Chapter 356

Naturally, the result was to enter the Lulong Army Air camp and be burned by a fire.

Fortunately, the Zuo Shence army was very elite. It was ambushed by fire attack and still had a good formation. It successfully broke out of the siege and returned to wulaoguan.

However, the 40000 troops lost 10000 in the first World War, and the remaining 30000 troops and horses were also extremely demoralized. They began to obey Zhang Zhenjun's order.

For a time, soldiers will be jealous and soldiers will be suspicious.

In addition, after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he slashed the salary of the Zuo Shence army, which was half less than the original, and was used to expand the palace garden.

The soldiers had great complaints and almost launched a mutiny. However, most of the generals promoted by Li Chengye in the past were loyal. A group of generals suppressed the mutiny with their own prestige. But the soldiers' resentment remained.

This time, Zhang Zhen once again led the defeat, and the resentment in the hearts of the soldiers grew day by day. Even Zhang Zhen, after perceiving the murderous spirit of grass-roots soldiers, did not dare to fight against these arrogant soldiers. Closed the door and installed a retracted turtle.

However, the stalemate at wulaoguan made Daming Palace extremely dissatisfied, because the war did not listen all day, but the loss of the national treasury increased day by day. The emperor wanted to have fun, but found that he was running out of money.

Under the guidance of Tian Lingzi's intentions, he issued several edicts and ordered Zhang Zhen to lead the army out of the Customs for a decisive battle!

Every imperial edict fell on his hand, just like a talisman, which made Zhang Zhen regret competing for this job.

He couldn't help but hate how he helped this stupid King succeed to the throne. The general's state affairs were regarded as a trifle! As the late emperor said on his deathbed, Li tangjiangshan will die in this man's hands sooner or later!

The ninth edict came. Even Zhang Zhen couldn't fight any more. Overnight, green silk was dyed and frosted, and people didn't know how old they were.

He convened the general assembly of the whole army. No matter how Zhang Zhen persuaded, threatened and lured at the meeting, the generals refused to go out of the city to fight for various reasons.

Zhang Zhen was very angry and single. He took out the military order and forced the whole army to assemble and fight out of the city.

As a result, as soon as the order came out, someone opened the gate and welcomed Lu Long's army outside the city into the martial prison.

The traitors assisted Lu Longjun, and the Zuo Shence army was defeated again. This time, the whole army collapsed without even killing the enemy.

It was the fastest defeat since the left Shence army became an army!

In the end, only over 10000 soldiers had time to run back to God, and even God didn't stay long.

The defeated army didn't listen to Zhang Zhen's orders and plundered in the bustling city of Luoyang, so they coerced Zhang Zhen and many other generals to run back to Tongguan.

As for the other left Shence armies in wulaoguan, they either escaped on horseback and occupied the mountain as king, or directly surrendered to the Lulong army, which was cited as the main force by the Lulong army, making the rebel army more prosperous,

The news came back to Chang'an. Even Tian Lingzi, who plotted against Zhang Zhen, was foolish. He didn't expect that the world's first elite Zuo Shence army would be defeated so miserably and so quickly!

Originally, he just wanted to let Zhang Zhenwei go, frustrated by the arrogant and fierce general, so as to pave the way for driving him down from the position of general of the left Shence army in the future.

Who knows that Zhang Zhen is more cruel than him. He directly defeated 40000 elite to just over 10000.

Now the rebels are powerful. Once they attack the Shendu of Luoyang with only 10000 people, how can they defend Tongguan? If Tongguan is lost again, how can Chang'an keep it? Just rely on the right Shence troops in Beijing?

Tian Lingzi did not face the cowardice and corruption of the right Shence army. After comforting the anxious emperor, he planned to personally review the right Shence army to see if he could pull it out and fight.

As a result, the right Shence army heard again that they would be sent to fight. All the rich and powerful children in the army fled. Pay to hire the beggars, widows, old and weak, disabled and sick in the city to fight for themselves.

What Tian Lingzi saw the next day was a group of elite soldiers who were either yellow and thin, or lacked arms and legs, or were too old to stand steadily.

