Chapter 548: The veteran takes action

It was already dark, and torches were lit on the pass of Shihui Pass. Thousands of torches took care of Shihui like daytime. In front of the narrow mountain road below the pass, Guo Ziyi only brought two subordinates, waiting for Dong Qin to appear.

At this time, the number of torches on the pass suddenly increased, and a group of people appeared on the pass, "Is General Guo below?"

"It's me, is General Dong?"

"I am Dong Qin. Is there anything wrong with the Old General Guo?"

"Come and have a chat with General Dong, can you let me in the customs?"

"The old general is here to say anything!"

Guo Ziyi laughed loudly, "I only have three people in total. Is General Dong still afraid that I will earn you a chance?"

Dong Qin was ashamed, and he waved his hand and said, "On and switch!"

The huge iron gate rumbled up, and hundreds of soldiers rushed out of it, holding long swords and crossbows in their hands, surrounding Guo Ziyi and his two entourages. At this time, Dong Qin came out on a horse, and he bowed immediately and said, "Gen. Guo, it has been ten years since Jiuyuan left. Today I encountered a great disaster. It is really sad that you can still see me."

Guo Ziyi smiled slightly and said, "Everything is in your own control, why are you having trouble?"

Dong Qin's face changed, and he suddenly raised his head and smiled, "It seems that my eyes are covered, come on! Mr. Guo asked Guanzhong to give me a speech, and I put water and wine to shock the old general."

Dong Qin ordered the soldiers to dodge. Guo Ziyi urged his horse and drove into the pass. The two walked into the political hall in the pass and sat down in the living room. Several personal soldiers quickly brought more than a dozen dishes of dishes and hot two pots of wine.

Dong Qin picked up the wine pot and gave it to Guo Ziyi, sighing: "Half General Guo has convinced me to surrender?"

"Guo Ziyi picked up the wine glass and smiled, "I'm not trying to convince you to surrender, I'm here to help you and show you a clear way."

"Minglu?"

Dong Qin sneered, drank the wine in the glass and said in a muffled voice: "I really can't see where is my clear road?"

"Then where General Dong wants to go? Do you want to go to Chengdu?"

"Stop joking with Mr. Guo, how is that possible!"

"I'm not kidding."

Guo Ziyi stared into Dong Qin's eyes and said sincerely: "What I said is true. If you want to go, I can make the decision to let you go. I will take responsibility for Li Qing'an's side!"

"You, do you take it seriously?"

"Yes! I, Guo Ziyi, have been in the army for more than 40 years and have never said anything."

Dong Qin stood up, walked slowly to the gate, staring at the dark night sky, with the majestic mountains blocking his dream of going south. At this time, his eyes showed a confused and melancholy look. He always felt that going to Chengdu was a distant and unattainable dream, but when Guo Ziyi told him seriously that he could go to the Southern Tang to serve his loyalty, he felt that everything was not real.

In the distant south, could it be his destination? His heart was in a mess. Why did he rush to be loyal to Li Heng? Is Li Heng really his lord whom he can be loyal to?

Dong Qin sighed long. In fact, he and Li Heng had no old relationship. Is the risk he took to travel so far to find him?

"If I leave, where is my army?" Dong Qin turned around and asked in a low voice.

"You can take five hundred people away, and at most only five hundred, so you have to enter Guanzhong to enter Hanzhong. You have too many troops to lead, and Wang Sili won't allow you to enter Tongguan, so I can't do anything."

Dong Qin smiled bitterly. He thought Guo Ziyi would let him go 20,000 troops. It turned out that he was just referring to himself. 20,000 troops was his only capital. Without this capital, could Li Heng pay attention to him? It is impossible. Even Dong Qin himself knew that Li Heng was cold-hearted by nature.

He walked back slowly and sat down, drank three glasses of wine in one breath. He slapped the wine glass on the table and said hatefully: "In fact, An Lushan is the one who wants to kill me the most. If my army retreats to Hebei, An Lushan will immediately send a large army to annihilate me, and he hates me to the core."

"Then the general listened to me, either surrendered to Li Qing'an, or was loyal to the court's political affairs hall like me. Don't hesitate and hesitate. It is not realistic for you to go to Chengdu. General Dong, you have to make a decision!"

Dong Qin shook his head and said, "But I don't want to be loyal to Li Qing'an. I also participated in the Chang'an polo competition. At that time, I vowed that I would never join the Anxi army and would rather die than surrender them."

"Then be loyal to the Political Affairs Hall as I am, and keep your independence."

Dong Qin still shook his head, "I don't have the qualifications of Senior General Guo. He can tolerate Senior General Guo's existence, but he will never tolerate my existence."

Having said that, Dong Qin stood up and knelt down on one knee at Guo Ziyi: "If the old general doesn't dislike it, I am willing to join the Shuofang Army and become a subordinate of the old general."

This is Guo Ziyi's confidence. He knew that Dong Qin had no way out. He was unwilling to surrender to Li Qing'an. An Lushan would not forgive him. It would be unrealistic to go there. In the end, he would either fight to the death with him or surrender to himself. He had no third way to go.

Although Shi Hui Guan Xiongjun is difficult to attack, once he goes around his back, blocks his food and drinking water, he may not be able to hold on for even ten days. Guo Ziyi believes that Dong Qin also understands this, so he will negotiate with Dong Qin alone and exchange his sincerity for his surrender.

Guo Ziyi's move was right.

