Guo Linggong, a veteran, did not close his eyes for several days and nights, and came to the outer hall with a tired face, kneeling on the ground only to see only two vague figures in the gauze tent.

"Minister Guo Ziyi came to see Your Majesty."

Li Heng's hoarse voice came from the hall: "Sikong is tired of the journey, give me a seat quickly." ”

The palace people lifted the Hu bed up, and Guo Ziyi sat on the bed after thanking him. Li Heng asked again: "Sikong led the troops to garrison Sanyuan County, why did he rush here to Shangluo to see me?" ”

"The minister was inspired by His Majesty's holy decree, but there are some places that he still does not understand, and he specially came to listen to the holy will."

"What don't you understand?"

"Your Majesty, although Li Siye has crossed the Yellow River, but the veterans of the Hexi Army Division are tired and have lost their sharpness.

Li Heng didn't squeak, but Li Fuguo stood on the side and asked loudly: "Guo Ziyi, you intercepted Li Siye at the crossing of the Yellow River before, and promised Your Majesty that you could stop the Hexi army, what was the result?" If it weren't for your misjudgment, which caused Li Siye to cross the Longmen Ferry and enter Guanzhong, would Your Majesty still need to travel south? Now you have advised Your Majesty to personally march and let the court stay in Chang'an, can you still guarantee that nothing goes wrong? The art of war has clouds and does not think about victory, first think about defeat, haven't you considered the consequences of a big defeat? Can you afford the consequences? Can Datang afford it? ”

After Li Fuguo took power, he became better and better, and he could always stand on the position of imperial power to accuse, leaving his opponent speechless.

Guo Ziyi asked again: "Since Your Majesty wants to retreat south, why do you want to transfer the Long Xiang army led by Yu Chaoen, although the minister can't quickly defeat Li Siye, but instead of wrestling in Guanzhong to disturb his fatigue, he will be able to expel him from Guanzhong sooner or later." Once the Long Xiang army is withdrawn, all the good situation will be in vain, if Li Siye is allowed to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, it will be difficult for His Majesty to return to Guanzhong in the future. ”

Who knew that Li Fuguo snorted and said: "Guo Linggong, you are still saying that you can defeat Li Siye, according to our family, you are not Li Siye's opponent at all, rather than handing over His Majesty's Long Xiang Army to you to consume, it is better for His Majesty to bring it to Jiangdong as a foundation." ”

Guo Ziyi crossed his hands again and said: "Your Majesty took the Longxiang army to Nanyang, and the 20,000 Shuo Fang army led by the minister could not last in Guanzhong, Your Majesty ordered me to return to Lingwu, but the west of Guanzhong has been blocked by Li Siye's army. ”

This time, Li Heng finally spoke in person: "I didn't think well to make such a decision, since Shuofang is no longer able to go, then I appointed you as the envoy of Xiangyang Huaixi Festival, instead of Lu Jiong to sit in Xiangyang." Xiangyang is the gate of Jingxiang, and it is the throat of the entire Yangtze River. ”

The ambitions of the two monarchs and ministers are completely different, so there are also errors in communication, Guo Ziyi always thinks that he can keep Guanzhong, and let him lead his troops to flee to Xiangyang, which is equivalent to handing over the entire north to Li Siye and Shi Siming for nothing. Li Heng's intention was to abandon the entire north and monopolize half of the south of the Yangtze River. Turn the north into a colosseum for Li Siye and Shi Siming.

In his consciousness, he insisted that the two tigers would lose if they competed, but he did not consider for a long time that as long as one of them eliminated the other side to unify the north, then the victor would have the qualifications to dominate the world in the south, and the Tang Dynasty would really be considered to be lifeless.

Guo Ziyi judged with his keen strategic vision, since the emperor was about to flee south, it was a sure thing that Guanzhong would fall into the hands of thieves, and he could not defend Guanzhong for the emperor, but it was by no means equivalent to giving up the entire north. So instead of retreating to Xiangyang, it is better to retreat to Hanzhong. Hanzhong is not only the gateway of Shuzhong, but also the place where soldiers must fight, occupy the north of Hanzhong can threaten Guanzhong, the west can reach Longyou, and the east can reach Jingxiang.

