He Qianqian is a Sogdian, the reason why he gave this name is because An Lushan has to give gifts to the saint every year on the Thousand Autumn Festival, he is very envious of those treasures and beauties, and often says that he is willing to live for a year like a saint, why bother for a thousand years?

The generals in the army often ridiculed him as "a plague left behind for a thousand years", and every time they lured the leaders of the Khitan and Xi tribes to drink, they dug a big pit for a thousand years, tied them up and threw them into the pit after they got drunk, or cut off their heads.

He was a devout Zoroastrian who regarded An Lushan as the embodiment of the god of light.

When he rushed into Shiling Pass and personally killed a Tang soldier with a sword, he stopped his horse and reached out to caress the cross lotus flower hanging on his chest, as if praying for the dead.

This move seems to be He Qianqian is very calm, he is really not in a hurry, he is confident that he will be able to defeat soon, and even subdue the Heavenly Army, Fan Yang's border army has a natural contempt for the garrison of the Northern Capital that has enjoyed peace for a long time.

The situation was as smooth as expected for thousands of years, and the Heavenly Soldiers were rusty in battle and chaotic in command, and they were soon thrown into chaos.

Until the horn sounded, the big flag on the stone ridge waved, and the situation changed.

"What's that?"

He Qianqian was not very literate, and after reading it for a while, he invited the soldiers to ask, and when he heard that it was the banner of the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, he was greatly surprised and came to a conclusion.

"It can't be!"

It must be known that the head of Han Xiulin in Hedong Jiedu was cut off by his own hands. At that time, An Lushan arrived in Daizhou in the name of entering the dynasty, and Han Xiulin had no choice but to set up a banquet to entertain him.

At the banquet, Fan Yang's army surrounded the Daizhou Governor's Mansion and killed all those who dared to oppose An Lushan. As long as they dare to deceive people, the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty are no different from those barbarian leaders who are coaxed to get drunk.

Even so, the only one who can barely be called the envoy of Hedong Jiedu is Yang Guanghui, I heard that he is a villain who is good at making money and slapping horses, so he should not have the courage to do so.

Thinking of this, He Qianqian laughed out loud and shouted: "Yang Fuyin has been held hostage by the traitor Xue Bai!" Rescue Yang Fu Yin for me! ”

Fan Yang's soldiers also shouted, trying to shake the military spirit of the Heavenly Soldiers.

It's a pity that the effect this time is minimal, the Heavenly Soldiers began to line up in the sound of the horn, no longer blindly panicked to meet the enemy, but retreated to the high place of the hillside, using their strengths and avoiding weaknesses, and suppressing the charge of Fan Yangxiao's cavalry with bows and arrows.

He Qianchu thought that Xue Bai was in command, and he was disdainful in his heart, thinking that Xue Bai could stabilize the situation by only holding Yang Guanghui hostage? It is impossible for the generals at all levels of the Heavenly Soldier Army to completely obey orders.

A thunderous shout came from Shiling, which frustrated his careful thinking.

"Rebels, listen, the prince of Qingyuan County is here! Put down the sword and only punish the evil head. ”

Hearing that name at first glance, He Qianqian's jealousy buried deep in his bones made him involuntarily stunned.

The imperial court may not know how much credit Wang Zhongji has, but the border army can more deeply appreciate the greatness of his people. The title of the Duke of Qingyuan County is simply insignificant compared to the King of Dongping County, but the official title can be obtained by currying favor with the saint, but the prestige can only be fought with real swords.

Before Wang Zhonghe's death, even if everyone in the Fan Yang shogunate had different intentions, they never dared to declare it, and when he died, they dared to persuade An Lushan to raise troops. It's like a swarm of rats cowering in a hole, sneaking in to see if the cat has left.

"Wang ...... Wang Zhonghe? He Qianqian squinted, looked at the figure on the stone ridge, shook his head and said, "Fake, he is clearly dead, fake!" ”

At the end, the word "fake", he accentuated his tone, so as to give himself confidence, he believed that the generals of the Heavenly Soldiers would soon be able to see that it was a fake Wang Zhonghe.

