President of Datang [Transmigration Book]
Chapter 127
Although he was making all the preparations before, so that if Chang'an fell one day, he would be able to receive a large number of refugees.
But now that the dust has just settled in Liangzhou, and even he hasn't filled all the official positions, Chang'an is about to fall?
Seeing that Li Tan was a little lost after hearing the news, Zhu Xieli couldn't help but put his hands on his shoulders and said softly: "A Tian, A Tian! Come back to your senses!"
Li Tan came back to his senses, looked up at him, Zhu Xieli couldn't help but soften his heart when he saw his blank and innocent face, and said, "It's just that Tongguan fell... Chang'an, there may not be something wrong with Chang'an!"
Li Tan took a deep breath, shook his head and smiled wryly, "Why do you lie to me? Tongguan is Chang'an's last line of defense. Once Tongguan is lost, An Lushan will definitely take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Chang'an...is in danger."
Zhu Xieli was silent for a while, of course he knew this, even more clearly than Li Tan, because the moment he heard that Tongguan had fallen, he could even think of many ways to attack Chang'an.
And no matter which one it is, Chang'an's embroidered pillow-like soldiers and horses can't resist it, and he even doubts whether those soldiers have the courage to resist An Lushan's army.
After all, An Lushan is in full swing now, and Tang Ting's side is probably...
Li Tan threw the notebook in his hand and said, "Empty, go and call Chen Chong."
Qing Kong was stunned for a moment before he could speak, Zhu Xieli asked first, "What are you going to do?"
Li Tan raised his head and said, "Go to Beijing, King Qin!"
Zhu Xieli immediately said: "No, I don't know what's going on in Chang'an yet. If you lead the troops back rashly, you might not be able to tell. Have you forgotten how the imperial censor joined you before?"
Li Tan said anxiously: "But when Chang'an has news, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
Zhu Xieli said: "Listen to me, the most you can move now is more than 1000 people, and the rest can't be moved. If the troops are transferred, the Turks and Tubo will take the opportunity to attack, and it will still be your responsibility at that time." , and if you only bring 1000 people there... that's just for food, and it doesn't play a decisive role, even if you have special skills."
Li Tan was silent, he knew that Zhu Xieli was right, even if he could guarantee that the 1000 people would not die, but on a battlefield with a real large number of people, at most he would go for a sneak attack.
If you face the enemy head-on, if they think they can't kill you, then send people to surround you in a fixed position, and you can't leave if you want to, but they can still send troops to go around and attack their intended target.
Li Tan shut up and didn't speak, he knew what Zhu Xieli said was right, but he couldn't accept it emotionally.
He originally thought he was a spectator, but when the incident happened, he realized that he still had feelings for Chang'an.
To have affection for the place, and for the people there.
Zhu Xieli knew that Li Tan was still unconvinced when he saw that Li Tan was silent, so he glanced at Qing Kong and said, "Your Majesty, there is a curfew now, no matter how big things happened in the past, you have never broken the curfew. Dispatch troops, I'm afraid it will make the people feel uneasy."
Chang'an is only in danger and not falling, so it's best not to let the people know.
Zhu Xieli took the opportunity to say: "It is because you are well-informed that you know, but you should wait a little longer. If the saint really intends to send you back to defend the imperial city, the imperial decree should be coming soon. Why don't you wait for the imperial decree to come down before you act. No matter what happens at that time, there will be room for recovery.”
Only then did Li Tan come to his senses. Thinking about it, he couldn’t act in the middle of the night. Now Liangzhou must be closely watched by Tubo and Turks. Guess something must have happened to Datang.
At that time, if the two sides attack together, then Datang will really suffer from internal and external troubles.
Li Tan had no choice but to give in and said, "Wait until tomorrow."
However, this night is doomed to be a bad one. Li Tan originally wanted to have sex with Zhu Xieli, but now neither of them is in the mood.
Li Tan adjusted his mood and said to Zhu Xieli: "The way the court looks like, I already knew that this kind of thing might happen, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon. I thought it would at least last until the completion of Suma City. Now... I'm afraid it will be difficult for you."
There is no way to build a caravan or something. Now that the situation is so tense, Tubo and Turks will know about it sooner or later, and they will definitely focus on Liangzhou. exposed.
Zhu Xieli comforted him and said, "Don't worry, we don't need anything now. The conditions in the mountains were even more difficult than this. Didn't you come here too? Don't worry too much about Tubo, I will find a way to keep an eye on them." of."
Li Tan was a little nervous when he heard this: "Don't make a big move. Last time Tubo suffered a loss in your hands. I didn't take revenge. I guess it's because I couldn't find your whereabouts. If you took the initiative, you might be discovered by them." , Don’t worry about me here, Meng Zhiya has set up many traps in Feicheng, and they will not be breached in a short while, and they have been arrested three generals in a row. At this time, morale is low, and they will not choose to send troops at this time. "
Of course, both of them knew that Li Tan's premise was that the Tang Dynasty still had the strength to deal with Tubo. Once Chang'an was lost, then...
He nodded to show that he understood what Li Tan meant, and he would not be impulsive, but in fact he still planned to push Tubo down.
It doesn't matter if Suma City is exposed. Sooner or later, Suma City will be exposed to others. Could it be that they can still live in seclusion for a lifetime?
It's just that what Zhu Xieli thought at the beginning was that if there was a chance, it would be best to give him ten years.
Ten years of gathering, ten years of lessons.
At that time, the number of Shatuo people should also increase a lot, no matter who they are facing, they will have confidence, but time waits for no one, and he did not adjust his plan because Li Tan could no longer help him.
Instead, he wanted to help Li Tan. He couldn't do anything in An Lushan, but at least he wanted to help Li Tan keep a close eye on Tubo.
But there is no need to talk to Li about these things, he has too many things to worry about now.
He obviously didn't even celebrate his 17th birthday, and other aristocratic young men are still at the stage of being romantic and unrestrained, but Li Tan started to worry about the world's affairs prematurely. Others would think that he was a natural talent, but Zhu Xieli only felt distressed.
It's just that I feel bad that he has to leave the next morning. Even if people in the state capital know what's going on, it would be troublesome if someone else sees him in broad daylight.
What was rare this morning was that Li Tan watched Zhu Xieli leave. After all, he hardly slept last night.
Before Zhu Xieli left, he specifically asked him: "No matter what, you have to take care of yourself. If you collapse first, how can you be king?"
Li Tan forced a smile and said: "I know, it's just that I didn't realize it for a while. It will be fine when I discuss a charter with Mr. He and the others."
Zhu Xieli left without worrying about it, and was more reluctant than ever to leave.
It was precisely because of this incident that he once again had a new goal - to get Tang Ting's approval.
This kind of recognition is not the kind of attachment, but the Shatuo people as an independent tribe, or even an independent country.
Only in this way can he talk about an aboveboard relationship with Li.
Li Tan didn't know what Zhu Xieli was thinking, and he didn't have time to think about it. After Zhu Xieli left, he immediately had someone call Gongsun Chui and the others over.
After hesitating for a while, he still didn't let anyone inform He Zhizhang. After all, He Zhizhang was old and most of his relatives were there. This time, he only brought his two grandsons to take care of him.
Although He Zhizhang is in good health after his treatment, the aging of his body is irreversible. If he gets excited...
Li Tan didn't want to take this risk, so he didn't send someone to notify He Zhizhang immediately.
It turns out that He Zhizhang came here at the first time, and he came here with Du Fu and Li Bai.
When they arrived, not even Gongsun Chui had arrived.
He Zhizhang came over and asked, "Your Majesty, what is so urgent?"
Li Tan was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"
Li Bai said from the side: "Yesterday we gathered for a banquet, and it was too late, so Mr. He and Zimei stayed with me."
