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Chapter 71: A tough battle is coming

When Li Qing said this, his face was very calm. After so long, Zhang Xun had already known Li Qing very well. He knew that Li Qing had obviously found his own rhythm.

"The prince just does what he wants. Since we and the four of us decided to follow the prince, we will naturally support us!"

Li Qing turned to look at Zhang Xun and Nan Jiyun. In this battle, the performance of the two did not disappoint him at all.

If there weren't such two guys who could trust them, many strategies would not be implemented, including when An Shouzhong almost fell into the moat. If it weren't for Nan Jiyun, who had outstanding archery skills, he would probably have to peel off even if he didn't die.

So Li Qing really didn't hide anything from them.

"Now, whether it is my father, Li Mi, or many civil officials in the court support their brother as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. However, whether they establish a crown prince is their business. What I want to do now is to lead the army to end this rebellion, when will the rebels be completely eradicated, and when will the rebels be taken care of, after Chang'an, Luoyang, after Luoyang, there are still large areas in the hands of the rebels in the north. There are still many things we have to do!"

"Does the prince want to use military merit to dominate the world?" After hearing this, Zhang Xun suddenly seemed to understand what Li Qing meant.

"If the Tang Dynasty really needs such a person to control it, I will naturally be obliged. But what I want more is a free and carefree life. If someone doesn't want me to live a free and carefree life, I will have to be my own master, right?"

The conversation between the three did not reach a very deep level. Li Neng just let Zhang Xun and Nan Jiyun know that he would be on the battlefield for a long time. As for other plans, he did not reveal them.

When Chang'an City was slowly recovering, the imperial guards sent by Li Yu had arrived in Fengxiang, and told Li Heng that Li Yu and Guo Ziyi led their troops to fight fiercely with the rebels in the north of Chang'an City for more than a day, and finally killed 50,000 or 60,000 rebels, and let the rebels leave the city in the middle of the night to escape.

This day was September 28, 2016. It had been a year and three months since Chang'an City was captured by the rebels.

After Li Heng learned the news, he was whistling to the sky, and tears burst out from his eyes, and he didn't care about Li Mi and the guards who were sending the letter.

This is obviously the true feelings of Li Heng, who has been ascended to the throne for a while.

He, the emperor, has never even sat on the throne or stayed in the palace for such a long time, and has never been there since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. This humiliation has always been imprinted in Li Heng's heart.

Now that he finally got the news that Chang'an City has brought it back, he can perform the emperor's duties in his own palace, instead of issuing orders in this mere Yong County. All his emotions finally have an outlet for release, and it is not surprising that he sheds a little tears.

"Sir, we can finally return to Chang'an City!"

After the imperial guards left, Li Heng took a long time to finally say this to Li Mi beside him.

"Your Majesty, this time I go to the city, there is one thing that must not be ignored!"

When Li Mi said this, Li Heng frowned slightly and suddenly realized: "Mr. I mentioned that the Supreme Emperor is still in Shu. I will immediately compile a letter and send it to Shu quickly. I will welcome the Supreme Emperor back to Chang'an City. Once the Supreme Emperor returns, I will immediately return the throne to the Supreme Emperor and continue to return to the Eastern Palace to be the crown prince!"

Li Heng said as he started to look for paper and pen, but Li Mi waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty must not!"

"Why is this? The Supreme Emperor passed the throne to me before, but it was just a temporary solution. The Supreme Emperor was still prosperous in spring and autumn, so it would be okay to be in charge of the government for several years!"

Obviously, Li Heng was not pretending to Li Mi, but really wanted to return the throne to Li Longji. After all, such a thing was the first time in the Tang Dynasty. If he brought Li Longji back and continued to control the government, it would be awkward to think about this matter. If he didn't do it well, he would be accused of being unfilial.

With Li Heng's personality, he would never be able to do such a thing. It's just that the war was tight before, so he didn't think about it for a while.

"After that being said, if Your Majesty really does this, the Supreme Emperor will be embarrassed to return to Chang'an City. Then, for him, will he return to the emperor become a to seize His Majesty's merits and the throne? Doing so will force the Supreme Emperor to die in Shu."

After hearing Li Mi's words, Li Heng thought that his father could really do such a thing. He was sweating anxiously and asked, "Why do you think the Supreme Emperor can return with peace of mind?"

Li Mi obviously had a plan in his heart. He smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty only said that after His Majesty has received the throne of the Supreme Emperor, he has gradually missed the Supreme Emperor. Now he has finally taken back Chang'an City. He just wants to let the Supreme Emperor return to his Xingqing Palace as soon as possible so that His Majesty can fulfill his filial piety. Moreover, the Supreme Emperor returns to Chang'an City, which is also a reassurance for our Tang soldiers, and will surely allow our army to quickly quell the rebellion!"

"So good! Just as the sir said!"

Li Heng was actually a person with no idea, but fortunately he could listen to the advice. At that time, he wrote a letter according to Li Mi's words, specifically asking an eunuch who Li Longji was familiar with to send to Shuzhong as quickly as possible.

He himself was not in a hurry to return to Chang'an City. While sending Zuo Pushe Pei Mian to Chang'an City to worship his ancestors and comfort the people, he also gave Li Yu an order so that he would not have to wait for him in Chang'an City and would just continue to implement the next plan to recover Luoyang City.

This news was both reasonable and unexpected for Li Yu and Guo Ziyi. Li Longji returned to Chang'an City from Shuzhong, and it took more than twenty days at the fastest to fight. Of course, they could not wait, so they could only arrange the battle to attack Luoyang immediately, and could not give An Qingxu and the others too much reaction time.

Everyone knows that fighting Luoyang is definitely a tough battle. From the east of Chang'an City to Luoyang, there are many places where rebels can defend themselves.

Moreover, the rebels gathered the troops who fled back from Chang'an City, and at least they could gather nearly 200,000 troops in Luoyang, which was more than the Tang army in terms of number, so the difficulty of this battle was almost twice as difficult as that of Chang'an and had to turn a corner.
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