kill, at least sixty or seventy people could escape back from two hundred people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This time An Lushan was angry, this is a speechless anger, it is a kind of anger that was stabbed from behind, he didn't hold a grudge against Qianniuwei, because he and the Anxi army were mortal enemies, the Anxi army killed all his men, he was not surprised, if it was him, he would also kill the Anxi army, but Jin Wuwei is different, this is the army of his allies, the ink of the covenant they signed was not dry, they did it, no wonder Li Heng didn't want to see himself last night, he had no face to see himself, he didn't dare to see himself in his heart.
If there was no Li Heng's instruction in this matter, An Lushan would not believe it if he killed him, could it be that this is a political struggle, sign a covenant above, and move a knife below, An Lushan understands, this is Li Heng's style, this person even dares to kill his own son, what is he An Lushan?
Although An Lushan had suffered a heavy blow, the last fatal knife came after dawn, he received the news that Li Heng and Chen Xuanli went to visit the Qianniu Guard, and all the five hundred Jinwuwei soldiers were released, and everyone drank the convulsive wine and left happily, but all of his thirty or so subordinates were beheaded, and their heads were hung in Huaiyuanfang.
At this time, An Lushan had already left his anger, and instead of exploding in silence, he died in silence, he chose to erupt, and a quarter of an hour later, An Lushan quickly packed his bags and left his mansion under the protection of hundreds of personal guards.
An Lushan went out of the city in a high-profile manner, the team of hundreds of people went out of the city on Zhuque Street, causing a sensation in Chang'an, An Lushan's carriage was guarded by three hundred personal soldiers, the carriage curtain was closed, and the situation in the car could not be seen, both sides of Zhuque Street were full of pedestrians watching the excitement, from time to time someone smashed the carriage with rotten eggs, and there were many people who shouted and scolded.
Although it was not popular with the people, An Lushan's convoy still moved forward slowly, as if waiting for something?
The news of An Lushan's departure from Chang'an also reached Li Heng's ears at the first time, at this time Li Heng had already tasted the viciousness of Qianniuwei's falling into the well, Qianniuwei released Jin Wuwei's soldiers in a high-profile manner on the one hand, and killed An Lushan's people on the other hand, which undoubtedly added fuel to the fire and fueled the contradiction between him and An Lushan.
Although Li Heng already understood that this matter was used by Qianniuwei, he didn't want to change his strategy because of this, An Lushan's departure was expected by him, An Lushan walked slowly, this was waiting for him to negotiate, waiting for his concession, that is, An Lushan's tail was finally going to be exposed.
"You go for a run!"
Li Heng said to his confidant eunuch Li Fuguo: "Be humble and sincere, please be sure to stay, and then listen to his conditions." ”
"The old slave knows!"
Li Fuguo went quickly, and at this time Li Heng slowly walked to the window, looking in the direction of Suzaku Street, there was a sneer in his eyes, yes, so everyone is taking advantage of things, including An Lushan, he wants to know, what is the real purpose of An Lushan's entry into Beijing?
......... When An Lushan's carriage came to the vicinity of Mingde Gate, he was caught up by Li Fuguo, who was chasing all the way.
"An Dashuai! Slow down! ”
Li Fuguo's voice was high-pitched, looking extremely urgent, and in the carriage, An Lushan smiled a little proudly, he knew that Li Heng would come to chase him, he would not really let him go, and they had not yet discussed the details of how to deal with Li Qing'an! How could Li Heng let him go? It has been almost three months since he entered Beijing, and it is time for a showdown.
"Don't stop, keep walking!" An Lushan ordered in a low voice.
The carriage continued to move slowly, and at this time, Li Fuguo caught up, he ran to the window of the carriage and panted and said, "Dashuai, please take a step slowly, the old slave has something to say." ”
The carriage finally stopped, and the curtain opened a slit, revealing An Lushan's big pumpkin-like face and an eye slit that was almost invisible by the flesh of his face, and he said slowly: "Do you have something to say, or does His Highness the Prison State have something to say?" ”
"It's His Royal Highness that has something to say, and the old slave is just passing the word."
