"Cui Qianyou! I'll hang your mother! ”

In the big tent, Cui Qianyou heard an angry scolding as soon as he entered, turned his head to look, and saw that it was Wu Lingxun who scolded him.

They are both An Lushan's henchmen, but Cui Qianyou has a withdrawn temperament and is not as close as Wu Lingxun and An Lushan. This closeness sometimes seems to translate into some kind of power, which makes Wu Lingxun regard himself as an official and shout at the generals of his peers.

Cui Qianyou didn't say anything when he was scolded, with a cold face, not angry and arrogant.

"The prince of the palace deliberately feinted defeat, attracting Wang Zhonghei to pursue." Wu Lingxun then scolded: "You can't set up an ambush to succeed and delay the big thing, waste!" ”

The generals in the tent were all unkempt and disheveled, and they looked embarrassed because they had fled for their lives in a hurry when they were defeated, and some of them had not even slowed down their heartbeats. I was deeply afraid that An Lushan would take the blame for the defeat, and I was extremely afraid.

There is a reason for this fear, you must know that last time An Lushan was defeated by the Khitan, he killed Ge Xie to bear the responsibility. Later, Shi Siming gathered his soldiers and horses and returned to Fanyang, and sighed in private, "You must be good at dealing with people, if I had returned earlier, maybe I would have been killed." ”

Therefore, seeing that Wu Lingxun had found a target to attack, someone soon began to help.

"That's right, Cui Qianyou delayed the fighter plane and wasted the Fujun's plan to lure the enemy!"

In the midst of the gossip, An Lushan, who has become more and more irritable in recent years, actually sat there without saying a word. It wasn't until Cui Qianyou sneered and was about to open his mouth to ridicule that he shook his hand and said, "Enough!" Can you blame Cui Lang? Don't let me hear you blame each other again. ”

Losing to Wang Zhonghei, he was quite acceptable, his fat face piled up some relieved smiles, and said: "Cui Lang, you don't care about them, they are all rough people, and they don't cover their words." ”

Cui Qianyou was scolded and didn't say a word, but he didn't say anything in the face of An Lushan's relief, and still stood there with a calm face.

His strong aura was only shown at this time, not afraid of coldness, not afraid of embarrassment. After a while, An Lushan felt a little embarrassed, because Cui Qianyou was a talented general and of great use, and he couldn't kill him, so he had to laugh dryly, pointed at Wu Lingxun and said, "You should pay Cui Lang compensation." ”

It's easy to apologize, but it's hard to take responsibility. Wu Lingxun couldn't blame Cui Qianyou, and glanced at the tent but still didn't see Li Guiren, the main general who should bear the greatest responsibility may have died in the chaos.

"Mansion King, it's rare for the king to suddenly come out from the rear, I think it's very strange."

He was very appealing, and as soon as he raised a question, the generals in the account echoed it and talked about it.

Including Jiwen, he was also very active, helping to recall and analyze last night's battle, and trying to reach a consensus with everyone. However, suddenly, someone said something that shocked and frightened Giwen.

"It's rare for the king to come with the team carrying grain, right?"

"Yes, send people to check the various levels."

"Who brought the grain yesterday?"

“……”

Ji Wen hurriedly opened his mouth to defend himself, indicating that he would never collude with Wang Zhonghe, but it was okay that he didn't open his mouth, but the smell of his mouth offended others.

"Geven! You are indeed a spy sent by Yang Guozhong! ”

"I'm not, Fu Jun listens to my explanation."

"Chicken tongue plague, I have seen that you are not the same as us!"

In the midst of the noise, everyone didn't notice that someone was trying to shrink his body and hid behind An Shouzhong and An Qingxu, it was Yang Qixuan, who was lowering his head and glancing at Ji Wen with sneaky eyes.

If anyone saw his nervous appearance, he would inevitably be suspicious. But in this tent, the advisers are like clouds, and the fierce generals are like rain, and no one is looking at him at all.

"It's not me!"

Ji Wen has wronged others all his life, and he was so anxious that he was wronged at this time, so he simply knelt down in front of An Lushan and shouted: "Fujun, do you want me to cut out my heart to show you?" I really didn't collude with Wang Rare. ”

An Lushan has a very deep relationship with him, and seeing that he is sincere, not like a hypocrisy, he can't help but wonder.

However, soon a soldier came back to report that Wang's rare Yunzhong army was holding the military order to transport grain, and followed Jiwen's team to Shiling Pass.

"What?"

Gynwin was incredulous, dumbfounded.