Li Tan: ...
He didn't know what to say for a while, so he said, "He is old, so don't drink too much wine."
Take care of yourself. "
He Zhizhang asked, "Did something happen?"
It's impossible to hide any more, so Li Tan could only sigh and said, "I have something to say, but just wait until Gongsun Chui and the others come over and talk about it together."
He Zhizhang felt more and more that it was a big deal. After all, Li Tan said that in the past, unless something happened, he seldom called everyone together.
Gongsun Chui didn't come too late, but when he came, he saw He Zhizhang and others had arrived, so he had no choice but to salute and said, "I'm the one who was slow in coming, everyone Haihan."
Li Tan said: "It's not too slow, there are still people who haven't come, let's sit first."
After he said this, everyone was a little puzzled. Now the most central officials of the state capital are here - although He Zhizhang is not an official, everyone knows his position in Li Tan's heart.
Why wait for someone?
However, everyone here is a genius, they just wondered for a moment, and soon remembered who was worse - Chen Chong!
He Zhizhang couldn't sit still even more, and wanted to ask Li Tan if he wanted to start a war.
Otherwise, Chen Chong wouldn't be called over. What does administrative matters have to do with Chen Chong?
But he still decided to wait patiently. Anyway, he has been waiting for a long time, so why do he care about this moment?
Because most of Li Tan's guards were stationed outside the city, yesterday happened to be in time for Chen Chong to go out to inspect the city, so it was slower since then.
When Chen Chong arrived, he found that the main hall of the palace was full of money, and his heart sank.
After Chen Chong saluted and sat down, Li Tan opened his mouth and said, "I received an urgent report last night that Tongguan... was lost."
"what?"
Everyone present exclaimed in the same way.
These people can be considered to have experienced ups and downs, and they will not lose their composure easily, but now everyone has a horrified expression on their faces.
After all, He Zhizhang had experienced a lot. He didn't feel unwell after hearing the news as Li Tan thought. Instead, he asked: "Is this news accurate? Isn't Ge Shuhan guarding there? Why did he fall?"
Li Tan shook his head: "I don't know the specific situation, but I guess there may be villains in the court."
In history, it was because Yang Guozhong encouraged Li Longji to let Ge Shuhan go out, which caused Ge Shuhan to be forced to attack instead of defending. As a result, because of the inappropriate timing, he lost Tongguan.
I only hope that this time it is not Yang Guozhong. If it is Yang Guozhong, Li Tan will "kill relatives righteously".
He Zhizhang didn't say anything after hearing it, and his inquiry just now was just a subconscious reaction when he heard news that he didn't want to hear.
Everyone knows the importance of Tongguan. Now that it is lost, everyone's first reaction is that Chang'an is in danger.
The hall became quiet for a while, and Li Tan, who had adjusted overnight, was now the calmest person present.
The rest are Li Bai and Du Fu, both of whom are not in Chang'an, and the rest are very worried.
After Li Tan gave them a period of time to digest, he reached out and knocked on the table and said: "Today, you are summoned here mainly to discuss whether to enter Jingqin King."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard He Zhizhang say: "No!"
Li Tan was a little surprised, he thought that the most urgent one among these people should be He Zhizhang.
After all, most of his descendants are in Chang'an.
After He Zhizhang finished speaking, he took a long breath and said: "The situation in Chang'an is not clear now, not to mention that there are good generals stationed there, so why do you need the king to go to the capital to serve the king? What's more, there is no order now. The king leads the troops back to the capital, I'm afraid it will be misunderstood."
Li Tan was slightly silent after hearing this, and even He Zhizhang thought so, which shows that everyone doesn't trust Li Longji.
As long as Li Longji is trustworthy, everyone will not worry that King Qin will be slandered as a traitor afterward.
Li Tan is still the prince, and they are all so worried, which shows that the court is also losing prestige.
Thinking of this, he still said: "Although that's what we said, we still need to prepare first. Commander Chen, start preparing for war. Gongsun Chui will count the food and grass. If there is a war, we will give priority to supplying the army."
Chen Chong and Gongsun Chui got up and said yes.
But although no one objected, they thought the same as Zhu Xieli. Li Tan only had so many soldiers in his hands, either guarding the frontier or serving the king.
And once King Qin, we don't know whether he can win Anlu Mountain, but Turks and Tubo will not give up this opportunity.
As long as the court is not in a daze, it will not be so random.
After Li Tan finished his orders, he hesitated before saying, "By the way, send a message to Tian Shengong and Duan Xiushi to make them take precautions. I reckon Turks and Tubo may have known about it earlier than some local officials."
Everyone nodded, this really needs to be careful.
Seeing the solemn atmosphere, Li Bai said, "You don't need to worry too much. After all, the mansion report hasn't come yet. It's not too late to discuss it when the mansion report comes."
Li Tan looked around for a week and found that apart from the initial shock, everyone had calmed down now.
Just when he was wondering, Du Fu said, "It's Chang'an after all."
When Li Tan saw everyone nodding, he knew that these people had hope because Chang'an was an important place in Gyeonggi.
He held back and didn't say that after two days the emperor would lead people to flee and abandon Chang'an.
He Zhizhang and others, Li Tan, hesitant to speak, tried to persuade him not to worry too much.
In their view, Li Tan was just because he was young and had never experienced such a thing, so it was difficult to accept it for a while.
Although everyone has never experienced this kind of thing, they are rich in experience after all, especially Li Bai was born in the frontier and is no stranger to war.
Li Tan listened to their analysis of how stable Chang'an was, and he couldn't help but said: "Everyone...you should be more careful. If you have nephews and nephews at home and don't hold official positions, you should write to them to leave Chang'an. If you don't know Come to Liangzhou wherever you go, I dare not say anything else, Liangzhou is still stable!"
Other places in Liangzhou may not be so brilliant, but the width and height of the city wall of the new state capital are not comparable here.
At the beginning, Li Tan was built to resist Anlu Mountain. Although Anlu Mountain did not hit Liangzhou in history, who knows if he will have a convulsion this time?It's always right to be careful.
It's a pity that before the new state capital is fully built, Anlu Mountain is coming fiercely.
Li Tan thought for a while and said, "Where's Meng Zhiya? Has any of you seen Meng Zhiya?"
Gongsun Chui coughed lightly and said: "He said earlier that the king granted him a vacation, so he went out for a trip, and he didn't come back during the Chinese New Year. I don't know where he went."
Gongsun Chui sympathized with Meng Zhiya as he spoke, although it is a good thing to be valued, but such a high workload is not something everyone can bear.
Now that Li Tan asked about him, the holiday must have been ruined again.
After hearing this, Li Tan realized that he had indeed given Meng Zhiya a vacation, so he asked, "You guys can't get in touch with him either? I just want to ask him something."
Gongsun shook his head. Meng Zhiya probably didn't want to be disturbed, so he didn't leave any contact information.
Li Tanxin said, since he didn't leave his contact information, don't blame me for calling him back in advance.
When Li Tan thought of this, he was about to end the meeting, and then he found a place to invite Meng Zhiya over, but he hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, report to the residence!"
Li Tan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the report from the mansion to come so fast this time, but as soon as he received it, he knew it must have been sent in advance.
After he opened the Dibao, he took a quick look at it, then sighed, handed the Dibao to Qing Kong, Qing Kong took it over and began to read.
The residence newspaper wrote why Tongguan would fall, just like in history, Ge Shuhan was forced to go out, but was ambushed by Cui Qianyou.
Of the 20 troops, only 8000 remained.
When Li Tan heard this, he couldn't help covering his forehead with his hand to cover the expression on his face.
