Will Ming

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Chapter 730 The decisive battle before the ninth decisive battle (eight)

Under Wudang Mountain

Changsun Wuji looked at Li Xiaogong who was standing not far in front of him, shook his head and said, "If it was 20 days ago... no...even if it was ten days ago, five days ago, if I could hear you say I will also be very happy with these words, and thankful that I fulfilled my mission. What the lord sent me here is nothing more than your crisp attitude, but it is a pity...you gave this attitude a little late .”

He shook his head regretfully.

"My lord's army will arrive at Wudang Mountain tomorrow morning at the latest. Guess it's only at this time that you express your attitude lately. Will your lord be very happy?"

Changsun Wuji looked at the tea and snacks on the table in front of him, and said very seriously: "Thank you for the hospitality, but I have to hurry back. General Luo Shixin is still waiting for me to meet the master, and I can't stay with you for too long time. But before I leave, I can tell my opinion, it may not be useful to you... but it won't hurt if you think about it."

Li Xiaogong, whose complexion was a little pale, cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Changsun, please clarify."

Changsun Wuji waved his hand and said, "I don't dare to take it... I can't do anything about what I want to tell you, because I have no right to make my own opinions before the lord comes. I didn't have a good chat with you before, it's my fault. Your bad luck. Of course, it's also your bad luck... What I want to tell you is actually a very simple truth..."

Changsun Wuji took a sip of tea, then slowly got up: "People are always indecisive, and there are many reasons why they hesitate. Maybe it's worry, maybe expectation, maybe fear, maybe confusion, or speculation ...But no matter what kind of reason causes the hesitation, it will not have any good results. Because as long as there is hesitation, many things are often missed."

"Rights, fame, status, merit, and maybe a promise."

Changsun Wuji stretched out a few fingers, and then slowly withdrew them: "I don't know what kind of hesitation you are, so it is inconvenient to judge whether you are right or wrong. But the advice I can give you is just that day. In the words... General Li is a rare general in this world, my lord once said that there are four of Li Yuan's most skilled fighters... Liu Hongji, Zhang Gongjin, Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong... Now it's just to see who is faster."

He smiled, and that's all he said: "Just leave it alone, there will be a period later."

After saying this, Changsun Wuji left the small village at the foot of the mountain with his entourage.Li Xiaogong arranged for an escort, and returned to his residence in the village, Li Xiaogong's face was still gloomy.

"Am I too hesitant?"

He muttered something to himself.

"Now it's just to see who is faster?"

Thinking of the incomprehensible words Changsun Wuji said at the end, Li Xiaogong frowned a little more.He really couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence, so he had to call Cui Huanran, his confidant and aide, over.The meeting with Changsun Wuji today was the result of several times of begging from him. Changsun Wuji's arrival actually exceeded Li Xiaogong's expectation.

If it is said that when King Yan did not send troops to the south, it was Changsun Wuji who followed him to discuss matters.Then from the day when King Yan raised his troops, there was no need for Changsun Wuji to chase him anymore.

The initiative, unconsciously in the hands of others.This feeling made Li Xiaogong very uncomfortable, so uncomfortable that he wanted to curse.

"General..."

Cui Huanran glanced at Li Xiaogong, and said cautiously: "After Changsun Wuji left, I have been thinking about what his last sentence meant. After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't have a clue... Later, I thought about it again. , he arrived with four people."

", Liu Hongji, Zhang Gongjin, Li Daozong..."

"What do you mean?"

Li Xiaogong was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Cui Huanran meant.

"Liu Hongji led the army to conquer Hebei, and he has made a lot of contributions. In the future, His Royal Highness King Yan will definitely not treat him badly... Zhang Gongjin went south with the army this time, and it is obvious that His Royal Highness Yan also relies heavily on him. Li Yuan's old ministers have been suppressed too hard a while ago, so they always have to show their lenient side...Liu Hongji has made meritorious service, and Zhang Gongjin's meritorious service, these two people will undoubtedly be set by the King of Yan as a model for Li Yuan's former ministers to be reused."

"This is also His Royal Highness King Yan giving credit to Li Yuan's old ministers. It is a necessary technique to balance the court. Two models have been set up, and the effect of calming people's hearts has played a role... It also needs to shock people's hearts. For those who are still wavering People, King Yan, who is in control of the overall situation, no longer needs to blindly win over, he must be suppressed, even if he knows that the suppression will pay a price, he still has to suppress it, because King Yan wants to establish his absolute authority."

"There are only two people who can deter the ministers by suppressing one person... and Li Daozong."

Cui Huanran sighed and said, "This is what Changsun Wuji said, it just depends on who is faster."

Li Xiaogong turned pale in shock, and sweat drenched the back of his clothes in an instant: "You mean, if I don't do something to satisfy His Highness King Yan now, he will even know that I might vote for Li Shimin. , Do you want to use troops against me at any cost? If I am faster than Li Daozong... then the person King Yan suppressed is Li Daozong?"

