Chapter 359 Anxie's Soldier

"General, Your Highness Yong has another sentence, that is, let me tell you orally to the General." The guard said calmly.

Li Qingan was stunned. He couldn't help but look at the guard carefully again. He felt that the man looked familiar. He smiled and said, "I seem to have seen you."

"The General has seen me. I was originally a guard of the Daming Palace. My father Wei Huan, and my name is Wei Yingwu. I was transferred to Prince Yong's Mansion as an army at the beginning of last year. This time I followed His Highness Yong to Longyou secretly."

Li Qing'an nodded and said, "I remembered that it was in front of the Wei Mansion. You were with Ling Zun at that time."

"The General is right!"

Wei Yingwu smiled and said, "Would the general be willing to listen to my reposted message?"

Li Qing'an pondered and said, "Okay, tell me!"

"King Yong said orally that if Li Qing'an was willing, he could enter the court to be the right prime minister, and Anxi's successor to the Jiedushi was decided by Li Qing'an."

"Did Your Highness Yong say that?"

"Yes, I'm reposting the original words, without a word."

"I also ask you to convey King Yong, and I will write down all his words."

"Then I'll say goodbye!"

Wei Yingwu bowed and turned around and walked under the city wall. Li Qingan kept looking at his back and disappeared into the night before turning around and asked Yan Zhuang, "What did sir think of?"

Yan Zhuang was about to speak, but Li Qingan stopped him and said with a smile: "We might as well follow Kong Ming and Zhou Yu and write them in our hands to see if we see the same thing."

Although Yan Zhuang didn't know what Kong Ming and Zhou Yu did back then, he knew what it meant to write on his hands. He used the torch to write two words on his hands, and Li Qing'an also wrote two words, clenched his fists, and the two of them approached their hands and spread their palms together. Under the light of the fire, they saw that they both had the same words on their hands, "Go to Beijing!"

The two of them looked at each other, and they all understood it, and they couldn't help but raise their heads and laugh.

Li Longji was critically ill, Guanzhong was empty, An Lushan River was looking at the east, and Chang'an would inevitably be in panic. If he took advantage of the situation to enter Beijing, Li Qing'an could take advantage of the right time, place and people. One hour later, the three thousand cavalry in the west left Liangzhou and galloped towards Chang'an.

The accident happened again in the Qinggangling camp. King Rong Li Wan was forced to go to Lingzhou to persuade An Sishun to surrender, but he knew that going to Lingzhou at this time was like a sheep entering a tiger's den, so he did not go to Lingzhou at all. After crossing Qinggangling, he hid in nearby villages and towns. Unexpectedly, it was his decision that made him one day earlier than Li Heng received the news. However, the road in Qinggangling was destroyed by mudslides, so he could not rush back nearby, so he had to bypass Qinggangling. Despite this, he still rushed back to Qinggangling camp half an hour earlier than Guo Ziyi.

Li Wan knelt in front of Li Longji's sickbed for a long time. Li Longji was lying quietly on the bed. He had been in a coma for five days. The long-term indulgence and the serious harm of aphrodisiacs finally made him reach the critical point of life and death. Fortunately, he did not die. Although he was obviously thin, he could still eat liquid food and save his life. As a human life, he could continue, but his imperial life came to an end. No matter the political forces of the Tang Dynasty, or ordinary court officials and people, they could not accept a coma emperor. Yang Guozhong realized this, and now Li Wan also realized that the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty was about to come out. Li Wan was very confused. He was not prepared at all. Things suddenly came. He didn't know how to deal with it. The confusion in his heart made him kneel in front of his father and it was difficult for him to make a decision for a long time.

Yang Guozhong next to him was anxious. He hoped that Li Wan was here to preside over the overall situation and to take control of the military power. He should convene a meeting of senior generals and let the generals be loyal to him, rather than hiding in this corner and thinking of his father. Seeing that it had almost half an hour passed, Li Wan had no intention of taking action. Yang Guozhong could no longer help and stepped forward and gently helped Li Wan up and persuaded him: "Your Highness, please be mourning and follow the changes. The urgent thing is to stabilize the morale of the army and prevent the army from mutiny. Do you understand?"

