Chapter 496: The crisis intensifies

On the east side of Zhuque Street, the General of Jinwu Guard Chen Xuanli was waiting patiently for the result. In fact, he realized that the risk of doing this was very high. From his original intention, he was unwilling to interfere in this matter, and he was even more unwilling to send his subordinates to Chang'an County. Their strength was not as strong as Qianniu Guard, but under the pressure of Li Heng, he had to do so.

For a woman, he risked his confrontation with Qianniuwei, which made Chen Xuanli very dissatisfied. He always believed that Li Heng fell in love with Yang Yuhuan, and that Li Heng wanted this woman. Although he also admitted that Yang Yuhuan's national beauty was a huge temptation for men, Yang Yuhuan had changed from a sister-in-law to a mother. Should he become a wife from a mother? This made Chen Xuanli feel a little disdainful of Li Heng. More importantly, this affected his interests. Once his subordinates could not retreat and were surrounded by Qianniuwei, how should he deal with the consequences?

This is often the case. The more you are afraid of it, it will happen. Just as Chen Xuanli was waiting anxiously, a delayed contact soldier fled from Chang'an County and rushed to report: "General, things are not good. General Jin and five hundred brothers have been detained by Qianniuwei."

"Where are An Lushan's people?" Chen Xuanli asked anxiously: "Have they succeeded?"

"No, they were also trapped, and they were seriously injured."

Chen Xuanli couldn't speak for a long time. Things really went to the worst. Anxi Army detained their own people, and they would inevitably attack them tomorrow.

Chen Xuanli stomped his feet in hatred and said to the left and right: "Go to the State Administration!"

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At the beginning of this year, Li Heng's Yong's palace moved to Changlefang, close to the Daming Palace. It is a royal house covering an area of ​​nearly 100 acres. The house has strange flowers and plants, pavilions, lofts and platforms, which are particularly ingenious. Like everywhere in Chang'an, King Yong was also covered with snow. The house is very quiet. Most of Li Heng's wives, concubines and children stayed in the house, and only a patrol guard was passing by by chance.

Li Heng's outer study room was brightly lit, and Chen Xuanli stood aside with his hands down, without saying a word. Li Heng had a gloomy face and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He was both annoyed and helpless. He was annoyed that his father's excessive demands had caused him such a great passiveness, but he didn't know what to do now.

"You go back first, I will handle this matter properly, but tomorrow you will also go to Qianniuwei Yamen and explain to them, and take the person back first. Tell Nan Jiyun that I will give Qianniuwei an explanation."

"But....."

Chen Xuanli hesitated and said, "But this matter has nothing to do with my subordinates. Please deal with it carefully."

He was very worried. Li Heng said that he was to use his subordinates to perform surgery, which was absolutely not possible. Li Heng glanced at him and said a little unhappy: "I know what to do, I don't have to worry about it."

"I dare not, I will take my leave."

Chen Xuanli bowed and then stepped down. Li Heng snorted heavily and said to himself: "Who does he treat himself as? How dare he bargain with me?"

During this period, Li Heng was really dissatisfied with Chen Xuanli. Since Wang Sili was given an excuse to be transferred to Longyou, Chen Xuanli began to monopolize the power of the Jinwu Guard and the Guanzhong Army, which was obviously more arrogant than before. He used to say the same thing, but now he has ignored his oral orders and insisted on his own written instructions or the gold medal of troops to transfer the troops before he bought it. And it was still very reluctant. For example, this time, he obviously asked him to use more troops, at least two thousand people, and the Thousand Niu Guards would throw themselves at the rat and avoid being afraid of it, but he just didn't understand it and sent only 500 people to become someone else's captive.

In the end, he had to provide him with conditions and not to touch his people. Li Heng had a premonition that this was just the beginning, and it would become increasingly difficult for him to mobilize this person in the future, and in the end he would no longer be under his control.

Li Heng felt heavy in his heart. He had realized that Chen Xuanli's crisis was far more serious than the incident of Jinwu Guard's mistaken entry into Chang'an.

What should I do? Li Heng frowned. Chen Xuanli's military power must be removed as soon as possible. He cannot be allowed to serve as the commander of the Guanzhong army. He must find someone he absolutely trusts. So who is the most suitable person?

At this time, his second son, Li Shi, the king of Nanyang, appeared at the door and bowed and said, "Father, Mr. Linghu is here."

Li Shi, the king of Nanyang, is a few years younger than his eldest son, Li Yu. He is twenty-seven years old today. He is tall and extremely heroic. He is steady and mature, and he is relieved to do things. Li Heng's eyes lit up. Why don't his son take charge of the army?

