Chapter 469: Internal strife in Guanzhong

readx; In the state room of the Zichen Palace, Li Hengyin was listening to Chen Xuanli's account with a calm face. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The news of his subordinates is true, that Wang Sili got Li Qing'an's complaint, so he rushed to Xinfeng County impatiently, he didn't mean to report to His Royal Highness at all, from this little thing it can be seen that Wang Sili has a heart for Li Qing'an, if he doesn't plan it early, the Guanzhong Army will be Li Qing'an's bag sooner or later."

Chen Xuanli secretly looked at Li Heng's face, and said with added fuel and vinegar: "Wang Sili is from Longyou, his wife and daughter are in Longyou, and now Longyou has been occupied by Li Qing'an, but he doesn't want to take his wife and daughter out, this is obviously more trusting of Li Qing'an, Your Highness, I think that his heart to take refuge in Li Qing'an has been obvious." ”

"Bang!" With a bang, Li Heng slammed his fist on the table and said angrily: "Because I trust him so much and hand over Guan Zhongjun to him, he dares to do this to me!" In his heart, is Li Qingan important or me important? ”

Ling Hufei next to him saw that Li Heng was a little out of shape, so he persuaded him: "Your Highness, please calm your anger, the reason why your subordinates want to test him like this is because your subordinates heard that Li Qing'an had saved him in Tongguan, and he was grateful to Li Qing'an, but his subordinates did not believe that he would betray His Highness, and his subordinates were just worried that once His Highness asked him to do something unfavorable to Li Qing'an, he would not do his best, and it was very likely that our plan would fail, so I supported General Chen's suggestion to transfer him from the Guanzhong Army as soon as possible." ”

Li Heng listened to what Ling Hufei said made sense, after all, Wang Sili had a very good relationship with him, he just listened to Chen Xuanli's provocation, and he was angry for a while, but now that he calmed down, his anger was slightly restrained, and after thinking about it, he asked: "I want to transfer him to Henan Province, what does Mr. think?" ”

Ling Hufei pondered for a while, and then said: "It's not bad to be transferred to Henan Province, the key is that there is a person by his side, and he can report his movements to His Highness at any time." ”

"Sir is right, I have adopted this plan."

Li Heng said to Chen Xuanli again: "Now you immediately rush to Xinfeng County, deal with this matter well, and be sincere, just tell Li Qing'an that this is a soldier's unauthorized act, it is a misunderstanding, if necessary, you can take some soldiers to blame, in short, I don't want to make this matter too serious." ”

"I understand the lowly position, this is to go."

Chen Xuanli was in a very good mood, although he could not convince Li Heng to kill Wang Sili, he could finally replace Wang Sili, which was also a big victory, he bowed and hurried away.

After Chen Xuanli left, Li Heng sighed and said to Ling Hufei: "I'm worried that this matter will anger Li Qing'an, and I will be humiliated again, sir, I always feel a little hasty." ”

"Nope! I didn't rush this plan at all. ”

Ling Hufei knew that Li Heng already had a fear of Li Qing'an after experiencing the last court fiasco, and he didn't dare to attack again, and even had to accept the status quo of the political hall, this is not good, the court is like a battlefield, there are always winners and losers, how can he admit defeat after defeating once, he must reverse Li Heng's fear.

Ling Hufei walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said with a slight smile: "My plan is actually three birds with one stone, you can test Wang Sili, you can also test Li Qingan, and then force him to give in." ”

Li Heng patted his forehead and said: "I know about testing Wang Sili, but how to test Li Qing'an and how to force him to make concessions, I am a little confused, Mr. might as well make it clear." ”

Ling Hufei nodded, and said: "Actually, everyone has things that they care about very much, Li Qingan is not a god, he can't do everything, he must also be afraid of being attacked, so what does he care about, I analyzed his main strategy in Anxi over the years, I found that he has been committed to the sinicization of Anxi, this is the thing he attaches the most importance to, what is the root of sinicization? It is the migration of Han people, from the last time he did to move 100,000 households from Hedong, he did not hesitate to give Li Longji hundreds of thousands of catties of silver, from the analysis of these things he did, I know that he attaches great importance to the immigration of Anxi, so I want His Royal Highness to test him this time, if he does not care about the deaths and injuries of these immigrants, it means that I am wrong, on the contrary, if he makes a big move against the deaths and injuries of these immigrants, it means that my inference is completely correct, immigration is his life, as long as I grasp this point, I have a way to make him compromise and give in. ”

"Sir, you're smart!"

