Chapter 973: The result is unexpected
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
A shrill shout rang out from outside the carriage, and Li Heng reacted slowly, still immersed in the thought of his son, until he realized that Li Yu's body had leaned out of the carriage, and then he noticed that something seemed to be happening outside.
"Your Majesty, rest in the car, and the ministers will come when they go!"
Li Mi made a decision on the spot, knowing that Li Fuguo must be found at the first time of the enemy attack, otherwise if Li Fuguo is even the slightest bit flustered, this group of men and horses may fall apart and fall apart in an instant. As the saying goes, it is only one soldier who is instigated, but if he is instigated, can he still expect the soldiers to rush to the front and sell their lives? This is also the reason why he is not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army led by Li Fuguo.
After getting off Li Heng's carriage, Li Mi found that the situation had deteriorated more seriously than he expected, and before he saw the enemy rushing up on a large scale, these forbidden troops were already in chaos, and they seemed to be ready to flee for their lives if the momentum was not good.
"Where is the general now?"
Li Mi grabbed a man who looked like a military general and asked loudly, but the man's face was full of horror and irritability, and he shook him off.
"I don't know, you're going to kill yourself......"
After all, it runs farther and farther like a fly without a head. Li Mi had no choice but to go back the same way to find Li Fuguo, but where else could he find him? After asking him repeatedly, many people did not know his whereabouts. I wanted to go forward again, but I was stopped by a group of routs.
"Don't go forward, it's all soldiers and dogs, and the general is trapped in front......"
At this time, Li Mi realized that the enemy attack might have been planned for a long time, and the entire team had been stretched for several miles since they had relaxed their vigilance since they entered the border of Yanzhou. Such a long line of snakes lined up in a marching procession, once faced with an enemy ambush, it will be easily cut off by the waist.
If Li Fuguo is really trapped in the front, then this section of the men and horses will fall into a situation of no one to command, with the attackers advancing and squeezing, these training will be slack, and the forbidden army with low morale is likely to be scattered!
Bursts of despair swayed from Li Yu's chest, and he suddenly thought of Li Heng, the Son of Heaven, since he couldn't contact Li Fuguo, he could only do his best to protect Li Heng, which was their last hope.
"I am Li Mi, and those who are loyal to the Son of Heaven will follow me to protect the Son of Heaven!"
Li Mi's fame reached its peak in the first year of Zhide, and almost everyone in the government and the opposition thought that he would soon enter the political hall and become the prime minister, but things often came unexpectedly. Li Heng, the son of heaven who was very fond of Li Mi, did not let him enter the political hall, so that his promotion in the entire second year of Zhide was stagnant. Immediately after that, in the spring of the third year of Zhide, the Son of Heaven suffered another stroke and lost control of the court situation, and so far, Li Yu, who had infinite scenery, completely disappeared from everyone's field of vision.
In any case, most of Li Fuguo's descendants are from Chang'an, and they have more or less heard of Li Mi's name, and they heard that the black and thin little old man in front of him is Li Mi, who has almost become the prime minister, and they all looked at him with an expression of looking at him as a fool.
"Are you Li Mi, me or the Son of Heaven......"
Li Mi tried to hold off the forbidden army who was about to flee, but in exchange for bursts of merciless laughter.
"No matter how noisy it is, military law is engaged!"
Fortunately, these people did not intend to embarrass Li Mi, but Li Mi was almost blown up by anger, he went to look for the military official who led him over in the crowd, but in the sea of people, where can he still find the slightest shadow of that person?
"The soldiers are here, the soldiers are here, run for your life......"
I don't know which one shouted, and the already chaotic scene suddenly became a pot of rotten porridge, some fled to the south, and some fled to the east, in short, to escape the pursuit of the so-called Tibetan soldiers. However, in Li Mi's case, he only heard the shouts of the soldiers coming over, but he didn't even see the shadow of half of the soldiers.
He didn't want to believe it, but in the light of what he saw, it was true!
"Everyone, don't panic, there must be few people in the surprise attack of the soldiers, as long as you unite to fight, you will definitely be able to turn the crisis into a safe ......"
His shouts and reminders were soon drowned out by the noisy sounds made by wave after wave of escape, and many well-wishers kindly reminded him not to rub off, to run for his life, and to die if it was too late!
Li Mi had already left his anger, what kind of soldiers did Li Fuguo bring? Could he expect such a group of rabble to go to Chang'an to compete with Qin Jin's Shenwu army? He was desperate and woke up, even if Li Fuguo could escort Li Heng back to Chang'an safe and sound, I am afraid that he would only be at the mercy of Qin Jin.
This also explains why Qin Jin did not hesitate to agree to Li Fuguo's request and tried his best to cooperate with Li Heng to welcome him back to Chang'an. In other words, Qin Jin has long stopped taking Li Fuguo in his eyes, and Li Fuguo still feels good about himself, so people can't help but laugh when they end up in this situation......
