Chapter 468: Internal strife in Guanzhong (Part 1)

Before dawn the next day, the drum sounded above Chang'an when the city gates opened. The major city gates in Chang'an slowly opened with the drum sound. As soon as the Chunming Gate opened, a horse rushed in from outside. The horse was Cui Ping, who was responsible for resettlementing immigrants from Huazhou.

He was full of anxiety and rushed straight into the door with a thrust of the horse. The soldiers on both sides saw that he was coming fiercely and shouted: "Stop!"

But Cui Ping was so angry that he not only kept running, but instead whipped again and shouted, "Urgent Military Information!"

The soldiers were so scared that they dodged to both sides, and the horses rushed into the city and ran away in an instant.

"His grandma, who is this? He actually wears a robe in an emergency military situation?"

"It seems that he was the former Minister of Works, so something must have happened!"

"I think it's so hard. People like this are calm. He is so anxious that something might happen."

The soldiers were talking, not sure what had happened.

Cui Ping was so anxious that he was about to get angry. He came from Xinfeng County. After the first batch of about 9,000 immigrants were sent out of Fengxiang by him, he rushed back to Tongguan to welcome the second batch of Henan Road immigrants, about 12,000 households, and the journey was smooth. However, something happened in Xinfeng County last night. Last night, a group of late immigrants were sneak attacked by Guanzhong troops stationed in Xinfeng County, killing and wounding more than 200 people. Nearly 100 women were arrested into the Guanzhong army camp, and life and death were unknown.

Cui Ping learned the news and went to ask for an explanation, but Chen Luxian, the chief general of Guanzhong Army in Xinfeng, firmly denied that Cui Ping's several negotiations were ineffective, and he had no choice but to rush back to Chang'an and ask for help from Li Qing'an.

He was also unlucky. Li Qing'an was not in the military camp outside the city last night, so he lived in the military camp of Qianniuwei, which prevented Cui Ping from finding Li Qing'an in time.

Cui Ping whipped his horse quickly and ran wildly on the empty Chunming Street, towards the imperial city. Qianniu Guard's military camp was in the imperial city. He had just rushed to the front of Zhuque Gate, but happened to see Li Qing'an's carriage coming out of Zhuque Gate. Cui Ping shouted excitedly, "General! General!"

The carriage stopped, and a personal guard recognized Cui Ping and reported to Li Qing'an: "General, it is Cui Ping, the Minister of the Secretariat."

The car window slowly pulled up, revealing Li Qing'an's somewhat tired face. Last night, he invited envoys from various countries from Anxi. He was in great interest and drank a little too much wine. His head was still in pain.

Seeing Cui Ping's expression was very anxious, he was slightly stunned. Did something happen?

Cui Ping got off his horse, ran forward, and said in a crying voice: "General, a group of immigrants were ambushed by Guanzhong Army in Xinfeng County last night, killing and injured more than 200 people, and nearly 100 women were captured by them into the military camp. I don't know how to live or die."

"What!"

Li Qing'an was furious and immediately shouted: "Go to Guanzhong Military Officer's Office!"

The Guanzhong Army's official yamen was in Xingdaofang opposite the imperial city. When Li Qing'an's carriage and hundreds of personal soldiers stopped in front of the steps in front of the yamen, several soldiers guarding the gate immediately rushed into the yamen to report when they saw that the situation was not good.

After a moment, Wang Sili quickly walked out of the government office, bowed to Li Qing'an and said, "The General is here in the morning, I wonder what you can do to teach me?"

During the Battle of Tongguan, Li Qing'an saved Wang Sili's life. Wang Sili was grateful to Li Qing'an, so he was particularly respectful to Li Qing'an. At this time, Li Qing'an also calmed down. As a head coach, he must always be rational and calm, especially at this power struggle. If he is careless, he will be taken advantage of. On the way, he asked Cui Ping again, feeling that something was strange. These immigrants were all disaster victims on Henan Road and would not have much money. If it was for wealth, the Guanzhong army should hijack the merchants.

If it is for women, they can find some prostitutes in Xinfeng County, and there is no need to kill and steal people. They know that these immigrants are from Anxi, but they attack this, which only means that they are targeting themselves. If targeting them, there are premeditations. Is it really as simple as killing and stealing people?

"General Wang, something big happened in Xinfeng County last night. You should know!"