"I know." Li Wan sighed and said, "I have taken back the military power of the Hedong Army. Other Longyou and Guanzhong Army may not be so easy to control. When I meet with them one by one in the evening, I believe I will definitely convince them."

"Night!" Yang Guozhong suddenly became anxious. He had never seen such an indecisive person. At such a critical moment, he would have to meet again in the evening. Yang Guozhong couldn't help but feel anxious and simply made it clear. "Don't your highness understand? If your highness controls the 200,000 army, the throne of the Tang Dynasty will belong to your highness. At such a deadly moment, what else can you hesitate? Hurry up and call the generals to meet and get their allegiance. Wu Xianyi's two sons have also arrived here. If you step late, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will be gone."

As soon as Yang Guozhong finished speaking, the guards suddenly heard from outside the tent, "Prime Minister and Shuofang Jiedushi Guo Ziyi have entered the camp, and there are three thousand cavalrymen who come with them."

Yang Guozhong was stunned, and he suddenly turned around and shouted, "Who is so bold that he dared to let him in?"

"No one decided, so the soldiers guarding the camp gate naturally let him in."

Yang Guozhong stomped his feet in a hurry, "Oh no, Your Highness, this is really bad now!"

Without doubt, Guo Ziyi must have come to seize power. The sweat on Yang Guozhong's forehead was so anxious that he was so blind that he actually placed his hope on this indecisive prince. Yang Guozhong regretted it, but he had no choice. He grabbed Li Wan, who was also stunned, and said anxiously: "Now, grab the Hedong Army in his hands."

The arrival of veteran Guo Ziyi caused the situation in Qinggangling camp to turn sharply. Guo Ziyi won the rare support of Longyou general Yang Jinghui and Wang with his strong connections in the Longyou Army, and made 40,000 Longyou Army turn to loyalty to the crown prince Li Yu.

But King Rong Li Wan also successfully regained the military power of the Hedong Army. In the midst of chaos, he and Yang Guozhong led the Hedong Army to retreat twenty miles southeast to compete with the Qinggangling camp.

At this time, Li Heng appeared in the military camp. He took over the care of Li Longji who was seriously ill and sent Chen Xilie back to Beijing quickly to announce to the ministers in the court that Li Longji was in a coma.

At the same time as Li Heng appeared in the military camp, Wu Xianyi's two sons Li Xu and Li Xu also arrived. They joined forces with about 20,000 people, stationed west of Qinggang Ridge, echoing the army of King Rong Li Wan. The two armies, one east and one west, put pressure on Li Heng and ordered him to hand over Li Longji. The three sides were in a stalemate.

Li Qing'an led 3,000 cavalry to cross the Yellow River in Huizhou, running eastward day and night. They passed through Liupan Mountain from Jiansheng Pass and entered Jingzhou. Guanzhong was empty and they were unobstructed. Two days later, three thousand cavalry arrived at the north bank of the Wei River. After several days of high-intensity marching, the people were exhausted and were at the end of their strength. Seeing that the troops were tired, Li Qing'an ordered the troops to be stationed in a military camp next to the Wei River in Jingyang County.

At this time, it was already dusk. Li Qing'an rode his horse to the bank of the Wei River. He urged his horse to rush up to a high slope. He stood on the high slope. The majestic and magnificent Chang'an City in the distance was already vividly seen. The breeze blew, and the sunset above Chang'an gradually turned from goose yellow to scarlet. In the distance, the magnificent Daming Palace on the Dragon Shouyuan was shrouded in a rose red, and under the purple sky, it seemed that eternal flowers were shining.

"The country is so beautiful that it attracts countless heroes to compete for their backs!"

Li Qing'an murmured to himself. This world-class oriental city is right in front of him at this time, so close to him, but when will he truly enter the city?

At this time, his confidant general Nan Jiyun rode a horse and slowly came to Li Qing'an's side and whispered: "General, I think this is an opportunity. Guanzhong is empty. Our Anxi army has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, only 50,000 people, and can completely control Guanzhong."