Seeing that his father was a little distracted, Li Shi reported again: "Father, Mr. Linghu is here."

Li Heng realized this and temporarily put down his son's affairs and laughed: "Hurry up and invite him in!"

Li Heng valued Linghu Fei very much and trusted him more. He would hide many things from Wang Gong, but would not hide them from Linghu Fei. Linghu Fei was his military advisor and chief aide.

After a moment, Linghu Fei hurried in, bowed and said, "See Your Highness!"

Although the Fangmen was closed at the hour of Hai, there was still some room left in the regulations of the Zhengshi Hall. In addition to the Qianniu Guard and the Jinwu Guard were not restricted by the Fangmen, some people were also allowed to pass through, such as the Prime Minister of the Zhengshi Hall and the person who holds the quasi-bank silver medal. Linghu Fei held the special silver medal given to him by Li Heng, and was unobstructed all the way and could even leave the city.

Li Heng smiled and said, "I'm sorry to ask the teacher to come so late, but something big happened in Huaiyuanfang. We must discuss countermeasures with the teacher."

After pausing, he asked again: "Do you know what happened in Huaiyuanfang?"

"I just met General Chen at the door. I heard him say that it was said to be the matter of the former imperial concubine?"

Li Heng sighed, then briefly said the story, and finally said: "I just can't stand the relationship between this father and son, so I barely did it for him, but unexpectedly, I'm having a headache if I cause such a big deal!"

Linghu Fei was so smart that he could hear the clues behind Li Heng that Li Heng did not say. I am afraid that the matter is not as simple as the father-son relationship, but that Li Heng and Li Longji had a secret collusion. This must be the case. Otherwise, with their power struggle, how could there be a father-son relationship?

After guessing this, Linghu Fei didn't say it out loud, and said, "I want to hear the countermeasures Your Highness is preparing to take."

"What else can I do?"

Li Heng said helplessly: "I plan to go to Qianniuwei tomorrow and be a low-key manner, even if I apologize! Send a message to Li Qing'an to explain, and I promise that there will be no next time. If Nan Jiyun lets go, the matter will be over."

Linghu Fei pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, my subordinates are not worried about the conflict with Qianniuwei, but about An Lushan. Once he knows that His Highness is planning him behind his back, he will inevitably be angry. Your Highness should mainly consider how to appease him."

Li Heng shook his head and said, "He did not discuss this with me and then he caused such a big incident. The last time he assassinated Li Yan without authorization, which caused extremely bad influence. The first time the Tang Dynasty was assassinated for the first time in a century, even Li Qing'an did not dare, but he did it boldly. In the end, everyone took the account on me. I haven't settled the account with him yet! I can't let him do anything, so I'll just appease him, no! He has to bear certain consequences."

Li Heng had already made a clear attitude. This time he would not appease An Lushan. He must let An Lushan learn a lesson and let him understand that Chang'an is definitely not the place where he does whatever he wants. However, Linghu Fei was still a little worried that the alliance between An Lushan and Li Heng was not reliable. If there was an unhappiness between them at this time, it would be likely that their covenant would be split. In order to teach An Lushan a lesson, he would lose an ally, which would be a bit unworthy.

Linghu Fei advised again: "Your Highness, An Lushan is certainly willful, but Your Highness should put the overall situation first, first appease An Lushan, and then slowly persuade him to restrain himself."

Li Heng was willing to listen to Linghu Fei's opinions in some things, but Li Heng had his own opinions in some things. He had been dealing with An Lushan for more than ten years. He knew very well what An Lushan was. Of course, he knew in his heart that the so-called alliance between him and An Lushan was just to use each other. He wanted to use An Lushan to deal with Li Qing'an, but he was not very clear about what An Lushan wanted to use him to do. He could use this matter to test An Lushan's background.

Li Heng said slowly: "I am going to use this to test An Lushan. If he really wants to form an alliance with me, then he should be able to withstand this grievance. On the contrary, if he turns against me, it means he has no sincerity at all."

Speaking of this, a murderous intent appeared in Li Heng's eyes, "If that were the case, it would be a future problem for this person to keep him. Why not take this opportunity to get rid of him."

Linghu Fei was shocked and quickly advised: "Your Highness, this matter is of great importance, Your Highness must consider it clearly."

Perhaps because he felt that he had exposed his thoughts too early, Li Heng immediately restrained the murderous intent in his eyes and said lightly: "I know that as long as he is tactful and gives me some room to ease, I will not take this step. Forget it, I won't mention this matter for now. There is another thing, I also want to discuss with my husband, it is about Chen Xuanli...."

