Chapter 737: Preparing a bride price for his son

"If you are an obedient son, you should obediently stay in Longyou, and don't follow the prince to Lingwu. He sent you back this time to ask me for money. I can send someone to escort the gold to Lingwu, or I can cobble together a few thousand Praetorian Guards for him, but you should stay. If he really has a heart, he will fulfill our good intentions and marry his daughter, but it doesn't matter if he refuses, you can choose the ladies who have not left the cabinet in the entire Longyou Road, whether it is a famous lady or a small jasper, as long as you fancy me, I can catch it for you, why just the prince's daughter? ”

Li Chongyun put his hands in his sleeves and said sneeringly: "Grandpa, you can't understand this feeling, and I can't tell you clearly." ”

Li Siye thinks that Lao Tzu doesn't know anything, what plum blossom three lanes, the direct teaching of life and death promises Lao Tzu will sing, you early love child still dare to talk to me about true love.

"From today onwards, you don't want to leave Liangzhou, stay with your mother's side and think about introspection."

Li Chongyun got up from the ground, climbed on the back of the horse and whipped the horsewhip, beating the horse and running into the distance.

Li Siye said angrily behind him: "You still want to be whipped, don't you?" ”

When he returned to the main hall of the mansion, Duan Xiushi had already arrived with the Han Navy, wearing iron armor to meet the commander, and he had to bow down and fork his hands when he entered the door.

Li Siye took his hand and said, "You and I are like brothers, why bother to be polite, come and sit." ”

Duan Xiushi sat in front of the desk and said: "I heard from the brother who sent the report that An Lushan rebelled, and His Majesty summoned us to cross the Yellow River to participate in the counterinsurgency. I don't know where the rebels have hit, but the eastern capital Luoyang is still there? ”

Li Siye was silent for a moment before he said: "I have broken through Tongguan and occupied Chang'an, and the sage led the crowd to flee to Shuzhong." ”

"What?" Duan Xiushi's body shook violently when he heard this, and tears oozed from the corners of his eyes and said, "Since the situation is so critical, why hasn't the saint summoned us to the court for a long time." ”

The scholar's feelings for his family and country are so strong, but he didn't expect Duan Xiushi to be so sincere, Li Siye didn't ask him to investigate the reason, but just smiled: "Isn't this that after Your Majesty gave me an order, I immediately called you?" ”

Duan Xiushi patted his chest and said: "I, the thirteen,000 Han Navy Iron Cavalry, am willing to be the forerunner of the doctor and lead the army to act as a pioneer. ”

Li Siye waved his hand and said: "Don't be in a hurry, station the soldiers down to make dry food, and then divide the army and formulate tasks after the army is assembled." ”

"In that case, I will retire first." After Duan Xiushi got up and crossed his hand at him, he slowly withdrew from the main hall.

The new steward of the family came in from the back door of the hall and said in fright: "Oh no, Ah Lang, Yun Lang ran away from the back door on horseback!" ”

Li Siye turned around and said angrily: "What's the use of you!" I can't even look at a person! ”

The steward pleaded in a low voice: "It was the lock that Mrs. opened for Yun Lang, and there is no way to do it for the small one." ”

He immediately shouted out the door to General Yamen: "Kubani! ”

Kubani entered the hall and replied, "Oh! ”

"Ride your horse with me!"

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Li Siye chased his own soldiers for more than 30 miles, and finally saw Li Chongyun leading a horse under a tree in the valley under the pine forest. Li Siye turned over and dismounted, grabbed the horsewhip and walked towards him, Li Chongyun pursed his lips and dodged backwards and said, "Did Grandpa arrest me back?" ”

When he walked up to him, Li Siye's anger had completely dissipated, and he just sighed and said helplessly: "You want to go back to marry the county lord and the princess, how can Grandpa not prepare a bride price for you." The royal family has suffered a great disaster, and the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven is estimated to have run away, and your father-in-law is about to ascend the throne as the emperor, and he urgently needs a forbidden army to escort him. I have selected 3,000 brave and warlike soldiers from the Seventh Army of Hexi, named the Longxiang Army, and you will take them to Lingwu. In addition, I also prepared two million silk coins for you, and brought them to Lingwu as well as to provide funds for him to re-establish the imperial court. ”

When Li Chongyun heard Li Siye's words, he quickly knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Son, thank you Grandpa." ”

Li Siye turned around and went back to get on the horse, carried the horsewhip and said, "Say thank you between father and son, you just give me a good life." ”

He obediently followed Li Siye back to Liangzhou, and after preparing for a few days, he took the Long Xiang army allocated to him by his father and escorted a cart of property to the direction of Lingwu.