It's really 20, not 20 people, and they were killed just like that.
Ge Shuhan was even kidnapped by Huoba Guiren and surrendered to Anlu Mountain.
Everyone was also emotional when they heard this, and all the hatred was concentrated on Yang Guozhong for a while.
However, Li Tan knew that Yang Guozhong just touched Li Longji's context.
Since An Lushan, Li Longji has always used and defended against foreign generals.
Ge Shuhan sticks to Tongguan, and he has not listened to several edicts. He is not Li Tan, so Li Longji will naturally doubt him.
Yang Guozhong can be reused by Li Longji, and his brain circuit is probably similar, so he said that there is no pressure for Ge Shuhan to raise his own soldiers.
But Guo Ziyi and others have explained to Ge Shuhan, but Li Longji would rather believe Yang Guozhong than them, how can Tongguan hold it?
This is not to whitewash Yang Guozhong. From Li Tan's point of view, the main fault lies with Li Longji.
Li Longji had never led a soldier in his life. The time when he killed the most was when he conspired with Princess Taiping to seize the throne, and later killed Princess Taiping.
Therefore, his judgment on the war was biased, but he was unwilling to trust the leading general. At that moment, even Li Tan felt that it was better for Li Longji to abdicate.
Everyone didn't dare to complain about Li Longji, so they could only scold Yang Guozhong.
However, seeing that Li Tan was in a bad mood, they didn't scold him too much - everyone knew that the relationship between Li Tan and the Yang family was complicated.
After a while, after Li Tan calmed down his emotions, he sat up straight and said with red eyes: "All the officials in the court... unexpectedly, no one objected, just let General Geshu be forced to fight, I will cure him , not to send him to die!"
Everyone was silent after hearing this, and everyone was disappointed with the court for a while. The result of this disappointment is that they are not thinking about King Qin, but how to save the people.
He Zhizhang suddenly said: "Chang'an is in danger now, and some people will flee at that time, so what if some people come to Liangzhou?"
Li Tan closed his eyes and said: "These people should also run south. Chang'an is not safe, and Liangzhou may not be safe in their view. I will say the same thing. If you have nephews in Chang'an, take them first. , don't be dead, An Lushan is now in high morale, Chang'an...what will happen, no one can say, even if there is an eventuality, Chang'an falls, as long as people are still alive, there is still a day to take it back .”
When he said this, he paused and said directly: "If you continue to stay in Chang'an, wait for that day... either you will be killed by Anlu Mountain, or you will return to Anlu Mountain. I think these two possibilities are not for everyone. Nice to see you."
He Zhizhang said, "I'll write a letter right away."
Li Tan said: "I have a good rider here to deliver the letter, and it can be delivered in a day and a night at most. I hope you can write in the letter that if you can't take the gold and silver, don't bring it. It can only be a drag, Liangzhou has a lot to do now, as long as it comes here, it can gain a foothold."
He Zhizhang and the others still trusted Li Tan very much. Seeing what he said, they began to write letters to Jingzhong.
They still felt that Chang'an would not be lost, but with the current state of the court, they might as well come here and work hard for King Ning. At least King Ning treats people with sincerity and pays attention to fairness the most.
Staying in the court, with villains like Yang Guozhong, who knows what will happen?
All of a sudden, several people were writing furiously, even writing letters when he was empty-he was originally from Jingzhao, and he still had some relatives and friends at home.
The only one who seemed to stay out of the matter was probably Li Bai. After all, all his family members were brought here, and the rest of the family were not in Chang'an.
As soon as everyone finished writing the letter, they saw a soldier running over in a hurry after clearing it.
He quickly packed the letter, and after he went out and said a few words to the little soldier, his expression changed, and he came back and said to Li Tan: "Your Majesty, thousands of soldiers and horses are galloping towards Liangzhou from the north. "
Li Tan frowned: "Are you sure you are coming to Liangzhou?"
Qing Kong glanced at the little soldier, who nodded nervously.
Li Tan asked: "Which Jiedu envoy's soldiers are they? Has Chang'an started to transfer troops?"
Qing Kong said: "It's not Tang Jun, it looks like a foreign soldier!"
Li Tan was startled: "What? Could it be that An Lushan is calling? Chen Chong, order troops!"
When He Zhizhang heard this, his face darkened, and he reached out to hold Li Tan's wrist and said, "Your Majesty! Calm down!"
Li Tan was put there by his sound, and after a while he wiped his face and said: "I lost my composure, let the scouts investigate and report again!"
Even so, everyone's expressions were still very dignified.
It is wrong for foreigners to march like this without any restraint, and even if Chang'an dispatches troops, it should not be directed at Liangzhou.
It can be said that unless there is news from Chang'an to transfer troops from Liangzhou, or Anlu Mountain occupies most of the Central Plains, and only Liangzhou is not captured, it will be possible to fight, otherwise this war will actually have nothing to do with Liangzhou .
Are He Zhizhang and others really that calm?
No, they just didn't want to affect Li Tan. Now that the rebels are raging in the pass, there can be no more problems in the frontier.
If something like this happened, it would be impossible for Li Tan to adjourn the meeting and just let everyone wait here for news.
He even thought about many possibilities, assuming that An Lushan, the deep well ice, really left Chang'an and came to attack Liangzhou, then he would send He Zhizhang and others away.
Li Bai can stay, but Gongsun Chui and the others must go to Xincheng. After all, it is useless for them to stay, and Li Tan wants to defend the city himself.
He went through everything in his mind, and after confirming that there were no major mistakes, he calmed down and waited for the news.
After about a stick of incense, the scouts sent new news again: Those soldiers were not all aliens, and there were some Tang troops among them.
Li Tan was a little puzzled: "Tang Jun?"
He wanted to say that these people might have been dispatched from other places, because in the border area, there are also establishments where foreign soldiers and Tang troops are mixed.
Of course, the worst possibility is that these Tang soldiers were all captured by Anlu Mountain and then returned to Anlu Mountain.
Li Tan had no choice but to ask someone to investigate again.
This time the scouts came quickly, but the news they brought surprised everyone: the leader leading those soldiers and horses was actually a woman!And the Tang flag was shot from a distance.
And as the opponent approached, the number of soldiers and horses in that group also had a rough idea—about 500 people.
So far, Li Tan has sorted out the information in his hands, and thinks that the person who comes here may not be the enemy. If it is really the enemy, he will come with 500 people to make a surprise attack, and it is still broad daylight. And Longyou Jiedushi ah.
That being the case, Li Tan didn't want everyone to worry about it, so he said, "Let's leave if there's nothing to do. I'm worried early in the morning. Mr. He should go back and have a good rest."
However, He Zhizhang refused to leave. He was worried that if there were any problems with those soldiers and horses, Li Tan might make a wrong judgment when he was emotionally excited.
Li Tan knew what he was thinking when he looked at him like this, so he said helplessly, "Don't worry, Mr. He, I won't be impulsive."
He Zhizhang's expression is: I believe you are a ghost.
Li Tan had no choice but to let him stay, but in the end, only Du Fu and Gongsun Chui really left - both of them had a lot of work to do.
And since He Zhizhang stayed, they didn't have to worry about anything.
Li Bai thought about it and left. Although he was not as busy as Chang Shi, he was a Sima, and there were still many things to do if he wanted to do things.
What's more, the world is not peaceful now, if he continues to be so lazy, it will be a waste of reading the sage books for many years.
It has to be said that Li Bai still has ambitions in his heart, and now that he is required to do something, he is full of energy and feels that he has found an opportunity to shine.
Li Tan stayed in the lobby with He Zhizhang and Chen Chong. Chen Chong was worried that in case of any changes, Li Tan would need to mobilize troops. If he was not there, waiting for the military order to pass through would delay the military aircraft.