However, those generals of the Heavenly Soldiers were like they were blind, and they didn't see that Wang Zhongsi was a fake at all, and they obeyed the command of the handsome banner, and their respective headquarters besieged the Fan Yang army.

"Occupy Shiling Pass!"

Seeing that he could not quickly defeat the large and organized Heavenly Soldiers, He Qianqian turned his head and decided to occupy Guancheng first and wait for An Lushan's army.

There are three city gates in Shiling Pass, the north and south two city gates are facing the mountain road respectively, named "Dingsheng Gate", "Keyuan Gate", and the city gate that leads to the city wall and the city tower in the middle is called "Yaode Gate".

Although Fan Yangjun passed through the city, but had not been able to occupy the tower, got the military order, turned over and dismounted, and attacked the Yaode Gate, but the garrison on the city tower had already reacted, shot arrows, and desperately closed the Yaode Gate.

This kind of offensive and defensive battle was not conducive to the Fan Yang army, but slowed down the progress of their offensive.

As the battle situation changed, He Qianqian gradually began to feel timid, this fear was not under his control, even if he hadn't seen Wang Zhongsi yet, just hearing this name could make him feel invincible, and his confidence was eroding.

In fact, they are in a very unfavorable terrain.

"General!"

He Qianqian turned around and saw the dust and smoke on the road to the north, and his first reaction was "It's over, it's ambushed", but fortunately, a messenger arrived with a horse and said: "Reinforcements are coming, Sun Xiaozhe led his troops to support." ”

~~

Sun Xiaozhe was very confused when he first arrived at the battlefield, he didn't understand how He Qianqian could be stopped at Shiling Pass.

It is very simple to deceive the past and kill the past.

When he heard that Wang Zhongji was there, he was suddenly startled and exclaimed, "Impossible! ”

"Look." He Qianqian pointed to the battlefield in the distance.

"I hacked Wang Zhongji to death in Lishan!" Sun Xiaozhe emphasized it again, waved his hand, and showed off his ferocity, "I hacked Wang Zhonghei to death outside the palace of the Son of Heaven." ”

"There is no Son of Heaven." At this juncture, He Qianqian was still stubborn in his beliefs, not thinking that the emperor was the son of heaven, and that the creator of all things was the supreme god.

Unfortunately, trust could not dispel his fear of the emperor's son, and he asked, "Are you sure you hacked Wang Zhonghei to death?" Is he resurrected? ”

In Zoroastrianism, there is a kind of illusion. The lord took a sharp horizontal knife, stabbed the abdomen with the knife, the blade came out of the back, and then disturbed the intestines, bleeding non-stop, a little while, spraying water and chanting a mantra, and it could be calmed down.

He Qianqian was worried that Wang Zhonghei would use this kind of illusion, after all, the scourge would be left for a thousand years.

Sun Xiaozhe was asked to be empty-hearted, he remembered that he didn't kill Wang Zhongji on the spot, but he thought that his injuries were likely to be short-lived, but the more weak his heart, the more sure his tone became.

"Of course, it didn't take long for the news of Wang Zhonghe's death to come out."

"Whew-"

Suddenly, the sound of a loud horn interrupted the conversation between the two.

More than 20 horsemen on the stone ridge rushed to the front of the Heavenly Soldier Army, and the figure of the leader gradually became clear, and the Tang troops passing by cheered one after another.

"Jie Shuai! ...... the handsome"

The oppression felt like a heavy black cloud before a rainstorm, and even the air became dull.

"That's Wang Zhonghe." He Qianqian finally lost his last luck, and muttered: "How can I defeat Wang Zhonghei with this little soldier and horse?" ”

"No, you haven't been to Chang'an, you don't understand." Sun Xiaozhe shook his head and said, "He's dead, nominally he's dead." How can a dead man be an envoy of the Hedong Festival? He can't hold that flag, he's not qualified, you know? ”

As a Khitan, he was already trying to describe Wang Zhonghe's situation, and in short, Wang Zhongsi's command of the Heavenly Soldiers was unjustifiable.

