Bang!

At the turn of spring and summer, torrential rain pours. The Yellow River is swelling and surging.

With the yellow turbid sediment, like an angry earth dragon, it rushed towards the downstream area, breaking the unreinforced embankments on both sides of the riverbank, and carrying the sediment into the rushing river.

The dimly lit space was full of water, and the water flowing on the ground did not know whether it was river water or rain, forming a trickle of water running around. Whether it is a gravel-paved post road or a rugged hill on both sides of the Yellow River, not even a single person can be seen!

Crossing the Wulan Pass on both sides of the Yellow River, on a hill near the east bank of the river, the Tang Dynasty built Ulan Fort here many years ago to guard the pass.

At this moment, it is standing in the wind and rain.

Originally, this was not the station of the "Xinquan Army" under the command of the Hexi Jiedu envoy.

It was only because of soil erosion that the spring of the original station of the Xinquan Army dried up (from which the name of Xinquan derived), so the Xinquan Army moved eastward to the key node of the Silk Road, near the Yellow River crossing Wulan Pass.

And on the high part of the hill established Ulan Fort, the Xinquan Army was downgraded to "Xinquan Guard", and the number of soldiers was reduced from 4,000 to 1,000 in one go.

Since the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, this army has continued to be downgraded, becoming a border town fort force that is not subordinate to the jurisdiction of the Jiedu Envoy, only retaining the name of the "Xinquan Army", and the number of soldiers has been reduced from 1,000 to 200, specifically responsible for the daily affairs of Ulan Pass, no longer the field army of the border town of the Tang Dynasty!

Although it has been upgraded from "guarding" to "army", the Xinquan Army has changed from an army name to a place name, generally referring to Ulanbao.

Bang dang! Bang dang! Bang dang!

In the rain curtain with extremely limited visibility, the turbid and tyrannical water of the Yellow River directly washed away the Yellow River Bridge with wooden iron cables in Wulanguan!

Those expensive iron and timber were washed into the turbulent Yellow River by the flood, and disappeared in an instant.

The Xinquan military guard hurriedly came to the signing room, and saluted Fang Chongyong, who was reading the relevant files of Ulan Fort under the torch, and said:

"Fang Jieshuai, today's rainstorm, the river swelled, and the Ulan Bridge was washed away! If you want to cross the river to Liangzhou, you will have to take a detour on a raft. It is recommended to postpone the river for two days before crossing the river, Liangzhou is not far from here, and it is ...... to the west."

"Got it, you go get busy, just tell me if you have something!"

Fang Chongyong waved his hand very casually, and the Xinquan Army guard breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and bowed to leave.

"It seems that the expedition to the Western Regions is inevitable for the autumn and winter march.

I don't know if this rainstorm disaster will affect Wuwei City. ”

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but sigh, the autumn in Hexi came earlier and went earlier, the winter was cold fast enough, and the farther west he went, the colder it became. This climate is quite a challenge for teams traveling long distances.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and He Changqi, who was drenched in soup, stood outside the door with a tired face and refused to come in, as if he was waiting for the rain on his body to be less, and then enter the signing room, so as not to wet the stone floor in the room.

He looked like he was hurrying in the rain, galloping for an unknown number of miles.

"Go take a bath, drink some ginger soup and come again, don't worry about this incense time."

Fang Chongyong raised his head and said indifferently, not standing up at all, but he was not angry and arrogant.

He Changqi didn't know if it was because of the cold or because of his weak heart, so he couldn't help but shiver, and turned around and left after answering the "yes".

Sure enough, before a stick of incense, he wore the black military uniform of the Hexi Tang Army, quietly walked into the signing room, and closed the door by the way.

He Changqi knelt in front of Fang Chongyong in a proper manner, waiting for the other party to speak.

"Ten days ago, you said that you had something to leave the team, and you would go back to Liangzhou by yourself when the time came, but I didn't ask much.

