Yu Chaoen was dressed in a purple robe, holding a whisk in his hand and putting it on his arm, and strode into Guo Ziyi's military tent.

After he entered the tent, he looked around, and saw Guo Ziyi and Fugu Huaien sitting on the chair with a frown, and did not get up to greet each other, he suddenly felt something different in his heart, and asked with a forced smile: "Guo Sikong, Doctor Fugu, we have been holding on to Pujindu for more than ten days, and the Hexi Army on the other side has not moved, what insight do you have?" ”

Guo Ziyi squeezed out a trace of bitterness on his face, stood up and said to Yu Chaoen: "Guo Ziyi has the emperor's grace, and today I invited the Yu envoy to come over, there is an urgent military situation." ”

"Oh?" Yu Chaoen pretended to be surprised and asked, "What is the military situation, come quickly." ”

He glanced at Fugu Huaien, and Huaien said with a bitter face: "Three days ago, Li Siye had led a large army to break through Longmendu, and now he has entered Guanzhong and occupied Xiayang County. ”

"What!" Yu Chaoen was so anxious that he shook the dust and turned around on the ground, and then counted Guo Ziyi with hindsight: "Guo Linggong! Guo Linggong! How much trust the saint has in you, as soon as the defense of the gate is handed over to you, you repay the emperor's grace in this way. I told you a long time ago to act cautiously, and you must not relax in both Pujindu and Longmendu, but it is better for you to ignore Your Majesty's trust in you and lose Longmendu. Now that Li Siye has been driving straight into Guanzhong, can Chang'an still be able to keep it? It must not be saved! ”

Guo Ziyi seemed calm at the moment, nodded and said: "What the envoy said is extremely true, but the plan now is to present this news to His Majesty in Chang'an, and how to deal with it next is up to His Majesty." ”

"Needless to say, I also know, fortunately the good news came in time, you didn't make a big mistake, the top priority is to report to Your Majesty as soon as possible, so that the court has time to react before Li Siye enters Chang'an!"

Guo Ziyi and Fugu Huaien glanced at each other, and quickly made a judgment, with a look of worry on their faces.

He said to Yu Chaoen thoughtfully: "Although Li Siye has entered the customs, he has worked the expedition, and the veterans of the division are tired, and our army still has 50,000 people in Pujindu, and it can still have the strength to fight. It's just that His Majesty needs to devote himself to the army of ten thousand armies, boost morale, and fight to the death with Li Siye, and he will definitely be able to win the battle in one fell swoop and turn things around. ”

Yu Chaoen's mouth opened wide in surprise, and then he grinned: "Do you dare to say this to the saint yourself?" Yes, you dare, you are the dignified Guo Sikong. But have you ever thought about the safety of Your Majesty? At the crossing of the Yellow River, there are no people blocked, and now you are 100% sure that you are competing with the world's strongest soldier Flying Tiger on the Guanzhong Plain? ”

"It's just that of course I'm not sure that I will lead the troops myself, but if Your Majesty can pour out the palace guards and personally sit in charge of the Chinese army to strengthen their morale, the officers and men of the three armies will definitely be able to defeat the Hexi army in one go."

"Really?" Looking at the expression on Yu Chaoen's face, he didn't believe a word of Guo Ziyi's words: "Guo Sikong is still too conceited after all, and he dares to put His Majesty's safety in the midst of ten thousand armies. ”

Guo Ziyi sighed helplessly: "Okay, since this is the case, we will each insist on our own words, then we will each offer our own songs, and it all depends on how Your Majesty decides." ”

"Okay, Guo Sikong and I have different opinions, of course, we have to play Your Majesty separately."

After Yu Chaoen left Guo Ziyi's big tent, Fu Gu Huaien stepped forward sadly and said: "Ling Gong, you have seen it, you are the only one who puts the safety of the society first, but other people's heads must be thinking about how to escape." ”

Guo Ziyi sighed: "This is not Your Majesty's loss, but it is actually bad luck, although Your Majesty has no great talent to save current affairs, but if you are a peaceful emperor, you can still sympathize with the people and continue the Tang Dynasty." ”

"But if you need it today, it's not the Son of Peace!" Fugu Huaien said excitedly and loudly: "What is needed is a Shengming monarch who can save the common people, think that when Emperor Taizong first ascended to the great treasure in the past, the people's livelihood in the world was initially decided, and the Turkic Jieli Khan led an army of 100,000 to approach Weishui, isn't the situation more dangerous than today?" Taizong was able to ride alone to the Weishui Bridge to face Jieli and denounce Jieli, and set up the Weishui Alliance to force Jieli to retreat, so that today's Tang Dynasty is today. If today's emperor has one-tenth of Taizong's courage, does Ling Gong still need to be so exhausted and restrained everywhere? ”

The two were silent for a long time, and finally they were speechless.

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Although Guo Ziyi and Yu Chaoen failed to reach an agreement on strategy, their decision at the moment was still the same, and they jointly led the army to withdraw from the Pujindu camp and moved closer to the suburbs of Chang'an, and the last battle in the defense of the pass would definitely take place outside Chang'an.

After the Tang army withdrew, a fire burned down the Pujindu camp, and Guo Ziyi poured too much energy into this camp to make it a bridgehead to guard the Yellow River, but after the passage of time and its usefulness, the only role was that it could not be left to the opponent.

