Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 226 No matter what, it's not a loss

It is extremely uncomfortable for him to be caught between Gao Kaidao and Dou Jiande. If he can break the situation, he may not be unable to do something.

"Also ask Wen Sima to teach me." Luo Yi got up and saluted.

Wen Yanbo waved his hand, and did not directly say anything to persuade him to surrender, but instead mentioned the war between Dou Jiande and the Tang Dynasty not long ago.

"Does the manager know that some time ago Dou Jiande went south and defeated Li Shentong and Li Xiaoji?"

"Of course I know." Luo Yi said.

Wen Yanbo nodded, and continued: "I heard that at that time Dou Jiande was helped by the Turkic people, swept Hebei, and once pushed his troops to Hanoi."

"That's right, that's true." Luo Yi said: "If it wasn't for the Qin King Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty who led the army to Hebei, I'm afraid Dou Jiande would have become bigger by now."

Wen Yanbo said: "Presumably the manager also knows about the fact that my elder brother and third younger brother were officials in the Tang Dynasty."

"I know." Luo Yi asked strangely, "What does Wen Sima mean?"

Wen Yanbo said unhurriedly: "The manager may not know, but at that time, the Turks supported Liang Shidu, Dou Jiande, and Liu Wuzhou respectively, and even joined forces with Wang Shichong of Luoyang to jointly attack the Tang Dynasty."

"What?" Luo Yi was shocked.

He only knew that Dou Jiande was defeated and Liu Wuzhou was defeated, but he didn't know that Liang Shidu and Wang Shichong also attacked the Tang Dynasty.

"Li Tang, is he so powerful?" He said in disbelief.

Wen Yanbo said earnestly: "General Manager, Li Tang is based in Guanlong, with strong soldiers and horses, and sufficient food and grass. Now, Li Tang has already wiped out Xue Ju and Li Gui, went south to Bashu, and north to Bingzhou. His foundation has been solid. Just ask the general manager, the heroes of the world , who is Li Tang's opponent?"

Hearing this, Luo Yi gave him a deep look, got up and walked back and forth in the room.

After a while, he looked at Wen Yanbo, "Does Wen Sima mean to ask Li Tang for help?"

"If the general manager has the heart of domination, he might as well do this. If the general manager only wants fame and fortune, then there is another way." Wen Yanbo said.

"The heart of a king?" Luo Yi was slightly silent.Who doesn't have the ambition to compete in the Central Plains, but the reality is cruel, not everyone is qualified to compete for hegemony.

Luo Yi could see clearly, he was trapped in Youzhou, and he was still powerless against Gao Kaidao and Dou Jiande, how could he defeat Li Tang?
According to Li Tang's current annexation speed, by the time he takes Hebei, Li Tang may have already taken most of the Central Plains.

"Another way Wen Sima said is to submit to the Tang Dynasty?"

"The boss said it was good."

Luo Yi was not surprised by Wen Yanbo's frankness, after all, he had long known that Wen Daya and Wen Dayou held high positions in the Tang Dynasty.

"Oh, Wen Sima, let me think about it."

"Alright, I will take my leave."

After Wen Yanbo was sent away, Luo Yi sat alone in the room, quietly thinking about the pros and cons.

When he took Youzhou back then, he wanted to take advantage of the troubled times to rise up, but there were many bandits in Hebei. He was still trapped in Youzhou from the Daye years until now, and even Dou Jiande rose and surpassed him.

It is a good way to submit to Li Tang, but he is a little unwilling in his heart.

Thinking of this, Luo Yi ordered someone to call his younger brother Luo Shou.

"Wen Yanbo just advised me to surrender to Li Tang, what do you think?"

Luo Shou pondered: "Brother, do you want to do this?"

"I'm not reconciled." After Luo Yi finished speaking, he added: "But the situation in Youzhou is in danger right now. If Dou Jiande really joins forces with Gao Kaidao, we will definitely lose."

Luo Shou thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, why don't eldest brother surrender to Li Tang in name, so as to get help from the Tang Dynasty."

"What do you mean?"

Luo Shoudao: "I heard that the Tang Dynasty just went through a big war and is recuperating. They can't reach Hebei now. If we take the initiative to surrender, brother might as well use an excuse to fight against Dou Jiande and ask Li Yuan to make him the governor of Youzhou and guard Youzhou."

"You mean, take advantage of it?"

"That's right." Luo Shou said, "If Li Tang can really keep winning and conquer Hebei, Elder Brother might as well give up Youzhou and become an official in Chang'an. If Li Tang fails, Elder Brother can justifiably support troops in Youzhou and become independent from the Tang court." Outside. If things change in the future, it can be resumed at any time."

Luo Yi smiled, if he did this, no matter what, he would not lose money.

"Okay, let's do it!"

Not long after, he and Wen Yanbo discussed surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, and everything was agreed, and Wen Yanbo took the document signed and sealed by Luo Yi and ordered someone to send it to Chang'an.

Wen Yanbo knew the contents of the document well, and he could roughly guess a little bit about Luo Yi's plan.But he didn't make it clear, but pretended not to know.

Now the Tang Dynasty needs someone from Hebei to contain Dou Jiande. It doesn't matter whether this person supports himself or not.

The important thing is that the court wants to lay a nail in Hebei.

Chang'an, the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.

A few days have passed since Li Yuan handed over the case to Li Zhiyun for trial.Basically no progress these days.After all, all the people involved in the case were tortured to death by Zheng Shanguo, and the relevant evidence was also made into an iron case by Zheng Shanguo, so it was basically impossible to start.

What's more, Li Zhiyun didn't plan to find out anything, he just waited for Dou to confess to Lao Li, and then he could close the case.

Tang Jian flipped through the case files, sighing from time to time.He is extremely unwilling to let him get involved in this matter.King Qin and the crown prince were fighting each other at the court meeting, and he was not a fool, so he could see it.

King Qin wanted to protect Dou's family, and the prince wanted Dou's death. He was caught in the middle of a dilemma.

The good news is that he is not the chief judge and can get away with it.

"Cough, cough, cough." Wen Dayou coughed for a while, wiped off the dust on the file, and looked it up carefully.

Li Zhiyun said: "If Shilang Wen is not feeling well, you can rest for a while."

"Thank you, Your Highness, I'm fine." Wen Dayou said with a smile.

Li Zhiyun nodded and continued to fish.

During these days, although Wen Dayou was very polite, Li Zhiyun could feel his lukewarm attitude.

Wen's, it's not easy to start.

Wen Dayou found all the case files, extracted some key points, wrote them down on paper, and handed them over to Li Zhiyun.

"Your Highness, cough cough cough. These are suspicious points, and others are doubtful points that can be searched for further evidence cough cough cough cough."

Li Zhiyun: "."

For some reason, he was suddenly worried that Wen Dayou would cough up his lungs.

Old Wen, hold on.

"Wen Shilang, why don't you go back and rest first."

"No way, Your Highness, I have to cough cough cough." He said, he quickly took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth, and then coughed violently.

The surrounding officials came over to greet him one after another.

Seeing that he was coughing badly, Li Zhiyun said to Tang Jian: "Tang Shilang, I will leave this to you first, and this king will send Wen Shilang to see the imperial physician."

"Okay." Tang Jian said.

Wen Dayou wanted to refuse, but Li Zhiyun directly asked Li Zhen to carry him away.

Watching King Chu and Wen Dayou leave, Tang Jian suddenly realized that of the three presiding judges, he was the only one left.

Tang Jian: "."

I always feel like I've been abandoned.

(End of this chapter)