Li Heng gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely: "No wonder Li Qingan also admits Mr.'s talent, so I don't know how Mr. is going to persecute Li Qing'an?" ”

Ling Hufei said slowly: "The real mastery is not persecution, but Jiang Taigong's fishing, as long as Li Qingan understands his situation, I believe he will come to His Highness by himself." ”

"It's good that the gentleman's plan is good, but I'm afraid that the price to pay is too great."

Ling Hufei smiled faintly and said: "Compared with the phase of the political affairs hall, what is a little Chen Lu first, isn't it necessary to use bait for fishing?" Besides, if Chen Lu made a sacrifice first, it would also cut off the possibility of Chen Xuanli taking refuge in Li Qingan, wouldn't it be good? ”

.......... Less than an hour, 30,000 cavalry of the Anxi Army rushed to Xinfeng County, the overwhelming cavalry occupied the official road, stretching five miles away, the iron cavalry hit the ground like a torrential rain, the earth was also shocked, when the 30,000 iron cavalry roared past from the side of Xinfeng County, the defenders of the county town were so frightened that they closed the city gate, this earth-shattering momentum, so that every soldier on the head of the city changed color.

The 30,000 cavalry of the Anxi Army were still ten miles away from the camp of the Guanzhong Army, and the sound of thunderous horses' hooves alarmed the camp of the Guanzhong Army, and they shouted and shouted in panic.

Li Qingan, who had been waiting for an hour, also showed a smug smile, he had been waiting for the opportunity to give Guan Zhongjun a dismount, and today, this time has come.

Thirty thousand iron horsemen swept over, slowly slowing down, and the general Tian Zhen took the lead, galloped to Li Qing'an's side, bowed down on the horse and saluted: "The last general has been ordered to arrive!" ”

"Good!"

Li Qing'an's horse whip has been in front of the big battalion, and said coldly: "Give me the big battalion to surround me, if you dare to provoke, you will be killed!" ”

Ten thousand horses galloped, covering the sky, 30,000 iron cavalry instantly surrounded the camp of the Guanzhong army, as if a dark cloud covered the earth, 30,000 cavalry brushed the ground and raised the spear, raised the shield, like a forest of spears, iron armor, spears sharp and bright, the monstrous murderous aura emitted by this division of a hundred battles, the entire military camp was submerged.

The barracks fence was full of Guanzhong soldiers with bows and crossbows, their eyes were glazed, their eyes were full of fear of death, many of them did not understand, why did the Anxi army surround them, could it be that the two armies had already started a war?

Chen Luxian also rushed to the front of the camp, he couldn't help but gasp, with the eyes of a main general, from some details, he could see the strength of this army, the distance between the Anxi army and their battalion is very delicate, two hundred steps, this is a distance of both offense and defense, bows and arrows can not be shot, and the strength of the crossbow arrows has ended, it is difficult to have lethality, and for the cavalry, two hundred steps is exactly the distance of a charge, which can be seen that this army has rich experience in actual combat.

At this moment, Chen Luxian regretted a little in his heart, he didn't expect Li Qing'an to send 30,000 cavalry to deal with this matter, he didn't expect this matter to be so important to Li Qing'an, he knew that it would be like this, he would never accept this order.

What now? The person has been killed, and the woman who rushed into the barracks was also humiliated by his own soldiers last night, how can he explain? The sweat on Chen Luxian's forehead had already seeped out, and his heart was in a mess, and the only way now was to wait for Chen Xuanli to mediate.

Thinking of this, he commanded in a low voice: "No one shoots arrows, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Li Qingan stood three hundred steps away, he looked at the soldiers in the barracks coldly, he was not in a hurry to start, he was also waiting, he knew that the longer the confrontation, the greater the pressure on the soldiers, so as to carve an indelible mark on their hearts, although there are only 10,000 people in this barracks, but the soldiers will spread to each other, in less than three months, all kinds of details of what happened today will reach the ears of every soldier of the Guanzhong Army, so that a shadow will be born in their hearts.

