After Li Hu led his troops to mutiny, the line from Hangu Pass to Tongguan fell into the hands of the enemy, and the Son of Heaven was furious when he heard the news. At this time, the border city order of the supervising army offered slander to Xuanzong: "Feng Shuqing fought in Luoyang, greedy for life and afraid of death, saying that the rebels were unstoppable, causing the army to retreat and Luoyang to lose." And Gao Xianzhi heard that the rebels were powerful and gave up Shaanzhou, which was an unforgivable crime. ”

The Son of Heaven was already dissatisfied with Gao and Feng because of Li Hu's mutiny, and he was even more angry when he added the slander of the border city order, and issued a secret decree to kill Gao and Feng. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince received a secret report and urgently admonished him, but to no avail. Soon after, I heard the report that General Gao and Feng had been booby-trapped. When the Tongguan garrison heard that the lord was about to die, and the army had no commander, they all disarmed and did not fight the rebels. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the imperial court used the veteran general Ge Shuhan, who was idle at home, and barely stabilized the situation.

The residents of Qinglong Town heard that Li Hu had rebelled, and they had become ants on a hot pot at this time. Then I heard that General Gao and Feng Er were killed by His Majesty, and it was even more like a fierce cover, and it was impossible to live all day.

After Li Hu surrendered, he was entrusted to continue to guard the area of Cuihan, confront the imperial army on the front line of Tongguan, and named Li Hu as the general of Huaihua, and the official was promoted to the third level.

In doing so, it was obvious that the rebels did not fully trust Li Hu's surrender, and Cuihan became a buffer between the rebels and the imperial army, and if the two were in trouble, they became rats in the bellows.

In addition to the 2,000 sergeants who fled to Tongguan Pass, the sergeants who were not ashamed of Li Hu's defection to the enemy, all those who had small remarks and testimonials were all corrected by Li Hu on the spot, implicating more than 500 people. Under the coercion, the remaining thousands of sergeants did not dare to say anything more, and in order to save their lives, they either remained silent or raised their hands in agreement. Most of these sergeants came from the recruits in the Chang'an area of Guanzhong, and they were originally here to protect Chang'an, but they became rebels overnight, which is really a bit ridiculous.

After Li Hu rebelled, he summoned Sima Cuo, Sima Cuo went tremblingly, Li Hu sat in the main hall of the Barberry Inn and looked at him with some contempt and said: "Pavilion Chief, now that I have taken refuge in An Dashuai, where should you go?" ”

"General, I'm a little pavilion chief, how dare I ask this, how the general arranges, I will obey."

"Haha! The pavilion chief is indeed the pavilion chief. Then you should immediately issue a notice to the people, as long as the people of the town obey the general's order, they can be safe. ”

Sima Cuo asked, "May I ask the general, how should this Anmin notice be written?" ”

"Do you still need me to say this?"

……

Soon, a notice was posted in Qinglong Town, saying: "...... On the occasion of this war, Li Hurende, the general of Huaihua, can ensure that the people in the area of Cuihan are happy, and hope that the people in the town will obey the general's orders, and there will be no other ......"

Since then, Li Hu has been sitting in Qinglong Town, acting as the rebel camp in charge of the affairs of Kunhan, and confronting the imperial army in the direction of Tongguan. On the Tongguan side, after the imperial court enabled the veteran general Ge Shuhan who was idle at home, he analyzed the situation and saw the same thing as Gao Xianzhi, the rebel army was in high morale, and it was necessary to avoid its edge and stick to Tongguan.

What made the people of Qinglong Town entangled and frightened was that Murong Cheng, Yu Wenlan, and Dumb came back. I don't know where they came from, Li Hu treated Murong Cheng as a guest, and he was very respectful. When Murong Cheng returned to the town, it was not difficult for Sima Cuo and other people in the town to return to the coffin shop and ask Sima Cuo to find someone to remove the big stones at the mouth of the well, but the wellhead was already full of stones and could no longer go down to the culvert.

