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Chapter two hundred and ninetieth

Chapter 290: There are losses and gains

Li Qing'an returned to the military camp in the afternoon. Li Mi had something important to ask him to go to the East Palace. To be precise, Li Mi requested to return to the East Palace. This afternoon, Li Heng sent a servant to send a letter to Li Mi. At this moment, the letter was placed in front of Li Qing'an. The content in the letter was very simple. Li Yuxin entered the East Palace and no one helped him. Li Heng begged Li Mi to enter the East Palace to help his son.

He also wrote a letter to Li Qing'an, in which he expressed endless apology to Li Qing'an, hoping that Li Qing'an would understand the embarrassment of no one around Li Yu.

The two letters were lined up side by side at this moment, and Li Mi stood aside, a little uneasy. In addition to these two letters, Li Heng also ordered someone to bring him a message, "Whether to go or stay, the sir can handle it yourself, and never force it."

In fact, Li Mi was moved. He wanted to go to the East Palace to assist Li Yu. He was smart at a young age, extensively involved in classics and history, and studied "Yi Xiang". He regarded Wang Zuo as a teacher of the emperor. It was his dream since childhood. Later, he was lucky enough to assist Li Heng. However, Li Heng was restricted everywhere and his words and deeds were recorded. Li Mi lacked the opportunity to display his talents. After Li Heng was deposed, he offended Yang Guozhong and had no choice but to go to Anxi to surrender to Li Qing'an.

Now that Li Yu has entered the East Palace, and has the right to deal with state affairs, how can Li Mi not be moved and ask about the world? This is what he has been dreaming of for many years. Now, the opportunity has finally come, but Li Mi feels very guilty. In this way, he is suspected of betraying Li Qing'an. Li Qing'an did not dislike him when he was at the bottom of the day, and took him as his aide and entrusted him to use it. This kind of kindness made it difficult for him to repay.

Li Qingan was silent for a long time, and he suddenly laughed and said, "This is a good thing! How can you feel guilty? Even if you go to the East Palace, I hope that Mr. can become a bridge between me and the crown prince."

Li Qing'an's generosity made Li Mi even more ashamed. He bowed deeply and said, "I have great kindness to me. Li Mi left without repaying it yet. I feel guilty. Please let me repay you in the future."

Li Qing'an nodded and said, "Although the Emperor's Grandson entered the Eastern Palace, he was still full of murderous intent and full of dangers. He really needed the assistance of such a great talent as Mr. Gao. I heard that Gao Lishi would also assist him. I hope Mr. advised Emperor Changsun to be cautious and keep his ambitions when he ascended the throne. As for me, Mr. Don't worry, I will use talents in a straightforward manner and there will be more literati to serve me. The nephew Zhang Zhihe, who was recommended by Mr. last time, was young and talented, extraordinary. I am going to take him back to Anxi."

"I have many talents in the Tang Dynasty, and there are many people who are better than Li Mi. I hope that the general will open a recruitment hall and recruit talents from all over the world to realize the general's ambition to relocate Han people and establish prefectures and counties in the west of Lingxi."

Speaking of this, Li Mi sighed and said, "I will leave, and I am willing to offer another suggestion for the general."

Li Qingan did not refuse and said lightly: "Sir, please tell me!"

Frankly speaking, there was no regret for Li Mi's departure, and he didn't want to keep him. Perhaps Li Mi had outstanding talents, but for Li Qing'an, loyalty was far more important than talent. He would rather have a more ordinary talent, but a loyal person to him was why he valued Yan Zhuang far more than Li Mi.

In fact, this is also a good thing. Li Mi is better off leaving now than going in the future. Leaving before he understands his secrets will not pose any threat or loss to him.

At this time, Li Mi offered his last strategy to Li Qing'an. Since Geshuhan proposed that the Longyou Army and the Anxi Army jointly launch a two-line battle against Tubo, the Anxi Army might as well expand the front line eastward and attack Tubo from the Shazhou front line. In this way, the Anxi Army can legitimately garrison troops in Shazhou and control Shazhou, and the gate of the Hexi Corridor was opened.

Li Mi left, Li Qing'an stood by the map with his hands behind his back, silently staring at Shazhou, the northernmost part of the Hexi Corridor, which is Dunhuang. From Yumen Pass through Dunhuang, crossing the Puchang Sea, which is later Lop Nur, you can directly reach Gaochang. If Yumen Pass is the northern gate of the Hexi Corridor, then Dunhuang is the side gate of the Hexi Corridor, occupying Dunhuang, and the north of the Hexi Corridor is the item in your pocket.

