"If you are an obedient son, you should stay in Longyou and not follow the prince to Lingwu. He sent you back this time just to ask me for money and people. I can send someone to escort the gold.
When we get to Lingwu, we can assemble thousands of guards for him, but you should stay. If he is really serious, he will fulfill our wish and marry our daughter, but it doesn't matter if he refuses.
You can choose any lady who has not yet left the palace, whether it is a lady from a famous family or a jade from a small family, as long as you like it, I can catch it for you, so why only want the prince's daughter?"
Li Chongyun put his hands in his sleeves and said quietly: "Master, you can't understand this feeling, and I can't explain it to you."
Li Siye didn't know what I was thinking about. I know how to sing the Three Plum Blossoms, and how to make promises between life and death. You, a child in early love, dare to talk about true love with me.
"From today on, don't leave Liangzhou. Stay with your mother and think about it."
Li Chongyun got up from the ground, climbed on the horse's back, whipped his whip, and whipped the horse into the distance.
Li Siye said angrily behind him: "You still want to be whipped, don't you?"
When he returned to the main hall of the mansion, Duan Xiushi had already arrived with Han Haijun. He came to see the commander in armor and had to bow and cross his hands when he entered the door.
Li Siye took his hand and said, "You and I are brothers, so why bother being polite? Come and sit down."
Duan Xiushi sat in front of the table and said: "I heard from the brother who sent the report that An Lushan rebelled, and His Majesty called us to cross the Yellow River to participate in countering the rebellion. I don't know how far the rebels have reached, but Luoyang, the eastern capital, is still there.
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Li Siye was silent for a moment and then said: "We have conquered Tongguan and occupied Chang'an. The saint led his people to flee to Shu."
"What?" Duan Xiushi's body shook violently after hearing this, and tears oozed from the corners of his eyes. "Since the situation is so critical, why has the saint not summoned us to the court for so long?"
The scholar's feelings for his family and country are so strong. He didn't expect Duan Xiushi to be so sincere. Li Siye did not ask him for the reason. He just smiled and said, "Didn't I call you here immediately after His Majesty gave me the order?"
Duan Xiushi clapped his chest and said: "I, the thirteen thousand Han navy cavalry, are willing to be the forerunners of the officials? Lead the army and act as the vanguard."
Li Siye waved his hand and said, "Don't be anxious yet. Station the soldiers down to make dry food. After the army is gathered together, then divide the army and formulate tasks."
"In that case? I have resigned from my humble position first." Duan Xiushi stood up, crossed her hands with him, and slowly exited the main hall.
The new steward of the family came in from the back door of the hall and said in fright: "What's wrong, A Lang? Yun Lang ran away from the back door on horseback!"
Li Siye turned around and said angrily: "What's the use of you! You can't even look down on me!"
The steward defended in a low voice: "Did Madam open the lock for Yun Lang? There's nothing I can do about it."
He immediately called General Yamen out the door: "Qubani!"
Kubani entered the hall, crossed his hands and said, "Here!"
"Let me ride my horse to catch up!"
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Li Siye chased him for more than thirty miles with his own soldiers, and finally saw Li Chongyun leading his horse under a tree in the valley under the pine forest. Li Siye turned over and dismounted, grabbed the whip and walked towards him? Li Chongyun pouted his lips and dodged back and said:
"Did Grandpa take me back?"
When he walked up to him? Li Siye's anger had completely dissipated. He just sighed and said helplessly: "You want to go back to marry the princess and the princess. How can I not prepare a betrothal gift for you? The royal family is in a new disaster, and the emperor's imperial army is probably
He also ran away? Your father-in-law is about to ascend the throne as the emperor, and he is in urgent need of an escorting imperial army. I selected 3,000 brave and skilled soldiers from the Seventh Army in Hexi? They are called Longxiang Army, and you will take them to Lingwu. Also.
Yes? I also prepared two million silk coins for you, and brought them to Lingwu as well, to provide funds for him to reorganize the imperial court."
When Li Chongyun heard what Li Siye said, he quickly knelt down on the ground and said excitedly: "Thank you very much, grandpa, son."