Now that you're back on the team, shouldn't you give me an explanation? ”

Fang Chongyong put the file in his hand on the table, pressed it with a paperweight, and then looked at He Changqi with a smile and asked.

"Can you not say it?"

He Changqi swallowed his saliva and asked.

"I don't have to say it, but when the rain stops, I'll return to Chang'an and run an errand under my grandfather.

My cronies can't have two hearts for me. ”

Fang Chongyong said indifferently.

"The last general was ordered by the old marshal Fang to go to the Sparrow Mouse Valley in Fenzhou, and came back to rebuild after finishing things."

He Chang said insincerely, he really didn't lie, but he only said half of the truth.

Fang Chongyong asked suspiciously:

"What are you doing in the Bird Valley? Could it be to observe and investigate how Taizong broke the Song King Kong back then? ”

"Uh, I'm not in the mood to enjoy the scenery, I just went over there and just beheaded An Lushan."

He Changqi gritted his teeth and said.

"Huh?"

Fang Chongyong thought that he was hallucinating just now.

"Who do you think you beheaded?"

He repeated it again.

"An Lushan, the former envoy of the Pinglu Festival."

He Changqi said word by word.

At this moment, a cold wind blew into the room through the cracks in the wooden wall, and the light of the fire on the torches swayed, and the figures on the wall writhed a few times, as if ghosts were present.

Below Chongyong heard it.

He got up, looked at He Changqi with a shocked expression, and then seemed to think of something, and slowly sat down again

Fang Chongyong kneaded his temples with both hands, slowly pondering the impact of this incident in his heart.

"You're all alone?"

After taking a few deep breaths, Fang Chongyong suppressed the shock in his heart and asked.

"No, there are a thousand elite soldiers who have been ambushed in the Valley of Sparrows and Rats for three days and three nights, and a certain person was only in charge of commanding in the past, and by the way, he will kill the future by himself."

He Changqi whispered, he didn't feel anything at that time, but now he has calmed down, which makes him afraid.

That's the Pinglu Jiedu envoy who commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yingzhou!

"An Lushan, An Lushan, a thousand elite soldiers...... How can my grandfather mobilize the Shence army to go to Fenzhou? ”

Fang Chongyong suddenly discovered that this matter may not be simple!

Without an edict, if you don't say hello to Brother Ji, you will mobilize the forbidden army, and you can't bear it even if you have any holy dependents!

"Marshal Fang Lao did not mobilize the forbidden army.

It is true that he controls the Shence Army, but the Forbidden Army Brigade is not allowed to be dispatched at will without an edict. An Lushan guards five hundred, we can't kill An Lushan if we go less, and it is easy to expose our whereabouts when we go more, so we can only join forces with others.

They are the Lord, and we are only there to help. ”

Huh?

It doesn't seem to be the same as I imagined!

Fang Chongyong secretly figured out in his heart that Fang Youde wanted to kill An Lushan because of his obsession. However, why would anyone else want to kill An Lushan?

Listening to He Changqi's tone, although this matter was planned by Fang Youde, the main force of the action was someone else.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but ask He Changqi:

"They? Who are they? Could it be...... Is the emperor only clear? ”

Now it's He Chang's turn not to be calm!

"How did the marshal know that it was Huangfu Weiming's hand?"

The reason why He Changqi knew was that Fang Youde told him, Xu Yuan told him, and he heard about it at the scene. But Fang Chongyong didn't go to the Bird Mouse Valley, and he didn't participate in it, how could he know that it was Huangfu Weiming who sent someone to do it?

"Huangfu Weiming's clan sister is a concubine before the saint ascended the throne, and the family has deep connections in Chang'an.

If the sage wants An Lushan to control the two towns in the northeast, then this matter must not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the emperor.

It is a matter of the rise and fall of the family, and Huangfu Weiming is obviously unwilling to give up the throne of Fan Yang Jiedu to An Lushan, a Hu man.

