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And the Tang Empire will also be dying.

After a long time, Tang Xizong sat down and said complainingly, "Sima Xuan, Sima Xuan, I value you so much and trust you, is this how you repay me?

Now, without Xie Tong knocking from the side, Tang Xizong has already decided to kill him.

Sima Xiangru kowtowed on the side and said, "Please be gracious, although my father was defeated, but for many years, there has been no merit and hard work, please Your Majesty will spare his life for the sake of his life for the face of the country!"

"Shut up", Sima Xuan scolded, "Your Majesty, it's not a pity for the old minister to die, not eradicating the Yellow Nest is the biggest sin, the reason why the old minister came back is with the determination to die if he asks for sin, and the responsibility for failure is borne by the old minister alone, please Your Majesty don't blame others, including Dog Zi and General Song Wenyuan." I hope Your Majesty will be able to fulfill it. ”

Xie Tong saw it really, this is Sima Xuanmingzhe's routine to protect himself, sacrificing him, saving Song Wenyuan and Sima Xiangru, and leaving a fire for the future is a wise choice, but now it is different from the past, it is no longer Tang Xizong who is in charge, but them.

Tang Xizong glanced at Xie Tong, and saw that Xie Tong had no reaction, so he said to himself, "Okay, I miss you working hard for the country, and you will be able to play." ”

Sima Xuan said, "Your Majesty, however, the thieves are about to enter Chang'an, and the old minister has another suggestion before he dies, my Tang Empire may not be able to turn defeat into victory." Song Wenyuan has entered Shu, to ask for reinforcements, Song Kui, the king of Shu, can still move back to the situation, at this moment, is to ask His Majesty to leave Chang'an immediately, go to Shu for refuge, and wait for a comeback in the future. ”

"Shut up", Xie Tong said, "Sima Xuan, you have brought disaster to the country and the people." If you dare to bewitch the public when you are dying, how can Your Majesty easily leave the Beijing Division, if you leave the Beijing Division, the Beijing Division will be in chaos, and there will be an irreparable situation."

Hong Shan said, "Yes, Your Majesty, our army is gathered in one place, there are still 100,000 troops, it may not be able to hold Chang'an steadily, it is enough to support a year and a half, and when the Qinwang army arrives in various places, it is impossible for Huang Chao not to retreat." ”

"No", Sima Xuan continued, "What do you know, girl, the Huangchao army is more than 300,000, and it can sweep Chang'an in an instant, how can you let Your Majesty be dangerous, and it is a good policy to retreat to Shuzhong."

Sima Xiangru responded, "Yes, Shuzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in the Anshi Rebellion, the royal family also took refuge in Shuzhong, and then turned defeat into victory." ”

Tang Xizong has six gods and no master, thinking of the cruelty and ferocity of Huang Chao, deep down in his heart he hopes to retreat to Shuzhong, after all, this can really avoid danger, as for whether it is a corner of peace, he doesn't care, as long as he can escape from the clutches of Huang Chao, it is more important than anything else.

His pleading gaze turned to Xie Tong.

Xie Tong didn't pay attention to him at all, but said lightly, "Lord Taiwei, General Sima, what you are thinking about is nothing more than your own interests, as the saying goes, the king dies and the son of heaven guards the country, the Anshi Rebellion back then is very different from the current situation, how can it be compared." Everything should be done by the country. ”

Sima Xuan said angrily: "Xie Tong, don't you know what kind of heart you have when you are an old man? You just want to usurp power and seize the throne, if Your Majesty makes any mistakes, are you not afraid that the people of the world will scold you? The old man will definitely not allow this to happen." ”

Xie Tong smiled and said, "Lord Taiwei, are you still the person in charge of Chang'an, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition?

Sima Xuan's body was shocked, and he finally understood what was going on, but he still didn't flinch, but said righteously, "The old man won't let you go if he is a ghost!"

Li Zheng, who had not spoken, suddenly coughed, he had been sitting on the chair, many days of torture made his mental state very poor, although many days have passed, but still has not recovered, he said weakly, "General Xie, follow the advice of the Taiwei! Avoid Shuzhong first, as for Chang'an, this king will come to the town, waiting for the army of the king of Qin from all over the country!"

Xie Tong was quite embarrassed to hear, although he controlled Chang'an, but nominally, he was still Li Zheng's subordinate, but Li Zheng was the first to look forward and could not disobey Li Zheng's orders. He pondered for a moment, and said, "For such a dangerous matter, let's let the end come!" The army divided into two routes, one to escort the Holy Lord and the prince to take refuge in Shuzhong, and one to Xie Tong to defend the Jingshi. That's it. ”

As soon as these words came out, even Li Zheng was difficult to object, but his eyes revealed indescribable excitement and admiration.