Just when everyone was guessing who it was, Qing Kong hurried in with a jade pendant in his hand and said, "My lord, those soldiers and horses stopped twenty miles away from Liangzhou, and the leader sent someone to This thing and a lacquer box were sent over."
Li Tan took the jade pendant and glanced at it and was a little surprised. The jade pendant was a typical woman's style, the jade was warm and moist, and the shape was special. Only aristocratic women could wear this kind of jade pendant in the world.
If the scope is further narrowed down, only women above the rank of princess can wear it.
Princess and above...who will come?
Li Tan put the jade pendant aside, asked someone to open the lacquer box, and found that the scroll inside was actually an imperial decree.
He picked it up carefully and first glanced at the various seals on the imperial decree. After seeing the emperor's seal and the seals of the three provinces, he was sure that the imperial decree should be true.
Then he started to read the content above, and when he saw half of it, he suddenly got up and said, "It's Princess Yuan'an who is here!"
This explains why there are aliens. In order to resist the Khitan and Xi tribes, Li Longji still made the princess of Yuan'an County a princess and married the governor of Heishui.
Princess Yuan'an has her own guards, which should be the origin of Tang Jun beside her.
Later, Li Tan could only hear a few words occasionally. It is said that the governor of Heishui is very fond of Princess Yuan'an.
It's just...the ancestral land of Heishui Mohe is the Northeast, why did Princess Yuan'an come to Liangzhou?I am afraid that there will be ten days and a half months on the way.
If you want to come to see Li Tan, you should write a letter in advance.
Moreover, Li Tan didn't know her very well.
He felt that it was full of doubts, but he still felt guilty about Princess Yuan'an.
This kind of guilt is because he feels that he is incompetent, or because he didn't stop the court from using the princess to make peace.
And because of this guilt, Li Tan decided to gradually distance himself from Princess An.
He originally wanted to meet him in person, but was persuaded by He Zhizhang.
He Zhizhang said bluntly: "In terms of status, you are a prince and she is a princess, they are different, not to mention you are an elder, how can you welcome the younger generation?"
Naturally, Li Tan couldn't say that she was my younger sister, so he had to send someone to bring Princess Yuan'an, while he waited in the palace.
In fact, He Zhizhang didn't really think that Li Tan couldn't pick up the princess, but he was worried that there was some kind of conspiracy involved.
To put it bluntly, Princess Yuan'an is strictly speaking a member of Heishui Mohe, no one knows what her position is now, and Li Tan is absolutely sure that nothing will happen now.
Everyone's hopes are pinned on him.
Li Tan directly sent Chen Chong's deputy commander to meet Yuan An Princess.
They didn't keep Li Tan waiting for a long time. After a while, someone reported that the deputy commander had brought Princess Yuan'an.
And Princess Yuan'an didn't bring anyone with her.
Li Tan and He Zhizhang looked at each other. Princess Yuan'an may have avoided suspicion by not taking anyone with her, but this would make people believe that she has no other intentions.
So now the question is, what is the reason for Princess Yuan'an's long journey here?
And it seemed like a quick march before, as if someone was chasing after him.
Li Tan was puzzled, so he went to Xiaohua Hall to meet Princess Yuan'an.
Seeing Princess Yuan'an again, he was really surprised.
In just less than two years, Princess Yuan'an seemed to have matured a lot, but at this time her makeup was messy, and her tiara and clothes were very simple.
Just as Li Tan was about to ask something, he saw Princess Yuan'an's eyes turned red, and she rushed over and knelt at his feet, hugged his leg and cried, "Uncle 31, save me!"
Li Tan was taken aback. He quickly helped Princess Yuan'an up and asked, "What's the matter? The governor of Heishui bullied you? Don't cry, tell me clearly, the emperor will vent his anger on you!"
Anyway, Li Tan's position is directly on the side of Princess Yuan'an - if her family is not with the princess, do they still have to be with the governor of Heishui?
Princess Yuan'an gritted her teeth and said, "He? He can't bully me anymore!"
Li Tan heard that the voice was wrong, so he asked, "What's going on? Don't worry, no matter what happens, they don't want to play wild in Liangzhou!"
Only then did Princess Yuan'an feel relieved. She was really worried that Li Tan would not help her, so she really had nowhere to go. Perhaps the only way was to leave the customs.
However, that was the next step, and now that Li Tanken was on her side, she had nothing to worry about.
Princess Yuan'an said in a low voice: "I killed the governor of Heishui."
Li Tan stared at her for a while before saying, "Did you kill the governor of Heishui?"
Although Princess Yuan'an was a little surprised to see Li Tan, she didn't look very shocked, as if it wasn't a big deal, so she felt more at ease.
How did she know that Li Tan received too much stimulation this morning, and now he has no strength to shock, he is numb, and all he thinks in his mind is: Oh, Yuan'an will supervise and kill the black water up.
Princess Yuan'an wiped away her tears and said: "I have no choice but to. Before that, the governor of Heishui led Heishui Mohe to enclose him. At the beginning, he sincerely proposed to marry me. I also thought that he sincerely took refuge in Datang. But I didn't expect that An Lushan rebelled. Afterwards, his mind also became active, and he even started to have more contacts with the Khitan and Xi tribes, which seemed to mean that he wanted to form an alliance with the Khitan and other tribes to help An Lushan win the Central Plains."
Li Tan's expression was very indifferent after hearing this: "Hmph, Jurchen."
Princess Yuan'an looked at him suspiciously, and Li Tan said, "Go ahead."
Princess Yuan'an had no choice but to hold back her doubts, and continued: "At first he kept it from me, but later I accidentally overheard his conversation with the Khitan envoy, and he said that when An Lushan wins the world in the future, he can also be captured by the Khitan envoy." To become the king, I will definitely be a princess by then, and even have a bigger territory, and I may even be a queen by then."
Princess Yuan'an said with a sneer at this point: "At the beginning I tried to persuade him, but he seemed to have made up his mind. Although I married Heishuimohe, Datang is the country of my parents. How could I Don't care about the rituals of the Tang Dynasty? What's more, what was the first thing Xibu and Khitan did when they rebelled? The first thing was to kill the princess. No matter how good he said, I'm afraid I will be a flag sacrificer by the next day Fate, since this is the case, it is better for me to strike first!"
Li Tan sat there and listened silently, it was hard to say whether what Princess Yuan'an did was right or wrong, as far as husband and wife were concerned, she must have gone too far.
But from the standpoint of right and wrong, he felt that Princess Yuan'an's actions were clear-headed.
So he didn't accuse Princess Yuan'an of failing to marry and obey her husband, he just asked: "What happened later?"
Princess Yuan'an said: "If I killed him, it would be impossible for me to stay in Heishuimohe, so I took people away overnight. After the people in Heishuimohe found out that he was dead, they chased me down. In the hands of An Lushan, I led my people to Shengzhou, wanting to seek protection from the Zhenwu Jiedu envoy, but...in the end, this coward...would not protect me because he was afraid of going to war with Heishuimohe! "
Princess Yuan'an was angry and wronged when she said this, she was in despair at that time.
She thought that her whole heart was towards Datang, and she didn't listen to the words of the governor of Heishui. Why did the parents of the state treat her like this?
Fortunately, Princess Yuan'an is a tough person. Seeing that Zhenwu Jiedushi refused to protect her, after thinking about it, I guess other Jiedushi did not have the courage. Facts have proved that she was right. They all avoided seeing her.
At this time, she thought that Ning Wang Li Tan was currently stationed in Liangzhou, so she simply ran to Liangzhou in one breath, planning to seek asylum from Li Tan.
