readx; Li Qing'an led the cavalry team to gallop on Suzaku Street, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and there were already cavalry in front of the road, shouting loudly: "The people in front of them should disperse quickly, and the army has an urgent task to go out of the city!" ”

The pedestrians on Suzaku Street dodged to both sides, they looked at the wind-like Anxi army flying in front of them, that kind of earth-shattering momentum, frightened the pedestrians to hide their faces and dare not face it, and when the army was far away, they talked about it, and they didn't know what happened?

The cavalry team rushed to the city gate before slowly slowing down, passing through the city gate in turn, and when Li Qing'an appeared, Cui Guangyuan, who had been waiting by the city gate, immediately shouted: "General, please stay one step!" ”

Li Qingan slowed down the reins, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Guangyuan, what can you find?" ”

Cui Guangyuan stepped forward and said: "Time is pressing, I just have a general understanding of the situation, An Lushan has about seven or eight manors in Guanzhong, each of which occupies a large area, with hundreds to thousands of hired workers and slaves, and now I know only so much information, I will continue to collect it, and it may be detailed by tomorrow." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Excellent! If you have gathered detailed information, you can contact General Nan Jiyun and he will send it to me as soon as possible. ”

"Obey the order!"

Li Qingan saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, so he smiled and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

Cui Guangyuan shook his head, "No, I wish the general a smooth journey." ”

"Well, I'd like to hear about your ascension."

Li Qingan hugged his fists, turned his horse's head, and drove towards the city gate, Cui Guangyuan looked at the backs of the Anxi cavalry, and couldn't help but say to himself: "Huangsha wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will not be returned if it is not broken, I don't know when I Cui Guangyuan will be able to put on the golden armor?" ”

．．．．．．．．．．． An hour later, the political hall convened an emergency meeting at the suggestion of Li Yu, and the meeting place was set in the East Palace, and the members of the political hall rushed to the East Palace.

Several eunuchs were nervously arranging the venue, Li Yu was a little nervous in his heart, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, today's meeting is very important to him, the East Palace will have its own army for the first time, and the Sixth Rate Mansion in the East Palace of the Tang Dynasty Military System is also a corresponding military institution, with corresponding soldiers, obeying the command of the East Palace.

But in fact, Li Longji was extremely jealous of the East Palace's army, so that the East Palace's Sixth Rate Mansion was just a false name, not only did not have a single soldier, but even the corresponding generals were not set up, and even if there was an army, it was under Li Longji's strict control.

And today Li Qing'an proposed to recruit 20,000 troops in the name of the East Palace, which means that Li Yu has a solid foundation on the road to the throne.

Today he will set an unprecedented precedent in the Tang Dynasty, making the East Palace officially have an army for the first time, and at this time, a guard hurriedly walked into the East Palace with Nan Jiyun.

It is not so simple for Li Yu to have his own army, just like holding water, first of all, he needs a container, this container not only needs to be justified, but also the money and food for recruiting troops must be guaranteed, and more importantly, he must have the ability to command this army.

The first thing to justify is to get the permission of the saint, of course, the saint is in a coma, then the passage of the political hall is very important, once the political hall is passed, there is a correct name, the money and food for recruiting soldiers is also a problem, the household is controlled in the hands of Zhang Yun, even if the political hall passes the resolution in front of him, and the household department does not approve it in the end, it is in vain, fortunately, Li Qingan has promised that the required money and food will be responsible for Anxi, so that even if the household department excuses the lack of money and food in the warehouse, and does not allocate funds, the recruitment can be maintained.

At this time, Nan Jiyun hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "Chen Han Navy Soldier and Horse Envoy, Zhonglang General Nan Jiyun See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Yu hurriedly helped him up, looked him up and down, and saw that he was tall and lofty, and couldn't help but smile happily: "I have heard of General Nan's reputation for a long time, and when we meet today, it is really powerful and worthy of its reputation." ”

Li Yu is most worried that he is not capable of commanding the newly recruited army, although he has a lot of talents, but there is no one who can fight on behalf of the soldiers, although there are many famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, but there is no here in Li Yu, Li Qingan left Nan Jiyun, and the intention is also very clear, since he pays money and food, he naturally wants Nan Jiyun to be responsible for recruiting and commanding this new army in the East Palace.

Li Yu also understood Li Qingan's intentions, and Nan Jiyun commanded this army, which meant that he was still under Li Qing'an's control, but after he weighed the pros and cons repeatedly, he finally accepted this result, after all, he is now under the control of others everywhere, and the only reliance is Li Qing'an, letting Nan Jiyun take charge of the army is just relying on Li Qing'an's continuation, and when he is really in power, he will slowly deal with these tricky things, at least let Wang Sili replace Nan Jiyun.

