After confirming the news from Li Kening, Liu couldn't accept it for a while, but fortunately, she has also experienced a lot of storms.

However, Liu's face was a little pale, and he couldn't help but have some guesses when he thought of these people gathered together in front of him.

"What are you?"

Only then did Liu realize that these people in front of him held the military power of the army in the city.

Needless to say, Li Cuning and Li Cunshi are Li Kening's righteous sons, and it is self-evident who they stand on.

In addition to the two, there are also Zhou Dewei and Kang Junli.

The former was one of the few remaining generals in Hedong at this time; The latter is Li Keyong's righteous son, and he is also the old man under Li Keyong, and the thousands of people who have returned from Zhaoyi are in his hands.

At this time, there were more than 40,000 troops in Taiyuan City, and more than 30,000 people were in front of them.

The fact that these people are gathered together and are still hiding from the Liu and Cao families is not good news.

Li Keyong relied on his righteous sons and some other generals to control the army.

Li Cunxiao has taken refuge in the imperial court;

Li Cunjin died in Mengkeng;

Li Cunxin and Li Cunju died in Zhaoyi;

Li Sizhao died in the battle at Lengquan Pass;

Li Cunxian was captured;

Among these more capable sons, Kang Junli, Li Cunzhang and Li Siyuan are left.

The attitude of Kang Junli in front of him is unknown, Li Cunzhang and Li Siyuan are absolutely loyal to Li Keyong, but they are far away in Shuozhou.

Looking at it this way, it seems that their orphans and widows are a little isolated and helpless.

In history, Li Keyong and Li Sien in the Thirteen Taibao have not yet become Li Keyong's righteous sons at this time, and their reputation is not obvious at this time, I don't know whether they died in Pingyao or lived.

Hearing this, several generals present were a little embarrassed, especially Kang Junli and Zhou Dewei.

"Princess."

Li Kening and the others naturally didn't stand up and answer, so Li Cunhao, as his righteous son, stood up, "Now that the king of the county is in trouble, and Taiyuan is surrounded by the imperial army, we are discussing how to retreat from the enemy." ”

"Then why didn't you send someone to inform me? Don't you have me as a princess in your eyes? Or are you thinking about bullying us women right now? "Liu obviously didn't give a few people a good look.

At this time, she must fight, her husband is still in the hands of the enemy, if she does not fight, her husband will be completely finished.

Li Kening smiled awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, what you said, we are really just discussing how to retreat from the enemy, don't think too much." ”

Li Cunshi stood up with some dissatisfaction, "Father-in-law, it's all broken, do you still need to hide it?" Now that the king of the county has been captured, and the princess, you are a woman, and it is difficult to convince the public.

At this time, the entire Taiyuan group has no leader, if you don't choose one person to lead the army, how to unite people's hearts? How to retreat from the enemy?

I hope that the princess will take into account the overall situation for the sake of Hedong and Shatuo, and recognize her father-in-law as the queen of Hedong and the leader of Shatuo. ”

"Shiro, are you really going to be so persecuted?

And General Zhou, you are an old man who follows the king of the county, and the king of the county treats you well, right?

Jun Li, you are the righteous son of the king of the county! ”

Kang Junli met Liu's gaze, although he was a little unbearable, but his eyes were more firm, "Princess, if the father-in-law is here, Junli will never do this." But now that his father-in-law is in prison, Hedong can't be left without an owner for a day, and Uncle Kening is currently the most suitable candidate.

He is the brother of his father, and he is enough to convince the people.

Please also rest assured, princess, what should you do, we will definitely not bully you, and I believe that Uncle Kenin will not do it.

So I hope the princess can accept this reality! ”

"Princess, I know I'm a little sorry for the king. However, the princess may not know that the two departments of Sage and Anqing are already a little unstable, and there are many people in the city who want to open the city and surrender. Zhou Dewei explained.

"What? Sage and Anqing, what do they want to do? They're Shatuo people! ”

Liu exclaimed, but thinking that these two had done such a thing before, she also believed it a little.

Strictly speaking, only Shatuo is the real Shatuo people in the three Shatuo tribes, and the Sage and Anqing tribes belong to the Sogdians, also called Zhaowu Jiu surnamed Hu people.

After all, decades ago, when the Shatuo people returned to the Tang Dynasty, less than 10,000 people eventually fled to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and when they set out, there were 30,000 people, and the other more than 20,000 people were killed by the Tubo army.

The tribe has less than 10,000 people, and the ability to produce and raise is not as good as that of the Han people, and it is unlikely that there will be too many people in the next few decades.

The two tribes of Sage and Anqing were annexed by the Shatuo, which was the most common form of nomadic expansion of power.

Although these two were merged, there were some differences after all, so when Li Guochang and Li Keyong rebelled against the Tang Dynasty with their father and son, the leaders of the two departments finally stood on the side of the Tang Dynasty.

However, when Li Keyong went south from Tatar, these two ministries began to support Li Keyong again.

After Li Keyong sat in Hedong, the statement of the three parts of Shatuo gradually decreased, because Li Keyong suffered the previous loss, so he deliberately downplayed the statement of the three parts of Shatuo and became a real one.

Just like Li Keyong's adopted sons, Li Cunxiao, Shi Jingsi, and Kang Junli are all from Sage and Anqing.

Li Cunxiao's original surname is An, and An, Kang, Shi, and Mi are all the surnames of Sage and Anqing.

As for Li Keyong, his ancestor was originally surnamed Zhu Xie, and the reason why he was surnamed Li was because of the surname given by the imperial court.

Ten years ago, these two did such a thing, and what is strange about doing it again ten years later?

Now everyone can see that Shatuo is going to be finished.

If Li Keyong is not captured, there may still be hope, but Li Keyong is captured, so that no one can suppress the other two, and even Li Keyong may not be able to do it.

You must know that at this time, the three departments are basically fused together, and even Li Kening and Kang Junli have a large number of generals under the two departments.

And in addition to these two, the army in Hedong also has many Tuyuhun people.

When Li Ke was used and Hedong was strong, these people were naturally willing to attach themselves to Hedong, and now that Hedong is about to end, will they be willing to follow the funeral?

In the steppe, there is no such thing as absolute loyalty, in order to survive, one can attach to one big tribe today, and another big tribe tomorrow.

This is a common thing in the grasslands!

。。。。。。

Just when the atmosphere in Taiyuan City was weird, someone took advantage of the dark night to go out of the city along the rope, and then came to the forbidden army camp outside the city.

Originally, Li Ye was about to sleep, but Xue Atan, who was on duty, reported in the big tent, "Your Majesty, Privy Envoy Pei has something important to ask to see!" ”

"Pei Rong? What is he doing at this time? Li Ye's face was a little unhappy.

In his opinion, now that Li Keyong has been captured, taking Taiyuan City is just around the corner, and if there is anything important, he must come to disturb his rest.

Xue Atan explained, "Your Majesty, the secret envoy of the Pei Shu said that the secret envoys of the Sage and Anqing departments in Taiyuan City want to see Your Majesty. ”

"The Sage Ministry and the Anqing Department?" Li Ye was stunned for a moment, he obviously knew what these two departments were doing, so he had this expression, "Interesting, let them in!" ”