Chapter 470: Sorrowful Wind and Rain
"The military department Shangshu, Jing Zhaoyin, Xijing stayed in ......"
These new official positions have no meaning except for making Ye Chang laugh dumbly.
Even Yang Yuhuan understands this very well. Finally, Li Longji was not completely confused, and asked Ye Chang to defend Chang'an, but let him act at the opportunity, otherwise, I was afraid that Ye Chang would immediately throw Chang'an and run to Liaodong.
Li Longji also felt embarrassed when he said this, and he added: "Xu Yiquan has full power, knows the military affairs of Gyeonggi, and acts as the representative of the country!" β
"Father!" Shou An heard this, Liu Mei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, these rewards have no meaning to Ye Chang now, what Li Longji really wants to do is to make a certain prince or prince the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and Ye Chang as the deputy marshal, and coordinate the soldiers and horses of all towns in the world, but Li Longji did not make this appointment!
Thinking of the things he and Ye Chang had done for the royal family over the years, Shou An was suddenly disheartened.
"Twenty-nine Niang, when the matter is settled here, I will give you a marriage, and I will marry you to the acting prince." Li Longji also knew about the sadness in his daughter's heart, soothed a word, and then turned his head to look around: "Zhuo Junfu!" β
"The minister is here." Zhuo Junfu appeared in front of him with a cold face.
"I heard that you are a young hero, a brave general in the world, and I have entered you as the captain of the Yulin Army, the sixth rank of the pro-Xun Yiwei and the captain of Zhaowu, and you will lead the headquarters to escort me to the west......"
"The minister is willing to stay in Chang'an and answer Ye Gong." Before Li Longji finished speaking, Zhuo Junfu interrupted him: "The minister was ordered to seize the Jinguang Gate, this is Ye Gong's retreat, if the minister leaves, this place will be obtained by the thieves, then Ye Gong and the ministers of the court, no one can get out!" β
Li Longji's face was very embarrassed, he had just arrived here, and he saw that Zhuo Junfu had a strong command and cherished his talents, so he wanted to give him a knighthood, but he never thought that Zhuo Junfu would not buy his account at all!
Chen Xuanli's heart moved, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, ...... here"
Before he finished speaking, he heard a splashing sound in the east, followed by shouts and cheers everywhere!
"What's wrong?" Li Longji and the others had heard the sound of the grenade explosion before, but now that the explosion has stopped for a while, how can such a sound come out now?
"The army of Anyi has entered the city." Zhuo Jun assisted.
Seeing that the eastern half of the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and it was clear that many torches were lit, Li Longji's face changed greatly, and he realized that Zhuo Junfu's speculation was right, An Lushan's army had entered Chang'an City!
In other words, the troops of An Lushan in Chang'an City are no longer the original 10,000 people, but will be more and more!
In the early years of Tianbao, the total number of forbidden armies in Chang'an City was 100,000, but since then, many of the brave warriors in the forbidden army have been transferred to the border army, among which An Lushan has asked the elite of the forbidden army several times, Li Longji agreed, and then An Lushan buried the elite of the forbidden army loyal to the Li Tang royal family again and again in the war with the Khitan and Xi people. Ge Shuhan ignored Ye Chang's opposition to storm Shibao City, and also suffered heavy losses, so he had to draw troops and part of the forbidden army to support at the same time. Then Cheng Qianli buried the last tens of thousands of forbidden troops in Huainan, and now the number of forbidden troops in Chang'an City is very limited.
With this limited and rarely battle-hardened forbidden army, it was originally a difficult thing to fight against An Lushan's tiger and wolf army, not to mention that An Lushan's troops had already prepared, and the forbidden army was very chaotic at this time, and it was impossible to organize it at all.
"Let's go...... Let's go first! Li Longji let out a long sigh, tears streaming down his eyes, and then turned his horse's head and walked towards the Golden Light Gate.
After walking a few steps, he felt that something was wrong, and when he looked back, Shou An was still in place.
"Shou'an, keep up with me." Li Longji said.
Shou An Yingying bowed down with tears in her eyes: "My daughter is waiting for Ye Chang here...... Father and Emperor go first, please take care! β
Li Longji did not doubt him, nodded, and then left. Looking at his father's figure deeper and deeper into the darkness, Shou An burst into tears, and then wiped them off with his sleeves.
