Sun Tonglin traveled from Hanzhong to Chang'an almost day and night.

In such a time, crossing the Qinling Mountains is definitely a joke about your life. Even if the Liang army set up levels on the five main roads in the Qinling Mountains, only a few hundred people were stationed in each of these so-called levels. In the situation where Chang'an was unable to protect itself, the supplies in these levels could not be guaranteed, and the soldiers stationed inside could only be shrunk in the simplest level, and they would never go out unless they had to, in order to minimize their own consumption.

Along the way, Sun Tonglin's dozens of guards died a little, and then he finally reappeared in Guanzhong and finally saw the tall city wall of Chang'an again.

He had only been away for a month, but the situation in Chang'an City had seemed to be worse than when he left. Outside the city, hunger could be seen everywhere, and in the city, there were groups of people wandering numbly in the city. Sometimes, as he walked, someone would fall into the snow on the ground and never get up again.

Every half day, Chang'an County will organize some people to drag carts along the street to clean up the dead bodies who died on the road, in the alleys, and in the corners of the streets. They will drag them out of the city, find a place, pour it on the ground, and then finish it.

It was snowy and the dead bodies were frozen hard, and no one was willing to spend time on these dead bodies. The Huarenzhuang outside the city had long been closed, and even officials had a problem keeping warm to Chang'an, where there were so many firewood, charcoal and other things to burn these corpses.

After years of fighting, Henan was lost, Luoyang was lost, and the grain transportation was cut off. Now the Tang army is approaching Chang'an in large numbers, and Chang'an is already at its end.

Every day, a large number of people are running away in the city.

Shizhong Wang Shu once suggested that Zhu Youzhen must stop such behavior, because large-scale escape will make the people in Chang'an even more disintegrating, but for some reason, Zhu Youzhen rejected Wang Shu's proposal. Those who want to escape would let these people make their own way.

But even so, for a megacity with a population of millions, the majority of people staying in the city are still. These people don’t know where to go? They don’t know what the situation is outside? In such weather, if you escape from the city, you don’t know how long you can live.

At least in the city, there is a house that covers them with wind and rain. Once they escape from the city, it will be completely resigned to fate.

More importantly, outside the city, in addition to these reasons, there are many bandits. These bandits were also people in Chang'an City or outskirts, but now, they have become extremely vicious bandits. Someone once escaped from them and the news brought back is chilling. Those bandits are really eating people.

The embarrassed Sun Tonglin and his group met Hao Ren, who also returned from outside at the city gate.

"Sun Chengzhi, what's wrong with you? I haven't seen you for a while. Where have you been? Why did you do this?" Hao Ren looked at Sun Tonglin and his group with frostbite on his face, who were flowing with yellow water constantly. He was very surprised and jumped off his horse and asked while bowing his hand.

"Don't mention it, it's already a blessing to be back safely." Sun Tonglin looked at the many people in the army led by Hao Ren, with wounds on Hao Ren's armor, and blood was stained with blood. "What happened outside?"

Hao Ren grinned and said, "Sun Chengzhi, don't panic. The Tang army is still far away from here. We are going to suppress the bandits. A group of bandits, who are brave enough to attack our military station and rob the military rations inside. Isn't this a mess?"

"The bandits are so bold now? Even the soldiers dare to attack?" Sun Tonglin was shocked.

Hao Ren looked around and lowered his voice and said, "People are crazy about hunger, can't they do anything? Do you know what I saw when I found their nest? There are human bones everywhere, the pot is cooked, and the house is hung with yes. I am brave enough, which makes me feel scared. In the end, I didn't keep any of those people and killed them all. Those who eat people are no longer humans!"

Sun Tonglin shivered and a sense of urgency arose.

I can no longer hesitate, and I must let Your Majesty make a decision early.

He bowed to Hao Ren and said, "General Hao, I want to rush back to report to His Majesty, so I won't disturb the general's business, so I will say goodbye!"

"Sun Chengzhi, go and do your business!" Hao Ren returned the greeting with a smile.

As the commander of the Daliang Hall Front Office, Hao Ren's serious official position is higher than Sun Tonglin's order, but he is a celebrity around the emperor or the grandfather of the imperial concubine, Hao Ren naturally wants to flatter him.

Seeing Sun Tonglin and his group walking away, Hao Ren turned his head and asked a soldier who had walked beside him, "Do you know what you have?"

"I found out!" The soldier said with a smile: "They were coming out of the Qinling Mountains. At this time, they were really trying their best!"

"From the Qinling Mountains?" Hao Ren nodded thoughtfully.

Just now, when he was having a passionate conversation with Sun Tonglin, his subordinates were not idle either. Originally, everyone was working in front of the emperor. Even if they didn't know each other, they could be familiar with each other. Sun Tonglin was strict with his mouth, but the guards under his command were not so strict. Under the other party's intentional conspiracy, they still revealed their whereabouts.

