Li Ye was stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Yunhe to propose such a proposal, let the eldest young master serve as his guard at the same time, this seems too much of a ostentation.
But soon he realized that the Penglai Taoist sect had no choice, and bowing to him was the only way out.
However, Li Ye is still not sure whether Penglai has given up the idea of supporting puppets, and has instead continued the millennium-old tradition of supporting a party of princes to fight for world hegemony. Ye's vassal and assistance.
Right now, if the Penglai Taoist sect wants to express a certain attitude, then send the chief minister over here, with the elder and younger ministers working together, at least they can protect themselves, and don't worry too much about Li Ye harming them, so that Penglai will not suffer any losses. Sending ordinary disciples here, I'm afraid they will be digested by the Tsingyi yamen. On the contrary, the young master's command is very powerful, and he will help Li Ye a lot. Li Ye may not accept Penglai's love.
Thinking of this, Li Ye smiled and said, "Since Penglai loves you so much, I'm so disrespectful."
Zhang Yunhe was overjoyed: "Since His Highness agrees, then this matter is settled like this."
Fast forward to October.
This morning, Li Ye was still on the board of directors in the Political Affairs Hall. Song Jiao hurried in and handed him a copy of the latest newsletter. She said solemnly, "Huang Chao distributed letters along the way, warning all the feudal towns that he intends to attack the prefectures and counties. Let them guard their forts and not go out to fight. Now that the rebel army is heading towards Henan, it is very likely that they will attack Ruzhou and threaten Luoyang."
Li Ye took the informant, put it down after reading it for a while, and said in a deep thought: "After the rebellious army went north, it changed its old style of plundering counties and counties. Put the goods of the soldiers outside the city, pile them up like a mountain, for the rebels to use. After Huang Chao got these supplies, he did not attack the prefectures and counties. But in this way, the hinterland of the Central Plains is tantamount to defenseless."
Song Jiaohan said: "The imperial court set up a feudal town in the Central Plains to serve as a barrier to defend Guanzhong. Now that the feudal town has no soldiers and horses, the feudal town is useless!"
Li Ye put his hands on the case table, tapped his fingers on the table, and thought about it: "In recent years, there have been frequent wars in the Central Plains, and the feudal towns are not sympathetic to the people, and the number of displaced people is increasing. Now they are all coerced by Huang Chao. Follow the orders of the imperial court to go to war, but for several years, the imperial court has not been clear about the rewards and punishments, and the treacherous ministers are in power, and the conflict of interests will never stop.
"The rebellious army fought more and more. After Gao Pian was counted by Huang Chao and lost his main force, Huang Chao's momentum was unstoppable. The refugees and bandits from all over the world joined the rebellious army one after another. Now there are nearly a million people. At this time, who would want to Following the orders of the imperial court, who has the ability to resist the rebellious army?"
Song Jiao gritted her teeth and said, "A while ago, when Huang Chao attacked Xiangyang, he was defeated by Liu Jurong, the governor of Shannan, with seven or eight casualties. It was a great opportunity to take advantage of the victory, but Liu Jurong said, 'The country is capricious. Hire officials at will, have a little peace, cross the river and demolish bridges, and sometimes you will be punished instead. It is better to let the thieves flee, maybe we will have a chance to make meritorious service in the future'. It is not that there are no capable men and brave generals in such a great dynasty, but they are all like Liu Jurong. I am so loyal to the imperial court!"
Li Ye shook his head and sighed: "There have been countless such things in the years when Huang Chao raised his troops. If everyone worked together, Huang Chao would have been wiped out countless times."
Speaking of this, Li Ye's eyes became sharper: "The call-up order is issued, and the 100,000 soldiers of the new Pinglu army are ready to go to the battlefield; but all the quack monks in Pinglu can join the army and serve the country!"
Song Jiao's eyebrows and eyes were serious, and she agreed to her promise and retreated.
Chang'an, Hanyuan Hall.