Sima Cuo complimented on the side: "I don't know that the general has been operating in Qinglong Town for many years, and the small one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and I hope the general will forgive me." ”

Murong Cheng replied nonchalantly: "Each performs his own duties, each is his master, he becomes the king and loses the king, maybe one day he will be in trouble again, don't be ruthless!" ”

"How dare you! How dare you! Several of them are the former generals of An Dashuai, and they are very honored to know. After speaking, he bowed to Murong Cheng, Yu Wenlan, and the dumb man.

At this time, he said in a dumb voice: "What An Dashuai, our Majesty will soon be the emperor in Luoyang, the country name is Dayan, and the year name is Shengwu." You are already the people of the Great Yan Kingdom, hahaha! ”

Sima was shocked when he heard this, but he pretended to be happy and said, "This is a fortunate event and a grand event. I, the little pavilion chief, also congratulate His Majesty Dayan, long live, long live. "When you finish speaking, you have to kneel.

Murong Cheng sneered a few times on the side and said, "Pavilion Chief, it's better to be exempt." Do a good job and appease the people of Qinglong Town. ”

"Thank you for the reminder, the general, the humble post will definitely train these people in the town to be obedient."

The mute man next to him said viciously: "Pavilion Chief, it's better to open a music workshop, find a few girls, and let me train them too!" ”

Sima Cuo's face was relieved just now, and at this time, he was a little embarrassed and asked Murong Cheng for help.

Murong Cheng scolded the dumb man: "I can't control your thing anymore, Lao Tzu will castrate you." ”

……

After Sima Coo hurriedly thanked him, he walked out of the coffin shop. When passing by the silk village, he inadvertently walked in to buy silk, and when Nangong Yue approached, he said inadvertently: "In this war, how can so much silk be sold?" ”

Nangong Yue replied: "Yes! Pavilion chief, my livelihood is worried. ”

"Then why didn't you flee back to Chang'an before and stay here?"

"Returning to Chang'an is also to make a living, and it is the same here."

"I just came back from Murong Cheng, and the dumb man said let me open a music workshop, I heard that you are very good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and you don't have to worry about your livelihood."

"Pavilion Chief, you can't push me into the fire pit!"

"It's not me pushing it, there are so many rich wolves, tigers and leopards in the town, can you be a weak woman who can withstand it?"

"But Pavilion Chief, you can't ...... like this"

"Boss Nangong, think about it! Waiting for your news. ”

Nangong Yue said unceremoniously: "Pavilion Chief, I don't welcome you here, please take care of yourself!" ”

Sima Cuo walked out of the silk village without impatience and came to the jade brewing workshop, Wen Renyu saw him, and greeted him with a smile: "Pavilion chief, drink osmanthus or peach blossom?" Peach blossoms are peach blossoms this spring. ”

"How can I still have the heart to drink, what should I do with this mess?"

"The sky won't fall."

"It feels like it's going to collapse."

"Let him collapse."

"To put it mildly, you're glad to collapse."

"I'm not happy either, because the war has started and lives have been devastated. But everything counts. ”

"Princess, when did you believe in your fate?"

"Although I am a princess, I am in this people, what do I believe if I don't believe in fate?"

Sima changed the topic and said, "Just now I went to Murong City, he and Yu Wenlan were easy to handle, so I was worried about that dumb man." ”

"Are you worried that he's plotting against me?"

Sima Co nodded silently.

Wen Renyu said: "Why don't I give up the Jade Brewery to Yu Wenlan, can this protect me?" ”

Sima Cuo looked at Wen Renyu in astonishment, and said in a suffrage: "The way is a good way, but is she willing to accept it?" Isn't it too obvious that you're giving in? ”

"Of course, it is mainly given to Murong Cheng, and Yu Wenlan is just her subordinate. What is the best way to seek protection? ”

"What if you give it to her and discover a secret tunnel? Don't forget, the mail truck is still inside. ”

"That's right. But how can we reassure them if we don't give them a big gift? ”

"I don't think I will be willing to give the store to them, so it is better to send the silver directly."

