Halfway through the winter month, many people in Chang'an City are already looking forward to the Shangyuan Festival.

In the palace courtyard called "Golden Flower Fall" in the northeast corner of Xingqing Palace, two cardamom young palace ladies do not know the world, and talk about the rebellion that swept to Tongguan, and they still feel far away.

"It's really annoying, if the rebellion is not quelled, I'm afraid it will delay the Shangyuan Festival."

"I've been looking forward to the Shangyuan Festival for a long time, and now that I've entered the palace, I should be able to see Xue Lang in the Calyx Tower, right?"

"What else does Xue Lang have to say? The reputation has been passed on for many years, and it must be old. Now the youngest handsome talent in Chang'an is Cui Dong, Cui's sister-in-law, noble birth, and Wencai Bingran......"

"Look over there, the news is coming, the concubine has been paying attention to the war, so she must have come to send news to the concubine."

They peeked over and could see Xie Aman walking hurriedly, looking around a little sneakily, turning the long corridor.

It was inconvenient to talk much at night, Tian Liangqiu said, left quickly, and quietly disappeared into the night.

He always had the confidence to defeat An Lushan, and made the most appropriate response after the rebellion.

"I don't know, there is one of them, Yan Zhenqing calls him 'Brother'."

Yan Zhenqing entered first, and the person who followed behind him was very similar to him, and he was also the same majestic figure and calm face, but he was older, and his beard and hair were gray, it was Yanshi County, Yan Chunqing.

"He will not let King Qing ascend the throne easily."

"Whoa."

"Drive!"

Xie Aman said again: "When I came here, I saw that there was a five-hundred-mile express delivery, and there should be new news, but I couldn't inquire about it. ”

"Say."

Yang Guozhong swallowed his saliva and thought about it.

"Good!"

On the official road to the west of the city, the dust and smoke raised by the horses' hooves never fell. The sage issued three orders a day, and sternly ordered Ge Shuhan to send troops immediately. This is no longer a consultative tone, but a formal will.

"Who?"

"It seems that the rebellion will soon be put down." Yang Guozhong responded cautiously and said softly: "No matter what, this matter is gratifying. ”

Speaking of this, he unconsciously lowered his voice and said, "They said 'Xue Bai is right', 'Gao Xianzhi is deeply disappointed in the sage', and they also said that 'the explosives have already been planted'. ”

"The saint is seeing Yang Guozhong, and no one is allowed to disturb him."

They originally wanted to transfer the Shuo Fang army into Guanzhong to escort them, but Ge Shuhan took out human and physical evidence to point out that An Sishun and An Lushan colluded, and Li Longji felt more of Ge Shuhan's threat, but he was also wary of An Sishun, so he sent a trustworthy minister to Lingwu to rectify the Shuo Fang army, and let Yang Guozhong train the new army.

Once the war enters such a stage of attrition, the victory of the Tang Dynasty is already doomed, because the rebels cannot fight for a long time. Li Longji, who has been an emperor all his life, knows this very well, but for him, if he just defeats An Lushan, it is far from enough to restore his prestige. He needs a big win.

He was invited by Ge Shuhan to discuss the military situation, and after watching the military situation, a banquet was set up in Tongguan, and Wang Sili frequently toasted him, wanting to get him drunk and inquire about the attitude of the saint.

"It's fine."

He should have known the saint best, but he was indeed too frightened, forgetting for a moment that the saint cared about power the most.

Xie Aman said: "It is said that Helan Jinming also crossed the Yellow River, but the concubine can rest assured, it is said that the rebellion will be put down soon, and when the peace season comes, what can't be explained slowly?" ”

Li Longji said with cynicism: "The world says that I connived at An Lushan and led to a rebellion, and there are many complaints, if I abdicate, I can let the people of the world breathe a sigh of resentment." ”

So, he ordered Guo Ziyi to command the Shuofang army and Li Guangbi to command the Hedong army, march eastward, defeat the rebels again and again, and recover Hebei. As a result, officials from all over the country also participated in the counterinsurgency, such as Xu Yuan in Suiyang, Lai Yao in Yingchuan, Li Qi in Dongping, Lu Jiong in Nanyang, and even Zhang Xun and Jia Ben in Yongqiu...... On Li Longji's map, Luoyang was already surrounded by the flags of the Tang Army.

Li Longqi couldn't have thought of this method, but he didn't say it. Proposed by Yang Guozhong, the meaning is completely different.

"Stop immediately, otherwise it will be dealt with as a violation of military orders!"

Victory is a matter of course, Li Longji has never taken Zahu in his eyes, he is worried about another thing, so his tone sank, and he asked: "How is the new army that let you train?" ”

hurriedly took the horse and galloped to the city gate, but saw Wang Sili coming in front of him.

