Early in the morning of the second day, Zhang Xuan took Guo Ziyi, Zhang Tong, Yan Zhenqing and other generals to accompany Zhang Xuan around Luoyang City and went straight to the Luoyang Imperial City.

Like Chang'an, Luoyang, as the former imperial capital, also has a grand and gorgeous palace, the inner city, the imperial city and the imperial court and the hundred official offices built in the imperial city. In terms of the huge layout of the palace, the Luoyang Palace may not be as good as Chang'an, but in terms of exquisite luxury, it is still Luoyang as the crown. [..]

Zhang Xuan stood quietly in front of the Dingding Gate, looking up at the layers of palace cornices, and his heart was full of emotion.

Guo Ziyi and the others stood solemnly behind him, not daring to interrupt his train of thought.

"The four mountains are surrounded by green, and the three rivers are rippling and clear. The spring breeze does not know the will of rise and fall, the grass "color" is old in the old city√ the rain is sorrowful, and the palace is the old imperial city. If you ask about the ancient and modern things, please only look at Luoyang City. ”

Zhang Xuan said angrily.

"If you ask about the ancient and modern affairs, please only look at Luoyang City." Yan Zhenqing sighed softly, and couldn't help but exclaim, "The talent of the lord moves the world, and the 'groaning' of the truth is a wonderful sentence." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, didn't say anything, walked into the palace alone, and waved his hand at the same time, signaling that everyone didn't have to follow.

Zhang Xuan, under the protection of several guards, walked around the palace alone, similar to watching the scenery, with an extremely complicated feeling. No one knows his special feelings for Luoyang, because in his previous life, his hometown was Luoyang.

It's just that in his previous life, there was no trace of the Sui and Tang Palaces in Luoyang City, and it was almost a regret that countless people dreamed of. I don't know how many people came to Luoyang to follow the legacy of the Tang Dynasty, but they were all disappointed.

Guo Ziyi and others were waiting in front of Dingding.

After waiting for a long time, I didn't see Zhang Xuan come out, so I had to wait patiently.

Guo Ziyi pondered for a long time and suddenly said softly, "Everyone, you say, do you have the intention to set sail in Duluo?"

Tear-stained yang? ”

Yan Zhenqing and Zhang Tong's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they nodded again and again.

Yan Zhenqing said, "Guo Linggong, from the point of view of the lower officials, the Lord Justice has this intention. The lord ordered me to renovate and expand Luoyang City, and I guessed that the lord had the intention of setting the capital of Luoyang. ”

"Luoyang is located in the land of Zhongzhou, pressing Jianghuai in the east, Guanlong in the west, Youyan in the north, Jingxiang in the south, known as the eight directions, the hinterland of Kyushu, the thoroughfare of ten towns∫ Heluo is also the place where the dragon veins are assembled, and the lord is the capital of Luoyang, which can meet the national fortune." Yan Zhenqing said with a smile.

Zhang Tong also nodded, "Not bad." Chang'an is in the west, or Luoyang is good, the north is according to the mountain, the south looks at Yique, the left and the right stream, the Luoshui runs through it, the east is according to the tiger prison, the west controls the Han Valley, surrounded by mountains, the Xiongguan stands in a forest, can attack and retreat can be defended, can be the imperial capital. ”

The three of them were talking and laughing, when they suddenly saw a small official of the Luoyang Imperial City Office holding a painting in his hand, and walked out of the palace under the escort of a team of guards.

The little official smiled and saluted Guo Ziyi and the others, "Lord Yan, the lord has a life, and he has ordered this poem to be engraved on the Dingding Gate." ”

Yan Zhenqing was stunned, and immediately stepped forward to take the unfolded text panel and took a look, and saw two lines of poetry in the big book above, the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing with heroic momentum, it was Zhang Xuan's own handwriting-

Every three years, all countries tend to Heluo

Guo Ziyi and Zhang Tong also came up, and the three of them looked at each other, and immediately exchanged a knowing look, sure enough, Zhang Xuan must be going to make Luoyang.

