Li Ye was stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yunhe would make such a suggestion, asking the eldest son Siming to serve as a guard for him at the same time. This scene seemed too big.

But he immediately understood that Penglai Dao Sect had no choice, and bowing to him was the only way out.

However, Li Ye is not sure whether Penglai has given up the idea of ​​supporting puppets and continues the thousand-year tradition to support a prince to fight for dominance. If Penglai has decided to do this, then all the thousands of disciples of the Penglai Taoist Sect will become Li Ye's vassals and support.

At present, the Penglai Dao Sect has to express a certain attitude. Then, if the Grand Master Siming joins hands, at least you can protect yourself without worrying too much about Li Ye harming them, so that Penglai will not suffer any losses. If ordinary disciples are sent over, they will probably be digested by the Qingyi Yamen. On the contrary, the Grand Master Siming has good combat power and will have a lot of help to Li Ye, and Li Ye may not be unable to bear the love of Penglai.

Thinking of this, Li Ye smiled and said, "Since Penglai is so loving, I am disrespectful."

Zhang Yunhe was overjoyed: "Since your highness agrees, this matter will be decided."

Time flies October.

That morning, Li Ye was still in the Political Affairs Hall director. Song Jiao hurriedly entered the door and handed him a latest report. Surong said: "Huang Chao issued a manifesto along the way, warning all the vassal states, saying that he intended to attack the prefectures and counties, and asked them to defend the fortresses and not go out of the city to fight. Now the riots are heading towards Henan, and they may attack Ruzhou and threaten Luoyang in the next step."

Li Ye took the thread, read it for a moment, and then put it down, pondered: "After this chaos army heading north, it changed its previous style of plundering prefectures and counties, and was just to drive away the strong men to join the army. The officials of each town and state placed the laboring items outside the city early, piled up like mountains for the chaos to take. Huang Chao did not attack the prefectures and counties after obtaining these supplies. But in this way, the hinterland of the Central Plains was no longer in defense."

Song Jiao said in a cold voice: "The imperial court established vassal states in the Central Plains to serve as a barrier to defend Guanzhong. Now that the vassal states do not have troops, the vassal states will be useless!"

Li Ye put his hand on the desk table, tapped his fingers on the table, thinking: "In recent years, wars in the Central Plains have been frequent, and the vassal states do not care about the people, and the number of displaced people is increasing. Now they are all swept by Huang Chao. The various vassal states in the Central Plains have been obeyed the orders of the court to fight, but for several years, the court's rewards and punishments have been unclear. In addition, the treacherous ministers are in power and the disputes of interests never stop. Even the vassal states who are willing to serve the country are also disheartened by the court."

"The more and more chaotic troops were fought, and after Gao Pian was plotted by Huang Chao and his main force was lost, Huang Chao's power was no longer able to stop him. Refugees and bandits from all over the world joined the chaotic troops, and now there are nearly one million people. At this time, who would still be willing to obey the orders of the court and who still has the ability to resist the chaotic troops?"

Song Jiao gritted her teeth and said, "Sometimes ago, Huang Chao attacked Xiangyang and was defeated by Liu Jurong, the governor of Shandong Dongdao, with seven or eight casualties. That was a great opportunity to pursue victory, but Liu Jurong said, "The country is capricious and when the war is urgent, he will be granted an official position at will. If the war is a little more peaceful, he will destroy the bridges. Sometimes he will be punished. It is better to let the thief run away. Perhaps we still have a chance to make contributions in the future.' In such a huge dynasty, it is not that there are no brave generals, but they all lose their loyalty to the court like Liu Jurong!"

Li Ye shook his head and sighed: "There are countless such things in the years Huang Chao has raised his army. If the whole country had worked together, Huang Chao would have been destroyed countless times."

Speaking of this, Li Ye's eyes were sharper: "Appointment order was issued, and the new army of Pinglu was 100,000 soldiers were ready to go to the battlefield; all the monks in the Jianghu area in Pinglu could join the army and serve the country!"

Song Jiao's eyes were stern and she withdrew with the promise.

Chang'an, Hanyuan Hall.

