On March 21, 14th day of Tianbao, An Lushan's rebels attacked Puzhou City.

The radius of dozens of miles outside Puzhou City was already cleared by An Chongzhang. Some of the villagers fled into Puzhou City, while others fled together to Henan, and their families and their families fled to Chang'an City.

This time the rebels siege the city was not so smooth, and there were many casualties on the first day of the siege.

An Chongzhang was a famous general of the world. He was very good at defending any city and had the confidence to defend it for more than one month.

His city was quite well-organized. First, he strengthened the walls and cleared the fields. All the people in a radius of hundreds of miles outside the city were moved away, all the food was harvested, and all the houses were burned, leaving no things for the enemy for use, and there was no money, food, grass, and people and livestock. The rebels only had a vast field of burned slag everywhere.

The second is to strengthen the city walls, block the city gates, and completely cut off the retreat of the entire city's military and civilians with the momentum of putting them to death, forcing the military and civilians to fight to the death.

Then the buildings in the city were dismantled, and beams, bricks, tiles, rivets, stones, etc. became weapons to defend the city. Anything that could be used to attack the enemy could be used to attack An Chongzhang.

The method is simple, but the combination really put a lot of pressure on the rebels. When the city gate was completely blocked and the soldiers and the people even cut off their desire to surrender, they simply made up their minds against the enemy and fought to the death.

On the first day of the rebels' siege, tens of thousands of soldiers launched fierce attacks on the northern city gate of Puzhou. The battle was dark until the rebels burst into pieces, but they didn't even climb up the top of the city, and left thousands of corpses in panic.

An Lushan was furious and killed several generals who were unable to attack the city that night, scolded all the generals, and decided to continue to attack the city tomorrow.

Puzhou City is located in Henan Road and is the only way to the Henan Road to Gyeonggi Road. Puzhou cannot resist, and the rebels cannot reach the city of Chang'an at all.

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Late at night, the Huaqing Palace in Mount Li was quiet and silent. The patrol guards took neat steps, holding torches and lanterns to inspect the rows of palaces and courtyards one by one. The eunuchs stood outside the hall and dozed listlessly.

The panic footsteps broke the silence of the late night.

A eunuch ran from the palace gate with a panic expression, walked through the lotus pond and went straight to the harem.

The palace was running wildly late at night, contrary to etiquette. As soon as the patrol soldiers stopped, the eunuch shouted without looking back: "Emergency military information, Northern Red Peel Army Newspaper! No one can stop it!"

The patrol soldiers felt nervous when they heard this. The Red Leather Army Newspaper was 800 miles to step up military information. No matter what occasion or time, they must be delivered to the emperor immediately, and it cannot be delayed for a moment.

In the deep courtyard of the harem, Li Longji went to bed very early. He was almost seventy years old and was not as good as before. He could no longer drink and have fun in an uncontrollable way like before.

The rapid knock on the door woke Li Longji up, and Gao Lishi's anxious voice outside the door.

"Your Majesty, wake up quickly, there is an emergency military newspaper in the north!"

Li Longji opened his eyes and came back to his senses for a while. He felt anger in his heart, and he felt the urge to kill someone.

"General Gao, come in and talk."

Li Longji got up in his inner clothes, and the palace maid standing next to him helped him off the bed.

Gao Lishi rudely pushed open the hall door, walked quickly to Li Longji, and said in panic: "Your Majesty, An Lushan has rebelled!"

Li Longji felt his mind confused, and his ears buzzed like a bell striking.

After a long time, Li Longji said uncertainly: "What did you say?"

"An Lushan raised an army in Fanyang on February 19th in Tianbao. Three towns have 150,000 troops, together with the Xi tribe and the Khitan tribe and other foreign troops, a total of 200,000. Wherever the rebels passed, the cities have fallen. The Henan Jiedushi Zhang Jieran died for his country, and the Chenliu County prefect Guo Na surrendered. Now the rebels have crossed the Yellow River and are attacking Puzhou. An Chongzhang is leading his army to defend..."

Li Longji's body was chilling, his old face turned pale, his steps staggered, and he almost fell down with his head raised. Fortunately, the palace maid next to him supported him from left to right.

The teeth were chewing, and Li Longji sucked in a cold tone while saying, "An Lushan... is it really the opposite?"

Gao Lishi had never seen Li Longji look so terrible, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, and he lowered his head and whispered: "It's really the opposite."

Bang!

A beautiful plum vase was thrown to the ground by Li Longji. Gao Lishi was so scared that he knelt on the ground, allowing the broken porcelain pieces to pierce his knees, but he didn't dare to move.

"How dare you, thief...?" Li Longji trembled all over, gasped heavily, and his back was hunched over, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I am waiting for you to be a national soldier, and I will repay you with swords and weapons! I am ungrateful, and it is worse than beasts!"

Gao Lishi said anxiously: "Your Majesty calm down and take care of the dragon body. The 200,000 rebels are not afraid. Just mobilize the king's army to pacify it quickly. Your Majesty must not be distracted and let the thief succeed."

Li Longji's face was cold and said coldly: "I sent an order to go back to Chang'an immediately, send a fast horse to order the twelve guards of Chang'an to order the generals of each guard to purify the troops under his command, the Ministry of Revenue counts the food and grass, the Ministry of Armed Forces inspects weapons, the army will be inspected tomorrow, and people entering and leaving the city gates must be investigated and interrogated, hurry!"

Gao Lishi received the order and stood up and hurriedly retreated.

Sitting alone in the hall, Li Longji still couldn't help but tremble. He sat on the jade steps in the hall, gasping heavily, and his body was hunched like a shrimp, revealing his hang and his feet were exposed.