After Li Yangao was in the imperial case, he looked down at the people in the hall coldly, the memorial fell to the ground, the imperial case was also overturned, Tian Lingzi, Lu Yan and others lay down in the hall and did not dare to move. I don't know how long it took, the anger dissipated on Li Yan's face, and every trace of flesh and blood was covered with fear. His voice was trembling: "From the first year of Qianfu to the first year of Guangming, it has been seven years. A commoner rebelled, and the Huanghuang Tang Dynasty unexpectedly But he can't... Now that there are millions of thieves, Luoyang has been captured... What should I do? What should I do! Last time Huang Chao asked to be recruited and wanted to be a Jiedu envoy, I thought it was okay, Who disagreed, who?!"
Everyone dared not speak out.
"Come on! Drag Lu Yan down to me and behead him! This rebellious official who has harmed the country and the people has harmed my country, and I will destroy your nine clans!" Li Yan suddenly roared violently.
"Your Majesty, I have been wronged, wronged!" Lu Yan cried and was dragged out.
"Your Majesty..." Tian Lingzi wanted to persuade him, but was interrupted by Li Yan: "Shut up, you're an idiot! I've already said, let Brother Ye come back to preside over the overall situation, you don't want to do it It’s all right now, even the eastern capital of Luoyang has been breached, how long can I stay in Chang’an?!”
"Your Majesty..." Tian Lingzi's face was flushed. Since he knew the matter had come to this point, sophistry was useless. If he wanted to keep his wealth and status, he had to pay the price. He gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and suddenly said loudly: " Your Majesty, please lead the Divine Strategy Army to help Tongguan! Don't worry, your majesty, although the thieves have broken through the Eastern Capital, as long as Tongguan is still there, even if you die at the top of the city, you will definitely guard the pass for your majesty and prevent the thieves from entering the pass!"
"Okay! That's what you said!" Li Yan stared at Tian Lingzi with red eyes, "I will now order you to be the commander of the camp of all Taoists, and lead 500,000 troops from Shence, Boye and others to guard Tongguan! You give me a note Hold on, if Tongguan is not defended, you don't have to come back!"
"My lord... take the decree and thank you!"
Consort Mansion.
As soon as Wu Yuxuan entered the door with a sullen face, Wu You, the owner of Princess Li, rushed out. He asked in amazement, "What are you going to do?"
Wu You was in a hurry, accompanied by a group of entourages, "Your Majesty has ordered the Shence Army to rush to Tongguan, and I want to go too..."
"Nonsense! Go back to me!" Wu Yuxuan was furious and sternly reprimanded.
"Father... We are well-clothed and well-fed, and we are supported by the country. Now that the country is in trouble, how can we serve the country without dying?"
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Wu You laughed back angrily: "Serve the country? What do you use to serve the country?"
He took a deep breath, "Do you think that the Shence Army is sure to win the battle? Well, as a father, I will let you see what the Shence Army looks like! Come with me!"
Wu Yuxuan took Wu You to the street. The two of them were not low in cultivation. They flew across the streets at an extremely fast speed. They quickly turned around the surrounding districts. The bloody look on Wu You's face gradually dissipated and was replaced by It's intense anger and despair.
In the streets of Fang District, countless young men in brocade clothes brought gold, silver and jewels, and gave them to the traffickers and pawns. When the other party took the gold and silver, they would give them the Shence Army armor, swordsmen, waist tags, etc., Let the other party change quickly.
In the end, when Wu Yuxuan brought Wu You to the Shence Army camp, what he saw were those impostors who entered the camp.
Wu Yuxuan stood on the roof and said coldly: "Now you can see clearly, what kind of combat power does such a Shence Army have?"
Wu You's hands and feet were cold, it was unknown whether it was because of anger or fear, his teeth were chattering constantly.
"Most of the Shence Army are officials and sons of rich families. Their purpose of joining the army is to obtain all the conveniences brought by the identity of the Shence Army. They have no training at all, and they know nothing but domineering and domineering. , such an army, what to use on the battlefield?"
Wu Yuxuan's face was gloomy, "The truly powerful Shence Army officers and soldiers said that Potian would not exceed 10,000, but the chaos army now has more than a million!"
