readx; At noon the next day, An Lushan's follow-up army of 20,000 troops also arrived at Tongguan, and at the same time, 5,000 new recruits led by Li Qing'an's lieutenant He Yingchuan also rushed to Tongguan. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is Li Qing'an's strategy, he can't stay in Chang'an for a long time, and even the short term is very difficult, once Li Heng's main force returns to Beijing, he must leave Chang'an immediately, but Chang'an must have his forces, and these 20,000 new troops are his representatives, for this reason, he specially left 500 guards to Nan Jiyun, and each of these 500 guards led 40 new troops, so that the entire army was tightly controlled by the Anxi army.

The arrival of 5,000 newly recruited troops added great strength to the defense of Tongguan, and also completely shattered An Lushan's ambition to control the imperial court in the pass.

At the head of Tongguan City, Li Qing'an looked at the military camp of An Lushan in the distance with a complicated expression, he had just received an urgent information, there was a change in the Qinggangshan camp in Gyeongju, and the scouts of the Anxi army sent to monitor the situation found that Ge Shuhan's envoys had secretly arrived at the Qinggangshan camp, and soon the Tang army of the Qinggangshan camp launched a fierce attack on the Bianwang brothers, and without waiting for King Rong to come to the rescue, he defeated more than 10,000 troops of Bianwang and Xiliang King in a battle.

It was only at this time that Li Qing'an understood the true purpose of Li Heng's immobility, it stands to reason that he has an absolutely superior army, and there is an experienced veteran like Guo Ziyi, he actually confronted the armies of King Bian and King Rong for thirteen days, which makes people have to doubt Li Heng's motives.

It turned out that Li Heng actually wanted to have a relationship with Ge Shuhan, and it can be seen that Ge Shuhan must have taken refuge in Li Heng, so he let go of his hands and feet and wantonly attacked the other two princes.

Li Qing'an's mood is very complicated, the time for Li Heng's army to return to Beijing is just around the corner, the changes in Datang are coming, and there is not much time and opportunity left for him, how should he grasp his own opportunity? The timing, the timing, can he grasp this fleeting opportunity?

"See the General!" He Yingchuan, Li Qing'an's tooth tent captain, walked forward quickly and half-knelt down to give Li Qing'an a salute.

He Yingchuan is Li Qing'an's regimental training recruited in Yangzhou that year, was seriously injured in the battle of Shibao City, has been recuperating for nearly two years before gradually recovering, becoming one of Li Qing'an's pro-soldiers and three captains, this time Li Qing'an entered Beijing, in addition to Nan Jiyun, he is the most important general, according to Li Qing'an's deployment, Nan Jiyun guarded the capital, He Yingchuan was stationed in Jingzhou, so that the two sides can echo each other, each other is a horn, if there is a crisis, they can also withdraw from Jingzhou Guanzhong.

At this moment, Tongguan was in danger, so He Yingchuan did not go to Jingzhou for the time being, but rushed to Tongguan to support.

"How does it feel to be a new recruit?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

"The vast majority of the new army we recruited this time are former government soldiers, at least more than sixty percent are from Guanzhong, the foundation is very good, the bow and crossbow knife skills are very proficient, almost no need to train them to fight, it can be seen from this forced march, the discipline is very good, no one is left behind."

He Yingchuan did not hesitate to praise his new subordinates, and it could be seen that he liked this new army very much.

Li Qingan nodded and said: "You must firmly control the 20,000 troops in your own hands, and when the conditions are ripe, you can send the backbone to Anxi in batches for training, and treat them well, and the required military salary will be provided by Juhai Xing Cabinet, and I will also order the officials of Anxi to allocate military fields to them in Anxi, treat them as Anxi troops, and give them a sense of identity. ”

"The last general obeys!"

"There is one more thing you have to remember, you must have strict military discipline, and you are not allowed to ruin my reputation in Chang'an, do you hear?"

"The last general will never dare, and he will definitely restrain his subordinates."

"Not only do you have to restrain the army, if someone dares to pretend to be you to destroy my reputation, you must investigate it to the end, I have already told Nan Jiyun, I will tell you again today, don't be weak, whoever dares to offend my Anxi's interests, you must come forward."

"Yes! The last general remembered. ”

"Then there you go! Take a good rest of the army, and in my absence, I can assist General Wang in defending Tongguan. ”

He Yingchuan turned around to leave, but he stopped again and asked in a low voice, "When is the general going to leave Tongguan?" ”

"If it's fast, it's tonight, and it's tomorrow if it's slow."

