Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 288 Father and Son Strangers
After the mutiny, all the soldiers of the imperial army dispersed, and Mawei Station calmed down on the surface, but undercurrents surged.

The Forbidden Army and Li Fei's Anton Cavalry defended against each other, forming a wonderful balance.

Around midnight, Li Fei's father-in-law Lin Siming and mother-in-law Mrs. Lin brought some servants and servants to chase to Mawei Station.

Tang Xuanzong fled in a hurry, and only had time to bring his concubines, princes, and grandchildren with him in the palace. Only a very small number of officials were informed by Yang Guozhong to enter the palace in advance and escaped with Tang Xuanzong.

And because Yang Guozhong hated Li Fei, he deliberately did not notify Lin Siming and Mrs. Lin.

If Lin Siming and Mrs. Lin were the first to catch up, it was thanks to Li Fei's early warning that they were ready when Ge Shuhan had just left the customs to fight.

Li Fei got the news that his father-in-law Lin Siming and his mother-in-law Mrs. Lin had chased them to Mawei Station, and first welcomed them into the station of Anton Iron Cavalry.

Knowing what just happened in Maweiyi, Lin Siming hated iron for being weak.

"Li Fei, what exactly do you want to do?" Lin Siming is also considered a literati, and Xunyang County, Shannan Road, where he was born and grew up, is next to Guanzhong, and it is only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an City. As an official, the consciousness of imperial power is still very deep.

Li Fei not only pressured the crown prince, but also scolded His Majesty without any shame. This offended both the Crown Prince and His Majesty. In the future, the Crown Prince and His Majesty would not be allowed to wear small shoes.

In Lin Siming's eyes, it was very unwise for Li Fei to do so. The young man was still too impulsive. How could he not hate that iron is not steel.

But no matter what, Lin Siming only has one daughter, and Li Fei is his son-in-law. No matter how helpless he is, he is still on the same boat as Li Fei. I want to know what Li Fei is thinking in his heart, as well as his next plan.

Since Li Fei had dismissed everyone before and only told Lin Siming alone, no one knew what Li Fei had said to Lin Siming. In short, when Lin Siming came out of Li Fei's camp, his face was sad and helpless, but he They should have reached some consensus with Li Fei.

After that, Lin Siming went to meet Tang Xuanzong again.

Out of some considerations, and because Yang Guozhong and others were killed in the mutiny, many important positions were vacated. Tang Xuanzong directly promoted Lin Siming to be Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and added several vain titles.

From now on, Lin Siming can be regarded as a real important minister.

Regarding Tang Xuanzong's actions, Prince Li Heng did not express anything, and now Prince Li Heng does not have the energy to take care of these, because he is in the midst of a fateful choice.

The anti-army side already knew the news that Tang Xuanzong and the prince had fled Chang'an City. Under the order of An Lushan, a rebel army had already entered Guanzhong from Tongguan, and would occupy Chang'an City the day after tomorrow at most.

The original strategy of fleeing to Shuzhong was decided under the impetus of Yang Guozhong. Now Yang Guozhong is dead, although Tang Xuanzong still insisted on the route of fleeing to Shu.

However, the prince launched a mutiny together with the Imperial Army, and he was obviously a stranger to Tang Xuanzong, and then fled to Shuzhong with Tang Xuanzong. Not only the prince Li Heng was afraid of being settled by the autumn queen, but also the eunuch Li Jingzhong, Yu Chaoen, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army. Afraid of being settled by Tang Xuanzong, they tried their best to persuade Prince Li Heng to part ways with Tang Xuanzong.

"His Royal Highness, at this point in the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty has lost the morale of the army and the people. To regain the two capitals and wipe out the rebels, you have to rely on the leadership of the prince. Although the land of Shu is safe, it is also because it is too safe, and the road to Shu is difficult. Qingtian, it is not easy for the rebel army to attack the land of Shu, but once the rebel army locks down Hanzhong, it is also difficult to attack the key points from the land of Shu. On the contrary, if the crown prince parted ways with His Majesty and went to Shuofang Lingwu, there would not only be the Shuofang army, You can also bring back the Longyou Army and the four towns of Anxi. These are the elite soldiers and horses. In addition, the prince can also promise to borrow troops from Huihe. Suppressing the rebels is no problem at all!" As the first eunuch in history to become the prime minister, Li Jingzhong still has two brushes, and directly determined the future path for Li Heng. If Li Heng really follows Li Jingzhong's words , the probability of success is very high.

"His Royal Highness, His Majesty will leave tomorrow to continue his escape. Once he arrives in Sichuan, there will be no such good opportunities. We should stop!" Yu Chaoen also persuaded.

Li Heng was still a little hesitant at first, but under the constant persuasion of Li Jingzhong and Yu Chaoen, he quickly made up his mind that he could not give up this opportunity to completely get rid of his father's control.

"Okay, I'm going to tell my father right now!" Li Heng gritted his teeth and said.

Soon, Li Heng begged to see Tang Xuanzong and explained to Tang Xuanzong that he wanted to go to Lingwu.

Hearing Li Heng's request, Tang Xuanzong instantly realized that the prince was going to part ways with him.

"Since you want to go to Lingwu, go there. It would be nice to have another road. I have no objection." Tang Xuanzong sighed, and did not object, and he also knew that his objection was useless, and now almost all the forbidden troops followed After losing the prince, the current prince is no longer something he can restrain if he wants to.

Furthermore, Tongguan fell, and Chang'an City and Guanzhong would soon be captured by An Lushan's rebels. Tang Xuanzong had already been beaten down one after another. He is still led by the prince, for him, the difference is not very big.

"Thank you, father, for making it happen!" Li Heng bowed with joy and then withdrew.

Early the next morning, all the imperial guards, maids and eunuchs, and officials were summoned.

Those who are willing to go to Lingwu with the prince will go to Lingwu, and those who are willing to go to Shu with Tang Xuanzong will go to Shu.

In the end, there were nearly 3 imperial troops who chose to follow the prince to Lingwu.And those who are willing to follow Tang Xuanzong to Shu are only more than 200 people, less than one-twentieth of those who follow the prince. It is worth mentioning that Chen Xuanli, the general of the Imperial Army Longwu, chose to follow Tang Xuanzong to Shu. Chen Xuanli, I am afraid that there will not be more than 500 people following Tang Xuanzong, but how much Tang Xuanzong lost the morale of the army and the people.

Such a scene made Tang Xuanzong even more disheartened.

Li Fei didn't intend to get involved in the slightest, and just quietly watched the crown prince part ways with Tang Xuanzong and his son.

Before leaving, the prince took a deep look at Li Fei.

Li Fei narrowed his eyes slightly, but he didn't look back at the prince.In the past, he had tried his best to leave some kindness to the prince, hoping that the prince would continue to protect him and have a stable life after he became Emperor Suzong of Tang in the future, but since last night, the original kindness has disappeared, and the current prince I am afraid that there is only resentment towards him and no kindness at all.

The prince took his followers to Lingwu in the north.

"Let's go too." Tang Xuanzong said weakly, and he also took a few people who followed him, and headed south to Shu. Li Fei and [-] Anton cavalry naturally escorted Tang Xuanzong to Shu first.

The prince and Tang Xuanzong finally went their separate ways and parted ways, and the Tang Dynasty was about to enter another era.
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