Yang Yuhuan was lazily leaning against the window to watch the snow scene, slightly narrowing his eyes, looking a little bored.

"Ge Shuhan said that the war in Tongguan was tight, and just in case, he asked to let the new army of Bashang belong to him, so as to facilitate emergency mobilization in times of crisis."

The snow was still falling, and it was a cloudy day, with low cloud pressure and a dull feeling.

Tongguan is not passed, the news is Helan Jinming sent from Ningling, through Nanyang, take Wuguan Road to Chang'an, the stagecoach travels 500 miles a day, very timely. But the situation is changing rapidly, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow.

Yang Guozhong couldn't answer, so he had to say: "Perhaps, Ge Shuhan just had a conflict with Du Qianyun, not necessarily to rebel." ”

Initially, Wang Chengye, the general of Yulin, was the town of Taiyuan, and Cheng Ang, the general of Jinwu, was in charge of the party, ensuring that An Lushan could not threaten Chang'an from the west of Taihang Mountain; Then Wei Weiqing Zhang Jieran sat in Kaifeng, and Gao Xianzhi sat in Luoyang, ensuring that An Lushan could not threaten Chang'an from Henan. It's just that he didn't expect Zhang Jieran and Gao Xianzhi to disappoint him so much, the rebels broke through the Eastern Capital within a month, and the world shook, which really broke his arrangement. Fortunately, the situation did not reach the point of no return, and he calmly dispatched and stationed 200,000 troops with Ge Shuhan to garrison Tongguan and contain their western offensive.

"Escort Li Cong down and interrogate!"

Neither can Geshuhan be removed, nor can the saint abdicate. At present, there are only two ways to go, one is that everything is as usual, just according to the established strategy, there is no doubt about pacifying An Lushan, and then Mingsheng will secretly descend and transfer Ge Shuhan back to Chang'an Rongyang. But in this way, everything is only expected to be loyal and obedient to Ge Shuhan, but in fact, people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat......

"Yes, Gao Xianzhi was still shouting when he was escorted down from the city, the sergeants and soldiers of the army saw him beheaded with their own eyes, what doubts did General Du have."

"Exactly, the sage suspected that Brother Shuhan had an abnormality, and ordered me to change my subordination to him, so as to facilitate the exploration of his mind."

The guards shook their heads grimly, silent, but also apparently that something bad was wrong.

But in fact, even Yang Yuhuan didn't know what serious crime Xue Bai had committed this time, which made Li Longji so strict to arrest him.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has been no shortage of emperors. If Li Longji abdicates, he can at least continue to enjoy himself. But Yang Guozhong is obviously bound to die, otherwise even the saint will be blamed, can the new emperor not kill a single sinner?

Yang Guozhong pleaded in fear for a long time, couldn't help but glance up, saw Li Longji's cold eyes, and finally reacted - how could a saint be willing to abdicate? It's impossible, it's just beating yourself with words.

"What's going on, so serious?" Zhang Yunrong pretended to be relaxed and asked with a smile.

"I have urgent military business to go back to!"

As he spoke, he looked at the other person and said, "Fan Gao, you say." ”

Wang Sili was speechless.

"Yes."

Instead, Du Qianyun waved his horsewhip and rushed to the city gate. He knew that Tian Liangqiu must have been detained, and he must leave Tongguan as soon as possible and report to the sage about Gao Xianzhi and the explosives.

"Containment? What about Ge Shuhan and An Lushan's two Hu people? ”

"I didn't ask about that." Du Qianyun smiled: "I mean Wu Jianjun has a good heart. ”

He can ruin the happiness of millions of people with a single word, because he is the closest thing to God in this world.

He coughed twice, then lowered his voice and said, "The affairs of the army are definitely not something that I can decide. Not to mention Tian Liangqiu, Wu Yuanzi and others staring, even among the generals of Longyou, how many people dare to follow our soldiers? ”

"High ...... Zhang Guangsheng, let's talk about it first. ”

"Do you think that Ge Shuhan has been replaced?"

All he caressed with his hands was the chair under his buttocks.

He couldn't see the 200,000 men who were guarding Tongguan at all, and he couldn't remember that they were also husbands, sons, and fathers of others...... He just wanted them to die.

However, when there was a knock at the door at night, he immediately woke up, his eyes bright, and he was still half drunk.

Du Qianyun was horrified and asked, "What do these words mean?" Hasn't Gao Xianzhi been decapitated? What exactly are they planning? ”

"What?!"

But they are Longyou soldiers.