At this time, Yan Zhuang appeared, he has been arranging military rations in Liangzhou during this time, and he just came back from Liangzhou in the middle of the night last night, and he happened to encounter this incident, although Yan Zhuang couldn't see through what was hidden behind this matter, but he had a unique intuition about the conspiracy, he faintly felt that this matter would not be so simple, it was very likely that it was a counterattack by the Jianguo Party, since they were defeated in the court, they did not have any counterattack, which was unreasonable, and what happened today happened just in this eye.

Yan Zhuang did not approve of Li Qing'an's mobilization of the army like this, but he didn't see Li Qing'an, and it was difficult to dissuade him, so he urged him to step forward and said, "General! ”

Li Qingan turned around and saw that it was him, and couldn't help but be surprised: "When did Mr. come back?" ”

"I arrived in the middle of the night last night, General, why are you so excited?"

Li Qingan sighed and said: "If I don't do this, this plan to emigrate 50,000 families to Anxi will fail, I must give these immigrants an explanation, give them a sense of security, and I have no choice but to do so." ”

"The general should talk to Chen Xuanli, he should give the general a face and let the arrested woman go."

Li Qingan shook his head and said: "It's not enough to release people, there must be the most severe punishment, otherwise once I am not in Guanzhong, these Guanzhong troops will intensify their bullying of Anxi immigrants, and my immigration plan will be ruined, and the first evil will be punished, which will have the effect of killing a hundred people, will Chen Xuanli let me move his brother?" ”

Yan Zhuang couldn't persuade Li Qing'an, so he had to sigh and say, "I'm worried that they have a conspiracy." ”

"Humph! Conspiracy? They are nothing more than using immigrants to blackmail me, and in the future, if I let immigrants go through the Guannei Road, what can he threaten? But if you don't kill these people today, people in the world will think that I, Li Qingan, am a sick cat. ”

Yan Zhuang saw that Li Qing'an had made up his mind, so he nodded and said, "What is the general going to do?" Do you want to storm the barracks? ”

"Nope! No need to storm it. ”

Li Qing'an denied Yan Zhuang's conjecture, and he smiled coldly: "I will force them to come to the door by themselves!" ”

Speaking of which, Li Qingan finally gave the order: "You can start!" ”

Immediately, a cavalryman galloped forward, he opened his bow and shot a letter into the barracks, and a soldier picked it up and gave it to Chen Luxian, only to see that there was only one sentence written on it: "Release people within a quarter of an hour!" ”

"General, what should I do?" His own soldier Lieutenant asked in a whisper.

Chen Luxian sighed and said, "What else, release people immediately!" ”

After a while, the gate of the camp opened, and I saw nearly a hundred disheveled women slowly walking out of the camp and out of the camp, and they hugged each other and cried bitterly.

At this moment a group of female escorts rushed out of the cavalry, came to the women, comforted them, and brought the poor women back to the ranks.

These poor women aroused the anger of the Anxi army, and they began to advance step by step, until they were a hundred paces, and then they stopped again and began to prepare for the charge.

At this time, another Anxi officer rushed to the gate and shouted: "The commander of the army is here?" ”

Chen Lu stepped forward first and said, "I am!" ”

"The general of my family has an order that all the soldiers who participated in the killing and annihilation of silver should be handed over, and they should be handed over within half an hour, otherwise, the Anxi army will set foot in the barracks!"

There was an uproar in the barracks, when these women were released just now, many soldiers were very puzzled, how could there be so many women in the barracks, and now they understand that it turned out that someone among them killed and robbed women, and now the Anxi army came to settle the account.

Chen Luxian's face turned pale suddenly, the moment he was most afraid of finally came, this matter was done by his five hundred personal guards, how could he hand it over, but if it was handed over to others, it would definitely be recognized, Chen Luxian gritted his teeth, and suddenly turned around and slashed his personal guard commander over, "Yu Er, this matter was done by you!" ”

He slashed down the five or six pro-soldiers around him with a knife again and again, "Zhao Wulang, Luo Da, Qin Feng, you all participate!" ”

The soldiers around him were so frightened that they turned around and fled, but the other soldiers hated them for being a burden on them, so they moved together and knocked down more than two dozen people and tied them up.

