The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 297
"Woo, woo, woo!" The distant and long horn sounded faintly outside Chang'an Mingde Gate. Li Tang's monarchs and officials headed by Li Yuan stared from the tower, and saw a long black line appearing on the sky and the ground. The big red banner embroidered with the word "Sui" on one side rules the world like an emperor. Immediately behind the big banner is a large endless forest of long halberds. That piece of cold and cold blade almost reflects the cold and dark sky.

Hundreds of thousands of Sui troops gathered into an endless wave. Under the guidance of the big red banner, they rolled forward. The sharp soldiers in their vanguard were about to enter the range of the Tang army's bed crossbow, but the rear army was still endlessly attacking from behind. Go up.

The ten troops suddenly changed formation and gathered neatly a stone's throw away from Mingde Gate. The sudden change and the orderly appearance of the army, none of the [-] troops made abnormal noises, and there was no noise. They lined up rigorously, one after another , which are straight lines.

The prosperous military appearance and high morale made the officials of Li Tang and the guards on the tower pale in horror.

Behind the big banner with the word "Sui" is a spacious passage. At this time, the sound of horseshoes sounded loudly, and five thousand knights in bright armor appeared at the end of the passage, stretching for at least several miles. It seems to have a fierce and extremely brilliant momentum, full of extraordinary arrogance that is victorious in all battles.They are like a sea of ​​blood, with a strong killing spirit from far to near, shocking people's hearts.

The first person was riding a peerless white horse and holding a lance. On the face of Furui Fubo, he exuded a calm temperament. The scabbard sword pierces straight into the sky.

"Yang Tong is here."

Li Jiancheng licked his chapped lips, feeling a strange bitterness in his heart.

The rapid sound of war drums suddenly stopped, and at this moment, one hundred thousand Sui soldiers suddenly said in unison: "His Royal Highness King Qin of the Great Sui Dynasty is a thousand years old!"

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers roared in unison without warning, shaking the heavens and the earth, mighty and majestic, full of murderous aura, but its power gave people an irresistible domineering aura.

"You have two choices! One, fight to the death and destroy the city; two, get out of Daxing Palace, get out of Chang'an, and get out of Guanzhong. Regarding the second choice, I have a few requirements."

Yang Tong stared at the crowd on the top of the wall, and said coldly: "I'll only say it once, but no matter which one someone violates, there is no exception, and there will be no next time, there will be no mercy."

"From now until noon tomorrow, it's time for you to get out of Chang'an. During this period, someone damaged the Daxing Palace, every plant and tree in Chang'an, and all civil and military officials above the fifth rank will be punished."

"Those who harass and plunder the people, civil and military officials of the fifth rank and above, will punish the nine clans!"

……

"Daxing Palace, Taicang, Zuozang, official warehouses, official residences, gold and silver treasures, money and food in the official residences of the puppet Tang Dynasty are all owned by the Sui Dynasty, and no one is allowed to take them away. Remember, anyone, who violates the order, cut!"

"During the specified time, if the pseudo-Tang Wupin officials dare to stay together, behead them!"

"Heavenly soldiers enter the city, and those who dare to resist, beheaded!"

"Those who provoke the Heavenly Soldiers, behead!"

"Those who disobey the order, beheaded!"

"……cut!"

"…cut!"

"cut!"

……

A series of killing the nine clans, a series of beheading words, after five thousand Xuanjia troops recounted, a hundred thousand troops responded, the words were so murderous that the whole city could hear them!
Yang Tong himself also became murderous and awe-inspiring following these beheading characters!
Everyone in the city was robbed of their ambitions and lost in fear and horror.

The timid one was so frightened that he couldn't help it, he took a few steps back, collided with the person behind him, and fell to the ground.

In front of Mingde Gate, Yang Tong's words kept coming.

"All the terms and conditions are now officially in effect! Of course, if you have the courage to fight against us, you don't have to abide by them. Anyway, our soldiers in the Sui Dynasty are still very unhappy!" Yang Tong said calmly.

"Nonsense! I will not promise you!"

Li Yuan was furious, he wanted to 'strategic shift', but he wanted to quietly take his family, Li Tang Wenwu, and the treasures of the Daxing Palace away, but now he is being yelled at by the [-] generals of the Sui Army all over the city , if he really left, it would really hurt Emperor Li Tang's dignity.

He pointed at Yang Tong and shouted, "Fire me an arrow and shoot this bastard to death."

"Om~"

Arrows were fired randomly from the top of the city, and a rain of arrows fell, and the Sui army retreated one after another without any chaos.

Yang Tong took off the Thunder Bow, drew out a big arrow, and aimed at Li Yuan. The guards at the top of the city were so frightened that they used shields to protect Li Yuan. The sharp arrow of the rope broke, and Li Tang's Turkic white national flag fluttered from the top of the city to the outside of the city amidst a sound of exclamation.

"go!"

