People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 853: A knife in the back is the most fatal

In the inner city, lanterns are hung high.

In the study at the back of the east side hall, Su Hegui looked at the stationery lying flat on the desk and tapped the desk gently.

After a long time, he finally looked up at everyone, his expression flickered, and he slowly said: "You are all the people I can trust the most. I have called you all here tonight because I have an important secret to tell you."

Su Anxi, Gui Runuo, and several other relatives and generals of the Su family are now gathered in this study, listening quietly to Su and Gui's words.

Then, no one here knew that just when they, the most important city-defending generals of Fuqi City, were gathering in secret, Li Xuan had already entered the city.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on the letter paper, Su Hegui nodded slightly and said to everyone: "On the day when the King of Nanchang led his army to the city, I had already written to the Prime Minister and told him that Nanchang The news that Wang only led 6000 people to Fuqi City appears, and now the Prime Minister’s reply has arrived.”

Su Anxi's eyes fell on the letter paper. It could be seen that the letter had been opened.

Also, with his father's character, how could he show them the secret message without doing anything.

Su Hegui would show off like this only after confirming that Lun Qinling had not given any bad reprimand because they were unable to defeat the King of Nanchang in a crowd of ten thousand people.

When the letter was opened, there was not much text inside, but Su Anxi and Guirunuo, who were close, could see it clearly.

The Tubo Guangjun, a thousand elite troops, is about to attack Fuqi City.

The existence of the Tubo Guangjun was no secret to the high-ranking nobles of Tuyuhun.

Especially back then, it was under the leadership of Guangjun that they dared to raid Guo Daifeng's rear army.

Now the Tubo Guangjun is here again, and they are obviously coming for the King of Nanchang.

"Dad, is the Prime Minister going to repeat what happened back then with us?" Su Anxi's face was full of uncontrollable excitement.

The faces of everyone else present also had the same excited expressions. Only Gui Runuo's face was surprised, and at the same time, a trace of regret flashed deep in his eyes.

"The Murong family is completely vulnerable. Only the King of Nanchang is our biggest enemy." Su Hegui's face suddenly became solemn. He looked at everyone and said: "He has now set up dams on the upper reaches of the Tiebojia River and Buha River. , once the dam breaks, even if we kill the King of Nanchang, it will not help."

"Then we must find ways to control the King of Nanchang and use him as a hostage to prevent his subordinates from breaking the embankment easily. Only in this way can we have the opportunity to completely change the current passive situation." Gui Runuo raised his head and looked at Suhe Gui, what Su Hegui said made Su Hegui extremely satisfied.

Gui Runuo is not only Su Hegui's son-in-law, but also his nephew and cousin.

The Su family and the Gui family have been married for many years. In almost every generation, they are cousins ​​and brother-in-law.

Only in the current generation, Guirunuo married the daughter of Suhe's noble brother, and Suhegui's own daughter married a Tibetan, Su Anxi, and also married a Tibetan woman.

The relationship between the two families began to become somewhat distant.

"What Anuo said is right, so we need to lure the King of Nanchang into the city first." Su Hegui said, looking at Gui Runuo and motioning for him to answer.

Gui Runuo glanced at Su Anxi strangely at this time, then looked at Su Hegui, lowered his head and said, "Someone needs to pretend to surrender."

"Yes, Arnold, you are the only one who is most suitable to do this now. That bastard Chi Hongzang is already secretly contacting the King of Nanchang, but they can't compare to you after all. You go to see the King of Nanchang in person, and then introduce him Come to the city, finally catch him..." There was a hint of cruelty in Su Hegui's eyes.

As long as they can capture Li Xuan, they can eliminate the threat hanging above their heads, then attack the Murong family in the north and the Tang Dynasty in the south, and repeat what happened in Da Feichuan.

Su Hegui stared at Gui Runuo. He was now the most important chess piece in this game.

As long as he nods, everything will go smoothly.

Gui Runuo raised his head again, still not looking at Su Hegui, but looked at Su Anxi strangely and said, "Anxi, you shouldn't come back."

Su Hegui frowned and said with some displeasure: "If Anxi doesn't come back, how can we be sure to control the King of Nanchang? As for the north, you don't have to worry, Murong Nuohebo is just a dandy, and he has no ability to survive in three days." Break through obstacles within."

"Three days, Father, will the Guangjun arrive at Fuqi City in three days?" Gui Runuo keenly grasped the key points in Su Hegui's words, but fortunately, his voice was very low, and only Su Hegui could Hegui Runuo heard what he said, and everyone else sat further away.

Su Hegui nodded slightly, and then said: "The time is just my random guess, but no matter what, as long as we win the King of Nanchang, everything will happen as it did back then, and we can still have a few years of peace."

"Where's the food and grass? Will the Tibetan people support our food and grass?" Guirunuo suddenly asked another fatal question.

Food and grass, the entire Fuqi City's food and grass were taken away by the Tubo people in advance.

Now, if the Tubo people come again, will the food and grass for the more than [-] people in Fuqi City be provided by the Tubo people?
Also, after the Tubo people arrived at Fuqi City, who would provide their own food and grass?

"Isn't there the King of Nanchang?" Su Hegui suddenly looked at Gui Runuo with a cold look.

In an instant, Guirunuo shut his mouth tightly. He almost forgot that his father-in-law was never a good person.

Back then, it was he who personally overthrew the Murong family from the throne of Tuyuhun and then defected to Tubo, which led to the defeat of Dafeichuan in the Tang Dynasty.