This time she behaved well, she didn't come up and said that she killed the governor of Heishui, but first revealed her identity,
But now that the dust has just settled in Liangzhou, and even he hasn't filled all the official positions, Chang'an is about to fall?
Seeing that Li Tan was a little lost after hearing the news, Zhu Xieli couldn't help but put his hands on his shoulders and said softly: "A Tian, A Tian! Come back to your senses!"
Li Tan came back to his senses, looked up at him, Zhu Xieli couldn't help but soften his heart when he saw his blank and innocent face, and said, "It's just that Tongguan fell... Chang'an, there may not be something wrong with Chang'an!"
Li Tan took a deep breath, shook his head and smiled wryly, "Why do you lie to me? Tongguan is Chang'an's last line of defense. Once Tongguan is lost, An Lushan will definitely take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Chang'an...is in danger."
Zhu Xieli was silent for a while, of course he knew this, even more clearly than Li Tan, because the moment he heard that Tongguan had fallen, he could even think of many ways to attack Chang'an.
And no matter which one it is, Chang'an's embroidered pillow-like soldiers and horses can't resist it, and he even doubts whether those soldiers have the courage to resist An Lushan's army.
After all, An Lushan is in full swing now, and Tang Ting's side is probably...
Li Tan threw the notebook in his hand and said, "Empty, go and call Chen Chong."
Qing Kong was stunned for a moment before he could speak, Zhu Xieli asked first, "What are you going to do?"
Li Tan raised his head and said, "Go to Beijing, King Qin!"
Zhu Xieli immediately said: "No, I don't know what's going on in Chang'an yet. If you lead the troops back rashly, you might not be able to tell. Have you forgotten how the imperial censor joined you before?"
Li Tan said anxiously: "But when Chang'an has news, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
Zhu Xieli said: "Listen to me, the most you can move now is more than 1000 people, and the rest can't be moved. If the troops are transferred, the Turks and Tubo will take the opportunity to attack, and it will still be your responsibility at that time." , and if you only bring 1000 people there... that's just for food, and it doesn't play a decisive role, even if you have special skills."
Li Tan was silent, he knew that Zhu Xieli was right, even if he could guarantee that the 1000 people would not die, but on a battlefield with a real large number of people, at most he would go for a sneak attack.
If you face the enemy head-on, if they think they can't kill you, then send people to surround you in a fixed position, and you can't leave if you want to, but they can still send troops to go around and attack their intended target.
Li Tan shut up and didn't speak, he knew what Zhu Xieli said was right, but he couldn't accept it emotionally.
He originally thought he was a spectator, but when the incident happened, he realized that he still had feelings for Chang'an.
To have affection for the place, and for the people there.
Zhu Xieli knew that Li Tan was still unconvinced when he saw that Li Tan was silent, so he glanced at Qing Kong and said, "Your Majesty, there is a curfew now, no matter how big things happened in the past, you have never broken the curfew. Dispatch troops, I'm afraid it will make the people feel uneasy."
Chang'an is only in danger and not falling, so it's best not to let the people know.
Zhu Xieli took the opportunity to say: "It is because you are well-informed that you know, but you should wait a little longer. If the saint really intends to send you back to defend the imperial city, the imperial decree should be coming soon. Why don't you wait for the imperial decree to come down before you act. No matter what happens at that time, there will be room for recovery.”
Only then did Li Tan come to his senses. Thinking about it, he couldn’t act in the middle of the night. Now Liangzhou must be closely watched by Tubo and Turks. Guess something must have happened to Datang.
At that time, if the two sides attack together, then Datang will really suffer from internal and external troubles.
Li Tan had no choice but to give in and said, "Wait until tomorrow."
However, this night is doomed to be a bad one. Li Tan originally wanted to have sex with Zhu Xieli, but now neither of them is in the mood.
Li Tan adjusted his mood and said to Zhu Xieli: "The way the court looks like, I already knew that this kind of thing might happen, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon. I thought it would at least last until the completion of Suma City. Now... I'm afraid it will be difficult for you."
There is no way to build a caravan or something. Now that the situation is so tense, Tubo and Turks will know about it sooner or later, and they will definitely focus on Liangzhou. exposed.
Zhu Xieli comforted him and said, "Don't worry, we don't need anything now. The conditions in the mountains were even more difficult than this. Didn't you come here too? Don't worry too much about Tubo, I will find a way to keep an eye on them." of."
Li Tan was a little nervous when he heard this: "Don't make a big move. Last time Tubo suffered a loss in your hands. I didn't take revenge. I guess it's because I couldn't find your whereabouts. If you took the initiative, you might be discovered by them." , Don’t worry about me here, Meng Zhiya has set up many traps in Feicheng, and they will not be breached in a short while, and they have been arrested three generals in a row. At this time, morale is low, and they will not choose to send troops at this time. "
Of course, both of them knew that Li Tan's premise was that the Tang Dynasty still had the strength to deal with Tubo. Once Chang'an was lost, then...
He nodded to show that he understood what Li Tan meant, and he would not be impulsive, but in fact he still planned to push Tubo down.
It doesn't matter if Suma City is exposed. Sooner or later, Suma City will be exposed to others. Could it be that they can still live in seclusion for a lifetime?
It's just that what Zhu Xieli thought at the beginning was that if there was a chance, it would be best to give him ten years.
Ten years of gathering, ten years of lessons.
At that time, the number of Shatuo people should also increase a lot, no matter who they are facing, they will have confidence, but time waits for no one, and he did not adjust his plan because Li Tan could no longer help him.
Instead, he wanted to help Li Tan. He couldn't do anything in An Lushan, but at least he wanted to help Li Tan keep a close eye on Tubo.
But there is no need to talk to Li about these things, he has too many things to worry about now.
He obviously didn't even celebrate his 17th birthday, and other aristocratic young men are still at the stage of being romantic and unrestrained, but Li Tan started to worry about the world's affairs prematurely. Others would think that he was a natural talent, but Zhu Xieli only felt distressed.
It's just that I feel bad that he has to leave the next morning. Even if people in the state capital know what's going on, it would be troublesome if someone else sees him in broad daylight.
What was rare this morning was that Li Tan watched Zhu Xieli leave. After all, he hardly slept last night.
Before Zhu Xieli left, he specifically asked him: "No matter what, you have to take care of yourself. If you collapse first, how can you be king?"
Li Tan forced a smile and said: "I know, it's just that I didn't realize it for a while. It will be fine when I discuss a charter with Mr. He and the others."
Zhu Xieli left without worrying about it, and was more reluctant than ever to leave.
It was precisely because of this incident that he once again had a new goal - to get Tang Ting's approval.
This kind of recognition is not the kind of attachment, but the Shatuo people as an independent tribe, or even an independent country.
Only in this way can he talk about an aboveboard relationship with Li.
Li Tan didn't know what Zhu Xieli was thinking, and he didn't have time to think about it. After Zhu Xieli left, he immediately had someone call Gongsun Chui and the others over.
After hesitating for a while, he still didn't let anyone inform He Zhizhang. After all, He Zhizhang was old and most of his relatives were there. This time, he only brought his two grandsons to take care of him.
Although He Zhizhang is in good health after his treatment, the aging of his body is irreversible. If he gets excited...
Li Tan didn't want to take this risk, so he didn't send someone to notify He Zhizhang immediately.
It turns out that He Zhizhang came here at the first time, and he came here with Du Fu and Li Bai.
When they arrived, not even Gongsun Chui had arrived.
He Zhizhang came over and asked, "Your Majesty, what is so urgent?"
Li Tan was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"
Li Bai said from the side: "Yesterday we gathered for a banquet, and it was too late, so Mr. He and Zimei stayed with me."
