Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi didn't speak for a long time, and replied: "Miss Li, you don't have to swear this poisonous oath. Brother Xu and I can assure you that we will never hurt your father, but he must abdicate his throne and apologize to the people of the world!"

Seeing Zhou Yuanzhi pressing forward step by step, Hongye hurriedly said: "Miss Zhou, you are too aggressive, not to mention whether you grass cowards can gain a firm foothold, even if you take the world, do you have to force away all the people who work for the imperial court?"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Hongye was inferior and inferior, so she dared to interject and question herself, ignored her, and said to Li Xiuyun: "Miss Li, we can promise you, but we can't guarantee that my father and other generals of the righteous army will not harm the royal family and nobles in Chang'an City!"

Li Xiuyun smiled bitterly: "I have figured it out now: this is our own sin, and we should be punished." Miss Zhou, we are the descendants of the royal family, we don't need anyone's mercy, you can kill if you want, you can chop if you want!"

At this time, he heard the sound of siege outside, and knew that Pang Xun had commanded the army to kill outside the door, so he gave him a look. Because of his understanding, he used a wooden stick and his body to block Yun Feiyang's way out, jumped up, jumped over Yun Feiyang's head, and was about to pull out the latch of the door and enlarge the army into the pass.

Zhou Chen saw that the situation was not good, so he also flew up, and flew over everyone's heads side by side with Zhiran, Xu Zhi was afraid that Zhou Chen would break the big thing, so he also crossed to the door and blocked Zhou Chen's way.

Zhou Chen was entangled by Xu Zhi, and couldn't pull away for a while, blocking Ran, while Huifeng and He Mengjiao were stunned by the idiot, and couldn't get out of it for a while, Li Xiuyun had no choice but to sigh: "I didn't expect the three-hundred-year-old Tang Dynasty to be destroyed in the hands of your Xu Zhi, alas, that's it, this is the will of heaven!"

Ran struggled to open the gate, Pang Xun led 5,000 elite soldiers, like a tide to kill into Hangu Pass, and although the various officers and soldiers in the pass were numerous, but the soul was undecided, there was no fighting spirit, half of them abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and half fled westward.

Yun Feiyang saw that the righteous army was coming, shook a whip, snatched a war horse, held a nine-dragon whip in front of Li Xiuyun, Zhou Chen protected behind the princess, and Hui Feng and He Mengjiao also grabbed two war horses. Yun Feiyang hugged Li Xiuyun on a war horse, and let Hongye and He Mengjiao each take a horse, he led Zhou Chen, Huifeng and others to the palace, while blocking the rushing rebels, while escorting Li Xiuyun slowly westward.

Pang Xun entered Hangu Pass and asked Xu Zhidao: "Don Ma, that princess of the court has gone away, do you send troops to stop it?"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi was a little reluctant, and sighed: "Sect Master Pang, don't chase it, if you really chase it, someone will be distressed!"

Xu Zhi saw that Li Xiuyun had disappeared into the night, so he had to laugh at himself: "If you don't chase, don't chase, even if you chase it, you can't catch up!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said to Xu Zhi: "Brother Xu, I spared her and her father's lives for your sake. Otherwise, as long as the Pang Sect Master is allowed to pursue the victory, the 10,000 officers and soldiers will already become frightened birds, and before they become birds and beasts, then Chang'an City will be taken tomorrow, and the dog emperor will not be able to run away if he wants to!"

Xu Zhi understood Zhou Yuanzhi's intentions, she gave Li Xiuyun and Tang Xizong enough time to escape from Chang'an City, and then ordered not to chase the remnants of the army, which can be regarded as keeping her promise to Li Xiuyun! Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Yuanzhi, your heart is too kind, then we will stay in this Hangu Pass for one night, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue tomorrow?"

Zhou Yuanzhi nodded at Xu Zhi, who ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, count the prisoners, and integrate some prisoners of war into the new army, and then camp on the spot to rest, and then send troops tomorrow.

At midnight the next day, Zhu Wen's successor army descended from the sky and came to the front of Hangu Pass. Xu Zhi had no choice but to open the door and welcome Zhu Wen in, Zhu Wen first praised Xu Zhi in front of Zhou Yuanzhi, praising him for his courage and resourcefulness, and he could get down to Hangu Pass with 5,000 men and horses in his hand, which was simply flying over the dangerous pass. Xu Zhi said again and again that he didn't dare to be.

Zhu Wen asked again: "Xu Xianxian, since you have taken Hangu Pass in one go, why don't you take advantage of the victory and pursue overnight and catch the enemy army by surprise, so that you can take Chang'an as soon as possible and capture the Dog Emperor alive!"

