Chapter 736: The King of Xiliang prepares soldiers for Longyou
Although people in Chang'an City are panic-stricken, the people still firmly believe that the rebels will soon be wiped out and General Ge Shuhan will win a complete victory.
The news of the fall of Tongguan was well covered up. Li Longji climbed to the top of the Qinzheng Building and announced that he would lead the expedition in person, but no one who heard it believed it. He moved into the Daming Palace that night and planned his escape with his close ministers.
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In order to make the plan more thorough, Li Longji appointed Wei Fangjin, the Yin of Jingzhao, as the imperial censor and envoy, and Cui Guangyuan, the young Yin of Jingzhao, as the Yin of Jingzhao, who also served as the stayer in Xijing. He asked General Bian Lingcheng to take charge of the keys to the palace. Xuanzong pretended to be the sword.
Nanjiedu Ambassador Ying Wangli was about to go to the town and ordered Jiannan Road to prepare supplies for the escape.
The emperor and his confidants planned carefully. After nightfall, Chen Xuanli gathered the Longwu Army in the square between Chongxuanmen and Xuanwumen. He rewarded the soldiers with property and selected nearly a thousand good horses from the Feilong Stable. Waiting until early morning
At that time, the Crown Prince led Qingdao, and the Longwu Forbidden Army escorted Xuanzong's troops to escape from Yanqiu Gate. In order to prevent the news from leaking, the fleeing team was controlled within a small circle. Many concubines, princesses, and emperor's grandchildren were left behind in Chang'an.
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When the fleeing team arrived at the Emperor's Zuozang Treasury, Yang Guozhong asked to set fire to the silk and satin belongings inside: "Don't give these things to the traitors."
Li Longji said in a miserable mood: "When the rebels come and have no money, they will definitely collect it from the people. It is better to leave it to them to alleviate the suffering of the people."
Yang Guozhong did not forget to flatter him at this time, saying that His Majesty cared about the people and was truly a holy king. Li Longji just kept a grimace and said nothing.
There is also a young man who has just turned fourteen years old in the prince's team. He is wearing the deep crimson official robe of the chief inspector. He is Li Siye's eldest son Li Chongyun. Originally, according to the imperial court's rules, an inspector of his level would not be able to serve at all.
He was not qualified to participate in the escape, but Li Hen deliberately asked Li Jingzhong to find him and informed him to join the team led by the prince and travel together.
In fact, there was no need for the prince to notify him. When Li Chongyun arrived in Chang'an, Li Siye wrote a long letter to Cao Anding, who joined the army, asking him to send people to plant nails in Tongguan. Once Tongguan was lost, he would immediately ride back on a horse to inform him to take the eldest son with him.
get away.
But the prince insisted on asking for this favor, so Li Chongyun naturally couldn't do it without knowing what was going on. When the team left Longshouyuan and crossed the Weihe River Bridge, Li Han specifically stopped Li Chongyun and said: "His Majesty has sent an envoy to declare the decree to your father? Let him lead the army.
Enter Guanzhong to quell the rebellion. I am going to ask you to follow the envoy to Hexi to meet your father. You only need to tell him about you and Princess Yonghe? Then you will go to Lingwu in Shuofang to wait for us? I will definitely do it during the introduction.
I will ask His Majesty to grant you a marriage."
Li Chongyun's face turned a little red, but he still bowed and crossed his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Li Heng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Silly boy? You still scream so lively."
He wanted to change his name to father-in-law, father-in-law or something like that, but it was difficult for him to speak.
The emperor's team headed southwest? Yang Guozhong ordered the soldiers to burn the Weihe River Bridge? Li Longji also stopped him and said: "There are many people among the people who are unwilling to become thieves. They can flee Chang'an to seek refuge from now on, so why must we cut off their way of survival?
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Li Chongyun seemed to have grown up after the changes and chaos in Chang'an City these days. He, Cao Anding and Michagan rode their horses to a mound and looked at the emperor's escaping team in the distance. The soldiers walked on both sides.
The palace maids and concubines were carrying packages on their backs and holding bamboo sticks in their hands, crying softly. It turned out that the emperor's family was also in such embarrassment when they fled.
Cao Anding stood beside him and said, "The prince must have ulterior motives for being so friendly to you."
Li Chongyun nodded and said: "I know, he probably just wants grandpa to help him. But grandpa is grandpa? I am me."
He turned his horse's head and looked at Chang'an City, where thick smoke was rising in the distance. It must have been a hell on earth over there.
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The eunuch sent by the emperor to announce the decree worked hard and arrived in Liangzhou in only seven or eight days, announcing the decree to Li Siye.
Li Siye had already made preparations before March and began to transfer horses and soldiers from Anxi and Beiting to Hexi. Now that he had received the imperial court's order, he immediately ordered Cen Shen and Du Fu to write military orders to delineate the northern Indian region and the Big and Little Bolu.
