The Tang Dynasty then ordered the army to clean up the battlefield.

In this battle, the Tang Dynasty lost 10,000 soldiers and horses, while Li Longji lost more than 50,000 men, and 20,000 soldiers surrendered.

It was also a real tough battle, a confrontation between the most elite troops of the Tang Dynasty and the most elite troops of the Li family's army, and the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty undoubtedly occupied an overwhelming advantage.

Li Longji led 100,000 cavalry back to Xuzhou, encountered the obstruction of An Lushan's Cai Xide department on the way, fought a big battle, lost tens of thousands of cavalry, took the road and fled back to Xuzhou, thinking that Guo Ziyi would definitely die, and cried loudly.

When An Lushan got the news of Sheva, he personally led an army of 200,000 to besiege Li Longji, but after all, he was a step late and let Li Longji flee back to Xuzhou.

Enraged, the Great Yan Emperor immediately ordered the army to fight at night.

He couldn't let the Tang Dynasty steal the limelight in the war against Li Longji.

In his opinion, the victory of the Tang Dynasty was actually his own shame.

The army he led first surrounded Xuzhou, but to their dismay, they had never achieved such a clean victory as the Tang Dynasty.

Li Longji was beaten by him and ran away with his tail between his legs, and what made him even more jealous was that Guo Ziyi was also taken away by the Tang Dynasty.

But he An Lushan is the god of war in the north, a figure who dominates the world, such a great achievement should have been his own, but it was snatched away by the Tang Dynasty, which made him crazy.

At this time, Li Longji was sitting in the empty hall, and there was only his cronie Yang Xuanlin behind him.

Suddenly, Yang Xuanlin approached Li Longji's ear and said softly, "Your Majesty, look at this." ”

As he spoke, a letter appeared in his hand.

Li Longji caught it, but didn't take it apart: "How is the war outside?" "He doesn't really care about anything else.

"Your Majesty rest assured, Niu Monk and the ministers commanded properly, first put a part of An Lushan's soldiers close to the city wall, but suddenly poured the fire oil produced in the Western Regions on the enemy's ladder, threw down the thatch, the fire was raging, and burned most of their besiegers to death, he immediately opened the city to fight, the An army was killed by our army by surprise, Xuanzan Prince made a great contribution this time, because his cavalry almost trapped An Lushan, fortunately, Tian Qianzhen and Cui Youqian desperately led the troops to rescue, and he rushed out. But in this way, An Lushan has lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he is worried that Niu Chenxiang has any tricks, so he has retreated. ”

Li Longji breathed a long sigh of relief: "Niu Chen and Prince Xuanzan, I want to reward them well." ”

When Yang Xuanlin heard this, he smirked and said, "Your Majesty, it's not too late to talk about the reward later, this matter in the letter is very tricky." There was a look of embarrassment on his face.

"How?" Li Longji pulled out the letterhead.

As soon as he finished reading it, his face suddenly showed a purple color, and with a click, he drew the Yitian Sword behind him, and slashed it fiercely, sparks were everywhere, and the desk in front of him was cut into thirty-two pieces, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Shameless puppet!" In vain, I have always valued him so much, used him so much, and did not care about his previous mistakes, and I couldn't imagine that this man's wolf ambition would actually do these things under my nose. ”

The content of the letter was written by a partial general in Gao Xianzhi's army.

In order to strengthen the control of the various generals under his command, Li Longji secretly developed a group of henchmen, and reported to him at any time the movements of the generals, whether there was treason, etc., and the letter he received just now was a secret report from Gao Xianzhi's confidants in the army.

The content of this letter described in detail that Gao Xianzhi's encounter with An Lushan's army attack in Qinghe was just a lie, and he deliberately did not save Guo Ziyi. But with Gao Xianzhi's strength at that time, if he went to save him, Guo Ziyi would not be in any danger. Later, seeing that things were unfavorable, Gao Xianzhi disregarded Li Longji's safety, retreated first, and returned to Xuzhou to pretend to be sick.

"Oh, no, did someone deliberately frame General Gao?" Li Longji seemed to have suddenly come to his senses, and thought to himself: In such a situation, you can no longer be suspicious of your subordinates, otherwise the army's morale will be chaotic.

"Your Majesty, take a look at these secret letters, the meanings are all the same" Yang Xuanlin picked up a stack of letters from the desk behind him.

Li Longji's face was discouraged, looking at the sealed secret letters, without the slightest suspicion, it seems that Gao Xianzhi not only did not save Guo Ziyi when he was in danger, but wanted to get rid of him with the help of the Tang Dynasty, and even took the lead in fleeing for his life when he was in danger, which was already intolerable.

Yang Xuanlin watched Li Longji's hand holding the Yitian Sword tremble, and he knew that he was already angry to the point where he couldn't suppress it, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Gao Xianzhi is so bold and reckless, I will go and kill him now!" ”

With a bang, the long sword on Yang Xuanlin's waist came out of its sheath, and it had become his instinct to follow Li Longji to kill.

"Wait." When Yang Xuanlin turned around, he saw a calm Li Longji.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

"No need to go!" Li Longji's voice was also terrifyingly calm.

"Why, Your Majesty, the rebels and thieves among them, staying by your side will be a big hidden danger in the future."

