Call of the Deer

Chapter 523

In Xuanwu City, when Li Shimin heard the news that Nanling Pass had fallen, he spat out a mouthful of blood and almost fainted;

After staring at the beam for a long time, he opened his mouth leisurely.

"Bei Minghao, are you sent by heaven to restrain me?"

"My lord, please take care of yourself!"

Xu Shiji was afraid that Li Shimin would not be able to bear the blow and would be devastated.

"Mao Gong, you have been with me for so long, there is something I have not told you, now the lonely king gives you a choice!"

Li Shimin raised his head slowly, stared at Xu Shiji, and said.

"My lord, please tell me, I will definitely listen to you!"

Xu Shiji's heart skipped a beat, feeling a little uneasy, he immediately settled down and waited for Li Shimin's next words.

"Maogong, in fact, this king is a descendant of the Hu people. My father, the King of Eastern Warfare, is a Hu people. Now that the king has lost his foundation, he can only retreat to the north. Maogong, are you willing to go north with me?"

Li Shimin's words were undoubtedly a bolt from the blue to Xu Shiji, and he looked at Li Shimin in a daze, smiled apologetically, and said with difficulty.

"My lord, you are joking, right? How could you be a barbarian?"

"Maogong, at this point, do you think I'm still in the mood to joke? You choose yourself?"

Li Shimin cast a gloomy glance at Xu Shiji, his eyes were full of disappointment and coldness, he already knew Xu Shiji's choice from Xu Shiji's mouth.

"My lord, for the sake of the minister assisting you, please give the minister a decent way to die!"

Although Xu Shiji was loyal to Li Shimin, it was based on the fact that Li Shimin was a Han Chinese;
Now that the position is different, it is impossible for him to turn his back on the Han people and take refuge in the Hu people, so he can only choose to die.

"My lord, the people of Qinzhou are innocent, please raise your hand high and let them live!"

"Why? Why did you choose to die rather than rely on me? Why?"

Seeing that Xu Shiji really didn't want to join him, Li Shimin's expression became ferocious, and he roared angrily.

"Hey, after being a Han, I can't shame my ancestors, I hope the lord will make amends!"

Xu Shiji heaved a long sigh, his face full of helplessness and inexplicable expression, he knelt down to kowtow to Li Shimin.

"Okay, okay, after being a Han, come here, Xu Shiji betrayed his master for glory, defected to the Beiming Army, leaked military information, and caused the fall of Nanling Pass. He deserves death. Immediately put him in prison and waits to be punished!"

At this time, Li Shimin was furious. Even if Xu Shiji was executed, he didn't intend to leave Bei Minghao with any useful officials.

Afterwards, Xu Shiji secretly dispatched troops, and withdrew Li Guangbi, a group of generals, and a group of counselors from Beiling Pass.

In Yunzhou Poyun City, Su Lie, Hou Junji and other generals received Li Shimin's transfer order, ordering them to control Sun Quan and other princes, execute them on the spot, abandon Yunzhou, and rush back to Qinzhou.

Guo Ziyi in Dingzhou also received Li Shimin's Flying Pigeon biography, and the generals have different opinions on Li Shimin's Flying Pigeon legend.

"Why did my lord ask me to give up Dingzhou at this time? Could it be that Wu Qi on the South Road has already led his army into Qinzhou?"

Guo Ziyi couldn't figure out the purpose of Li Shimin's sudden withdrawal of troops at this moment, so he looked at Li Yuanba.

"General, do you know why my lord suddenly asked us to withdraw to Qinzhou?"

"I don't know why the eldest brother suddenly transferred me back to Qinzhou. It seems that something big happened in Qinzhou."

Li Yuanba was also kept in the dark, of course, when Guo Ziyi asked, he also frowned and shook his head.

Soon, the Eastern Qin army retreated across the board, retreating to Qinzhou, and firmly blocked Qinzhou, preventing anyone from leaving Qinzhou.

But Li Shimin asked all the generals to go to Xuanwu City to meet him, a kind of general did not doubt that he was there, and they all went to Xuanwu City.

Outside the Mausoleum City, Guo Ziyi, Su Lie and others rushed to Xuanwu City non-stop after receiving the letter from Li Shimin.

In Xuanwu City, in the palace of King East Qin, Li Yuanba stood there without saying a word, with hesitation in his eyes.

He is no longer the stunned young man who just rushed forward, now Li Shimin wants him to swing the butcher knife at his comrades, which makes him unacceptable.

"Second brother, you and I are still barbarians after all. We have a different standpoint from the Han people. If we don't kill them, they will swing their butcher knives at our brothers and sisters in the future. So for our brothers and sisters, we can only feel sorry for them."

With a trace of coldness in Li Shimin's eyes, he spoke earnestly to persuade him.

"But."

"That's enough. It's not like this king won't give them a chance. As long as they are willing to continue to be loyal to their brothers, they will never kill or kill them."

Li Yuanba wanted to say more, but Li Shimin shouted sharply, his dark eyes flashing with crazy killing intent.

"Okay, as a brother, you don't need to implicate their family members at most, go down and prepare, near Wanhongmen banquet"

Li Shimin's tone changed, and became a little softer again, asking Li Yuanba softly.

"Guang Bi, is everything ready? Tonight's matter must be absolutely safe!"

"My lord, the ambush is ready, and if we move tonight, they will never come back!"

Li Guangbi knelt in front of Li Shimin, with a stern look on his face and a ferocious smile.

"Very good. Bring me Liu Yu, Sun Quan, and Chai Shao. This king will kill them himself. If they hadn't dragged me down everywhere, how could I have fallen into this situation?"

When Li Shimin said about Sun Quan and the others, there was a look of madness in his eyes.

