Chapter 421 The Third Column

Li Qingan did not expect Li Qiu to come to visit him at this time. He knew that Li Qiu was the confidant of the Supreme Emperor Li Heng. So what information would Li Qiu bring about when he came at this time?

Li Qingan pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Take him to see me!"

Soon, several personal soldiers brought Li Qi into the tent. Li Qi bowed and bowed: "Li Qi will meet His Highness King Zhao!"

"Young prince, don't be so polite. Just call me the general. That's what Anxi people call it."

Li Qingan smiled slightly and waved his hand and said, "Come on! Please sit down."

Seeing that he was lukewarm and warm to him, Li Qiu couldn't help feeling a little nervous. He sat down and Li Qing'an asked his personal soldiers to serve him a cup of tea. Then he smiled and said, "Did the little prince come from Chang'an?"

Li Qiu's heart was shocked, as if his secret had been discovered by Li Qing'an. He was panicked in his eyes, and he hurriedly said, "The General is right, I'm from Chang'an."

Li Qing'an saw the panic in Li Qi's eyes. He did not pursue it, but smiled silently: "It was indeed beyond my expectations for the arrival of the little prince tonight. I don't know if the situation in Chang'an is too chaotic. The little prince came to me to escape? He also cared about King Qing's recent situation and wanted to visit relatives in Anxi?"

Li Qiu laughed dryly, "Not one, actually I am just an intermediary, and I am entrusted by someone to make a deal with the general."

"Who is entrusted?" Li Qingan asked the truth.

"This... the general should know who it is!"

"No! I don't know."

After being silent for a long time, Li Qiu had to sigh and whisper: "It's the Supreme Emperor."

"What!"

Li Qingan was shocked, and his surprised expression seemed to be about to pop out, "What are you saying, Supreme Emperor, I heard it right! How is that possible?"

At this time, Li Qi wanted to pounce on him and strangle Li Qingan to death. How could he not know, but pretended to be confused here. Li Qi held back and said, "General, don't be surprised. I told the truth. It was indeed the Supreme Emperor who ordered me to come to you."

As he said that, Li Qi took out a gold medal and handed it to Li Qing'an: "This is the gold medal given to the general when the Supreme Emperor was still the crown prince. Later, the general returned it to the Supreme Emperor. It is this Qilin gold medal. The general still remembers it!"

Li Qingan took over the gold medal, stroked it for a moment, and sighed: "So many years have passed in a flash, but the past is like yesterday, which is nostalgic!"

He sighed for a long time and asked again: "Did the Supreme Emperor not have any letters to me?"

Li Qiu was always worried that Li Qingan would not recognize his relationship with Li Heng. Now that he finally admitted it, Li Qiu was so excited that he quickly said, "Some words cannot be put on paper. The Supreme Emperor ordered me to bring a message. At that time, the general would not have to write anything on paper. I would pass it on to the Supreme Emperor, so that neither side would have any pressure."

"I think very thoughtful, okay! You say, I'll listen."

Li Qiu was about to speak, but he looked at the personal soldiers next to him, and wanted to speak but stopped. Li Qingan smiled and said, "These are all my confidants, but it's okay to say it."

"That's right, the Supreme Emperor asked me to retell, hoping that the General can support him with all his strength as before."

"Support him?"

Li Qingan was really a little surprised and didn't react for a while, "You mean, the Supreme Emperor wants to ascend the throne?"

Even Li Qingan didn't believe his conclusion. Is Li Heng trying to seize the throne of his son? Li Qiu shook his head, "This may not be the case, but the Supreme Emperor is very dissatisfied with the Supreme Emperor's actions. He believes that the Supreme Emperor's random actions will lead the Tang Dynasty to destruction. He wants to establish a new emperor, and it should be the Supreme Emperor's brother. It is not clear yet, but the Supreme Emperor hopes that the General can support him. In return, he will agree to the conditions proposed by the General."

The sudden news caught Li Qingan off guard. He had been paying attention to the struggle between Li Yu and Li Longji, but he did not expect that at the most critical moment, a third column would emerge. It was really three generations of ancestors and grandchildren, and none of them were idle. Could it be that Emperor Suzong of Tang in history really wanted to make a comeback?

Although Li Qingan was extremely surprised, he still calmed down and quickly calmed down. He understood Li Heng, a man who was very cunning and would never speak loudly. For example, if he wanted to establish a new emperor, this was not something he said casually. He must have had something to rely on to say such words. What would he have to rely on?

Thinking of this, Li Qing'an frowned and said, "Although I have a little strength, I am the governor of Anxi after all, and I am far away from Chang'an. I am worried that I will be out of reach and that I can't help the Emperor's gang, which will disappoint him."

Li Qiu smiled slightly and said, "The general's army has occupied Huizhou. Is it still far from Chang'an?"

"Haha! The little prince is really good at joking. Actually, I am just worried that I am weak and cannot help the Supreme Emperor."

Li Qiu understood what Li Qing'an meant, but was just trying to find out Li Heng's strength. Before leaving, Li Heng said to himself that there were some things to say, and some things that could not be said. He thought about it and said, "I don't hide it from the general. The left prime minister Wang Gong and the Minister of War Chen Xilie have made it clear that they will support the Supreme Emperor. Some former Eastern Palace members, such as the general's father-in-law, also had a great time talking to the Supreme Emperor."

