Where is Zheng Kaizhi willing to go, the condition that he talked about before was just that Zheng Qiushan taught him to take it step by step and not show his old bottom. It is naturally better to be able to fight for the maximum benefit. Being able to kill Zheng Qiushan can also ensure that Li Mao is not destroyed, and divide and rule with Wang Yuan, this is the best plan. But he didn't expect things to collapse all of a sudden, Wang Yuan thought he was insincere, and he didn't want to talk about it.

"Wang Dashuai, I have something to say, Wang Dashuai, listen to me." Zheng Kaizhi shouted.

Wang Yuanyuan left without looking back, ignoring him at all. Instead, Gao Xianzhi glanced back. Zheng Kaizhi hurriedly shouted: "Tall and handsome, I have a word, can you stay?" ”

Gao Xianzhi stopped, Zheng Kaizhi was overjoyed, and hurriedly ran to Gao Xianzhi's side and said: "Gao Dashuai, I have better conditions, and I hope that Gao Dashuai can say a few good words to Wang Dashuai." It's good for everyone. This time there was absolutely sincerity. ”

Gao Xianzhi smiled bitterly: "I knew this was the case, why did I have to play that hand just now?" Wang Dashuai is straightforward, but he doesn't like others to go around the corner. Well, I'll help you persuade you. But don't you go around in circles anymore, show your bottom line, and be open and honest? ”

"Absolutely, thank you." Zheng Kaizhi said continuously.

……

At the fourth and third moments, the darkest time before dawn, Zheng Kaizhi finally walked out of Wang Yuan's big tent with light steps. He was relaxed and happy. Because he finally reached a deal with Wang Yuan, he did not go beyond the bottom line allowed by his father. Zheng Kaizhi immediately left the camp of the Shence Army and returned to the city to report the good news.

In the big tent, Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi were also relaxed and happy, and the smile on the corner of Wang Yuan's mouth couldn't be hidden.

"I just wanted a drop of water, but I didn't expect to get a piece of the sea. I just wanted a tree, but I didn't expect to get a forest. Wang Yuan was so excited that he began to impersonate his aphorisms.

Gao Xianzhi also laughed and said, "Yes, I really caught a big fish." I didn't expect this Zheng Qiushan to be so decisive, and he was willing to do such a thing in order to protect himself. Now it depends on whether he can control the military power except for Li Guangbi, if Li Guangbi does not die, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "I don't care if he succeeds or not, I just want them to fight in their own nest." Zheng Qiushan can become the best, kill Li Guangbi, and offer Li Mao to me, we can solve this war without much effort, this is the best thing. To tell the truth, our belongings are tight, the progress of shells is very slow, and this Chang'an City is as solid as a rock, I really have a headache. ”

Gao Xianzhi said with a smile: "It's not that he was scared by your thunderous tricks, and he showed his hole cards." He must have felt that Chang'an couldn't hold it, so he violated the bottom line. ”

Wang Yuan smacked his lips and said, "I wasted another hundred ** bags." Liu Dehai, this bastard, why can't he put less ** bags? Why did you make such a big scene? ”

Gao Xianzhi smiled bitterly: "You are making trouble unreasonably, Liu Dehai is in order to make the effect better, and it is completely according to your will." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Yes." Let's wait and see the show now. After tonight, Chang'an City is afraid that it will be lively. ”

Gao Xianzhi nodded slightly, and suddenly asked: "If Zheng Qiushan really succeeds, are you really willing to promise him to let him go to Lingnan Dao as a festival envoy and let him be the master of one party?" He is the culprit of the Cui family tragedy, and he is also Li Mao's accomplice. ”

Wang Yuan sneered: "He wants to be beautiful." If I had spared his life, would Ruo Yu have to scold me to death? I promised Ruo Yu to avenge her Cui family, how could I not believe my words. ”

"But you've made a deal with him. Isn't that also unbelievable? ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "It's just an agreement, and I didn't sign it, so it doesn't count." ”

Gao Xianzhi was stunned and said, "Didn't you have a seal?" The seal of the Generalissimo of the Divine Army. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "What I stamped is your seal, the seal of the deputy marshal of the Shence Army, the difference between one word and the mistake of a thousand miles." I deliberately made it a little blurry. I made that subword a mess and couldn't read it clearly. When he returned, he was afraid that he would not be able to recognize it. Even if he recognizes it, he is a 'deputy marshal'. ”

