Duan De cāo is the governor of Tang Jingzhou, he can lead the army back in time, thanks to the prince Li Jiancheng's cautious move, he led 100,000 troops to the north to conquer the Guannei Road, but also realized the emptiness of Chang'an, so he will capture Yan'an County, ordered Duan De cāo 20,000 cavalry to return to Xinping County in the north.

This can not only go north to Honghua County, but also can return to Guanzhong, it turns out that Li Jiancheng's caution is not redundant, after receiving Li Jiancheng's urgent order, Duan De cāo only took a day and a night to rush back to Chang'an, but he was still a step late, the Sui army had already broken through Chang'an City.

The Sui army had withdrawn, the Tang army had regained control of Chang'an City, the city gates were closed, the fleeing recruits regrouped, the fires at the gates of each fang had been extinguished, and groups of soldiers went to each square to calm the people's hearts and tell the people that the Sui army had withdrawn, and it was only at this time that the terrifying clouds that hung over Chang'an gradually dispersed.

Some bold residents began to come out to inquire about the situation, and the court officials also took off their subordinates' clothes, changed into court clothes and rushed to the imperial city.

After a day and two nights of fright, the Tang Emperor Li Yuan finally couldn't support it and fell ill, he lay in the ward of the Yangxin Palace, and dozens of imperial doctors went in and out, busy diagnosing and treating Li Yuan.

Dozens of important ministers gathered in the square outside the hall, in groups of three or five, whispering in a low voice, discussing the emperor's illness and Yang Yuanqing's sneak attack on Guanzhong.

At this time, Yizheng Zhao Wende walked out of the hall quickly, raised his voice slightly and asked, "The Holy Lord asked, is Chief Duan here?" ”

"I've sent someone to look for it, and I'll be there soon." Someone replied.

Zhao Wende turned around and was about to go in. Xiao Yu quickly stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, "Doctor Zhao is waiting!" ”

Several ministers gathered around, and everyone asked worriedly, "How is the situation with the saint?" Is the problem serious? ”

Zhao Wende sighed and said: "The saint is too tired, and he is cold at night, and he is in a bad mood, so he is sick, and he is not seriously ill. It's just that he is in a bad mood, and I'm afraid it will affect his recovery. ”

After a pause, Zhao Wende whispered: "Ladies and gentlemen." I'm afraid the queen's side won't be able to. ”

Everyone was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Didn't you say that it can last for a year and a half?" ”

Zhao Wende shook his head, "I thought she could hold out for half a year." But this time the palace was in turmoil, the palace people carried her to hide everywhere, she couldn't afford to toss, I'm afraid it's only been these two days, everyone must be mentally prepared. ”

Everyone is silent, the saint is sick, the queen wants to go to the immortal again, Datang can be described as ill-fated, when will the situation calm down? Everyone's heart is heavy.

At this time, Duan De, the governor of Jingzhou, hurriedly walked over. Duan De Cāo is a native of Longyou, a descendant of the Guanlong aristocracy, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a burly figure and strong martial arts. He participated in the attack on the Western Qin State, led 5,000 troops to defeat the support of 30,000 Tuyuhun troops, and was named the Pillar State and served as the Taishou of Xihai County. It can be described as both civil and military.

However, because he offended Li Shentong when he was in Hexi, he has been suppressed and cannot be reused, and finally Xiao Yu recommended him to the prince Li Jiancheng, and Li Jiancheng, who was thirsty for talent, found that he was a rare talent after reviewing his files, so he persuaded Li Yuan to transfer him to the governor of Jingzhou.

It was Duan De Cāo's timely return with the army that enabled the Tang Dynasty to escape a great humiliation, and at a critical moment, Duan De Cāo made a great contribution to the rescue.

Zhao Wende heard the person next to him say that this person was Duan De, and he hurriedly said: "General Duan, the Holy Lord wants to see you, please come with me." ”

Duan De nodded and followed Zhao Wende into the Heart Cultivation Palace......

In the ward, Li Yuan's body was extremely weak, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and he was whispering something to Feng Deyi, "Regarding the matter of Xianyang Ling Wei Yijie, you arranged for someone to go to Xianyang, to learn more about what Yang Yuanqing did in Xianyang during the day, and what Wei Yijie did?" After investigating this matter in detail, I will report it to me. ”

Li Yuan was a little suspicious that the Wei family had some secret deal with Yang Yuanqing, otherwise Yang Yuanqing would not have pulled Wei Yijie out to say something, he remembered that a few years ago when Fengzhou took the first imperial examination, the Wei family had two children in high school, this time Yang Yuanqing dared to lead troops into the customs so boldly in person, who provided him with the news? It is very likely to be the Wei family.

In fact, Li Yuan is also a relatively paranoid person in his bones, Yang Yuanqing took Wei Yijie as one of the conditions, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yang Yuanqing is deliberately provoking the relationship between the Wei family and the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, Li Yuan also felt a little, but he thought that there must be something between the Wei family and Yang Yuanqing, otherwise why didn't Yang Yuanqing talk about the Dugu family, not the Dou family, but the Wei family.

Anyway, he was extremely annoyed with Wei Yijie in his heart, as if Wei Yijie was joining forces with Yang Yuanqing to humiliate him and reinstate him? Hum! Do you want to be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites again?

The reason why Feng Deyi is very trusted by Li Yuan is that he has penetrated Li Yuan's heart, he was Yu Shiji's confidant back then, and he learned Yu Shiji's mind contemplation technique very thoroughly, and he was also handy when applied to Li Yuan.