Chen Lu first knew that if he didn't make a gesture, he wouldn't be able to pass this level, he took off his clothes, went naked, and tied a few wooden strips on his back, which could be regarded as a sign of guilt.

The camp gate opened, Chen Lu walked out bare-chested, followed by hundreds of soldiers, one by one trembling, many people holding plates, more than a dozen human heads were placed on the plates, and more than 20 people were tied up in a string.

Chen Luxian walked all the way to Li Qing'an's mount, knelt down, bowed his head and said: "The menial management of the army is not strict, resulting in soldiers committing annihilation and serious violations of military regulations. ”

Li Qingan glanced at him, pointed at the more than 20 people tied up with a horsewhip, and said, "Pull down for interrogation!" ”

Immediately rushed out of hundreds of cavalry, like chickens, carried these prisoners into the ranks, Chen Luxian was so frightened that he sat on the ground, trembling all over, he thought that Li Qingan would immediately order beheading, but he didn't expect him to be interrogated, wouldn't this interrogation be exposed?

After a while, an officer stepped forward and whispered a few words in Li Qing'an's ear, Li Qingan leaned over and smiled at Chen Luxian: "General Chen, you are very good at acting!" ”

"General, I... I"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Qingan ordered: "Tie this person up!" ”

Several Anxi soldiers came up and tied up Chen Luxian, and at this time, Li Qingan shouted at the barracks: "The deputy general came out to talk to me!" ”

After a while, a general rushed out of the barracks, gave Li Qingan a half-kneeling salute and said, "The last general, Yao Xinshan, is the deputy general of the Xinfeng County garrison!" ”

"You don't have to be afraid, I won't kill you, now that the murderer has been identified, it is Chen Luxian and his five hundred personal guards, I order you to hand over all his personal guards, and I will spare you this time."

The adjutant general nodded and said, "The last general obeys the order!" ”

He rushed back to the camp, and at this time, Chen Luxian suddenly shouted hysterically, "Li Qing'an, my eldest brother is Chen Xuanli, if you kill me, you will become the enemy of the Guanzhong army!" ”

Li Qing'an..... Whining! ”

Chen Lu wanted to scold again, but he was gagged with rags by the soldiers, Yan Zhuang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General, maybe this person knows something, it's better to ask him." ”

"This kind of small role is just to carry out orders, and it is not his turn to make decisions, so you don't need to ask him."

After another quarter of an hour or so, the gates of the camp were opened again, and this time hundreds of soldiers were tied and brought out, all kneeling in a row, and the women of the army rushed up to see these men, one by one, as if they were crazy, and rushed up and beat and gnawed their teeth, and many of them had their ears bitten off and screamed bloodily.

Li Qing'an asked the soldiers to pull these women away, and ordered more than 100 representatives to be brought up, he pointed to the soldiers who knelt on the ground and said to them: "The murderers are these people, tooth for tooth, blood for blood, I will give you an explanation today!" ”

"Thank you, General, for calling the shots for us!"

"That's good!"

Li Qingan shouted: "Kill!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers of the Anxi Army waved down their horizontal knives, and suddenly hundreds of heads fell to the ground, and blood flowed all over the ground, which frightened the barracks into an exclamation, and this tragic situation of collective massacre frightened all the soldiers to the point that their legs trembled, and more than 100 representatives next to them were even more frightened and trembled, and more than a dozen people fainted on the spot.

At this moment, I heard someone shouting in the distance: "General, keep people under the sword!" ”

I saw a group of cavalry galloping over, and some soldiers knew each other, and immediately said: "General, it seems to be Chen Xuanli." ”

Chen Luxian was so excited that 'woo! Screaming, kneeling to meet Chen Xuanli and crawling, Li Qingan slowly pulled out the horizontal knife, just as Chen Luxian crawled in front of his horse, he suddenly grabbed Chen Luxian's hair sideways, and chopped off his head with a knife.

He raised his head high and shouted to the three armies: "This is the first evil, dare to bully the Anxi immigrants, this is the end!" ”

The Anxi army was jubilant, Chen Xuanli reined in the war horse, and looked at the head in Li Qing'an's hand in a daze.

(To be continued)