At this time, the guards came to report that a large number of cavalry appeared in the east of Chang'an City, and the flag covered the sky.

The Yellow Nest came so fast.

Time was pressing, Xie Tong didn't have time to pretend to ask for instructions, and directly issued an order, saying, "Huo Zixin, you lead 30,000 horses to escort the Holy Lord and the prince out of the city, and set off immediately to Shuzhong, and the others will immediately enter an emergency combat state."

Everyone got busy and began to prepare for departure.

The entire Jinluan Hall was in chaos, and Tang Xizong could no longer care about the emperor's majesty, so he immediately asked someone to pack up the package.

Xie Tong turned his head and saw Sima Xuan's father and son who were about to leave, and said coldly, "Lord Taiwei, the Holy One is going to punish the crime, but don't forget it."

Sima Xiangru turned his head and said angrily, "Xie Tong, you are a communiqué personal vendetta, and I, Sima Xiangru, will never let you succeed." ”

Xie Tong snorted coldly, "You can't help this matter, come on, take down Sima Xuan for me, push out the noon gate and behead me." ”

The guards immediately gathered around.

Sima Xiangru protected in front of his father and said, "Who dares to do it!"

Xie Tong slowly walked in front of him and said contemptuously, "Sima Xiangru, with your skills, you still dare to use force in front of me, it is simply beyond your strength, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will destroy you together." ”

Sima Xiangru said, "You dare?"

Sima Xuan pushed Sima Xiangru away, faced Xie Tong, and said, "Okay, very good, General Xie, you finally won, the old man is willing to die to vent the hatred in the general's heart, Xiangru, leave me immediately." ”

Sima Xiangru roared, "Father!"

Sima Xuan also roared: "Don't you leave quickly, do you let the old man kill himself in front of you?"

Sima Xiangru was stunned on the spot, he was used to playing officialdom, and naturally knew the profound intentions behind his father's back, so he had to kneel down, kowtow, and then strode away, before walking out of the hall, he didn't forget to glare at Xie Tong fiercely.

Everyone left the main hall, Xie Tong simply cleaned up and went to the south of the city to see Li Zheng and the others on a ride.

I don't know where the news leaked, the people were in a mess, and the whole street and alley were shouting, "Huangchao is coming, everyone run!"

The entire Chang'an City is in chaos. Xie Tong had to use soldiers to open the way, so that he was able to send everyone to the south of the city.

Before parting, Li Zheng clenched Xie Tong's hand and said, "If you can't be the enemy, we will wait for you in Chengdu, don't hold on." ”

Xie Tong said, "Lord Wang, please rest assured, the army of King Qin will be waiting for you at the end." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, silent.

Xie Tong instructed Huo Zixin a few more words before returning to the city.

Tang Xizong left in a hurry, and even many princes and concubines did not take them away, they stayed in the palace, and they were in a panic.

Xie Tong immediately convened an emergency meeting, and to his surprise, Huo Zixin took away his descendants' troops, 30,000 horses, not the 30,000 people brought back by Sima Xuan, and the soldiers he guarded the city were less than 40,000, and the people in Chang'an City also walked nearly a third.

But that's okay, Huo Zixin's own people, he still has some restraint, and Sima Xuan's people will definitely not listen to him, the possibility of mutiny will happen at any time, without his own troops, how can he rest assured, he can't help but regret it, how good it would be to send Lao Lai, Lao Lai is much more stable and vigilant than him, but the matter has come to this point, and he can't be chased back.

Chang'an immediately entered a state of emergency, and the nine gates were closed, waiting for the attack of the Huangchao army.

After the enemy army arrived in Chang'an, they did not rush to attack, according to the spies, they first pursued for a while on the way to Sichuan and Shu, and only after returning in vain did they return to Chang'an and began to attack the city.

The first city in the world, the capital of the Tang Empire, has ushered in ups and downs again after more than 100 years.

The Huangchao army of nearly 400,000 surrounded Chang'an City.

Facing ten times the strength of his own army, Xie Tong knew that it would be a matter of time before the city of Chang'an was broken, and I was afraid that he would not be able to wait for King Qin's army.

At this moment, maybe Sima Xuan's idea is right, he is an out-and-out fool in the military, and he is also an insidious ambitionist in politics, but in governing the country, it can be said that he is very far-sighted, politics is different from the military, and the military is just a means of politics, however, Xie Tong can't listen to his high opinions, his head is hung on the wall of the palace, which can be regarded as revenge for Yi Wuxing! However, this hatred is not over yet, Song Wenyuan will have to pay for his blood debt sooner or later.