My grandfather only needs to revise a letter to state the stakes, and I believe that it will not be difficult to persuade Fan Yang Jiedu to make Huangfu Weiming at all.

Xu Yuan came to Chang'an to find my grandfather, when my grandfather went to Heyang, he should have come to deliver the message, Huangfu Weiming is ready to do it at any time! ”

Fang Chongyong said slowly, with a suddenly realized expression, and the more he spoke, the more he felt that he had guessed well.

"Fang Jieshuai, you are really clever! The truth is exactly what you say!

Huangfu Weiming was very worried that he would be deposed by the sage, as long as An Lushan was removed, he could not only continue to stay in Youzhou, but even have the opportunity to take the opportunity to serve as the envoy of the Pinglu Jiedu.

This is that people are tigers, and tigers are also people.

When An Lushan was plotting against the throne of Youzhou Jie Du behind his back, why wasn't Huangfu Weiming plotting against him?

Fang Laojie Shuai is just taking advantage of the situation and borrowing his strength! ”

He Changqi looked at Fang Chongyong with admiration and said.

"People die for money, birds die for food, it's not worth mentioning."

Fang Chongyong said that the wheel of history twisted and destroyed An Lushan.

But he believes that even if there is no An Lushan, as long as the imperial court does not solve the problem of Hebei, then there will still be Liu Lushan, Zhang Lushan or something.

Previously, Fang Chongyong was substituting the prejudice of his previous life, thinking that only Fang Youde wanted to kill An Lushan. But when you think about it, it's not that simple.

Now that the Anshi Rebellion has not broken out, An Lushan is just a slightly ambitious Hu general, and his ability is not top-notch.

In the eyes of the powerful, this kind of dog is not worth killing.

However, the specific situation should also be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

From the perspective of the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan is not worth killing now; But from the perspective of political enemies and stumbling blocks, this person deserves to be killed!

Back then, when Ge Shuhan was still the deputy military envoy, he killed a deputy military envoy of the same level as himself in front of many people, and he was quite at odds on weekdays.

In the Tang Dynasty, it was very common for generals in border towns to dump and fight with each other.

Seeing blood and even dead people is just ordinary, and complaining to the court afterwards and making a small report is what everyone is doing.

For example, Wang Zhongsi gave Brother Ji a small report to many people!

In many cases, the perpetrator is also fined three glasses of wine.

The unlucky guy dies and dies, and the dead have no use value, and they have no right to speak!

In fact, compared with Huangfu Weiming, An Lushan, who has no foundation, is a vulnerable group! It's something that can easily confuse the traversers!

The current An Lushan is just a Hu man who has no foundation and is politically suppressed.

He not only occupies the position of the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, but also plans to take over two towns by himself, and has touched the political red line of many Chang'an magnates!

What's more, among the two towns in the Northeast, Fanyang is a big town, and Pinglu is a small town. The economic strength and resource potential of the area under the jurisdiction of Pinglu Town are far from being comparable with Fanyang Town.

There was also a big drop in the number of soldiers and horses.

The gold content and political influence of the Fanyang Jiedu envoy are far greater than that of the Pinglu Jiedu envoy.

What An Lushan wanted to do before was a bit similar to the small sects and big sects in the family!

Huangfu Weiming, who has a network in Chang'an, why should he let it go and watch An Lushan "move forward" instead of raising a butcher's knife?

Who is more stupid than whom, and who is kinder than whom?

In fact, some powerful people in Chang'an did not mobilize their connections to stop this matter, so that Ji Ge easily issued a decree to reuse An Lushan, just because someone deliberately stopped fighting!

In their opinion, An Lushan is already a dead man. Since he is a dead man, let him have more scenery before his death, but he is just laughing and silent, watching his ugliness from the sidelines.

These people's thoughts are so deep and their methods are so old and spicy, even Fang Chongyong can't help but feel cold!

But there is still a problem, Fang Chongyong didn't figure it out.

