There was still an hour before dawn, and Chang'an, the ancient capital of 800 years, was on fire, like a seriously injured beast, desperately struggling, roaring in despair. Many people were engulfed in blazing flames and billowing smoke before they could wake up in their sleep.

The defenders of Chang'an have long been panicked, more than half of them have fallen into the situation of losing their command, and only a few elites can maintain their original establishment, such as Yu Chaoen's Shence Army. However, at this time, Yu Chaoen had no intention of resisting, and he didn't even want to put out the fire, because he originally set the fire.

"Open the Golden Light Gate and let the Tibetan people enter the city!"

At the sound of an order, the Jinguang Gate located in the west of Chang'an City slowly opened, and the envoy who negotiated on behalf of him went straight to the Tubo camp under the escort of dozens of entourage.

As early as the inexplicable ground movement, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie was always paying attention to the movements in Chang'an City, seeing the raging fire in the city, he had already guessed that there were major changes in the Tang Dynasty, and there might even be an internal fight.

Who knows, there is still more than half an hour before dawn, and the Tang Dynasty sent people to discuss surrender. At first, he didn't believe that the Tang Dynasty would be so incompetent that he would surrender without even fighting a decent battle, but soon found out that the one who was willing to surrender was only a eunuch in the Tang court.

And the name of this eunuch has never been heard, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie has been in Chang'an for many years, and he is also very familiar with the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, Li Fuguo did not let him become Li Heng's most powerful eagle dog lackey, where did this Yu Chaoen come from? Isn't it a deception?

Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie didn't intend to pay attention to this eunuch of Yu Chaoen, but after Du Wanquan heard about it, he urged him to meet this person, because although this person was low-key in the Tang court, his strength was already faintly comparable to Li Fuguo.

The situation inside the Tang court, Ma Xiangzhong Bajie also roughly understood, as the son of heaven, Li Heng suffered a stroke and was bedridden, although the specific condition is unknown, but after all, the power and prestige are not as good as before, which gave the relatives led by Empress Zhang a chance, and Yu Chaoen was able to gain a firm foothold in the Shenwu Army with Empress Zhang.

After figuring out the joints, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie happily agreed to Yu Chaoen's request to surrender, and promised that once Chang'an was on a high slope, he would be responsible for restoring the stability of Chang'an's market.

A ray of dawn finally tore through the dark curtain, and the Chang'an that appeared in front of Ma Xiangzhong Bajie's eyes was very different from what he was familiar with, and the once prosperous and magnificent Tang Imperial Capital was now shrouded in thick smoke.

The fire did not spread uncontrollably, and it seemed that the fire was artificially controlled in the city. As soon as the appointed time arrived, Shang Xi, the general of the Eastern Dynasty, led 10,000 soldiers and horses straight to Jinguangmen, which was also the agreed place to surrender.

10,000 Tibetan iron horsemen arrived at Jinguang Gate, and Yu Chaoen had already led a cadre of supporters to wait outside the door.

Yu Chaoen welcomed him into the city very humbly and respectfully, and the soldier personally handed him the key and seal letter symbolizing the Chang'an Treasury, and asked him to forward it to the Great Minister, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie.

Shang Xijie never left the plateau in his life, and the wars he experienced were either sweeping through the small countries of the Western Regions, or defeating the Tang army at Longyou and Hexi, and even if the Tang army won the battle, it was only to repel the attack of the Tibetans. Especially in the Tianbao year, the Tang Dynasty was on the defensive in the military conflict with Tibet year by year...... Because of this, he has always looked down on the Tang people, especially the eunuch who surrendered the city without his subordinates.

After ordering someone to accept Yu Chaoen's offering, Shang Xijie actually asked him to take off his pants in public, because he wanted to see what the man without him looked like.

Although Yu Chaoen is a eunuch, he is also a high authority in the Tang Dynasty, and Shang Xijie is tantamount to humiliating him in public, but this person is worthy of being a natural good slave, and he only bowed down and smiled humbly:

"The villain is ugly, and there is a dark disease, I am afraid that the general will be contaminated with bad luck, if the general wants to see it, the villain will go to the palace now, and I don't know if I can catch ten or eight healthy people?"

Shang Xijie originally only intended to be slight, but when he heard that this man who was gone had a dark illness, he couldn't help but raise his vigilance, he had long heard that many people who went from Tubo to Chang'an were easy to get sick, and more than half of those who got sick could not be saved. Therefore, since entering the hinterland of Guanzhong, he has been cautious all the time, and he waved his hand, signaling Yu Chaoen to stay away from him. Yu Chaoen took a few steps back respectfully, and there was no joy or anger on his face when he lowered his head.