On the same day, Duan Xiushi came to Li Siye again and asked to lead the Han navy to cross the Yellow River first, occupy Weizhou and Qinzhou, and control the main road from Longyou to Guanzhong first.

After thinking for a moment, Li Siye nodded and said, "Yes, but you must act with Zang Xiye's Flying Tiger Cavalry, and in addition, organize the troops of your Han Navy into a scout Tang cavalry team, and let them scout the movements and deployments of the rebels." These people have a deep blood feud with An Lushan, even if they are caught, they will not easily surrender to the enemy, and good steel should be used on the blade. ”

"Well," Duan Xiushi was just about to turn around, when Li Siye suddenly said again: "Otherwise, send some people to Ma Weiyi to have a look?" ”

Duan Xiushi asked in surprise, "That place is still under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, why do you want to send people?" ”

"It's good to go and see it."

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The timeline goes back to the day when Li Longji fled, the emperor had just left Chang'an, and there were court officials who went to the Daming Palace to go to court. But the five gates of Danfeng were closed, and the sound of dripping could still be heard in the palace, and the soldiers of the honor guard were still neatly lined up. The eunuchs and palace maids suddenly opened the palace gate and ran out in a hurry, and the officials and dignitaries all understood what was going on, and they all rushed to the gate of the nine cities.

Chang'an City was completely in chaos, the Janissaries who stayed in the palace began to guard and steal, and the people in the mountains rushed to the palace and the mansions of dignitaries and nobles to loot property, and some even led cattle to the Zuozang Treasury and set fire.

Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng rushed to put out the fire, and ordered the soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion to suppress it, killing more than a dozen people to quell the riot.

They knew that resistance was a dead end, and the emperor left them in Chang'an, didn't he just send him to death. Cui Guangyuan sent his son to meet An Lushan's army in the suburbs, and Bian Lingcheng also knelt at the gate of the city and handed over the keys to the palace gates to An Lushan. The rebels entered the city without any resistance.

Although Xuanzong fled in a hurry, the rebels did not pursue them, because a huge Chang'an city and palace lay in front of them, just like a peerless beauty stripped of her clothes, few people controlled in the face of such a temptation. Those who can control it have already achieved imperial feats, and those who learn to delay gratification are indeed strong enough.

An Lushan is obviously not this kind of person, he produced the emperor ** in Luoyang City, so he stayed in Luoyang for a month, causing the Tang army to gather 200,000 troops in Tongguan. Now he is fascinated by Chang'an City, although he has visited this prosperous capital more than once, but in the past he was a courtier, a guest, and now he is the master. All the rebels who entered the city were looting, and no one took the initiative to pursue and expand the victory.

When Xuanzong fled, he brought a lot of things, but he didn't bring food, so he sent the eunuch Wang Luoqing to go first and tell the passing counties to prepare to receive the holy driver. At noon, they came hungry to Wangxian Palace in Xianyang County.

The group had not yet settled in Wangxian Palace, Gao Lishi went to the county party to find the county order and Wang Luoqing, and when he came back, he scolded angrily: "Wang Luoqing, this dog son!" I actually escaped with the county order! Damn it!"

Li Longji just sighed and said, "Alas, let them go."

Gao Lishi hurriedly sent a few henchmen to find the county officials and big households to ask for some food, who knew that these rich families were better informed than the people of Chang'an, and they had already run away, and these eunuchs had to come back empty-handed.

At this time, Chen Xuanli was a little angry, and stretched out his hand to beckon Long Wujun: "Send some people to search from house to house, how can there be no food!"

Li Longji sat on the wooden couch in the hall and waved his hand weakly: "Don't disturb the people, you should lead some officials to buy some food with the people."