This brief conversation with Li Jing made Li Zhi gain a lot, he strengthened his confidence, if he wanted to defeat Geerdongzan, Li Hao had to do it, no matter how the ministers and his father opposed, he would stick to it to the end, not for anything else, just for the Tang Dynasty, he also believed that his father would not ignore the safety of the Tang Dynasty because of his personal anger.

After Li Zhi returned to the Taiji Palace, he went to the Ganlu Hall to see Li Shimin, after this period of recuperation, although Li Shimin was still sick in bed, his spirit was a little better, at least he could sit on the bed and talk to people normally.

Li Zhi came to the bed, saluted and greeted, and inquired about his condition, and Li Shimin asked: "Zhi'er, you haven't been here for several days, is it that the battle situation outside is very bad?" ”

Li Zhi's expression darkened when he heard this, and he nodded silently.

Li Shimin also looked gloomy, although he was angry and angry, but he also figured it out now, what can he do if he is angry again, he will be angry to death, it will only cheapen Lu Dongzan, so he tried to calm himself down, and asked slowly: "Listen to the auxiliary machine, he suggested that you ask Wei Guogong to come out, Wei Guogong was already sick in bed before, how can you resist the enemy, you don't have to listen to the auxiliary machine." He also didn't agree with bothering Li Jing, although the country was important, he didn't want to squeeze his old friend like this.

Li Zhi said: "Father, the son has already visited Duke Weiguo. ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin was a little excited when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Pharmacist, ...... The body is fine. ”

At his age, he misses his old comrades-in-arms who were born and died together very much, especially when both of them were sick in bed, and he felt even more sympathetic.

Li Zhidao: "Wei Guogong is sick and painful, except for his hands and neck, he can hardly move, but he is in good spirits today, he received his son in a wheelchair, and talked a lot to his son......"

At this point, he suddenly paused.

Li Shimin saw that his face was embarrassed, frowned, and said, "What else did he say?" ”

Li Zhi said: "He also said that he can help defend Chang'an, but if he wants to save Datang from fire and water this time, he has to ask Li Hao to come out." ”

Li Shimin was silent when he heard this, and slowly frowned, and there was only one sentence in his heart at this moment: Li Hao again.

Although Li Shimin has the capacity to accommodate people, he also has his own bottom line, Li Hao touched his bottom line, he had long planned to use Li Hao no longer in this life, however, he also knew that Li Jing was right, Ge Erdongzan suddenly attacked this time, and came prepared, he could come to Chang'an City at any time, except for Li Hao, no one could really defeat him, which made Li Shimin very unhappy, this feeling of being forced to use Li Hao made him feel like he was being coerced.

Seeing Li Shimin frowning and hesitating, Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "Father, the situation is critical, and there is no room for delay, if the Tubo soldiers come to the city, even if you want to invite Li Hao at that time, it will be impossible." ”

Li Zhi's words were simply the last straw that crushed the camel, Li Shimin took a long breath and sighed loudly: "That's it, my father is not in good health at the moment, my father has given you orders, you have full authority to handle all affairs, you can use whoever you want, and you don't need to ask your father for instructions." ”

Li Zhi was so excited that he almost burst into tears when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, father!" ”

He knew that his father couldn't pull off that old face, so he let himself use Li Hao again, since his father and emperor agreed, did the opinions of the ministers still matter, what qualifications did they have to oppose the use of Li Hao, after all, on the bright side, Li Hao was originally rewarded with the title of the king of the county and went to the fief, not exile, although the fact is exile, but the officialdom is a stage.

Early the next morning, Li Zhi and his ministers discussed the strategy of retreating from the enemy in the Liangyi Palace, and Li Jing was actually in a wheelchair and was pushed by Jin Wuwei to the Liangyi Hall to discuss major matters together.

Looking at Li Jing's rickety hands and the appearance of the old dragon clock, the hearts of the ministers suddenly sank to the bottom, the military god of the year was already like this, and they felt that the last hope was also shattered.

In the palace, Li Zhi asked: "Now that the Tubo army is attacking Qizhou, this is the last line of defense in front of Chang'an. ”

As soon as Li Jing wanted to speak, Ma Zhou came out and said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that Li Hao, the king of Qiongnan, has made outstanding achievements and is invincible, known as the title of Tubo's nemesis, and has fought in Tubo many times, and has won all victories. ”

Last year, Zhongshu Ling Cen Wenwen died of illness in the army when he went to Goguryeo with Jun, and after returning to China, Li Shimin appointed Ma Zhou as the new Zhongshu Ling, and now Ma Zhou, that is a real prime minister, and his words are quite weighty.

Qin Qiong, who was old and long-winded, also immediately came out when he heard this: "Your Highness, the minister seconded the proposal, the minister thinks that what Ma Zhongshu said is very reasonable, and now in the court, the brave generals of the year are as old as the old ministers, and the new generation such as Qin Huaiyu, Chi Baolin and others are far from being Geerdongzan's opponents, Geerdongzan is cunning with soldiers, and even Li Ji and Su Dingfang, who have always used soldiers, have been defeated by him, and if you want to defeat this person, you have to send Li Hao." ”

When Chu Suiliang heard this, he immediately frowned and said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks it is inappropriate, Qiongnan is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and when Li Hao arrives, it will take more than three or four months, and the things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, how can you wait so long!" ”

Ma Zhou snorted coldly when he heard this, and asked, "Then Master Chu, what is your magic method for retreating from the enemy?" ”

Chu Suiliang said cheekily: "I don't have a magic method, but I have the right to express my opinion on whether to send Li Hao." ”

At this time, Li Jing suddenly moved, only to see him use his rickety hands to pluck the wheel with difficulty, slowly drove out, came to the center of the main hall, and then said slowly: "Your Highness, this time the old minister is willing to guard Chang'an with Uncle Qin, and hold on until Li Hao, the king of Qiongnan, arrives." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the hall, and at such a time of military emergency, the words of the military god Li Jing were almost a sword that opened the sky, and could smash all the words of opposition.

