Maweiyi

The day after the Maweiyi mutiny ended, that is, June 15th. Emperor Xuanzong and his party set out from Maweiyi and prepared to continue their evacuation, but there was a dispute on the way there. Emperor Xuanzong originally intended to continue to Shu. After all, he still had a son in Shu. King Ying, the governor of Jiannan at that time, had sent someone to help him before moving to Shu. So as long as he can connect with Li Xuan, he can sit back and relax. However, Huo Feilong and other officers of the Forbidden Army raised objections: "During the days when Yang Guozhong was in power, I don't know how many of his cronies were appointed to serve as officials and power in Shu. Moreover, Yang Guozhong rebelled first, and Shu is probably already prepared. If the emperor insists on taking refuge in Shu now, it may not be safe. It is better to wait for the news of Yang Guozhong's death to spread, and then decide whether to enter Shu based on the situation." At this time, Emperor Xuanzong could not insist on entering Shu. He could only ask other people for their opinions. Wei E, the son of Wei Jiansu, said: "However, it would be extremely inappropriate to return to Chang'an City now. What's more, Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng have defected to Anlu Mountain and have military power. Unless we have enough troops at this time, going back will be like sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth. It is better to go to Fufeng County first, take a look at the overall situation, and then consider where to go." "My dear friends, what do you think?" Emperor Xuanzong's implication was that he acquiesced to Wei E's suggestion. All the adults also believed that this statement was reasonable, and they all agreed to the suggestion to go to Fufeng and set off. Wei Jiansu was very satisfied with his son's performance. It was also he who encouraged Wei E a lot last night, hoping to perform well in front of the emperor so that he could be promoted. At this time, it was already the third day since they left Chang'an City. They almost acquiesced that An Lushan's army had entered Chang'an City and took over everything in the city. Therefore, no minister mentioned the suggestion of returning to Chang'an City. No one wants to send a sheep into a tiger's mouth anyway. However, not long before they set off, the road ahead of them was blocked. Those blocking the road were people from nearby villages. At this time, there were thousands of people, and more people were coming one after another. They blocked the way of the army and demanded to see the emperor. Chen Xuanli could not drive away the people, so he could only ask Huo Feilong to inform Emperor Xuanzong of the people's demands. Emperor Xuanzong himself rode a horse and came to the team, trying to comfort the fellow villagers so that they could get out of the way. But as soon as the people saw Emperor Xuanzong appearing, they came forward one after another and begged the emperor not to continue advancing and to turn back to Chang'an City. The six old people in front of the people knelt down and kowtowed, and cried to Emperor Xuanzong: "Your Majesty, Chang'an City is your home, the palace is your residence, and the mausoleum is your tomb. How can you abandon them and flee now? On behalf of the fathers and fellow villagers, the grassroots people implore the Emperor to return to Chang'an City." These words made Emperor Xuanzong press the bridle for a long time, and the words of condolences he had prepared were choked in his throat and could no longer be uttered. In the end, he quietly retreated to the team and asked Prince Li Heng to take him to express condolences to his father and fellow villagers. The people couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when they saw that the emperor actually turned around and left it to the prince to deal with it. But the prince was speechless for a moment when he faced all the fellow villagers. At this time, an old man came forward and said loudly: "Since the Emperor is not far away, we are willing to follow the Crown Prince to defeat the rebels and recover Chang'an City." The old man looked directly into the prince's eyes, his eyes sharp and lively, and continued: "But if the prince insists on going to Shu with the emperor, the people of the Central Plains will lose their monarch, and then their hearts will be even more chaotic, and the people of the world will be miserable." The prince was silently defeated as he looked at the old man. And there were not a few people who had the same eyes as the old man. The villagers looked at the prince, the future emperor, in front of them with sharp eyes that almost looked like death. There was hope, pleading, and determination in his eyes. At this time, the number of people was densely packed and numbered in the thousands. The prince's heart was deeply shocked. These helpless civilians actually have such determination, but they just want to escape. However, without Emperor Xuanzong's order at this time, he did not dare to make a decision privately. "Fellows and fellow citizens, my father is traveling far away to stop me. I really can't bear to be separated from him. When I go, I will go and say goodbye to my father first, inform you of your determination, and listen to my father's instructions. Then I will explain to you and my fellow folks."