~~

"Jie Shuai!"

To the south of Shiling Pass, a Tang Army soldier was trying to stand up straight, gave a military salute, and shouted: "The head of the second team of the Captain Liu Regiment of the Zuo Yu Houjun of the Heavenly Soldier Army, Ren Xiaoniu, has seen the festival commander!" ”

Wang Zhongsi, who was riding on the horse, looked sideways and nodded firmly. There were so many people in the army who cheered him that he could only repay everyone with such a small gesture that did not take time.

Ren Xiaoniu immediately grinned happily, straightened his chest, held it too far, and even had a bit of a backbow. Otherwise, it is not enough to express his love for Wang Jieshuai.

How did this love come about?

It starts from twelve years ago, when the Xi people took refuge in the Khitan and frequently took refuge in the borders. Ren Xiaoniu's grandfather was in the army, because of the successive defeats of his team, he was almost dealt with by military law, fortunately, Wang Zhongsi took over the Hedong Jiedu envoy, the whole army went on a northern expedition, and won three battles and three victories in the Sanggan River.

Since Ren Xiaoniu was seven years old, all the stories he heard came from his grandfather's narration, about how they followed Wang Jieshuai to overcome hardships and defeats the enemy, and talked about the glory of Yaowu Mobei and triumphant return.

"Son, do you know what a man is called? Victory, not admitting defeat. ”

In the land east of the river, I don't know how many men like Ren Xiaoniu grew up listening to Wang Zhonghe's prestige.

This love comes from more than ten years of love for soldiers like sons and victories in a hundred battles.

If it is said that the hearts of people bought by small favors and sweet words are like the yellow sand in the desert north, and the wind blows all over the sky; In the eyes of his admirers, a generation of famous generals is as silent and majestic as Taihang Mountain.

"Jie Shuai, Jie Shuai......"

In the midst of this repeated calls, someone suddenly pulled the calf.

He looked back and said busily: "I've seen the brigade commander." ”

"Follow me."

"But I'm about to kill the enemy."

"Come here with your ears...... Do you know that the imperial court has already announced the news of Wang Jieshuai's death? Now he suddenly appeared here, raising the banner of 'Hedong Jiedu Envoy' and not acting in moderation, acting in the same rebellion, but I am afraid that it is really as Fan Yang's general said, he is rebelling with Xue Bai. I have to go back to Taiyuan City with Captain Wang, you bring someone to escort me, don't alarm others. ”

"Brigade marshal?"

"Let you do what you are told."

"Boom-"

The drums of war had been beaten, and Wang Zhongsi's banner rushed to the forefront, calling the soldiers of Hedong to recapture Shiling Pass.

The ground under his feet also shook because of the sound of the drum, and Ren Xiaoniu felt that the beating of his heart in his chest was the same frequency as the war drums, and it was extremely powerful.

Not far away, Captain Liu slashed the deputy colonel with the hilt of his knife, waved the general flag, and commanded the soldiers of this regiment to rush and kill.

The blood surged, Ren Xiaoniu immediately became excited, and shouted with his comrades: "Kill!" ”

Military orders are like mountains, and the first person to issue military orders must be towering mountains. As for some gossip, how can they shake the mountains?

~~

"It's him."

Sun Xiaozhe tightened his grip on the reins and stationed his horse under Shiling Pass, staring closely at the figure that was getting closer and closer, and recognized Wang Zhonghe.

He Qianqian panicked, glanced back at the city tower, and saw that the soldiers under his command had not yet killed the stone steps, and said, "Withdraw." ”

"No, you're afraid of him, I'm not afraid of him!" Sun Xiaozhe shouted, "I'll kill him!" ”

He had already been ordered by An Lushan to go to Chang'an to get rid of Wang Zhonghe, which was not a success.

It just so happened that we met on the battlefield today, and we could finish the unfinished errand.

Sun Xiaozhe thought like this, and when he looked at Wang Zhonghe, he had the feeling that a hunter looked at his prey.

