Chapter 6: Advance to Chang'an

I don’t know what conditions Li Longji would propose, but in the eyes of others, Li Longji was equivalent to giving up the imperial power, and it was not too much to put forward a condition...

Unexpectedly, Wang Hua suddenly became furious. He roared in a low voice: "Who was the number one general of the Blood Camp in the past? What is the end now?"

He refers to Geshuhan. Geshuhan was originally sick, but Li Longji forced him to go to war with illness. After going to war, because of his persistence, he defeated the rebels several times, which also won a turning point for Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. However, because of Yang Guozhong's frame-up, Geshuhan forced Geshuhan to lead a weak army to fight, and his life and death are unknown now.

"That year, Feng Changqing came to Lingzhou at night in the winter, which was a legend. From Hedong to Hebei to Henan, the rebels passed by, the Tang Dynasty army was either defeated or surrendered. He went to Luoyang alone without using one army or one soldier in the court. All the soldiers were recruited from Luoyang. He responded hastily, although he failed because of his pride, and then made the correct arrangements with Gao Xianzhi immediately. Moreover, he was a Han man, why did you kill him?"

Wang Hua said as he came to Li Longji, with a fierce light in his eyes.

If it weren't for Li Chiying's sake, he might have killed him immediately in anger. Anyway, there are still a few princes and grandchildren, all in Chang'an, and they can't escape in a while. The other princes and grandchildren who are in other places are not as good as they have no worries.

"I'll ask you again, when I handed over the Northwest to you, singing and dancing became peaceful, what is it now?"

At that time, Wang Hua invested a lot of money to cultivate fields and build water conservancy, making the northwest a land of fish and rice. Moreover, he promoted greening and gradually saw the benefits. Young forests grew up. After all, desertification was not as serious as those of later generations at this time. The short-lived plants he brought also achieved results in the movement of fixed sand dunes. The area of ​​the Gobi Desert and the desert in Nanhetao began to decrease. From Huaiyuan City to the western test of the Yinshan Yellow River, there was a large section of the Gobi Desert in the middle, which has now begun to form green spaces.

But the good times did not last long. During the Tianbao period, as Li Longji ignored political affairs, Wang Hua did not interact with the Central Plains, and some people reached here. Graduates were gradually divided up by nobles. Moreover, the Turks were weak, and many Hu people were placed here and began their nomadic life again.

The people dare not speak out, after all, this is the territory of the court.

After Wang Hua came back this time, he was furious when he heard about this. It was like when he heard about a place that was demolished in his previous life. The government sold 200,000 yuan per mu of land, but only 5,000 yuan in the hands of the people. So the people protested, and the leaders arrested people to suppress it, saying that it was the country's land.

What is the land of the country? The country belongs to the people, and the land belongs to the people. Do these officials represent the people? How much of this money has actually entered the country's pockets and local infrastructure, which is very doubtful.

Of course, his power in his previous life was very small, but now he is different, so he promised the people that he would definitely seek justice for them.

Who knew that Li Longji raised his head and asked confusedly: "Isn't Longyou very good now?"

I didn’t miss the local memorials, but I saw the situation in Longyou, saying that it was a fertile land of thousands of miles and the people were rich. Is there anything wrong?

Wang Hua was so angry that Li Longji had indeed become a foolish monarch at this time, and he could not communicate with him. He could probably answer any questions about how many hairs Yang Yuhuan had on his body. But when asked about political affairs, most of the time, it was a stone that fell into the well and heard a sound.

But Li Longji didn't know, but Gao Lishi heard a little. He came over and whispered, "Your Majesty is wrong, and now you can't regret it. At worst, it's a condition. If you can agree, you can agree. If you can't agree, you can. If you can, please let me persuade Your Majesty."

In the moment, Gao Lishi clearly felt the anger and murderous intent that Wang Hua burst out.

Wang Hua walked a few steps before saying, "Okay, tell me what conditions are there?"