"Good! I'll prepare. Go back as soon as possible, and don't let your tigress find out about me. ”

Sima Cao hurriedly smiled: "Follow the princess's arrangement." ”

Since Sima Cuo left, Nangong Yue has been uneasy, if Sima Cuo really pulls her into the music workshop, then she will fall? But now I can't cross Tongguan in the west, and I can't go to Luoyang in the east, where can I hide? The evil deeds of the dumb people are indeed disgusting and terrifying, and now that Cuihan is under their rule, their identities have been revealed, so they naturally have no scruples. The most terrible thing is that if they know that they are secret agents planted by the imperial court in Qinglong Town, they will definitely face life and death. Thinking of this, Nangong Yue felt that she couldn't support it, and she wanted to know who the secret agent Shangguan Yun was talking about was.

But who is that? That's all there are in town?

Let's talk about Huangfu Dan. In fact, their organization and Murong Cheng are not all the way, but against the Son of Heaven, a reactionary force among the people, mostly composed of descendants of Xuanzong's political enemies. Huang Fu Dan's father, Huang Fu Zhen, was only a guard for Princess Taiping, not of royal blood, and was not ranked among the reactionary forces. But she wandered Gaochang, her experience was not simple, and she was even more stunky, and she was good at hiding, and gradually occupied a place in the reactionary forces and became the helmsman of the Cuihan rudder.

To be exact, Li Hu was pulled down by her means. Li Hu snatched Nalan's work in guarding the pass, and was rewarded by His Majesty. Especially after knowing that Gao Xianzhi and Feng Shuqing did not give up, he participated in the plan of the border city order to plot to kill Gao and Feng, and he regretted it very much when he saw that Gao and Feng were really killed. After several years in the army, there were only two people who knew that they could hold Tongguan and confront the enemy, and now the two of them were really killed by a eunuch who slandered a few words in front of His Majesty. At the same time, I feel that the border city makes this person very terrifying, turning his hands into clouds and rain, and he is also full of bad deeds in the army, maybe when he will say a few "good words" in front of His Majesty, he will also be killed. After thinking about it, I want to disarm and return to the field.

After he told his bride Huang Fu Dan about these worries and scruples on the pillow, Huang Fu Dan immediately had an idea in his heart, and a gentle wind in his ears made him not hesitate to surrender to the rebels first and occupy the land of Cuihan, which seemed to be the target of the public, but in fact, he could reap the benefits of both ends. When Li Hu heard this, he did not hesitate to listen to Huangfu Dan's opinion. So on the night of Shangguan Yun, Nalan, and Duguyue's evacuation, martial law was issued, prohibiting Shangguan Yun and others from escaping to Guanzhong, and early the next morning, they shouted to Hangu Pass that they were willing to surrender.

Li Hu originally wanted to capture Shangguan Yun, Nalan, and Duguyue and dedicate them to the rebels, especially Nalan, but he was hated by the rebels and handed them over, and he gave them a weighty vote for himself. But he never thought that Shangguan Yun and others jumped over the wall in a hurry and crossed the Yellow River at night, and their life and death were unknown.

As soon as the rebels heard that Li Hu had surrendered, they immediately went to Jing'an to report to the young marshal, and when the young marshal An heard it, he was overjoyed! came to accept Li Hu's letter of surrender. And gave Li Hu a three-level promotion, gave General Huaihua, and commanded the land of Cuihan. Nominally the commander, in fact, the rebels are gathering momentum, because even if they occupy Cuihan, they can't cross the Tong Pass, even if they are guarded by a mediocre generation, as long as they can't hold out, the rebels are helpless. An Lushan hit under Tongguan, and the land east of the river was in hand, which was enough to cause a shock to the imperial court. Therefore, I thought that I would not move before the New Year, and then try again after the New Year.

In Jing'an's Linghu Zhao's uncle and nephew, Nangong Han and the three of them were shocked when they learned that Cuihan Li Hu had rebelled, and they were shocked when they saw An Shaoshuai's heart blooming, but their hearts were dripping blood.

An Shaoshuai said to Nangong Han: "When the army moves in the direction of Tongguan, the three of you follow, for so many days, Ben Shuai has become accustomed to your meals." ”

Nangong Han was flattered and said: "Thanks to the handsome, it's just my small shop......"