When the Turks fell, several tribal leaders killed Usumish Khan out of fear, but Sun Xiaozhe was still young at the time and could not experience that fear, feeling that the Turks were dying because of internal strife, not the strength of the Tang army.

He was not as afraid of Wang Zhongsi as He Qianqian, on the contrary, during his trip to Chang'an, he saw Wang Zhongsi who was seriously ill, weak, and loyal, and a weak person who could be manipulated by others. Outside the Huaqing Palace, he was so slashed that he didn't dare to fight back.

"Waste, coward, in vain."

Sun Xiaozhe sneered in his heart, raised his hand, and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

Arrows rained down on Fan Yang's army, after all, the Heavenly Soldiers Army had more numbers and occupied a favorable location, so they had more advantages in long-range attacks; On the other hand, Fan Yang's soldiers, there are many who are blocked in the narrow city caves.

After two rounds of arrow rain, the Heavenly Soldier Army reversed its original declining momentum and approached Fan Yangjun.

Sun Xiaozhe has been able to see Wang Zhonghe's emaciated and sick face clearly.

"Kill!" He roared and met him.

One knife, two knives...... With the courage of Fan Yang's soldiers, the short knife still had the upper hand at the beginning. However, the Tianbing army attacked down from the valleys on both sides, and the troops were constantly replenished, but the Fan Yang soldiers in the city cave could not support quickly.

"Poof."

Wang Zhonghe's ape arm stretched lightly, and with a swing of his long knife, he beheaded Sun Xiaozhe lightly.

Wang Zhonghei on the battlefield is completely different from when he was in Chang'an City, there is no restraint of his father-in-law and king, only the Jin Ge Iron Horse that he is most accustomed to.

When he swung the knife, he neither shouted nor seemed to be forced, his movements were as natural as picking up vegetables with chopsticks, and he didn't even look at Sun Xiaozhe, and he didn't recognize that this was the person who was slashing himself in Lishan.

In contrast, Sun Xiaozhe slashed Wang Zhongsi in Lishan, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak, but Wang Zhongji never cared about Sun Xiaozhe, he was worried about state affairs, and he was not in the mood to pay attention to the tile chicken and the dog.

~~

He Qianqian glanced back and saw the scene of Sun Xiaozhe's head falling to the ground, and he couldn't help but recall An Lushan's account in his mind, saying how Wang Zhonghei used one as a hundred when he was in Longyou, killing the blood of the Tubo people.

Therefore, An Lushan often said, "If Wang Zhonghei is not removed, I will never dare to raise troops", the words are still in my ears, and Sun Xiaozhe does not listen.

"Withdraw!"

He Qianqian immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

However, the city gate of Shiling Pass was very narrow, and Fan Yangjun's arrogance also made them not think about exiting when they came in, plus Sun Xiaozhe came to support, and most of the men and horses were blocked outside and could not enter the city gate.

Cold sweat broke out on He Qianqian's forehead, and he couldn't muster up the will to fight, and he didn't know where to retreat.

"General?"

"General, what should I do?"

He Qianqian turned to his own soldiers and muttered: "The fire of light, burn the sin, I am a Zoroastrian, I died in battle today, I do not need to be cremated, nor can I be buried, put me naked on that stone ridge, let the eagle peck at my flesh." ”

"General......

"Kill!"

He Qianqian rubbed the cross on his chest, intending to boost morale and organize a decent offensive.

However, seeing that Wang Zhonghei was killed, the soldiers of Fan Yang were the same as their main generals, and they had already been scared by three points in their hearts, so how could they defeat the other party?

"Poof."

He Qianqian lowered his head, only to see a Mo knife slashing deeply into his arm, blood splattered on his cross lotus stand.

He couldn't help but think that others said that he was a scourge for thousands of years, but he didn't expect the name to be the opposite, but in fact, good people don't live long......

~~

Geese flew in the sky, and corpses on the ground were piled up in one place.

