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The first thousand one hundred and eighty-eight chapters

This time he moved to Heluo and ambushed Tian Chengsi's reinforcements. Huya was wearing several tricks and led his generals to fight to the death. He forced the rebels who were several times more than him to escape back to Chenliu in shame. It can be said that he was the second only to the defense battle of Yunzhou in his life. Now that he met Du Shiyi again, they were going to join the Anbeiya army sequence and followed Du Shiyi to fight against the rebels again. He got the promise that he had just made. His heart was getting hot and hot. Who knew that after Li Cheng rushed over, he announced such an incredible decree.

The rebels are still entrenched in Hebei, with a military force of less than 100,000. What is Li Longji wanting?

Seeing that many people in front of him showed their anger, Du Shiyi remained silent. He was as loyal as Yue Fei, and he needed twelve gold medals before he had to return. At this critical moment, because of Li Longji's stupid words, Li Longji's calculations were indeed very good. Unfortunately, he was not the loyal Yue Fei, and Du Youlin who stayed in Chang'an was not Yue Yun. Therefore, he reached out to suppress the fangs who had gradually become clamored. Seeing Li Cheng's face full of helplessness and bitterness, he said in a deep voice: "There is a good saying that you are outside, and you will not accept the order."

Li Cheng immediately took a breath, but when Du Shiyi turned to face him, he remembered that when Yuwen Rong was in trouble, only Du Shiyi helped his family, and then even won a pardon. However, Yu Wenrong died in Lingnan because of the selfishness of many people, and that instinctive speculation disappeared. After all, when Pei Ning saved his few people, he once said that it was Du Shiyi's entrustment. If Du Shiyi had any other intentions, wouldn't it be best to sit back and watch them all die in purity?

"Zicheng, I won't make you embarrassed. There are still more than 5,000 soldiers in Luoyang City. Please give me an order to summon them in front of the Three Bridges in Tianjin.

Before he could think too much, Li Cheng agreed and hurriedly turned around to make arrangements. At this time, Huya finally couldn't help it. He stepped forward and blocked Du Shiyi's way and shouted softly: "Since the general is outside and the king is unbearable, he will not go back to Chang'an, nor will he temporarily advance to Hebei?"

"If you don't have any reason to be completely unordered, you will be a traitor." Du Shiyi smiled, stretched out his hand and pressed it heavily on Huya's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, what I don't like the most is to die."

Although Li Cheng went back and ordered people to summon left-behind soldiers and did not reveal the reason for this, there were some officials around him with different thoughts. Therefore, when everyone gathered in the square in front of Tianjin Bridge of Luoyang Palace in the evening, there were already many different opinions. The soldiers were either indignant, whispered, or discussed countermeasures in groups... In short, the scene was chaotic. Luoyang Palace was once the place where the emperors of the Tang Dynasty lived for several generations, and thousands of officials often gathered here during the dynasty meetings, so so many people crowded here, it didn't seem too crowded, but the atmosphere was too noisy at this moment.

It was not until someone suddenly shouted "Master Du is here" that the scene gradually became quiet. Although people in the officialdom had quickly changed their name to Du Shiyi as prime minister, in the minds of many soldiers, after following Du Shiyi for so many years, only the word "Master General" could express their admiration and respect.

In such an open area, Du Shiyi knew that his voice might not be able to be heard clearly by everyone, but he knew even more that most people would rather come to the scene and use the words he heard and reposted by others than to hear the answer from a few people afterwards. He had practiced such a thing many times in Shuofang and Anbei, and did not feel that it was difficult at this time. However, for Li Cheng and Lu Yi, and Henan Jiedushi Zhang Jieran, they were quite nervous about this situation.

"Today, Chang'an just sent an urgent order, saying that Your Majesty was seriously ill, and asked me to return to Beijing immediately and temporarily suspend the advance of Hebei. But it is said that it is a centipede, and it is not stiff. What's more, the rebels are still entrenched in Hebei. The officials and civilians of Hebei who responded to the imperial call to raise the banner of uprising were still in danger. If the advance was temporarily suspended, then every state and county were destroyed, tens of thousands of officials and civilians would suffer a catastrophe. An Lushan's rebellion had signs, but because it was not dealt with early, such chaos had just been caused. Now Luoyang City has just recovered from a catastrophe. How many families have lost their relatives and cannot be reunited? Is it now that I want to abandon the thousands of soldiers and civilians in Hebei again?"

Seeing that Du Shiyi had started with such words, Li Cheng vaguely understood something. Sure enough, there was a burst of joy and thunder. He heard what people wanted, and he sighed bitterly, but he was not aware that the Chief Censor Lu Yi pulled his sleeve hard and said in a low voice: "What does the Prime Minister Du mean? Do you want to disobey your life? You must know that there are only a few of us who are guilty in Luoyang now. If someone in Chang'an slanders it for this, no one will listen to us when we speak for him."

Li Cheng felt heavy in his heart, and after a while, he replied in a low voice: "But Your Majesty's order is really embarrassing."

