Battle map, Luoyang.

Emperor Chen and the others led their troops to the outside of Luoyang City, and learned that Tongguan had been taken by Cui Qianyou's department, Di Chen smiled and said to Chun Shenjun and the others: "This time, even Gaia is on our side, see how the old fox is still jumping." ”

"Haha~~~"

Chun Shenjun and the others laughed loudly, their expressions were extremely happy, it really meant to them to win Ouyang Shuo once on the battle map, it was enough to raise their eyebrows.

Emperor Chen said: "When we see An Lushan, we will lead our troops to take Chang'an directly, and we will not give the old fox a chance." ”

"That's exactly how it should be!" Xiongba nodded.

There are 300,000 troops to rely on, even An Lushan, Dichen and others don't look at it very much. From the moment the [Yanhuang League] army descended on Luoyang, it was up to them to decide how the An Lushan camp should decide.

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Chang'an, the eastern suburbs.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to enter the city to meet Tang Xuanzong, and he did not need to go through the entire Chang'an City, in fact, entering the city from the Chunming Gate in the east, the first major building complex on the right hand side was Xingqing Palace.

Xingqing Palace is the residence of Tang Xuanzong as a vassal king, after Tang Xuanzong ascended the throne, it expanded on a large scale and became one of the three major palaces in Chang'an City, and the other two palaces are Taiji Palace and Daming Palace.

During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao periods, Xingqing Palace was not only the political center of the Tang Dynasty, but also the long-term residence of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and his concubine Yang Yuhuan. After the Anshi Rebellion, Xingqing Palace lost its status as a political center and became a place for the Empress Dowager or Empress Dowager to live idlely, most of the time as a permanent place for harems such as the Empress Dowager.

On the Xingqing Palace, Ouyang Shuo saw Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and Yang Guozhong, the prime minister of the current dynasty.

As the longest-reigning emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji was seventy-two years old at this time, with gray hair, loose skin, much less body than before, psychological fatigue, and no longer the majesty of his youth.

Time is a whetstone, silent, unhurried.

Li Longji's ambition to reorganize the rivers and mountains, work hard, dominate the world, and look at the world when he was young has been polished cleanly in the past few decades.

As the supreme emperor of a great country, Li Longji was able to work tirelessly every day in the 20 years after ascending the throne, diligently manage the government, appoint the virtuous and make use of his abilities, reform the old and bring forth the new, and govern a country with a sluggish dynasty and difficult people's livelihood to achieve peace and security, political harmony, singing and dancing at home, the people living and working in peace and contentment, and the coming of all countries from all directions.

Rao is the Qin Emperor's heroic talent, the Han Wu Wei Strategy, and the Emperor Taizong of this dynasty has not been able to create such a prosperous scene. Therefore, at the peak moment of his life, when he looked at the list of more than 70 countries that had come to worship, Li Longji already felt great satisfaction.

At the same time, Li Longji felt deeply tired.

As the saying goes, life is rare for seventy years, and it is even rarer for the emperor to live to be more than seventy. After all, state affairs consume energy during the day, and beauty consumes energy at night, and it must be a miracle that they can not die after decades.

Li Longji created a miracle, before the age of 50, although he worked day and night on state affairs and made great efforts to make the country prosperous, he still took time out of his busy schedule and gave birth to 30 sons and 29 daughters.

An Lushan's rebellion this time made Li Longji very hurt and exhausted.

For An Lushan, Li Longji can be described as a result of grace, asking for officials to officials, asking for money for money, asking for face, and wanting more scenery and more scenery.

Here are a few examples.

An Lushan moved to a new house in Chang'an, and held a banquet to celebrate, Li Long basically came to ask a few prime ministers to enter the palace to play football, but in order to make An Lushan happy, he specially ordered the football to be rescheduled, and ordered the prime ministers to go to An Lushan's house for a banquet.

During An Lushan's stay in Chang'an, whenever Li Longji ate a delicious food or caught rare game while hunting, he immediately sent people to fly horses to An Lushan.

To put it meanly, Li Longji has never paid so much attention to his Lao Tzu in his life.

What's even more incredible is that because of recognizing Yang Guifei as his godmother, An Lushan can enter and leave the inner palace at will, have close contact with the concubine, have dinner face-to-face, and sometimes even go out of the palace all night.

It is rumored that there is a leg between the godson and the godmother, but the godfather doesn't care about it. With such grace and favor, even a beast with wolf ambitions, it should also cultivate feelings.

But on the contrary, An Lushan is still the opposite.

The loss of Tongguan this time completely broke Li Longji's psychological defense, and he now just wants to escape from Chang'an, go to Shu to avoid the limelight, and be accompanied by fine wine and beauties, for the rest of his life.

Yang Guozhong was only in his forties at this time, and it was when he was in the prime of life, his sister Yang Yuhuan was captivating the country and the city, and Yang Guozhong's skin was not bad, but his face was full of panic at this time.

According to history, this relative prime minister, who stepped on Li Linfu's ascendancy, will soon come to the end of his life.

Objectively speaking, Li Linfu is no longer abusing power and misleading the country, but because his skills are not ordinary, whether it is the central government or the locality, whether it is a civil minister or a military general, he can at least cover it, and he is obedient from top to bottom.

This is somewhat similar to Yan Song, who has just entered Great Xia.

An Lushan was extremely favored by the emperor, and he did not pay attention to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but he only respected Li Linfu, and was both convinced and afraid.

When meeting Li Linfu, even in the cold season, An Lushan would sweat and soak his clothes.