Several heads were placed in wooden boxes covered with lime, and headless corpses were thrown at the top of the pile, and torches lit firewood, gradually igniting a raging fire.

Flesh was scorched and devoured in the fire.

The flame of light burned everything after all.

……

"What is this for?!"

When Yang Guanghui was brought in, he was shocked by the fire in front of him. The flames in his pupils burst out, pointing at Wang Zhonghe, looking at Xue Bai, and said, "You, you, how did you bring him out?" ”

"Did Yang Fuyin forget?" Xue Bai said: "We followed Yang Fuyin's team together, left the Chang'an checkpoint, crossed the Yellow River, and went north to Taiyuan. ”

"You, you...... I...... Wang Zhonghei, you know you do this...... The saint will not be happy. ”

At that time, the case of Wang Zhonghe's assassination was arranged by Yang Guanghui to be handled by Yuan Zai, and Yang Guozhong was the person who was the most able to understand the holy will, so Yang Guanghui also had some understanding of Wang Zhonghe's later situation.

He knew that the sage announced that Wang Zhonghei had died of illness, but in fact he was taking the opportunity to eliminate this hidden danger of supporting the East Palace, but out of the affection between his adoptive father and adopted son, the sage did not kill Wang Zhonghei, but settled him in the Jiaoyuan outside the Huaqing Palace to recuperate.

The pepper garden is the place where the palace planted peppercorns, and the peppercorns are precious, so the pepper garden is heavily guarded, but I don't know how Xue Bai brought Wang Zhongsi out of the pepper garden?

With such a question in his heart, Yang Guanghui reacted, secretly thinking that he must save his life first, and then find out some useful news to explain to the right minister and the saint.

In his ears, Wang Zhonghei replied in a low voice: "I am not doing this to make the saint happy, but for the sake of the society of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Wang Jieshuai, you, you messed up the law of Sheji, how can you still say that it is for Sheji?" Yang Guanghui persuaded bitterly: "Stop it, while it's still too late." ”

"We brought Yang Fu Yin here, not to discuss this."

As soon as Xue Bai spoke, as if he had the momentum of "Taiyuan Mu", he instructed Yang Guanghui: "Fu Yin also saw that An Lushan had rebelled and sent troops to attack Taiyuan." The Heavenly Soldiers made Zhang Xian bravely resist and killed the rebel generals He Qianqian, Sun Xiaozhe and others...... How about reporting the truth? ”

Yang Guanghui peeked at it and saw that Zhang Xian was not dead, and his heart was a little relieved.

He squatted there with his head shrunk, took the pen and paper, but his hands were shaking, and he couldn't write at all.

Xue Bai saw it and asked, "What is Fu Yin doing?" Can I be deceived when I am young? ”

"Xue Lang, don't threaten me anymore, I really don't dare."

"Did I threaten you?"

Yang Guanghui hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm old and confused, I really can't do anything rebellious, please let Xue Lang let me go......"

"Ahem, ahem." Wang Zhongsi looked at it when he heard this, and said, "Let you play An Lushan to rebel, who did you say was rebelling?" ”

Yang Guanghui's impression of Wang Zhonghei is more that he has been repeatedly excluded in Chang'an, and then seeing that he is now full of sickness, he thinks that he is better fooled than Xue Bai, so he said cautiously: "Then, the lower official will say it directly?" ”

"Fu Yin is humble." Xue Bai said: "You are the biggest official here. ”

Xue Bai's tone was flat, but there was a kind of ridicule and murderous intent in Yang Guanghui's ears.

Wang Zhongsi said seriously: "You say." ”

Yang Guanghui then moved to Wang Zhonghe's side, but he didn't smell the strong smell of blood on his body.

"Xiaguan said bluntly, Wang Jieshuai, you are so authoritarian...... Coming back from the dead without permission, against the holy will, I am afraid that he is more like a thief than An Lushan. You said that An Lushan attacked Taiyuan, but on the contrary, his soldiers will be killed by you. ”

"Ahem, cough, we have defended the northern capital, which is the Datang barrier."