Thinking of this, Li Yu smiled and said, "General Nan, I plan to start recruiting troops today, and everything will be asked to General Nan." ”

"Your Royal Highness, my general has repeatedly ordered me to obey the command of the prince, and the ministers will do their best."

"Good! With your words, I am relieved. ”

At this time, a guard rushed over and reported: "Your Highness, most of the ministers have arrived, but only Zhang Shangshu is missing, and for some reason, Zhang Shangshu has not come." ”

Li Yu turned his head to look at Nan Jiyun, who said with a smile: "There are assassins near Zhang Shangshu's mansion, in order to ensure Zhang Shangshu's safety, I have ordered two hundred soldiers to guard around Zhang Shangshu's mansion, it is estimated that he may not be able to come today." ”

Li Yu was overjoyed, Zhang Yun really couldn't come, which meant that the biggest resistance disappeared, and he immediately ordered: "Time can't wait, since Zhang Shangshu can't come, we won't wait, and the meeting of the political hall will start immediately." ”

Due to Zhang Yun's absence, the government hall successfully passed the recruitment plan, from the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Chang'an to raise 20,000 troops, was the government soldiers priority, soldiers can not only get money and food, but also can pardon their crime of escaping, the news came out, the lives of Chang'an Fangfang are extremely enthusiastic, have rushed to the east and west cities and in front of the Zhuque Gate three recruiting points to sign up, by Li Qing'an left by the five hundred guards responsible for recruitment, each of them led an average of 40 recruits, the 200,000 yuan required for recruitment, by the Hai Xing cabinet temporarily advanced, Weiwei Temple provided tens of thousands of sets of weapons and armor, and in just two days, an army of 20,000 people was equipped, which belonged to the Six Palaces and Six Rates Mansion, and Nan Jiyun was also transformed into the General of the East Palace Six Rates Mansion by the Han Navy.

．．．．．．．．． Tongguan is located in the east of the Guanzhong Plain, standing in the Guannei, Hedong, Henan three key places, the situation of Tongguan is dangerous, there are Qinling Mountains in the south, there is the forbidden valley in the southeast, and there are 12 cities in the south of the valley; There are Wei and Luo Erchuan in the north and the Yellow River hugs down the pass, the west is near Huayue, the surrounding mountains are even mountains, the peaks are even peaks, the valleys are deep and the precipices are exclusive, the mountains are high and the roads are narrow, a narrow sheep intestine trail is passed through, only one car and one horse can be accommodated in the old saying, the old saying often takes 'the road and the ape fight', 'the road in the world stops the Tongguan risk' to compare the situation here with the long, Du Fu also wrote the poem "the Zhangren sees the important place, the narrow and narrow accommodate the bicycle, the long halberd is difficult to struggle, and the eternal use of a husband".

Tongguan originally garrisoned 15,000 people, but Li Longji personally conquered Shuofang and took 12,000 people, and only 3,000 people remained in Tongguan, led by Wang Sili, deputy marshal of Tongguan.

Wang Sili is about 30 years old, seven feet tall, looks like a tiger's back and bear's waist, his face is like a heavy jujube, he is a famous tiger general in the Tang Dynasty, he was originally a general of Qianniuwei, in the partisan dispute in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Sili belongs to the Xiangguo Party, was co-opted by Li Linfu, after Li Linfu's death, the Xiangguo Party was dissolved, Wang Sili resolutely took refuge in the prince Li Yu, but was squeezed out by the civil officials under Li Yu, he sent out to Beijing, to Tongguan as a deputy general, now the main general has left, he is the guard of Tongguan.

Last night, there was a strange thing in Tongguan, a team of cattle and horses from Hedong asked to pass the pass, the colonel probed and reported, there were about 5,000 horses and more than 300 cattle, immediately loaded with silk and satin, and 6,000 horsemen, escorted by more than 300 soldiers, the person in charge was An Lushan's general Sun Xiaozhe, he sent a letter, saying that this was an order from the imperial court.

Of course, Wang Sili also knew that Hedong had been occupied by An Lushan, and Wang Sili himself was extremely indignant about this, but he was just an ordinary general, and he was not good at commenting on such a major event involving Jiangshan Sheji.

