Chang'an City, Xingqing Palace.

Yang Guozhong, who was secretly discussing important matters with Emperor Li Longji, heard the thunder from far to near, and turned his head to look out the window. However, he saw that there was no sun outside the window, a little dark and the wind was very strong, and the flowers and trees in the palace garden danced around with the blowing wind.

Li Longji stopped talking, feeling a little uncomfortable, he signaled Gao Lishi, who was silent, to help him walk to the window.

Affected by the dark weather, Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu felt a little uncomfortable like Li Longji, who followed the emperor and walked to the window.

"It's going to rain heavily!" Li Longji looked at the dark sky outside the window, and the dark clouds rolling in the sky with the strong wind, and said with emotion, "I don't know if it's raining in Tongguan!"

"The rain should have come from the east!" Yang Guozhong looked at the cloudy southeast direction and murmured, "It should be raining in Tongguan, it may be heavy!"

"It must be raining in Tongguan!" Li Longji followed Yang Guozhong and sighed, "If it rains in Tongguan, this battle will be difficult to fight!"

Looking at the darker and darker sky, Yang Guozhong thought for a moment, turned to look at Li Longji, who looked a little gloomy and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is a good thing to rain in Tongguan! If it rains heavily, the rebels' attack will definitely be delayed. It is a taboo to attack the city in the rain. This is very beneficial to my Tongguan defenders. It is really helpful to me. I hope that the longer the rain will be, the better, and it is best to go until tomorrow!"

Li Longji turned his head slightly and glanced at Yang Guozhong, who was full of confidence, and wanted to speak but stopped.

Wei Jiansu, who was standing aside, saw the emperor's expression, hesitated for a moment, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, I think it may not be a good thing if it rains heavily in Tongguan too! The weapon of my Tongguan guards is bows and arrows. The power of the bows and arrows cannot be exerted in heavy rain!"

"Why did Mr. Wei say that?" Yang Guozhong was a little shocked and stared at Wei Jiansu in a daze.

Li Longji turned around with his hands behind his back and looked at Yang Guozhong and said, "Guozhong, Wei Aiqing is right. If it rains heavily in Tongguan, it may cause trouble for the progress of the war. I have personally led the troops and know that the hard work of fighting on a stormy day and the power of arrows has greatly reduced. This is very unfavorable to Tongguan's defense. If the rebels are now siegeing the city, the defending officials will definitely be very difficult. After all, there are too many rebels!"

Seeing that the emperor agreed with his statement, Wei Jiansu immediately said: "Your Majesty, I also think that heavy rain will cause great trouble to the subsequent reinforcements. The soldiers will definitely not be very fast when they are marching in the wind and rain. If the rain falls very long, it will definitely delay the arrival of reinforcements. If the rebels continue to attack in the heavy rain, it will be very unfavorable to our Tongguan defenders!"

Wei Jiansu's next words touched the string in Yang Guozhong's heart, which made him worry immediately. He immediately bowed to Li Longji and asked him to say: "Your Majesty, I hope that Your Majesty will send another order to General Chen, Dou Hua and Zhang Jian, so that they cannot delay their trip due to the rain. They must make a hurry in the rain to arrive at Tongguan as soon as possible, so as not to lose Tongguan!"

"Well! It's reasonable!" Li Longji nodded immediately, turned around and said to Gao Lishi who was following him: "Lishi, immediately pass my order and ask Chen Xuanli, Dou Hua and Zhang Jian to speed up the speed of his journey. No matter how heavy the wind and rain are, it will not stop. Dou Hua and Zhang Jian's troops must arrive at Tongguan before dark, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise they will be severely punished!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Gao Lishi responded, and after giving a bow, he turned around and left, conveyed Li Longji's will, and ordered it to be delivered to Chen Xuanli, Dou Hua and Zhang Jian as quickly as possible.

"Crack..." With a loud noise, a bright lightning split the dark sky in half, scaring all the three people in the hall. Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu quickly went over to support Li Longji.

