In the afternoon, Wang Yuan went to Sanhualou to thank Xuanzong. Xuanzong still met Wang Yuan under the corridor by the moon-watching pool. Seeing Wang Yuan, Xuanzong said with a smile: "Wang Yuan, you won't blame me for being your master directly." I thought about it last night, and this time I can't let you refuse, so I told Wei Jiansu and them early in the morning, you are already the prime minister of my Tang Dynasty. I heard that Wei Jiansu and they all went to your house to congratulate them, right? ”

Wang Yuan sighed: "Your Majesty, you are chasing ducks to the shelves." Xiangguo's position is like a stove, Your Majesty is putting me on the stove to roast. Sooner or later, the minister will be roasted by His Majesty, and he will be divided and eaten. ”

A hint of anger flashed in Xuanzong's eyes, and he was immediately replaced by a smile.

"Don't think so, I have great faith in you, and you will not let me down. By the way, did Li Heng tell you? I decided to let him go with you to the army, and you had to restrain him well. ”

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "The minister is also about to verify with His Majesty, is Your Majesty sure to let King Feng go to the army with his ministers?" ”

Xuanzong said: "It's him, isn't he going to lead the army to quell the rebellion every day?" I did what he wanted. Wang Yuan, don't regard him as my prince, just treat him as an ordinary general, scold when he should be scolded, punished when he should be punished, if he violates military law, then you will have to deal with it. In short, even if he dies on the battlefield, I will never blame you, so you can take him with confidence. ”

These words seem to be the selfless words of the Grand Duke, but in Wang Yuan's ears, they have a special taste. Xuanzong didn't want to see this King Feng to say such things. didn't care about the life and death of his own son, but seemed to tell Wang Yuan that you can use this son as you like, and he deserves to die.

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister knows it. When the minister returned to the army this time, he was going to start discussing the attack on Chang'an with Marshal Gao, does Your Majesty have anything to say? ”

Xuanzong thought for a while and said in a low voice: "I have nothing to say, I will leave the matter of the war to you." I am 10,000 at ease with you. If I have any expectations, it is of course that I hope to recapture Chang'an as soon as possible, which is my capital. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, once we are ready, we will attack Chang'an and try to recover." Now that the momentum of the rebels has been stopped, it will soon be time for us to counterattack. The minister hopes that the holy car can be returned to the capital as soon as possible, so that His Majesty will not be covered in dust here. ”

Xuanzong smiled and said, "Very good, I am waiting for that day." ”

Wang Yuan got up and saluted and said goodbye, Wang Yuan will leave early tomorrow morning, and Wang Yuan will not plan to come to Xuanzong tomorrow to say goodbye, so he simply said goodbye together. Before leaving, Xuanzong seemed to remember something, and reminded Wang Yuandao: "If you want to attack Chang'an, you can send someone to notify Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi to assist." The two of them are now holding on to the west of the Shuofang River, and they also have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under them, so they may be able to help you. ”

Wang Yuan was stunned, and Xuanzong hurriedly said: "Oh, that's the case, I only received a recital sent by Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi yesterday. The two of them were fighting fiercely with another rebel army, and it was said that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were led by An Lushan's son An Qingxu. They are also alone now, and I think that if possible, you and Gao Xianzhi should find a way to meet them, lest they be besieged and annihilated by the rebels. There are really not many soldiers and horses in my Tang Dynasty, and the two of them are also elite soldiers, so I can't give up on them. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I had a plan to join them, but it was delayed because of this military ration matter." The ministers will not let them be swallowed by the rebels. ”

Xuanzong smiled: "That's good, that's good." I'll leave it all to you. ”

In the afternoon, Wang Yuan called Li Mi and instructed him to prepare a large number of escort grain and grass to the army. Wang Yuan didn't dare to entrust this matter to others again, because if he went back this time, he really had to start recovering Chang'an, and there must be no problems with logistics, so Wang Yuan didn't want to trouble those old men in the Ministry of Household War, and Wang Yuan was not at ease at all.

Early the next morning, Wang Yuan got up to straighten out and set off, and after saying goodbye to his wife and concubine at home, Wang Yuan, Gongsun Lan and a group of guards arrived at the East City Gate Square. There, 500 grain trucks were ready to go. In addition to these grain trucks, there are also Fengwang Li Heng and his party. King Feng accompanied him with more than 100 entourages and packed up several carts of food and supplies, Wang Yuan was speechless, feeling that he was going to be an uncle. Wang Yuan didn't say much, and when he got to the army, he slowly got in touch with this prince and got to know him better, so as to determine whether he was the candidate he wanted.