"I'm afraid that I'll treat you badly?"

"That's it! Is that! Everything is subject to the arrangement of the commander. ”

In the evening, Nangong Han found Ling Huzhao and talked about Young Marshal An wanting to take them with him. Ling Hu Zhao couldn't sit still when he heard this, he and Ling Hu Yan were originally going to escape from Huating here, if they were sent back to Qinglong Town, how would this be good? The others can not be cared about, but won't the identities of the three of them be revealed when they arrive in Qinglong Town? And then how to face Huangfu Dan?

After thinking about it for a while, Ling Hu Zhao said: "Yan'er and I resolutely can't go, we have to find a way to escape and escape to Yuzhou." If the three of us return to Qinglong Town, your identity will also be revealed. ”

Nangong Han pondered for a moment and said, "What my uncle said is not unreasonable, but how did your uncle and nephew escape?" ”

"I don't care about this, you have to find a way!"

"But now I can't think about it, the contact point to Yuzhou has not been contacted yet. Besides, it's a very risky one, and if you are caught, you two will definitely die. ”

"Surely you will die, and you will have to go."

"Alright! Let me plan and plan, I estimate that Attack on Kuohan will have to wait until the end of the year. We originally had great confidence in Gao Shuai and Feng Shuai, as long as Tongguan was not lost, all sections made King Qin, and An Lushan would be defeated if he did not fight for a long time. But His Majesty was bewitched by others, and actually killed two generals who were unfavorable in the battles of Luoyang and Shaanzhou, which was self-destruction of the Great Wall. ”

"If you are stubborn and self-serving, you will have this disaster!"

"You are slandering the Son of Heaven, and you deserve to be punished. Hehe! ”

"It should be punished, it should have been punished thirty years ago. Ha ha. Unexpectedly laughed, Nangong Han hurriedly covered his mouth.

"I'll open up the secret passage to Yuzhou as soon as possible and send your uncle and nephew to Yuzhou. It is said that the Taishou of Yuzhou has been stranded in Chang'an, and a court lieutenant of Yuzhou led thousands of soldiers to resist to the death, and the rebels have not yet taken this important town of the north-south communication artery. The two armies are still fighting, how can I send you across Yuzhou? It's quite difficult! ”

"I heard before that there is a small road, which is directly connected to Yang, and when I get it right, Yan'er and I will take this small road."

"Take the path, I know you're fine, the key is to make the fox lady keep up? This escape is no better than in the past. ”

"That's not what the virtuous nephew said. Now in this situation, she can't enter or retreat, so she shouldn't have promised her brother to take her to Chang'an to complete her marriage. Let her fall into this wolfish place. ”

"Uncle, I'll try to find a way. Do your best, and obey the fate of God. It's not in vain for our son-in-law. Hehe! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Hu Zhao punched over, and after flashing, his ears were grabbed, and he only begged for mercy in pain. Ling Hu Zhao only teased him a few times before letting go of his hand and said to him, "Go back to the room." Yan'er and I are grateful to you. ”

Back in the room, the futon was spread out on the floor to rest, and he didn't want to make Hu Yan tiptoe to the floor and lie beside him, he was startled and wanted to dodge, so Hu Yan covered his mouth and said, "Brother Nangong, just say a few words." ”

Nangong Han was relieved, and Ling Hu Yan also took his hand away. She leaned into his ear and said, "I know that you went to Yafu to discuss the fact that we could not escape Xinyang. I have also come into contact with these sergeants these days, and they said that Yuzhou has not yet been captured, and if you want to go south, you have to take a small road, which is very dangerous, and they are ready to make a detour from the back of Yuzhou to sneak attack. I knew I couldn't get through it. What I want to say is that you let your uncle go back alone. ”

"What about you?"

"I'll follow you."

"Don't be kidding, you think I, Nangong Han, are just taking advantage of others."

"It's really not a joke, I want my father to return to Huating, I want to stay here, and when the war is over, I will go to my husband Xu Chen."

"I see, it's okay!"