() In view of the fact that Li Jiang led his troops to aid Longxi, and there were no ministers stationed in Xijing, Li Han appointed Xue Rong, the king of Cheng, to temporarily take charge of Xijing, and Xue Rong took the lead in Hangu Pass, saying that the guards of Dongtong Pass would get out of the way and not prevent the emperor from returning to the capital.

Li Mao's general Lu Zhen, who guarded Tongzhou, heard that Tongguan had fallen, abandoned the city and fled westward, and Shi Sujing, the assassin of Tongzhou, went to Tongguan to welcome the emperor to return to the capital, Ningde County Wang Shi Xianzhong supervised the army out of Tongguan to the west, Huazhou Thorn Shi Tianqu was originally Wei Bo's old bureaucrat, learned that Shi Xianzhong arrived in the city, and there was a handwritten letter from Tian Bu in his hand, and immediately opened the city gate to welcome the Shence army into the city, Tongzhou and Huazhou were lost without a fight, and the Youzhou army stationed in Tongguan and Chang'an was defeated and fled westward.

Su Yue, the general guarding Chang'an, heard that Su Jing had gone to Tongguan, and hurriedly sent an envoy to Tongguan to see Su Jing, Su Yue was the son of Su Qing's uncle Su Dong, and Su Jing was a cousin, Su Jing replied: "I am not in a hurry, you don't have to be in such a hurry, or wait and see." Su Yue then abandoned the city and went west to Fengtian to join Lu Zhen.

As soon as Su Yue left, there was no Youzhou army in Chang'an City, and when he heard that the emperor was out of Tongguan, Li Tang's relatives and the old ministers took the children of the family as the generals, and each household was the basic team, recruiting thousands of Chang'an rangers, forming two armies of the saint and the Japanese, taking over the city, the palace, and the treasury, and going out of the city to meet the emperor Luan.

Guo Rong took advantage of the chaos in Chang'an City to run quietly, and the smart people who should have run before him had already run away, but there were still a lot of muddy people at both ends of the first rat.

As soon as Su Yue left, the last group of smart people also ran away, and then the nine gates of Chang'an were closed one after another, and the two armies of the Holy and Japanese armies used the excuse of "searching for thieves" to kill all directions, and raided the house of this muddy and nightmare person, and destroyed the door, and ate a belly round before the emperor returned to the city.

On November 15 of the second year of Huichang, Li Han entered the city from the Chunming Gate, first entered the Xingqing Palace to meet the Queen Mother of the Fourth Palace, went out of the Xingqing Palace, went to the Vermilion Bird Gate in front of the Imperial City, passed the Imperial City, entered the Chengtian Gate, entered the Taiji Palace, ascended the Taiji Palace, summoned the ministers, announced that the emperor of the world would return to Luan, and feasted the ministers, but there was no amnesty for the world.

The courtiers, who knew the emperor's intentions, began the second purge of Chang'an City.

The smart people have run out, and the best of the fools have died tragically under the swords of the two armies of the saints and the Japanese, but there are still many fat fools in the city, and if so many cute rats don't take a few to eat home, it will really be a trip to Xijing for nothing.

Li Mao, who was in Lanzhou, heard about the bloody wind and rain in Chang'an City and smiled.

Under the encouragement of Xue Rong, Li Han tried his best to disagree with the public and insisted on returning the capital, Shi Xianzhong acted as the vanguard, and the Youzhou generals stationed between Luoyang and Chang'an fled without a fight, and lost the good Chang'an City, Li Mao said that it was false not to feel distressed, but for the sake of a greater goal, he had to drink this cup of bitter wine now, no matter how bitter it was.

Now, the three cadres under his command have completed the siege of Shanzhou City, if it were not for the excessive force of the Shenji Battalion in Youzhou City, which caused the treasury to be empty and no bullets to fire, the battle of Shanzhou would have been over long ago. Now, we can only wait for the Moqi Divine Power to capture Guazhou and kill the road to the return of the Chudu general Lemin, and then we can besiege the city from all sides and launch a general attack.

