President of Datang [Transmigration Book]

Tian Shengong on the side whispered, "Your Majesty... now... what should I do?"

Li Tan turned his head and asked, "Do you know how many soldiers Li Guiren has under his command?"

Teng Jin replied: "It is said that there are 15 people, but... there should be water in it."

Li Tan knocked on the book case and said: "Then there are at least 10 people. We are recruiting troops now, but there are only [-] people."

Neither Qi Jin nor Tian Shengong dared to speak, neither of them dared to say that they could win more with less.

How many times in history have you won more battles with less?

It is precisely because of rarity that classics can be achieved. If they can be achieved casually, how can they be amazing?

Li Tan didn't feel too nervous, he thought for a while and said: "Look at Li Guiren's ability, oh, yes, go and inform Ji He and Zou Shi to start the battle preparation measures. Tian Shengong, you guard the scene, Yuan Zhe guards the gate of Yanxi Palace."

These two city gates are in the east, and Li Guiren's army must have come from the east.So there is the most important thing, and of course other places also need to guard the city gate.

Li Tan looked at the list of qualified candidates for the refresher class that he had just received, and said with a sigh, "It just happened to be used, and I hope they won't let me down."

Tian Shengong and Yuan Zhe immediately said together: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

Li Tan said: "True knowledge comes from practice, and maybe we really want to let them be pioneers in the future."

Tian Shengong and Yuan Zhe looked at each other, and decided that they must educate those people well when they go back. This time is a crisis, but it is also an opportunity.

Ji He and Zou Shi were in a stable mood when they received the news. They knew that this day would definitely come, and what reassured them most was that Li Tan did not plan to take the initiative.

If it is just to defend the city, it is not easy to attack the tall walls of Chang'an City, and it is not difficult to defend the city.

As for why Li Longji ran away in the first place, it was probably frightened by An Lushan's menacing approach on the one hand, and frightened by Tang Jun's weakness on the other hand.

In his impression, Tang Jun, who should be victorious in all battles, was defeated one after another, and they were all defeated, and 10,000+ people died in one defeat.

Of course, there was a reason for the general's command error, but this made him even more afraid.

If the number of troops is not enough, you can still recruit troops, but the generals cannot be recruited casually. If there is no general who can recruit and fight well, even if the Tang army has a large number, it may not be the opponent of An Lushan.

Of course, there is another possibility that there are many foreign generals in the Tang Dynasty, and An Lushan's rebellion has made Li Longji no longer trust these people.

However, no matter what the reason, Li Longji's decision to enter Shu this time is undoubtedly another blow to his reputation.

Chang'an is still stable now, even though Li Tan has done a good job, in the eyes of many people, he is still young after all, and everyone has doubts about him.

If Li Longji was willing to come back, it would be a reassurance for everyone, but he chose to enter Shu, and he didn't even stay in Mawei Station, and the whole Chang'an city fell into a state of panic again for a while.

Everyone thinks that this should be because the sage has no hope for Chang'an.

Li Tan was also a little helpless, he couldn't explain to them one by one that the saint entered Shu because Yin Ziqi took the road from Henan. After all, even if he told the people, they might not know where Henan was.

And the only thing that can be done now is probably to use a victory to build the confidence of the people.

At first, Ji Heyi was particularly worried that Li Tan would use Li Tan to arrest those people who were discussing casually, so he added manpower to patrol non-stop, and if he saw someone talking nonsense, he would find a way to stop it.

After waiting for two days, it turned out that Li Tan didn't seem to know about this matter, and the Public Opinion Department hadn't moved, which surprised Ji He.

When he was confused, he asked Li Tan directly. Li Tan was looking at the marching map at that time. After hearing Ji He's words, he smiled and said: "Ji Jin is watching. It doesn't matter if we discuss it normally. Chuan, if someone with ulterior motives spreads panic speech, he will only move after a catty."

Ji He was relieved now, he thought for a while and asked: "Your Highness, do you... invite the prince back?"