Li Siye turned around and went back to mount his horse. He held up the riding whip and said: "What kind of words of thanks can be said between father and son? Just live a good life for me."
He obediently followed Li Siye back to Liangzhou. After several days of preparation, he took the Longxiang army assigned to him by his father and escorted cartloads of property toward Lingwu.
On the same day, Duan Xiushi came to Li Siye again, requesting to lead the Han navy to cross the Yellow River first, capture Weizhou and Qinzhou, and control the main road from Longyou to Guanzhong first.
After Li Siye thought for a moment, he nodded and said: "Yes, but you must work with Zang Xiye's Flying Tiger Cavalry, and also organize the surrendered troops of Absi in your Han Navy into a scout Tang Cavalry team, and let them detect the rebels.
Actions and deployment. These people have a blood feud with An Lushan. Even if they are caught, they will not easily surrender to the enemy. Good steel should be used on the blade."
"Here," Duan Xiushi crossed his hands and was about to turn around when Li Siye suddenly said, "How about sending some people to Maweiyi to have a look?"
Duan Xiushi asked in surprise: "That place is still under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, why do you need to send people there?"
"It's good to go and have a look."
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The timeline goes back to the day when Li Longji fled. The emperor had just left Chang'an, and court officials went to the Daming Palace to attend court. However, the Danfeng Five Gates were closed tightly, the sound of dripping could still be heard in the palace, and the honor guard soldiers were still in order.
The eunuchs and maids suddenly opened the palace door and ran out in a noisy manner. The officials and dignitaries all understood what was going on, and they all ran out of the Nine City Gate in a swarm.
The city of Chang'an was in complete chaos. The Imperial Guards who stayed behind at the palace began to rob and steal. The people in the mountains rushed to the palace and the mansions of dignitaries to rob property. Some people even led their animals to the Zuozang warehouse and set fire to it.
Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng led people to put out the fire and ordered the soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion to suppress it. They killed more than a dozen people before quelling the riot.
They knew that resistance was a dead end, so the emperor left them behind in Chang'an, just to let him die. Cui Guangyuan sent his son in the suburbs to welcome the surrender of An Lushan's army, and Bian Lingcheng also knelt at the city gate to welcome them, and arranged all the palaces.
The key to the door was given to An Lushan. The rebels entered the city without any resistance.
Although Xuanzong fled in panic, the rebels did not pursue them because the huge Chang'an city and palace lay in front of them, like a peerless beauty who had been stripped of her clothes. Few people could control their desires in the face of such temptation.
.Those who can control it have already achieved the status of emperors, and those who learn to delay gratification are indeed powerful enough.
An Lushan was obviously not this kind of person. He had a desire to proclaim himself emperor in Luoyang City, so he stayed in Luoyang for a month, causing the Tang army to gather 200,000 troops in Tongguan. Now he is fascinated by Chang'an City again, although
He has visited this prosperous capital city more than once, but in the past he was a courtier and a guest, and now he is the master. All the rebels who entered the city were looting, and no one took the initiative to pursue and expand their victory.
When Xuanzong fled, he brought a lot of things, but no food. He sent the eunuch Wang Luoqing to go ahead and tell the passing counties to be ready to receive the holy driver. At noon, they arrived at Wangxian Palace in Xianyang County hungry.
Before the group settled down in Wangxian Palace, Gao Lishi went to the county house to find the county magistrate and Wang Luoqing. When he came back, he angrily cursed: "Wang Luoqing, this son of a bitch! He escaped with the county magistrate! He deserves to die!"
Li Longji just sighed and said, "Oh, let them go."
Gao Lishi quickly sent a few of his confidant eunuchs to go to the county officials and large households to collect some grain. Unexpectedly, these wealthy households were better informed than the people in Chang'an and had already fled completely. The eunuchs had to come back empty-handed.
At this time, Chen Xuanli became a little angry and reached out to call Long Wujun: "Send some people to search from house to house. How can there be no food!"
Li Longji sat on the wooden couch in the palace and waved his hands feebly: "Don't disturb the people. Guozhong and Jiansu, please lead some officials to buy some food with the people with money."