"Say it! What did he say? ”
Li Fuguo turned over and dismounted, stood in front of the car window and groveled: "Dashuai, His Royal Highness the Supervisor of my family said that someone deliberately provoked the relationship between you yesterday, please Your Highness don't fall for the annihilation plan of someone with a heart and ruin your allies, please go back first, there is something to discuss, good to discuss!" ”
"Don't pull everything on others, I know if there is any plan in my heart, tell His Highness for me, my departure from Chang'an has nothing to do with last night's incident, I can't see his sincerity, so I decided to go back to Fanyang, Gonggong Li, please!"
"Nope! No! No! ”
Li Fuguo waved his hand again and again, "Don't be angry, please listen to the old slave, His Royal Highness will never be insincere, on the contrary, His Royal Highness is very sincere, so he will order me to chase after the marshal, if it is not for the illness that has not healed, His Royal Highness will definitely come to chase the marshal in person, please go back, everything is easy to discuss." ”
"Really? All right! I'll just make a small request, try his sincerity, and if he is sincere, then I will come back. ”
"Please speak clearly!"
An Lushan said slowly: "I am now the king of Dongping County, among the princes in various places, I am only ranked second, when I can tie for first place, then I believe in the sincerity of His Highness." ”
An Lushan finally offered his price, he wanted to go up one level from the king of the county, as for whether he could go up, that was a matter for Li Heng to consider, after speaking, An Lushan waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”
The carriage started again, this time Li Fuguo did not chase again, he watched the carriage gradually go out of Mingdemen, but in his heart he was reminiscing about An Lushan's words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, from the prince of the county to the prince, An Lushan's step has been so big.
........ "What! ”
Li Henghuo turned around, his eyes widened in disbelief, "You mean his request is to be a prince?" ”
Li Fuguo said helplessly: "Yes, An Lushan means this, he thinks that he is just the king of the county, and he wants to be on the same level as Li Qing'an, and he also wants to be a prince, Your Highness, this should be the real purpose of An Lushan's entry into Beijing this time." ”
"Excellent! Very good! ”
Li Heng laughed angrily and said, "This time he wants to be a prince, so what about this time!" Is he going to be an emperor? ”
At this time, Li Heng seemed to think of something, he immediately walked to the bookshelf, flipped it up, and soon he found a copy of the book, which was the impeachment book of Li Luo, the imperial history of Hebei Province, half a year ago.
"That's right!" Li Heng muttered to himself.
Everyone knows that An Lushan has ambitions, but it is difficult to judge what kind of way he will use to achieve his ambitions, but now that he has exposed his intention to be a prince, then his next plan is very clear.
From the current point of view, An Lushan did not dare to rebel for the time being, should be the fiasco of Guannei Dao made his attempt to openly rebel have been hit hard, then he changed his strategy, with the way of secession to gradually realize his ambitions, King Yan is only the first step, from the discovery of the King of Yan stele half a year ago, An Lushan's plan is very thorough, and it is step by step, the discovery of the stone tablet of King Yan, he obtained the will of heaven, and then it is to enter Beijing to seek the way for the court to canonize him as the king of Yan, this is the purpose of his entry into Beijing, if the goal is not achieved, Then he will definitely proclaim himself King Yan after he goes back, and then wait for the opportunity of chaos in the court, and send troops to force the court to submit by force.
At that time, the jurisdiction of King Yan was not just Fan Yang.
Li Heng knew in his heart that he needed to make a decision, whether An Lushan was good or bad for him, since An Lushan entered Beijing for more than two months, he has been cautiously contacting An Lushan, and reached an alliance with him step by step, he hoped that An Lushan's army could suppress Li Qing'an's eastward expansion for him, but judging from An Lushan's performance now, Li Heng was disappointed, An Lushan's two hundred elites died in the hands of Qianniuwei, and he didn't dare to let go of Qianniuwei, but instead packed up and went back to Hebei.
Of course, there are reasons why An Lushan wants to bargain with himself, but there are also reasons why he is afraid of Anxi Army from the bottom of his heart, afraid that Anxi Army will find him to settle accounts, Li Heng feels that he has not mistaken An Lushan, An Lushan is indeed afraid of Anxi Army, so, how can he still expect An Lushan to suppress Li Qingan for him?
Thinking of this, Li Heng made a decision, he took out a gold medal and handed it to Li Fuguodao: "You quickly take this gold medal to Chen Xuanli and tell him that no matter whether he is dead or alive, An Lushan is not allowed to leave Guanzhong!" ”
......... An Lushan's carriage accelerated after leaving Chang'an City, in fact, An Lushan was also gambling, he was betting that Li Heng would accept his request and persuade the political hall to canonize him as the king of Yan, after all, he had hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, only he was Li Qing'an's only opponent, Li Heng would inevitably rely on him, but An Lushan also knew that the risk of the bet he made was very high, once Li Heng did not accept his conditions, then Li Heng was likely to attack him.
