Inside the Hanyuan Palace.

Yang Yu's biological mother, Concubine Wei, set up a seat next to the throne of the Son of Heaven, and the two ladies of the palace who were in charge of the fan behind her stood behind, and the rest of the civil and military forces in the city were all in His Royal Highness. Although during this period of time, the Yin Shishi Master opened a killing ring, and many ministers were all in trouble, but in the end, there were still 100 people left.

Tonight, there is a large army attacking the city outside, and Xu Le is arson inside, which of these civil and military nobles can still lie down in peace? or closed the door, or sent someone to contact to find out, as the fire became more and more intense, everyone's hearts became more and more panicked. As soon as the bell and drum of the palace summoned the ministers rang, they rushed into the palace and waited for the court to decide. As for whether Concubine Wei is qualified to summon the ministers in the Hanyuan Palace, and whether the judgment she made is valid, no one cares at all.

After the killing before the Yin Shi Master, there is no one who can survive until now. Either they are outstanding in their own right, or they have eyes and ears everywhere. Before entering the palace, they already knew that the situation in the court and the central government had changed drastically, and the Yin Shi who had killed people unscrupulously and casually in the past few days had been captured, and even the rebel soldiers who entered the city also reached a consensus with the guard Yingyang that they had not committed any crimes, and the leader of the top soldiers was also invited into the palace to discuss matters.

Everyone is not stupid, when things come to this point, they can naturally guess what the attitude of the imperial court is, and the purpose of summoning them is self-evident. Seeing that even the Great Sui Jiangshan is going to change his surname, what else is there to care about in the customs and etiquette? Everyone now only cares about when the fire can be extinguished, whether their lives and wealth can be preserved, and the rest of them don't take it to heart at all. Even after Concubine Wei said that the acting king was ready to submit to Li Yuan and invite Jinyang soldiers and horses into the city, the ministers were still indifferent. In the main hall, the crows and birds were silent, and no one spoke.

Concubine Wei's position in the palace has always been embarrassing, and the Son of Heaven is very suspicious, and he is more protective of his family than his foreign ministers. Moreover, not long after the end of the Wuhu Rebellion, the Han Dynasty still had the practice of leaving children and mothers. Although Concubine Wei gave birth to an heir for the Yang family, it does not mean that she is respected in this position, but she is more and more cautious, for fear that she will make a mistake and cause a catastrophe. After Yang Yu was crowned king and took charge of Chang'an, her situation still did not change.

If Yang Yu is a puppet, with Wei Xuan dancing in the back, before tonight, she didn't even have the qualifications to be a puppet. Whether it is Wei Xuan or the Yin World Master, they will not be afraid of a deep palace woman, in their eyes, she is nothing more than a moving furnishing in the palace, and it doesn't matter whether she lives or dies.

It's just because tonight is so important that Yang Yu can't make a decision due to fear and confusion, so he will push out his mother. As far as Wei Xuan is concerned, he also wants to use himself as a shield. In the future, when historians record this matter in large numbers, it can also be said that the woman misled the country and weakened the guilt of Wei Xuan, Yang Yu and others.

Is it really a woman who has misled the country? Concubine Wei only felt very aggrieved in her heart. Before tonight, he had not participated in any major government affairs, and even if he wanted to mislead the country, he was powerless. If it weren't for the bad situation tonight, just by appearing in Hanyuan Palace, he would have provoked the noise of hundreds of officials, and maybe someone would shout out words to eliminate traitors for the country and drag himself down and beat him to death.

But who cares? People in the world only need to know that it was Concubine Wei who issued an edict to welcome the rebels into the city. In the future, no matter how many crimes there are, just put them on your own woman, and no one will argue for yourself. Who knew that at this moment, the civil and military officials and the princes of Gong Gon all looked like this when they heard the proposal to return to obedience, and they didn't even have to fight with their arms crossed?

Even if he is not talented, he has no knowledge, but he also understands the truth that two fists are invincible to four hands. There are only a dozen Jinyang soldiers in the city, and there are only three in the palace. If these many soldiers and generals in the city work together, how can they kill this group of people.

But right now, these people are slow to talk about going into battle in person, and they don't even have the words to do it. Even Wei Xuan, who was leaned on as his arm, put all the blame on the head of the Yin World Master, not mentioning that these Jinyang soldiers would be evil. The thief who should have been cut into meat sauce with a knife stayed in the side hall in a big way, and enjoyed good wine and meat. The civil and military ministers all looked at themselves as a female streamer and refused to say a word.

This is the hundred officials of the Great Sui! This is my life! Over the years, I have carefully supported my beloved son to grow up, and I thought that I could rely on my son to enjoy a few days of wealth, but I didn't expect such a result!

Concubine Wei only felt that someone was stabbing her back and forth with a blunt knife, and as soon as the grievances she had suffered over the years came up, tears rolled back and forth in her eyes. If she hadn't tried her best to control it, I'm afraid she would have cried a lot! Why is God so hopeless, he has to bully his orphans and widows!

Seeing that the ministers had made up their minds to consume with themselves, Concubine Wei also knew that she couldn't get any answers from them. Perhaps most of them have already figured out how to please the new Lord, and they no longer have any fear of themselves. The general trend is so irreversible, there is only two words to accept fate. She took a deep breath, choked up and said, "If all the princes have no objections, then according to the will of Duke Wei...... Invite Tang Guogong into the city. ”

"Slow!" Finally someone spoke. "The stakes are too high to be hasty. But I don't know where Wei Gong is? I'll ask him later. ”

Outside the city.