Xu Zhi had no choice but to reply: "Back to General Zhu, our army has few soldiers, and the food and grass are not good, and it is a fluke to take Hangu Pass while it is dark." If we blindly pursue forward, the officers and soldiers will know that our army is false and real, and they will inevitably kill a horse gun, and at that time, there are tens of thousands of enemy troops in front of us, and there are dangerous passes and roads in the rear, and our vanguard troops will inevitably be completely annihilated. ”

Zhu Wen suggested: "Xu Xianxian, since our two armies have met, what are you waiting for? You lead your headquarters to take Chang'an directly. General Ben will help you clear the imperial court's Wuguan and Lantian garrisons!"

Xu Zhi knew that Zhu Wen intended to embarrass him, but he didn't want to work with Zhu Wen, so he shouted happily: "Okay, just follow the general's plan to enter the army!"

Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi led 10,000 righteous troops, went out of Hangu Pass, broke up with Zhu Wen, and went west along the Weishui road. Zhou Yuanzhi originally thought that Xu Zhi would not easily agree to Zhu Wen, but he was very puzzled in his heart, and asked: "Brother Xu, this Zhu Wen is very cunning, he deliberately let us fight the vanguard, but he did not move, just like this battle of Hangu Pass, he wanted the court to fight to the death with us, and reap the benefits of the fisherman, but he didn't expect that we would take Hangu Pass overnight, and he immediately rushed to grab the credit, what a great scoundrel!"

Xu Zhi said helplessly: "Yuan Zhi, I also hate working with him very much, I'm afraid that he will make some stumbling blocks for us, it's better to leave him, but we can give it a go!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said with a smile: "If you want to take Chang'an, there is still a barrier in front of you, that is, Huazhou, I heard that Huazhou City also has five thousand guards, although our army has just expanded to 10,000, but it is not easy to take Huazhou!"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "The natural danger of Tongguan in the imperial court has been lost, and all the towns in the pass are not all frightened birds, so it is worth sweeping! It is not difficult to take Huazhou, if it is not completely bright today, the defenders of Huazhou should not know the news of the loss of Tongguan." As long as our army changes into the clothes of the official army, it can blend into Huazhou City!"

Sure enough, as Xu Zhi expected, although Huazhou was under martial law, the surrounding city gates were not closed. Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi commanded a thousand righteous troops with makeup, took advantage of the chaos to infiltrate Huazhou, and with the cooperation of soldiers inside and outside the city, they took Huazhou in one fell swoop, and the defenders of Huazhou also surrendered to Xu and Zhou, and Xu Zhi's army had as many as 20,000.

Xu, Zhou, and the generals discussed that the army would rest in Huazhou for one night, and then march west to Chang'an the next day. At this time, there was a strange Taoist who rode a donkey upside down outside the tent and came to see him. Xu Zhi hurriedly welcomed the Taoist into the big tent of the Chinese army.

The generals saw that the hermit was dressed in a shabby robe, holding a whisk in his hand, and when he saw Xu and Zhou, they didn't bow down, and they were very unhappy in their hearts. Xu Zhi saw that the person was immortal and had an extraordinary bearing, and hurriedly ordered him to give up his seat and pour tea.

The hermit was also not polite, sat down safely, and after taking a sip of tea, he introduced: "Poor Dao is a native of Huazhou, named Chen Jun, because he is not used to seeing the stupid corruption of the imperial court, knowing that the world will soon be in chaos, so he closed his door to thank the guests, called himself a person from the mountains and wilderness, and lived in seclusion. ”

Xu Zhi bowed to Chen and said: "Xu Zhi has heard of Mr. Chen's name, Mr. is very clean, and he does not want to be in the company of filth, this ambition is admirable!

Seeing that Xu Zhi was very sincere, Chen Jian replied, "The general is so young, he can take charge of himself and use strange tricks to enter the Qin Pass, the general's prestige has already spread all over the counties in Guanzhong, and this Chang'an is also at your fingertips! It's just that the city is easy to obtain, but the people's hearts are hard to find!"

Zhou Yuanzhi listened and asked, "Please also ask Mr. to speak clearly!"

