Chapter 452: Reorganization of Qianniu

Chang'an and Li Longji's northern offensive did not cause riots in Chang'an. In addition to his "Letter to the World" that caused a large number of royal family members to flee south, Chang'an was once in a state of chaos. However, as the two armies entered a state of confrontation, the road to fleeing south was blocked, and the situation in Chang'an gradually returned to peace.

That morning, a small secret meeting was held in the conference room of Li Heng, the supervisor of Zichen Hall. The participants were all core ministers of the Li Heng faction, including Wang Gong, Fang Guan and Cui Huan, his military advisor, Linghu Fei, who is currently the guest of the prince, and Li Qiu, the young minister of Taichang Temple, Chen Xuanli, the general of the Jinwu Guard, and Li Heng, a total of seven people.

Fang Guan and Cui Huan were originally Li Heng's original Eastern Palace Party members, and they have always believed that Li Heng was orthodox. This time, Li Heng became the regent of the state, and their status also increased. They eventually replaced Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie and entered the Political Affairs Hall.

"This time we recruited a total of 75,000 troops, lower than the 110,000 troops of the Anxi Army, but higher than the 40,000 troops of the Shuofang Army in Guannei."

Speaking of which, it was Chen Xuanli, who was also a veteran in his sixties. He served as the general of the Yulin Army for a long time. He is currently the deputy commander of the Guanzhong Army and the general of the Jinwu Guard. This time, he was fully responsible for the recruitment of the new army by the Guanzhong Army.

Chen Xuanli and Li Heng had a very good relationship. As early as when Li Heng was the crown prince, he hinted more than once that he would firmly support him in ascending the throne. This time he became the General of Jinwu Guard. Li Heng also hoped that he could control Chang'an City for him.

At this meeting, Chen Xuanli reported the military strength of various sects to several important officials in accordance with Li Heng's arrangement. Seeing that everyone was very concerned, Chen Xuanli continued: "In this way, with the original Guanzhong Army, Jinwu Guards and Tongguan Guards, our army will reach as much as 260,000, but according to the information I received, Li Qing'an transferred another 60,000 to 70,000 Anxi Army to the Central Plains. In addition, the new army he recruited, the existing Anxi Army, and the Hexi army, his army in the Central Plains has nearly 300,000. We are far inferior to the Anxi Army in both combat effectiveness and equipment."

"How powerful is Guo Ziyi's army?" Wang Gong asked.

Chen Xuanli smiled and said, "Although Li Qing'an is respected as Shangfu, the army that truly supports the emperor is Guo Ziyi. This time he recruited 40,000 troops, plus his existing army and Yulin Army, their sect also has 110,000 people. As for combat effectiveness, it is mainly based on the 50,000 troops in Guo Ziyi's hands, and it will take some time to train the recruits."

After Chen Xuanli finished speaking, she sat down. At this time, Li Heng said slowly: "The reason why I asked General Chen to analyze the military comparisons of all parties for you is that the strength of the army will be the key to our future distribution of interests. There is no doubt that Li Qing'an will have the advantage in the future distribution of interests. I do not deny this, nor do I want to avoid it."

Last night, Li Heng received news that his father had withdrawn his troops to the south, which means that the situation in Guanzhong will gradually stabilize, and a new round of power struggle and power distribution is about to begin. Li Heng urgently convened this meeting to discuss their future countermeasures.

Li Heng picked up a letter from the table and said to everyone: "This is the letter Li Qing'an wrote to me before going to Mei County. In the letter, he made several requests. Some of them must agree to me, but some of them I don't want to agree to, so I will discuss with you today."

Li Heng took out the letter and handed it to Wang Gong first, saying to everyone: "The first problem he mentioned in the letter is the control range of the two armies in Guanzhong in the future. I also think this is a major event that must be faced. Guo Ziyi's army has already made it clear that it will not be stationed in Guanzhong. This is the condition when Li Qing'an returned the inner road and Shuofang to him. In this way, there are only two armies in Guanzhong, so how can we station them so that there will be no conflicts. Li Qing'an's suggestion is to take Chang'an Zhuque Street as the boundary, our army east of Guanzhong is controlled by our army, and his army west of Guanzhong is controlled by his army, that is, the east of Wannian County in Chang'an is our territory, and the west of Chang'an County is his territory."

"Your Highness, I have a question?"

