Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Li Longji Abandoned Chang'an on a West Tour

Ge Shuhan was recovering from a long illness. He should have defended Tongguan, but now he could only flee to Shanxi with more than a hundred cavalry under his command, and planned to cross the river and enter the pass from here.Behind him were the infantry fleeing for their lives, and the defensive ditch outside the pass became a natural danger at this time. Two feet wide and one foot deep, those who fled in a hurry crowded each other, and thousands of those who fell were trampled to death. At the end of the 200,000 army, there were only 8,000 left. Xinmao and Cui Ganyou selected Tongguan.

Ge Shuhan fled to the Guanxi post station, posted a list, packed up the rest, and prepared to fight to the death with the bandits. It's a pity that it's too late, the bandits have already captured Tongguan, Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, how can the remnants defeat the general and counterattack?Ge Shuhan came out of the station and saw everyone kneeling in front of him. "Brother Shugong, you have lost such a battle with an army of 200,000, what face do you have to go to see the emperor! Haven't you seen the fate of Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing? I will invite you to go east (to seek refuge in Anlu Mountain)!"

Ge Shuhan looked at the crowd coldly, but they didn't bother, seeing that he would not follow, they came over one after another, tied him up and went east.An Lushan finally, as a winner, met this Ge Shuhan who was very dissatisfied with him.He tilted his fat head, "You used to look down on me, but what about today?" Ge Shuhan fell down on the ground, "I don't know a saint with my naked eyes. Today the world is not peaceful, Li Guangbi is in Changshan, Li Zhi is in Dongping, Lu Jiong In Nanyang, His Majesty will keep his ministers and ask them to comfort them with ruler letters, and they will all be taken down in a short time!"

"really?" "really!" "Ha ha……" An Lushan laughed loudly, and regarded Ge Shuhan as Sikong and Tongping Zhangshi.Turning his face away, he pointed at the general who had kidnapped Ge Shuhan and said, "You betrayed the Lord, you were disloyal and unrighteous, dragged you out and beheaded!" things.But I can only say that there is no way for Ge Shuhan to do this, and An Lushan does not quite believe that Ge Shuhan can persuade others to surrender, so that he will be imprisoned in the garden and strictly guarded.In short, Tongguan was defeated, and the defensive envoys of Hedong, Huayin, Feng Yi, and Shangluo abandoned the county and fled, and the guards there also abandoned the city.

The envoy sent by Ge Shuhan to Chang'an to report to Li Longji asked to see Li Longji, but Li Longji ignored it. This is most likely caused by Master Yang Guozhong. It seems that Ge Shuhan's surrender to the bandit army is enough to prove that his thesis is great, honorable, and correct.At this time, the Ping An Fire came from Tongguan. In the city, and then to the palace). Only then did Li Longji know that something was wrong, so he called the prime ministers to discuss it early in the morning. It turned out that Mr. Yang had already thought up the next move. He was originally Jiannan Jiedu, so when the bandits captured Luoyang, he secretly arranged for the troops in Shu.At that time, he will move the court to Jiannan.Therefore, Yang Guozhong proposed to let Li Longji go to Sichuan. On the second day, Yang Guozhong summoned hundreds of officials in the court. These thousand people were all officials carefully selected by Yang Guozhong.When Yang Guozhong asked for advice, they all bowed their heads in silence, sweating profusely, and some even began to cry.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Yang Guozhong turned it into a crime meeting.He made a wonderful summary, "I have sued An Lushan for ten years, and the Holy Majesty does not believe it. What happened today is not my fault!" After the meeting, Yang Guozhong immediately recruited Mrs. Han and Mrs. Guo into the palace. Yang Guifei persuaded Li Longji to flee to Shu.In Chang'an City, the officials of Yousi had heard that Tongguan had fallen, so they fled first, and opened the treasury privately, which was robbed.The citizens also packed up their bags and fled. The city was depressed and decadent. The bustling downtown that used to be sunny or misty and rainy no longer existed.