Gao Xianzhi was stunned and said, "You...... I actually did it! ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Look at you, I'm in a hurry, I'm just lying to you." I'm stamping my own seal, but I still have to regret it, what can he do to me? I'm not so hypocritical with this kind of person, kill what should be killed, and keep it as a scourge? ”

Gao Xianzhi smiled bitterly: "I'm not in a hurry, I hope you have stamped my seal, what is the point of me carrying a black cauldron?" ”

……

In the middle of the night, a sudden bombardment alarmed Li Guangbi, and after receiving the report, he hurried to the city, and when he got to the city, he found that the enemy had not attacked. It's just a harassing bombardment.

After inspecting the fortifications at the head of the city, Li Guangbi was relieved. Although hundreds of defenders died, the city wall was not damaged, only the temporary sandbag fortifications were destroyed a lot, but the main body of the city wall was not damaged. This fully shows that the opponent's siege firearms have a weak destructive effect on the city wall. When it comes to attacking the city, the big deal is that some people will die, and as long as the walls don't collapse, they won't be able to attack it.

Li Guangbi was in a hurry to inspect, and he didn't notice the expressions of the guards on the left side of Jinguangmen, nor did he notice the few ropes hanging from the outside of the city tower. If he found out all this, I am afraid that he would get to the bottom of it, and when he learned about Zheng Kaizhi's fall from the city, he might immediately think of something. It's a pity that he didn't find out about it.

Shortly after he left the city tower, before dawn, Zheng Kaizhi was pulled to the head of the city and hurried home to report to Zheng Qiushan, who was waiting for news.

When the sky was bright, Zheng Qiushan stepped on the frost all over the ground and entered the apse of the Nanxun Hall of Xingqing Palace against the cold wind. After getting Wang Yuan's signature and seal of the promise, especially after listening to Zheng Kaizhi's description of the true existence and power of the 'thunder', Zheng Qiushan understood that he had to act. The first thing he had to do was to make Li Mao make a decision, he had to kill Li Guangbi, otherwise it would be difficult for things to succeed.

Li Mao slept very badly last night, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, and it was not until dawn that she fell asleep. But soon he was woken up by Huang An, saying that Zheng Qiushan had come to ask for a meeting.

Li Mao got up with a splitting headache, washed and dressed with a pale face, and then came to the warm pavilion to see Zheng Qiushan. When Zheng Qiushan saw Li Mao, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted, shouting long live.

Li Mao covered her mouth and yawned, sat on the soft couch and frowned: "Why did the national abbot come to see me so early in the morning?" ”

Zheng Qiushan said in a deep voice: "The old minister wants to come and ask Your Majesty, has Your Majesty made a decision." Regarding the things mentioned in Wang Yuan's letter, it is urgent. ”

Li Mao muttered: "I haven't thought about it yet, I think about it, and I feel that this matter must be cautious. ”

Zheng Qiushan sighed: "Your Majesty, you can't hesitate any longer, doesn't Your Majesty know about last night?" ”

Li Mao frowned and said, "What happened last night?" ”

"Last night, the Shence army bombarded the city tower, and our defenders suffered thousands of casualties. When the old man heard the inquiry, he felt uneasy. So he made his own decisions and sent Inuzi Kaizhi to take people out of the city to investigate the truth, and found that there were a large number of huge cannons in the enemy camp. The dog saw them test a shot at night, which crashed a mountain pack to the north. Based on this, it can be inferred that these are the kind of cannons called 'Thunder of the Sky'. The minister thought that the Shence army was ready to attack the city. Zheng Qiushan said in a deep voice.

Li Mao's face turned pale and muttered, "So, these thunderbolts are real?" ”

"Lao Chen's head guarantee is absolutely true. Where can the old minister sleep, the Shence army is about to attack the city, and the old minister has to come to see His Majesty and ask His Majesty to decide. If the Divine Strategy Army is launched, I am afraid that it will be difficult again. ”

Li Mao was silent, hesitating in his heart. After thinking about it all night last night, I felt that it was feasible to kill Li Guangbi in exchange for Wang Yuan's withdrawal from the army, and then I felt that this matter seemed a little unreliable. I can't make up my mind after thinking about it. But now that the Shence Army is about to attack the city, then I'm afraid I have to make a decision.

