Faced with the hopeful prayers of his beloved, Xiao Yi couldn't say a single word "no". His handsome face flashed a look of struggle, and even the subordinate showed a yearning for an ordinary life.

"It's too late." Xiao Yi closed his eyes in despair, "Listen, they've arrived." ”

The echo in the stone room was too loud, and everyone didn't hear anything, so they hurriedly held their breath at the moment, and sure enough, they heard an unusual sound. Noisy footsteps gradually sounded in this huge cave, faintly accompanied by the sound of trumpets, as if someone was dispatching troops here.

"Father is on the move." Xiao Yi walked out of the door as he spoke, and the other three hurriedly followed, wanting to see what the situation was.

Several people followed him to turn left and right in the huge hole, up and down, and finally came to a wide air outlet, like a lookout. Xiao Yi took the lead on the stage and looked up, only to see that a large number of soldiers and horses had gradually converged not far from the foot of the mountain, as if they were about to form an encirclement of Taiping Mountain.

"Wu Yuanheng is still here," he said to himself as he looked at the army, "This traitor to the martial arts!" ”

Li Chengxuan took the opportunity to look at this lookout and wanted to take advantage of the situation to escape. However, this high platform was built on a cliff and was steep on all sides, and there was no other way to go except the entrance.

"Brother Yi, it's too late if you don't stop!" Seeing this, Xiling Yue anxiously persuaded again, "Think about it, why did the Holy Lord send Wu Yuanheng here, isn't it because his surname is Wu?" The Holy One has left us leeway, you must not be impulsive! ”

Xiao Yi turned her head to look at her, as if puzzled, "Yue'er, why do you want to help Li Chun?" ”

Xiling Yue was silent for a moment, "I only know that I am the people of the Tang Dynasty." In the early years, Tubo invaded Xichuan, and if there was no imperial court and the king of Nankang, we would have died long ago. ”

"Didn't you ever think you'd rise to the top of power?"

"Didn't think about it." Xilingyue shook her head lightly, "In the past, I only wanted to be a harmonious family, but now I ...... I just want to solve this matter with minimal cost. ”

"What's the least cost?" Xiao Yi asked clearly, "Are you dead?" Or do I die with my father? ”

"I ...... I do not know. Xiling Yue suddenly felt a headache and snuggled up to Li Chengxuan tightly.

"Young master!" At this moment, Uncle Zhu suddenly appeared with a team of people and said to Xiao Yi, "The pavilion master instructed that Yue'er and King Fu should be tied up in front of the battle to be hostages. ”

Xilingyue immediately stood up, "I am His Royal Highness Kangxing, which of you dares?" ”

Uncle Zhu hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then fell to his knees with a "plop", "Your Highness, it's the old slave who has offended!" But now the old slave has no choice! You can rest assured that the old slave will desperately protect your safety, once we are out of danger, the old slave will immediately apologize for his crimes! ”

After saying that, he kowtowed heavily to Xilingyue, and immediately signaled his subordinates to tie up the two of them and escort them down to the lookout.

The sunset melts gold, the remnant sun is like blood, and the twilight wind blows at the foot of Taiping Mountain, as if indicating that a bloody storm is coming.

Jingnan's soldiers and horses did not enter the city, and went directly around Taiping Mountain from outside the East City Gate; The soldiers and horses of Shannan West Road, Shannan East Road and Jiannan Dongchuan were stationed outside Wuning County, cooperating with Jingnan to form a siege from the north, west and east; The soldiers and horses of Qianzhong Province are still on the way, but they have been ordered to block the waterway in the south of the city.

This was Pei Xingli's idea. Because once the army enters the city, it must fight with the secret guards of Wuning County, they do not know enough about the layout of the city, and it is easy to fall into the trap by mistake, so it is better to surround and stand by outside the city. In this operation, he was also the commander-in-chief of the three armies outside the city - Shannan West Road, Shannan East Road, and Jiannan Dongchuan, sitting in the south of the city and occupying the waterway fortress.

