Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2272 Brother and sister break up, Xiuning returns to Qin

Chapter 2268: Brother and sister break up, Xiuning returns to Qin

Lu Xiucai left, but did not return directly to Luoyang, but entered Chang'an as an envoy to negotiate with Li Shimin in the next step.

As soon as Lu Xiucai walked out of the big tent, the next second the big tent was boiling again.

"Governor, do you really want to withdraw the troops? If you give up now, the general will not be reconciled." Gongsun Xuanyuan said unwillingly.

"Yes, Commander..."

All the generals agreed one after another, apparently unwilling to withdraw their troops at this time.

It took eight days from the resumption of negotiations between Qin and Tang to the conclusion of the negotiations and the formal agreement between the two parties.

During this period of time, the 20 Qin troops outside Chang'an did not sit idle, but launched a strong attack on Chang'an.

The morale of the Tang army was low, but among the previous generals, the Qin army won the victory, which also hit the morale of the Tang army again, so the Qin army thought that breaking through Chang'an would be very smooth, but the fact is that the eight-day onslaught is still the same. Failed to capture Chang'an.

During the eight-day siege, the main force of the Qin army added cannon fodder and lost nearly [-] soldiers. Although they failed to capture Chang'an in one go, the casualties caused to the Tang army were also increasing day by day.

If this trend continues, the capture of Chang'an will only happen sooner or later, and the generals of the Qin army will naturally be unwilling to let them withdraw at this time.

"Do you think the Governor wants to withdraw the troops?"

Hearing Li Jing's words, the generals realized that the withdrawal of troops had the greatest impact on Li Jing.

Li Jing, as the governor of Yongzhou, commanded 20 troops from the four routes this time, but failed to take down the entire Guanzhong. He should be the one who is most unwilling.

Naturally, Li Jing didn't want to withdraw his troops, but he understood what was impossible, so he explained: "The strength of Chang'an City is far beyond what was expected before the war. It will take at least one and a half months to take it, but the time left for us is even one Not even a month."

Li Jing finally understood that the eight days of negotiations between the two countries were the last time that the lord fought for him.

After these eight days of fighting, if Chang'an cannot be captured, then even if the attack continues for the next half month, there will be no results.

"Before the founding ceremony, the Guanzhong War must end. Since Chang'an cannot be captured within the stipulated time, why bother to increase casualties?" Li Jing said solemnly.

Hearing this, all the generals fell into silence, and no one objected to the withdrawal of troops anymore.

Seeing this, Li Jing ordered: "Send down the order to lift the siege of Chang'an."

Li Jing couldn't withdraw his troops for the time being, after all, Lu Qinghou hadn't come out of Chang'an, and Li Tang hadn't agreed to the terms of the "Luoyang Treaty", but it was still possible to withdraw the siege to show his sincerity.

Following Li Jing's order, the besieging Qin army was recalled to the camp one after another.

The Tang army on the tower saw that the Qin army stopped attacking the city and canceled the siege, thinking that they had won the battle, they shouted and reveled.

"The Qin army withdrew its troops, the Qin army withdrew its troops..."

In the city of Chang'an, Tang Palace.

Li Shimin looked at Lu Xiucai, who was well-dressed in an official uniform, and always felt that this person looked familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen him.

"Emissary Qin, have we met before?"

Lu Xiucai showed surprise in his eyes. He had only met Li Shimin once, but he never expected that Li Shimin still had an impression of him. After all, he was very ordinary when he was still in Qixia Town.

"Seven Heroes Town, Lu Qinghou."

Lu Xiucai saluted with a smile, while Li Shimin showed a dazed look, obviously he had remembered Xiucai, and his eyes suddenly showed surprise.

The cowardly and emaciated waiter at the beginning has now become the special envoy of the State of Qin. It is not surprising that anything has happened in this world.

"So it's an old friend."

After Li Shimin sighed, he put on a businesslike look and said coldly: "The purpose of the envoy Qin's trip, the king already knows. Tomorrow, the king will publicly announce that he will relinquish the throne and surrender to Qin, becoming a subordinate state." .”

"Why tomorrow? It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day, or just today." Lu Xiucai said with a smile on his face.

As soon as the words fell, all the officials of the Tang Dynasty present glared at him, and many even jumped out, pointing at Lu Xiucai and swearing.

Regarding this, Lu Xiucai turned a deaf ear to it, as if the other party's insults were barking like a dog, and just looked at Li Shimin calmly.

Li Shimin's fist was clenched tightly, but he loosened it after a while. From the time he decided to surrender in exchange for survival, he knew that there would be such a day, and he would be humiliated, but he didn't expect this day to come so soon .

"Since your envoy is in a hurry, let's do it today."