Li Tan paused when he was inserting the bid, looked up at Ji He and said, "The crown prince is on his way to Shu with the sage."

Seeing Li Tan's expressionless face, Ji He knew that he was unhappy. I have to say that compared to some old foxes, Li Tan's mood is actually easy to ponder sometimes.

He sighed and said, "The sage will never come back. The prince's return is the best choice."

Li Tan thought for a while and said, "I'll write a letter to the prince. To be honest, I think it's easier for King Guangping to come to Chang'an than to let the prince come to Chang'an."

Li Heng, as a prince, actually has too many unqualified qualities. His biggest characteristic is that he can't afford to do anything unless it is absolutely necessary.

But now it has not reached the point of being forced into a corner. In history, the Maweiyi coup was said to be the work of Li Heng. letter.

In history, after the Maweiyi coup, Li Heng went north to Lingwu because of differences with Li Longji. If he didn't force Li Longji to abdicate, he could only wait for himself to be deposed.

At that time, those who forced Concubine Yang to death were worried that Li Longji would settle accounts after the autumn and stood by him, so he had the courage to force Li Longji to abdicate.

Now the Maweiyi coup did not kill Concubine Yang Gui, but the death of Yang Guozhong and others is actually quite dispensable to Li Longji.

What's more, judging from some clues, Li Longji had some understanding of what was already raging in the Sixth Army at that time, and those people like Yang Guozhong were the sacrifices he threw out to quell public anger.

From passive to active, the people in the court knew that Li Longji would not hold them accountable, so naturally they would not vote for Li Heng's camp so early.

Li Heng has no power of his own, he still has to be attached to Li Longji.

Now letting him leave Li Longji and return to Chang'an is basically a gamble, and Li Tan is not optimistic about his courage.

Li Chu, on the other hand, who dared to take the initiative to stay at such a time, would be hundreds of times stronger than Li Heng in every aspect.

After hearing Li Tan's words, Ji He immediately said: "King Guangping can't move lightly. Hey, Anlu Mountain sent two armies at the same time. It must be because they don't want Chang'an to unite with Mawei Station. I don't know if King Guangping can hold Mawei Station."

Li Tan smiled and said, "Don't worry, he can do it."

Ji He glanced at Li Tan with some doubts. Although Li Chu had a good reputation in the court, he was far behind Li Tan in terms of experience. After all, Li Tan had also fought against Turks and Tubo.

Li Chu, who has no experience... why is Li Tan so relieved?

In fact, Li Tan is relieved that King Jianning is there, and this is the real talent of a general. Li Tan thinks that he can win the battle by cheating, and King Jianning relies on his own ability.

He hoped that the current King Jianning would be as powerful as in history. It would be even better if he could be similar to the characters in the game. Li Tan would not have to worry about the situation at Mawei Station, and he would even need to keep Chang'an. .

Li Tan has always known that Zhiyi doesn't want him to have too many performances on the stage of the Anshi Rebellion. Li Tan also thought so at the beginning. war.

It's just that apart from Chang'an, Li Tan didn't intend to regain the lost ground. After all, Li Heng's contribution to recovering the two capitals was originally considered to be Li Heng's contribution, and because of this contribution, his throne is still relatively stable.

But even so, he didn't escape being rebelled, and then he took the same path as Li Longji - escaped from the capital.

On the one hand, this result was due to his own lack of ability, and on the other hand, it was Datang's inability to control the feudal town.

Li Heng, who has meritorious deeds, is powerless to control him. If he loses this meritorious deed, his throne may not be secure!

Now that the achievement of regaining Chang'an is probably gone, Li Tan should at least leave Luoyang for him.

So this time Li Tan defended the city, mainly because he didn't want to be too proactive. Anyway, Ji He and the others didn't want him to take the initiative, so let's go with the flow.

However, he thought well, but Li Guiren seemed unwilling to cooperate with him.

