[Comprehensive] Where do the beauties go

Beacon smoke outside the Great Wall pierces the Nine Towers, and Zichen drives west in panic,

Prosperity comes here to stay alone, and the prosperity and iron guard a frontier.

If it weren't for the 20 Tang troops and Ge Shuhan, Cao Xueyang, Zhu Jianqiu and others defending Tongguan, Chang'an would not be much better.

Many aristocratic families in Beijing secretly moved their families to places that were not affected by the war. After all, even the dignified Emperor of the Tang Dynasty fled to Sichuan in a panic after receiving the urgent report that the army horses from Anlu Mountain had arrived at Tongguan. Now that they are on the way, how much confidence can the people of Chang'an still have in this way?

Fortunately, the new emperor was first established, and Gu Lai's methods were powerful. Although Chang'an could not maintain its former grandeur, it was only under the emperor's feet and would not cause any turmoil.

Gu Lai, dressed in slender riding attire and holding a whip, rode out from the city of Chang'an. Behind him was the Shence Army led by Li Tan. There were not many people, only one or two thousand people, but later there were more people living in the city. Dozens of Taoist priests in Chang'an Chunyang Temple, faced with the national crisis, the Chunyang disciples who have always been out of the world, after receiving the order from the temple master Li Wangsheng, they also stepped forward and helped each other with swords.

The first thing to do here is to stabilize Tongguan. An Lushan's nearly 15 army, Cao Xueyang and others may not last long.

Li Tan couldn't help feeling a little worried, and saw Gu Lai's serious and upright face under his brows. Li Tan didn't believe that he was as worried about the safety of the Tang Dynasty as he was, and he was probably still at ease.Li Tan didn't want to have a dispute with Gu Lai at such a critical moment, so he had to turn his head away.

He was right in thinking. Gu Lai was not in a hurry. According to her estimation, with such a itinerary, it would be more than enough to arrive before Tongguan was breached. She was thinking about how to solve the Tongguan issue.

Tongguan must not be lost. It is the gateway to the entire Tang Dynasty. If it is lost, Chang'an will be lost. The guards of the capital have only a magic strategy. Tired, Yang Guozhong's main Shence army was wiped out.

As for the Tiance Army, it is Gu Lai's fault. At the beginning of the Anshi Rebellion, the Tiance Army was mainly divided into two groups. The group led by Cao Xueyang and Zhu Jianqiu was sent to assist Tongguan Guard General Ge Shuhan in resisting the rebels. Another group of troops led by Li Chengen, the head of the Tiance Mansion, was summoned by Xuanzong to escort him. Although Gu Lai avoided their eyes and ears when he assassinated Xuanzong, the Tiance Army assumed the responsibility for their ineffective escort.

Then, the main person in charge, Li Chengen, is still in the dungeon. If Gu Lai and other ministers hadn't persuaded him, he would have been sent to see Xuanzong long ago.

Of course, Gu Lai will not feel any guilt or remorse in his heart. It can only be said that Li Chengen is not lucky. It is not a good intention to try to protect him in front of His Majesty. It is just that he is sitting in Chang'an (even though he is in the sky prison. But the emperor can release a word at any time), if something happens, she can protect Suzong, right? Thanks to her for the past six months.Gu Lai pouted in his heart.

After marching for several days, they finally arrived at Tongguan. As soon as Gu Lai entered the city, he went to the general Ge Shuhan to inquire about the current situation. Ge Shuhan was a famous general in the Tang Dynasty. There are few opponents, and it would be difficult to keep Tongguan without him.

Although this man is gray-haired, his eyes are still shining sharply, and he has the air of a battle-tested conquest. Gu Lai's rank is still below him. When he sees him, he salutes and says, "I have seen you, brother." General Shu."

Ge Shuhan also knew that Gu Lai was an important minister of the new emperor, so he didn't dare to trust him, so he helped Gu Lai who wanted to salute, "The situation is urgent, Mr. Gu doesn't need to be more polite."

Gu Lai also got up and said, "General Ge Shu, what's the situation in Tongguan now?"

What Ge Shuhan described was no different from the information given by Yinyuanhui. An Lushan and his main troops were concentrated in the Tongguan area, and it seemed that they were about to capture Chang'an.

Tongguan, a dangerous place, has the natural advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Ge Shuhan, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, naturally knows how to use this advantage to resist the rebels, and the Tang army is more powerful than the rebels. Great advantage, but General Geshu told Gu Lai another bad news. When General Cao Xueyang first arrived in Tongguan City, the drinking water in the city was poisoned, and most of the horses were unable to move.Tiance soldiers had no choice but to replace their long spears with the Mo Dao, which was not very convenient.

As a result, they were weaker than An Lushan's army and horses in terms of weapons and numbers. Under the two conditions, the two sides formed a stalemate.

Speaking of this, Ge Shuhan's old face showed a look of shame, obviously he was ashamed of him as a general guarding the border, but he didn't take precautions in time, allowing the enemy to take advantage of the loopholes.

Seeing this, Gu Lai comforted him and said: "General Ge Shu, you don't have to blame yourself, An Lushan is cunning by nature, good at trickery, and often uses such despicable methods."

Ge Shuhan's expression softened when he heard the words, and he felt a little fond of this elegant white-faced young man in his heart, "Your Majesty, there is no need to excuse me. After the rebel army is wiped out, I will definitely ask His Majesty for my crimes." Fang Xiang bowed respectfully.

Gu Lai smiled slightly, he was really a veteran loyal to Datang.

After Ge Shuhan finished his worship, he turned to Gu Lai and said, "I wonder what arrangements Your Majesty has for Tongguan?"