Yang Guozhong took the order, but did not leave, because he knew that this would not solve the actual problem, and even intensify the conflict. Sure enough, Li Longji quickly vetoed this order again.

Guarding the yellow earth of Biansai for half their lives, they guarded not only the saints and Chang'an, but also the countless people behind them, because they were the husbands, sons, fathers, brothers, friends, and even just strangers they never knew.

"Concubine, I inquired." Xie Aman stepped forward and whispered: "He was in Yongqiu more than a month ago, defeated the rebels, and wanted to recover Kaifeng. ”

"Sage, Ge Shuhan must be going to rebel!" Yang Guozhong saw that he was silent, so he had to remind him again.

Tian Liangqiu asked, "Where is the suspicion?" ”

In fact, they have another way out, that is, to cooperate with the rebels and "clear the monarch's side" together, and An Qingxu has sent envoys to lobby Ge Shuhan more than once.

She tried to defuse the saint's anger with witty words, as she had done in the past, but she was revived, and the saint began to snub her for a while, apparently asking her to reflect on herself and stop worrying about irrelevant people.

"He deliberately 'had a stroke' in order to test my mind. At that time, I had never replaced him, not to mention today, once the order is issued, the 200,000 army marches westward, will you stop it?! ”

"Poof!"

In the city tower, Wang Sili gritted his teeth and said, his eyebrows upside down, quite decisive.

There were two more generals behind Yan Chunqing, the armor on their heads was very low, and their faces were wrapped in bloody straps, making it difficult to see their faces.

This road is categorically untakable.

~~

Tongguan.

Yang Yuhuan then beckoned Zhang Yunrong and said, "You go to the sage to investigate, whether it is sunny or rainy......"

"Obey."

Wang Sili was silent for a moment, and finally spit out a word with some depression. After that, he was much happier.

"Then put down the rebellion first, and then raise your arms with the power of counterinsurgency."

"When the rebellion is put down, I'm afraid it'll be too late."

"Stop!"

He was so because these men were the most likely to disagree with them in his army, but no one objected, and they all nodded.

"The holy will is decided, and this is the only way, otherwise if it drags on any longer, the imperial court will chase the blame and cut off the grain and grass in Tongguan, in case the army mutinies, it will be even more inappropriate."

Presumably, when Xue Bai came back in peacetime, it was nothing more than to clear up the charges in front of the emperor in the midst of talking and laughing in front of the palace as before, not once or twice.

Zhang Guangsheng was tall and had a pair of eyes that were extremely sharp, so he stepped forward and said: "Before I retreated to Tongguan, I thought about ambushing the rebels, so I set up arrangements in Taolinsai. It's a pity that before the decisive battle, I have ...... That's it. ”

At this time, the rebels are like a hungry tiger in a cage in Shaanxi County, knowing that they are going to die, and the most vicious time, they drive the army of 200,000 veterans and recruits of Geshuhan into the cage, what will they be bitten into? How many people are going to die?

But no matter how many people die, they will definitely win. It was supposed to let them die, and then both sides would be defeated, and no one would have the ability to admonish them anymore.

"The concubine wants to see the saint."

Tossing and turning all night, the next day the sky was faintly bright, Du Qianyun had already gotten up, patrolled around the city of Tongguan, and intentionally or unintentionally went to the residence of the prison army Wu Yuanzi. When he got nearby, he was stopped by two soldiers.

An Lushan didn't even have time to become emperor, and he was about to be flooded by the Tang army at any time, all because of the strong national strength of the Tang Dynasty and the wisdom of the Son of Heaven.

"Say."

Seeing that he was still lucky at this time, Li Longji became more and more angry in his heart, but he didn't bother to say anything more to him, pacing back and forth on his own, thinking about countermeasures.

The map was spread out, but everyone looked at one of the generals wrapped in a wrap first.

Du Qianyun knew it in his heart, and pretended to be drunk and confided that Yang Guozhong was worried about the rebels' breakthrough of Tongguan.

Du Qianyun said: "It is suspected that he is constructing the East Palace, and Xue Bai is in connection with this matter, but also?" ”

"I expected it." Li Longji was not surprised, and said in a reasonable tone: "Hu Er is delusional, how can he resist my heroic master if he dares to rebel in Hebei?" ”

Yang Guozhong was so shocked that he hurriedly kowtowed.

Li Longji and Yang Guozhong are actually the same, and they have paid a lot of ...... in order to sit in their current position

But what is the meaning of this will? If the spit pot didn't have the idea of killing people with a knife? ”

"If you want me to say, run back to Chang'an and capture Yang Guozhong."