Millions of Chang'an residents are experiencing the pain of life and death, carrying their burdens, dragging their families, and hurrying to the direction of the bridge in the west of the city.The imperial palace also seemed to be overwhelmed. Daming Palace, Old Imperial Palace, Yeting, Harem, as long as there were people, they were all in chaos. Even the people from the Eastern Palace gathered together, jibbling, blah, blah, blah, blah. Hold meetings in English. In a panic, Li Longji boarded the Qinzheng Building and issued a startling order, "I want to drive myself to conquer."

Liar?None of the civil and military officials believed it, yes, are you going to die? However, Li Longji told everyone that this is true. However, after he came down from upstairs, he suddenly felt that this decision was a decision to send him to death, so after thinking twice, he changed his mind. In the middle of the night, Li Longji issued a secret decree, ordering Longwu General Chen Xuanli to rectify the six armies, to give generous money and silk, and to select more than 900 horses from idle stables.Everything is for one goal - to escape!It took one night to finish the reorganization. At dawn, Li Longji, Concubine Yang, Concubine Yang's sisters, prince, concubine, lord, grandson, Yang Guozhong, Wei Jiansu, Wei Fangjin, Chen Xuanli and a group of close eunuchs and favored palace people all went to Yanqiumen went, no one cared about such a dangerous place.

When passing by the treasury on the way, Yang Guozhong looked nervous, and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, you can't leave it to the bandits." Li Longji glanced at it hastily, and said with embarrassment, "The bandits are here, and they can't find the treasure, so we must go down." Search the common people... Order to open it, let them see it!" The surrounding people, whoever is unknown, suddenly sobbed, making everyone move around.Seeing that others were sighing, Yang Guozhong also shook his head distressedly.Time was running out, and everyone continued to walk out.

In the early morning, it was time to go to court again. The day before, all the officials could run away, leaving only about one-tenth of the civil servants.They should have been praised for not being afraid of danger and fulfilling their duties.But it was the remaining one-tenth that almost ran away at dawn.In the end, all that remained were the brainless ministers in twos and threes, who came to the court early in the morning and waited for the emperor to go to court.This group of loyal ministers who are not afraid of death saw a strange scene. The guards of honor of the three armed forces stood there, and they could still hear the sound of the copper pot leaking (it may also be the clock made by the monk and his party).

