At the same time, in Huangshui County, Xiping County, a huge mansion with an extremely wide area, a group of servants, and incomparably luxurious, singing and dancing, and the sound of laughter can be heard from time to time, and the wild laughter of Liang Shidu can be heard from time to time, and the guards are frowning, all of them feel powerless for the decadence of the Lord.

At this time, the soldiers would occasionally hear some sad songs, which were the voices of mourning the deceased, and gradually, Liang Shidu felt that the singing voice of the delicate dancing girl slowly changed its taste. It's as if singing a lament for himself before he dies.

Counting up, it has only been more than two years since he killed Tang Shizong of Shuofang County and proclaimed himself the prime minister, but in more than two years, he has been like a roller coaster, and he has suddenly become the prince who dominates the entire Yongbei, only one step away, he will be able to conquer Chang'an, sit in Guanzhong, and watch the melee of the princes of Guandong. But he was soon beaten to the bottom. The situation that was supposed to be towards itself began to be quietly reversed at some point.

Liang Shi thought about it carefully, I am afraid that it will start from the Sui army annihilating the hundreds of thousands of troops of Shibi Khan in Mayi, after the death of Shibi Khan who he is loyal to in Mayi, the Turks were divided into four, and the internal strife was endless, and it would not be long before Li Jing of the Sui Dynasty invaded Yongbei, in just half a month, his Liang division was Lingwu, Yanchuan, Diaoyin, Yan'an four counties at once, followed by 100,000 troops besieging Shuofang City, and finally he did as the Sui army wished, Shuofang County in exchange for the conditions of peace and southward Honghua, although the Sui army gave him a stable county, But he actually lost most of his territory, only the three counties of Pingliang, Honghua, and Anding.

Immediately afterwards, he exchanged Pingliang, Honghua and Sui Jun for the four counties of Jincheng, Caohan, Douhe and Xiping.

thought that getting out of the encirclement of the Sui Dynasty was the sea and the sky, and he even wanted to fight to the death with the Sui Dynasty after the four counties were bigger, and after forming an alliance with the Xue brothers, he even recruited Tuyuhun people, how arrogant is the arrogance of the 100,000 army?

It's just that this short-term revival didn't bring him substantial benefits, and he just settled down, Li Shimin's Tang army came again, and now the Tuyuhun people recruited by the Tang army are disabled, and the three counties of Jincheng, Caohan, and Douhe have also been lost, so what will be the result of the Xue brothers who fled back to the West Sea, Liang Shi is too lazy to care.

On his side, he originally gathered 50,000 troops, but the repeated failures on the front line shrank by more than half at once, and now Liang Shidu can only take 20,000 of the demoralized Liang army trapped in the water, and let the despair approach little by little, but he has no way.

In the past, it occupied an area of seven counties, with 200,000 troops, and Turkic reinforcements.

But now that his subordinates are dying, the only ones left around him are his brothers Liang Luoren and Feng Duan, and it is only a matter of time before they are defeated.

Thinking of the bleak prospects, Liang Shidu sighed leisurely, feeling the slightest coolness blowing in the wind, and a cold look flashed in Liang Shidu's eyes.

He must not sit still, on the day the city is broken, others can live, but as a king, he will never be lucky, Li Shimin will not let himself go, and Li Yuan will not let go of his own reasons, he still doesn't want to die, he must think of a way to live!

Liang Shidu waved off a group of dancing girls, pacing back and forth with a cold face, a cold light flashed in his eyes from time to time, it was never feasible to be trapped in a lonely city, and staying in Huangshui was a dead end. So he had to go, as for where to go......

Guanzhong is Li Tang's world, as for Yongbei, Liang Shidu didn't even think about it, the Sui army is not something that his remnants of the defeated army can touch, and now it seems that he can only go to Li Liang's territory, and even go to the Western Regions on the Silk Road, with his Liang Shidu's ability, not to mention dominating the Silk Road, but there is no problem with separating one side, there are more than 20,000 soldiers in his hands, and he is afraid that he will not survive?

The biggest problem now is how to take away the soldiers and horses, people in a foreign land, if they do not have a strong army and horses, they will not be able to gain a foothold at all.

"King, are you looking for me?"

Feng Duan came to the hall a little tired and saluted Master Liang.

