Li Daoxuan's five thousand troops were destroyed, which meant that the northern gate of Guanzhong was officially opened. Two days later, Zhang Xuan led an army of 150,000 into Guanzhong and stationed a large camp in Weibeicang on the north bank of the Wei River. Hundreds of cavalry rushed to various counties in Guanzhong and sent the emperor's urging edict to various counties.

The Emperor of Great Zhou came to Guanzhong in person, and Guanzhong was shocked for a moment. At this time, the magistrates of various counties no longer hesitated. They sent their nephews or went there in person, and rushed to the Zhou army camp in Weibei Cang, and no one took the Emperor Chang'an to heart.

Although the city gate of Chang'an was closed and the officials were unable to leave the city, many imperial officials who escaped from Chang'an in advance rushed to the camp of Cangzhou Army in Weibei to meet the emperor.

At this time, there was also a Tang army stationed on the south bank of the Wei River. It was the army led by Li Xiaogong from the north of Hanzhong. His army had a total of 15,000 people. In addition to the 10,000 troops he brought from Hanzhong, there were also 5,000 troops retreated from Shangluo County, which were also incorporated by him.

In the big tent, Li Xiaogong stood in front of the map without saying a word, thinking hard about the possibility of a turnaround. From the perspective of military strength, they were not too bad. There were at least 50,000 troops in the Qin King of Anding County, 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Chang'an City, Li Shentong had 40,000 troops, and 30,000 troops in Tongguan and Pujin Pass, plus his own 15,000 troops, there were about 200,000 troops. If they could clench the 200,000 troops into fists, they could fight to the death with the Zhou army in Guanzhong. It is still unknown who will win. The biggest problem now is that the troops are too dispersed.

In fact, there is another more serious problem, that is, Lee Won-ji ascended the throne, which made Lee Hyo-gong feel as if he were torn apart. If Lee Won-ji was still the Regent, perhaps he would recognize Lee Won-ji's Regent for the sake of the overall situation.

But Li Yuanji ascended the throne, the nature is completely different. Li Xiaogong cannot accept this reality no matter how he supports the Qin King ascending the throne, but once he accepts Li Yuanji ascended the throne, it is equivalent to breaking up with Li Shimin. Unless the Qin King can accept Li Yuanji ascend the throne first, he can follow the Qin King.

On the table next to him, there was a reply from Li Shentong to him. He had written to Li Shentong before, hoping that the two armies would merge and increase the strength of the army. However, Li Shentong's reply put forward two conditions: one was that his army was incorporated into Li Shentong's Guanzhong Army, that is, Li Shentong annexed his army, and the second condition was that he had to recognize Li Yuanji as the emperor.

The first condition is barely acceptable if it is for the overall situation, but he will never accept the second condition.

Li Xiaogong sighed deeply. The defeat of the Tang Dynasty was due to the internal struggle for power and profit.

At this time, a personal soldier whispered beside him: "Your Highness, there is news from Hanzhong."

“Where is the sender?”

The personal soldiers waved their hands and two soldiers led a letter-delivery soldier in.

The soldier knelt down and cried, "General Shi was unfortunately killed in battle, and Hanzhong has been lost."

Li Xiaogong felt a sharp pain in his heart, and a sad look in his eyes. Shi Huaiyi followed him for many years and would never betray even if he was captured. Even Zhang Xuan felt his loyalty and sent him back, but he didn't expect that he would die.

He asked with a grief in his heart, "How did he die?"

"Report to Your Highness, Nan Zheng was surrounded by the Zhou army, and the food in the city was cut off. General Shi refused to surrender and ordered the large households in the city to pay the military rations. However, Jin Wenqing, Liu Zhihao and other generals refused to defend their rituals with him and colluded with the wealthy families in the city. They launched a mutiny at night, killed General Shi, and surrendered to the Zhou army. When His Highness came, tens of thousands of Zhou troops also went north at the same time."

Li Xiaogong nodded silently, all kinds of torture and pressure came to him. He felt depressed and suddenly squirted out blood and fell on his back.

"Your Highness! Your Highness!" The tent was in chaos.

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The Zhou army camp is close to the Weibei Warehouse, which is a large warehouse built last year. The warehouse contains 300,000 stones of grain, hundreds of thousands of dan, as well as countless tents, military and other materials. It is close to the Wei River and Luo River, and is specially used to supply the grain and supplies of Shangjun, Pujin Pass and Tongguan. Now it has all become the logistics support of the Zhou army.

The camp covers an area of ​​thousands of acres and consists of tens of thousands of tents. It is surrounded by five sub-camps, guarding the central camp from five directions.

