Dugu Mansion is under house arrest for dozens of Guanlong noble family heads, and daily supplies are supplied by Wuchuan Division. After several days of fear, everyone's fear gradually disappeared, and the heads of the family gathered together every day to chat, and they even felt that this kind of uncle-like day seemed to be quite good.

Han Zhi was ordered by Li Yuan to negotiate with these family heads every day, and these family heads held together to keep warm, advance and retreat together, forming a group that did not leak anything, and they did not agree to anything else except for promising to donate Sancheng land. And in terms of Li Yuan's most important personal parts, they resolutely refused to give in.

Just because the Guanlong aristocracy is a huge group that started in the military, giving up the private tribe is equivalent to giving up their inheritance, and the situation has evolved so far, everyone has turned against Li Yuan, and the only way they can restrain Li Yuan is to spread the private tribe of Yizhou, and handing it over to Li Yuan is tantamount to abolishing martial arts. The key is that Li Yuan blatantly put everyone under house arrest here, which is enough to show that he already has murderous intentions, how can the heads of the families who know so much agree to Li Yuan's conditions? Therefore, no matter how Han Zhi coerced and enticed, no one was willing to compromise and give in.

The important thing is that from all aspects, the Tang Dynasty is not the opponent of the Sui Dynasty, even if Li Yuan does not kill people after getting everyone's private parts, Li Yuan will be eliminated by Yang Tong after all, that is to say, handing over the private army is to be the enemy of the victorious Sui Dynasty, and everyone will not be stupid enough to be the enemy of the Sui Dynasty; If they don't pay it, Yang Tong will still feel that they are really loyal to the Sui Dynasty and will give everyone a way out, so everyone thinks that as long as it drags on until the Sui and Tang Dynasty wars, it will be safe.

At noon that day, when Dugu Cheng was discussing with Yu Yun and Zhao Yuan in the back garden, a maid ran over in a panic and handed a letter in her hand to Dugu Cheng, "Head of the family, look at this." ”

"Where did you get your letters?" Wu Chuanwei besieged Dugu Mansion, and no one was allowed to step into it within a hundred steps, and the maids in the mansion could not get out. So Dugu Cheng was very surprised by this sudden letter.

The maid hurriedly said, "The cook got it from the belly of a big fish." ”

Dugu Cheng, Yu Yun and Zhao Yuan understood that someone stuffed the letter into the mouth of the fish and then passed it to the mansion.

Dugu Cheng took the letter, it was really stained with blood, and there were knife marks, presumably when the cook broke the fish, he accidentally scratched it, but it did not affect the reading, he opened the letter and read it hurriedly, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuan hurriedly asked, "Brother, what happened?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Without waiting for the two of them to ask again, Dugu Cheng strode to the middle hall and convened the heads of the family to discuss the matter.

Although the heads of the family usually live in Dugu Mansion, they wander around the central hall during the day so that they can gather at any time, so after a while, everyone gathers in the central hall.

As the last head of the family hurriedly took his seat, Dugu Cheng said to everyone: "Just now, someone sent me a letter through the belly of the fish. It is said that our people have gathered more than 30,000 soldiers and are killing in the direction of Xiangyang, and they will be able to come to the city tomorrow, even if it is tomorrow ......night at the latest."

Dugu Cheng didn't finish speaking, but there was already an uproar in the lobby.

As long as the private trilogy is the immortal gold medal for each family to save their lives, as long as the trilogy is not exposed, Li Yuan will not dare to poison everyone at the cost of the Tang turmoil, so that he can stalemate until the Sui army attacks on a large scale.

However, Dugu Cheng actually said that this army was not only exposed, but also killed on the side of Xiangyang, which means that the stalemate between the Guanlong nobles and Li Yuan has risen to the height of the joint rebellion of the Guanlong nobles.

And rebellion has been a major crime to exterminate the nine clans since ancient times, and the nobles of Guanlong are not tolerated in the world in terms of law or morality; Li Yuan couldn't do anything with them at this moment.

Although all the heads of the family have been shouting and scolding Li Yuan, and they all wish that Li Yuan would finish sooner, they all know that the private tribe is not the opponent of the justifiable imperial court at all.

