Chang'an is already in a mess.

Luoyang fell, and the gate of Chang'an was basically opened.

Even if Xuanwu's army does not move in Luoyang and loses Luoyang's supply to Chang'an, Chang'an's huge population will crush Chang'an City in a short period of time.

Li Yan hadn't closed his eyes for several days, his eye sockets were deep, his face was pale, and in just a few days, he was already haggard to the extreme. Chen Bangzhao died in battle, Fu Wang Li Xin died in battle, and his right-hand man was broken and sunk in the sand.

But that's just the beginning.

"Your Majesty, the minister will go to Tongguan, as long as the minister lives for one day, he will not let the thief step through Tongguan." Qin Zhao knelt on the top of the main hall, kowtowed three times at Li Yan, who was sitting alone on the dragon chair above, stood up, turned around and walked out.

"General Qin, but stay!" Gongsun Changming strode forward, walked in front of Li Yan, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Luoyang has fallen, Chang'an is no longer defensible, even if General Qin guards Tongguan, Chang'an will inevitably be in chaos by itself." Your Majesty, do you know how much the price of grain in Chang'an has risen in the past few days? ”

Li Yan opened his mouth, his eyes were empty, but he didn't make any sound.

"Your Majesty, the price of rice in Chang'an, when the minister came to the court today, has risen to the same level of money, wheat 800 wen, millet 500 wen, and there is no market, looking at this situation, I am afraid that it will go up." Gongsun Changming turned his head to look at the ministers in the main hall, and said loudly: "Although it is chaotic now, it can barely maintain order, officials, and the army can still be suppressed, and in a few days, I am afraid that these people will not be able to do anything." Riots will inevitably occur in the city, and the Zhu thief will definitely not let go of this opportunity, this thief is deliberate, I don't know how long the arrangement has been, I am afraid that in this Chang'an City, I don't know how many of his people, let alone the army stationed in Chang'an, how many people have been bought by him, today's minister, I don't know how many people secretly communicate with him. ”

Gongsun Changming's voice was sonorous and powerful, but all the courtiers in the hall were shocked and colorless.

"Gongsun Changming, Hugh is talking nonsense." Zhongshu Ling Chen Bi stepped forward and scolded: "The thief hasn't come yet, do you want to mess with our army's heart first?" ”

Gongsun Changming glanced at him with a sneer, but turned to Li Yan and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, then send General Qin Zhao to copy the homes of all the officials in this palace at this moment, and see if those people have endless correspondence with Zhu Thief?" Is there even something that can be said in it? The people here, if they are loyal to the imperial court, are naturally not afraid to copy it, right? ”

As soon as Gongsun Changming's words came out, everyone in the hall was silent.

Zhu Wen used to be a party moderate, and naturally had a lot of dealings with many people in the court, as for whether there were some rebellions among them, only the parties concerned knew.

Everyone in the hall was trembling, for fear that Li Yan would lose his mind at this time, and if he really came here, he was afraid that Zhu Wen had not yet attacked Chang'an, and Chang'an would be in chaos first.

General Gongsun laughed. Li Yan's soul finally returned to his body, and he naturally knew that this could not be done. "Since General Gongsun said that Tongguan cannot be defended, even if it is held, it will be useless in Chang'an, so I wonder what General Gongsun has to deal with the current situation?"

Gongsun Changming glanced around the hall and said, "Dare to fight, please hunt your majesty in the north." ”

"Hokakari?" Li Yan stood up suddenly, and said in a trembling voice: "You mean, do you want to abandon Chang'an and leave?" ”

"Your Majesty, although Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, in the eyes of the ministers, where Your Majesty is, the capital of the Tang Dynasty is naturally there, abandon Chang'an today, and call back tomorrow." Gongsun Changming said angrily: "Li Jieshuai has a saying, if you lose land, you will gain both people and land, and if you lose people and save land, you will lose both people and land." As long as His Majesty is here, even if Chang'an is temporarily lost, what does it matter? ”

"Gongsun Changming, I don't allow you to talk nonsense here to confuse Your Majesty, Chang'an is the capital and a symbol of the Tang Dynasty, so why should you give it up easily?" Chen Bi shouted and reprimanded.

"Shang Shuling, Chang'an is indeed a symbol of the Tang Dynasty, but what to keep now? 100,000 troops, all lost in Zhaoyi, Luoyang fell, the trough was cut off, Chang'an is about to run out of food, what do you take to guard Chang'an? What will be used to feed the millions of people in this Chang'an city who are waiting to be fed? Do you want Your Majesty to sit in the city of Chang'an and wait for Zhu Wen's rebels to attack Chang'an? What is your heart? ”

"I, I ......" Chen Bi was speechless by Gongsun Changming.

"If you have any plan to defend Chang'an and eliminate the Zhu thief, you might as well make it clear now, if not, why oppose Your Majesty's Northern Hunting?" Gongsun Changming asked sharply.

Chen Bi's face was flushed, what could he do in this situation?