Shanzhou is the foundation of Tubo's control of Longxi, the city is high and the pool is deep, and the elite soldiers are gathered, which is not a bone to gnaw.

Li Jiang came to Lanzhou from Fengxiang, and after meeting Li Mao, he asked, "When will the battle of Shanzhou be concluded?" ”

Li Mao smiled: "Shenzhi is worried that I will be trapped in Longxi? ”

Li Jiang said: "The capital is still Xijing, Xue Situ and the king of Ningde County have made great contributions, and the Shence army has occupied Chang'an and nearby important Jin, and the grain route in the south of the Yangtze River has been completely cut off. ”

Li Mao said: "Put it to death and then live, otherwise, how can I accept the hearts of the generals." ”

When Li Jiang heard this, a stone in his heart was put down, and Li Mao took the initiative to give up Chang'an, which made him very worried for a while, worried that he would not be able to do it, give up fighting for the world, and then return to Youzhou to be the king, if that is the case, where is he Li Jiang?

Li Jiang came back and said to the left and right: "The big event can be decided next spring at the latest, we have to start preparations, and we must not slack off." ”

Everyone was overjoyed, Li Jiang returned to Fengxiang to prepare for a major event after the beginning of spring.

Lu Zhen retreated all the way to Fengtian and no longer retreated, collected all the defeated troops, and waited for the battle.

After Shi Xianzhong, the king of Ningde County, occupied Chang'an, he refused to continue to attack westward on the grounds that Shence had a small army, and Xue Rong was also afraid that he would continue to advance westward to annoy Li Mao, so he persuaded Li Han to subdue the southern princes as soon as possible, appease the Kwantung princes, restore the imperial power, and then argue with Li Mao for the world.

There was a mess of numbness in Chang'an City, and Li Han was already anxious, and he had more than enough strength to do so, so he could only endure it for the time being.

On this day, Huang Renfan, who was stationed in Shenzhou, received an urgent letter from Longxi, and after opening it, he called Niu Minghao, the secretary in charge, and Gong Chong, the envoy of the Military Academy, and ordered Niu Minghao and Gong Chong to escort a batch of ordnance and grain to Zizhou together, and instructed Niu Minghao to let the new Zizhou assassin Liu Congjian sign for it himself.

Niu Minghao said: "The military order is from Longxi, and it should be informed to the governor of Youzhou." ”

Huang Renfan said: "I accept the warrant of King Yan, why should I inform him, this matter must be kept secret, and it must not be publicized." ”

During the dormant period in Dengzhou, Liu Congji recruited a new army of about 800 people in the name of defending against pirates. Huang Renfan secretly reported to Li Mao and asked for advice on how to deal with it. Li Mao replied: Liu Congzhi was promoted to the assassin of Zizhou and the defense envoy of the regiment training of Ziqing and Qingzhou, and the 800 soldiers and horses trained were transferred to Zizhou with him, and then the Zizhou garrison was transferred to Dezhou to make way for it.

Liu Cong's advice was suddenly reused, and he was overjoyed, and swore allegiance to Li Mao to the messenger with tears, and he was loyal.

During this time, he recruited troops in Zi and Qing Prefectures, and the army expanded to 3,000 people, but he encountered a big problem of insufficient military supplies, he raised funds for Dengzhou businessmen on the one hand, and tried to loot the land on the other hand, but he did not want to be hit back by the local powerful forces.

