There is more bad news than one.

After finding out that he was tricked by Ye Chang's suspicious tactics, Cui Qianyou's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses quickly chased after him, and they also entered the territory of Qizhou, which was a day's distance from Li Longji. Its scout forwards had already appeared more than 20 miles away in Li Longji's car.

Then, before the An Lushan army set out, the news of slaughtering the clans in Chang'an City that were close to Li Longji also came, and almost all of Li Longji's sons and grandsons were killed, except for some who still had a good relationship with the crown prince Li Heng.

After Ye Chang learned about this news, he discussed it with Gao Lishi and others, which made people hide it from Li Longji. After all, Li Longji is old, who knows if Lu Dao can withstand such a blow!

"Ye Gong, the Holy Upload will see you."

Although Ye Chang met with Li Longji, he spent more time with the soldiers than with Li Longji - this kind of thing was done by Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli, so when Li Longji wanted to talk to him, he would send someone to invite him. And now they are all Gaolis, and Gaolishi is invited to invite them, which is not only more reliable, but also shows Li Longji's importance to Ye Chang.

Gao Lishi knew his position very well, and when he saw Ye Chang at this moment, he was more respectful than he was to Li Linfu back then.

"Gao Weng, I don't know what's going on?" Ye Chang's attitude towards Colliers is also the same as always, and he is not contemptuous.

"I don't know what to do...... Since I got up this morning, His Majesty has been in a daze, and he has ignored anyone who talks to him, and he refuses to eat, and he has just suddenly called you......"

Ye Chang was stunned when he heard this, at this time, why did Li Longji look like this...... When the news of King Yong's death came yesterday, he was still awake after a short stupor.

When he came to Li Longji, Ye Chang was startled, Li Longji was old, and he looked ten years older than yesterday.

Although he is over the age of old, because of his good maintenance, he used to look like a person in his fifties and sixties, but now he looks like he is going to eighty.

The eldest princess Yuzhen accompanied him, but at this time, this very happy royal sister was just wiping her tears beside her.

"Ye Qing is here...... Have a seat. ”

Seeing Ye Chang coming, Li Longji's eyes had some brilliance.

"Your Majesty summoned the ministers, I don't know what to order?" Ye Changdao.

"Everyone else can't wait to be around me all day long, in the past, when Li Linfu was here, he had to come to the pilgrimage every day, and Yang Guozhong spent more time circling around me than he spent dealing with government affairs......" Li Longji muttered: "Only Qing, I don't like to be flattered by my side, even if I go to the border of the Peerless Domain, it is better than being by my side." ”

"The courtiers are idle, have too much etiquette around the saints, and act too restrictively, so they don't feel free." Ye Chang said with a smile.

"No, no, you are sincere, others just regard flattery as the first priority." Li Longji looked at Ye Chang: "I intend to stop Wei Jiansu and worship you as my appearance, what do you think?" ”

The eldest princess Yuzhen and Gao Lishi next to him were not surprised, in fact, don't say that worshipping the prime minister is to be crowned the king, and Ye Chang's current credit is also deserved. Moreover, after paying homage to the prime minister, Ye Chang oversaw the military and politics, and there was no longer any constraints, and it was easier to defeat An Lushan.

No one can refuse such an invitation, you don't see, Wei Jiansu, a temporary prime minister, deserves a taste!

However, what Ye Chang said surprised them.

"The new changes in the country, Yang Guozhong was executed is already a last resort, since Wei Gong is the prime minister, there is no major fault, people are at ease, the military situation is stable, the saint values it, and the minister is very grateful, but he feels that this is not the right time."

"Sure enough...... Sure enough......" Li Longji smiled bitterly: "I haven't understood you, you are an outlier, your ambition, don't say that you are a general, that is, the emperor, don't take it to heart." ”

Ye Chang didn't answer, but he thought it was true in his heart.

He has more than 1,200 years of knowledge at this time, and naturally knows that when the imperial power will eventually weaken, the heroic emperor for a while, just like the Qin Emperor and Han Wu himself, is just a short text in the history books of later generations. What they really left behind was their deeds.

If he can make a name for himself in history, even if he is not the emperor, then what? As he himself said, Huaxia attaches great importance to Taoism, and Taoism is for the benefit of the people, and future generations will always remember him, not the emperor of his era.

"In the clan in Chang'an City, the thief and the rebel have almost been killed, right?" Li Longji said again.

Ye Chang was pondering Li Longji's words, and when he heard this question, he unconsciously responded: "Yes......"

As soon as he said a word, he realized that he was wrong!

He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Li Longji, but found that Li Longji had a calm face, as if he was just saying something insignificant.

