The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 219 Burning Wind
The sky gradually rose above the clouds, and the people of Chang'an who got up early the next morning suddenly found that there were many more guards patrolling the street.

Not long after, a piece of news spread that the Shence Army was defeated by the rebel Li Jiji, causing quite a commotion in the city.

The reason why Chang'an blocked the news before was that there were rebels who invaded Chang'an, but they had heard a little bit. Even if there were, Chang'an still had [-] magical troops, and the emperor had the appearance of Zhongxing, so not many people took it to heart.

Now that the news is confirmed, the people in the city seem a little panicked. After all, it has not been many years since Huang Chao invaded Chang'an. Many people still remember the scene at that time in their hearts. For a while, pedestrians were in a hurry, and vendors rushed out of the city with loaded goods.

At the same time when the city was slightly chaotic, in a restaurant in Dongshi, Wang Feiying walked in in regular clothes and went straight to the private room upstairs. Bai Yunxiang behind the counter put down the account book and followed to the private room, looking at the expression on her face. Joyful Wang Feiying quickly asked the other party if it was news from outside the city. The latter nodded and told her about the battle outside the city.

Bai Yunxiang clenched her handkerchief tightly. Facing the cruelty of war, she experienced it on the way to the south when she was fleeing for refuge. When she heard that Geng Qing was also among them, she stood there in a daze for a long time after defeating the imperial army.

When Wang Feiying finished speaking and left, she came back to her senses, turned around to look at her back, and said in a low voice: "If you can spread the news, tell uncle for me, swords have no eyes, and hope he is well."

Wang Feiying at the door just nodded, went downstairs and passed a few tables of guests, most of them were discussing the situation outside the city. In the circle, after all, there are rebels making trouble again, and they are indignant or feel aggrieved when they invade Chang'an. The majestic capital of a country can be entered by anyone?
The officials in the city know more in detail. The five armies of Shenwu, Yulin, Longhu, Longxiang, and Tianxing, totaling more than [-] people, lost [-], and fled to Chang'an in defeat. They should be still on the way at this time. At night, he was furious and issued several edicts to reprimand him.

At the same time, Wang Chongrong, the Hezhong Jiedu envoy who came to Chang'an, was summoned by decree to enter the palace to face the saint.

Near noon, a carriage entering the city quietly drove into the imperial city and stopped outside Chengtianmen. The old man was over 50 years old. For some reason, he was still alive and full of energy. When he entered the Taiji Palace, he whispered from time to time Ask about the accompanying eunuch, ask the emperor how he is, whether he is still angry, etc.

Soon, he saw the emperor Li Ye. In the magnificent Taiji Hall, hundreds of court officials, Chinese and military officials were waiting in the hall one by one. During the current war, the threat of bandits outside the city has not diminished. They cannot leave the palace at will. The commandment issued.

Li Ye was good at nourishing Qi, even though he vented his anger that night, in the golden hall, his tone was still gentle. When he saw Wang Chongrong was called into the hall, he also got up from the dragon chair and asked someone to bring a chair.

"Wang Jiedu envoy is old, so he doesn't have to stand like other civil and military officials."

"Old minister, thank you Your Majesty."

Wang Chongrong was bloated, and he was no longer as powerful and vigorous as he was in his prime. After handing over his hands to thank him, he slowly sat down on the chair by the side of the hall, without saying a word, half-lidded, staring at the ground in a daze.

Li Ye on the imperial steps also stood for a while, seeing that he was silent, a smile appeared on his face, "Wang Qing came to Chang'an at my will, and Wei Datang's heart can be learned from it. I have probably heard about the battles outside the city a few days ago. , I wonder if there is a way to crack it?"

After saying that for a long time, all civil and military officials looked at Wang Chongrong who was sitting under the dragon pillar. The old man didn't move at all, and there was even a slight snoring sound. Li Ye's expression was ugly and he coughed twice. A little woke up, opened his eyes, and quickly got up and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty, forgive me, the old minister is old, he came from a long journey, and his body is tired. As soon as he sat down, the sleep demon hit him and he couldn't hold on."

"Qing came from afar and is loyal, don't I understand?" Li Ye smiled, and asked the previous question again, Wang Chongrong closed his eyelids, stroked his beard and nodded.

Immediately he opened his mouth and asked:
"Your Majesty, may I ask how many soldiers and horses there are in the bandit army?"

