Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Huang Qi laughed, pulled out the general's sword and said to the soldiers: "Everyone, the dynasty is about to change. You must do your best, do you understand?"

"understand!"

"Okay, here's the general's order to send troops to Chang'an immediately to capture Tang Emperor Li Longji!"

"Yes!"

The three armies roared in unison, like a long black dragon rolling towards Chang'an. After pacifying the Anxi Army, this was the only place they did not capture.

As long as this city is captured, the dynasty will be changed immediately!

Just when 400,000 Youzhou troops divided into three groups and surrounded Chang'an, the Tang army who received the news immediately closed the city gates tightly and rushed towards the Xuanzheng Palace.

"Report!"

A memorial pierced the sky, breaking the peaceful singing and dancing in the Xuanzheng Hall. Li Longji impatiently waved his sleeves and drove away Hu Ji.

"What are you so worried about?"

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened!" The city guarding general knelt on the ground and gasped: "In front of half a stick of incense, I searched the place fifty miles away from Chang'an and found a powerful cavalry force. It’s estimated to be at least 50,000 people!”

As soon as these words came out, the whole palace was in an uproar, and all the ministers' expressions changed. For the cavalry, the distance of fifty miles was only a blink of an eye, and they could reach the gates of Chang'an City.

In this case, wouldn’t everyone have nowhere to go?

As the prime minister of the dynasty, Yang Guozhong immediately took a step forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I think the court does not need to panic. Although the 50,000 cavalry are like a flood and are invincible, they are on a plain."

"It is said that there are 300,000 troops stationed in Chang'an today. Even the high city walls and the Wengcheng will turn into an insurmountable chasm, enough to stop 50,000 cavalry!"

"I am not talented, but I am willing to lead a large army to live and die with Chang'an!"

Hearing these impassioned and apathetic words, both Li Longji, Yang Yuhuan, and the civil and military officials in the dynasty all nodded secretly.

As expected of the prime minister of the current dynasty, such courage is indeed rare in the face of a powerful enemy.

However, before Li Longji could speak, the gatekeeper general added: "Mr. Yang, the general has not finished speaking yet. The fifty thousand cavalry is just the vanguard, followed closely by Fan Xin's artillery. In order to capture Chang'an, it will be enough to pull all the troops." Two thousand heavy artillery pieces are coming!”

"Also, there are 80,000 divine machine battalions, infantry battalions, etc., a total of 400,000 troops have arrived!"

"What! Four hundred thousand troops?"

As soon as they heard that 400,000 heavy troops with advanced weapons had arrived, all the civil and military officials in the court turned pale with fright. There were only 300,000 new soldiers in the city, and they were barely defending the city. How could they defeat Fan Xin's Youzhou Army.

Especially Yang Guozhong, his heart was filled with regret. If he had known that 400,000 damn Youzhou troops were coming, he would never have said these words.

It's okay now, I'm killing myself.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and immediately knelt down on the ground, saying loudly: "The emperor guards the country, and the ministers guard the country. As the prime minister of the dynasty, I should defend the country with my own body."

The monarch and his ministers were about to nod happily, but Yang Guozhong changed the topic: "However, I am old and frail. I can't move my waist or lift my legs. It's hard to go up to the second floor in one breath. It's really a pity. I think it's better to order An Lu How about Shan Jiedushi and General Shi Siming taking charge of Chang'an?"

Li Longji…..
Ministers…..
After a long time, all the ministers came to their senses and said in unison: "Your Majesty, what Yang Xiang said makes sense. The green hills left behind are still there, so there is no need to worry about running out of firewood. Now the old thief Fan Xin has led a large army to the city, and it is obvious that he intends to destroy the Tang Dynasty."

"As the emperor, you must not take risks easily."

Li Longji nodded happily. He was worthy of being a minister he promoted. He really thought about himself at the critical moment. You are right. Chang'an is already a dangerous place. He really can't stay here anymore. He must go to Bashu to avoid the limelight. Wait. It's not too late to come back after the rebels are put down.

After making a decision in his heart, Li Longji stood up and said to the ministers.

"My dear friends, there is no need to persuade me. As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how can I leave my own subjects and escape without permission? Needless to say, someone is here to draw up the decree."

"Immediately appoint An Lushan as the defense envoy of Chang'an. He will be fully responsible for the defense of Chang'an without any mistakes!" After saying that, he left the Xuanzheng Hall with a wave of his sleeves.

This scene made all the officials sigh with emotion. After all, he was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. His integrity to live and die with the city was indeed extraordinary.

After leaving the Xuanzheng Hall, Li Longji held Yang Yuhuan's hand: "My dear concubine, go back and clean up quickly. Take away everything you can!"