Both the attacking and defending sides stopped their movements, and the Jinyang soldiers and horses opened up their formations, and the pioneers pushed all kinds of cumbersome equipment under the city walls. The eagle soldiers who were originally on duty at the head of the city thought that the Jinyang brigade had entered the city after discovering that there was a fire in the city, and their fighting spirit melted instantly. In addition, some local generals are concerned about their homes and have no intention of fighting, so they naturally fall into chaos. Yin Hongde forced them to defend the city with peace of mind, and the morale of the army had already been weakened.

Wei Xuan has been through the past few years, and there are many old subordinates and cronies in Jingzhaoying's Yang Mansion. As soon as the order to arrest the nephews of the Yin family arrived, Yin Hongde could not command the three armies, and in the end he could only be captured obediently. Then the brigade went down to the city to put out the fire according to the order of Wei Xuanjun, and the troops on duty at the head of the city were less than 10% before, and there was no way to defend it.

Seeing the Jinyang soldiers pushing the equipment under the city, the defenders at the head of the city were still indifferent, and no one was going to manipulate the equipment prepared by the Yin World Master with great effort to kill the enemy and defend the city, but put on a resigned appearance.

Although the previous measures have forced the defenders into a desperate situation, forming a situation of mourning. But life after death is not achieved by simply putting your subordinates in a desperate situation. Conversely, if there is only despair and no hope, the sergeant is more likely to flee rather than sacrifice his life to fight. A good general will always make his subordinates feel that they can win, so as to maintain morale and ensure that the morale of his subordinates is always high.

Yin Shishi didn't understand this truth, and he also knew that relying on Jing Zhaoying Yang and these old soldiers to fight hard with the Jinyang border army was only a dead end. It is because he has prepared a lot of equipment, hoping that the three armies can borrow things to replace the soldiers and kill as many Jinyang soldiers and horses as possible. As long as there are too many killings, we will naturally be able to see hope, and the morale of the army will be easy to maintain.

Originally, his arrangement was quite reasonable, if there was no Xu Le's team to stir up the situation, it could almost be regarded as a great success. But Xu Le and dozens of generals under him actually became the key force to change everything, and the fire in the city completely destroyed the confidence that the defenders had gathered so hard.

The defenders, who had not been tempered by the battle formation, thought that they would definitely be defeated. Coupled with Wei Xuan's counterattack, all the plans of the Yin World Master failed. The defenders have changed from mourning to rout, and even if someone raises their arms and calls for everyone to sacrifice their lives, few people are willing to respond. Even if the Wanjun Divine Crossbow has been loaded, and there are all kinds of equipment such as rolling logs, stones, and gold juice, but the people's hearts are scattered, and no matter how many instruments there are, they are useless. The life and death of himself and this city, let those big people decide, that is, they don't care.

The two brothers, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, have already returned to the barracks. Of course, Wei Xuan would not hastily withdraw his troops to extinguish the fire, in fact, as early as when he sent someone to negotiate with Xu Le, he had already arranged for an envoy to go out of the city to explain the peace talks to the Li brothers. The so-called peace talks are nothing more than rhetoric, and to put it bluntly, they are surrenders.

For this result, the Li brothers were naturally happy to see it, so as soon as the envoy arrived in Li Jiancheng, they immediately pulled people to their military tent to talk. Although Li Shimin was dissatisfied in his heart, he could not dismantle his own platform at this time. Besides, the Li family has shed enough blood in this siege battle, as long as there are no more casualties, anyone can take this credit.

Li Jiancheng also knew that it was time to grab the credit, so he was very enthusiastic about the envoy. He was responsible for making friends with the family in Jinyang, and the scene was no longer hindered. Don't look at the opponents who are still killing each other, they can achieve a spring breeze and a harmonious atmosphere in an instant, so that the messenger in charge of contact can feel at ease and feel that this move is the right move. This Li family elder is so polite, presumably he will not slaughter the city to vent his anger.

Wei Xuan's conditions are not many, and his posture is also very low, and because of this, he seems to be more and more sincere, and it seems that he really wants to be obedient. Li Jiancheng hated Yang Yu and even the Yin World Master in his heart, but this fight just now made him feel terrified, for fear that he would not know what would happen if he continued to fight. In his opinion, as long as there is a truce, everything else is easy to say, even if Rao Yin Shishi does not die, it doesn't matter. What's more, Wei Xuan didn't make this kind of request, he just wanted to maintain the dignity of the Yang family, which was really nothing to Li Jiancheng.

Just as he was about to say yes, Xie Shufang gestured with his eyes, asking Li Jiancheng not to be so anxious to nod. Then he called him outside the tent and whispered: "Lang Jun, now that Wei Lao'er has asked me to wait, how can he agree so happily?" The two generations of the Yang family are the sons of heaven, and the wealth and goods in the city are piled up, so when will you not knock hard at this time? Don't forget, those children of the family followed Lang Jun to come together, but they couldn't run in vain. These people have already invested so much money, if Lang Jun can't give a good return, I'm afraid that they will lose people's hearts. Besides, those generals and soldiers are not easy to dismiss, if they make noise, Da Lang is afraid that it will not be easy to deal with. At this time, we must not be soft, and we must open our mouths when we want it. ”

Li Jiancheng frowned and was silent, unable to decide for a while whether he should listen to the other party's advice. At this moment, a family member will rush in from a distance. Xie Shufang recognized that this general was Li Jiancheng's confidant, and he didn't dare to stop him at the moment and avoid his figure. The famous family will be close to the master's side and whisper a few words, and then Li Jiancheng's face suddenly changed! His eyes suddenly became fierce and fierce, and his hand subconsciously touched the handle of the saber on his waist, looking like he clearly wanted to kill!