In the Lizheng Palace, Empress Changsun took the medicine and fell asleep quietly, Fang Xuanling stood beside her with her hands tied, her face full of worry, everyone was silent, only more leaky ticking, and it seemed more silent.

I don't know how long it took, a slight sound of footsteps sounded in the main hall, and Empress Changsun slowly opened her eyes and said, "Is Duke Wei back?" Has the Emperor returned to the palace? ”

"Returning to the Empress," Wei Zheng just stood still, and hurriedly whispered back when he heard the words: "The Emperor Taishang is very sick, say ......"

Fang Xuanling's pupils shrank when he heard this, and his face was even more angry, and he snorted: "The Emperor Taishang is really old, when is it, and there is still leisure and anger!" ”

Wei Zheng opened his mouth and closed it again. It didn't work out, and even if he was covered in mouth, he couldn't say anything.

"Fang Xiang, be cautious!" Seeing that Empress Changsun's face was pale for a while, her wheezing became more and more rapid, and she was about to cough again, Fang Xuanling quickly closed her mouth.

Empress Changsun coughed a few times, but finally stopped, and said, "It seems that the Emperor still refuses to forgive...... Okay, Hongu himself will explain, come on, prepare the chariot, "

"Never!" At this time, not only Fang Xuanling, but even Wei Zheng also stopped him together. Looking at the current state of Empress Changsun, it is really not optimistic. If something happens, neither of them can afford it.

"Going...... A must go. Empress Eldest Sun's voice was intermittent, and it was very difficult to speak, but her tone was very firm.

Seeing that further persuasion could only increase the pressure on Empress Sun, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng both kept their mouths shut and let the female official make arrangements.

The female official spread a thick Persian blanket in the four-wheeled carriage, carried the eldest grandson queen to the car, and asked Liu Shenwei to accompany him with a medicine box. Everything is ready, half a day has passed, seeing that it is getting late, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng wanted to persuade Empress Changsun to go again tomorrow, but Empress Changsun said that this time is just right, travel lightly, so as not to attract attention and make the people panic.

Late at night, the group arrived at the mouth of the valley, and the eldest grandson queen had already fainted again.

Li Yuan, who got the news, couldn't push it anymore, sighed heavily, and arranged for Empress Changsun to live on the one hand, and on the other hand, he met Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling, expressing his willingness to temporarily accept the destiny treasure and supervise the government, but the dynasty was exempted. He had abdicated, and he would not sit back in that dragon chair. Didn't the Xue Yantuo people come in right now? He first lived in the valley, and all the things that should be done were handled in the valley. At the same time, he also made it clear that this is just an expedient measure for the current critical situation, once things ease, it will be handed over immediately, he just wants to live the life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and does not want to be disturbed by mundane affairs.

When it comes to this, I've been a little too cautious. Even Fang Xuanling can't find anything wrong. Now that the situation is critical, and many major matters in the DPRK and China need to be decided, under the supervision of Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling returned to the Lizheng Hall to take all the to-do folds, and came back to report to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan has not participated in government affairs for many years, and he is also old, so he will definitely not be able to watch so many twists and turns, so he asked Wei Zheng to help watch them, condense the long twists and turns into a few useful words, and then make a decision.

After all, Wei Zheng has a level, a book of folds swept over at a glance, the nonsense was basically filtered, and he picked up the important ones and said a few words, Li Yuan was the emperor who founded the country, and there was no need for training in this part of the business, and it was still very easy to get ideas, and he dealt with them quickly.

just put Fang Xuanling aside, and couldn't interject at all.

Fang Xuanling saw that this was not good, although he knew that he was not welcomed, he still hardened his head and stood up and said: "The most important thing at the moment is how to deal with Xue Yantuo's attack, these twists and turns are all trivial, don't worry!" ”

Li Yuan nodded, glanced at Fang Xuanling, and said, "When Fang Qing's family said this, they must have already made up their minds for a long time, so tell me about it, how to solve it?" ”

Fang Xuanling was so choked that he almost didn't lose his breath, and said in his heart If I knew how to solve it, I would have done it a long time ago, why stand here and be angry. But he definitely couldn't say that, and said: "Emperor Taishang, the minister can't think of a way, but it is a matter of the rise and fall of the country, should the Emperor Taishang put aside his prejudices first...... Gather the civil and military officials, and everyone will discuss and discuss! ”

