The fierce atmosphere gradually subsided, after the Anxi army entered the city from Mingde Gate, Li'an, he first ordered people to crack down on thieves, and arrested hundreds of Chang'an rangers who took advantage of the chaos to loot shops and cash cabinets, beheaded them in the East City to show the public, and recovered the money and goods they had robbed, the citizens of Chang'an all applauded, while collecting the hearts of the people, Li Qing secretly sent people to take the money and silk of the Yang family and the kings, only Yang Huahua was a house, and the gold and pearls obtained were estimated to be worth millions.

Maintaining law and order, counting the treasury, recruiting government officials, and calming the people's hearts all require a lot of meticulous work, Li Qing immediately ordered Xi Yuanqing to lead 2,000 troops to assist Jingzhao Yin Cui Guangyuan, while he himself was waiting for Duan Xiushi's return, but unexpectedly, as soon as he rested, Pei Kuan was impatient to find him.

"The general's immortal achievements this time are probably going to stump the emperor." Pei Kuan looked at Li Qing with a smile, his eyes showed envy, and he sighed lightly: "It's a pity that the old man is old, if he is thirty years younger, he will definitely be like the general, wearing armor and killing the enemy." ”

Li Qing only smiled and said nothing, he poured him a bowl of herbal tea with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Now the emperor is not in Chang'an, only Pei Shangshu has the oldest qualifications in the Manchu Dynasty, if Pei Shangshu also goes to the battlefield, then who will Li Qing find to preside over the overall situation?" ”

"The general said he was joking!" His heart is in charge of the overall situation, does Li Qing want to give him this opportunity?

He was puzzled in his heart, but it was not good to ask about it deeply, so he changed the topic and said: "The old man came to find the general for the matter of the king of Chu. ”

"Pei Shangshu, please speak!" Li Qing said quietly.

Pei Kuan looked into the courtyard, leaned forward slightly, and whispered to Li Qing: "Your Majesty is old, but the lord of the East Palace has not been able to designate it for a long time, last time he wanted to make the king of Chu the prince, but he gave up because there were too many people who opposed it." But today, the king of Chu is alone in Beijing, and he has won the love of hundreds of officials, why don't we conform to the people's hearts and take advantage of the east wind to persuade the emperor to appoint the king of Chu as the prince? ”

Pei Kuan said in one breath he looked at li qing nervously for him. This is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if he can preside over and embrace Li Yu into the East Palace, when Li Yu ascends the throne in the future, this support will not escape his palm.

But the key is Li Qing's attitude, if he can support it, then the matter is half of it, although I don't know Li Qing's attitude, but the king of Chu has been in Anxi, he should be supportive.

Li Qing lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, he sighed and said, "Whether before or after An Lushan's rebellion, my Tang Dynasty has been extremely weak, and I need a young monarch to work hard." Revive my Tang Dynasty, Pei Shangshu's words are exactly what I want, but.

Speaking of this, he glanced at Pei Kuan and said, "It's just bothering Pei Shangshu to contact the hundred officials." Write a joint letter, and I will persuade him on the emperor's side. ”

Pei Kuan was overjoyed, he was excited for a while, and he didn't hear what Li Qing said was not the prince but the monarch, and this most critical difference actually made him carry a heavy burden in the future.

He was just about to say goodbye when he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door. I heard someone whispering, "Quick! Fast! Be careful. ”

Immediately afterwards, a personal soldier reported outside the door. "General. The big thing is not good, General Duan encountered the rout of An Lushan last night. Almost all of them were wiped out. ”

Pei Kuan was taken aback, Duan Xiushi was escorting the royal family to evacuate, if something happened to him, what should those princes and grandchildren do? Without waiting for Li Qing to react, he took the lead in snatching it out.

Li Qing looked at his back, smiled coldly, and then followed him out, Duan Xiushi was lying on a stretcher in the courtyard, covered in blood, with an arrow stuck in his shoulder.

