Dajin royal family

Chapter 517 Wei's Choice (thanks to Hua Yuhan for the reward)
Li Yuan took the victory along the way and gathered his soldiers. When he arrived in Chang'an, his strength had reached about [-].

Li Yuan knew in his heart how much water was in the hundred thousand.In the bloody battle between Wugong County and Mei County a few months ago, the army in his hands was basically consumed as much as that of Wei Guo. It is impossible for these stragglers to become elites in a short time.

However, it does not prevent him from taking the lead and intimidating Wei Guo.

Li Yuan's camp was stationed outside Chang'an City, stretching for dozens of miles, with flags flying and spears and halberds like forests.

Chang'an City was completely surrounded by him, and he had been attacking Chang'an City from the first day.He knew very well that now was the weakest time of the Wei State. Although Wei Hong had conscripted the common people into the army, these soldiers did not have the combat effectiveness of real soldiers at all. morale.

The situation of the battle was exactly as he expected. The soldiers recruited by force often held their heads before fighting, crying and squatting in the corner.

The morale of his soldiers is high. How badly he was chased and killed by Wei Zhi a while ago, the morale of his soldiers is so high now.

This sudden reversal of the situation from the trough to the high mountain was not only not digested by the soldiers for a while, but also by some ministers.

For example, Duguzheng and Dou Wei, as well as Duguzhen, Dou Zhang and others standing in the tent at this moment.

The curvature of Li Yuan's mouth has existed for a long time, and he has silently reminded himself many times in his heart that he must remain humble and low-key in front of the nobles in Guanzhong.

But I can't help it.

Recalling that when he was in Qianyuan some time ago, Dugu pointed at him and scolded him, but it was useless.Looking at Duguzheng's shocked, complicated, gratified eyes now, he felt physically and mentally happy from the inside out.

Comfortable!

"Mr. Dugu, Mr. Dou, the city of Chang'an has not yet been conquered. You have come all the way from Qianyuan to help me. You really have a heart." Li Yuan had a warm smile on his face, just like when he was shy when he married the daughter of the Dou family. Same.

Honesty and duty.

However, Duguzheng and Dou Wei are both good people, they know what Li Yuan thinks now.Considering that Guanzhong is about to be unified, they have no time to think about it.

"I don't know how the general plans to take Chang'an?" Dugu asked calmly.

This appearance made Li Yuan's teeth itch, but he remembered very clearly how hard this old guy scolded him when he was strategically fleeing to Li Yuan some time ago.

Li Yuan smiled and said: "We have breached the outer city of Chang'an several times in the past few days, and we must be able to conquer Chang'an within three days. Although Wei Guo claims to have an army of 20, only 15 can fight, and the remaining [-] They are all the old and the weak who were forcibly conscripted, don’t worry, Mr. Dugu, Chang’an will definitely take them.”

Duguzheng and Dou Wei looked at each other, the latter stood up, cupped his hands and said, "We have a plan, we can take Chang'an lightly."

"Oh? Tell me quickly." Li Yuan said with a smile.

In his opinion, Chang'an is already in his pocket. If Dou Wei's plan is good, then he will adopt it. If it is not good, then he will reject it. Anyway, he can win Chang'an with a hard fight, so it doesn't matter.

Dou Wei said: "If the general can only punish the evil leaders, the soldiers and civilians in Chang'an will definitely open the four doors to welcome the master."

Hearing this, Li Yuan understood.

Under the city of Chang'an, the three brothers Li Jishi are commanding the army to attack the city.

They couldn't wait to take Chang'an. After besieging Chang'an, they organized several siege plans, but they were all stubbornly resisted by Wei Guo.

However, breaking through Chang'an is only a matter of time.

"Brother, let's retreat first, and attack again at noon." Li Anmin frowned as he watched the deadlocked offense and defense.

Li Jishi nodded and ordered the withdrawal of troops.

As the horn sounded, the soldiers retreated like a tide.Wei Jun on the city wall was also greatly relieved, and sat on the ground one after another, panting against the wall.

"Second brother, you are really good. You are the first to win Guanzhong." The third brother Yuan Ding praised with a smile.

He was talking about Li Anmin's plan, otherwise they would have fled beyond the Great Wall by now.

"Third brother, the first credit is my father. If my father didn't believe in me and was willing to use his body as bait, Wei Zhi would not be so easy to be fooled."

"Second brother is humble, he is not as good as a brother." Li Jishi also said with a smile.

The three brothers were in high spirits at the moment, as if Guanzhong had been captured.

Li Anmin waved his hands with a smile, and then joked: "Brother, you said that when your father took Chang'an, what is the name of the country?"

In the past, Li Jishi would definitely not answer, but now it is different, Chang'an is already in their pocket, Guanzhong will also fall into their hands, it is time to think about this issue.

