For a few days, the Son of Heaven Li Shi spent his time in anxiety, and the county commander Su Ben got the news that the Taiwei Zhu Zhu had pacified the rebellious army and publicly killed thousands of rebels who had looted the treasury and private houses, and the Jin Wuwei soldiers under the leadership of the general Zhang Guangsheng began to patrol the neighborhood to maintain order.

It sounded like everything was very good and exciting, and Li Shi began to want to return to the capital, and his idea was strongly supported by Prime Minister Lu Qi, and even several of his confidants and eunuchs encouraged him to return to the capital.

But Dugu Qiu and Hun Yang resolutely opposed returning to the capital, Hun Ying's reason is very simple, Zhu Zhu is Zhu Tao's brother, and the two brothers have always been wolf ambitions, especially when Zhu Zhu was appointed as the envoy of Jingyuan Jiedu, he installed a large number of henchmen, and the Jingyuan army rebelled, and he couldn't get out of it.

Duyi Qiu found Li Shi and said to Li Shi: "Your Majesty, the rebellion of the Jingyuan Army is by no means accidental, from the death of Zhang Yi, the envoy of Longyou Jiedu, Weichen felt a little strange, the Shence Army made Bai Zhizhen falsely spread the holy decree and transferred most of the Shence Army, who is instigating?"

Fengxiang army envoy Li Chulin is Zhu Zhu's henchman, after Zhang Yi's death, he had the opportunity to lead 30,000 Fengxiang troops to the capital, he is by no means here to rescue, must be here to assist Zhu Zhu, Zhu Zhu has mastered the military power, controlled Chang'an City, will he be loyal to His Majesty again? ”

Li Shi had just decided to return to Chang'an, and now he was hesitating again, when Ling Hujian hurried over and said: "Weichen got the news that Zhu Jun sent the general Han Min to lead three hundred cavalry to welcome His Majesty back to the city. ”

Lu Qi also rushed over and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it must be that Taiwei Zhu is afraid of frightening Your Majesty, so I am only afraid that three hundred cavalry will come to meet you, this is Taiwei Zhu's sincerity!" ”

Huo Xianming also persuaded: "If Taiwei Zhu has the idea of dividing himself, he will definitely personally lead an army of 30,000 to greet Your Majesty, Taiwei Zhu obviously does not dare to leave the capital without permission, don't worry, Your Majesty will pack up and return to Beijing!" ”

Li Shi'er was too soft, and he was finally persuaded, and he immediately ordered to pack his bags and prepare to return to Beijing.

Not long after, Han Min led 300 people to Juxian County, he saw Li Shi, and cried on the ground: "Taiwei Zhu searched for His Majesty everywhere, and finally found it, Taiwei Zhu cried bitterly, and only hated that he couldn't leave Chang'an to greet His Majesty, and sent Weichen to welcome His Majesty back to Beijing." ”

"What the hell is going on, why is there a rebellion?" Li Shi asked with anger on his face.

"Your Majesty, Taiwei Zhu has already found out the reason, it was Jingzhao Yin Wang Hong who violated the holy will, used stinky grain and rice to reward the army, and falsely preached the holy decree, and then all the troublemakers were executed, which aroused the anger of the soldiers and broke out in a mutiny."

Li Shi was furious, "What? How dare he ......."

"Weichen's words are true, and there is no lie."

"How's the situation in the palace?" Lu Qi asked next to him.

"Taiwei Zhu has closed the palace, appeased the eunuchs and palace maids, and put all the treasures looted by the soldiers back into the Qionglin Treasury, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was frightened and fell ill, and missed His Majesty very much."

Li Shi was suddenly anxious, refused to listen to anyone's persuasion, and shouted repeatedly: "Spread my will, return to Beijing immediately!" ”

Five thousand soldiers of the Shence Army escorted the carriage of the Son of Heaven and set off slowly, heading towards Chang'an City, walking for about ten miles, only to see a horse running on the opposite side, and the person on the horse shouted: "I want to see the Son of Heaven, I am the old department of Duan Sinong, and there is an urgent report!" ”

Ling Hujian hurriedly led him to Li Shilong's car, Qi Lingyue knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, go quickly, there are tens of thousands of ambush soldiers more than ten miles to the north, and Zhu Jun wants to kill Your Majesty." ”

Lu Qi immediately reprimanded: "Hugh is talking nonsense! ”

"There is no nonsense in the humble position, I have Duan Sinong's letter!"

Qi Lingyue hurriedly took out Duan Xiushi's letter and presented it, Li Shi opened the letter and read it, stunned, Zhu Jun actually lived in Xingqing Palace, it was a big rebellion.

He may not believe what others say, but he believes Duan Xiushi's words, and Li Shi began to doubt it.

At this time, Ling Hujian suddenly shouted: "General Han, what are you doing?" ”

Seeing that several of Han Min's subordinates actually shot rockets into the sky, Hun Xuan immediately reacted, "There are ambushes ahead, turn around and retreat!" ”

The reason why Zhu Jun sent Han Min over was because he was an extremely famous archer in the Jingyuan Army, with archery skills that pierced through Yang in a hundred steps, looking for opportunities to shoot Li Shi.

