Chapter 142: Enemies are narrow

Li Qingan retreated, Li Longji stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and stared at the sky, silent for a long time, and the news that Tubo Zanpu died at Chiling shocked him. Chide Zuzan, the Tubo king who had been in power for a long time, married Princess Jincheng of the Tang Dynasty, and vowed to maintain the friendship between Tang and Tubo, but in a blink of an eye, he met again. From the beginning of Li Longji's ascension to the throne, he became opponents with Chide Zuzan, and experienced a long tug-of-war and political intrigue. In the 17th year of Kaiyuan, the Tang army rushed to the stone fort.

The city succeeded and gained a strategic advantage. After winning consecutive battles, Tubo had to seek peace. In the 21st year of Kaiyuan, Tang and Tibet met in Chiling. Chi Zu Dezan said in his letter, "My nephew was the relative of the uncle of the previous emperor. He also surrendered to Princess Jincheng, so he was in the same family. All the people in the world were all happy. They vowed that Tang and Tibet would always be brothers and never fight again. But just a few years later, the Tubo people used the strategy of fighting east and west to attack Jiannan in the Ming Dynasty, but successfully attacked Shibao City, which would tear the alliance to pieces and aim at Hehuang.

Unexpectedly, Chizu Dezan would die in the Battle of Stone Castle City today, under the Chiling Mountains. At this moment, Li Longji felt a sense of revenge and a sense of melancholy of his opponent's death.

After a long time, he returned to the imperial throne, took Geshuhan's memorial, and turned to the page where he commented on Li Qing'an. "There is three thousand An Xilongyou coalition forces, and it is 80,000 to resist the enemy. Dong Yanguang's mistake, blocking the enemy for a day and a night, and winning time for Shibao City is an indispensable contribution. However, in terms of its tragic fate, there may not be the death of Shibao City's bones. The result is that the back mountain cannot be covered with the frontal merits of Shibao City. Therefore, I judged the overall situation of the Longyou battle and determined it to be three merits."

Li Longji frowned slightly. He then realized that Ge Shuhan did not mention Li Qing'an's number of enemies killed. Maybe he didn't know, but even Tubo Zanpu was killed on the battlefield, so the number of people killed in the Tubo army must be immeasurable. Thinking of this, Li Longji turned around and asked Gao Lishi: "General, how do you think I should reward Li Qing'an?"

Gao Lishi knew Li Longji very well and knew that his balance in his heart had reached the most subtle moment. Gao Lishi smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, although Tubo Zanpu was dead, the old slave thought this was a major event between the Tang and the Turkish countries. Even if there is certain evidence, he could not give it to Li Qing to calm his merits. Otherwise, it would affect the future political situation of the Tang and the Turkish countries. At least Your Majesty should remain silent about this matter, and then he can reward Li Qing'an in private to praise his merits."

Li Longji nodded, Gao Lishi said very well, and he smiled and said, "Tubo Zanpu will die, and his country will inevitably be in chaos. If I have not made any mistakes in my estimate, Tubo will soon send someone to seek peace."

Gao Lishi was stunned, "Your Majesty means to take down Jiuqu and Dafeichuan before Tubo seeks peace?"

"The General is right, I mean that I mean, so I will immediately use troops to Dafeichuan after the beginning of spring."

Gao Lishi suddenly understood what Li Longji meant. Li Longji would officially approve Geshuhan's merits and acknowledge that Li Qing'an's merits were the third. Gao Lishi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I still have a word to persuade Your Majesty."

"you say!"

"Your Majesty, the evaluation of the merits of the Battle of Longyou is to put it bluntly. It is the battle between the Anxi Army and the Longyou Army. If Your Majesty turns to the Longyou Army, it will inevitably arouse strong dissatisfaction from the Anxi Army. The fact is there that the main force of the Tubo Army was the Anxi Scout Camp, and the final capture of Shibao City was the Anxi Modao Camp. If you force the first merit on the Longyou Army, not only will the Anxi Army be dissatisfied, but other armies will be dissatisfied. Your Majesty, it will not be worth the loss!"

Gao Lishi hit the key point with his words, and Li Longji's decision just made was shaken again. Yes, he wanted to take down Jiuqu and Dafeichuan so much that he did not see the serious consequences of favoring Longyou Army. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there a good plan for that general?"

Gao Lishi had a treacherous case, and he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I thought about it all night last night. Your Majesty might as well break the battle of Longyou into two."

Li Longji immediately became interested and asked, "How to break one into two methods?"

"It's very simple. As the commander of the coalition army, Your Majesty might as well reward him more and make him different from the troops below. In this way, no matter each army, there will be no objection. Secondly, reward the troops participating in the war. Lao Nu suggested that the Anxi Army and the Longyou Army be ranked first. Although Li Qing'an made outstanding achievements, there were 1,500 Longyou Army out of his 3,000 people, and more than 10,000 people were killed in the Longyou Army. In this way, both sides could accept it."