He hurriedly took out a beautifully drawn regular map from the Imperial Ministry of Industry from his suitcase and laid it out on the table.

"He Laohu, there are three routes from Guanzhong to Hebei. Walking from the official road of Liangjing to Hebei to cross the Yellow River, An Lushan is afraid of water and refuses to go, which is also understandable, so I won't talk about this.

But from Fenglingyi to Hanoi, this line is fast and easy to walk, and the route is still short, why does An Lushan not take this road, but wants to go north to Taiyuan to take the Bird Mouse Valley? ”

Fang Chongyong asked a question that hit the soul directly.

This question is very historical for people in this era, and if He Changqi is not a general, he is really difficult to answer.

From the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou Dynasty to the late Sui Dynasty, the Bird and Mouse Valley is actually a battleground for soldiers. Even if it is rugged and narrow, it has to become a traffic artery.

Because according to the pattern of confrontation between the two armies, if the army supplies do not go here, then there is no way to go!

This is the junction of the Linfen Basin and the Taiyuan Basin, and the key to the contention between the Northern Zhou and the Northern Qi Dynasty was the repeated tug-of-war about the Linfen Basin!

Later, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, similar geographical relations produced similar political and military struggle patterns, which made the strategic location of the Bird Mouse Valley high!

And there was Taizong in the early Tang Dynasty who became famous in this battle!

But after that, the Tang Dynasty Chengping was a hundred years old, and it had long been no longer divided into political forces inside and outside the Guanxi or Hedong and Hebei, so the geopolitical pattern also changed together! What was once the Bird Mouse Valley has now become inaccessible and overgrown.

Because the people of the Taiyuan Basin don't need to take the risk of taking this road, they have a better way to get to Guanzhong!

Fang Chongyong remembers very clearly, it seems that in his previous life, the Bird Mouse Valley was also an inaccessible place for tourist adventure! And not some traffic artery.

"An Lushan came to Guanzhong to take Hanoi Road, and Marshal Fang deliberately made things difficult for An Lushan at that time.

When he returned, An Lushan was already the envoy of the Second Town, he didn't want to be troubled by the Shence Army anymore, and he was also worried that Fang Lao Jieshuai would kill him to vent his anger, so he deliberately took a detour.

That's what the last general guessed, as for what the truth is, then I can only ask An Lushan to ask. ”

He Changqi spread out his hands and said with a smile, he just figured it out from An Lushan's perspective.

There is no need to explore what An Lushan thinks now, anyway, this person is already dead and can't die anymore.

He Changqi felt that the three cities of Heyang were also next to the Yellow River, if Fang Youde asked his subordinates to tie up An Lushan and throw him into the Yellow River to drown, and then report An Lushan accidentally falling into the water late at night...... Although this excuse is brain-dead, what is the point of a saint speaking out for the dead?

An Lushan is not a powerful person with deep roots!

Fang Youde is killing people under his nose, can't he still think of a way? Anyway, it's a bad deal afterwards!

An Lushan's worries are actually easy to empathize, and He Changqi can understand the uneasiness in An Lushan's heart.

It is normal for him not to take Hanoi Road, where Fang Youdeka died.

"You mean, my grandfather is determined that An Lushan is going to go to the Bird Mouse Valley, and then inform the emperor Fu Weiming and ask him to send his cronies to the mountain near the Bird Mouse Valley to ambush ......"

Fang Chongyong held his chin and fell into deep thought, and said to himself.

Judging from the strategy of the Northern Qi Dynasty that year, it was nothing new for the Hebei soldiers to enter the state from Jingcheng and ambush them in the Bird Mouse Valley to kill people.

For example, it is much more reliable for Youde to send people to assassinate An Lushan! The route is also close!

Fang Chongyong thought about it, he felt that the success of this wave of ambushes was unexpected.

