Li Gesang thought for a long time, laughed and personally untied the binding of the letter, and said: "General, you are my Nanzhao person, how can I not trust you, but you have been following the Tang Dynasty for a long time, this king is specially using this word to make fun of each other, don't go to your heart." ”

Between his expressions, he was very affectionate, and he ordered him to leave and right: "Quick, the three generals are frightened, and they set up wine to catch the wind." ”

At the moment, he personally untied the shackles behind Xin Baijiang and Ban Lin.

The three of them had a false alarm, but they couldn't help but admire Tang Dynasty's judgment. Because before leaving, the Tang Dynasty told them that Li Gesang would definitely not kill them, but it was still entirely possible to scare them, so that they should not act rashly, and everything should only be believed in the horse.

The banquet in the army was very simple, but there was no shortage of chickens, fish, ducks, etc., and the people munched on it, and did not talk about national affairs at the table.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Gesang smiled all over his face: "Several generals, you are all my ministers, if you serve me with all your heart in the future, I will definitely have a heavy reward, wealth and glory, no problem, if you really follow this king, please do this toast." ”

The letter was the first to say: "Your Majesty's words are exaggerated, I am a native of Nanzhao, and it is my duty to serve loyally, even if Your Majesty doesn't say it, I also know to follow Your Majesty and do my best." "Toast the wine in your glass.

Xin Baijiang and Ban Lin also silently drank the wine in the cup and were willing to follow Li Gesang.

After Li Gesang saw the three of them drinking, he was overjoyed: "From today on, you are my faithful ministers, continue to drink." ”

……

Li Gesang sent the three of them to the stone pavilion outside the Jianmen Pass, drank tea and said goodbye, and the three of them were sent off together, including Wolf Zhengxuan, Tie Ning, Xinyue Fawang and other people, very sincere.

What Li Gesang asked for a letter and the other three of them did was extremely simple, just asking them to send a reply.

Zhuan Xin has always been worried that his party will be killed or detained by Li Gesang, but unexpectedly, it has not happened.

……

In the city of Chang'an, Yang Yuhuan soaked his hao-ru in flowers and bathed, but he still couldn't arouse the interest of the Tang Dynasty, because he sent people everywhere to find his master Sun Simiao, and it had been two or three months, and there was still no news.

And during this period of time, Li Heng's troops and An Lushan did not officially clash, as he imagined.

According to the news delivered back by Li Bai, Li Heng is now as timid as a mouse, and he fled lifelessly when he saw An Jun, and in less than three months now, he has changed several strongholds. Now it's better to hide in Lingwu City, and order the soldiers to dig rows of large trenches outside the city wall to stop the cavalry of the An army, and there is no attack at all.

Guo Ziyi led the army to fight a few tough battles with Sun Xiaozhe, but the troops in his hands were too poor, and he had obviously set a trap to lure Sun Bu into the Troubled Stone Valley, but it was ridiculous to let Sun Bu rush out of the Troubled Stone Valley, gather men and horses, and defeat them.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty got the exact news that although the crown prince Li Heng was the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, he really did not have this talent.

Seeing that An Lushan has occupied most of the land in Henan, maybe it won't be long before this guy will break through Tongguan and fight me in the east of the Yellow River. But at such a time, Li Gesang actually joined forces with An Jun.

Li Gesang's biggest enemy is Li Longji, be sure to get rid of it quickly, this person has been the emperor of Nanzhao for decades, and there are elite soldiers under him, if he really fights, even if he wins him, but he must be greatly injured, and then how to deal with the attack of the An army.

As for the combat effectiveness of the An army, the spies had already heard it clearly, and it was really strong, and no city in the prefecture and county west of Tongguan could hold on for three days.

When Li Longji was still in Chang'an, he had already issued an order to protect his brother Shuhan in Beiting to mobilize a large army to return to Tongguan to defend the Tongguan Heaven, and fortunately, it was so that a fortified city in the Central Plains could withstand the fierce rebels.

But this obviously angered An Lushan, and he personally led his army of 100,000 soldiers to Lintong Pass to cooperate with Shi Siming's attack. Geshuhan's garrison was no more than 100,000 men, and it was not as good as the rebels, and it was extremely sad to face the siege on all sides. Fortunately, there was plenty of food and grass, and there was no danger for a while.

However, with the current situation, the battle of Tongguan will soon be decided. According to the reports of his subordinates, Tang Dynasty knew that Li Longji was furious in Mianzhu, saying that Ge Shuhan was a bastard and could neither defeat An Lushan's rebels nor send troops to support him.

Of course, the main reason for Li Longji's tantrum was Wei Jian's words: "Your Majesty, now that you are in danger, this guy Ge Shuhan has 100,000 soldiers, but he doesn't bring King Qin, just huddles in Tongguan, what kind of heart is An?" I'm afraid that what he thinks in his heart is that An Lushan will directly attack Jiannan, and once the emperor is captured by An Lushan, he will take the opportunity to develop his power, he is preserving his strength, in order to fight with An Lushan for the world in the future? ”

Li Longji has suffered a lot of displacement in these days, and Yang Yuhuan was snatched away by masked people, and there is no one around him to comfort the lonely, and what makes him even more sad is that Gao Lishi died.

This old eunuch was naturally loyal to him, but unfortunately he suffered too much during these days, and he was not accustomed to the water and soil, which made his own illness worsen, and finally he could not support it, and died in the army.

