The rain stops and the lotus is fragrant, and the cicadas on the shore are noisy and weeping poplars.

By the moat.

Li Mao stood on her horse, the fresh air after the rain caressing her face with the wind.

Three thousand light horsemen stood solemnly behind him.

The original plan was for Lu Bu to lead his troops to attack Tongguan, but for the sake of the system's side quests, Li Mao still decided to go there himself.

Soldiers are fast.

In order to take it by surprise, the original three thousand Xuanjia Iron Riders had already removed the heavy armor on their bodies.

And Gao Shun led the trapped camp to find Li Longji's traces.

Li Mao looked at the sun that had already risen and knew it was time to go.

So he turned to Gao Shun and said, "It rained heavily last night, and the thieves pretending to be the emperor will definitely not be able to go far, so it's up to you to find it." ”

"If you can catch the thief who pretended to be the emperor, when I return to the palace, I will definitely be rewarded."

Gao Shun replied solemnly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured! Even if the thief fled to the ends of the earth, the last general would be able to catch him. ”

Li Mao nodded and said with a smile: "I can't run that far, although I don't know which direction he ran away, but last night's rainstorm made it difficult to travel, and he ran twenty or thirty miles at most." ”

At this time.

A red sun has leapt out of the mountains and hung intact in the sky.

The temperature is also gradually rising.

This is the case in summer, even if it rains hard last night, the next day will be just as hot.

"All the troops are leaving!"

Li Mao gave an order.

He rode his horse to the east.

Lu Bu followed with a whip.

Three thousand light horsemen methodically followed in two columns.

The sound of a horse's hooves ticking sounds crisp and pleasant.

At least that's what the people behind think.

After Li Mao ascended the throne, he fulfilled his promise and eliminated all charging points.

The entry tax is no longer collected, the commercial tax is no longer collected, and even the tax on the sale of salt is no longer collected.

From the Sui Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, salt was not a government monopoly, but like other commodities, a city tax was levied.

It was not until after the Anshi Rebellion, because of financial difficulties, that Li Heng of Tang Suzong began to monopolize salt.

The cost of living for the people in Chang'an City has been reduced a lot because of the implementation of the tax reduction policy.

In the past, a family of five needed almost four copper coins a month, but now it only needs three times.

Of course, there are also unscrupulous profiteers who do not reduce prices after tax cuts.

But these people are going to be out of luck today.

Before leaving, Li Mao specially left a note for Zhao Gao.

It is to let him strictly investigate these profiteers and raise military funds for the army.

Chang'an to Tongguan is a total of 280 miles.

The road is on the Guanzhong Plain, and the terrain is flat.

Under the surprise attack of light horses, it only takes one day and one night to arrive at the earliest.

In order to grab time, Li Mao is naturally racing against time.

After setting off from Chang'an City, it never stopped for a moment.

Even the routed troops along the way voluntarily surrendered.

As soon as Li Mao crossed the Wei River, another group of 405 people surrendered voluntarily.

After the guards went to inquire, they immediately came back to make a report.

"Your Majesty, they say, it seems that they have seen the leader of the anti-thieves."

"The leader of the anti-thieves?" Li Mao asked.

"Your Majesty, it is the thief who came out of the emperor, as well as the anti-thief Niu Xianke and Pei Kuan." The guard replied.

"Huh?"

Li Mao was suddenly overjoyed, and she didn't expect to meet Li Longji by chance on the road to Tongguan.

"Bring that man here, I'm going to ask him personally."

"Yes!"

The guards turned and walked away.

After a while, an unkempt middle-aged man was brought over.

Li Mao saw that the armor on his body was very fine, and he immediately knew that this person must be the sixteen high-level generals of the Nanya.

"Who are you? What was your previous official position? Where are the thieves who pretended to be the emperors? ”

"Your Majesty, the guilty general Li Guangbi, who previously served as the head of Zuo Qingdao's mansion. The thief pretending to be the emperor went to the direction of Tongguan in half an hour. ”

After Li Guangbi finished speaking, he still looked aggrieved.

However, Li Mao didn't notice his unkempt appearance.

Instead, he wondered how the name sounded familiar.

Could it be a famous general in the Anshi Rebellion?

Regarding that period of history, Li Mao only learned it when he was studying, but the specific content has long been forgotten.

I only remember that the rebellion set off by An Lushan and Shi Siming completely shattered the Jiangshan Society of the Tang Dynasty.

was finally exterminated by Guo Ziyi.

It may be Guo Ziyi's general!

Li Mao thought so.

But at this time, Li Longji's news had already been heard.

knew that he was also fleeing in the direction of Tongguan.

Li Mao naturally couldn't let him go.

"How many men and horses are in the hands of the thieves who pretend to be the first emperor?"

Li Guangbi immediately replied: "There are less than a hundred of them, but all of them are double horses." ”

"One of the thieves snatched my horse before in order to have three horses to escape!"

So that you don't surrender sooner!

Now even the horses have been snatched away.

Li Mao smiled secretly in her heart.

"That's it! Since you surrendered voluntarily, I will naturally not treat you badly! ”

"It shouldn't be long before Gao Shun will bring troops over, and you will be the deputy general of the trapped camp at that time!"

Hearing that he was the deputy general of the trapped camp, Li Guangbi was very happy.

"Thank you for your grace!"

The prestige of the trapped camp has been played out in the past two days.

Almost everyone in Chang'an knows the slogan "The will to fall into battle, there is death and no life".

As soon as it surrendered, it was reused.

Lee Kwang-pil only hated himself, why didn't he surrender the night before?

Maybe, he can also become the deputy general of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry.

Li Mao naturally didn't know what Li Guangbi was thinking.

At this time, he was bent on catching up with Li Longji.

So he turned his head and shouted to the soldiers in the rear.

"All the soldiers obey the order!"

"The traitor pretending to be the emperor is ahead, whoever can catch this person will reward him with ten thousand gold!"

The reward is much lower than the day before yesterday.

At that time, the chips that grabbed Li Longji were still kings.

Now that the situation is less critical, the rewards will naturally be lowered.

"Yes!"

But the soldiers didn't think about it so much.

Through yesterday's salary, I know that the emperor is a man who does what he says.

They waved their sabers and shouted in unison again.

"Yes!"

The murderous aura that shook the sky made Li Guangbi, who had just surrendered, couldn't help but shudder, and felt more and more that his surrender would not be wrong.

Thundered.....

Like the hooves of a thunderous horse, they ran on the official road.

The splash of muddy water kept beating the horse's belly.

After a while, it was steaming hot.

An hour later.

Li Mao looked into the distance, and finally saw a team of hundreds of people at the end of his sight.

If you didn't guess wrong.

Li Longji should be inside.

As long as Li Longji is taken, Tongguan will naturally be broken without attack, and the guards inside will most likely surrender.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

Li Mao was finally able to see the situation of the team in front of her.

Those people are all one-man and two-horse configurations, which is no different from what Li Guangbi said.

The first person was wearing a golden dragon robe.

"Hahaha!"

Li Mao looked up to the sky and laughed.

It is still half a day's journey from Tongguan.

Under the blue sky and white sun, it is impossible for Li Longji to escape as easily as before.