He had suddenly aged a lot, not because of a sudden wrinkle on his face, but because of a feeling of exhaustion. Originally, although he also looked like a septuagenarian, his spiritual temperament would not make people realize that he was old, but at this moment, his old state was like a butterfly breaking out of a cocoon, and he couldn't be closed anymore.

"Your Majesty! Don't think about it, it's a conspiracy created by Xue Bai to support the crown prince, they deliberately forced Zahu to rebel, how can Your Majesty take the blame? Never! ”

"Then we will discuss how to destroy the enemy." Geshuhan said.

"What about the man who went to take him? The saint is urging very much. ”

"Since the saint has issued an order to urge, I intend to fight a decisive battle with the rebels and annihilate them in a battle." Ge Shuhan said, "If you agree, I will report to the whole army." ”

Du Qianyun looked at the outline of the Qinling Mountains in the night and digested the news he heard tonight, and gradually, he felt that the mountains in front of him seemed to be about to be devoured, he couldn't help but shudder, and muttered to himself.

In the hall, Li Longji's face was very solemn, and he personally told Yang Guozhong the information he had just gotten.

The commander of this new army is called Du Qianyun, who was carefully selected by the two monarchs and ministers, loyal and good at fighting.

——The ministers and others led troops to the north to take Fanyang, overturned the thieves' lair, and took the wives and children of the thieves as hostages, and if they were recruited, the thieves would be defeated. The Tongguan army should only hold on, kill it with years, and never go out lightly.

"I see, I hope that Wu Jianjun will recover soon." Du Qianyun said inadvertently, "After I heard that Gao Xianzhi was beheaded, it was Wu Jianjun who personally verified it and buried the head and the corpse together?" ”

Yang Guozhong almost crashed into the Qinzheng Building, staggered, and almost fell in front of Li Longji. None of this was taken care of, and he said in a hurry: "Ge Shuhan...... Beheaded Du Qianyun! ”

Li Longji's eyes widened, and he was silent for a long time.

"Shut up!" Ge Shuhan, who was lying on the couch, snorted and said: "The rebellion has not been settled, once Chang'an is turbulent and the rebels are desperate, when will the world be in chaos?" ”

Before the west gate was closed, Du Qianyun directly hit it; Wang Sili sat on the war horse, didn't say much, picked up the long knife with both hands, and swept straight away.

Tian Liangqiu said: "I haven't seen anyone, I can't be sure. I once quietly went outside the house in the name of military affairs and listened to their conversations, which were intermittent, but there were some key sentences. ”

"Calm down, think about what to do now." Li Longji said.

Naturally, it will not be in the name of "guarding against Ge Shuhan", but to resist the rebels and support Tongguan at any time. In this way, the reason given by Ge Shuhan was high-sounding, making it difficult for the imperial court to refuse.

"Shhhh

It was Tian Liangqiu, a loyal minister arranged by the saint in the army, who flashed into the house and said, "But the saint ordered you to come?" ”

Yang Guozhong knelt down and climbed two steps forward, and said, "Xue Bai has entered Luoyang, if there is no decisive battle, the rebellion will be put down first!" ”

He was very dissatisfied with the accusations that he had caused the rebellion, and felt that everyone in the world was wrong.

At this time, Li Longji first talked about Xue Bai's victory in Yanshi, and then asked about this new army, which obviously meant to prevent Xue Bai from colluding with Ge Shuhan.

After a long time, Li Longji's eyes flickered, and he asked slowly: "What if I take the initiative to abdicate as the emperor and let Li Cong ascend the throne?" ”

After a while, several people gathered on the tower of the city to discuss a decisive battle with the rebels.

"No!"

"Du Qianyun, the marshal hasn't ordered you to leave yet!"

"Why don't you dare? Aren't these stupid tricks of the saints enough to disappoint them? ”

~~

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

When they go into battle to kill the enemy, they have long been accustomed to carrying their own lives when they encounter anything.

In the cold weather, the sweat on Yang Guozhong's forehead kept dripping, and the word "soldier" was like a knife around his neck.

When he turned to leave, the smile on his face quickly took off, and he ordered his own soldiers: "Go, leave Tongguan immediately!" ”

Yan Zhenqing didn't mention the killing of Ben Chang'an at all, but only said the consequences of resisting the decree, in short, there was nothing to do with the saint.

"Wait! Inappropriate. Li Longji said: "You are my prime minister, how to deal with it?!" ”

"I did find something unusual in the army." Tian Liangqiu's eyes were full of worry, and he hesitated before he spoke, and said, "There are some people hidden in Geshuhan's army, and they easily refuse to let me see them. ”

Because Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's letters of recital are placed on the case, word by word, the general trend of the world has been analyzed very clearly.