"Your Majesty, didn't you say you are with Chang'an?" Yang Yushuan blinked his eyes and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Li Longji smiled bitterly: "As long as I can hold on, I will naturally live and die with Chang'an. I can't hold on to this anymore. Isn't it better to stay and wait for death? Let's not talk about the rest until we go to Bashu."

With that said, he turned around and said to Gao Lishi: "Choose some trustworthy people and form an army to escort me to Bashu. The rest will stay in Chang'an to defend the city."

"Also, Emperor Taizong said that the people's hearts are like water, and the news of my departure from Chang'an is not allowed to be disclosed to anyone, so as not to affect my image in the hearts of the people."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will make arrangements right away." Gao Lishi bowed and bowed, and hurriedly left the imperial garden.

Seeing that Gao Lishi had left, Li Longji thought for a while and came to Guanfeng Hall to carry the spiritual tablet of Emperor Zetian in his arms to prevent him from being killed by Fan Xin when Chang'an fell and was captured.

With this spiritual tablet, he believed that Fan Xin's temperament would definitely spare his life.

……

Camp in the northern suburbs of Chang'an.

At this time, the three armies were lined up here, drums were beating, and An Lushan, wearing armor, was riding on a horse and commanding the army to conduct drills.

Beside him was a man with a goatee, watching with a smile.

"Lord Jiedushi, my subordinates heard that Yang Guozhong prepared so many orchids to offer to Li Longji that our emperor couldn't even go to court."

Hearing this, An Lushan laughed: "Old Shi, don't you think this is an excellent opportunity given to us by God?"

Shi Siming was startled, then said excitedly, "Master Jiedushi, are you ready to take action?"

Regarding the matter of rebellion and usurping the throne, he had persuaded him many times before, but An Lushan always said that the time was not right, so he probably meant that he would take action.

An Lushan nodded with emotion: "Yes, all the 300,000 troops in Chang'an City are under our control. Li Longji only has less than 20,000 troops around him. It is easy to replace them."

"That's it." Shi Siming looked thoughtful.

At this time, a group of cavalry came on horseback and jerked their reins when they came close.

Call!
"Cavalry An Jiedu Envoy, Your Majesty has an order to appoint you as Chang'an Defense Envoy, and immediately lead the army to Chang'an to resist Fan Xin's rebels!"

"Is An Jiedu envoy accepting the order?" "An Jiedu envoy?"

"what!"

After killing the guard who was delivering the order, An Lushan sneered: "This Li Longji really treats me as a fool. Entering Chang'an at this time, isn't it a clear waste of strength?"

"Come here, pass this general's order and immediately lead the army north to conquer Youzhou. The others will follow me into Chang'an to capture the foolish king Li Longji!"

When the news that An Lushan led 200,000 Tang troops to sweep through the cities and counties around Chang'an reached the palace, Li Longji's first reaction was that it was impossible.

An Lushan was a Hu, and he was deeply trusted and valued by himself. How could he betray the Tang Dynasty? He betrayed himself. He must have been maliciously slandered by those treacherous villains.

"Your Majesty! This news is absolutely true! An Lushan's son An Qingxu is leading an army to attack Tongguan. If this place is lost, then our Tang Dynasty will no longer be able to defend it!" Chen Xuanli knelt down on one knee and cried out sadly road.

"Your Majesty, what General Chen said is true. Anlushan has indeed rebelled and has conquered several towns in the Tang Dynasty." Yang Guozhong said with a solemn expression.

"Your Majesty, please make a decision quickly!" All the ministers fell to the ground.

Seeing that the ministers' expressions were solemn and did not look like they were telling lies, Li Longji's face was gloomy and he clenched his hands tightly.

He never dreamed that An Lushan, who was so loyal in the past, would betray him. Is this the same loyal minister who took off his shirt and danced for himself?
Li Longji sighed and waved his hands to the ministers: "Get up, all of you. An Lushan is just a barbarian. There is no need to be so nervous. Which of you is willing to lead troops to quell the rebellion?"

"this……."

The ministers looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. Currently, there are less than 30,000 garrison troops in Chang'an City, and the total number including the Tongguan garrison is only 180,000. With these people, they may not be able to suppress Anlu Mountain.

"Your Majesty, in terms of bravery on the battlefield, none other than Li Guangbi, Ge Shuhan, Guo Ziyi and others. Among them, Ge Shuhan has always been at odds with Anlu Mountain. The old minister thought that he could be sent as a defense envoy to sit in Tongguan to fight against the Anlu Mountain rebels! Yang Guozhong said.

The reason why he recommended Ge Shuhan was not because he wanted to recommend talents to the country, but because the An Lushan rebellion was in the name of Qingjun.

As an old rival, he was the number one target, so he had no choice but to recommend people like Ge Shuhan and Guo Ziyi who were against him.

Seeing that Yang Xiang had spoken, the ministers below all expressed their support and begged the emperor to send Ge Shuhan to take charge of Tongguan.