Fang Guan frowned and asked, "The twelve guards have always been responsible for security in Chang'an City. We have the Jinwu guards, and we can legitimately manage Chang'an City. But if Chang'an City is divided into two, it is impossible for Anxi cavalry to patrol the streets of Chang'an County!"

"This is the second request that Li Qing'an made to me. He wants to rebuild Qianniu Guard. In the future, Qianniu Guard will be responsible for the security patrol of Chang'an County. To be honest, I have agreed to both of his requests. Using Zhuque Street as the boundary, the entire Guanzhong is divided into two, and he is on the west and I am on the east, which means that defense against the Jiannan Army will be his business in the future. In fact, I am not at a disadvantage, but what I want to discuss with everyone is his third requirement."

Li Heng walked to the map, picked up a wooden stick and pointed at the Hedong map and said, "After An Lushan was defeated in Guannei Road, he had already written to the court to resign from the position of Hedong Jiedu. In other words, An Lushan would give up the Hedong garrison, and Hedong was empty. The third condition proposed by Li Qing'an was to use Taiyuan as the boundary, and the power of garrison in Hedong was divided into two. I would like to garrison the eleven prefectures south of Taiyuan, and he would garrison the seven prefectures in Beihe, including Taiyuan. I did not agree to his request because his request had already broken through his promise to not only the Yellow River. I would like to discuss with you."

The conference room was quiet, and there was no problem with Li Qing'an's request to divide Guanzhong equally, and everyone could accept it. After all, Li Qing'an's army had already entered Guanzhong, and he was the Grand Marshal of the World, but Li Qing'an proposed to divide Hedong equally, and everyone felt that it was a bit too much.

Although the Anxi army defeated An Lushan, they received Longyou as compensation. They had occupied the vast land west of the Yellow River. They were not satisfied. They reached into the hinterland and had the idea of ​​Hedong. This gave people a sense of greed for Shu. Li Qingan was a little too greedy.

What makes people even more worried is Li Qing'an's identity. After he was built, he would have the consequences of Taiyuan's Dragon Restoration City. Everyone was filled with worries.

At this time, Linghu Fei said, "Can your highness be clearer? Which seven prefectures and one prefecture are there?"

"Can."

Li Heng pointed to the map and introduced one by one: "Shi, Lan, Xin, Dai, Shuo, Yun, Wei Qizhou, plus Taiyuan Prefecture, and I have another news to tell you that Yunzhou is actually in the hands of Li Qing'an. He has appointed Lei Wanchun, the general of Anxi, as the governor of Yunzhou and the governor of Zhenwu Army. I don't know when he sent his men to occupy Yunzhou. I guess it happened when he fought with An Lushan."

Linghu Fei pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I suggest you agree to Li Qing'an's request."

Linghu Fei's suggestion caused an uproar. Several civil officials were still calm. Chen Xuanli stood up and said angrily: "Why should the envoy Linghu agree? If he lets him reach into Hedong, he will surround the inner road from all sides. The next step will inevitably eat the inner road and make his control be connected into one piece. If he eats the inner road again, can Chang'an still be maintained? Can the envoy Linghu even see this?"

Although Li Heng was also a little dissatisfied and surprised by Linghu Fei's suggestion, he knew that Linghu Fei was not a person who spoke nonsense, so he waved his hand and said, "Everyone, calm down first, please let Linghu Jun finish his words."

The conference room was quiet again. Linghu Fei looked at everyone and smiled faintly, "I am not trying to give the fertile land of Hedong to Li Qing'an. In fact, I am just like Your Highness to give up the west of Zhuque Street. It is also because of the situation. You might as well treat me as Li Qing'an. I am now asking for a seven prefecture in Hedong. Everyone is opposed. Well, I can give up Hedong and I will ask for Henan Road instead. Do you give me?"

Linghu Fei's last sentence made everyone speechless, yes! If Li Qing'an didn't want Hedong and wanted Henan Road instead, would they give it or not? In name, Hedong and Henan belong to the court, but who does the court belong to? Isn't it just these two major forces? Li Heng wants Hedong and Henan again, will Li Qing'an agree? According to the principle of equal interests, Hedong and Henan should be each occupying a piece.

After a while, Cui Huan said to Li Heng: "Your Highness, I support the suggestion of Linghu Envoy. Since Li Qing'an has occupied Yunzhou, he will definitely win the northeast of Hebei. We cannot withdraw our troops from Yunzhou because of our opposition! We should be more practical, so we simply agree to Li Qing'an to control the northeast of Hebei, and then we control the southeast of Hebei and Henan Road. Only then can I have the strength to compete with the army of Jiannan, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other troops, and just hand over the matter of dealing with An Lushan to Li Qing'an. We will do our best to deal with the army of Jingzhou and Yangzhou."

