Chapter 469: Internal strife in Guanzhong (Part 2)

In the Zichen Palace Supervisor's Room, Li Hengyin was listening to Chen Xuanli's narration with a calm face.

"The news from his subordinates is true. When Wang Sili got Li Qing'an's complaint, he rushed to Xinfeng County impatiently. He had no intention of reporting to His Highness. From this small matter, we can see that Wang Sili had the intention to surrender to Li Qing'an. If he had not planned it earlier, the Guanzhong army would sooner or later be Li Qing'an's possession."

Chen Xuanli secretly looked at Li Heng's face and added jealousy: "Wang Sili is from Longyou, and his wife and daughter are both in Longyou. Now Longyou has been occupied by Li Qing'an, but he doesn't want to take his wife and daughter out. This is obviously because he trusts Li Qing'an more. His highness, he thinks that his desire to surrender to Li Qing'an is already obvious."

"Bang!" With a loud bang, Li Heng punched the table hard and said angrily: "It's because I trust him so much and handed over the Guanzhong army to him. How dare he treat me like this! In his heart, is Li Qing'an important or me important?"

Seeing that Li Heng was a little disobedient, Linghu Fei advised him: "Your Highness, please calm down. The reason why I tried him like this is because my subordinates heard that Li Qing'an had saved him in Tongguan, and he became grateful to Li Qing'an. However, my subordinates did not believe that he would betray Your Highness. I was just worried that once Your Highness asked him to do something that was not good for Li Qing'an, he would not do his best, which would probably fail our plan. So I support General Chen's suggestion and transfer him from the Guanzhong army as soon as possible."

Li Heng heard Linghu Fei's words make sense. After all, Wang Sili had a good relationship with him. He just listened to Chen Xuanli's provocation and was angry for a moment. Now that he calmed down, his anger slightly restrained. After thinking about it, he asked, "I want to transfer him to Henan Road, what do you think?"

Linghu Fei pondered for a moment and said, "It's good to transfer to Henan Road. The key is that he has to install someone around him, so he can report his movements to His Highness at any time."

"Sir, I've adopted this plan."

Li Heng said to Chen Xuanli again: "Now you rush to Xinfeng County immediately and handle this matter well, and have to be sincere. Just tell Li Qing'an that this was the soldiers' unauthorized act, which was a misunderstanding. If necessary, you can take some soldiers to punish them. In short, I don't want to make this matter too serious."

"I understand, this is going."

Chen Xuanli was in a very good mood. Although he could not convince Li Heng to kill Wang Sili, he could finally replace Wang Sili. This was a great victory. He bowed and left in a hurry.

After Chen Xuanli left, Li Heng sighed and said to Linghu Fei: "I am very worried that this incident will anger Li Qing'an, and I will be humiliated again for nothing. I always feel a little hasty in this plan."

"No! My plan is not hasty at all."

Linghu Fei knew that after Li Heng experienced the last miserable defeat in the court, he had already become afraid of Li Qing'an, and did not dare to attack again, and even accepted the current situation of the Political Affairs Hall. This is not possible. The court is like a battlefield, and there are always wins and losses. How can he admit defeat after losing once? He must turn back Li Heng's fear.

Linghu Fei walked a few steps behind his back and smiled and said, "My plan is actually a kill of three birds with one stone. You can test Wang Sili, or Li Qing'an, and then force him to give in."

Li Heng patted his forehead and said, "I know how to test Wang Sili, but I'm a little confused about how to test Li Qing'an and how to force him to give in. Sir, I might as well make it clear."

Linghu Fei nodded and said, "Actually, everyone cares about things. Li Qing'an is not a god. He cannot cover everything. He must be afraid of being attacked. What does he care about? From his analysis of Anxi's political strategy over the years, I found that he has been committed to the sinicization of Anxi. This is what he attaches most importance to. What is the fundamental reason for the sinicization? It is to migrate Han people. From the last time he moved 100,000 households from Hedong.

The people gave Li Longji hundreds of thousands of kilograms of silver. From the analysis of what he did, I knew that he attached great importance to the immigrant Anxi, so I asked His Highness to test him once this time. If he didn't care about the death and injury of these immigrants, it would mean that I was wrong. On the contrary, if he made great efforts to deal with the death and injury of these immigrants, it would mean that my inference was completely correct. Immigration is his life gate. As long as I grasp this point, I will have a way to make him compromise and concessions."

"Sir, you're so smart!"

Li Heng gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely: "No wonder Li Qing'an also recognizes his talent. I wonder how Mr. is going to force Li Qing'an?"

Linghu Fei said slowly: "The real cleverness is not about forcing, but about Jiang Taigong fishing. As long as Li Qingan understands his situation, I believe he will come to find Your Highness by himself."

"Mr. I'm worried that the price will be too high."

