Li Huo seemed to hear some kind of possibility from the general's words, his brows stretched slightly, and he stared at the general and said, "Because the Tang Dynasty general must be surnamed Li!" ”

The corners of the general's eyes jumped slightly.

"The first emperor is not a dumb king." Li Huo said very sincerely: "The general should know that since Emperor Taizu created the Tang Dynasty, the surname has always been Li in this world. The first emperor could give Xiahou everything, but it was impossible to pass on the throne to her. The Li royal family is not without blood, even without my existence, there are still many people in the Li family, among them, of course, there are Wen Taowu and Wu Liu, but the Li family's country was not passed on to them, but changed the surname to Xiahou. Looking at the general's eyes, he said word by word: "Is the Xiahou clan's country still the Tang Empire?" ”

The general said lightly: "Without any evidence, you can't prove that the edict is a forgery." ”

"I really don't have any proof." Li Huo smiled faintly: "General, the demon queen usurped the throne, causing the empire to fall into internal and external troubles, and the Tang Empire, which was once powerful, quickly weakened in just over ten years in her hands. The demon queen has indiscriminately killed Zhongliang over the years, using those minions in the purple prison to find all kinds of excuses, not only killing countless Zhongliang who are loyal to the Li royal family, but even the Li royal family has been wiped out by her. He raised his hand and touched his beard, and sneered: "The demon queen used blood to deter the ministers, so that everyone was afraid of her, she and her henchmen controlled the empire and were extravagant, how many people dared to be angry and dare not speak, since others are unwilling to stand up, as the bloodline of the first emperor, I should always stand up and do what I should do to restore Li Tang Jiangshan." ”

The general craned his neck slightly and did not speak, but the expression on his face obviously made Li Huo continue.

"I have the blood of Emperor Dezong in my body, although I am far away in the west and hidden among the people, but it can't change the fact that I am a member of the Li family." Li Huo's eyes were firm: "The Li family's country has been taken away, as a member of the Li family, can I turn a blind eye?" He walked to the chair, sat down slowly, and was silent for a moment before he said seriously: "The first emperor will not pass on the throne to Xiahou, we all know that the edict was forged by Xiahou when the first emperor did not know, after all, the demon queen had a jade seal in her hand at that time, and the first emperor was also under her control. ”

"The general is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and his loyalty is commendable." Li Tuo said: "Today, Li Tuo worships the general, and I only hope that the general can work with me to do his best to restore Li Tang's country." He stood up and bowed deeply to the general: "Please also ask the general to help me!" ”

Fan Ziqi also bowed to the general and said: "The general is vertical and horizontal, the world's famous general, if he can assist the prince to restore Li Tang Jiangshan, he will be able to respond to all calls, and then he will be a hero for the restoration of the country. ”

Fan Ziqi bowed deeply to Li Huo, and said: "The Fan family will devote the strength of the whole clan to be loyal to the prince, and in order to restore Li Tang's rivers and mountains, even if they die!" ”

Even Bai Jingzhai, who was in a wheelchair, also bowed his head slightly to Li Huo.

If the general really believed that Li Tuo was the prince of the first emperor, and if he really promised Li Tuo to help restore Li Tang's country, it would undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the emperor who was far away in Kyoto.

Although the general is not the highest-ranking military general in the empire, except for the old man in the southern courtyard, looking at the empire, no one in the military can match his prestige.

"There is a general commanding the soldiers and horses of Xiling, and the sword is pointing at Kyoto, just around the corner!" Bai Jingzhai sat in a wheelchair and said respectfully: "I hope that the general will work with me and others to achieve a great cause!" ”

Pei Shiqing's face turned pale, looking at the general, and the hand in his sleeve couldn't help but tremble.

Pei Shiqing knew very well in his heart that Li Huo's people were carefully planned, not only to control Xiling, but even to win over the general, and the general's attitude was extremely important to them, if they really won over the general for their use, it would be far more useful than having tens of thousands of iron horses in their hands.

Yao Mubai and the other officials in the hall also looked at the general.

Almost all the soldiers of the empire want to be subordinates of the general.

Once the general is really loyal to Li Huo, the chain reaction caused by this is really unimaginable.

"After the immortal army entered the customs, he was transferred to Woye Town, and the sage was very generous to the general, and he added officials to the knighthood, and even wanted the general to go to Kyoto to take up important positions, and even wanted to transfer the general to the rich land to serve as the assassin." The general's voice was calm, as if he were telling someone else's story: "But Ben will beg the saint to let me continue to defend the border." The saint is very strange, the border pass has always been difficult, why do I let go of the glory and wealth of the good life, I have to be obsessed with being at the border pass? ”

"In fact, the reason is very simple, I will be a soldier, and what I have to do is to protect my family and defend the country." A faint smile appeared on the corner of the general's lips: "Since my first day in the army, I have been guarding the empire at the border pass, so my enemies have always been foreign cowards who covet my territory in the Tang Dynasty, and my knife will never cut at the foreign chieftains, and will not attack the Tang people." When the saint summoned me, he had a long conversation with me, and I remember that the saint was going to reward me and make me think of something, and finally I made a request to the saint. ”

"Ben joined the army at the age of fourteen." The general walked slowly to a chair, and one person immediately helped the general set up the chair, and after the general sat down, he said slowly: "I am from the north, I was originally in the north of the pass, and later made some small contributions, and was transferred to the Xiling Capital Guard." Although I was not born in Xiling, for me, Xiling is my second hometown, and there are countless of my brothers and subordinates buried here in this land. When the retreat was made to the Guannei, there was little left of the remnants of the Duhu Army, and the sage issued an edict and gave the name of the Immortal Army to show the commendation of the bloody battle of this soldier and horse in Xiling. ”

The general suddenly mentioned the past, and everyone present did not dare to make a sound.

