A moment later, a middle-aged man hurried over. This man's name was Wang Qing. He was Yang Guozhong's adviser. He was good at conspiracy and fit Yang Guozhong's requirements very well.
Wang Qing bowed and saluted, "I am humble enough to see you as Prime Minister!"
"Sir, look at this!"
Yang Guozhong handed the note to Wang Qing and said: "This is a spy caught by Jinwu Guard tonight. He is Liu Luogu's subordinate. But what I don't understand is why the other party asked Feng Changqing to dissuade the Tang army from leaving Tongguan?"
Wang Qing thought for a while and said: "I think it must be related to the situation in Hebei. The Tang army won a great victory in Hebei, and Anlushan's home base of Youzhou is in danger. In this case, Anlushan will definitely save Youzhou!"
Yang Guozhong understood immediately, "You mean, An Lushan's Luoyang army is empty?"
Wang Qing nodded, "I can only explain it this way. I believe that Tongguan is probably bluffing, Luoyang's troops are empty, and Anlushan's main army has returned to Hebei, so what happened tonight."
The more Yang Guozhong thought about it, the more he was right, and he immediately said: "I want to go to the palace to meet the saint!"
Li Longji had just fallen asleep when Yuan Siyi woke him up and said that Prime Minister Yang Guozhong had something important to report.
Helpless, Li Longji had to stand up to receive him.
Yang Guozhong asked the eunuch to bring a plate to Li Longji. On the plate were gold, letters and waist cards.
"What is this?" Li Longji asked in confusion.
"Your Majesty, the Jinwu Guards captured a spy from An Lushan in Chongxianfang just now when they patrolled the streets. They found out from him that he was Liu Luogu's subordinate. He went to Chongxianfang to seal Chang Qing's mansion.
, but he missed the closing time and was caught by patrolling soldiers when he tried to climb over the wall."
"Feng Changqing?"
Li Longji frowned, "Is that the lame and blind General Anxi?"
"That's him. He is now serving as Ge Shuhan's deputy general in Tongguan."
Li Longji's face darkened. He originally disliked Feng Changqing and was full of prejudices against him. If it weren't for Ge Shuhan's repeated request, he would never have used Feng Changqing again. Now Feng Changqing actually and An Lu
Shan had secret dealings and accepted bribes from An Lushan. What did he want to do?
Li Longji picked up the letter and read it, and was also startled, "Why do you want him to stop the Tang army from marching out of Tongguan?"
"Your Majesty, I think it has something to do with the situation in Hebei. Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi have repeatedly defeated the rebel army in Hebei, and are about to enter Youzhou, the home base of Anlu Mountain. The families of the rebel soldiers and soldiers are all in Youzhou. How can Anlu Mountain not be anxious?
?Weichen believed that An Lushan had led the main force north to Youzhou, and Luoyang was an empty city. They pretended to attack Tongguan, but in fact they were afraid that the Tang army would break out of Tongguan and retake Luoyang and the Central Plains, so they bribed Feng Changqing to stop him.
The Tang army leaves Tongguan!"
Yang Guozhong's words are well-founded and reasonable. Li Longji did receive the good news from the supervisor Yu Chaoen from Hebei. Li Guangbi defeated Shi Siming's army in Hengzhou and killed 30,000 enemies. Guo Ziyi's Shuofang army also came from Fukou.
Xing entered Xiangzhou, Hebei, successively captured several states in southern Hebei, joined forces with Yan Zhenqing's army, and was about to regain Hebei and attack Youzhou.
Yang Guozhong said again: "Your Majesty, Ge Shuhan is a Hu man. We must learn from the lessons of Anlu Mountain and not be too trusting. The minister suggested sending deputy general Wang Sili to lead an army to attack Luoyang."
Li Longji nodded. He also felt that Ge Shuhan was very arrogant, even more powerful than An Lushan. When he forced himself to kill An Sishun, he did not take him seriously. He immediately said to Yuan Siyi: "Send someone quickly.
Inform the supervisor Bian Lingcheng to remove Feng Changqing from his post and deal with it the same way as Gao Xianzhi, and then tell Wang Sili privately that if he captures Luoyang, I will make him the county king!"
