The Tang Dynasty led a large army to pursue Guo Ziyi and others until outside the Forbidden City, by the moat, and surrounded Chang'an again, limiting the encirclement to a distance of dozens of acres of forbidden city.

In this battle, Li Longji's Yulin army died two of the three stops, the dead and wounded, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 old and weak soldiers in the forbidden city, and in the face of the encirclement of the Tang Dynasty's 100,000 troops, it has become a turtle in the urn, and the city is only broken between fingers.

……

In the Daming Palace, Lu Xun led 800 soldiers to be received by Li Longji.

When it came to life and death, Li Longji no longer had any reason to be jealous of the virtuous, and issued a call to the elders and generals in Chang'an City, asking them to lead the family general Keriqin Wang.

But his edict was not a dead letter at this time, but there were few responders.

As early as when the Tang Dynasty army occupied Yangping Pass, countless high-ranking officials and wealthy people had already taken their family assets and relatives to go elsewhere, and then the Tang Dynasty captured Lishan, and the escapees were like honeycombs.

Up to now, the huge Chang'an City, not to mention an empty city, but wise people like Han Xiu and Fang Kun have already returned to their hometowns, and the giant businessmen have already left, and the rest are not only the royal family, but also some people who hope to make a career in the troubled times. The prosperous Chang'an became a dangerous city because of the arrival of the Tang Dynasty.

Among all those who aspire to make contributions in troubled times, Lu Xun and Yang Jian are two outstanding figures.

Although Li Longji's edict of King Qin could not go abroad, an emperor who had reigned for more than 30 years, Yu Wei was still there after all, and even if there were few people in Chang'an City who responded, in a very short period of time, an army of nearly 10,000 people was formed.

Most of the armed forces of these wealthy families only focus on the cultivation of individual martial arts, and do not form a formation, let alone use formations, to fight the enemy one by one, which is naturally not bad, but when used for group battles, it can be regarded as a group of rabble.

"Lu Aiqing, I used to have eyes and ignorance of loyalty, so I put you aside, but now I feel very guilty when I think about it, you won't hold a grudge?"

Li Longji grabbed Lu Xun's hands with a very excited expression.

Lu Xun was greatly moved: "It is the luck of three lives for Weichen to be able to serve the emperor, where is there a reason to hold grudges." ”

On the same day, Li Longji condescended to his dignity and successively met with 38 idle ministers such as Lu Xun, Yang Jian, and Li Yunkuang, all of whom comforted him with kind words, and appointed Lu Xun and Yang Jian as the commanders of the Yulin Army, and Ma Zhengzhang and Yu Chaoen were in charge of the personal guard.

At the same time, Li Longji ordered Gao Lishi to disguise himself as a civilian overnight, and went to Henan with his edict, urgently summoning Li Guangbi, the envoy of Xuande Jiedu, to lead his troops to rush to the king.

Li Longji is a person who is full of wariness of anyone, and the famous generals in the DPRK and China are often idle, and Li Guangbi is also one of them, and he naturally knows his ability to be a fierce tiger. But in the current situation, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, so he can only use the 50,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Gyeonggi.

Of course, Li Longji was not too warm to pacify the people of Chang'an, personally inspected the defense of various city gates, and especially strengthened the iron gate of Xuanwu Gate.

……

The Tang Dynasty commanded the army to besiege the nine gates of Chang'an along the moat, and the underground village of a hundred zhang away from the city gate, three layers inside and three layers outside, based on the weight of Rome, surrounded the city of Chang'an.

……

In the Chinese military tent, the Tang Dynasty was in the position of commander, the left and right Shewa and Li Bai were the first, and more than 100 generals and colonels such as Xin Baijiang, Banlin, and Zhuanxin were arranged on both sides.

"Everyone, our army is surrounding Chang'an, Li Longji is newly defeated, the soldiers have no heart to fight, and they are all soldiers who have not experienced war, they are not as well-trained as our army, it is the best time to destroy the Tang Dynasty, everyone must work hard. After breaking Chang'an, I will share the wealth with you! ”

"General Xie!"

The faces of the generals showed excitement.

They obviously couldn't imagine that the seizure of the world was not as difficult as they imagined, and they were full of heroic worship for the Tang Dynasty.

……

In the secret room, Yang Guozhong looked happy and toasted to the Tang Dynasty.

There is no way to do it, when the two "brothers" meet again, they can't imagine that they are on the battlefield.

"Big brother, I salute you, thank you for giving me tens of millions of taels of silver grain and grass last time, if it weren't for these grains and grasses, my army would not be so sophisticated."

"Hehe, little meaning. Brother is not a big brother in the future, but ...... It's the little brother hehe, but if you have any orders, I will only look forward to the general's horse and do it. ”

Tang Chao bowed his head, drank a glass of wine with him, and was very satisfied, this guy knew that he had fallen for my plan, and he believed me wrongly, and he must have repented of his intestines, and now he was just captured by me and had to bow his head.

Hehe, such a big crime, he was able to make Li Longji not kill his head, and he still maintained his position as prime minister, but he was not a person without ability.

In fact, the real reason is not that Li Longji didn't know that he had been deceived, but that the Tang Dynasty attacked Chang'an too fast, and when employing people, Li Longji naturally couldn't kill the people around him.

He knows better than anyone that except for this treacherous and incompetent Yang Guozhong, there are only a limit to the people he can mobilize. Feng Changqing, Ge Shuhan, and Gao Xianzhi, although they have heavy troops, they are very jealous, once they are called into the capital, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be the next Dong Zhuo. So in the current situation, the army he wants to rely on is still Lee Kwang-pil's Gyeonggi troops.