He guessed what was going on, then pointed at Wu Lingxun and shouted: "You found someone to commit perjury, don't think I don't know!" There are also traitors around the king! ”

"Plug in the skin, what did I do wrong you?"

Yang Qixuan was stunned when he heard such a conversation, but he didn't expect Ji Wen to guess like this. On second thought, Giwin himself is such a person, and the same is true of what he thinks and sees.

He breathed a sigh of relief and felt ashamed of Jiwen.

"That's not right." Gynwin exclaimed.

Yang Qixuan's heart was immediately raised, and when he peeked at it, Ji Wen had twisted his neck and looked at him. The two looked at each other, he wanted to hide, but it was too late, and Jiwen opened his mouth wide and shouted.

"Yes...... Not! ”

One of the soldiers had covered Giwin's mouth and dragged him out.

Yang Qixuan didn't notice any orders just now, his heart was uneasy, and cold sweat flowed under his armpits. After waiting for a while, he saw that the soldier's hands were full of blood, and he ran back.

"Please take a look."

When everyone looked at it, the soldier's bloody palm was spread out, and a heart was displayed in front of them, and it was still beating slightly.

"Hahaha." An Lushan showed that cute smile again, and asked, "You say, Jiwen's heart, is it loyal or not?" ”

Yang Qixuan was shocked to death, his eyes were dark, and he almost didn't fall over.

~~

The wind blew, and Gynwin turned to look south.

He was hanging at the gate, his empty body swinging in the wind like a bell.

Blood ran down his stomach and dripped.

"Click."

Li Guiren raised his head and saw a pair of soles of his feet, so he took two steps back before he saw that it was Ji Wen who died.

He was stunned, thinking that if he had returned earlier, he would have been the one who had been killed.

"General Lee."

Li Guiren was hesitating whether to return to the camp when he suddenly heard a call. Turning his head, it turned out to be An Qingxu.

An Qingxu walked quickly to the gate and said in a low voice: "The general doesn't have to worry, this battle is because Jiwen colluded with the king and attacked the Luoluo River, and the general is not guilty." I've already explained it to Grandpa. ”

Li Guiren was a little relieved to see that he was still currying favor and wooing himself.

"What matters more now is not to blame. But the matter has come to this, and it is time to raise troops decisively. An Qingxu said, "We are going to persuade Grandpa." ”

"It's already a war, and my brother is still hesitating?"

Li Guiren was very surprised, in his opinion, they had already met each other, which was equivalent to An Lushan having rebelled, and he was still discussing this topic.

An Qingxu also frowned, and said slowly: "Grandpa still wants to wait and see, to see if the court believes that he is against him or if Wang Zhonghei is against him." ”

"What's the point of waiting?"

When Li Guiren walked into the big tent, he was surprised to find that what was permeating the big tent was no longer the shadow of defeat, but a kind of excitement and restlessness.

~~

"It's the other way around!"

"Just raise troops, enter Chang'an, and seize the throne!"

"Your Majesty, make up your mind!"

In this manic atmosphere, An Lushan, who was sitting on the throne, was very patient.

All along, he took advantage of the dissatisfaction of these generals with the Tang Dynasty and promised them better prospects, step by step to today. But he is now the king of Dongping County, and he has become the one who is most unwilling to take risks.

"You don't know the saint, but I know him." An Lushan couldn't refuse to rebel, and waved his hand and said: "Since you can't defeat Wang Zhonghei, you should go back to Fanyang and wait for the sage to give an order to get rid of him." ”

"The troops have already been raised, how can there be any reason to retract again?!"

"Rest easy." Zhang Tongru had no choice but to stand up and say, "What the prince said is a really wise move. It is precisely because our established strategy is right that Wang Zhongji is in a hurry, so he will take the risk of sneak attack, although he is taught to win by luck, but does this change the mind of the saint? The saint will still kill him, we just have to wait and see what happens. On the contrary, if we lose our proportions because of a small defeat and raise troops in a hurry, it will be a big mistake. ”

"Zhang Tongru, do you still have the face to speak?! If it weren't for your crooked idea, we would have taken Taiyuan a long time ago! ”

Zhang Tongru looked bitter, thinking to himself, it turns out that these generals are no match for Wang Zhonghe, and it can be seen that his method is correct, but these people are more able to make noise, and they are most afraid of this kind of excitement when they do big things, and they blindly follow the trend as soon as their brains are hot.

