Liu Wuzhou received the order of the Turks, he was a little unwilling, unwilling to order the retreat, and was about to order Song Jingang to step up the attack on Weize Pass, and wanted to wait for the capture of Weize Pass before striking the army, who knows, before the order was given, he received a secret report sent by Song Jingang:

"What, you said that Wei Chigong had collusion with the Tang Army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Yes, that lieutenant Chi Gong went down to more than a dozen cities of the Tang army, but he stagnated in front of Weize Pass, and he was eye-to-eyeing with Li Xiuning on the battlefield, and our subordinate soldiers can see it clearly."

"Humph! Bastard, no wonder it's stagnant now. You go back and tell Marshal Song and ask him to urge Wei Chigong to take Weize Pass within two days, otherwise military law will be involved. ”

"Yes!" After Song Jingang received Liu Wuzhou's order, he lied to Wei Chigong.

"What, the king told us to rest for two days before retreating, this? Doesn't the king know the truth of the speed of soldiers? Wei Chigong was a little surprised when he heard the order.

"Brother Wei Chi, why bother? The king is naturally far-sighted, and we as courtiers only need to obey orders. In addition, the general has been working hard these days, and the soldiers are also very tired, so they should also take a rest, and the food and grass are well matched. In the evening, I prepared a banquet for the general. At night, Song Jingang continued to toast to Yu Chigong, and put sweat medicine in the wine, Yu Chigong was drunk and couldn't wake up, and he had been sleeping in bed for three days, after waking up, Yu Chigong was very remorseful, and knocked on his head desperately, Song Jingang persuaded on the side, but he didn't know how happy he was.

It is said that at the banquet, although the Turks were temporarily suppressed by Li Yuanba, Li Yuan apologized to Telekon afterwards and gave a lot of gifts in private, which made the Turks arrogant again. In many military operations with the Tang army, people were killed and looted everywhere, and the people of the Great Sui suffered. On the outskirts of Chang'an, a large number of refugees begged the officers and soldiers defending the city to beg outside the city. Even the temples and Taoist temples on the outskirts are crowded with refugees begging.

"Senior brother, have you seen that? Ever since Li Yuan wanted to borrow troops from the Turks, the Turks killed people everywhere, and the whole Guanzhong was like a time of chaos, starving all over the wilderness. Didn't you say last time that Li Yuan was the reincarnation of the Emperor Star, but now I see him as a disaster star. ”

"Senior brother, don't talk nonsense." Qi Hui kowtowed respectfully to the statue of Taishang Laojun, and took out a stick of incense and inserted it into the incense burner with a calm face.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, sins and sins. Senior brother, now Emperor Xing is in trouble, so only with the help of external forces, we can only follow the heavens, everything is the will of heaven! ”

"What does Senior Brother mean?"

"Qingfeng, they should also go outside to practice, I will personally lead them into the world this time, so as to end this troubled world as soon as possible. Please worry about the matter here. Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! Sins, sins, sins. Qi Hui did what he said. After the handover ceremony presided over by the Taoist temple, he directly led his disciples to the army, and along the way, he saw the corpses of refugees and starving people who died of war everywhere, the bark of the trees was stripped naked, and there was not a single leaf on the branches. Qi Hui only sighed in his heart when he saw it.

After Li Yuan got the news of Song Jingang's withdrawal, he stepped up the confrontation with Qu Tutong of Tongguan, Qu Tutong heard the news of Liu Wuzhou's withdrawal, and knew that Li Yuan's next target must be Tongguan, so he ordered the whole city to be on alert, step up the notification to Chang'an, and send more weapons, grain and grass. He also sent his secret envoy and deputy general Yao Junsu to Luoyang to liaise.

"Brother Jun Su, if you secretly send Luoyang to Luoyang this time, you must tell King Yue that Luoyang Chang'an is a relationship between lips and teeth, and if Li Yuan breaks through Chang'an, this Luoyang will become Li Yuan's next piece of meat."

"Brother Qu Tu, you sent me to Luoyang to contact, you must block the news, and you can't let the villain of the Yin World Master know!"

"I understand that if he hadn't dug up Li Yuan's ancestral grave and found an excuse for Li Yuan, the current situation would not be so complicated. Don't worry, I'll be careful. After Yao Junsu left, Li Yuan's soldiers and horses surrounded him, and Tongguan was cut off from Luoyang except for the road leading to Chang'an. Li Yuan once tried to persuade Qu Tutong to surrender, but Qu Tutong sternly refused many times. And Qu Tutong also learned the lesson of Song Laosheng, did not go to war easily, and let the Tang army shout and insult outside the city, without saying a word, but ordered to strictly guard the city and not to fight. Li Yuan was helpless. On this day, Li Yuan was thinking about the countermeasures for attacking Tongguan in the mansion, and Li Yuanba came to report:

"Father! The Turkic cavalry made trouble again. "Since there has been no war among the Turkic warriors recently, they have plundered the towns around the barracks, but due to the frequent wars, most of the surrounding people have run out, and the Turkic warriors have often provoked the Tang army sergeants who brought them wine and food, and there have been many group fights. Li Yuan also had a headache about this.

