readx; After Yanzhou succeeded, Gele Khan divided the army into four ways to plunder property and grain in the northern states of Guanlong, when the supply was sufficient, and there was no sign of Anxi sending troops, the Hui army will invade the south in a big way, among which the Hui army attacking Xia Zhou is the Sijie Department in the Hui Nine Divisions, and the leader is called Sijie Wen Khan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiazhou originally also had a military government, when the government soldiers gradually decayed, the Xiazhou military government gradually became an empty camp, only Xiazhou Taishou recruited hundreds of villagers to maintain law and order, but there are a large number of party people living in Xiazhou, among which the first major tribe of the party Tuoba Department is distributed in Xiazhou and Yinzhou, when the Hui army suddenly called, Tuoba Xiong, the chief of the Tuoba Department, happened to take his wife in Xiazhou City and Xiazhou Taishou to discuss the matter of borrowing grain, Tuoba Xiong only brought 3,000 guards, could not resist the attack of the Hui people, had to retreat to Xiazhou City, At the same time, he sent people back to Yinzhou to ask for help.

Tuoba Xiong's wife, Ying Ke, was the daughter of Fang Dangluo, and she also hurriedly wrote to her father and brother for help, but fortunately, the Hui army's means of attacking the city were really inferior, they had no ladders, and could only rely on hardwood to storm the city gate, so the battle for the city gate became the focus of the fierce battle between the two sides.

There are moats on all sides of Xiazhou, and the suspension bridge is pulled up on the river, but the suspension bridge of the east gate cannot be pulled up due to disrepair, and it has become the main attack point of the Hui people's attack, tens of thousands of Hui cavalry are densely arranged in the wilderness outside the east city, they are extremely excited, and their eyes are full of wolf-like eagerness, as long as they attack the city, the property and women in the city will be their own.

But their attack did not go well, Xiazhou is not like Yanzhou is a weak lamb to be slaughtered, Xiazhou actually has a defender, but the defenders can't stop the Hui army rage **, hundreds of Hui Han holding a five-zhang long giant tree, shouting, together to the gate of the road, the city head of the stone fell like raindrops, constantly someone was smashed to the ground, the back of the Hui army ten thousand arrows fired in unison, shot to the city, although the bow and arrow of the Hui army is far less sharp than the Tang army, but they are numerous, The dense rain of arrows still weighed down the party members in the city so much that they couldn't raise their heads.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang on the ground, and the giant tree slammed against the city gate, and the city wall trembled, and the city gate shook violently, but it was not rushed open.

"Bump again!" Sijie Wen Khan waved his horsewhip and shouted.

Hundreds of people quickly retreated, and at this time, the arrows of the Hui army slowed down slightly, and the stones on the head of the city fell again, and dozens more people were smashed into the moat.

"Damn, it's not Tang Jun on the city tower."

Sijie Wen Khan suddenly saw clearly, the city was full of some white-clothed party members, no wonder there was no sharp bow and arrow like the Tang army, he suddenly became excited, and shouted: "The first one to rush into the city can pick a hundred women." ”

His words elicited a wild scream from the returning soldiers, and thousands more rushed forward, holding their shields high to protect the soldiers who were hugging the wood, and thousands of large shields protected the giant tree tightly, like a hundred-legged giant insect with scaly armor.

Hit the wood to the city gate again, slammed away, the city stone smashed down, there was no effect just now, clanging on the shield, at this time, the Hui army under the city again ten thousand arrows fired, dozens of people dodged, were shot by the arrow, screamed and fell from the city, another earth-shattering impact, the city gate shook violently, just like an old man for a long time, seeing that he was about to fall down, the last one, only the last one.

