"Your Majesty, this is the Tongguan emergency report that the minister just received!" Chang'an, Xingqing Palace, in the Qinzheng Building, Yang Guozhong was presenting a copy of the Tongguan emergency report he had just received and several copies of Yang Xi's recital he had received before to Emperor Li Longji.

Emperor Li Longji took advantage of the coolness after the rain last night to sleep very peacefully, and after waking up today, he felt that he was in good spirits, so he went to the Qinzheng Building to deal with government affairs. But he didn't expect that after watching a recital, Yang Guozhong was anxious to ask to see him. Seeing Yang Guozhong's anxious look, Li Longji, who had a little bit of a snack on Tongguan affairs, lifted his heart again, immediately reached out to take it, and looked at it carefully.

When he saw it, he was immediately furious, slapped the table hard, and shouted angrily: "Chen Xuanli deliberately delayed the speed of the march for his own selfish interests, and did not devote all his strength to rescue Tongguan, damn it!"

Hearing Li Longji say this, Yang Guozhong's original little heart was relaxed, and he immediately saluted: "Your Majesty, the front line of Tongguan is extremely critical, and Yang Xi has sent urgent reports several times, asking the imperial court to urge Chen Xuanli's troops to speed up the march, so as to avoid danger in Tongguan. Dou Hua and Zhang Jianbu desperately rushed forward, and they had already arrived at Tongguan after dark yesterday, and immediately entered the battle, stopping the rebels from attacking the city overnight!"

"Zheng Angbu also arrived at Tongguan early this morning, and immediately joined the sequence of defending the city, only the men and horses led by Chen Xuanli are still delaying halfway, and they will not arrive at Tongguan until the afternoon at the earliest! Your Majesty, Chen Xuanli has a personal grudge against his ministers, and brings his personal grudges to the court, regardless of the current national crisis, Tongguan is in danger, and deliberately delays time on the way to lead the army to rescue Tongguan, so that it takes nearly a day later than other people to arrive at Tongguan, he wants to put Yang Xi and the Tang soldiers of Tongguan to death, completely ignoring the safety of the Tang Dynasty, ignoring Your Majesty's worries, Your Majesty must be severely punished, and must not be tolerated, otherwise it will chill the hearts of tens of thousands of generals in Tongguan who fought bloodily!"

After Li Longji heard Yang Guozhong's words, he calmed down and did not express his position immediately.

Seeing that Li Longji unexpectedly did not continue to express his anger, Yang Guozhong was a little strange, and immediately said again: "Your Majesty, Chen Xuanli ignores the crisis in Tongguan like this, and does not have the slightest idea of taking the overall situation into account, the minister feels that after he arrives in Tongguan, he will not obey Yang Xi's dispatch, and will even contradict Shiro, many of the people in this rescue are Chen Xuanli's cronies, if Chen Xuanli really wants to do this, after he leads the army to Tongguan, it is not necessary for the Tongguan army to start civil strife!" Your Majesty, the minister was very worried, worried that Yang Xi would not be able to dispatch the men and horses brought by Chen Xuanli, so after receiving Yang Xi's new invitation, he did not dare to have any delay, and immediately entered the palace to ask to see His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, the national crisis is at the head, the situation is critical, Yang Xi commanded more than 10,000 remnants of Tongguan to defeat the generals, and has repelled the rebels' large-scale siege, he can fully command the men and horses to block the rebels outside Tongguan City, Your Majesty must not let a narrow-minded person like Chen Xuanli spoil things, and let the rebels have a chance! Your Majesty, you can't tolerate Chen Xuanli just because he is an old minister who has followed you for many years, you must punish him severely! Your Majesty!"

Yang Guozhong said, knelt on the ground with a "plop", kowtowed a few times, and then said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, Yang Xi also asked to cure Chen Xuanli's crime in the six-hundred-mile urgent report, at least to recall him back to Beijing, not to let him meddle in military affairs in Tongguan, for the smooth defense of Tongguan, in order to strictly enforce military discipline, to prevent any more generals from leading the army from doing this, deliberately delaying the military plane for their own selfish interests, the minister implores His Majesty to immediately issue an edict to recall Chen Xuanli to Beijing to ask for the crime, and must be severely punished, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the soldiers in front." , they have no intention of defending against the enemy! As soon as the army's heart is scattered, no matter how strong Yang Xi's ability is, he will not have the power to return to the sky!"

"Guozhong, get up quickly!" Seeing Yang Guozhong so "sincerely frightened", Li Longji was very touched, and personally left his seat to pick Yang Guozhong up, "Guozhong, don't worry, I know that the situation in Tongguan is critical, and there must be no chaos within the Tongguan army, Chen Xuanli deliberately delayed the speed of the march, I know this, and I will definitely punish him severely!"

Previously, Yang Guozhong's cronies in Chen Xuanli's ministry had sent back a secret letter, saying that Chen Xuanli deliberately delayed the speed of the march and wanted to take advantage of the fisherman, Yang Guozhong also reported the matter to Li Longji, but Li Longji did not say anything at that time, and did not have the idea of punishing Chen Xuanli, but only issued an edict ordering him to speed up the march. Li Longji hoped that after Chen Xuanli received several more urging orders from the imperial court, he would be able to move forward at full speed and reach Tongguan as soon as possible to eliminate the complaints of others. But he didn't expect that Chen Xuanli was still going his own way, and he hadn't arrived at Tongguan yet.

Zheng Angbu, who originally marched with Chen Xuanli's department, arrived at Tongguan this morning, Chen Xuanli's follow-up 40,000 horses will take more than half a day's journey, anyone can see the mystery of it, although Li Longji is old, but he has not become stupid, he completely understands this, so he was furious after seeing Yang Xi's "complaint" sent by 600 miles in an expedited manner, and even Chen Xuanli's damn words were said.

But he also knew that Yang Guozhong's request just now was the idea of falling into the well and wanting to put Chen Xuanli to death, and he didn't immediately say how to punish this veteran who had been following him and was loyal to him.

It's just that after Yang Guozhong's "crying", he still made up his mind to severely punish Chen Xuanli.

Hearing Li Longji say this, Yang Guozhong was overjoyed, but he still looked sincerely afraid, "Your Majesty is wise!" Your Majesty, the minister's proposal is not to vent personal hatred, now that the national crisis is at hand, the rebels are only hundreds of miles away from Chang'an, everything we do is to block the rebels from Tongguan, if anyone wants to seek personal gain in it, they must be severely punished to set an example!"

"I agreed to Yang Xi's invitation, and this is an edict!" Li Longji said, sighed slightly, and immediately took up the pen to write an edict, stamped the emperor's jade seal after writing, and then handed it to Yang Guozhong, "Guozhong, immediately send it to Tongguan with six hundred miles of urgency!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, obey the order!" Yang Guozhong couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and after making a salute, he immediately ran out in a hurry.

When Li Longji was writing the edict, he stood on the side and watched, what he wrote fell into his eyes, what did he mean, of course he understood, Chen Xuanli would definitely be unlucky, how could he be unhappy? That day, Chen Xuanli openly accused him at the court meeting, he held his breath in his heart, today he had a feeling that evil was about to come out, he even felt very easy to walk, and he didn't feel it when the sun was shining.

Seeing Yang Guozhong walk out, Li Longji let out a long sigh and closed his eyes.

Here Gao Lishi walked over and whispered a few words in Li Longji's ear.

Li Longji was silent after hearing this, but finally nodded!