Li Tan: ...
He didn't know what to say for a while, so he said, "He is old, so don't drink too much wine."
Take care of yourself. "
He Zhizhang asked, "Did something happen?"
It's impossible to hide any more, so Li Tan could only sigh and said, "I have something to say, but just wait until Gongsun Chui and the others come over and talk about it together."
He Zhizhang felt more and more that it was a big deal. After all, Li Tan said that in the past, unless something happened, he seldom called everyone together.
Gongsun Chui didn't come too late, but when he came, he saw He Zhizhang and others had arrived, so he had no choice but to salute and said, "I'm the one who was slow in coming, everyone Haihan."
Li Tan said: "It's not too slow, there are still people who haven't come, let's sit first."
After he said this, everyone was a little puzzled. Now the most central officials of the state capital are here - although He Zhizhang is not an official, everyone knows his position in Li Tan's heart.
Why wait for someone?
However, everyone here is a genius, they just wondered for a moment, and soon remembered who was worse - Chen Chong!
He Zhizhang couldn't sit still even more, and wanted to ask Li Tan if he wanted to start a war.
Otherwise, Chen Chong wouldn't be called over. What does administrative matters have to do with Chen Chong?
But he still decided to wait patiently. Anyway, he has been waiting for a long time, so why do he care about this moment?
Because most of Li Tan's guards were stationed outside the city, yesterday happened to be in time for Chen Chong to go out to inspect the city, so it was slower since then.
When Chen Chong arrived, he found that the main hall of the palace was full of money, and his heart sank.
After Chen Chong saluted and sat down, Li Tan opened his mouth and said, "I received an urgent report last night that Tongguan... was lost."
"what?"
Everyone present exclaimed in the same way.
These people can be considered to have experienced ups and downs, and they will not lose their composure easily, but now everyone has a horrified expression on their faces.
After all, He Zhizhang had experienced a lot. He didn't feel unwell after hearing the news as Li Tan thought. Instead, he asked: "Is this news accurate? Isn't Ge Shuhan guarding there? Why did he fall?"
Li Tan shook his head: "I don't know the specific situation, but I guess there may be villains in the court."
In history, it was because Yang Guozhong encouraged Li Longji to let Ge Shuhan go out, which caused Ge Shuhan to be forced to attack instead of defending. As a result, because of the inappropriate timing, he lost Tongguan.
I only hope that this time it is not Yang Guozhong. If it is Yang Guozhong, Li Tan will "kill relatives righteously".
He Zhizhang didn't say anything after hearing it, and his inquiry just now was just a subconscious reaction when he heard news that he didn't want to hear.
Everyone knows the importance of Tongguan. Now that it is lost, everyone's first reaction is that Chang'an is in danger.
The hall became quiet for a while, and Li Tan, who had adjusted overnight, was now the calmest person present.
The rest are Li Bai and Du Fu, both of whom are not in Chang'an, and the rest are very worried.
After Li Tan gave them a period of time to digest, he reached out and knocked on the table and said: "Today, you are summoned here mainly to discuss whether to enter Jingqin King."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard He Zhizhang say: "No!"
Li Tan was a little surprised, he thought that the most urgent one among these people should be He Zhizhang.
After all, most of his descendants are in Chang'an.
After He Zhizhang finished speaking, he took a long breath and said: "The situation in Chang'an is not clear now, not to mention that there are good generals stationed there, so why do you need the king to go to the capital to serve the king? What's more, there is no order now. The king leads the troops back to the capital, I'm afraid it will be misunderstood."
Li Tan was slightly silent after hearing this, and even He Zhizhang thought so, which shows that everyone doesn't trust Li Longji.
As long as Li Longji is trustworthy, everyone will not worry that King Qin will be slandered as a traitor afterward.
Li Tan is still the prince, and they are all so worried, which shows that the court is also losing prestige.
Thinking of this, he still said: "Although that's what we said, we still need to prepare first. Commander Chen, start preparing for war. Gongsun Chui will count the food and grass. If there is a war, we will give priority to supplying the army."
Chen Chong and Gongsun Chui got up and said yes.
But although no one objected, they thought the same as Zhu Xieli. Li Tan only had so many soldiers in his hands, either guarding the frontier or serving the king.
And once King Qin, we don't know whether he can win Anlu Mountain, but Turks and Tubo will not give up this opportunity.
As long as the court is not in a daze, it will not be so random.
After Li Tan finished his orders, he hesitated before saying, "By the way, send a message to Tian Shengong and Duan Xiushi to make them take precautions. I reckon Turks and Tubo may have known about it earlier than some local officials."
Everyone nodded, this really needs to be careful.
Seeing the solemn atmosphere, Li Bai said, "You don't need to worry too much. After all, the mansion report hasn't come yet. It's not too late to discuss it when the mansion report comes."
Li Tan looked around for a week and found that apart from the initial shock, everyone had calmed down now.
Just when he was wondering, Du Fu said, "It's Chang'an after all."
When Li Tan saw everyone nodding, he knew that these people had hope because Chang'an was an important place in Gyeonggi.
He held back and didn't say that after two days the emperor would lead people to flee and abandon Chang'an.
He Zhizhang and others, Li Tan, hesitant to speak, tried to persuade him not to worry too much.
In their view, Li Tan was just because he was young and had never experienced such a thing, so it was difficult to accept it for a while.
Although everyone has never experienced this kind of thing, they are rich in experience after all, especially Li Bai was born in the frontier and is no stranger to war.
Li Tan listened to their analysis of how stable Chang'an was, and he couldn't help but said: "Everyone...you should be more careful. If you have nephews and nephews at home and don't hold official positions, you should write to them to leave Chang'an. If you don't know Come to Liangzhou wherever you go, I dare not say anything else, Liangzhou is still stable!"
Other places in Liangzhou may not be so brilliant, but the width and height of the city wall of the new state capital are not comparable here.
At the beginning, Li Tan was built to resist Anlu Mountain. Although Anlu Mountain did not hit Liangzhou in history, who knows if he will have a convulsion this time?It's always right to be careful.
It's a pity that before the new state capital is fully built, Anlu Mountain is coming fiercely.
Li Tan thought for a while and said, "Where's Meng Zhiya? Has any of you seen Meng Zhiya?"
Gongsun Chui coughed lightly and said: "He said earlier that the king granted him a vacation, so he went out for a trip, and he didn't come back during the Chinese New Year. I don't know where he went."
Gongsun Chui sympathized with Meng Zhiya as he spoke, although it is a good thing to be valued, but such a high workload is not something everyone can bear.
Now that Li Tan asked about him, the holiday must have been ruined again.
After hearing this, Li Tan realized that he had indeed given Meng Zhiya a vacation, so he asked, "You guys can't get in touch with him either? I just want to ask him something."
Gongsun shook his head. Meng Zhiya probably didn't want to be disturbed, so he didn't leave any contact information.
Li Tanxin said, since he didn't leave his contact information, don't blame me for calling him back in advance.
When Li Tan thought of this, he was about to end the meeting, and then he found a place to invite Meng Zhiya over, but he hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, report to the residence!"
Li Tan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the report from the mansion to come so fast this time, but as soon as he received it, he knew it must have been sent in advance.
After he opened the Dibao, he took a quick look at it, then sighed, handed the Dibao to Qing Kong, Qing Kong took it over and began to read.
The residence newspaper wrote why Tongguan would fall, just like in history, Ge Shuhan was forced to go out, but was ambushed by Cui Qianyou.
Of the 20 troops, only 8000 remained.
When Li Tan heard this, he couldn't help covering his forehead with his hand to cover the expression on his face.
It's really 20, not 20 people, and they were killed just like that.
