Tibet

The officers and soldiers of the Anxi Army put down their weapons and came out of the valley one after another. Li Ye did not embarrass them and let them sit down and rest where they were, and asked the soldiers to prepare breakfast for them.

Chen Fengzhong had himself tied up and brought to see Li Ye. Chen Fengzhong knelt down and said in shame: "I am a fool in my humble position. I followed the wrong person. I am willing to accept severe punishment from the envoy!"

Chen Fengzhong was relatively lazy in politics, a dawdling type of general, and he was also greedy for enjoyment. Feng Changqing couldn't stand him. He was finally transferred back to Qiuci from Suiye, but was ignored by Feng Changqing. He finally defected to Chen Fengzhong. It’s Bi Sichen.

Bi Sichen took a fancy to his qualifications and appointed him as a judge, but he was not Sogdian after all. Bi Sichen did not trust him from the bottom of his heart. Bi Sichen only used his prestige to ambush Li Ye this time, but the real person in charge was An Kuang.

Li Ye said slowly: "Although you killed An Kuang, you were forced to do so, and it is not enough to atone for your crime of betraying the Tang Dynasty and aiding the emperor!"

Chen Fengzhong said quickly: "I also know that there are several close confidants of An Kuang among the surrenderers, and I would like to point them out!"

"Those five people have been eradicated, and someone has done some meritorious deeds before you!"

"ah!"

Chen Fengzhong said anxiously: "There are also Bi Sichen's accomplices, I can provide a detailed list!"

"This is okay, but it's not enough for you to live in peace in your old age!"

Li Ye walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said calmly: "I want you to pretend to be successful and go back to lead Bi Sichen out of Kucha City."

Chen Fengzhong was startled and quickly explained: "Bi Sichen is extremely suspicious. He will not believe me. He must ask An Kuang to go to the city to report. He will not even leave the house because there are three hundred dead soldiers in his house."

"Then what use do you have?"

Chen Fengzhong lowered his head and said: "With this humble position, you can at least deceive the city gate into opening and lead hundreds of people into the city!"

"If there is no peace, they will let you enter the city?"

"The humble position means that you can enter the city normally without reporting to Bi Sichen. The humble position can lead more than a hundred people to enter the city normally. There will be no questioning at the top of the city and the city gate will be opened directly."

Li Ye thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! As long as you can open the city gate and give me the list of all the rebels, I will let you retire normally."

In Kucha City, Xi Yuanqing was wearing a loose Sogdian robe, carrying two bottles of wine, and wandered to Li Siye's house. There were people following him from a distance.

Xi Yuanqing was about forty years old, with a square face, thick eyebrows and leopard eyes, and a tall figure. He could be regarded as the first veteran of the Anxi Army and had a high status in the Anxi Army. The generals around Gao Xianzhi back then were Xi Yuanqing and Li Siye.

Although Bi Sichen was also a veteran of the Anxi Army, he was Fumeng Lingcha's confidant, not Gao Xianzhi's.

Xi Yuanqing saw the person following him out of the corner of his eye. He couldn't help but sneered in his heart and entered the house directly.

In the courtyard, Li Siye was sitting cross-legged on the wooden platform in the corridor, with a game of chess in front of him. He was concentrating on thinking about his next move. Not far away, a boy who was cleaning fallen leaves was secretly watching Li Siye's every move.

Li Siye, like Xi Yuanqing, was deprived of military power and was secretly monitored by Bi Sichen. If Bi Sichen was not afraid of provoking a mutiny by the Anxi Army, Bi Sichen would have killed them long ago, but it was only a matter of time before he killed them.

At this time, Xi Yuanqing walked in with a smile, shook the wine in his hand and said with a smile: "I got a bottle of good wine, and I came here to taste it with my dear brother!"

Li Siye also smiled and said, "It's just the right time. Let's drink and play chess at the same time."

Xi Yuanqing sat down opposite Li Siye. The housekeeper walked in and smiled at the sweeper: "I'll give you some subsidies, come with me!"

The boy was so happy that he quickly dropped his broom and followed him out.

Li Siye said with disgust and hatred: "I never thought that my dignified Li Siye would actually use money to bribe these shameless villains!"

"It's the same over there, they are bribed with money, but it doesn't last a few days like this."

Li Siye's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly: "What's the good news?"

Xi Yuanqing smiled slightly and said: "Li Ye sent someone to deliver a message to me. He will lead his army to Kucha City in three days. We can take action."

Li Siye was startled, "He is the governor of Hezhong!"

"So we have no information. I guess Bi Sichen already knows."

"what do you know?"

