On the fourth day of December in the first year of Guangming, it was a bustling morning in Japan, but at this time there was a panic in Chang'an City, and everyone knew that the Yellow Nest thieves who were raging most of the empire were coming.

The twelve gates of Chang'an City were all closed, and the gates were not opened again except for a group of soldiers entering the city at 8:00.

The county orders of Chang'an County and Wannian County had already been instructed, and they summoned their officials and bad people, as well as the chief of the Lizheng in each of the districts, and conveyed the will of the above: the thieves are about to attack the city, and if there are people who want to flee for refuge, they are allowed to leave the city with light property, and food and goods are not allowed to be carried. If you don't want to flee, you must stay in the city and obey the orders of the government, and enlist in the army to defend against thieves.

After the prefectural order meeting, he also instructed the chief of the government to beat the gong again and patrol the streets, trying to inform the majority of the people. After the people heard the news reported by the government, those whose families were wealthy and had permanent property packed up their belongings and planned to flee out of the city; Those who are poor and proletarian are downward, because the government said that they should be conscripted into the army to defend the city and be rewarded with three times, and they will also take care of the food, and they will be rewarded with thirty times for the death of the war.

The wealthy merchants in the two cities in the east and west basically planned to flee out of the city, and there were special people here to assist them, they claimed to be members of the Shanhe Society, and as long as they agreed to follow the people of the Shanhe Society to Weizhou to settle down, then the merchants could go out of the city during the day.

Various riots caused by the Huangchao thieves in Chang'an City also occurred from time to time, but the county orders of Wannian and Chang'an two counties were ordered by Jingzhao Mansion that if anyone dared to rob and steal, and disturbed the public order, they should be deterred by heavy punishment to ensure stability in Chang'an City.

The Jin Wuwei in Chang'an City were all dispatched to patrol the streets, and anyone who did not comply with the government's instructions was immediately arrested, and if the circumstances were serious, they did not hesitate to be killed on the spot. In charge of Jin Wuwei was the famous eunuch Liu Jishu, a lieutenant who trusted him with the privilege of cutting first and then playing.

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Different from the panic of the people, the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty who stayed in Chang'an City gathered together in the Xuanzheng Palace, which is where the emperor meets on weekdays.

Li Bao sat at the bottom of the emperor's throne, he was just a prince, and he was not qualified to sit on that throne, but now he could be in charge of the huge Chang'an City, and he had become the nominal owner of this city.

The people standing in the hall were all officials of the imperial court above the fifth grade, and the crowd was crowded, but few people spoke, and the court officials were very quiet, and they were all waiting for Li Bao's order.

Because before coming to the Xuanzheng Palace, they had been told: Now in view of the emperor's western tour, the country cannot be without a king for a day, so several ministers in the political hall agreed that Li Bao, the most popular king of Ji, will temporarily supervise the country and temporarily manage everything in Chang'an City.

Li Bao looked at the black pressed head, his heart was a little excited, now that the foreign enemy is pressing under the city, how to defend the palace has a charter, but he is not much interested in defending Chang'an City, he is now showing such a high interest just for the six million yuan in the treasury.

Once the wealth has been transported and stored, it will be the time for him to escape, but he can't tell the silent officials in this palace these words, but he will also give them a chance to retreat.

Li Bao saw that the hour was almost up, basically all the officials were almost there, he glanced at Hu Sanbao on the side, Hu Sanbao understood, and said loudly: "The hour has come, the meeting has begun." ”

Hu Sanbao was young, and it was the first time for Hu Sanbao to speak loudly in front of many high-ranking officials, and he almost tore his throat out with nervousness. Regardless of the officials, they didn't have time to laugh at this nervous little eunuch, and they all focused on Li Bao.

Li Bao cleared his throat, and then said: "All the ministers already know, the Huangchao thieves are coming to the city, the Tang Dynasty is declining, and now the official family has left Beijing in the west, and the huge Chang'an City has almost become an ownerless city. ”

Li Bao's words were thought about by him for a long time, after all, his current position as a prisoner of the country was obtained by him letting Yang Yan pinch and threaten other prime ministers, and neither the emperor nor Tian Lingzi gave orders to himself, this kind of behavior is tantamount to usurping power and standing on his own, although his usurpation of power can only be in name in Chang'an City, and he can only live a good life, but Li Bao is unwilling to ask for this false name, nor does he want to leave the handle to someone with a heart, so he takes the current urgent situation and his responsibility for the Li Tang royal family as the foundation of his foothold.

However, these words are just to justify the name, and then gather the strength of Chang'an City to help him delay for some time, if he can't defend against the Huangchao thieves in the future, he doesn't have to feel guilty. Because he's just a prince of the clan with little power.