The world says that Yang Guozhong is a villain, seeing the wind and making the rudder, and now seeing him like this, he can't help but like it a little, if it weren't for Li Gesang's strategy of raising traitorous ministers, I am afraid that with the power of the Tang Dynasty, he may not be able to attack Chang'an as devastating as he is now.

"Good! Yang Xiangguo said so, I Tang Dynasty is better to be respectful than to obey my fate, and I don't thank you for my great kindness, I will let you return to Chang'an. ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Bai shouted, "Wait." ”

With a bang, the Longquan sword was unsheathed, and the room was full of flowers.

In the secret room, Yang Guozhong was connected, and there were four people in total, and Sheva and Li Bai were naturally listed.

"Don't let him go!"

Sheva also spoke, tightening the thick-backed knife in his hand.

Yang Guozhong was so frightened that his face turned white, and suddenly he knelt in front of Tang Chao and stretched out his hand to hug one of his feet: "Big ...... General, I'm ...... We are brothers in life and death, we said when we worshipped, I don't want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, I only want to be born in the same year and month with **, have you forgotten? ”

"Traitor! You don't learn and don't know how to do it, you are jealous and jealous, you appoint Xiao Xiao in the court, collude with friends, harm the court, and make a good Tang Dynasty corrupt and devastated, and you hit my hands today, and you still want to live? ”

Tang Chao hurriedly waved his hand: "Big brother, this person is indeed righteous with me, and it is ominous to kill him, why don't you let him live?" ”

"However, how many people in the world have this person harmed, and once he is let go, will he still help the abuse?"

"Never! Li Daxia, the villain swears: If I go back and have the slightest behavior that endangers your army, I am not as good as a pig and a dog, oh no, I will not die well, and after death, I will go to the eighteenth layer of hell, and I will never be reborn! ”

With a bang, Yang Guozhong began to kowtow to Li Bai.

Li Bai's face turned pale, and he pointed his sword at his eyebrows: "You are a despicable and shameless villain, how many loyal and good people have been killed, and the people of the world have been harmed, why should I believe your oath?" ”

"This ...... Isn't there a red pill on General Guo's body, I have to take the antidote after eating it, otherwise I will die of poison in a year and a half, I know that I am a person like a dog, Li Daxia doesn't believe me, so I am willing to take the poison, and I will be a cow and a horse in the future, and let it be driven. ”

"Really?" A strange look flashed in Li Bai's eyes, and he said in his heart, this is not a wonderful way, and he can also use the help of this person to defeat Chang'an, but it is also a good way to cooperate with the outside world, thinking of the person who entered the undercover in Chang'an before, he suddenly became happy.

"Of course it's true, Don...... General, did you give me the red pill? ”

As soon as Sheva's hand stretched out, a fiery red pill appeared in the palm of his hand, suddenly grabbed Yang Guozhong's ear, and with a flick of his fingers, the pill entered Yang Guozhong's stomach with a bone, and then clicked on the "atrium acupoint" on his chest, making him unable to move, so as not to have an accident.

Tang Dynasty was a little unbearable, thinking that he had indeed received a lot of favors from this person, so he quickly untied his acupoint and fed a piece of medicine the size of an egg into Yang Guozhong's mouth: "Yang Xiangguo, the two countries are fighting, and personal grievances can only be put aside temporarily, this is the antidote for three months, you must hold it in the air every day and melt it a little to save your life." I believe that although Chang'an City is strong, but it will not be able to hold on to March, during these three months, I look forward to your good news day and night, and once it is done, glory and wealth will be with you. ”

"General Xie!"

Yang Guozhong kowtowed, his handsome face finally returned to blood, and he finally saved his life, with infinite joy.

"Let's go, I'll personally send you out of the camp, and I have some separate words to talk to you."

"Yes, yes."

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Outside the tent, the Tang Dynasty attached Yang Guozhong: "The safety of Yuhuan will fall into your hands, when the time comes, I don't care if you can open the city gate for me, but as long as you do this, you will be counted as a great achievement, after the founding of the country, the feudal marquis is indispensable to you." ”

"What? You, the Great General, really want to start a new dynasty? ”

"Needless to say! Since the day I started the army, changing the dynasty has been a sure thing. ”

"Good!" Yang Guozhong's face turned pale again, "I will definitely live up to my mission!" He left the camp.

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In the secret room, Tang Chao thanked Li Bai and Sheva: "If it weren't for the two brilliant scheming, I wouldn't have thought of using this kind of counter-strategy, and with this person's information in the future, Chang'an would be broken." ”

"Definitely. Chang'an is the capital of all dynasties, repaired in good condition, Tang Taizong Li Shimin is even more greatly repaired, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Fang Jin's army in the cloud ladder and other siege equipment is still lacking, if it is rash to attack the city, I am afraid that it will not work. Li Bai retorted.

"It makes sense. However, at present, Li Longji is at his weakest moment, and if he does not choose to attack at this time, he will delay the fighter in vain. Sheva retorted.

Tang Chao waved his hand and pondered for a moment: "What the two of you said is very appropriate, whether to attack quickly or slowly attack Shangrong to discuss, but let's not forget, Chang'an City still has our meticulous work, if we don't take advantage of Li Longji's weakness to attack, once the army of King Qin arrives around us, internal and external attacks, our army is in danger of annihilation." ”

Li Bai's head, this kid is indeed becoming more and more calm and wise, what he said just now was just to test the Tang Dynasty and see if he has a sense of the overall situation.

"Okay, since you all have no objections, then tonight, attack Chang'an!"