Li Longji is the emperor of the dignity, and now he has been hit one after another, although he has profound internal strength and can still stop, but the stuffiness in his chest is more and more uncontrollable. After Wei Jian's provocation, he was naturally furious.

Almost everyone in the DPRK and China knows that Ge Shuhan and him are a great enmity of life and death.

Sure enough, Li Longji quickly issued a holy decree in Jiannan, ordering Ge Shuhan, who was trapped in Tongguan, to send troops to "quell the rebellion", and if he hesitated any longer, military law would be involved.

……

"The last general is dedicated to the letter, fortunately he has fulfilled his mission and came back to see the general."

The three will give the salute together.

"No courtesy. What did he say? ”

At present, the letter will explain the experience and inventory of this trip, and present a reply.

Tang Chao tore open the letter and read it quickly: "Hehe, if you actually hold a banquet in Hongmen, then I will go to meet him." ”

The content of the letter was to ask the Tang Dynasty to go to Chengdu Mansion after the 15th to celebrate Li Gesang's 60th birthday.

……

The sword gate is closed.

Wolf Zhengxuan's face was worried: "Your Majesty, I want the Tang Dynasty to be treacherous like a ghost." Couldn't he see His Majesty's plan, if he brought troops to come at that time, and our side would inevitably fall into the middle of him and Li Longji's attack, what should we do then? ”

"Humph! Danger is the way to win. Then let me ask you, Brother Xian, if the Tang Dynasty fights you on the battlefield, how sure are you that you will defeat him? ”

Wolf Zhengxuan groaned: "Less than fifty percent." ”

They used to fight by the Mustang River, and they knew each other very well. The most powerful martial arts of the Tang Dynasty was not the knife in his hand, but the mysterious and unpredictable Finger of the Gods.

"You're telling the truth. I invited him to Chengdu this time, not to capture him with force, but to kill him with a conspiracy. As soon as this man is removed, his army of 400,000 will be at my disposal. ”

"What? Your Majesty, you want to kill the Tang Dynasty? Wolf Zhengxuan stuttered a little.

"Not bad! Since I want to unify the world, I can't care about personal feelings, and I know that he saved my life and helped me quell the coup d'état launched by you, a virtuous brother, and he has a great credit. But what should not be done is against my will, wanting to be the emperor, wanting to get out of my control. I thought that he was my son-in-law, a general under me, and after laying down a large area of rivers and mountains in the Central Plains for me in the future, I would give him a throne and inherit my position in the future, but what I didn't expect was that this guy was greedy for profit, and he actually took the lead to occupy Chang'an, disrupting my deployment, not to mention, it became a stumbling block on the road to occupy the Central Plains, and his hatefulness even surpassed Li Longji. I married him as two princesses, but I couldn't imagine that I still couldn't keep his heart. And with the current situation, he can be said to have taken advantage of the time and place, if we don't want to find other ways, if we want to lay down the Tang Dynasty and establish a new dynasty, it will definitely be a dead end. ”

"What's the solution?" Wolf Zhengxuan felt that his throat was a little dry.

"Conspiracy." Li Gesang said these two words very lightly, closely watching the changes in Wolf Zhengxuan's face.

"This ...... All but according to His Majesty's orders. ”

Wolf Zhengxuan admired the personality of the Tang Dynasty and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"Brother Xian, don't forget what your eldest brother said to you back then, I want to share the world with you equally, and this is still the same. What we share is not the small world of Nanzhao, but the entire Central Plains. I have wanted to occupy the Central Plains for many years, and now I finally see hope, I can't imagine that my own son-in-law would dare to betray me, and if I don't kill him, he will kill me. ”

"This ...... I don't think this person in the Tang Dynasty is like a brutal person. Wolf Zhengxuan finally distinguished the Tang Dynasty.

"Definitely! War is cruel. Since the last time I sent Tie Ning to form an alliance with An Lushan, the Tang Dynasty would not let me go, and of course I would not let him go. I wanted to hide it from him and find out about it, but this person was extremely clever and actually heard such a confidential matter, so I had to personally deliver the book this time. ”

"Your Majesty, I don't understand. Zhuan Xin was originally a very capable general under the Tang Dynasty, and Ban Lin and Xin Baijiang were also talents, since you wanted to kill the Tang Dynasty, why did you let these three go back in vain? ”

"Haha." Li Gesang laughed a few times, "You really mean so much to me?" Tell you Brother Xian, I have already done something to the wine they drank, and in less than half a month, these three people will definitely be poisoned. When the time comes, without my antidote, they will die. I have already sent people to follow them back to Chang'an, and once the poison is poisoned, they will do what I ask, and I am not afraid that these three people will not obey my orders when the time comes. Even if the Tang Dynasty knew that this was a Hongmen banquet, he was conceited, and I sent Prince Fuhu to invite him personally, and it was my 60th birthday, so he had no reason not to do it. Hmph, as long as he comes, it will be his death. ”

"Your Majesty is wise! In this way, God does not know, the ghost does not know, his own subordinates betrayed him, no matter how shrewd the Tang Dynasty is, but it must not be able to prevent such a person from really taking refuge in us. ”

"Not bad! The original intention of the Tang Dynasty was to put these three people by my side and pretend to take refuge in me, so that when the time comes, you can know the truth in our army. I'm just counting it now. ”

"Wonderful. Wonderful, really wonderful! ”

Even people like Wolf Zhengxuan began to applaud.