When they went out of the city gate, Yang Guozhong suddenly said: "Sage, please send warriors back into the city, burn the Zuozang Treasury, don't make the enemy!" β
Li Longji was also very guilty in his heart at this time, and when he heard this, he shook his head: "No, no, if the thief takes the city, there will be a reward, and if the treasury is burned, he can only take the people." Those who are immoral and guilty, how can I cause the people to suffer because of my faults! It's better to leave the treasury to them, and Yuan Zhong will trap my child. β
Yang Guozhong secretly scolded in his heart, but since Li Longji said it, he didn't want to say anything more. Out of Chang'an, west across Xianyang, at this time the sky is getting brighter, they crossed a temporary bridge on the Weishui, Yang Guozhong was worried, intended to stay behind, after crossing the bridge, he ordered the soldiers: "Burn this bridge, to stop the pursuers!" β
The soldiers looked at each other, a little reluctant. Yang Guozhong was furious: "If you let the traitor catch up with the holy driver, can you afford it?" β
The soldiers were angry, but they just found firewood and prepared to burn the bridge. Seeing that the fire was lit, Yang Guozhong was overjoyed, got on his horse and ran forward to Li Longji to express his merits: "Your Majesty, you can be a little calmer next, the minister has ordered the soldiers to burn the bridge, and the thieves want to cross the river, so they need to make a detour." β
Li Longji had already gotten on the rutted train at this time, and was shocked when he heard this: "This bridge is a necessary way out of Beijing, if it burns down, if the people in Beijing want to escape, how should they escape?" Moreover, Ye Chang was still behind the rear hall, how could he burn this bridge and put it in a desperate situation...... General Gao, go back quickly, let people extinguish the fire! β
Gao Lishi glanced at Yang Guozhong, jumped off the car, asked for a horse, and galloped back. Yang Guozhong said: "If the bridge is burned, Ye Chang will fight against the water, or he may be able to get the full credit." β
Li Longji glanced at Yang Guozhong again and did not make a sound.
But Yang Guozhong felt cold all over, because in Li Longji's eyes, there was no friendship except contempt and disgust.
Li Longji is not really confused, but after he is old, he is indulging in pleasure and is unwilling to take care of political affairs himself, although now out of self-preservation, he does not trust Ye Chang 100%, but he does not want Ye Chang's life.
Yang Guozhong's words, said in front of so many soldiers, it can be said that they have touched Li Longji's backlash. If it weren't for Yang Yuhuan's face, he would have sent Yang Guozhong immediately.
Even so, he was dissatisfied in his heart, and after thinking about the stability of the overall situation, he would remove Yang Guozhong from his post as prime minister. If today's turmoil is like, it does need a person of sufficient weight to bear the responsibility, and Yang Guozhong seems to be the best candidate.
As for the vacated position of prime minister, Ye Chang can naturally take over, but this time, in order to avoid another prime minister, another person should be arranged to check and balance......
What Li Longji was thinking, Yang Guozhong didn't know, but he knew that he had slapped the horse's hooves this time, and his heart became more and more worried. Chen Xuanli, who was next to him, saw this scene thoughtfully, and then glanced at Gao Lishi, who nodded imperceptibly.
With the two of them's understanding of Li Longji, of course, they know that Yang Guozhong has completely lost his saint now, and even Yang Yuhuan may not be able to keep his official position.
Chen Xuanli also has his own ideas in his heart.
The prince's coup d'Γ©tat can go so smoothly, Yang Guozhong should be one of the people who went to An Lushan, and he Chen Xuanli also has a lot of responsibility.
Seeing that Li Longji was old, for the sake of the wealth of his children and grandchildren, Chen Xuanli had a lot of dealings with Li Heng in secret. Some of the generals in the forbidden army who defected this time were secretly arranged by Li Heng with Chen Xuanli's acquiescence.
Chen Xuanli originally thought that Li Heng was just arranging some manpower to stabilize his position, which was human nature, he didn't know that Li Heng had such a big reinforcement as An Lushan, otherwise he wouldn't dare to give such convenience.
If An Yuanguang hadn't noticed that there was a problem and pulled him to ask in a secluded place, I was afraid that things would have reached the point of being out of control!
Now he is on the run, so no one will be held accountable, but afterwards, the matter will inevitably be settled, and if he cannot put all the blame on others, even if he is not punished by then, but the loss of the Holy Family is certain.
Thinking of this, Chen Xuanli's gaze was a little gloomy.
Gao Lishi's expression was still the same, he would not choose any side to stand, he would only stand where Li Longji needed him to stand.
On the way they escaped, they each had ghosts and did not mention it, only said that the Jinguangmen side, after they left, they waited for about half an hour, at this time Chang'an City was already in turmoil, many people fled from this West Gate, if it were not for Zhuo Junfu and other organizations, I was afraid that the Jinguangmen would be blocked. Shou An looked forward to it, and finally saw her familiar figure rushing over, and she hurriedly greeted her: "Eleven Lang, are you okay?" β
"It's okay...... What about Your Majesty? β
Hearing Ye Chang's inquiry, Shou Anxin was ashamed, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. Zhuo Junfu next to him said: "Yang Guozhong thought that Chang'an could not be defended, so he instigated His Majesty to tour the west." β
"At this time, Your Majesty still listens to Yang Guozhong?" Ye Chang was taken aback: "What do Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli say?" β
"They also approve of going west!"
