Chang'an City, Xingqing Palace.

Yang Guozhong, who was discussing important matters with Emperor Li Longji together with Wei Jiansu, heard bursts of thunder coming from far and near, and couldn't help but turn his head and look out the window. However, he saw that the sun was gone outside the window, and it was a bit dark and windy.

It is very big, and the flowers and trees in the palace garden are dancing in all directions with the strong wind.

Li Longji stopped talking. Feeling a little bad, he motioned to Gao Lishi, who was silent, to help him walk to the window.

Affected by the gloomy weather, Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu, who felt a little inexplicably uncomfortable like Li Longji, got up together with the emperor and walked to the window.

"It's going to rain heavily!" Li Longji looked at the dark sky outside the window and the dark clouds rolling in the sky with the strong wind, and said with emotion, "I wonder if it will rain in Tongguan!"

"The rain should be coming from the east!" Yang Guozhong looked at the cloudy southeast direction and murmured, "It should be raining in Tongguan, it may be raining hard!"

"It must be raining in Tongguan!" Li Longji sighed after Yang Guozhong, "If it rains in Tongguan, this battle will be difficult to fight!"

Looking at the getting darker and darker sky, Yang Guozhong thought for a moment, turned to look at Li Longji, who looked a little gloomy, and said: "Your Majesty, I think the rain in Tongguan is a good thing! If it rains heavily, the rebel attack will definitely be delayed.

It is a taboo to attack a city in the rain, but this is very beneficial to our Tongguan garrison. God is helping me. I hope this rain will last as long as possible, and it is best to wait till tomorrow!"

Li Longji turned his head slightly, glanced at the confident Yang Guozhong, and hesitated to speak.

Wei Jiansu, who was standing aside, saw the emperor's demeanor, hesitated for a moment, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I feel that if it rains heavily in Tongguan, this may not necessarily be a good thing! The sharp weapons of our Tongguan defenders are bows and arrows.

The power of bows and arrows cannot be used at all in heavy rain!"

"Why did Wei Xianggong say that?" Yang Guozhong was a little shocked and looked at Wei Jiansu blankly.

Li Longji turned around with his hands behind his back, looked at Yang Guozhong and said: "Guozhong, Wei Aiqing must be right. If it rains heavily in Tongguan, it may cause trouble to the progress of the war. I have personally led troops and know about wind and rain."

The hard work of fighting has reduced the power of arrows, which is very detrimental to the defense of Tongguan. If the rebels are attacking the city now, the officers and soldiers defending the city will definitely have a hard time, after all, there are too many rebels!"

Seeing that the emperor agreed with his statement, Wei Jiansu immediately said: "Your Majesty, I also feel that the heavy rain will cause a lot of trouble for my follow-up reinforcements. The sergeant marching in the wind and rain will definitely not be very fast. If it rains

It rains for a long time, which will definitely delay the arrival of reinforcements. If the rebels take advantage of the heavy rain to continue attacking, it will be very detrimental to our Tongguan defenders!"

The following words of Wei Jiansu touched a chord in Yang Guozhong's heart, making him immediately worried. He immediately bowed to Li Longji and said: "Your Majesty, I hope that your Majesty will send orders to General Chen and Dou."

Hua, Zhang Jian, told them not to delay their trip due to rain, but to rush forward in the rain to reach Tongguan as soon as possible, so as not to lose Tongguan!"

"Hmm! That makes sense!" Li Longji nodded immediately, turned around and said to Gao Lishi who was following behind him: "Lishi, please immediately send me a message asking Chen Xuanli, Dou Hua, and Zhang Jian to speed up their march, and they will not stop no matter how heavy the wind or rain is.

Stop, Dou Hua and Zhang Jian must arrive at Tongguan before dark, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise they will be severely punished!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Gao Lishi responded, and after a salute, he turned and left, conveying Li Longji's will and ordering it to be delivered to Chen Xuanli, Dou Hua, and Zhang Jian as quickly as possible.

"Crack..." With a loud noise, a bright lightning split the dark sky in half, startling the three people in the hall. Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu hurried over to support Li Longji.

"Your Majesty, it's going to rain heavily soon, please go inside and take a rest!" Yang Guozhong said softly.