He was desperate on the spot. His first idea was to catch the deserters. However, some of these people are from powerful families and can't move freely. Some rich businessmen must have left the customs overnight. How can they be found back.

For this matter, Tian Lingzi certainly wouldn't think it was his fault. Instead, he cursed Zhang Zhenyong and dared to lead the army to fight, which killed everyone.

Returning to the Daming Palace, Tian Lingzi persuaded the emperor to pack up his things. Once Tongguan in Luoyang fell, he immediately ran to Bashu.

Naturally, the emperor was reluctant. Bashu had no more fun in Chang'an. Even Hu Ji's in Chang'an was more coquettish.

When Tian Lingzi was worried and angry, another old minister of the emperor's Qiandi was fairly honest and didn't panic. On the contrary, he stabilized the mood of the emperor and Tian Lingzi and gave a more reliable idea.

"Resume Li Chengye?"

The emperor was surprised, and Tian Lingzi also fell into meditation.

Unlike Zhang Zhen, he has no old grudges with Li Chengye, so he can still keep his head.

The old minister nodded firmly and said, "at this time, Li Chengye is the only one who can turn the tide around! The former Emperor also cited it as the pillar of the country! His loyalty is available. Your majesty might as well call him into the DPRK. The sooner the better! "

Tian Lingzi asked, "but I heard recently that his eldest son, Li Dingguo, who was an imperial prisoner, took refuge in the Wuwei army in Hexi. He made public appearances and killed officials, completely ignoring the authority of the imperial court. Another separatist, with such a son, is Li Chengye really loyal? "

The old minister always despised the eunuchs around the emperor and thought that the emperor was fatuous and bad because of these eunuchs, so he looked disdainful when answering.

"His son is a son, not to mention an adopted son! What does it have to do with Li Chengye himself? Moreover, in the current situation, if your majesty escapes to Bashu, the imperial authority will be lost. I'm afraid there will be more than Lulong Jiedushi's family to rebel at that time! Can Tian NEISHI lead troops to Tongguan to retreat from the enemy? "

Although Tian Lingzi was dissatisfied, he could not refute it at all.

At this time, the emperor said, "yes, how can you go to such a remote place as Bashu. I will stay in Chang'an! He ordered, oh, no, to urge Li Chengye to enter Beijing and temporarily take the post of chief manager of Hebei Road Camp. If he can successfully retreat from the enemy, he will be reinstated and the Marquis of the county will be restored! "

The old minister bowed down and quickly drew up a will for the emperor. The idea of changing horses without changing people has been passed to Li Chengye's home in Weizhou.

On that day, Li Chengye was ordered to summon 300 family generals, take Li Guangsi, bid farewell to his family, and ride his horse to Chang'an.

He knew that the situation was critical and couldn't help but be hypocritical. He just wanted to arrive at the battlefield as soon as possible, take over the command and protect Chang'an from the war.

One day and one night, he galloped into Chang'an and chaotang. The emperor paid homage to the general again and granted the imperial edict.

Li Chengye didn't even take off his clothes. He put on a military official's uniform and led the imperial edict to Tongguan.

Hearing that Li Chengye was about to take office, the morale of the remnant army in Tongguan was far from that before. Everyone seemed to regain confidence.

When Li Chengye entered the customs, even Zhang Zhen's soldiers couldn't help cheering and cheering.

Zhang Zhen was almost stared at by the whole army. This time, he was humiliated no less than the defeat of Xuzhou. Interestingly, instead of hating the rebels, the internal servants, the emperor and the purple in the court, he only hates Li Chengye, the God of war.

Whenever he lost the war, it was Li Chengye who came out to clean up the mess. The worse he failed, the more he set off the greatness of Li Chengye. In the eyes of the world, Zhang Zhen is a clown who can't accomplish anything but fail.

Moreover, many people in the army have said that he is a general who often loses. He can't fight with him as a teammate, otherwise he will suffer.

No one wants to be a clown or a foil. Zhang Zhen is conceited that he has the secret help of immortals. When he is the protagonist, he should not end up in this situation. Jealousy and hatred gnaw at his narrow mind, just like the fish talisman tightly held in his hand and unwilling to hand over!