Li Qingan had to admire Li Mi's strategic vision. As expected, his vision was long-term and profound. Yes, this two-line battle was the best opportunity to occupy Shazhou. Li Mi followed him for so long, and only this suggestion was the most strategic value.



















Abus' residence is located in Yixianfang, close to Yanping Gate west of Chang'an City. This is actually the house of the Abus people. The house covers a large area and has more than a hundred houses. A tall wall tightly surrounds the house. Abus and his hundreds of his subordinates live here.

This time, Abus came to Beijing to fight for the pastures in the Miechuan area for his tribe. The grassland where his tribe was located was hit by a snow disaster two years ago, causing heavy losses to their tribe. Now the grassland where the Tang Dynasty resettled them can no longer satisfy the survival of their hundreds of thousands of people.

But this trip to Chang'an disappointed him, and the court rejected his request to expand the ranch. Abus was extremely frustrated and even Li Linfu, who had always been friendly to him, could do nothing.

Although he was disappointed to not get the ranch, Abus felt that another danger was approaching him, that is, An Lushan's ambition for his army. Three years ago, An Lushan's ambition was exposed once and almost succeeded. Abus later gradually realized that if An Lushan got his army, the first person he would want to kill was himself. Over the past three years, An Sishun had asked him about this more than once, that is, An Lushan had always been unsuccessful for his army. This time he went to Beijing, he met An Lushan again a month ago. An Lushan told him bluntly that he and his army would be ready to move to Youzhou. He spoke so confidently and affirmatively, which made Abus frightened for a month.

He thought about all kinds of possibilities, if the court really decides to let his tribe move eastward, where would he go? He had a bad relationship with the Uighur Gele Khan Mo Yanchu, and even had no power, so he could not surrender to the Uighur. After thinking about it, Abus only thought of one place, that is, the Gelulu people with good relationships with him. The chief of Gelulu, Toshi, was still sworn brothers with him, but if he went to surrender to Gelulu, he would first have to obtain the permission of Li Qing'an, the governor of Anxi. Abus also knew that the Shatu people and the Gelulu people of Jinshan had actually become vassals of Beiting. Without Li Qing'an's permission, Toshi would not dare to take him in. Moreover, if Li Qing'an agreed, he could even draw a piece of land for them to join the Luo tribe, such as the Yibohai coast, where there were rich and fertile grasslands, enough to allow his hundreds of thousands of tribes to live and work in peace.

Fortunately, Li Qing'an and An Lushan had a very tight relationship, and he happened to go to Beijing to report his work. This morning, he said a few words to him during the break between the court. Tomorrow he was going to find Li Qing'an and have a good talk with him.

Abus sat in the room and was thinking about how to discuss this with Li Qing'an. Time was already tight. In the afternoon, An Lushan sent someone to invite him to dinner, but he refused. He knew An Lushan very well and he would never give up.

At this moment, Abus sent the deputy general Tubro, who had returned to Shuofang, to handle the return of Shuofang, back. As soon as he entered the yard, he shouted: "Ye Hu, something big is not good!"

Abuth was startled and quickly got up and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tubro panted and said, "I just heard a news in the Ministry of War that the Lord had promised to lend us and Luo cavalry to An Lushan, and all the decrees were delivered."

"What!" Abus was stunned. After a while, he shouted suddenly: "Hurry! Hurry up and everyone will pack up, we will rush back to the tribe immediately."

He had no time to negotiate with Li Qing'an. The situation was urgent. He had to return to the tribe immediately. If he didn't leave, he would not have time to reach Shuofang.

The mansion suddenly became busy. His subordinates gave simple gifts and quickly finished packing. At this time, another subordinate ran in and was nervous: "Ye Hu, we have been stared at, and there are dozens of suspicious people outside the door."

Needless to say, this must be the stalking sent by An Lushan. What was he going to do? He must be afraid that he would escape. The sweat on Abus' forehead had already come down. He only brought a hundred followers, but An Lushan brought a thousand troops and was stationed outside the city. If An Lushan's purpose was to seize him, he would have nowhere to escape.

Abuth looked at the sky. It was already dusk. He pondered for a moment, and then said to his subordinates in the courtyard: "Let's go! Let's return to the tribe immediately."