After Li Yan was at the imperial case, he looked down at the hall coldly, and the memorial fell all over the ground. The imperial case was also overthrown. Tian Lingzi, Lu Yan and others lay in the hall without daring to move.

After a long time, Li Yan's face dissipated, and his fear was covered with every trace of flesh. His voice trembled: "From the first year of Qianfu to the first year of Guangming, it has been seven years since a common man rebelled, and the Tang Dynasty could not do anything to him... Now the rioters have been holding millions of people and have captured Luoyang... What should I do? What should I do? Last time Huang Chao asked for recruitment and wanted to be a military governor, I thought it was OK. Who disagreed and who was it?!"

Everyone dared not speak out.

"Come here! drag Lu Yan down to me and behead me! This rioter who is abusing the country and the people has harmed my country and the country. I want to destroy your nine clans!" Li Yan suddenly roared irritably.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged, I am wronged!" Lu Yan was dragged out crying.

"Your Majesty..." Tian Lingzi wanted to persuade him, but was interrupted by Li Yan: "Shut up and you are a bucket of food! I have said a long time ago, let Brother Ye come back to take charge of the overall situation, you don't do it! Now, even the eastern capital Luoyang has been broken, how many days can I stay in Chang'an?!"

"Your Majesty..." Tian Lingzi's face turned red. Since he knew that things had come to this point, he was useless to argue. If he wanted to maintain his wealth and status, he had to pay a price. He gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and suddenly shouted loudly: "I would like to lead the Shen Ce army to help Tongguan! Your Majesty rest assured that although the rioters have broken through the Eastern Capital, as long as Tongguan is still there, even if I die at the top of the city, I will definitely defend the rioters for Your Majesty and prevent the rioters 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 various camps, leading Shen Ce, Boye and other troops to guard Tongguan! Remember for me, if Tongguan is not defended, you won't have to come back!"

"I...receive the order and thank you!"

The Prince's Mansion.

Wu Yuxuan had a calm face and just entered the door, he met Princess Li Wu You rushing out. He asked in surprise: "What are you going to do?"

Wu You walked in a hurry, and a team of followers were following him, "Your Majesty has ordered the Shence Army to rush to Tongguan, and I want to go..."

"Nonsense! Go back!" Wu Yuxuan was furious and scolded him sternly.

"Father...we are all people with rich clothes and food, and are supported by the state. Now that the country is in trouble, how can we not fight to serve the country without death?"

Wu You laughed in anger: "Serve the country? What are you going to serve the country?"

He took a deep breath, "Do you think the Shence Army will definitely win if you go to the battle? Okay, let me see what the Shence Army looks like! Come with me!"

Wu Yuxuan took Wu You to the streets. The two of them had a good cultivation level and flew across the streets at a very fast speed. They quickly turned around several surrounding areas. The passionate look on Wu You's face gradually dissipated, replaced by strong anger and despair.

In all streets of Fang District, countless young men in brocade clothes, carrying gold, silver and jewelry, stuffed them to the peddlers and pawns. When the other party took over the gold and silver, they stuffed the armor, swords, waist cards and other items to them, and asked the other party to change them quickly.

Finally, when Wu Yuxuan brought Wu You to the Shence Army camp, he saw those impostors peddlers and pawns entering the camp.

Wu Yuxuan stood on the roof and said coldly: "Now you see clearly, what kind of combat power does such a Shen Ce Army have?"

Wu You's hands and feet were cold, and he didn't know whether it was because of anger or fear, and his teeth kept trembling.

"Most of the Shence Army are officials and children of wealthy families. The purpose of their joining the army is to obtain the convenience brought by the Shence Army. They have no training at all. They can't do anything except domineering and domineering. What kind of army can they take to the battlefield?"

Wu Yuxuan's face was low, "The truly combat-capable soldiers of the Shence Army will not exceed 10,000, but the chaos army now has more than one million!"

Wu You was so desperate that he was about to cry out: "If this is the case, how can you guard Tongguan and Chang'an? Who can save the Tang Dynasty?!"

Wu Yuxuan sighed, and said nothing more, and took Wu You back.