"What are you discussing?" Li Yuan chuckled lightly and said, "Now there are no soldiers to soldiers, and there are no generals to generals." There is grain and grass, is it too late to recruit troops and buy horses? It doesn't help! At this time, the most important thing to do is to trust the soldiers in front of you. I believe that they can withstand the enemy and defend the city. Other than that, there is not much that can be done. ”

"Then do nothing?" Fang Xuanling laughed angrily and said, "Just like this, the Tang Dynasty is lost in the hands of Xue Yantuo? ”

"If that's the case, there's no way." Li Yuan said coldly: "If that's the case, it's fate!" But if, as you said, you gather hundreds of officials and brainstorm ideas, and you don't need Xue Yantuo to call, the country will already be in chaos. ”

Li Yuan said categorically, and said: "Since Jinyang started the army, I have an experience. The real threat is not in the steppe, but in the Central Plains. Those nomads, they are a group of reckless men who only know how to plunder, but these gate valves in the Central Plains, they are hungry wolves who eat people and do not spit out bones. If the imperial court is in chaos now, it will send them a signal that the imperial court is no longer sustainable, and then the smoke will be everywhere! ”

He stared at Fang Xuanling and said, "If all parts of the country are divided now, just like at the end of the Sui Dynasty, you come to tell me, what will the imperial court do to quell the rebellion?" ”

Fang Xuanling couldn't answer, and it took a long time before he said, "You have to do something, you can't sit still." Now that Li Mu has disappeared, he can't be expected to rely on 10,000 soldiers and horses to eat both the Turks and Xue Yantuo, how is this possible? ”

"Yes, how can it be ......" Wei Zheng also muttered, both of them knew very well that the army was out of food, there were wolves in front and tigers in the back, and Li Mu could not have any chance.

Fang Xuanling said angrily: "Li Mu is still too young, the imperial court has already issued an order to let him not take the enemy lightly, now it's good, Dingxiang is besieged, and when he needs to defend the city, he is nowhere to be seen!" ”

"You're going to fart!" Li Yuan went back mercilessly, he already knew what was going on. Li Yuan was naturally completely on Li Mu's side, but Fang Xuanling was Li Shimin's courtier after all, and it was inconvenient for him to say anything more as an acting emperor, so he scolded and waved his hand to drive people away.

Of course, Fang Xuanling didn't dare to fight back, and quit aggrievedly, until now, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong!

Just here in Chang'an City, for Xue Yantuo's affairs, there was a lot of noise. Li Mu, who was in the midst of the controversy, was leading his cavalry troops and was trudging through the storm-ravaged desert.

When the sandstorm was dark yesterday, the wind was less for a while, but Li Mu and the others were not happy for long, and then raged again. In the second half of the night, the wind was howling, the sand was flying, and the power of heaven and earth was furious to the extreme.

If it weren't for listening to Li Mu when it was dark, it was only forty miles away from the oasis, and everyone always had the idea of 'coming at any time', so they would have been lying on the ground regardless of it, what would they do!

"Grit your teeth, it's coming soon!" The generals were hoarse and morale-boosting.

"Phew! You've done it dozens of times right away! The soldiers are now grumpy, where can they care about any condescension and humility, and they all scolded: "Why haven't you gotten on your mother's horse yet?!" ”

"That's it, these forty miles are also long!" The soldiers finally burst out with strong suspicions: "Why can't you die until you die?!" ”

"It's windy! It's windy! "The generals actually wondered, although under this violent wind and sandstorm, everyone lost their ability to judge, but they couldn't get there after walking all night, it was really unreasonable! But they must not waver in the slightest, otherwise the crumbling army will completely collapse in the next moment.

The generals could only ignore their conscience and shouted: "The front is it! ”

"Day, not right away, change the front!" The soldiers scolded and scolded: "The devil believes your nonsense!" ”

"Then don't go!" The generals also got angry and scolded: "Stay here and wait for death!" ”

This is the truth that really motivates the soldiers to keep moving forward - after going deep into the desert, turning back is death, not moving is also death, only by moving forward can they win a glimmer of life, do you say they have any other choice?

"Gan! It can't be the wrong way! The soldiers turned their anger on the scouts who were leading the way.

The voice followed the wind and reached the ears of the scout in front, Wei Fu and the others shrunk their necks, and secretly said in their hearts, if they were really in the wrong direction, they would definitely be eaten alive by these angry soldiers when the sandstorm ended. But they were really wronged, because from the beginning of entering the desert, Li Mu had been leading the way, and they were only symbolically walking in front.

