Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

After Chu Mo sent the letter from Queen Changsun, he directly asked his soldiers to rest where they were.

As for himself, he sent Chu Ruowan to lead the team personally to check the situation at Shaanxi Pass.

When he thought about it, Li Ji got his early warning and would definitely make arrangements in advance and then capture the rebel army.

However, what he never expected was that the person he sent to deliver the message would be directly left in Shaanxi Pass. Not only that, Li Ji also completely ignored the warning in the letter from Queen Changsun and directly released the rebels. Entered Shaanxi Pass.

At this time, he immediately realized that it was very likely that Queen Changsun said something that should not be said in the letter, which led to his identity being revealed.

But this is impossible. Even if Queen Changsun reveals her identity and informs Li Ji of her plans, those rebels are still real.

No matter what, Li Ji would not take the huge risk and let people into the city.

The only explanation is that Li Ji should have known his identity, and he might have had other intentions when he let the rebels enter the city.

However, Chu Mo had already expected to find out his identity.

He wasn't surprised at all.

After all, he had already made preparations when he wrote to Queen Changsun.

But the other party directly let the rebels enter the city, which was a bit unexpected.

Although he didn't understand why the other party did this, Chu Mo didn't dare to stay where he was.

Directly ordered the soldiers to pack up and quietly approach Shaanxi Guoguan, waiting for the opportunity.

However, what Chu Mo didn't know was that just when he had people deliver Queen Changsun's letter to Li Ji, Li Ji had received another piece of information before.

That is, the Northern Zhou army that had been stationed in Shaanzhou also began to gather here.

He originally thought that there was some movement from the Northern Zhou side, and was thinking about whether to strike preemptively and take advantage of the situation when the Northern Zhou army was not yet stable and was out of men and horses, to frustrate the opponent's energy first.

Unexpectedly, before he could figure out how to act, he received a secret message from Queen Changsun.

When he learned from the letter that a group of rebels had sacked Shangzhou City and were heading toward him with Minzhuang in tow.

The first reaction was the same as that of Chu Mo, which was to directly send troops to destroy him.

But when he calmed down and thought for a moment, he launched a large-scale invasion of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Once he associated it with this group of rebels, he understood the other party's intention.

As a result, Li Ji immediately changed his thinking on the battle and decided to use the trick to let the rebels get in touch with the Northern Zhou Dynasty and lure them to steal the city, while he would take advantage of this opportunity to catch the turtle in the urn.

However, there was one more thing that put Li Ji in a dilemma.

That is, he saw Queen Changsun's intention to ask for help in her letter.

Judging from the information hidden above, Queen Changsun and His Highness the Crown Prince should have fallen into the hands of the enemy and want to help themselves.

If this had happened in normal times, Li Ji would have sent troops to rescue him immediately without saying a word.

But now, a large-scale invasion by the Northern Zhou Dynasty is imminent, and an unknown number of rebels have come to the city. If troops are sent to rescue them at this time, there is no doubt that their plan will be aborted.

After much thought, Li Ji finally decided to hand over this hot potato directly to His Majesty the Emperor.

Immediately, he sent someone to send this letter, Queen Changsun's seal, and his request for help back to Chang'an at a speed of 800 miles.

As for whether the time spent on the road would affect the treatment time of the Queen and His Royal Highness, Li Ji said that he couldn't think of that much.

Even if His Majesty the Emperor were to blame him afterwards, he would still have an excuse to say that Shaanxi Pass was attacked from two sides by enemy forces and that he was helpless.

As long as the lives of the Queen and His Royal Highness are safe, then his military exploits should be enough to offset his mistakes, right?

Although he thought so in his heart, Li Ji was still a little uneasy.

For this reason, he directly detained the secret guard who delivered the message and had him tortured, hoping to get some useful information.

Chu Mo didn't know Li Ji's plan. After he got the other party to let the rebels into the city, he always paid attention to every move at Shaanxi Pass.

They had been lying in wait outside the city for two days and two nights. Fortunately, they had robbed a lot of supplies from Qiwang of the Five Surnames, which was enough to support them. Otherwise, the morale of the army would have been lost long ago.

It was not until the afternoon of the third day that a secret guard hurriedly reported that Li Shimin's army had been discovered ten miles behind.

Chu Mo was really surprised when he heard that Li Shimin personally led the army.

That old boy Li Shimin is not fighting Cui Yingying in Gyeonggi Province, so what is he doing here?

At this time, Li Ji in Shaanxi Pass also received the news that Li Shimin personally led the army.

He never expected that His Majesty the Emperor would actually lead a military expedition in person. His first reaction was that the other party was here to investigate.

But after thinking about it again, it felt wrong.

How long did it take for you to send this letter?Judging from the time, we have just arrived in Chang'an.

It is impossible for His Majesty the Emperor to rush to Shaanxi Pass as soon as he received the letter. Even if he flew, he would not be so fast.

Now, if the other party arrived so quickly, something special must have happened.

Thinking of something special, Li Ji's expression froze. Could it be that the other party knew the whereabouts of the Queen and His Royal Highness and pursued them all the way?

Thinking of this, he immediately asked people to prepare horses, and then led a group of personal guards directly out of the city, hoping to stop Li Shimin outside the city before he arrived.

As soon as Li Ji left the city, Li Changlin got the news.

After he was tricked by Chu Mo and fought against Changsun Shunde, he led his people all the way north, hoping to go to the Northern Zhou Dynasty and seek Chu Xin's asylum.

After all, no matter what she said, she was someone who had secretly taken refuge in her Northern Zhou court. Now that something happened, it was only natural for her to return to the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

The army did not encounter any obstruction along the way. Even when they arrived outside Shangzhou City, they entered Shangzhou City smoothly because they had all the clothes and seals on them.

Originally, Li Changlin was not prepared to cause trouble, and just wanted to get to the border as soon as possible and enter the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

However, the governor and chief secretary of Shangzhou City were too enthusiastic and insisted on allowing him to rest for one night in Shangzhou City. He couldn't resist it, so he had to reluctantly agree.

But he never expected that at the reception banquet set by the other party for him, several generals would get drunk and cause trouble, and tell everyone the dirty things they had done.

In desperation, Li Changlin had no choice but to make mistakes and slaughter all the people present. Then, he robbed the entire Shangzhou City, took all the goods and young people, and headed to Shaanxi Pass.