The new Jiannan Xichuan Jiedu envoy Wu Yuanheng and Jingnan Jiedu envoy Pei Jun personally led the team and led 30,000 horses to the foot of Taiping Mountain to confront Xiao Zhiwu halfway up the mountain.

The evening breeze was sassy, fierce and solemn, blowing two flags, each not giving in.

"Wu Xiangye is worthy of being a member of the Wu clan, and he actually let you find here." Xiao Zhiwu was the first to speak sarcastically.

"Don't dare. It was still the county lord of Xichuan who was smart and found Nanpu County in time, and the official just guessed a little. Wu Yuanheng said deliberately.

Xiao Zhiwu's face sank, and he secretly hated that he hadn't told Xilingyue the truth earlier, but instead prompted her to stand on the opposite side.

"Xiangye was born in the Wu family, but now he is helping the Li Tang royal family, so he is not afraid of the ridicule of the world?" He asked with a sneer.

"The Li and Wu families are one. At that time, Empress Zetian left her last words, went to the emperor's name, and returned to Li Tang, as her great-nephew, naturally obeyed the wishes of her great-grandmother. Wu Yuanheng dealt with it decently.

Hearing this, Xiao Zhiwu showed resentment, "The Li Tang royal family you are loyal to has been fratricidal for hundreds of years, father and son have been tormenting each other, and they have even exterminated the Wu family!" This is also what the Empress Zetian taught you? ”

This question actually made Wu Yuanheng silent for a long time, "When Empress Zetian was proclaimed emperor, she also slaughtered the children of the Tang family, and even killed all the children and children...... There are too many grievances between the Li and Wu families, and it is not clear which is right and which is wrong, so why should Mr. Xiao cling to the old things? ”

"Old things?" Xiao Zhiwu still sneered, "You are a traitor to the Wu clan, there is no need to say more!" Even if the old man dies in this Taiping Mountain today, he will never surrender to Li Tang! ”

Wu Yuanheng was also very annoyed when he saw that he didn't eat soft and hard, "Sir, what I said made the official incomprehensible. The Wu clan is all over the world, and there are at least hundreds of clansmen in Chang'an City, and this official has never heard of anyone resenting the Tang family, why do outsiders with your surname Xiao come to beak? What qualifications do you have? ”

"I'm afraid it's a disguise!" Guo Zhongting also helped on the side, "You want to use Wu Zhou to restore and claim the emperor yourself!" ”

As soon as these words came out, a whisper of discussion immediately broke out among the Jingnan army, and the soldiers agreed with this speculation.

Xiao Zhiwu simply stopped talking nonsense and motioned to Zhu Yuanlin to raise the flag in his hand. A burst of drums immediately resounded through the heavens and the earth, and a large number of bows and arrows were in position with arrows in hand, ready to throw rockets from all directions on the mountain.

Wu Yuanheng laughed when he saw this, "Mr. Xiao, this Taiping Mountain is full of grass and trees, you are not afraid of igniting a rocket projection?" ”

"Don't bother with it." Xiao Zhiwu was obviously prepared, looked around again, and asked, "What about His Royal Highness and King Fu?" Why haven't you come yet? ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xiao Yi and Uncle Zhu walking out of the cave, and a team of people behind them escorted Xilingyue and Li Chengxuan.

"Lord Wang! Yue'er! Guo Zhongting hurriedly waved his hand at the two.

Xiao Zhiwu then pointed at the two and said, "Li Tang is ruthless and persecutes Wu Zhou, today I will sacrifice with the blood of the Li Tang royal family to comfort the spirit of the Emperor Zetian in the sky!" ”

"You're crazy!" Guo Zhongting immediately scolded, "The prince is also the heir of Empress Wu, he is the fifth grandson of Ruizong!" ”

However, Xiao Zhiwu didn't listen at all, and ordered his subordinates to escort Li Chengxuan to the front of the battle, just waiting for him to give an order to raise his sword and blood.

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