When night fell, it was pitch black everywhere in Chang'an City, but the city gates to the west and north were crowded with queues to leave the city early, and the fleeing people dragged their homes and mouths noisy and noisy. ，

Li Bao stood in front of the city tower and looked at the people under the city and the noisy shouts of the people, these sounds and scenes seemed to have appeared in Li Bao's sleep, he felt a little vague and a little distant.

But the cold north wind blew on his face, constantly reminding him that it was all true. Li Bao sighed, he turned around and said to Zhao Zhizhao and Zhang Chengfan who were standing silently behind him: "From now on, this city will be ours. We must guard him well, do you have faith? ”

Li Bao's words sounded in Zhang Chengfan's ears, and a trace of irony rose in his heart, this empire was already terminally ill, and he himself was the most touched. The former general of the Shence Army who experienced the wind and rain now has a feeling of being reincarnated.

But with this Ji King, he felt something different, as if Ji Wang could inspire different vitality. Maybe this empire will be different because of King Ji, he thought to himself, but his body shook his head.

After Li Bao finished asking, he saw Zhang Chengfan shaking his head, he couldn't help but be a little discouraged, but this was also a matter of no law, he patted Zhang Chengfan on the shoulder and said: "General Zhang, don't be so pessimistic, we still have strength, as long as we train the surplus Shence soldiers in the city, it is impossible for those thieves to attack." ”

Zhao Zhizhao heard Li Bao say this, and from his tone, what he heard was not firmness, but uncertainty. Hearing this, ripples rippled in his heart.

Li Bao comforted Zhang Chengfan and said to Zhao Zhizhao again: "A strict curfew will be implemented in the city from tonight, and there are still people who want to concentrate in the center of the city, and the people in the south and east of the city near the city wall will all move to the center of the city, and the grain in the official warehouse will begin to be rationed. Adults were given one liter of food a day, half a liter for children, and one liter if they were helping the defenders carry ordnance. ”

Zhao Zhizhao listened to Li Bao's instructions and immediately nodded in agreement.

After Li Bao finished instructing, Zhao Zhizhao said to Zhang Chengfan again: "Did the Huangchao thief send an outpost here?" Where have they been? ”

Asked about the matter, Zhang Chengfan immediately replied: "This afternoon, the vanguard of the thieves has come to the city, and when they saw that our city was strictly forbidden, they didn't dare to offend, but just scolded a few times and retreated. Someone went to investigate, and the main force of the thieves is currently stationed in the tyrant. ”

Li Bao listened to Zhang Chengfan's reply, and was a little entangled in his heart, after all, such a large-scale peasant uprising hit the city gate he defended. Facing the upcoming siege battle, he had a lot of thoughts in his heart.

In later generations, the history books always had a positive attitude of praise for these rebels, and in later generations, he was also educated to approve of the suffering peasant army. Think they are doing the right thing and have the courage to resist oppression.

But now the role is reversed, he himself has become a corrupt aristocratic class and has become the party to be defeated, and in the face of the fierce and brutal peasant rebel army, he is not willing to obediently bow down to the mercy of others.

He Ji King Li Bao was destined to be extraordinary, so he had to fight against the injustice of fate and improve this great empire that was about to die.

It was a painstaking process, he could not give in, and he could only achieve his goal by changing the course of history first.

Li Bao put away his thoughts, and after finishing his orders at this moment, Li Bao continued: "The families of Zhao Dayin and General Zhang have already left the city. ”

Zhang Chengfan and Zhao Zhizhao immediately replied in unison: "Back to the king, the family members of a certain class have already gone out of the city with the escort this afternoon. ”

The families of the officials who were inclined to Li Bao's side, Li Bao immediately arranged for the sergeants of the Shence Army to escort them away, and the delegation headed by Xu Anwen, the secretary of Dali Temple, accompanied the team out of the city.

The delegation was tasked with explaining to the emperor in person why he was guarding Chang'an here, and trying his best to get an official title for Li Bao, who had to be famous for guarding Chang'an, so that he would not be infamous as a rebellious minister and thief in the future.

Seeing that the hour was not early, Li Bao said goodbye to Zhao Zhizhao and Zhang Chengfan, and he turned back to his Ji Wang Mansion. Now there is nothing in the Sixteen Princes' Mansion, and the clan and relatives have been sent out by Li Bao early in the morning, and these people will only get in the way here.

Besides, Li Bao let them go is also their life, as a member of the same corrupt class, Li Bao's favor is already very great, and those clans are also grateful to Li Bao when they leave, and promise that they will definitely say good things for Li Bao when they go to the emperor.

Looking at their sincere faces, Li Bao was a little moved for a while, but then Jin Luanwei's people reported that these clans complimented Li Bao in front of him for being brave and loyal and open-minded, but behind his back, they secretly scolded Li Bao for being stupid and cute.