Xi Yuanqing said solemnly: "Li Ye has been appointed as the governor of Anxi and the governor of Hexi. He has recovered Ruoqiang and Qiemo, wiped out the Tubo army, and also collected 5,000 Anxi troops in Phoenix Valley and killed Anxi. condition."

Li Siye was dumbfounded when he heard this. He suddenly punched the chess table hard and gritted his teeth and said: "Bi Thief is finally finished. I have waited for this day for too long!"

"We need to discuss now how to contact our subordinates to prevent the thieves from jumping over the wall!"

Ten days later, 13,000 Tang troops arrived at Kucha City. At this time, at dawn, the army was hidden in a forest three miles away. Chen Fengxian led more than 100 cavalrymen and rushed towards the southern gate of Kucha City.

There were only three hundred Anxi troops guarding the city gate, and the city gate was opened normally, allowing merchants and civilians to come in and out as usual.

Not long after, Chen Fengxian led his cavalry to the city gate and was about to enter the city as usual. Suddenly, a barbarian general appeared at the city gate and said with a sinister smile: "General Chen, has the matter been settled?"

Of course Chen Fengzhong knew the other person, Kang Huaishun's son Kang Yuan. He secretly complained in his heart, how could this person appear here?

His face sank and he said: "The matter has been settled, I will report to Bi Shuai immediately!"

Kang Yuan sneered and said: "Of course General Chen can go and report, but I am waiting here under Bi Shuai's order. Please let An Kuang come to see me. This is Bi Shuai's order!"

"Safety is here!"

Li Ye, who was behind Chen Fengzhong, was already impatient. He flicked his hand, and a cold light instantly came to Kang Yuan's eyes. Kang Yuan was just a playboy, how could he dodge, 'Pfft! ’ The knife hit him right between the eyebrows, and Kang Yuan didn’t even scream. He opened his mouth wide and fell straight down.

Li Ye led a hundred cavalry and rushed in. Several Anxi soldiers beside him were stunned. Chen Fengzhong said urgently: "He is the new Anxi Jiedushi Li Ye. He has Shang Fang's Emperor Sword. Don't mess around or harm yourself." life!"

Several Anxi Army soldiers did not dare to move, and Chen Fengzhong urged his horse into the city.

At this time, two of Kang Yuan's soldiers sneaked out from behind the crowd and ran towards the city.

Liu Yong, who was in the woods in the distance, saw that Li Ye had entered the city. He immediately waved his hand and said: "The army is entering the city!"

Thirteen thousand Tang troops came out of the woods and rushed towards the south gate of Qiuci City.

Li Ye had already rushed to the top of the city. Dozens of soldiers guarding the city were frightened and rushed forward with their spears raised. Li Ye waved his dragon spear, and there was a "Crack!" ' With a sound, dozens of spear shafts were cut off. The soldiers were shocked and retreated with the broken spears. Li Ye said angrily: "I am Li Ye, the new military governor of Anxi, who dares to mess around!"

Hundreds of soldiers of the Anxi Army on the top of the city looked at each other, no one dared to move. At this time, Xiushi rushed up, "I am Duan Xiushi, who is the general on duty?"

A school captain stepped forward, bowed and said: "Huang Can, a humble official, is on duty today!"

"Whose subordinate are you?" Duan Xiushi asked again.

"My humble position is under Xi Yuanqing!"

Duan Xiushi said immediately: "This is Li Ye, the governor of Hezhong, and our new governor of Anxi. He is here to eradicate the Bi thieves, and you are still not polite!"

Huang Can was overjoyed that the Bi thief was finally finished. He quickly knelt down on one knee, and all the soldiers followed suit and said, "See the Jiedushi!"

Thirteen thousand troops entered the city in a mighty manner. At this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded in the military camp. Li Ye was startled. Could it be that Bi Sichen was preparing to gather?

Li Ye ordered Huang Can to close the city gate after the army entered the city. He led his men down the city. At this time, Chen Fengzhong came running on horseback and said: "It was General Xi Yuanqing and General Li Siye who learned that the envoy had entered the city and began to assemble the army!"

Li Ye suddenly realized that the two men had indeed taken action. He immediately ordered Duan Xiushi to lead 3,000 troops to surround Bi Sichen's Jiedushi Mansion, and sent people to follow Chen Fengzhong to capture Kang Huaishun.

Li Ye immediately led the army towards the military camp.

At the gate of the Anxi Army camp, Li Ye's army happened to encounter generals such as Xi Yuanqing and Li Siye leading their troops out of the camp, with more than twenty of Bi Sichen's confidant generals tied behind them.

Xi Yuanqing and Li Siye led everyone to kneel down on one knee and clasp their fists: "See you, envoy!"