After Niu Jinxing and Zhang Xianzhong reached an agreement, they hurriedly left the Western Army camp and passed the news back to Chang'an.

When Niu Jinxing left, Zhang Xianzhong also issued an order to return to Chang'an.

At this time, the soldiers of the Western Army who had just set up camp to rest began to escort the baggage vehicles eastward, preparing to resist the military.

Zhang Xianzhong was about to ride a war horse, but Xu Yixian caught up and whispered: "Your Majesty! Do you still remember my previous proposal?"

Zhang Xianzhong nodded when he heard this, stroked his long beard, "I understand."

The 200,000 Western troops who had just evacuated Chang'an returned in a mighty way and fought a war with Gao Huan to decide the ownership of Guanzhong and the ownership of the world.

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Chang'an City, in the imperial palace.

Niu Jinxing stood in the hall and saluted Li Jiyu and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Xianzhong promised that as long as my Tang Kingdom gave up from Guanzhong and made a father-son country with the Western Kingdom, he would return to Chang'an and fight against Gao Huan with us."

Li Jiyu had a dark face. He originally thought that he would ascend the throne as the empress, so he would not have to look at other people's faces and would no longer be a son for anyone. He didn't want to be a son for Zhang Xianzhong now.

I think he has gone from an extremely poor tenant from Dengfeng, Henan to today step by step, just to make a name for himself and not let anyone step on his feet, but now he is still defeated by reality.

The three major bandits in the late Ming Dynasty, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, all became his fathers, which made Li Jiyu deeply feel ashamed.

However, he had no other choice at the moment. Gao Huan had not entered the pass, so he could still beat him, but now Gao Huan has entered Guanzhong, he can only compromise and join forces with Zhang Xianzhong.

After all, Zhang Xianzhong could retreat to Hanzhong and Sichuan, but he had no place to escape. Even if he fled to Gansu, Gao Huan would chase him and kill him.

Li Jiyu adjusted his mentality, "Have Zhang Xianzhong returned to his post?"

Niu Jinxing said: "Report to Your Majesty, when I left the Western Army camp, Zhang Xianzhong had already ordered the camp to be terminated. It won't take long to arrive in Chang'an."

In the hall, many civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty were discouraged by the fact that they were about to leave Guanzhong, but they were relieved to hear that Zhang Xianzhong had returned to help.

After all, with the current Tang army's strength, they do not have the ability to fight against the Gan army alone. With Zhang Xianzhong's help, they have the chance to defeat Gao Huan.

Li Jiyu then stood up and said, "Since that's the case, then follow me to welcome Zhang Xianzhong and discuss strategies to fight against the enemy together."

Now that Gao Huan's army is approaching, the Western Army has missed the opportunity to annex the Tang Kingdom. Li Ji is not worried about Zhang Xianzhong's sudden chaos when he meets it.

Because Zhang Xianzhong's detention of Li Jiyu at this time would only cause chaos in the Tang army and lead to a large number of Tang army surrendering to Gao Huan's army, which would be of no benefit to anyone.

Although Li Jiyu hated Zhang Xianzhong very much, he still led many civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty to outside the city to greet Zhang Xianzhong and discuss with him the strategies to fight against the enemy.

In the western suburbs of Chang'an, Li Jiyu led a group of Tang Dynasty civil and military officials and stationed outside the city. Soon, he saw countless Western troops rolling in.

"Your Majesty! Zhang Xianzhong has arrived!" Niu Jinxing whispered.

Li Jiyu glanced at Niu Jinxing, "If you want to be called Emperor of the West, respect my adopted father!"

The civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty looked at each other and then felt admiration in their hearts.

Thinking about how his own emperor got to power, everyone felt a little excited, and they had the illusion that Li Jiyu could make a comeback.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong had already discovered that Li Jiyu and his group were standing outside the city to greet him, so he immediately stepped forward surrounded by many generals.

Li Jiyu immediately led a group of Tang Dynasty civil and military officials to salute, "Subject Jiyu, pay homage to His Majesty the Father of the West!"

Zhang Xianzhong was slightly stunned before reacting, and couldn't help laughing, quickly turned over and dismounted, helping Li Jiyu up.

When Niu Jinxing and others saw that Li Jiyu was able to bend and stretch, they all felt that His Majesty was really a hero of a generation. If he had not met Gao Huan, the Tang Dynasty would have been able to win the world.

Li Jiyu stood up and looked ashamed, "Ji Yu was confused for a moment, and he woke up today. I hope Your Majesty will not blame him."

Seeing this, Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said, "Your family doesn't have to do this. Now that the enemy is in front of you, don't worry, you can hand over Guanzhong to me and work together with me to fight Gao Huan together. I am very pleased. We will not mention the past. Repelling Gao Huan is the most important thing now. If you repel Gao Huan this time, I will definitely not treat you badly."

Li Jiyu hurriedly thanked him, took out his attitude as a son-in-law, asked Zhang Xianzhong to go to the city to rest, and discussed strategies to fight against Ganguo.

Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to enter the city and fought, "I will be spared if I have a meal and rest. Gao Huan broke through Tongguan, thinking that you and I will definitely send troops to attack Chang'an. I think it is more important to set up defenses as soon as possible."

Li Jiyu nodded when he heard this: "Your Majesty makes sense."

Zhang Xianzhong asked: "Do you know where Gao Huan's army has arrived?"

"The forward has arrived in Huazhou." Tian Jianxiu said behind Li Jiyu.

Zhang Xianzhong frowned and said, "It's so fast. As a result, it's too late to set up defenses in Weinan and Lintong, so he can only set up defenses along the Ba River."

Li Jiyu immediately saluted and said, "The Tang army is obeying Your Majesty's order."

Zhang Xianzhong then waved his hand, "Tongguan was attacked by Gao Huan, and the Gan army could enter Guanzhong continuously. With the national strength of the Western Tang Dynasty, it was difficult to fight with Gao Huan. Gao Huan must be driven out of Guanzhong and recaptured Tongguan. Therefore, passive defense in this battle cannot play a role, and he must take the initiative to fight with Gao Huan."

Li Jiyu also agreed with this. After all, passes like Tongguan were knocked down by Ganchao's artillery, and Chang'an probably couldn't defend it.

At that moment, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops around the city and went directly to the Bashui River. Li Jiyu also returned to the city, led the army out of the city, and drew troops from all over the place to fight Gao Huan.

Guanzhong, Weinan County.

After Gao Huan captured Tongguan and put out the fire inside the pass, he immediately led an army of 200,000 to attack Chang'an.

Along the way, wherever the Gan Army passed, the prefectures and counties of the Tang Kingdom surrendered. The Gan Army encountered almost no resistance, so they connected to Huayin, Huazhou and Weinan, and the troops approached Lintong.

At this time, a large army was moving into the field, but a team of cavalry rushed over and reported from a distance, "Your Majesty, Chang'an is urgently reporting!"

When Gao Huan heard the words, he immediately tied the reins of the horse, pulled the horse aside, waited for the cavalry to gallop in front of him, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The cavalry flew off the horse and knelt on one knee, "Report to Your Majesty, Chang'an urgently reported that Zhang Xianzhong left and returned, joined forces with Li Jiyu to set up defenses along the Ba River."

Gao Huan frowned at Wenyu, "It seems that he is still one step late, and Zhang and Li are still joining each other."

"Your Majesty, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Jiyu have formed an alliance, what should we do?" Gao Jie asked.

Gao Huan stroked his beard, "Since they have joined forces, there is no need to rush forward, so that the soldiers can maintain their strength, and there is no need to rush forward to Chang'an."

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