Li Longji felt fear that he had never experienced in his life.

He led his troops into the palace, killed Empress Wei, and purged the rebels in the court. At that time, he was not sure, but he had never been as afraid as he was now.

The young man is no longer there, his spirit is lost, and he encounters great changes in his old age. Emperor Tang is an ordinary person after all.

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Li Longji set off from Huaqing Palace in Mount Li late at night and returned to Chang'an.

However, Chang'an City is still full of peace. The news of An Lushan's rebellion has not yet arrived, and Chang'an's subjects are enjoying the last trace of the prosperous era.

Night falls and lights are on.

Gu Qing was wearing a brocade robe, her hair was meticulously combed, a black rough head, a jade belt, and a cloth boots. She stood in front of the bronze mirror and looked around.

"The lips are red and the teeth are white, and Gu Pan feels affection. If there is a little more festiveness between his eyebrows and eyes, I dare to agree to call me a 'beautiful man'." Gu Qing nodded with satisfaction.

After appreciating for a long time, I felt that my image at this moment should be the legendary young master of the turbid world. Only then did Gu Qing reluctantly walk out of the house.

Han Jie and Wang Gui were waiting for him in the front yard. When they saw Gu Qing coming out, their eyes were straight.

Gu Qing sneered and put on the look of a young master of the turbid world, and raised his eyebrows at the two of them: "How?"

Wang Gui quickly flattered: "The Marquis dressed up, I am afraid that the little ladies in the brothel would like to spend the spring night with the Marquis. They are as handsome as the Bodhisattvas in the temple. The Marquis is also a marquis of Qinfeng County, a general of the Right Guard, and has talent and ability. Not only that, the Marquis is also so handsome. God is so unfair. All the best things in the world are given to the Marquis..."

Although this flattery was exposed, Gu Qing was overjoyed when he heard it.

Wang Gui is still very good at chatting, so he is recommended to promote him to become an official in another day. He is loyal to the critical moment and can sacrifice his life and speaks so nicely. It is not a bad thing for such a person to stay by his side.

His eyes quickly turned to Han Jie, who was silent. Seeing that he frowned and looked at him, but he did not praise him like Wang Gui, Gu Qing was immediately dissatisfied and asked with a calm face: "Who is better, I, Mr. Xu, or Mr. Xu in the north of the city?"

Han Jie was surprised: "City, Xu Gong in the north of the city... who is it?"

"Don't bother who he is. This is a free question, there is only one standard answer. Wang Gui, you can answer it."

Wang Gui said without hesitation: "No matter who you compare with, the Marquis is the most beautiful."

Gu Qing pointed to Han Jie and said, "Did you hear it? Although it is not a standard, the meaning is very accurate. 'Your Majesty is so beautiful, how can Xu Gong compare with you?'... You two should read more, and the standard answers to praise others are in the book, so there is not only Yan Ruyu, but also the way to get promoted."

Han Jie lowered his head and said humbly: "Affect the Marquis's admonition."

Turning around, Han Jie suddenly turned his back, and exerted his lunge and helped him run. He kicked Wang Gui hard on the butt, kicking Wang Gui, a flat sandy geese flying freely...

"Battle, who gave you the courage to steal my limelight? Flatters are very shameful!"

Gu Qing stumbled and began to think about the logic in Han Jie's words.

If Wang Gui flatters, wouldn’t he deny Wang Gui’s flattery just now? So, Han Jie doesn’t think he is more beautiful than Xu Gong in the north of the city?

The dog thing is floating...

"Han Jie, do you want to have something exciting?" Gu Qing patted Han Jie's shoulder and smiled happily.

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"In no mood."

"You really think I'm asking for your opinion?" Gu Qing suddenly smiled and said with a stern face: "I'll walk out of the city tomorrow, hike to Mount Li and then run back, that's what it's decided."

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This is the first time I have visited brothels in this world.

Gu Qing was a little nervous. How could he show his frequent shopping? Waiting online, it was quite urgent.

Gu Qing got on the carriage, Han Jie and Wang Gui and a group of personal guards followed behind. The carriage drove to Pingkangfang and stopped amid the sound of singing and dancing. Wang Gui lifted the curtain of the car and smiled and said, "Marty, we are here. This is the best brothel in Chang'an City, and it is barely worthy of the identity of Martyr."

Gu Qing got out of the car and looked around. He looked up and saw an antique brothel located next to the street. The brothel was three floors high, with endless cars and horses in front of the door. The people who entered were dressed in luxury and had a good identity. There was no flattering madam at the door to welcome guests. There was no beautiful girl on the floor waving her handkerchief and calling out, "Master, come and play."

In fact, the brothel exudes a sense of elegance from the inside to the outside. There are two rows of wise guests standing at the door. If someone comes, the wise guests will come forward to salute, and then bring the guests in after greetings.

From the outside, it doesn’t look like a brothel, a bit like a teahouse in my previous life, with a bit of the meaning of “there are great scholars in conversation and laughter, but no white men in exchanges”.

"Wang Gui, are you sure this is a brothel? The kind of girl there?" Gu Qing asked hesitantly.

Wang Gui grinned and said, "Mr. Marquis, this building is the most famous brothel in Chang'an City. The girls inside are conscious and tactful, gentle and explain the words. What is important is that they have a beautiful face and graceful figure. The people who come and go are all powerful court officials. The price of drinking once is expensive. Ordinary people cannot afford it. Merchants and others have no courage to go in, for fear of being disliked by the powerful. The villain just heard of it, but never went in..."
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