Chapter 823: Zhao Laosi
823. Zhao Laosi
Seeing this, Liang Luoren's eyes shimmered, panicked, and hurriedly bowed: "The sinner helped the sinner to abuse, he didn't know the king, and he helped the Liang master to cut off a corner, trying to fight against the king, and it was difficult to atone for his sins.
As soon as Liang Luoren's words came out, Liang Tong and Liang Jiang behind him were all moved and cried, and all Liang Yi also knelt down with sad faces.
Li Pojun raised his eyebrows vaguely, and secretly thought in his heart, this Liang Luoren... It's not simple, the mind is too deep.
On his face, he was moved to pull up Liang Luoren, "Why did the general say this, the general Shuntian should be attached to the Tang Dynasty, this is the luck of the Tang Dynasty, the general dedicated Shuofang, so that the people of Shuofang were saved from the war, and the soldiers on both sides were exempted from swords, this is a great merit, not only is it not guilty, but it is meritorious."
Liang Luoren thanked him again, Li Pojun took off his robe and wrapped himself in it, and then led the army into the city, as soon as he entered the city, Su Ding took over the city defense, seeing that the Liang army was panicked, Li Pojun also said: "I am Li Pojun, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, don't panic, you are all my Han people, and I am also the people of the Tang Dynasty, all of whom are good people oppressed by the Liang thief.
Listening to Li Pojun's words, the surrendered troops were a little more stable, you must know that when Liang Luoren asked them to hand over their weapons, they almost caused turmoil, you must know that they were enemies of the Tang State before, if they surrendered their weapons, what should the Tang army do? Wouldn't that be slaughtered? Now that Li Pojun, the crown prince of Tang State, has spoken, they are also a little more stable.
Li Pojun looked at the group of Liang army generals again, and said directly: "You will lead the brothers back to the camp to rest, be sure to appease the morale of the army, if there is no riot, count it as your merit, and I will personally ask for merit to the saint for you afterwards."
The deputy generals of the Liang army were all overjoyed when they heard this, and it was a credit to appease the army's heart, and with Li Pojun's guarantee, they were also much more relieved in their hearts, and they all happily accepted their orders.
"Gongda, lead a thousand dragon horses, a thousand heavy horses, guard the camp, if there is a riot, there will be no forgiveness." Li Pojun ordered again in front of the generals.
Zhai Changsun took the order, the horse's hooves clattered, the armor was clanging, the two thousand cavalry rumbled up the smoke and dust and went to the camp, and the eyes of the deputy generals of the Liang army trembled, but it was understandable, you just surrendered, and people sent some people to watch you, which is normal, on the contrary, Li Pojun's style of acting in this aspect is even more above board, and the deputy generals are more and more broken, and some of the generals who are thinking about it see the power of the two thousand cavalry, and they can't help but weigh their own weight.
In front of the palace, because the Liang Palace is very high, it is built on a large platform overlooking Shuofang, and there are no adjacent residential buildings around, so the surrounding fire is only limited to the palace, and the crackling sound of the hunting fire reflects the red night sky.
Li Pojun also gritted his teeth, this palace is magnificent, there are countless treasures, and if Liang Shi can't take it away, he will be burned with fire, this Liang Shi is really ruthless.
"General Liang, do you know where the entrance to this secret passage is? Where does it lead? Li Pojun was really unwilling to let Liang Shidu flee like this, and asked directly.
Liang Luoren's face was embarrassed when he heard this, and he said bluntly: "His Royal Highness knows that only Master Liang knows the entrance to this secret passage, and the craftsmen who participated in the construction of it have all been harmed by it, so I don't know where the secret passage is."
Li Pojun listened and looked at the hunting fire and nodded, he had already expected that such an escape secret path was generally impossible to be known, just said Chang'an Taiji Palace, Li Pojun also believed that there would be a secret passage, but Li Pojun didn't know where it was, and even Li Shimin didn't know it, because this was a top secret, only the person who presided over the construction at that time knew, and the craftsmen who participated in the construction were also going to be killed.
Li Pojun looked at the flames of ruins with his back hand, frowned and said: "Right now, Liang Shi has fled, the world is so big, there are only two places that can accommodate him."
Li Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he blurted out: "Turkic, Suizhou."
Li Pojun nodded, also guessing what Liang Shidu would do, and then Liang Luoren's face suddenly changed and he was shocked: "Your Highness, Liang Shidu may have gone to Suide."
"Why?" Li Pojun turned around and asked when he heard this.
Suide is in the southeast of Shuofang, close to Yanzhou, is the second largest city without Suizhou, second only to the county of Suizhou City, and Suizhou City is also closer to the Turks, the city is high and the walls are thick, it stands to reason that if the Liang division fled to Suizhou, they should also go to Suizhou City, go to Suide to do something.
Liang Luoren was shocked by Li Pojun's staring, and he was also busy saying: "Because the Suizhou County Guard is Liang Xingcheng is stationed in Suide, Liang Xingcheng is Liang Shidu's own uncle, and he is also his confidant, stationed in Suide for many years, and now Suide is far more prosperous than Suizhou City, and the army is also 30,000, ranking first in Suizhou, just in the evening, Liang Shidu also canonized Liang Xing as the king of Suide County, so I dare to guess that Liang Shidu should have gone to Suide."
Li Pojun's eyes narrowed when he heard this, he thought for a while, turned around and said: "Jingyang, quickly send scouts to the southeast to investigate, and order Xi Jun to buy and lead five hundred dragon horses to pursue all the way to Suide."
When Li Zhen heard this, he turned around and went to give the order.
The next day, at dawn, the panicked Shuofang officials and people had the courage to open the cracks in the door and the window to probe their brains, and there was a riot last night, the sound of horses' hooves in the city was indecisive, and the soldiers came and went, but the people of Shuofang were frightened.
Zhao Laosi is a seller of Hu cakes, he is over sixty years old this year, he didn't need to sell cakes at the stall, but after his honest son was arrested and guarded the city, he had to drag his old body out to earn some food, otherwise he would be starved to death, but around this, the heavy taxes of Liang State still crushed the family, and his wife starved to death in order to save rations and keep his little grandson from starving. He only has the last bit of rice and noodles left in his family, and he made this last stall of Hu cakes, hoping to sell them in exchange for more food and strive to feed his little grandchildren.
Zhao Laosi didn't dare to go out when he heard the turmoil in the city, but the rice jar that could see the bottom and his grandson who was hungry and screamed also gritted his teeth and carefully carried the burden out of the door.
As soon as he entered the Xishi Street, there was no one, Zhao Laosi couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, no one came out How to sell this cake, it was the sadness in the bottom of his heart, suddenly, a rush of footsteps came, and a team of Tang troops came.
Zhao Laosi turned around and wanted to run, but the Tang army saw him.
"Old man and slow". The team was rushing forward and shouting.
"What is the matter with the army, the military master?" Zhao Laosi was about to cry, and asked respectfully with a cautious body.