This is not the Datang I am familiar with

It can be seen that after the farewell, the five-stringed cloud and mud,

Jiang Lang has done his best for whom.

The years are countless, and the old man does not know where he is,

Most can't stay in the world

Chen Fang finishes writing and closes the pen.

"My son-in-law, is this a song?"

Chen Fang nodded.

"How do you play this?"

Chen Fang caressed Princess Taiping's immemorial voice, and looked at Taiping. It is definitely impossible for her to play the piano sound according to the song she hummed.

"Your Highness, call Concubine De, remember to bring an umbrella."

"Oh, Chen Fang, I'll go right away!"

Taiping took Chen Fang's umbrella, ran out of the courtyard, and sent the princess, who was still the young highness, to Wu Meiniang and Chen Fang in Tang Gongfang.

After a while Concubine De came, Chen Fangqing sang the song "Smoke Cage Chang'an", Concubine De naturally just listened to it once, and composed the piano music in her heart.

It was raining continuously in autumn outside, and the raindrops on the eaves kept dripping. Concubine De sat in front of the ancient melody, brushing the strings with her fingers.

The sound of the piano fluttered in the courtyard where the two princesses lived, floated out of the house, passed through the continuous autumn rain, and echoed in the somewhat empty blue bricks and white tiles of the Tang Workshop.

The sound of the piano is lingering, accompanied by the continuous autumn rain.Chen Fang was sitting not far from Concubine De, watching Concubine De's fingers constantly fluttering on the strings, naturally with a pleasing charm.

After Chang'an finished playing the song "Smoke Cage", Concubine De asked His Highness's maid to fetch another qin. At this time, she asked Taiping to sit in front of the ancient voice, and she only used an ordinary qin.

Concubine De taught Taiping the song, and Chen Fang took the umbrella Taiping had just brought back, went to the eaves, and looked outside at the autumn rain that enveloped Tang Gongfang.

Autumn rain is sad, and this song "Smoke Cage Chang'an" makes people feel even more melancholy.

An Ding walked to Chen Fang's side, and patted Chen Fang's shoulder with his hands. Chen Fang squeezed Princess Anding's hand and placed it in front of her eyes.

"Consort!"

"The wind and rain are coming, and winter is coming!"

"What is the prince talking about?"

"nothing!"

Chen Fang let go of Princess Anding's hand, opened the umbrella, and walked into the wind and rain. Behind him was the sound of the piano lingering in the courtyard, and in front of him was Tang Gongfang, which was becoming more and more hazy in the autumn rain.

Chen Fang walked out of the courtyard and walked on the road among the workshops. In the distance were lotus ponds, promenades, and hills, all of which could be recognized with closed eyes in the Tang Workshop.

Chen Fang stood still in the rain, looking at the continuous rainwater drifting around, he stood here, alone.In the Daming Palace not far away, bells rang, two long and one short.

"It's time to come!"

Chapter 781

In the far north, the majestic Great Wall winds along the southern line of Daqing Mountain.

This line of defense, hailed as the Eastern military miracle by later generations, began to be built in the north after Qin unified the six countries.

The Qin Great Wall connects the unconnected parts of the Qin Zhaoyan Great Wall in the north, starting from Jiayuguan in the west and ending at Hushan in Liaodong in the east.

Since the Great Wall was built in the Qin Dynasty, it has always been an important line of defense against the invasion of the north.

At this time along the Great Wall, the sound of gold and iron horses was no longer sounded, the desperate roar of soldiers was no longer sounded, and the dying howl of men and horses was no longer sounded when they died tragically.

At this time, the sound of the guns drowned out everything here. This kind of weapon that the sergeant of the Great Wall defense line was no longer unfamiliar with could tear apart the strongest city wall in the eyes of the sergeant almost in an instant.

The roar of cannons outside has completely covered up the voices of the people.

On the southern line of the Great Wall, in a camp, a kit was passed on by several officers in the camp.

This is a kit from Chang'an, sent here with sentry horses from the north.

There are only eight words on the note in the kit, resist a little, and retreat south slowly.

At this time, all the officers here have read it.

"General, is this from the son-in-law?"

"It's absolutely true, nothing can be wrong, and this kit can't be wrong, and the Tang Workshop logo is embroidered on it."

