"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yang is infected with wind and cold. I heard it's quite serious. I'm afraid he won't be well for another three to five days."
Hearing Li Longji's words, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel hurriedly stood up and said.
"oh!"
Li Longji rubbed his eyebrows.
It seems that I have to deal with some matters in court for a few more days.
"By the way, how is the situation in Longxi County?"
After a pause, Li Longji looked at the Minister of War.
"Your Majesty, there is news from the front. Tubo's 200,000 troops are already facing off with Li Guangbi and Lord Li's 150,000 Shuofang troops at the junction of the two countries. There has been no conflict yet. They should be waiting for the day of the competition."
When his name was called, the Minister of War bowed.
Calculating the time, there are still two days left before the second competition day.
Although both Tang Dynasty and Tibet have understood that the competition cannot continue, they will still have to wait.
"Oh, where are An Lushan's support troops?"
On the dragon chair, Li Longji nodded slightly and asked again.
"Your Majesty, Mr. An's vanguard army has entered Tongguan last night. All the armies should be able to enter Tongguan today."
The Minister of War said again.
"Oh? So fast?"
Li Longji was a little surprised.
There is an important road from Chang'an to the east called Hangu. Hangu is more than a hundred miles long. Tongguan is at the west entrance and Hanguguan is at the east entrance.
There is an ancient saying that Tongguan is a dangerous place. If you defend Tongguan, you can defend Chang'an.
Although there are only more than a hundred miles between the two passes, the road is rugged and not easy to travel. It would take an army of hundreds of thousands of people only three or four days.
"Your Majesty, Mr. An of Anlushan must be worried about the situation in Longxi County...that's why..."
The Minister of War bowed slightly.
"That's right! I feel very confident when An Qing does things."
Li Longji nodded slightly.
He regarded An Lushan and Yang Guozhong as his right-hand men in the entire court, especially An Lushan. If he did not trust him, it would be impossible to grant him the title of Jiedu Envoy of the Three Regions. He was named among the eleven Jiedushi Envoys of the Tang Dynasty.
Boss.
But just when he wanted to say something more, a guard appeared at the door of Jinluan Palace.
"Your Majesty, Lord An Lushan has sent an urgent message of 800 miles!"
The guard bowed and reported.
"Eight hundred miles urgent? You really mean Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here soon! Submit it."
Upon hearing this, Li Longji waved his hand.
Although it was an eight-hundred-mile journey, there was no fighting on the Anlu Mountain side. It must have been some kind of marching situation.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Gao Lishi walked down the platform and handed over the urgent secret letter.
When Li Longji opened the secret message and saw the contents of the letter, his frown became deeper and deeper, and his face became darker and darker.
In the end, he actually threw the secret letter off the high platform.
"Asshole! How dare An Lushan be so presumptuous."
As soon as Li Longji said this, the civil and military officials in the palace were confused. How could things that were fine just now suddenly become like this?
Could it be that something went wrong with the march and delayed the situation in Longxi County?
"An Lushan actually said that I was deceived by the left prime minister and believed in slander during this 800-mile rush... This time I want to bring troops and horses to Qingjun's side! This is simply the height of arrogance."
now,
Li Longji's eyebrows almost stood up in anger.
Just before the half-stick incense stick, he thought that An Lushan's work was prudent and worthy of a heavy reward. But now... such an urgent letter was sent. What is the difference between it and treason?
What's even more irritating is that An Lushan even called his beloved concubine a witch in the letter, and he also wanted to get rid of her this time.
I still remember that a year ago, he accepted Yang Yuhuan as his godmother.
Now she calls her a witch instead, which is unbelievable.
"What?"
All the civil and military officials in the palace were stunned.
The expression of the prince standing in front of him on the left also changed drastically, and he hurriedly picked up the urgent note and started reading it.
"Report!"
Just when the main hall started to become noisy, another guard came to the entrance of Jinluan Hall with a hurried expression.
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...there is news from Tongguan..."
"What's wrong?"
Li Longji was furious and snorted coldly.
"Your Majesty, just this morning, Mr. An Lushan'an actually killed General Zuo Haizuo, the guard of Tongguan, on the pretext of neglecting the military situation. The original Tongguan soldiers and horses were also controlled by Mr. An Lushan'an. In addition, this time
Master An Lushan did not lead an army of 150,000, but an army of 300,000 Heshuo."
"This...this..."
boom!
At this time, the Jinluan Palace exploded completely, and the civil and military officials could no longer hold back.
What did An Lushan want to do by killing the Tongguan generals privately?
Does he still have the emperor in his eyes?
"An Lushan...you..."
Li Long was basically furious and was thinking of punishing him for his serious crime. But when he heard the news, his heart skipped a beat and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He knows better than anyone how important Tongguan is.
Although he has slacked off in the court in recent years, he is not stupid. An Lushan's intention to act like this is already obvious.
That is an evil intention!
"Quick... hurry up and invite Prime Minister Zuo into the palace to discuss matters."
After coming back to his senses, Li Longji felt panicked, looked at the court hall which had become a mess, and said hurriedly.
Perhaps at this time, only Yang Guozhong can give him advice.
An Lushan's 300,000 troops have entered Tongguan, and the tens of thousands of imperial guards outside Chang'an City alone cannot resist it.
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
However...after waiting anxiously for two sticks of incense, Li Longji did not wait until Yang Guozhong, whom he wanted to see most at the moment.
"The Prime Minister is not in the palace?"
Looking at the guards, Li Longji couldn't help but take two steps back, an ominous premonition welling up in his heart.
"Your Majesty, there is no one in the prime minister's residence. Even some valuables have been evacuated... The left prime minister should have left for a few days."
"The Prime Minister's Mansion is empty?"
puff!
Hearing this, Li Longji couldn't bear the blow anymore, his throat became sweet and his eyes darkened, and he fainted.
"His Majesty....."
"His Majesty....."
Seeing this, Gao Lishi, the prince and others hurried forward to check, and the huge Jinluan Palace was completely in chaos.
.......
At the same time, Ruyang County Government
After reading the secret letter in his hand, Li Mo handed it to Wang Changling, Master Zeng and others.
After everyone read the secret letter, they looked at Li Mo in extreme shock, with admiration and admiration in their eyes.
"My lord is wise, I can't wait!"
After coming back to their senses, Master Zeng and Dan Qiusheng immediately bowed down with sincerity.
A few days ago, my lord said that An Lushan might bring trouble to the Tang Dynasty. Although they had begun to prepare for this, they were still not sure.
Until then.
An Lushan killed the Tongguan guard without any explanation, and his intention could not be more obvious.
"Two gentlemen, please hurry up. We need to make countermeasures as a matter of urgency! Now that An Lushan has taken control of Tongguan, the emperor may..."
After helping Master Zeng and Dan Qiusheng up, Li Mo took a deep breath.
When things have reached this point, Datang has completely taken a different path, and he can no longer predict what will happen next.
But what is certain is that,
Today, Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan are afraid that they will not be lucky enough to escape to Maweiyi first.