Hundreds of cavalrymen boarded their horses and rushed to the street from the open door. The pedestrians on the street were immediately frightened and ran away in scatter. Abus pointed at the whip and shouted to more than a dozen people who were monitoring him: "Go and tell An Lushan that I, Abus, have you ever got back. If you have anything to say, go to Shuofang to say."

He sucked his war horse suddenly, and the war horse ran towards the city gate. His subordinates followed him and the people sent by An Lushan immediately ran back to report.

The Yixianfang where Abus is located is close to Yanping Gate. After running out of the gate, he went straight to the city gate. Abus had to lead his subordinates out of the city to walk his horse every day. The soldiers guarding the city were very familiar with him and did not intercept him. He allowed him to run out of Yanping Gate. Abus turned to the official road and ran less than a mile away, then rushed into a forest. The official road crossed the woods. It was spring, and both sides of the official road were lush, lush and dense.

At this time, Abus saw that there was no one on the road, so he rode his horse away from the official road and got into the woods, while his subordinates continued to gallop westward.

Half an hour later, An Lushan led more than 300 cavalry to chase after him. At this time, the 800 cavalry stationed outside the city also arrived, and the two armies gathered in the woods.

An Lushan was extremely angry. If Abus escaped, his plan would be in danger of failure, so no matter what, he would catch Abus.

"Transfer my order. Whoever captures Abuth alive will be rewarded with 5,000 guan, and will be promoted to the third level!"

At the command of An Lushan, his more than a thousand cavalry fought for the first place and chased him towards the direction of Abus's escape, stirring up rolling yellow dust on the official road.

It was getting late. Li Qingan had just changed his clothes and was about to leave the barracks and return to the city. At this time, soldiers from the camp rushed to report, and Abus, deputy governor of Shuofang outside the camp, urgently asked for a visit.

Li Qingan was stunned for a moment. He remembered that Abus explained in the morning that he had just come to see him for dinner, so why did he come now?

"Please come in!"

Li Qing'an felt a bad feeling in his heart. If it was an ordinary meal, Abus would not use the word "emergency". What would happen?

After a moment, Abus was taken into the tent. He escaped from the woods alone and came to find Li Qing'an immediately. Although An Lushan's arrest made him frightened and angry, solving the tribe's way out was his most urgent problem. As soon as Abus entered the tent, he knelt down and said, "General save me!"

Li Qing'an suddenly felt a headache. He came from Anxi to Beijing. In less than ten days, he had encountered various troubles in succession. Although these troubles were finally relieved by him one by one, it did not mean that he could replace the Chang'an County Government. Anyone could come to him to complain. Abus is the deputy envoy of the Jiedushi and a vassal king. If he had any grievances, he should ask Li Longji to complain.

But Li Qing'an also knew in his heart that it was probably Anxi who could solve Abus' problem, so he came to ask for himself. Let's hear him say that at least he had to give him this face. Thinking of this, Li Qing'an quickly helped Abus up and said, "General Abus, what are you doing? Get up quickly!"

Unexpectedly, Abus refused to stand up and cried, "The lives of more than 100,000 people in our tribe are in the hands of the general. If the general does not agree, I will kneel down and die in front of the general today."

Li Qingan stopped persuading him. He sat down and looked at Abus who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Tell me! What's the matter?"

"General, An Lushan wants to seize the 20,000 cavalry of my and Luo tribes, and use the word of borrowing troops to transfer me to Fanyang. The emperor has agreed to his request..."

"Wait!" Li Qingan waved his hand to stop him, "Do you say the emperor has agreed?"

"Yes! The imperial edict has been delivered."

After a while, Li Qing'an said slowly: "Since the imperial edict has been issued, this is the official decision of the court. How do you ask me to help you? If I help you, I will deceive the emperor. I can't afford this charge! Besides, I am far away from the northwest, how can I interfere in the northeast? It's beyond the reach, General Abus, I really can't help."

"General, I don't want you to send out a soldier or a soldier, and I won't implicate the general. As long as the general agrees to let me join Geluo, this matter has nothing to do with the general."

