Tiantang

Chapter 399
Chapter 407
Yang Guozhong remained silent.In fact, most civil and military ministers are keeping strange silence.

In other words, almost no one is optimistic about the Tang court's confrontation with Zhang Xuan's army.

Seeing that no one said a word, Li Yu couldn't help glaring at the crowd with some disappointment and annoyance when he saw that there was no crowd of officials as he had imagined.

His eyes swept over Yang Guozhong and other civil servants, then over Ge Shuhan, and landed on Li Guangbi.

It's fine for others to keep silent, but Li Guangbi, as the general whom Li Tang's royal family supported recently, didn't take the initiative to speak up, which made Li Yu very unhappy.

But at this moment when the imperial court is employing people, even though he is ashamed and angry, he can only suppress the anger in his heart.

Sensing Li Yu's cold gaze, Li Guangbi sighed inwardly, hesitated for a moment, and went out to pay his respects, "Your Majesty, my minister Li Guangbi, is willing to lead an army to hunt down thieves and serve the court!"

Although Li Guangbi was pretentious and felt that he was one of the top commanders, the 8 or [-] men under his command, except for the [-] Tang troops as his team, were all new recruits.These Guanzhong peasants who put down their hoes and put on armor have not yet fully realized the transformation from civilians to soldiers. Let him take this army horse to fight against Zhang Xuan's army, which is brave and good at fighting and equipped with powerful firearms, is tantamount to death.

If he was given another six months, Li Guangbi believed that he could train a decent army, but the time was too short.

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a gentle tone as much as possible, "King Li, in the face of national crisis, you immediately lead your army to attack Tongguan, and try to keep Zhang Xuan's rebels out of Tongguan. As long as you can take Tongguan and hold Guanzhong, He is a hero of the imperial court."

"At this time of national calamity, I hope that all the ministers and workers will work together to advance and retreat with the court, and fight the rebels to the death! I will not leave Chang'an, and I will defend the ancestral temple and society to the death, and live and die with Chang'an!"

"Yang Xiang, in the name of the imperial court, issued an edict against thieves. Zhang Xuan is a traitor, he deserves death, and should be punished by the nine clans!" Li Yu yelled viciously, got up suddenly, and walked away.

The eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen shouted at the top of his voice, "Back to court—"

The emperor left, and all the ministers left the palace listlessly and returned home.On the way, Yang Guozhong suddenly found a group of menacing guards rushing out of the palace, riding their horses towards the direction of the West Market, he couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

After asking the servants to inquire, it turned out that the emperor was so angry that he sealed up Zhang Xuan's Yongning Palace in Chang'an.The monument of meritorious officials erected by the Tang court for Zhang Xuan was also recently demolished, and the memorial archway of meritorious deeds erected in front of the Yongning Palace was completely demolished.

The properties and manors of the Zhang family in and outside the city are basically confiscated by the court.Of course, Zhang Xuan didn't care about this.

Yang Guozhong frowned, feeling that Li Yu was jumping over the wall in a hurry.

At this time, I am afraid that no one in the Chang'an government and the public is aware that Zhang Xuan has long been rebellious.Otherwise, all of Zhang Xuan's relatives, family members, and clan, including the relatives of some close officials around him, would all leave Chang'an in advance.

Yang Guozhong thought for a while, and immediately wrote a confidential letter and sent it to the Zhonghua Company in Chang'an City.

Not many people in Chang'an know that Zhang Xuan is the big boss behind the Zhonghua Company, that is, Yang Guozhong and the few direct descendants of the Yang family. Yang Guozhong knows that the people of the Zhonghua Company have always been in close contact with Zhang Xuan. The Zhonghua Company is equivalent to being in the hands of Zhang Xuan.

On the same day, Li Guangbi left Chang'an and rushed to the Baqiao military camp. He led a new army of [-] recruited and trained.If you are lucky enough to win Tongguan before Zhang Xuan returns to his teacher, it means that the Tang Dynasty can survive for a while longer.

On September 4th, Zhang Xuan ordered Pu Gu Huai'en to lead the Flying Leopard Army with [-] troops and part of Fan Yang's surrendered army to guard the [-]th County of Fanyang. Yiwu cooperates to let Fan Yang heal the traces of the war as soon as possible to recuperate.

Zhang Xuan personally led the Shence Army, Shenwu Army, Flying Tiger Army, Gele's Huihe Army, a total of [-] troops, left Fanyang, and hurried back to Luoyang.

On September 27, Zhang Xuan led his army through Hulao Pass and returned to Luoyang.

The generals Zhang Tong and Yan Zhenqing who had moved to Luoyang welcomed Zhang Xuan into the city. Before their buttocks were hot, news of Chang'an came.

Hearing that Emperor Li Yu ordered Li Guangbi to lead the army to attack Tongguan, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but sneer, waved his hands and said, "Let Li Guangbi come! Order Feng Changqing to guard Tongguan tightly and not go out to fight. Our army rests in Luoyang for three days. In the future, we will set off and enter Tongguan. This commander will personally command and fight Li Guangbi!"

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Cui Ying and other family members have been in Luoyang for many days.Today's Luoyang is full of waste, and it is very safe under the absolute protection of Zhang Xuan's army.

Although Zhang Tong urged Cui Ying to lead a group of family members to live in the palace in Chang'an, Cui Ying rejected Zhang Tong's suggestion without Zhang Xuan's consent, and lived in an old merchant's house instead.Although it is also a large mansion, it is incomparable with the Yongning Palace in Chang'an.