"Longyou's army has more than 1 soldiers, including Fengxiang's more than [-] people, there are also [-]." Li Ye didn't know the number of bandits after the battle, so he had to use his previous estimate.

Wang Chongrong opened his eyes and said: "The old minister came this time, with 3000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which is not enough to deal with it, but if we cooperate with Tianxing, Longxiang, Shenwu and other troops, we should attack them head-on, and the thieves will be defeated."

"I'm just waiting for Qing's words. Qing is an old minister. The Hezhong government army in my hand has fought against the yellow bandits. It can be regarded as having gone through battles. With Qing here, I can rest easy."

Li Ye's words are not flattery, Chang'an only has soldiers and horses, and there are [-] to [-] people, defending the city, it is not difficult to stop Li Jiji, but the capital of a country is besieged, how can he have any face as an emperor?If there is the cooperation of the Hezhong government army to defeat the army of Longyou, firstly, it will practice the magic strategy army, and secondly, the emperor will strategize and defeat the enemy under the city, it will look good in face.

It only needs to be defeated for a while, and then Li Ye spreads the opponent's army in the name of surrender. If the opponent refuses, his soldiers will lose their fighting spirit. At that time, with the magic strategy in his hand, he will wipe out the opponent in one go. .

When the soldiers became more powerful, the Jiedu envoys around did not dare to disobey him, the emperor, and the rest of the matter would be much easier to handle.
After thinking about it, Li Ye's thoughts had drifted to a larger strategic level. After that, he was in a good mood and invited Wang Chongrong to have a meal in the palace, and some details were discussed during the meal.

"Wang Qing came to protect me this time, to protect Chang'an. I will record this credit for you. I am tired from the long journey. Wang Qing should take a rest later and return to the barracks tomorrow."

"Thank you Your Majesty, Chen Weiguo, how can you pretend to be hard. After you leave the palace, you will go back to the army to prepare. Tomorrow morning, you will get up and set out to capture Li Jiji, Zhao Zhouyi, and Geng Qing and present them to Your Majesty."

Wang Chongrong bowed his hands respectfully, thanked the saint for his grace, and left the palace.Walking through the noisy streets and exiting the city gate, there was no sullen expression on his old face. In the sunlight, he looked at the side of the road in a bleak winter with a serious expression.The confidant who followed beside him said in a low voice: "...do you really want to fight the Longyou Army?"

Humph.

The old man urged the horse to walk slowly, looked at the sun at noon in winter, and squinted his eyes: "What are you fighting for? If it weren't for the emperor's repeated urgings, who would want to come here, but if Chang'an is really breached, the rest of the Jiedushi is fine. Hezhong Mansion must be next, it has to come. I really want to fight this bunch of lunatics."

He hummed lightly.

".It's easy to fight a battle, but you have to feel sorry for me if you lose your troops. The army in Longyou, after a battle, I'm afraid it will be a lot of losses. When I go over here, the opponent will weigh it a few times. The best result is Withdraw your troops and go back to Longyou."

In the sky, the old man led hundreds of soldiers along the official road to the military camp where they were temporarily stationed in the north.

Not long after, news of reinforcements from the Hezhong Mansion spread, and it was already the afternoon of the second day that the [-] troops were resting for more than a hundred miles to the west, and they were slowly advancing eastward. The figures of the carts and horses, and the banners spreading back and forth can't be seen at a glance.

"Hezhong Mansion Wang Chongrong?"

Geng Qing squeezed the news and frowned. He was not afraid, but a little surprised. After all, he dared to run out at this age, which was a bit unexpected.

"Hezhong Mansion's army is small, but they have experienced battles. They are more difficult to fight than the Shence Army just built. If we cooperate with Li Shunjie, even if we win in the end, we will not be able to attack Chang'an later."

Li Jiji's face was heavy, and Geng Qing naturally thought of what he was worried about, and fell silent while sitting on the wooden cart.

Seeing how he was thinking, Li Jiji and Zhao Zhouyi didn't want to disturb him, so they rode on horseback and followed slowly.

"There are too few things to know, let's get in touch with it for a while."

Geng Qing really didn't think of himself as Zhuge Liang, he could figure out everything, and now he had to get in touch with him. With more information, he tried to deliberate again. not come out.

Then everything is meaningless.

(End of this chapter)