Upon learning of the news of Li Mao's withdrawal, Zhu Xie Zhiyi was puzzled and asked his son Zhu Xie Chixin: "My son, is Taishi Li's withdrawal at this moment really withdrawn or bluffed?" ”

Zhu Xie said in his heart: "If it is a bluff, then Taishi Li has already turned against him." &If they do withdraw, I am afraid that disaster will come. The boy is foolish, he is bluffing. ”

Zhu Xie Zhiyi said: "What should my father and son do? ”

Zhu Xie smiled in his heart: "People can act according to the sky, but they can't sail against the current." ”

Zhu Xie Zhiyi laughed, and immediately appeared to the Son of Heaven, on the grounds of serious illness, please resign from the unified position of the camp capital, and allow him to return to Chang'an to recuperate. Li Han has long been dissatisfied with the steadiness and conservatism of the evil stubbornness, and has always had the intention of withdrawing and replacing him, but he is afraid that the change of troops will shake the morale of the army.

When Li Jiang heard this, he was shocked, and asked to be alone with the Son of Heaven, Li Han couldn't entangle him, so he had to meet in the Qingsi Palace, Li Jiang said: "The big war is imminent, it is not appropriate to change the commander, please think twice." Li Han said: "Zhu Xie Zhiyi is seriously ill and can't ask questions, the prime minister thinks that a patient can command the three armies to defeat the strong enemy and save my Tang Dynasty from danger?" Li Jiang said: "Sure enough, Zhu Xie should not be able to ask about things, so he asked another general to go to the camp to preside over the standing affairs and maintain the unity of military orders, otherwise the morale of the army will be shaken and the major event will be done." ”

Li Han thought about this in his heart and felt reasonable, but when he thought that Zhu Xie Zhiyi was disobedient to his yang and yin, he was a little shaken, and it was difficult to make up his mind for a while.

At this moment, Lin Ying played again: Li Maoming said that he wanted to withdraw the troops, but he was actually playing tricks, and the garrisons in Hezhong and Hedong only changed their barracks and garrisons, but did not withdraw. Li Han suddenly became vigilant, and said secretly: He is now strong and strong, does he really have the heart of rebellion?

Thinking that the battle of Fengxiang had dragged on for a long time, Li Mao stabbed him in the back again, how could he bear it? For today's plan, we can only solve the battle under Fengxiang City immediately, it doesn't matter whether it is a hearty victory or a pot of raw rice, as long as you can free up your hands to deal with the threat from the river, it is a victory.

Because he suspected that Li Jiang was an eyesore, he sent him to Hanzhong to urge reinforcements and grain and grass.

Li Han accepted Zhu Xie's request and transferred him back to Beijing, with Li Quanzhong as the commander of the camp, Liu Wu and Zhu Kerong as deputies, and sent Tutu Chenghua as a consolation envoy to comfort the soldiers of each battalion on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Li Mao heard about this in Fenzhou, and said to Chang Mucang and Shi Kong: "It's a pity that I have 100,000 athletes." ”

Chang Mucang said: "The Son of Heaven is already suspicious of me, don't hesitate anymore, and immediately cross the river to the west." ”

Li Mao allowed and secretly dispatched Shi Xiong, Shi Xianzhong, and Qian Duoduo to cross the river and camp in Hexi.

After Li Quanzhong took office, Liu Wu was very dissatisfied, in terms of qualifications and status, he Liu Wu was above Li Quanzhong, why should he be the boss, he had to listen to his orders. Li Quanzhong knew that Liu Wu was not convinced, and was anxious to show his hand to suppress the Zhaoyi army. After discussing with Zhu Kerong, he took the initiative to attack Fengxiang City.

After entering the summer, Li Mao contracted rheumatism and his joints were sore and unbearable, so he followed Chang Heqing's advice and went to Wolong Mountain to recuperate. This year, there is a great drought in Hedong, many mountains and forests are withered and yellow, still in midsummer, the leaves are withered and falling, only this place is Wolong Mountain, the forest is lush, and the climate is warm. After recuperating in Huilongguan for half a month, his condition was greatly reduced. Chang Heqing suggested that he stay for a month to avoid a recurrence of his illness. Just at the moment, there was nothing big at the moment, so Li Mao stayed in Guanzhong, drinking tea, reading, playing chess and chatting with the viewer every day, and lived a happy life. On this day, he was drinking tea in the view, and when he heard Xi Xiangling arguing with someone at the door, he frowned, Shikong got up to check, came back for a while, and said something in Li Mao's ear: "Li Quanzhong has lost the battle, and the army has been defeated." The Tibetan soldiers came to the city of Fengtian. ”

Li Mao said lightly: "I expected it." Why did Xi Xiangling quarrel? ”

Shi Kong said: "Yamashita please go back and preside over the big thing." Xi Xiangling asked them to do what they wanted, but they didn't believe it, so they quarreled. ”

Li Mao smiled: "You go and tell them to act according to the plan." ”

Soon after Shi Kong went, he returned to Guanzhong, and continued to watch Li Mao and Guan Zhu Lao Dao play chess, and the two of them had a pair of stinky chess baskets, but when they met opponents, they were full of interest in playing.