"Your Majesty, Li Guangbi knew about last night's incident, but he didn't report it to Your Majesty, he will definitely fight to the death. But this just shows that he himself knows that he has no way out. Li Xiang's desire to fight to the death is admirable, but to tie His Majesty together and take such a risk is his disloyalty. The minister was so anxious that he couldn't wait to take his head to Wang Yuan and ask him to withdraw from the army. But Wang Yuan, the head of the old minister, didn't want it, he wanted Li Guangbi's head. Your Majesty is a person who values love and righteousness, and it is understandable that he can't bear to do this, but His Majesty's benevolence at this time is likely to bury the country and the society, and bury the life of his family. Your Majesty, you can't hesitate any longer. Zheng Qiushan added fuel to the fire, and he had to urge Li Mao to make up his mind.

Li Mao said in a dumb voice: "Do you really have to do this?" I...... I think I still need to talk to Li Guangbi and listen to his opinion. In case ......"

Zheng Qiushan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, you must not." Your Majesty, you don't want to think about it, can you say such a thing clearly? The forbidden army around His Majesty is all Li Guangbi's people, and you still discuss with Li Guangbi? Didn't that force Lee Kwang-pil to rebel? can only take advantage of the fact that he is not paying attention, summon him to come, and he is gone. If Your Majesty feels that he can't bear it, he will bury his family and give him a very high praise. It was said to the public that Li Guangbi died of overwork, and it also prevented his subordinates from rising up to make trouble. The location, I chose to be in Yifeng Pavilion, where it is a harem, so there is no need to worry about the forbidden army. The old minister brought some men to ambush there in advance and waited for the dispatch. ”

Li Mao stood there dumbfounded, Zheng Qiushan sighed, shook his head and said, "That's it, that's it, Your Majesty can't listen to the old minister's words, and the old minister won't persuade him." The old minister died with His Majesty. When the city was broken, Wang Yuan wanted to kill His Majesty, so he stepped on the corpse of the old minister first. The old minister retired, and His Majesty took care. The old minister will take his sons to the city to fight to the death. ”

Zheng Qiushan kowtowed and stood up, turned around and staggered out. When he arrived at the door of the warm pavilion, Li Mao's voice came from behind: "Guozhang...... Only...... Just do as you say. Message...... It's called Lee Kwang-pil...... Go to Yifeng Pavilion to see me. ”

Zheng Qiushan showed a smile in his eyes, turned around and bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty Shengming, old minister...... Obey! ”

……

Li Guangbi got up early in the morning and ate some porridge and rice, and then rushed to the entrance of Xishi South Street with his own soldiers. The entire Xicheng Minfang has been bounded by the Yong'an Canal, forming three or four lines of defense connecting the Minfang. Li Guangbi had already made up his mind that once the city was broken, he would start a street battle with the Shence army.

Li Guangbi knew that there was a chance of victory in this way, because the strength of the Shence army was important to the ferocity of their weapons and firearms, and the fact that they had more cavalry and horses than his own. In large-scale field battles, the Shence army has been difficult to defeat, which has been proven in the Battle of Tongzhou, but if you enter the street battle between the people, the advantage of the Shence army will be lost. The vertical and horizontal defense system between the streets and alleys of the people can break up the opponent's soldiers and horses, and the advantage of your own troops can be brought into play.

During this time, the Shence army did not move, which gave Li Guangbi more time to speed up the construction of fortifications. Li Guangbi didn't want to know why the Shence army didn't move, he only knew that he had to seize the precious time to make preparations and be foolproof.

Standing on the tall square wall in the south of Xishi, Li Guangbi's dark and thin face had some relief. Because in front of his eyes, a dense cobweb-like fortification has begun to take shape. If the city is breached, the defenders can quickly retreat into these lines. Above the walls, between the streets and alleys, it will immediately become a hunting ground for the defenders to shoot the soldiers and horses that rush into the city. In order to do all this, Li Guangbi put a lot of effort into it, he had never felt so tired and stressed, but at this moment he had never felt so relieved.

"Li Xiang, where is Li Xiang?" A shrill voice rang out in the wriggling crowd below. Li Guangbi looked down and saw several attendants walking around the messy field under the wall. The first man was white and fat, and his steps were faltering, but it was Huang An.

