Three days later.

Luo Cheng led the army to the south, and Qu Tutong had already led the army to Linfen and Jiangxian. And another general, Murong Changsheng, partnered with Wei Chiliang to go out of the east road from Taiyuan and collect the two counties of Shangdang and Changping.

Along the way, it's almost like entering a no-man's land.

The counties southeast of the river were originally vacillating in their positions, and they did not have any strong troops.

As soon as Yang Yichen died, Xiao Yu surrendered to Qin, Li Shimin arrived, but he slaughtered Huo Yi again, but within a few days, he himself was captured alive, and the 50,000 Guanzhong army that crossed the river under his command was also gone.

Those Tang troops who fled south, because they had no food and grass, even had to flee and rob at the same time, the result naturally made the officials and people of the counties more and more disgusted with the Li family.

"My eyes are red, and I haven't slept well in the past few days?"

Linfen County, at the foot of Gushu Mountain, by the Fenshui River, in the city of Linfen.

Luo Cheng looked at Li Shimin, who was tied up with five flowers, and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder.

Li Shimin glared angrily at the one-eyed.

"Why, you're still not convinced if you lose, do you know why you lost?"

Li Shimin snorted and gasped and did not answer.

"When I was in Liaodong, you were also by my side for a short time, and you should have seen it, in fact, the key to losing the world and gaining the world is not who has the strongest force, just like Yang Guang back then, he owned the world, and the elite soldiers led millions of armor, but so what? The same lost world. ”

"The key to winning the world is to win the hearts of the people."

Li Shimin twisted his head aside disdainfully.

"Don't dismiss it, although the people's heart sounds ethereal, it is real. Let's just say that since the seventh year of the great cause, the world has still been in chaos overnight, why? In fact, it was not a mess overnight, but a national policy implemented by the Son of Heaven since the continuation of the great cause, which is making the people uncomfortable. ”

"It became more and more unbearable, and the days became more and more difficult, and the resentment in the hearts of the people increased, and this popular heart gradually lost. When someone finally couldn't bear it anymore and raised his arms and shouted, so the servants were like clouds. At that time, everyone was confused and wanted to be confused, why? Because if there is no chaos, everyone will really not be able to live, and only if there is chaos, maybe everyone can have a chance to breathe and live. ”

"That's why there will be endless bandits and rebels, because it's useless to suppress alone, the world hasn't changed, and the people still can't get by, so they can only continue to think and continue to do chaos."

"Until this world is no longer the world of the Great Sui after all, and the master is no longer the Son of Heaven of the Great Sui, this decree is different, the world has changed, and everyone finds that they can settle down at this time, so everyone has changed from thinking chaos to thinking."

"At this time, the people are tired of war, the soldiers are tired of war, and everyone just wants to restore peace as soon as possible and live a peaceful life as soon as possible."

"And I, Luo Cheng, established Daqin, is the most stable and powerful party in the world, so the people are looking forward to me to unify the world as soon as possible and end the war as soon as possible. Compared with the previous Wang Shichong, Li Mi and other heroes who only knew how to fight back and forth, although I Luo Cheng was born as a Sui general, the Great Qin that could be established has always been a representative of order, here I don't like to kill scholars like Zhang Jincheng, nor like Zhu Cang, I won't be as cruel and unkind as Xue Rengao, and I won't be as tyrannical as Lin Shihong. ”

He patted Li Shimin on the shoulder, "Actually, the route taken by your Li family father and son is similar to mine, but you started too late, and you don't have such a good foundation as me, although you let you escape back to Guanzhong and occupy the land of Guanlong, but what does Guanlong have now?" Today's Guanlong actually has no family background, empty and white, to the population without the population to ask for money and food, but your Li family father and son are still expanding their troops and fighting endlessly, since your family entered Guanzhong, the people in Guanzhong have not lived a good life, although there are fewer thieves and thieves, but your tax increase has been increasing. ”

"Li Er, this is the will of the people, the people under my rule, whether they are nobles or officials in the past, or the nobles and powerful, life is not worse than in the past, and the current stable environment makes them very satisfied. And more ordinary government soldiers and ordinary people have been given a stable and well-fed life that they have never dared to imagine in the past ten years. ”

"Give up, go with the flow, stop making senseless protests, and let the chaos end as soon as possible and return to peace."

