Knowing that the eastern capital was lost and the rebels were forced to Tongguan, Li Longji was speechless for a long time.

At this time, it was only a little more than a month before An Lushan raised his troops. From Fanyang to the Eastern Capital, it is more than 1,600 miles, and it takes half a month to march in the past.

Half of the country, many cities, all have defenders, and no one dares to fight against them?

What about his martial arts? What about his prosperous Tang Dynasty? How could it be so vulnerable?

What the hell are Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing doing?!

"I'm going to go on a personal expedition." In the diligent government affairs building, Li Longji slapped the battle report on the imperial case, and he was a little unstable for a while.

Xiao Jiangyuan hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "Everyone think twice." ”

"I think very clearly, I will go to the royal car to conquer in person, and the prince will stay in Beijing to supervise the country. When the rebellion is quelled, if I am not dead, I will pass on to the prince. ”

Li Longji is old, if the elderly Son of Heaven is allowed to go to the imperial conquest, then there will really be no one in the Tang Dynasty, so the officials do not agree with it, and they do not take it seriously, but Li Longji's intention to pass on the throne, they listened to it.

Yang Guozhong also listened, and as soon as he withdrew from the court, he found Mrs. Han and Mrs. Qiuguo: "An Lushan rebelled on the grounds of punishing me, and the courtiers and the people hated me very much, do you think the Yang family and I can still be separated?" Even if the crown prince succeeds to the throne in the future, it is impossible to ignore the hearts of the subjects for the sake of the Yang family, and only the saints can keep the Yang family! If the saint really went to the expedition in person, I am afraid that he would not come back alive, even if it was a noble concubine, what should he do? ”

Mrs. Han thought that the prince would succeed to the throne sooner or later anyway, and she didn't care about this moment, so she followed Mrs. Yu Guo to find Yang Yuhuan.

Li Longji planned to personally recruit the matter, and he has been hiding it from Yang Yuhuan.

Whether the crown prince succeeds to the throne or not, Yang Yuhuan doesn't want to care, but Li Longji wants to lead the troops to fight, and she will never agree.

She was resolute in her will, and asked for her life in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, which finally made Li Longji change his mind.

"Why are you ...... this" Seeing that Yang Yuhuan was dressed in plain clothes, her long hair was also scattered, and her face was still stained with loess, Li Longji sighed while wiping it for her.

Seeing that Li Longji had more gray hair and a lot worse spirit, Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but feel a little distressed, but there was an innocent and coquettish look on his face: "Why do you ......?"

"Think I'm old?"

"I think you refuse to accept old age, and you don't have self-knowledge."

"Or else...... What else can I do? Li Longji's lips pursed a wry smile, "As far as the Tang Dynasty is concerned, an emperor like me, except for carrying a handful of old bones to boost the morale of the army, there is no other use......

Yang Yuhuan's eyes suddenly turned red, and he was so choked that he couldn't speak. She hurriedly lowered her face and looked at Xiao Jiangyuan for help.

Xiao Jiangyuan pretended to be relaxed and said, "Do you remember Xu Jingye?" In the past, Empress Zetian abolished Emperor Zhongzong as the king of Luling, Xu Jingye called himself the general of Kuang Fufu, and raised troops in Yangzhou in the name of King Qin to save the country and Kuang Fu King Luling to restore the throne. His subordinate Luo Bin Wang also wrote a very spicy "Essay on Martial Arts", calling on the world's ability to be unmatched. Xu Jingye also won the first battle, but after fighting for a long time, he couldn't fight anymore. ”

"Xu Jingye in the past, how can he compare with An Lushan today? Although Xu Jingye is better than An Lushan in terms of reputation, after all, there are only 100,000 horses, but there are 300,000 people sent by his grandmother to quell the rebellion, and they are government soldiers, and their qualifications are not bad. Now there are 200,000 rebels, and there is still a steady stream of surrendered troops, but our army only has more than 100,000 left, and most of them are recruits who have not yet been trained. ”

"But everyone is the emperor and the son of the Tang Dynasty, no matter how brave An Lushan is, he is just a Hu man. It has been more than 100 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of the four seas will never recognize the Hu people as the master, they just haven't reacted for a while, and they have a blood feud with the rebels, and they will definitely resist. Don't be discouraged, Datang will never die! ”

As soon as Li Longji regained some confidence, he received the news that An Lushan had been proclaimed emperor in the eastern capital.