"Then what should we do? Your Majesty's order is only to let the son-in-law control the military affairs in Guanzhong, not including along the Great Wall. The generals are outside, and the military orders are not accepted. What's more, we don't care about the orders of the son-in-law at all."

"Do you think we can hold it? In just a few hours, our defense line has been torn out with at least four gaps. To fill the gap, how many lives are needed to fill it."

"Made, the artillery of the Northern Han Dynasty is too powerful, it will shatter wherever it hits, and the city wall paved with bluestone can't withstand a round of shelling at all."

"Don't we also have artillery, why doesn't the son-in-law let the artillery battalion go out? Reinforce us."

"It's too late. From Chang'an to here, the artillery is transported, and the supplies are too late."

There was silence in the barracks, with the roar of cannons outside. A few shells crossed the Great Wall and bombarded the southern line of the Great Wall.

"Whether you want to carry out the order of the son-in-law or not, we will listen to the general."

"My son-in-law is in control of the military affairs in Guanzhong at this time, that is, the twelve guards. We are under the control of the twelve guards and carry out the orders of my son-in-law. With a little resistance, I retreat south slowly. I think, if my son-in-law does this, there will naturally be a son-in-law." intention."

"Send sentry horses and rush to Chang'an as quickly as possible. The war in the north has already started, let Chang'an take precautions."

"Yes!"

At the end of September, tomorrow will be October, the autumn rain in Chang'an has not stopped for several days, and the bells from Daming Palace resound throughout the land of the two palaces.

Chen Fang looked at the sky, tilted the bamboo umbrella in his hand, and let the rain pour on his face and body.

The cold autumn rain made Chen Fang wake up in an instant.

He called for a carriage, and at this time let the carriage rush to the Hanyuan Hall of Daming Palace.

On the way, Wu Meiniang also came out of her yard in a hurry. Concubine Jing was holding an umbrella for Wu Meiniang. The two happened to bump into the speeding carriage. Chen Fang stopped the carriage and picked up Wu Meiniang and Concubine Jing.

"The bell in the Daming Palace is probably a signal that the war has started."

"Queen Mother, according to the time, the Great Wall should have fallen, and now the Han army should have moved south, captured the Hetao area, and is almost at the edge of the Yellow River."

"Chen Fang, why do you have to abandon the Great Wall and let our frontier army retreat to the south after a little resistance? This is the elite of my Tang Dynasty in the north, so they retreat without a fight?"

"Empress Dowager, Huang Hechen will also give up, and even let the Han army go all the way south to the northern defense line of Guanzhong. I will not let the Tang army resist desperately along the way."

"Great mountains and rivers, you just hand over to others for nothing like this! If others dare to do this, I have already been dragged out and beheaded."

Chen Fang smiled, Concubine Jing had already patted Wu Meiniang on the shoulder to calm Wu Meiniang and retreat without fighting. For those who went south, I am afraid that any general would not dare to issue such a military order.

This gave up the two most stable lines of defense in the north of Datang, the Great Wall and the Yellow River.When the Han army crosses the Yellow River, there will be a stretch of loess platform in the north. From here, the Tang Dynasty will have no natural dangers to defend.

The Han army will go all the way south, approaching the northern gateway of Guanzhong, Xiaoguan.In history, as long as the Han country set its capital in Chang'an, Xiao Guan really didn't experience a few military disasters.

Unexpectedly, at this time in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Han army would directly approach Xiaoguan.

Wu Meiniang was right, if it wasn't for Chen Fang, whoever dared to do this, she would have been dragged out and beheaded.

"Empress Dowager, please be safe and don't be impatient. I naturally have my consideration for doing this."

"Your consideration is to give up the great mountains and rivers stretching hundreds of miles north of my Tang Dynasty. If the Great Wall can't be defended, can't the Yellow River also be guarded?"

"Queen, I can't keep it!"

"If you don't fight, you will lose!"

"I have talked with Yi'er in detail about the military power that King Pingnan has at this time. Originally, the Emperor of Han has already made sufficient preparations this year. He will send his troops south just waiting for the military power to be dispatched."