Having said that, he didn't dare to show joy on his face.

Yang Guozhong knows very well that once Xue Bai and Ge Shuhan want to support the new monarch, the first person to kill must be himself, a minister, in order to be heard by the world. He then swept away the habit of reporting good news but not bad news, and said, "Sage, there is one more thing. ”

This is a showdown of determination and strength.

"This is the Longyou soldier." Ge Shuhan said, "Please Yan Zhenqing and Gao ...... Zhang Guangsheng: They come. ”

Wang Sili listened to it and thought to himself, this father-in-law is really not as decisive as his son-in-law, if Xue Bai is here today, there may be other words.

"Driving ......"

When Li Longji heard this, his face became darker and darker, and he didn't speak, because he hadn't found that Ge Shuhan had such a powerful power skill before.

~~

"The latest news, Xue Bai has conquered Yanshi and entered Luoyang."

"There is no more evidence at the moment, but please be careful with the saints, and in any case, we will talk about it when the rebellion of Zahu is put down."

"Your Majesty!"

"Have you forgotten, how long has King Qing been in the East Palace? The name of the saint I is really dissatisfied with everyone? Ge Shuhan said: "Also, how many people in the army are loyal to the king's henchmen?" If the king of Zhong intervenes to suppress the war, are you really sure? ”

The war horse was still running forward, and Du Qianyun's body was still sitting there in the saddle, but the head was gone, and only the broken neck was still bursting with blood......

~~

Du Qianyun ascended Tongguan and looked at the Yellow River in the north and the rebels in the east.

Yang Guozhong also knew that what he said next was very shameless, and he was worried about being punished, so his tone was very weak, and he said: "Drive the wolf and devour the tiger." Rather than wait for Geshuhan's military advice, it is better to order him to fight the rebels as soon as possible. At the moment, any will to deal with Goshuhan may force him to rebel, but he cannot refuse to rush for a decisive battle, if he is cowardly and disobeys the holy decree, how can he obey the people? ”

"There are An Lushan rebels to contain ......"

"This ......"

Outside the diligent government affairs building, the guards standing up straight one by one, not swaying in the wind and snow. Seeing Zhang Yunrong coming over from afar, they didn't dare to have the flattery of the past, and the two halberds stood straight in front of her.

Everyone knows this, Taolin Sai is in the east of Tongguan, also called Taolin County, in the first month of the twenty-ninth year of Kaiyuan, the sage dreamed of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu told him that "there is a body without borders, and there is a very celebration", so there are officials who saw Lao Tzu Xianshen hidden the spirit talisman in Yin Xi's hometown, a dig, and really dug it, so the Taolin County was renamed Lingbao, and the year name of "Kaiyuan" was changed to "Tianbao".

"Sage, the minister has a way."

"Loyal King ......"

"An Lushan Qingjun side, are you also Qingjun side?!" Ge Shuhan was so angry that he had to open his hair, so he suppressed Wang Sili.

After a few words of greeting, I learned that Wu Yuanzi was sick.

"In what name do you have now? Summoning the world 'We don't want to quell the rebellion, but only want to support the prince'? "In any case, after the rebellion is put down, then we have the qualifications to talk about these things." ”

When Geshuhan's soldiers arrive, what will he use to admonish the saints? Of course, it's the head of him, the prime minister.

An imperial aura suddenly emanated from the couch.

Du Qianyun was surprised: "But the plain is too guarded by Yan Gaoqing? I heard that this person and Xue Bai fought in Yongqiu, how could he be in Tongguan? ”

Yang Guozhong hurriedly leaned over and replied: "I am stationed on the ba, practicing day and night, to defend the saint!" ”

Li Longji closed his eyes, opened his lips, and easily spit out a word.

"You also know that the third sister is always inquiring about Xue Bai, so let you be more concerned about it." Yang Yuhuan explained, a rare smile on his face, and said, "In short, the rebellion should be put down." ”

"Okay." Fan Gao lifted the shroud on his face, pointed to the map, and said, "There is a narrow road in the West Plateau of Taolin, which is the place where the spirit runes were dug up back then. ”

Yang Guozhong, as the prime minister, should have thought about how to deal with it before he dared to come to report, so he said: "The minister thinks that it is not impossible." If this matter is not allowed, it makes Ge Shuhan wary. And if he agrees, the minister dares to assert that Ge Shuhan still can't mobilize the new army, but can let Du Qianyun test his mind......"

In the eyes of many courtiers, the transformation of the saint from wisdom to mediocrity began from this.

"So, we set up the ambush there." Fan Jiaodao: "Prepare to end the rebellion there......"

(End of chapter)