Li Longji thought for a while and found no good solution, so he had to order someone to draw up a decree and confer Ge Shuhan the title of Defense Envoy of the Tang Dynasty and Minister of War.

When the imperial edict was delivered to Geshuhan, the latter got up from the bed with a sad look on his face, and with the help of his servants, he accepted the edict and thanked him.

"General, you are in poor health and have been idle at home for several years. Why did your Majesty send you to Tongguan to guard?" the steward asked in confusion.

Ge Shuhan looked up to the sky and sighed: "Why else? There are 200,000 troops sitting in Anlu Mountain. They are no longer Wu Xia Amen. I am afraid that I will not be able to come back after leaving Tongguan."

Having been in charge of the army for many years, Ge Shuhan saw through the current situation at a glance. Most of what An Lushan had in his hands were well-trained frontier troops. On the other hand, the Tang army stationed in Chang'an were basically new soldiers and soldiers who had never even been on the battlefield. Honorable sons and daughters.

Relying on such a person to defeat An Lushan, unless God bless you, is impossible.

The most important thing is that the only way to go to Tongguan is to rely on the dangers of the pass. Depending on the emperor's temperament, if time goes by, he will definitely be ordered to leave the pass and fight with Anlu Mountain. By then, even if he is a god descending to earth, he will be dead. One piece.

The imperial edict ordered him to set out at 00:00 tomorrow. Seeing that there was still some time, Ge Shuhan called all his family members to his side. After explaining the funeral arrangements, each person took a share of their family property and was sent out of Chang'an overnight to Jiangnan.

When Ge Shuhan was the only one left in the huge mansion, he sighed softly and silently put on his armor.

Early the next morning, several eunuchs walked into the mansion and smiled at Ge Shu Hanpi and said, "Brother, General, please come!"

Ge Shuhan nodded silently, got up and walked outside. Hundreds of golden-armored guards were waiting on the street. Seeing him coming out, they slapped their whips on the ground.

At the city gate, looking at the departing team, Li Longji said calmly: "Yang Aiqing, are the teams heading to Bashu ready?"

"Your Majesty, the escort team has been formed. Only the royal guests and concubines are left. The gold, silver and jewelry have not yet been loaded. It will take a month at the earliest." Yang Guozhong bowed and replied.

Li Longji nodded: "Now that Brother Shuhan has gone to Tongguan, I think he can withstand it for a while. You should seize the time to take away all the royal family members and gold, silver and jewelry. I can't leave anything valuable to Fan Xin and An Lushan!"

"Yes!"

"By the way, I heard that the old thief Fan Xin was seriously injured and is still lying in Luoyang Palace recovering from his injuries. How is he dead?"

Yang Guozhong shook his head: "No, I heard that the injury is gradually improving."

"Forget it, leave Chang'an to Fan Xin and An Lushan and let them fight among themselves. When enough fighting is done, I will come back to deal with them!" At the end of the sentence, Li Longji's eyes had endless coldness.

Dongyang Inn, second floor.

After closing the window, Liuzi walked to the bed and took a look at the sleeping Ji Ruxue, then called Fan Xin into the corridor.

"Young Master, I saw that troops and horses are being mobilized everywhere in Chang'an City. I am afraid that the Youzhou army will invade soon."

"This place is extremely dangerous. Should we evacuate Chang'an first and then return here when the world is at peace?"

"It's not necessary for the time being. If the king's prediction is good, An Lushan will be full-fledged by this time and will attack Tongguan soon. Let him be proud for a while first."

"After we have driven away Li Longji, we will suppress An Lushan and Shi Siming in the name of quelling the rebellion. This way our resistance will be much smaller."

Fan Xin was indeed the strongest in terms of military strength alone, but he knew that although Li Longji was mediocre at this time, many people were still loyal to Li Tang.

If he rashly captures Chang'an and kills Li Longji, he will definitely arouse the hatred of those who support Li Tang.

Why not let An Lushan attack the city and occupy the territory, eliminate the Tang army, and then when the time is up, he can deal with An Lushan and others in the name of assessing the rebellion.

In this way, the resistance that hinders him from dominating the world will disappear.

Liuzi nodded thoughtfully, "Since the prince has already made arrangements, I will say no more."

"It's just that I feel a little unhappy when I think that the soldiers we have trained so hard will temporarily belong to An Lushan."

"It doesn't matter. After he captures Chang'an, we will take back his soldiers and let him dream of becoming an emperor for a few days."

Fan Xin smiled slightly, opened the door and walked in. Unexpectedly, Ji Ruxue woke up and took out a knife from her sleeve and clamped it on his neck.

"I ask you, who are you? Why do you have such powerful subordinates?"

Fan Xin pondered for a moment and said to Ji Ruxue.

"You really want to know my identity?" (End of Chapter)