Du Ruhui is the secretary of the Great Sui Rite Department, and he sent an envoy to Nanjun, representing the will of Yang Tong and the Great Sui, from Du Ruhui's words, Xiao Mo felt Yang Tong's impatience with himself, and knew that his ambiguous attitude had aroused Yang Dong's dissatisfaction. Du Ruhui's sentence 'Can you hold the land north of the Han River' is implying to him that if you can't hold it, hand it over to the Great Sui as soon as possible! At the same time, he is also telling him that whether you agree or not, the Great Sui army will enter the country.

Wen Yanbo saw Xiao Miao's expression, and suddenly became anxious, and sneered: "Gong Xiao, do you see it?" This is the attitude of the Tyrant Sui, this is still in your capital Nanjun, if you go to Luoyang, won't you be slaughtered? ”

"Xiao Gong, your ambition is higher than the sky, and you admire it below, but the sky is not pretended, the intricate internal problems make you miss the opportunity to unify the south, the general trend of the world has been very clear, and the reunification of the Great Sui is an inevitable trend. Your only daughter is already a holy concubine, what else do you have to fight for? If you give up this territory together, the Holy One will never treat you badly. Du Ruhui said sincerely.

Wen Yanbo immediately clenched his front teeth when he heard this, strength, this is strength, all conspiracies and tricks in the face of absolute strength seem ridiculous, conspiracies and tricks can only be used occasionally, and if you really want to dominate the world, you still rely on absolute strength.

After being silent for a while, Xiao Mo suddenly laughed loudly: "Okay, Xiao has no master, there is no need to struggle meaninglessly." ”

"Gong Xiao, you will regret it!" Wen Yanbo was unwilling to make a final effort.

"Li Yuanchao is not safe, he is difficult to protect, if I listen to you, I will really regret it, Mr. Wen, you think of me too stupidly."

Xiao Mo knew that the bigger the price Li Yuan offered him, the more it meant that the situation of the Tang Dynasty was worse, and if the Tang Dynasty fell, would Yang Tong still allow himself to be outside the control of the Great Sui? Definitely not, if it were him, he wouldn't either. The trend of the Great Sui dominating the world is not something he can stop, even if he doesn't think about himself, he has to think about his daughter, instead of holding an unrealizable fantasy and annihilating the Sui army, it is better to wisely put the territory together, maybe he can get a stable old age.

"Mr. Wen, I don't embarrass you, let's go!" Xiao Mo said to Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, so he turned around and left.

"Du Shangshu, please give me a day, and when I arrange important military and political affairs, I will enter Beijing with you and ask the saint for his guilt."

"Gong Xiao, please!" Du Ruhui was in awe of Xiao Miao, Xiao Mi is not a monarch who can convince the public, and he does not have the posture of a master, but he is a smart person. When he can fight for it, he does not fight for the means, and when he knows that he can't do it, he calmly fails in the face and puts everything down, which is the essential mind of a smart politician.

It is foolish to insist on a so-called victory at the expense of loyal cronies who know that they cannot do anything. Xiao Mo is naturally not a fool, he knows that there is only one end to fighting. That would be a failure, and his daughter and relatives would also be destroyed.

He has no chance, no different from a loser, he has to admit defeat, and the fate of the trapped beast is only to affect all the people related to him. So he decided to drop everything and go to Luoyang to face the uncertain fate, which made Du Ruhui respectful.

After leaving Xiao Miao's palace, Du Ruhui did not return to the post house, but went to the temporary station of the Sui army.

This 10,000 elite cavalry is 10,000 elites transferred from the hands of Yang Shanhui, and the main commander is Xie Yingdeng, deputy commander of the Fifth Army, and Shi Jin, Gao Yan, and Yu Zhan, who have made great contributions in Zhuyang Pass, also came with the army. Accompanied by Yang Qinfang's forty-nine Rakshasa guards, they wore armor and blended into the army, and outsiders couldn't tell whether they were men or women, Yang Tong asked them to go south, one was to protect Du Ruhui and deal with the assassination that might occur, and the other was to let them have a long experience.

Yang Qinfang, Xie Yingdeng, Shi Jin, Gao Yan, and Yu Zhan invited Du Ruhui into the big tent, and after the six of them sat down, Yang Qinfang asked, "Du Shangshu, has Xiao Mo made a decision?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, Xiao Mo has decided to hand over the military power and follow us into the Beijing Saint."

"Huh?" The five were surprised and delighted.

"What are his conditions?" Yang Qinfang asked again.