It's the same now. He wants to step on the corpse of King Nanchang and climb back to the top step by step.

Pity!
Guirunuo sighed softly in his heart.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the outer hall: "Who is it?"

"Ah!" "Bang!"

"There are assassins..."

Su Hegui stood up immediately, his eyes full of shock, anger and disbelief. He grabbed the long knife on the table and walked outside quickly: "Let's go and see, what's going on?"

The other members of the Su family also quickly grabbed their swords and quickly walked out the door.

Their faces were very solemn. What happened?

Why do they have assassins in their homes?

This is the inner city!
……

With a "squeak", the door was opened, and Su Hegui walked out of the door with a knife in hand. Then, he was stunned for a moment.

Two familiar figures stood in front of them, holding knives with blood dripping on them.

These two people were surprisingly Chi Hongzang and Ren Enci, whom Su Hegui was most familiar with.

Behind the two of them, there were more Tuyuhun warriors, with blood on the blades in their hands.

Who knows how many people they killed, who knows how many people they killed in the inner city?

Su Hegui instantly felt a chill in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said, "Have you taken refuge with the Tang people?"

"Brother Su, we just want to live, but you didn't give us enough food, and we can't see hope. We can only ask others." Chi Hongzang didn't show any weakness and took a step forward. Although his hair was gray, he moved quickly. , not slow at all, thin and capable.

Su Hegui suddenly felt angry and angry. He gritted his teeth and looked at Chi Hongzang and said: "You will get food if you take refuge with the Tang people. The Tang people will not provide food to Fuqi City. Don't think that Murong Nuohebo is a good person. He only wants to restore the country, but will the Tang Dynasty easily allow him to restore the country? Even if they provide you with food and grass, at most they will only give you a breath of relief."

Su Hegui's words made Chihong Zanghe fall silent immediately.

Yes, this is indeed the case. If they were still Tuyuhun people, Datang would naturally not provide them with any food and grass, but...

"What Su Duhu said is indeed true. The Tang Dynasty will not easily provide any food and grass to Fuqi City." A cold and bright voice sounded from behind.

Immediately, a figure in red clothes and gold armor came out from behind.

Li Xuan, who has a handsome face, tall figure, slender arms and cold eyes, walked towards Su Hegui step by step from the crowd.

Many Tuyuhun warriors present bowed their heads to welcome the arrival of this nobleman from the Tang Dynasty royal family.

Walking in front of everyone, Li Xuan put her right hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist, looked at Su Hegui, who was three meters tall, and said calmly: "There is no food, and we can't ask for help from outside, so why not ask for help from within? Governance" For such a large city, every aspect must be carefully considered. When a crisis comes, the last potential of the entire city must be squeezed out."

Li Xuan turned sideways and looked at the many Tuyuhun warriors behind him, and said in a deep voice: "This is the capital of Tuyuhun, an extremely precious city. How could someone so easily take away all the rations for the more than ten thousand people in the entire city? But just there. After that, I was unable to solve the subsequent food shortage problem."

Li Xuan turned to look at Su Hegui, frowned, and said with disgust: "You don't know how to govern the city yourself. You only know how to wag your tail like a dog and beg for mercy from the Tubo people. What's the use of a person like you?"

"You!" Su Hegui stared at Li Xuan, the anger in his heart had already accumulated to the extreme, but he knew even more clearly that now, Li Xuan can come here, which means that the entire inner city has already fallen into He didn't know why, but he knew how to solve the crisis at hand.

"Anxi, catch him." Su Hegui shouted coldly, and immediately after, he expected to see his son Su Anxi jump out like lightning, then grab Li Xuan, use him as a hostage, and finally summon the entire The army in the city completely made a comeback.

But under Su Hegui's angry eyes, there was a moment filled with coldness and anger.

A "Puff" sound suddenly sounded beside Su Hegui.

Immediately, the bright blade poked directly into Su Hegui's eyes, with dark red blood still on the blade.

"Dad..." A painful and difficult cry sounded from beside him, and Su Hegui turned his head in disbelief.

The bright blade pierced directly under Su Anxi's ribs and out from the left side of the abdomen. The blood directly stained a large area of ​​Su Anxi's abdomen red, and his whole body was already in pain and could not stand steadily.

The moment Su Hegui turned around, the long knife suddenly drew back.

Endless blood suddenly spurted out from Su Anxi's abdomen, spraying directly on Su Hegui's face and splashing his eyes red.

But at this time, Su Hegui was staring at the person behind him who was also stained with his son's blood, Gui Runuo.

"I'm sorry, uncle, your decision came too late. The king has already taken action first." At this point, Guirunuo shook his head slightly and said: "Uncle, you shouldn't have, you shouldn't have taken Anxi from Transferred back from the north."

If Su Anxi is not transferred back, the Su family will still control the army and have a glimmer of hope. But as soon as Su Anxi comes back, everyone puts aside their last worries.

Cousin, Gui Runuo's wife, although she is Su Hegui's goddaughter, she is his cousin's daughter.

In a word, Gui Runuo has already drawn a clear line between Su and Gui.

"There is nothing wrong or wrong. He transferred his biological son back because he obviously no longer trusts you." Li Xuan raised her head, looked at the glazed tiles above her head, and sighed softly: "A person like him may not even be his biological son." I completely trust you, not to mention you, and that’s why today is possible.”

(End of this chapter)