The high morale can no longer describe the mood of the soldiers of Shuofang Army at this time.

Desperate to kill the thief!

After fighting these victories, Li 9zhou led the Shuofang army to wipe out the rebels' greatest strength in Henan and Hebei. At this time, everyone's heart was filled with the desire and confidence to win, and just waiting for Li 9zhou to give a command, the army bravely moved forward and fought hard to kill the enemy.

Heyang and Changshan won two great victories, and the news quickly spread throughout the country. Everyone in the country knew that there was an invincible Li 9zhou in the Tang Dynasty. He led his Shuofang army to kill the rebels so much that they screamed.

Taking advantage of the momentum of victory, Li 9zhou ordered another attack and defeated the rebels at the south of the 9 gate city. Shi Siming retreated to Zhao County. The rebel general Li Lijie was shot and killed by a ravage arrow, and Cai Xide fled to Raoyang.

The Shuofang Army took advantage of the victory to capture more than ten counties including Gaocheng and other countries, and marched into Zhao County.

Shi Siming knew that he had no choice but to retreat and defended Zhao County to the death. The entire Eastern Front battle situation, the balance had begun to fall to the Tang Dynasty. The rebels no longer had the power to take the initiative to attack, and the Tang army also changed from the original defense to the first side of the attack.

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The Eastern Front is powerful, but the war on the Western Front is not optimistic.

However, the emperor believed Yang Guozhong's words and urged Ge Shuhan to fight, and then the entire army was wiped out. The commander suffered and Tongguan fell. So the guards in Hedong, Huayin, Fengyi, Shangluo and other places all abandoned the city and left.

The emperor sent someone to send a letter to Li 9zhou, hoping that he could come and support as soon as possible. However, after waiting for a long time, the rebel Cui Qianyou had already brought a large group of troops to the city of Chang'an, and there were no reinforcements. However, he heard that Li 9zhou continued to attack the rebels on the eastern front. He was shocked and asked Yang Guozhong: "Does Li 9zhou really dare to resist the order? Should he really watch Chang'an fall and see me fall into the hands of the rebels?"

But Yang Guozhong only pondered but said nothing.

The emperor asked again: "What is the prime minister's opinion?"

Yang Guozhong then replied: "The conscripts and deterrences of the bandits and the commanders of the city are all necessary, but when Tongguan is trapped, Chang'an is in great danger, the thieves are in a hurry, and they are gradually pushing the capital. The so-called far water is hard to save nearby fires. In my foolish opinion, it is better to be a carriage to travel to Western Shu temporarily. First, let the saints be safe and not disturbed by the thief atmosphere, and then wait for the arrival of foreign troops, which is a perfect solution."

After hearing this, the emperor had not yet spoken. He saw the Hanlin emperor Qin Guozhen coming out to report: "The rebels are in a state of obedience. Although the power is rampant, how can they fight against our Celestial dynasty? Now I heard that Li 9zhou has won many battles on the eastern front and killed many thieves. I also heard that An Lushan angrily scolded his subordinates Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang and others, and wanted to kill them to relieve their anger. The thieves are now depressed. The reason for the previous defeat in Tongguan was to urge him to go to war. It is not Geshuhan's crime. As long as they can wait until foreign soldiers gather, there is still hope to restore the rivers and mountains. If they flee in large numbers, the Saint 1 will leave, who else can guard the capital? How can this be worthy of the ancestors of our Tang Dynasty?"

After hearing this, the emperor hesitated and summoned the ministers to express their opinions.

The rebels were at the city, and the court officials were already in panic. In addition, these ministers were usually scheming and scheming. If you want to kill the enemy, who has the ability to do this?

All the ministers were timid and reported: "After discussing and giving you a thousand solutions."

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At the critical moment, there was not a single one reliable one. The emperor finally saw the ministers clearly, felt depressed and immediately stopped going back to the palace.

Why did Yang Guozhong propose to flee to Shu?

It turned out that he had served as the governor of Jiannan, and Xichuan was his familiarity. As early as when An Lushan rebelled, he sent his confidants to secretly set up military camps in Shu to prepare for future emergency responses, so he now proposed to take refuge in Shu.

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