In February of the fifteenth year of Tianbao, Qiuzi Town, Anxi Duhufu. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Since last September, the Jiedu envoy Feng Changqing entered Beijing to see the emperor, the Anxi Duhufu, the size of the Jiedu Embassy fell on the shoulders of the Jiedu deputy envoy Liang Zai, Liang Zai has been sitting in the position of the deputy envoy of the Jiedu for many years, in the later period when Fumeng Lingjing was in charge of the Anxi Jiedu Embassy, he was already the deputy envoy of the Jiedu, Gao Xianzhi was a latecomer, and sat in the position that originally belonged to him, and so Gao Xianzhi left, Feng Changqing walked to his future again, he Liangzai can be said to be the second in ten thousand years, and he has never been allowed to enter.

Liang Zai sat in the position that originally belonged to Feng Changqing and finished processing the last official document, and couldn't help but close his eyes and stretch. In the past, he always stared at this position, but now he just sits in this position to deal with official business, which makes him feel that it is not so comfortable to sit in this position, the higher the position, the greater the pressure!

But what is a little pressure compared to inner satisfaction and vanity, compared to the power that comes with sitting in this position?

At this time, a footstep hurriedly came from the outside to the inside, and then a person's voice came: "My lord, the big thing is not good, there is news from Chang'an, An Lushan is reversed!" ”

"What?" Liang Zai, who heard the news, couldn't care about being tired, opened his eyes and stood up, the person who came was Liu Rong, the secretary in charge of official correspondence with officials stationed in Chang'an, and he asked, "When did it happen?" ”

Liu Rong said: "On the ninth day of November last year, it has been almost three months now, and it is estimated that the messenger was delayed on the road due to the weather, and the news was only sent today!" Also, after An Lushan reversed, it took less than a month to hit the eastern capital Luoyang, Feng Jie Shuai was ordered to lead the army to resist the enemy, but the soldiers led by Feng Jie Shuai are all market disciples, no combat power at all, on the ninth day of December, Feng Jie Shuai's department was defeated by the rebels, and then defeated again, and later Gao Jie Shuai served as the deputy element of the soldiers and horses responsible for the rebellion, but was falsely accused by the prison army Bian Lingcheng of losing the city and losing the land and deducting the soldiers' food and salary rewards, and the saint was angry and ordered to behead the Feng Jie Shuai and Gao Jie Shuai! ”

Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi were both beheaded? Liang Jae set off a storm in his heart, and he could no longer calm down.

He asked, "How many people know about this news?" ”

When Xia Guan opened the official document to read it, a few scribes next to him also saw it, but they were afraid that the news would not be hidden! In addition, the letter sent by the messenger said that the imperial court had issued an order for the envoys of Zhuzhen Jiedu to lead troops into Beijing to quell the rebellion, and it was estimated that the holy decree would be sent in a few days! ”

Lead the army into King Qin, and fight the rebels? Liang Zai thinks it's unreliable, he is just a civilian official, he has never led a war alone, even Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were beaten and fled by the rebels, Liang Zai doesn't think that his ability to fight is comparable to Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, if he leads troops to fight the rebels, isn't it to send food to the rebels?

Thinking of this, Liang Zai waved his hand and said, "Okay, the official knows, you go down first!" ”

"No!"

Just now Liang Zai had already decided that he would not lead his troops to King Qin, unless the imperial court clearly ordered him to lead his troops there, otherwise he would not have nothing to do, this kind of thing is too dangerous to fight, it is much safer to stay in Anxi.

Sure enough, within a few days, an envoy sent by the imperial court went to the Anxi Protectorate and the Jiedu Envoy to announce the decree, leaving some necessary soldiers and horses to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were led by the Jiedu envoy to Chang'an to participate in the suppression of the rebellion.

Liang Zai and other officials of the capital protection mansion and the Jiedu embassy received the holy decree and sent away the eunuch who announced the decree, but there was no action, which made the scout mansion Guoyi Duan Xiushi unable to sit still, Duan Xiushi immediately informed the news to Zhao Chongyu, the town guard envoy of Shule Town, Jia Chongjun, the envoy of the city guard, and others, and came to the Jiedu Embassy together with the four town guards and garrison envoys to ask Liang Zai to send troops to the king.

Liang Zai saw that all the generals in the army were coming, and he only had to call the officials and generals of the Metropolitan Protectorate and the Jiedu Embassy to discuss the matter.

As soon as the meeting began, Duan Xiushi, who was dressed all over his body, stood up and hugged his fists and said to Liang Zai: "Lord Liang, it only took a month for An Lushan anti-thieves to hit the eastern capital Luoyang, from Fanyang to Luoyang, which is thousands of miles, which shows that the rebels did not encounter any decent resistance on the way, the eastern capital Luoyang is a strong city, it will not be easily breached, it should be able to resist for a while, and there is still Tongguan between Luoyang and Chang'an, which is not so easy to be broken by the rebels, I still have time to send troops to Chang'an to defend the enemy, if it drags on, Once the rebels broke through Luoyang and Tongguan, Chang'an will be under the rebel army, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have never been rebel soldiers in the capital, I am the general of the Tang Dynasty, I will never tolerate such a thing, please give the order to send troops! ”

The other generals all stood up and hugged their fists and said, "Please give the order to send troops!" ”