The head of the city, Taishou Luo Xiyan, seemed to know that the general trend was coming, slowly pulled out his sword, looked at the locust-like Hui people, he sighed, raised his sword to wipe his neck, and Tuoba Xiong behind him hugged him and shouted: "Luo Taishou must not be guarded, my cavalry will escort you to leave safely." ”

Luo Xiyan shook his head, and said with a solemn expression: "I am the official of one of my parents, and I should live and die with the city, and An Neng will leave the father of the city and flee!" ”

At this time, the third impact of the Hui army had been launched, and the crashing wood retreated a hundred steps away, they were full of energy, shouting and rushing forward, this collision will determine the tragic fate of Xiazhou.

At this moment, there was a big chaos behind the Hui army, and from a distance I saw the yellow dust rolling, as if an army was coming, and instantly rushed into the Hui army that was anxiously looking forward to entering the city, the coming army was extremely sharp, and the Hui cavalry array was rushed to pieces, and the party members in the city were so excited that they screamed, and Tuoba Xiong also saw clearly, as the first fierce general, he looked very strong, holding a big copper rod in his hand, and beat the Hui army to the point that the flesh and blood were flying, and the brains were bursting, and the Hui cavalry was killed dozens of people in a moment.

Tuoba Xiong grabbed Luo Xiyan's arm and roared, "Look, that's my brother-in-law, our reinforcements are coming, brothers, go out of the city and kill the enemy!" ”

The siege of the Hui people also stopped, they turned their horses' heads to counterattack, but at this time, the back gate of the city was wide open, and 3,000 party cavalry rushed out, their morale was high, and they attacked inside and outside, and killed 10,000 Hui troops to a great defeat, and they lost their armor and fled all the way, and were killed by no less than 4,000 people by the party people.

The victory of Xiazhou became the turning point of the southern invasion of the Hui Dynasty, which greatly encouraged the morale of the anti-Rong army in various places, the Han people, the Dangxiang people, and the Tuyuhun people organized to resist the Hui cavalry, in early April, the Hui Gol Khan realized that the Tang people were humiliated, and had to be forced to give up the plundering of the northern part of Guanlong, and returned to Jiuyuan with the troops, giving up the siege of Lingzhou, at this time, the Hui people returned to the original strategy, sent envoys to Chang'an, and asked to negotiate with the imperial court on the terms of the withdrawal of troops.

．．．．．．．．．． With the retreat of the Hui army to the north, Lingzhou City was finally able to break the siege, An Sishun breathed a long sigh of relief, but this crisis just went, the crisis came, the Hui army just left, Li Longji's will entered the city, because An Sishun Dingyuan City was defeated, he was dismissed from the post of Shuo Fang Jiedu, and he was temporarily appointed as the governor of Lingzhou, and returned to Beijing to report after handing over power.

Sending the messenger away, An Sishun suddenly became furious, tore the holy decree to pieces, pointed to the direction of Chang'an and scolded: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, Ge Shuhan lost his troops and became the king instead, An Lushan was defeated by the Khitan and rose instead of falling, Yang Guozhong was defeated by Nanzhao but got the prime minister, I was defeated for a while, and I was going to remove my post, where is the reason?" ”

At this time, his confidant Gao Xiuyan persuaded him: "Dashuai, this is just an excuse for the saint to seize power, passers-by know, I am worried that once the marshal enters Beijing, I am afraid that it will be more auspicious and less auspicious, and the saint will kill the marshal for the control of Shuofang for the king of Baobian, just like the murder of the king's loyal heir Bao Ge Shuhan, the marshal must make a decision early!" ”

An Sishun was furious and said fiercely: "You are right, he first failed to clean up Li Qingan, so he turned his head to clean up our Jiedu envoys who were close to him, but unfortunately I don't have many troops in my hands, otherwise I would definitely oppose him!" ”

"Has the marshal forgotten the king of Dongping?"