Wei Jiansu and other officials also set up a simple practice banquet inside the city gate to see Wang Yuan off. Wang Yuan didn't like to brush off their kindness, and after a few drinks with them, he crossed the horse out of the city in their precious voice.

The sun rose, and the long motorcade left Chengdu City all the way to the east, and disappeared from people's vision after half an hour. The officials who saw them off looked at each other for a long time, and finally turned around.

"Wang Xiangguo is really like a thunderstorm. Come like a thunderbolt, go like a cloud and a dragon without a trace. Thinking about these two days, it is better to really teach people not to know what to say. ”

The words of one official resonated with everyone. Yes, this Wang Yuan, who returned the day before yesterday, was so angry with thunder that Fang Xuan was still very moisturized in the morning, and he was robbed and killed in the evening, which was really lightning fast. Then this Wang Yuan swept away a bunch of the most glorious positions and titles of the dynasty, and instantly became the most powerful person in the dynasty, making people feel like they were in a dream.

"Wang Xiangguo is a bit like ...... Like a robber who comes and goes without a trace, kills people for money and then goes without a trace. One of the officials who saw him off whispered.

"Shut up, don't you want to live? Do you drink too much after a few glasses of practice wine? The people around him were busy stopping his nonsense. But when you think about it, this is not unreasonable. Wang Yuan is really like a robber, suddenly killed back to Chengdu, when the court Xiangguo Fang Xuan was beheaded on the same day, and then this person's official position swept away suddenly, it was really like a storm, fierce, and fast.

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Thousands of miles away in Luoyang City, a meeting that seemed extremely important to An Lushan was taking place in the Taiji Palace. More than ten days ago, An Lushan ordered the generals of all armies to put down all the things in their hands and go back to Luoyang to discuss major matters.

An Lushan sat on the main hall and watched the generals enter the hall with a smile on his face, and he couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

When the generals who came from afar entered the main hall, they felt something strange. The hall that used to be a mess has suddenly become much cleaner and more magnificent. The smoky mutton fat cauldron was replaced by a tall candlestick, and the messy felt carpets on the ground were removed. The smooth floor of the marble is cleaned clean. The dragon with teeth and claws on the pillars of the hall has also been cleaned, and the teeth and claws are very majestic at this moment. The tables on which they were to be seated were gone, and the people could no longer sit on the floor as they had done before, eating meat and drinking wine, and deliberating on things.

All this, of course, has to do with only one thing. Everyone knows this. The last time An Shuai summoned everyone to put down the affairs of the army and return to Luoyang was because of this matter, and this time it was this matter.

After all the rebel generals and officials entered the hall, An Lushan coughed lightly. These few coughs were a signal, and everyone's greetings suddenly disappeared, and the hall became silent.

"Brothers, let's meet again." An Lushan spoke in a deep voice.

"The last time was a few months ago, An asked you to go back to Luoyang to gather together to celebrate our capture of Chang'an City and drive away Li Longji. However, four or five months have passed, and this time we have not only captured Shudi, but also captured Li Longji. Instead, our army was defeated by Wang Yuan's Shence army, losing more than 80,000 soldiers and horses. My good brother Gao Xiuyan was also killed in the attack on Tongzhou. This made my heart ache, I couldn't swallow for several days, I couldn't sleep peacefully, and I kept thinking of Brother Gao's voice in my mind. Brother Gao, my brother misses you so much. ”

An Lushan is worthy of being an acting school, and the acting skills that he has been training by Xuanzong's side for a long time broke out at this moment, and when he said Gao Xiuyan, he began to burst into tears. Muddy tears flowed down his drooping eye bags, looking extremely sad and emotional.

Li Zhu'er, the personal attendant, stood aside and hung his head, with an extremely sad face on his face. But because he has made some mistakes in the past few days, he has been beaten several times by An Lushan, and his butt still hurts terribly, so his mood is not smooth. Seeing An Lushan acting, he was actually scolded in his heart.

"The old fat pig is playing again, why haven't you been able to eat and sleep well? You've had a good appetite these days. You can eat a sheep in a day. Sleepless nights? You weren't an all-nighter lewd pleasure that night, and of course it was hard to sleep. I'm sorry, I'm grassing your eighteenth generation ancestors, an old fat pig full of lies. ”

"This is all my fault, it was my Shi Siming's incompetence and unfavorable attack on Shu that caused Brother Gao to blame himself for failing to capture Tongzhou, so he committed suicide to apologize. It's all my fault, please surrender to An Shuai. Shi Siming walked out of the crowd with heavy steps, and knelt in front of An Lushan with a spine of self-blame.

"No, no, it's not your fault, it's my An Lushan's fault. I have nothing to do with you. My An Lushan is about to run out of qi, this is all qi. An Lushan wiped his tears and said.