"Isn't it ruthless...... Naturally, the Heavenly Family was originally ruthless, otherwise why would there be such a rebel. In fact, when I escaped from Chang'an, I already knew that such a thing was inevitable. That rebel son, how could his brothers and uncles still exist, as long as one brother is still there, his throne is not justified...... I originally thought that after King Yong came out with me, he would act with a little scruples, after all, he couldn't kill endlessly...... But I never thought that he was even more frantic than I expected...... Those are his brothers! ”

Although he had been mentally prepared, when he really said it, Li Longji still burst into tears, and his voice was stabbed. Although Ye Chang was sympathetic, he also felt that this was Li Longji's own doing. If it weren't for his suspicion of the former prince in his early years, and then he couldn't go to the stack, where would such a situation occur?

A young man like Li Longji ascended the throne as an emperor, thirty years is enough for the Son of Heaven, why delay it for so long!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this may not be Li Heng's doing, but more like An Lushan's means." Ye Chang said after Li Longji calmed down a little: "Only An Lushan, who is brutal by nature and does not respect the lives of heaven and earth, will be like this. The minister thought ...... Now in Chang'an City, the thief and the rebel Heng may not be monolithic. ”

"You mean?"

"An Lushan wolf is ambitious, and His Majesty can't say that he is not kind, but he still betrays. If you meet him again, where can you go? At the beginning, An Lushan wanted to borrow the name of Rebel Heng, and he could still tolerate it, but if Rebel Heng thought that he could really monopolize the power of the Son of Heaven to rule the world, it would be the time when the two turned against each other. ”

"With Ye Qing here, the two of them can only defeat Ye Qing if they join forces, but I'm afraid it won't be so easy to turn against each other."

"The minister only has a small number of troops, and now An Lushan must have controlled Tongguan, not worrying about the more than 20,000 soldiers left in Luoyang, and Shi Siming will also meet An Lushan from north to south. An Lushan forcibly conscripted 100,000 people in Gyeonggi...... The forbidden army mutinied and killed Yang Guozhong...... These things can make An Lushan swell. An Lushan relied on the mastermind noble and solemn two, noble and a little steady, ambushed and killed by the ministers, Yan Zhuang this person, impatient by nature, ambitious, will instigate An Lushan to do bad things. ”

Li Longji heard this, both heartache and pleasure: "The rebel son led the wolf into the house, and I don't know if he regrets it at that time!" ”

Ye Chang secretly complained in his heart, although Li Heng lured the wolf into the house, but the one who raised a wild dog with no ability to harm at all into a ferocious wolf is not the one who undertook you, do you regret it now?

"If it weren't for the fear that the people would suffer more, the ministers would want them to kill each other first and watch a lively trick." Ye Chang said; "It's just that the people are innocent, and they are suffering from this military disaster! The minister intends to have a decisive battle with An Rebellion, and the victory or defeat will be determined in a battle, so as to end this war as soon as possible, and return to Beijing as soon as possible. ”

"Qing has no soldiers, although Ge Shuhan has soldiers, it is not enough to trust ......" Li Longji sighed and said.

"There are soldiers." Ye Changdao.

"What?" Li Longji was stunned: "Where did the soldiers come from?" ”

"Chen can be a factory worker as a soldier, and naturally he may also recruit road construction workers as a soldier." Ye Chang smiled faintly: "In the next few days, the army of ministers will gather, destroy Cui Qianyou first, and then capture An Lushan!" ”

"Road construction workers...... Li Longji was stunned, and then said in surprise: "You mean...... Road construction workers? ”

"It is precisely that over the years, the minister has been busy building roads, and there are nearly 300,000 road construction workers scattered all over the country, of which about 120,000 are repairing the right track of Long." Ye Chang said slowly: "These 120,000 people, taking the rutted train, galloped in the starry night, and rushed to Qizhou to meet the ministers. ”

"It turns out that Qing has been prepared!"

"Ministers never fight unprepared battles."

Ye Chang's words showed strong self-confidence, but Li Longji thought so.

If someone can fly in the air and look down on the right side of the Tang Dynasty, they will see that hundreds of rutted trains are running on their respective rutted tracks - in addition to the main road designed and built by Ye Chang himself, the powerful families of the Tang Dynasty have also tried their best to build dozens of rutted rail branch lines on the land of Guanlong. And while Ye Chang generously provided technical support to these powerful and wealthy families, he also unified the standards of the rut track. Under the round-the-clock delivery of these rutted trains, 100,000 road construction workers quickly obtained weapons from local arsenals, and like streams converged into a river, they met in Longzhou.

"That being the case, I'm waiting for your good news......" Li Longji heard this, his heart was full of mixed feelings, and he reluctantly spoke.

"I don't think it's far away, yesterday the minister borrowed An Yuanguang and others from His Majesty, and that's for it." Ye Changdao.