Li Qingan looked at Li Qiu for a long time. He believed that Li Qiu was telling the truth, but before reaching an agreement with him, they could not tell themselves their true strength. Since even a left prime minister like Wang Gong has said something, what else is there to be greater than Wang Gong?

Only the army, only the army is more powerful than the support of the Zuo Prime Minister. It shouldn't be An Lushan. With Li Yu in his hands, he would never like the old guy Li Heng. Who would it be?

He asked without saying a word, "Where is the army?"

Li Qiu shook his head and sighed, "It's just that the army does not have one, so he can ask for it."

At this time, someone suddenly jumped out of Li Qing'an's heart. Thinking of Li Qiu's panic at the beginning, Li Qing'an felt enlightened and laughed in his heart. It turned out to be him.

"General, how about it? Can you consider it?"

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "This matter is of great importance. Let me think about it carefully. Next time, I will give the Supreme Emperor a positive answer."

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Li Qiu said goodbye and left, but Li Qingan was a little upset and paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back. He did not expect Li Heng to take action. The wolf was so hidden so deeply, nor did he expect his ambition to be so great. Of course, Li Qingan did not believe that Li Heng would really want to shake hands with him again, and his ambition was also difficult to cover up. Looking for his own support is undoubtedly a trick with the tiger. It can be seen that he just wanted to use himself and threw it away after the use was finished. Therefore, it is undoubtedly unrealistic to propose long-term goals, such as immigration, etc.

In fact, he wanted to use himself, but why couldn't he use him? In order to achieve his goals, Li Qing'an's purpose this time was also very clear. In addition to taking back Hexi, he also had deeper political goals. Everyone was watching that position, but their own methods and strategies were different. Li Qing'an's methods were to take every step and look far, and he believed that the final victory must belong to him.

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Chang'an, as the army of the three major military governors entered Guanzhong one after another, the atmosphere in Chang'an became even more tense. This was a situation that no one would have thought of ten years ago. All military governors were restless one by one. Jiannan, Shuofang, Hexi, Longyou, and An Lushan from Fanyang, Hedong, called out outside Tongguan. Only Li Qing'an from Anxi did not come to join in the fun. However, a well-informed person had already spoken, and Li Qing'an did not stay in Anxi honestly. His army had already crossed the Yellow River and arrived in Huizhou. In other words, it would be a matter of time before Li Qing'an entered Guanzhong.

But this ending was expected by most people. The two imperial powers fought for the throne and finally had to rely on the army. Therefore, it was normal for the army to come to Guanzhong. It only made the common people suffer. After a brief decline, the food price in Chang'an soared again. The fear of war caused every household to start storing grain. Chang'an launched a rush to buy grain, from a hundred cigarette to three hundred cigarettes of rice, and finally it was until a thousand cigarette of rice. It was only after the imperial court's intervention of the low price of 500,000 cigarettes of grain, which still set a record. In the early years of Tianbao, the rice was only ten cigarettes of rice, but it increased by eighty times in just over a decade. This had to prove from the side that the Tang Dynasty was in decline.

Of course, this is related to the factors of war. Not only food, but also food, food, food, food, everything is soaring. Students are not interested in studying, officials are not interested in attending courts, and the restaurants and brothels are full of customers. Many people want to enjoy their lives before the troubled times come. Even the major martial arts halls in Chang'an are full of students. Every household wants to send their sons to practice martial arts in order to protect themselves in troubled times.

In the afternoon, the bells of the imperial city and Daming Palace rang dullly like every day, but there were very few officials coming out, almost all of them were officials from important departments, such as the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, the Dali Temple, the Taifu Temple and other departments. The leisure departments such as the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Guanglu Temple, and the Honglu Temple were even fewer, and no matter how many officials from the East Palace were, they were missing.

But in the imperial study room of Zichen Palace, Li Yu, the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, was almost breathless by the tense situation. A battle was fought by Tongguan. An Lushan sent 20,000 troops to attack Tongguan, while Wang Sili fought with 80,000 troops. Although An Lushan's army could not capture Tongguan and retreated, thousands of casualties, the defenders in Tongguan were killed and injured, nearly 15,000 people were killed and injured, one was defending and the other was attacking, while the defending army was several times injured and killed and killed and injured by the attacking side. This only shows that the defense's combat effectiveness was weak. Li Yu was worried about this. If An Lushan did not care about death and injury, and attacked Tongguan several times on a large scale, Tongguan might be lost, or An Lushan's army crossed the Yellow River and pressed from the west, the situation in Guanzhong would also collapse.

In addition to An Lushan, there was also a small battle in Hanzhong. Both sides suffered casualties and did not affect the overall situation. In fact, what Li Yu was most worried about was Feng Xiang's confrontation between the three armies. He never expected that Geshuhan also sent troops. Geshuhan, Gao Xianzhi, Guo Ziyi, and the three armies were in a confrontation. No one dared to take action easily, which made people so nervous that their hearts were almost broken.

What to do? How to break this deadlock? Li Yu was worried and looked at his master Li Mi, but Li Mi was also a little confused. He didn't know Ge Shuhan's attitude, the most critical piece in the entire Guanzhong chess game.

At this moment, urgent footsteps suddenly came from outside, and an eunuch ran to report: "Your Majesty, urgent information, Yanzhou government came to report, and found that An Lushan's tens of thousands of troops had crossed the Yellow River."
Chapter completed!