Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

"What do you think?" Ji Ruxue pressed the knife in her hand a little harder.

"Presumptuous! Put the knife down quickly!"

Liuzi's expression changed, and he immediately pulled out the purple gold hammer and pointed it at Ji Ruxue. With a speed that was only between Xumi and Xumi, he put the tip of the hammer against Ji Ruxue's throat.

Seeing the latter's frown, she didn't expect that this humble man could be so powerful in martial arts, even three points better than when she was in his prime.

"Six sons, please don't be rude." Signaling the six sons to remove their weapons, Fan Xin said calmly to Ji Ruxue: "As you think, I am none other than Fan Xin, with the title of King Yan!"

As soon as these words came out, Ji Ruxue's beautiful eyes narrowed and she stared at Fan Xin closely: "It's really you, the traitor. No wonder I think you look familiar. It turns out it's really you!" After that, she was about to take action.

At the critical moment, Fan Xin suddenly said.

"You may not know that just yesterday Fan Yang Jiedushi An Lushan led an army of 200,000 to attack several towns one after another, and the troops were directed towards Tongguan."

Swish!
The blade stopped in front of Fan Xin's chest,
Ji Ruxue said with a cold face: "You mean An Lushan rebelled?"

She had reminded the emperor at the beginning that Hu people could not be trusted, but the emperor did not listen to her at all because of the confusion of Yang Guozhong and the three Yang sisters.

He even sent Yang Xiuting to get rid of him. Thinking of these Ji Ruxue felt helpless.

"Of course, the 180,000 new troops of the Tang Dynasty, plus the remnants of the Khitan, the Xi clan, and the Wei clan, a total of 200,000 people, captured several counties around Luoyang with overwhelming momentum."

"You have been in a bad religion all year round, so you should know what this means." Fan Xin said calmly.

Ji Ruxue shuddered, and her pretty face instantly turned pale. Most of the well-trained sergeants in recent years have been sent to the border towns. The ones left behind in Chang'an are recruits who have never fought in a war. Let such people resist Anlu. Mountain, is it possible? "

Seeing that she figured out the key, Fan Xin smiled slightly and pushed away the tip of the sword.

"Yes, it is basically impossible to expect the new army of the imperial court to defeat Anlu Mountain in the short term. Even if it is suppressed later, it will cause unbearable damage to the Tang Dynasty."

"Right now, only my army can destroy the rebels. Do you want to cooperate with me?"

"how to cooperate?"

"Simple, hand over the list of all members of the Bad Cult and the information you have!"

"Impossible!" Ji Ruxue refused without thinking. The reason why bad people are awe-inspiring is not because of their high martial arts skills, but because of their disguised identities that no one knows.

Handing over the list can certainly eliminate An Lushan, but at the same time the bad religion will no longer exist.

Fan Xin was not surprised by her answer and turned around and walked out.

"I'll give you one day to think about it. If you don't agree to cooperate after one day, don't blame me for standing idly by."

"Also, Ge Shuhan has already arrived at Tongguan. With Li Longji's character of overjoying success, he will soon be urged to come out for a decisive battle. You should know what this means."

After that, he opened the door and walked out.

When they came outside, Liu Zi hesitated and said: Your Majesty, the rebels are cruel. What if they lead troops to Qianling? There is the tomb of Emperor Zetian. "

"Send someone to tell An Lushan that if he dares to disturb the Great Sage Emperor Zetian, I will cut him into pieces even if he goes to heaven or earth!"

"Order Lin Tie to lead an army of 100,000 and march to Qianling immediately. No one is allowed to disturb the Great Sage Emperor Zetian!" Fan Xin said coldly.

"I will obey your orders!" Liuzi clasped his fists, hurriedly wrote a secret letter, tied it to the carrier pigeon's leg and let it go.

……

Tongguan, outside, Anjun camp.

At this time, the place was filled with soldiers wearing armor, and everyone had a solemn look on their face.

"An Qingxu, I ordered you to be the forward general, and this is how you repay me? The army has been attacking the city for five consecutive hours, and you haven't even made any progress. How do you ask me to explain!"

A middle-aged man named An Qingxu knelt on the ground with his right hand on his chest and said.

"Father, it's not that the child is incompetent, but that brother Shu Han can't avoid fighting all day long, and we lack siege equipment, so..."

"Hmph, trash!"

Shi Siming on the side smiled and smoothed things over: "Commander An, calm down. Tongguan has been a dangerous place since ancient times. It is understandable that Qingxu has not made any progress. I have a plan to get Brother Shuhan to come out."

Hearing this, An Lushan's eyes lit up: "Oh? Do you have any plans?"

Shi Siming whispered a few words in An Lushan's ear, which made An Lushan laugh and praise.