Now, Li Mi knows that it is futile to make efforts, it is better to go to the Son of Heaven and do what he can, even if he inevitably dies, he will give this former Tang Emperor a decent ending before he dies!
After about half an hour, the sound of the horses' hooves finally got closer and closer, and Li Mi jumped to look into the distance, and saw that groups of cavalry were gathering from all directions, and the forbidden troops who were scattered and fleeing were obviously not in good shape.
Most of those men were pursued by small scattered troops of cavalry, and at last they became bloody heads hanging from the saddles of the soldiers.
It was only at this time that the forbidden army, which had long been in chaos, thought of resisting, but it was too late. Li Mi didn't want to pay attention to the chaos outside, so he lowered his head and got into Li Heng's carriage again.
At this time, Li Heng was also listening to the movement outside with his ears propped up, but his face was still obviously tired and sleepy, as if he didn't hold on, as long as he blinked an eye, he would fall asleep. Seeing Li Yu's appearance, Li Heng suddenly relaxed a lot.
"Sir, what's the situation outside? But the enemy is attacking?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured, Li Fuguo is already fighting back, and soon the attacking soldiers will be wiped out!"
"That's good, that's good...... The general has such a talent, at the beginning, at the beginning, I should have let him lead the troops, go, to recover Luoyang......"
Obviously, Li Heng did not have any doubts about his words, at this time, in Li Heng's eyes, Li Fuguo was a slave who used soldiers like a god and was loyal, and such a slave would not be able to find it even with a lantern!
Li Mi smiled, and his smile was a little sad, is this the Son of Heaven whom he had hoped for a day ago? Before that, Li Mi's thoughts were still very optimistic, and he believed that even if the Son of Heaven was half-paralyzed, his mind must be clear, and as long as his mind was clear, there would still be a basis for regaining control of the DPRK situation.
However, now it is not the same thing at all, Li Heng's brain was not very bright at the beginning of the stroke, in addition to the difficulty of speaking, and because of the long-term isolation from the outside world, he has long become a marionette at the mercy of others, I am afraid that even an ordinary person can deceive him.
Hateful, pitiful and pathetic, after Li Mi lost all hope, what followed was an unprecedented death of the heart. He only waited calmly now, waiting for the soldiers to lift the curtains, waiting for the fierce soldiers to drag them out savagely, because this was already a fate that they couldn't escape.
The soft shout sounded slightly, and Li Heng's arrival made Li Heng feel greatly relaxed, and he was already asleep before he knew it.
Looking at the sleeping Tang Dynasty Emperor, Li Mi burst into tears, the scenes of the year seemed to be surging in front of him, and the image of the forbearing, steady, and prince seemed to be moving away from him at a very fast speed, and in the end, all that was left in front of him was this son of heaven who had become a waste, as if the Tang Dynasty had survived.
The fighting chaos seems to have become something that has nothing to do with it, and I don't know how long it took, the whole world seemed to be quiet in an instant, and Li Mimeng woke up, this moment still came.
"Pei Jing's escort is late, I respectfully ask Your Majesty to be safe and sound!"
This sound came again so suddenly that Li Mi thought that he was hallucinating, and it was not until he was outside that he greeted St. Ann again that he reacted, and the Son of Heaven was saved!
Out of the carriage, Li Mi unconsciously closed his eyes slightly, and the light in the carriage was dim, so that the dazzling sunlight outside made him dizzy for a moment.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw mountains and seas of Shenwu soldiers, and then looked around, in addition to the bodies of the war dead, there were also discarded weapons and armor stacked horizontally.
But Li Mi is still in a dream, and he doesn't know why he was saved.
"General Pei, how are you here?"
In front of him was one of Qin Jin's right-hand men, Pei Jing. Pei Jing didn't answer the question, just looked at the carriage behind Li Mi and asked:
"How is the Son of Heaven?"
"Okay, everything is fine, I'm tired from the bumps on the road, and I'm asleep!"
"That's good, Pei Jing won't become a sinner in the Tang Dynasty!"
"What about the soldiers, where did they come from?"
Pei Jing replied calmly:
"It's the rebels of Hui, after the death of Huairen Khan, the fighting on the grassland resumed, many people took advantage of my Tang Dynasty chaos to enter Shuofang to the south to plunder, Pei was also ordered to rush to Shuofang Jing Rebellion, I didn't expect to see the Son of Heaven honor guard here, it's really lucky, fortunately!"
After this conversation, Li Mi gradually eased up from the shock, and the news of the civil strife in Hui once again shocked him inexplicably, Hui Hui was a very friendly neighbor and an opponent for the Tang Dynasty, and the civil strife at this moment was also a mixed blessing for the Tang Dynasty.
One lost a powerful friendly neighbor, and it was difficult to borrow strength in the subsequent rebellion, but in the long run, the once powerful opponent of the Hui Dynasty was finally no longer strong, and if the Tang Dynasty gained respite, it would regain its influence on the grassland, thus warning the surrounding barbarians not to be presumptuous......