‘Traveling to Geluo?’ Only then did Li Qing'an understand why Abus found himself. It turned out that he wanted to defect to Geluo, of course he had to nod himself. Li Qing'an did not reply to Abus, but walked slowly in the room with his hands behind his back. He was weighing the pros and cons of it, and the benefits were obvious. Twenty thousand Turkic and Luo cavalry were the most elite cavalry in the Shuofang army. Although they did not get the chance to play during the Battle of Shibao City, Li Qing'an had seen it with his own eyes that it was indeed an elite and brave cavalry, so An Lushan would have the idea of ​​borrowing troops and borrowing them without repaying them. An Lushan wanted this cavalry, and he of course Li Qing'an also wanted 20,000 of the most elite cavalry in the Tang Dynasty! For these border princes, this is a wealth more precious than gold.

He helped Abus once, but got 20,000 elite cavalry. This is a very cost-effective deal, but the disadvantages here are also obvious. First of all, is An Lushan willing to give up? He racked his brains to plot against Abus, but in the end he made a wedding dress for himself. The depression can be imagined, and the hatred for him can be imagined. And An Sishun, of course, he refused to give his army to An Lushan. It might be a bit reluctant to give it to him, but if it was his last, An Sishun would not rush to scold him.

It’s strange to me, but whether it is An Lushan or An Sishun, they are actually not important. I have already formed a scoundrel with them. It’s just a new revenge in the old hatred. The key is Li Longji. His imperial edict has been issued. If he is a little careless in handling this matter, he will immediately be caught by Yang Guozhong’s party. Li Qingan weighed the pros and cons for a long time. The benefits in this matter account for 60% and the disadvantages account for 40%. It should be that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. It’s better! I just pretended that I didn’t know about this matter and let Abus escape to Geluo before talking about it.

Li Qingan glanced at Abus and said slowly: "General Abus, I can verbally agree to your request, but there is an ugly saying that I want to say before, nothing will be perfect. At some point in the future, you may pay the price, or even the price of your life, are you willing?"

This sentence seems a bit ridiculous, but Abus couldn't laugh at all. He was once the second-ranked figure of the Eastern Turks, and Ye Hu, the Tongluo tribe who was second only to Khan. Of course, he knew the meaning of Li Qing'an's question. A person with absolute strength disdained lies and deception. If he did not believe in his words, his tribe would be revenge by Li Qing'an. Similarly, since Li Qing'an agreed to him, he would not go back on his word.

Abus kowtowed heavily, pointed at Li Qing'an and said, "As long as the general can protect my Tongluo tribe and my wife, daughter and descendants, I am willing to give this head to the general."

"Okay, go!"

"Abus will remember the kindness of the general!"

As soon as he got up and was about to leave, Li Qingan stopped him again, "General Abus, where are you going to go back?"

Abus smiled bitterly and said, "I will not hide it from the general, I ordered my subordinates to run westward. I guess An Lushan chased him westward. I am going to go from east to Tongguan and go to Hedong to Shuofang."

Li Qing'an pondered and said, "Don't underestimate An Lushan. If he can't chase you from the west, he will definitely guess that you will go to Tongguan. It's hard to guarantee that he will not intercept you in Tongguan or Hedong. It's better to pretend to be my Anxi soldier."

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an turned around and said to his personal military commander Jiang Xiaonian: "Thank you for a hard time and take dozens of brothers to Hedong to inspect the progress of immigration. It will take half a month."

Li Qingan turned around and smiled at Abus, "I feel sorry for General Abus to pretend to be my Anxi soldier, so that you can return to Shuofang safely."

After saying that, Li Qingan walked out of the tent again and ordered his personal soldiers to say, "Take my 'dark clouds'!"

His personal soldiers immediately brought the Arabian horse, which was completely black and extremely majestic. This was one of Li Qing'an's five most beloved war horses. It was originally the war horse of Qi Yade, the general of the Great Food Army. It was seized by the Tang army. Li Qing'an handed the war horse to Abus and said, "You can ride this war horse to help you a long journey. I wish you a smooth journey and meet in Beiting!"

Abus was extremely moved. He bowed deeply to Li Qing'an, but he did not thank him for his kindness. He led the war horses and followed Jiang Xiaonian and his party to the outside of the camp. He walked out of the camp. He changed into the military uniform of the Anxi Army, turned over the horse, and everyone urged the horse to go east.

"Driving!" Abus clamped his legs, and the Arabian horse flew out like an arrow, running eastward in an extremely fast speed. A team of Tang troops accelerated, and in a moment they disappeared at the end of the road.
Chapter completed!
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