It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 878

Cheng Dalei's appearance is fierce, and his words are not very cultivated, which often makes people ignore how cunning he is.

At best, he is calculating, at worst, he is cunning.

Who knows how many bad ideas this rude person has in mind, thinking of this, Li Xingzai suddenly felt a shudder in his heart. I really can't underestimate this rude man...

It is said that he also has Chu Yunsheng who is good at calculating. I don't know if the two sides touch, who is higher and who is lower...

Inside the tent, Qi Jiguang, Xu Wentian, and Ma Chao were all chatting, admiring Cheng Dalei inside and out.

Seeing this scene, Li Xingzai thought to himself: I can no longer cooperate with Cheng Dalei, and if I make do with him, I have to fool all my subordinates.

"Cough cough." Li Xingzai coughed lightly: "Okay, okay, I don't think Cheng Dalei is too much. In my opinion, this battle is still mostly luck."

"You can't say it like that, Cheng Dalei is very cunning." It was Ma Chao who spoke, and he gnashed his teeth when he mentioned the people in the Toad Village: "The Rong tribe has won consecutive battles, so the arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Anger can attract the Rong clan to take the bait in the end. The control of the fire is not something ordinary people can do."

"We raided the Rong's camp in Li Zippo and grabbed a batch of food and grass, which is enough for the past few days." Xu Wentian.

Only Qi Jiguang looked at his words and looked and found that Li Xingzai's face was no longer good-looking. He turned the subject away and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

"About this matter..." Cheng Dalei paused: "I want to discuss with Cheng Dalei."

Li Xingzai and Cheng Dalei's men camped in two places, not too far apart, but not too close. At present, Cheng Dalei has less than 700 people, and Li Xingzai has less than 10,000 people. Even if the forces of both sides are added together, it is still too difficult to fight against the powerful Rong clan.

Right now, we have to wait for the troops from Toad Village to arrive. Qin Man is not there, so there is not much we can do.

Based on time, after Li Zipo's battle was over, Qin Mandang was almost there.

...

In Chang'an City, Luo Cheng was summoned to the palace.

Although Li Letian often appeared in the city and met Luo Cheng often, such a solemn summoning was indeed a very rare thing.

Li Letian summoned Luo Cheng in the imperial study, Luo Cheng felt a little drum in his heart and saluted respectfully.

When he looked up, he saw that Li Letian had lost some weight again, and there were already a few strands of white silk on his forehead. Thinking of his age, Luo Cheng felt a little bitter in his heart.

"General Luo, in your opinion, can Chang'an City still be defended?"

Luo Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and then lowered his head: "I have no choice but to fight to the death and defend Chang'an City with all my might."

Li Letian smiled, a little bit of crying and laughing: "I asked more than you, and most of them are like this, but what I want is not only your loyalty, but a way to truly defend the city."

Luo Cheng lowered his head.

"I seriously ask you, do you really think Chang'an City can be defended?"

Luo Cheng raised his head and found that Li Letian's eyes were fixed on him. At this moment, his heart was pounding, and he could no longer restrain it.

Can Chang'an City be held? Ask ten people in Chang'an City, and ten people may give ten answers, but none of them will be what Li Letian wants.

Even the fools in Chang'an City knew the answer, Li Letian didn't know it, and Luo Cheng naturally knew it too.

Luo Cheng finally summoned up his courage and said, "Is your majesty thinking about what happens after the city is broken?"

After saying a word, Luo Cheng's heart hung in his throat. I saw Li Letian slumped on the back of the chair, and the whole portrait suddenly aged a few years.

Although he already knew the correct answer, he still wanted to believe that there would be another way to go. Now, Luo Cheng has pierced this layer of window paper.

Seeing that Li Letian's expression was not very good, Luo Cheng said instantly: "Your Majesty, Chang'an City may not be able to defend, as long as..."

Li Letian waved his hand and interrupted Luo Cheng's words, saying: "Everyone is lying to me, only you told me the truth, you are my loyal minister."

Luo Cheng was stunned for a while, thinking that he probably was.

"Now I have something for you to do, are you willing to agree?"

"Wei Chen is willing to smash to pieces for His Majesty."

Li Letian stood up and said: "I am the emperor of the empire, there is no king in the world, and there is no king on the coast of the land. The thousands of people in the empire are my subjects, and I cannot give them three times a day. Meals and clothing for the four seasons are my sins."

"Your Majesty is serious."

Li Letian shook his head and said: "You and I both understand that Chang'an City can no longer be defended. If we keep defending it, it is nothing more than letting the people of Chang'an City be buried with my Li family. This is the Li family's sin and should not be It's up to the people."

"What did your majesty entrust me to do?" Luo Cheng raised his head.

"I asked you to go out of the city and do this quietly, so that no one will know about it for the time being."

"Your Majesty means..." Luo Cheng was stunned: "Negotiate with the Rong?"

"It's not a peace talk." Li Letian shook his head and said seriously, "It's surrender."

Peace talks are at least equal to the two sides sitting at the negotiating table, but now the empire and the Rong family, there is no equality to talk about. What's more, this time the Rong clan went south, which was different from the past. They didn't want to rob some property and some women, but to rob the entire country.

Of course, Li Letian is not without bargaining chips. If he really surrendered to the Rong clan, he might save Chang'an from the war, but he would also give the Rong clan the orthodoxy of Li's ruling empire.

Luo Cheng felt a little tight in his throat, and said, "Your Majesty, you should think twice, Chang'an City may not be unstoppable."

Li Letian shook his head seriously, and said: "After this incident, I will be a sinner through the ages, and this crime will be shared by you. Would you like to share this infamy with me?"

Luo Cheng took a deep breath and said, "I would like to share your worries for Your Majesty."

Li Letian nodded, unable to sit back in the chair, and said, "Go back, I'm tired."

After today's events, Luo Cheng just realized the difficulty of being a son of the emperor. In the near future, Chang'an was reduced to ruins, and the people were buried with them; retreating, it was infamy throughout the ages, and the literati and writers of all dynasties and dynasties would point to Li Letian's backbone and curse.

But it is wrong to enter, and wrong to retreat.

This is the difficulty of the Son of Heaven.

After Luo Cheng left the palace, he came to the head of the city alone, looked at the Rong camp outside the field, and looked back at Chang'an City.

When it was dark, he summoned a few close people to his side and asked them to hang him from the city head with a rattan basket.

After landing, Luo Cheng rushed to the Rong camp alone. In fact, they were discovered by patrolling soldiers before they got close to the army camp.

Reported all the way to Ye Yuan Huo, even Ye Yuan Huo was taken aback. Because although the massacre order was issued, he really did not expect Li Letian to choose this path.