Just as he was pointing to the map and having a meeting with the generals to discuss how to better defend Chang'an, the people from the scout battalion ran out of breath and knelt down to report: "His Royal Highness, Li Guiren has now arrived in Jinzhou."

Li Tan held his hands for a moment, and had a bad premonition in his heart. Sure enough, after listening to it, he found that Jinzhou governor had no military power, and Jinzhou's captain Zhechong ran away with his people early in the morning. Jinzhou governor was powerless to resist. He hanged himself at home with his whole family, and left four big characters dripping with blood on the hall; don't hurt my people.

When Li Tan heard this, he frowned and said, "Wait, isn't this right? Didn't Jinzhou Zhechong Mansion have already started to actively fight?"

He knew that An Lushan's army would definitely pass through Jinzhou, but there was Puzhou between Chang'an and Jinzhou. Even if Li Tan wanted to save Jinzhou, it was impossible, especially now that Yin Ziqi was in Henan.

He was afraid that he would leave Chang'an with his troops on the front foot, and Yin Ziqi would turn around and attack Chang'an on the back foot.

Moreover, Jinzhou can be regarded as a strong folk, and the generals over there are actually not bad. An Lushan had failed to attack Jinzhou several times before.

The last time they entered the territory of Jinzhou, the two brothers An Qingzong and An Qingxu ended up fighting each other, which forced the army to stop.

Therefore, Li Tan felt relieved about Jinzhou, but he survived before, what did he hear now?

Captain Zhechong ran away with someone?

The scout bowed his head and did not speak. No one knew why Captain Zhechong suddenly led his people away. Anyway, now Li Guiren entered Jinzhou as if he had entered a land without people.

Li Tan just wanted to ask how Jinzhou is doing now, when he received a distress letter from the governor of Puzhou.

Li Tan, the governor of Puzhou, thought it was normal to send a distress letter, but when he saw the content of the letter, he decided to change his strategy.

Among the nonsense of Puzhou Inspectorate, Li Tan only saw the most core information: Li Guiren cleared the field on the strong wall.

Li Tan threw the distress letter away, sneered and said, "These...rebels are indeed beasts."

He originally wanted to say that these aliens were beasts, but he remembered Zhu Xieli, so he had to change it midway, but Zhu Xieli is now considered a member of the rebels, so he didn't go around it.

Li Tan naturally didn't think so much when he was furious.

If Li Tan were one of An Lushan's generals in another identity, he would be deeply moved by the governor of Jinzhou's behavior. If you stand up for him, you won't do anything to the people.

What's more, since ancient times, during the civil strife in the Central Plains, it is rare to massacre civilians in large numbers, and the ones that really do this are alien invasions.

They are naturally afraid of the number of Han people, and worry that they will not be able to rule the Han people, so they can only use killing to stabilize the regime.

However, the most ironic thing is that Li Guiren is still a Han Chinese.

After Tian Shengong and Yuan Zhe knew about this incident, they were waiting for Li Tan to explode. However, he did not express anything other than a cold and angry face. After a long silence, he said: "Go and arrest Jing Zhaoyin and Dali. Siqing please come."

Qing Kong took the order and left, Tian Shengong and Yuan Zhe looked at each other, and felt that the defense plan that had been made before was probably going to be overthrown.

In recent days, apart from a small meeting every five days and a general meeting every ten days as in the previous court, Li Tan rarely called Ji He and Zou Shi to the palace at the same time.

When the two of them met in front of the palace gate, they found that the expressions on each other's faces were very solemn - something must have happened, this was their common thought.

After they arrived at the main hall, Li Tan didn't talk nonsense, and directly handed them the distress letter from the Governor of Puzhou.

After Ji He and Zou Shi watched it together, their focus, like Li Tan's, was on Li Guiren's wild beast behavior.

It was rare for Zou Shi to swear, and people like Ji He were flushed with anger.

