"Thanks to His Royal Highness's love, but today I am only a shallow learner, and I am afraid that I will not be able to share the worries of His Highness and do my best for the Tang Kingdom."

Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, is Li Mu old? is not too old, now he is actually less than fifty years old, as for why he said that he is old is just a prevarication 3 Li Mu is loyal to His Majesty, loyal to the Tang Kingdom, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is His Majesty's son, His Majesty's abdication is a mystery, Li Mu does not want to delve into it, does not want to study deeply, but Li Mu remembers His Majesty's wishes. ”

After a pause, Li Mu continued, "Your Majesty is unwilling to use swords with the Han Dynasty, does not want to let the army and people of the Tang State fall into war, and does not want to let the foundation of the Tang State be ruined. ”

"What does General Li Mu think of the Tang Kingdom, and what about the Great Han?"

Li Shimin asked lightly, he was not angry because of Li Mu's answer.

"The Tang State is weak, living in a corner, although there are millions of people, 100,000 soldiers and horses, but compared with the Han Dynasty, it is far from the Han Dynasty, completely incomparable, the Han Dynasty is strong, the land is thousands of miles, the people are tens of millions, and the national strength of the soldiers and horses is 100 times better than that of the Tang State."

Li Mu told the truth, did not lie at all because the Tang State was his own country, nor did he hide it because the current crown prince and future emperor were in front of him.

"How can General Li Mu despise my Tang Kingdom so much." Li Shimin didn't say anything, but Tie Shiwen was very dissatisfied with Li Mu's answer.

"Stand down!"

Li Shimin said lightly,

Helpless, Tie Shiwen could only retreat,

"General Li Mu is right, my Tang Kingdom is weak, and the Han is indeed strong." Li Shimin agreed with what Li Mu said.

"But even if the Tang State is weaker than the Han Dynasty, this is also the reason why my Tang State surrenders to the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin is unwilling to let the people of the Tang State lose their dignity, let alone let the Tang State become a subsidiary of the Han Dynasty."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice, "But the book has been lowered, if the Tang State does not surrender, after Liu Wei stabilizes the country, he will inevitably lead a large army to overwhelm the border, how can my Tang State stop it at that time, now it is the time of the great chaos of the Han Dynasty, and it is the time when my Tang State will raise troops and take the opportunity to rise up." ”

"General Li Mu, you are the general of the Tang Kingdom, the military god of the Tang Kingdom, Li Shimin hopes that the general can help the Tang State and protect the dignity of the Tang State together with Li Shimin."

Li Shimin sincerely persuaded him,

"Your Highness, wait a minute!"

Li Mu turned around and entered the room, and not long after, Li Mu came out with a box.

"Your Highness, Li Mu will hand over this thing to His Highness today, hoping that His Highness can find a truly talented person to take charge of him well."

Li Mu opened the box and entered Li Shimin, and what Tie Shiwen saw in his eyes was the Tang State Soldier Talisman and the general's seal.

"General Li Mu, what do you mean by this?"

Li Shimin's face changed greatly,

"Li Mu wants to resign and go home and retire for the rest of his life." Li Mu explained.

"Is the general really so ruthless?"

Li Shimin's face was gloomy and he asked,

"I beg Your Highness to allow your minister to resign?"

Li Mu knelt down and asked Li Shimin to resign,

"Okay, since General Li Mu has made up his mind, then this king will become a general." Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said.

"Tie Shiwen take your things, let's leave!" Li Shimin got up, brushed his sleeves and left, Tie Shiwen followed closely behind him with the box.

This time, Li Shimin can be said to have not gained any benefits, but suffered a lot of anger.

"Your Highness, this Li Mu is so disproportionate, do you want to ......?"

Tie Shiwen made a motion to wipe his neck,

"No need, this Li Mu is credited to the Tang State after all, since he does not oppose this king, but chooses to retire, what if this king lets him go, and if he dies suddenly, everyone understands that this king did it, and it will cause instability in the army." Li Shimin shook his head and rejected Tie Shiwen's proposal.

"The last general is stupid, thank you for your advice." Tie Shiwen lowered his head and said ashamedly.

"Let's go, there are a lot of things waiting for this king tomorrow."

……

At sunset, Gao Zhong entered Pingyang City with soldiers and horses, simple Gao Changgong, Tai Shici.