"The power of the Han army is mainly concentrated in the northeast and north. Among them, King Pingnan is the most important force in the north. The Emperor of Han also gave priority to deploying artillery and firearms in this direction, because compared with the northeast region, it is farther away from the Han military factory. farther."

"The number of artillery pieces in King Pingnan's hands is more than three times that of ours. The range of these artillery pieces can easily cover the southern line of the Yellow River. If we use the natural barrier of the Yellow River to resist in this direction, we will only receive successive shelling."

"Where's your artillery battalion?"

"I have asked Qin Huaidao to prepare and go out of Xiaoguan. We don't have many cards in our hands, and we can't afford to consume them."

"Chen Fang, tell me your specific arrangements now, otherwise I will feel uneasy."

"Tell the queen mother now, and I will explain it to your majesty and courtiers later."

Wu Meiniang stopped talking, the wheels of the carriage ran over the cement road between the two palaces, and the wooden wheels brought countless water drops, forming a waterline along the wheel's turning track.

Wu Meiniang's hand had unconsciously held Chen Fang's, and Chen Fang felt that her hand was a little cold.

Daming Palace Hanyuan Hall, at this time Li Hong was standing in the Hanyuan Hall, beside him was his close minister Shangguanyi at this time, the courtiers arrived one after another, but because of the distance, most of them had not yet reached Daming Palace.

Li Hong took a few steps in the court hall, and his steps were a little impetuous. After all, he had just ascended the throne, and he was going to experience such a troubled world. He was young, and had not yet cultivated the stability and dignity that an emperor should have.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager and Prince Consort have arrived!"

Chapter 782

Hearing what Shangguanyi said next to his ear, Li Hong hurriedly turned around and walked quickly to the outside of Hanyuan Hall. He wanted to meet the queen mother and son-in-law in person.

"My queen, according to the military newspaper in the north, the Han army has gone south to attack the Great Wall, and the border guards have decided to abandon the Great Wall and retreat to the Yellow River."

"The son-in-law plans to give up the Yellow River to the Han army!"

Wu Meiniang looked at her eldest son, and then at Chen Fang beside her.Tang Gongfang's carriage arrived at Hanyuan Hall, but Concubine Jing didn't get out of the carriage. It would be inappropriate for her to enter Hanyuan Hall, not to mention that she is the concubine of the former emperor, even the concubine of the current emperor, and she is not suitable to appear here .

At this time, it was Chen Fang who supported Wu Meiniang's hand, and it was Chen Fang who held the umbrella for Wu Meiniang.

"Ah, son-in-law, what the queen mother said is true? You plan to give up the line of the Yellow River to the Han army, instead of defending along the Yellow River?"

"Your Majesty, I have ordered the Twelve Guards to issue the military order, and they should have arrived along the Yellow River."

Wu Meiniang glared at Chen Fang. This guy's retreat speed was definitely the fastest in history. Before the Han army arrived, he asked the Tang army defending the Yellow River to retreat.

Let his 10,000+ elite Tang frontier army retreat again and again, except for him, no one would dare to do so.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, let's wait until all the civil and military courtiers have arrived at the Hanyuan Hall."

Wu Meiniang wanted to shake off her son-in-law's hand, but Chen Fang held it tightly.

The courtiers came one after another outside, civil servants and military generals, soon gathered together, Chen Fang let go, Wu Meiniang had already taken the hand of her eldest son to the first place, and sat on the top seat.

During the Gaozong period, when the Hanyuan Hall was built, there were two main seats for the emperor and queen to handle the government affairs together, listen to the memorials of the officials, and deal with the affairs of the world.At this time, only the position of the queen was changed to the queen mother, not even the person.

At this time, because Li Hong and Wu Meiniang entrusted him with the important task of controlling the twelve guards and taking charge of military affairs in Guanzhong, Chen Fang stood in the ranks of generals and naturally stood at the top. There is really no general here who dares to stand at the top, even if His Majesty's Father-in-law, you have to stand behind Chen Fang.

"Today we are urgently recruiting all our loved ones to come to Hanyuan Palace. We all know why. The border customs urgently reported that the Han army has moved south and the front line of the Great Wall has fallen.

"Your Majesty, how did this fall so quickly? Couldn't our 10,000+ elites withstand the Han army for a few days?"

"I have to ask the prince-in-law!"