"The whole army obeys the order and returns to the city immediately!"

In the puzzled eyes of many soldiers, Wang Zhengjian still issued an order to return to the city.

Under the scorching sun.

The air is unusually dry.

It's like there's a fire in everyone's hearts, and it's easy to explode at the slightest point.

Especially those short-tempered people, seeing that their master will face doubts, they actually did not explain at all, but wanted to withdraw their troops directly, and immediately quit.

"General, you should give an explanation before leaving!"

"Yes, if you don't give us an explanation, how can we fight with peace of mind?"

"General, I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child, and I don't want to be a thief for some reason."

Among the soldiers, fifty or sixty people actually stood up and sang the opposite tune.

Under the military system of the Tang Dynasty, the inland military camp can be said to be an iron-clad camp and a flowing general.

The father who is a soldier dies and the son succeeds him, and he will always be that group of people.

Generals, on the other hand, are people who have been transferred from other places to prevent local forces from becoming too strong.

Wang Zhengjian naturally did the same.

He was only promoted from other places this year and transferred to Tongguan as a guard.

If it weren't for the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, he really couldn't command these people.

At this time, he was faced with the doubts of more than fifty soldiers and ruffians, and he actually panicked.

He was speechless.

Li Mao saw this scene from a distance and just wanted to laugh.

Tongguan guards and captures Wang Zhengjian, a name he has never heard of at all.

Even if he was filming a TV series, this person's name never appeared.

Sure enough, people who can't leave events in the history books are really not very good.

The opportunity cannot be lost, and it will not come again, Li Mao knows that now is the best opportunity to take Tongguan without blood, so he naturally will not let it go easily.

"Look at the appearance of your lord, don't you understand?"

"Whether I am lying to you or not, the answer is written on the face of your lord."

As soon as this statement came out.

The defenders of Tongguan believed Li Mao's previous words even more.

The group of people who were the most courageous among them held down the long knives at their waists one after another, and gradually surrounded Wang Zhengjian, Li Longji, Niu Xianke, and Pei Kuan.

"Capture the thief alive and reward ten thousand dollars."

"I said it in front of the officers and soldiers of the whole army, and it is absolutely impossible to repent."

At this time, Li Mao added a handful of firewood to the hearts of the Tongguan defenders.

Stimulated by Wan Jin, most of the soldiers' eyes began to burn.

Seeing that he was about to become a prisoner of the stairs, Li Longji was like falling into an ice cellar, and his whole body had no strength to move.

"Your Majesty, go!"

The situation was critical, and Pei Kuan woke up Li Longji with a loud shout.

"Wang Zhengjian, what are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you protect Your Majesty from here? ”

The cow cyclamen shouted at the panicked Wang Zhengjian.

"The end ...... The last general is here to protect His Majesty. ”

In the panic, Wang Zhengjian heard what others said, and he had completely lost his own opinion.

Fortunately, Wang Zhengjian was born in the Taiyuan Wang family.

When he went to work, he had a hundred guards sent by his family.

Otherwise, at this point, he would be a real loner.

"You dare!"

Pei Kuan let out a loud shout, temporarily shaking back the soldiers who were fascinated.

They are all a group of veteran ruffians who have long lost the courage to fight on the battlefield.

"A bunch of trash, get out of here!"

Pei Kuan shouted again.

The soldiers who surrounded them actually got out of the way.

Wang Zhengjian took his personal guards, and the remaining guards before, followed by Li Longji, Pei Kuan, and Niu Xianke to Tongguan.

Li Mao frowned as she watched from a distance.

He didn't expect that the soldiers of Zhichong Mansion in the interior were already so unusable.

No wonder that twenty years later, Ge Shuhan had an army of 200,000 and occupied the dangerous place of Tongguan, and could still be defeated by An Lushan.

"Catch up!"

Li Mao shouted behind him, and rode directly towards the Tongguan garrison.

"What do you mean by watching the thieves run away?"

"Hurry up and catch up with me!"

Li Mao rode on a galloping horse and shouted at the Tongguan defenders.

Only then did they react and chased after Li Longji and the others.

As a result, it was good that they did not chase them, but when they did, they made the team very chaotic and blocked all the roads.

Now.

Li Mao is really angry.

Looking ahead, there was no way out, so I could only pull the reins.

"The ...... of the Law"

The horse braked at great speed, and the entire front half of its body immediately rose high.

"Get around!"

With an order.

The well-trained cavalry immediately turned.

But in just a while, the distance between Li Mao and Li Longji has been widened to three miles away.

It was only now, seeing that Wang Zhengjian, who was out of danger, that he reacted from his state of bewilderment.

His mood at the moment is not enough to describe it with just two words of regret.

If he had known, he should not have sent troops to rescue the emperor.

If the emperor is caught by Li Mao, he has been guarding Tongguan, which can be regarded as useless.

How can it not be reduced to the current situation of rebellion and separation.

Or just be decisive, and directly don't give Li Mao a chance to speak, so as not to be rebelled by the ordinary soldiers under his command.

Now he really doesn't like each other.

After this battle.

The new emperor will certainly think that he has two minds, and when he is caught, he will either be beheaded or demoted to the rank of ordinary people.

The old emperor will also think that he is incompetent, and he will definitely not reuse him in the future.

In the future, no matter who wins or loses the two emperors, he will not be able to please him.

"Alas!"

Wang Zhengjian sighed deeply.

Now he has no choice but to follow Li Longji to the black.

Half an hour later.

Li Longji finally arrived at Tongguan, which he had been thinking about.

It's just that there is no difference between the current Tongguan and an empty city.

This place belongs to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty and has been peaceful for a long time.

The standing strength of the entire Tongguan is only 10,000.

The 5,000 people Wang Zhengjian took away before were all young and strong, and now most of the remaining people are old and infirm.

And even if it is an old and frail person, Li Longji does not dare to reuse it.

The defection of the defenders of Tongguan just now has planted a thorn in his heart.

"Let's go! Go directly to Luoyang, the eastern capital! ”

Li Longji glanced back at Chang'an in the distance, and infinite melancholy rose in his heart.

"Your Majesty, when the army of the frontier Qinwang arrives, it will be easy to recapture Chang'an." The cow cyclamen persuaded him.

This is also the main reason why he and Pei Kuan have never left and followed Li Longji.

"When the time comes, we must crush Li Mao's rebel son to ashes!" Li Longji said hatefully.

"When that time comes, please let the last general do it himself!" Pei Kuan also had a hateful expression.

After nearly 20 years in the army, he has not suffered three defeats in a row like in the past two days.

"Pei Aiqing, don't worry, when that time comes, I will work with you!"

Although Li Longji has lost several games in a row, he is still confident that he will turn defeat into victory.