Chapter 182: Far-making

Hundreds of war horses were flying on the Hexi Corridor. This was the base for the Tang Dynasty to raise horses. The sky was vast and the wilderness was vast. Cattle and sheep were seen when the wind blew the grass low. But at this time, the vast white snow wrapped the rich land thickly, and the river water was frozen. The winter of the fourth year of Tianbao was particularly cold. Even the branches were covered with crystal ice strips, and jade trees and branches stretched for thousands of miles.

This cavalry was Li Qing, who rushed back to Longyou from Shazhou, and his party to seize the extraordinary achievements of Shibao City and the boldness of killing Tubo Zanpu. It was like two robbers who were unevenly divided into spoils, causing the court to quarrel, the princelings and the prime ministers to fight openly and secretly; the ones on the stage and the ones under the stage have been competing for a long time, and it has been difficult to make a conclusion.

But Li Qing no longer cared about this. His heart was still addicted to his home, indulged in his beloved baby who had just born. She looked very much like her mother and had a pair of small and curved eyes, but her expression looked like her. The kind of infinite pity that could not be described in words, which made his heart tremble, which made him obsessed until now.

Thinking of her daughter, a drunken smile immediately appeared in Li Qing's eyes, as if her milk smell was still faintly savoring on her lips, her tender pouting mouth, and that refreshing feeling was still on her face.

The group had passed Ganzhou and walked fifty miles before. Liangzhou was convenient. Seeing that everyone was sweating and steaming, Li Qing pulled the reins to slow down the horse speed. He turned around and smiled at everyone, "Everyone should go to the station in front to rest for a while!"

As he said that, he turned back to Shazhou again nostalgic and sighed secretly in his heart. After Chu Zhilian died in battle, the emperor ordered Li Qing to temporarily take over Hexi and Deputy Envoy of Longyou Jiedu. Huangfu Wei was about to go to Beijing to report his duties, so he had to rush to hand over daily military affairs with Huangfu Weiming.

"There are not too short of war horses now, so why don't we run for another period?" Li Fei Yuanli next to him said with a smile.

Li Qing looked up at the sky. The sun was clear and a few gray clouds were floating lazily in the air.

"Okay! Everyone, work harder and go to Liangzhou to spend the night."

"Let's go!" He raised his hand and whipped the horse, and the war horse was in pain. It neighed a long time, jumped out like a javelin, galloping straight forward.

In Shanzhou, Huangfu Weiming's study, the curtains were tightly placed and the light was dim. The gray-bearded Jiedushi was walking back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. Longyou's unexpected victory made his already dead heart come alive again. He controlled nearly 150,000 troops in Hexi and Longyou towns. In addition, the newly recruited troops and private equity troops, there were only 200,000, just like the boss who controlled state-owned assets in later generations. If Huangfu Weiming did not want to use these 200,000 troops to achieve his life goal, that would be incredible. His life goal was very simple. He supported the prince Li Heng ascended the throne. After the battle in Longyou, he wanted to go to Beijing to offer prisoners, and the opportunity finally came.

But Chu Zhilian's death disrupted his plan. After he left, who would guard Longyou and Hexi for him? This is what he was worried about.

In his study, there was another person sitting, and this person was Huangfu Weiming's confidant general Wang. He silently looked at his superiors, his eyes sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and flickering.

After Chu Zhilian's death, he became Huangfu Weiming's most trusted person. This time he went to Beijing to offer prisoners, and he would also follow him. His mission was to lead 20,000 people to escort Tubo prisoners of war. The soldiers were not many. These 20,000 people were Huangfu Weiming's private army, and were composed of the most powerful army selected from the two towns, including the 2,800 people drawn from the Doulu army in Shazhou.

"Is there a saying that my subordinates don't know whether to say it or not?"

Huangfu Weiming's turbid old eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and he glanced at him, "Tell me!"

It is rare for the king to open a corner of the curtain first, look out the window, the personal soldiers guarding each other, and are on high alert. He whispered: "Li Qing borrowed troops from Anxi, and Gao Xianzhi was very likely to know about the Doulu Army. If he reported to the emperor secretly, how could the emperor not be suspicious? How could he not be prepared? Therefore, his subordinates believe that the emperor's order to enter the capital this time must have a deep meaning."

Huangfu Weiming chuckled, with deep nasolabial folds on his cheeks engraved with a faint tone: "So what if Gao Xianzhi said? Didn't he also privately invest 10,000 cavalry to serve cavalry? Also, don't you know that An Lushan's 50,000 private troops are the emperor? I have 150,000 troops in Hexi and Longyou, but only 30,000 private troops, which is a small one, and the emperor has nothing to know. Besides, I believe that people with unclean butts dare not report to others at will, and I forgive him for not daring to Gao Xianzhi."

"What about Li Qing? Will he report the envoy?"

Li Qing seized the Shibao City, making everyone who failed in the Shibao City jealous. The King was no exception. He also killed the Tubo Zanpu. The King was even more despised. He was too young and had no sense of officialdom. If Zanpu was escorted to Beijing, it would be less of a Duke. He had committed Chide Zuzan without authorization, so the imperial court's reward would not be able to come.

Huangfu Weiming did not answer. He was silent. He could not tell his subordinates anything, but even his confidant could not do it. In fact, he was cautious. From Li Longji's dispatch of Dong Yanguang to station in Lanzhou, Huangfu Weiming became vigilant. If Li Longji appointed Dong Yanguang to replace Chu Zhilian as the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, he could immediately determine that Li Longji summoned him to Beijing to get rid of him, and then use Dong Yanguang as the governor of Longyou to stabilize the situation in Longyou.

