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Chang'an, Xingqing Palace, Xingqing Palace, Emperor Li Longji and Prime Minister Yang Guozhong are discussing matters.

Yang Xi led the army to rescue Tongguan, although Yang Guozhong, who promised his son to go on an adventure, had the idea of a strong man breaking his wrist to save himself, but Yang Xi was his most precious son in the end, and he was emotionally unwilling to give up. It was also after Yang Xi led the army to gallop away from Tongguan, he personally opened Luo, mobilized all the forces he could use, recruited follow-up rescue personnel, and repeatedly urged Chen Xuanli, the general of Zuo Longwu, to set off as soon as possible.

It's just that the follow-up troops are not as good as the 3,000 men and horses led by Li Fu, Liu Guangting and other generals who are ready to stop in case of the unexpected, and tens of thousands of troops are not so easy to recruit and stop, and they can set off soon!

Although the leading general is Chen Xuanli, it is impossible for Chen Xuanli to personally lead so many people, and there must be other levels of generals under him, and these generals must also be temporarily recruited, and the horses, ordnance, and grain and grass along the way required by tens of thousands of people must be prepared, plus Chen Xuanli is a little deliberately working with Yang Guozhong, and he is not doing things wholeheartedly, so the speed is far from being compared with the speed of Yang Xi's army galloping to help.

But Chen Xuanli didn't dare to deliberately delay, but everything was done according to the rules.

Yang Guozhong was naturally very anxious, and he couldn't wait to order Chen Xuanli to lead the army to set off immediately, and he also personally supervised him several times, and ordered Chen Xuanli to prepare for the speed, and then enter the palace to find Li Longji, asking the emperor to give several more orders.

Chen Xuanli, the prime minister's order, didn't dare not disobey, but he could disobey the yang and the yin, but Chen Xuanli didn't dare to delay the emperor's order, and Yang Guozhong knew this very well.

Because he couldn't worry about everything, Yang Guozhong naturally gave up his plan to return to the house, stayed in the palace all the time, and ordered his other three sons, Yang Xuan, Yang Hao, and Yang Xiao to stay by his side, and let them do something important in person.

When going into battle, no outsider can trust his own family, which is a point that Yang Guozhong firmly believes.

The things that need to be ordered have been ordered, an afternoon and a night have passed, and the 50,000 horses that Chen Xuanli wants to bring to Tongguan are almost ready to stop, and the leading generals at all levels are equipped enough, and the forward men and horses have already taken the lead in setting off to Tongguan under the leadership of Dou Hua, another close confidant of Yang Guozhong, and the follow-up men and horses are also slowly pulling out.

Yang Guozhong, who saw these people in person, regardless of his fatigue from not sleeping all night, entered the palace in a hurry, preparing to discuss with the emperor.

Lingbao was defeated, the 200,000 army was almost wiped out, Tongguan was in danger, Li Longji was naturally anxious, he didn't sleep well all night, he got up early in the morning, and was about to summon his ministers to discuss matters, and it happened that Yang Guozhong entered the palace at this time, and the two of them stayed and talked.

As he spoke, a message of peace came from Tongguan again.

Li Longji and Yang Guozhong, who received the news that Tongguan was safe and the rebels had not arrived in the city, were naturally overjoyed when Yang Xi's men and horses had arrived at Tongguan in the starry night.

Li Longji naturally did not hesitate to praise Yang Guozhong's godson, Yang Xi was so brave and arrived at Tongguan at such a fast speed. Just when Yang Guozhong let go of most of his heart and rejoiced for his son's outstanding performance, it was reported that Yang Xi had stabbed the king of Yanshan County and pulled out Guiren.

Of course, this news shocked Li Longji and Yang Guozhong, no one expected that Huoba Guiren would hold Ge Shuhan hostage at a critical time to surrender to the rebels, and after the shock, they were also glad that Yang Xi arrived at Tongguan so quickly, and decisively beheaded Huoba Guiren and controlled the situation. If it's too late, the consequences will be unimaginable. While Yang Guozhong was happy and proud of his son, he also won Li Longji's repeated praise.

Yang Guozhong knew that the shadow left by the defeat of Lingbao in the emperor's heart, and most of his complaints and dissatisfaction with him had been basically eliminated, thanks to his own conscientious work and his son Yang Xi's outstanding performance.