Wang Sili was stunned for a while, and then he bowed and said, "General, what happened last night? I really don't know."

Li Qing'an looked at Wang Sili's eyes. Seeing that his eyes were not panicked, there was only a kind of doubt and confusion. Perhaps he really didn't know, he gave Cui Ping a wink. Cui Ping stepped forward and bowed to Wang Sili and said, "General Wang, at the first update last night, about 1,000 immigrants from Henan Road were attacked by the Guanzhong Army in Xinfeng County, near Lingkou Town, Xinfeng County. One hundred and fifty-eight people were killed and more than one hundred injured. Another eighty-four women were stolen by the Guanzhong Army...."

"Wait!" Wang Sili stopped him. He couldn't believe his ears. Is this what the Guanzhong Army did?

"Are you sure this was done by the Guanzhong Army?"

"That's right! Two young immigrants have been following them and watched them enter the military camp with their own eyes. I came to negotiate twice last night, and the guard refused to admit it."

Anger flashed in Wang Sili's eyes. He knew that some people in the Guanzhong army were not convinced, so he did this to embarrass him. He said to Li Qing'an angrily: "Please rest assured, if it was really what the Guanzhong army did, I will definitely give the general an explanation."

He turned around and shouted: "Prepare your horse and go to Xinfeng County!"

Wang Sili's personal soldiers boarded the horses one after another, surrounded Wang Sili and rushed eastward. The fierce sound of horse hooves gradually faded away, but Li Qing'an did not go with him. After pondering for a moment, he took out the gold medal and handed it to the personal soldiers and lieutenant: "You should go back to the military camp outside the city immediately, order Jiang Xiaonian to order three thousand troops and horses, and then order the army to carry out emergency combat preparations."

"As for order!" The personal captain took the gold medal and led a team of people to run away outside the city. Li Qing'an felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, probably because this was a test by Li Heng on himself.

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Xinfeng County is located 80 miles east of Chang'an. It was established in the early Han Dynasty. It was specially built by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, because his father missed his hometown Feng County, so it was named Xinfeng County. One and a half hours later, Li Qing'an personally led 3,000 cavalry to Xinfeng County. He did not enter the county town, but went directly to the Guanzhong Army camp about ten miles south of Xinfeng County.

Xinfeng County is an important place for the Guanzhong Army to station troops, with 10,000 troops stationed, commanded by the Right Guard General Chen Luxian. The military camp covers a huge area and is surrounded by high camp gates. There are viewing towers around the camp, and the guards are very tight.

Li Qing'an's army did not approach, but stopped three miles away. Li Qing'an urged his horse to go forward and look into the military camp gate. He saw dozens of war horses parked in front of the military camp gate, two soldiers guarding, and the others entered the camp.

"The army is on the spot and wait for orders!"

At this time, several officials in charge of resettlement of immigrants who remained in Xinfeng County rushed over with more than a hundred immigrant representatives.

These immigration officials are all civilian officials of the Anxi Army and have rich experience in resettlement of immigrants. They led more than 10,000 households from Henan Road and went smoothly. Unexpectedly, they encountered an unexpected accident in Xinfeng County.

Several officials stepped forward to salute Li Qing'an and said, "I'm not going to see the general."

Li Qing'an nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, how are your immigrants' emotions now?"

An official in charge shook his head and said, "They were very unstable. They were all frightened. Many people said they would not go to Anxi and shouted that they would go back to their hometown."

At this time, more than a hundred immigrant representatives came forward and knelt down, crying to Li Qing'an: "General, please let us go back to our hometown! We don't want to go to Anxi anymore."

Li Qing'an felt anger. How could these people come here after a lot of hardships? If they go back, who dares to go to Anxi in the future will be dangerous.

He turned over and dismounted, quickly helped several old men up, and said to everyone: "My fellow villagers, please believe me. I will surely guarantee everyone's safety on the road. From now on, no one will dare to harass you anymore. I will rescue you who have been captured. I will settle all the murderers one by one, and I will definitely give you an explanation."

After receiving Li Qing'an's promise and being comforted by immigration officials, the inner fear of these immigrant representatives finally subsided and they no longer mentioned it back to their hometown.

At this time, Li Qing'an's eyes turned to the Guanzhong Army camp again. He began to vaguely realize that this matter was probably a premeditation, which was to destroy his immigration plan. If it was handled improperly, his immigration plan would be really dangerous.