However, it is better than quiet.

The news of Zhang Xuan's return to Luoyang has already spread to the mansion. Some relatives, including his mother Liu, and his wife Cui Ying stood in front of the mansion with all their daughters looking forward to welcome them. They saw the smoke and dust sweeping past all the way, and the sound of horseshoes galloping like thunder. Knowing that Zhang Xuan had arrived, they all looked around excitedly.

Two rows of sturdy Shence Army cavalry galloped over, got off their horses, and guarded the front of the mansion with great vigilance.

Not long after, Zhang Xuan rode his horse to the front of the mansion alone, and dismounted too.

Zhang Xuan strode forward and bowed down, "My son pays his respects to his mother. My son is unfilial, and my mother is frightened!"

Liu Shi was indeed restless.His son Zhang Xuan was originally an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, but suddenly he became a traitor of the Tang Dynasty, and wanted to usurp the Tang Dynasty to stand on his own. How could this huge contrast make the Liu family not afraid.

She was worried about Zhang Xuan's safety every day, and now seeing her son standing in front of her eyes, her eyes turned red, she grabbed Zhang Xuan's hand and said in a trembling voice, "Xuan'er, it's good that you come back. Mother is relieved!"

The two elders, Zhang Jiuming and Zhang Jiugao, also sighed, "Xuan'er!"

The Zhang family was loyal and good for generations, but suddenly turned into rebellion, which made the Zhang family brothers with relatively pedantic personalities somewhat unacceptable.However, the current situation is beyond their control, and they can't stop Zhang Xuan from doing what he wants to do.

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, bowed to Zhang Jiuming and Zhang Jiugao, and said lightly, "My nephew pays respects to the two uncles!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xuan got up and looked around at his relatives and clansmen, and said loudly, "The Li and Tang royal family persecuted me too much. If I don't rebel, don't say that the Zhang family's status and power today can't be preserved, I'm afraid even their lives will be in danger!"

"I think I can live up to the emperor, but the emperor wants to kill the donkey. I can't sit still. You can rest assured in Luoyang. I will leave Tongguan in the next day, go down to the middle of the pass, seize Chang'an, and change the dynasty!"

Zhang Xuan's voice was clear and bright, his face was radiant, and a strong self-confidence and awe-inspiring awe-inspiring power emerged spontaneously.

Zhang Xuan's two elder brothers or cousins, cousins, cousins, the second generation of the Zhang family, none of them dared to look Zhang Xuan in the eyes, and they all retreated obediently.

Zhang Xuan waved to the crowd, then strode towards Cui Ying and the other girls.

"Ying Er!"

"Lang Jun!" Cui Ying's eyes were rosy, she stared at her husband whom she had not seen for a long time, her heart was full of warmth.

Regardless of the strange looks in everyone's eyes, Zhang Xuan first hugged Cui Ying, and then hugged Li Tengkong, Su Hudong, Hua Nuer, Yang Sanjie, and Yang Yulian one by one.Wan Chun kept dodging, hiding behind the girls with complicated expressions. Zhang Xuan glanced at her, went to hold her in his arms, and said softly, "Wan Chun, don't do this. I don't want to do this either, but If I sit and wait to die, you will all suffer with me. I have already said that no matter what, I will do my best to protect you from living a happy and safe life."

Wan Chun has been in a very depressed mood these days. Although Cui Ying and others have always relieved her, but after all, she is the princess of Li Tang's royal family. Her husband and her natal family are fighting for the world. Will she be in a better mood?

Zhang Xuan hugged Wan Chun tightly, and could feel her body trembling.

Wan Chun's sadness came from it, and he fell into Zhang Xuan's arms and sobbed quietly.

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On Zhang Xuan's first night back in Luoyang, the girls knew that Wan Chun was feeling uncomfortable, so they asked Zhang Xuan to accompany Wan Chun.

In the evening, Zhang Xuan tried his best to cater and caress, and gradually healed a scar in Wan Chun's heart.

"Xuan Lang, can you promise my family not to treat the emperor and the others..." Wan Chun curled up naked in Zhang Xuan's arms, stretched out his slender jade fingers to draw circles on Zhang Xuan's chest, and said quietly.

Although she hadn't finished speaking, Zhang Xuan didn't know what she meant.

Zhang Xuan sighed inwardly, but said with a smile, "Don't worry..."

"If you don't make a promise to the slave family, the slave family is not at ease..." Wan Chun sighed quietly, "for this sake, the slave family has nothing to ask for, but for the sake of the slave family, give them a way to survive .”

Zhang Xuan let out a long breath, nodded his head and said softly, "Wan Chun, you write a letter to Chang'an and send it to your nephew Li Yu, tell him, just say what I said, if he is willing to abdicate to make a worthy man, I canonize him He is the king of Tang, hereditary, and guarding Taiyuan."

Wan Chun happily sat up straight, ignoring the bright spring on his chest, looked at Zhang Xuan seriously and said, "You are not joking, you are about to ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor, and you are the emperor, so you can't go back on what you say!"

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Of course, I will do what I say."

The Li and Tang dynasty started in Taiyuan, and it was appropriate for Zhang Xuan to place the Li and Tang royal family in Taiyuan.

It's just that the Li Tang royal family is willing to give up Jiangshan Sheji willingly?Zhang Xuan glanced at the excited Wan Chun, and sighed softly in his heart.

(End of this chapter)