Benevolence represents softness, softness represents indecisiveness, Duan Zhengyan may be a benevolent emperor, in the face of Gao's power, he can still maintain the prosperity of Dali, it can be said that he is a wise emperor, maybe he is also a good father, in the face of his sons, can do it equally, but when the father and the emperor are combined, Duan Zhengyan is undoubtedly a failure.

For the throne of Dali, Duan Zhengyan's sons did not use all means, they all wanted to be the king of Dali, control the thousands of miles of Dali, or collude with the Gao family, or turn to the Tang Dynasty for help. Several of his sons are vying for power and profit, and they are fighting for succession, don't you know these Duan Zhengyan? No, Duan Zhengyan knew all this, but he knew it, but he didn't have any means to stop it, he could only watch his sons fight each other.

Maybe he is still thinking about how to choose an excellent person among these sons to inherit Dali, maybe he also wants to be the emperor for a few years and enjoy a few pieces of glory and wealth, if all this is according to the trend of history, Duan Zhengyan became a monk, Duan Zhengxing became the king of Dali, as for Duan Mingcheng, these people disappeared with the wind and did not exist in history.

It's a pity that Datang came out with a son of heaven, holding a male soldier, and brazenly attacked Dali, which instantly changed everything in Dali, making the competition for the Dali royal family more bloody and making Duan Zhengyan more painful.

"If the elder brother likes King Dali, the throne will be given to the elder brother." When Duan Zhengxing was angry, Duan Mingcheng stood up and arched his hand and said, "As long as you make my brother happy, everything will be easy." ”

"Shut up, you hypocritical guy, your father has already recognized you, why do you still act like this, haha, do you think you are sitting down now? Datang's soldiers and horses are outside, and Gao Liangcheng will not agree. Duan Zhengxing couldn't help laughing.

"Stupid." After Duan Zhengyan heard this, he snorted coldly, pointed at Duan Zhengxing and said, "You stupid thing, you think you are carried away by the throne, do you think this Dali is still the previous Dali?" The Gao family wants to seize the throne, how can he help us, otherwise, the tens of thousands of troops will not appear in Shanxi, but in Longshou Pass, do you think that if you become the king of Dali, the Tang Emperor will let you go? ”

Duan Zhengyan finally became angry, pointed at his son and scolded: "You stupid guy, let you garrison Longshou Pass, my Duan family may still have a glimmer of life, you abandoned Longshou Pass and fled, do you think Longshou Pass can still be as stable as Mount Tai?" The Tang Dynasty soldiers are coming to the city, and without my Dali Duan family stationing, will the people of Longshou Pass fight bravely? When it comes to the end, you still think about the Dali throne, even if this Dali throne is given to you, you can't get it. ”

"Hmph, Longshou Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, one man is not open, even if Li Tang has a million male soldiers, he may not be able to capture Longshou Pass. I have already asked Chu Liang to defend the dragon head pass, father, don't change the topic, what you like is Duan Mingcheng, a hypocritical guy, you want him to inherit the throne of Dali, why do you have to act like this! Duan Zhengxing shook his head, obviously not believing in his father.

"Dali is out of play." Seeing this, Duan Zhengyan sighed slightly, and said: "Even the prince of Dali has left Longshou Pass, how can this person from Longshou Pass work hard for Dali?" Forget it, if you want this throne, then give it to you! If I can be a few days, I will go to Wuwei Temple tomorrow to become a monk. Duan Zhengyan slowly stood up, in fact, when he saw Duan Zhengxing, he knew that the Dragon Head Pass would definitely not be able to hold it.

It's just that what Duan Zhengyan didn't expect was that even if Duan Zhengxing stayed in Longshou Pass, he would actually not be able to hold it. On the fifth day after he left, the Tang army launched an attack on Longshou Pass, although Chu Liang was dissatisfied with Duan Zhengxing's departure, but as a courtier of the Duan family, he still faithfully carried out Duan Zhengxing's order.

It's a pity that what he didn't know was that Gao Liang became the rescue of Shanxian City, or for the sake of Gao's future, he actually gave the customs clearance token to Yang Tingjing, and the five thousand troops appeared very smoothly behind the Longshou Pass, when the front of the pass was fighting, Yang Tingjing and his five thousand mountain soldiers bypassed Cangshan and killed directly from the back mountain, and the back door of Longshou Pass could not be resisted, and was soon killed by five thousand people into the city. Longshou Pass was in turmoil, Boyan personally beat the drum to cheer, Chu Liang could not stop, committed suicide, 20,000 troops suffered heavy casualties, countless surrenderers, Dali Jiancheng Longshou Pass fell into the hands of the Tang Dynasty.

On the one hand, Boyan sent someone to report to Li Jing, and on the other hand, he sent someone to announce the entire Dali, Dali was shaken, whether it was Dali Jingshi Yang Tho Bacheng, or the Gao clan and Ziqi Kingdom who were fighting around Chuxiong City, they all knew that Dali had gone away, and its demise was only at the last moment.

The Gao clan and the Ziqi kingdom, who have always coveted the Dali Kingdom, have made a truce, and sent people and horses to Longshou Pass, preparing to meet the Tang Emperor, and perhaps with the support of the Tang Dynasty, to carve up the Dali Kingdom.

When the news reached Yangtho City, Duan Zhengyan had already become a monk in Wuwei Temple, Duan Zhengxing was preparing to ascend the throne and become emperor, but Duan Mingcheng had already been imprisoned, and he didn't know when he was killed by his brother.

"You're late, the old monk is just a monk, what's the way?" Duan Zhengyan sat upright on the top of the Buddha hall, his face was peaceful, and he still looked like an emperor.

"Father, now the Tang army is stationed in Longshouguan, but they have not come to Beijing, this?" Duan Zhengxing knelt on the ground, he used to not be the king of Dali and always thought that the king of Dali was beautiful, but now he knows the hardships of being the king of Dali, especially his father abdicating the throne as a monk, which makes Duan Zhengxing feel that he has been fooled.

"They didn't come, not because there were not enough soldiers and horses, but because they were waiting for the arrival of the Tang Emperor." In the end, it is his own son, Duan Zhengyan said bitterly: "However, since you are the king of Dali, I believe that the other party will march soon, you go back and get ready!" ”

"Why is that?" Duan Zhengxing was puzzled.

"The Tang Emperor is eloquent, but in the end he is a benevolent person, I am Bai Feng's father, if I am in power, their generals will not dare to attack the Beijing Division, Ming Cheng and Bai Feng are good friends, and the Tang Dynasty generals will not dare to treat Ming Cheng how, but you can't." Duan Zhengyan smiled bitterly: "It's just that I am Bai Feng's father, how do you ask me to ask the Tang Emperor?" ”

Duan Zhengxing only knew at this time why Duan Zhengyan wanted to give way to Duan Mingcheng at the beginning, not because he was not good, but because he wanted to save the Duan family's temple with Duan Baifeng's affection.

"Father." Duan Zhengxing felt bitter in his heart.

"You don't have to feel guilty, if the Tang Emperor wants to rule the world, how can he allow the existence of Dali, no matter who is the king of Dali." Duan Zhengyan shook his head and said: "It's just that I don't want to suffer this humiliation, so I will abdicate the throne, you or Mingcheng are the same, no one can stop the iron cavalry of the Tang Emperor." ”