Chang'an is full of wind and rain, and public opinion has been out of control, after all, Dahua's 100,000 troops are coming, and they are driving straight in, and there is no Tang army to resist at all, and they are invincible.

Several county towns in Jingzhao County are all small cities, and there are few defenders, so they almost flee from the wind, or open the door to surrender, and dare not resist.

After all, Luo Cheng's prestige is too great over the years, and Jingzhao County is the land of the imperial city, so he is the first to understand his reputation, and Luo Cheng's rise in the frontier land in recent years has also caused a great shock to the gate valves in the area of Jingzhao County, so when he drove the expedition in person and defeated the Tang, Liang, and Turkic tripartite coalition forces, the gate lords in Guanzhong were optimistic about Dahua and felt that Li Tang was difficult to resist, so he would not follow Li Tang to accompany him to the funeral.

Along the way, many family owners and scholars were willing to support Luo Cheng, join Dahua, and serve the country.

The Changsun clan, the Yu clan, the Liu clan, the Tuoba clan, the He Ruo clan, the Han clan, the Nalan clan, the Murong clan, the Su clan, the Gao clan, etc., in the Guanlong area, the large and small gate valve forces living in the counties of Jingzhao County, have come forward to express their attitude, welcoming the Dahua army to move into Jingzhao County and take over Chang'an City.

Luo Zhaoyun personally met with this group of gate valve disciples, after all, in this Sui and Tang dynasties, the gate valve was strong, although it was baptized by the war, but the talents were still mostly from this class, and if you want to consolidate the river, you need to win it over.

To balance the power of the poor and the aristocracy, it takes a little excessive, if you directly play the slogan of eliminating the door valve to cater to the cold door, it will be counterproductive, after all, the children of the poor family enter the official career, but also hope to become a new nobleman and the door valve.

As long as the hierarchy exists, they all want to become a noble class, shelter their children, and enjoy glory and wealth.

Luo Zhaoyun knows these things, so he must win over the gate valve, but also contain it, and support the cold family, produce a new upstart class, and balance it little by little.

The disciples of the gate lords looked at the 100,000 army, and they were all excited, and they all said that they would join the army and make meritorious contributions.

Luo Zhaoyun knew very well that they were speculative, seeing that Dahua was about to win, and it was easy to obtain military merits if he joined at this time, but he did not stop them, let them join them, train temporarily, memorize military discipline, and use them in future expeditions. After absorbing these gate valve disciples, they were naturally entangled with the interests of the nobles in the Jingzhao County area, and won their firmer support.

For a time, outside Chang'an City, almost all of them broke away from the Tang Dynasty, and the Li Tang regime was like a rootless ping, and without a support group, it became easy to eradicate it.

In Chang'an City, on the Golden Palace of the Imperial Palace, Li Yuan finally decided to withdraw Zhang Zhenzhou's soldiers and horses, rush back to King Qin, and intercept the Dahua army outside the city. At the same time, Li Yuan was also ready to retreat, temporarily moved the palace dependents in the palace, and moved some loyal ministers' family members to Hedong County and left Guanzhong.

In Li Yuan's heart, he was also not optimistic about the remaining troops, and he was able to repel the Dahua army, and he did not expect a miracle.

However, Li Yuan, who was old and steady, prepared with both hands, and faced the Dahua army in the safest way, and also left a way back for retreat.

The news of the relocation of the palace concubines and ministers' families was deliberately released, and all of a sudden, Chang'an City became even more chaotic, and there was a hazy atmosphere that the Tang Dynasty was going to die in the future of the war.

In Chang'an City, Luo Zhaoyun did not arrange a back hand back then, so all the intelligence officers were active, all kinds of rumors were flying all over the sky, yes, the people in the city were shaken, they all thought that Li Tang was going to perish, Dahua was going to enter Chang'an strongly, and even Dahua's new welfare policy was spread in the city, causing heated discussions.

As a result, the heart of the Tang army collapsed, and the heart of resistance was cut by more than half at once, and many people did not want their sons and husbands to resist the Dahua army and serve Li Tang to accompany the funeral, because Dahua entered Chang'an, and the new policy could reduce the burden of the people, increase income, and improve social welfare a lot, and they were secretly looking forward to it.

When these news came to the palace, after Li Yuan heard it, he jumped like thunder, smashed the tea tray, scolded Luo Cheng for his despicable methods, and sent people to spread rumors like this, slandering Li Tang and bragging about himself.

Tang Jian, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, said: "Your Majesty, a 30,000-strong army of Dahua, led by Qin Qiong, attacked Shiping City, blocking the only way for General Zhang Zhenzhou to pass, and wanted to flank the 60,000 or 70,000 troops of my Datang before and after. ”

Li Yuan said urgently: "Immediately send someone to inform General Zhang that you can't get close to Shiping and come back by a detour, in case you are caught in the middle and suffer a heavy blow." ”

Tang Jian arched his hand and said, "Obey!" However, Your Majesty should consider, when to leave, the prince is in charge here, temporarily resist the Dahua army, and when Chang'an City cannot be saved, it is not too late to break through, but Your Majesty is the body of the Son of Heaven, the Ninety-Five Supreme, you can't take risks, you should go early! ”

Li Yuan hesitated, it was indeed dangerous for him to stay in Chang'an, once he was besieged in the city, life and death in the breakthrough were unpredictable, if he left the prince, in case of a mistake, it would endanger the community. However, if a member of the royal family does not stay, it is also very dangerous and cannot convince the public, in case their royal family leaves on the front foot, the back foot will be left behind to surrender to the general.

"Okay, just leave the prince to guard the city!" Li Yuan was ruthless in his heart, and decided to leave the prince to gamble for the time being, if the city was broken, it would be best to break through, even if he died, he still had two or three sons.

Besides, Datang can't keep it, returning to Jinyang is just a princely land, losing the qualification to dominate the world, what else does Li Yuan have to scruple about, he can't let go?

That night, Li Yuan summoned Li Jiancheng, as well as Li Xuanba and Li Yuanji, and told the prince about guarding Chang'an.

Li Jiancheng's heart swelled with waves, some worries about the danger, and also a sense of oppression on his shoulders, after a while, he replied: "The child must defend Chang'an and not let Dahua succeed!" ”

Li Yuan sighed and said: "Silly boy, you can just make the right decision according to the situation, when you get to Chang'an, you really can't defend it, you have to break through and survive, we still have a chance to make a comeback." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded: "The child knows, father, please rest assured, if General Zhang can bring his troops back, plus Feng Yi and the army of King Qin in the Tongguan area, Chang'an City has gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if there are 200,000 troops outside the city, it may not be able to conquer in the short term, as long as it survives until winter, the Dahua army will have to retreat and truce." ”

Li Yuan said: "Everything must be careful, you have fought with Luo Gong, you know that this person is terrible, he has many wrists, he can break more than 200,000 coalition troops, and attack the city like no one's land, it is said that the Dahua army has a powerful weapon that can blow up the city gates, and has to be defended, once the Dahua army approaches, immediately seal the city gates and block the stones, so that it can be defended for a while." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, he was on the front line a few days ago, and he was not Luo Cheng's opponent at all, so he pretended to be sick and returned to Chang'an.

At this time, Li Xuanba said: "Father, I will also stay, protect the eldest brother, in case the city is broken, I can also protect him to leave safely." ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he nodded slightly and said, "Okay, your two brothers are of the same heart, and their profits will be cut off, so stick to Chang'an City!" ”