Once Li Siye occupies Guanzhong and controls the Longyou River Xishuo Fang in his hands, the next place to attack must be Hanzhong, if he is allowed to occupy Hanzhong and then attack Shuzhong, then it is inevitable that the world will change the dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Xiangyang is too far away from Guanzhong to be threatened too much. The minister wanted to lead the Shuofang army into Hanzhong to resist Li Siye and stop his attempt to attack Shu from Hanzhong. ”

"Okay," Li Heng coughed in the gauze tent and said: "Guo Linggong is worthy of being my humerus, and in this case, I will appoint you as the envoy of Jiannan and Hanzhong Erzhenjiedu, and hold 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiannan, as a partial division ready to recover Guanzhong at any time." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Fuguo's muttering voice came from the gauze tent, although it was faint but the tone sounded very dissatisfied, it should be that Emperor Musty handed over Shuzhong and Hanzhong to Guo Ziyi's hands.

It is no wonder that Li Fuguo is dissatisfied, Shuzhong is known as the country of abundance, coupled with the outer barrier of Hanzhong, it is easy to form a separatist regime, if Guo Ziyi is an ambitious person who refuses to settle down, even if he is the emperor in Shuzhong in the future, Li Heng has nothing to do with him.

"Since An Lushan raised troops, and then Shi Siming's rebellion, Li Siye Yecheng raised troops, Guo Sikong has always been loyal to the imperial court, and I believe in him. Come! Give the book and give it to the festival! ”

Guo Ziyi was still tired and frustrated when he left, although the emperor gave him jurisdiction over Shuzhong and Hanzhong, but as a loyal old minister, he never cared about this.

What made him most dissatisfied was that the emperor gave up the last chance to keep Guanzhong, the loss caused by this renunciation is incalculable, and he doesn't know how many lives he will have to sacrifice to take it back in the future, and maybe he will never be able to recapture Guanzhong in the future, and the Tang Dynasty became the original Southern Dynasty.

It took him another two hours to return to Sanyuan County, and by this time Yu Chaoen's Long Xiang army had already broken away from the camp and retreated to Shangluo, leaving the 20,000 Shuofang army alone in Sanyuan County.

This kind of behavior completely disregarded the safety of friendly troops, Li Siye's Hexi Army Flying Tiger Cavalry was entrenched in Liquan County, dozens of miles away, if they learned that more than half of the Tang Army had temporarily withdrawn and took the opportunity to attack, and the Shuofang army was leaderless, wouldn't they be killed by others?

When Guo Ziyi rubbed shoulders with the Long Xiang Army led by Yu Chaoen, he was actually angry in his heart, but he had experienced too much tolerance in his life, so he could continue to endure it.

Now it was hard to stay where you were and wait for the generals of the Fugu Huaien and Shuofang Army, who were scattered and stationed in the barracks where the Longxiang army had withdrawn, creating an illusion to prevent the enemy from seeing through it. Every outlying patrol post and guard stronghold was highly tense, always on guard against Li Siye leading his troops to attack.

Fortunately, Guo Ziyi finally arrived, and he secretly summoned the battalion headquarters into the military tent and announced that he would withdraw to Hanzhong with everyone.

After hearing the news, the generals were not very happy, most of the Shuofang army came from the Hetao Lingwu area, they obeyed the emperor's will to stay away from their hometown to fight in the Central Plains, but they did not expect that when they failed to retreat in the end, they could not even return to their hometown.

Guo Ziyi said sadly and sincerely: "It's not that I don't want to take you back to Shuofang, it's not only your home, but also the birthplace of my Guo Ziyi." It's just that now Li Siye led the Hexi Army to block our way back to the west, and His Majesty has taken away the Longxiang Army, and we now only have more than 20,000 people, how can we break through the blockade of the Hexi Army's 70,000 people? For now, we can only go to Hanzhong to develop and grow, and look for an opportunity to recover Guanzhong, and then we can return to Shuofang. ”

"The land in Hanzhong is fertile, and the mountains are solid, so the brothers have a place to live. The traitor Li Siye will not be able to take the pass for long, and I, Guo Ziyi, dare to swear and make a spell here, and I will be able to take you back to my homeland one day. ”

His heartfelt and touching words made the soldiers have no complaints in their hearts. They also know very well that Guo Linggong is now unsatisfactory in the court, and it is not easy to pinch these 20,000 people together to stabilize the army's heart when the Shuofang army has been defeated one after another.