From the Yuchao Enxian City to the Tubo people entering Chang'an, it was just a morning's effort, compared to Sun Xiaozhe's army three years ago, Tubo almost easily entered the Great Wall without a single soldier. More than 100 years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, as the capital division, fell for the first time and fell into the hands of the Tubo people.

The first thing the Tubo army did when they entered Chang'an City was to loot property, and Ma Xiangzhong Bajie was worried about the Tang Dynasty Emperor, the queen and other important people all ran clean, this is just a fly in the ointment for him, these people are not the key to whether they are there or not, the key is to hold Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu, in his hands.

In fact, even many of Li Heng's brothers and sons didn't have time to escape, and the other side branches of the clan didn't care, so Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu, was quickly brought in front of Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie.

Due to the burning down of Daming Palace, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie temporarily lived in the Xingqing Palace in Yongjiafang in the east of the city, sitting on the throne of the Qinzheng Building, and felt infinite emotion in his heart. When the envoy came to Chang'an, it was here to kowtow to the Tang Dynasty Emperor to the Heavenly Khan, time passed, the Heavenly Khan of the year had long been insignificant, and he was the main guest, sitting on the throne of the Heavenly Khan.

"You are the brother of Princess Jincheng of King Guangwu?"

"Princess Jincheng is the next sister!"

Li Chenghong saluted cautiously, and despite repeated restraints, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie could still see that he was trembling uncontrollably. From the bottom of his heart, he gradually developed contempt and contempt for the Li Tang royal family, if the Li Tang clan is such incompetent, what qualifications do they have to have this vast land?

Of course, the more incompetent Lee Seunghong is, the better it will be for Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie, because an incompetent person is the best one to control.

"Do you want to be an emperor?"

"Huh?"

Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie's question was too jumpy, the first sentence was still asking about his relationship with Princess Jincheng, and the next sentence actually asked him if he wanted to be the emperor.

As a member of the Li Tang clan, who doesn't want to be the emperor? But when these words came out of the mouth of an imperial prime minister who had broken through the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, it was like being struck by a lightning bolt to Li Chenghong, and his whole body suddenly stiffened and trembled, and cold sweat could not stop breaking out.

"There has never been such a luxury, never ......"

Li Chenghong finally couldn't bear the huge pressure, fell to his knees, knocked his head on the ground, and almost begged for mercy with a crying voice:

"Please, please forgive me!"

Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie could not pay attention to Li Chenghong's exhortation, got up from the throne, walked straight to him, grabbed his arms with both hands, and held him up with force.

"Seeing that he is about to become the emperor, why do you kneel at every turn? Go and see your nephew, he is also here!"

Li Chenghong's thinking was almost frozen in fright, and it took a long time to react that the nephew in the mouth of the Tibetan prime minister was the new Tubo Zanpu Chide Songtsen, and was also the biological son of his sister Princess Jincheng.

At this time, people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, how dare he disobey the Tibetan power minister who holds great power in his hands?

As soon as Li Chenghong was sent away, Shang Xijie rushed into the Qinzheng Building.

"Great Minister, there is good news...... When the sergeant searched the Taiji Palace, he found it and found the Emperor Taishang of the Tang Dynasty!"

"The Emperor?"

Hearing this, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie's heart was beating wildly. Isn't the Emperor Taishang the Heavenly Khan Li Longji of the past? Although this person is no longer insignificant to the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, he is definitely an irreplaceable treasure to the Tubo people.

"Are you sure it's the Emperor?"

Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie asked in confirmation, and Shang Xijie nodded heavily.

"There will be no mistake, the eunuch palace people captured from the Taiji Palace have all been identified, there is no doubt about it!"

"Okay, very good! You must treat this person well, if there are three long and two short, I will ask for you!"

Unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie quickly circled in the Qinzheng Building, and then said:

"You can't leave him in Taiji Palace anymore, take him to Xingqing Palace, and guard him heavily!"

Shang Xijie was puzzled, isn't he just an emperor who has been deposed, and an old guy who can get rid of scum after walking a few steps, is it worth paying so much attention?

Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie saw his thoughts, and solemnly warned:

"What I just said, you have to keep every word in mind, if you forget half of it, don't come to see me again!"

"The last general understands, must remember, dare not forget!"

With Li Longji, it will be more orthodox to set Li Chenghong as the emperor, although it is a side branch of the Li Tang clan, but with the blessing of the emperor who has been the son of peace for more than 40 years, it will definitely embarrass and embarrass the ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

This is naturally excellent news for Tubo, so Ma Xiangzhong Bajie can't wait to transfer Li Longji to Xingqing Palace.

……

It was getting late, and a red sun hung in a corner of the staggered palace.

"It's water, it's water, come and put out the fire......"

Suddenly, a terrible shout broke the peace, but there were few people in the palace forbidden, seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, only a few old and weak palace people and eunuchs gathered, but they also shook their heads and sighed helplessly.