Li Siye used the left and right flanks to outflank the left and right flanks of the Tang army's Liuhua array, forcing the Tang army to divide the entire Chinese army formation into two to support both sides, so as to increase the depth to fight against the Flying Tiger Cavalry.

Li Guangbi was forced to have no choice but to divide his troops to support the collapsed left and right armies on both sides, Li Siye found the opportunity to break through from the center, and defeated the Zuo Yu Marquis army in one fell swoop, and the Liuhua Array also completely fell apart.

He was mentally prepared for his defeat, so whether he fled or retreated, it was not abrupt. It's just that the Hexi Army's attack was too fast, and Li Siye knew the magic of expanding the results of the battle, and immediately attacked the rest of the Tang Army from all sides.

The three flying tiger cavalry attacked alternately, carrying forward the spirit of chasing and fighting, the defeated Tang army was eaten and captured piece by piece, and the Shuofang army was like a frightened bird in the process of retreating, but whenever there was a kicking sound of horses' hooves, they used their bows and crossbows to fight back, but they were broken by the galloping cavalry, and then surrendered to the Hexi army in groups.

Li Guangbi retreated all the way back, and only thirty miles away from the county seat did he encounter the reinforcements brought by Fugu Huai'en, as if that belated affirmation, although useless, was very necessary.

Li Guangbi was tired and dusty, but the servant was clear but his armor was bright, and the general of the Tiele Department also knew that what he was doing was dishonorable and inauthentic, so he turned over and dismounted and came to Li Guangbi, knelt down on one knee and crossed his hands and said: "The last general is late for rescue, and I ask Situ to surrender." ”

The corners of Li Guangbi's eyes were originally full of surging anger, but he stubbornly pressed down, turned over and dismounted and helped him up: "General Huaien doesn't have to blame himself too much, the defeat of Shaanxi County was caused by my command mistakes, and now the rebel Li Siye is close behind, we should work together to tide over the difficulties." ”

He and the overseer Yu Chaoen, together with his generals Li Guozhen, Li Guangjin, Li Fei Yuanli, and Fugu Huai'en, discussed in the county council hall how to resist the enemy next.

Fugu Huaien took the initiative to come forward and suggested: "The county town is not in danger to defend, and sooner or later it will be broken by the Hexi army. ”

Li Guangbi frowned, retreating to Tongguan was his last helpless move, and the closer he was to Chang'an, the more he had to be constrained by the imperial court.

The overseer Yu Chaoen snorted strangely beside him: "Situ Ke has to weigh the severity, but he can't fight hard with Li Siye with the courage of the moment, and he must focus on the overall situation." ”

Li Guangbi turned his head and glanced at it: "Please report to the imperial court according to the truth, and we will pack up the remnants and retreat into Tongguan to ensure the safety of Guanzhong, and go down to prepare." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, and each of them retreated towards Li Situ, gathering the soldiers and horses under his command.

On the morning of the next day, the various units of the Shuofang Army slowly withdrew from Shaanxi County and retreated in the direction of Lingbao, and Feng Changqing led the rest of the Anxi Army to break off.

Only two days later, the Flying Tiger Cavalry vanguard led by Tian Zhen had entered the county town, and Li Siye in the rear passed down a military order, ordering Tian Zhen to rest near the county town for the time being, and open up several camps to prepare for long-term combat. The rest of his troops began to assemble in the county seat of Shaanxi County, including the artillery battalion led by Yan Xiaosi and the Beiting Army.

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In the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace in Chang'an, Li Heng coughed and lay on his desk, holding a piece of music sent from the front line in his hand, and the green tendons on the back of his hand burst out. These shocking fonts made him unable to hold back the anger in his heart any longer, and pushed all the books on the desk to the ground.

"I should have recognized his wolf ambitions!"

After he held back all his strength and shouted this, his eyes suddenly went black, and the whole person fell backwards and collapsed to the ground.