Four days later, the eunuch who announced the decree arrived at Tongguan and delivered the emperor's order to the supervising army Bian Lingcheng.
Bian Lingcheng immediately dismissed Feng Changqing from his post and escorted him to Chang'an. Feng Changqing shouted that he was wronged, but Bian Lingcheng said coldly: "General Feng, our family is just executing the decree. If you have any grievances, go and report them to the emperor."
Feng Changqing was immediately stripped of his official uniform and put in a cage. Brother Shuhan was anxious and ran to Bian Lingcheng to intercede, "Eunuch Bian, General Feng is experienced and clear-headed. He is a rare good general. Why do you want to do this?"
Remove him from office?"
Bian Lingcheng said calmly: "General Geshu, our family will not interfere in military affairs. Our family will only carry out the emperor's will. If I guessed correctly, Feng Changqing's removal should have something to do with Feilong or King Rong. He is Gao Xianzhi
His confidant, General Geshu should also know why something happened to Gao Xianzhi!"
Hearing that it was related to Feilong and King Rong's rebellion, Ge Shuhan shut up in time. No matter how sorry he was for Feng Changqing, he could not let himself be involved in that case.
"Okay! I hope you treat him well along the way and don't abuse him."
"Don't worry, General. After all, my identity is here. I won't mistreat him. Let him explain the rights and wrongs to the emperor himself."
Feng Changqing was taken away, and Bian Lingcheng knew full well that Feng Changqing would definitely commit suicide in Huayin County out of fear of crime. The emperor had already expressed his stance that he would be guilty of the same crime as Gao Xianzhi, so that could only be the result.
Looking for an opportunity, Bian Lingcheng sent someone to find the deputy general Wang Sili. After a while, Wang Sili came to Bian Lingcheng's tent, cupped his fists and said: "The supervisor wants to see me for something?"
Bian Lingcheng took out a document and said, "The emperor's secret decree!"
Wang Sili was startled and quickly knelt down on one knee and said, "Wei Chen is here!"
Bian Lingcheng said slowly: "If Wang Sili leads his army to capture Luoyang, he can be named the county king. I admire this!"
Wang Sili was both excited and frightened: "I obey the order!"
Bian Lingcheng immediately went to the top of Tongguan City and ordered people to invite Ge Shuhan and Wang Sili.
Bian Lingcheng said: "The emperor has received news that Hebei has won a great victory. Hedong Jiedushi Li Guangbi and Shuofang Jiedushi Guo Ziyi have joined forces in Hebei. The Tang army is about to attack Youzhou. An Lushan has most likely led his army to go north to Youzhou. Luoyang is empty.
The Yan army's attack on Tongguan was a false attack, but in fact the troops were empty, so I hope you will seize this opportunity to recover Luoyang and the Central Plains."
Ge Shuhan was a little hesitant. If Luoyang was really empty, then Li Ye of Xiangyang should be the first to know.
He just received a letter from Li Ye yesterday, asking him to hold on to Tongguan and not fall into the enemy's trap.
"Supervisor, if Luoyang is empty, Li Ye's army should go north."
Bian Lingcheng hated hearing the name Li Ye the most. Bian Lingcheng said coldly: "He has always had ulterior motives. How can the general believe his words?"
Wang Sili next to him said: "General, An Lushan will lead the army to the north. It is indeed very possible. The family members of the generals of the Yan army are all in Youzhou. People must be panicked. Moreover, the Yan army has not attacked Tongguan in the past few days. It is better to lead a small army.
We will test the attack on Shaanzhou. If it fails, we will retreat to Guozhou."
Bian Lingcheng said calmly: "General Geshu, if in the end Li Guangbi captures Youzhou and Guo Ziyi captures Luoyang, you have an army of 200,000 but fail to seize the opportunity, I am afraid you will regret it."
Bian Lingcheng's words moved Ge Shuhan, who did not want Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi to take the final credit for quelling the chaos.
Ge Shuhan nodded and said to Wang Sili: "You can lead an army of 20,000 to attack Shaanzhou. If it goes against you, you can return immediately!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Wang Sili immediately led an army of 20,000 people to fight out of Tongguan and march toward Shaanxi County, a hundred miles away.