Li Qing'an stared at An Lushan's camp, he needed to observe An Lushan's movements before he could decide his route, it seemed that he needed a special warning.

．．．．．．．．． Inside and outside An Lushan's camp, dozens of executioners were beating An Qingxu heavily, making An Qingxu scream like a pig, and the surrounding generals were so frightened that no one dared to enter the account to plead.

In the big tent, An Lushan, who had just recovered from his illness, was furious, and the failure of the six thousand cattle and horses completely lost his hope of entering the main pass, and his coercion of the Son of Heaven shattered the dreams of the princes, although An Lushan ordered Shi Siming to capture Tongguan within three days, but he himself knew very well that it was almost impossible to capture Tongguan within three days, and there was Li Qingan on Tongguan.

As soon as he thought of Li Qingan, he was furious, and vented his resentment on his son, it was his incompetence that led to his own failure, if he tried his best to fail, he could be forgiven, after all, An Lushan also knew the strength of the Anxi army, but he did nothing at all, when Sun Xiaozhe attacked Tongguan, he did not organize effective support.

It's no wonder that An Lushan was furious, Shi Siming knelt below, his face was pale, he knew that after disposing of An Qingxu, it would be his turn next, he escaped in front of everyone, even if he was not killed, at least a hundred military sticks were indispensable.

Shi Siming kept glancing at Gao Shang who was standing aside, and now the only person who could save them was the strategist Gao Shang, but Gao Shang was bowing his head and pondering, as if he was thinking about something, and he hated Shi Siming to grit his teeth.

At this moment, a small colonel walked in outside the door, holding a large cloth bag in his hand, and reported: "Marshal, Li Qingan ordered someone to send this cloth bag, saying that it is the head of General Sun." ”

At the mention of Sun Xiaozhe, An Lushan felt a heartache, it was one of his most powerful subordinates, or his niece and son-in-law, who actually died in Tongguan.

"Where's the one who sent the head?" An Lushan asked viciously.

"Dashuai, just a local old farmer, not an Anxi soldier."

An Lushan snorted, "Count him interesting!" ”

His eyes fell on the large cloth bag and ordered, "Untie it!" ”

A soldier carefully untied the cloth bag, which turned out to be a large wooden box, the soldier hesitated, did not open it, he was waiting for An Lushan's order.

"Open!"

"Wait!"

At this time, Gao Shang suddenly spoke, and he said to An Lushan: "Marshal, opening the unknown things sent by the enemy in the big tent is a taboo in the army, and the marshal should be careful." ”

An Lushan was reminded at once, and he left the wooden box far away and said, "Open it!" ”

The two soldiers opened the wooden box and listened to 'Click! There was a soft sound on the ground, the wooden box opened, and it was indeed a human head, but the strange thing was that there was green smoke coming out of the wooden box, and several pro-soldiers surrounded him, ready to take out the human head, An Lushan was also about to step forward, at this moment, the wooden box flashed a red light, followed by an earth-shattering explosion, the wooden box was blown to pieces, and several pro-soldiers fell on their backs, and the screams rang out.

This wooden box obviously can't be compared with the sand table that blew up Tubo Zampu, and Li Qingan didn't really want to kill An Lushan, without An Lushan, would he Li Qingan still have a chance?

He was just a warning, and he didn't even put some quenched iron nails and pieces of iron in the wooden box, so except for one of the soldiers closest to the wooden box who was blown off an arm, the other three soldiers were only slightly injured, and as for the flesh and blood all over the ground, it was Sun Xiaozhe's head that was blown up.

The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, there was silence in the big tent, even the execution outside stopped beating, more than a dozen people in the big tent were like clay sculptures, in a moment, countless soldiers rushed to the big tent, a large group of soldiers were about to rush into the big tent, An Lushan suddenly shouted: "Stop me!" ”

His roar was like a fixation technique in immortal arts, and the nearly 100 personal soldiers who were about to rush into the big tent were all stopped at the door of the tent, and no one rushed in.