"Feng Duan, right now, our army is trapped in a lonely city, the internal army is in turmoil, there are no reinforcements outside, continue to defend it, there is no way out, you have been with me for the longest time, I really can't bear you to accompany me to death, Li Tang will not let me go, and the Sui Dynasty will not let me go. You can take my head to either side to ask for surrender, or you can exchange it for a way to live. Liang Shidu looked at Feng Duan leisurely.

"Why did the big five say this!" Feng Duan fell to his knees with a thud and said to Liang Shidu: "Even if the last general dies, he must die to kill a way out for the king." What's more, General Li Zhengbao is still holding on to Hualong, and he is far from the second realm of life and death. ”

Liang Shidu silently put away the dagger hidden in his sleeve, sighed and said, "Actually, it's not lifeless. ”

"What's the king's plan?" Feng Duan didn't know that he had just gone around in front of the ghost gate, and looked at Liang Shidu excitedly when he heard the words.

"It's not a good idea." Liang Shidu sighed: "Whether it is Li Tang or the Sui Dynasty, they are not our opponents!" Now that Li Tang's army has not yet arrived, we can evacuate Xiping. ”

"Evacuate Xiping? Where else can we go? Feng Duan looked at Liang Shidu with a blank face, Xiping County is the last soil for them to survive, leaving Xiping County, where should they go next? And where can you go?

"Go to Zhangye to defect to Li Rail through the Great Dou Bagu, if he doesn't accept it, take the road to the Western Regions."

"The Western Regions?" Feng Duan was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Liang Shidu incredulously and said, "King, where does the grain and grass for the 20,000 army come from?" ”

"Twenty thousand troops naturally can't all be taken away, you choose five thousand loyal elite divisions, gather all the war horses in the city, and then one person and three horsemen, and carry more grain and grass! Tomorrow I will let the general lead the army to rescue Hualong City. When they were gone, we sped west at a fast pace, leaving nothing else to worry about. ”

Master Liang is trying to survive with a broken arm!

With his current grain and grass, he can't support an army of 20,000 at all, rather than everyone starving to death, it is better to select 5,000 loyal warriors, take all the grain and grass, and flee while everyone is away, in order to achieve the goal of escaping, even his younger brother Liang Luoren does not want it.

"Whoa! This is what I will do! Feng Duan responded, this is indeed the only way for Liang Shidu to survive.

Soon after, Liang Luoren arrived at the "royal palace" and received an order to support Hualong County.

Originally, Liang Luoren and Liang Shidu had a good relationship, and Liang Shidu was able to kill Tang Shizong of Shuofang County and occupy the whole county of Shuofang.

But Liang Shidu said that the emperor was big, the emperor was full of majesty, and even though Liang Luoren had a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, he also recognized the gap between the monarch and the minister, and since then, the affection between the brothers has been blank.

Therefore, whenever the two brothers meet, Liang Luoren also lives as a courtier, and there is no transgression, which is deeply "important" by Liang Shidu, and the official worships the position of the general, nominally in charge of the military power of the Liang, but in fact, the Liang is clear from top to bottom, and the military power is in the hands of Liang Shidu from beginning to end, and without his orders, no one can transfer a soldier.

But Liang Luoren was not dissatisfied, in the troubled times, the army was the foundation of a king, Liang Shi decided so, and he also understood that the only thing he could do was to help from the side.

But at this time!

Liang Luoren's eyes were full of sadness and sadness.

He knew Liang Shidu's plans. When a person has been cowardly for a long time, it will form a habit!

The same is true of Liang Shidu, the former Emperor of Liang.

He wanted to escape, and he was afraid that no one would cut off for him, so he let himself lead the remaining soldiers to support Hualong, that is, the value of more than 10,000 soldiers, including himself, was to create life for Liang Shidu.

They were sold by Liang Shi.

Liang Luoren looked at the hazy sky, the haze in his heart was heavier, sighed, counted more than 10,000 soldiers, and left Linhuangshui and headed towards Hualong.

Soon after Liang Luoren left, 5,000 sharp soldiers rushed westward with Liang Shidu, and the horses accompanying 10,000 war horses were loaded with grain bags, in addition to grain, there were also some treasures that Liang Shidu had looted for many years.

It only took half a day to arrive at Pipa Gorge, which is the narrowest part of the Hexi Corridor from Xiping County.