"Listening to this, I'm afraid it means something like 'the wicked sue first'." Yang Guanghui shrunk his neck and said: "This is not what I meant, I mean, if you write a chapter and hand it over, what will the guilds of the court and China think." ”

He had a few more explicit words left unsaid.

He also guessed how Xue Bai got Wang Zhongsi out of Jiaoyuan, and he must have taken advantage of the relationship between Gao Lishi and Li Qi.

This is not a trivial matter, a person with an unknown background and involved in the case of the three concubines, only participated in the matter of Yi Chu not long ago, and then colluded with the sage's close attendants, the prince, and the general of the border town, and went against the holy will to help Wang Zhonghei seize the military power in Hedong and kill the general of the Fan Yang army.

In this way, Xue Bai, the anti-thief, is simply solid.

He was not ready to follow Xue Bai to rebel together.

"Wang Jieshuai, I want to say, are we ...... Slow down? Yang Guanghui persuaded uneasily.

When Wang Zhongsi heard this, he looked at Yang Guanghui seriously.

It was the first time he had looked squarely at this kind of traitorous minister.

"You are saying that it is not An Lushan who rebelled." Wang Zhongsi asked word by word, "In your eyes, it was me and Xue Bai who rebelled?" ”

"Is it in my eyes?!" Yang Guanghui was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "I'm analyzing for you, I, I, I mean that the rhetoric just now can't hide it from the court." ”

"Hahaha!"

Wang Zhongsi seemed to have heard something extremely funny, and looked up to the sky and laughed.

Because it was so funny, he even laughed so much that he couldn't breathe, and finally coughed incessantly, choking on tears. The people around him hurriedly helped him and patted him on the back.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Wang Zhongsi waved his hand, sniffed, and said with a smile: "It's true, we are more like anti-thieves than An Lushan, cough cough, when the news reaches Chang'an, the sage must have said it...... It must be said: 'Wang Zhonghei is really rebellious!' ’”

His last sentence was extremely loud, and a mouthful of blood accumulated in his heart choked up. He didn't want to vomit, but he was learning the sage's anger, so his mouth was full of blood.

"Haha."

Wang Zhongsi then made a joke and said, "Look at me, blood is spurting people." I intended to rebel and wronged An Lushan. ”

Yang Guanghui was terrified.

He clearly felt a wave of anger from Wang Zhongsi's smile, and it was this anger that attacked his heart and lungs, causing Wang Zhongsi to vomit blood. But the anger was still only accumulating, and it had not yet fully attacked, and he was really afraid that Wang Zhongji would attack him in the end, so he was so frightened that he was silent.

"I write, I write."

Yang Guanghui hurriedly picked up the pen to write a book, but this time his hand was really shaking badly, he hurriedly held his right hand with his left hand, and muttered in his mouth: "Xue Lang, am I writing to the right minister or the saint?" ”

"What to write!"

Wang Zhongsi suddenly became angry, broke away from the people around him who wanted to help him to rest, and slammed his fist on the case, smashing the table to pieces with a "bang", and the ink splashed.

"The saints do not believe! What do you write?! ”

"Spare your life!"

Yang Guanghui's heart was so frightened that he vomited, and he knelt on the ground with a "snap", kowtowing like pounding garlic.

"Please spare me my life, and I can do whatever I want...... I'm with you...... Let's ......"

Under the fear, he revealed his true feelings, which showed that he sincerely believed that Xue Bai and Wang Zhongji were the ones who rebelled.

As for An Lushan, although he often had different intentions with Yang Guozhong to impeach An Lushan, it was precisely because of this that he knew that it was just a necessary means to eliminate dissent.

Since even the news that "An Lushan will be opposed" was fabricated by their Yang Party, how can anyone know the truth better than them?

"Xue Lang, I understand! I just had an epiphany! ”

Frightened, Yang Guanghui's thoughts flowed freely, and suddenly a thought came to him, and he raised his head suddenly, and said, "Xue Lang, I understand who you are!" Let me follow you......"

(End of chapter)