An Lushan slowly walked to the table, most of the wooden box was blown away, and there was still a chassis left on the table, he was stunned for a long time, and muttered: "This is Li Qing'an's thunderbolt, I finally saw it with my own eyes." ”

Thunderbolt is a dream of An Lushan, after the battle of Shibao City, Ansi, who was the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, learned from the mouth of some Tuyuhun soldiers who participated in the battle of Shibao City that Li Qing'an had this secret weapon, and he immediately told An Lushan, An Lushan dreamed of getting this weapon all these years, but he didn't know where to start, the Anxi army regarded this weapon as a top secret, even a high-ranking official like Lifei Yuanli didn't know what Thunderbolt was, only a dozen or so personal soldiers who followed Li Qing'an to die knew this secret, And these pro-soldiers are all in Shiguo, and An Lushan, who is far away in the Central Plains, is even more unknown.

Last year, he asked Li Longji to force Li Qingan to hand over the formula, but when he tried it dozens of times, he realized that Li Qingan's so-called formula was fake at all, and at this time Li Qingan had already returned to Anxi.

An Lushan dreamed of a few years, and today he finally saw it with his own eyes, at this time, he suddenly found that there was still a little bit of fiery red powder left on the edge of the chassis, An Lushan was ecstatic, just like the addicts who ran out of ammunition in later generations, greedily and carefully picked up this ignition red powder with his fingers, and finally got a little bit of powder the size of a pill.

Gao Shang also stepped forward, stopped three feet away from the table, and stretched his neck, like a frightened turtle prime minister.

"Commander, is this a thunderbolt? I don't think it's very powerful! ”

"You are a literati, you don't understand."

An Lushan glanced at Gao Shang with some unhappiness, and said: "You don't know how many people were killed by Li Qing'an at the end of the Battle of Talas, how many people were killed at one time, and a big crater of dozens of feet was blown up on the ground, this is a real thing, and the box can't be filled so much today, otherwise you and I will die." ”

Speaking of this, An Lushan lowered his head and sniffed the red powder, and suddenly a strong breath stimulated his nostrils, he couldn't help but let out an earth-shattering sneeze, he secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and when he looked at it again, those red powders had long disappeared.

An Lushan slammed his fist on the table, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Hate to kill me!" ”

In fact, if An Lushan is careful, he will find that the ground is full of red powder, which is just lime used to place people's heads, dyed into fiery red, used to confuse An Lushan, and the real useful thing is the paper flowers all over the ground, which are the remnants of the artillery bombing, put in the human head, and I don't know where the explosion has gone.

An Lushan finally found the fiery red powder on the ground, and he ordered people to collect it and study it, and studied it for several months, but finally found nothing.

The sudden explosion disrupted An Lushan's plan, and also dispelled his idea of storming Tongguan, Li Qingan had a thunderbolt in his hand, how could Tongguan be captured, just when An Lushan was extremely depressed, Gao Shang gave him a backup plan, called 'retreat and form a net'.

"Dashuai, in fact, I have also thought about it, what if I can't enter Guanzhong?"

An Lushan was lying on the bed, shirtless, enjoying the comfort of the two maids pinching his fat all over his body, and outside the barracks, he was already packing up and preparing to return to Hedong.

An Lushan suffered a heavy setback, and his confidence was low, so he said lazily: "Say it! What should I do now? ”

"Actually, the method I want to say is the same as entering Guanzhong and controlling the imperial court, but it is achieved by another means."

An Lushan was a little interested, he waved his hand and ordered the two maids to go down, he sat up and put on a robe, and said with a smile: "Sir, please say, I am very interested." ”

Gao Shang said with a smile: "Actually, the method I want to say, Gao Xianzhi is already using it, the handsome might as well guess." ”

"You just like to let me guess riddles!"

Although he said this, An Lushan was still frowning and guessing with interest, and he suddenly smiled and said, "Do you want me to get a prince to play with?" ”

"Handsome and clever, just guess it."

Gao Shang gave a thumbs up, slapped An Lushan hard, and said: "Dashuai think about it, you have a prince in your hand, everything will be ordered in his name, I estimate that after Li Yu ascends the throne, the princes who have military power in other places will not admit it, and the prince in the hands of Dashuai will naturally not admit it, when the time is ripe, the prince in the handrail of Dashuai will be called the emperor, and use his name to crusade against the princes, gradually strengthen himself, and then use his name to attack Chang'an, and then kill the prince in his hand, and set up a young king as the emperor, isn't the result the same?" ”

An Lushan slapped his head and laughed: "It's still my military advisor who works, and he has such a backup strategy, so he won't let me down!" ”

"Which prince does the big handsome want to play?"

