Zhang Tongru, who was left behind in Xijing, lived in the Taichang Temple in the imperial city, so that he could mobilize the troops and horses in the city. Sun Xiaozhe lived in the Sixteenth Prince's House in Yongfufang next to the Daming Palace, so that he could search for the children of the clan who were living among the people. Although An Lushan
They were far away in Luoyang, but they still didn't dare to go to the palace to have fun, because such transgressions had reached the ears of Emperor An, and eight heads were not enough for them to chop off.
There must always be a villain in a team who does dirty work, and Sun Xiaozhe is this vicious leader. Because his mother had an affair with An Lushan, he became the most favored among all An Lushan's adopted sons.
Since Sun Xiaozhe entered Chang'an, he has bestowed palace wealth and massacred the royal children. Most of the clan members that Li Longji did not take with him when he fled did not escape his murderous hands. Although he did not dare to live in the Daming Palace, he was imprisoned in the Daming Palace.
Apart from being sent to Luoyang, all the clan girls and concubines were taken to the Yongfufang Palace by the eunuchs in turn for him to enjoy every day.
Zhang Tongru, who stayed in Xijing, was also afraid of Sun's power and had to discuss everything with him first.
On this day, Zhang Tongru came to the inner hall of Sun Xiaozhe's temporary residence. Sun was lying on the bed, and a maid with a head full of pearls knelt on the ground to wash his feet.
"Oh, Zhang Liushou is here and is washing his feet. Please forgive me for my lack of etiquette."
Zhang Tongru smiled slightly awkwardly, sat on the bed opposite him, cupped his hands and said: "General Sun, I came today because of the Zuo Zangku matter. When the Dog Emperor fled, before our army entered Chang'an, the people took advantage of the chaos and looted the contents.
The left treasure house of the garden. Now General Sun sends his soldiers to go from house to house to pursue them and torture them at every turn, causing the people to complain against our army, which is not good for us in guarding the pass."
Sun Xiaozhe did not answer his words, but suddenly pulled out his right foot from the water and kicked it on the face of the foot-washing maid: "Don't hide! If you dare to hide, you will be pulled out and beaten to death."
The maid has a pretty face, but her face is expressionless and frozen, and there seems to be no life in her pupils.
Sun Xiaozhe patted her face with his feet and asked Zhang Tongru: "Do you know who this is? This is the third daughter of the son of the old emperor's brother Li Ye. Although she is not as noble as the princess, she is still of royal blood."
"Lick your feet clean for me, hey ho ho ho."
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"Oh, it's so comfortable."
Zhang Tongru couldn't bear to look at it, so he turned his head and said: "It doesn't matter if you attack the clan, royal family, or dignitaries? But you can't harm the people and provoke public anger? After all, this embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest."
Sun Xiaozhe's feet suddenly fell into the copper basin. Water splashed everywhere. The maid lost her balance and sat sideways on the ground, holding the carpet with her hands and turned her head to look to the side. Her eyes were like ink.
"Zhang Liushou, you didn't understand what I just said." Sun Xiaozhe lay slumped on the bed, recalling his sorrows and sweet memories: "I remember that my adoptive father was just a sheep dealer in Youzhou? I was just a butcher selling pork.
The son of a concubine? No one looked down on us when we were down in the past! But now my adoptive father is the emperor of the Yan Dynasty! And I am now the third-rank eunuch! Back then, I was wearing rags in Youzhou City.
When I was being kicked and beaten, I would never have thought that today, the noble lady Li Tang, who is so tall, beautiful, and has golden branches and jade leaves, would kneel in front of me and be turned around as a slave and maidservant!"
He bent down and reached out to pinch the maid's chin. A cruel smile emerged from the corner of his mouth. But the maid still had a stiff face when facing him, so he threw her face aside hard.
"I say this just to tell you, what is truly supreme in the world? It's fists, swords and guns, and violence! When you truly master them? No matter how noble you are, you have to bow your head in front of me. What are the common people? Are they just mediocre hooligans, a piece of loose sand? Do they only worship the powerful and the strong? Whoever forces them will follow them! Now they are just asking for trivial property from them, how dare they resist?"
Zhang Tongru sighed and said: "Having said that? But if the coercion is too much, will things go to extremes? Although the Tang army was defeated, it will soon come back. Before Emperor Shengwu pacified the Central Plains, he would definitely not add more troops to Guanzhong... "
"Okay, okay," Sun Xiaozhe waved his hands repeatedly: "Now I will collect another sum and prepare one for my godbrother Niu Tingjie who is stationed in Tongguan. When we broke through Tongguan and entered Chang'an, our adoptive father personally promised that all the generals participating in the war would be able to After getting a share of the city's pie, Cui Qianyou took his share and moved to Hedong, and people like you and me also made a lot of money."
"But you can't forget Niu Tingjie who is guarding Tongguan. He won't be able to drink soup when everyone eats meat. I have already started to ask my men to prepare twenty carts of property. It is already late autumn, and the Guangyun Canal is starting to dry up. , he sent someone from the post road to Tongguan."
The eunuch Yuan Lizhu who was serving Sun Xiaozhe came to the door. When he heard that his master was receiving guests, he quickly stepped aside. However, Sun Xiaozhe saw him and shouted loudly: "What are you doing sneakily! Come in!"