"Six out of ten, that's it."

Cui Huanran said: "Now Li Yuan and Li Daozong are the only old ministers who are in charge of the army. They haven't expressed anything yet, King Yan must do something..."

Li Xiaogong slumped down on the chair, his whole body seemed to lose all strength in an instant: "Having soldiers in your hands is a weight, but now it seems that it has become a disaster."

Cui Huanran couldn't help but sighed: "I persuaded you a while ago to attack Xiao Xian..."

"not late!"

Li Xiaogong stood up fiercely, clenched his fists and said: "Give me an order, the army will assemble tonight... It's okay if I don't fight Xiao Xian, I'll go directly to fight Li Shimin!"

"The king of Yan will arrive tomorrow at the latest!"

Cui Huanran said with a change of expression.

"I can't wait for King Yan to arrive...otherwise I will be more passive."

Li Xiaogong shook his head with a serious expression.

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Xiangyang City

Looking at the letter on the table in front of him, Emperor Liang Xiao Mian's expression turned extremely ugly.He was sitting on the chair, looking at the letter, without any expression in his eyes, and his whole body was like a dead tree.He was less than 40 years old, and he seemed to have aged a hundred years overnight.

"Contributing to..."

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Xian looked away from the letter with difficulty and looked at Zhou Fangwu, his confidant general: "I was wrong... When I saw Li Shimin in the camp with you at the top of the city, it seemed If there is a rebellion, we should decisively send troops. If we go out to the city for a decisive battle that day, how can there be such an incomprehensible crisis today? If we succeed, now the city is exhausted... Food and grass can't last for a month, and morale is no longer usable, why not..."

"No!"

Zhou Fangwu walked over quickly, grabbed the letter on the table and tore it into pieces.

"Li Shimin is just scaremongering!"

Shredded paper fluttered like a broken butterfly and fell to the ground.

"How could he really dare to kill those 10 prisoners of war? He has less than [-] soldiers under his command now. How powerful are these [-] prisoners of war to him? He wrote this letter to deceive His Majesty's generosity and kindness! Even with all his guts, he didn't dare to kill all the [-] prisoners of war. Even if [-] people were forced to go into battle with bare hands, Li Shimin wouldn't be able to handle it! He absolutely wouldn't dare!"

Zhou Fangwu said angrily: "Your majesty can't compromise with such a despicable villain! Your majesty...you should understand that anyone in the entire Xiangyang city, or even the entire Daliang country, can surrender, the officials can, and the people of Li can also surrender. It’s just not possible... Hundreds of officials surrendered, and they still served as officials. People surrendered, and they still lived... But the emperor of Daliang, if he surrendered, how could Li Shimin..."

Hearing this sentence, Xiao Mian's expression changed, but soon he became depressed again: "There are [-] soldiers and civilians in the city... I can't hurt them because of my own selfish thoughts. The food is gone, so why don't I let them go?" The whole city, soldiers and civilians starve to death?"

"Your Majesty, wait a little longer!"

Zhou Fangwu took a deep breath and said: "Li Shimin seems to be proud now, but in fact he is more anxious than His Majesty...Your Majesty, think about it, if Li Shimin is not in a hurry, why should he rush to write such a letter to go into the city?" Come here? If he is really as stated in the letter, with plenty of food and grass, and his morale is like a rainbow, there is no need to attack the city, and he only needs to besiege Xiangyang."

"Li Shimin is more anxious?"

Xiao Mian subconsciously asked back, and then suddenly realized: "Yan Wang Li Xian!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Xian suddenly became enlightened!

"That's right, Yan Wang Li Xian will definitely not allow Li Shimin to take down Xiangyang. If Li Shimin has a firm foothold here, it will be much more difficult for Yan Wang Li Xian to send troops! If it is as expected, Yan Wang Li Xian can't say We have mobilized people and horses to besiege Li Shimin, otherwise why is Li Shimin so urgent?"

Zhou Fangwu said: "Your Majesty, we only need to stick to Xiangyang City. When the two tigers, King Yan Li Xian and Li Shimin, fight, one will be injured!"

"But……"

Xiao Xian frowned and said: "Even if Li Xian defeats Li Shimin... I am trapped in the isolated city of Xiangyang, sooner or later I will destroy the city... What is the difference from surrendering Li Shimin now?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhou Fangwu fell silent.

Tian Wenjing, Minister of the Ministry of War who had been silent all this time, stood up suddenly, kneeled down in front of Xiao Xian and kowtowed three times vigorously: "Your Majesty is worried about your incompetence."

After finishing this sentence, Tian Wenjing, who touched his head to the ground, said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, please think twice... Even if the Daliang Kingdom is really about to perish, it must not be destroyed by the enemy! How many people in Daliang did Li Shimin kill? How many soldiers? Those soldiers in Zhangcheng who fought bloody battles to the end, if they knew that Daliang would eventually die