After the army gradually settled down, Du Shiyi said in a deep voice: "Therefore, the three armies should not slow down the advancement of Hebei, not only should they not slow down, but the food and salary supply on the front line must also be further kept up. This depends on the rebels who were in Luoyang who had no chance to take away or burned many food and grass. In addition, the transportation of the Jianghuai River can make the soldiers on the front line have no worries. I know that those who stayed will probably sigh that they did not have the opportunity to make contributions, but the hard battles on the front line will always lead to casualties. Sooner or later, you will have to take over. Although this near Heluo has been swept away once, there will still be remnants of troops. The safety of the entire Heluo is now dependent on you."

With a wave of harmony that went straight into the sky, the officials present all realized the determination and morale of the army. Zhang Jieran, who was temporarily driven on the shelves and suffered a series of defeats, truly realized what it means to be overwhelming and unstoppable. If he had such generals under his command at that time, how could he be defeated like a mountain?

"Your Majesty is seriously ill and summons me to return it. As a minister, I should have reported to comfort my father before. But now Luoyang has been recovering for a long time. Ye County is still stalemate, and Hebei is still war-torn. The rebels may counterattack at any time. I feel guilty when I return to Beijing. Therefore, at this time, I would like to ask all the warriors to unite and practice bravely, and wait for me to return to kill the enemy."

"Kill the enemy, kill the enemy"

Even though thousands of people gradually dispersed, Li Cheng and others still felt a thrilling feeling. They were all guilty, and the court has not yet announced the punishment for their defeat in Luoyang. Although each of them was still in their original position and tried their best to maintain and restore order in Luoyang, they were all in a state of vain. Now that they heard that although Du Shiyi did not agree to suspend the use of troops in Hebei and ordered the attack on Ye County in front of him, they were willing to go back, their mood became even more complicated. The order of the general outside the country was not accepted. What Du Shiyi did not accept was the resolute life of suspending the use of troops, but what he agreed was to return to Beijing first, which was beyond their expectations.

If Du Shiyi agreed to suspend the use of troops in Hebei and ordered the rest of the army, but he stayed in Luoyang and refused to go back. He sat down and watched the officials and civilians in Hebei suffer, and then they would have to die in a dilemma.

"Zicheng, I will set off for Chang'an early tomorrow morning. The defense of Luoyang City and the elimination of rebels in Heluo will be handed over to my confidant general Huya. I will ask you all for the matter of appeasement of officials and civilians in Luoyang City."

Du Shiyi and Li Cheng are the most familiar. After bowing to him, they bowed to the others and turned around and left. When he left, Zhang Jieran was involuntarily said: "What did Your Majesty summon General Du to go back? If he was sick, he would be appointed as a crown prince and choose a virtuous person from the royal family. How could such a thing be argued with by a minister? If something really turned upside down, the good situation of quelling rebellion would not only be empty in a moment, but it would probably be more chaotic than before."

"What do you mean? Don't cause trouble for the prime minister?" Lu Yi scolded Zhang Jieran in anger, and then he suddenly remembered something, "Why is Pei Sanlang missing recently?"

However, they soon ignored Pei Ning's whereabouts. After each dragged his tired bodies back to the official hall, they received another unexpected news.

Wang Zhongsi, the prefect of Yichang, Lizhou, wrote a letter to reject the position of Hexi Jiedushi, saying that he was already exhausted and recommended that Hexi Master Nan Jiyun replace him.

How old is Wang Zhongsi? He is just about the same age as Du Shiyi. He is still less than fifty years old. If he hadn't been seriously injured because of the emperor's strict order to seize the Stone Castle City, he returned to Beijing with injuries, was questioned by cruel officials, and was demoted to Yichang, Lizhou and almost poisoned to death, how could he be so disheartened as he is now?

Huya was a little reluctant to stay in Luoyang, but Princess Gu'an said that he had to calm the country by resolutely resisting foreign aggression, so he could only agree helplessly. As for Princess Gu'an, she left quietly earlier than Du Shiyi, returned to Guanzhong to deal with possible emergencies. Before leaving, she left Xue Song to Du Shiyi. In addition to selecting a hundred brave elite soldiers from the tooth soldiers, Du Shiyi summoned Li Huaiyu to her.

"I just received the news that your cousin Hou Xiyi had already raised the banner of uprising in Pinglu and killed the Pinglu Jieduan appointed by Anzi. He was elected by his soldiers as Pinglu Jieduan, and his troops forced Yuyang."

Li Huaiyu followed Du Shiyi every day, but he had never heard of such a news. He couldn't help but take a breath and widen his eyes. He always thought that his cousin was a talented person but never could do anything. But now the opportunity came, he smelled the fierce murderous intent behind him. Hebei Road has now invested in several of the most elite troops in the Tang Dynasty, and the rebel forces are unprecedentedly powerful. My cousin has even stepped directly into the most important Yuyang County, An Lushan. Isn't the pressure he is under the greatest?

"So, for Xiyi's safety, for the bloody battles of countless soldiers ahead, and for the welfare of countless officials and citizens in Hebei, although I have to go back to Beijing this time, I also need to go back quickly."

After giving up this sentence, Du Shiyi stood up with a slight hesitation on his face. The picture was exhausted and he saw that Li Longji had any tricks, just use it to see.

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