There are two reasons why Gu Qing has been slow to send troops to cross the north.

One is that the conflict between Li Heng and Gu Qing is becoming increasingly acute. If the troops are divided into north and Gu Qing is empty, Li Heng will definitely make a dangerous plot to get rid of himself. With the Anxi Army in charge of Chang'an City's defense, Li Heng dare not act rashly.

Secondly, before the Battle of Tongguan, Gu Qing received information from Feng Yu. He knew that Shi Siming had the intention to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Since he had the intention to surrender, there was no need to waste his troops to attack the rebels. I believe that in a short time, those rebels would be renamed by Li Heng and become the royal army of the court again.

Standing at the height of politics and military, the North Crossing to suppress the rebellion now is actually more harmful than good, so Gu Qing chose to hold the Chang'an City in his palm.

"Mr. Master, ten thousand cavalry crossed north just for testing and surveying?" Chen Tian said inexplicably.

Gu Qing said slowly: "If a city has empty defense, you can try to attack. When encountering scattered rebels, you can also annihilate them. In short, this time you lead the army northward, the political significance is greater than the military significance. Do you understand?"

Chen Tian shook his head in confusion.

In terms of military affairs, Shentian is no worse than any general in the Anxi Army, but if it is elevated to the political level, Shentian will be very awkward.

Gu Qing sighed. Before he said unpleasant words to pierce Chen Tian's heart, Duan Wuji hurriedly continued: "Mr. Master means to let the rebels in the north know that the Anxi army has crossed north and acted to regain the north, so that the rebels and pseudo-government court can make a judgment, forcing them to fight or surrender. In short, Master wants to end the situation of separatist north and south as soon as possible. General Chen's 10,000 troops are a signal that the Duke sent to the rebels."

Chen Tian suddenly realized, Gu Qing patted Duan Wuji on the shoulder and smiled approvingly: "You can get out of the army, child, go down the mountain."

Then Gu Qing looked at Chen Tian again and said, "It would be better if I could win a few beautiful battles in the north. In this way, I would have more bargaining chips and the morale of the rebels would be even more hit."

Chen Tian clasped his fists and said, "The last general understands. At the end of tomorrow, the general will order all troops out of the city and cross north. He will definitely live up to the high expectations of the prince. He will fight a few beautiful battles to give him a face."

"The army set out, and after the supply of food and grass arrived in Luoyang, Li Guangbi will raise it for you. If you encounter emergency military information in the north, you can send someone to inform Li Guangbi, and he will send troops to pick him up and help him."

After Chen Tian left, Duan Wuji couldn't help asking: "The situation in Chang'an City is still unclear. Why did the Duke suddenly allocate 10,000 troops to cross the north?"

Gu Qing's eyes flashed and he whispered: "I want to create a series of games for Shi Siming..."

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After enduring for half a month, Gu Qing was finally able to go out in a wheelchair.

To wash your hair, you have to wash your whole set, and of course you have to do the whole set when doing the show. After half a month of treatment, Mr. Gu finally took back his slender thighs from the gate of hell and returned to the world alive. He forced himself to continue to use his remaining energy to the Tang Dynasty. It sounds heroic.

Just as Gu Qing went out in a wheelchair, a cavalry team came outside Yanxingmen, Chang'an City. There were only more than a hundred people. The leader was about forty years. He had a dark and rough complexion. He looked like he was blown by the wind and sand all year round. He pursed his lips and looked calm and arrogant without anger. He got off his horse outside Yanxingmen, and his subordinates led his horse into Chang'an City.

An hour later, the cavalry team had appeared outside Xingqing Palace. Li Fuguo was ordered to greet him personally and invited the headed generals to the palace with diligent help.

Li Heng summoned him at Huae Tower, and the general entered the hall and knelt on one knee.

"I, Shuofang Jiedushi Pugu Huaien, was ordered to enter the capital to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor."

Li Heng stood up and walked up to him, helped him up himself, looked him up and down, and laughed: "One of my tigers is coming, come and we will hold a banquet, and we will have a happy life together."

Pugu Huaien was a member of the Tielle tribe. "Pugu" was originally a tribe. In the 20th year of Zhenguan, the famous general Li Ji led his army to sweep the north of the Mobei, and the nine major surnames of the Tielle tribe surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the Pugu tribe was also one of them.

Pu Gu Huai'en was quite calm and sat in the hall without any fear. After toasting Li Heng for three cups according to the court etiquette, Pu Gu Huai'en sat in the guest seat without moving his eyebrows and without talking, waiting for Li Heng to speak.

After three rounds of wine, Li Heng asked slowly, "Hui'en, can you contact the Uighur Khanate before coming to Chang'an?"

Pugu Huaien bowed and said, "I have contacted the Uighur Khanate with the order. They sent envoys to Shuofangjie Mansion. After talking with me for two days and two nights, they drafted a general charter. I dare not be good at it. I specially presented the charter to Your Majesty and asked Your Majesty to decide."

Li Heng was overjoyed: "Come on and show me."

A lengthy memorial was handed to Li Heng. Li Heng couldn't wait to unfold it, and frowned after reading a few lines.

"The money is 500,000 jin and food is 200,000 jin. These are easy to discuss. Why do they still insist on looting the capital?" Li Heng said with displeasure.

Pugu Huaien said: "The nomadic barbarians in the north believe in power. They think that what they have taken with swords is more meaningful. I argue with reason, but I still cannot make them compromise. I have no choice but to think of a compromise..."

"What kind of compromise?"

Pugu Huaien quickly glanced at Li Heng, then lowered his eyelids and whispered: "What I mean is that Chang'an City is the capital of the Emperor, and it must not be moved. If the Uighur soldiers insist on looting, maybe... they can be allowed to loot the eastern capital Luoyang."