Li Fuguo hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and shouted at the pillar standing outside the main hall: "Call the imperial doctor!" ”

After a while, the imperial doctor knelt under the gauze tent outside the bed, stretched out his hand to feel Li Heng's pulse, raised his head and said to Li Fuguo and Empress Zhang, who were frowning and standing on the side: "Your Majesty has suffered from a lack of qi and blood for a long time, and now he is in a hurry, so he should lie down and take medicine to replenish his health." Wei Chen went down to prepare a pair of medicines, and decocted them for His Majesty to take. ”

Empress Zhang's face was still full of pearls, and she waved her hand coldly to the imperial doctor: "You step back first." ”

There were only two people left in the hall now, Empress Zhang and Li Fuguo, and they quickly exchanged glances with each other, and withdrew behind the gauze tent five feet away from the bed.

Empress Zhang stared at the ground and asked in a deep voice, "What are you going to do next?" ”

The corners of Li Fuguo's mouth turned up slightly, and he smiled: "What to do?" Your Majesty's body is still strong. ”

Empress Zhang's tone became more and more cold: "I asked you about the government, the Li Guangbi you made out lost battles one after another, why do you still use him?" Why don't you replace him and let Guo Ziyi get on it, at least he knows what to do. Moreover, the crown prince Li Yu has asked to go to Tongguan three times to garrison, so that His Majesty can rest assured that all the 50,000 horses of the Longxiang army will be handed over to them, why don't you stop him and show him. ”

Li Fuguo let out a long sigh and said, "Niangniang, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, this is a ban, what you said is beyond the outline." Besides, the crown prince is the prince of the country, and his majesty has many heirs under his knees, who can't he send? Why do you have to send him? ”

The queen was about to argue, but she was silenced by Li Fuguo's words: "You just said so much, in fact, the ultimate goal is to send the prince to Chang'an for the last sentence?" ”

A heavy cough sounded on the emperor's couch, and Li Heng called out in a lost voice: "What about people! Jing Zhong! ”

Li Fuguo hurriedly ran over, knelt in front of the couch and held the emperor's hand, and hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty, the old slave is here." ”

Empress Zhang also came to the couch, closed her eyes hard, and two lines of muddy tears flowed from her face.

The emperor panted and said: "Guarding the imperial Tongguan for a day must not be wasted, I will not make the mistake that the emperor made in the past, go and call Guo Ziyi, I want to entrust him with the important affairs." ”

"Your Majesty, you can rest in peace, and I will call someone to pass on Guo Ziyi."

After Li Fuguo staggered out of the main hall, the queen squatted beside Li Heng with a faint smile on her face, and Li Heng raised his hand to caress her better face. But the brilliant pearl on her head hung down like a golden phoenix.

"You are still so beautiful, I feel that I can't stand you, let you follow me for half your life, and now the situation is critical, you have to take care of the children."

The queen smiled and said with tears flashing in the corners of her eyes: "The children have grown up, and they can all take on the mission for their father." Your Majesty, Chang'an needs the royal heir to guard, and the concubine asked Dong Er yesterday that he is willing to go to Tongguan as a prince to guard the town, so as to secure the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies. “

"Dong Er is only thirteen years old, how can he afford such a heavy responsibility, he is the heir of the royal family, he doesn't need to make meritorious contributions to me, he can enjoy wealth forever, you don't have to worry about this matter anymore."

There was a sound of broken footsteps outside the hall, and Empress Zhang's heart couldn't help but be anxious, and finally couldn't help but say: "Even if Dong'er can't do it, we have other heirs after all, didn't Your Majesty think about sending someone else?" ”

Hearing the queen's words, Li Heng seemed to understand something, and suddenly twisted his head to the inside of the bed, not wanting to take care of her anymore.

A trace of resentment flashed on Empress Zhang's face, she grabbed the gauze tent in front of the bed, and heard the footsteps approaching the bed behind her, so she had to stand up.

Li Fuguo, Prime Minister Li Kui, Xiao Hua, and Guo Ziyi bowed to the emperor, and then saluted to the queen and said, "See the queen's mother." ”

Empress Zhang knew that she had no reason to stay any longer, and said with some reluctance: "Your Majesty is not in good health, you must not discuss it for too long." ”

"Whoa."

The queen kicked the hem of her skirt and walked gracefully outside the hall, and among the four, only Li Fuguo turned his head and glanced at her back.

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