"Reverse Hu is hateful!" Li Longji was furious, "Order Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing to attack Tongguan and recapture the eastern capital!" ”

"No!" Xiao Jiangyuan hurriedly said, "How can it be so simple to be called emperor? An Lushan must be lacking in skills for a while, and has no time to take care of others, this is a respite for all officers and soldiers, and Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it cannot be taken lightly! ”

At this time, Bian Lingcheng rushed back and reported to Li Longji: "Feng Changqing's rebel morale shook the morale of the army, Gao Xianzhi conspired with him, and without the consent of the imperial court, he abandoned the city of Shaanxi for hundreds of miles, retreated to Tongguan, and even stole and reduced military salaries, the crime is unforgivable!" ”

"You mean...... They retreated without a fight, abandoned the city and land, had no court, and ignored my plan for the eastward crusade? Li Longji's face was gloomy, "Then you don't need them." ”

Li Longji immediately issued an edict, ordering Bian Lingcheng to return to Tongguan immediately and behead Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing in front of the battle!

Killing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers, but Li Longji doesn't care about it, and it is useless for Xiao Jiangyuan to persuade him.

A few days later, after receiving the Feng Changqing testament brought back by Bian Lingcheng, Xiao Jiangyuan stared at Bian Lingcheng lightly: "After Feng Changqing withdrew into Tongguan, he made a detailed explanation and strategy for the reasons for the defeat and abandonment of the city, the current battle situation and the means to deal with it in the future. The saint refused to look at it, and dismissed all the officials of Feng Changqing, but I did. Tongguan is the last line of defense in Chang'an, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Shaanxi County is a horse Pingchuan, Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing only rely on the recruits in their hands, and they can not stop the rebels, so they retreat to Tongguan, which occupies the danger and is empty in defense. Gao Xianzhi's family has a lot of money, and he has always loved nurses and soldiers, so will he really steal and reduce military salaries? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan unfolded Feng Changqing's testament and looked at it, only to feel that the words were crying blood: "In order to escape the punishment of the saint, you really did everything." ”

"You think I want to kill Xianzhi and Feng Er? They won't listen to me! Their lives are their lives, aren't mine? Why should I die with them? Bian Lingcheng's mood was not quite right, and he dared to confront Xiao Jiangyuan head-on, "What's more, it's a saint who doesn't trust them, otherwise it's useless for me to say anything, isn't it?" ”

Taking advantage of Xiao Jiangyuan's slight startle, Bian Lingcheng returned to his house as if he had fled.

In the Tang Dynasty, most of the people who are easy to be reused by the imperial court are handsome and handsome, and Gao Xianzhi is one of them. Feng Changqing is not good-looking, short in stature, and lame, it is difficult to be used, but with his stubbornness and talent, he moved Gao Xianzhi, and since then the two have been like-minded, gradually becoming famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, and finally died together in Tongguan. Bian Lingcheng didn't see the beginning, but witnessed the end.

But he didn't feel like he had done anything wrong.

Li Longji didn't think he had done anything wrong, but he heard Xiao Jiangyuan read Feng Changqing's testament. He listened for a while before he reacted, and immediately snatched the watch and threw it out: "Do you think I did something wrong?" ”

Regarding the killing of Gao Feng and the others, Baiguan also blocked it.

"Let's think about what to do next."

Without Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, Li Longji can only think of one famous general, Ge Shuhan. But Ge Shuhan suffered a stroke when Tianbao was thirteen years old, and has been recuperating in Chang'an since then.

Ge Shuhan was very confident in Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, and thought that it would not be long before he could hear the news of An Lushan's defeat and death, but he didn't want An Lushan to be dead, and Gao Feng and the others were beheaded by Li Longji's order first. And immediately after, he was sent to Tongguan by Li Longji.

Fortunately, at the moment, there are 80,000 reinforcements that can be taken to Tongguan, and Ge Shuhan has indeed lived up to expectations, and he has been guarding Tongguan for half a year, during which the rebels have repeatedly attacked, and they have been repelled by him.

At the same time, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi in Hedong broke Shi Siming, and Hebei also reported good news under the leadership of Yan Zhenqing, the Taishou of the Plains, and Datang finally began a powerful counterattack.