"Ugh! I said Grandpa Tang, it has been a while since I had more soldiers and horses, and I eat meat and drink wine again every day, and the brothers are about to grow into pigs. In my opinion, let's go out and grab a good time. Hearing Telecon's voice, Li Yuanba was first displeased, but his father was by his side, and he didn't have a seizure.

"General Telekonjoli, this is not necessary, you are a guest, how can I let you! We will solve this little matter, and when we attack Chang'an, we will ask the general to contribute more. Terrekang saw Li Yuanba's face, and he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, anyway, when it was time to capture Chang'an, he waited for Li Yuan to send him jewelry and beautiful silk to reward him. Since there was nothing to do with him, Telecon withdrew from the chamber.

"Father, I think letting these Turkic barbarians attack the city will save us all our energy."

"Shut up, what do you know?" Li Yuan didn't want the Turks to attack Tongguan, but because Tongguan was a barrier for Chang'an to defend against Luoyang, and if it was ravaged by war, he didn't want Tongguan to lose anything until Luoyang was captured. While Li Yuan was thinking.

"Qiqi Dashuai, there is a group of Taoist priests outside the door who ask to see him, and the leader says that his name is Qi Ping'an."

"Qi Ping'an? Who is this person, forget it, let him in! Li Yuan was overjoyed when he saw that it was Qihui.

"Oh! It turned out to be a Taoist leader! The Tao is coming from a long time, come here, quickly prepare a table for me, and I will treat the Taoist and others well. At the banquet, Li Yuan and Qi Hui talked about the war going badly and Qi Hui's name change.

"Guogong, you are unwilling to storm Tongguan, it should be because you have taken into account that the people of Guanzhong have suffered from military disasters for a long time, coupled with the bloody nature of the Turks, if they participate in the battle against Tongguan and Chang'an, it is likely to form a situation where the tail will not fall. The people of Guanzhong can no longer suffer. ”

"Yes! It was precisely because I thought that the people of Guanzhong could no longer suffer from the war, so now I am thinking about how to solve it! ”

"Don't worry about the country, the poor road is here to relieve the country's worries."

"Oh! What is the high opinion of the Taoist chief? ”

"In the Guanzhong area, I have a lot of Taoist believers, even in the guards of Chang'an and Tongguan, there are also my believers, and the two armies are fighting, but the monks and Taoists can walk freely. Tomorrow, I will send my cronies and disciples to secretly go to the Tongguan army to fight for the war! ”

"Okay, everything will be long." Under the operation of the apprentice of Qihui Dao, Tongguan City is filled with changes in the world, all because of the Yang family's immorality, and now the emperor star has reappeared, and ordinary people must not disobey the will of heaven. They went to the city gate and Qu Tutong's Taishou Mansion in groups to petition, and the people around Qu Tutong also advised Qu Tutong to understand current affairs, know how to be flexible, and surrender to Li Yuan, Qu Tutong listened impatiently, and killed four people one after another. So everyone was silent, Qu Tutong thought it was safe, who knew that in the middle of the night, he was woken up by his cronies:

"General, wake up quickly! Wake up! ”

"What's the matter?!"

"General, run! The Don army attacked. ”

"What? Am I not on guard in the whole city? ”

"General, don't say it, run away!" Qu Tutong immediately mounted his horse, his clothes were not dressed, and he wanted to flee to the north city gate, but was stopped by Li Shimin on the way:

"General Qu Tu, Li has been waiting like this for a long time. You'd better get off your horse and get bound! Qu Tutong was about to draw a knife to fight, but he was hit in the back of the head. Fainted.

"General, I'm sorry, we also have to know the current affairs! Remembering our original friendship and your kindness in taking me in, I will definitely beg Li Gongzi not to kill you, but as long as I capture you alive, it will be a great achievement. After the man finished speaking, he took off his helmet and shouted at Li Jiancheng:

"After building a son, Hou Junji is willing to lead his subordinate brothers to surrender to the Tang army." After the fall of Tongguan, the three auxiliary barriers on the periphery of Chang'an, Fufeng, Feng Yi, and Ducheng also joined Li Yuan one after another. Chang'an became an isolated city.