"Either way, no matter what." Hearing this, Ye Chang noticed that Shou'an was not in the right mood, and gently patted her shoulder to comfort: "It's really unbearable, let's retreat!" β
"Brother Eleven Lang!" Shou An couldn't help but whimper and cried.
"Don't cry, don't cry, we'll call back."
Seeing Shou'an crying, Ye Chang's generals were all sympathetic, they didn't respect Li Longji, but they still had respect for Shou'an, Zhuo Junfu said: "The hearts of the people in the city are in me, and Langjun has grenadiers as the main force, why are you afraid that there are many rebels?" β
"I was able to repel An Lushan, relying on surprise, he had never seen the power of a grenadier, he was unprepared for a while, and he was taken by me, but the grenadier has several major drawbacks, if he continues to fight, he will inevitably be aware of it." Ye Chang saw that not only Zhuo Junfu, but also the rest of the people also showed their intention to fight to the death with An Lushan, knowing that the long-term invincibility had made everyone overconfident, he explained: "We have little capital, if there is a loss, it will be a catastrophe, so some risks can be taken, and some risks cannot be taken." And now our struggle with the rebels is a dispute between the society of the world, is it in one city, one place, and one time? β
"If we withdraw from Chang'an, the crown prince will steal the throne, and he will command the world and regard us as rebels, what should we do then?" Someone asked.
"So fortunately, Your Majesty was rescued, as long as Your Majesty is there, in all towns in the world, there are many people who wait and see, and there are few who are willing to rebel, and in the end, we will fight against An. We have Nan Jiyun, Gao Shi, and Luo Jiuhe on the outside, and the foreshadowing I laid earlier, and when the rest of the towns are undecided, we can defeat An Lushan. β
As he spoke, he patted Shou An on the back again, his tone was so confident, Shou An finally felt a little relieved when he heard it, and gradually put away his tears. Ye Chang glanced back at Chang'an, then waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's retreat!" β
They left Chang'an with less than 600 people, and their actions were much faster than Li Longji and others, but they had only left for two miles, and they could hear the noise of the people behind them, obviously, the pursuers sent by An Lushan had arrived!
"An Lushan really doesn't give up." Ye Chang heard these voices and said with a smile: "It seems that we haven't hurt him yet, only if we completely hurt him, he will die and send a small force to attack...... Cai Chenmin, are you ready? β
"It's ready." Cai Chenmin said loudly.
Zhuo Junfu smacked his lips, feeling a little unhappy in his heart, tonight's battle, Cai Chenmin and his grenadiers were in the limelight, but he barely made any contributions.
"This battle is the most dangerous, An Lushan dares to send pursuers again, and there must be a way to crack the grenadiers." Ye Chang turned to Zhuo Junfu again: "Dingchen, the protection of the grenadiers depends on you!" β
Zhuo Junfu was happy when he heard this: "After all, it still depends on us...... Lang Jun just rest assured, there will be nothing to lose! β
Ye Chang nodded, and looked back again: "Guess, the person who came this time is An Lushan himself or his general." β
Everyone was originally a little nervous, but after listening to his instructions one by one, they were not in a hurry, so they were a little relieved, and then they heard him have the leisure to ask such a question, and they felt that he should be in the hands of Zhizhu.
"Getting rid of Lang Jun and the Son of Heaven is the trouble of An Lushan's henchmen, and he will definitely come by himself." Someone replied.
Everyone nodded yes, but Zhuo Junfu pouted: "I don't expect An Lushan to come!" β
"Why?"
"He colluded with the crown prince, and now that he has escaped from the Son of Heaven, the most urgent thing they want to do must be to hold the courtiers hostage to serve the prince as emperor, and then declare us rebels and hold the Son of Heaven hostage. This kind of thing is very important, how can An Lushan be successful if he does not personally sit in charge? Moreover, in Chang'an City, he ate the morning and the heart, and he was terrified, how could he dare to come to receive the defeat in person. You must know that he personally went to battle, and the first defeat was still fateful, and if he was defeated again, his subordinates would be shaken! β
"Then you say who might be coming?" Ye Chang nodded slightly, what Zhuo Junfu said was the same as he thought, and he asked again.
"Although he himself is not coming, he will definitely send a strong general...... If Shi Chaoyi is on his side, he will inevitably send Shi Chaoyi, and if Shi Chaoyi is not there, it must be Cui Qianyou. β
Over the years, An Lushan and his party have always been the imaginary enemies of Liaodong, so everyone knows the character and ability of An Lushan's cronies and subordinates very well.
Hearing this, Ye Chang smiled and said: "Okay, good, let's see if Dingchen anticipates the enemy's opportunity - if he can anticipate the enemy's opportunity, within ten years, Dingchen can be alone and save a town!" β