After he sabotaged Pei Mian's conspiracy yesterday, he sent Li Longji and asked An Yuanguang and other young forbidden army generals, Li Longji would not refuse, but Li Longji only thought that Ye Chang was sending these people to recruit soldiers, and after sending these people out, Ye Chang took the opportunity to use his cronies as the forbidden army to facilitate the control of the center of the imperial court, and now it seems that Ye Chang is clearly returning the military power to the imperial court!

Although Li Longji is much wiser than before, his way of thinking as an emperor for many years is somewhat solidified, so he still thinks that those forbidden army generals will put him first, but he never thought that after so many things, his prestige in the army has been greatly reduced, especially the change of Ma Weipo, the Yang clan was wiped out, and these forbidden army generals were more or less involved in it, how could they not worry about him being liquidated afterwards?

After Ye Chang's strong intervention, Chen Xuanli obviously couldn't protect these forbidden army generals, and even Chen Xuanli himself had to look at Ye Chang's eyes, and most of these forbidden army generals, when they were transferred, expressed their loyalty to Ye Chang in private.

"Ye Chang, this thief, escaped quickly!"

Cui Qianyou rode on the horse, looking at the continuous ruts, and said helplessly.

He was frightened by Ye Chang's grenadiers, and only dared to stare at Ye Chang all the way, but he didn't dare to attack head-on, and when he arrived in Yixian County, he found that Ye Chang no longer retreated, so he confronted Ye Chang from afar. As a result, Ye Chang bluffed, took advantage of the rutted train to take the night away, withdrew for dozens of miles overnight, and threw him an empty camp. At this time, the news of An Lushan's army in Chang'an City also arrived, Cui Qianyou knew that he could no longer be perfunctory, even if he had to be like something, he immediately reported to An Lushan that he had a great victory, and cut off some people's heads as war exploits, and on the other hand, he waved his army westward and continued to pursue.

However, Ye Chang took away all the rutted trains along the way, and the ones that he couldn't take away were also burned by a fire, so Cui Qianyou could only look at the rutted tracks, but there was no way to use this to transport his own soldiers.

"How about he not escape, now he finally got the news, the grenade in his hand can be used for him to fight two more battles at most, and when he learns that An Gong levies Chang'an Qingzhuang, he should know that the grenade can't scare people...... Don't say that the army of An Gong is us, if it really fights, drive the people to consume his grenades. Cui Qianyou's side said nonchalantly.

They had the courage to pursue with all their might, that is, they were inspired by An Lushan and prepared to use the people to consume Ye Chang's firearms.

"It's Taiheguan in front?"

"Yes, the news said that Ye Chang was in Taihe Pass, and the old emperor retreated to Yongxian, less than fifty miles away from Taihe Pass."

"I don't think this city is too difficult to attack." Cui Qianyou pondered the terrain for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Ye Chang is too stupid to stick to this pass, with his consistent actions, he will hide his means." ”

"This Taiheguan was originally mainly to defend Chang'an and guard against the west, and we came from the east, so he was naturally underguarded. In the humble opinion of his subordinates, Ye Chang dared to defend Taihe Pass, and it should be that reinforcements have arrived. ”

"Goshuhan's reinforcements? It's a pity that Pei Mian didn't succeed, if Pei Mian did, I think Ye Chang would have become a prisoner of my ranks. ”

Cui Qianyou was talking to his subordinates while ordering the deployment of troops. As An Lushan's most relied on general, his subordinates have more than 15,000 people, even Ye Chang merged Pei Mian's subordinates, which is only one-third of his subordinates.

What's more, he did not launch an attack as soon as he arrived at Taihe Pass, but first divided his troops and plundered, and captured thousands of people near the left. Now these thousands of people are tied one by one with hemp ropes and driven to the front of his troops. These people held swords and guns in their hands, and they cried out one by one, but they did not dare to attack the rebels, because they had already been killed.

Behind them, Cui Qianyou's subordinates pointed at them with swords, guns, arrows and crossbows, and they just waited for Cui Qianyou to give an order, and they were going to force them forward.

"The people in this pass are a little different from Gyeonggi, we act in Gyeonggi, no one dares to resist, and we have to kill a lot of people here to make them obedient." Cui Qianyou pondered in his heart for a moment, and when he saw that the hour had come, he immediately raised a small flag and ordered: "Start attacking the city!" ”

On the city wall, Ye Chang couldn't help but shake his head when he saw those people crying and screaming to be caught up: "I can't wait, if I wait any longer, the casualties of the people will be great!" ”

"Launched at this time, I'm afraid that I won't be able to completely annihilate Cui Qianyou."

"It doesn't matter, I am convinced that after today's battle, Cui Qianyou and An Lushan will be at a dead end!"