Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 258 Pleading for Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi
In the end, after Li Fei comforted her, she sent Princess Yangu back to Khitan. This time, Princess Yangu failed to take away any Khitan women and children from the Andong Protectorate.

However, in order to stabilize Princess Yangu's position as the leader and let the Khitan people in the Khitan Grassland recognize her as the female leader, Li Fei issued an order to allow the Khitan people on the Khitan Grassland to trade freely with the Anton Governor's Mansion. The government can buy or exchange all commodities including food, iron pots, and ready-made clothes to improve the lives of the Khitan people in the Khitan Grassland.

The most important of these are undoubtedly grain and iron pots. You must know that the price of grain in the Anton Governor's Mansion is not expensive at all nowadays. The Dongdu Protectorate was replaced by food, but it was enough to feed 80 to [-] people for a day.There is also an iron pot, which is also one of the living tools that are scarce in the grassland. The price of an iron pot is even more expensive than three sheep on the grassland, but the Anton Governor's Mansion only costs a hundred yuan.

Even if it's just for food and iron pots, the Khitan people on the Khitan Grassland should also acquiesce in the status of Princess Yangu, and over time, acquiescence will become a habit.

Moreover, when the Khitan people on the Khitan Grassland have formed a dependence on the cheap goods from the Anton Protectorate, they are also inseparable from the Andong Protectorate, which is also considered a kind of economic control.

"Finally sent that troublesome girl back."

"Husband is talking about sister Yeluyan?" Lin Shiyue asked.

"Who else but her." Li Fei replied with a smile.

"In my opinion, Sister Yeluyan is quite cute. She is the princess of Khitan, and she is so beautiful. Could it be that my husband has never been attracted to her?" Lin Shiyue said half-jokingly.

"Cute? The lady is much cuter than her." Li Fei shook his head: "I have to fall in love with her because she is beautiful. Don't think of your husband so superficially, please. One day, I will see a beautiful one. If you want one, we'll see how you cry when the time comes."

Li Fei put his arms around Lin Shiyue's waist, sat with her on the warm kang, pinched her nose and laughed.

After defeating the Khitan and Xi people, all that remains is to guard against Pin Ludao.

As the An Lushan rebel army has crossed the Yellow River, the world will become more and more chaotic. The current strength of the Andong Protectorate is still a little weaker.

Li Fei summoned all the generals to discuss increasing the number of soldiers and horses in the Anton Governor's Mansion.

"Master Jiedu, the Anton Protectorate's military force has long been fixed. The maximum number is [-] soldiers. Without the imperial court's order, how is it appropriate to increase the number of troops indiscriminately?" Du Fu frowned.

Li Fei shook his head and said: "I can't wait for the imperial court's order, it's important to protect the mansion for the safety of the Eastern Capital!"

"Nowadays, the Anlushan rebels have crossed the Yellow River, and have even descended to Lingchang, Bianzhou, and Chenliu. They are now attacking Rongyang and Luoyang, and are pointing directly at Chang'an City. In order to resist the Anlushan rebels, the imperial court set up a The Jiedu Envoy of Shuofang appointed the Jiedu Envoy of Henan, and ordered to recruit a large number of soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, Shuofang, Henan, Jiannan, Shannan and other places. These places are all the front lines against Anlu Mountain. Pinglu Road, one of Anlu Mountain's lairs, is next to each other, and if we say that the only one that can directly threaten Anlu Mountain's lair, it is our Anton Governor's Mansion."

"The reason why the imperial court didn't come here is because the Anton Protectorate's Mansion was blocked by the Anlushan rebels and the court couldn't get in touch. It's not that we don't want our Anton Protectorate's Mansion to also strengthen our own strength."

"Take the matter of the last expedition as an example. I have led the army to the foot of Youzhou City. However, due to the lack of troops, I dare not attack the city indiscriminately. Otherwise, given the importance of Youzhou City, if Youzhou City is lost, Anlu Mountain will be defeated. The army may be in a state of confusion, and the imperial court can use this to defeat the An Lushan rebellion." Li Fei shook his head and sighed.

He said it not only for Du Fu, but also for some other staid officials in Anton.

"Although An Lushan's troops in Pinglu, Youzhou, and Hedong are not many, but An Lushan must order these places to increase their troops for his own ambitions. It will not take a few months. Maybe Fan Yang alone, There will be more than [-] rebels on the front line of Pinglu, and if we still have only less than [-] troops in the Anton Protectorate, how will we defend? Not to mention attacking Youzhou, Pinglu, and helping the court put down the rebellion Therefore, increasing the number of troops is inevitable!"

"What Jiedu Envoy said is very true." Although some officials were more rigid, they were not completely ignorant of right and wrong. They knew that the matter was urgent, and they could understand Li Fei's explanation, so they did not continue to speak out against it.

"The subordinates also feel that Lord Jiedu Envoy's proposal is very necessary, but I don't know how much the Lord Jiedu Envoy plans to increase his troops?" Lu Xin asked.

"Let's increase it to [-] as much as possible." Li Fei thought for a while and said.

[-] troops are actually far from enough, but this is probably the limit that Anton's Protectorate can reach now, and it is difficult to think of more.After all, the total population of Anton's Protectorate is here, and the production of various industries in Anton cannot be stopped. Li Fei is also very helpless.

Immediately, Lu Xin, Zhang Said, and Wu Sheng presided over the recruitment and training of soldiers.

Li Fei paid close attention to the battle reports from the south.

Although Fan Yang and Ping Lu blocked the Anton Protectorate's access to information from the Central Plains, the sea channel was still open, and the intelligence could be delivered to the Anton Protectorate by sea.

On December 29, Li Fei learned the latest news. An Lushan army stormed Rongyang City, the gateway to Luoyang, the eastern capital. Feng Changqing led [-] recruited troops to defend Rongyang for three days, but suffered heavy casualties. On the fourth day, they couldn't hold on any longer, and Rongyang City was immediately captured by Anlu Mountain.

When Rongyang City fell, Feng Changqing retreated to Luoyang with the remnant soldiers, and An Lushan was also leading the army to point directly at Luoyang City.

"Luoyang City cannot be defended. Once Luoyang City is lost, the two pillars of Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi will probably be destroyed by Tang Xuanzong himself in a short time." Li Fei thought of history and said with a sigh.

Although he doesn't know the specific details of the history, Li Fei is very clear about the general trend of An Lushan's all the way to conquer Chang'an City and finally proclaim himself emperor in Chang'an City.

As for Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, shortly after the fall of Luoyang City, they were beheaded by Tang Xuanzong's decree, making Datang lose two famous generals with many battles in vain. Otherwise, Anlu Mountain may not be able to capture Chang'an City.

The so-called Qianjun is easy to get and a general is hard to find, Li Fei absolutely can't bear to just look at Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi like this, because Tang Xuanzong lost his life for nothing because of Tang Xuanzong's ignorance.

After hesitating for a while, Li Fei still decided to make some efforts, maybe there is some hope of saving the lives of Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi.

Immediately afterwards, Li Fei wrote a letter with his own hand, and asked someone to send it from the sea, first to Jiangnan, and finally to Chang'an City. He only hoped that everything would be in time.
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