Compared with the two of them, Li Tan's performance from the beginning to the present is very calm. He reached out and knocked on the armrest of the Hu bed and said, "I thought Jinju could resist it anyway, and they might choose to divert." Henan, so I didn’t want to take the initiative.”

Before Li Tan came to Chang'an, Henan had already fallen on a large scale. After all, after An Lushan sent troops, the primary target was Luoyang.

So Li Tan could guard Chang'an and wait for Li Guiren to come over, but the plan really didn't change quickly.

Ji He and Zou Shi looked at each other, and Zou Shi raised his head and asked, "Does Your Highness want to send troops?"

Li Tan pointed to the letter and said, "It's all like this, who can sit still?"

This time Zou Shi and Ji He did not try to persuade Li Tan, but said together: "Your Highness, please don't put yourself in danger."

Now Chang'an is not in chaos, and there is still a certain order because Li Tan is still here, and his role is not much worse, even if it is not Dinghaishenzhen, for Chang'an today.

If Li Tan goes to war, it's okay if he wins, but if he loses... Chang'an is afraid that he will experience another wave of escape, and once again, it may not be so easy for Chang'an to regain his vitality.

Li Tan was silent for a long while and said, "Tian Shengong leads 3 people to lead the battle first, and I will come later."

Ji He was just relieved when he heard the first half of the sentence, but found that he was relieved too early, he couldn't help but cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness..."

Li Tan raised his hand: "I'm going to write a letter, asking the prince to come back."

Ji He was taken aback for a moment, he hesitated a little: "Prince..."

He was not sure whether the prince would come back or not.

Li Tan said: "Don't worry, even if the prince doesn't come back, I will let King Guangping come over."

Although Li Chu is now inferior to Li Tan in terms of status, he still has a hidden identity-the eldest son of the prince.

If there is no accident, he is the future prince. Even if his return is not as good as the prince's return in person, it will still be useful.

Ji He and Zou Shi exchanged glances. Li Tan was an extremely reliable choice compared to letting King Guangping lead his troops to recover the lost land.

But...there are so many generals in the Tang Dynasty, but because of the rebels, they were divided into fragments, each of them working independently, and unable to communicate at all. If they could obey the unified dispatch of the imperial court, why would there be so many troubles?

Ji He sighed, his body hunched for a moment, and then he straightened again. It was not the time for him to be discouraged. If Li Tan really wanted to go to war, he had to do the logistics work well.

Zou Shi also decided to strengthen the security management in Chang'an, at least not to hinder Li Tan.

After Li Tan notified them, he turned around and wrote a letter to Li Heng. As a result, before he finished writing this letter, a letter from Li Longji was delivered over there.

Li Tan thought it was Li Longji who learned that Li Guiren was attacking Chang'an and had some instructions, but when he opened the letter, Li Longji wrote a few words, never mentioning that Li Guiren was targeting Chang'an, and Yin Ziqi was targeting Maweiyi. matter.

He just told Li Tan that he would be stationed in Rongcheng in a few days, and asked Li Tan to send Concubine Yang there after he settled down in the court.

When Li Tan read the letter, he dropped a pen washer, and Qing Kong, who was standing by the side, fell silent—he had never seen Li Tan look so angry. Before, even if Li Tan got angry again, he just gritted his teeth and tried to find a way. How to clean up the person who made him angry.

But now... Qingkong pondered, this was probably the reason why Li Tan couldn't attack Li Longji.

Indeed, Li Tan was really angry, and there was really nothing he could do about Li Longji.

He really didn't expect Li Longji to think of pleasure only at this moment.

Of course, it can also be said that he has deep affection for Concubine Yang Gui, but if it is true, he will only ask Li Tan to protect Concubine Yang when he knows that there is danger on the road. Dangerous entry into Shu?

Li Tan walked around the study room twice, and felt that there was really no need to hide this matter for Li Longji. Anyway, his reputation had reached a low point, and it would be no problem to drop a little bit.