Therefore, An Lushan was also very frightened, and walked less than twenty miles, at this time, his adviser Gao Shang and the general Shi Siming led an army to join him, and now he had an army of 700 people, which calmed his heart down a little.
"Dashuai, I don't feel good!" The strategist noble urged the horse to pass by the window of his carriage.
"What did the gentleman find?"
Gao Shang said worriedly: "If Li Heng is really sincere, he should personally come to keep the marshal, he sent a henchman eunuch, does this mean to confuse the marshal?" ”
An Lushan pondered for a moment, it is indeed very possible, he also knows Li Heng very well, even his own son dares to kill, why would he not dare, then he began to get nervous in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "Then are we going according to the original strategy?" ”
They had already discussed a way out, and if they could not negotiate with Li Heng, Li Heng would inevitably make a move, so they would go from the west, from the western part of Guanzhong, which was controlled by Li Qing'an, to cross the river in Guannei, or to take Hanzhong.
Gao Shang shook his head, "Your Highness, judging from Qianniuwei's actions last night, Qianniuwei must also be on guard, and we can't go from the west anymore, we have to find another way." ”
"Does that gentleman have a solution?"
"Yes! We take the waterway. ”
.......... Two hours later, An Lushan's convoy arrived in Xinfeng County, just as they were about to leave the official road and go to another path, at this time, thousands of soldiers of the Guanzhong Army stationed in Xinfeng came out of the woods next to them, arrows rained down, An Lushan's guards were caught off guard, and they were shot on their backs at once, killing and wounding, and in an instant, thousands of soldiers surrounded An Lushan's convoy.
"Where is An Lushan?" An officer snapped and asked.
"My handsome man is not in the car, and he has been away for a long time."
.......... From Chang'an to Shaanzhou, in addition to taking the land route Tongguan, you can also go to the Caoqu waterway, Caoqu is the main lifeline of the economy in Guanzhong, after Li Longji ascended the throne, it was dredged on a large scale several times, among which in the 28th year of Kaiyuan Shaanzhou Taishou Li Qiwu dug the Kaiyuan New River, two years later took over as the Taishou of Shaanxi County Wei Jian continued to deepen the digging of the Cao Canal, the Kaiyuan New River was connected to the Ba Shui, so that the Jianghuai ships could go straight to the Guangyun Pond nine miles east of Chang'an, the canal was renamed Tianbao Canal by the Kaiyuan New River, Wei Jian was also promoted to the criminal department of Shangshu, Rank among the political affairs hall as the prime minister.
In the morning, a large number of boats left Guanzhong to go to Jianghuai before the river water froze, in front of a river transport inspection office, several river transport officials took a small boat, were busy passing through the boats, collecting money and releasing the boat, their eyes were vicious, and any boat did not want to escape for free, at this time a rather large flower boat sailed up.
"Stop the boat!"
The river transport officer shouted, and their boat approached the flower boat, "What for?" ”
A large number of cargo ships appeared on a flower boat, which is indeed very eye-catching, there are more than a dozen young domestic servants on the flower boat, and a middle-aged housekeeper man arched his hand and smiled: "Official, this is a flower boat for marriage, go to Shaanzhou in a hurry." ”
"It's only fast to take the land route in a hurry, when will you get there by water?"
The two officials looked curiously, and from the gap in the curtain of the boat, they could faintly see an extremely obese woman, wearing a big red dress, her head was covered with pearls, and she was dressed very charmingly, she sat sideways, and she couldn't see clearly, but her fat body made the prosecutor not interested, so she smiled and said: "The bride's boat, in addition to the normal collection of money, there should be happy money!" ”
"Yes! Yes! Yes! ”
The middle-aged man took two pieces of money and handed it over respectfully: "This is a little heart, please accept it!" ”
Generally speaking, passing ships only charge a few hundred dollars, but the other party gave two pieces of money, which really made the two officials overjoyed, they took the money, and waved their hands: "Release!" ”
The flower ship started slowly, and soon left the checkpoint and disappeared into the vast procession of hundreds of cargo ships.
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(To be continued)