Shan Xiongxin took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Li Mi without saying a word, Li Mi glared at him hatefully and snatched the letter

He opened the letter and read it, and couldn't help sneering: "Good flesh, so affectionate, the dignified King of Chu, the soon-to-be-enthroned Emperor of the Great Sui, actually called you second brother, are you moved to tears, aren't you?" ”

Shan Xiongxin sighed, "Your Majesty, when I went to Chang'an to participate in the martial arts, I met Yang Yuanqing, and he always called me Second Brother Shan at that time, but this doesn't prove anything, at the beginning, wasn't his relationship with His Majesty also very good?" I still remember the first time His Majesty came to Wagangzhai, and he brought it, did Your Majesty forget? ”

"Humph! He didn't write me to surrender. ”

Shan Xiongxin said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing wants me to surrender, this is actually human nature, because I have an old relationship with him, but it doesn't mean that I have to surrender, he wrote to me twice before, I ignored it, Your Majesty, I didn't have the idea of surrendering him at all." ”

"Maybe you don't think the time is ripe." Next to him, Wang Bodang said coldly.

Shan Xiongxin was furious, he stood up and drew his sword and slashed at Wang Bodang, "I killed you, a villain who tells the truth!" ”

Wang Bodang dodged, dodged the sword, and shouted: "Shan Xiongxin, do you dare to draw your sword and use force in front of Your Majesty?" ”

Li Mi was so angry that he trembled all over, and he dared to draw a sword in front of him to kill someone, did this still take him seriously? He shouted repeatedly: "Come on, take it for me!" ”

More than a dozen guards on both sides of the tent swarmed up, grabbed Shan Xiongxin's arms and waist, and pushed him to the ground. Take away the sword from his hand.

Li Mi pointed at Shan Xiongxin and scolded: "Ungrateful bastard, why don't you kill me with a sword and dedicate your head to Yang Yuanqing, then you will be a high-ranking official and have a worry-free future." ”

Shan Xiongxin only felt that all thoughts were ashes, no matter how he explained it, Li Mi didn't believe it. decided that he was going to surrender to Yang Yuanqing, in the final analysis, it was his distrust of himself in his bones. Thinking of his loyalty, but ending up like this, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"I'm not ashamed. I am willing to die to thank Your Majesty for your kindness, and please give me a death. ”

Shan Xiongxin's arms were tied, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice, "I am willing to die for Your Majesty!" ”

Li Mi sneered repeatedly, "What a loyal, if I kill you, I will fulfill your loyal name, then I will be a faint king, let me be infamous for eternity, isn't it." Hum! I'm not as good as you would like. ”

Li Mi waved his hand, "Take it down and detain it!" ”

More than a dozen guards pushed Shan Xiongxin out of the tent, and Shan Xiongxin turned his head and shouted: "Your Majesty, there is internal strife in the battle." It will inevitably lead to defeat, please trust me! ”

Li Mi was willing to believe him anymore, and shouted: "Push it down!" ”

The guards forcibly pushed Shan Xiongxin down, and Li Mi looked at his back and walked away, then gritted his teeth and said, "The surname Shan, do you think I don't want to kill you?" ”

Wang Bodang knew that Li Mi had actually wanted to kill Shan Xiongxin for a long time. He stepped forward and whispered, "If it's inconvenient for Your Majesty, let me do it." ”

Li Mi shook his head, "You can't mess up now, if you kill Shan Xiongxin, his subordinates will inevitably take advantage of the chaos to rebel, and after this catastrophe, it's not too late to kill him!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a guard rushed to the tent and reported loudly: "Your Majesty, the scouts have found that the main force of about 30,000 of the Sui army is driving here, only ten miles away from us. ”

Li Mi was stunned, what he was most afraid of finally came, Wang Bodang was also anxious, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the Sui army is good at night fighting, we must strengthen our defense to prevent the Sui army from stealing the camp at night." ”

Li Mi forced himself to calm down and nodded, "You quickly lead 30,000 archers to defend the camp, and you must not slack off." ”

"Obey!"