Just as dawn the next day, Dong Qin led 20,000 troops to Shihuiguan, put down his weapons, and formally surrendered to Guo Ziyi. Guo Ziyi immediately wrote a letter to report the good news to the Zhengshi Hall, and asked the Zhengshi Hall to continue to maintain Dong Qin's official position and remained the governor of Pu Jiang.

At the same time, Lei Wanchun also sent a pigeon letter to report the situation to Li Qing'an. Dong Qin had surrendered to Guo Ziyi. The pigeon flew over the Taihang Mountains, crossed the Yellow River, and flew towards Heyin County, where Li Qing'an's army was stationed.

Dong Qin surrendered to Guo Ziyi. Guo Ziyi's 100,000 troops immediately stationed Shangdang and suppressed Hebei. Li Qing'an also led a 100,000 troops to Zhengzhou, but did not launch any troops. Fan Yang's general Cai Xide led an army of 80,000 troops to Weizhou, across the river from the Anxi army, while Li Guangbi led a army of 20,000 troops to Bianzhou, as if a sharp dagger was pressed against Xu Shuyi's army, making him dare not act rashly.

In this way, the four armies were in a state of confrontation, and no one dared to easily break this confrontation balance.

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In Nanming Palace in Chengdu, Li Heng checked the palace with several eunuchs. This was his third time to carefully investigate the palace. The narrowness and darkness of the palace made him very dissatisfied. He always felt that the palace was full of the smell of his father, and it was found in almost every corner, which was so depressed that he couldn't breathe.

The eunuch Yu Chaoen accompanied him to visit the palace. Yu Chaoen escaped from the secret passage of Li Longji's bedroom at the last moment and survived the disaster. After Li Heng ascended the throne, he immediately appointed him as Duke Yongqiu County, but transferred his eunuch order to Li Fuguo, which made Yu Chaoen very depressed. Duke Yongqiu County has a good title, but the eunuch order has more real power, and it is not true that he is very depressed.

Yu Chaoen followed Li Heng and carefully pondered his thoughts. He had gradually understood Li Heng's troubles. Li Heng was unwilling to live in Nanming Palace anymore. There were shadows of Li Longji everywhere, or rather, he was unwilling to stay in Chengdu.

"Your Majesty, Nanming Palace was originally just a royal palace, and its demeanor was a little weaker and could not be compared with Chang'an. If Your Majesty really doesn't like this place, you can consider moving the capital."

Li Heng looked back at him. In fact, this was a question he had been considering. His brother Li Lin also advised him to move the capital to Xiangyang. Chengdu is located in a corner, and the road is inconvenient and he cannot grasp the overall situation.

But it is good to move the capital to Xiangyang, but Li Mao! He has not solved it yet, how can he move the capital? Thinking of Li Mao, Li Heng couldn't help but think of Li Lin's failure in the western expedition. Li Lin's 100,000 troops attacked Xiangyang from the water, but Geshuhan sent 5,000 cavalry straight into western Zhejiang, attacking prefectures and counties all the way to Hangzhou. If it weren't for the observation of western Zhejiang, Han Huan organized a militia to fight to the death, Geshuhan's 5,000 cavalry would have fought to Yangzhou and brought Li Lin's nest.

That's it, but it scared Li Lin so much that he didn't dare to go any further and turned around to return to Yangzhou. This failure disappointed Li Heng very much, and at the same time made him discover the real enemy. The real enemy was not Li Mao, but Ge Shuhan hiding behind Li Mao.

Originally, Li Longji put Geshuhan in the two lakes to let him watch Li Mao, but he did not expect that Geshuhan would surrender to Li Mao in the end.

Although Li Heng knew that as long as he ascended the throne, Geshuhan would definitely betray him. He had betrayed him once, Li Heng was still extremely uncomfortable. Geshuhan had 80,000 troops and tens of thousands of elite troops of the Longyou Army. Now Li Mao had 200,000 troops in his hands. He was like a reef on the Yangtze River, making it difficult for him and Li Lin to join forces.

Li Heng groaned muffled and said, "I don't want to move the capital, but my army is not good at doing well, which makes me helpless!"

"Why don't Your Majesty use Gao Xianzhi?"

Yu Chaoen took the opportunity to recommend Gao Xianzhi to Li Heng and said, "Your Highness the King of Wu is the prince after all, and he has no experience in fighting. He is not the opponent of Ge Shuhan, who is experienced in many battles. I have considered it for His Majesty. I am afraid that no one here can compete with Ge Shuhan except Gao Xianzhi."

"he?"

Li Heng shook his head and said, "I don't believe in this person very much. Even Ji Guangchen surrendered to Li Qing'an, let alone others. I want my troops to lead the army to the east."

The surrender of Ji Guangchen to Li Qing'an was a big blow to Li Heng. Among the generals in the Central Plains, the one he trusted the most was Ji Guangchen. This person has always followed him and is loyal to him, but even he surrendered to Li Qing'an, so who else can trust him?

In addition to his son Li Shi, as the saying goes, he also relies on father and son's soldiers to fight. He only believes in his son, let alone sending his son to lead the troops to the war, and he can also seize Gao Xianzhi's military power.

Yu Chaoen recommended Ge Shuhan but he had selfish intentions. He knew that Li Heng would not believe Gao Xianzhi, so Li Heng would definitely send someone to monitor him. The most suitable person is himself. Since Yu Chaoen has lost the power of the eunuch, what about military power? Is it possible for him to get it?

Yu Chaoen was about to speak again, and at this moment, a guard ran to report: "Your Majesty, Gao Xianzhi is asking for a meeting outside the palace!"

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Chapter completed!