The reason why Li Yuan did not eliminate it by force, but coerced and enticed, and persuaded him with good words, was not that he could not destroy these tens of thousands of private troops, but that he did not want to fight with each other and cheapened Yang Dong, a fisherman, for nothing. Now that he is openly and secretly walking into the sun, it just gives Li Yuan a god-given opportunity to take it away.

What makes the heads of the families even more depressed is that their foundation is in Yizhou, and these tens of thousands of private troops in Jingzhou are a lone army facing enemies on all sides, and after losing their offerings, they were immediately annihilated by the Tang army. And the Guanlong nobles have now borne the name of rebellion, once this army is completely annihilated, Li Yuan can clean them up in a justifiable and easy manner, and all the charges and notoriety will be borne by them.

Thinking that Li Yuan's butcher's knife was coming, how could this not cause an uproar?

"We're all in Xiangyang now, isn't this giving people a handle?"

"Who the hell is gathering the army?"

"Who is killing Xiangyang on his own initiative? Isn't that going to kill us? ”

“……”

When the catastrophe came, all the heads of the family were angry and afraid.

"Shut it all up." Yu Yun roared angrily: "The matter has come to this, now it is useless to say this, the more it is at this time, the more unity and calmness are needed, everyone listens to the Dugu family master to continue." ”

After all, all of you here are the heads of the family's gate valves, most of them have experienced countless storms, after this initial panic, and then through Yu Yun's angry roar, they know that there is only one way to die in the chaos formation, and in an instant, they all closed their mouths one after another.

The lobby was quiet all of a sudden, and Dugu Cheng said: "The private army of each family can be mobilized, the elders of each family can be mobilized, and those with the orders of the family master can also be mobilized... Take Dugu and Yu as examples, before the accident, Yu and I had given the token to Dugu Yanyun and Dugu Qingyun; You're all here, but your soldiers are coming. This means that you either have the elders of your clan gather your own troops, or you have given the token to your trusted generals, just like me, and there is no third type of person who can transfer troops. ”

"I, the Zhao clan, were mobilized by the elders."

"I gave the token to my nephew."

“……”

"Now that everyone knows what they know, don't be surprised." Hearing everyone's words, and his own guesses, Dugu Cheng continued: "The reason why the army is killing Xiangyang is that I think the news of our imprisonment has spread, and the elders and family members are worried about our safety, but there is no other way, so they simply raised troops and tried to force the saint to release people by force." ”

"Brother Dugu is reasonable, sending troops is a fact that cannot be changed, and there is no point in dwelling on this matter anymore. If I had expected it, the army would have arrived soon. We should think of a safer way to do it as soon as possible, instead of wasting our time in unnecessary disputes. "It was Zhao Yuan who spoke, who was quite prestigious among the nobles of Guanlong, and he and Yu Yun belonged to Dugu Cheng's right-hand man.

Although Dugu Cheng has the defect of lack of experience, but he can be selected as the heir by the scheming Dugu Quan, he is a resourceful figure in his own right, after this change, it seems that he has matured a lot, he took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said unhurriedly: "Our army has been training all these years, and has been fighting against all kinds of rebels in Yizhou, as well as the Yizhou heroes who are trying to plot against our land, are all the elite of the elite, although they are not a warrior beyond the reach of ten thousand people, But it is not something that the Tang army can destroy, and Li Yuan will not be able to destroy our 30,000-strong army without paying the price of 60,000 people. ”

"Li Yuan's army is not only not as good at fighting as the Sui army, but also inferior to the Sui army in number, in the face of the Sui army that can fight well and has a huge number, he can only tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, causing him to defend everywhere, but he can't defend everywhere. It was impossible for him to sacrifice his 60,000 troops in the civil war, because Li Yuan had to bear this terrible price. Therefore, as long as our 30,000 sharp soldiers are still there, Li Yuan will not dare to poison us. Don't be overly alarmed. ”

Everyone thought so, and their pounding hearts settled down a little. Someone asked, "Brother Dugu, what do you think Li Yuan will do next to us?" ”

Seeing that everyone was calming down, Dugu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then analyzed: "The problem he is facing now is that he wants to fight, but he doesn't dare to fight. The only way is to blackmail the army with the safety of our lives, force the private armies to compromise, force the private armies to surrender, and at the same time, he may bewitch us with the high officials and the heavy profits, and use all kinds of insidious means to divide and divide us, as long as we have internal strife, and then we will be defeated individually. Once a family falls for him, I'm sure that the family is not far from being destroyed. ”