However, Li Longji appointed Li Qing to act as the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, and transferred Dong Yanguang back to Fengxiang, which relieved Huangfu Weiming, which showed that Li Longji had not yet made up his plan and could enter Beijing.

Huangfu Weiming observed Li Qing for a long time. At first, he suspected that Li Qing was a chess piece planted by Li Longji in Hexi and Longyou. However, the prince's secret letter said that Li Qing was still reliable. From his handling of Doulu Army, he knew that he was looking for the prince. He could really rest assured that with him, he would come back once he had something to do in the court.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Weiming smiled slightly and said to Wang Yan: "I have a sense of my own responsibility for this matter. I have sent an expedited effort to Li Qing. He should come in the past two days. After I explained it, I left. I asked you to come here to prepare earlier so that you would not be able to think carefully."

He took a thick book from his arms and handed it to Wang Yande, with dense names written on it, and said, "This is the 20,000 soldiers who came to Beijing with me this time. You can arrange them as soon as possible."

The king took it, bowed and gave a bow and took the order. Huangfu Weiming pulled up the curtains, and the room immediately became brighter. Suddenly, he saw a personal soldier leading a man in a hurry from afar. He met Wang who was out. After a few greetings, the two bowed and said goodbye and entered the yard. Huangfu Weiming saw clearly that the person coming was Li Qing.

“It’s coming so fast!”

Huangfu Weiming muttered to himself and put down the curtains casually.

Li Qing had just arrived in Shanzhou and went to the official office first, but learned that Huangfu Weiming was at home and came again. Although the deputy governor was just an agent and was not officially appointed, Huangfu Weiming was not here to enter Beijing. He was the final decision in Longyou and Hexi. The responsibility was heavy. Li Qing did not dare to be careless and hurried to meet his immediate boss.

When he arrived at the yard, Li Qing saw the curtains in the study slowly lowered. He had seen himself. He gave up the bright sunshine in winter. Could he have something shameful to talk to him?

Li Qing shook his head, probably not, let alone the relationship between him and his friends is not deep. Even if he has been friends for many years, he has not seen each other for a long time. This first meeting is about reminiscing about the past rather than talking secretly.

Li and Huangfu Weiming actually only met twice. Once he first came to Shazhou to take office, he came to see him once in the middle of the journey. The other time was that the battle in Longyou ended last month. Huangfu Weiming came to greet him again. Later, he returned to Shazhou. It was not until a few days ago that he received an urgent letter from the Ministry of War and Huangfu Weiming that he arrived in Shanzhou and saw him for the third time.

"I have met the envoy!"

Li Qing saluted him, Huangfu Weiming's face burst into laughter, and he stepped forward. He took Li Qing's hand, but looked at his face left and right, and smiled silently: "Last time I saw Yangming had a beard, why did he shaved it again now?"

Li Qing touched his naked green chin and smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't want to stay, but I just have a beard that I'm afraid of hurting the little girl's face. I shave it when I go back."

"I heard it too, congratulations to Brother Yangming!"

He took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Li Qing, and smiled and said, "This is also an ancient jade. It can suppress evil and avoid demons. It is a gift to Xiao Niang."

"Thank you, the envoy!"

Li Qing took it and then turned the topic to the main business. "I rushed over in a hurry, afraid that I would miss the envoy's itinerary. It seems that it's okay now. I wonder when the envoy will be on the way?"

"I'm anxious to call you here for this reason."

Huangfu Weiming took Li Qing's hand and walked to the side of the coffee table, pointed to the chair and smiled: "Come on! Let's sit down and talk."

Li Qing sat down, and another maid came to serve him tea. Huangfu Weiming took a Kaiyuan newspaper from the table, pointed to the news above and smiled: "At night attack on Shibao City, Yangming is now a celebrity in the Tang Dynasty."

The Kaiyuan newspaper was sent to the whole country, and Li Qing had already read it. He smiled faintly and did not care, but instead said a little worried: "This time I led my army to rush forward thousands of miles, relying on the bravery and fearlessness of the soldiers under my command, which has made considerable contributions, but the court seems to have no idea. More than a month has passed, and the soldiers have been looking through. This time, the envoy entered the capital, and I hope to urge the court not to disappoint the soldiers of the border."

When Li Qing talked about this, Huangfu Weiming snorted heavily: "This matter is all about Li Linfu making trouble behind the scenes. Just because Yangming is a princeling, he makes things difficult for him. Don't worry, the prince will definitely fight for you in this matter."

Speaking of this, Huangfu Weiming raised his eyes and stared at Li Qingyu and said with great sincerity: "Actually, the most important thing to be an official is to stand in a good team. Yangming has always been trusted by the prince. Countless people are impeaching you to kill Tubo Zanpu without permission and demanding severe punishment on you, but only the prince is trying his best to defend you. This kind of love for subordinates has been rare in ancient times. I hope Yangming will be loyal and repay the prince well."

Li Qing naturally understood what he meant, but was just telling himself that he was also a princeling and wanted to obey him. Li Qing said solemnly: "If you can see the prince when you go back this time, please tell him for your subordinates. Li Qing respects him and respects him, and everything is as usual."

But he didn't say which kind of old it was. Although he was a little vague, Li Qing's decisive statement made Huangfu Weiming very satisfied. He stood up and took two steps, suddenly turned around and stared at him, saying word by word: "I will leave it to you in Longyou. This is the territory of our princelings. You have to hurry up. If you have any indecision, you can ask the prince for instructions or send someone to report to me."
Chapter completed!