"Kill the Queen Mother! Qingjun side! ”

The Tiger Army arranged four fronts at the same time.

Finally took the Otani Pass, and Simon Mamori immediately asked the armies of the other fronts to move closer to the Otani Pass, and went straight to Luoyang from the Otani Pass.

Guarding the Otani Pass was the veteran Gongsun Xiong and the Confucian general Sun Balang, known as Zhou Lang, Sun Balang had never fought before, and the garrison of Otani Pass was the first time he had experienced the battlefield. But after the test of war, that Sun Balang is just a Zhao Kuo who talks on paper. When the old general Gongsun Xiong died in battle, the Xuanjia army had no morale, 20,000 troops, more than 12,000 were sacrificed, and the rest of the thousands became prisoners.

Seeing that Ximen Kuo, who was besieging the city, suddenly began to withdraw his troops, Tang Yuan knew that the situation was not good, and before receiving the news of the loss of Dagu Pass, Tang Yuan had already begun to withdraw his troops and march towards Luoyang.

Seeing Tang Yuan running in the direction of Luoyang, Cao Sheng narrowed his eyes, and suddenly ordered the withdrawal of the army and ran towards Luoyang quickly.

The 2,000 plates of armor were too heavy and discarded in the armament warehouse at the Turnstle Pass.

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Luoyang, apse.

A white-haired veteran general strode over.

"General Zhang, this is the palace, no holy decree, no forced entry. Don't embarrass us. ”

"Get out of here!" Zhang Yunlong said angrily: "When is this coming, do you want him to stop me, I want to see the emperor, see the emperor!" ”

Hearing the noise outside, Emperor Zhao Ce personally walked out of the apse, saw that it was Zhang Yunlong, and said in a deep voice: "Let him in." ”

With a sound, Emperor Zhao Ce turned around and walked into the house.

"Your Majesty!" General Zhang suddenly cried to the ground and howled: "Zhao Ce, my virtuous nephew! Do you still remember what the first emperor once said to you when he was there? Your Majesty asked you to recognize me as an uncle, and you also called me personally, this uncle, I Zhang Yunlong will never forget it to death. Now that the catastrophe is coming, why leave the old minister idle at home, it is really tormenting the old minister, and the old minister will not be blind to death. ”

Zhao Ce sighed, turned around and glanced at Zhang Yunlong with a sad look in his eyes, he couldn't bear to see the old general crying, walked over, and stretched out his hand to help.

"Old general, now that the general trend is gone, even if you are allowed to go out, what can you do? Now the great Sima Tang Zhen has begun to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Longyou and Hanzhong, and he will come in a few days. ”

"It's too late, it's too late!" Zhang Yunlong said eagerly: "Please give me the power of the army, let me lead the gates of Luoyang, and at the same time appoint me as the governor of the imperial city, I can encourage the people of the city to defend Luoyang, as long as the people rush to the city, no matter how many soldiers and horses the old man of the West Gate has, I will let him have no return!" ”

General Zhang has to be sincere, in fact, Zhao Ce is a little tempted, but Empress Dowager Cao has always been very jealous of Zhang Yunlong, and Zhao Ce is a little undecided.

At this time, the apse has become a temporary military position, the Empress Dowager Cao and the great Sima Tang Zhen and several major courtiers are gathered here, the Empress Dowager heard Zhang Yunlong come to ask for military power, and her face sank like water.

At this time, Da Sima Tang's hoarse voice sounded: "I think Zhang Yunlong is available." ”

Empress Dowager Cao said: "If Zhang Yunlong suddenly turns back, won't our lives be in his hands?" ”

Da Sima smiled bitterly: "If you don't give him the military power, does the Queen Mother plan to follow Tang Yuan to Chang'an?" Even if we run to Chang'an, Tang Yuan must be stationed in Tongguan, once Tongguan is broken, where do we run? Do you want to go to Jiaohe City? You must know that if the Great Liang Dynasty is strong, the Western Regions will be stable, if we escape to Jiaohe City, it will become our only territory, and we will not be able to deter the Western Regions at all. When the time comes, it will be called death without a place to be buried. ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother was shocked, gritted her teeth and asked Tang Qi, "What does the Queen think?" ”

"The emperor, the minister is willing to work with General Zhang to command." Tang Qi said.