At this time, Wang Sili stood on the city wall, watching the cattle and horses slowly enter Tongguan, there were already more than 1,000 people and horses into the urn city, the defenders of Tongguan were all on the city, curiously looked at this strange cattle and horse team, from the inner city to the outer city is only a few hundred steps, crowded with black pressure horses and grooms, the strong wind through the city, the flag hunting, the wind swept the flag Shu, the back of an iron armor officer completely covered, only to see that he was unusually tall and strong, it was the leader Sun Xiaozhe, he was the pioneer, at the end of the cattle and horse team there was An Qingxu.

Wang Sili looked at Sun Xiaozhe with some doubts, Sun Xiaozhe is eight feet tall, majestic and abnormal, holding a big iron spear in his hand, and the crotch horse is a high-grade Youzhou horse, this is obviously a general who is 10,000 enemies, not like what is said in the document, just a school captain.

If it was normal, Wang Sili would not allow them to enter the customs, but he had just received a letter from Da Xixun, the secretary of the Taifu Temple, saying that this batch of cattle and horses was booked by the Taifu Temple, and asked him to put them in the customs, and at the same time he received an order from the Ministry of War, ordering the text to have the autograph of Chen Xilie, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the seal of the Ministry of War, ordering him not to stop and let people enter the customs.

With the order of the Taifu Temple's Muwen and the military department, Wang Sili had no reason to stop this cattle and horse team again, so he ordered the switch to be released.

Because the mountain road is narrow, only one person and one horse can be walked, so the cattle and horses team entered the customs slowly, nearly 300 cattle entered the customs took half an hour, followed by the people and horses entering the customs, the speed was significantly accelerated, two hours, and more than 1,000 people and horses entered.

"Quick! Speed up again! ”

Wang Sili heard a horseman in the city urging in a low voice, his brows couldn't help but slowly wrinkle, this kind of urging tone is generally commonly used by the army, short and powerful, and now it actually appeared in the mouth of the horseman, which inevitably makes people feel a little weird.

Wang Sili carefully looked at these grooms again, all of them were powerful, vigorous and vigorous, most of them were carrying waist knives, holding the handle of the knife in one hand, urging the horses, Wang Sili was suspicious from the posture of holding the knife, these people are clearly soldiers, and they are also elite troops, where are the grooms, then he suddenly found that these horses are castrated military horses, not ordinary horses, he suddenly had a bold idea in his heart, is this an army? An Lushan's army.

At this time, several soldiers hurriedly brought a palace guard, and the guard stepped forward to present a letter: "General Wang, the prince has an urgent letter. ”

Wang Sili glanced at the horse team below again, and then opened Li Yu's letter, only read it in a hurry, he jumped up in shock, and shouted repeatedly: "Quick! Close the gates and don't allow the horses to enter! ”

"When! While! The sirens sounded over Tongguan, and hundreds of soldiers swarmed up and forced back the horse team with spears, "Get out!" Exit them all. ”

At this time, the inner city gate began to creak and close, and Sun Xiaozhe, the general who commanded the cattle and horse team, saw that the matter had been revealed, and he did not think twice, and suddenly waved his gun and shouted: "Rush in and seize Tongguan!" ”

At the sound of the order, the cowherds and horsemen who led the horses disappeared and became a murderous army, which tore off their coats to reveal the fine armor inside their clothes, drew their swords and bows and arrows hidden in the cloth, and rushed into the urn city with a wild shout. The sound of shouting and killing everywhere shook the sky, and the impact of weapons was piercing and terrifying.

Sun Xiaozhe caught a glimpse of the sentry officer who was ringing the bell, he opened his bow and set up an arrow, a strong arrow shot out of the bow, the arrow penetrated the neck of the sentry, he screamed and fell heavily from the city tower seven or eight feet high, this scream was like a death knell in the night, woke up all the soldiers of Tongguan, and also angered them, the soldiers in the city opened their bows and arrows, threw stones down the city, for a time the arrows were like dense rain, the stones were like hail, and the horses with arrows jumped up, and the neighing sound pierced the sky.

An Lushan's army resisted with shields and was suppressed on the mountain road, but the 6,000 soldiers sent by An Lushan were the most elite Fan Yang army he carefully selected.

In contrast, most of the defenders of Tongguan were selected to be the remaining old and weak soldiers, and the elite soldiers were all taken away by Li Longji, and the number was not large, they could only rely on the favorable terrain of Tongguan and the An Lushan army for a fierce battle, but they were far from being the opponents of An Lushan's army, and in a short time, more than half of the hundreds of Tang troops in the urn city had been killed.

