Zhao Ziliang took the holy decree and returned to the barracks, found Zheng San and handed the holy decree to him and instructed: "You are the logistics and baggage governor, this holy decree is handed over to you, you send people to the counties and counties in Guanzhong to collect grain, grass and military salaries, first collect half a year, according to the total amount of grain, grass and military salaries, and then assign the collection task according to the gap between the rich and the poor in each county and county. Also, send someone to keep an eye on the point, don't let the magistrate make trouble from it, and if you find this phenomenon, report it immediately! ”

Zheng San took the holy decree and read it, and said with a smile: "Xia Guan knows how to do it!" ”

In order to recover the combat strength as soon as possible, Zhao Ziliang ordered the general to rest for two days, on the other hand, Zheng San sent people to buy a large number of cattle and sheep, fat pigs, other livestock and game and fresh fish in nearby counties, and replenished meat for the soldiers, fresh rice and white noodles were enough, so that the soldiers ate fiercely for two days in a row, and finally recovered some of their spirits. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the early morning of the 18th, Zhao Ziliang was taking the generals to inspect the military camp sentry, patrol and the breakfast of the soldiers, Wang Can suddenly rode a fast horse to report: "General Qiyu, yesterday morning, the rebel forward 3,000 cavalry arrived in Chang'an under the command of Zhang Tongru, a general under An Lushan, and Chang'an stayed behind Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng and others opened the city gate to surrender, and Chang'an fell!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's face turned pale when he heard this, and then his face instantly turned red, and he scolded: "Bastard, bastard!" These incompetent people are all those who bring disaster to the country and the people! If you act according to the proposal of this commander, the day before yesterday sent 3,000 cavalry to march into Chang'an quickly, why not? Chang'an is over, Chang'an is over! Poof—"

Under the anger, Zhao Ziliang opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person fell down.

"Dashuai, Dashuai-" The soldiers screamed, and Zhao Ziliang, who fell, was held up by Bai Xiaode in time.

No one can understand Zhao Ziliang's painful feelings about the fall of Chang'an, Chang'an City is the first city in the world today, there is no one! It is a treasure of the Chinese nation, built by countless generations of Chinese people with the wisdom of their hearts, it has the most enlightened political environment, has the most advanced technology and the most prosperous economic situation, and its greatness and vigor make all foreigners who come to this city bow and worship! Now that this majestic city has been destroyed by the rebels, how can Zhao Ziliang not regret it?

Zhao Ziliang's face turned pale, he opened his eyes and shouted: "Chu Ge, where is Chu Ge?" ”

Chu Ge squatted down and held Zhao Ziliang's outstretched hand, choked with tears: "Dashuai, I'm here, I'm here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang grabbed Chu Ge's arm and shouted: "I order you to immediately lead five thousand cavalry to Chang'an as quickly as possible, and take Chang'an back for me while the rebels are not firmly established!" ”

At this moment, Zhao Ziliang can't care so much, the emperor wants to review the Beiting Army, and he is not bad for these 5,000 people, now the rebels have occupied Chang'an for only one day, and the first thing the rebels should do is definitely not to start with the people, but to attack the palace, the treasury, the various yamen of the imperial court, the emperor's relatives and the mansions of the nobles, these places have the vast majority of the wealth in Chang'an City, with the number of rebel forwards, they can't do much in a day, and Zhao Ziliang doesn't believe that there is no resistance in Chang'an City, As long as Chu Ge led his troops over in time, he should be able to do some rescue to prevent Chang'an City from being seriously damaged.

Chu Ge wiped away his tears, clasped his fists and said loudly: "The last general will take the order!" ”

After Chu Ge left, the generals ignored Zhao Ziliang's opposition and forcibly carried him back to the handsome tent, and Lang Zhong in the army was quickly found to diagnose and treat his pulse, and Lang Zhong said to the generals after diagnosis: "Da Shuai is in good health, nothing serious, it's just that he was in a hurry just now, and he hurt his lungs and veins, wait for me to prescribe a prescription, take a few medicines, and it's fine!" ”

The generals were relieved when they heard Lang Zhong's words.

However, it was said that the ministers in Ma Weiyi found that the military camp, which had been quiet for the past two days, suddenly became noisy, and soon a group of soldiers and horses went east at a very fast speed, which made the ministers suspicious, and this matter quickly reached the ears of Xuanzong.

Xuanzong thought to himself, didn't he have to review it this morning? Why are so many soldiers and horses heading east? After thinking for a while, Xuanzong instructed Gao Lishi: "You go to the barracks and ask Zhao Ziliang what's going on!" ”

"Yes!"

Gao Lishi, who went to the barracks to inquire about the situation, soon returned, his face was also pale at this time, and he shook off the dust and reported to Xuan Zongyu: "Your Majesty, just now the spies sent to Chang'an by Zhao Dashuai reported that yesterday morning the rebel 3,000 cavalry arrived under the city of Chang'an under the command of Zhang Tongru, a general under An Lushan, Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng and others surrendered without a fight, opened the city gate and let the rebels enter the city, and now the imperial palace, the treasury, the Fanku of the two counties of Jingzhao Prefecture, the yamen of the imperial court, the mansions of the emperor's relatives and the mansions of the noble ministers have all been looted by the rebels. A large number of houses were burned down! The people fled one after another, and many of the ministers of the DPRK and China defected to the rebels, among which the former prime minister **** Lie and the county horse Zhang Jun and the horse Zhang Yan were the most respected! When Zhao Dashuai heard the news, he vomited blood on the spot and fell to the ground, and as soon as he woke up, he ordered his troops to lead five thousand elite horsemen eastward, vowing to take Chang'an back! ”

Xuanzong couldn't bear it anymore after hearing this, his face turned purple and he grabbed the teacup and smashed it on the ground and roared: "Cui Guangyuan, Bian Lingcheng should be punished with a thousand knives!" Lie, Zhang Jun, and Zhang Yan serve the enemy with their bodies, and they deserve to die! Traitors, they are all a gang of traitors, and none of them are loyal, all of them should be killed! ”

Gao Lishi hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty is angry, angry! Don't hurt the dragon body, now that Your Majesty is in danger of the Tang Dynasty, there must be no trouble! ”

Xuanzong finally calmed down under the persuasion of Gao Lishi and the ministers, and he only then remembered Zhao Ziliang's suggestion a few days ago to quickly send troops to take over the city defense of Chang'an, and now he thinks about how far-sighted and correct Zhao Ziliang's original suggestion was.