"I've seen my brother! I've seen General Taishi. ”

"General Gao!"

……

"It seems that Juyang has let General Xu take it!" Gao Changgong said happily.

"Indeed, it's just that it's not as good as you, we took Pingyang so easily, we wasted a lot of effort."

Gao Zhong sighed,

"That can only be said that General Changgong is very fast!" Tai Shi Ci laughed.

"The reason why we were able to take Pingyang so smoothly is inseparable from you, and if you want to take the credit, you have to account for half of it." Gao Changgong said modestly.

Gao Pet did not refute or agree,

"You brought troops here this time, not only to help us attack the city and defend the city, right?"

Gao Changgong asked,

"That's right, I originally planned to assist my brother in attacking the city, but after knowing that Pingyang had been taken, I could only plan in advance." Gao Pet replied truthfully.

"What's the plan?" Gao Changgong asked curiously.

"General Xu Da plans to let General Taishi defend the city, and let my brother and I lead the right horse south to attack Chen Liu, and assist General Yue Fei." Gao Zhong replied.

"I thought it was for us to go north to help General Xu Huang." Gao Changgong said in surprise.

"I don't know about that."

Gao Zhong was a little embarrassed, he was invincible in terms of martial arts, and he couldn't do it when it came to commanding troops and strategizing.

"It doesn't matter, whether you go north or go south, it's the same effect."

Gao Changgong said casually, thought about it for a while, and made a decision,

"In that case, let's leave tomorrow, and if you arrive a day earlier, it's better after all."

……

Dingtao,

"What did you say?"

Cao Cao's eyes widened, his face full of anger, and he gritted his teeth and looked at Cao Zhang,

"Juyang was taken down by Xu Da! In that case, why did you come back alone? ”

"The child doesn't want to, but Xu Da has cut off Juyang's retreat, and the child can only leave." Cao Zhang replied sadly.

"The back road is gone, won't you wait for reinforcements, can't 20,000 people stop it for half a day, a day? Are you a waste? ”

Cao Cao pointed at Cao Zhang's nose and scolded,

"The child knows his mistake!"

Cao Zhang knelt on the ground, extremely sad, ashamed, and blamed himself.

"Lord, there is something unknown to my subordinates!"

Wang Meng's face was puzzled,

"Jing Luo, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

Although Cao Zhang was angry with Cao Zhang, he was still very peaceful with Wang Meng.

"My subordinates sent a letter back to Dingtao yesterday, asking the lord to send reinforcements overnight, why has there been no sign of sending troops until now?"

Wang Meng asked, Wang Meng did not retreat, just knew that Xu Da would find an opportunity to attack the city, he sent someone to inform Cao Cao overnight, just hoping to take the opportunity to repel Xu Da in one fell swoop, but unfortunately he did not wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements until he was defeated.

"Blame me for this, Xiaoxian came to see me in the middle of the night, but I suddenly got up and killed someone in my dream, which not only harmed Xiaoxian, but also ruined the urgent report you sent back." Cao Cao said reproachfully.

"Murder in a dream!"

Wang Meng was a little surprised and a little skeptical.

"Yes, since I was a child, I couldn't be disturbed when I was asleep. As soon as someone approaches, I tend to react, this time Xiaoxian's incident should not have been, but the guard didn't remind Xiaoxian. Cao Cao said sadly.

"Alas, this can only be said to be the will of heaven, no wonder the lord, no wonder the son."

Of course, Wang Meng would not believe Cao Cao's explanation of the so-called murder in his dream, although he had already guessed why Cao Cao killed people, but he couldn't question it, he could only follow Cao Cao's words.

"Now that Juyang has been taken down, presumably Pingyang is also in danger." Wang Meng sighed.

"Then send troops to support now?" Cao Cao said immediately.

"It's late, it's late, now the enemy has just won, morale is booming, and our army is defeated, morale is low, Xu Chu, Dian Wei and Gongzi are all injured, and they can't fight again in a short time, even if they go to Pingyang, it will only be a trip in vain, and even some losses will be taken. Wang Meng shook his head and said.

"The war has only been going on for a few days. Our army has retreated a hundred miles, tens of thousands of troops have been scattered, and more than a dozen cities have been lost. Cao Cao sighed.

……