Chen Shu asked Xu Zhi to take a map of Guanzhong and analyzed: "Chang'an has been the political center of the country since the Western Zhou Dynasty. This is mainly because Chang'an is located in the hinterland of Guanzhong, surrounded by high mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the heroes of the past dynasties can see the world eloquently if they get Chang'an: the east Hangu Pass can deter the Central Plains, the south Wuguan can pass through Hanzhong and take Bashu, the west Sanguan can connect the countries of the Western Regions, and the north Xiaoguan can go directly to the Hetao border pass. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Chang'an was Fengjing and Haojing, and Zhou Tianzi lived in Chang'an and controlled the three hundred princes outside the Guan, and King Ping moved east to Luoyi, the world fell apart and became the Spring and Autumn Warring States. Qin Xiaogong reused the Shang Dynasty to change the law, and the folk customs in Guanzhong changed, "brave in public war, but cowardly in private fighting", and the violent Qin relied on the situation in Guanzhong to destroy the six countries and build immortal achievements; and then the Han and Sui dynasties also occupied Chang'an first, and then commanded the world from a high vantage point. ”

Xu Zhi said: "I must tell Mr. Huang Wang in the next place, let Huang Wang set the capital of Chang'an, and treat the people of Guanzhong well!!"

Chen Jian put down the teacup in his hand and said: "Before leaving the poor road, there is a proverb to dedicate to the general, and please remember that the heroes rise on the heads of ten thousand people, and the blood stains the rivers and rivers red." A tree of plum flowers is bleak, and the poor nest is empty. After saying that, he left the barracks.

The next day, Xu Zhi received a report from the front: Tang Xizong heard the battle report of the loss of Tongguan, and under the instigation of Tian Lingzi, he had led the concubines of the clan to escape from Chang'an City, and fled all the way west under the escort of the Sixth Army of the Praetorian Guard. Now there are robbers rampant in Chang'an City, robbing and setting fires, and the people have fled west with them, and there is chaos.

Xu Zhi immediately summoned the Shaolin monks, led the vanguard troops, followed the fleeing crowd, and killed them all the way to the Tonghua Gate in the east of Chang'an City, and ordered: After the soldiers entered the city, they should not harass the people, not rob the people's property, extinguish the open fire, exterminate the thieves in the city, and restore order in the city as soon as possible.

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi was very decisive and bright, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, this Chang'an City has been captured, and the emperor Lao'er has also run away, this is our first achievement." We hurriedly invited our father over, this time we can't let Zhu Wen be greedy again!"

Xu Zhi hurriedly said yes and sighed: "I just don't know where the Yellow King is now?"

Zhou Yuanzhi said: "Brother Xu, Yuanzhi was prescient this time, before taking Huazhou, I have informed my father and asked him to meet us quickly, he is afraid that he is almost in Huazhou now, in order to prevent Zhu Wen from getting the news, I must rush back to Huazhou to pick up the car first!"

Xu Zhi said with a smile, "This is the best, but you have to be careful along the way!", Zhou Yuanzhi smiled: "Big brother, don't worry, you forgot that Yuanzhi can also do martial arts." You hurry up and let people clear the court, so that your father can see your talents!", after speaking, he smiled at Xu Zhi and left.

Xu Zhi took Jing Si, Xue Atan, Liao Yin and others and a thousand volunteer soldiers to enter from the Vermilion Bird Gate, and saw that the Taichang Temple, Honglu Temple, Shangshu Province and other yamen in the imperial city were empty, and there were discarded pen and ink and burned books everywhere. Xu Zhi and others passed through the imperial city, entered the Taiji Hall of the Great Inner by Chengtianmen, saw that the palace was magnificent, there were twelve vermilion lacquer pillars engraved with dragons, the whole court hall could accommodate thousands of officials to discuss matters, the ground was covered with a dark red carpet, in the middle was the dragon seat dragon chair of the Son of Heaven on the court, the music on the table had not yet been approved, two cranes stood on both sides of the throne, and the sweet incense was burned in the mouth, and it was not burned out.

Xue Atan looked around and exclaimed: "This is where the emperor Lao'er works, it's so magnificent, it's like a fairyland, I, Xue Aniu, will also sit on the dragon chair today!", and after speaking, he was about to climb onto the dragon chair.

Xu Zhi hurriedly stopped: "Xue Atan, come down quickly! This place is not where you sit!"

An Jingsi also said: "Xue Aniu, now that we have defeated Chang'an and driven away the emperor, this dragon seat should also let Brother Xu sit first, Brother Xu does not sit, it is also you Brother An who sits, how can you not say that your kid sits first!", after speaking, he also asked Xu Zhi to sit, Xu Zhi hurriedly waved his hand and excused himself.

An Jingsi saw that Xu Zhi refused to sit down, and said with a smile: "Since the eldest brother refuses to sit down, let the younger brother sit down first!", After speaking, he sat on the dragon chair and learned the appearance of the emperor to go to court.

Xue Atan saw that An Jingsi was on the dragon chair and refused to get down, and said unhappily: "Brother An, let the younger brother taste the taste of being an emperor!", after speaking, without waiting for An Jingsi to get out of the way, he also sat on the dragon chair.

