Li Yuan walked down and stood in front of the three unfamiliar faces, he kindly took the hand of one of the young men who stood up, and said with a smile, "Sanniang, this young and brave general is the golden-armored guard of the broken army, General Zhang Wei Although General Zhang is young, he is very promising, but he is the most trusted and intimate in front of the broken army." This time, he is the messenger of the broken army. ”

Zhang Wei, who was wearing a golden imperial guard armor, was no more than twenty-five or sixteen, with long shoulders and broad shoulders, strong limbs, and a resolute face. Seeing Li Yuan holding his hand so affectionately, he was not surprised, but smiled and said, "I'm not a messenger, just a guard of His Royal Highness King Chen." This time, I also came on the orders of His Royal Highness King Chen, but I didn't dare to use the banner of the messenger. ”

General Zhang said with a smile, General Zhang is a close friend of King Chen's side, and his status is noble. Privately, King Chen is my son-in-law, and I am still an elder. However, putting aside the private mentions, King Chen is a famous commander, with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, guarding Liaodong, Liaoxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Huaibei. is enough to sit in the second half of the country, but it really makes me wait to look up. Li Yuan lowered his body and tried his best to say nice words, narrowing the distance between him and Zhang Wei and other Hebei envoys.

"At the beginning, His Majesty died in Taiyuan, and when he was in danger, because he did not know that Empress Xiao and the crown prince had been rescued by King Chen, he had to die and ordered the old man to assist the emperor's grandson, King Yan, to inherit the throne. The old man was also dedicated to the Great Sui court at the beginning, but unexpectedly, Yang Huan's plot for the throne failed, and he framed the old man to kill the king, which was really wronged to the old man. Later, when he learned that His Royal Highness King Chen had established the crown prince in Hebei to succeed him, the old man immediately went to King Chen, congratulated the new emperor of Hebei, and continued to pacify the new emperor in Hedong. ”

Li Yuan stood there, wiping his tears with his sleeves from time to time while talking, saying extremely touching, playing the role of a loyal minister of the Great Sui who was loyal to the Great Sui and had no selfishness. Listening to his words, many officials of Li Tang in the cave felt that King Tang was too noble. It turned out that the king of Tang was such a loyal minister, but he fell into a deep misunderstanding.

"After the death of the first emperor, the only one who succeeded to the throne of the Great Sui Dynasty was the crown prince. Previously, the old man and the former emperor did not know that the crown prince was still in the court, so they made a mistake in Taiyuan. Later, he immediately knew his mistake and changed it, and respected the new emperor of Hebei as Zhengshuo. However, the new emperor is justified in his position, but there are always some selfish things that he does not hesitate to do against him. Yang Xuan, the king of Liao, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, Yang Yu, the acting king, and Yang Hao, the king of Qin, these entered or conspired against each other, or were manipulated, and they all regarded the new emperor of Hebei Zhengshuo as a disregard, and ascended the throne in various rebellions, and established a puppet dynasty. Especially Yang Jun, when the first emperor of Taiyuan did not collapse, he took care of the troops and acted with bad intentions. He hatefully pronounced the word Yang Jun, as if he spit out two swords from his mouth.

"Yang Yong and the others are the sons and grandsons of the emperor, so they shouldn't do such a rebellious thing." Pei Lin also followed the road on the side.

Li Yuan nodded, "Eat the king's luck, bear the king's worries." The old man was trusted by King Chen and was appointed to guard a place east of the river. Originally, educating the people on one side and pacifying the people on the other side was competent. However, the old man was so trusted by King Chen, but he couldn't sit in Hedong and watch Yang Yun and other rebel ministers make trouble. Previously, Yang Yin's rebel thieves not only brought disaster to Jianghan, but also escaped into Hedong. The old man was entrusted by his father and villagers in Hedong to send troops from Hedong and go south to conquer Yang Rebellious. Originally, the soldiers of Hedong led by the old man were attentive, victory was in sight, and peace in Hedong was imminent. However, the rebels of the Yuwen clan who seized the right of the Guanxi and the traitors of Wang Shichong, who stole the central capital, took the opportunity to attack our Hedong and fell into the siege of the old man's Hedong army on all sides, and they were helplessly defeated. The old man is sorry for King Chen's trust and trust, the old man did not guard the land of Hedong for King Chen, he was ashamed of the court, he was ashamed of King Chen, and he returned to Hedong without face. ”…,

Speaking of Li Yuan, he stretched out the long sword at his waist and killed himself. It's just loud, but it's very slow. It wasn't until Pei Lin next to him waited for him to come in and pull it, and he just pulled out half of his sword. Li Tang's civil and military master, you fight for me, it's not lively.

Zhang Wei, the envoy of Hebei, waited for three entrances, but stood aside and watched for a long time, and none of them stepped forward to pull. After waiting for a while, but seeing that Li Yuan's sword was not pulled out after all, Li Yuan's hair did not fall out, and the oily skin was not hurt at all, the three guys who were waiting to see the show couldn't help but feel disappointed in their hearts.

Li Yuan did a half-baked scene, but he was really angry. This defeat has basically lost all the capital of the Li family. also lost his Li Yuan's years of planning and expectations, and such a result made him extremely disappointed. Originally, because I had to take care of other things, I kept forcing my face. The fake show just now made his feelings uncontrollable. Sitting in a chair, holding his forehead and sighing, gritting his teeth.