He looked at Gao Shang, Yan Zhuang, Pingwei and the others, knowing that they could see the situation clearly, and hoped that they would say a few words. However, these people are bent on rebellion, knowing that this is not a good opportunity, and still keep silent.

An Lushan had no choice but to slap the case and shouted: "Shut up!" Before I raised the flag, my eight thousand dragged down the river was gone, and there was nothing to say, I had made up my mind, go back to Fanyang to rest! ”

A pot of water that was about to boil out was temporarily suppressed by him with a lid.

An Qingxu was so disappointed, he was about to rebel, and was about to persuade An Lushan again, but Ping Wei pulled him, shook his head, and said something in his ear.

"Erlang, don't worry, it's not a bad thing to go back to Fanyang......"

After hearing this, An Qingxu raised his eyebrows and nodded.

~~

Shiling Pass.

Yang Guanghui looked at the soldiers and horses under the city, anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

The situation before him is that if he does not open the gates of the city and let Wang Zhonghei in, the other party may attack him; But if he opened the city gate, he didn't think that he would be able to capture Wang Zhonghei and fulfill the sage's instructions.

While he was struggling, one of the generals drove his horse to the place where he was an arrow under the city wall.

"Fu Yin be careful." Someone at the head of the city immediately exclaimed: "That's Longyou Li Sheng!" ”

Yang Guanghui didn't know what this sentence meant, and an arrow had been nailed to the battlements in front of him, so frightened that he fell into the arms of two personal soldiers, and fixed his eyes to see that a letter was tied to the shaking arrow.

Unfolded, it was Xue Bai's handwriting, inviting him to talk privately.

Yang Guanghui thought to himself what he had to talk about with this thief, and then thought of Xue Bai's life experience, as well as his relationship with Gao Lishi and Li Qi in the court, and he was a little hesitant to make a mortal enmity with such a character.

"Write a letter in reply." He thought to himself.

At this time, there was movement on the official road in the south, and soon a soldier came to say: "Fu Yin, the sage's will has arrived." ”

……

To the north of Shiling Pass, Xue Bai was standing on his horse and looking at Guancheng.

He held a clairvoyant mirror in his hand and could see Yang Guanghui's general reaction.

Things get to the point where they are, and of course it's tricky. Fortunately, Yang Guanghui is a weak opponent, and Xue Bai is confident that he will be subdued and continue to "defend" Taiyuan.

In sight, Yang Guanghui opened the letter, and sure enough, he didn't tear it up, and paced back and forth for a while before leaving the city. But unexpectedly, after a while, the city gate slowly opened.

"Huh?"

"Yang Guanghui is so bold." Li Sheng was also surprised, "Aren't you afraid that we will kill him?" ”

Xue Bai thought for a while and said, "It's not Yang Guanghui. ”

With these words, someone drove a horse out of the Shiling Pass.

The light in the cave is not good, and you can only see this person wearing light armor, tall and straight, his horse speed is very slow, he seems very calm and calm, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

It wasn't until he was in the sun that Xue Bai saw his appearance clearly, he was a beautiful man in his forties, with bright eyes, a calm and strong temperament, and no anger and self-authority.

He was not afraid of the soldiers arrayed outside the city, drove his horse to within a stone's throw of land, grabbed the reins only ten steps away from Xue Bai, opened his mouth, and shouted in a clear voice.

"Ahiro! How about a first look?! ”

Ah Xun is the nickname of Wang Zhonghe, and this person is obviously the old man of Wang Zhonghe.

Xue Bai then kicked the horse's belly and drove the horse forward.

"Changshan guards Xue Bai too much, fortunately follows Wang Jieshuai to resist the thieves, dare to ask who your Excellency is?"

"General Jingo Li Hyeon."

"Long admiration."

Xue Bai has indeed admired Li Xian for a long time and knows that this is a pivotal figure.

First of all, Li Xian's life experience is not ordinary, his ancestor is Tang Taizong Li Shimin, his great-ancestor is Wu King Li Ke, his father is the former Shuofang, Hedong two towns Jiedu envoy, the first Xin'an King Li Yi in the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

Nowadays, almost all the major foreign enemies of the Tang Dynasty, Turkic, Khitan, Xi, and Tubo, have been defeated by Li Yi, Shibao City was recovered by him, Khitan and Xi were subdued by him, but unfortunately the successor failed to continue his military exploits, lost Shibao City, turned against Li Huaixiu, Li Yanzhong, and had a series of later incidents.

Li Yi is not only the highest martial artist in the clan, but also teaches his children well, and his three sons Li Xian, Li Yi, and Li Xian are all famous wise men today.