Wei Fu's heart became more and more uncertain, and he leaned into the ear of another scout and whispered, "Brother, have you found the marks made along the way?" How do I feel that something is wrong, is it going in the right direction? ”

"I don't know." The scout's voice said in frustration: "The marks we made, the wind and sand blew and there was no shadow at all, this vast desert, everywhere is the same, where can we tell the difference." ”

"How do you say that Master Hou knows where to go? Is he also leading the way? Weffo muttered quietly.

"Why don't we run?" The scout's mental endurance finally collapsed, and he whispered, "Even if I die in a sandstorm, I don't want to be eaten by these crazy people." ”

"Bastard! You bastard! Wei Fu patted the scout's head and said, "Our lives have already been sold to Master Hou, now you say to run, do you have a long conscience?" ”

That's what I said, but what I thought in my heart. If you really took the wrong path, do you think Hou Ye will be able to run? The soldiers wanted to eat it, and they were the first to eat him. Everyone dies together, and Huangquan Road is not lonely.

Just as he was thinking wildly, he suddenly stepped on something under his feet and almost tripped him. Wei Fu just thought it was a dry bone or something, bent down to touch it, and was suddenly stunned, and took out a wine jar from the sand.

Wei Fu's excited heart was about to jump out, and the scout was even more excited, wanting to shout at the army behind him, but Wei Fu covered his mouth and scolded in a low voice: "Shut up! Idiot! What should I do if I surprise the enemy?! ”

He motioned for the scout to move on, while he turned around with the wine jar and reported the news to Li Mu.

In fact, Li Mu relied on the system to locate the road marker stone, and he already knew the place. But he still showed a look of excitement, and asked Wei Fu to quickly spread the news to the back. No matter how late it is, he is afraid that the soldiers will not be able to bear the pressure and mutiny, if that is the case, it will really not be lonely on the Huangquan Road.

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Typhoon shelter, although the carnival has ended, the Turks are still hangover and still awake, and the snoring in the tent is like thunder and incessant. A few Turkic nobles who did not drink alcohol were so noisy that they tossed and turned all night, and it was difficult to sleep, and it was easy to fall asleep until the sky was dark.

One of them was Sasha, who had insomnia. He hadn't slept much since he entered the typhoon shelter, and he always felt that something was going to happen, and his heart was upset. He couldn't sleep, so he got up and dressed himself and walked out of his tent.

The tents in the oasis were continuous, and there was no snoring in every tent, and there was hardly a single figure in sight, only a group of war horses barking and calling for their masters. Sasha couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this, these days, these guys are so drunk that they don't even feed the horses!

Sasha walked around the camp for a while, and somehow, he felt a chill in his back, and a sense of foreboding intensified. But he couldn't think of a reason, and he only felt his bladder tighten for a while.

Gotta pee first. Sasha braved the wind and sand, walked to the corner of the oasis, unbuckled his trousers, and happily released the water. Who knew that when he was halfway through the pee, he saw a lot of black shadows in the yellow sand in the distance!

Sashaden was terrified, his teeth chattered, and he held back all the rest of his urine, and he cried out in his heart, 'Could it be the ghost of legend......

In the grasslands, there are legends of one kind or another, including the legend of a ghost that appeared in a sandstorm...... It is said that it is the spirit of a man who died in the sand sea! At this time, in this kind of place, the only thing Sasha can think of in front of him is a ghost!

It wasn't until the distance between the two sides was only a foot away that Sasha was so frightened that he couldn't pee that he saw clearly that those guys who were gray and couldn't see their faces clearly were not ghosts at all, but living people!

Sasha was even more frightened, because he had already seen clearly that the figures who were surrounding him were none other than the Tang Army who had driven them all the way like rabbits!

"Tang Jun......" Sasha trembled his teeth, sat on the ground with his ass, and screamed in shock: "You are Tang Jun!" ”

"Congratulations on getting it right!" It was the Tang cavalry who had worked hard to cross the sandstorm and finally arrived at the oasis!

These Tang soldiers stared at Sasha with pervert-like eyes, and as soon as they rushed up with ecstasy, they pressed Sasha to the ground!

The next moment, countless Tang cavalry roared out of the wind and flying sand, and smashed into the camp of the Turks with overwhelming momentum! The Turkic horses neighed and screamed to wake up their master!

But their masters were still asleep, and the Tang army had already rushed into the camp and still couldn't wake them up!