He has been planning for so long, and he has just captured Hedong, but unfortunately he was untenable by Chen Pojun and others. I had to be ruthless and prepare to give up Hedong, which had just arrived, to fight for Guanzhong. led the army all the way south, and saw that he was about to enter the pass, but Yang Hui took the entry to the front and blocked him on the other side of the Yellow River. The land in the middle of the pass can be seen but unreachable, and in the end, the soldiers will be lost, and even the east of the river will be lost. This huge feeling of failure in his heart, even if he has always been so calm, he can't hold it back anymore.

The blow this time was so big that Li Yuan couldn't control the emotions in his heart. Before his son Li Shimin brought back the latest news, he actually had the intention of returning to Taiyuan, and then recovering the counties of Hedong with Taiyuan and Shangdang, and guarding Hedong to wait for changes when he died. But when the news that Li Shimin brought back was so bad, he was completely desperate. He finally understood that he was finished, and the Li family was also finished.

The land of more than ten counties in Hedong was originally a place that could become the foundation of the king's business. But now, only Taiyuan and Shangdang are left in Li Tang's hands. And there are only three cities left in Taiyuan County, and the army of the north and south will besiege Hedong, and it will not be long before the strong Taiyuan and Shangdang will also fall. And he, Li Yuan, couldn't even defend Taiyuan in the end, he could only be chased by Yang Yong's pursuers like a hunt in this deep mountain and old forest, until he finally either starved to death or fell into Yang Yong's hands.

"Yang Jian is bent on competing for the throne, and his dispatch of troops to Hedong is even more rebellious. The king of Tang led his troops to resist, which was the duty of an official to guard one side. If it weren't for Wang Shichong taking advantage of the fire to rob, King Tang would not have been defeated. However, King Tang didn't need to worry too much, and King Chen also knew about Hedong. Previously, an urgent order had been issued to Liang Shidu to send troops to aid Hedong, just two days ago. General Liang had successfully arrived in Huoyi first, blocking Wang Shichong's northward attack on Taiyuan. ”

"King Tang." Li Yuan repeated the title stupidly. "Don't use this title of Tang King to entertain me anymore. What kind of Tang king am I? There are more than ten counties in the east of the river, and now none of them belong to me. Now the old man is taking these thousands of remnants of the defeated soldiers, and he is fleeing in the mountains in panic like a lost dog. The rolling Nakajo Mountains are my territory. He stood at the table, his figure stretched by the light of the butter lamps on the two walls of the cave.

The elongated figure was imprinted on the animal skin map on the table, completely enclosing the large area east of the river. Li Yuan could no longer control the emotions in his heart, and laughed self-deprecatingly and pointed to the Yellow River on the southeastern border of the river on the map. Pointing to the thin line north of the Yellow River, he said, "Have you seen it, have you seen it, I, Li Yuan, am the King of Tang, but now I can only escape in a place as big as a thread on this map, what kind of Tang King am I." ”…,

"I'm sorry King Chen, I'm sorry Your Majesty, I lived up to their white spoon expectations, failed to guard Hedong, and lost Hedong. I will give your Majesty and King Chen a table, resign from all official positions and titles, and have no face to take up this position again. ”

Zhang Wei watched this play as if watching a play, laughed a few times and said, "King Tang doesn't have to be so sad and blame himself, when he came down, King Chen specially instructed him to bring a message to King Tang." Hedong was lost, and the sin was not lost in Tang Wang, but in Yang Yong and Yu Wenhua and Wang Shichong. King Chen and King Tang are both sons-in-law and ministers in the same hall, but they are a family that can no longer be kissed. In the matter of Hedong, King Chen will help to bear the burden. ”

"Does King Chen really say that?" Li Yuan said nervously.

"Indeed, King Chen also said that King Tang will always be King Tang, so you can rest assured. Although Hedong is temporarily lost at the moment, the imperial court will also help Tang Wang recapture Hedong, and Hedong will still be the fief of Tang Wang, and Tang Wang will have to worry more. ”

Li Yuan looked at Zhang Wei in disbelief, he was acting like this just now, but he was actually helpless. Taiyuan is in danger, and the party will not last long. And he and Zhu Wenwu were all trapped in this Zhongtiao Mountain, and they couldn't even go back to Taiyuan and Shangdang. Seeing that he was about to die in this mountain, he saw the Hebei envoy brought back by the people, so he had no choice but to make this decision, and the dead horse became a live horse doctor. For Li Yuan, it is really nothing to endure humiliation for a while. As long as it is not until the last moment, he never gives up.

Although he has the card of his daughter and Li Tang's long-term business in Hedong, he thinks that he still has a great role for Chen Pojun. But in my heart, I was worried that Chen Pojun had never played cards according to common sense, for fear that Chen Pojun would not only not save but fall into the well because of the past. At this time, hearing Zhang Wei's words made him feel relieved. Although he knew that with Chen Pojun's usual style of acting, even if Chen Pojun didn't take the opportunity to cut the grass and eradicate the roots this time, he would not let him pass easily. I'm afraid that behind it, there will be a large list of various harsh conditions.

However, the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and at this point, Li Yuan has completely let it go. As long as he can have a chance to breathe and survive this hurdle, he dares to agree to no matter how harsh the conditions are. For him, it doesn't matter what covenant oath commitments he makes, what matters is his own strength. As long as the strength is restored, the right to interpret all treaties is on the side of the stronger.

Zhang Wei was not surprised at all by Li Yuan's refreshing reply, he smiled slightly, "King Tang, this is very good, please King Tang clean up immediately, His Royal Highness King Chen is still waiting for us." ”

(To be continued)