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Chapter 368 Zhang Xuan's Fame Has Reached the Peak!

Chapter 376 Zhang Xuan's Fame Has Reached the Peak!
In Zhang Xuan's plan, not only would he not kill Yan Zhenqing, but he would also create an opportunity for Yan Zhenqing to atone for his crimes and avoid the tragic fate of being executed by Li Heng's order in the future.

On the one hand, of course, it is due to the consideration of the war situation and the general trend of the world.The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Yan Zhenqing are not strong in combat effectiveness, and their morale is not stable. Only by letting Yan Zhenqing reorganize the army can they gradually stabilize.But when the enemy is in front of the battle, beheading the generals will seriously damage the morale of the imperial army and horses.

On the other hand, as a time traveler, Zhang Xuan knew better than anyone else that even though Yan Zhenqing was not a qualified commander in the military, he was definitely a capable minister and capable in governing the country.For such a historical celebrity, Zhang Xuan naturally had to find a way to preserve it.After all, after the Anshi Rebellion subsides, a world full of waste is in need of talents like Yan Zhenqing.

Yan Zhenqing was not an idiot either, of course he saw Zhang Xuan's intention to protect him, and the shame and gratitude in his heart were unparalleled.

After Yan Zhenqing led his troops into Shan County, Zhang Xuan led an army of more than [-] troops to guard Tongguan, and did not launch a major counterattack against Henan and Luoyang.

Feng Changqing and others knew the news that Zhang Xuan was waiting to leave the cloud to attack the Jingyuan army in the hinterland of Anlu Mountain, the news that Tubo's Li Guangbi attacked Luoxie City, and the news from Shi Siming's side.

The An Lushan rebels learned that Zhang Xuan led the army to block Tongguan, and they did not organize an attack. They huddled in the occupied counties and counties, and the two sides launched a temporarily peaceful confrontation.

Of course, An Lushan, who proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, was not satisfied with this.

An Lushan was in a difficult situation all the way, and finally met Zhang Xuan and suffered the first defeat.For the morale of the imposing Fan Yang rebels, this is not a small blow.

When Emperor Li Heng of the Tang Dynasty was about to arrive in Lingzhou City, he was overjoyed when he received the military reports of the Great Victory in Shan County and the Great Victory in Tongguan.Li Heng immediately ordered Yang Guozhong to draft an imperial edict to praise Zhang Xuan and the Longshuo army, canonize Gele, the prince of Huihe, as the king of Dingping County, promote Li Siye to be the general of the Shenwu Army, and Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun to be the left and right commanders of the Shence Army General.

Almost at the same time, Li Guangbi and Yang Lian captured the royal court of Tubo, killed Chisong Dezan, and promoted Stanley as the king of Tubo. The news of victory also spread to Lingzhou and was announced to the world through Lingzhou.

Half of the Tubo territory was incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.While suppressing the rebellion, Zhang Xuan also won a brilliant victory in the war against Tubo. The news spread to the world, and his reputation gradually reached a peak!
The whole country is excited.

Li Guangbi and Yang Lian rested in Luoxie City for half a month, then led the army back slowly, retreated to Liangning Prefecture, and then according to Zhang Xuan's strategic intention, pushed forward the frontier defense of Tuyuhun's hometown and Qinghai frontier by [-] miles, and established a garrison fort , Consolidate the border defense, not to mention.

The two parties agreed that at the beginning of spring next year, Tang and Tibetans would hold talks in Liangning Prefecture and establish the Qinghai Covenant of forever being a state of father and son.

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To the end of October in the first year of Germany, Tongguan.

Li Yu, king of Chu, galloped into Tongguan with 2000 troops.He shouldn't have come so slowly, but on the way he received several good news about Tongguan victory, Shanjun victory, and Li Guangbi's Tubo victory. After a rest, we drove from Chang'an to Tongguan again.

When Li Yu entered Tongguan, he was in a complicated mood.Although he was very unimpressed with Zhang Xuan, and there was still a lot of grievances between the two sides, Li Yu also had to admit that Zhang Xuan's contributions to the Tang court and Sheji Jiangshan were already incomparable.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no one can surpass it.

And the hope of the Tang court to quell the rebellion, the mainstay of the restoration of the country, fell on Zhang Xuan.

At this moment, the name Zhang Xuan, for the soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty, means confidence and courage, and is a kind of supreme glory.

Compared with Zhang Xuan's brilliance, An Lushan looked dim.

Li Yu came here to serve as the appeasement envoy of Zhang Xuanping's rebel army and town army.Along with him came Huo Changqing, the emperor's favorite eunuch.Huo Changqing is the supervisor of the army.

In fact, the roles of the two are similar, they are both military supervisors, but they have different identities and statuses.

Huo Changqing was sent by the emperor after receiving the news of success, and he met Li Yu in Chang'an.

"Commander, Li Yu, the King of Chu, and Huo Changqing, the Great General of the Right Prison Gate, are here by order!" Feng Changqing hurried into the handsome hall, clasping his fists.

Zhang Xuan actually got the news a long time ago, but he didn't go out to greet him.

"Oh? The King of Chu is here?" Zhang Xuan pretended to be surprised, "Come so fast?"

The corner of Feng Changqing's mouth twitched lightly, and then he lowered his voice and said, "Commander, the king of Chu came to our army to serve as a pacifier, and this Huo Changqing also came to the army to serve as a supervisor!"

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, "The appointment of the internal supervisor as the military supervisor is a court regulation, and it cannot be abolished because of us. Don't take it to heart - it's just that the king of Chu came to Tongguan, which surprised me a bit, but he still has some courage and courage .”