So he deliberately left the palace angrily, and personally ran to the barracks to ask Yuan Zhe to send some people to pick up Concubine Yang and escort Concubine Yang to Rongcheng.

Because he didn't think about keeping it secret, he almost carried it out in public. The tents in the barracks have the same sound insulation effect. Although there are people patrolling in the middle tent, they won't let others approach, but the patrolling soldiers are also a good way to spread the word. ah.

Li Tan didn't order to keep it secret, and Yuan Zhe also publicly selected candidates. In less than half a day, the entire barracks knew that the saint had fled again, but they had no intention of defending against the enemy and only wanted to have fun.

And Li Tan wrote a letter to Concubine Yang by the way, Li Longji asked him to send someone to pick Concubine Yang, and he sent someone there, but whether Concubine Yang would like to come is another matter.

He let Concubine Yang Gui figure it out on her own, and go if she wanted to, and stay in Liangzhou if she didn't want to.

As for whether Li Longji will blame him... Li Tan has gradually begun to ignore Li Longji's orders in his heart.

Not only that, after he went back, he tore up the half-written letter, turned around and wrote a letter to Li Heng. In the letter, he was secretly asked to come to Chang'an, and he also wrote a sentence: Daming Palace has been covered in dust for a long time .

If it wasn't because Li Heng is now by Li Longji's side, he might have written more bluntly: Dear, come back and ascend the throne.

But it doesn't matter, the letter he wrote to Li Chu can be regarded as semi-explicit - Li Longji is now a dragging existence, his order cannot be ignored by others, but it is reckless if he does not ignore it, and by the way, let Li Chu spread the word The news that Longji is going to bring a beauty to Sichuan.

Well, the existence of Concubine Yang Gui cannot be blurred in Chang'an. After all, Li Longji's sending to the beauty pageant in Chang'an is not logical in the current situation.

However, Li Chu spread the word that Li Longji did not forget to select beauties to expand the harem on the way to Shu, so there is no problem.

After writing the two letters, Li Tan also calmed down a little, looked at the two letters in his hand and sighed.

If it wasn't a last resort, he really didn't want to use this trick.

Frankly speaking, Li Longji treated him fairly well. Although there were many factors involved, he could have chosen anyone to be Concubine Yang's son at will, and he didn't have to choose him.

It can be said that Li Longji raised his position today, but now... Li Longji is really not suitable to continue to sit in the position of emperor.

He also knew that after Li Longji was abdicated, life might not be easy. He didn't treat Li Heng very well before, and Li Heng had been worried for so many years. I know, the only difference between him and An Qingxu and Shi Chaoyi is probably that he didn't do it himself.

So after Li Longji's abdication, Li Tan still needs to save Li Longji's life when the world is settled.

However, it will not be easy, and his identity will be a little embarrassing at that time, basically it will be the rhythm of disappearing as long as he can.

He looked down at the two letters in his hand, hesitated for a long time and decided to send them out.

Anyway, as long as Li Longji's life is saved, as for not having the luxurious life before, let's regard him as atonement for the people who died in the war in the world.

After the two letters were sent away, Li Tan immediately asked Tian Shengong to take someone first, and by the way, he brought his handbook to the governor of Puzhou and the captain of Zhechong Prefecture in Puzhou Zhechong Mansion, so that these two people could fully cooperate with Tian Shengong.

When Li Tan handed the letter to Tian Shengong, he said: "I am not worried about the governor of Puzhou. He can only rely on us now, or trust us, so he will not embarrass you. What worries me is Puzhou. Captain Zhechong, if this person is obedient, everything will be fine, if not, his life depends on the situation, you know what to do."

Tian Shengong's heart shuddered, he nodded heavily and said, "I will understand in the end."

Li Tan also warned: "If you can not kill people, don't kill people. The captain of Puzhou Zhechong has been transferred there for 13 years, and it may have been deeply rooted in the local area. Don't take his life."