Sure enough, all the people stopped talking, and there were no more objections.

Hearing this, Li Zhi cast a grateful look at Li Jing, and then said: "Wei Guogong, you are so sick, and you have to work hard to defend the country, and you are really uneasy, for the sake of the Jiangshan Sheji and the people of Limin...... There is Lao Weiguogong, and there is Yiguo Gong. ”

Qin Qiong continued: "Your Highness is serious, it is our duty to defend the country, not to mention guarding Chang'an, Your Highness can rest assured, there are old ministers and the Duke of Weiguo, and the Tibetan barbarians will not be able to step into Chang'an even half a step!" ”

In the twenty-first year of the Tang Dynasty, on August 27, a team of fast horses went out of Chang'an and went south.

At the same time, a flying pigeon flew out of the Lantian Hou Mansion and flew to the south, and then, Shi Najie sent people to move all the money and important items in the Hou Mansion into the underground secret room, and then took all the people in the Hou Mansion and a large amount of food to Chang'an City, in Chang'an City, there was a mansion that Li Shimin had given to Li Hao, which happened to become a place for them to stay, after all, the Tubo army was about to attack, with Ge Erdongzan's hatred for Li Hao, he would never let go of the Lantian Hou Mansion, so they had to evacuate in advance, this was Li Hao's order.

Li Hao, who was far away in Qiongnan, had already made preparations, Li Guocheng had already set off with 5,000 Xuanjia troops by boat, to Liuqiu and Chen Bin, and 10,000 Xuanjia troops took a flying clipper boat from the East China Sea to the Yellow Sea, and then entered the Yellow River from the Bohai Sea, went straight to Luoyang, landed from Luoyang, went to Shangzhou, and waited for Li Hao there.

Li Hao waited for Chang'an's decree in Qiongnan.

On the eighth day of September, Geerdongzan captured Qizhou, and on September 16, the army surrounded Chang'an, launched a siege battle, and used countless siege weapons, the offensive was fierce, and it was ironic that Geerdongzan's grain and grass and siege equipment were all plundered from the various state capitals of the Tang Dynasty.

In the face of Geerdongzan's strong attack, Li Jing and Qin Qiong sat in the south and the north, and they followed Ma Zhou's advice and transferred all the bed crossbows of the Ordnance Supervisor and the Scientific Research Temple.

Since Li Hao invented the bed crossbow, it has not been able to come in handy, because this kind of thing is too bulky and useless to attack the city, and it is more suitable for defending the city, and now it has finally come in handy.

More than 300 bed crossbows were placed on the four sides of the city wall, and the huge crossbow bolts were launched, which were able to destroy the catapults of the Tubo army, and hit Geerdonzan by surprise, and more than 100 catapults that Gerduzan had finally plundered were broken by more than half, not only that, because of the sudden appearance of these bed crossbows, the Tubo army suffered thousands of casualties, but they almost did no harm to the Tang army, and the morale of the Tubo army was frustrated.

Ge Erdonzan immediately ordered the collection of troops, gathered all the generals in the tooth tent, and discussed the strategy of breaking the city, in fact, there is no good way to break the city, this is Chang'an, how tall and strong the city is, and now there are crossbow guards, Mo said that he has more than 100,000 troops, even if he has 200,000 troops, it is difficult to capture them.

Ge Dongzan also seemed to have figured out this truth, and even if he ordered the siege of the city, he didn't believe that Chang'an was known as a city with a population of one million, and how long the food in it could last.

This time, the clever Ge Dong Zan miscalculated, with Zhenguan rice, Henan, Hebei, Hedong, Guanzhong have also planted rice, last year's grain harvest, the grain depot was full, the price of rice fell again, at the same time, as early as when Ge Erdonzan defeated Li Ji, Shi Najie received Li Hao's order, buy grain everywhere, and then transport it into Chang'an, because Li Hao also knew that Ge Erdonzan would never be able to capture Chang'an City, and he also calculated that Ge Erdonzan would definitely be trapped in the city, so he prepared in advance.

At the same time, Li Hao also asked the newspaper to spread it in the newspaper, saying that Geerdongzan could attack Chang'an at any time, and the people of Chang'an were panicked and fled from Chang'an to take refuge elsewhere, and now in Chang'an City, there are only 300,000 people left, and the grain from the treasury plus the grain offered by Shi Najie has more than 600,000 stones, and there is absolutely no problem to last for three or four months.

On the first day of October, the proclamation team finally arrived in Qiongnan, and announced the decree in Li Hao's mansion, on the holy decree, Li Zhi named Li Hao as the generalissimo of the ten soldiers and horses as a prisoner, and gave him a golden fish charm, which can control all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, and the generals of the provinces, listen to their dispatch, and rush to the king of Chang'an.

When Li Hao heard the holy decree, he was stunned, the generalissimo of the Ten Soldiers and Horses, this is a military position that has only appeared in the romance, and now it has really appeared, it is not a minister who is extremely trusted, and it cannot be lightly sealed unless it is a special period, it can be seen that Chang'an is really in danger this time.

But he still couldn't believe it, how could the ministers agree to this holy decree, how could Li Shimin agree, aren't they afraid that he will take the opportunity to rebel?