"You are worthy of being my most trusted helper. This plan is indeed sophisticated. I will do as you say."

Speaking of this, An Lushan said to his son: "An Qingxu, learn from General Shi in the future, and don't let stupidity blind your brain."

"Hahaha" the generals in the big tent laughed loudly. Amid everyone's laughter, An Qingxu said yes, stood up and walked out.

But what no one saw was that his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Just when An Lushan and others were laughing, a soldier suddenly broke into the tent, holding a letter in both hands.

"Commander Qi, there is a letter from King Yan Xin!"

"Fan Xin? Why is he writing to me?" An Lushan frowned, signaled the generals to be quiet, and took the letter.

However, when he saw the content clearly, he kicked the table over in anger and shouted: "This is too much!"

"What's wrong, Commander? What does the letter say?" the soldiers asked curiously.

"Hmph, what else can I do? Keep my army away from Qianling, otherwise we will be wiped out in an instant!"

Hearing these words, the generals sitting there looked at each other vaguely, and the expressions on their faces flashed away.

He thought to himself: "His Royal Highness, King Yan, is indeed very affectionate and loyal. Even now, he is still thinking about the Great Sage Emperor Zetian. If they had not been ordered to accompany An Lushan in the rebellion, they would really want to lead the army back to the prince's rule."

Shi Siming pondered for a while and then said: "Commander An, calm down. As far as I know, Fan Xin has an elite army of 500,000 people, which is far stronger than us."

"Furthermore, this person has an extremely deep relationship with Wu Zetian. He even didn't steal the country for her. If Li Longji hadn't pushed too hard, I'm afraid he would still be in Youzhou today."

"We must not offend such a person!"

These words were like pouring cold water on An Lushan, instantly extinguishing his anger.

Yes, how could he forget Fan Xin, the strongest person.

After thinking this, An Lushan coughed and said: "Go on, no one is allowed to enter the Qianling Mausoleum in Liangshan without an order from me. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"

"I will obey your orders!" All the generals shouted in unison.

An Lushan shook his head, walked out with his hands behind his back, and muttered.

"Damn it, Fan Xin wants to overwhelm me even in Luoyang. The more you have, the more powerful you will be!"

After walking out of the tent, An Lushan rode a horse and looked at Tongguan in the distance. He said coldly: "Pass this commander's order to retreat immediately!"

"Commander, what did you say, retreat?" The accompanying generals thought they had heard wrongly. It was a critical period for the battle for the city. If they ordered a retreat without authorization, they would probably lose many soldiers.

"This general said to retreat immediately!"

After confirming that An Lushan ordered the retreat, all the soldiers looked at each other in confusion, and finally could only blow the retreat horn. As soon as the trumpet sounded, the rebels who were attacking Tongguan suddenly stopped in their offensive, and then surged back like an ebbing tide.

Although the Tang army in the city didn't know why the rebels retreated, they naturally would not miss the opportunity to beat the drowned dog, and they bent their bows and shot arrows.

As a result, under the arrows of the Tang army, the crowded rebels became even more confused. By the time they retreated to the camp, they had lost thousands of people.

Seeing the corpses of the rebels on the ground, Tang Jun on the city wall was stunned for a moment, and then burst into shocking cheers. After being blocked in the pass for so long, he finally got angry.

Tongguan Commandery.

Ge Shuhan was wearing a white shirt, sitting behind the case, coughing violently while reading the report.

On his left and right sides, there were ten armored generals sitting on each side.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and a soldier with the command flag rushed in, knelt on one knee and said: "Report to General Geshu, the rebels have been defeated, and three thousand have been killed!"

These words are like throwing a huge boulder into the calm water, causing a huge wave.

The entire handsome manor was boiling.

"That's great. An Lushan has many soldiers and generals and has repeatedly attacked our Tongguan. After this battle, his morale will be severely damaged!"

"As expected of General Geshu, he severely damaged the Anlushan rebels as soon as he arrived!"

Among the generals, a chamberlain in a red python robe raised his hand to Ge Shuhan and said, "Congratulations to General Ge Shu, congratulations to General Ge Shu, you immediately severely damaged the bastard An Lushan as soon as you took action!"

"The Zajia family must report this great victory to His Majesty as soon as possible!"

Facing the compliments of the generals, Ge Shuhan didn't take it seriously, but the servant couldn't do it and said politely.

"Eunuch Xi, I'm sorry. We are all His Majesty's ministers. We are just doing our duty."

"General Geshu can still speak."

The chamberlain covered his mouth and smiled, and then said: "The Za family thought An Lushan was so powerful before, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that."