Mid-October.

The autumn wind swept across Tongguan, and on the Guanzhong Plain, the new army led by Li Guangbi waved its banner and roared, and set up camp in the wilderness less than 100 miles away from Tongguan.

Li Guangbi didn't want to attack Tongguan, but before his army arrived, Tanma had already come to report, Zhang Xuan led an army of 100,000 troops into Tongguan, and now Tongguan is solid, and his 70,000 new army is almost a rabble, basically a meat bun and a dog with no return.

Li Guangbi felt very aggrieved in his heart, if he had a battle-hardened military horse in his hand, he would have the confidence and courage to fight Zhang Xuan to the death. However, Zhang Xuan's military horses were all trained on the Tubo battlefield and the rebel battlefield "Baidu Tieba Set Sail and Text", well-equipped, and possessed mysterious firearms, how could these 70,000 miscellaneous troops be Zhang Xuan's opponents?

But Li Guangbi had no other choice, he had to fight Zhang Xuan to the death. Knowing that he is invincible, he still has to fight to the death.

On the one hand, it was pressure from the imperial court and the emperor, and on the other hand, he and Zhang Xuan were incompatible, and there was no chance of surrender. Therefore, there is only a way to survive by fighting to the death.

As the sun set, Li Guangbi straddled his horse and stared in the direction of Tongguan silently.

Behind him was a military camp that stretched for several miles, but there was far less momentum in this barracks, but more silence and gloom.

Li Guangbi's mood is very heavy, the 70,000 people under him are basically the last reliance of the Tang Dynasty, although there are still tens of thousands of people in Chang'an City, but as long as these 70,000 people are defeated, Guanzhong will inevitably be lost, and major events will be carried out. And what awaits him is only a martyrdom.

Moreover, the 100,000-strong army of the Hui Khan Guli Peiluo is heading south to Chang'an, and it will soon form an outflanking trend with Zhang Xuan's army against Chang'an and Guanzhong.

His mood was so solemn, and so were his generals.

Zhang Xuan's army is famous, it can be said that it is invincible, and it is powerful all over the world. The enemy is outnumbered, the enemy is strong and I am weak, under the strength of one and the other, what confidence and courage does the Tang army have? Moreover, most of the soldiers were farmers who had been in the army for less than half a year, and they had not been baptized in battle.

Originally, Li Guangbi wanted to bring out all 40,000 people of Ge Shuhan and fight Zhang Xuan to the death. But Li Yu did not agree, Li Guangbi knew in his heart that the emperor was preparing for the final escape. Don't look at what Li Yu said in a high-sounding manner, but if Li Guangbi is defeated, he will definitely give up Chang'an and retreat to Shuzhong.

What if you just retreat to Shuzhong? Sooner or later, it will be Zhang Xuan's meal.

Seeing more than ten horsemen galloping from the direction of Tongguan from a distance, Li Guangbi frowned, waved his hand, and ordered his soldiers to also ride up to meet him.

It was Zhang Xuan's envoy.

After a short time, more than 100 soldiers galloped back and handed Zhang Xuan's handwritten letter to Li Guangbi.

Li Guangbi opened it and looked at it, and his face changed suddenly.

On it, there are only a few lines of words, and Zhang Xuan's familiar imposing crazy book is shocking: "Ignorant puppet Li Guangbi, three days later, if you have the courage, you should fight with Ben Shuai!" ”

"If you want to fight, you will fight, and you will fight to the death!" Li Guangbi roared and tore the letter in his hand to shreds, and threw it away, and the confetti fluttered in the wind.

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Changan.

Xingqing Palace. The Imperial Study.

Li Yu angrily threw Wan Chun's handwritten letter in his hand to Li Qi, and sneered, "Wan Chun's imperial aunt is a thief, and she really lost the dignity of the royal family. She actually persuaded me to defect to Zhang Xuan, saying that Zhang Xuan would canonize me as the king of Tang and let me lead the royal clan to guard Hedong, hereditary replacement! ”

Li Qi's face changed, he grabbed the letter and looked at it, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he was silent.