If Linghu Fei's status is slightly lower and his voice is relatively weak, then Cui Huan's statement is much more important, and Fang Guan and Wang Gong later agreed.

Li Heng was originally in a hesitation and wanted to discuss with everyone. Since most people agreed to assign the northeastern part of the river to Li Qing'an, Li Heng obeyed everyone's opinions. He immediately said to Li Qiu: "Then Li Shaoqing will work hard to find Li Qing'an for me, and I said I agree with his three plans."

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As Li Longjinan retreated to Shuzhong, a crisis was resolved, and the situation in Guanzhong gradually returned to normal order. Guo Ziyi's army returned to Guannei Road, while Li Qing'an's army marched towards Chang'an.

That night, the army reached Xianyang. It was already late, so Li Qing'an ordered to stay and rest on the spot. After a day of march, everyone was hungry and tired, so they immediately buried their pots to make rice and set up camps. The camp was busy and noisy, and it was particularly lively.

The central army tent has been settled. Li Qing'an was talking about Geshuhan with his new aide Wei Qingping. Li Qing'an had already figured out the details of Wei Qingping. He was actually a member of the Wei family of Guanlong and the nephew of Wei Jiansu, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. He grew up in the family and was bullied by the family because he was born as a concubine. At the age of 18, he took his mother to Tongzhou, where there were several acres of thin land left by his father. From then on, he studied hard and was quite famous for his poetry. He was friends with Li Bai, Du Fu, Cen Shen and others. Although he was usually unruly, he had great ambitions and wanted to do something big, but unfortunately he could not find the opportunity to join the wise master.

This time when Li Qing'an returned to Beijing, he dared to sing on the streets. Finally, Li Qing'an was given attention and hired him as his aide. He repeatedly made several major plans for Li Qing'an, including this time the alienation between Geshuhan and Li Longji, which was also his plan. However, Wei Qingping did not expect that Li Qing'an would use Yang Xuan as a messenger. This not only alienated Geshuhan and Li Longji, but also bribed Yang Guozhong. It was a killing kill. This result made Wei Qingping amazed.

"As a matter of fact, the general has a long-term vision and knows how to use a long line to catch big fish. I can't see that Ge Shuhan will die under Li Longji's knife for two years."

Li Qingan sighed slightly and said, "Actually, I don't care whether Brother Shuhan dies. What I care about is his 50,000 Longyou Army. Many of this army have experience in plateau combat. It would be a pity to let them go to the town of fish and rice in the two lakes. They should go back to Longyou to deal with Tubo. Fortunately, most of the soldiers' families are in Longyou. We have to think of ways to make these soldiers come back, so I would bother Mr. Lao to plan this matter for me."

"The general has an order, and his subordinates should comply. But please give me a few days to think about it."

"It's okay! It's okay! There's no hurry to do this, you can take it slowly."

The two were talking, and suddenly the personal soldiers reported from outside the tent: "Report to General, General Nan is here."

"Let him in!"

Li Qingan smiled and said to Wei Qingping: "I am a general, and I will scold him later. Sir, please avoid it first!"

"Okay! I'll leave now."

Wei Qingping quickly got up and left. After a moment, Nan Jiyun hurriedly walked away from the tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "I am in charge of the general."

This time, Nan Jiyun did not participate in the defense of Mei County. He and Yan Zhuang went to Fengtian County to organize new recruits. After receiving Li Qing'an's order, they rushed back quickly.

Li Qing'an glanced at him and said, "How is the situation of the recruit?"

Nan Jiyun's current military position is only the General of the Central Army, while Cui Qianyou, who was later than him, is already a general. Lei Wanchun also became the governor of Yunzhou, becoming the third-rank general of Yunhui, and even some of his former subordinates became generals. This is not because Nan Jiyun is not capable. On the contrary, he has great archery skills, has made many military achievements, and is loyal to Li Qing'an. After the Battle of Talas, he was named General Qianniu Guard. It was only because of a major mistake a few years ago that he was demoted to General Lang by Li Qing'an and demoted to three levels in a row.