Ge Shuhan was even kidnapped by Huoba Guiren and surrendered to Anlu Mountain.
Everyone was also emotional when they heard this, and all the hatred was concentrated on Yang Guozhong for a while.
However, Li Tan knew that Yang Guozhong just touched Li Longji's context.
Since An Lushan, Li Longji has always used and defended against foreign generals.
Ge Shuhan sticks to Tongguan, and he has not listened to several edicts. He is not Li Tan, so Li Longji will naturally doubt him.
Yang Guozhong can be reused by Li Longji, and his brain circuit is probably similar, so he said that there is no pressure for Ge Shuhan to raise his own soldiers.
But Guo Ziyi and others have explained to Ge Shuhan, but Li Longji would rather believe Yang Guozhong than them, how can Tongguan hold it?
This is not to whitewash Yang Guozhong. From Li Tan's point of view, the main fault lies with Li Longji.
Li Longji had never led a soldier in his life. The time when he killed the most was when he conspired with Princess Taiping to seize the throne, and later killed Princess Taiping.
Therefore, his judgment on the war was biased, but he was unwilling to trust the leading general. At that moment, even Li Tan felt that it was better for Li Longji to abdicate.
Everyone didn't dare to complain about Li Longji, so they could only scold Yang Guozhong.
However, seeing that Li Tan was in a bad mood, they didn't scold him too much - everyone knew that the relationship between Li Tan and the Yang family was complicated.
After a while, after Li Tan calmed down his emotions, he sat up straight and said with red eyes: "All the officials in the court... unexpectedly, no one objected, just let General Geshu be forced to fight, I will cure him , not to send him to die!"
Everyone was silent after hearing this, and everyone was disappointed with the court for a while. The result of this disappointment is that they are not thinking about King Qin, but how to save the people.
He Zhizhang suddenly said: "Chang'an is in danger now, and some people will flee at that time, so what if some people come to Liangzhou?"
Li Tan closed his eyes and said: "These people should also run south. Chang'an is not safe, and Liangzhou may not be safe in their view. I will say the same thing. If you have nephews in Chang'an, take them first. , don't be dead, An Lushan is now in high morale, Chang'an...what will happen, no one can say, even if there is an eventuality, Chang'an falls, as long as people are still alive, there is still a day to take it back .”
When he said this, he paused and said directly: "If you continue to stay in Chang'an, wait for that day... either you will be killed by Anlu Mountain, or you will return to Anlu Mountain. I think these two possibilities are not for everyone. Nice to see you."
He Zhizhang said, "I'll write a letter right away."
Li Tan said: "I have a good rider here to deliver the letter, and it can be delivered in a day and a night at most. I hope you can write in the letter that if you can't take the gold and silver, don't bring it. It can only be a drag, Liangzhou has a lot to do now, as long as it comes here, it can gain a foothold."
He Zhizhang and the others still trusted Li Tan very much. Seeing what he said, they began to write letters to Jingzhong.
They still felt that Chang'an would not be lost, but with the current state of the court, they might as well come here and work hard for King Ning. At least King Ning treats people with sincerity and pays attention to fairness the most.
Staying in the court, with villains like Yang Guozhong, who knows what will happen?
All of a sudden, several people were writing furiously, even writing letters when he was empty-he was originally from Jingzhao, and he still had some relatives and friends at home.
The only one who seemed to stay out of the matter was probably Li Bai. After all, all his family members were brought here, and the rest of the family were not in Chang'an.
As soon as everyone finished writing the letter, they saw a soldier running over in a hurry after clearing it.
He quickly packed the letter, and after he went out and said a few words to the little soldier, his expression changed, and he came back and said to Li Tan: "Your Majesty, thousands of soldiers and horses are galloping towards Liangzhou from the north. "
Li Tan frowned: "Are you sure you are coming to Liangzhou?"
Qing Kong glanced at the little soldier, who nodded nervously.
Li Tan asked: "Which Jiedu envoy's soldiers are they? Has Chang'an started to transfer troops?"
Qing Kong said: "It's not Tang Jun, it looks like a foreign soldier!"
Li Tan was startled: "What? Could it be that An Lushan is calling? Chen Chong, order troops!"
When He Zhizhang heard this, his face darkened, and he reached out to hold Li Tan's wrist and said, "Your Majesty! Calm down!"
Li Tan was put there by his sound, and after a while he wiped his face and said: "I lost my composure, let the scouts investigate and report again!"
Even so, everyone's expressions were still very dignified.
It is wrong for foreigners to march like this without any restraint, and even if Chang'an dispatches troops, it should not be directed at Liangzhou.
It can be said that unless there is news from Chang'an to transfer troops from Liangzhou, or Anlu Mountain occupies most of the Central Plains, and only Liangzhou is not captured, it will be possible to fight, otherwise this war will actually have nothing to do with Liangzhou .
Are He Zhizhang and others really that calm?
No, they just didn't want to affect Li Tan. Now that the rebels are raging in the pass, there can be no more problems in the frontier.
If something like this happened, it would be impossible for Li Tan to adjourn the meeting and just let everyone wait here for news.
He even thought about many possibilities, assuming that An Lushan, the deep well ice, really left Chang'an and came to attack Liangzhou, then he would send He Zhizhang and others away.
Li Bai can stay, but Gongsun Chui and the others must go to Xincheng. After all, it is useless for them to stay, and Li Tan wants to defend the city himself.
He went through everything in his mind, and after confirming that there were no major mistakes, he calmed down and waited for the news.
After about a stick of incense, the scouts sent new news again: Those soldiers were not all aliens, and there were some Tang troops among them.
Li Tan was a little puzzled: "Tang Jun?"
He wanted to say that these people might have been dispatched from other places, because in the border area, there are also establishments where foreign soldiers and Tang troops are mixed.
Of course, the worst possibility is that these Tang soldiers were all captured by Anlu Mountain and then returned to Anlu Mountain.
Li Tan had no choice but to ask someone to investigate again.
This time the scouts came quickly, but the news they brought surprised everyone: the leader leading those soldiers and horses was actually a woman!And the Tang flag was shot from a distance.
And as the opponent approached, the number of soldiers and horses in that group also had a rough idea—about 500 people.
So far, Li Tan has sorted out the information in his hands, and thinks that the person who comes here may not be the enemy. If it is really the enemy, he will come with 500 people to make a surprise attack, and it is still broad daylight. And Longyou Jiedushi ah.
That being the case, Li Tan didn't want everyone to worry about it, so he said, "Let's leave if there's nothing to do. I'm worried early in the morning. Mr. He should go back and have a good rest."
However, He Zhizhang refused to leave. He was worried that if there were any problems with those soldiers and horses, Li Tan might make a wrong judgment when he was emotionally excited.
Li Tan knew what he was thinking when he looked at him like this, so he said helplessly, "Don't worry, Mr. He, I won't be impulsive."
He Zhizhang's expression is: I believe you are a ghost.
Li Tan had no choice but to let him stay, but in the end, only Du Fu and Gongsun Chui really left - both of them had a lot of work to do.
And since He Zhizhang stayed, they didn't have to worry about anything.
Li Bai thought about it and left. Although he was not as busy as Chang Shi, he was a Sima, and there were still many things to do if he wanted to do things.
What's more, the world is not peaceful now, if he continues to be so lazy, it will be a waste of reading the sage books for many years.
It has to be said that Li Bai still has ambitions in his heart, and now that he is required to do something, he is full of energy and feels that he has found an opportunity to shine.
Li Tan stayed in the lobby with He Zhizhang and Chen Chong. Chen Chong was worried that in case of any changes, Li Tan would need to mobilize troops. If he was not there, waiting for the military order to pass through would delay the military aircraft.