Gao Xiuyan smiled and said: "Although the marshal does not have many troops, the king of Dongping County has many generals, so he might as well ask him to put pressure on Hebei to force the saint to give up the act of cutting the domain." ”

An Sishun pondered for a moment, as if he didn't have any effective methods other than that, so he nodded slowly: "Si Yan is also!" ”

At the same time, he replied to Li Longji, pointing out that the situation in Shuofang is unstable now, and his resignation will seriously affect the morale of the army and be taken advantage of by Hui Su, so he will not resign from the post of Jiedu envoy for the time being, and will make a decision after Hui Su retires, which is obviously a rejection of Li Longji's dismissal.

．．．．．．．．． In Shancheng County, Longyou, Ge Shuhan had just sent off the secret visit of the former prince Li Heng, he paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and on his desk, there was the will of the Tang Emperor Li Longji, ordering him to hand over the military power of Lanzhou, Liangzhou, Hezhou, Taozhou, Kuozhou and the military forts around Qinghai, that is, to hand over the troops in these places to Li Xuan, the king of Xiliang, Li Xuan took him to support Shuofang, and at the same time left him a back road, and entered the dynasty to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Li Xuan is the governor of Shanzhou, and he has 30,000 troops, and if he gets these troops, it means that he will have 70,000 troops in his hands, which is almost the elite of the entire Longyou and Hexi armies, and his brother Shuhan will become an unworthy envoy.

This is obviously taking away the military power of his brother Shuhan, it seems that Li Qingan still underestimated Li Longji's ambitions, he not only wants to seize the power of An Sishun, but also takes away his own military power, what if he does not hand over the power? What will be the consequences? Ge Shuhan shuddered when he thought of Wang Zhonghe's violent death, and he knew that if he hesitated a little, Li Longji would definitely kill him without hesitation.

But Li Heng persuaded him not to hand over power and persuaded him to be loyal to the prince, which opened another door for his brother Shuhan, the East Palace Party, does his brother Shuhan want to join the East Palace Party? Follow in the footsteps of Li Qing'an, or become a green leaf supporting Li Qing'an.

Ge Shuhan shook his head, he was still a little unwilling to be branded with the mark of the East Palace Party like this, on the one hand, Li Longji's coercion handed over the power, and after handing over the power, he was named the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and let him enter the court as the prime minister; On the other side is the temptation of the prince Li Yu, loyal to the prince, his descendants will be sheltered.

Go? Ge Shuhan couldn't make up his mind, and his confidant Gao Shi was sent to Chang'an by him, and no one gave him an idea.

Ge Shuhan was irritable in his heart, he took out his saber and danced in the room, the blade was shining, the strong wind sounded, and he couldn't help but whisper: But let Longcheng Ge Shu be there, and don't teach back to Yinshan.

He slashed at the wooden pillar with a knife, and said with a long sigh: "Today, I am mediocre, and I actually let the erector be the general!" ”

At this moment, his house slave rushed in at a gallop and hurriedly reported: "Marshal, there is a change in the army? ”

"What?" Ge Shuhan was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

"Yang Jinghui, the soldier and horse envoy of the Xuanwei army, and Wang Tian, the soldier and horse envoy of the Heyuan army, led the army to leave the garrison and go to Shanzhou."

"Dangchang!"

Ge Shuhan's saber fell to the ground, this news stunned him, of course he knew what was going on, this must be Li Longji's secret decree, against Yang Jinghui and Wang Yuan, the two of them have more than 10,000 people in their army, they are the elite of Longyou, Ge Shuhan felt heartache, Li Longji actually attacked him behind his back.

"Mr. Gao is here!" Suddenly, outside the big tent, there was a report from the soldiers.

Ge Shuhan was overjoyed, Gao Shi came back too timely, "Quick!" Come in, sir! He hurried out, only to see the door open, and Gao Shifeng came in from outside.

"Sir is finally back, I have a life-and-death crisis, please sir teach me." Ge Shuhan saluted Gao Shichang.