Quiet, deathly quiet! The mist in the early morning was quite chilly. When the gate was opened, the civil servants who came to the court saw a strange scene again. Groups of court ladies suddenly came out from the gate, chirping, hooting, shouting Screaming, running frantically, some are holding jade pillows, some are carrying backpacks, some are holding calligraphy and paintings, and some don't bring anything at all, just lift their skirts and watch the road run forward.The few of them were stunned as they watched what happened before them. How could this be... Where is the emperor? In the end, they discovered that the emperor had disappeared, even Gao Lishi and Yang Guozhong were gone. Run away, must have run away! The emperor left without any notice, and the princes, ministers, and common people panicked immediately, packing their bags and preparing to leave.Many courageous and desperate little people rode donkeys, and when everyone was heading west, they came east on donkeys with a calm expression.When they came to the palace, when they saw gold and silver, they put them in their bags. Later, they put more and more, and then they began to panic.In the midst of this entanglement, I don't know which dear friend, after collecting the treasure, actually set a fire in the Daying Warehouse (one of the large warehouses) in Zuo Zang.The fire was raging, and it was about to burn down the magnificent palace built by Tang Wude, Zhenguan, and Zetianzhishi. The eunuchs in the palace were in a hurry. Burn, burn, you know it burns! Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng sent people to put out the fire, and recruited people from the mansion and the county magistrate to guard it. Even so, there were desperate people riding donkeys to rob the treasury.Cui Guangyuan killed more than a dozen robbers in one go, and the robbery situation was considered to be improved.Cui Guangyuan sighed, knowing that it would be useless for him to escape. So he asked his son to go east to meet Anlu Mountain, and asked Bian Lingcheng to take out the key of the library and gave it to him as a gift. A hundred miles to the west, west of the city, Bianqiao, Li Longji, Yang Yuhuan, Gao Lishi... Li Longji and others, surrounded by a group of guards, rode tall horses and crossed the moat in sevens and eights.Yang Guozhong turned his head to look, pointed at the bridge and shouted, "Are you all stupid? What are you doing in a daze, burn it to me!" Under his command, someone began to pile up firewood and set fire to the bridge.Li Longji heard the screams from behind, turned his head to look, but saw the people waiting impatiently inside the convenience door, he immediately turned around to summon Yang Guozhong, and angrily reprimanded, "The people want to live, how can you cut off their way of life!" After saying that, Gao Lishi sent people to put it out, and the tribe continued to move forward. Li Longji asked an eunuch to go ahead and inform the prefectures and counties to welcome them.The eunuch Wang Luoqing arrived in Xianyang, and when Li Longji and others came to Wangxian Palace in Xianyang, he found that the dead eunuch had already summoned the county magistrate and officials to escape.He sent eunuchs to Xianyang Mansion to find someone, but the officials were only packing their things, and no one answered the eunuch's words. They lingered until noon, and everyone was very hungry.This group of people just ate some food yesterday afternoon, and they haven't eaten a bite yet.Yang Guozhong is a very considerate person. Seeing this, he ran to the market and bought a piece of cake from an old farmer for Li Longji to eat. At this time, the common people heard that it was Li Longji who came, and the scene suddenly lost control.Everyone went out one after another and took out all the delicious things at home to offer.Seeing the things in the big bowls that people were holding, Li Longji's eyes were sore.Why do people eat brown rice with wheat and beans mixed in? An old man came to see Li Longji and told him that everyone knew that An Lushan had evil intentions, but he couldn't listen to it.Li Longji, who was used to being deceived, turned pale at this time, and said sadly: "I'm confused, it's too late to regret it!" Li Longji and others can still eat rice, but the rest of the princes and grandsons don't even have to eat rice. They can only eat embarrassing rice and eat hard rice. Of course, they stay in the palace every day. thing.Soon after, Shangshi's imperial meal finally arrived, and Li Longji ordered the officials to eat it first, and then eat it himself.As for the officers and soldiers in the back, because there were too many of them, Li Longji asked them to disperse and go to the village to beg for food. That night, after checking the crowd, more than half escaped. In Jincheng, all the county residents ran away, but the eating utensils were all there, and the soldiers had a full meal.Sadly, there was not even a single lamp at night, and Yuan Siyi, the internal servant, also ran away.In the middle of the night, there was a sudden commotion. It was Wang Sili who came back from Tongguan, and Li Longji knew that Ge Shuhan was captured alive.He ordered Wang Sili to be the Jiedu envoy of Hexi and Longyou, and immediately ordered to go to the town to collect scattered soldiers so as to wait for the east to discuss.However, East Discussion is a very limitless thing, because no one knows whether they can survive tomorrow. At least if you don't stay with Li Longji, there is no problem in surviving tomorrow, but there are still many people who choose not to leave.The troops went all the way to Xingping, Shaanxi, where there was a station called Mawei Station.Not eating or drinking, sleepy, embarrassed, everyone is about to collapse.After walking these hundreds of miles, there is no part of the road that can make people happy.Among the soldiers, someone organized and held a criticism meeting.The meeting started with Comrade Chen Xuanli's speech, first summed up An Lushan's crimes, and then began to analyze the reasons for the current embarrassment, mainly Li Linfu, and then Yang Guozhong, a treacherous minister who misled the country. His crimes have penetrated into every crevice of the empire. In the plot, he deceived the saints, causing the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty to take a turn for the worse, and the people were in dire straits! Everyone has been incited, and their emotions have reached their peak. Li Fuguo, the eunuch of the East Palace, was also listening to Chen Xuanli's speech, and his emotions were naturally high. Under the decision of everyone, he went to tell Prince Li Heng to make a quick decision, whether to kill Yang Guozhong, and when to do it.But Li Heng is a filial person, hesitant, and afraid of harming himself, he dare not make a move.Since the soldiers are already in high spirits, they naturally won't do nothing.At this moment, there were more than 20 envoys sent by Tubo in the accompanying team, who were talking with Yang Guozhong. It is understood that these more than 20 envoys came to beg for food from Mr. Yang Guozhong.And the poor Mr. Yang Guozhong is mediating their dispute there, saying that there will be food soon, don't worry about it. Suddenly, a frightening roar erupted from among the sergeants, "Yang Guozhong is plotting rebellion!"