Chapter 470
"Secretary of the Ministry of War, Jingzhao Yin, left behind in Xijing..."
These new official positions have no meaning except to make Ye Chang laugh.
Even Yang Yuhuan understood this very well. Finally, Li Longji was not completely confused and asked Ye Chang to defend Chang'an to death, but let him act according to the opportunity. Otherwise, he would be afraid that Ye Chang would immediately throw Chang'an and run towards Liaodong.
Li Longji felt embarrassed when he said this, and he added: "I promised to be fully responsible and to be a Duke of the Divine Kingdom."
"Father Emperor" Shou'an couldn't help but stand up when he heard this. These rewards had no meaning to Ye Chang now. What Li Longji really wanted to do was to use a certain prince or prince as the marshal of the world's military and horses, and Ye Chang as the deputy marshal to coordinate the troops in the world, but Li Longji did not make this appointment
Thinking of so many things he and Ye Chang have done for the royal family over the years, Shouan suddenly felt discouraged.
"Twenty-nine mother, when the matter is settled, I will marry you and Duke Dai in a grand manner." Li Longji probably knew the sadness in his daughter's heart, so he comforted her, and then turned around and looked around: "Zhuo Junfu"
"I'm here." Zhuo Junfu appeared in front of him with a cold look on his face.
"I heard that you are a young hero and a brave general of the world. I will join you as the sixth-rank official guard of the Yulin Army and the Zhaowu guard. You will lead the headquarters to protect me from the west..."
"I am willing to stay in Chang'an and meet Ye Gong." Before Li Longji finished speaking, Zhuo Junfu interrupted him: "I was ordered to seize the Golden Light Gate. This is the retreat of Ye Gong. If I leave, this place will be obtained by the thief, then no one of the ministers in the court will escape."
Li Longji was extremely embarrassed. He had just arrived here. Seeing Zhuo Junfu's command was powerful and cherishing his talents, he wanted to give him a title, but he never thought that Zhuo Junfu would not buy his account at all.
Chen Xuanli's heart moved, and he whispered: "Your Majesty, here..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the sky pouring on the east side, and then there were shouts everywhere
"What's wrong?" Li Longji and others heard the grenade explosion before, but now the explosion has stopped for a while. Why is such a sound coming from now?
"An Ni's army has entered the city." Zhuo Junfu said.
Seeing the sky in the east becoming brighter and brighter, it was obvious that many torches were ignited, Li Longji's face changed drastically. He realized that Zhuo Junfu's speculation was correct, and An Lushan's army had entered Chang'an City.
In other words, An Lushan's troops in Chang'an City are no longer the original ten thousand people, but will be more and more.
In the early years of Tianbao, the total number of imperial guards in Chang'an City was 100,000, but after that, many of the tyrannical and brave warriors in the imperial guards were transferred to the border troops. Among them, An Lushan asked to transfer the elite imperial guards several times, and Li Longji agreed. Then An Lushan buried these elite imperial guards loyal to the Li Tang royal family in the battle with the Khitan and Xi people again and again. Geshuhan attacked Shibao City despite Ye Chang's opposition, and also suffered heavy losses. While drawing united troops, he also transferred some imperial guards to support. Then Cheng Qianli buried the last tens of thousands of imperial guards in Huainan. Now the number of imperial guards in Chang'an City is very limited.
With this limited and few battles in the formation, it was originally difficult to fight against An Lushan's tiger and wolf army, not to mention that An Lushan's troops were prepared, and the imperial guards were very chaotic at this time and could not organize at all.
"Let's go... let's go first." Li Longji sighed, tears flowing from his eyes, then turned his horse's head and headed towards the Golden Light Gate.
After walking a few steps, he felt something was wrong. Looking back, Shouan was still moving.
"Shou'an, follow me." Li Longji said.
Shou'an Yingying bowed down and her eyes were filled with tears: "Daughter is waiting for Ye Chang here... Father left first, please take care of yourself
Li Longji nodded without a doubt, and then left. Looking at his father's figure getting deeper into the darkness, Shou'an's tears poured out and then wiped it off with his sleeves.
They left the city gate, and Yang Guozhong suddenly said, "Sage, please send the warriors back into the city and burn the Zuozangku. Do not let the enemy be supported."
Li Longji felt very guilty at this moment. Hearing this, he shook his head: "No, no, since the thief seized the city, there will be rewards. If the treasury is burned, he can only take them to the people. Those who have lost their virtues and are guilty, I am not as good as leaving the treasury to them because of my faults. Yuan Chong trapped my innocent child."
