In Fengtian City in the early summer of the first year of Xingyuan, the surrounding lakes and trees by the ditches all emerged verdant green, and the entire Liangshan where the Qianling Tomb was located was full of blue.

In the council hall of the bell tower in the city, Emperor Li Shi was anxious again.

The soldiers and horses of King Qin inside and outside the city, whether it is Gao Chongwen's Shence army, or the Jingyuan and Shuofang soldiers who came here, have begun to complain and strange words in the camp in the past few days:

"The food is about to bottom out, and the miscellaneous rewards and spring clothes have not yet been settled, so I knew that this was the case, so it was better to take refuge in Li Huaiguang's Changwu army."

The soldiers were not just talking, during this period of time, they quietly passed through the Xianyang Plain and ran to Li Huaiguang or Li Xilie, there were four or five hundred people.

Sometimes such a report came to the emperor, and Li Shi could only turn a blind eye.

The reason is, of course, that there is a shortage of food and money supplies, and Li Shi has no confidence to deal with these incidents.

What's more, some ministers also began to complain, they miss the beautiful Chang'an in the spring and summer, half the city summer water and half the city flowers, and then prostitutes to visit various famous Buddhist temples, how good! In this Fengtian city, there is nothing except for the stinking soldiers and craftsmen, except for the beacon towers, war tents, and all kinds of city wall fortifications.

However, it is useless to complain, the imperial court branch cannot operate normally at all, the 560,000 yuan and rice grain sent by Shu Di before, in less than a month, have been consumed to pay off the main arrears, and now Li Shi has all the counteroffensive plans to really put into practice, and can only wait for the news of Shangjin Dao.

Now Li Shi can't wait to issue dozens of edicts in a day.

He asked Lu Zhen to transfer grain from Jingyuan and Fengxiang as soon as possible, and Duan Xiushi promised to send 100,000 stone winter wheat, but he was still waiting for the harvest to be completed;

He kept sending letters to Fengxing, Xingyuan, Xichuan, Dongchuan and Banan, asking if the food had arrived, whether the money had arrived, and whether the silk had arrived.

He also continued to send letters to Liu Yan and Han Rong through the post post in Shangjin Road, asking them to overcome difficulties as much as possible, and to send more food here with Li Yu, Du You, Cui Kuan, Cao Wanggao and other local envoys, and I will never forget your merits;

Even the emperor sent a letter to Ma Sui in Hedong, asking for food and money, which made Ma Sui so disturbed that he could only squeeze out 20,000 stone of grain and 10,000 yuan of money from the military palace, and asked his brother Ma Xuan to escort him around the road in Shizhou and send it to Fengtian City.

The emperor is most concerned about Li Sheng in Dongwei Bridge, now this god planning camp of 20,000 or 30,000 elites, but also got the food sent from Caohe, the main thing to take back Chang'an City is up to him, the emperor keeps sending envoys to urge, but Li Sheng's answer is: Your Majesty is a little restless, and when the time comes at the end of summer, the minister will definitely send troops.

Therefore, when Wang Shao, the salt and iron judge of Biandong, passed through the city gates and came to the lobby to ask for a visit to the emperor, Li Shihuo stood up, his shoulders swayed excitedly, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten.

"This time, the minister and Xuanrunya general Zhang Xi and Jingnanya general Wang Yi supervised a total of 800,000 yuan of light goods and 110,000 stone ...... of grain."

Before Wang Shao finished his report, "Good, very good!" Li Shi's voice almost exploded, the emperor was hoarse when he spoke, he walked down quickly, kept patting Wang Shao's shoulder with his hand, and then rubbed the hand of the salt and iron judge, his lips trembled, excited, relieved, all kinds of complex emotions.

Then the emperor straightened up again, and pointed at Huo Zhongtang and Tan Zhizhong with his fingers, "Go, go, quickly get the copper map, I now have food and spring clothes, and I can counterattack Chang'an!" ”

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" All the ministers in the hall congratulated in unison.