For the border town of Tianzhu, Zhao Congfang was appointed as the military envoy of Tianzhu. Wang Tao, the envoy of the Guiren Army stationed in Dabolu, led 3,000 troops to Hexi to participate in countering the rebellion. He also merged the Longshuo Army and the Yonghui Army into a military town.
Bi Sishen was appointed as the military envoy of Zhaowu Liuhou, and Bai Xiaode, the former military envoy of Longshuo Army, led 5,000 troops into Hexi.
Zhao Chongxun, the original envoy of Khotan in Shule, led 4,000 troops into Hexi and ordered Yu Gou to serve as the envoy of these two towns.
He also ordered Feng Changqing, the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, to lead 8,000 people to Liangzhou, and appointed Wei Boyu as the military envoy to stay behind. Duan Xiushi, the deputy envoy of Beiting Jiedu, led the Han navy to Liangzhou with 13,000 people, appointing
Zhou Yi, the judge of Jiedu, stayed as an envoy to Beiting. In this way, the number of troops mobilized from the four military towns totaled 33,000.
He also appointed Cheng Qianli as the military governor of Hexi Liuhou, leaving him four armies and four guards in Hexi with a total of 22,000 people. He himself deployed Dadou, Healthy, and Ning invaders to have a total of 20,000 troops.
One thousand people, as well as the Flying Tiger Cavalry of 26,000 people and the Xuanwu Artillery Battalion of 7,000 people.
Li Siye mobilized a total of 87,000 troops from the three towns, which is equivalent to half of the entire Longyou Road. This does not include the 25,000-strong army that Li Guangbi took with him. Otherwise, the troops he could mobilize would be enough.
There are as many as 100,000 people. He must not only meet the requirements of counterinsurgency, but also ensure that Longyou can be defended from being invaded by Tubo and other countries. This number was carefully calculated by him.
He also sent several people from Jiedu to join the army to recruit brave men in Lanzhou, Shanzhou and Hezhou to supplement the army. He gathered a total of 60,000 people and ordered them to transport grain and grass from Liangzhou to Lanzhou City. The Flying Tiger Cavalry had also already begun
In one step, we reached the Yellow River in Lanzhou to escort the advance of the follow-up troops.
Not long after the imperial envoys left, Li Siye's eldest son Li Chongyun also returned from Chang'an. He was very happy to see that his son was safe and sound, and asked him to go and say goodbye to his mother, Twelve Niangs.
When Li Chongyun came to the main hall from the inner house, Li Siye said with great satisfaction: "It seems that my arrangements have not been neglected. Cao Anding has done everything well, but Chang'an City may have fallen at this moment."
Li Chongyun thought of the prince's entrustment to him, and was a little embarrassed to say it. He only said: "Actually, I fled with the prince's team, and it was he who asked me to come back to Liangzhou."
"Prince?" Li Siye said in surprise: "The emperor said that he would marry you to Princess Heyi, the daughter of Sheng Wang Li Qi. Later, he said that you were too young to postpone the marriage, so why are you related to the prince again?"
Li Chongyun's voice gradually became quieter: "My son met Princess Yonghe, the eighth daughter of His Highness the Crown Prince, by chance. After falling in love with each other, they have made a private marriage. When His Highness the Crown Prince found out, he did not blame us, and even said that he would persuade the saint to marry us in the future."
Li Siye's expression changed slightly, he looked back at his wife Twelve Niang who was standing by the door, and said to Li Chongyun: "Come with me for an outing, so that you can test your equestrian skills."
Li Chongyun crossed his hands happily and said, "Son, I obey."
The father and son galloped out of Liangzhou City and ran for more than ten miles to the green grassy field ridges in the west of the city. Li Siye grabbed the horse's reins and asked on the slope: "How are you living in Chang'an?
What insights do you have?”
"I don't have much sentiments, but I often go out for outings with Princess Yonghe like today. At that time, I realized that time is really short."
Li Siye suddenly raised his riding whip and whipped Li Chongyun down under the horse with a crack of the whip. He covered his arm in pain and got up crying: "Master, why did you hit me?"
"You bastard! I call you puppy love, I call you puppy love!" He raised his riding crop and whipped Li Chongyun three times on his back.
Li Chongyun pouted and argued with tears: "You agreed when I was thirteen years old when the saint sent someone to marry me. Now I am fourteen years old and I am in love with the princess. Why do you object?"
Li Siye said angrily: "Can marriage be the same as falling in love? You can't fall in love with anyone but the prince's princess! Don't you know that the internal struggle in the royal family is bloody and cruel, and even the princess consort is just a burial object!"
Li Chongyun sat on the ground hugging his knees. Although his expression was no longer depressed, Li Siye could tell that he didn't listen at all to what he said.