The defense within the central camp is extremely strict, and 20,000 Yulin cavalry strictly protects the safety of the central camp. Every Tang Dynasty official who came in to pay a visit to the emperor must undergo a strict search and no weapons or fire is allowed to enter.

In the past two days, Zhang Xuan has been busy meeting officials from Guanzhong and Chang'an, pacifying them one by one, allowing them to stabilize the people and resume production. This is also the main purpose of his command in person. He needs to appease all officials of the Tang Dynasty as the emperor, which will be of great benefit to future political stability.

In the tent, Zhang Xuan met Chen Shuda's legitimate grandson Chen Zhongfang. Chen Shuda's whole family had been closely monitored by Xuanwu Jingwei. Chen Zhongfang was secretly protected by the Chang'an Intelligence Agency and was able to escape from Chang'an. He brought a handwritten letter from his grandfather Chen Shuda to Zhang Xuan.

Chen Shuda was the leader of all officials in the Tang Dynasty. His firm protection for the prince Jiancheng won him respect from all civil and military officials in the dynasty. This was also the reason why Zhang Xuan made an exception to meet Chen Zhongfang. If Chen Shuda turned to loyalty to the Great Zhou Dynasty, this would have a huge herd effect on all civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty and had a significant political impact.

After reading the letter, Zhang Xuan asked again: "Your grandfather said he was sick and did not attend court. Will Li Yuanji let him go?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Li Yuanji doesn't care whether his grandfather goes to court. As long as his grandfather accepts his prime minister's appointment, then Li Yuanji also hopes that his grandfather will not go. Now the court is controlled by Cui Wenxiang and Pei Ji, and they don't want their grandfather to attend court."

Zhang Xuan asked again: "I haven't heard from Chang'an for several days. I heard that Li Yuanji was going to choose a minister to kill him. I wonder who he chose in the end?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Xiaomin heard it was Liu Wenjing."

Zhang Xuan was stunned, "Why is it him?"

"I heard that Liu Wenjing was reported by her concubine, saying that he secretly sent someone to send a letter to Li Shimin. In addition, Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing had a deep grudge and took the opportunity to slander. Liu Wenjing's whole family was already imprisoned and Xuanwu Jingwei would come to examine the case."

Zhang Xuan nodded, and Liu Wenjing finally failed to escape the disaster.

Zhang Xuan smiled at Chen Zhongfang again and said, "You should stay in the army for the time being! I just missed a chief clerk here, I believe you will be competent."

Chen Zhongfang was extremely surprised and quickly knelt down and said, "I am willing to serve Your Majesty!"

"No need to be polite. Write a letter to your grandfather and I will send it to the city."

"Abide by the order!"

Chen Zhongfang bowed and followed his guard down. Soon, Fang Xuanling walked in with several military newspapers, bowed and smiled at Zhang Xuan, "Your Majesty is a big deal! He will be the chief clerk of the sixth rank when he takes action."

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "I can't bear to leave my children, I can't get a wolf!"

General Fang Xuanling's newspaper was submitted to Zhang Xuan, "This is a military newspaper that has just been sent from all over the country. Please read it with Your Majesty!"

Zhang Xuan took over a stack of military newspapers. He first looked at Xu Shiji's report. The Zhou army had taken Hanzhong. Xu Shiji and Liu Lancheng each led the army north from Ziwu Road and Chen Cang Road to Guanzhong.

The defenders of Honghua and Beidi County have surrendered, Su Dingfang and Du Yunsi's army have gone south to join Luo Shixin's army, and 100,000 Zhou troops have been stationed in the Qianshuiwon area.

Li Jing's 100,000 army and Pei Xingyan's 30,000 cavalry also joined in Pingliang County. Both sides had taken Pingliang County, and Li Shimin's army was completely surrounded in Anding County.

Zhang Xuan sighed softly, "If General Sun Ying hadn't fought with Changwu Pass in blood, Guanzhong would definitely not be the situation now, a key battle!"

"They have made great contributions. Your Highness must give great rewards to those who live, and even more to pay more pensions to the deceased."

"The Prime Minister is right. I want to reward them twice as much. I have issued an order to posthumously title Sun Ying as General Zhongyong, posthumously awarded the Duke of Anding County, and allow his son to inherit it."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

At this time, Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Now I am very concerned about the commander of Pujin Pass, the general of Pujin Pass. Let me tell you, how can I defeat the enemy without fighting?"

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "The key here is that Master Sheng Yan's surname is Sheng but not Li."

Zhang Xuan raised his head and laughed, "What the Prime Minister said is just right for me!"
Chapter completed!