Li Heng hurriedly helped him up from the ground, held his hand and said: "I have gone through thousands of twists and turns since I succeeded to the throne, and I have been diligent in political affairs every day, but I still have to go through hardships and setbacks, and I have experienced major events such as Li Siye's rebellion and Shi Siming's rebellion, so some people secretly say that I am not worthy of the position. For the sake of today's plan, I can no longer flee like the Emperor, and I must assume the responsibility of a prince of society. ”

As far as Li Heng's sick body is concerned, he is now weak, let alone commanding the battle when he is put on the battlefield, even the bumpy horses and the murderous aura that soar to the sky are enough for the emperor to drink a pot.

Li Fuguo knew that the emperor actually cherished his life in his heart and did not dare to play in person, so he just saved a little face in his fragile heart.

He immediately knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, shouldn't the greatest responsibility of the king of the society be to live a long life and continue the country?" It is the business of the generals to go into battle, even if the talents of the court withered and there was a lack of generals who could fight well, you should not be put in danger. ”

"Although the prince has reached adulthood, but the experience is still shallow, now whether it is Shuzhong or Jiangdong, there are local festivals to make their own forces, if Your Majesty can not personally go south, support His Royal Highness the Prince to succeed, Your Majesty and the prince's safety can not be guaranteed, please think twice."

Li Heng sighed faintly and said, "Isn't this still you?" I have sent you to escort the prince south to Shuzhong, hoping that you will be able to assist him more. ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Fuguo's crying voice became more intense, and he kowtowed again and again: "Although Your Majesty has no talent, he rebuilt the Tang Dynasty in times of crisis, and he is really the master of Zhongxing." How can you go to danger because of a momentary setback, please think twice! ”

Li Heng stubbornly waved his hand: "I have made up my mind, you go down first." ”

Li Fuguo had no choice but to withdraw from the palace, but he did not give up persuasion, so he went to see Empress Zhang and informed the Empress of Li Heng's dangerous thoughts.

The situation of the queen and Li Fuguo is similar, and the two of them have been using each other in collusion all the year round, so they naturally cannot accept Li Heng's personal expedition.

Empress Zhang entered the hall and knelt in front of Li Heng with tears on her face, sobbing and said: "Your Majesty is not only the king of Sheji, but also the husband of the concubine, the backbone of the Li family. ”

Li Heng sighed again and again, comforted Empress Zhang a few words, took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped the tears on her face, and then sent the maid to help her leave.

This is only the second round of Li Fuguo's offensive, he is now in power to the government and the opposition, and after going down, he will contact the left and right ministers and the officials of the three provinces and six departments, maintain the same tone with them, and prepare to jointly persuade the emperor to move the capital to the south in the court.

On the second day of the court meeting, Li Heng sat on the imperial couch with a tired face, and asked the courtiers who were silent below: "Guo Ziyi still did not hold the Longmen ferry of the Yellow River after all, causing Li Siye's army to cross the Yellow River. Now that the situation has reached a critical moment, I want to lead the remnants of the troops in Guanzhong to fight Li Siye to the death. What do you think? ”

When the ministers got Li Fuguo's hint, they had already unified their voices, and they all knelt on the ground and crossed their hands to advise: "Your Majesty's golden body, you must not go to danger, and please think twice." ”

Sometimes the truth is indeed in the hands of a small number of people, and it seems that only Guo Ziyi and Fugu Huaien think that the emperor should stay in Guanzhong to defend himself against the enemy, but the opinion of the majority of the emperor cannot be ignored. He was already a little resistant to his own imperial expedition, but after encountering all kinds of resistance, it was equivalent to giving him enough steps, which allowed him to abandon the Jingshi and the people of Chang'an and flee south with peace of mind.