Li Shimin said indifferently, and then ordered to convene the high-level civil and military officials in the city, and then publicly announced the terms of the "Luoyang Treaty" and the matter of surrendering the throne to the Qin State.

"From today onwards, I, Li Shimin, will step down from the throne, and the Tang Kingdom will surrender to the Qin Kingdom and become a subordinate state..."

The civil and military officials who were summoned, after seeing this scene, seemed to be crying for their father and mother, obviously unable to accept such a cruel thing.

But the relationship between countries is so cruel. At least the Tang State is still there and has the right of autonomy. It's just that the dignity is rubbed on the ground by the Qin State, and the whole country is hit.

After Li Shimin left the throne, he didn't call himself Duke or Marquis. After all, Tang was already a subsidiary state of Qin, and it was against the rules to call himself a Duke. After Ying Hao proclaimed himself emperor, he would naturally be canonized.

I witnessed with my own eyes that after Li Shimin left the throne, the main task of Lu Qinghou's trip was completed. After all, Li Shimin even completed such a humiliating thing, so it is naturally impossible to violate other terms.

"The garrisons in the five counties of Zuo Fengling and Li Keyong's troops in Huayin will withdraw within five days and hand over the control of the city to your army. I also hope that your army will not attack our retreating army. " said Li Shimin.

Lu Qinghou nodded: "Since your two countries have ceased fighting and shook hands to make peace, our army will naturally not attack the Tang army."

"Qin Hai and Sima Yi, your envoy can take Qin Hai away directly, as for Sima Yi..."

As he said that, Li Shimin showed a look of embarrassment, and Lu Xiucai asked, "Did any accident happen?"

"Sima Yi is the guard of Ba Ling. He seems to have guessed that I would abandon him. Before the negotiation was over, he hung his seal and fled. Now I don't know where he is. I believe that with Qin's intelligence network, it is only a matter of time before Sima Yi is caught. .”

What Li Shimin said was extremely sincere, but Lu Xiucai sneered in his heart. He didn't believe a word Li Shimin said, but he would not expose Li Shimin either.

It was just right not to hand over Sima Yi, and after Qin recovered his self-cultivation, he just used this as an excuse to send troops to attack Tang.

When he entered the city, Lu Qinghou was alone, but when he left the city, he brought out Hu Hai who was tied into rice dumplings.

After seeing Hu Hai, the generals of the Qin army were immediately excited, especially the generals from the Qin family, such as Qin Ji and Qin Si, who rushed forward and beat Hu Hai violently. If Li Jing didn't stop him, they might have given him People were killed.

Ying Hao had already issued an order to publicly execute the traitor Hu Hai and the regicide Liu Bei in front of the whole world on the day of enthronement, and sacrifice the ancestors and late emperors, so Li Jing naturally couldn't let Hu Hai be beaten to death by Qin Ji.

As for Hu Hai, his heart was full of despair, and at the same time, his intestines were almost green with regret.

He defected to Li Tang because he believed that Qin State could not survive the siege of many countries. At that time, there were many people who had the same idea as him. As a result, Qin State not only survived, but now Ying Hao is going to replace Han as emperor. , and he became a clown who voluntarily gave up his status as a relative of the emperor.

If you want to die and give Hu Hai another chance, he will never do this, but it is too late to say anything now.

Lu Qinghou escorted Hu Hai back to Luoyang, while Li Jing continued to hand over the territory with Li Tang, until he accepted the city surrendered by the Tang army, and then ordered the army to retreat into Lantian, Xinfeng and other four cities one after another.

Just when the last Qin army was about to leave Chang'an, the city gates of Chang'an were opened wide, and Li Shimin personally escorted a team of horse-drawn carriages out of the city. nebula.

Just before the negotiations between the two countries ended, Li Shimin abolished Li Zhi's position as the son, and instead made Li Xingyun the new son.

Li Shimin would do this, naturally because he was reluctant to let Li Zhi, his son, go to Luoyang as a hostage. After all, he might never come back after this trip, but Li Xingyun was different, he was a son of a son.

If a son must be sacrificed, in Li Shimin's opinion, it is better to die a concubine than a dead son.

At this time, little Li Xingyun's cute little face was full of fear and uneasiness, causing pity, and even Li Shimin felt a little guilty in his heart.

"Father, do you want Xingyun?"

"How could it be, Xingyun, don't think about it too much, your father will take you home sooner or later."

Li Shimin stroked Li Xingyun's little head, and said very seriously: "When you go to Luoyang, you must also remember that you must not cause trouble, and you must listen to Aunt Xiuning in everything."

"Well, Nebula remembered."

Xiao Li Xingyun nodded obediently.

Li Shimin still knows Li Xiuning's younger sister very well. Although their brother and sister have completely turned their faces, Li Xiuning hates him even more, but he will never blame his son.