Now the key is the battle for the urn city, Tongguan is composed of three parts of the outer city, the urn city and the inner city, only through the inner city gate, it can be regarded as the real entry into the pass, the outer city has been lost, the An Lushan army has entered more than 1,000 people and horses are concentrated in the urn city, the urn city is a piece of flat land covering an area of hundreds of zhang, located between the inner city and the outer city, surrounded by the city wall, is the place where the soldiers usually change the guard and check the pedestrians outside, and now it has become the key for the two sides to compete for Tongguan.

The inner city gate of Tongguan is a double gate, the gate is made of extremely heavy pig iron, manpower can not be shaken at all, a giant siege machine is needed to break open, An Lushan army does not carry a siege weapon, there is only one way to open the inner city gate, is to rush up to the city tower, take down the winch, use the winch to open the city gate, in this way, the core of the two sides of the battle is a narrow upper city road, this is the only passage from the urn city to the city tower, can only allow two people to pass side by side.

More than 1,000 An Lushan troops and more than 1,000 Tongguan defenders, in this road that is not more than five zhang long launched an extremely tragic fierce battle, dozens of cavalry of the Tang army rushed to the front, the soldiers behind closely followed, at the same time more than 1,000 An Lushan troops rushed like a tide, they did not have time to form a formation, wielding long knives, holding shields, bows and arrows wound, rushing forward against the rain of arrows and shooting, for a while the sword light was cold, the long arrows devoured blood, dozens of Tang troops in the urn city could not escape, and their heads were cut off by the blades.

The smell of blood in the air made An Lushan's army extremely fierce, even if the people who rushed in front had been killed, but the soldiers behind still rushed up frantically, holding corpses and meat shields, and the powerful impact force actually pushed dozens of cavalry horses in front of them to the ground, and immediately chopped the enemies who fell to the ground into pulp.

Hundreds of Tang soldiers stubbornly defended the road, they were huddled with the enemy, and they couldn't lift their knives, so they bit with their teeth, slammed with their fists, stabbed with daggers, and did not retreat a single step, only hearing the sound of bones breaking, the gurgling of their throats before they died, and the dead and the living were huddled together, suffocating to the point that it was breathless.

More and more An Lushan troops poured into the city gate, under the leadership of Sun Xiaozhe launched a fierce offensive against the Tang army, Sun Xiaozhe is known as one of the three fierce generals of the Fanyang army, Gao Hui, Li Yueyue, Sun Xiaozhe, among which Sun Xiaozhe is the soldier and horse envoy of the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, and he led the army into Chang'an in history.

The urn city has been killed all over the corpses, the Tang army on the city head down the arrows, there are constantly enemies in the arrow tragic death, but the combat effectiveness of the Tang army is far inferior to An Lushan army, the Tang army on the road is getting less and less, and the An Lushan army is more and more, at this time, Sun Xiaozhe ordered to build a meat ladder with dead people and dead horses, although it is not on the city wall, but it can already attack the road from the side.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Wang Sili roared, snatched the big knife from the hands of his own soldiers, jumped off the road, he stood on the head of the person and swung the big knife violently, blood burst out, and seven or eight enemy soldiers were split into two pieces with a knife and rolled down from the meat ladder.

Wang Sili's ferocious surname seemed to have spread to every Tang soldier, and nearly a hundred Tang soldiers rushed down the road, and their stubborn fierce battle killed the enemy army that had approached the city.

Sun Xiaozhe was furious, he secretly hid behind a horse, opened his bow and set up an arrow, aimed at Wang Sili, who was showing his might, a cold arrow 'Whoosh! The ground shot at Wang Sili, Wang Sili couldn't dodge, an arrow hit the shoulder socket, the strength in his hand suddenly disappeared, and the big knife flew out of his hand.

At this moment, he saw more and more An Lushan troops rushing into Weng City, Tang Jun's eyes showed despair, Wang Sili couldn't help kneeling down on one knee, and sighed: "I didn't expect that I, Wang Sili, would become a Tang sinner!" ”

Sun Xiaozhe smirked maniacally, "Idiot, your time of death has come!" ”

He jerked out his sword, and the blade sent a flash of fire.

At this moment, a horn came from the west of Tongguan, 'woo~' trumpet blew vigorously, breaking through the gloomy dark clouds, as if echoing, and a series of horns came from afar, trumpets, trumpets, echoing in the valley of Tongguan, breaking through the shackles of death, bringing the light of hope, the horn sounded to the fullest, Li Qing'an's reinforcements finally arrived.

(To be continued)