"Lord Feng, gather all the generals and follow me to welcome King Chu and Supervisor Huo!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

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Li Yu and Huo Changqing had been waiting for a while on the post road outside the commander's mansion in the pass. As the prince and imperial envoy, he had to wait for Zhang Xuan to lead the generals to greet him and maintain the emperor's dignity.

Li Yu's face was as usual, but Huo Changqing's was a little gloomy.

He originally thought that with the arrival of the prince Li Yu and his imperial envoy and supervisor, Zhang Xuan would at least lead the generals to welcome them out of the pass.But Zhang Xuan has been late until now, which is simply rude and disrespectful.

But Huo Changqing is not a fool either, he knows that the current Zhang Xuan cannot be easily shaken by a chief eunuch like him.In this army, Zhang Xuan wanted to crush him to death, just like crushing an ant.

Two rows of sturdy soldiers stood awe-inspiring, their swords and guns shining.

Li Yu was waiting silently, when he suddenly heard two rows of soldiers yelling in unison, "The generalissimo is here!"

Li Yu looked over suddenly, while Huo Changqing was taken aback.

Li Yu could clearly observe the excited red light bursting out from the faces of all the soldiers. This was an indescribable complex expression mixed with awe and love, almost the light of spiritual belief.

Zhang Xuan slowly led the generals Feng Changqing, Guo Ziyi, Pugu Huai'en, Zhang Tong, Li Siye, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and other generals out of the marshal's mansion. Come with Huo Changqing.

As Zhang Xuan approached, the majestic aura on his body became more and more intense, without anger and prestige.

The guards and eunuchs behind Li Yu and Huo Changqing did not dare to look at Zhang Xuan, and lowered their heads involuntarily.

Zhang Xuan stared at Li Yu, his gaze slowly became gentle.

He smiled faintly, took a step forward, and saluted Li Yu, "I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and His Royal Highness rushed to the national disaster. I am late to greet you, and please forgive me!"

Li Yu is also a character.

He seemed to have put all the conflicts and unhappiness between the two of them behind him. He laughed loudly, and went up to return the salute, "It is indeed the honor of the imperial court that the Generalissimo has made great military exploits for the country and defeated the rebels." Blessings and good luck to the country! Li Yu has come to Tongguan to obey orders from the commander-in-chief!"

"His Royal Highness Chu is polite. Your Royal Highness, please enter the Marshal's Mansion to have a conversation. I will host a banquet to welcome His Highness." Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, and walked to the Marshal's Mansion side by side with Li Yu.

Feng Changqing and others followed closely behind.

With Zhang Xuan's current title, power and meritorious service, he is enough to sit shoulder to shoulder with a prince like Li Yu.

Zhang Xuan and Li Yu talked and laughed lively along the way, as if they were intimate.

And from the beginning to the end, Zhang Xuan didn't say a word to Huo Changqing, and didn't even look at him, treating him as air.

The corners of Huo Changqing's mouth trembled, his face flushed red with embarrassment and indignation.In any case, he is the emperor's confidant and imperial envoy, the supervisor of the rebellion army, how dare Zhang Xuan neglect him so deliberately!
After entering the Marshal's Mansion, Zhang Xuan hosted a banquet in honor of Li Yu.At this time, Li Yu mentioned Huo Changqing to Zhang Xuan with some embarrassment.

Zhang Xuan didn't take it seriously, and ordered people to invite Huo Changqing to the banquet, but he didn't make any false promises.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan deliberately suppressed Huo Changqing's face, Li Yu frowned secretly.

He also knew that Huo Changqing often played Zhang Xuan in front of the emperor, and made a lot of slander.It seems that the rumors from the court still reached Zhang Xuan's ears.Li Yu thought.

For this popular eunuch who was gradually becoming more and more powerful, Zhang Xuan didn't take it seriously at all.Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen, the two great eunuchs who caused troubles in the court during the history of the Tang Dynasty, all died in his hands one after another, not to mention a mere Huo Changqing!

"Your Highness, please drink!" Zhang Xuan raised his glass and invited him to drink with a very enthusiastic attitude.

Li Yu raised his glass to thank him, and then drank it all in one gulp.As for Huo Changqing, he sat under Li Yu in embarrassment, lowered his head slightly, and clenched his fists.

Li Yu glanced at Huo Changqing, and thought to himself, Huo Changqing, Huo Changqing, you should be more sensible, in the counter-insurgency army, if you offend Zhang Xuan, you can imagine your fate.

In fact, Li Yu was a little disapproving of his father, Emperor Li Heng, sending an internal supervisor to the army to serve as a supervisor.When eunuchs like Huo Changqing came to the army to serve as counselors, it would only have the opposite effect.Moreover, this obvious "surveillance" from the emperor will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers of the three armies.

"If it wasn't for the commander-in-chief rushing to help Tongguan, this Tongguan would have fallen into the hands of the rebels—Yan Zhenqing is really guilty!" Li Yu heard that Zhang Xuan asked Yan Zhenqing to take the blame and perform meritorious service, so he tried something out.

Zhang Xuan smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, this commander has already reported this matter to His Majesty. Yan Zhenqing's successive defeats are naturally culpable. But it is also true that the rebel army is in great danger...The commander also considered At the moment of countering the rebellion, the imperial court is employing people, and it will be detrimental to my morale, so let Yan Zhenqing organize the army in Shan County for the time being, and wait for my army to counterattack Henan and Luoyang in the future, in an attempt to make meritorious deeds!"

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, if Yan Zhenqing suffers another defeat, I will definitely tie him up in Lingzhou and let His Majesty handle it himself."

Li Yu smiled and was about to say something, but at this moment, Huo Changqing suddenly stood up.

Li Yu frowned, turned to look at Huo Changqing, and winked hastily.

But Huo Changqing turned a blind eye.

(End of this chapter)