Yang Tho Baa City, Duan Zhengyan sat in the study, his thin face faintly showed a trace of exhaustion, not far away, Duan Zhengxing and Duan Mingcheng walked in together, seeing Duan Zhengyan's appearance, the two did not dare to slack off, and bowed.

"You're here." Duan Zhengyan looked at his two sons, with a strong smile on his face, and said: "I think you also know the situation, Gao Liangcheng's tens of thousands of troops did not meet the Jingshi, but went to Shanxian City, and now the army in the hands of my Duan family is only 20,000 people, I have given up intercepting in the Jinsha River and focused on Longshou Pass." ”

Longshou Pass is the only way to pass through Dali Yang Tho Baa City, no matter where to attack Dali, will attack Longshou Pass, Longshou Pass terrain is dangerous, similar to Hangu Pass and Tiger Prison Pass in the Central Plains, it is the main road to enter and exit Yang Tho Baa City. Duan Zhengyan could only put 20,000 troops at Longshou Pass at this time to resist the attack of Li Jing's army.

"100,000 troops attacking Longshou Pass, how long can we resist?" Duan Mingcheng said with some worry, there was even a trace of worry in his words, in the face of the huge Tang Empire, Duan Mingcheng had no idea of resisting at all, he just wanted to be a king of Dali.

"Even if you can't resist for a long time, you have to resist, otherwise, even if you are defeated, in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, we are nothing, will the Tang Emperor still use us at that time? Then Ziqi sent troops to help Datang this time, can't you get anything? Not to mention, the Tang army has traveled a long distance to attack my Dali, as long as we can hold out for a month or two, their grain route will be affected, is it possible that their grain transportation team will have to pass through the reckless mountains to Dali? At that time, I am afraid that transporting grain for one stone, in fact, it also needs to consume more than a dozen stones, does Datang have so much grain? Duan Zhengxing glanced at his younger brother, with a hint of disdain on his face.

It's just a coward, and such a person also wants to ascend the throne as the king of Dali, which is really a big joke. As a royal family of Dali, he didn't want to think about the royal family, so he wanted to submit to the Tang Dynasty, how could the throne of Dali fall into his hands.

Duan Zhengyan glanced at his two sons, and finally fell on Duan Zhengxing, and sighed in his heart, his two more outstanding sons, one is afraid of Datang, and the other does not put Datang in his eyes, even Duan Zhengyan doesn't know how to choose at this time, he doesn't think that his 20,000 army can withstand the 100,000 army. But let him return to Datang now, he is indeed unwilling in his heart.

"In that case, you can go to Longshou Pass and take a walk, if you can resist it, resist it, if you can't resist it, just switch it and surrender!" Duan Zhengyan thought for a while and said. Either way, he's going to give it a try. It is just as Duan Zhengxing said, as long as it lasts for a long time, Datang may not have so much food to supply.

"Hmph, it's all the fault of the Gao clan, if it weren't for the Gao clan putting the army on the Eastern Front, where would we have so many difficulties, and we could barely gather 100,000 troops at this time, why bother so much." Duan Mingcheng snorted coldly and said: "Look, there are only more than 100 guards in the palace now, and fortunately, my Dali has treated the people very well in the past dynasties, otherwise, if someone rebels at this time, I am afraid that all of my Duan clan will be killed." ”

Duan Zhengyan's heart tightened when he heard this, and he sighed slightly, now there are internal and external troubles, and his sons are still competing for the throne in front of him, which makes Duan Zhengyan tired for a while, he waved his hand, and let Duan Zhengxing retreat, leaving Duan Mingcheng behind.

"Father, do you want to send someone to Bianjing to meet the imperial concubine." Duan Mingcheng said in a low voice. Although it is a family, Duan Mingcheng will not call each other's names at this time, but will call him "imperial concubine".

"Seeing it doesn't actually make much difference, even if it's a mother, it can't change any situation." Duan Zhengyan shook his head and said, "My son has found out, until now, I haven't found the Tang Emperor's Zhongjun Daxu, isn't this a strange thing?" Some people say that he crossed the Qianli Canyon and killed the Jinsha River, but in fact he didn't, and the Chinese army that appeared now is just Boyan, Gao Zhong and a self-Qi country, so to speak, there are three ways of army. ”

"Father is saying that the Tang Emperor doesn't want to attack our Dali, in fact, he just wants to attack Bashu." Duan Mingcheng immediately guessed what Duan Zhengyan was thinking, and his face changed slightly. This is more terrifying than attacking Dali, the Tang Emperor attacked Dali, there may not be no possibility of survival, but if it is an attack on Bashu, it means that the Tang Emperor wants to draw salary, the team attacking Longshou Pass here, even if it fails, there is no problem with a long-term siege, more than 100 years of hard work, Dali and the Central Plains Bashu area has been unimpeded, in the case of no one to stop, the grain and grass of the brigade can enter the territory of Dali without hindrance, enter Longshou Pass.

"If that's the case, I, Dali, am definitely not Datang's opponent, no matter how strong the Dragon Head Pass is, it won't have any effect." Duan Zhengyan wanted to call Duan Zhengxing back at this time, and he didn't want to resist.

"The hateful Gao Liangcheng, he has a large number of troops in his hands, if we can gather these troops in Longshou Pass, even if we add Ziqi Kingdom, we may not be opponents." Duan Mingcheng said viciously.

Duan Zhengyan shook his head, if the matter is, where does he need to worry, he also said: "He didn't let him come in from Qiguo, he is already worthy of us, wait, if you can afford to fight, you can fight, if you can't fight, you will surrender, no matter what, does Datang still want to completely take Dali into your pocket?" Duan Zhengyan waved his hand, and the whole person looked extraordinarily free and easy, and there was a hint of Buddha nature on his face.

"Father." Duan Mingcheng saw it clearly, and he was surprised in his heart.

"After this busy period of time, I will also follow the example of my ancestors and become a monk in Wuwei Temple, although the prosperity of the world is good, but where is the green lantern ancient Buddha quiet." Duan Zheng said with a smile: "When the time comes, you will inherit the throne, whether it is better to have a good relationship with Niangniang, and it is still okay to save your life and wealth, as for the others, it depends on the destiny of heaven." "There are more people who are monks in the Duan family, Duan Zhengyan is also a good Buddha, in fact, he has long wanted to become a monk, but he has never had the opportunity to finally come now, and at this time, becoming a monk is equivalent to saving his life, why not!

He didn't know that there was an army under the banner of "Yang", passing through Chuxiong and other important places, coming towards Longshou Pass, and outside Longshou Pass, there were cavalry heading towards Bashu, and the general Boyan had already received Yang Tingjing's report and obtained a high amount of tokens, and the Longshou Pass in front of him could be broken at any time, and he was inviting Li Jing to come to Dali in person to recruit Duan Zhengyan.