Liang Zai took out the holy decree and read it again, and then said with a look of embarrassment: "The generals have also heard it, and the holy decree says that the envoys of the border towns should lead the troops into the king of Jingqin, but this official is only a deputy envoy of the festival, not a festival envoy!" Besides, this official is just a literati, and he is not good at the affairs of the battle array, so asking this official to lead troops to fight the rebels is not to deliver food to the rebels? My border town in Datang is not only my Anxi town, and there are naturally other border towns to do the counterinsurgency, so don't worry about it, generals! Let's all go back, all go back! ”

Cao Lingzhong, the soldier and horse envoy, knelt on the ground and cried: "My lord, the imperial court supports us with salaries and lucratives, and the people support us with people's fat and ointment. Please take us to counter the rebellion! ”

The other generals bowed down and begged, "Please take me to quell the rebellion!" ”

Liang Zai sighed: "Generals, it's not that the official is unwilling, it's not that the official is greedy for life and afraid of death, the official is just the deputy envoy of the festival, not the envoy of the festival, and the official has no right to do this!" Besides, we can't leave Anthy alone, right? If the official leaves, who will be in charge of the overall situation in Anzai? ”

When the generals and officials heard this, they thought about it, but this was also a problem, when Feng Changqing went to Chang'an to meet the emperor, he asked Liang Zai to be the envoy to fully preside over the military and political affairs of Anxi, but Liang Zai had no right to appoint anyone to be the envoy, and Anxi could not be left without one to preside over military and political affairs.

Just when everyone was talking, Duan Xiushi clenched his fists and said: "In this case, your Excellency will stay to preside over the military and political affairs of Anxi, please allow General Cao to lead 15,000 troops into Beijing to quell the rebellion, and the last general is willing to go with the army!" ”

Zhao Chongxuan, Jia Chongjun and others bowed down one after another: "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Liang Zai looked at everyone, and began to think in his heart, compared to Duan Xiushi's unruly and difficult to control, Cao Lingzhong, Zhao Chongyu, Jia Chongjun and others are much more loyal and honest, these people are easy to control, and their abilities are also good.

Soon, Liang Zai had an idea in his heart, and he said: "You all know that this official is not familiar with military affairs, and General Cao is a soldier and horse envoy, and he must not leave." General Zhao and General Jia, you are all the main generals of a town, if you are all gone, the four towns of Anxi will be unguarded, our ancestors finally laid down the four towns of Anxi, are you just abandoned? ”

Cao Lingzhong, Zhao Chongjun, Jia Chongjun and others all let out a long sigh when they heard this: "Hey-"

Liang Zai also knows that it is absolutely impossible not to send a single soldier, not to mention that he cannot explain to the imperial court, that is, the vast majority of the officials present will not agree, the glory and pride that the Tang Dynasty has brought to the people for more than a hundred years is definitely not a rebellion that can be erased at will, and now someone wants to take away the glory and pride of all the people of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that others will not agree, even Liang Zai himself can't get over this hurdle in his heart.

After weighing it in his heart, Liang Zai said to Duan Xiushi: "General Duan, this official wants to come and go, and it is only most appropriate to send you to lead the troops to participate in the counterinsurgency!" ”

Duan Xiushi was overjoyed and immediately said, "Thank you, my lord!" I don't know how many soldiers and horses the adults plan to give to the last general? ”

"Five thousand!"

"Five thousand?" Duan Xiushi's face collapsed, and he shouted: "My lord, five thousand is too little, the An Lushan rebels are 200,000 elites, I want at least 10,000 horses!" ”

Liang Zai shook his head and said, "Only five thousand!" You also know that in the big battle with the big cannibals a few years ago, our army suffered heavy losses, although some were supplemented in the past two years, but the year before last and the Tubo army, although our army won, but the losses are not small, and all parts of Anxi need soldiers and horses to garrison, if there are fewer soldiers and horses, do you think those barbarians will be honest? ”

Speaking of which, Duan Xiushi also knew that 5,000 people were afraid that it was the largest force he could get, so he could only grit his teeth and agree: "Okay, 5,000 is 5,000, please give the order to quickly prepare grain and grass, and when you have enough food and grass, the last general will lead the troops to set off!" ”

At the same time, the news of An Lushan's rebellion and the eunuchs sent by the imperial court to announce the decree also rushed to the north court.

Henglus City, the North Courtyard Protectorate, the Jiedu Embassy.

Zhao Ziliang sat on the back of a wide chair, drinking tea with a teacup, and laughed at the eldest daughter Zhao Xue was teasing the two younger brothers Zhao Tuo and the younger sister Zhao Yu, Zhao Tuo was born to Nie Sanniang, Zhao Yu was born to Chen Qingying, up to now, Zhao Ziliang has a total of three sons and two daughters, compared with other officials and generals, the children are relatively few, mainly because Zhao Ziliang has been commanding the army abroad for so many years, and the husband and wife get together less and leave more.

"Oh, Daddy, Auntie, my little brother is pooping again!" Zhao Xue shouted.

A maid next to her immediately stepped forward to take Zhao Tuo to wash her buttocks, and the little sister Zhao Yu was still babbling on the ground and slowly learning to walk.

"Come on, Cher is coming to Daddy!" Zhao Ziliang put down the teacup and stretched out his hand to Xiao Zhao Xue and shouted.

Zhao Xue saw it, walked over slowly, everyone in the yard was staring at her, and their hearts were raised to their throats, Zhao Xue finally walked in front of Zhao Ziliang, was hugged, and immediately let out a giggle.

"Okay, okay, I can walk!" The people in the courtyard shouted for joy.

Zhao Ziliang hugged Zhao Xue and kissed him twice, and his beard was tied so that Zhao Xue shook his head. (To be continued.) )