Li Qingan shook his head and smiled faintly, "Nan Ba, this is not an opportunity, but a trap. If I enter Chang'an at this time, then I will be like Dong Zhuo back then, sooner or later, and will be ruined and die of a bad life."

"But the general was not at the end of the Han Dynasty, nor was the general Dong Zhuo, but An Lushan was the one. Beizhi thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It would be a pity if the general let it go for nothing."

"It will take at least more than a month to transfer 50,000 troops from Anxi. What will happen during this period? Have you ever thought about?"

Li Qingan looked back at Nan Jiyun, and saw him with regret, and pointed to a cargo ship in the Wei River and said, "Look at that ship, although it is strong and solid, if there is no river carrying, no sailing gravity, and no crew operation, how could it be sailing against the current? In my opinion, the river water is the time, just like the background of life. Although I was built, it is not orthodox after all. If you want to get support from the government and the public, it cannot be done in a short while; while the sail is a good place, it is like

The opportunity to send troops, you said that because Guanzhong is empty now, we can send troops. In fact, it would be better if we get Guanzhong. At most, it is just a Guanzhong king, and he also has a reputation for rebellion. The reason why Cao Cao was able to use the emperor to command the princes was because he seized the opportunity. Emperor Xian of Han was forced by Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao went to rescue him, so he was recognized by the people of the world. What am I? At most, it can only be Dong Zhuo, who made An Lushan Cao Cao, commanded the world and led the eighteen princes to attack Chang'an?"

Speaking of this, Li Qingan saw Nan Jiyun pondering and silently patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "The key is that there are the Anxi soldiers. They are like boatmen. Can they work together and support me with all their strength? You are my confidant. Of course you will support me, but not every Anxi army soldier is willing to support me. It will take time to completely control the Anxi army. If I am too hasty, once there are differences within, it will be very easy to be divided and broken from the inside, and it will be difficult to get up again."

Nan Jiyun nodded silently. After a long time, he also smiled and said, "I understand the general's meaning. Time, place, and people are indispensable. With the general's current reputation, it is no problem to be the King of Anxi. But if you want to take Chang'an and replace it, it is indeed not time. It is because I am too simple to consider the problem. However, I still don't understand why the general brought three thousand people to Chang'an?"

"It's very simple. Have you forgotten that I'm also one of the prime ministers?"

Li Qingan smiled slightly and said, "When the new and old emperors are changing their thrones, how can I stay out of it? But tonight, I will meet someone first."

The night quietly enveloped the land of Guanzhong. A bright moon rose and the moon hung in the sky. Although it was only half and was far from reunion, it spread the soft and clear light all over the world. Mountains, bamboos, fields, temples, fences and haystacks, all covered in the endless white and hazy gauze, looking ethereal, mysterious and beautiful.

Tens of miles east of Chang'an is Mount Li. There is the famous Huaqing Palace at the foot of Mount Li. The army of the Huaqing Palace was also taken away by Li Longji. Only more than a hundred Yulin soldiers were guarding the Tang Dynasty's Winter Palace. Li Qing'an also came to Mount Li under the escort of more than 300 guards, but he did not come to Huaqing Palace. More than a dozen guards were looking after horses at the foot of the mountain. Li Qing'an and other guards climbed Mount Li together. The mountain road was rugged, the forest was dense, the springs were tinkling, and the scenery was very beautiful. They climbed halfway up the mountain, and there was a waterfall in the distance. The sound of water roared, and the moist water vapor rushed over. In the depths of the bamboo forest not far from the waterfall, a corner of the eaves faintly appeared. There was a temple.

At this moment, more than a dozen black shadows appeared from all sides. They were agile and skilled, all with long swords or hard bows on their bodies. The leader was a man in his thirties. Among all, his martial arts skills were the best. He quickly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee for Li Qing'an. "I am a scout in Anxi Army, Yu Chengjun, and the general."

Yu Chengjun is one of Li Qing'an's confidant soldiers and was arranged by him to be the deputy leader of the spy in Chang'an. More than a month ago, he received a pigeon letter from Li Qing'an and ordered him to carry out a secret mission.