Seeing Li Qing come out, Duan Xiushi struggled to sit up, fell to the ground and said, "General, the last general is guilty, and the last general is here to lead the death!" ”

Li Qing stepped forward, pulled his shirt and shouted, "What does it mean to be guilty? Where are all the people you are guarding? ”

Duan Xiushi's face turned pale with pain, big sweat flowed down, and he said in a trembling voice: "The last general is invincible, they, they are all intercepted by the rebels." ”

"What!" Li Qing put him on the stretcher, slowly turned around, and said to Pei Kuan with an unusually solemn expression: "Pei Shangshu, most of the rebels have been wiped out by me, but I haven't found those clans, what can I do?" ”

Pei Kuan was stunned, Li Qing seemed to want to give him this big burden, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't ask me, general, I don't know what to do?" ”

"Someone!" As soon as Li Qing gave the order, a few personal soldiers immediately came up, and Li Qing hurriedly ordered: "Order Lifei Yuanli to lead five hundred troops to search for me everywhere, and find the whereabouts of the missing royal family at all costs." ”

The soldiers took the order and left, and Li Qing said to Duan Xiushi with a cold face: "I entrusted you with such an important matter, but you were defeated by the rout, even if you are not held accountable for your dereliction of duty, I can't spare you just if it is not good to send troops." ”

"Someone! Drag Duan Xiushi out and cut it for me! ”

Immediately, a few personal soldiers came up and were about to make a move, at this time, Pei Kuan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "General, the situation in Guanzhong is complicated now, the troops are empty, General Duan's troops are too small, and it is inevitable that the enemy cannot defeat the rebels, and it is useless to kill him now, the top priority is to find people back." ”

Li Qing nodded, pointed at Duan Xiushi with a blushing face and said: "Although you will not die, but your sin is unforgivable, from now on, remove all your military positions, and give me back to Anxi to feed the horses." ”

Duan Xiushi was full of shame, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for the grace of not killing!" He thanked Pei Kuan again, "Xie Pei Shangshu interceded!" ”

Pei Kuan shook his head, sighed and said, "Hurry up and carry it in to heal!" ”

Seeing that Duan Xiushi was carried away, Pei Kuan arched his hand to Li Qinggong and said: "I'll go and ask the hundred officials to sign it, and after the general gets it, hurry up and take the emperor back!" Ay! It would be nice if the emperor left a day late. ”

He sighed a few times and hurried away, Li Qing watched his back disappear, then he smiled coldly, turned around and went back to the house to visit Duan Xiushi.

Duan Xiushi had just lay down, and a military doctor was treating his wounds, and when he saw Li Qing coming in, the military doctor hurriedly got up and saluted: "Although General Duan's arrow wound is deep, it has not injured the meridians, and it will be good to cultivate for a few months." ”

Li Qing glanced at a bloody arrow on the plate, frowned, and said to the military doctor, "You go out for a while first!" ”

The military doctor retreated, and Duan Xiushi immediately reported: "General." The last general has completed the task, not a single one is left, both men and women have been killed, and the body has been buried deeply, and no one will find it. ”

Seeing the dissatisfaction in Li Qing's eyes, he smiled bitterly

Said: "The subordinates are disguised like a little. And he stabbed himself with an arrow, and when the piercing was a little deeper. ”

"I think you're guilty of self-reproach!"

Li Qing slowly walked in front of him, stared at his eyes and said solemnly: "Since you want to do great things, you can't have the kindness of a woman, you have to kill the place where you should kill, and you can't keep any of them, if I don't grasp this opportunity, it will be difficult to kill them in the future." ”

Duan Xiushi was silent. Although he knew that what Li Qing said was reasonable, he was so ruthless, it still made him feel that Li Qing had changed a little. But he couldn't tell what was the difference between Li Qing and before, and after a while, he said: "My subordinates just think that there is no need to kill these powerless and powerless royal relatives." ”

"No power, no power? Hum! They don't do anything. Of course, they have no power or power, but for the people, they are heaven. ”

Li Qing also seemed to feel Duan Xiu's heart knot, he simply sat beside him, and smiled as gently as possible: "You can't see it now, but you will slowly understand it later." Why should I kill them. There are some things I can't say too plainly right now. One day you will know that it is absolutely necessary to kill them. ”

He patted the back of Duan Xiushi's hand. smiled slightly: "Don't worry! Even if they guess that I killed the land, there is nothing to be done, you can take care of your injuries, and in two days you will go back to Anxi, and train the militia in Broken Leaves for me and settle the immigrants, and I will leave it to you. ”

He got up and was about to leave, but Duan Xiushi stopped him again, he groaned for a while, and said, "General, I have a heartfelt word, would the general like you?" ”

"Tell me about it!"

Duan Xiushi's eyes flashed with a hint of determination, he mustered up his courage, and said resolutely: "I know that the purpose of the general to let the rebels enter the customs is to force the emperor to leave Chang'an, and then force him to abdicate and support the king of Chu to ascend the throne, and it is close to success, but has the general thought about it, what the general does today, will the king of Chu tolerate in the future?" It's a little better, the general can escape to the Western Regions and establish himself as the king, but if he misses the moment, the king of Chu will definitely kill the general and establish his authority to the world, so.