Li Longji squinted his eyes and smiled. He deserves to be his right-hand man. This balance is so smart!

"Okay! I want to discuss with the prime ministers again to pass on my decree and order them to attend the meeting at Datong Palace immediately."

It was almost noon after coming out of Xingqing Palace. Although he had a good sleep last night and felt that his body had recovered a lot, Li Qing'an still felt weak when he was recovering from his illness. He looked at the sky and smiled at the two followers and said, "Let's find a place to have lunch!"

The two followers Jiang Xiaonian and Zhao Yansi were both from Anxi Han Dynasty. They came to Chang'an for the first time. They looked at each other and said, "We will follow the general's arrangement."

"Okay, go to Taibai Restaurant and let you two taste the best restaurant in Chang'an."

The three of them turned their horses and slowly headed towards Dongshi. Seeing that it was about to reach the fifteenth, people came to Dongshi to buy goods. From afar, Li Qing'an saw the snow-white walls of Taibai Liquor House, and pointed at the smile and said, "Did you see that? There is Taibai Liquor House, the most famous wine shop in Chang'an."

As soon as he finished speaking, a team of cavalry rushed over from the opposite side, about twenty people, each of them was fierce Kong Wu. The leader was a tall and thin middle-aged general. It was Dong Yanguang, the deputy envoy of the Longyou Jiedushi and the governor of Shanzhou. The two of them drove past each other, almost slamming the war horses and glaring at them. It was said that the enemy was narrow.

Li Qing'an and Dong Yanguang had no hatred at first, but the battle in Longyou caused him and Li Qing'an to have a life-and-death hatred. In the Longyou Battle, Dong Yanguang led 60,000 Longyou Hexi Army to be responsible for dragging Dazha Lugong's main force. However, he was provoked by Abus and believed that Geshuhan's purpose was to use the Tubo army to destroy his troops, so he withdrew his troops without authorization. It was his selfish intention that caused Li Qing'an's 3,000 troops to be almost wiped out.

At this time, Dong Yanguang also hated Li Qing'an to the core. Li Qing'an's glory set off his despicableness, made him grit his teeth, and made him panic. His career was likely to end there.

Originally, he had no choice but to go to Beijing to celebrate the merits, but he received an order from the Ministry of War, ordering him to come to Beijing to report his duties. He had just entered Chang'an City.

If Li Qing'an chooses someone, he can give up his future and kill him quickly, then this person is Dong Yanguang, who caused his more than 2,600 brothers to die tragically on Chiling. Li Qing'an pressed a horizontal knife with his hand and stared at him with hatred. If his eyes could kill, then Dong Yanguang was already a pile of meat sauce at this time.

Dong Yanguang waved his hand, and more than twenty personal soldiers surrounded Li Qing'an. Dong Yanguang snorted heavily and slowly stepped forward and said, "Li Qing'an, you are going to be promoted and make a fortune this time!"

"I'm given by you!"

Dong Yanguang laughed to the sky, with a hint of dryness in his laughter. He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "General Li, how about we make a deal?"

Li Qing'an stared at him coldly, the anger in his eyes had turned into a deep hatred, and a tough hand was held on the hilt of the knife, as if waiting for a chance to hunt.

Dong Yanguang suddenly felt something. He took a step back and gritted his teeth and said, "Why do General Li do this? People are dead, and we will not have any interests in the future. Besides, we will reach a reconciliation, which is also the hope of the Lord. If you want, I can pay ten thousand coins to appease your soldiers."

"I can make a reconciliation, I only have one thing."

"What do you want? You said, only I can do it." Dong Yanguang was overjoyed.

Li Qing'an said word by word: "Your head!"

Dong Yanguang's face turned pale. He took two steps back and narrowed his eyes and said, "Li Qing'an, don't think that you can go crazy with Gao Lishi's support. Let me tell you, Dong Yanguang will do whatever you want. At worst, you can change places. Humph! Go and bite the dog with Geshuhan!"

Dong Yanguang laughed wildly and waved his hand, "Let's go!"

More than 20 personal soldiers guarded Dong Yanguang vigilantly and galloped away. Li Qingan kept staring at his back and disappeared. He pondered for a moment and said to the two followers: "Let's go back first. There are a few things that I need to think about."

Dong Yanguang's laughter could not hide his panic. Even if he was not afraid of head-on conflict with Li Qing'an, he was also afraid that Ge Shuhan would be imprisoned from behind. He read the draft of Ge Shuhan's report. Although Ge Shuhan did not impeach him head-on, when writing Li Qing'an's comments, it was obvious that it was because Dong Yanguang disobeyed the military order.

This time the Ministry of War recalled him to report his duties, which happened to be at this sensitive critical moment. The more he thought about it, the more he became, the more afraid he did not dare to go back home, so he rushed directly to Xuanyifang.