Yang Guozhong was completely relieved, and he was not worried about being punished by the emperor again, he had already greeted Yang Yuhuan's sisters and asked them to say more good things for him in front of the emperor. He believes that after this incident, the glory of their Yang family will not be less, and it will go to the next level, and his precious little son will also quickly rise in the court and become a hot figure.

If you lose your horse, you don't know if it's a blessing, this is the emotion in Yang Guozhong's heart now.

After receiving the news that Huoba Quy Nhon had been killed, Yang Guozhong also immediately suggested that the family members of Huo Ba Quy Nhon should be arrested and killed immediately, so as to prevent them from causing chaos in Chang'an after hearing the news. Li Longji followed Yang Guozhong's advice, immediately sent an edict, raided the palace of Yanshan County, and arrested all the family members and accomplices of Huoba Queron and imprisoned them for conviction at a later date!

The generals of their own forbidden army received the emperor's order and raided the palace of Yanshan County!

What made Yang Guozhong even more pleasantly surprised, the rebels rushed towards Tongguan City in the direction of Tongguan City in Yang Xi's expectations, but because of Yang Xi's first arrangement, the rebels were ambushed and suffered huge losses. Although this loss cannot be compared with the loss of the official army in Lingbao, it happened after the defeat in the battle of Lingbao and the defeat of the remnants of the army to retreat to Tongguan, the rebels began to retreat, and Tongguan was temporarily worry-free.

This made Li Longji and Yang Guozhong, who had always been worried about the safety of Tongguan and afraid that Yang Xi would not be able to control the generals, breathed a sigh of relief again.

After Yang Xi arrived at Tongguan, he initially established his prestige by sacrificing the matter of killing Huoba Guiren, and received the support of Ge Shuhan, and then convinced most of the generals with two beautiful ambush arrangements and controlled the situation in Tongguan City.

Li Longji was overjoyed, and immediately issued an edict to reward Yang Xi and Li Fude and other generals.

"Guozhong, I really didn't expect Shiro to perform so well, which surprised me!" Although he didn't sleep well all night, Li Longji looked good at this time, he stroked the beard under his forehead, and said to Yang Guozhong with a smile: "Guozhong, you teach your son well, Shiro is at a young age, and his performance is far better than that of several elder brothers, it seems that he can inherit and glorify the façade for you in the future!"

At this time, there were already many important ministers in the palace, including Yang Guozhong's other sons, Yang Xuan, Yang Xiao, Hongluqing, and Yang Hao, a member of the Ministry of Works, who were all present, Li Longji praised Yang Xi so bluntly, which made many ministers, including Yang Guozhong, stunned, and also made Yang Xuan, Yang Xiao, and Yang Yan have a dull face, and the three brothers have a little indignation on their faces, but they dare not say anything.

Hearing this, Yang Guozhong immediately stood up and was modest, "Your Majesty has praised it, the dog is just bolder, not afraid of things, if this matter is handed over to others to do, as long as Your Majesty repeatedly orders it, they can do it!" The battle of Tongguan has just begun, and the next battle will be very cruel, the minister only hopes that the dog's subsequent performance will not disappoint His Majesty, but he dare not be praised by His Majesty like this!"

Yang Guozhong's modesty naturally attracted Li Longji's praise again, and other ministers, including Wei Jiansu and Wei Fangjin, also came out to echo him, repeatedly complimenting His Majesty the Emperor for his vision, seeing Yang Xi's unusualness, and daring to appoint a young man like Yang Xi to lead the army to rescue Tongguan at such a critical moment, and even compared Yang Xi with the feat of Emperor Taizong when he was young and led the army to relieve the siege of Yanmen.

They also congratulated Yang Guozhong again and again, and they had such a son cultivated, which made them envious to death.

Such words naturally made many people uncomfortable to listen to, but because Yang Xi's performance was really good, they didn't dare to stand up and refute it.

But just when the monarchs and ministers were touting each other and preparing to discuss the follow-up, there was another urgent news, but it was Yang Xi who killed the eunuch Bian Lingcheng in public, and also sent Bian Lingcheng's head by the way!

As soon as they heard this, there was an uproar in the hall, and Li Longji and Yang Guozhong were also stunned!