"Guanzhong has always been the land of Qin and Yong. The word Yong is not good. The rebel Yu Binghong has already used it. Qin is okay, but it is hard to say that the violence of Qin will be destroyed in the history books."

"Father used to be the Duke of Bing, how about using 'Bing' as the name of the country?" Li Anmin suggested.

"It's not right. Although no one has used the word Merge before, it's not an ancient country, so it's not right. How about using 'Han'?" Li Jishi said: "The 400-year-old foundation of the Han Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. We all regard ourselves as Han children. "

Li Anmin shook his head, "No way, the Han Dynasty is dead, how could my father succeed in building a business? We were born in Longxi, and we use 'Long' as our country name?"

Li Yuanding is not interested in this kind of thing, and he can't understand what the two brothers are saying.

"It doesn't matter what the name of the country is. I want to fight the Northern Jin Dynasty now. I heard that they haven't lost a single battle since they started their army. I want to see if they are that strong."

Li Jishi said: "There will definitely be opportunities in the future. Guanzhong is determined. When we recover, we will leave the pass and compete with the Northern Jin Dynasty sooner or later."

Li Anmin nodded, "Big brother is right. In the past, we were constrained by the state of Wei, and we were afraid to face the Northern Jin Dynasty, but it is different now. If we fight again, we will definitely defeat the Northern Jin Dynasty!"

In fact, he still wanted to say in his heart that he wanted to go to Taiyuan to snatch back Guanyin's maidservant and humiliate Jiang Chengxiao.

Bad bird, bad bird, let's make you proud for a while.

The morale outside Chang'an City is high, while the morale inside Chang'an City is low.

Depression may be used to describe Chang'an at this moment. Not only are the people shutting their doors, but even the ministers of the court are meditating in the mansion.

What are you meditating on?
Naturally, it is the way out.

Now that Chang'an is under siege, it will be a matter of time before the city is destroyed. They have to consider how to survive the transition between the old and new rulers and maintain their own interests.

This is the case for aristocratic families, and changing the emperor does not have much impact on them, as long as the emperor can guarantee their interests, it doesn't matter who does it.

This was the case with the deceased emperor, it was the case with Wei Hong who was about to become a prisoner, and it was the case with the future emperor Li Yuan.

In fact, they were not particularly worried, because Li Yuan was also an aristocrat in Guanzhong, as long as they surrendered and supported Li Yuan, their lives would not be in danger.

They were waiting, waiting for Wei Hong to surrender or continue to resist.

The result has already been decided, it's nothing more than the process is a bit torturous.

Soon after, all the patriarchs of the nobles in Guanzhong received letters of persuasion from Duguzheng and Dou Wei.

The letter assured them that as long as they were willing to surrender and support Li Yuan, their previous support for the traitor Wei Hong would be cancelled.

Everyone laughed.

Emperor Wei Hong also received the letter of persuasion.

The letter to Wei Hong was written by Li Yuan himself, and the words in the letter are full of emotion.Li Yuan said that as long as he is willing to surrender, the status of the Wei family will not be shaken. He is still a nobleman in Guanzhong, and he will spare the lives of the Wei family and let them go to the clan to retire.

Wei Hong who received the letter did not tear it up in anger, but just stared at the letter in the imperial study in a daze.

At this point in the matter, he knew that it was only a matter of time before the city of Chang'an was broken.But he was not reconciled, he was about to win, but suddenly reversed, he couldn't accept it.

More importantly, he didn't trust Li Yuan.

He didn't believe that Li Yuan would let him and the Wei clan go.

"What do you think?" Wei Hong looked at Song Wang Wei Xin.

Wei Xin wryly smiled and said, "There must be other Guanzhong families who have received the letter of persuasion. What they think is the most important thing. If they want to surrender, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep it. Moreover, until now, the price of food in the city The skyrocketed, and the people complained, as long as they give some guidance, we can't stop the people's turbulent sentiment."

Hearing this, Wei Hong let out a long sigh.

"It's been a few years since I started the army, and I haven't lost a single defeat. I didn't expect that if I lost a battle, the country would perish."

This is the reason why the aristocratic family is unwilling to rebel. Once they fail, the whole family will be buried with them.But supporting others to rebel is different. If they fail, they can join the new master. As long as the family can continue, there is still hope for prosperity.

Wei Xin said: "If we surrender, Li Yuan may kill us, but the Wei family may still be able to survive. If we don't surrender, the entire Wei family will be slaughtered when Chang'an City is destroyed."

Wei Hong froze for a moment, crumpling the letter in his hand into a ball.

"You go down first, let me think about it."

"Yes."

Wei Xin stood up and left.

(End of this chapter)