Xie Tong walked to the head of the imperial city and watched Sima Xuan's head sway in the wind, and the heavy rain was coming.

Meng Kai commanded the army and began to attack the city in an orderly manner, this time, he was full of momentum, Chang'an was in front of him, and he had an absolute advantage, he could easily take it without effort, it was only a matter of time.

What is even more excited is Huang Chao, after breaking through Chang'an, he can justifiably announce the fall of the Tang Empire, and the establishment of the new dynasty will continue to write a new order and charter.

Three days after the onslaught, Chang'an City faced various crises, and the lack of troops had already made Xie Tong several times in danger, if it weren't for him, Lao Lai and several other women to go into battle in person, Chang'an would have been lost.

But if you look at it this way, the general trend has gone.

In the evening, another wave of enemy offensive was defeated, and in the interval, Xie Tong held an emergency meeting.

The defenders of the city are already scarred, I am afraid that they will not be able to support it for a few days, and the loss of Chang'an has become a fact.

Xie Tong cleared his throat, made a hoarse voice, and said, "Chang'an cannot be defended, in the face of absolute superiority in troops, it doesn't make much practical sense for us to stay, it's time to leave."

These words spoke everyone's hearts, the Tang Empire is not theirs, and Chang'an is not theirs, and there is no need for them to give up their lives for something that does not belong to them and is not under their control.

Lao Lai said, "This is a question worth thinking about, we are now waiting for the battle of trapped beasts, Huang Chao and Meng Kai, I don't want to skin you and cramp, now Chang'an is surrounded by groups, and it is not so easy to break through." ”

Xie Tong knew that what he said was the truth, but it was better to fight hard than to die here, and he said indifferently, "According to my observation in the past two days, the defense in the northwest is relatively weak, and there are fewer troops than the east and south, which will be the direction of our breakthrough."

Lao Lai was surprised, "But there are still a large number of troops in the northwest direction, more than twice as many as us, and it is still difficult to break through."

Hong Shan said, "Yes, it is indeed difficult, and after we break through, we can only retreat to the northwest, unable to go south, after all, the road to Sichuan and Shu south has been blocked by the righteous army, and it is impossible to break through, do you want to make a detour from the Western Regions?"

Xie Tong pondered for a moment, and said, "I have considered these, but now the enemy is strong and I am weak, if we want to recover the disadvantage, we must strive for every bit of strength, save every point of strength, although the road is far away, but every bit of strength left behind will be the key to turning defeat into victory in the future, as for the breakout, it is not so painful, I found a large amount of black oil gunpowder in a hidden arsenal in Chang'an a few days ago, which is completely enough for us to break through the enemy's encirclement."

This news is undoubtedly encouraging.

Lao Lai smiled and said, "The power of black oil gunpowder, I guess you don't know it yet, but I am fortunate to have seen it, it's amazing, ha, with these treasures, it will be much easier to break through." ”

Xie Tong said, "Then it will be set for tomorrow night, and the whole army will go to prepare and prepare, and set off from the west of the city tomorrow night." ”

The crowd immediately returned to rest and prepared for the great battle of tomorrow.

The night passed quickly, and when the morning dawned, the soldiers were in good spirits, as if they were rejuvenated.

After a day of enemy attacks, night finally fell.

Taking advantage of the enemy's rest, Xie Tong ordered the whole army to withdraw from the defensive city wall, and all of them were close to the west city gate, just waiting for him to give an order.

Before Xie Tong set off, he reminded everyone, "After setting off in a while, you must beat hard, be fierce, otherwise the brothers will all die here." ”

Seeing that everyone was ready, Xie Tong took a deep breath and said, "Let's go!"

The gate slowly opened, and there were less than 20,000 soldiers left, all of whom rode horses, and rushed out of the city gate with great speed.

The horse's hooves trampled on the land of the winter moon, making a deafening sound when they landed, and drifting in the distance under the blowing of the north wind.

The enemy immediately noticed the anomaly and blew the horn of an emergency assembly.

Xie Tong rushed to the front, and he roared, "Brothers, prepare the fire fold, it will be merged soon."

The rain of arrows flew over first, the sky was full and dense, in the cold north wind, Xie Tong and other soldiers could hardly open their eyes, how to avoid the rain of arrows!

He was the only one, relying on his keen spiritual sense, to identify the arrows that were fired at him, and a few arrows slashed along his body, which did not cause him much danger.

However, the other brothers did not feel so well. From time to time, Xie Tong's ears heard the screams of arrows, and many brothers fell from their horses and landed on the cold ground. (To be continued.) )