That night, Su Lie, Guo Ziyi, Hou Junji, Lu Xun, Nan Qiyun, Lu Wenlong, Tan Daoji, Sun Jian, Lu Junyi, Zhang Qing and others took no precautions and entered Xuanwu City lightly.

As soon as they entered the city, the city gate was closed with a bang, and there were thousands of Eastern Qin soldiers standing in front of them, lighting torches and waiting in full force, as if the visitors were not friendly.

"The last generals Su Lie, Guo Ziyi, and Hou Junji met the lord, what does the lord mean?"

Su Lie looked at the thousands of East Qin soldiers who drew their bows and arrows and aimed at them, and asked in a difficult tone.

"Su Lie, you have been with me for a long time. I plan to go north to seek refuge with the barbarians. Are you willing to go with me?"

Li Shimin didn't talk nonsense, went straight to the point, and threatened directly.

"What? My lord, you really turned to the barbarians? No wonder when you attacked the barbarians, you would attack your allies again and again."

Hearing this, Su Lie's face changed drastically, becoming extremely ugly, and then he thought of a series of abnormal actions Li Shimin had made during the Northern Expedition.

"Those who follow will prosper, and those who rebel will perish. This king will not leave some enemies for my grassland soldiers. You can choose!"

Li Shimin didn't intend to talk nonsense with Su Lie, he just put the words in front of everyone and let them choose.

When Su Lie saw this, anger appeared in his eyes, he exchanged glances with Guo Ziyi and Hou Junji, and immediately made a choice.

"I, Su, is bleeding Han people. I will never be a barbarian's dog. If I die, I will die. Su has never been afraid. I only hate Su for being blind."

Su Lie has a strong temper and cannot stand threats, especially the threats from Li Shimin, whom he is loyal to.

"Brother Su said that my back is completely straight and I can't bend it down yet. I want me to work for Hu Gou. It's a dream!"

Hou Junji also stood up, pointed at Li Shimin, and angrily scolded Li Shimin for his soft bones.

"Haha, what Brother Hou said is that if we say that we are a dog, wouldn't it embarrass our ancestors and make future generations unable to lift their heads? If we die today, we can only blame our blindness."

Guo Ziyi also took a step forward, stood in front of Li Shimin, and yelled at him without fear, as if he was a staunch person.

"Okay, okay, how about you? Are you going to die with them too?"

Li Shimin's face was extremely ugly at this time, he said three good words in succession, and looked at the other people behind Su Lie.

"Hehe, although I, Lu Xun, have no skills, but if I want to bow my head like Hu thief, he absolutely can't @!"

"Hu Gou, what are you talking about? If you want to kill, kill it. If I frown, I'm not a hero!"

At this time, Sun Jian also realized that his eldest brother Sun Quan might be in danger, so he shouted angrily and pulled out the ancient ingot knife. The four heroes behind him stepped forward one after another and stood beside Sun Jian.

"The blood of a certain Han Chinese is still hot, Hu Gou is here to bite your grandfather!"

Tan Daoji was also fearless, he took a step forward, staring at Li Shimin coldly with his starry eyes emitting a cold light.

"My lord, the final general is willing to go north with my lord"

Suddenly Nan Qiyun, Duan Zhixian and Li Siyuan rushed forward, knelt down in front of Li Shimin, and expressed their allegiance to Li Shimin.

"You... How can you turn your back on your ancestors and go to the Hugou? Are you worthy of your ancestors?"

Seeing that Nan Qiyun and the others were so greedy for life and fear of death, Su Lie groveled and surrendered to Li Shimin, angrily reprimanded them.

"Hahaha, I still have a lot of time to squander, how can I die easily, you are going to die, I will not accompany you!"

"Yes, we will not be as stupid as you, and die in vain"

"you."

"Hey, brother Su, there is no need to be angry because of these villains who are greedy for life and afraid of death, they are not worthy!"

Guo Ziyi showed contempt in his eyes, he gave Nan Qiyun and the others a hard look, and pulled Su Lie back.

"The three of you can continue to assist me, I am very happy in my heart, please hurry up!"

Seeing the three surrendering, Li Shimin had a smile on his face, and stepped forward to help them up.

"Dog thief, die, you want me to wait for the Han people to kneel down to the Hu thief, dreaming!"

"General Su, quickly lead the brothers to retreat"

"Come on."

Suddenly, the three of them pulled out the sword hanging from their waists like a mountain, and stabbed at Li Shimin angrily;

This turn of events made everyone turn pale with shock, and fell into a sluggish state one after another.

"court death!"

A gleam of coldness flashed in Li Yuanba's eyes, and he struck out with the golden hammer, which sent the three of them flying away, but he didn't take the opportunity to kill them.

"Damn it, kill them!"

Li Shimin was frightened and angry. If Li Yuanba hadn't saved him just now, he would have been stabbed to death by Nan Qiyun and the others.

However, Su Lie and the others were bewildered by this incident, and they couldn't react in time, so they lost the good opportunity to escape.

And the three of Nan Qiyun were shot through the heart by the East Qin army who rushed forward, and their blood flowed all over the ground.He was extremely unwilling to die.

"Ah, Brother Nan, it was Su who blamed you."

With blood and tears in his eyes, Su Lie threw himself on Nan Qiyun and the others, roaring to the sky.

"Li Shimin, how dare you disregard the slightest friendship, they go through life and death for you, but you are so heartless"

"Hmph, risking your life? Who wanted to assassinate this king just now?"

Li Shimin snorted coldly, with deep contempt and coldness in his eyes, he cast a contemptuous glance at the three of Nan Qiyun and the others who died in a miserable state.

"Since you have made a choice, then suffer death and kill them for me!"

(End of this chapter)