Wu You was on the verge of crying in despair: "If this is the case, how can Tongguan be guarded, and how can Chang'an be guarded? Who can save Datang?!" Wu Yuxuan sighed, without further words, and took Wu You back.
The military situation was urgent, and Tian Lingzi didn't dare to delay. A few days later, he took Shence, Boye and other troops to march to Tongguan in a hurry.
However, the armies were dispatched in a hurry. Tian Lingzi, an eunuch, had no talent in commanding the troops, and he had no time to allocate food, grass, and supplies. The soldiers accompanying the army only carried three days of rations, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. No matter how urged by the generals, they always marched slowly. Commander Zhang Chengfan led five thousand cavalry to Tongguan first.
The Boye and other troops who marched with the Shence Army did not have complete armor. They were very jealous when they saw the Shence Army's bright armor and sitting on tall horses.
After traveling for many days, Tian Lingzi got a report from the scouts as soon as he arrived in Huazhou in the afternoon, saying that there was a large army coming in front. Tian Lingzi was startled and thought: "Could it be that the rebel army has already killed?"
It wasn't the rebellious army that came, but Zhang Chengfan, who had returned after being defeated. When he saw Tian Lingzi, he brought back a news like a bolt from the blue: "The rebellious army has captured Tongguan and is coming here. The lieutenant will return to Chang'an quickly!"
Tian Lingzi's face changed drastically, he couldn't care about anything else, he turned the rein and rode his horse back to flee.
When Shen Ce, Boye and other troops heard that the rebellious army had killed them, they were in chaos. They turned around and ran away, throwing away their helmets and armor along the way.
Tian Lingzi fled back to Chang'an, hurried into the palace, found Li Yan, knelt down in front of him, and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent. Tongguan has been breached before we reach Tongguan!"
Li Yan backed away in fright, fell to the ground, lost her mind: "How could this be..."
Tian Lingzi walked up to Li Yan on his knees, and urged urgently: "Your Majesty, there are more than one million rebellious troops, all of whom are murderers without batting an eyelid. Chang'an can't stay here any longer. Please, Your Majesty, go west to Sichuan!"
"Ah?" Li Yan didn't react for a while.
Tian Lingzi said eagerly: "The minister has summoned five thousand Shence troops to escort him, please hurry up, Your Majesty!"
Li Yan got up in surprise: "Go, go!"
Outside Chang'an City, at both ends of the Wei Bridge, the Shence Army, Boye Army, and Fengxiang Army were in a mess. Snatching their bright clothes and armor, shouting in your mouth: "You have no achievements, you only enjoy life in Chang'an, but all of you are rich in bright clothes and rich in wealth. We are born to die, either to defend the frontier or fight bloody battles with rebels, but we can't eat. How can there be such a reason in the world to feed oneself and suffer from hunger and cold?”
On the city wall, Wu You's face turned pale when he saw this scene, "That's the Wei Bridge, where Taizong and the Turks swore to kill a white horse and signed the Weishui alliance. The army here is here to kill each other and rob each other's armor?"
"What are you still looking at here? Follow Weifu. Your Majesty has already left the city to the west. We must catch up!" Wu Yuxuan pulled Wu You and left.
"I won't leave. As a child of the clan, I should live and die with the country!" Wu You struggled.
"This is what King An meant!"
"Brother Ye?"
"King An sent someone here a long time ago, and asked me to take you away no matter what. Now it seems that he has expected today..." Wu Yuxuan pointed to the Tsing Yi Yamen monk under the city wall, "Those people are An The king sent them, he said you knew them!"
Wu You was speechless. Before getting on his horse in front of the city, he asked the leader of the Tsing Yi Yamen cultivator, "Why didn't Brother Ye come? When will he lead the army to destroy the rebel army?"
The swordsman in green clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness said that he will come."
A few days later, Huang Chao captured Chang'an, searched and killed the clan's children wantonly, and moved into Miyagi with his family members. Soon after, he proclaimed himself the Emperor of Daqi, changed Yuan and Jin Tong, and conferred hundreds of officials.
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The end of the second volume.