Huang Renfan suddenly supplied him with grain, which made Liu Congjian surprised, happy and uneasy, and after hearing Niu Minghao and Gong Chong say that the supply of Ziqing grain and grass in Texas would become a rule, he understood something in his heart, and he happily signed for the material. Gifted Niu Minghao and Gong Chong to the post house to rest, and after returning to the Assassin's Mansion, he gathered his henchmen and said excitedly: "Look at it this way, King Yan is about to ascend the throne and become the emperor, we are about to make meritorious deeds for the founding of the country, do a good job, and follow King Yan to have a head." ”

Everyone was ignorant, Liu Congjiu drank high, and in his excitement, he called everyone for the first time: "The princes of Kwantung followed Xue Rong to coax, and King Yan asked me to expand my armaments, just to come behind the butts of those disobedient guys, so that they can know who is the master of the world, who should be with whom, and who should not be followed." If my guess is correct, Shi Xiancheng should have also benefited now, and he is busy expanding the army. He returned to Kanto like water from the princes of Kanto, and that was when King Yan ascended the throne and became emperor. ”

Everyone asked: "King Yan is trapped in Longxi, the emperor is still in Chang'an, King Yan has a request for the general, why don't the general sit on the ground and raise the price, ask for more benefits, at least get a festival to make it dang." ”

Liu Cong admonished: "I'm just a pawn under King Yan, I don't move forward bravely, don't say that the festival is the envoy, even if we can't stay in Zizhou, what conditions do you talk about, I don't have the capital to talk to his old man about the conditions." ”

He immediately ordered to expand the number of soldiers and horses to 10,000, and on the pretext of galloping to aid the western expedition, he sent troops to the west, and stabbed He Jintao, Han Gongwu and his son, and Li Quanzhong in the ass to help them sober up as soon as possible.

Almost at the same time, Shi Xiancheng, who was trapped in Xingzhou, also received assistance from Hengzhou, Shi Xiancheng was moved, swore allegiance to Li Mao with his fingers, and was willing to be a pawn in front of the army. Immediately expand the armament war, open the bow left and right, punch Li Quanzhong, kick Tian Bu, and let them know that the boss of the Shi family is powerful.

Li Mao received reports from Hengzhou and Dezhou, and then received reports from the right side eyeliner in Xingzhou and Ziqing, and said to Chang Mucang: "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." ”

Chang Mucang said: "The east wind has begun to blow, Le Min is infected with a vicious disease, and the day of the crane journey to the west is not far away." ”

Li Mao said: "Divine powers are not good at attacking cities, if Le Min is willing to take the initiative to die, it is the best, the province will drive ducks to the shelves, and my soldiers will be damaged in vain." If he didn't take the initiative to die, he could only let the supernatural power sacrifice and forcibly attack the city. ”

Le Min, the deputy governor of Longxi in Tubo and stationed in the west, fought tenaciously against illness for three days and three nights, and unfortunately died. As soon as the news was confirmed by the right chamber, Li Mao immediately issued a siege order to Shi Xiong, Qian Duoduo, and Zhu Xie Chixin under Shanzhou City.

The Shenji battalion shot out all the flowering bombs at the bottom of the ballast warehouse, and the flowering bombs exploded over Shanzhou City, shaking the ground, thinking that the souls of the Tubo people who had suffered from the curse of heaven were scattered, and their morale dropped to below zero.

The Shenji battalion used the most primitive blasting method to blow up four sections of the city wall, leaving a point on three sides of the siege of Shixiong, and the city was broken after a day of fierce attack. Shi Xiong and Qian Duoduo entered the city and killed wantonly. Under the city of Shanzhou, the strong soldiers of Tubo gathered, so that the three of Shixiong suffered enough, and the resentment was very deep, and after the city was broken, the resentment accumulated in the hearts of the soldiers erupted like a volcano, and it could not be stopped at all.

At the beginning, the heart was exhausted, and after resisting for half a day, he finally couldn't support it, and led the crowd out of the city to escape, and was chased by Zhu Xie's red heart rate for three days and three nights, intercepted it at Dulong Pass, and captured it back to the camp.

Li Mao ordered Qian Duoduo to continue to take Kuozhou to the west, and after Shi Xiong and Zhu Xie Chixin, they turned to the southwest and cooperated with Li Xianyi to recover the states of Longnan.