Yang Guozhong cursed in his heart and said he was confused, but since Li Longji had said it, he couldn't make any more suggestions. He left Chang'an and crossed Xianyang westward. At this time, the sky was getting brighter and they crossed a bridge over the Wei River. Yang Guozhong was worried and intended to stay behind. After crossing the bridge, he ordered the soldiers to say, "Burn this bridge to stop the pursuit of soldiers."
The soldiers looked at each other, all reluctantly. Yang Guozhong was furious: "If the traitors catch up with the saint, can you afford it?"
The soldiers were angry, but they just found firewood and prepared to burn the bridge. Seeing that the fire lit up, Yang Guozhong was happy, got on his horse and ran forward, and ran to Li Longji to express his merits: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured next. I have ordered the soldiers to burn the bridge, and the thieves want to cross the river, so they need to take a detour."
Li Longji had already boarded the rut train at this time and was shocked when he heard this: "This bridge is a necessary way to leave the capital. If it is burned, how should the people in the capital escape? Moreover, Ye Chang is still behind the rear hall. How can he burn this bridge and put him in a desperate situation... General Gao, go back quickly and let someone extinguish the fire."
Gao Lishi glanced at Yang Guozhong, jumped out of the car, asked for a horse, and ran back. Yang Guozhong said embarrassedly: "If the bridge is burned and Ye Chang fights with his back, he may be able to achieve his full achievements."
Li Longji glanced at Yang Guozhong again without saying a word.
But Yang Guozhong felt cold all over, because there was no friendship in Li Longji's eyes except contempt and disgust.
Li Longji is not really confused. He is just because he is indulging in pleasure and is unwilling to take charge of political affairs personally. Although he does not trust Ye Chang 100% for self-protection, he does not want Ye Chang's life.
Yang Guozhong's words were said in front of so many soldiers, and it can be said that they had touched Li Longji's reverse scale. If it weren't for Yang Yu's ring, he would have sent Yang Guozhong immediately.
Even so, he was dissatisfied. After he had planned to stabilize the overall situation, he had to stop Yang Guozhong's position as prime minister. If there was a turmoil today, he really needed a person of sufficient importance to bear the blame. Yang Guozhong seemed to be the best candidate.
As for the vacant position of prime minister, Ye Chang could naturally take over, but this time, in order to avoid re-issue the power prime minister, another person should be arranged to check and balance...
Yang Guozhong didn't know what Li Longji was thinking, but he knew that he had flattered the horse's hooves this time, and he felt more and more worried. Chen Xuanli next to him saw this scene and thoughtful, then looked at Gao Lishi, who nodded slightly.
Based on his understanding of Li Longji, of course, he knew that Yang Guozhong had completely lost his holy family now, and even Yang Yuhuan might not be able to maintain his official position.
Chen Xuanli also had his own idea in his heart.
This coup in the crown prince was so successful, and Yang Guozhong took it as one of the reasons for An Lushan, and Chen Xuanli also had a considerable responsibility.
Seeing that Li Longji was old and for the sake of his descendants' wealth, Chen Xuanli had a lot of contact with Li Heng in secret. Some of the generals who turned against the imperial guards were secretly arranged by Li Heng with the tacit approval of Chen Xuanli.
Chen Xuanli originally thought that Li Heng was just arranging some manpower to stabilize his position. This was human nature. He had no idea that Li Heng had such a strong support as An Lushan, otherwise he would not have dared to give such convenience.
If An Yuanguang hadn't found something wrong and pulled him to ask in a secluded place, the matter would have been out of control.
Now that he is fleeing, no one will pursue this, but afterwards, the matter will inevitably be settled. If he cannot put all the blame on others, even if he has not been remanded, it is certain that he will lose the holy family.
Thinking of this, Chen Xuanli's eyes became a little gloomy.
Gao Lishi's expression was still there. He would not choose any side to stand, but would only stand where Li Longji needed him to stand.
They were ulterior motives on their way to escape, but only said that the Golden Light Gate was waiting for about half an hour after they left. At this time, Chang'an City had already started to stir up. Many people fled from the west gate. If Zhuo Junfu and other organizations were not effective, they would have been afraid that the Golden Light Gate would be blocked. Shou'an looked forward to it and finally saw his familiar figure coming over. She hurriedly greeted him: "Shiyilang, are you okay?"
"It's okay... Where is your Majesty?"
After hearing Ye Chang's inquiry, Shou'an felt ashamed and didn't know how to answer. Zhuo Junfu next to him said, "Yang Guozhong thought Chang'an could not be defended, so he instigated His Majesty to go to the west."