Han Min smiled fiercely, opened his bow and took an arrow, and shot an arrow at Li Shi's throat, Li Shi just turned around to climb into the carriage, this arrow dodged his throat, but hit him in the back, Li Shi screamed, crumbling, Qi Lingyue hurriedly supported Li Shi, blocked him with his body, and helped him into the carriage.

Hun Xuan and Ling Hujian roared angrily, and killed Han Min at the same time, but Han Min turned his horse and fled, at this time, the ambush soldiers in the distance came, the dust was flying, and the shouting of killing was earth-shattering.

Hun Xuan hurriedly said to Du Isoqiu: "The general guards the saint and leaves first, and I will come to the palace to block them!" ”

Li Shi and his family's carriage fled south in panic, and Hun Ying and Ling Hujian led 5,000 Shence troops to line up to meet the overwhelming rebels.......

Hundreds of guards guarded the carriage of the Son of Heaven all the way, a military doctor pulled out an arrow for Li Shi on the car, and applied medicine, the Son of Heaven Li Shi had fainted in pain, and the queen asked in great fear: "Holy Lord.... Is there anything wrong with the saint? ”

The military doctor shook his head, "The arrow shot very deeply, injured the muscles and bones, the injury is more serious, it is difficult to say now, fortunately, the arrow is not poisonous, Wei Chen feels that he should be able to survive this hurdle." ”

The team did not stop when passing through Ju County, but fled directly to the Meridian Valley, before Lu Qi kept saying that he wanted to enter Beijing, but at this time he insisted on going to Hanzhong, his attitude was more resolute than anyone else, he originally thought that he would be safe and sound, but now he finally understood, Zhu Zhu did not care about his life and death at all, if Zhu Zhu's army succeeded in the ambush today, he would also die.

No profit is more important than their own lives, and a group of eunuchs are also so frightened that their faces turn pale, and they urge their horses to gallop towards the Meridian Valley without saying a word.

About 20 miles into the Meridian Valley, an army of thousands of people came to the front, and the leader was Shi Weigao, the governor of the Jiedu Prefecture in Hanzhong, who received the edict of King Qin, and immediately responded, the first to lead the army of King Qin of 3,000 to come to Ju County, but it happened to meet the Son of Heaven who fled in the wilderness.

After getting three thousand life troops, everyone took a breath a little, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask about the situation of the Son of Heaven, and the military doctor said to everyone: "The Son of Heaven is currently seriously injured, and the arrow wound burst once just now, so he can't run wildly anymore, he must walk slowly and steadily." ”

Among all the princes who followed Li Shi, the second son, Li Yi, the king of Shu, has reached adulthood, he is actually the son of Li Miao, the king of Qi, who was adopted by Li Shi and regarded as self-explanatory, Li Yi hurriedly said to everyone: "Let's stop arguing, everything is dominated by General Dugu!" ”

Before, Du Qiu was resolutely opposed to going to Chang'an, but Lu Qi supported returning to Chang'an and almost wiped out the whole army.

Everyone looked at Du Gu Qiu, and Du Gu Qiu said slowly: "The Meridian Valley mountain road is narrow, you can use big trees to build simple fortifications, and arrange two thousand archers to resist the defense, which should be able to effectively block the other party's pursuit, but I estimate that the other party's pursuit is not very likely, but our army will retreat, pay attention to screening." ”

Lu Qi hurriedly said: "After talking for a long time, who is in charge of defense?" ”

Du Isolated Qiu ignored him, and said to Guo Shu and Wei Gao: "You two lead the saint to Hanzhong, and here I will be responsible for blocking the enemy army." ”

Guo Shu and Wei Gao bowed down and agreed, and the two of them led the army forward, Lu Qi was bored, glared at Duqiu in annoyance, and hurriedly followed the carriage of the Son of Heaven and retreated south.

Du Duqiu ordered the trees to be cut down and piled up to block the way, and in a short time, a large tree barrier was formed in the narrow part of the Meridian Valley, and two thousand archers stood behind the big trees.

It wasn't until after nightfall that Hun Yang led more than 2,000 remnants of the army back, Hun Yang saw that there was a roadblock ahead, so he knew that there was an ambush, and he shouted loudly: "I am Hun Xuan, the general of Jin Wuwei, who is in front?" ”

Dugu Qiu heard Hun Yu's voice, and hurriedly ordered to move an opening, shouting: "General Hun, I'm Dugu Qiu, come here!" ”

Hun Yang led the army over, and Du Gu Qiu saw that he was covered in blood, and hurriedly asked, "How is the situation?" ”

"It was very tragic, half of the brothers were killed or wounded, and Hu Jian and Qi Lingyue, who delivered the letter, were unfortunately killed, and the other party also suffered five or six thousand casualties, and they retreated after dark."

Hun Xuan took a breath and asked, "How is the situation of the Son of Heaven?" ”

Dugu Qiu shook his head, "The injury is relatively serious, I went to Hanzhong, I plan to retreat until dawn!" ”

"Then I'll accompany the old general to guard it, the brothers are tired, just take a rest."

Seeing that the soldiers of the Shence Army were hungry and thirsty, Du Isolate Qiu hurriedly ordered his subordinates to give them half of the dry food and water, and the soldiers of the Shence Army sat down against the cliff one after another, and they were all exhausted.

Until dawn, when no enemy army pursued, Du Qiu and Hun Yang led the army to retreat south.