"I just want you to capture An Lushan and Shi Siming, the two thieves, alive and let me deal with it."

This condition is not too difficult. Li Longji probably hated these two Hu people to death. If it weren't for their rebellion, how could Wang Hua turn to force the palace today?

"Okay, I promise you." Wang Hua replied loudly.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although Wang Hua forced the palace to force him to keep Li Longji, it was different from killing Li Longji. In particular, some Yulin soldiers planned to hang out with Wang Hua in their hearts, and hoped that Wang Hua would successfully complete the transition of handover of power.

Wang Hua turned around and looked at Li Mi and asked, "Mr. Li, can you go with me to create a great era?"

Li Mi smiled bitterly. Since he was a few years old, he was called a friend by the famous prime minister Zhang Jiuling and was famous all over the world. So Li Longji asked him to travel with Li Heng to study. Later, when he got older, Li Longji appointed him as an official position, but when he saw Li Yang in power, he decisively refused. So Li Longji asked him to continue to be friends with Li Heng as a civilian, and Li Heng respected him very much and called him a gentleman.

But even so, he was hated by Yang Guozhong, so he moved him to Qichun County. Li Mi simply returned to his hometown Yingshui to become a hermit. He was originally living in seclusion, but some time ago he suddenly felt moved, so he dig a hexagram, leaving the upper and lower Qian, and the sun is above the blue sky, so it is a great thing, which is the rare upper hexagram among the sixty-four hexagrams.

The original meaning of this hexagram is that the sixth and five soft lines of the hexagram are in the supreme position (there is only one yin line, in the second position, the four yangs below are the base, and there is a yang covering the upper surface, so this is said), so all yangs follow it, so they are extremely prosperous.

But the political situation at this time was not very good. An Lushan was so powerful that Li Mi felt puzzled and even dig the three hexagrams, which were like this. So he couldn't help but come to the capital again. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in the capital, Li Longji began to escape. In addition, the incident of Mazaipo happened, and he thought that this hexagram should be on Li Heng. However, he did not expect that the situation would change, and Wang Hua suddenly brought people.

He felt confused in his heart, and while he was thinking, Wang Hua repeatedly forced each other.

Maybe it’s the gentleman now, and if he doesn’t agree, he will immediately become “death first”.

He sighed and said, "Do I have any choice?"

Wang Hua was not cautious and smiled and said, "You have no choice."

Li Mi was even more helpless about Wang Hua's "shamelessness". He bowed and said, "If I were asked to help, the chief executive must agree to my request and treat the royal family well."

As he said that, he glanced at Li Heng, who was a little resentful, and even more bitter.

I can only help Li Heng so much.

"It's okay, I originally did it for the sake of the country and the people. The Li family's royal family was also a royal family. In addition to giving the real power to the people, what would my family enjoy and what would they enjoy." A distorted version of the constitutional monarchy, many places have undergone some reforms and changes with the later constitutional monarchy. Why not add another royal family?

After hearing this, Li Mi felt a little relieved.

Wang Hua began to make arrangements again. First, he ordered him to take two hundred men and women with Li Hong's grandson Wang Yuanmu and Liu Tong's grandson Liu Yang, and at the same time, he asked Gao Lishi to accompany him and return to Chang'an again.

When he went to rescue the two, the first one was Concubine Mei, which was the request made by Shangguan Wan'er. From the bottom of his heart, Wang Hua also admired this talented woman very much, at least she had a good impression of Yang Yuhuan. He even thought in his heart that if this old man was beaten, Jiang Caiping would still be the same as before after he came back, and forced her to remarry her.

There is another person, Wang Wei, who thought of Wang Wei, and Zhou Zuoren. The situations they encountered were exactly the same, but they were very contrary to their will to surrender to the enemy. However, as a literati, he lacked his energy and was a little afraid of death, so he was depressed for a lifetime.

But Wang Hua likes poetry, calligraphy and music painting very much, so he rescued him with a little help.