When Li Xian was young, he was famous in Chang'an, and once went to practice Buddhism, but later for various reasons, he still joined the government to serve the country. Over the years, he has served in various places, and Xue Bai and him met for the first time today.

"Ashi doesn't want to come to see me?" Li Xian glanced at Xue Bai and glanced at the soldiers and horses in front of him again.

"Wang Jieshuai was injured and is recuperating." Xue Bai said: "It's the same when General Li asks me. ”

"It's fine."

Li Xian turned over and dismounted, raised his hand, and asked Xue Bai to take him to the tent to talk.

This move frightened Yang Guanghui in the back, and he beckoned again and again, hoping that the Qin messenger sent by the saint would pay attention to his own safety, but Li Xian didn't see it at all, and Yang Guanghui didn't dare to step forward, so he was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

~~

Entering the tent, Li Xian saw that there was no one else, exhaled, and said directly: "Do you know what you have done is a conspiracy? ”

Xue Bai asked rhetorically: "Does General Li know that An Lushan is going to rebel?" ”

Li Xian glanced him up and down and said, "In the eyes of the saints, it is you who rebel. ”

From the first half of this sentence, Xue Bai could already feel his attitude and asked, "Why is General Li here?" ”

"Guess what."

Xue Bai groaned and asked, "Could it be related to General Gao?" ”

"Not bad." Li Xian said: "General Gao persuaded Yang Guozhong to recommend him and let me clean up this mess in Hedong." ”

"Great." Xue Bai didn't hide his surprise, and even deliberately exaggerated his surprised expression, saying, "This is better than I expected." ”

"What do you think the situation will be?" Li Xian asked, he wanted to know what Xue Bai would have done if he hadn't come, maybe he would occupy Hedong with Wang Zhonghe, and no longer listen to the will of the imperial court?

"I'm ready to die unjustly." Xue Bai replied: "But it doesn't matter if I die with Wang Jieshuai, lest no one dare to remind the saint again, and then the thieves will raise troops, and the lives will be ruined." ”

Li Xian didn't answer immediately, only looked at Xue Bai, and exerted psychological pressure with silence, but Xue Bai had been tested for a long time and showed a frank look, as if he was selfless.

"At present, the saint cannot be discouraged." After a while, Li Xian finally had a showdown and said: "I want the saint to believe that it was An Lushan who rebelled, this is a later story." What is more important at the moment is to let the saint calm his anger, protect Wang Zhonghei, protect you, and protect Hedong from falling into the hands of An Lushan. ”

Xue Bai asked, "How?" ”

"First of all, we must let the saint know that his will can still be carried out to the letter in the east of the river." "This matter is of paramount importance. Only when you act in accordance with the order can you explain that you have not rebelled, and it is possible to accuse An Lushan of rebelling. ”

"The general said so much, and he still wants to take Wang Jieshuai away?"

"I won't hurt Ah Xun." Li Xian said: "Your situation is also very dangerous, and at the moment, because the threat of Wang Zhonghei is too great, the saint has not noticed you for the time being. I'll take him with me to try to keep you. ”

Xue Bai shook his head and said: "I don't believe that he can save his life after returning to Beijing, and once he dies, Hedong will still get out of control." ”

"General Gao recommended me because he believed me." Li Hyun asked, "What about you?" Believe it or not. ”

Xue Bai said: "The mind of the saint is the opposite of the future of Sheji. The general wants to reconcile the two, how is it possible? ”

Li Xian said: "What do you mean by this...... The saint is reversed? ”

He was scaring Xue Bai and persecuting Xue Bai with a rebellious remark so that he could no longer speak out to prevent him from taking Wang Zhonghe.

However, Xue Baizhen answered.

"Yes."

Li Xian frowned.

His small action failed to stop Xue Bai's great rebellion.

"The heart of An Lushan is known to the whole world, but the saint has always wanted to protect him, which is a betrayal of the people of Shengli and a disappointment to the ancestors and society."

"You're so daring!"

"The general is the Li clan! Then I dare to ask the general, you inherit the bloodline of Taizong and are worshiped by the people, do you have the responsibility to contribute to the country and the temple? ! ”

"Enough! It's not your turn to teach me! Li Xian shouted angrily.

He only felt that this Xue Bai's courage was really too big, no wonder he could instigate Wang Zhonghei to make a retrograde move that defied the holy will. As a result, this errand was not easy to do.

Li Xian did not forget that he came to the camp alone.

"Yanjian."