Tian Shengong was still a little embarrassed when he heard Li Tan's words, but when he saw the indifferent expression on Li Tan's face, he suddenly realized that there are too many ways to keep people from dying and still being obedient. It is said that this is a tacit approval for him to use other means.

Tian Shengong nodded vigorously and said, "The last general is destined to be white."

Although Li Tan was still a little worried, these generals always had to go out and take charge on their own, and he couldn't protect them all the time.

The reason why he told Tian Shengong so much was because Tian Shengong was still too young, and he was worried that he would not be able to convince the public because of his age, otherwise he wouldn't have to tell him so.

Li Tan didn't publicize the fact that Tian Shengong led the army to go to war. Now there are still rumors in Chang'an that Li Longji was elected to the harem.

I have to say that some of the messages really changed after being passed on, and now it has become that Li Longji came to Sichuan to find a beauty in Sichuan.

After all, it is a well-recognized fact that there are many beauties in Sichuan, but this rumor made Li Tan dumbfounded.

Qin Jin, who came to report, asked: "Your Highness, do you want to continue to let it go?"

Li Tan hesitated for a while and said: "Be careful, just limit the scope of the rumors to the saints, and control anyone who talks about the prince or King Guangping, and don't let them pour dirty water on the prince and King Guangping."

After Qi Jin expressed his understanding, Li Tan let him go out without worry, but he just turned around and ran back after going out.

Li Tan looked up and saw that before he asked, Teng Jin said, "A letter from His Royal Highness King Guangping."

After Li Tan took it apart, he saw Li Chu secretly expressing that he also wrote a letter to persuade Li Heng. If Li Heng didn't come, he would come. Wang's.

Although Li Chu didn't know what was the problem between Li Tan and King Jianning, he knew that King Jianning's feelings for Li Tan seemed a bit complicated.

However, he also took this as the difference in King Jianning's heart caused by his compatriots but his status was different, so he mentioned it symbolically in the letter.

However, Li Tan can also see from the lines that King Jianning himself has a radical character. Li Chu took him to garrison Mawei post.

Although it wasn't Yin Ziqi's team that attacked Yin Ziqi's team, the adventurous style was exactly the same as Li Tan's. In his letter, Li Chu said with emotion that they were indeed twins.

After Li Tan saw it, he said no, I relied on cheating, and he relied on gambling.

Indeed, every sneak attack by King Jianning is a gamble. If they win, they can plunder a lot of supplies. If they lose, they will die.

When Li Tan saw this, he was still in the mood to complain, but as time passed, the smile on Li Tan's face gradually disappeared, and his lips were tightly pursed.

Seeing his expression, Qing Kong shrank his neck involuntarily, and at the same time made a gesture to the outside, indicating that the king is in a bad mood now, everyone be careful.

The attendant outside nodded quickly, stood upright, and even tried to slow down his breathing.

They all still remember how Li Tan was when he was furious last time. Although Li Tan never vented his anger, if they made a mistake during this process, I am afraid that even the king of heaven and I will not be able to save them.

When Li Tan read the letter, his expression was already very ugly, but he didn't say a word.

Qing Kong on the side looked quite worried, it would be fine if this anger was vented, so don't turn around and make something big happen if you hold it in like this.

Qing Kong hesitated for a long time and finally asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to call Jing Zhaoyin or Dali Siqing?"

He asked this because generally the things that make Li Tan angry are big things, and big things definitely need to be discussed with these two.

Li Tan said angrily, "What are you calling them for? They don't care about this matter. Captain Jinzhou Zhechong really deserves to die!"

Qing Kong followed along and said: "Yes, he actually abandoned the city and fled when the enemy soldiers approached the city. This is really a heinous crime."

Li Tan slapped the letter in his hand on the desk and said, "Now he has run to Mawei Station."

Qing Kong was suddenly surprised: "What did His Royal Highness King Guangping say?"

Li Tan took a deep breath and said, "What else can I say? Mawei Station is currently short of people, even if Da Lang really wants to attack the captain, he must hold on to those soldiers."

