"Everyone, get ready to fight!" Zhao Fan put down his wine glass, stood up, and yelled at everyone.

"Yes!"

The generals hurriedly put down the work in their hands, and the soldiers also put down their rice bowls one after another, picked up the weapons around them and turned over to their horses.

Zhao Fan took the lead and led the troops to rush out of the village, only to see that in the light of the torches, the soldiers of the Shouwang Army were surrounding a small army of three or four hundred people in the middle.

The two sides were tense, the atmosphere was extremely tense, and although the person in the middle was surrounded by people, his face did not change, and he was not flustered, obviously he was an elite soldier in a hundred battles.

"Who's coming? Get your name in! ”

Zhao Fan gave Xu Yong a look, and the latter immediately yelled at the people in the encirclement with understanding.

"Du Rangneng, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, who are you?" A middle-aged man in the encirclement was stunned for a moment and shouted loudly.

Du Rang Neng? It's him? Why didn't he stay in Xingyuan and come here? ，

Zhao Fan held a question mark on his head, and shouted at Du Rangneng in the encirclement, "Du Xiang, I am King Shou, don't come unharmed after a long time?" ”

"Du Xiang, is it really you? Did the emperor ask you to save me? ”

Du Rangneng inside hadn't spoken yet, but Kong Wei had already screamed in tears.

"Kong Lao, is that you? What about the princess? Is it really His Royal Highness King Shou? Du Rangneng, who was still a little skeptical, immediately believed most of it when he heard Kong Wei's voice, and hurriedly asked the soldiers around him to put away their weapons.

"Du Xiang, the princess is also here, it's really His Royal Highness King Shou, he saved us." Kong Wei said as he took Zhao Fan's hand and said tremblingly, "Lord Wang, it was Your Majesty who sent someone to save me, it was Your Majesty, Your Majesty has not forgotten the old minister!" ”

Zhao Fan immediately waved his hand, asked the soldiers to put away their weapons, and walked through the soldiers with Kong Wei and walked in front of Du Rangneng.

"Du Xiang, why did you come here? Is the emperor okay? ”

"Lord Wang, it's really you!" With the help of the orange light of the torch, Du Rangneng finally saw Zhao Fan's face clearly, and said with some excitement.

"Your Majesty, he... It's hard to put this into words..."Du Rangneng jumped off his horse and sighed.

"Du Xiang, is it... Could it be that the emperor is him? Kong Wei's face turned pale when he heard this, and he said excitedly, and his body was about to fall backwards.

"Kong Lao Mo has to worry, the emperor is fine." Du Rangneng was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Kong Wei, and comforted him gently, "The emperor is now in Xingyuan, and he is protected by the Divine Army, so you can rest assured, Kong Lao." ”

"That?" Kong Wei's face softened slightly, and he said with some doubts, "Then how can Du Xiang say that it is difficult to explain?" ”

"Since he was separated from Kong Lao, the emperor wanted to stay in Fengxiang and didn't want to continue to flee, but how did he expect that Tian Lingzi, the dog eunuch, actually controlled the Shence Army, kidnapped the emperor, and forcibly brought the emperor to Fengxiang."

"Now Zhu Gui has taken King Xiang hostage to Chang'an, let him ascend the throne and be called the emperor, and the emperor is respected as the Holy Emperor of Taishang Yuan, and there are two emperors in one Tang Dynasty, which is simply ridiculous and disgraceful, thinking that my Tang Dynasty has been inherited for three hundred years, and today it has fallen to such a point, sad, lamentable!"

Du Rangneng patted his heart and said bitterly.

"How dare Piffon do that! and Tian Lingzi, an old traitor, dared to hold the emperor hostage, he deserved to die, he deserved to die! Kong Wei chopped his feet and shouted angrily.

Zhao Fan watched the two of them from the side and did not speak.

"I came out this time because His Majesty received a letter from Kong Lao and specially sent me to rescue Kong Lao and the princess back to Xingyuan." Du Rangneng paused and continued, "Your Majesty specially explained that no matter what, you must bring Kong Lao back to Xingyuan safely, and there must be no mistakes. ”

"The old minister is so frightened, he actually makes His Majesty worry about me so much, guilty, guilty!"

When Kong Wei spoke, he actually became a handful of snot and tears, and he was moved to cry bitterly.

Zhao Fan on the side watched the performance of these two old guys speechlessly, but he couldn't help but complain frantically in his heart.

I believe you a ghost, when did the Sect's EQ become so high that he would show such attention to a courtier? This is obviously what you Du Rang can add yourself, right?

I believe it when I come to save the princess, but when it comes to saving Kong Wei, then there is really only a ghost letter...

And Kong Wei, you have been following the emperor for so long, don't you know what kind of urine he has?

I'm still crying here, if there were an Oscar in this era, it would be awarded to the two of you...

"Prince, since the day I said goodbye, I haven't heard from the prince since, and the emperor is very worried about the safety of the prince..."

Before Zhao Fan could speak, Du Rangneng gave him a salute and greeted him.

……

After some conversation, Zhao Fan didn't get the information he wanted, and there weren't many things that Du Rang could know, at least he didn't know the situation in Shaanzhou City.

However, the only thing that made Zhao Fan feel some comfort was that when Du Rangneng knew that the Shouwang army was going to attack Shaanzhou City, he immediately decided to stay and assist Zhao Fan.

Of course, the biggest credit for this must be Kong Wei's, if it weren't for the old man to help speak, there is a chance that this matter would not have been negotiated.

Zhao Fan arranged a few people to recuperate in a relatively complete house in the village, and he himself returned to the camp again.

This world is very wonderful, in history, Du Rangneng and Kong Wei were the two important ministers who assisted Tang Zhaozong, and they also supported King Shou to the throne.

And now, by chance, they have appeared by his side in different ways, and the inertia of history is really powerful.

Kong Wei and Du Rangneng are definitely very capable, and they can be said to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and Du Rangneng in history paid his life for Tang Zhaozong's mistakes, and it is precisely like this that Du Rangneng's death completely caused Tang Zhaozong and the ministers to be separated.

This also proves from the side that Du Rang can have the prestige and emperor among the ministers, so for Zhao Fan, it is very important to get the favor of these two people, if the two of them support themselves, when they become emperors in the future, they will definitely be able to reduce a lot of resistance.

However, these are not the most important things at present, the most urgent thing at the moment is to take Shaanzhou City and open up a space for his Shouwang army to move.

As an isolated city, Luoyang City is very unsatisfactory from the perspective of population, resources, strategic defense, and long-term development.

Therefore, Zhao Fan must now take Shaanzhou City, connect Luoyang and Chang'an together, and then find a way to obtain the control of Chang'an and the surrounding areas, in order to seek more space for development.