Now that the two capitals have all fallen into the hands of the rebels, many of the other ministers and officials present remember the past when Feng Changqing bravely protected Luoyang despite the army's combat strength and was repeatedly defeated, and they realized the sorrow of the general who died not at the hands of the enemy but by the traitorous ministers!

Only then did Xuanzong remember to ask Zhao Ziliang about the situation, "Gao Lishi, how is Zhao Ziliang?" ”

Gao Lishi said: "Zhao Dashuai was angry and hurt his lungs, Lang Zhong said that if you don't worry, you will be fine if you take a few pairs of medicines!" Now Zhao Dashuai is arranging for the army to prepare for His Majesty's review! ”

Xuanzong sighed a lot of emotion for a while, and said to Gao Lishi: "Spread the decree to the hundred officials, and review the army with me!" ”

"Yes!"

After the review, officials from all over the country returned after seeing the emperor, and Xuanzong then sent someone to find Zhao Ziliang to inquire about his future behavior.

"Zhao Qingjia, in your opinion, what should the imperial court plan?" Xuanzong asked with Yan Yuese.

Zhao Ziliang said: "If according to Weichen's thoughts, Weichen of course hopes that the holy driver will go to Chang'an with the army, if His Majesty is worried about the danger of the front-line soldiers, you can continue to stay in Ma Weiyi, wait for Weichen to take Chang'an, drive the rebels to the east of Tongguan, and then return to Chang'an, if Your Majesty feels that Ma Weiyi is not safe, the holy car can be moved elsewhere!" Wechen had met the Anxi Army Duan Xiushi Department on the way to the commander, he had five thousand elites, according to the itinerary, his army should be able to arrive tomorrow, and after he led the troops to arrive, Wechen ordered him to escort the west, whether to Xichuan or to Lingzhou, everything is determined by His Majesty, but Wechen has the responsibility of being fully responsible for counterinsurgency, I am afraid that I will not be able to serve His Majesty, Wechen decided to wait for Duan Xiushi to arrive and take over the escort task and then lead Beiting to the east to attack the rebels! ”

When Xuanzong heard Zhao Ziliang say this, it was not easy for him to say that he was going to leave Ma Weiyi and go to Xichuan or Lingzhou, which would make it seem that the emperor was too greedy for life and afraid of death, and too concerned about his own safety, he could only say: "Okay, the Qing family can only lead the troops to quell the rebellion, and I will stay here and wait for the good news of the Qing family!" ”

That night, there were Tanma returning from the direction of Chang'an to report the latest movements of the rebels, it turned out that An Lushan remembered that his eldest son was executed by Xuanzong's decree in the past, and hated it very much, so he ordered Sun Xiaozhe, the commander of the rebel army in Guanzhong, to execute all the imperial relatives and relatives left in Chang'an City, and the **** Lie, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan and others who surrendered all went to Luoyang to confer officials.

When Xuanzong heard the news, he almost fainted, An Lushan's poison, this is to cut off the roots of his old Li family, how can Xuanzong not be angry and angry? He also secretly hated himself in his heart for being deceived by An Lushan over the years, so that it was only now that Datang was in this unmanageable situation.

Late at night on June 18, outside Chang'an City, the elite of the 5,000 Beiting Army led by Chu Ge finally arrived ten miles outside the city after a day of fast horses.

The army hid in a ruined village, which had apparently been plagued by the rebels, littered with corpses, adults and children, and the only remaining houses in the entire village were still intact, and all the others were burned down.

Now that Chang'an City is occupied by rebels, and the news cannot come out of Chang'an City, after sending scouts to investigate the situation of Chang'an City Defense, Chu Ge immediately organized the soldiers to collect and bury the corpses in the village, and the soldiers either sat under the trees and took a nap, or leaned against the wall and dozed off.

It didn't take long for someone to return from the scout horse that had been sent out, and Chu Ge immediately asked after seeing the person: "How is the situation?" ”

The scout cavalry soldier gasped and said: "General, the city gates around Chang'an are all open, but there are rebel soldiers guarding them, we are very puzzled, so we stayed in the dark to investigate for a while, it turns out that there are still many rebels who have gone out of the city to loot and have not returned, and the city gate is open to facilitate the rebels who went out of the city to plunder into the city!" ”

When Chu Ge heard this, he immediately sneered and said: "Hey, this rebel general is too bold, and too deceitful, he thinks that there is no effective resistance around Chang'an, so he can rest assured that the city gate will be opened!" Today Ben is going to make him pay for his stupidity! ”

After speaking, Chu Ge looked at the generals beside him and asked, "Can you and the soldiers still fight?" ”

All the generals said in unison: "Why can't you?" Please give the general an order, right? ”

Chu Ge immediately said: "Okay, wake up the soldiers, after a cup of tea, the whole army will set off!" Chu Lie, prepare two hundred soldiers with strong combat ability, let them sneak into the vicinity of the Golden Light Gate to snatch the Golden Light Gate, and when the capture of the gate is successful, we will enter from the Golden Light Gate! ”

"No!" (To be continued.) )