Gu Lai took out a bright yellow handwriting from his sleeve with a smile on his face, and said: "Your Majesty has entrusted me with the full power to march in Tongguan. General Ge Shu can take a look."

Ge Shuhan accepted the imperial decree with a hesitant expression, opened it, and was a little surprised that His Majesty actually valued this young man so much, and entrusted him with this important matter related to the Great Tang Dynasty.

Although he didn't quite understand Suzong's arrangement, General Ge Shuhan still handed the letter back to Gu Lai because of his mentality of obeying the imperial edict, and said: "Then I will leave it to Mr. Gu."

"General Ge Shu doesn't need to say much, I'm just helping from the side." Gu Lai declined.

Ge Shuhan hesitated again; "I wonder if Mr. Gu has any arrangements for the current situation in Tongguan?"

Gu Lai smiled slightly, and said: "Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now there are internal and external troubles, we should continue to follow General Geshu's strategy of not taking the initiative to attack and defending conservatively."

Hearing this, Brother Shu Han breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the person who came was not someone who was ignorant of war and acted aggressively. His affection for Gu Lai went up to another level.

"As for the poisonous drinking water in the city..." Gu Lai frowned slightly.

"Lord Gu, you can rest assured about this matter. Many disciples of Wanhua Valley came to Tongguan two days ago and are studying the way to save them. Thanks to their help, they saved the lives of many soldiers in the army." Ge Shuhan stroked his long beard, smiled.

"That's good. I didn't expect so many people from the world to come." Gu Lai said thoughtfully,

Ge Shuhan didn't notice what was wrong in Gu Lai's words, and continued to smile: "Yes, these Jianghu people are also loyal people."

Gu Lai exchanged a few more pleasantries with him, and then left. Ge Shuhan also kindly invited Gu Lai to stay in the General's Mansion, but Gu Lai refused on excuses, and stayed in the hotel.

When she left the general's mansion, she thought to herself, fortunately, brother Shuhan is a loyal sage, and would not question the decree, otherwise she would have to trouble him to make him obedient.

Gu Lai walked in Tongguan City, the streets on both sides were very desolate, not even chickens and dogs appeared, only some Tiance officers and soldiers were patrolling all the time, and some disciples of Wanhua Medical Dao shuttled between the houses, treating Many civilians poisoned by water.

Gu Lai was walking alone in the city, and quickly attracted the attention of others. A Wanhua disciple in a black ink gown came up behind her and patted Gu Lai on the shoulder.

If he didn't have any malicious intentions, he would be a dead person now, Gu Lai looked at him coldly, thinking to himself.

I don't know if this disciple of Wanhua is lacking in his roots. He didn't see her indifference, or he didn't care about Gu Lai's indifference. He handed Gu Lai a delicate blue medicine bag, which exuded joy The fragrance of medicine for people.

He smiled softly and said gently: "My lord, the water source in the city is poisonous, don't get it easily, this is Wanhua's homemade medicine bag, carry it with you to prevent it."

Gu Lai looked at him coldly at first, then suddenly changed into a smile, took the medicine bag from the other party's hand, and said, "Thank you very much."

Disciple Wanhua was taken aback by her face change, and then responded with a smile.Seeing that she had collected the medicine package, she continued to do his work.

Gu Lai looked at his leaving figure, with flowing long hair scattered behind him, and like him, there were many other Wanhua disciples distributing medicine packages.

Gu Lai picked up the medicine bag, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it lightly, his heart moved slightly, Wanhua, Qingyan Wanhua.

The westerly wind was blowing, and the military flag of the Tang Dynasty was hanging high and fluttering in the wind. Gu Lai slowly climbed up the city wall of Tongguan, and saw Li Tan standing alone on the edge of the city wall, looking at the Anlu Mountain army stationed ten miles away. .

He heard the footsteps coming from beside him, and turned his head to look, the corners of his eyes twitched again, he had to say that every time he saw You Tianjun, he lost all mood.

Gu Lai didn't care what he was thinking, picked up the thyme mirror she was carrying, it was made by people in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, she brought one from Yinyuanhui, and looked in that direction too, there was a large army of white camp tent.

It was Li Tan who spoke first, and said, "Have you met General Geshu?"

"En." Gu Lai replied casually.

"What are your plans? What will I do when I get here?" Li Tan frowned and asked again,

"Stand still." Gu Lai replied simply, without putting down the telescope in his hand.

Hearing Gu Lai's seemingly perfunctory answer, Li Tan tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart, and said again: "But if this continues, it will be bad for us."

"I know what you mean. Although An Lushan's troops are here, his son An Qingxu and Shi Chaoyi's troops have already gone to the Jianghuai region. If we can't take Anlushan here, Jianghuai will be in danger." Gu Lai's tone was flat and authentic,

"Since you know, then..." Li Tan said impatiently.

"Young man, don't be in a hurry. You are in a hurry. An Lushan is also in a hurry. He was so anxious that he ran out to rebel without even warming up the three major defenders."

Even though they belittled An Lushan so much, both of them knew the reason for An Lushan's actions. It was not that Concubine Xuanzong Yang began to alienate him, and even began to take back the power that was imposed on him in the past six years. If An Lushan doesn't do anything again, he might not be able to keep his vigilante.

Speaking of this, even Li Tan, the grandson of Xuanzong, can't help but slander Xuanzong a little bit. You said that you have done such an obvious thing to take back the power. There are so many invisible ways to make people teach power gratefully. How could it be Tang Xuanzong, who was wise and mighty back then, whose mind was emptied by beauty and fun.