"Haven't said anything yet! But even if there is, it shouldn't be too much, as long as it's not too outrageous, I can agree on behalf of the saint, if I can't agree, I can also fly the eagle to pass the book and ask the saint. ”

Yang Qinfang said blankly: "This! Xiao Milling is over like this? ”

Du Ruhui sighed: "I think I can understand that since ancient times, the struggle for world domination is endless, when they set foot on this road, no one is willing to admit defeat, and no one believes that their opponents are willing to give in." ”

"Then why is Xiao Mo willing to admit defeat?"

"Xiao Mi's situation is similar to Li Mi's beginning, the generals who helped him raise troops have their own armies, all of them are domineering and domineering, and they do their own thing, claiming to be the heroes of the founding of the country, and ignoring Xiao Mi's decrees, Xiao Mi has no choice but to issue an order for soldiers to truce and farm, and indirectly weaken the generals' military power. A series of generals led by Dong Jingzhen were extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Miao's disguised weakening of their military power, so they prepared to plot a rebellion, but they were discovered by Xiao Miao. Xiao Mo then executed Dong Jingzhen's younger brother, Dong Jingzhen was the general of Liang Guo led the troops to guard Changsha, and after learning that his brother was killed, Dong Jingzhen immediately prepared to surrender to the pseudo-Tang Dynasty to protect himself. Later, Xiao Mo sent Zhang Xiu to defeat Dong Jingzhen, and as a result, Zhang Xiu annexed Dong Jingzhen's power, which was stronger, more arrogant, and more arrogant than the previous one! Killing all the officials sent by Xiao Mo excessively is no different from rebellion. ”

Yang Qinfang let out a "poof" and said with a smile: "Xiao Mo is really unlucky, this is also to blame for his unknown knowledge." ”

"Exactly!" Du Ruhui nodded and said: "Xiao Milling was forced to be helpless, and sent someone to destroy Zhang Xiu, success is success, but he fell into the bad reputation of being generous and benevolent on the outside and suspicious in his heart, and jealous of the bad reputation of those who win himself, so the old generals are suspicious and afraid, and they recruit troops and horses to protect themselves, so far the monarchs and ministers within the Liang State are suspicious of each other, and the old generals are all in danger, and Xiao Mill, who has lost his cohesion, is just a plate of loose sand even if he has 400,000 soldiers and horses. The army that really obeyed Xiao Miao's orders was only tens of thousands of people, when Li Xiaogong attacked Jingxiang, the Tang army almost encountered little resistance, the soldiers passed, Xiao Miao's defenders surrendered one after another, until Xiangyang Hannan City, there was Dongping County King Xiao Jati to fight to the death. Xiao Mo knew that his generals would not fight to the death for him, and the result of going against my Great Sui was a dead end, so he simply gave up his country, and with the merit of sacrificing the land, and the relationship between Concubine Hui, he felt that he could at least be a rich man. ”

Yang Qinfang, Shi Jin, and Gao Yan looked at each other, with a sudden look in their eyes, Xie Yingdeng sighed: "The world says that Xiao Mian is generous on the outside but suspicious on the inside, and none of the generals under him are not afraid of him, he is indecisive in the face of chaos, he is timid in doing things, he can't make any climate, and he can't imagine that he is also bitter." ”

Du Ruhui said: "That's the case, he is afraid that his subordinates will end his lair, so he does things in a cower, causing the enemy to become stronger and stronger, and he himself to fight weaker and weaker." This is similar to Li Mi at the beginning, but Li Mi is more courageous than him, with the help of one big battle after another, he eliminated the forces that opposed him, and it took several years to have the current Wei army. ”

Everyone was silent, and after a while, Xie Yingdeng asked: "Du Shangshu, what should we do next, should we return to Beijing to resume our lives, or?" ”

Du Ruhan said with a smile: "The saint has already thought about it, as long as Xiao Mo surrenders, he will set up a Jingxiang Xingtai Province, which will be responsible for taking over the military and political affairs south of Hanshui, Shang Shuling will be led by Xiao Miao, and the left servant in charge of the military will be served by Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, and the third army of General Qin Qiong will enter Nanjun to deter the south of Xiangyang, Zhang Zhenzhou will come to take over Xiao Miao's sailor, I will be the right servant of Xingtai, in charge of government affairs, and Cen Wenwen will serve as the chief of Xingtai. ”

"God, you've only been a scholar for a few days??" Yang Qinfang said in surprise.

Du Ruhui smiled bitterly: "We have eaten too much territory recently, the county guard, the general guard, the county officer, the Zhu Cao, the county commander, the county officer, the county lieutenant, the gong Cao, the chief bookkeeper and other messy positions, all need to be appointed one by one, and now there is such a big territory, I need to clean it up one by one, it's really annoying to think about it." ”

"......" The five people were speechless.

