Tibet

Chapter 599 Negotiation Cost
Cui Qianyou led a large army to Tongguan City, and the supervisor Bian Lingcheng ordered Guan Guan to surrender. The Yan army occupied Tongguan without bloodshed.

But Cui Qianyou did not immediately attack Chang'an, but lingered in Tongguan, staring at Chang'an like a snake.

In the dark night, Li Ye led three hundred cavalry and rushed to Chang'an at lightning speed. From the moment Ge Shuhan sent Wang Sili to test the attack, Li Ye knew that Tongguan was doomed.

Although history has advanced, it has not turned around and is still developing according to its original trajectory, including Feng Changqing. He thought he saved his life, but in the end he still could not escape the crushing wheel of fate. This was his fate.

The Yan army broke through the defense of Tongguan with a simple countermeasure, which shows how much Emperor Li Longji distrusted the ministers who held heavy troops. People are often like this, and it is easy to go from one extreme to another.

Li Ye entered Guanzhong, but instead of rushing to Chang'an, he went to Hu County.

Chen Zhizheng, the county captain of Huxian County, was the youngest son of General Chen Xuanli. Chen Xuanli had three sons. The eldest son died before he was a minor. The second son Chen Guo was a general in the Longwu Army and controlled the First Army of the Longwu Army for his father. The third son Chen Zhi was born to a concubine. Chen Xuanli had a son in middle age. He is now 30 years old and is currently serving as a county captain in Hu County. However, his second son, Chen Guo, had no sons and gave birth to three daughters. Only Chen Zhi gave birth to a son named Chen Jisi. He is Chen Xuanli's only grandson. He is only seven years old this year and lives with his parents.

Li Ye had already found out through Dugu Ming that Chen Xuanli's greatest destiny was his grandson.

When Li Ye rushed to Hu County, Tongguan was missed. Chang'an had not received the news, but some senior officials had received the news, and they began to evacuate Chang'an urgently.

When Li Ye arrived in Hu County, it was just after the fifth watch and the sky was still dark. Li Ye sent two men with high martial arts skills to use ladders to cross the city to inquire about the news and keep an eye on the county captain Chen Zhi.

Li Ye knew in his heart that Chen Xuanli would definitely arrange for his children and grandchildren to evacuate.

Not long after, a figure appeared on the city wall in the darkness. It was a subordinate who climbed back over the wall. Other soldiers quickly went up to meet him, and soon brought the subordinate back.

"Reporting to the Jiedushi Envoy, Chen Zhi is just packing up his things at home. The carriage is parked at the door and is about to set off."

Li Ye nodded and immediately divided the cavalry into two. One part was ambushing outside the North City and the other was outside the West City Gate. Whenever there was a carriage leaving the city, he would immediately intercept it.

Li Ye was waiting outside the west city gate in person. At this time, Chen Xuanli must have asked his son to go directly to Chengdu to escape.

A quarter of an hour later, the city gate opened and a carriage drove out, followed by two warriors on horseback.

Li Ye waved his hand, and more than 100 cavalry rushed up and surrounded the carriage. The two guards were immediately knocked unconscious. Inside the carriage were Chen Zhi's family of three, who were all frightened out of their wits. A soldier opened the door and shouted: " But County Captain Chen Zhi?"

"Exactly." Chen Zhi stammered in fright.

"What's his name?" the soldier asked, pointing to the little boy next to him.

"He is my son Chen Jisi!"

At this time, Li Ye stepped forward and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Lieutenant Chen, we will not embarrass you and ensure the safety of your family of three."

"Are you...are you Li Ye?" Chen Zhi suddenly recognized Li Ye.

Li Ye said calmly: "Actually, I just want to negotiate a deal with your father."

After all, paper could not cover the fire, and the news of Tongguan's fall still spread quietly in Chang'an City.The entire city of Chang'an fell into an unprecedented fear. There was a rumble and various gossips spread throughout the city.