It won't take long to be an important strategic passage of the Great Dou Tu Valley, which is a big gap in the Qilian Mountains, through this valley of more than 100 miles, you can reach the south of the Qilian Mountains, and then to the northernmost point of Xiping County, to the south is the Pipa Gorge where Liang Shidu is now located, and then enter the Changning Valley, and finally arrive at the north bank of Huangshui, and the opposite bank is today's Xining.

Due to its important strategic significance, Dadou Bagu belonged to the northern part of Wuwei County and was guarded by 3,000 Sui troops, which also meant that the Liang division wanted to enter Zhangye victoriously, but could not alarm the Sui army. But he had fifteen thousand war horses, and the Sui army was not deaf, so how could he not hear? So the only way is to suddenly rush over at night.

However, as soon as the whole army of the Liang division entered the Pipa Gorge less than three miles, it was blocked by the front and rear of the 10,000 Sui troops who suddenly appeared.

The head of the general is Wuwei County Shou Duan Decao, he has been paying attention to the battle of Li Tang and Xue Liang coalition army, and sent a large number of fine work with Xinying into Xiping, when the Liang division marched westward, Xinying has been the first time to transmit their movements to Duan Decao's hands, Duan Decao expected that the Liang division was going to defect to Li Rail, so he led 10,000 cavalry to the Pipa Canyon, which really blocked the Liang division.

Looking at the great army in front of him, Liang Shidu gasped, he didn't know that the Sui army had a message from Xinying, and thought that Feng Duan had betrayed him, so he glared at Feng Duan viciously, and said, "You betrayed me?" ”

"King, I didn't ......" Feng Duan almost subconsciously bowed his head and saluted, but a cold light lit up in the corner of his eye, and when he turned his head in shock, the cold sword had already pierced into his chest.

"King, ...... you" Feng Duan looked at Liang Shidu in amazement, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Only you know my plan, if you don't betray me, who else can there be." Liang Shidu snorted coldly, and in Feng Duan's painful expression, he shook the hilt of the sword fiercely.

"Ah~" Feng Duan screamed miserably, staring at the sky with an unwilling gaze and falling down.

"Liang Shidu, now even the gods can't save you as a traitor." Duan De on the opposite side manipulated his horse out of the ranks, looked at the frightened Liang Shidu army, and laughed loudly: "You have been surrounded by my Great Sui layer by layer, and it is difficult to fly!" Only take Liang Shidu and other thieves, and those who descend will not be killed! ”

"Only take Liang Shidu and wait for the thief leader, and the one who descends will not be killed!"

The whole army comprehended, and shouted loudly in unison, as if there was another scorching thunder in mid-air.

The surrounding soldiers saw that the enemy army had arrived in front of them, and instinctively wanted to step forward to fight, but they heard "only take the thief head Liang Shidu, and the one who surrenders will not be killed!" Liang Jun's pace slowed down significantly, and his movements became hesitant.

Looking at the cold and glittering strong crossbow arrows under the other party's banner, Liang Shidu's heart almost jumped out of his mouth, it was a soul-chasing arrow, like Bai Sensen's fangs, watching them slowly approach, and hearing the shouts against him, he finally couldn't stand the pressure, turned his horse and fled.

Liang Shidu ran backwards, which made the Liang army, which was already unwilling to fight and demoralized, collapse, and responded to the call of the Sui army, swarming up, twisting Liang Shidu and his relatives to surrender together.

In this way, the 10,000 Sui troops did not even launch a charge, not even a single arrow was fired, and the Liang division was captured alive, and the Liang army basically lost nothing except for some unlucky ghosts who were hacked to death by the crazy Liang division.

One by one, they cooperated with the orders of the Sui army, dropped their weapons, ran off their horses, and then honestly squatted on both sides of the valley with their heads in their hands.

"General, what should I do?" The Sui army was collectively dumbfounded, and his gaze turned from the chaotic Liang Jun to Duan Decao.

"As a Han person, for his own selfishness and his family's selfishness, he betrayed the country for glory, and he died to atone for his sins." Duan Decao looked at Liang Shidu, who was constantly struggling, and said coldly:

said loudly: "Take the head of Liang Shidu and surrender the cities of Xiping County!" and sent an urgent letter to Governor Li to explain the situation on our side. ”

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