No matter how difficult the situation is and how hard the people work, they will never suffer the real nobles.

The room was as warm as spring, which made Sun Tonglin, who was covered in frostbite, feel itchy and uncomfortable. The exquisite snacks on the table made him eat dry food for more than ten days and he was even more salivating. But he finally suppressed these thoughts that made him extremely uncomfortable. After drinking a cup of hot tea, he began to report to Zhu Youzhen about his specific situation when he went to Hanzhong this time.

"Your Majesty, this is Sheng Zhonghuai's last suggestion. He said with certainty that Chang'an cannot be defended, even in the current situation, he cannot be defended. Because Li Ze will definitely choose the right one to bear certain losses in other places, and must defeat us first." Sun Tonglin sighed: "I am also thinking about it all the way, thinking that he is very reasonable. When I returned to Chang'an, seeing the current decline of Chang'an, I have to make a decision. Your Majesty needs to make a decision early. Once Tongguan is broken, our room for maneuver will be smaller."

"Go to the emperor's name and submit to Guangzhou!" Zhu Youzhen repeated in a daze, "If we can completely control Yizhou, would Sheng Zhonghuai not be able to transport Yizhou's money and grain to Chang'an through the Qinling Mountains? In this way, wouldn't Chang'an turn danger into safety?"

"I said so!" Sun Tonglin said: "Sheng Zhonghuai said, even if that's the case, we must survive this winter. Now it's the middle of winter. Even if he has completely controlled Yizhou, how can he transport money and grain to Chang'an through the Qinling Mountains?"

"Can't we even handle this winter?" Zhu Youzhen asked back.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand military affairs. I have to ask Cao Xuan and Cao Bin." Sun Tonglin whispered.

Zhu Youzhen lowered his head, but there was actually no need to ask them. Zhu Youzhen himself is a big military expert. How could he not know whether he could defend Chang'an at this point?

Li Ze helped Li Yan's coffin to go south, causing a sensation. Li Ze was telling his army with practical actions that Chang'an must be taken down.

And his subordinates will do everything they can to achieve Li Ze's goal.

Of course, what Sheng Zhonghuai said makes sense, and it is also his best way out now, but he could not make up this decision for a moment when he gave up everything now and gave up the throne of the emperor that the Zhu family had achieved.

"I have to think about it, think about it carefully!" he murmured.

Sun Tonglin naturally knew that this determination was difficult, so he stood up: "Your Majesty, that old minister will say goodbye first."

"Go and see the imperial concubine. She is pregnant. You want to be a great-grandfather!" Zhu Youzhen said.

"Really?" Sun Tonglin was overjoyed, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the old minister congratulates Your Majesty."

Zhu Youzhen and Mrs. Yuanmao had only one daughter. Later, Zhu Youzhen was seriously injured and had no more children. Now that the imperial concubine is pregnant, it is indeed an unexpected surprise. Moreover, the imperial concubine is still a woman from the Sun family, so Sun Tonglin couldn't be unhappy.

Zhu Youzhen nodded with a wry smile: "I really didn't expect it. I hope this happy event can bring us good luck."

That night, Zhu Youzhen couldn't sleep all night.

While Zhu Youzhen was lying on the bed and tossing and turning, in another place in Chang'an City, at the home of Hao Ren, the commander of the hall in front of the hall, he was sitting opposite him and drinking. Computer::/

But this person was the deputy commander of the Tang Dynasty's Inner Guard, Gao Xiangsheng.

Now Hao Ren no longer has to hide Gao Xiangsheng in the underground secret room. Now, no one has the courage to break into his home and search for people.

"You mean Sun Tonglin came out of the Qinling Mountains?" Gao Xiangsheng said in surprise.

"We shouldn't have lie. Judging from their embarrassing appearance, it should be the result of a long journey in the wild." Hao Ren said.

"Sun Tonglin could only go to one place, that is Yizhou." Gao Xiangsheng slowly savored the wine and said, "Was it going to Yizhou at this time to ask for help? Zhu Yougui had come to save Chang'an long ago, so how could he wait until today? That guy wanted to be a king of grass in Yizhou so that he would not get involved in the affairs of Chang'an. In my opinion, it might be that Sun Tonglin had gone to explore the way in the Qinling Mountains, and Zhu Youzhen must have wanted to run away."

"Want to run? At this time, I'm going to get into the Qinling Mountains?" Gao Xiangchang shook his head repeatedly.

"So what?" Hao Ren said: "It is indeed a life-and-death death to dive into the Qinling Mountains, but it is better than waiting here! Besides, there are roads in the Qinling Mountains after all. Moreover, Liang army has always had checkpoints in the Qinling Mountains. Otherwise, I really couldn't think of what Sun Tonglin did to dive into the Qinling Mountains!"
Chapter completed!