The Queen Mother hesitated: "You are pregnant with Liujia, I'm afraid ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to wear armor. ”

Listening to the Queen Mother's words, in fact, she agreed with Tang Qi to lead the troops in her heart, Tang Qi is not an ordinary woman, and the Queen Mother is naturally relieved to hand over the power to her, but Tang Qi is six months pregnant, her belly is already bulging, can she still ride a horse and command?

Tang Qi said angrily: "The national disaster is at the head, if I am gone, how can this child be born?" ”

"No way!" Emperor Zhao Ce was furious: "At such a critical juncture, is there no man in my Great Liang Dynasty?" Must the queen lead the troops? I don't think there's a need for that, I'm going to take the driver's own campaign! Fight with the old horseman of Ximen under the city of Luoyang! ”

"Ce'er, don't talk nonsense!" Empress Dowager Cao now knows what disastrous consequences a general who has never led troops will bring to the troops.

Although the emperor is brave, he will not fight, and once he goes out, he will inevitably become the target of public criticism, if he dies, the Great Liang Dynasty will be completely chaotic.

"Report! Tang Yuan had already returned to Luoyang with his troops for twenty miles, and begged to open the city gate. The scout panicked and ran to report the news.

"Can't let him in!" Empress Dowager Cao roared: "I think that Tang Yuan is also a vain person, leading 40,000 hardcover horses, and Cao Sheng's 20,000 people to contain him, he doesn't dare to fight with Ximen Kuo, it's really disappointing to me!" I think he has a disobedient heart! ”

Da Sima Tang Zhen smiled, because at this moment, he suddenly saw the "woman" side of the Queen Mother.

In fact, Tang Zhen knew in his heart that the Queen Mother was just venting her emotions, and after a while, she calmed down, and with her mind, she would not stop Tang Yuan from entering the city.

Sure enough, there was no need to persuade anyone, and the Queen Mother handed over the power of the Gyeonggi garrison to Tang Qi and Zhang Yunlong, appointed Tang Qi as the governor of the Gyeonggi garrison, and Zhang Yunlong as the deputy governor, and launched mobilization activities in an all-round way.

The prestige of General Zhang is almost a household name in Luoyang City, and even the queen mother who is pregnant with Liujia has to go to the battlefield in person, and for a time tens of thousands of people in Luoyang City rushed to Peacock Street to support Emperor Renjun Zhide.

The people all know that Emperor Zhao Ce is a benevolent monarch, and now that the Ximen family is rebelling, how can he succeed.

General Zhang was busy all night, and at dawn, there were already 100,000 soldiers and civilians standing at the head of Luoyang City.

Zhang Yunlong said: "The people and recruits are not suitable to take out to fight with the Tiger Ben Army, but they are used to defend the city, and they can still be fought, as long as we hold Ximen Zhensen Shi, and wait for Tang Xiao and Lin Chongyang to come and kill them together with Tang Yuan, the old thief of Ximen will definitely die!" ”

At this time, Tang Yuan suddenly came to Tang Qi and Zhang Yunlong, and said: "At this time, it is not appropriate to blindly defend, I am willing to lead the troops to kill, first beat Ximen Zhensen with a dull stick, and then I will come back." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yunlong thought for a while, suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go with you, you won't dislike the old pawn to drag you down, right?" ”

"Haha, the old general will go out in person, and he will definitely win!"

Soon after, Cao Sheng and Su Beiqin led troops into Luoyang City, and he still had 7,000 hardcover Xuanjia troops under him, and they were immediately arranged by Tang Qi to defend at a key position at the head of the city.

Later, news came that Fang Hengjiu and Peng Huaichen also led their troops to Luoyang, but unfortunately they were intercepted and killed by Ximen Zhensen on the way, and the whole army was annihilated.

At present, Tang Qi has a regular army in his hands, with 10,000 Tang Yuan's department, 10,000 Ju Wuming's department, 7,000 Cao Sheng's and Su Beiqin's department, a total of 27,000, plus 100,000 militiamen, a total of 127,000.

In the face of the 150,000 tiger army of the Ximen family, whether she can hold it for ten days, the queen mother is worried.