An Lushan's eyeliner in Beijing, every time he reports back to Fan Yang, what he cares about most is what instructions Li Linfu has. If the eyeliner brought back Li Linfu's good words, An Lushan would be so happy that he danced. If Li Linfu was a little dissatisfied, An Lushan would slap the bed in annoyance and shout, "Oops! I'm going to die! ”

If Li Linfu hadn't died at this time, An Lushan would never have had the courage to rebel.

Moreover, as a relatively pragmatic prime minister who attaches importance to the system, Li Linfu has done some serious things and implemented some favorable measures in addition to fooling people, and he has not been without political achievements.

But Prime Minister Yang, who succeeded Li Linfu in controlling the government, not only has a long difference in skill, but basically refuses to do anything serious at all except for devoting himself to slapping horses, bullying superiors and subordinates, intriguing, and misleading foreign countries.

Therefore, although he is also the prime minister who has been in power for many years, in the history books, Li Linfu is honorably among the ranks of "traitorous ministers", while Yang Guozhong can only be regarded as a "foreign relative" at most.

Not to mention, the current Anshi Rebellion can develop to such a bad point, of course, there is a reason why Li Longji is stupid, and it is even more difficult for Prime Minister Yang, who is full of intrigues, to blame.

Yang Guozhong was killed by angry soldiers at Ma Weiyi, not without reason.

What Ouyang Shuo is facing now is such an old emperor and a prime minister who can't get on the stage, and he can be received by Li Longji this time, most of which is due to the 150,000 soldiers and horses outside the city.

Li Longji's first sentence choked Ouyang Shuo's anger, "You came just in time, I already plan to go to Shu to temporarily avoid the edge, so you can take the troops with you all the way." ”

“……”

Ouyang Shuo was speechless, can we not be so cowardly?!

"Your Majesty, the 150,000 troops I brought are all elite, and they are still ready for a battle." Of course, Ouyang Shuo didn't want to withdraw from Chang'an just like that, didn't this mean that he would surrender on his own initiative.

"Bold!"

A shout suddenly sounded in the hall, Yang Guozhong stood up, pointed at Ouyang Shuo and said, "Everything is the safety of Your Majesty, do you dare to resist the order?" ”

Ouyang Shuo's eyes froze, and he glanced at Yang Guozhong lightly.

As the supreme king of Great Xia, it is usually difficult for a historical figure like Yang Guozhong to see Ouyang Shuo, and how dare he be presumptuous in front of him. Even in the battle map, Ouyang Shuo didn't have to compromise.

"You ......"

was glanced at by Ouyang Shuo, although he didn't want to admit it, Yang Guozhong still felt a palpitation, that invisible imperial momentum was in front of His Majesty, Yang Guozhong had never felt it.

"Ahem!!" Li Longji saw that the loyal prime minister couldn't get off the stage, and said loudly: "You don't have to argue, whether Chang'an can't hold it, or retreat to Shu for the time being, and then think about it in the long run." ”

If it were changed to ten years, twenty years ago, there were 150,000 alien troops to suppress the battle, and Li Longji also had the courage to take Chang'an City as a natural danger and fight with the rebels.

It's a pity that the years are not forgiving, and now he just wants to leave this place of right and wrong.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo knew that Li Longji had made up his mind, and there was no point in continuing to do so, so he said, "Since Your Majesty insists on this, I can only take orders." It's just that I have a small request, and I hope that Your Majesty will fulfill it. ”

"You say!"

After receiving Ouyang Shuo's promise, Li Longji was very happy, with this 150,000 army with him, he didn't have to worry about anything. Now Ouyang Shuo wants the concubines in his palace, except for Yang Guifei, Li Longji can agree.

Ouyang Shuo said: "In order to prevent people's hearts from being unstable and causing riots in the city, Your Majesty must allow me to bring a team of personal soldiers into the city to assist in the defense and protect Your Majesty's safety." ”

In the first battle of Tongguan, Ge Shuhan lost all the troops stationed in Chang'an City, the troops in the Longyou Theater, and the troops temporarily recruited from Chang'an and Luoyang.

The 200,000 troops that the empire had managed to muster were wiped out.

At present, there are only 3,000 guards left in Chang'an guarding the palace, so it is no wonder that Li Longji was thinking about escaping, and if he didn't run, he would be captured alive by An Lushan.

Hearing that Ouyang Shuo was going to lead troops into the city to assist in defense, Li Longji didn't think about it, and directly agreed.

Seeing that Ouyang Shuo was so caring, Li Longji naturally knew how to repay the favor, and directly sealed Ouyang Shuo a temporary title, and then gave Ouyang Shuo a token. With this token, Ouyang Shuo can lead troops into the city at any time, and no one dares to stop him.

Seeing this, Yang Guozhong originally wanted to play some power tricks, but he was suddenly stopped by Ouyang Shuo, and he hadn't recovered at the moment, and he could watch this stranger suddenly become a celebrity in front of His Majesty.

Instinctively, Yang Guozhong felt threatened, and his eyes were full of jealousy.

What about Ouyang Shuo? He didn't look at Yang Guozhong from beginning to end, got the token, and took the opportunity to leave.

"Isn't Your Majesty too gracious to that stranger?" Waiting for Ouyang Shuo to leave, Yang Guozhong dared to sow discord.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can return to Shu smoothly, it's not a matter of picking up that stranger."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Seeing that the saint was still there, Yang Guozhong was busy patting his ass.

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Out of Xingqing Palace, Ouyang Shuo did not return to the camp, but turned around and walked towards the prince's mansion.