Li Heng spread his hands and said with a frown: "Now that the situation is so critical, if I abandon the people of Guanzhong and flee from Beijing, how can I be worthy of the ancestors and ancestors, and how can I be worthy of the people of Chang'an." ”

The crown prince and the prince Fang Xuan came out of the crowd, stepped forward and held the wat board and said loudly: "Your Majesty Mingjian, on the occasion of the survival of the society, it is advisable to abandon the city and leave, and it is only a temporary southward move, as long as the court is still there, Your Majesty is still there, the Tang Dynasty will not fall." The traitor Li Siye is just temporarily gaining the upper hand, the hearts of the people in the world are in my Tang Dynasty after all, and the rebellious people who do more injustice will kill themselves, and the ministers believe that His Majesty will return to Chang'an one day. ”

Li Heng had a strong expectation in his heart, and he bowed his head and asked the courtiers, "Do you think so too?" ”

The ministers crossed their hands one after another and said: "The ministers seconded the proposal!" ”

"In this case, the ministers who participated in the court today will stay in the palace, so as not to leak the news, and in the early morning of tomorrow, follow my imperial drive from the Chongxuanmen of Daming Palace to the west to Fengxiang County, and go to Chencang to temporarily enter Shu to take refuge."

The ministers and Li Fuguo suddenly realized that they thought they had tricked the emperor, but who knew that everything they did was within Li Heng's expectations.

The crown prince Li Yu originally stood in the hall silently, but he was tired of listening to the voices of these people, and finally couldn't help but step forward and said, "Erchen has a word to play." ”

Li Heng knew what he wanted to say, so he refused directly: "I haven't stayed to fight the enemy in person, how can I let my son get into danger, you and I will evacuate Guanzhong together, don't be discouraged." ”

Li Yu nodded silently and swallowed what he wanted to say into his stomach.

Everything was just like that morning four years ago, the old Emperor Li Longji was forcibly pulled into the chariot by the eunuchs, he shouted that he wanted to stay in Chang'an, but the people who pulled him did not believe him, just as they did not believe that Li Heng would drive the expedition in person, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty had long lost that blood.

The palace maids and concubines also carried packages and followed the chariots of the emperor and empress, and under the escort of the Imperial Forest Army, they went out of the Chongxuanmen Gate and went in the direction of the Wei River along the flying dragon stable of Longshouyuan.

Li Fuguo appointed Fang Xuan as the master of Beijing to stay behind, and ordered Xing Yanen to control the key to the palace gate, due to the emperor's strict travel news, many of the clan's children also failed to escape, including Li Longji's twenty-seventh Heng King Li Yao and his two sons, who were also abandoned in Chang'an.

After Li Heng fled westward, he ordered Li Fuguo to lead the Imperial Forest Army to send scouts in front to spy on the news, but when he learned that Li Siye had taken the lead in sending Duan Xiushi to occupy Fengxiang, the emperor was stunned and didn't know what to do.

Minister Li Kui gave him advice: "The road to Hanzhong is not only Chencang, but also the Meridian Road, the Bao Slope Road and the Dangluo Road, why don't Your Majesty choose one of these three roads to escape the disaster of the army."

Li Heng had no idea at the moment, so he had to agree: "That's right, I don't know which way to go?" ”

At this time, Wang Sili, who was in the escape queue, stood up, this doctor Wang was very lucky and quite fatal. When he was stationed in Tongguan under Ge Shuhan as the commander of the infantry army, he was the only one who escaped after the defeat, and later served as the envoy of Zelu Jiedu and Li Guangbi to garrison Jiangpu Erzhou, and when he was defeated by Li Chongbao at the crossing of the Yellow River, there were no reinforcements to save him, he actually jumped into the Yellow River and swam across the opposite bank, and returned to Chang'an to be reused.

When he learned that he returned to Chang'an, Yu Chaoen, who set fire to the bridge, was uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly asked his godfather Li Fuguo, but Li Fuguo smiled and let him relax, and said frankly that Wang Sili would definitely not mention anything about this kind of thing, otherwise he would not be able to achieve the status of the secretary of the military department today. Sure enough, after Wang Sili entered Chang'an, he did not mention what happened on the Yellow River beach in the past, and he also paid tribute to Li Fuguo and other eunuchs.

When he served as the envoy of the Guannei Festival, he knew all the roads in the Guanzhong well, he naturally had the right to speak in this regard, and said to Li Heng with his forked hand: "Your Majesty, the plank road of the Meridian Road and the Dang Luo Road is in disrepair, the road is too treacherous, and it is not suitable for large troops to pass, only the Bao Slope Road is still smooth, but His Majesty did not carry a large amount of grain and grass when he left Chang'an, and the Bao Slope Road is more than 400 miles long, and the villages along the way are barren. ”

Li Heng asked pessimistically, "Then as you can see, where should I go?" ”