"The head of the Dugu family is reasonable." An old man about seventy years old with a white beard stood up slightly, he was the head of the Hou Mo Chen family, named Hou Mo Chen Ren, and he only heard him say: "The old man is a person who watched Li Yuan grow up, and he has always felt that he is a person who is different from the outside. When the old master of Dugu was alive, he also said that Li Yuan was loyal on the outside, but insidious and vicious on the inside, and unkind; It seems to be timid and cowardly, but it is actually ambitious. The assassination of the old master of Dugu is the best evidence of insidiousness, viciousness and unkindness, how can a character who kills even his uncle and cousin with outstanding merits tolerate those of us who are charged with rebellion? ”

"Although the old master of Dugu has gone a little too far, but multi-party betting is the eternal rule of the family's gate valve, if it weren't for our multi-party betting, how could he Li Yuan be today?"

In order to unite the interior, so as not to isolate the Dugu clan by Li Yuan, after Yu Yun's persuasion, he selectively told Dugu Cheng about the news a few days ago, and Hou Mo Chen Ren knew some of Dugu Cheng's actions. It's just that just as Hou Mo Chen Ren said now, every head of the family doesn't feel that Dugu is wrong, in the final analysis, it is Li Yuan's nest that makes people angry and hateful.

Hou Mo Chen Ren is also a well-informed old fox, when Dugu Cheng mentioned the division and division, he expected that when some family heads were alone with Li Yuan, they were very likely to be bewitched, and they fell for Li Yuan's various plans to break through, so as to talk about the death of Dugu Cheng and Dugu Huaien's father and son.

And some of the family heads who were swaying from side to side listened to Hou Mo Chen Ren's words, and a chill rushed to their heads from the soles of their feet, and the idea of fighting against Li Yuan was firm.

I only heard Hou Mo Chenren say again: "We wholeheartedly support him in the hope that he will unify the world, but he can't even fight in Guanzhong, how can people not be disappointed?" In addition to being able to get a little benefit from soft persimmons like Liang Shidu, Zhu Cang, and Xiao Milling, he couldn't even beat Xue Ju, if it weren't for the Turkic defection, Guanzhong would have been Xue Ju a long time ago. As for fighting the Sui army, almost every time it was a fiasco and compensation. So in the final analysis, Li Yuan is not angry, he can do nothing except show off his power, except for calculating his son and the ministers of the DPRK and China, no wonder the old family owner is disappointed. ”

"Hou Mo Chen's words are good, you must not fall for Li Yuan." Everyone nodded one after another, and they all felt that Hou Mo Chen Ren was very reasonable.

Their group is like a group of capitalists, long before Jinyang raised troops, they took out a huge amount of money and grain to fund Li Yuan, so that he could secretly raise troops in Bingzhou, but with the repeated defeats of the Tang army, the confidence of the Guanlong nobles in Li Yuan was shaken. They invested heavily under Li Yuan, in the hope that he could bring huge profits to his family, but they didn't get any profits, and they were on the verge of bankruptcy, of course they were not happy, but because Yang Tong had always been unwilling to reconcile with the family gate valve before, they had to continue to invest numbly. If Yang Tong had thrown goodwill to the family gate valve earlier, he would have reconciled with the Sui Dynasty a long time ago, how could he wait until now? So Dugu is right, everyone is right, everything is wrong with the incompetent Li Yuan.

Dugu Cheng admired this father-level figure, and felt that his Taoism was still too bad, but fortunately, he was here, and he settled everyone's hearts in a few words. Otherwise, this loose alliance must have been cracked by Li Yuan.

"Heads of the family, heads of the family!" At this time, a maid hurriedly ran over, the servants in Dugu's mansion had been moved elsewhere, Dugu Cheng could only let the maid be responsible for the dispatch of the warning, the maid was sweating profusely, obviously ran for a long time, she said breathlessly: "Army, the army is coming." ”

Although they had expected it for a long time, when the news came, everyone couldn't help but change their faces slightly.

Dugu Cheng hurriedly explained: "Everyone must be stable, as long as our army is still there, Li Yuan will not dare to poison us, so we must not give in on the issue of the army, let alone go to the city to persuade us, otherwise everyone will die." ”

"I understand." Everyone expressed their opinions.