After Yuan Li entered the door, he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "I'm here to pay my respects to the two generals."
Sun Xiaozhe raised his feet and asked the maid to dry them. He put on the footbags and stuffed them into Liuhe boots. He clapped his hands and asked, "Have you prepared some carts?"
Yuan Li crossed his hands and said, "General Qi, everything is ready."
"That's great. Within six days, we will collect all the goods and load them into the truck. That's it for this year. Zhang Shoubei, please don't bother me again."
Sun Xiaozhe waved his hand to Eunuch Yuan and said, "Step back."
Yuan Lizhu glanced pitifully at the clan daughter kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly resigned and left the mansion. He hunched his shoulders and walked out of the heavily armed Sixteenth Prince's mansion. There were rebels patrolling in groups on the streets. Whenever there were soldiers to check, he would take out the The badge given to him by Sun Xiaozhe allowed him to arrive in front of an abandoned shop with closed doors and windows in Dongshi without any hindrance.
Cao Anding was sitting alone in the store when he heard two knocks on the door, one long and one short. He walked over with an oil lamp and quietly opened a gap before letting him in.
The two of them sat in front of the long desk. Yuan Lizhu rubbed his hands and whispered, "The car must be escorted out within six days. These properties are all for Niu Tingjie, the guard of Tongguan. Niu Tingjie has written to urge him several times. It seems that he is interested in these properties." Take it very seriously.”
Cao Anding nodded and asked, "Where are my people?"
Eunuch Yuan said with a bitter face: "I have arranged for your people to be husbandmen. You can contact them yourself from now on. I risked beheading to see you. You must not contact me again in the future." "
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the door. Cao Anding put his Sogdian pointed felt hat on his head. After hesitating for a moment, he whistled to Yuan Li who was about to go out and said: "Chang'an will definitely return to the imperial court this winter." In their hands, they will definitely liquidate those of you who bent your knees to serve the rebels. You'd better find a way to escape early."
Yuan Lizhu nodded silently, turned around and walked out of the shop.
Cao Anding didn't waste a moment, and immediately took the camel out from the backyard, walked out of Dongshifang Gate, and walked along the street to Chunming Gate. The rebels guarding the city gate simply searched the goods on the camel, because An Lushan
They are Sogdian people, and these people are also very lenient towards Sogdian traders.
After he led the camel and left the city gate for three or four miles, he looked behind him and saw that no one was following him. Then he threw away the leather goods, mounted the camel, whipped his whip and galloped westward.
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In the dark room of the Fengxiang Prefecture's mansion, Cao Anding took off his hat in front of the light, his face rosy and sweating. He fanned the wind with his felt hat, causing the light and shadow of the oil lamp to waver, making the face of Li Siye opposite appear gloomy.
"Within six days, the convoy will definitely set off, and I have already arranged people in the convoy."
Li Siye quickly walked to the next door and opened it, while Kubani stood guard outside the door.
"Go and call General Feng Changqing."
Kubani turned and left. After waiting for nearly a stick of incense, Feng Changqing walked into the dark room, bowed to Li Siye and crossed his hands, and then glanced at Cao Anding, who was standing in front of the light.
Li Siye sat in front of the desk and raised his hand and said, "This is Cao Anding, the soldier I sent to the memorial hall in Chang'an. Let him tell you everything."
Cao Anding briefly recounted the source of the information. Feng Changqing tugged at his beard and nodded, turning to ask Li Siye: "The doctor wants to order me to lead an army from the north of the Wei River to bypass Chang'an to Tongguan, and then set up an ambush outside Tongguan."
The convoy's property was hijacked, and the general guarding the pass was led to rescue him. How can I take advantage of its emptiness to occupy Tongguan?"
Li Siye smiled and praised: "As expected of Feng Changqing, he is very consistent with my plan. It's just that Fengxiang and Tongguan are located at the east and west ends of the Guanzhong Plain. You have to travel long distances in a roundabout way, crossing the Qinchuan River of 800 miles. It's very difficult.
It’s not small.”
"It's nothing to cross eight hundred miles. Think about the time when our Anxi army trekked two thousand miles from Qiuci to attack the big and small Bolu. Wouldn't it be far more difficult to cross the Congling than to pass through Guanzhong? But how many people are stationed in Tongguan now? Who is the guard?
?What if this person is willing to give up his money but is not deceived?"
Li Siye glanced at Cao Anding, and Cao Anding quickly came to the light and said: "I have been in Chang'an for so long, and I know something about it. There are now more than 9,000 people stationed in Tongguan, and the guard is Niu Tingjie, the adopted son of Anlu Mountain, and
Sun Xiaozhe, the general stationed in Xijing, has a close relationship. An Lushan once promised that after breaking Chang'an, all the generals who participated in the war could rob a batch of property in the city. Niu Tingjie, who was stationed in Tongguan and could not go there in person, was already anxious and unbearable. Now that all the generals had divided the loot, the only thing left was
This is his share. If the general can pretend to be a rogue bandit and steal his property near Tongguan, he will be furious and will lead his troops out of the pass to take back the property."