An Lushan squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "I like Wu Xianyi's two little white faces very much, just them!" It would be best if we could get Wu Xianyi to play with them together. ”

"Dashuai wants those two little white faces, it's very simple, as long as you listen to my arrangement, there are not only the two little white faces of King Bian and King Xiliang, but also the old white face of King Rong, if you are lucky, you even have the 40,000 Hedong Army in his hands."

"Good! This time, I will definitely obey my husband and will never change it. ”

．．．．．．．．．． That night, An Lushan withdrew the army, crossed the Yellow River and headed north, he completely obeyed the noble arrangement, and the army was stationed in Jiangzhou in the southeast of the river.

Tongguan, Li Qing'an finally got the exact news, An Lushan did withdraw the army and left, in the next day has not yet dawned, he led 2,500 cavalry out of Tongguan, along the Yellow River to the north, here is the reckless Loess Plateau, to the west of the mountains undulating, insurmountable, only along the Yellow River beach to the north, the more north the road is more difficult, three days later, Li Qing'an led the troops to the Mengmen Mountain with difficulty, and then go forward a few miles is the famous Hukou Waterfall, from there to the south are all dangerous terrain, the water flow is turbulent, can not cross the river, only after the Mengmen Mountain, When you reach the Yanzhou area, it is possible to cross the river, especially the Yellow River Guandu in Menshan County, which has been a place where businessmen gather since ancient times, and there are many big boats crossing the river, Li Qing'an's goal is to lock on to Menshan Guandu, he sent dozens of scouts to investigate all the way, and he himself lurked.

．．．．．．．． After nearly half a month of confrontation, Li Heng finally waited for what he had been looking forward to for a long time, Ge Shuhan sent his henchmen to interview him, at this time Ge Shuhan returned to the Hehuang Valley, he was weak, lack of materials, and wanted to support self-reliance without strength, so he could only continue to support the imperial court, he made it clear that he resolutely supported the emperor's eldest grandson to ascend the throne and was willing to obey the imperial court.

Solved the problem of Ge Shuhan, the overall situation has been decided, Li Heng immediately ordered Guo Ziyi to move troops, Guo Ziyi, who had already prepared enough, tried his knife and defeated Li Xuan and Li Xu's brothers' army in a battle, and then turned to the south, and went straight to the army of King Rong entrenched in Dunzhou, Guo Ziyi was worried that King Rong would go south to Chang'an, he divided his troops into two routes, and ordered the general Li Guoliang to lead 20,000 troops to outflank Fangzhou, cutting off the road of King Rong to the south.

Guo Ziyi then personally led an army of 80,000 troops south along the Huachi River, approached Dunzhou, and gradually contracted King Rong's defense line, forcing King Rong to the area of Fulu County in the north of Dunzhou.

It was drizzling again, and the dry and dusty air was washed away, and the air felt fresh and moist again.

In the Tang army camp, Li Heng held an oil-paper umbrella and walked quickly to Guo Ziyi's big tent, since Li Heng ordered the attack, he let Guo Ziyi send troops to set up the formation, never interfered, but in the past two days Li Heng finally couldn't help it, the day before yesterday, it was clear that he could intercept King Rong's army in the area of Dapan Mountain, but Guo Ziyi still let him escape, which made Li Heng puzzled.

"His Royal Highness King Yong has arrived!"

When the guards in front of the big tent saw Li Heng coming, they immediately shouted loudly.

Li Heng hurriedly waved his hand and signaled the guards not to report, but at this time, Guo Ziyi had already heard it and greeted him.

"Your Highness, it's raining outside, why don't you rest in the tent?"

"Oh! When it rains and is boring, I want to come out for a walk, breathe, and I just come to you, so I want to come and see the old general. ”

"Your Highness, please come in!"

Guo Ziyi let Li Heng in, and there was a huge sand table in the middle of the big tent, which was left by Li Longji, who was still in a severe coma, and Wu Xianyi was responsible for taking care of him.

There were also several generals standing next to the sand table, and it was obvious that they were negotiating the battle plan.

Li Heng walked into the big tent, he slowly walked to the sand table, and saw a red flag planted on Fulu County, so he smiled and said: "Is the old general preparing for a decisive battle with King Rong in Fulu County?" ”

Guo Ziyi shook his head and said with a smile: "If you want to fight a decisive battle, you can fight in Dapan Mountain the day before yesterday, why wait until now?" ”

Li Heng frowned and said, "Then I don't understand, the old general fights and doesn't fight, and he doesn't fight, what does this mean?" ”

(To be continued)