Li Quanzhong attacked Fengxiang strongly, selfishly, every time let Liu Wu's Zhaoyi army serve as the main force, Fengxiang City is high and deep, the city defense is complete, and the heavy troops are stationed, the end is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Liu Wu lost the army, but did not build an inch, and he couldn't afford to be sick under anxiety. Deputy Marshal Liu Congzhi asked to rest for a period of time and fight again, but Li Quanzhong refused. Liu Congzhi began to grind foreign workers.

At the beginning, they saw that the two families were not in harmony, and concentrated all the elites to fight Li Quanzhong's family. Liu Wu did not move, Zhu Kerong bluffed, and he did not use force; Han Hong is not in the camp, and no one under his command is willing to call the shots. All on the wall.

Wei Bo, Tianping, Wuning three towns were originally weak, and were driven by Li Quanzhong to attack Jiancheng, but also suffered heavy losses, long dissatisfied with Li Quanzhong, seeing that Li Quanzhong was under the enemy, except for the reinforcements of the Tianping Army, the other two were all watching from the wall.

Li Quanzhong was besieged and fought hard, and seeing that the "Iron Qilin", the root of his life, was about to run out, he gritted his teeth and immediately ordered a retreat. Zhu Kerong saw him retreat, immediately withdrew the 20,000 Shence army from the battlefield, he took a lot of effort to gain the emperor's trust and regain the power of the army, these 20,000 Shence troops are his capital to make a comeback, he doesn't want to fight all under Fengxiang City.

Originally, he was still afraid that Zhu Kerong would help Li Quanzhong, but seeing that Zhu Kerong dodged faster than anyone else, he was overjoyed, and the army of the governor chased and beat Li Quanzhong's troops fiercely. Li Quanzhong retreated at first in order to preserve his strength, and the retreat was in order, but he was forced by the first capital, and he couldn't take care of it anymore, so he was defeated for thousands of miles and took the lead in evacuating the Fengxiang battlefield.

The commander was defeated, and the various departments had no intention of fighting, and the defense line of the 100,000 Tang Army collapsed in an instant, and the various departments rushed to flee for their lives.

At the moment of crisis, Liu Fengshan's division of the Shence Army bucked the trend and defeated the pursuing Aduya, winning precious time for the retreat of the various armies. It's just that the collapse of the 100,000 Tang army has been completed, and even the immortals are helpless.

In the next ten days, the Tibetan pursued and fought fiercely, such as entering the realm of no one, the Tang army of the various departments rushed to flee for their lives, only the Fengtian soldiers and horses made Liu Fengshan fight a few victories according to the danger, but he was a few soldiers and lowly, but it was just a stubborn stone in the torrent, stirring up a few waves, temporarily delaying the advance of the Tubo people, but it did nothing with the general trend.

When the news of the defeat in Jingxi came back to Chang'an, Li Han sprayed a mouthful of blood on the ground, covered his heart with his hand and was speechless for a long time, and then summoned Li Jiang back to the court to discuss countermeasures. Li Jiangyuan couldn't come back in Hanzhong for a while, and the officials of the court were panicked, so they all persuaded Li Han to follow the story of Tianbao to patrol Shuzhong to avoid its edge.

Li Han entered the palace and asked the Empress Dowager of the Fourth Palace, and the Empress Dowager Guo said: "The emperor can decide the major military affairs alone, and my wife has lived in the deep palace for a long time and does not know the major affairs outside, so she can't come up with a good idea." "It is recommended that the emperor ask his brother Si Nongqing Guo Zhao for advice.

Guo Zhao has a first-class character, but he is not a cadre, Li Han doesn't want to worship him as a minister, but the queen mother doesn't dare to see him, so she summoned Guo Zhao to meet in Yanying Palace, saying the way: "I regret not listening to Li Jiang's words, and misused Li Quanzhong." ”

Guo Zhao was very calm, and said: "There are still 30,000 soldiers and horses in the capital, and Xia Sui, Shannan, and Jinshang reinforcements are also coming. ”

When Li Han heard this, he felt that his eyes lit up, and he couldn't imagine that Si Nongqing, who was inconspicuous, would have such insight. He ordered Guo Zhao to plan everything, Guo Zhao asked Zhu Xie to defend the city, Li Han still didn't trust Zhu Xie Zhiyi, and was a little vague for a while. Li Xiao likes Li Lai, the general of the Left Guard, Li Lai is a royal prince of the clan, Li Han is twenty years old, but he is a contemporary, marrying Guo's daughter as his wife, and he is considered the nephew of the Empress Dowager Guo. The use of him is to strike a balance between the royal family and the Guo family, which is acceptable to both parties. Sure enough, Guo Zhao also agreed to use Li Lai as the Gyeonggi garrison.

Li Lai has always served in the army, although he has not fought any decent battles, but when it comes to the tactics of war, it is also the first way, and the Empress Dowager Guo has always had a good impression of her, since Li Han and Guo Zhao agreed, she also agreed. However, Guo Zhao still insisted on appointing Zhu Xie Zhiyi as his deputy envoy to assist Li Lai in presiding over the defense of Chang'an.

Li Han reluctantly agreed to use Zhu Xie Zhiyi and sent court officials to Zhu Xie's mansion to announce the edict. Zhu Xie Zhiyi spied out the emperor's thoughts, saying that he was sick and refused to join.

Li Lai was ordered to immediately organize the defense of Chang'an, Chang'an is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and the powerful gathered, for their own interests, each family participated in this defense war one by one, contributing money, people, and efforts, and it was booming for a while.