"At this time, Your Majesty still listened to Yang Guozhong?" Ye Chang was surprised: "What do you say about Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli?
"They agree to go west, too"
"Well, okay." After hearing this, Ye Chang found that Shouan was in a bad mood and gently patted her shoulder to show comfort: "I can't hold on anymore, let's retreat too."
"Brother Eleven" Shouan couldn't help but whimper and started crying.
"Don't cry, don't cry, we'll call back."
Seeing Shou'an crying, all the generals under Ye Chang were sympathetic. They disrespect Li Longji, but they still respected Shou'an. Zhuo Junfu said, "The people in the city are in my heart, and the husband has grenadiers as the main force. Why are there many rebels?"
"I can defeat An Lushan because of surprise. He has never seen the power of grenadiers. He is unprepared for a while and is ridden by me. However, grenadiers have several major disadvantages. If they continue to fight, they will definitely be aware of it." Ye Chang saw that not only Zhuo Junfu, but the others also expressed their intention to fight An Lushan to the death. He knew that the long-term invincibility of the battle made everyone overconfidence. He explained: "We have little capital. If we fail, we will never be able to recover. Therefore, some of them can take risks, and some of them cannot take risks. Moreover, our dispute with the thief is a battle between the world and the country, how can we be in a city, a place and a time?"
"If we withdraw from Chang'an and the prince steals the throne, we will command the world and regard us as rebellious. What should we do then?" someone asked.
"Fortunately, Your Majesty was rescued. As long as His Majesty is present, most of the towns in the world are waiting and there are few who are willing to follow the rebellion, in the end we will fight An Ni. Outside us, we have Nan Jiyun, Gao Shi and Luo Jiuhe's help, and inside, we have the foreshadowing that I laid out earlier. When the rest of the towns are not yet determined, we can defeat An Lushan.
He said as he patted Shou'an's back again. His tone was so confident that Shou'an finally felt relieved when he heard it and gradually put away his tears. Ye Chang looked back at Chang'an, then waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's withdraw."
Less than 600 of them left Chang'an, and their actions were much faster than Li Longji and others. However, they had only left for about two miles, and they heard the noise behind them. Obviously, the pursuers sent by An Lushan arrived.
"An Lushan really didn't give up." Ye Chang said with a smile when he heard these voices: "It seems that we haven't hurt him yet. Only by completely hurting him will he die. The idea of sending a small group of troops to attack... Cai Chenguo, are you ready?"
"It's ready." Cai Chenguo said loudly.
Zhuo Junfu smacked his lips and felt a little unhappy. In the battle tonight, Cai Chenguo and his grenades were a big shot, but he almost made no contribution.
"This battle is the most dangerous. If An Lushan dares to send pursuers again, he will definitely have a way to solve the grenades." Ye Chang turned to Zhuo Junfu again: "Dingchen, the protection of grenades depends on you."
Zhuo Junfu was happy when he heard this: "After all, it depends on us... Just rest assured, you will lose everything."
Ye Chang nodded and looked back: "You guess, is An Lushan himself or his general?"
Everyone was a little nervous, but after hearing his instructions one by one, they were relieved, and when they heard that he had the time to ask such questions, they even felt that he should be Zhizhu in his hands.
"If you escape from the husband and the emperor, you are An Lushan's confidant, and he will definitely come here in person." Someone replied
Everyone nodded and said yes, but Zhuo Junfu curled his lips: "I think An Lushan will definitely not come by himself.
“Why?”
"He colluded with the prince and now he escaped from the emperor. The most urgent thing they had to do was to hold the court officials hostage the prince as emperor, and then declare us to be rebellious and hostage the emperor. Such a matter is of great importance. How can An Lushan not take charge of himself? Moreover, in Chang'an City, he ate the morning fruit and was shocked. How dare he come to collect the defeat in person? You must know that he went to fight in person and was defeated in the first battle. If he was defeated again, his subordinates would be shaken."
"Then who might be here?" Ye Chang nodded slightly. Zhuo Junfu said the same as he thought, and he asked again.
"Although he doesn't come, he will definitely send a powerful general... If Shi Chaoyi is on his side, he will definitely send Shi Chaoyi. If Shi Chaoyi is not there, it must be Cui Qianyou."
Over the years, An Lushan and his party have been the imaginary enemy of Liaodong. Therefore, everyone knows very well about An Lushan’s confidant subordinates’ personality and abilities. As soon as Zhuo Junfu spoke, he was sure that it was Cui Qianyou, and he was determined. This confidence was because of his understanding.
Chapter completed!