"Huang Neijian, the true picture is here, why are you here?" Li Guangbi slowly descended from the stone steps and laughed loudly.

Huang An also saw Li Guangbi, and said with a smile on his face: "Li Xiangguo, call the slave maid easy to find." Your Majesty wants to see you, please Li Xiang follow me into the palace. ”

Li Guangbi smiled: "Oh? How did Your Majesty know that I also wanted to see him? The Prime Minister was about to report to His Majesty that the fortifications in the west of the city were nearing completion. ”

Huang An raised his finger and said: "Li Xiang is still capable, His Majesty often praises Li Xiang in front of slaves and maids." said that if it weren't for Li Xiang, the court would be in chaos. Such good news, then it is just right to report to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty will also be happy. ”

Li Guangbi smiled, ordered someone to bring the horse over, and after getting on the horse, he drove Huang An and others to the direction of Xingqing Palace in Dongcheng. On the way, Huang An chatted with Li Guangbi without a partner, and he didn't have anything to do. If it was before, Li Guangbi would not be in the mood to talk to him. But at the moment, he was in a good mood, so I also said a few words to him.

Soon after, everyone arrived at Xingqing Palace, Li Guangbi habitually walked in the direction of Nanxun Palace, but Huang An said with a smile: "Xiangguo, Your Majesty saw you in Yifeng Pavilion, please come with me." ”

Li Guangbi is a little strange, Yifeng Pavilion is a secluded courtyard in the northeast corner of Xingqing Palace, there is no concubine living there, let alone His Majesty's residence, I don't know why His Majesty summoned him there. But he didn't think much about it, and followed Huang An and the others to the direction of Yifeng Pavilion.

The group soon arrived at a vertical gate in front of Yifeng Pavilion, and there were several attendants standing at the door. Seeing Huang An and Li Guangbi, they saluted one after another.

Huang An stopped and turned around, smiled dryly at Li Guangbi and said, "Li Xiangguo, you can only go in alone, and these dozen or so accompanying brothers can only stay here." ”

Li Guangbi smiled: "It's okay. He turned his head and ordered a dozen personal guards: "You stay here and wait for me." ”

Huang An smiled: "Thank you Li Xiang for your understanding, and ...... The blade on Lee Sang's body ...... Let's stay. ”

Li Guangbi was stunned and said with a smile: "I have always been equipped with a sword, why is it so strict now?" ”

Huang An smiled embarrassedly: "During the special period, the rule newly ordered by His Majesty is that no one can carry a blade when he sees him. Please also ask for Li Xiang's understanding. ”

Li Guangbi did not doubt him, he had already understood Li Mao's soft and suspicious personality, perhaps on a whim, and was stimulated by something. You don't have to think about it. So he untied the sword on his waist and handed it to Huang An, patted his waist and said, "Now you can go in." ”

"Hehe, Li Xiangplease." Huang An bowed down and stretched out his hand.

Li Guangbi stepped into the hanging door with his head held high, and walked back along the path between the flower beds. After taking a few steps, he heard a clanging sound behind him. When he turned around, he saw that the hanging door had been closed, and Huang An and several attendants were standing at the door looking at him.

"Li Xiang, go and see the driver, Your Majesty is waiting for you." Huang An said loudly.

Li Guangbi felt a little weird, but he didn't take it to heart. Turn around and stride forward. In front of the rockery trees, an inconspicuous pavilion is in front of you, the carved wooden door is open, and several stout chamberlains are standing under the corridor looking this way.

Li Guangbi walked a few steps, came to the door, and shouted in a deep voice: "Minister Li Guangbi has come to see Your Majesty." ”

Someone in the room replied, "Your Majesty invites Li Xiangguo to meet you." ”

Li Guangbi got up and stepped up to the cloister, approaching the Yifeng Pavilion. The winter sun outside was dazzling, but the room was very dark, Li Guangbi's eyes were difficult to adapt to for a while, and he squinted his eyes and looked into the room. At this moment, there was a clang, and the carved wooden door behind him suddenly closed, and there was a click, as if it was tied outside.

Li Guangbi realized that something was wrong, but he did not panic. When the door closes, the eyes adjust to the light in the room. Because there was a white candle lit in the room, but to Li Guangbi's surprise, there was no one in the room, and Li Mao was not in the house at all.

Li Guangbi frowned,