"General Geshu, the Za family thought it would be better to open the door, let the imperial army out, and defeat the Ping'an Lushan rebels in one fell swoop."

"This way we can return to Chang'an as soon as possible."

In the past few days since he came to Tongguan, Xilaishun has been exposed to wind and sun every day. He no longer wants to stay here. If the rebels were not still outside the city, he would have gone back to Chang'an at all costs.

How could he not be happy if he saw signs of ending the war.

However, what displeased Xilaishun was that Ge Shuhan didn't leave any face to him and shook his head in refusal.

"No, the main force of the rebels is still there, and their military strength is much higher than ours. We must not leave the border for a decisive battle at this time. We should continue to guard the border."

"But…."

"Eunuch Xi, don't say any more. If anything happens, I will be responsible for it, the general!"

Seeing Ge Shuhan's impatient expression, he stood up with joy, his face turning blue and white.

After all, he was also the personal chamberlain in front of the emperor. Many royal nobles were respectful to him when they saw him. How had they ever received this anger?

"Okay, okay, General Geshu is in charge of Tongguan, so the Za family really doesn't need to say much, huh, farewell!"

Looking at Eunuch Xi's back, Li Boxan on the side whispered: "General, the Xi Supervisor Army is someone sent by His Majesty to monitor us. I'm afraid it won't be good to offend him, right?"

Ge Shuhan put down the report, leaned on the handsome chair, and sighed: "Alas, compared to the hundreds of thousands of generals in Tongguan City, this general can only offend the Xi Supervisor Army."

"I hope your Majesty can understand my good intentions."

On the other side, after Xilaishun returned to the camp, he became more and more angry as he thought about it. He walked to the table, picked up a brush and wrote a letter, and then found two guards.

"You two will immediately deliver this memorial to His Majesty. Remember, no one except Eunuch Gao is allowed to open it and read it!"

"Yes!"

The two guards clasped their fists, took the secret fold and ran towards Chang'an at full speed. Soon they arrived outside the palace gate. After some inspection, they ran straight to the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace.

"Your Majesty, there is a secret message coming from the Xiyuan Army!" A guard at the gate bowed and said.

"Let him in!"

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty has a decree, and the messenger of the Provincial Supervisory Army is here to see you!"

After saying this, the two guards crossed the threshold and came to the Xuanzheng Hall. They knelt on their knees and held up the secret fold.

Gao Lishi walked down the steps, took the secret fold and sent it to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, please read it."

"Ah."

Li Longji opened the secret fold and took a casual look, then slapped the big case with his palm and said angrily.

"Shu Han, such a good brother, dares to support a bandit to respect himself! This is simply unreasonable!"

This sudden scene startled Gao Lishi, and he quickly asked: "What happened on the front line to make you so angry?"

"Humph, what else can happen?" Li Longji snorted heavily and sneered: "This brother Shu Han, I put all my trust in him in vain. He could easily defeat the Anlu Mountain rebels, but he huddled in Tongguan, raising Kou respects himself.”

"Could it be that he wants to be the second An Lushan?"

"Come here and prepare a decree. Nell and others must come out and quell the rebels within three days. If there is any delay, we will be treated as treason!"

After that, he walked away!
Just when Li Longji's imperial edict rushed to the Tongguan camp at a rapid speed of one hundred thousand, An Lushan's army at this time was not having a hard time.

After several consecutive days of retreat, the army lost nearly ten thousand people. However, even so, Ge Shuhan still cowered in Tongguan and could not come out no matter how much they insulted him, it was of no avail.

"Si Ming, is this the strategy you mentioned to lure the enemy out of seclusion?" An Lushan said dissatisfiedly as he glanced at Shi Siming beside him.

Shi Siming coughed awkwardly: "Commander, please calm down. Ge Shuhan is also a famous veteran after all. He can naturally see our strategy. It is impossible to expect him to come out of Tongguan."

"Then you still..."

"The last general has not said a word. Although Ge Shuhan refuses to send troops, Li Longji is not a patient person. If the battle of Tongguan is delayed for one more day, the court's money and food will be consumed for one more day."

"Those military eunuchs who are so happy about their achievements must want to end the war as soon as possible and take back their great achievements."

"Do you think Ge Shuhan dare not leave Tongguan under such circumstances?"

Hearing what he said, An Lushan's face finally looked better: "If that's the case, then I'll be relieved."

"Yes, with Li Longji's character of being very happy with his achievements, he will definitely not let Ge Shuhan cower in Tongguan."

"It is estimated that the imperial edict urging the war is already on its way."

"Forget it, pass on the order, and the army will be fully prepared. Once Ge Shuhan leads the army out of Tongguan, these Tang troops must be wiped out!" An Lushan said with high spirits. (End of chapter)