After listening to the report, Li Bao suddenly had an urge to arrest those clansmen, but after all, it was an impulse, and he drank several bowls of milk tea to relieve his breath.

The palace people in King Ji's house have basically run out, and Hu Sanbao specially seconded some palace people from Daming Palace to serve and clean.

Ling'er, Xinniang, Yunfang, and the eighth Li Yi were sent by Li Bao to Zhang Qingping in Shannan West Road early on, and Li Ying had already left Chang'an City when Zhang Qingping took office.

Zheng Yan also moved to Fengxiang Mansion with his family early at the suggestion of Li Bao, and now Li Bao is sitting alone in King Ji's mansion, thinking about the days with Ling'er Xinniang in the past, he can't help but murmur: "Happy times are always short-lived!" ”

Hu Sanbao came to Li Bao with a basin of hot water and asked, "What is Lang Jun sighing again?" ”

Li Bao smiled, "It's nothing, I want to wash my feet quickly, and sleep well after washing my feet, tomorrow is not expected to be very easy." ”

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The place name "Bashang" is also called "Bashang" because of its proximity to Ba Shui. The name of this place has a long history, but the earliest appeared in the Qin Mugong period, one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Because he wanted to highlight the merit of "benefiting the country twelve, opening up thousands of miles of land, and then dominating Xirong" ("Historical Records: Qin Benji"), he changed the name of nourishing water to "Ba Shui", which should be the source of the name of "Bashang".

It is true that the "land of Guanzhong" is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the four stops are solid, the left is the Han, the right is Longshu, and the three sides are blocked, and the princes of the east are the only ones, forming the outer defense line of the capital of Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang.

In the near future, there are three places, Bashang, Xiliu and Thorn Gate, which constitute the military stronghold that the capital of Chang'an can be "impregnable" to garrison. Among them, the "Bashang" place is the east gate of Xianyang and Chang'an, which has the role of shielding the capital and guarding it, and its strategic position is particularly important.

"Bashang" not only plays an important role in safeguarding the security of Chang'an, is a strategic location, but also a transportation hub in the hinterland of Guanzhong to Yanqi in the east and Wuchu in the south. Therefore, it has always been valued by politicians and military strategists, and it has been heavily guarded.

Now that the throat in the east of Chang'an City is occupied by the Huangchao army, the entire Huangchao military camp is in full swing.

In the center of the tent is a group of beautiful dancing girls, their bodies are plump, the lines are soft, but they are very bold, and their light and delicate silk clothes show soft curves under the reflection of torches. The generals in the field of watching all moved their index fingers, and some of them even left saliva.

Meng Kai is very happy today, he is the fourth position in the Huangchao Army after removing Shang Rang Zhao Zhang, but Shang Rang Zhao Zhang is a Wenchen, he is a military general, so he is basically the same among the generals, except for that Zhu Wen, this guy's military exploits are on par with himself, he squinted at the broken house who also drank heavily, and there was a trace of discoloration in his eyes.

But today the Yellow King was happy, and he didn't want to sweep the Yellow King's interest, so after he drank the wine in the bowl, he stroked the beard under his chin with his hand, and said loudly: "Brothers, we must not get drunk tonight, tomorrow we will go to Chang'an City as long as we shout a few loudly, then the emperor will probably have to pee his pants in fear." ”

Meng Kai's words resonated in the military tent, and the generals of the peasant army all let out laughter, they were either local ruffians or specialized in the trading of green forest bandits.

But now, these dirt buns can actually pull down the saint in Chang'an City, the Tang Dynasty Emperor, and this pride can't be exchanged for anything.

Huang Chao laughed, then pointed at Meng Kai and said, "What Brother Meng said is that we will ask the emperor to pee his pants tomorrow." ”

When night fell, it was pitch black everywhere in Chang'an City, but the city gates to the west and north were crowded with queues to leave the city early, and the fleeing people dragged their homes and mouths noisy and noisy.

Li Bao stood in front of the city tower and looked at the people under the city and the noisy shouts of the people, these sounds and scenes seemed to have appeared in Li Bao's sleep, he felt a little vague and a little distant.

But the cold north wind blew on his face, constantly reminding him that it was all true. Li Bao sighed, he turned around and said to Zhao Zhizhao and Zhang Chengfan who were standing silently behind him: "From now on, this city will be ours. We must guard him well, do you have faith? ”

Li Bao's words sounded in Zhang Chengfan's ears, and a trace of irony rose in his heart, this empire was already terminally ill, and he himself was the most touched. The former general of the Shence Army who experienced the wind and rain now has a feeling of being reincarnated.

But with this Ji King, he felt something different, as if Ji Wang could inspire different vitality. Maybe this empire will be different because of King Ji, he thought to himself, but his body shook his head.