Journey to the West: Moral Heaven

An hour passed before a thousand people entered, but there was a faint sound of shouting and killing coming from the city.

"Not good, there may be an ambush in the city, please order the whole army to retreat!"

Yan Zhuang's complexion suddenly changed.

But at this moment, a dense crowd of crossbowmen appeared on the top of the city, and they shot down with arrows, screaming and screaming, and pieces of corpses fell in a pool of blood. Without the slightest intention of attacking the city, he ran back madly.

The whole army was crowded together, causing stampedes, cursing, and crying one after another, and the chaos spread like ripples.

At this time, a blaze of smoke shot straight into the sky in the city, and Yan Zhuang shouted in horror: "My lord, there are also ambushes outside the city, retreat quickly!"

An Qingxu was cowardly and incompetent at first, and his speech was a bit confusing. He panicked immediately, turned his horse's head and ran, and the Chinese army's banner moved back. There was no flexible and effective command system in ancient marching operations. flag.

The banner advances, the whole army advances!

The banner retreats, the whole army retreats!

What's more, to a certain extent, the Yan army is also a mob. It is okay to fight against the wind, but most of them will be defeated if they fight against the wind.

"kill!"

The defenders in the city began to rush out.

Then, there was smoke and dust from the side. Li Guangbi only had more than ten thousand cavalry, but he tied branches to the horse's tail, which stirred up smoke and dust all over the ground, and forcibly created a posture of tens of thousands of cavalry.

Although the Yan army has hundreds of thousands, but without a concise and effective command system, a large number of people will become a burden, and the Tang army has just embraced a new leader. Next, the Yan army fell apart in an instant.

"kill!"

"Catch An Qingxu alive and make an indelible achievement!"

The battlefield was full of shouts of killing. Among the Yan army, some captured Tang troops also fell one after another, and the battle situation showed a one-sided trend.

It was not until evening that the whole army gradually withdrew its troops, beheaded more than [-] ranks, captured nearly [-], and took a short rest. In the early morning of the next day, Li Guangbi led nearly [-] reorganized cavalry as a forward, and continued to pursue the Yan army. , Ge Shuhan led [-] followed.

At this time, Chang'an City was full of jubilation. Everyone knew that Chang'an was saved, and the recovery of Guanzhong was just around the corner. Some people realized that this was an opportunity. After all, all the officials fled with Li Longji, and Chang'an's government agencies were severely paralyzed. , and the officials who fled with Li Longji naturally lost Li Lingyue's trust. If they want to become officials, it is at this time.

As a result, there were constantly sages and elders from the village begging Li Lingyue to ascend the throne in front of the Daming Palace.

In a short while, there was a decree from the palace: I am a woman, I dare not ascend to this position as a woman, I hope you can choose another virtuous person, and the lonely position will be suspended.

The people persisted and continued to persuade: the emperor has no virtue, only the eldest princess tried to turn the tide, and the people's will is what they want.

There is another decree in the palace: I am lonely and have little talent and virtue, I am afraid that I will not be able to bear the heavy responsibility, and I cannot escape my guilt.

The people persuaded again and again: The eldest princess defeated the army of thieves, saved all the people from fire and water, and made great contributions to the country. If the eldest princess does not sit in this position, who can sit? The gate of the death palace will also prevent the bandit army from making a comeback and suffer all kinds of humiliation.

In the end, Li Lingyue reluctantly agreed, but said something first, and the enthronement ceremony will be held after Tongguan is recovered.

……

Maweipo is more than a hundred miles away from Chang'an. Nearly ten thousand imperial guards are surrounding the emperor and crown prince. Hundreds of officials and concubines fled. Due to the large number of people, the journey was slow. It took two days to walk such a small distance, and they were all exhausted.

In the evening, the whole army set up camp, and Chen Xuanli inspected the camp, only to hear a cry of forgiveness, and everyone was panic-stricken.

"Hey~~"

Chen Xuanli sighed.

"General!"

At this time, a scout rushed over and whispered something in his ear.

"What? Is this true?"

Chen Xuanli's expression changed.

The scout nodded and said, "It's absolutely true, because the gates of Chang'an were closed and the city gates were not opened until after noon, and the little one rushed back to report immediately."

Chen Xuanli's complexion was cloudy and uncertain.

Seeing this, an old official asked, "General Chen, did bandits break Chang'an?"

The rest of the people also looked nervously.

"It's something else, you don't have to worry about it!"

Chen Xuanli mumbled a few words, then hurried to the Zhongjun.

Under the flickering light of the fire, Li Longji looked gloomy. He gnawed the thick beard biscuits that he never ate. It was a pity that he was old and his teeth were bad. Every time he gnawed, he had to chew hard for a long time before he could swallow.

No one around dared to speak, only Yuhuan held a glass of water, and every time he ate a little, he gave Li Longji a sip of water to help him swallow.

Chen Xuanli's mood was extremely complicated, a good country was defeated, if the emperor was a little sober, how could he end up in such a situation?

For a moment, he forgot to go forward and salute.

"Why did Ai Qing come here?"

Li Longji noticed Chen Xuanli and asked in a deep voice.

"Holy!"

Chen Xuanli said in a low voice, "The eldest princess gathered the Tongguan defenders who had fled into Shangluo Mountain, and set up an ambush in Chang'an. When the rebels entered the city, they suddenly broke out, smashed the rebels, beheaded tens of thousands of people, and led the pursuit by Li Guangbi and Ge Shuhan... ..."

"what?"

Hearing Chen Xuanli's eloquence, Li Longji was furious: "You good thief, you refused to give your life at Tongguan, which caused almost all my soldiers to be wiped out. I'm afraid I'll just wait for this day, pass the decree, and hurry up!" Let me show you, I want to go back to Chang'an immediately!"

"My lord, please think twice!"

Chen Xuanli urged urgently.

"Why? Isn't this country my country?"

Murderous intent flashed in Li Longji's eyes.

Chen Xuanli hurriedly said: "Now, no one knows what the eldest princess means. If the majesty returns rashly, there may be unexpected changes. I think that the majesty might as well make a decree to order the eldest princess to come to Maweipo to pick her up. If you are willing to come, you will live in peace, if you don't come, you will have a rebellion, and the Holy One has to make more plans."

Li Longji calmed down, showing a look of apprehension. After all, he started his career by coup d'état, and what he had been guarding against for decades was coup d'état.

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"Ok?"

When Li Longji was burning with anger, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that Gao Lishi was staggering towards him, as if something big had happened, he immediately said displeasedly, "Why are you in such a panic?"

"This……"