An Lushan could not break through Tongguan on the front road, and the back road was blocked, and it was embattled for a while.

Seeing that the battle situation was so favorable, Li Longji was unwilling to endure it any longer, and wanted Ge Shuhan to go out of the pass to meet the enemy and recapture Shaanxi County and even the eastern capital. Xiao Jiangyuan, courtiers and generals abroad all felt that it was impossible, but Yang Guozhong strongly agreed.

Yang Guozhong knew that everyone in the world wanted to kill him quickly, and before Ge Shuhan set off, he also asked Li Longji to behead An Sishun, the nephew of An Lushan's stepfather, to reassure the people. An Sishun had previously played Li Longji to guard against An Lushan, but he still got this ending, let alone him?

If Ge Shuhan won this battle, Yang Guozhong would not be far from death, so he knew that Ge Shuhan would be defeated as soon as he came out of Tongguan, and he had to find a way to let Li Longji facilitate this matter.

The holy order was difficult to disobey, Ge Shuhan had to go out of the customs to fight, and as a result, only 8,000 of the 180,000 army was left, and he himself was bound by his subordinates and dedicated to An Lushan. He surrendered for survival, was scolded by the world, but in the end he was still killed by An Lushan.

In the fifteenth year of Tianbao, on the ninth day of June, Tongguan was lost.

The nearby cities fled in despair, leaving only the isolated city of Chang'an to face the approaching rebel cavalry.

The Tang Dynasty can't die, and Li Longji, as the Son of Heaven, is not willing to die like this. He agreed to Yang Guozhong's request and moved from Xingqing Palace to Daming Palace overnight, intending to escape from Chang'an in the early morning and go to Shudi.

Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and it would be a great shame for Li Longji to leave here, but he could only do this. Only in this way can he survive and have a chance to fight back in the future, recapture Liangjing, and save this catastrophe.

Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan was a little uneasy, Li Longji said, "Go and bring your family with you." ”

When Xiao Jiangyuan heard this, he immediately raised his eyes and looked at Li Longji.

Yang Yuhuan was also very surprised, and leaned over to Xiao Jiangyuan's side and whispered, "I didn't tell him anything." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan solemnly saluted Li Longji and rushed back to his private residence.

She hasn't been home since she handed over the correct household registration to Maoying. She thought that Mao Ying had left a long time ago, but she didn't want him to be there all the time.

Seeing Xiao Jiangyuan return suddenly in the middle of the night, and hearing that Xiao Jiangyuan asked him to leave Chang'an with her, she had mixed feelings for a while, and finally turned into joy.

Xiao Jiangyuan went straight to the bedroom, put away his chest binding, and saw that Mao Ying had been following her, but she had always stood without speaking, and said, "Why haven't you cleaned up?" We've got to go tonight. ”

"There's still a curfew outside...... Why are you in such a hurry? Only then did Mao Ying react that something was wrong, and after hearing Xiao Jiangyuan finish telling the reason, he couldn't believe it for a while, "Sage...... Didn't you say that you want to conquer in person, the people of Chang'an are all gearing up, waiting to advance and retreat with the saint. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was silent and said, "This is the fake news released by me and Yang Guozhong. There are tens of thousands of officials in Chang'an, and there are millions of people, plus hundreds of phoenix sons and dragon grandsons who live outside the palace, if so many people go together, the speed will inevitably be slow, and if the saint is caught up by the rebels, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Seeing that she was looking at herself in a daze, Xiao Jiangyuan lowered her eyes and smiled: "You won't know that I'm not a good person at all, right?" ”

Mao Ying pursed her lips: "You are his courtier, there is nothing wrong with protecting him, but as the Son of Heaven, he wants to be like a lost dog, leaving the capital and these millions of people, and fleeing like this?" ”

"Otherwise, defend Chang'an and watch the Tang Dynasty die?"

Mao Ying didn't say anything more, just took out a few clothes from the closet, wrapped them and handed them to Xiao Jiangyuan.

Xiao Jiangyuan thought that he was packing his own clothes, but he didn't want that what was in this package was the new clothes he had prepared for her in the past few years. As soon as she had doubts, she heard a sound like a jade strike:

"I won't go with you."