Li Huo frowned, his lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

"The throne of the slandered saint is not coming in the right way, but you are pretending to be the prince here, Hu Huo, you are not alone, nor are you the henchmen around you, but the people of the world." The general's expression gradually became cold: "There may be something wrong with the saint, but in the past ten years, there has been no chaos in the Tang Dynasty, and the people are still there."

Li Huo's expression was solemn, his body was straight, and he stood a few steps in front of the general, looking at the general, motionless.

"I implore the saint that in my lifetime, no matter what kind of war occurs in the country, I will not lead troops to quell the rebellion, and in my life, I just want to guard the border and protect the empire from being touched by foreigners." The general smiled: "This request is very excessive, as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, the king has an order, so naturally there is no disrespect." But the saint was open-minded, and instead of blaming, he agreed to my unreasonable request. Raising his hand and stroking his beard, he stared at Li Huo and said: "The first emperor issued an edict and passed on the throne of the current saint, this is the holy will of the first emperor, and no one can doubt it. ”

Bai Jingzhai sighed: "In this way, the general doesn't care if the emperor is orthodox or not? ”

"All I care about is whether the small people can live and work in peace and contentment." The general's eyes were as cold as ice: "Whoever wants to cause trouble in the world is the enemy of this general, and this general will never sit idly by." ”

Sit under one’s own vine and fig tree. Murong in southern Xinjiang and the rebels of that year also died down, and the civil strife of that year greatly damaged the vitality of the empire, and the people of the Tang Dynasty suffered greatly. Hu Huo, it doesn't matter whether you are a prince or not, if you think you are still a Tang person, you should have mercy on the people of the Tang Dynasty and don't let them fall into war again, so that you can really consider the Tang Dynasty. ”

The general called Qiu Hu "Hu Huo" instead of "Li Huo", naturally he had already expressed his attitude, and did not admit that the person in front of him was the Li royal family, let alone the blood of the first emperor.

But no one in the room was amused.

Knowing that he was in danger, Yao Mubai did not shrink and stood firmly with the general.

Yao Mubai bowed deeply to the general and said, "The general cares about the people, and he is really a national warrior. Straightened up, carried behind him with one hand, turned his eyes to Li Huo, and said coldly: "This official is Xiling's parent official, as long as there is a breath, no one will be allowed to mess with the people of Xiling, let alone sit back and watch the people of Xiling get involved in the war." Hu Huo, you pretend to be the prince and want to rebel, and the official will arrest you and your comrades and return them to Beijing and hand them over to the imperial court. ”

Now that the Fan Hou Mansion and even Heiyang City are in the hands of Li Tuo and the Fan family, Yao Mubai's words seem to be very self-conscious, and even make people laugh.

Li Huo was silent, and suddenly burst into laughter, like a bell.

"The general guards such a faint king, and he can't wake up, which is really regrettable." Li Huo shook his head and sighed: "I thought that the general was a loyal man, but now it seems that he is extremely confused, but I am greatly disappointed." ”

Some people secretly admired Yao Mubai's courage in their hearts.

The veteran of the general battlefield and the warrior who crawled out of the pile of dead people naturally have enough courage, but Yao Mubai is a civil official, but he is not afraid of Li Huo and the Fan family at this time, and this kind of courage is even more valuable.

However, Pei Shiqing reacted, and his originally ugly face showed joy, and said to the general: "General, it is the soldiers and horses from outside the city who are coming, hahaha, it must be that General Zhonglang found out that the situation was not right, and led the troops into the city to protect the general." Thinking that the rescuers arrived, he suddenly had confidence, and his back, which was originally a little aggrieved, straightened up, stared at Li Huo, and sneered: "When the reinforcements arrive, it will be difficult for you thieves to fly." ”

The general's face became solemn.

At this moment, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the rumbling of horses' hooves was like thunder.

Everyone in the hall changed color, and everyone could hear that the sound of horses' hooves was extremely noisy, and there were many people who came to ride, and there were no hundreds of horsemen who could not make such a sound, but they did not know where the cavalry suddenly came.

He knew in his heart that if the soldiers and horses outside the city did not have their own orders, not a single soldier or soldier would be allowed to move, Su Changyu had followed him for many years, and knew that his military rules were strict, and his military orders were like mountains, and it was impossible for him to transfer troops without getting his own orders.

His heart sank.

There is only one possibility that the cavalry will not be adjusted, and that is that there has been a big change in the soldiers and horses outside the city.