Feng Deyi knew that Li Yuan was actually very remorseful in his heart, regretting that he should not agree to Yang Yuanqing's conditions, he had known that reinforcements would come, so he would be tougher, and he would not be humiliated by Yang Yuanqing, and he was forced to agree to the conditions that made him unwilling.

But Li Yuan, as the emperor, is a golden mouth, and he is not easy to regret, so he is angry and ashamed, so he uses Wei Yijie to vent his anger, this is Li Yuan's thoughts, Feng Deyi can feel it clearly.

Feng Deyi's eyes rolled, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, in fact, regarding the three conditions, Your Majesty can also be flexible, avoid the real and make it false, such as the reinstatement of Wei Yijieguan, Your Majesty can make him a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and then find out his problems in Xianyang in two days, remove him from his post and even ask for his guilt, and then withdraw from Luoyang, you can withdraw, and then go back to occupy it, or leave an empty city there, and transfer all the people and materials back to Guanzhong, these are all feasible means." ”

Li Yuan closed his eyes and said slowly, "You go and arrange people!" Do your research. ”

"Weichen understands, let's go!"

Feng Deyi bowed and bowed, and slowly retreated, Li Yuan closed his eyes again, Feng Deyi's suggestion can be said to be on his heart.

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, General Duan De Cāo has arrived. ”

"Announce his audience!"

After a moment, Duan De cāo hurriedly walked into the imperial study and bowed deeply, "Minister Duan De cāo see Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be in good health as soon as possible." ”

Li Yuan sighed slightly: "If every minister shared my worries like Aiqing, I wouldn't be sick, and this time Chang'an City was broken as a mirror, so that I saw a lot of loyal ministers, and I also saw a lot of ministers who were not very loyal." ”

Duan De cāo was terrified in his heart, it was not a good thing for the saint to say this to him, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "He was ordered by the crown prince to travel at night and night to come to the rescue, but unfortunately he could not prevent the Sui army from breaking through the city, and the minister felt guilty. ”

"You are already very good, at least because of Aiqing's arrival, Yang Yuanqing did not dare to attack the imperial city again, saved my life, and had the merit of saving the driver, so I must reward Aiqing well." Li Yuan's voice was weak, but his tone was full of praise, and although he felt some remorse in his heart for agreeing to Yang Yuanqing's conditions, he was grateful from the bottom of his heart that Duan De Cāo had arrived in time and allowed him to avoid the shame of being captured.

"The minister would rather not have any reward, and I hope that Your Majesty's dragon body can recover as soon as possible."

"Thank you Aiqing for your concern, I will crown you as the general of Zuotunwei, knight the prince of Longxi County, a bounty of 10,000 taels, a beautiful house in Chang'an, and fifty hectares of fertile land."

Duan De was a little stunned, in his memory, it seemed that no minister had received such a generous reward, he immediately knelt down, kowtowed three times, and said with tears in his eyes: "The minister is willing to break his body and bones for His Majesty, and then die!" ”

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Although the 50,000 recruits recruited this time have not been able to play any role, but after training well, they will make meritorious contributions to me, and I will hand over these 50,000 recruits to you for training, don't let me down." ”

"Obey the order!"

Duan De cāo knew in his heart that this was the reward of the Holy Lord to the prince, in fact, he allocated 50,000 new troops to the prince, and this time he fought for the prince's face.

At this moment, there was a slight disturbance outside, and then someone started crying, Li Yuan was stunned, and said to the eunuch beside him: "Go and see, what's going on?" ”

The eunuch ran out, and after a while, the eunuch walked in with tears on his face, and he finally couldn't help it, and knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

Li Yuan was anxious and struggled to get up, but he couldn't get up, so he had to beat the side of the bed and scolded: "Tell me quickly, what happened?" ”

"Your Majesty...... Empress...... Empress...... It's gone! ”

Li Yuan only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he couldn't help screaming and fainted......

In the cold and windy night, Yang Yuanqing led 10,000 cavalry to rush north, and the timely return of 20,000 cavalry of the Tang Army was somewhat unexpected to him, and in Yang Yuanqing's calculations, it would be noon tomorrow at the earliest.

He knew that there was a Tang army in Jingyang, and it should be them, but Yang Yuanqing didn't expect that it would be four hours earlier than he expected, which showed that this commander with troops was quite capable.

But in this way, his plan will be implemented immediately, originally Yang Yuanqing was still going to kill Guangtongcang, but now he has no time, he must rush to Huining County immediately.

Yang Yuanqing knew that this army was only the vanguard, and there should be an army led by Li Jiancheng behind, at least 30,000 people, but as long as Li Jiancheng led the army back to Guanzhong, Guannei Dao would be empty.

The cavalry team galloped in the night of the black rumbling and they had already crossed the Zhongwei Bridge and rushed in the direction of the shallow water plain, where was Beidi County, and then to the northwest was Anding County, and after passing Anding County and Pingliang County was Huining County.

In the darkness, I heard someone shouting, "Where is Your Highness?" The scouts have information coming. ”

Yang Yuanqing reined in the war horse, and after a moment, his own soldiers led a scout to quickly step forward, and the scout bowed and said: "Your Highness Qiqi, there is accurate information about the Tang Army of Huining County!" ”

"You say!"

"There are 20,000 garrisons in Huining County, commanded by the general Sheng Yan Division."