Li Shimin glared at Luo Cheng angrily.

"There may be some truth in what you say, but I will never surrender to you, kill me, kill me!"

Luo Cheng patted his face, "How do I feel that since you were shot blind in that eye in Liaodong, you have become very paranoid, it has been a few years, you are now in your twenties, you are the commander of an army, and you have also fought a big victory like Asashizuhara alone, why hasn't your personality changed much better?" ”

"Cheng Wang is defeated, I already knew, since you Luo Cheng won, then don't talk nonsense, kill me!"

"If ordinary people begged me to kill him like this, I would really have fulfilled him, but your sister has already begged me to let me protect your father and son, hey, why can't you learn from Xuanba, you see how much Xuanba has changed and changed much better with me now. In the past, you all said that he was a sick man and a big fool, but now Xuanba, but my Tang Guogong of Daqin, is a general with brilliant achievements. ”

No matter what Ren Luocheng said, Li Shimin refused to surrender.

"Forget it, I won't talk to you about this, kill, I won't kill you, but, let go, I won't let you go. Since I have been captured, let's be a prisoner honestly, let's not talk about those messes, today, let's put aside our identities, you don't treat me as the emperor of Great Qin, and I don't take you as the king of Zhao of the Tang Dynasty, what about me, it's your brother-in-law, you are my brother-in-law, let's have a drink. ”

The emperor beckoned, and naturally there were drinks and dishes ready.

Cold-cut five-spice braised beef, pan-fried dried fish, salt-and-pepper shrimp, a plate of fried beans, a whole jar of good wine, and a few heads of garlic.

"Actually, why are you working so hard, you are only the second son, even if you really lay the foundation for your father, will you still have a share? Come, drink. ”

Li Shimin was untied and sat there, dejected.

He never expected that Qu Tutong would come, and he didn't expect that the soldiers he thought he was reliable would have secretly defected to the Qin army a long time ago, and as soon as the fight started, countless people fled in panic.

The little confidence that Shallow Shuiyuan had established by defeating Xue Ju was shattered in this battle.

Sitting in front of Luo Cheng, he felt so vulnerable.

Picking up his glass, he threw himself up.

The liquor entered his throat like a burning knife, but it made him feel indescribably happy, as if only this feeling could make him forget everything for a while.

Luo Cheng was still talking about the world, the country, and the beauties while drinking, but Li Shimin only drank cup after cup, and didn't even eat a few bites of food.

In the end, Li Shimin was drunk and confused, holding the table legs and vomiting, and finally fell drunk in his vomit.

Luo Cheng looked at his embarrassed appearance and shook his head.

"Why bother!"

Li Xuanba came in.

"Your Majesty, my second brother?"

"It's okay, it's just that I'm not happy, I just drink to drown my sorrows, you help him go down to rest."

Li Xuanba helped Li Shimin down, and Li Shimin slept for three days when he was drunk.

And in the past three days, Qu Tutong fought all the way to Hedong County, and Murong Changsheng also took Changping and Hanoi two counties.

Qin Qiong led his troops to take Wencheng County, and Wei Chi Gong led his troops to take Shijun.

Good news came from all walks of life, and Hedong fell into the hands of Daqin.

Li Cunxiao, who stayed in Tongguan, only came and hurriedly burned the Pujin Bridge, cut the iron cable, and burned the bridge plate before the Qin army broke through Hedong County, intending to hold the last Yellow River defense line and retire Guanzhong.

Li Shimin woke up with a splitting headache.

See Xuanba.

"We're on our way, where are we going?"

"The emperor decreed that Luoyang, the capital of Zhongjing. Now the car has just set off and is heading to Luoyang. ”

"Is Hedong lost?" Li Shimin was stunned.

"Well, the counties of Hedong have all returned to the imperial court." Xuanba's answer was not to lose, but to return to the imperial court, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Xuanba, and suddenly felt that he was so strange.

"Fourth brother, my brother doesn't know you anymore."

"Second brother, I don't know you anymore, you don't look like the second brother you used to be."

"I can't go back, I can't go back." Li Shimin sighed.