Li Heng was shocked and pursed his lips with a serious expression.

Pugu Huaien sighed and said, "Your Majesty, although the Uighur Khanate has been in good terms with the Tang Dynasty for generations, it is not my race after all. The barbarians' thoughts are beyond our imagination..."

Li Heng said dissatisfiedly: "I paid them money, food and grass from the treasury, thinking that is not enough to borrow troops? Why do you have to insist on looting the capital?"

Pugu Huaien hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the Uighur Khanate and the Tang Dynasty have always been profound and are rare friends among the neighboring countries of the Tang Dynasty. However, for hundreds of years, the border between the Uighur and the Tang Dynasty has inevitably suffered due to profit. After the friction has accumulated for a long time, the Uighurs are friendly to the Tang Dynasty, and may also need to vent their dissatisfaction for many years. I think that they insist on looting cities to vent this dissatisfaction..."

Li Heng said angrily: "If I don't agree, will it be impossible to continue to borrow troops?"

Pugu Huaien nodded: "I asked the envoys of the Uighurs that their opinions were very different from the Uighur Khan's internal affairs on whether to lend troops to the Tang Dynasty. It is said that there was a fierce quarrel between the monarch and his ministers. The reason was that they knew that the purpose of His Majesty's lent troops was to check and balance the Anxi Army, and the Anxi Army was almost invincible under the leadership of Gu Qing. The Uighur Khanate was actually unwilling to offend Gu Qing."

Li Hengyu said angrily: "Even the Uighurs are afraid of the Anxi Army? What kind of world is this!"

Pugu Huaien sighed: "The record of Anxi Army entering the pass to suppress the rebellion has long been known to the world. Even the Uighur Khanate in the northern grasslands and deserts has heard that this army is invincible. They must have been determined to refuse His Majesty's request and have to take into account the friendship between the two countries, so they put forward such harsh conditions..."

Li Heng looked over and pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Pu Gu Huai'en, you have lived in Shuofang for many years and have had many dealings with the Uighur Khanate. In your opinion, is it feasible to borrow troops from the Uighur Khanate?"

Pugu Huaien hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I think that the use of the Uighur troops to go south to check and balance the Anxi army is actually to resist tigers in the front door and to welcome wolves in the back door. Both the pros and cons are good and disadvantageous, and even damages His Majesty's imperial power. If they are allowed to plunder the city, the people of the world will not have a good impression of Your Majesty. The subsequent bad influence of this matter will be eliminated by Your Majesty..."

Li Heng said coldly: "But if I don't borrow troops from the Uighurs, I may not have 'life' at all. Gu Qing's sword is almost hitting my nose. Do you understand?"

Pu Gu Huaien sighed sadly and did not dare to advise again. He already knew Li Heng’s choice.

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Pugu Huaien entered Chang'an City that day. After staying in Xingqing Palace for a short period of two hours, he immediately led a cavalry out of Chang'an and galloped northward.

Shortly after Pugu Huaien set out from Chang'an City, he rode a fast horse and entered Chang'an City at lightning speed and rushed straight towards Xingqing Palace.

An hour later, Li Heng led all civil and military officials out of the city and stood respectfully outside the city gate. The team of more than a thousand civil and military officials and generals was silent and quietly waiting.

I don’t know how long I waited, but a cavalry team slowly walked towards the distance with flags of honor. The cavalry soldiers had a swan feather inserted on their helmets, which was the unique armor style of the Da Nei Imperial Guards, the Yulin Guards, which was the unique armor style of the Da Nei Imperial Guards.

The Yulin Guard was just a cavalry vanguard. The middle army behind appeared in everyone's sight. The dressed eunuch palace maid was walking in front, holding Ruyi, golden basin, flags, screen fans and other ceremonial objects. Behind the ceremonial guards, a luxurious emperor chariot slowly walked slowly. The bead curtains on the chariot were hanging low, and on the railing of the chariot, an elderly eunuch held the railing, and his body shook slightly as the chariot bumped slightly.

The carriage stopped in front of Li Heng. Li Heng tidyed up his clothes, stepped forward and bowed to the carriage three steps, and shouted: "I respectfully welcome my father to the capital, and lead all civil and military officials to pay homage to His Majesty the Supreme Emperor."

The civil and military officials behind Li Heng bowed and called the "Grand Emperor".

There was no movement in the carriage, and Li Heng and the ministers were reluctant to get up, and kept keeping their salute posture for a long time.

After a long time, the old eunuch standing by the railing of the chariot looked at Li Heng who was bowing deeply, and then gently lifted the bead curtain of the chariot. Inside the chariot, Li Longji, who was still wearing a yellow robe, looked at the monarch and ministers who were bowing to him expressionlessly, staring at him for a long time without saying a word.

Li Heng kept his polite posture and shouted loudly again: "I will lead all officials and ministers to welcome His Majesty the Supreme Emperor to the capital."

Li Longji finally spoke, and said in a cold tone: "Li Heng, do you call me 'me' in front of me?"

Li Heng's shoulders shrank slightly. Before An Lushan's rebellion, Li Longji was both alert and suppressed the East Palace. After being the crown prince for more than 20 years, Li Longji didn't know how much psychological shadow it had on Li Heng. His power was very strong and it was difficult to eliminate it for a long time. At this moment, Li Longji's words made Li Heng's awe buried in his heart look up again.

Seeing that Li Heng seemed to be afraid, Li Mi suddenly coughed behind him.

Li Heng suddenly came to his senses, thinking that this is no longer the same as before, and the city wall had already changed its flag.
Chapter completed!