Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 352 Li Fei sent troops to Chang'an
"Your Majesty, now that Anton has 20 soldiers, and Shanhaiguan has been built, he can just sit back and watch the imperial court wipe out the rebels by himself, and as long as Anton is given another year or two, the [-] soldiers can become [-]." At that time, with more sophisticated equipment and various weapons made of gunpowder, the strength of the county king will surpass that of Anlu Mountain before the rebellion, but the court will no longer be the court before the rebellion of Anlu Mountain, and will become extremely weak. It's easy to replace the king!" Wu Sheng said loudly.

More than half a year has passed. Taking advantage of this time, Li Fei has expanded the Anton Army to [-], including [-] Anton Cavalry and [-] Modao Army.

"Yes, the king of the county." Lu Xin also said.

"Andong is developing gratifyingly and its population is increasing. Although the rebel army blocked Lutai, we dare not get too close to Pingzhou and Shanhaiguan due to the strength of our Anton elite. There are still more than 100 people fleeing in various ways every day. To Pingzhou City. Regarding the sea route, with the cooperation of the generals of the Henan Province, although nearly a year has passed and the peak period of refugee influx has long passed, nearly 700 refugees still arrive at Haizhou City by sea every day. Today, the population of Anton has exceeded 900 million! In addition, Anton’s tax revenue this year is conservatively estimated to be more than 2000 million. Including other profit income, it will not be a problem to exceed [-] million. I believe it will increase by a few next year. Anton has such potential , are all created by the county king, and the county king's destiny belongs to him. One or two years may be less, but in less than five years, the county king's strength will definitely surpass the world!"

In the past year, under Li Fei's continuous "guidance", the generals of Anton have let go of all taboos, and can blatantly talk about replacing Datang.

Li Fei's "guidance" was mainly through Jin Yiwei's report of information, deliberately explaining how Suzong Li Heng trusted the eunuchs Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen, how he did not trust the leading generals, and even the important officials in the court Yes, in the future it must be the powerful eunuchs who will control the government, even more so than Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong during the Xuanzong period.There is also Suzong Li Heng's original promise to the Huihe people that "on the day of conquering the city, the land, scholars and common people will return to Tang, and the gold, silk, and children will return to Huihe", which makes people full of anger and disappointment.

In the eyes of the Anton generals at this moment, the Tang court is corrupt and incompetent, and it is hopeless.

When it comes to Li Fei's destiny, no one has the slightest doubt in their hearts. After all, they followed Li Fei and saw with their own eyes that Li Fei made Anton develop from a place of bitter cold to today's prosperity comparable to Jianghuai in just over five years. Jiangnan.In terms of military affairs, Li Fei also led the Anton Army, which had only [-] people left at the beginning, and developed it all the way to today's [-] army. The soldiers are well-armored and invincible.The Bohai Kingdom, the Khitan, the Xi Clan, and others circled the hinterland of the Central Plains, broke the siege of Nanyang and Suiyang, wiped out more than [-] enemies, crossed the sea and captured Pinglu in just a few days, and killed Lu Zhihai's [-] rebels Under the city of Liaoyang.

Comparing Suzong Li Heng's incompetence with Li Fei's "majestic talent and great strategy", how can you not convince the Anton generals.

Besides, Li Fei is also surnamed Li. No one knows Li Fei's specific background. Li Fei once revealed information "inadvertently". If his ancestors were not exiled more than a hundred years ago, Li Fei may not be inferior to the current royal family.

What is the meaning of the message in these words? Anyway, the generals of Anton are active in their hearts, and they can't help making various guesses.

Wu Sheng even tried privately to see if Li Fei had any connection with the Li family of the royal family. At that time, Li Fei hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

This is astonishing. A hundred years ago, the ancestors were in exile, and more than a hundred years ago was when the Tang Dynasty had just won the world. "Ancestors in exile", who is this "ancestor" referring to, it seems that only Xuanwu The change of the gate shocked the world, the prince Li Jiancheng died in Xuanwu Gate, and the family was also killed in the chaos, could it be——
Soon, Lu Xin, Zhang Shuo and other senior officials of the Anton Army also knew about it, and they all firmly believed that Li Fei was the destiny.

They are all Li Fei's confidantes, if one day Li Fei can ascend to the big position, then wouldn't they--
Just thinking about it makes my blood boil.

"Although this king has the power to overthrow the world and forcefully replace it in the future, it is easy to win the world, but it is difficult to win the hearts of the people. In the past Tianbao years, although there were many hidden dangers in the prosperous age, after all, the people can still have a peaceful environment. Anlu Mountain The rebellion caused chaos in the world, and the lives of the people were devastated. The adult people came from the prosperous Kaiyuan era. They were very attached to the prosperous Kaiyuan era they had experienced and hated the rebels. Chang'an City still can't replace the imperial court, and there are constant uprisings in the occupied area. Therefore, even if this king wants to replace the imperial court, he will do so when the people's hearts are gone and it is logical. This king has a plan for this!"

"Recapturing Chang'an City and the eastern capital of Luoyang is a great achievement to touch the hearts of the people all over the world. Originally, our Majesty would never have thought of this king anyway, but after An Lushan captured Chang'an City, he recruited the surrounding people wantonly Burning cement to heighten and thicken the city wall, the Chang'an city wall was [-]% higher than before, and the difficulty of attacking the city was more than doubled. People's lives are going to be filled. Isn't our Majesty trying to recruit more troops to fill the hole in Chang'an City at this time? Let the king lead the army to participate in the siege. What is his plan? How can the king not know? ?” Li Fei smiled disdainfully.

The other Anton generals also smiled at each other, full of disdain.

"Such a great achievement, any general who participated will be remembered by the people, how could he have won the king." This is a good opportunity to win the hearts of the people. Since Suzong Li Heng gave the opportunity, how could Li Fei not grasp it.

Furthermore, didn't Suzong Li Heng promise the Huihe people and the Tubo people? He would like to see how Suzong Li Heng will end up at that time, whether it will still be like in history, and then will be the moment for him to truly unite the hearts of the people .

"This king has made a decision to lead [-] Anton cavalry to join the battle in Chang'an City!" Li Fei said after making a decision.

"Follow the order of the county king!"

After making a decision, Li Fei gathered [-] Anton cavalry and prepared to go out.

The reason why he brought so many troops was mainly because Li Fei, for his own safety, deterred Suzong Li Heng, who would be overconfident after regaining Chang'an City and the eastern capital Luoyang in the future.Anyway, Shanhaiguan is there, the Khitan and Xi clans are assisting, and the [-] elite left behind are enough to defend Anton without losing.

Before leaving, Li Fei asked Zhang, who was staying behind, to say that if Yuan Kui and others attacked from Youzhou and Hebei, they could abandon Jizhou and Pingzhou outside Shanhaiguan if necessary, and make every effort to ensure the safety of Shanhaiguan. .

In November of the second year of Zhide, another winter month came, and the cold wind began to penetrate the bones.

Facing the cold wind, Li Fei led [-] Andong cavalry to leave Liaoyang City, follow the territory of the Khitan and Xi tribes, enter the western prairie, go straight to Jiuyuan, which is nearly [-] miles away, and prepare to cross the Yellow River from Jiuyuan to Chang'an. city.
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