After Li Xingyun entered Luoyang, with the help of his aunt Li Xiuning, life as a proton in Luoyang would be easier.

Before and after the Qin army formation, the pale Li Xiuning was helped out of the carriage by two maids, obviously because her internal energy was sealed.

"Xiu Ning, please forgive the second brother, there is no other way for the second brother to do this."

Li Shimin said with an apologetic face that he really didn't want to take advantage of his sister, but at this point, it would be a good thing for both countries to let Li Xiuning marry, and he couldn't refuse.

Li Xiuning smiled disdainfully, she had already seen through Li Shimin, and was extremely disappointed with this second brother, she was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and said coldly, "Where are Qi'er and Lin'er?"

Seeing this, Li Shimin sighed slightly in his heart, and immediately carried Lin'er out of a carriage behind him.

Lin'er hadn't seen her mother for more than ten days, and she missed her so much that she ran over as soon as she saw Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning also rushed up, hugged her son and cried bitterly, and asked if she had been abused during this period, and was relieved when she got the answer of no.

"Xiu Ning, why do you think of Second Brother like that? Lin'er is your son and my nephew, how could I abuse him." Li Shimin said with a wry smile.

Li Xiuning wiped away her tears, looked at Li Shimin coldly, and said in a deep voice, "Where's Qi'er?"

Li Shimin was silent for a while and then replied: "Qi'er can't be returned to you for the time being, he needs to stay as a hostage. After the agreement between the two countries is successfully implemented, my second brother, I will accompany someone to send Qi'er to Luoyang for you Mother and child reunion."

"Li, Shi, Min."

Li Xiuning was trembling with anger, her eyes seemed to burst into flames.

She knew that her second brother was a ruthless person, but she never thought that he would be so heartless. This is taking all her sacrifices and slaves for granted, and wanting to squeeze all their mother and child to use The rhythm of value.

"You will regret today's decision."

After coldly uttering a harsh word, Li Xiuning hugged her son and walked towards Qin Jun without looking back.

For Li Tang, not only did she not have any nostalgia, but she was also full of resentment.

She wanted revenge, she wanted Li Shimin to regret how he treated her own sister.

Seeing the back of Li Xiuning leaving, Li Shimin opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything. He sighed and motioned his son beside him to catch up.

Li Xingyun was frightened by the quarrel between his father and his aunt. He was pushed and shoved several times before he realized it. He chased after him with short legs, shouting 'Auntie wait for me' while running.

Li Xiuning had already been heartbroken by Li Shimin, she hated her brother for using her mother and son, she had to target Li Xingyun, but how could she still care about Li Xingyun?
At this moment, Huo Qubing rushed over with a team of cavalry, and when he saw the child in Xiuning's arms, he immediately understood, he cupped his fists and saluted, "General Huo Bing, General of Great Qin Pingbei, was ordered to escort Madam back to Beijing."

Li Xiuning raised her head: "General Huo, I don't want to go to Luoyang so soon."

Huo Qubing was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Ma'am, this is a bit out of order, please don't make things difficult for this general."

"I heard that after Fu Cunshen, Changsun Wuji and others were captured, they would rather die than surrender to Qin. To persuade these descendants to descend in the future."

Li Xiuning said lightly, she doesn't think she can only be used for making love.

Who is she, Li Xiuning?She is the iron lady of Tang State who can fight on horseback and rule the country when off horseback. Even if she doesn't rely on anyone, she is better than most men in the world.

Therefore, from her point of view, entering the Qin Dynasty this time is another kind of "becoming an official". She wants to let her cruel second brother know that giving up her is the worst decision he has ever made in his life.

Hearing that Li Xiuning said that he would help persuade the generals to surrender, Huo Qubing smiled and said: "Madam, it is not easy to persuade these generals to surrender, you better stop meddling."

"The general may not know that Fu Cunshen was recommended by my concubine to Li Shimin.

As for Changsun Wuji, he encountered an assassin two years ago and was hit by a poisoned arrow. The doctors in Chang'an were helpless, and it was his concubine who invited Yu Ji to save him.

In addition, generals such as Yang Jian, Gao Siji, Shang Shitu, and civil servants such as Li Kui and Li Si have also received the kindness of concubines. "Li Xiuning said lightly.

Huo Qubing was dumbfounded when he heard this, it was too powerful, he seemed to understand why the lord married this woman now.

This woman's influence in the Tang State was second only to Li Shimin and Li Kui. If she had this woman's help in dealing with the Tang State, it would be better than a hundred thousand soldiers.

"Ma'am, are you sure?" Huo Qubing asked with some uncertainty.

"pretty close."

Hearing this, Huo Qubing finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "In this case, I, Huo Bing, am violating a military order once, let Madam, you have a try."

"Thank you, General."

(End of this chapter)