Of course, what Li Tan didn't say was that Captain Zhechong of Jinzhou had originally planned to fight Li Guiren to the death, and the reason why he dared to do so was because there was Chang'an and Maweiyi behind him.

What reassured him the most was Mawei Station. After all, the imperial court was there, and if he couldn't persist in asking for help, he would definitely support him.

However, on the eve of the arrival of Li Guiren's army, Li Longji led people away!

Not only Li Longji ran away, but also the crown prince. Although King Guangping stayed behind, Chang'an and Maweiyi were all in charge of the little ghosts. How can people feel at ease?

Lieutenant Jinzhou Zhechong's mentality collapsed immediately, so he made a foolish move-to take people away.

After he ran out, he also knew that this choice was wrong, but at this time Li Guiren had already breached the Jinzhou Mansion, and it would be useless for him to go back, so he thought about it and turned around and ran to Mawei Station to join Li Chu.

Of course, the reason why he chose Mawei Station was mainly because after comparing it, he had to admit that Li Tan was relatively powerful. After he passed, it would be the same with him or without him. Moreover, the court rumored that His Royal Highness Ning Wang was upright, and he might have died in the past. up.

His Royal Highness King Guangping is much softer in comparison, and since he is still the eldest son of the crown prince, if he can help Li Chu, he can be regarded as a meritorious service.

Of course, he may not have the idea of ​​suppressing Li Chu with the soldiers and horses in his hand as bargaining chips.

Li Tan is a little worried about Li Chu's current situation, so no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for Li Chu to move Captain Jinzhou Zhechong now. Not only can't move, but he should treat him well, at least stabilize those soldiers first.

The only thing I don't know is how much control Li Chu has over the soldiers and horses left by Maweiyi.

Li Tan rubbed his fingers and said, "Go and inform Yuan Zhe, and let him choose some people to escort some military supplies to Mawei Station."

When Li Longji left before, he must have taken most of the supplies with him. Today, even if there is no shortage of military supplies in Maweiyi, it is certainly not very rich.

It's just that Li Chu has military supplies in his hand, at least he can buy most of the soldiers who follow the trend. As for those who are devoted to Captain Jinzhou Zhechong, if they really can't, they can only let them die with Captain Jinzhou Zhechong.

Of course, the best way is to stop Li Chu from staying in Mawei Station.

Li Tan put down the letter, counted the time between letters, and decided to wait at most another month. If Li Heng didn't come within one month, he had to let Li Chu come.

He can ignore Li Heng's life or death, but Li Chu must keep it.

Anyway, among the descendants of Li Tang today, this is the only one who can still be supported.

Even if Li Heng died, Li Tan would find a way to make Li Chu the grandson of the emperor and succeed him.

Just three days after Li Chu's letter, Tian Shengong also sent a letter, in which he wrote: Captain Zhechong of Puzhou is dead.

Qing Kong stood beside Li Tan, and Li Tan didn't avoid him, so he said, "This Tian Shengong, is such a sentence worth sending?"

Li Tan smiled and said, "You don't understand, sometimes, the fewer words, the bigger the problem."

He put the letter on the table, and didn't intend to ask Tian Shengong what he had done. Anyway, he just wanted the result, and Tian Shengong's character was still guaranteed.

And just when Tian Shengong killed Puzhou Zhechong Duwei, Li Guiren finally arrived in Puzhou.

Speaking of which, Tian Shengong can be regarded as a warrior who can fight well. He has performed well both in history and against Tubo and Turks before.

However, compared with the generals under An Lushan, they are still a little worse.

After the first contact with each other, Tian Shengong suffered a small loss, but he had not figured out Li Guiren's marching style after suffering a loss, but Li Guiren guessed his temper at all.

After that two times in a row, although Tian Shengong didn't take advantage, he still got a tie with Li Guiren.

This gave him confidence, and then there was a shortage of military supplies on Li Guiren's side. Tian Shengong sent scouts for several days without seeing large-scale fires and cooking in the barracks, so he came back to report.

