He sighed:

"At the beginning, the king of the county had the grace of knowing me, and when he knew me at the end of the year, he allowed me to spend half my life with glory, but now that the descendants of the Ling family are in trouble, how can I stand by and watch?"

When the old man heard him say this, he was about to speak, when Liu Changben continued:

"Even though I know that the future is difficult, but it is just a life, you don't need to persuade me anymore. Speaking www.biquge.info of this, Liu Changben thought for a while: "Now that I am a boring person, it is better for you to talk to me less, so as not to affect you in the future." ”

He seemed to have guessed a few points about his fate.

When the old man who leaned over to talk to him heard this, he smiled bitterly twice:

"If you know it in your heart, why bother?"

The old man shook his head, sighed, straightened his clothes, and turned to go out.

On the other side of the mansion, Ling Xian listened to the news that his eldest son had just received, and Guo Han had already led the army to meet Yu Zhaocheng.

Once the two armies converged and marched towards Dingzhou, it was the day he was killed.

When he hurriedly raised his troops that day, he clearly still yearned for the dream of splitting the territory of the Tang Dynasty and separating the Tang Dynasty as the emperor.

Ling Xian's face was a little gloomy, after his eldest son finished saying the news, he looked at him tremblingly, his eyes were full of serenity, thinking of what Liu Changben said today, as if it was like a curse.

"Liu Chang couldn't stay."

He gritted his teeth and said in a dark voice:

"This person is a scourge to disturb the hearts of our army."

When his eldest son heard this, he did not dare to answer.

Dingzhou is not a place to stay for a long time, Guo Han and others will enter Dingzhou at any time, that night Ling Xian summoned the deployment of his entourage, but only the old loyal county king of the day was left out of the door.

Everyone can see this situation clearly, he did not summon Liu Changben and others to come to the discussion, and obviously no longer regarded Liu Changben as a confidant.

When Ling Xian asked again which direction the army was heading in now, with Liu Changben's previous experience, everyone naturally did not dare to mention fleeing to the Sanggan River in the northwest.

In fact, after many people went back and thought about it, according to what Liu Changben said, if the army fled to the Sanggan River, as long as it was out of the pass, and then it would be a barbarian land, and then it would be difficult for the Tang army to capture Ling Xian, and it was indeed a good time to escape.

But Ling Xian's attitude at this time made it clear that he didn't want to be a lost dog.

There were people who were good at speculating about their intentions, and put forward a suggestion to march towards Hangu Pass.

Hangu Pass is located between Luoyang and Xijing main road, close to Huaishui, east of the stream, south of the Qinling Mountains, because of the lock in the canyon, deep into the letter and get the name.

This pass is extremely narrow, only allowing one car to pass, and there is a husband when the pass, and it is said that ten thousand people are not open.

The strategist suggested that if he entered Hangu Pass, he could go straight to the main road from Luoyang to Xijing.

When the time comes, you can take Luoyang, kill the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, retreat to recapture Xijing, and then seek other things.

When Yan chased Guo Han and Yu Zhaocheng and set off for Taiyuan and Xijing, Luoyang City must have also ordered sixteen guards to follow the two generals, and the garrison of Luoyang City was not necessarily so strict.

If Yan Chai fell into the hands of Ling Xian, the revenge of the two princes who had fallen into the hands of Yan Chai could be avenged, and more importantly, Yan Tang lost two emperors in a row, and it would definitely be chaos.

At that time, this place in the middle of the pass will once again fall into war and strife, and he can fish in troubled waters and seek benefits again.

And even if this idea doesn't work, Luoyang can't be attacked for a long time, he can also return to Xijing, although Guo Han recaptured Xijing, but there is Ling Xian's base camp, which has been run by the Ling family for many years, as long as he returns to Xijing, a little bit of business, Xijing is still surnamed Ling, and it is not too late to plot big things at that time.

Having made up his mind, Ling Xian naturally did not take in mind what Liu Changben said about abandoning Dingzhou and fleeing to the northwest, but decided to go down to the southwest and approach Hangu Pass.

After he waved everyone back, on the one hand, he asked people to quietly go to order troops and horses, and on the other hand, he asked people to pass Liu Changben to come, so that he strictly guarded Dingzhou City, and personally guarded the north gate of the city, keeping an eye on Youzhou.

Liu Changben was stunned for a moment and responded.

Until after dawn, the 35,000 soldiers and horses that Ling Xian had originally led in the city quietly withdrew from Dingzhou City overnight.

Ling Xian led the troops away, and what was left for Liu Changben was only the old department of more than 100 people in Dingzhou City who could be called, and the people of Dingzhou who were forcibly recruited as soldiers that day!

When Liu Changben got the news, the whole person was blinded.

He had thought that Ling Xian would not like him to speak, after all, what he said was different from other strategists who flattered Ling Xian, it was a bit ugly, but he thought about Ling Xian everywhere.

But Liu Changben never dreamed that Ling Xian would leave such a mess to clean him up!

And when they were about to withdraw from Dingzhou City, they also transferred him out of the city, and now that the messenger is coming, Ling Xian doesn't know how long he has been gone.

Liu Changben was weak, holding on to the city wall, unable to speak for a long time.

The people who came to pass the sentence were a little unbearable to look at Liu Changben's face, he was the great strategist beside the old county king in the past, and he was very trusted by the old county king, and he was accompanied by the old county king in and out, which was very majestic.

Now he was treated as an abandoned son by Ling Xian and thrown in Dingzhou City.

Liu Changben was stunned for a long time, then collected the feelings in his heart, endured his grief, and asked, "In which direction did the prince go?" ”

He was guarding the north gate, in the direction of Youzhou, it stands to reason that if Ling Xian listened to him and headed northwest, even if he didn't pass through the north gate, he should go out from the west gate.

Liu Changben has always been strictly guarding the north gate, no matter what, it is impossible for Ling Xian and the others to be missed by him, especially so many people.

At this time, a bad premonition had already sprung up in his heart.

Ling Xian led the army to set off, so quietly, if he wanted to hide his sight, ears and eyes, only from the farthest city gate from the north, in a different direction, he might not notice.

Sure enough, the soldier who gave the order lowered his head and whispered:

"Two Moments ...... the Hour"

"Speak quickly!" Liu Changben couldn't control himself at this time, so he dragged the sergeant and asked loudly.

If Ling Xian really didn't listen to him, and went out from the south gate and went straight down to Hangu Pass, the Ling family was afraid that a big disaster would come.

In his early years, he was greatly favored by the prince of the county, and he was valued by him several times, allowing him to be rich and prosperous, and when he was young, he swore that he would be loyal and faithful to the county king's mansion for the rest of his life.

Before his death, the old county king told him to take care of the Ling family's bloodline, and in the future, he must protect the lives of the Ling family's descendants and leave the Ling family to inherit.

Liu Changben recalled the scene before the old county king's sickbed, and felt that his hands were trembling.

The soldier might as well be old and physical, and he was not a martial artist, but he was a weak scholar, and he still had such strength under the excitement, so he was startled, and hurriedly said:

"At two o'clock, the emperor came out from the north and south and went straight to Luoyang ......" (to be continued.) )