Just when everyone was guessing who it was, Qing Kong hurried in with a jade pendant in his hand and said, "My lord, those soldiers and horses stopped twenty miles away from Liangzhou, and the leader sent someone to This thing and a lacquer box were sent over."
Li Tan took the jade pendant and glanced at it and was a little surprised. The jade pendant was a typical woman's style, the jade was warm and moist, and the shape was special. Only aristocratic women could wear this kind of jade pendant in the world.
If the scope is further narrowed down, only women above the rank of princess can wear it.
Princess and above...who will come?
Li Tan put the jade pendant aside, asked someone to open the lacquer box, and found that the scroll inside was actually an imperial decree.
He picked it up carefully and first glanced at the various seals on the imperial decree. After seeing the emperor's seal and the seals of the three provinces, he was sure that the imperial decree should be true.
Then he started to read the content above, and when he saw half of it, he suddenly got up and said, "It's Princess Yuan'an who is here!"
This explains why there are aliens. In order to resist the Khitan and Xi tribes, Li Longji still made the princess of Yuan'an County a princess and married the governor of Heishui.
Princess Yuan'an has her own guards, which should be the origin of Tang Jun beside her.
Later, Li Tan could only hear a few words occasionally. It is said that the governor of Heishui is very fond of Princess Yuan'an.
It's just...the ancestral land of Heishui Mohe is the Northeast, why did Princess Yuan'an come to Liangzhou?I am afraid that there will be ten days and a half months on the way.
If you want to come to see Li Tan, you should write a letter in advance.
Moreover, Li Tan didn't know her very well.
He felt that it was full of doubts, but he still felt guilty about Princess Yuan'an.
This kind of guilt is because he feels that he is incompetent, or because he didn't stop the court from using the princess to make peace.
And because of this guilt, Li Tan decided to gradually distance himself from Princess An.
He originally wanted to meet him in person, but was persuaded by He Zhizhang.
He Zhizhang said bluntly: "In terms of status, you are a prince and she is a princess, they are different, not to mention you are an elder, how can you welcome the younger generation?"
Naturally, Li Tan couldn't say that she was my younger sister, so he had to send someone to bring Princess Yuan'an, while he waited in the palace.
In fact, He Zhizhang didn't really think that Li Tan couldn't pick up the princess, but he was worried that there was some kind of conspiracy involved.
To put it bluntly, Princess Yuan'an is strictly speaking a member of Heishui Mohe, no one knows what her position is now, and Li Tan is absolutely sure that nothing will happen now.
Everyone's hopes are pinned on him.
Li Tan directly sent Chen Chong's deputy commander to meet Yuan An Princess.
They didn't keep Li Tan waiting for a long time. After a while, someone reported that the deputy commander had brought Princess Yuan'an.
And Princess Yuan'an didn't bring anyone with her.
Li Tan and He Zhizhang looked at each other. Princess Yuan'an may have avoided suspicion by not taking anyone with her, but this would make people believe that she has no other intentions.
So now the question is, what is the reason for Princess Yuan'an's long journey here?
And it seemed like a quick march before, as if someone was chasing after him.
Li Tan was puzzled, so he went to Xiaohua Hall to meet Princess Yuan'an.
Seeing Princess Yuan'an again, he was really surprised.
In just less than two years, Princess Yuan'an seemed to have matured a lot, but at this time her makeup was messy, and her tiara and clothes were very simple.
Just as Li Tan was about to ask something, he saw Princess Yuan'an's eyes turned red, and she rushed over and knelt at his feet, hugged his leg and cried, "Uncle 31, save me!"
Li Tan was taken aback. He quickly helped Princess Yuan'an up and asked, "What's the matter? The governor of Heishui bullied you? Don't cry, tell me clearly, the emperor will vent his anger on you!"
Anyway, Li Tan's position is directly on the side of Princess Yuan'an - if her family is not with the princess, do they still have to be with the governor of Heishui?
Princess Yuan'an gritted her teeth and said, "He? He can't bully me anymore!"
Li Tan heard that the voice was wrong, so he asked, "What's going on? Don't worry, no matter what happens, they don't want to play wild in Liangzhou!"
Only then did Princess Yuan'an feel relieved. She was really worried that Li Tan would not help her, so she really had nowhere to go. Perhaps the only way was to leave the customs.
However, that was the next step, and now that Li Tanken was on her side, she had nothing to worry about.
Princess Yuan'an said in a low voice: "I killed the governor of Heishui."
Li Tan stared at her for a while before saying, "Did you kill the governor of Heishui?"
Although Princess Yuan'an was a little surprised to see Li Tan, she didn't look very shocked, as if it wasn't a big deal, so she felt more at ease.
How did she know that Li Tan received too much stimulation this morning, and now he has no strength to shock, he is numb, and all he thinks in his mind is: Oh, Yuan'an will supervise and kill the black water up.
Princess Yuan'an wiped away her tears and said: "I have no choice but to. Before that, the governor of Heishui led Heishui Mohe to enclose him. At the beginning, he sincerely proposed to marry me. I also thought that he sincerely took refuge in Datang. But I didn't expect that An Lushan rebelled. Afterwards, his mind also became active, and he even started to have more contacts with the Khitan and Xi tribes, which seemed to mean that he wanted to form an alliance with the Khitan and other tribes to help An Lushan win the Central Plains."
Li Tan's expression was very indifferent after hearing this: "Hmph, Jurchen."
Princess Yuan'an looked at him suspiciously, and Li Tan said, "Go ahead."
Princess Yuan'an had no choice but to hold back her doubts, and continued: "At first he kept it from me, but later I accidentally overheard his conversation with the Khitan envoy, and he said that when An Lushan wins the world in the future, he can also be captured by the Khitan envoy." To become the king, I will definitely be a princess by then, and even have a bigger territory, and I may even be a queen by then."
Princess Yuan'an said with a sneer at this point: "At the beginning I tried to persuade him, but he seemed to have made up his mind. Although I married Heishuimohe, Datang is the country of my parents. How could I Don't care about the rituals of the Tang Dynasty? What's more, what was the first thing Xibu and Khitan did when they rebelled? The first thing was to kill the princess. No matter how good he said, I'm afraid I will be a flag sacrificer by the next day Fate, since this is the case, it is better for me to strike first!"
Li Tan sat there and listened silently, it was hard to say whether what Princess Yuan'an did was right or wrong, as far as husband and wife were concerned, she must have gone too far.
But from the standpoint of right and wrong, he felt that Princess Yuan'an's actions were clear-headed.
So he didn't accuse Princess Yuan'an of failing to marry and obey her husband, he just asked: "What happened later?"
Princess Yuan'an said: "If I killed him, it would be impossible for me to stay in Heishuimohe, so I took people away overnight. After the people in Heishuimohe found out that he was dead, they chased me down. In the hands of An Lushan, I led my people to Shengzhou, wanting to seek protection from the Zhenwu Jiedu envoy, but...in the end, this coward...would not protect me because he was afraid of going to war with Heishuimohe! "
Princess Yuan'an was angry and wronged when she said this, she was in despair at that time.
She thought that her whole heart was towards Datang, and she didn't listen to the words of the governor of Heishui. Why did the parents of the state treat her like this?
Fortunately, Princess Yuan'an is a tough person. Seeing that Zhenwu Jiedushi refused to protect her, after thinking about it, I guess other Jiedushi did not have the courage. Facts have proved that she was right. They all avoided seeing her.
At this time, she thought that Ning Wang Li Tan was currently stationed in Liangzhou, so she simply ran to Liangzhou in one breath, planning to seek asylum from Li Tan.
This time she behaved well, she didn't come up and said that she killed the governor of Heishui, but first revealed her identity,
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