After Gao Lishi buried Yang Yuhuan and caught up with Emperor Xuanzong, Emperor Xuanzong had already arrived in Fufeng County. At this time, they still didn't know whether Shu was safe or not, and if it wasn't safe, where should they go. It is even less clear whether An Lushan has taken control of Chang'an and sent pursuers to hunt them down. And just in time, as soon as Emperor Xuanzong arrived in Fufeng County, Shu sent an envoy to inform Emperor Xuanzong that the remnants of the Yang family in Shu had been wiped out. King Ying was ready to take over. The emperor could safely move to Shu for refuge and pay tribute to Emperor Xuanzong of more than 100,000 pieces of spring flowers. Emperor Xuanzong gave more than 100,000 pieces of spring flowers to all the accompanying soldiers to reward them for their hard work along the way. After returning, Gao Lishi simply reported the incident to Emperor Xuanzong, and did not dare to go into details for fear of making the emperor sad. However, Emperor Xuanzong listened silently, perhaps for the sake of the morale of the soldiers, and did not feel depressed. After all, they would soon take refuge in Shu, and the morale of the soldiers needed to be maintained along the way. The few soldiers who accompanied Gao Lishi to bury Concubine Yang, except Huang Dahu, also came back. But Chen Xuanli did not ask Gao Lishi about Huang Dahu's whereabouts. On the contrary, after Gao Lishi came back, he had a very brief meeting with Chen Xuanli. But no one knows what they said, but since then, the two people have rarely communicated. Regarding Maweiyi, they kept it secret. In fact, after the fall of Tongguan, An Lushan did not expect that Emperor Xuanzong would obey Yang Guozhong's arrangements, and actually immediately abandoned Chang'an City and took refuge in Shu. So after conquering Tongguan, he just asked General Cui Qianyou to stay at Tongguan, and when the subsequent armies gathered, he would conquer Chang'an City in one fell swoop. At that time, he still had concerns about the defense of Chang'an City. After all, if he could not capture it at once, he would be even less likely to be sure of capturing Chang'an City when all the armies gathered to rescue Chang'an City. But when he learned about Emperor Xuanzong's escape from Chang'an City, it was already ten days after the fall of Tongguan, and he only found out about it because of the surrender of Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng. Immediately, he immediately sent his most trusted general Sun Xiaozhe to lead his troops into Chang'an City. Sun Xiaozhe was dictatorial and murderous, and the rest of An Lushan's generals were afraid of him. Therefore, as soon as he entered the gate of Chang'an, Sun Xiaozhe ordered that if those generals, ministers, princes, family members and servants who fled westward with Emperor Xuanzong were still in Chang'an City, they would all be killed without mercy. All the civil and military officials, eunuchs, and maids of the imperial court were rounded up and taken to Luoyang to await the fate of Anlu Mountain. If any of them are willing to surrender, An Lushan will not refuse anyone who comes, but if the officials dare to refuse to surrender, their blood will be spilled immediately. There were also those who were appreciated by An Lushan and would rather die than surrender, and were imprisoned in death row by him, where they endured various tortures and tortures until they completely succumbed. At that time, Anlu Mountain's power threatened Longzhou (now Longxian County, Gansu) to the west, invaded Jianghan (now Hubei) to the south, and occupied half of Hedong (now Shanxi) to the north. Its power was so powerful that it was unstoppable. However, at this time, An Lushan thought that he could sit back and relax with Chang'an City and Luoyang, but the soldiers drank and entertained themselves day and night, and remained steadfast. They actually did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and continue to invade the rest of the Tang Dynasty's territory from the west, nor did they send anyone to pursue Emperor Xuanzong and Prince Li Heng. Therefore, Xuanzong was able to enter Shu calmly, and the prince was able to go north to remobilize his troops. On July 9, after the prince Heng arrived in Lingwu, Pei Mian, Du Hongjian and others wrote to the prince, asking him to abide by Xuanzong Ma Wei's order to take the throne as emperor, and the prince should not. Pei Mian and others further said: The officers and soldiers commanded by His Highness are all from Guanzhong and want to return home day and night. The reason why those who followed His Highness on the arduous trek to the outside of the Great Wall are all hoping to achieve military exploits. If separated, it is difficult to gather them again. I hope that Your Highness will comply with the public sentiment and consider the great cause of the country. The prince only agreed to it after five papers were submitted. On July 12, the prince became the emperor in the south tower of Lingwu City. It was for Suzong. The officials danced to celebrate, and Suzong also shed tears to offer his blessings. Respect Xuanzong as the Supreme Emperor, pardon the world, and change the fifteenth year of Tianbao to the first year of Zhide. Thus, a long battle of recovery began.

As mentioned, the missing chapters have been filled in. 0405 Was added in Chapter 03, but since Chapter 16 cannot be added after Chapter 15, it can only be added in the discussion area. Moreover, the post should be within 2,000 words, so it ends up being posted in three posts, which is really annoying. Then, I finally found out why Chapter 16 could not be published at that time. It turned out that there were three deceptively sensitive words in it. . So, that's it. Welcome to make bricks.