Yang Tong turned his horse's head and walked slowly towards the south.

With a wave of Luo Shixin's hand, a Xuanjia army shot a special arrow with a rope at the white flag. The other end of the rope was tied to the saddle. Drag it on the ground.

In this way, more than [-] Sui troops came and walked swaggeringly under the watchful eyes of Li Tangjun and his ministers.

Li Xiaogong, who took over the city defense task, did not receive Li Yuan's attack order, and did not dare to act rashly. Many defenders at the top of the city watched the Sui army go away. Countless people's eyes glanced at the national flag that was dragged on the ground, and then at Li Yuan!
The power of the Sui army has been deeply engraved in everyone's hearts like a brand.But Yang Tong's domineering declaration and the last arrow left a heavy shadow and fear in everyone's hearts.

All the civil and military officials of Li, Tang, and Tang had lingering fears, and they all thought to themselves: The purpose of the Sui Dynasty today is to establish its prestige, but just a cutscene is so horrifying, wouldn't it be even more terrifying to kill with real swords and guns? 15 miscellaneous soldiers, isn't it the opponent of such a tiger and wolf division?

Li Yuan was filled with resentment, he let out a loud roar, grabbed the soaring crown on his head and fell to the ground.

With a sound of 'pa', the crown beam was broken into three pieces, and the jewels and jade on the crown splashed everywhere, which frightened many civil and military officials into silence, daring to move like statues.

Li Yuan was bleeding with hatred, he punched the battlement with his fist, his hands were dripping with blood, everyone was frightened and tried to persuade him.Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said to everyone: "Today's shame and humiliation, when will it be snowed?"

"Your Majesty, I think you should send someone to talk to Yang Tong, and try to buy some time." Liu Wenjing sighed, and then gave Li Jiancheng a wink.

Li Jiancheng got Liu Wenjing's wink, and he pleaded knowingly: "Father, I beg you to negotiate with Yang Tong on behalf of Datang."

As soon as Li Jiancheng finished speaking, Chen Shuda objected: "It's not right, Your Highness is the heir apparent of the Tang Dynasty, so you can't put yourself in danger, I'm willing to do it for you."

"Thank you, Chen Xiangguo, for your concern." Li Jiancheng smiled gratefully, and said, "It's just that in the face of a national crisis, I should take on the responsibility of the crown prince. I really don't want to wait for news in Chang'an. According to the principle of reciprocity, I should also talk to Yang Tong. As for There is no need to worry about the danger, Yang Tong is the majestic king of Qin, so he would not do anything to hurt the envoy."

Li Yuan has gradually calmed down at this time. He knows that it is possible to fight to the death, but it is based on the premise of equal strength, or there are huge benefits.If you stick to Chang'an at this time, it's not about life and death, but a stupid act of hitting an egg against a rock.

It's just that he also felt quite strange at the same time.

The current situation is quite obvious. The Li and Tang Dynasty will definitely not be able to defeat Yang Tong, and Chang'an will not be able to defend Chang'an. In a situation where they must win, they just gave them a way out, which is really a strange thing.

Could there be some conspiracy here?
Could it be that they were coaxed out of Chang'an and robbed halfway?So as to obtain a complete Chang'an city?
If he went out of the city foolishly, the demoralized Tang army would not be able to charge up to the mighty Sui army. Before he knew Yang Tong's attitude, Li Yuan really didn't dare to leave Chang'an city.

Seeing that what Li Jiancheng said was reasonable, he was also inclined to let the prince to negotiate, and finally a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded, "Okay, okay! The prince not only has the style of an elder, but also is full of courage. On behalf of Datang Go to Sui Ying for a walk."

"I obey!" Li Jiancheng replied in a deep voice.

Li Yuan immediately made a decision, Prince Li Jiancheng as the main envoy, Xiao Yu as the deputy envoy, and Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng County, led a thousand yuan guards from the imperial army to escort them to negotiate with Yang Tong.

Take advantage of the gap between soldiers!
Li Jiancheng approached Liu Wenjing, and asked in a low voice impatiently: "Grand Liu, what is your purpose in letting me take this job? The emperor was hit hard, and he looked like he was completely devastated. At this critical moment, I really It is not suitable to leave Chang'an. I think Chen Xiangguo and Xiao Xiangguo are the best candidates."

"His Royal Highness, don't underestimate this mission!" Liu Wenjing said solemnly: "Your Highness does not want the position of crown prince to be threatened, and if he wants to ascend to the throne safely, he must obtain the support of all civil and military officials. Only in this way can we prevent another dispute between the two sons in Datang."

"Liu Gong, what do you mean by that?" Li Jiancheng frowned.

"King Jin is an outstanding man of his generation. He has the ability to be ambitious. The reason why he failed repeatedly is because the Holy Majesty did not let go of the rope in his hands. This prevented his military talent from being brought into play, and he was tied up in battle! To some extent It is said that King Jin was not defeated by the enemy, but by the hands of the Holy Master!"