"Your Majesty, it's going to rain heavily soon. You can go inside and take a rest!" Yang Guozhong said softly.

"Well, go inside!" Li Longji nodded and signaled Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu to help him in.

Yang Guozhong, who was holding Li Longji into the hall, whispered: "Your Majesty, as long as Chen Xuanli's men can arrive at Tongguan as soon as possible, don't worry about the rebels having hundreds of thousands of men! The 30,000 men behind are almost completed. I have already ordered them to set off before dark and strive to arrive at Tongguan the night after tomorrow!"

"I hope Tongguan is worry-free!" Li Longji sighed softly and stopped talking.

Another lightning bolt slashed down rapidly, and the earth-shaking thunder followed, "tap..." and continuous sounds sounded in the yard, which was the sound of thick raindrops falling to the ground.

As the thunder and lightning became denser, the dark clouds in the sky were tumbling more and more. Finally, when the wind stopped, heavy rain fell from the sky!

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The heavy rain started falling from Tongguan, that is, to the east. The rain belt moved from Tongguan to Chang'an, with a large range. It only started falling from Tongguan for a long time before Chang'an began to fall.

The reinforcements who were moving towards Tongguan were also drenched in the rain. The anxious Dou Hua and Zhang Jian's troops did not stop due to the heavy rain and were advancing in the wind and rain. However, Chen Xuanli did not have the urgent idea of ​​Dou Hua and Zhang Jian asking for help. He was using his own little plan to try to arrive at Tongguan when both the defenders and the rebels were in trouble and all their strength was exhausted, and he would clean up the mess himself.

If this is the case, it was all his contribution to the protection of Tongguan. No matter what Yang Xi or Geshu Han did in front, they had no contribution to it, because they almost lost Tongguan. And he played the role of an emergency hero. He led reinforcements to protect Tongguan and saved the fate of the Tang Dynasty. He was a great hero, and the others were bears.

Chen Xuanli had no direct conflict with Yang Guozhong, but the 200,000 troops in Tongguan were almost completely destroyed. After the situation of Tongguan, the gateway to Chang'an, was in danger, the dissatisfaction with Yang Guozhong was strongly expressed in his heart, and he even dared to accuse Yang Guozhong of being convicted by the emperor. He knew that the rift between him and Yang Guozhong was formed, and it would never be unrelated to him again. He hoped to use this battle in Tongguan to further weaken Yang Guozhong's influence and even make the court blame him.

He knew that in order to do this, he would never let all the contributions of the defense of Tongguan be recorded on Yang Xi, but should put them on his head and put most of the contributions on him, so that his influence in the court would suddenly increase, becoming a hero who saved the Tang Dynasty in times of crisis, and even had the opportunity to have the strength to fight against Yang Guozhong.

With such thoughts, he immediately ordered the soldiers to find a place to hide from the wind and rain when he saw the weather suddenly changing, lightning, thunder and strong winds.

The strong wind at the beginning really made it difficult for soldiers walking against the wind. Then the heavy rain fell into disguise again, so Chen Xuanli hid at the inn and hid in peace.

Of course, he also felt that the rebels would not attack the city in such extreme and harsh weather, and would definitely start attacking after the rain stopped.

He knew about the previous battle situation. He knew that Yang Xi used some tricks to successfully block the rebels in Hantongguan City one night and one morning. The rebels did not arrive at the Sui Tongguan City until after the afternoon. The rebels had to assemble before they could attack Sui Tongguan City. If their actions were hesitant, they would probably not attack the city before heavy rain came.

Chen Xuanli, who was holding this guess, was of course not in a hurry at all. While hiding in the inn to shelter from the rain, he also asked the inn to warm him up and make some hot dishes to fill his hunger. He rushed all the way, but he was very troublesome and exhausted. He had to rest and replenish his energy well.

He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to advance in the rain after receiving the order from the emperor who was sent through the post station.

Neither Dou Hua nor Zhang Jian nor Chen Xuanli knew that the battle in Tongguan is now fierce, and both sides are fighting hard.
Chapter completed!