About two years ago, Li Qing'an attacked Guanzhong and supported Li Yu's ascending the throne. At that time, he recruited 20,000 troops from the refugees in Chang'an to serve as the army stationed in Chang'an. When Li Qing'an left Chang'an, he handed the army to Nan Jiyun and repeatedly told him to hold the army tightly. Unexpectedly, half a year later, Li Yu promoted Nan Jiyun to the general of the left Wugu Guard. Nan Jiyun was confused for a moment and accepted the appointment, which eventually led to his power being undermined and his army was taken away by Li Yu. Afterwards, Nan Jiyun regretted it and returned to Anxi to apologize to Li Qing'an. Although Li Qing'an forgives Nan Jiyun, he demoted him to three levels and demoted him to a general.

This incident gave Nan Jiyun an indelible shame. From then on, he remained taciturn and followed Li Qing'an to fight north and north, making many military achievements again. This time he returned to Chang'an, and Nan Jiyun revisited the old place, and was filled with mixed feelings.

Nan Jiyun said in a deep voice: "Report to the general, 110,000 new recruits have been assembled in Fengxian County and will return to Liangzhou for training in three days."

"Do you think this group of recruits is stronger than the 20,000 troops the previous year?" Li Qingan asked with a smile on his face.

Nan Jiyun's face suddenly flushed red. When the old things were brought up again, his heart was stinged again. He sighed softly and said, "Although the last 20,000 troops were refugees, most of them were government soldiers, and they could fight with a little training. Although this group of new soldiers also had many government soldiers, at least half of them were ordinary farmers, which was not as good as the 20,000 troops."

"Why are you blushing? Did I punish you wrongly?"

Nan Jiyun's head was deeply hung and said in pain: "I was greedy for famous titles and made a big mistake back then. The general punished him correctly. I only regret that the general punished him too lightly. If the general killed me, I would have no complaints."

Li Qing'an looked at him and said, "Really? I killed you, you really have no complaints?"

"There is no complaints in the humble position!"

"Okay, I will give you another chance. This time you have made great contributions to An Lushan. I will reward you with my merits and promote you to General Qianniu Guards. I will form a new Qianniu Guard with 20,000 troops in Chang'an County. If you fall from there, I will give you the opportunity to get up from there. If you still can't do it well this time, then you can stop yourself!"

Nan Jiyun was extremely excited. His nose felt sour. He couldn't help but burst into tears and said, "Even a humble position, it is hard to repay the general's kindness for his kindness."

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Nan Jiyun left, Li Qingan looked at his back as he was leaving and couldn't help but smile and shook his head. He believed that Nan Jiyun could do it well this time. It is not scary to make a mistake by one person. What is scary is that he did not know the mistake and refused to correct it. If that is the case, Li Qingan would have misunderstood. In the past two years, he knew that Nan Jiyun had been living in pain and self-blame, and never became worried about being demoted to a general. From this point of view, Nan Jiyun really knew that he was wrong, and this person could still be of great use.

Li Qingan also knew that even if he forgives Nan Jiyun, Nan Jiyun would not forgive him, so the best way was to let him walk the path of the past again. As long as he could pass this level, his knot would be resolved.

Li Qing'an turned around and was about to return to the tent when an officer on duty ran to report: "General, someone outside the camp asked for a visit."

"Who is it?"

"It's the one who was driven away by us last time, and he's here again."

"Li Qi!"

Li Qingan suddenly reacted and smiled and said, "Let him in this time."

Li Qiu's arrival was naturally sent by Li Heng. Needless to say, it must be for those three conditions, and Li Heng wanted to answer him.

Li Qing'an also knew very well that there was no problem with the first and second conditions, and Li Heng would definitely agree. The key was the third condition. He wanted the seven prefectures in the northeast of the Hebei region, especially Taiyuan Prefecture, which was extremely important, which was related to his authentic identity. Taiyuan was the place where the Tang Dynasty rose, and there were many articles to do. Li Qing'an had made up his mind that even if Li Heng did not agree, he would forcefully occupy it.

After a moment, Li Qiu, led by several personal soldiers, walked into Li Qing'an's tent uneasily. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Shaoqing Taichang Li Qiu, please meet with the Great General, Your Highness, King Zhao!"

With the last lesson, he did not dare to get close to Li Qingan anymore, and his attitude became respectful. Li Qingan nodded and smiled, "Li Shaoqing, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, I am ordered by the Regent of the Superintendent to send a letter to the General, and I dare not stay for a long time."

"Where is the letter?"
Chapter completed!