After Liu Wenjing broke the secret, he said solemnly: "And our Great Tang suffered such a disastrous defeat, the Holy One will most likely reflect on his mistakes because of this. Given the importance he attaches to King Jin, King Jin will definitely be able to regain military power. Once he can Let go of your hands and feet to fight, Xiao Xian and his ilk will not be his opponent at all. At that time, he will definitely shine brightly."

"Nowadays, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty have nothing to do, and people are in panic. As the crown prince, His Royal Highness should show the responsibility that the prince should have. With the defeat of King Jin, even if His Royal Highness wins three days, one day, and half a day, it will be a great success. , is good for consolidating the crown prince's position."

Li Jiancheng suddenly realized, and gratefully said: "What Liu Gong said is very true. If Liu Gong hadn't reminded me, I would have almost missed this opportunity..."

"This is what a humble official should do."

"Grand Liu!" Li Jiancheng paused, and said a little discouraged: "Yang Tong is extremely smart, do you think there will be a day for me to make a comeback in the Tang Dynasty?"

Liu Wenjing shook her head, and said seriously, "Does Your Highness think Yang Tong is smart?"

"After the Jiangdu Rebellion, I felt that the Sui Dynasty was dead, because although Yang Tong was the grandson of Emperor Wu of the Sui Dynasty, he didn't inherit anything from the old Sui Dynasty. If he didn't continue to follow the name of the Sui Dynasty, he would be no different from the princes of the world. .He is not like my Tang Dynasty, with the support of the Long nobles, he created today's huge foundation with his own efforts, isn't such a person smart?"

"Your Highness is wrong!" Liu Wenjing sighed, shook her head with a wry smile, "Actually, Yang Tong is not smart at all, he cannot govern the country with literature, and cannot be handsome with martial arts... What's more deadly is that he is like a stupefied young man, who actually has a relationship with The great families of the world are enemies. The only things worthy of praise are literary talent and bravery across the world. However, neither literary talent nor bravery is the standard to measure a king."

"Is this really strange?" Li Jiancheng was very curious. If Liu Wenjing said so, Yang Tong would be a worthless person. However, such a person is unstoppable.

"He can't govern the country with literature, Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Liu Zhenghui and others help him govern the country; military can't be commander in chief, there are Wei Yunqi, Pei Renji, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Yu Chigong, Duan Decao These famous generals have paid silently. Take the battle of Guanzhong in front of us as an example. The most credit is Li Jing, who restrained the hundreds of thousands of troops of the King of Jin. With Li Jing, Yang Tong can show his might in Guanzhong. However, there are few people in the world who understand Li Jing's silent dedication? They will always see the glamorous Yang Tong. He lacks talent, but he has a bachelor from Lingyan Pavilion by his side! He is not smart, but he has a pair of vicious eyes. Could it be that he is the most outstanding talent in the world, look at his martial arts, before meeting him, who was famous in the world?"

"Indeed." Li Jiancheng thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement.

"In addition, Yang Tong's boldness in employing people and his mind to accommodate others can be called No. 1 in generations. Isn't Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, just a kind of human being?"

"Gao Han Zu Liu Bang?" Li Jiancheng's pupils shrank

"Han Gaozu is not as good as Han Xin when it comes to arranging troops and conquering cities and territories; Zhang Liang is not as good as Zhang Liang when it comes to strategizing and winning thousands of miles; Xiao He is not as good as Xiao He when it comes to appeasing the people and governing the country. One point is worse than Han Gaozu, he is a child of Emperor Zhou, noble and unparalleled, and his background also makes his vision far-sighted, so he will not do things like flying birds to hide their bows." At this point, Liu Wenjing sighed slightly, "It's a pity What’s more, many, many people in my Tang Dynasty regard him as the momentarily brilliant Overlord of Chu, and he will be at a disadvantage.”

Li Jiancheng smiled slightly, and said firmly: "Yang Tong is the great ancestor, but I, Li Jiancheng, am not the overlord. I want to be the king of Yue Goujian who endures humiliation!"

Liu Wenjing smiled, noncommittal.

Goujian is the king, but Li Jiancheng is just a prince who does many mistakes and shows mediocrity when he doesn't do anything. On the top, Li Yuan suppresses, and on the middle, Li Shimin is aggressive.

Can this be compared?

unless……

Liu Wenjing had a very crazy idea in her heart!

There is a person under His Royal Highness, who is a bit like Chen Ping of the Qin and Han Dynasties and Jia Xu of the Three Kingdoms. He is the kind of person who is vicious to the bone.Perhaps, this person can replace the benevolent Highness to do some things that he doesn't want, can't, and doesn't want to do!
Somewhere in the East Palace!

"Is winter coming? Why did it suddenly get cold?" Changsun Wuji shrank back, looked at the sky, and said to himself, shaking his head.

(End of this chapter)