At this time, Li Siye had completed his strategic deployment for Guanzhong, and even for the situation in the world, at this time in the northern region, Shi Siming led his troops to attack Taiyuan and fell into an embarrassment, and Hedong Jiedu made Deng Jingshan deep ditch high fortress and clear the wilderness, resulting in Shi Siming's defeat under the city, and had to return to Fanyang to regroup, which was the last victory of the imperial court in this year.

Since all the forces in Guanzhong were concentrated in the hands of Guo Ziyi and Yu Chaoen, the defenses of the rest of the states and counties were useless. Duan Xiushi set out from Xiayang County, successively conquered Heyang, Pucheng, Fuping, Liquan, and finally entered Fengxiang County westward, firmly grasping the three counties of Fufeng, Chencang, and Qishan.

It is worth mentioning that now Chencang County has changed its name, and was named Baoji County by Li Heng, and it was precisely because of this place as a link between Guanzhong and Hanzhong in the early stage of the Anshi Rebellion that the dying Tang Dynasty gained a glimmer of life. Li Siye sent Duan Xiushi to occupy this place first, which would completely cut off Li Heng's extravagant hope of entering Shu, and even cut off his last way to regain control of Lingwu.

Yu Chaoen and Guo Ziyi's Song Shu entered Chang'an City one after another, Li Fuguo was frightened after seeing Song Shu, his eyes were dizzy and almost shocked, but fortunately, his godsons poured a few sips of life-sustaining tea, and pinched the middle of the person hard, so that he woke up quietly.

When he woke up, he was frightened, and his first words were: "Hurry, hurry!" Quickly send both letters to His Majesty's desk. ”

After Li Heng got the recital, he also broke out in a cold sweat, supported his body from the sickbed, and hurriedly sent someone to invite Li Fuguo and Li Yu.

Li Fuguo's face turned pale and he came to the palace with a hard head, but the eunuch who passed the decree returned with the fish talisman and the official seal and knelt down to confess: "Your Majesty, Li Yu has hung the official seal on the beam of the house and left Chang'an without a trace." ”

Li Heng's eyes widened and he said blankly: "Changyuan, could it be that the situation has deteriorated to this point, and even you are not willing to serve me?" ”

Li Fuguo had to clean up his mind and whispered to the emperor: "Don't be too depressed, fortunately, there is no endless road, not to mention that you are the son of the Tang Dynasty, with the blessing of the ancestors, and the orthodoxy of the society, you will definitely turn evil into good fortune and continue the foundation of the country." ”

Li Heng coughed twice in a row, and then picked up the two letters sent by Yu Chaoen from the desk and asked: "Yu Chaoen said that Li Siye's Hexi strong army was strong, and it only took one day to break through the Longmen ferry of the Yellow River, and many soldiers and horses in Guanzhong led by Guo Ziyi were afraid that they would not be able to resist, so I wanted to consider moving south in advance to protect the foundation of the imperial court." ”

Guo Ziyi said that the loss of Longmendu was a momentary error in his judgment, although it lost more than 7,000 people of the Shence army, but the main force of our Longxiang Shuofang army is still there. Li Siye is on an expedition, and the three armies have reached the end of the crossbow, as long as I drive the expedition in person and lead the athletes guarding the pass to start a decisive battle with Li Siye, I will definitely be able to defeat him. ”

Li Heng hesitated in his heart, lowered his head and rubbed his palms and said: "Yu Chaoen and Guo Ziyi's recital has their own insights, but I have worries in my heart and it is difficult to decide. I don't want to live up to my ancestors' foundation, so I came up with a plan to do both, and decided that you would take the crown prince and the emperor to leave Chang'an from Fengxiang Mansion to Shuzhong to hide, and I personally led the sergeant Guan and the traitor Li Siye to fight to the death in Chang'an. What do you think? ”

Li Fuguo gasped, the same history can be re-enacted, only four years have passed since Li Longji fled, the old emperor is still in the world, and the Tang Dynasty has experienced the second ups and downs, as Li Heng's servant and his humerus minister, he has a deeper understanding of his fate in his heart. There is no more unlucky emperor in the world than him, he did not enjoy the fruits of his father's prosperity in the Kaiyuan Dynasty, but he bore the evil consequences of the Tianbao crisis, and sought the throne for himself on the way to escape from Shuzhong, but what he got was a broken river and mountain.

He has never been comfortable for a day since he succeeded to the throne, but the situation has become worse and worse, Li Siye rebelled during his reign, and led the Hexi army to the doorstep, who will not be aggrieved?

The fate of him and the emperor is actually tied together, so Li Heng will ask him where to go. Guo Ziyi's performance has some truth, the emperor personally fights, although there is a huge risk for him personally, but for Datang, it is just a chance to live. Even if Li Heng took the expedition in person, he suffered a crushing defeat and lost his life, and the crown prince Li Yu had already fled, and he could regroup in Jiangnan or Shuzhong, at least the people of the world would not lose confidence in the Tang Dynasty.

But what about himself, his fate is tied to the emperor, once he flees south with the crown prince, without Li Heng's protection, he, the former eunuch who leaned towards the government and the opposition, will only become a ghost under the knife of the local feudal forces.

Thinking of this, Li Fuguo knelt down on his knees, and said with tears on his face with the sincerity of a loyal servant: "Your Majesty, you must not!" ”