If An Lushan is light and simple, or simply doesn't go here, there will definitely be no accidents! Sitting alone in a carriage, who knows who is inside! There is no shortage of travelers coming and going in the Bird Mouse Valley on weekdays, and it is impossible for the ambush soldiers to kill people when they see them.

An Lushan really wanted to take a few entourages to the Bird Mouse Valley, but it was safe.

The army that was ambushed in the Bird Mouse Valley was judged to be the person they were going to deal with by observing that An Lushan's team was marching together with hundreds of people.

All kinds of factors added together to announce that An Lushan had embarked on the road of no return, which was the doom of his fate!

Fang Chongyong figured out all the joints.

Of course, if Fang Chongyong learned that An Lushan had also divined once in Fenglingyi, and it was An Lushan himself who wanted to go north to Taiyuan, then he would definitely sigh with emotion.

If a person's luck is too bad, no one can really help him.

"Fang Jieshuai, An Lushan will definitely die.

Even if the ambush in the Bird Mouse Valley fails, Huangfu Weiming will prepare a hard dish for An Lushan in Hebei in Youzhou.

You don't want to think about it, the saints are now past the age of the sixtieth year, and they won't last many years.

No one can trust the long lance in his hand, and only with soldiers and horses in his hands can he ensure the safety of the family.

Why is Huangfu Weiming willing to be manipulated by the saint at will? ”

He Changqi lowered his voice and said, which can be described as waking up the person in his dream.

So that's it!

Fang Chongyong got up again!

The only knife that Brother Ji can control now is Fang Youde and his Shence Army!

Fang Youde didn't want An Lushan to be a festival envoy, so the knife was blunt!

Huangfu Weiming got Fang Youde's promise and "reminder", so he dared to swagger to do An Lushan!

Because he knew that as long as he joined forces with Fang Youde, Ji Ge would not be able to do anything to him in the end.

The stakes are clear.

An Lushan is just a dog, and if he dies, he will die, and Brother Ji will find another one.

The exchange of interests between Fang Youde and Huangfu Weiming is Hongguoguo, if you don't consider that Lao Fang's killing of An Lushan is "still willing to be earnest", he will lose blood in this round of trading, except for the "little secret" of advancing and retreating together with Huangfu Weiming, there is almost no gain!

"My grandfather, I'm definitely going to resign. If he doesn't resign, I won't be surprised that he will be hidden by the saint in the future. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a light sigh.

Fang Youde's resignation was to give in to Brother Ji and express that he had no intention of being powerful. Even if Brother Ji suspects him and doesn't get ironclad evidence, he can only just get off the donkey, so that this matter will not be resolved, and the matter will not be exposed.

Fang Chongyong was speechless for a while, the old man's obsession with killing An Lushan was deep, and no one could stop him!

This dad is really good at digging pits, what can he do if he kills An Lushan? In the future, when Hebei should be chaotic, it will still be chaotic!

Fang Chongyong felt that Lao Fang's vision was too narrow.

"Fang Jieshuai, how do you know!

That's what Boss Fang said! He said he was going to touch ...... Yes, he's going to fish in the future. ”

He Changqi said with a look of surprise. I am very convinced of Fang Chongyong's "magic calculation"!

"Follow me wholeheartedly in the future, there will be no next time for what happened before."

Fang Chongyong looked at He Changqi with deep eyes and said, the latter was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move, only feeling that the young Hexi Jiedu envoy in front of him was terrifying from the bottom of his heart, as if he could see through what you were thinking at a glance.

"Get up, what this section commander needs is minions, not minions.

Listen, even if the commander of this section is on the side of the Qingjun in the future, you will open the way in front of me, understand? ”

Fang Chongyong helped He Changqi up and patted the dust on his body.

"The last general dares to die without service!"

He Changqi said excitedly.

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly, and couldn't help but say thank you to the other party Youde.

He Changqi killed An Lushan with his own hands and slapped Brother Ji in the face, he could only follow his own way to the dark.

This is a quick knife that Fang Youde gave himself before he "retired"!

(End of chapter)