"What about us? What does the Holy One command? ”

"His Royal Highness and General Xie are responsible for escorting Xiao Mo back to Beijing, General Xie arrived in Huai'an, immediately went to Yingchuan, and took over the Yingchuan army from Li Shangshu, General Shi, General Yu, General Gao, the three of you stay in Nanjun."

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After Du Ruhui left, only Xiao Mo and Cen Wen were left in the hall, and after a long time, Xiao Mo seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to ask Cen Wenwen: "What will Yang Tong do to me?" Same as Dou Jiande? Or is it like Yang Guang imprisoned Chen Shubao? Maybe???? ”

Cen Wenwen was silent for a while, and said, "If I guess correctly, he will keep Liang Gong away from the old Liang land, and he should remain as unknown as Dou Jiande." ”

Xiao Mo said: "Back then, Yang Jian could kill the Yuwen royal family. ”

"Then why didn't Yang Jian kill the royal family of Chen Guo and Liang State? Not only did he not kill, but he also reused Chen Shubao's brother and Liang Gong's predecessors, and even Emperor Wu's empress was Liang Gong's aunt. ”

"This ......" Xiao Mo reacted a little, Yang Jian killed the very influential Yuwen royal family because of the usurpation, and the descendants of Chen and Liang were completely different from the Yuwen royal family.

"To a certain extent, when Chen and Liang lost their national ancestry, the descendants of the two countries were no longer qualified to make Yang Jian taboo, because they were not his opponents when they were the strongest, and he didn't think that the descendants of the two countries still had the possibility of turning over. The same is true for Yang Tong. Liang Gong must also be self-aware, and never touch Yang Tong's bottom line, such as the old ministry and military affairs, which is the most taboo. ”

"Alas!" Xiao Mo sighed and asked again, "What about Xian'er?" If I enter Luoyang, lose my authority, and lose the value of use, will Yang Tong still treat her well? ”

Cen Wenwen patiently replied: "As far as Yang Tong's identity is concerned, he will not be untrustworthy, in fact, after Liang Gong loses his authority, Concubine Hui will be safe and will not be suspicious." ”

As a generation of heroes, Xiao Mo is not afraid of death, and what he can't let go of is only his baby daughter, but after Cen Wenwen's answers one by one, Xiao Mo did not hesitate, his heart became firm, and his thinking was clear. Even if he believes in Li Yuan and Li Mi, if the two win the world, they will not allow him in the future, rather than believing in the people who are difficult to protect, it is better to follow the general trend and believe in Yang Tong, who is related by blood and son-in-law.

Now that he has strengthened his heart to surrender to Sui, Xiao Mo convened the civil and military ministers of Nanjun to discuss urgently.

After a while, more than 20 people came one after another, looking at the familiar faces, Xiao Mo said sadly: "The princes must have known that there are 10,000 Sui troops in Nanjun, and they are brought by Du Ruhui, the secretary of the Great Sui Rite Department, to surrender to me. I, Xiao Miao, am not a good monarch, I have failed everyone's loyalty and trust, I can't lead everyone to enjoy glory and wealth, but I am depressed, this is my incompetence! Today's Great Sui has millions of soldiers, thousands of generals, and the unification of the world is unstoppable. ”

Zhong Wenwu was taken aback, it turned out that Xiao Mo had decided to surrender.

"I can't even destroy Lin Shihong, it's impossible to win the Great Sui, but please rest assured, you are all my old subordinates of Xiao Mill, loyal to me, I will never let you suffer, as long as Emperor Shengwu promises to properly settle you and not hurt your lives, I, Xiao Mill, can put down my military power, and I can let the Great Sui easily recover the entire Liang Kingdom." Later, I will invite Du Shangshu and ask him a little bit about the conditions. ”

Xiao Mo showed a sad look on his face, the foundation he had worked so hard to lay was gone, he was more distressed than anyone else, but he couldn't help it, if he didn't surrender, everyone would have to die, he felt that he should use the authority in his hands to fight for something for this group of loyal henchmen, otherwise, he would have a bad conscience.

"Liang Gong." Zhong Wenwu hugged his fist sadly.

"All the princes are outstanding people, and the Great Sui Shengjun knows how to make good use of people, and he is the best in the world, and there must be a place for the talents of all the princes!" Xiao Mo waved his hand to interrupt what everyone wanted to say, smiled bitterly, and said: "The fate of our monarchs and ministers is over, and we should forget about the rivers and lakes in the future." ”

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