"Nope! You can't kill him now. In today's situation, my court can no longer withstand even a little turmoil, remember my words, tolerate it, just act as if nothing happened, go, go and see him now. ”

"This, Your Majesty, you know that he is pretending to be sick, and you still want to see him?" The green tendons on Yang Xuanlin's forehead jumped.

Li Longji's brows immediately furrowed, that was a signal that he was not ready to talk, Yang Xuanlin had to follow behind Li Longji and go to visit the patient.

"Ahem......" Gao Xianzhi's loud coughing sound came from the tent.

Li Longji walked in, Yang Xuanlin opened the tent for him, and said, "General Gao, Your Majesty has come to visit you personally." ”

At this time, Yang Xuanlin's ability in the middle stage of the transformation realm was really extraordinary, and when he spoke, he didn't have the previous fireworks at all.

"Oh, Your Majesty, Weichen is really damned, I didn't know that Your Majesty was coming, I missed the welcome, cough ......" turned over and sat up on the bed.

Li Longji hurriedly stretched out his hand and pressed his shoulder: "General, lie down quickly, your body is important." ”

"I ...... I'm really moved, the body of the micro-minister's ant, how can I ask Your Majesty, I ......"

Suddenly, with a cough, he spit out a mouthful of blood, wetting the sheets in front of him.

Li Longji hurriedly helped Gao Xianzhi to lie down, and someone had already come up to wipe Gao Xianzhi's chest clean.

Li Longji sneered in his heart: What an old fox, if I hadn't installed my henchmen in his army in advance, maybe I would really think that this old boy was serving the country, and he was injured a lot, so I would have to reward him greatly.

At that moment, Li Longji comforted a few words, and called out his son Gao Yu, comforted him together, told him to take good care of his father, and then left.

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More than ten miles east of Xuzhou City, Tang Dynasty military camp.

Guo Ziyi stood in the hazy night, looking at the Tang Dynasty slowly approaching, showing a very friendly smile.

The Tang Dynasty did not bind him or put shackles on his feet, but sent two particularly beautiful maids to serve him.

But Guo Ziyi refused, he only drank a few glasses of water brought by the two maids, and insisted on refusing to change clothes.

At this time, he was undoubtedly very terrifying, his clothes and armor were full of blood, and his whole body exuded a terrifying aura.

He seems to have been waiting for the appearance of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty has finally arrived.

This is a very clear young man, and the feeling he brings to people is warmth and refreshment.

"General, we'll meet again." Tang Chao looked at a few bushes of daisies on the edge of the barracks and talked lightly.

The anger was very relaxed, Guo Ziyi didn't feel any hostility or discomfort at all, in front of this young man, he suddenly felt like a bird in flight.

The Tang Dynasty didn't seem to deliberately entertain him, but his body exuded a temperament that made people close.

In an instant, all Guo Ziyi's vigilance was released, and she said casually: "Yes, we meet again." ”

Tang Chao said: "General, please forgive me for being blunt, it was the maid who entertained you who made you angry?" As he spoke, he pointed to Guo Ziyi's blood-drenched armor.

"Definitely. They treated me very well and I didn't want to change my clothes. ”

"Oh, what's the reason for that?"

"This is the armor that my majesty personally gave me, and I can't take it off."

Tang Chao smiled: "Don't forget the old man, it's the husband's doing." ”

"Not only the deceased, but also the minister of His Majesty of my family."

"The ministers are divided into three classes, and you can only be regarded as a fool." Tang Chao's eyes suddenly sharpened, and at this time, he looked like an unsheathed sword.

The martial arts of the Tang Dynasty have reached the point where affectionate temperament can change in an instant.

"Would you like to hear about it?" Guo Ziyi's expression suddenly sharpened.

Careful people can see at this time that Guo Ziyi's eyes exude an impulse, an impulse to die with the Tang Dynasty, and his eyes are as terrifying as a beast.

However, the Tang Dynasty didn't seem to notice it at all, and Kan Kan said: "The distinction between third-class courtiers is loyal ministers, foolish ministers and mediocre ministers. Those who are mediocre are drifting with the flow, insignificant, and have a lot of volume; Loyal ministers, iron bones, heavy as Mount Tai, rare; And the foolish ministers, who do not know how to advance or retreat, hurt themselves and others, and leave behind the infamy of the ages, and now the general is such a foolish minister. ”

Guo Ziyi's face showed a contemptuous smile: "I, Guo Ziyi, have made countless contributions to the king and the country, and today I am here in battle, how can I leave a legacy of infamy through the ages?" ”

"General, please listen: Today, Li Longji is profane, causing chaos, and the people's will has been lost, and the general is helping him, isn't it against the will of the people of the world, and there are many killings, and the people of the world don't scold you, do you scold me and An Lushan? This is one of them; Moreover, the remnants of the Tang Dynasty will be purged soon, and the world will no longer be surnamed Li, in the history books, of course you are rebellious, and then there is, the last point, Guo Ai married the lord of Luoshui, has become a rebellious relative, and will definitely be jealous of the new prince in the future, and the general himself was squeezed out by Gao Xianzhi, and he was defeated in this battle, not to mention that he was almost wiped out, and he almost took Li Longji's life, even if he returned to Li Longji's account, he would definitely be attacked by the ministers of the court. Even though you are not afraid to die to thank Li Longji for his knowledge, have you thought a little bit about your future generations? If you are a fool and you are insulted by future generations, why don't you fall into infamy through the ages? The voice of the Tang Dynasty was sonorous and powerful.

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