The military situation was urgent, and Tian Lingzi did not dare to delay it. A few days later, he marched to Tongguan with Shen Ce, Boye and other troops.

However, the troops were in a hurry to dispatch. Tian Lingzi and a eunuch were nowhere to command the troops. They had no time to allocate food, grass and supplies. The soldiers followed the army only carried rations for three days, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. No matter how the generals and the school urged them, they always marched slowly. Only Zhang Chengfan, the commander of the Shence Army, led five thousand elite cavalry to Tongguan first.

The troops such as Boye who marched with the Shen Ce Army were not fully equipped with armor. Seeing that the Shen Ce Army were all brightly dressed and had tall horses, they were very jealous.

After traveling for many days, Tian Lingzi received a reward from the scout when he arrived in Huazhou for many days. He said that a large army was rushing in front of him. Tian Lingzi was shocked and said, "Is it because the chaotic army has come?"

It was not the chaotic army, but the defeated army returned. When he saw Tian Lingzi, he brought back a bolt from the blue: "The chaotic army has captured Tongguan and is here to chase him. The lieutenant returns to Chang'an quickly!"

Tian Lingzi's face changed drastically, and he no longer cared about anything else. He turned the reins and rode his horse back.

When Shen Ce, Boye and other troops heard that the riots had arrived, they were in chaos and turned around and ran away. They threw away their armor along the way. Before they could see the shadow of the riots, they were defeated.

Tian Lingzi fled back to Chang'an, hurried into the palace, found Li Yan, knelt in front of him, and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent. Before I arrived at Tongguan, Tongguan was broken!"

Li Yan was so scared that he retreated repeatedly, and fell to the ground with a slump, feeling lost: "How could this happen..."

Tian Lingzi walked to Li Yan's knees and advised anxiously: "Your Majesty, there are more than one million soldiers who are killing people without blinking. Chang'an is already in a daze. Please ask Your Majesty to run west to Shuzhong!"

"Ah?" Li Yan didn't react for a moment.

Tian Lingzi said anxiously: "I have summoned five thousand Shen Ce troops to protect you. Please leave quickly!"

Li Yan was startled and said, "Let's go, go quickly!"

Outside Chang'an City, at both ends of Wei Bridge, Shen Ce Army, Boye Army, and Fengxiang Army were already in chaos and had long disappeared. Boye Army, Fengxiang Army actually beat Shen Ce Army in chaos, robbing their bright clothes and bright armor while beating them, shouting: "You have no achievements and only enjoy happiness in Chang'an. Instead, they are all bright clothes and bright armor, with a wealth of wealth. We are born and die, either guarding the frontier or fighting with the chaotic army, but they cannot eat, starving and freezing. How can this be the reason in the world?"

On the city wall, Wu You's face turned pale when he saw this scene, "That's Wei Bridge, where Taizong and the Turks killed white horses and signed the Wei River Alliance. It was also the foreshadowing of Taizong's counterattack against the Turks and flattening the grasslands. Now the Tang army is actually killing each other here and robbing the other's armor?"

"What are you still watching here? Let's go with my father. Your Majesty has already left the city and run west. We must catch up!" Wu Yuxuan pulled Wu You away.

"If I don't leave, as a clan of the royal family, I should live and die with the country!" Wu You struggled.

"This is what King An means!"

"Brother Ye?"

"King An has sent someone to come and ask me to take you away no matter what. Now it seems that he has expected today..." Wu Yuxuan pointed to the Qingyi Yamen monks under the city wall, "Those people were sent by King An, and he said you know them!"

Wu You couldn't speak. Before getting on the horse in front of the city, he asked the Qingyi Yamen monk in the leader: "Why didn't Brother Ye come? When did he lead the army to eliminate the chaos?"

The blue-clothed swordsman clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness said, he will come."

A few days later, Huang Chao captured Chang'an, searched and killed the children of the royal family, and moved into the palace with his family. Soon after, he claimed to be the Emperor of the Great Qi, changed the reign of the Jin Dynasty, and enthroned all officials.

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Chapter completed!