Gao Shi waved his hand and said: "You don't have to be polite, I just made a special trip back from Chang'an for this matter, let's talk slowly." ”

"Good! Sir, you may be seated. ”

Ge Shuhan asked Gao Shi to sit down, and poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, Gao Shi took a sip of hot tea, and then let out a long breath of exhaustion and said: "I heard a little rumor on the road, saying that the saint is going to make the marshal the secretary of the Ministry of Works?" ”

"The rumors are right, as long as I want to hand over the power, he did promise to make me the secretary of the Ministry of Industry."

Ge Shuhan handed the holy decree to Gao Shi, and sighed again: "He is too vicious, I just got the news, Yang Jinghui and Wang Rare have led the army to vote for Li Xuan, Li Xuan's milk smell has not dried up, of course he doesn't have such a great ability to plot against them, it must be the saint who secretly gave them the secret decree, and now I am extremely passive!" ”

After reading the will, Gao Shi smiled and said, "Didn't the prince come to find the marshal?" ”

Ge Shuhan was stunned, "How does Mr. know?" ”

"I heard in Lanzhou that someone saw the traces of the former prince, so I guessed that he must have come to find the marshal on behalf of the prince."

Ge Shuhan nodded, "Indeed, he came to look for me, and he only left not long ago, he wants me to be loyal to the prince, and not to hand over the army to Li Xuan, one is the current saint, the other is the future prince, I am in a dilemma!" ”

"That's why I'm in a hurry to get back!"

Gao Shi glanced at Ge Shuhan outside the door, and Ge Shuhan immediately ordered the soldiers outside the door: "No one is allowed to come in!" ”

He closed the door, walked back to his seat and said hurriedly: "Please teach me, sir!" ”

Gao Shi lowered his voice and said, "I spent a thousand yuan to buy a message from the imperial doctor next to the saint, saying that the saint is likely not to survive this year!" ”

"Is it that serious?" Ge Shuhan was a little unconvinced.

"The problem is really serious!"

Gao Shi sneered and said, "The imperial doctor also told me that the Holy Lord has been taking an aphrodisiac for almost three years, and this medicine was actually offered by An Lushan. ”

Ge Shuhan gasped, "What does Sir mean is that this medicine is actually..."

"Who knows? But one thing is certain, after taking this medicine, the saint's body is declining day by day, and he is as old as a person in his eighties, and his back is rickety, of course, the fundamental reason is that he is overindulgent, but it is this medicine that makes his ** extraordinarily vigorous, and it can be said that he is indirectly ruined by this medicine. ”

Ge Shuhan let out a long sigh, no wonder he was so mediocre, it turned out that his spirit was given to women, he bowed his head and muttered for a long time before he said: "I understand what Mr. means, Mr. wants me to take refuge in the prince, but the prince already has Li Qing'an, the pillar, I will follow Li Qing'an behind me again, I am unwilling!" ”

"Who said that the handsome man must be behind Li Qing'an?"

Gao Shi smiled slightly and said: "The big marshal is in Longyou, Li Qingan is in Anxi, which one is closer and which is farther?" ”

Ge Shuhan suddenly realized, at this moment he finally made up his mind, and said with a fist: "!" This is decided, I will say that there are signs of a counterattack in Tibet, and I will lead my troops westward! ”

Early the next morning, Ge Shuhan immediately ordered the mobilization of troops from all over the country, and ordered the 10,000 heavy troops stationed in Liangzhou to withdraw from the south of Dadou Bagu, and at the same time he sent Gao Shi to Shanzhou to stabilize Li Xuan, and said that the army would be officially handed over to him after it was gathered.

Ten days later, 50,000 troops assembled in Shancheng, at this moment, Ge Shuhan suddenly deduced that Tubo had signs of sending troops, so he immediately led the army south to Dafeichuan, and stationed heavy troops in Shibao City to prevent Li Xuan from chasing, Li Xuan then understood that Ge Shuhan was a big dang, he regretted it, and at this time Li Longji made three gold medals, urging him to raise troops to the north, helpless, Li Xuan had to lead the headquarters of 40,000 troops north to Lingzhou.

(To be continued)