To tell the truth, Li Qi is now very desperate and desperate. The soldiers and horses of the King of Qin, who he had been waiting for for a long time, did not arrive for a long time, and only tens of thousands of people were waiting for Ge Shuhan, who could not save the Li Tang royal family and the dissolution of the pendulum.

And at present, Zhang Xuan and Chen Bingtong Pass may enter the pass at any time, Li "Baidu Tieba Set Sail for Text" Guangbi's 70,000 new troops can hardly stop Zhang Xuan's No all the way, and the 100,000 army of the Hui people is slowly moving south and is about to arrive in Gyeongju.

"Internal and external troubles, Li Guangbi can't stop Zhang Xuan. And the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Chang'an City are even more vulnerable. Guanzhong is not guaranteed or in an instant, and the Hui army is moving south, if the Hui and Zhang Xuan rebels are flanked back and forth, the fall of Chang'an is at hand. ”

"It is imperative to ask Your Majesty to lead the imperial court to retreat to Jiannan, rely on the natural danger in Shuzhong, and compete with Zhang Xuan. As for Chang'an, let the subordinate brother lead someone to guard it, Chang'an is here, the subordinate brother is here, Chang'an is lost, and the subordinate brother should burn it with the Zongmiao Sheji! ”

Li Qi sighed sadly and closed his eyes.

Li Yu glanced at Li Qi and said in a deep voice, "I won't leave, I will never give up the imperial capital and the temple, I said that I want to live and die with Chang'an!" ”

"Your Majesty, staying in Chang'an is a dead end. If Your Majesty doesn't want Li Tang's bloodline to be ruined, then leave Chang'an as soon as possible and retreat to Jiannan. Li Qi Huoran got up and walked away.

Li Yu looked at the back of Li Qi hurrying away, and his face changed. It's not that he doesn't want to leave, but he feels that he can't lose face. Besides, he still has a trace of illusion that if Li Guangbi defeats Zhang Xuan, the Li Tang royal family will still have a chance to turn around.

But if he, like Li Heng, fled from Chang'an, the blow to the morale of the army would be huge and heavy. The emperor has run away, who will give the emperor his life to defend Chang'an?

After thinking about it, Li Yu summoned Cheng Yuanzhen, the chief eunuch, and whispered a few words, and Cheng Yuanzhen left respectfully and went to act on his own.

Cheng Yuanzhen went out of the palace to Ge Shuhan's mansion, and was about to announce Ge Shuhan, but heard that Ge Shuhan was sick in bed and couldn't get up at all. Cheng Yuanzhen had no choice but to hurry back to the palace and report to Li Yu.

Li Yu was furious when he heard the report, knowing that Ge Shuhan was pretending to be sick and not coming.

Ge Shuhan is such an old and spicy person, he has long seen that the reason why the emperor left his military horses in Chang'an was nominally to defend the imperial capital and the imperial court, but in fact he was preparing for his inability to escape from Shuzhong.

If there is no army to cover, his escape to Shuzhong is also a dead end, and it is difficult to become a climate.

Ge Shuhan was already disheartened and unwilling to follow the emperor to Shuzhong anymore. In fact, in Ge Shuhan's opinion, even if the emperor fled to Jiannan, judging from the current situation, he would only survive for a few months. When Zhang Xuan took Chang'an and the army entered Jiannan, the emperor was still a mortal situation.

Since the left and right sides are a defeated situation, why bother to raise teachers and mobilize the people?

Ge Shuhan got up and sat in the study, sighing for a long time.

Suddenly, someone came to report, "Dashuai, Yang Xiang is visiting!" ”

Ge Shuhan frowned, and said in his heart I don't agree with this Yang Guozhong, I have no friendship, what is he doing here with me?

Ge Shuhan was about to wave his hand to say that he was not a guest, but suddenly his heart moved, and he got up again and walked out of the mansion.