"Well, go inside!" Li Longji nodded and motioned to Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu to help him in.

Yang Guozhong, who helped Li Longji enter the palace, said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, as long as Chen Xuanli's troops can arrive at Tongguan as soon as possible, don't worry if the rebels have hundreds of thousands of troops! The remaining 30,000 troops will soon be formed.

I have given strict orders to them to set off before dark and try to reach Tongguan the night after tomorrow!"

"I hope Tongguan is worry-free!" Li Longji sighed softly and stopped talking.

Another bolt of lightning struck down rapidly, followed by earth-shattering thunder, and a continuous sound of "ta-ta-ta..." sounded in the yard, which was the sound of thick raindrops falling to the ground.

As the thunder and lightning became more and more intensive, the dark clouds in the sky became more and more violent. Finally, when the wind stopped, heavy rain fell from the sky!

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This heavy rain started from the direction of Tongguan, that is, from the east. The rainband moved from Tongguan to Chang'an, covering a large area. It started to rain in Chang'an only after it had been raining in Tongguan for a long time.

The reinforcements that were marching quickly towards Tongguan were also caught in the rain. The anxious Dou Hua and Zhang Jian did not stop because of the heavy rain, and kept moving forward in the wind and rain. But Chen Xuanli was not as urgent as Dou Hua and Zhang Jian to ask for help.

He had a small calculation of his own. He wanted to arrive at Tongguan when the Tongguan defenders and the rebels were both defeated and their strength was exhausted, so that he could personally clean up the mess.

If so, then Tongguan was saved, all thanks to him. No matter what Yang Xi or Ge Shuhan did in the front, they had no credit, because they lost the battle and almost lost Tongguan. And what he played was

The hero who came to the rescue was the one who led the reinforcements to protect Tongguan and save the fate of the Tang Dynasty. He is a great hero, and the others are just bears.

Chen Xuanli originally had no direct conflict with Yang Guozhong, but the 200,000-strong army in Tongguan was almost completely destroyed. After the situation that Tongguan, the gateway to Chang'an, was in danger, the dissatisfaction with Yang Guozhong that he had hidden in his heart came out very strongly.

, and even dared to accuse Yang Guozhong in the palace and ask the emperor to convict him. He knew that the rift between him and Yang Guozhong was formed, and it would never be possible for them to have nothing to do with each other in the future. He hoped to use this battle of Tongguan to further weaken Yang Guozhong's power.

His influence can even make the court blame him for his crimes.

He knew that in order to achieve this, he must not let Yang Xi take all the credit for the defense of Tongguan, but put it on his own head, and put most of the credit on his own head. In this way, his influence in the court

He will rise sharply and become the hero who saves the Tang Dynasty in times of crisis. He may even have the opportunity to have the strength to confront Yang Guozhong.

With this in mind, when he saw a sudden change in the weather, thunder and lightning, and strong winds, he immediately ordered his sergeants to find a place to take shelter from the wind and rain.

The strong wind at the beginning really made it difficult for the sergeant who was traveling against the wind, and then the heavy rain obscured his vision. Chen Xuanli hid in the inn to avoid the wind and rain with peace of mind.

Of course, he also felt that the rebels would not attack the city in the rain under such extremely bad weather, and would definitely start their attack after the rain stopped.

He knew the previous battle situation. He knew that Yang Xi used some tricks to successfully block the rebels at Tongguan City in Han Dynasty for one night and one morning. The rebels did not arrive at Tongguan City in Sui Dynasty until after noon. The rebels

The attack on Tongguan City in the Sui Dynasty could only be launched after they had assembled completely. If they had hesitated a little, they might not have attacked the city before the heavy rain came.

Chen Xuanli, who had such a conjecture, was of course not in a hurry. When he hid in the post station to take shelter from the rain, he even asked the postman to warm some wine and prepare some hot dishes to satisfy his hunger. He hurriedly and slowly traveled all the way, but it was very troublesome and troublesome.

Yes, it consumes a lot of physical energy. You need to take a good rest and replenish your energy.

He did not hurriedly order the sergeants to move forward in the rain until he received the emperor's order delivered by fast horse through the post station.
Chapter completed!