Before the words fell, a large group of troops poured in, and to everyone's surprise, it was not Wu Chuanwei who came, but regular Tang Army soldiers.

After a while, Qu Tugai came quickly under the escort of a team of personal guards, and he bowed his hand to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, Wu Chuanwei has taken the initiative to imprison everyone here. The Holy Lord was extremely angry at Wu Chuanwei's lawlessness, and asked me to come and take charge of everyone's life safety, please cooperate. ”

"Hahahaha......" Many family heads laughed, as if they had heard a big joke. According to Qu Tugai's words, everything is a ghost done by Wu Chuanwei, and Li Yuan, who is in the Taiji Palace, still doesn't know that they are imprisoned here, isn't this a joke?

"We prisoners, each of us has a knighthood, and there are more than twenty princes. Does the general think that he dares Wu Chuanwei to call the shots on his own? More than 20 princes were imprisoned for several days in the dignified national capital, and the Holy One actually knew? The saint was shocked and angry? Dugu Cheng said teasingly.

If Qu Tugai had arrived one step earlier before they got the news and said that their army had rebelled, the heads of the families would have been frightened into the hearts of the gods, but how could it be now?

"Haha... We, more than 20 princes, life and death are all in the general's thoughts, how can we say that we can cooperate? Yu Yun said with a smile.

Qu Tugai said coldly: "I'll tell you the truth." Your army has rebelled and is about to attack the city of Xiangyang, and the Holy Lord does not want to kill innocents indiscriminately, nor does he want your army to be ruined, so he asks you to come forward to restrain the army. ”

Hou Mo Chenren said lightly: "General, don't be funny, since the Holy Lord started the army, our Guanlong nobles have donated countless money and grain, countless family slaves, and have already become the people Yang Dong must kill, and the Tang Dynasty is a relationship of honor and disgrace, what is the benefit of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty to us?" No matter how stupid we are, we can't rebel. ”

"Hou Mo Chen's family master is reasonable."

"Slander, this is naked slander."

“……”

These Guanlong aristocratic family heads are full of emotion, one by one is impassioned, and one by one they are righteous and stern, incarnated as loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty, representatives of justice, and they can't wait to escort the 'two-faced and three-knife villain' who 'spreads rumors' to the execution ground to cut off their heads now!

"Presumably it was the rumors spread by the Sui army, the purpose of which was to make my Datang chaotic without a fight, how could I, Datang, tolerate this kind of two-faced villain? Lack of severe punishment is not enough to correct the law of the country; Not punishing severely is not enough to calm the world! Zhao Yuan also said.

"What Brother Zhao said is extremely true. We, the nobles of Guanlong, are upright courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, and even if they die, they will not surrender. Yu Yun looked at Qu Tugai with a smile, slapped the table heavily, and said loudly: "Our Guanlong nobles are bloody military and martial families, and the one we hate the most is the person who betrays the master with two faces and three swords. ”

Qu Tugai's face was blue and white, and it was extremely exciting.

He was originally a Sui minister, and before the Tang army entered Guanzhong, he was also appointed by Yang Yu as Daxing Jing Zhaoyin, responsible for arresting all relatives related to Li Yuan, and when he caught these people, they were all cut down by Wei Xuan, Yin Shishi, and Gu Yi. It can be said that he is a major figure who has won the trust of the Great Sui.

However......

Qu Tutong, who was regarded as an iron wall by Yang Yu, also descended, and Qu Tugai, who was looked down upon by Yang Yu's confidants, also descended.

What's even more excessive is that Qu Tugai just surrendered, so he wore the armor rewarded by Yang Yu and rode the BMW rewarded by Yang Yun, and went to persuade Yao Junsu with high spirits, hoping to make a contribution in front of the new lord Li Yuan. Under the city, Yao Junsu surrendered to the Tang Dynasty early to seek wealth, but was scolded by Yao Junsu, shamefully disarmed and abandoned his horse, and fled in the wilderness...... Qu Tutong, who once became the secretary of the Tang Dynasty's military department, was high-spirited, and then was cut down by Yao Junsu in the Battle of Guanzhong.

Therefore, the 'two-faced and three-knife backer' in the mouths of Yu Yun and others naturally refers to Sang scolding Huai.

Being sneered at by so many people, can Qu Tugai's mood be better?

The soldiers who followed Qu Tugai looked at each other and remained silent, not knowing what to do.