Tian Shengong was also cautious, so he said to his subordinates: "This situation is a bit strange. Attacking Chang'an is the most important thing for the An'an bandits now. It's impossible for him not to give Li Guiren enough military supplies. I'm afraid there will be fraud."

However, for five days in a row, Li Guiren didn't take the initiative to attack. Even if Tian Shengong sent someone to test him, he just shrunk his formation and defended fiercely but refused to fight back.

On the sixth day, the scouts even found signs of Li Guiren's army breaking up the camp, but they were quickly suppressed by him.

At this point, although Tian Shengong was strange, he couldn't sit still.

After all, he was young, and although he had suffered a lot when he was young, his life was not too difficult, so the young man's enthusiasm was still somewhat irresistible.

In particular, the scouts brought news that they overheard the conversation of Li Guiren's department. It is said that Li Guiren and Yin Ziqi were at odds, and part of Li Guiren's military supplies should be provided by Yin Ziqi.

After all, Yin Ziqi is now in Henan, and Henan, as the developed area of ​​Datang agriculture, really has many granaries there.

An Lushan did not have any military supplies for Li Guiren, but Yin Ziqi refused to cooperate, and An Lushan refused to punish Yin Ziqi for this, so Li Guiren had to fight Yin Ziqi first.

The reason was reasonable, Tian Shengong believed it, and directly dispatched troops to attack Li Guiren's troops. What he didn't expect was that Li Guiren's patience for so many days was really just a layout.

The so-called military camp was a huge trap from the very beginning. After Tian Shengong led his people to break through the first line of defense, it was like entering a land without people. Before they had time to be happy, many enemy troops emerged from all directions and surrounded them.

Fortunately, Tian Shengong was not really in charge, and he left a support team outside, which became their only hope of escape.

However, even so, in the end Tian Shengong managed to escape by leaving behind the names of [-] soldiers, and he himself was shot by several arrows, so he managed to save his life.

When the news came back to Chang'an, it happened that Li Tan was holding a meeting, and basically all the officials above rank four were present.

After this period of development, Chang'an officials have filled in almost as well. It is not an exaggeration to say that Li Tan's subordinates are now a small court.

Originally, Chang'an had stabilized and was still thriving. Everyone felt a sense of pride in their hearts, feeling that they had proved their abilities.

Especially the east and west cities have now somewhat recovered their vitality, even if they are not as prosperous as they were at the most prosperous time, but everything is developing for the better.

As a result, the news of the defeat came, and after clearing Tian Shengong's confession, the entire main hall fell into silence.

Everyone was secretly looking at Li Tan's face, Ji He and Zou Shi both began to think about how they would intercede if Li Tan was furious and wanted to punish Tian Shengong so as not to make Li Tan even more angry.

After all, Tian Shengong is Li Tan's direct descendant, and Li Tan had high hopes for him when he sent him to be the vanguard before, but he failed so badly in the end, it's normal for Li Tan to feel that he can't hold back.

However, what is surprising is that Li Tan's facial expression was very calm from the beginning to the end. He only twitched his brows twice when he heard that tens of thousands of soldiers were killed and wounded, and there was no other reaction after that.

After Qing Kong finished reading, Li Tan sighed and said, "Tian Shengong is young after all, he fell for Li Guiren so easily."

Zou Shi was more straightforward, and said directly: "Li Guiren fought with Anlu Mountain more than ten years ago. Even though Tian Shengong is very talented, he still lacks in experience."

Li Tan narrowed his eyes and said: "However, he can make Li Guiren set up an ambush so deliberately. In order to ambush him, he even didn't eat a mouthful of hot food for a few days. From this point of view, it's not too bad. It's just a pity for those soldiers. Sort out the names and issue pensions."

Ji He said worriedly: "Your Highness, is the amount of the pension too high?"

Li Tan asked back: "Do you think that a human life is worth the money?"