In addition to these two people, there are a few people who must be saved. The first one is Li Bai and the second one is Du Fu. After the Anshi Rebellion, their lives were very hard. However, they were not at the moment, so they could arrange it later. There were two people, one was Zhang Xun and the other was Xu Yuan. These were two wise men, and Wang Hua didn't want Ju Yuan to guard the back of the city, and that tragic incident happened.

As for whether the others are dead or alive, Wang Hua doesn't want to worry about it anymore.

Gao Lishi was a little hesitant, and Wang Hua said angrily: "Even my grandson goes with you, what are you afraid of, you old servant?"

The only person in the world who dares to call him an old slave is Wang Hua.

However, Wang Hua did not dare to guarantee it, so he repeatedly reminded him that if the rebels entered the city, it would be fine.

Then he arranged for people to go back to Lingwu, Chencanglong, and wanted to transfer a batch of food to come. Otherwise, there would be so many people here, Wang Hua himself would not bring much food to him, and he would not have to eat immediately. What kind of war?

King Lingwu of Longyou was not afraid. He had a good mass base. It was Chen Cang's level. Although he would not raise a lot of food, he was very important. He could not wait to transfer grain from Lingzhou, Lanzhou, and could not wait. He would not see these Yulin soldiers all hungry and their eyes were green. So he had to mobilize a batch of food from Chen Cang first to solve the urgent problem.

Chen Cang's officials had no effect in their words, so they asked Li Longji to issue an edict to take it over.

After arranging these two things, he began to issue orders to ask the Yulin Army soldiers to dig trenches.

Just dig five trenches on the slope of Mazai Slope. We can't retreat any longer. Once the soldiers retreated, the people who took a step back would take one more step, and the rebels became more fierce. But they didn't dare to advance again. Although they had guns in their hands, they brought limited bullets to catch up.

The most deadly thing was that Li Longji, the tyrant king, gave many artillery to An Lushan. In addition, there were a large number of artillery left in Chang'an City and Tongguan, which was probably mostly in the hands of the rebels. Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty had always wanted to imitate artillery over the years, but it did not imitate it, otherwise it would be worse.

The enemy's firepower is also very strong, and there are powerful longbows to cooperate.

So dig trenches to do forgings. Make defense first and wait for the arrival of the large army.

But all of this, including Gao Lishi's trip to Chang'an, was carried out secretly and not publicly. Li Longji underestimated An Lushan, and even historians intended to belittle An Lushan. But Wang Hua did not underestimate this person. This person was in danger of the border for decades, rebelled all the way south, and was invincible. Is it true that the world has been peaceful for a long time?

If he knew that he was on Mazaipo and had not many troops, then this man had to do his best to capture all his elite troops and all his troops.

Not only that, but also deliberately blocked the news.

Of course, it won’t take long to hide it, but when the army arrived, he would no longer be afraid of An Lushan. If he dared to decide between him and him, it would be exactly the same as Wang Hua’s taste.

It was getting dark, and I had a simple dinner with the dry food brought by Wang Hua.

At this time, I saw that Wang Hua was different from Li Longji.

Wang Hua slept like a soldier in the tent outside, just like everyone else, a mosquito net and a plate of mosquito coils, which was very simple. However, he did not fall asleep temporarily, but called Li Mi into the tent to discuss.

Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan slept together at the inn, leaving them sleeping in the wild and unable to adapt. However, the two of them were not very happy and were holding their heads and crying in a low voice.

At the same time, there were two people who were worried.

Li Heng said to Zhang Liangdi: "Miss, go to bed, no one will hurt us tonight."

Even the emperor was immediately dismissed. Who would hurt him, the crown prince?

Zhang Liangdi's eyes showed a hint of unwillingness, and she said, "Your Highness, it may not be that the rebellious forces of the Party. Now that Your Majesty has given up Chang'an, it has further boosted their power. It is Wang Hua who wants to calm this person down, and the loss will be very serious. Prince, in my opinion, you can quietly write a letter to the two generals Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, so that they can secretly help you recreate the glory of the royal family."