Linghu Fei smiled faintly and said, "Compared with the position of the Zhengshitang, a little Chen Lu is nothing first. Don't you also need to use bait when fishing? Besides, letting Chen Lu make sacrifices first will cut off the possibility of Chen Xuanli surrendering to Li Qing'an. Isn't that great?"

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In less than an hour, 30,000 Anxi cavalry arrived in Xinfeng County. The overwhelming cavalry occupied the official road, which stretched for five miles. The iron cavalry hit the ground like a heavy rain, and the earth was also shocked. When 30,000 iron cavalry roared past the side of Xinfeng County, the defenders of the county were so scared that they closed the city gate. This earth-shaking momentum made every soldier on the top of the city change color.

The 30,000 Anxi cavalry were ten miles away from the Guanzhong Army camp. The sound of horse hooves like thunder alarmed the Guanzhong Army camp. They shouted and were panicked.

Li Qingan, who had been waiting for an hour, also showed a proud smile. He had been waiting for the opportunity to give Guanzhong Army a warning. Today, this time has come.

Thirty thousand iron cavalry swept over and slowly slowed down. General Tian Zhen took the lead and rushed to Li Qing'an's side. He bowed and bowed and said, "I will arrive at the end!"

"very good!"

Li Qing'an's horse whip was standing in front of the camp and said coldly: "All around the camp is here. If anyone dares to provoke, kill them without any hesitation!"

Ten thousand horses ran wildly, covering the sky and the sun. Thirty thousand iron cavalry instantly surrounded the Guanzhong army's camp, as if a dark cloud covered the earth. Thirty thousand cavalrymen picked up spears and raised their shields, just like a forest of spears, with iron armor and sharp spears. The murderous aura emitted by this army of wars drowned the entire military camp.

The barracks were filled with Guanzhong soldiers holding crossbows. Their eyes were dull and their eyes were filled with fear of death. Many of them didn't understand why the Anxi Army surrounded them. Could it be that the two armies had already started a war?

Chen Luxian also rushed to the front of the camp gate. He couldn't help but take a breath of air. From the eyes of a commander, he could see the strength of this army from some details. The distance between the Anxi Army and their camp was very subtle. Two hundred steps was a distance of both offensive and defense. The bow and arrow could not be shot, and the strength of the crossbow arrows was over and it was difficult to have lethality. For the cavalry, two hundred steps was exactly the distance of a charge. From this, it can be seen that this army has rich practical experience.

At this moment, Chen Luxian felt a little regretful. He did not expect that Li Qing'an would send 30,000 cavalry to deal with this matter. He did not expect that this matter was so important to Li Qing'an. If he had known that it would have been like this, he would never have accepted this order.

What should I do now? The person has been killed, and the woman who entered the military camp was also eruditely humiliated by his personal soldiers last night. How did he explain this? Chen Luxian's sweat had already oozed out of his forehead and his heart was in a mess. The only way now is to wait for Chen Xuanli to mediate.

Thinking of this, he whispered: "No one can shoot arrows, those who violate the order will be killed!"

Li Qing'an stood three hundred steps away, and he looked at the soldiers in the military camp coldly. He was not in a hurry to take action. He was also waiting. He knew that the longer the confrontation, the greater the pressure on the soldiers, so that he could put an indelible mark on their hearts. Although there were only 10,000 people in this military camp, the soldiers would spread to each other. In less than three months, all the details of what happened today would be heard in the ears of every Guanzhong soldier, giving them a shadow.

At this time, Yan Zhuang appeared. He had been arranging military rations in Liangzhou for a while. He had just returned from Liangzhou in the middle of the night yesterday and happened to encounter this incident. Although Yan Zhuang could not see through what was hidden behind this incident, he vaguely felt that this incident would not be that simple based on his unique intuition about the conspiracy. It was very likely that it was a counterattack by the State Party. Since their defeat in the court, they had no counterattack. This was unreasonable. What happened today was just at the back of the eye.

Yan Zhuang did not agree with Li Qing'an's mobilization, but he did not see Li Qing'an and could not dissuade him. He urged him to step forward and said, "General!"

When Li Qingan turned around and saw that it was him, he couldn't help but be surprised and said, "When did sir come back?"

"I arrived in the middle of the night last night. Why did the general mobilize such a large army?"

Li Qingan sighed and said, "If I don't do this, the plan to immigrate 50,000 households to Anxi this time will fail. I must give these immigrants an explanation to give them a sense of security. I have to do so."

"The general should have a talk with Chen Xuanli. He should give the general a face and release the captured woman."

Li Qing'an shook his head and said, "It is not enough to just release people. There must be the most severe punishment. Otherwise, once I am not in Guanzhong, these Guanzhong troops will become more and more bullying Anxi immigrants. My immigration plan will be ruined, and the main evil will be punished, so that it will be effective in killing one person to warn a hundred. Will Chen Xuanli let me touch his clan brother?"