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There were 11,000 Guanzhong Army stationed in Xinfeng County, an elite force of Guanzhong Army. He once followed Meng Yun to siege the imperial village. After Meng Yun's death, this army fell into the hands of Chen Xuanli. In name, Wang Sili was the head commander of the Guanzhong Army and Chen Xuanli was the deputy commander. But in fact, Chen Xuanli was self-respecting and was not under the jurisdiction of Wang Sili at all. Li Heng also acquiesced to this kind of decentralization. In his opinion, conflicts between his subordinates were more conducive to control.

The chief general of the Guanzhong Army in Xinfeng County was Chen Luxian, who was Chen Xuanli's clan brother. He didn't take Wang Sili seriously at all.

In the big tent, Wang Sili's personal soldiers and Chen Luxian's army glared at each other, both sides were tense and murderous.

Wang Sili pressed her hand on the hilt of the sword and shouted sternly: "Chen Luxian, I will tell you again. You let the person out and I will spare you once. I will explain to Anxijun. If you are obsessed with it, be careful that your life will not be saved!"

Chen Lu was about forty years old and was a sarcastic person. He sneered and said, "Mr. Wang, I said I didn't catch anyone. If you force me to release someone, what should I put me on?"

"It's all nonsense. Your subordinates admit it themselves. You're still stubborn. Do you dare to let me search?"

"If you want to search my camp, you can! Please take out General Chen's warrant. I can take it out. I ask you to search, but I can't find it out. I'm sorry, you must not take it in a random step!"

Wang Sili's eyes were almost spitting out of fire, and her teeth were chuckling with hatred, saying, "I am the commander of the Guanzhong Army. How dare you not listen to my orders?"

Chen Luxian said proudly: "It is true that you are the commander of the Guanzhong Army, but I only listen to General Chen's orders!"

"What if I'm going to search your military camp?"

"Then I can't guarantee your life safety. Marshal Wang, if you know the tact, don't worry about this matter. This matter has nothing to do with you. If you want to force this matter, I tell you that you will not walk out of this military camp alive!"

Wang Sili couldn't help but shouted angrily: "You are bold!"

Chen Luxian looked at Wang Sili coldly. When he waved his hand, a large group of soldiers appeared on all sides of the camp. Each of them held a steel crossbow, and the strings were full. The cold arrow pointed at Wang Sili and his personal soldiers.

At this moment, an alarm sound came from outside the tent, and the Guanzhong Army's post found the arrival of the Anxi Army. The harsh bell echoed in the camp.

Chen Lu first stared at Wang Sili fiercely, turned around and walked out of the camp. He ordered as he walked: "The crossbowman entered the defense, and any step within a hundred steps will be shot and killed!"

In the big tent, Wang Sili sighed and said to his personal soldiers: "We can't control this matter, let's go!"

They led their personal soldiers out of the tent. At this time, the Guanzhong Army camp began to stir up. Teams of soldiers rushed to the front of the camp, and they all set their bows and arrows, erected crossbows, and looked nervously at the Guanzhong Army three miles away.

After a moment, the camp gate opened, Wang Sili and his personal soldiers rushed out angrily. He saw Li Qing'an's army from a distance, and gritted his teeth and said, "Get on the horse, come with me!"

More than a hundred people rushed to the Anxi Army in a blink of an eye. Wang Sili immediately bowed and shouted: "General, please take a step to speak."

Li Qing'an urged him to step forward and said, "Can the situation be clear?"

Wang Sili sighed, he turned over and dismounted, walked to a big rock and sat down, his eyes full of resentment and helplessness. Li Qingan also got off the horse, walked up to sit opposite him, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"That damn bastard!"

Wang Sili cursed in a low voice: "I must kill him if you dare to take a stand in front of me."

Li Qingan glanced at him and sneered: "General Wang is the head commander of the Guanzhong army. Was he driven out of the tent by his subordinates?"

Wang Sili was not angry. After a long time, he said helplessly: "The general doesn't know that I am just the nominal commander of the Guanzhong Army. The Guanzhong Army is actually divided into two parts, half of which is commanded by me, and the other half is in the hands of Chen Xuanli. This is the deliberate arrangement of His Highness the Superintendent."
To be continued...