It means that the snipe and clam fight, and the fisherman gains profit. He asked Wang Hua to fight with An Lushan, but asked the generals from all over the country who agreed to the Tang royal family to take the plane to preserve their strength. When Wang An was fighting with him to the critical moment, he would beat the two of them in one place.

Looks like a good idea

But the curtain was lifted up, and walked in alone, saying, "Crown Princess, don't move for the time being."

Li Mi walked in.

When they saw Li Mi, the noble couple turned their heads and ignored them.

Li Mi smiled bitterly and said, "The Crown Prince, it's not that I am silly at Wang Hua today. It's because of the general trend. He has set his sights on me. If I don't agree, he will definitely kill me. What's the benefit of dying from Your Highness? If there is no benefit, why do you need to die in vain? If I survive, I can think of a good plan for you. If I retreat, I can fight for more wealth for you. This is my original intention."

"Then what's going on?" Li Heng was a little confused. This was Zhang Liangdi's mouth.

"Wang Hua just discussed military information with me. This time he will dispatch 480,000 troops to not only pacify Anlushan, but also solve it together with Tubo, Jiawu, Tuqishi, Bohai, Khitan, Xi tribe, and Goryeo. This is an unprecedented change," Li Mi said, and he was also fascinated. If this is the case, then a great era has come.

However, his relationship with Li Heng is both a teacher and a friend. Assisting Wang Hua will inevitably crush the Tang royal family, which makes him feel very painful and has no choice.

After calming down, he said, "If he really has this power, it is better for the prince not to stop him. If not, then what he is facing is not a challenge from a powerful enemy. We can sit by and wait for an opportunity to move. In fact, there is no need to wait for a long time, just a dozen days will be seen."

These Yulin soldiers can be arrogant, but they all become soft-boys in the face of real swords and guns. Wang Hua only said something for an hour and turned against each other.

Therefore, if you want to see the combat effectiveness of Wang Hua's army, then only after more than ten days, An Lushan heard that Li Longji stayed on Mazaopo and would send troops to pursue him. Then a battle would inevitably happen. If Wang Hua's army had terrible combat effectiveness and the huge number of troops, it would be useless for Li Heng to resist, and other Tang dynasties would not dare to resist. If Wang Hua had a big talk, the battle would have brought them into its true form. An Lushan's army was not a vegetarian.

Speaking of this, Li Mi looked at the horizon and felt extremely irritated.

A moon rose in the sky, with a pool of blood and a strange light.

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On the fifth day, when the dry food brought by Wang Hua was about to be consumed, the county magistrate of Chencang County Xue Jingxian sent the first batch of food.

In fact, Xue Jingxian also vaguely knew that Wang Hua had taken his men to Mazaipo, otherwise Li Longji would have retreated long ago.

He could not guess what changes would happen to Wang Hua. The good one was to help the royal family, and the bad one was to learn from Cao Cao and take the opportunity to control the royal family of Tang, but no matter which result, it was better than An Lushan. Therefore, he cooperated without saying a word.

Not only that, when the mutiny occurred in Mazaopo, Lady Guoguo heard that Yang Guozhong was killed and the emperor wanted to force Yang Yuhuan to commit suicide. She immediately fled with Yang Guozhong's wife Pei Rou, Guozhong's son Yang Xi, and her son Pei Hui. She fled to Chencang, and was learned by the county magistrate Xue Jingxian, and led her troops to chase him.

In fact, all the loyal and upright people in the world were resentful of the actions of the Yang family. However, the emperor favored him and had no choice but to take the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and then when would he wait?

Lady Guo was forced to escape into a bamboo forest. Seeing that there was no way out, she did not want to be insulted, so she killed Pei Rou, Pei Hui and Yang Xi, and then committed suicide. It can be seen that this woman is not only beautiful but also fierce.
To be continued...