Speaking of this, Duan Xiushi gritted his teeth and said, "With this opportunity today, hasn't the general thought of being self-reliant?" ”

"Self-reliance?" Li Qing shook his head slowly, and after a long time, he smiled faintly and said: "Why does An Lushan dare to rebel, he is because he has worked hard for more than ten years, and the armies under him only know that there is He An Lushan but do not know that there is a court, let alone an emperor, but can my Anxi army do it?" If others don't say it, just one Li Siye can't tolerate me, not to mention that there are many old Gao Xianzhi troops in Anxi, and I can't control the Beiting Army; Moreover, when An Lushan first raised his army, he also used the Qingjun side as an excuse, and he didn't dare to stand on his own, so why not? Because he also knows that the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty are back, but it is a pity that he was dizzy after the victory, and he was actually the emperor in Luoyang, and now he is embattled, this is the root of his defeat, and the people's hearts are to Tang! ”

Duan Xiushi heard that he was unwilling to stand on his own, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "But the general.

Before he finished speaking, Li Qing stopped him with a wave of his hand, "I know that success is worried about my safety, don't worry, I have a plan and will never dig my own grave!" ”

He walked slowly to the door with his hands behind his back, suddenly turned around and smiled slightly: "Isn't it true that if you are not the emperor, you can't hold the power of the world?" ”

Duan Xiushi was stunned, but Li Qing looked up to the sky and smiled, took a big stride, and walked outside the courtyard.

And said that Li Longji left Chang'an overnight, with Yang Guifei and a group of princes and grandsons under the escort of the 3,000 Yulin Army, hurriedly fled westward, when the day was about to dawn, the brigade passed Xianyang, when the sky was bright, Li Longji and his entourage finally arrived in Xingping County, at this time from Chang'an has passed a hundred miles, the crowd was slightly relieved, a night of hurrying, Li Longji was sleepy and hungry, originally he first sent eunuchs first, along the way to take some food and lodging, but along the way the county commander has already run out, even the eunuchs sent are nowhere to be found.

Xingping County has become an empty city, the grain has been scavenged, and the people sent to the local people only found two liters of coarse sorghum, as a last resort, Li Longji had to order someone to cook it, and he and a few children and grandchildren shared the food, and after walking for a while, the road began to be bumpy, at this time, the dark clouds in the air became thicker and thicker, and there was a faint sound of muffled thunder in the distance.

Seeing that it was already noon, at this time, Chen Xuanli, the general of the Yulin Army, came forward worriedly and reported: "Your Majesty, it's going to rain, just rest in front for a while!" The minister wanted to straighten out the military horses to boost everyone's morale. ”

Li Longji was taken aback, and he hurriedly asked, "But another soldier escaped?" ”

Chen Xuanli nodded slightly, he sighed slightly and said, "The night rush was too urgent, the minister didn't pay attention, just now I hastily clicked, and there was less than half left." ”

"What?" Li Long's face turned pale, in just one night, most of the Yulin army had been scattered, and it was a long way to Shuzhong, and if it continued like this, there would be fewer and fewer soldiers in the end, and I am afraid that even the bandits would not be able to resist in the end.

He glanced back at Concubine Yang Guo, who was sleeping soundly on the soft couch at the moment, Li Longji hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "Go and tell the soldiers, let them be loyal to them, and I will never treat them badly after they arrive in Shuzhong,"

Chen Xuanli glanced at the small half bowl of coarse rice left in front of Li Longji, couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and went listlessly.

"San Lang!" A low whisper came from behind Li Longji, Yang Guifei had woken up, Li Longji hurriedly came to her with a small half bowl of coarse rice, "Yuhuan eat something!" ”

Yang Yuhuan slowly propped up his lazy body, took a small bite, and frowned: "Is there nothing else to eat?" ”

Li Longji shook his head and said apologetically: "Only this, I ate half of it, and kept the rest for Yuhuan." ”

"Forget it, I'm not hungry!" With unkempt hair, he looked at both sides of the road and asked, "San Lang, where is this?" ”

Li Longji looked left and right, he didn't know, and then asked a guard next to him, "Where is this?" Has Xingping County passed? ”

The guard was Wei Yingwu, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, we have passed more than 20 miles in Xingping County, this place is called Ma Weipo, and there is a post house not far in front, which is called Ma Weiyi." ”