First, the price of rice skyrocketed. Overnight, the price of rice jumped from 120 cents per meter to [-] cents per meter. At the same time, the price of gold and silver also skyrocketed. The price of silver rose by one to five, and the price of gold also rose to one to fifty.

But the government was also trying its best to refute the rumors, announcing repeatedly that Tongguan was safe and sound, Hebei was victorious, An Lushan's army had withdrawn to Youzhou, etc.

True and false news flooded the market, leaving people confused as to which was true and which was false.

In the evening, Li Ye came to Pei Min's house in Wubenfang. The old man who opened the door was probably the housekeeper of the house. He did not recognize Li Ye.

"You are."

Li Ye smiled and asked, "Your master is my uncle. Is he here?"

"He's here, please wait!" The housekeeper went in to report, and after a moment, Pei Min hurried out.

"Aye, why are you in Chang'an?"

"At this time, I should be in Chang'an?"

Pei Min nodded, "Come in and sit down!"

Li Ye entered the mansion and the two sat down in the living room. Pei Min asked, "Have you met your parents?"

Li Ye nodded, "I just went, they happened not to be at home, I will go there later."

"Chang'an is in chaos now. There are rumors that Tongguan has been lost. Is it true?"

Li Ye sighed and said: "This is not a rumor, it is true. Uncle, please take your family to Xiangyang!"

Pei Min nodded, "We are also packing up and preparing to leave tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

At this time, Pei Min's wife Wang came in with tea. She was the senior sister of Li Ye's wife Dugu Xinyue. Li Ye had only met her once.

Li Ye quickly stood up and bowed. Wang smiled and asked, "How is Suzaku doing now?"

"She's very good. She asked your family to go to Xiangyang quickly. The situation is very bad. If it's a few days later, the bandit army will enter the city."

Mrs. Wang sighed: "We want to leave, but the palace refuses to let us go. Your uncle is quite pedantic and must get approval from the palace before we can leave."

Pei Min quickly defended: "How can I be pedantic? I just don't know whether the news is true or false. Now that Ah Ye has confirmed it, we will leave tomorrow."

Li Ye pondered for a moment and asked Wang, "Can my aunt still enter the palace?"

Wang was originally the personal bodyguard of Concubine Yang, but she resigned because of having a child.

Mrs. Wang nodded, "There is no problem in entering the palace. Not long ago, I even entered the palace to give instructions to the female guards during the Feilong incident."

Li Ye took out a letter and handed it to Wang, "Auntie, please give this letter to the imperial concubine for me. It is related to her life, so I must hand it to her personally."

Wang glanced at her husband, and Pei Min nodded. Wang immediately agreed, "Okay! I will enter the palace in a moment."

Li Ye quickly said: "You go to my parents' house tonight and evacuate with my parents tomorrow. We can't delay it any longer."

Although Pei Min is very dedicated, he still has to consider the safety of his wife and children. He can stay, but his wife and children must leave first.

"Okay! I'll go find your father tonight."

After leaving Pei Min's house, Li Ye went to his parents' house again. This time he came to Beijing for two things, arranging for his parents to evacuate south and rescue Yang Yuhuan.

There was a time when Li Ye thought that history had been changed and that the Maweiyi Mutiny would never happen again. However, Li Ye soon discovered that although the Anlushan Rebellion was half a year ahead of schedule, many things that happened in history still did not happen. Especially the fate of Feng Changqing. Li Ye thought he had escaped the wheel of history, but he did not expect that in the end he could not escape the fate of being killed.

Now Li Ye is basically sure that the Maweiyi mutiny will definitely happen. This is inevitable. It is the mutiny for Prince Li Heng to seize the throne. He has planned it long ago and has been waiting for the opportunity. And the emperor Li Longji spent the night at Maweiyi, that is Prince Li Heng's best chance.

Chang'an was in chaos. Li Ye and his men were riding horses on the streets without even wearing masks. No one cared about him anymore.

When I arrived in front of my parents' house in Xuanpingfang, by coincidence, a carriage stopped, and my father Li Dai and my mother Pei Sanniang got out of the carriage together.

(End of this chapter)