When he was young, he saw An and Xue sitting on the dragon seat, and hurriedly corrected: "It's messy, it's messy, there are two emperors in the court!", and the other soldiers of the rebel army laughed when they saw it.

Pang Xun came in and told Xu Zhi that all the palaces had been cleared, and only a small number of eunuchs and palace maids in the Yeting Palace were stubbornly resisting and unwilling to surrender. He saw that An and Xue were sitting on the dragon chair without regard to taboos, and hurriedly asked them to come down and not mess around. An and Xue listened, and then reluctantly jumped off the dragon seat.

Xu Zhi saw that the soldiers surrounded the Yeting Palace, and at this time there were bursts of familiar flute and piano sounds in the palace, Xu Zhi listened carefully, and saw that it was the song of "Wangjiangnan" that was being played inside, and he was shocked: Didn't she leave the palace with the emperor and escape from Chang'an?

Xu Zhi asked all the soldiers not to act rashly, and he decided to enter the Yeting Palace in person to find out. Xu Zhi saw that the palace gate was closed, so he had to take advantage of the plum bamboo outside the palace to fly up the palace wall, and jumped from the palace wall to the eaves covered with yellow tiles, opened a piece of tiles, and peeked down at the scene in the palace.

I saw Li Xiuyun wearing a splendid phoenix robe, coiled in a high bun, with a golden step on his sideburns, standing at the window, holding a bamboo flute in his hand, playing intermittently for a while, and then crying silently. Hongye hurriedly stopped the accompaniment and persuaded softly: "Princess, the matter has come to this, why should we stay in this palace and make senseless sacrifices, why don't we pretend to be an ordinary person, leave this palace of copper camels and thorns, and go west to Chengdu for refuge!"

Li Xiuyun cried: "Red leaves, you don't have to persuade me! I have made up my mind to live and die with this Chang'an City that gave birth to me and raised me, and now that Chang'an has been broken, I have all thoughts of discouragement, and I want to die by throwing myself into the moat, but there are still some worries that I can't let go!" After speaking, he picked up the bamboo flute, put it to his mouth, blew it gently, and sighed: "It's a pity, I can't go back to the ancient tomb of Songzhou in this life, and play a song "Wangjiangnan" with my beloved!"

Hongye handed Li Xiuyun a handkerchief embroidered with butterflies and persuaded: "Princess, you have remembered the past events in the ancient tombs of Songzhou again. Then Xu Zhi is the enemy of the court after all, even if the princess pours out her heart to him, it is in vain, why bother to suffer herself?"

Li Xiuyun turned around, wiped the tears hanging on his cheeks with a handkerchief, shook his head and said: "I also know: Xu Zhi and I have no good results, but I can't help but think about him, his smiling face, his figure and back, and that night the two of us snuggled together, flying among the crape myrtle flowers, the flying flowers passed around us, just like in a dream, never want to wake up!", After speaking, he walked to the table, picked up a paintbrush, and struggled to reminisce.

Seeing that Li Xiuyun was going to paint, Hongye hurriedly walked to the table to help her pour water and ink, modulate the colors, and said with a smile: "Princess, as long as you don't think of those sad pasts, it's good to write poems and paint!"

Xu Zhi saw Li Xiuyun on a piece of rice paper, and sketched lightly, first painting a large forest with crape myrtle flowers, a handsome young man in the moonlight, hugging a shy girl in a long robe, dancing in the petals. The young man had clear eyebrows, a smile between the corners of his mouth, and looked back at the girl in his arms affectionately, and the girl held the young man's shirt and looked at him affectionately. Xu Zhi saw that the picture was very similar to the scene in Orangutan Gorge back then, and he also trembled, and his heart couldn't calm down for a long time.

Hongye looked at the image painted by Li Xiuyun, sighed and said, "Princess, Hongye knows what you think about Xu Zhi. Otherwise, the slave maid will help you ask for an understanding, maybe Xu Zhi also likes the princess very much!" , after speaking, he will break out of the palace.

Li Xiuyun hurriedly stopped her and sighed: "Whether he likes it or not, it's already too late, now the two of us have different positions, we are strangers, and there is an extra Zhou Yuanzhi with a flowery appearance in the middle, how can it be possible between us?"

When Momiji heard this, she also felt sad, and asked, "Princess, how is that good?"

Li Xiuyun suddenly pulled out the long sword on the table, danced alone for a while, and sighed: "No matter whether Xu Zhi remembers me Li Xiuyun in the future, at least the good memories of that night will be engraved in my heart forever, and I think the same is true for him." Only what you can't get in this world is the best, and instead of fighting for a place in the world, it is better to leave a beautiful regret in his heart!", after speaking, he wiped the long sword to his neck.