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Chang'an, Xingqing Palace, Li Longji, who was a little unwell, was leaning on his body, listening to Yang Yuhuan singing a newly composed music.

When I'm old, what I don't like the most is the cold weather, my whole body will be sore, I don't have any energy at all, and I can't be interested in anything, but listening to Yang Yuhuan's music can make him feel a little more comfortable.

He also closed his eyes, patted the edge of the couch with his hand, and sang the music of Yang Yuhuan, and hummed softly in his mouth.

Yang Yuhuan danced very well, and sang even better, Li Longji has never gotten tired of listening to it for so many years.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, report ...... urgently"

A very soft voice came from a distance, Li Longji opened his eyes slightly, saw that there was no situation, thought he had heard it wrong, closed his eyes again, and continued to listen to music. However, Yang Yuhuan stopped at this time, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, urgent report, Shaanxi County urgent report......" The clear voice reached Li Longji's ears after Yang Yuhuan stopped singing. The voice was so clear, of course Li Longji no longer suspected that he had heard it wrong, and opened his eyes suddenly. It sounded like a few special words in Yang Guozhong's shouting touched his nerves.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that Yang Guozhong, who was sweating profusely, had already run in front of him quickly, still holding a stack of urgent reports in his hand.

Li Longji understood that Yang Guozhong had an urgent military intelligence report here, so he immediately waved away the people who were playing music in the hall and ordered Yang Guozhong to step forward. Yang Yuhuan also left with great interest and took all the irrelevant people with him.

"Your Majesty, Shiro sent an urgent report saying that he had led his army to capture Shaanxi County!" Yang Guozhong couldn't wipe the sweat off his forehead, presented the battle report in his hand to Li Longji with a trembling hand, and immediately explained: "Your Majesty, Yang Xi led an army of 100,000 to secretly leave Tongguan, arrived at the city of Shaanxi County when the rebels did not find out, launched an attack overnight, and it only took an hour to break through the city of Shaanxi, and at dawn he had safely controlled Shaanxi County. He killed more than 7,000 rebel sergeants and captured nearly 80,000!"

"What?" Only then did Li Longji come back to his senses from his astonishment, snatched the battle report from Yang Guozhong's hand with a very swift movement, and looked at it carefully with trembling hands.

"Is this true? Was Shaanxi County really captured by Yang Xi? Li Longji couldn't help the excitement in his heart, pointed to the war report and asked Yang Guozhong, "Why hasn't there been any news before?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is the news that came back early in the morning, saying that Yang Xi led the army to attack Shaanxi County last night, taking advantage of the enemy's defense, it only took an hour to break through the west gate of Shaanxi County, and occupied the whole city, the rebels were defeated, most of them surrendered, one was annihilated, and less than 20,000 people took advantage of the chaos to escape!" Yang Guozhong said, a little tearful, and said to Li Longji with a slight choked voice: "Your Majesty, the crown prince has always suggested that Yang Xi be replaced, saying that he is not suitable to lead the army, and that other generals should lead the Tongguan soldiers and horses, and today Yang Xi proved his ability with a brilliant victory. His Majesty did not listen to the prince's wishes, and continued to let Yang Xi lead the army, Yang Xi did not disappoint His Majesty, easily captured Tongguan, and completely relieved the danger of Tongguan, Your Majesty, this is a great fortune for the country!"

When Yang Xi led the army out of the customs to fight, there was a report to the imperial court, but Yang Guozhong, who was hanging in his heart, was afraid that Yang Xi would make a mistake when attacking Shaanxi County, so he suppressed the news that Yang Xi reported that he led 100,000 horses out of the customs to fight, and did not hand it over to Li Longji for review. If Yang Xi loses in Shaanxi County, he will try his best to hide it and not report it. Today, he also confused Li Longji's question with a vague explanation.

Hearing Yang Guozhong say this, how could Li Longji still not believe it, and he didn't ask anything more when he was excited.

"Yang Xi really captured Shaanxi County at a very small price!" Li Longji's excited lips trembled, "Yang Xi is really not simple, I didn't use the wrong person!" Ha ha! Haha!"

After Li Longji laughed twice, he wiped away a few tears that accidentally laughed out of his sleeve, and shouted loudly: "Pass on my edict and reward the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions in this battle!" After receiving Yang Xi's effort, it only took an hour to break through Shaanxi County, and completely occupied Shaanxi County in one night, capturing about 80,000 rebels. Li Longji suddenly became full of pride, and he didn't worry about anything anymore. At the cost of only a thousand people, he captured Shaanxi County, which was guarded by 100,000 rebels, captured Luoyang, and broke through Fanyang, which was not difficult at all, and he had already seen the hope that the rebellion was about to be extinguished.

It is rare to see the emperor so out of shape Yang Guozhong doesn't know how happy he is, his son is really good, he gives him a long face. However, in the face of the emperor's excitement, he quickly calmed down and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, did you want Yang Xi to continue to wave eastward?" ”

"Whether to rest first, or continue to march eastward, let Yang Xi decide for himself!" Li Longji was surprisingly carried away by the lack of victory.

Yang Guozhong breathed a sigh of relief and immediately agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will pass on His Majesty's meaning to Yang Xi!"

Li Longji stroked his beard, thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Well, I really want to meet Shiro and encourage him in person!"

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In the city of Shaanxi County, the temporary marshal was in charge, and Yang Xi was convening the generals to discuss the military situation.

Shaanxi's victory is too brilliant, the record is stunned, many generals repeatedly ask for orders, take advantage of the victory to pursue, will be Shaanxi County east of many cities to pull out, today's military meeting has just begun, Wang Sili, Lu Chongben and other unenjoyed generals stood up after the lead, asked to lead the men and horses to pursue, at least the fleeing more than 10,000 rebels rout annihilation. If all the 100,000 horses and horses in Shaanxi County were annihilated, the meaning would be completely different from the more than 10,000 people who fled, they wanted to make this war more perfect, and also take the opportunity to make military achievements.

However, Yang Xi did not agree to the general's request.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that Ben Shuai doesn't want to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but the conditions don't allow it!" Of course, Yang Xi wanted to explain to the generals, "We were able to achieve such results in this battle all because we used weapons ---- explosives packs that the rebels had never seen, but the explosives packs in the army are basically exhausted now, and they need to be replenished in the future." Moreover, the soldiers advanced for two consecutive days and nights, and they did not rest well, they were already exhausted, and they had to rest before they could fight again. Therefore, no matter whether the rebels are defeated or not, we will not pursue, but fight steadily to avoid further mistakes!"

Of course, what Yang Xi said was the actual situation, but he also knew that he was lucky to win, and if he pursued while he was victorious, he might not be able to achieve any more results. After all, to the east of Shaanxi County, there are a large number of rebels guarding the city, and the gunpowder that has been brought by the party has been basically exhausted, and the only way to continue to attack the city is to use the previous way, even if you are lucky enough to capture more cities, the loss will be very large, it is better to rest in Shaanxi County first, and then make other plans.

What's more, winter has come, the weather will turn cold, and it is necessary to prepare a lot of winter clothes and other wintering materials. If you don't make such preparations, the cold air suddenly hits, and the soldiers have nothing to protect themselves from the cold, then it will be troublesome. I can't eat hot porridge in a hurry, Yang Xi understands this truth very well.

Yang Xi refused any general's request for battle, ordered the whole army to rest in Shaanxi County, and ordered the craftsmen of Tongguan to rush to make explosives packs.

Just when Yang Xi led the whole army to rest in Shaanxi County, a special guest came to the army!