"Your Majesty, please hunt in the north." Shi Zhongtian Lingzi stood with Gongsun Changming: "As long as Your Majesty is safe, then the Tang Dynasty is there, and now Wuwei Jiezhen has overwhelmed Zhang Zhongwu, and his destruction is imminent, and Hedong Han Qi is also loyal, as long as His Majesty is safe and sound, then you can call on the world to fight against the traitors with loyal subjects." The crisis of 20 years ago is even more dangerous than today, hasn't it survived? And what about now? Your Majesty still has a loyal army in the north to clear the rebellion for Your Majesty? ”

"I, think about it, think about it!" Li Yan waved his hand a little weakly, "Let's stop here today." ”

The panicked officials withdrew from the main hall and gathered together in twos and threes and walked towards the outside of the imperial city, Tian Lingzi and Gongsun Changming naturally walked together, looking at those who bowed their heads from time to time and whispered, and sneered: "I don't know which of these people are plotting to surrender to Zhu Wen?" ”

Gongsun Changming smiled: "Husband and wife are originally birds of the same forest, and they fly separately when the disaster comes, and husband and wife are still like this, let alone them?" There is no need to be harsh. ”

Tian Lingzi nodded again and again: "General Gongsun, you must be leaving, aren't you?" ”

Gongsun Changming stopped, looked at Tian Lingzi and said, "What advice do you have in the waiter?" ”

"Regardless of whether His Majesty the Emperor leaves or not, I will definitely leave, follow you. Since yesterday, I have prepared my house for the salute. General Gongsun, don't leave me. ”

Gongsun Changming looked at Tian Lingzi and said with a smile: "If the waiter wants to go with us, I will naturally be desperate, but I also have a word to tell the waiter." ”

"General Gongsun, please speak." Tian Lingzi arched his hand.

"Please also bring only those who are necessary. The less, the better. Of course, brave and powerful family members can still bring more. Gongsun Changming said: "If you go, you will inevitably go through a bloody battle, and you will have a lot of burdens, but I am afraid that no one will be able to leave." ”

Tian Lingzi nodded again and again.

"I only take my relatives with me, and the rest of the people, arrange for them to flee to the countryside, it's really not good, in the Qinling Mountains, you can also hide, and wait until Li Dashuai leads the army back and then come out." Tian Lingzi said.

Gongsun Changming laughed, "That's it." ”

The two were walking, but a little eunuch behind them hurried over: "General Gongsun, Tian Shizhong, please stay, Your Majesty is invited." ”

Gongsun Changming and Tian Lingzi glanced at each other, and their faces were filled with joy.

When Gongsun Changming returned to the General's Mansion, it was already night. On the street, the patrolling soldiers looked nervous, patrolling one group after another, and from time to time you could see groups of people who had violated the ban being knocked to the ground, tied up and escorted away. Walking outside the market, you can still hear the sound of crying and screaming in the market, and even the sound of screaming and screaming is endless.

Chang'an is gradually getting out of control.

"Madame!" Gongsun Changming arched his hand towards Liu Ruyan and said, "We are ready to leave, His Majesty the Emperor has agreed to follow us to Wuwei." ”

Yihe Liu Ruyan, who was dressed in military uniform, played with the spear in his hand and said, "His Majesty the Emperor's family, if you want to take it away, it is really not an easy task. ”

Gongsun Changming shook his head and said: "I have convinced Your Majesty that this time there are only emperors, empresses, and princes who follow us, but fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor has a thin heir, just such a son." The rest of the people, then they can't take care of it, and His Majesty will not leave with great fanfare. Instead, they will quietly leave Chang'an. ”

"Can this be hidden?" Liu Ruyan said in surprise.

"You don't need to hide it for long, two or three days is enough." Gongsun Changming said: "Qin Zhao will take the Yuan Cong Guards first in the name of guarding Tongguan, and we will follow." ”

"What about the other ministers?"

"No matter." Gongsun Changming said coldly: "What the festival marshal needs is only His Majesty the Emperor, these people can escape by themselves, we accept it, if they can't escape, then let it be fate." ”

Liu Ruyan nodded, "The mansion has already been prepared. All the money and cloth had already been sent to the barracks to pay for the soldiers' settlement. I just wonder if these soldiers will follow me? ”

Five thousand cows and thousands of guards, except for the vast majority of the officers, all the soldiers are Guanzhong people, and even Chang'an people, which is a problem that Gongsun Changming also has to consider.

"The settlement fee is sufficient, and then they are deceived to fight against the traitors, and when they get out of Chang'an and pass through Tongguan, they will be bound by military law, and the situation should be better at that time." Gongsun Changming gritted his teeth and said. Although they have fed this army for the past two years, at this time, no one is absolutely sure what the result will be.

In the camp of the Thousand Cow Guard, a sentry commander kicked over a box, and the copper coins inside fell to the ground with a thud, and then slashed another box with a knife, and the silk inside was also scattered all over the ground.

"One horse of silk per person, one hundred yuan of settling-in allowance, take it back to the family now, and when you go out of the camp, you can also receive a hundred catties of food. This is the general's settling-in allowance for your family, and then we will go out of the customs to fight the traitors, and after the victory, there will be a heavy reward. The sentry commander said sharply: "In the middle of the night, you only have one day in the middle of the night to go home and settle your family." ”

And the same plot is being played out at various outposts of the Qianniuwei camp at the moment.

In a short period of time, in the Qianniuwei battalion, there were only thousands of elites and officers from Wuwei who rushed over from outside these days.

Time passes slowly.

The officers stood at the gate of the barracks nervously, and even Chen Bing and Chu Sheng sat in front of the barracks with their bodies clothed.

No one knows how many more will return to the barracks.