Just as Li Heng and Linghu Fei discussed how to reduce Chen Xuanli's military power, An Lushan's carriage, under the escort of more than a hundred personal soldiers, came to Li Heng's palace in front of Prince Yong's mansion. An Lushan hid in the carriage and asked his confidant Zhang Tongru to negotiate.

An Lushan didn't know the information that happened in Huaiyuanfang. None of the two hundred elite scouts he sent escaped. Several spies were also hiding in the yard and could not come out to report the news. But An Lushan also knew that something must have happened. He was anxious. He had to come and ask Li Heng to come forward to redeem his people.

At this time, An Lushan's desire to get Yang Guifei was slightly weakened, and he also felt a little regretful. He did not think about it carefully and took action. It was really a little hasty, but it was too late to regret at this time. He could only ask Li Heng with a thick face and ask him to help him for the sake of the covenant.

The group was still waiting at the gate, and the concierge had already informed him. They had been waiting for a quarter of an hour. Just when they were a little impatient, the gate opened. Li Heng's second son, Li Shi, walked out and bowed and said, "I'm sorry to let Mr. Zhang wait for a long time."

Zhang Tongru hurriedly asked, "Your Highness may meet us? We do have important things to discuss with him."

Li Shi looked embarrassed and said apologetically: "I'm not hiding it by sir. My father was sick this afternoon and had already taken medicine to bed early. I woke up my father, but he was unable to recover from his illness and could not receive him. I mean I see you again this morning, please forgive me."

An Lushan in the carriage could hear it clearly, and his face immediately became gloomy. Li Heng did not see him and was sick on an excuse. He glanced at another carriage parked not far away and couldn't help but sneer, "I'm sick?" This excuse is too clumsy, hum! He clearly doesn't want to help him.

Well, I'll go back first and talk about it tomorrow. It depends on his attitude towards this matter.

Thinking of this, he gave the coachman a hint. The coachman raised his whip and the carriage started. Zhang Tongru also understood the commander's intention and bowed: "Since your highness is sick, then don't bother me, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

He turned around and went down the steps, turned over and said to his left and right: "Go back!"

Everyone rode their horses and followed the carriage, gradually fading away.

On the steps, Li Shi knew that An Lushan was in the carriage, and he didn't understand why his father didn't see this person. He couldn't help but shake his head and turned back to the mansion. The gate of Prince Yong's mansion closed with a creaking sound.

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The storm in Huaiyuanfang, Chang'an County has subsided. In the end, only more than 30 elite soldiers sent by An Lushan surrendered in time and survived. All the rest were killed. The 500 Jinwu Guard soldiers who broke into Chang'an County were also arrested by Qianniu Guards and detained in the dungeon of Qianniu Guards.

Although the storm in Huaiyuanfang had subsided, Nan Jiyun and Hu Peiyun did not dare to take it lightly. Both of them agreed that this matter was of great importance and could not be dealt with rashly. After discussing for a while, Hu Peiyun left the city and rushed to the Anxi Army camp in Xianyang.

Hu Peiyun left Chang'an City from Anhua Gate controlled by Qianniu Guard, and led a few followers to gallop in the night. The wind blew in his ears. An hour later, he came to Xianyang Camp where the Anxi Army was stationed.

Li Qing'an brought a total of 60,000 elite troops from Anxi Army into Guanzhong, of which 20,000 were converted into Qianniu Guards, and 20,000 people returned to Anxi with Li Qing'an. There were still 20,000 troops in Guanzhong. In addition to the more than 10,000 people stationed in various parts of Guanzhong, there were still 8,000 people in Xianyang camp. They were headed by the general Tian Zhen. In addition, Li Qing'an was worried that they were not smart enough and were plotted against, so he left his counselor Yan Zhuang in Xianyang camp to counsel military affairs and issued strict orders that Yan Zhuang would not agree to anything, and Tian Zhen would not act rashly.

It was already the second time when Hu Peiyun arrived at the Xianyang Camp. As soon as they approached the camp gate, the sentry on the guardhouse shouted loudly: "Stop!"

The Anxi Army has strict military rules. Unidentified persons are killed within a hundred steps of the camp. Hu Peiyun stopped and whispered: "It's my own person. I have the gold medal of the general, come from Chang'an!"

A soldier rushed forward, took Hu Peiyun's gold medal, turned around and went back. After a moment, the camp gate slowly opened, and an officer on duty came out and bowed: "Master Hu, please come in!"

Hu Peiyun turned over and got off the horse and led the horse into the camp with the follower.

"I have something urgent to see Mr. Yan. Is he here?"

"Here! I guess I'm already asleep. I'll send someone to wake him up and ask General Manager Hu to follow me."

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To be continued...