Xuanyifang is also one of the Feng Shui treasures in Chang'an. It belongs to the "Nine Five" high slope. Generally, officials are not allowed to build a mansion here. Prime Minister Pei Du once took the opportunity to frame him as a "house occupied by the Okayama land, and he did not call him to come, and his heart was visible. However, it is not absolute. Some ministers who are very favored by the emperor were also allowed to build a mansion here to show glory. For example, the mansion of the famous prime minister Zhang Shuo of Kaiyuan was built in Xuanyifang.

Zhang said he had passed away, and the person who lives in his mansion is his eldest son, Zhang Yun, the Minister of Revenue.

Dong Yanguang ran all the way and came to the front of Zhang's mansion. Dong Yanguang and Zhang Yun had always had a good relationship. It was Zhang Yun who recommended Dong Yanguang to go to Shibao City. In fact, Dong Yanguang's backstage was King Qing Li Cong, but Dong Yanguang also knew that although King Qing's status was noble, he might not know the latest situation in the court. Only from Zhang Yun can he find out the information about the court's handling of him.

It was just after noon, and Zhang Yun was still in the court before he returned. Dong Yanguang was anxious and stood in front of Zhang's mansion waiting for Zhang Yun to come out of court. It was his luck. After waiting less than half an hour, dozens of guards slowly walked towards him. There was a flag on the carriage with the words "Shangshu Zhang" written on it. It was Zhang Yun who came back early. Dong Yanguang hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, but several guards stopped him.

"Please tell Shangshu Zhang, just say that Dong Yanguang is asking for a meeting!"

"General Dong, please wait."

A guard went to report that Zhang Yun had a cold today, so he returned home early. Before noon, the emperor summoned him to hold a meeting with several prime ministers and decided on the final reward plan for the Longyou Battle.

This final reward plan was very different from that reported by Geshuhan. The Ministry of War submitted it. It turned out that the Longyou Army and the Anxi Army ranked first in line. Zhang Yun could understand Li Longji's balance technique, but he was a little unaware of Li Qing'an's promotion.

Of course, Li Qing'an made great contributions in this battle and deserved rewards. Everyone knows this, but Zhang Yun thought that the emperor would never let Li Qing'an take charge of his troops independently. The reason is very simple. Li Qing'an had a gold medal for entering and leaving the Eastern Palace, which was approved by the emperor and could enter the Eastern Palace. This shows that Li Qing'an had defected to the crown prince to some extent.

How could the emperor allow the prince to take charge of the army independently? Huangfu Weiming and Wang Zhongsi have learned from the past. Has the emperor been tolerant of the prince? This made Zhang Yun puzzled.

At this time, a guard outside the carriage reported: "Shangshu, Dong Yanguang is looking for a meeting outside the carriage!"

‘Dong Yanguang!’ Zhang Yun shuddered. At this time, this person was the God of Plague.

"I won't see you! I'll say I'm sick and I'll talk about it later."

Zhang Yun didn't even want to look at this person.

The guard came back for a moment and said to Dong Yanguang: "General Dong, my secretary said he was not feeling well, so he went to court early. I will see General Dong again the next day, so I would like to forgive him."

Dong Yanguang fell into the ice cave as if he was stepping on the air. His whole body was cold. Even if Zhang Yun was sick, he would open the car window and say a few words to him, but now he was cold as ice. This was not a disease, he didn't want to see him at all. Does the court really want it

Dong Yanguang was extremely scared. He suddenly rushed forward and stopped the carriage, knelt down and shouted: "I beg the Minister of State to show Dong a clear way."

The carriage stopped for a moment, and a book boy walked out of the carriage, stepped forward and bowed, "General Dong, my minister will give you a word."

"Ah!" Dong Yanguang quickly stood up and flashed to the side. The carriage slowly drove past him and entered the mansion through the side door. From beginning to end, Zhang Yun's car window had never been opened.

"Please tell me what the Secretary said?"

"The Secretary of the State Council said that you left the right yard, but found the wrong door."

Shutong smiled and turned back home. Dong Yanguang stood there blankly, chewing on the meaning of this sentence.

He walked the right yard but found the wrong yard, which meant that he should find another official living in Xuanyi yard. Who would it be? Dong Yanguang racked his brains and couldn't think of it, so he had to ride a horse to leave. When he was about one mile away from the yard, Dong Yanguang suddenly saw a large mansion under construction, which was almost completed, with a magnificent momentum. Judging from the hierarchical structure of the roof, it is not possible for ordinary civilians to live in.

Dong Yanguang thought about it, and he hurriedly asked a passerby, "Who is the mansion living in?"

Passers-by looked back and laughed, "June, that's Yang Zhongcheng's new home."

"Which Yang Zhongcheng?"
Chapter completed!