After Li Bao finished speaking, no one in the hall responded, because the officials also knew that this was a critical and sensitive time, if any of them responded to Li Bao, in case the court would liquidate the responsibility at this time a day later, then they would have reason to say that it was King Ji who persecuted so-and-so at that time, and so-and-so was said to have said nothing in King Ji.

Li Bao also knows the little Jiujiu in the hearts of these court officials, and he doesn't plan to ask these people to support him, as long as these people can listen to his orders and do things for him.

The other court officials did not speak, but Yang Yan could not help but speak, he was Li Bao's teacher, and Li Bao's supervision of the country was the result of his "consultation" with other prime ministers. Therefore, Yang Yan immediately came out and said: "King Ji's move is the people of Shuntian, it is really the blessing of my Tang Dynasty, and the luck of all the people!" ”

Dou Lu Yao heard Yang Yan slap his ass like this, he felt a burst of contempt in his heart, but this time was not the time to be reckless, now that the thieves were coming to the city, if he was quick to speak, which annoyed Li Bao's master and apprentice, and arrested himself as the culprit of the arsonist and the thief, it would be more than worth the loss.

Li Bao nodded at Yang Yan, and then continued: "The official family is in a hurry to tour the west, and His Majesty is leaving Beijing alone, so Gu is very worried about the safety of the official family, and he didn't have time to inform the court officials.

It is decided by Yi Lone, if any virtuous Qing cares about the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty, he can let you go out of the city tonight to follow the official family. When you go to Shuzhong, you can also try your best to assist the official family. Accumulate strength for the early revival of my Datang. ”

As soon as Li Bao's words came out, the entire Xuanzheng Hall was boiling, the court officials are not fools, there are no soldiers and no generals in Chang'an City, if you want to guard the palace and wait until the soldiers of King Qin come, then I don't know if the Year of the Monkey and the month of Ma Yue can come.

Besides, the emperor has fled westward, and there is only one grandmaster in the city, who cares, and whether the will of King Ji is the emperor's decree is not given, this is not to say.

In case the emperor decrees that King Ji is a rebellion, then the entire Chang'an City will have to be buried with King Ji.

It was the officials who were very happy, since King Ji was willing to let them go, they really couldn't be happy, but Li Bao's next words made their eager hearts suddenly cool.

"Officials who leave the city must confiscate their property so that the soldiers and civilians who remain to defend the city can hold on, and the officials who go out of the city are limited to him and his family, and no servants in the house are allowed to carry them, and these servants are also included in the garrison."

As soon as this rule was finished, the court officials immediately blew up, and they exchanged heads and ears, complaining and complaining, but Li Bao didn't care what they thought, he had to keep as many supplies as possible in order to hold the city, so he stretched out his hand and pressed it a few times to the court.

However, the high-ranking officials in the hall ignored him, Li Bao's face turned cold, and he gestured to Hu Sanbao, who walked to the door of the hall and beckoned to the outside of the hall.

A group of Jin Wuwei soldiers immediately entered the hall, grabbed a few courtiers who were talking in crimson official robes and pressed them to the ground, cracked a few boards, and went down to the Xuanzheng Palace, which was immediately quiet.

Li Bao said angrily: "These court officials have no respect, they lose their manners in front of the palace, and they teach a lesson to a lonely person, so you should take this as a warning!" ”

After saying this, the officials in the Xuanzheng Hall immediately knew how to answer, and they said in unison: "Follow the king's teachings, and be taught." ”

Li Bao was expressionless, whispered "um", and then continued: "Now that the thieves are approaching the capital, how are the preparations for war in the city?" ”

Asked about war preparations, except for Yang Yan and Zhang Zhifang in the palace, the rest of the people were not clear, so Zhang Zhifang went out alone and said to Li Bao: "Back to the king, now there are more than 2,400 soldiers in the city, more than 5,600 people in the Shence army, and more than 3,500 scattered soldiers under Zhang Chengfan, the former Tongguan guard.

In addition, there are still tens of thousands of sergeants scattered in the city who have not yet arrived, and the minister expects that we can still train about 30,000 sergeants, but these people's combat power is not strong, and I am afraid that they will not be able to take on the heavy responsibility. ”

After Li Bao listened to Zhang Zhifang's report, he was a little hesitant in his heart, but these Shence troops are not used to charge into battle, but only to throw arrows and stones at the head of the city, it should not be a big problem.

Then he asked Zhang Zhifang again, "What about the armor and weapons?" What is the stock situation? ”

Asked here, Zhang Zhifang was a little excited, and he said loudly: "There are very many armor and weapons in the city, and it is more than enough for 50,000 soldiers in the city, and there are countless weapons. There are more than 100,000 bows and arrows, and more than 500,000 feather arrows. ”………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………