I need to say a few more words here. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties were exposed last year, Li Huichun suffered misfortune. Li Qing'an took this opportunity to reorganize the Han and Tang Dynasties. All the people Li Li knew were withdrawn from Anxi or Suoye, and sent a large number of newcomers to various parts of the Central Plains to preside over the branch of the Han and Tang Dynasties. A large part of these newcomers were drawn from the Anxi army. Li Qing'an took this opportunity to transform the Han and Tang Dynasties into his own intelligence agencies. They used various industries as cover to secretly send a lot of intelligence to Anxi.

At present, Chang Jin, the general manager of Chang'an, is still Chang Jin, the deputy is Yu Chengjun in front of him. More than a dozen men in black with him are all members of the martial arts skills of the Han and Tang dynasties.

Li Qing'an nodded and said, "How is her situation? Is anyone here to harass her?"

"Not yet, it's very hidden here, and most people don't know."

"Then she knows you exist?"

Yu Chengjun hesitated and said, "The female Taoist priests in the Taoist temple may know something."

"You continue to set up defenses around you and don't disturb her practice."

Li Qing'an said to his personal soldiers again: "Everyone is defending the surroundings, just a few people need to go in with me."

Under the escort of several confidant soldiers, Li Qingan walked along a small path into a bamboo forest. After passing through the bamboo forest, a Taoist temple suddenly appeared in front of him. The Taoist temple was built along the mountain. It covers a small area, but it is very tall and strong. It can be seen that it is a new Taoist temple that has been cultivated for a few years.

Li Qingan walked up the steps, looked at the plaque on the door with his hands behind his back, and saw three words written on it, "Mingxin View."

He smiled, stepped forward and slapped the door knocker a few times. After a moment, footsteps came from inside, and an old woman asked, "Who is it!"

"A pilgrim who came here."

The door creaked and opened a crack, revealing an old face, wearing a Taoist crown and a gray Taoist robe. He was an elderly female Taoist priest.

Seeing that there were several soldiers outside, she was so scared that she wanted to close the door. Li Qingan had expected it and stretched out her legs and pushed the door over.

"Wuliang Tianzun, what's wrong with you?" the female Taoist priest asked in a stuttering manner.

"I want to meet the imperial concubine."

The female Taoist priest's face changed drastically and he said anxiously: "There is no imperial concubine here, and the donor must have made a mistake."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Isn't there really?"

"No!"

Several Taoist nuns came to the door. The leader was a female Taoist priest in her forties. She was tall and fat. She looked at Li Qingan with a vigilant face and shook her head firmly and said, "You have made a mistake, please leave!"

Li Qingan sneered and clapped his palms. He saw a large number of soldiers suddenly appearing on the edge of the bamboo forest. They were all strong and murderous. The female Taoist priest's face turned pale in an instant. He took a few steps back and said in a trembling voice: "Who are you?"

Li Qingan bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Please report to the imperial concubine, and say that the Anxi Jiedushi Li Qingan came to visit her specially."

"You are Li Qing'an!"

Several female Taoist priests were so shocked that they blurted out. Li Qingan smiled and nodded, "It's just the way!"

He took out a golden arrow and handed it to the middle-aged female Taoist priest, "Leave this to her, and see her if you don't see her."

The middle-aged female Taoist priest looked at Li Qing'an for a while and finally took the golden arrow, "Okay! Please wait a moment, don't come in for the time being."

"I'm just waiting here."

The door closed again, and the footsteps went away. After a moment, footsteps sounded again inside the door. The door opened again. The middle-aged female Taoist priest just now clasped her hands and said, "General, please follow me."

Li Qing'an walked into the gate, and several personal soldiers followed in, but the female Taoist priest said, "The real person said that only the general can go in alone."

"You guys are waiting for me here, I'm not in the way."

Li Qingan gave a few instructions, then followed the female Taoist priest into the depths of the Taoist temple, walked through the Sanqing Hall, and came to a yard. The female Taoist priest took him to a small door, pointed to the door and whispered: "She lives in it, you can go by yourself!"
Chapter completed!