Seeing that Li Qing'an could not persuade him, Yan Zhuang had to sigh and said, "I'm worried that they have a conspiracy."

"Hmph! Conspiracy? They are just using immigration to threaten me. At worst, I will let the immigrants go to the inner lane. What can he threaten? But if you don't kill these people today, people in the world will think that I, Li Qing'an, is a sick cat."

Seeing that Li Qing'an had made up his mind, Yan Zhuang nodded and said, "What should the general be doing? Do you want to attack the military camp?"

"No! No need to attack."

Li Qingan denied Yan Zhuang's guess, and he smiled coldly and said, "I will force them to come to the door by themselves!"

Speaking of this, Li Qingan finally issued an order: "You can start!"

Immediately a cavalry rushed forward. He took an arrow and shot a letter into the military camp. A soldier picked it up to Chen Luxian, and there was only one sentence written on it: "Let someone be released within one quarter of an hour!"

"General, what should I do?" his personal captain asked in a low voice.

Chen Lu sighed first and said, "What else can you do? Let someone go immediately!"

After a moment, the camp gate opened, and nearly a hundred untidy women walked out of the camp slowly and walked out of the camp. They hugged each other and cried bitterly.

At this time, a team of female guards rushed out of the cavalry and came to the women, comforted them, and brought these poor women back to the team.

These poor women aroused the anger of the Anxi Army. They began to advance step by step, until they advanced a hundred steps before they stopped again and began to prepare for the charge.

At this time, another Anxi officer rushed to the gate and shouted: "Can the chief general in the army be there?"

Chen Lu first stepped forward and said, "I am!"

"My general has an order that all soldiers involved in murder and rape will be handed over to the person within half an hour. Otherwise, the Anxi Army will step into the barracks!"

The military camp was suddenly in an uproar. When these women were released just now, many soldiers were very puzzled. How could there be so many women in the military camp? Now they realized that someone among them killed someone and robbed women. Now Anxi Army came to settle the accounts.

Chen Luxian's face was pale. The moment he was most afraid of finally came. This was done by his five hundred personal guards. How could he hand it over? But if he handed it over to others, he would definitely be seen through. Chen Luxian gritted his teeth and suddenly turned around and cut his personal guard captain over with a knife. "Yu Er, this is what you do!"

He waved his sword and slashed the five or six personal soldiers beside him, "Zhao Wulang, Luo Da, Qin Feng, you all participate!"

The personal soldiers around him were so scared that they turned around and fled, but the other soldiers hated that they had implicated themselves, so they took action together, pressed more than 20 people down and tied them up.

Chen Lu first knew that he would not be able to pass this level without making any gestures. He took off his clothes, barely wore his upper body, and tied a few wooden strips on his back, which was considered as accusing him of carrying a thorn.

The camp gate opened, Chen Lu walked out naked, and hundreds of soldiers followed him, one by one, trembling. Many people were holding plates, with more than a dozen heads in the plates, and more than twenty people were tied out in a string.

Chen Lu first walked to Li Qing'an's mount, knelt down, and said, "The low-level military management is not strict, which has led to soldiers committing traitors and serious violations of military rules. He will give those who murder and rape them to the general and be punished!"

Li Qingan glanced at him, pointed at the horse whip and said, "Take it down and interrogate!"

Hundreds of cavalry immediately rushed out and carried these prisoners into the team like a chicken. Chen Luxian was so scared that he fell to the ground and shivered. He thought Li Qing'an would immediately order beheading, but he didn't expect that he would be interrogated. Wouldn't this interrogation be exposed?

After a moment, an officer stepped forward and whispered a few times in Li Qing'an's ear. Li Qing'an leaned over and smiled at Chen Luxian and said, "General Chen, you are very good at acting!"

"General, I...I"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Qingan ordered: "Tie this person!"

Several Anxi generals Chen Luxian tied up all over the place. At this time, Li Qing'an shouted at the military camp again: "The deputy general comes out and talks to me!"

After a moment, a general ran out of the barracks and bowed half to Li Qing'an and said, "The last general Yao Xinshan is the deputy general of the Xinfeng County garrison!"

"You don't have to be afraid, I won't kill you. Now the murderer has found out that it was Chen Luxian and his five hundred personal guards. I'll order you to hand over all his personal guards, and I will spare you this time."

The deputy general nodded and said, "The last general obeys the order!"

He ran back to the camp. At this time, Chen Lu suddenly shouted hysterically, "Li Qing'an, my eldest brother is Chen Xuanli. If you kill me, you will become the enemy of the Guanzhong Army!"

"Li Qing'an... Woo woo!"

Chen Lu wanted to scold again first, but the soldiers blocked his mouth with rags. Yan Zhuang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General, maybe this person knows something, so why not ask him."
To be continued...