"Ah, it should be someone from Luoyang......" Li Qi said to himself, "Let's go, let's go to the front of the official road to meet them!" ”

As he spoke, he shook the reins, drove his horse down from the top of the mountain, and came to the middle of the official road with his three hundred pro-troops.

The remnant sun was like blood, and the whole heaven and earth were glowing with a layer of red.

Soon after, the sound of horses' hooves became closer and closer, and then in the sparse woods on the bank of the river, under the reflection of the remnant sun, a small group of cavalry appeared.

Those cavalrymen were originally in a row after seeing the cavalry on the official road, but after seeing clearly that it was the banner of the prince, they galloped towards this side.

"Is it His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" The leading rider shouted.

"Yes, who's coming?" Shi Dang held the big flag in his hand and asked loudly.

"The last general is Li Zhongshu's barnyard general Yuanren, meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" The burly man came closer, jumped off his horse, walked in front of Li Qi, clasped his hands into fists, bowed down and said.

"Well, how could it be Yuan Xingqin?!" Li Qi couldn't help blurting out. The "change of Xingjiaomen" was expected, but the later Tang general Yuan Xingqin fled to Guanzhong to take refuge in himself, but it was unexpected, and it seems that the original historical trajectory has undergone some distortions and changes.

"Zhongshu Ling is just behind, and it will come over soon!" Yuan Ren said.

"Good! Kang Tai, you and General Yuan, go and take the Yuan ...... General Lee greets you! Li Qi said with some excitement, Yuan Xingqin, the general of the Jin Army, that is, Li Shaorong, is the same as the Zhongshu Ping Zhangshi, which is equivalent to the envoy, and the level is one level higher than Ren Yuan's Zhenzhou defense envoy. He was preparing to take military power from Ren Yuan, and now that Yuan Xingqin arrived, he could justifiably transfer part of the command to him.

This Yuan Xingqin killed Li Siyuan's eldest son Li Congjing in Xingyang, and the great enmity between the two must be incompatible, but there is no need to worry about him going to Li Siyuan, and he can rest assured that the military power will be handed over to him.

It's just that the news of Yuan Xingqin's escape from Luoyang still made Li Qi frown.

This shows that history is still running according to the original trajectory, and Li Cunmiao, who was the emperor, still suffered misfortune, which can be said to be the worst news for him.

After a while, a group of people appeared on the official road. These men had more than 300 cavalrymen, all of them dusty servants, escorting several carriages, and slowly moving forward.

Li Qi stood in place, saw the general Li Shaorong riding over first, turned over and dismounted, bowed to the ground, and choked up: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister is guilty of failing to protect Your Majesty......"

Li Qi stretched out his hand to help Li Shaorong up, and interrupted the beating's crying: "I already know a little about this, the general will rest for a while, and then talk about it in detail later!" ”

Li Shaorong looked at Li Qi's calm performance, and felt a little strange in his heart: This prince has only been away from Beijing for more than a year, why did he suddenly become a lot more mature? !

By this time the cavalrymen had already escorted the carriage procession, and the curtain was lifted, but a woman in her thirties led two boys of six or seven years old out of the carriage. This woman is dignified in appearance and gentle in temperament, and the two men behind her immediately cried bitterly after seeing Li Qi: "Brother Huang......"

"Shut up and don't say anything!" Li Qi scolded the two boys, and then walked up to the woman: "Little nephew, visit aunt!" ”

This woman's surname is Hou, she was originally Li Cunmiao's concubine, and she was very favored by Li Cunmiao, and Li Qi, as the crown prince, called her aunt.

However, two years ago, Li Shaorong lost his wife, because he was worried that someone would compete for favor, but he was tricked by Queen Liu, and forced Li Cunmiao to give the Hou family to the widowed Li Shaorong as his wife, for which Li Cunmiao was depressed for several days.

The two boys are both current princes, one is named Li Jitong, but he is the third brother of Li Jiqi, born by Queen Liu, he is a compatriot of the same mother, and the other smaller masterpiece Li Jitong was born to this Mrs. Hou. Luoyang was in turmoil, and the two hid in the people's house, but they were rescued by Yuan Xingqin and his family, and went to Guanzhong to seek refuge in the prince Jiqi, who was returning to his teacher. was rescued from the city by Yuan Xingqi together, as well as Li Cunqing's younger brother Xue Wang Li Cunli, as for the other kings, princes and Empress Liu, they were already nowhere to be found.

Mrs. Hou couldn't help but burst into tears when she saw Li Qi: "Prince, Your Majesty ...... him"

Li Qi waved his hand to stop her from continuing: "It's windy outside, please go back to the car to rest first, let's go back to the city first." ”

Seeing Li Qi doing things so cautiously, an imperceptible smile appeared from Li Shaorong's face. On the one hand, he was finally able to meet the prince's team, and finally had some peace, and on the other hand, he was secretly amazed in his heart when he saw Li Qi handling things so calmly and cautiously.

This is like a boy of only sixteen years old, and even many ministers of the court did not show such composure in the face of such a great change.

Li Qi examined Li Shaorong's emaciated face with concerned eyes, and then looked at his body, his gaze stopped on the large blood stain oozing from his left arm. He took a step closer and asked softly, "How is the injury on the general's left arm?" Isn't it amazing? ”

"It's just an arrow wound, it doesn't hurt a bone, so it's not a big deal." Li Shaorong smiled nonchalantly, then lowered his voice and said, "What's the matter?" You only bring these people, is it possible that the army of Zheng Shu has lost control?! ”

Li Qi shook his head: "At present, the army is quite stable, but Xijing in Chang'an is left behind, and Zhang Luan is a general of Liang State in Yongping, and I temporarily detain him on the charge of negligence in military affairs, and let Ren Yuan sit in Chang'an first to stabilize the rear." When he himself led the front army to set off, he said that he would go to Luodu to rescue first, but in fact the intention was to occupy Tongguan and first close the gate for Li Siyuan's troops to enter Guanzhong.

Li Qi and Li Shaorong slowly walked side by side to the large camp where the army had been set up by the river. He hoped that this team of more than 20,000 people could be preserved as much as possible, so that they could gain a firm foothold and reopen the situation.

Refusing to hold Guanzhong and Jinyang first, and being able to use these two places as a foundation, this is the best result. With the current situation, he does not have the capital to compete with Li Siyuan, so he can only hold on to it first......

After walking back about two miles along the official road, I turned a willow forest by the river, when the sun set in the western mountains, the sky was getting dark, and the black river surface was covered with white waves, and there was a burst of noise. The 5,000-strong army carried only a few dozen tents, and most of the soldiers had to sleep in the woods. The woodland was littered with fires, some cooking on the fire, others sleeping on the grass.

These people actually didn't set up a guard when they were camping, and Li Shaorong couldn't help frowning after seeing it......