Suddenly, someone called Li Xian's expression outside the tent, Li Xian heard that the voice was like Wang Zhonghe's, but it was a little different, turned his head to look, and saw Wang Zhongsi being carried in.

"Axun, you ...... How did it come to be? ”

"Old, sick." Wang Zhongsi raised his hand, held Li Xian's hand, and muttered, "When I saw you, I remembered the time when I studied the art of war with your grandfather. ”

"Why are you doing this?"

"I heard people ask your grandfather before, why bother to fight in the south and in the north, it is better to be obscure. He said that everyone thinks about themselves, there is no shortage of him, and when the Datang Sheji is passed on to this generation, there will always be someone who has to bear it......"

"I remember, I remember." Li Xian said, "Don't say it, I'll take you back to Beijing and plead with the sage, okay?" ”

Wang Zhongsi turned his head to look at Xue Bai and saw that Xue Bai had a shaking movement.

"Xue Lang, let me talk to Yan Jian alone."

Xue Bai reminded again: "The festival commander should know that if you are not there, Hedong will still not be able to hold it." ”

After that, he left the tent, leaving room for Wang Zhongsi and Li Xian to talk alone.

In the tent, Wang Zhongsi said in a low voice: "You have also seen my situation, it doesn't matter if you can't protect me, but you have to protect Xue Bai." ”

Li Xian had been looking at Xue Bai's back as he left, and only then did he turn around and say, "He is younger and sharper than I imagined. ”

"I'm going to leave everything to him." Wang Zhongsi muttered, "He can bear it too." ”

~~

Xue Bai got out of the tent and soon found Wang Rare and Li Sheng.

Compared with Wang Zhonghe, who was raised by Li Longji since childhood, these two generals are bolder in some aspects.

"Li Xian wants to take Wang Jieshuai away." Xue Bai said, "If we want to keep Hedong, we can only rely on Wang Jieshuai's prestige." ”

With that, he turned to look at the gate of Shiling Pass. The city gate was still open, and a group of officials were still there anxiously waiting for Li Xian.

Xue Bai dared to detain Li Xian, and then forcibly enter Shiling Pass and take control of Taiyuan Mansion. He would rather bear the name of rebellion than keep Wang Zhonghei and Taiyuan Mansion. This is a bet, betting that Li Longji, who seems to be wise and martial, will compromise in the end.

There was a voice in his heart that encouraged him to boldly offend Li Longji, the old and dim-witted emperor was no longer able to deal with the great upheaval, if Wang Zhongji could put on a tough attitude, he thought that Li Longji would back down and send someone to appease him.

After appeasing for a year or two, he can better contain An Lushan.

This is the plan that was said to be good.

However, Wang Rare changed his attitude today and said, "Tanma has found out the news, and An Lushan has retreated to Fanyang. ”

Xue Bai knew what this meant, and Li Longji must have also issued an edict, ordering An Lushan to return to Fanyang and not to act rashly. And to this day, An Lushan is still playing an obedient courtier.

"What about Yanmen Pass?"

"Haven't found it yet."

"I bet that it is impossible for An Lushan to give up Yanmen Pass, and only by occupying Yanmen can he isolate Shuofang from Hedong. And returning to Fan Yang does not mean that he has no ambitions. Xue Bai said: "On the contrary, it is more convenient to return to Fanyang to raise troops." ”

His words reminded Wang Rare and Li Sheng that An Lushan's trip was to occupy Hedong, and if he couldn't occupy it, he shouldn't have started trouble in Hedong directly, which was a manifestation of hot-headedness.

In other words, even if An Lushan wants to make an accident, he will return to Fanyang first.

Li Sheng's heart moved, and before he could speak, Xue Bai had already waved his hand, still unwilling to let Wang Zhongji return to Beijing.

"We are running out of time, and we can't afford to be weak at this time."

Of course, Wang Rare is not a weak person, on the contrary, his heart is harder than Xue Bai, and he said: "I understand what you mean, but Wang Jieshuai has just talked to us, and he wants to use himself to fight for more opportunities for us." ”

Xue Bai didn't understand, frowned, and said, "What does this mean?" ”

"The festival marshal is willing to go back to Chang'an to see the saint for the last time." The king said, "He wants to hand over the unfinished business to you." ”

"Me?"

Xue Bai thought that he had heard it wrong, and in terms of military exploits and official positions, he was not as rare as the king.

Wang rarely said: "I discussed with Li Sheng, and we also hope to save your ...... first."

(End of chapter)