Wang Bodang hurriedly went to deploy, Li Mi walked a few steps behind his back, and ordered: "Order Meng Rang to see me." ”

Not long after, a general hurriedly walked in, this person is about forty years old, medium stature, looks polite, looks quite like a Confucian general, he is the thief leader Meng Rang who rebelled with Wang Bo in Changbai Mountain, was broken by Zhang Xutuo, and defected to Wagangzhai after being cornered.

Meng Rang walked into the big tent and knelt down on one knee, "See Your Majesty!" ”

Li Mi took out his sword of the Son of Heaven, handed it to him, and said: "Shan Xiongxin yù rebelled against the Sui, and I have taken it down, so you will lead his people, and if you dare to disobey your orders, I will allow you to cut it first and then play." ”

Meng Rang was stunned, did Shan Xiongxin want to rebel? He couldn't believe it, but at this time he had no room to express his opinion, so he had to take the sword of the Son of Heaven with both hands, "Obey!" ”

Meng Rang sighed secretly in his heart, and walked down quickly with the Son of Heaven Sword.

Solving the matter of Shan Xiongxin, Li Mi's mind turned back again, he thought of Fang Xuanzao's strategy to go north, although this strategy made him tempted for a while, but now it is meaningless, Li Mi sighed helplessly, the momentum of the front and back attack has been formed, how can he be good?

This is, Zu Junyan, who joined the army in the bookkeeper's office, appeared outside the tent door, bowed down from afar and asked, "Your Majesty, can you listen to Weichen's words?" ”

At this time, anyone who was willing to give Li Mi advice was his lifeline, Li Mi hurriedly walked to the tent door and said, "Zu joins the army, please come in and say." ”

Zu Junyan walked in, "Your Majesty, although the situation is critical now, maybe we still have a glimmer of hope. ”

"What hope, you say?"

Zu Junyan said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, hope is on Xiao Miao's body." ”

"Xiao Milling?" Li Mi frowned, "How do you say this?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Xiao Mo doesn't really want to surrender to Yang Yuanqing, he is just forced to be helpless, after all, he is the one who is the emperor, even if he removes the emperor title now, Yang Yuanqing will not kill him for a while, but will Yang Yuanqing let him go in the future? I think he should know that. ”

Li Mi nodded, he understood this mentality of the emperor, Zu Junyan said very reasonably, "Keep talking!" ”

Zu Junyan continued: "As long as Your Majesty is willing to allow Xiao Mo to rule the south together and not invade each other, as long as Xiao Mo no longer helps Yang Yuanqing, even if he withdraws his army, our pressure will be much less, if he can help us, his army will be against Du Fuwei, and then our 180,000 army will fight against 30,000 Sui troops." Your Majesty, there is still hope for us. ”

Li Mi walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, he was said to be moved, this was indeed his last hope, he turned back and said: "Please join the army to persuade Xiao Miao, if he is willing to help me, I will not only give him the western part of the Yangtze River." I am willing to give him half of Jiangdu's treasures, and I, Li Mi, am willing to swear to heaven. ”

"Wechen will never live up to His Majesty's expectations."

Zu Junyan bowed deeply and turned to go down. Li Mi slowly walked to the front of the tent, staring at the deep and dark night sky, could he see a glimmer of hope in this dark night sky? ……

The Sui army temporarily set up camp tents five miles away from the Wei army's camp. He was not in a hurry to attack the Wei army, the situation had reached the last moment, and Yang Yuanqing did not dare to be careless, after all, the opponent's strength was more than five times that of him, and if he was in a hurry to attack and arouse the other party's hatred, it would be unfavorable to himself.

In the big tent, Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the sand table, pondering the various countermeasures that Li Mi might take, and Wei Yunqi stood silently aside. He also had a little idea in his heart, but he didn't want to interrupt Yang Yuanqing's train of thought, and at this time, a personal soldier said at the door: "Your Highness Qiqi, Bing Yuanzhen has been brought." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded. "Let him in!"