Li Shi in the center of the lobby also laughed, his shoulders kept shaking, waving his sleeves, and then he repeatedly shouted words such as "Hurry up and get the copper map" and "You can counterattack Chang'an".

Several ministers, such as Yan Zhenqing, Xiao Xin, Xiao Fu, etc., secretly shook their heads slightly:

Alas, Your Majesty is so miserable, isn't it crazy with joy?

Zhang Yansheng, who came to Fengtian City earlier, hung his beard and didn't say a word.

But then Wang Shao hurriedly said, "The minister is afraid of His Majesty's concern, so he and the two generals will come to report the news first, and the rice and money will not arrive in Fengtian until five days." ”

“！” Hearing this, the emperor restrained his smile, arched his back, turned his head suddenly, his eyes widened like a wild cat, panting and watching Wang Shaoyin's ups and downs, his fingers were involuntarily forked, completely closed, and constantly shaking.

Seeing the emperor's demeanor, the ministers were all frightened to death and looked at each other.

After a while, the emperor laughed again, with some nervousness, and even said that it was okay, five days later, five days later, his tone was a little stiff, "Wei Qing and Gao Qing are coming?" ”

"Envoy Wei and Gao Shaoyin are here, and the food and money are escorted by them, so they will be safe." Wang Shao replied.

"I'm waiting here, it's okay, I'm waiting here......" The emperor sat down again at this time, trying to let go.

"Holy Lord." At this time, Huo Zhongtang, Tan Zhizhong and other lieutenants just came with bronze pictures.

"Let this, let this go, I will wait for Wei Qing and Gao Qing to come, and then make a decision."

In this way, the emperor ended a day of waiting in Fengtian City, there was nothing to discuss between the monarchs and ministers, everyone was waiting for five days, and the emperor who returned to the courtyard was obviously in a good mood, and the words "five days later" were muttered in his mouth.

"Master." Tang An and Yiyang, as well as several other princesses, saw His Majesty turn to the side of the screen, and they all got up and said ten thousand blessings.

Looking at his daughters, Li Shi bit his lip, and then he looked at Princess Tang An Li Xuanshu.

Xuanshu was a little uneasy.

Then he stepped forward and stared at Princess Yiyang, and the younger Princess Deyang, etc., and looked at these people with a hairy heart.

"After returning to Chang'an City, I will definitely marry you all in style." The emperor said sentimentally and sincerely, "If you fancy a family, you will be a family, and if you fancy a jinshi, you will be a jinshi, even if it is a trick officer, I will not stop you." ”

"Master!" Several princesses couldn't hold it back, and threw themselves into their father's arms, and some of them immediately began to cry.

Li Shi, who hugged his daughters, was also in tears, and he sighed on his back.

Five days later, Gao Yue and Wei Gao's troops entered the city, and the 800,000 guan money and more than 100,000 stone of grain were also in place.

Inside and outside Fengtian City, there were cheering soldiers, welcoming Gao Yue and Wei Gao, who were riding on horses.

These two not only saved Fengtian City, the emperor and his army, but also the entire Tang Dynasty.

When he came to pay his respects, Li Shi held Gao Yue with one hand and Wei Gao with the other, and he was inexplicably moved.

"Wei Qing, Gao Qing, let's discuss the matter of counterattacking the Jingshi directly!"

Who wants Gao Yue to be very cautious and advises:

"The stakes are so high, how can Your Majesty negotiate with me and the other two or third sons to take it? Please gather in the lobby of the bell tower to gather the ministers and military envoys to discuss. ”

Li Shi was stunned for a moment, and then said, the lobby discussion is definitely needed, but we can communicate between the monarchs and ministers first, and simulate the strategy of counterattacking the Beijing division first.

Sighing, Gao Yue knew that the emperor hadn't been in the front of the copper map for a long time, and he was as hungry as a child with an addiction to games.

Forget it, let's play with Chengwu with him!