Bing Yuanzhen was brought in, and he was not left out in the cold because the city of Jiangdu was broken, because he was Li Mi's first strategist, and Yang Yuanqing wanted to hear his advice when he attacked Li Mi at the end.

"See His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" Bing Yuanzhen bowed respectfully.

"It's hard to let Mr. Bing go with the army."

"Don't dare. I am willing to serve His Highness. Bing Yuan couldn't help but feel excited in his heart, he was not afraid of hard work, he was afraid that he would not have the opportunity to work.

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, pointed to the sand table and asked, "I'm thinking about Li Mi's various retreats, and I want to hear Mr. Bing's opinion." ”

Bing Yuanzhen pondered for a moment and said: "I once heard Fang Xuanzao say that he said that it may be a strategic mistake to divide Jiangnan, and it is the best policy to stay in the Central Plains and join forces with the Tang Army, I think he will definitely persuade Li Mi to go north to the Central Plains." ”

"Then do you think Li Mi will accept it?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

Bing Yuanzhen shook his head, "Li Mi is actually indecisive, has the ambition to do great things, but has no courage to do great things, in the face of the crisis, his first consideration is self-preservation, and he thinks that he will not go to the Central Plains, and the possibility of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty is greater." ”

"But he can surrender to the Tang Dynasty if he goes to the Central Plains, can't he?" Next to him, Wei Yunqi couldn't help but say.

Bing Yuan really bowed and said: "The surrender of the Tang Dynasty I said is different from the surrender of the Tang Dynasty that Wei Sima said, I said that he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, which means that he had no way out after the defeat and fled to the Tang Dynasty alone, he is a gambler, he will not be reconciled if he does not lose jīng light." ”

Yang Yuanqing understood what Bing Yuanzhen meant, and said with a smile: "Then Mr. Bing thinks that if Li Mi is defeated, where will he flee to the Tang Dynasty from?" ”

Bing Yuanzhen looked at the sand table and said: "With the arrogance in Li Mi's bones, he will not flee to the Central Plains, and he thinks that he should go to the south, cross the river first, and then flee to Bashu from the south." ”

After a pause, Bing Yuanzhen said again: "In addition, the contradiction between Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang is very deep, and His Royal Highness can take advantage of this to defeat the Wei army on the battlefield." ”

"I see, thank you Mr. Bing for your opinion."

Yang Yuanqing ordered his soldiers to send Bing Yuanzhen down to rest, and then he glanced at Wei Yunqi and asked with a smile: "Wei Sima has been talking and stopping, if you have any suggestions, even if you say it clearly." ”

Wei Yunqi bowed slightly and said, "The humble position is actually a little worried about Xiao Mo and Du Fuwei, can Your Highness be sure that they are willing to fight Li Mi with us?" ”

Yang Yuanqing took a few steps with his hands down, and turned back and said: "Judging from their current performance, I don't think it's a big problem, does Wei Sima think that they will change their hexagram temporarily?" ”

"Your Highness, I'm just worried, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable, after His Highness came to Jiangnan, he hasn't officially contacted them, I'm afraid that at the last moment, something will happen, which will lead to our failure, Your Highness, we should be cautious."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and nodded, "You're right, I'm a little careless, I really should be cautious, Du Fuwei's mother is still in Taiyuan, I don't think he will have a problem, I'm worried about Xiao Miao, this person is a hero, cunning and deceitful, you must be careful." ”

Yang Yuanqing thought for a while and said: "Du Fuwei's side, I will send someone to confirm, Xiao Mill's side, I want to ask Wei Sima to go in person." ”

"I am willing to share my worries for His Highness, but can His Highness give Xiao Mo any promise?"

Yang Yuanqing looked up at the big tent, and finally he said lightly: "You can tell him that I promised to marry his daughter as a side concubine, and in the future, I will make his daughter a concubine, and I will never break my word." ”