Su Xiaohu Shi Shiran walked in, and after saluting Tuoba Si, he looked at the head of the Long family and sneered: "It's just a Long family, and a snake on the ground, you actually have the courage to bargain with my Tiance Army, do you think you can do it?" If you don't want to die, stay honest with me, or I'll turn you to ashes in an instant. After finishing speaking, he ignored the angry pale face of the head of the Long family and said to Tuoba Siji: "Report to the Deputy Prime Minister, the last general has been ordered to raid the Suzhou Mansion Treasury, the Long Family's Private Treasury, and the property of the Long Family's head has all been sealed up, waiting for the order." After speaking, he took out a roster from his bosom, stepped forward and handed it to Tuoba Si, and said, "This is the list of assets confiscated by the various ministries and the list of weapons in the arsenal. As soon as this sentence came out, all the Long family members couldn't sit still, and even Long Xuan, who had been silent and had not spoken just now, stood up and asked: "General Zhao, I will negotiate it before, my Long family Anyway, didn't the Tiance Army already promise not to offend my Long Jiaqiu?" Why do you have to seal up even my Long family's furniture warehouse now? ”

After Long Xuan finished speaking, Long Yi behind him stared at Su Xiaohu deadly, and his eyes burst with a dead chill. However, Su Xiaohu didn't care about this, but found a place next to Zhao Si and sat down.

"Then Mr. Elon means I shouldn't have raided it?" Tuoba Sizhi sneered: "The Long family has been in charge of Suzhou for many years, but it has not benefited the people of the Han people in the northwest at all, and only cares about their own family if they divide one side. Now that my Tiance army has been ordered to come to pacify the Western Regions, but they have rebelled against Wang Shi, what is the intention of your Long family, and even worse, they are still trying to fight against the Central Dynasty and bargain, what is this not to rebel? Before the prime minister came, the emperor confessed to those who offended my Tang Dynasty, although they were far away, they would be punished. After a hundred years of sinking in the Western Regions, the minds of all forces have long been no longer on my Tang Dynasty, and we have to use a heavy hammer to cleanse the world and re-establish the majesty of our Tang Dynasty. If it weren't for the fact that you were the king of Yanqi back then, and you were also a descendant of the Han people, my Tiance army would have slaughtered all the rebel forces with a butcher's knife, and I would not show mercy to any rebellious subordinates. Tuoba's words of advice were categorical, and suddenly suppressed Long Xuan's full of resentment. No matter what the truth is, but the invincible posture since the Tiance Army came out of the customs has made Long Yi and other new-generation Long family stalwarts see another meaning, that is, it seems that the Tang Dynasty recorded in history has returned. As the descendants of the Yanqi royal family, although they were also wiped out by Tubo, they still kept their own historical records, and they knew a little about the old things in Anxi. However, this did not dispel their anger at hearing that their family property had been confiscated.

"What does the Deputy Prime Minister want? My Long family was inappropriate just now, but no matter what, we have already surrendered to Datang, even if Datang is unwilling to appoint him, he can't just deprive him of his property, right? Moreover, our Long family army has also handed over the command to your army, isn't this sincerity enough to explain everything? Even if the Long family turned a blind eye to what happened to the people of the Han family in the Western Regions before, as the saying goes, if the Tao is not traced, it can't erase the merits of my Long family, right? Long Xuan's words were neither humble nor arrogant, this scene made Tuoba Sijian nod secretly, but in the next moment, the old man who was sitting next to the head of the Long family who wanted to bargain with Tuoba Sijian before interrupted Long Xuan's words and shouted directly: "What nonsense are you talking to him about Long Xuan's matter so far?" If it weren't for you luring the wolf into the house, how could my Long Family Army and the Guiyi Army lose to them if they worked together? Without an army, do you expect them to have mercy on you? Tuoba thinks about it, today my children of the Long family will fight with you to break the net. As soon as he flicked the sleeves of his robe, he stepped forward.

The head of the Long family grabbed the elder, stood up and said in a deep voice to Tuoba Si, "What does the deputy prime minister plan to do with us?" If my Long family is not in power, then it is also a flat-headed people. Since it is the people, if the property of the Long family is beneficial to the Tiance Army, then my Long family has nothing to say, and I am willing to give it all to replenish the military salary, which can be regarded as the Long family's contribution to the Tang Dynasty's recovery of Anxi. ”

"It's very simple, the Long family gave up the territory of Suzhou, and all the descendants of the family returned to Liangzhou with the logistics troops of our Tiance Army, waiting for the ruling of the Tang Emperor." Tuoba Siji threw a bomb again, completely detonating the atmosphere that was already ignited by a spark. Is this going to follow the old path of Zhang Yichao back then? Fortunately, Zhang Yichao led the Guiyi army to recover Hexi, so he would be safe and sound when he entered the court. Now that he is a person who has surrendered to the battle, and because of the previous incident, he has a quarrel with the front-line master, and if he returns to Liangzhou, he is afraid that the entire family will fall into a catastrophe. All the descendants of the family are going, isn't this to wipe out the Long family? As soon as these words came out, even the head of the Long family who spoke just now was full of iron, and his beard was shaken with anger.

"Well, I don't want to say much about it. Whether to go or not depends on the Long family's own choice. Seeing that you can be on the battlefield anyway, it can be regarded as helpful to my Tiance army to recover the great cause of Anxi, I remind you, there may be a glimmer of vitality to go to Liangzhou with peace of mind, if you try to make wind and rain in Suzhou, the first rat at both ends, then the Tiance army will definitely butcher the knife again, and then I am afraid that the Long family will really be doomed. Tuoba Siji stood up, ignoring how much shock his words had given the other party, and began to walk out. Some things need to be chosen by themselves, at the beginning in the southwest, those who surrendered to the sincerity of the festival made them not think that after going to Chang'an, they might fall into the mouth of the tiger, but those who really know how to serve the country and the people understand that even if they will be calculated by the other party, but in exchange for the body of one person, the people under the rule will be too safe and healthy, so what can personal sacrifice be? If there is no such awareness, I am afraid that people such as Yang Xingmi, Cheng Wei and others will not be quickly promoted in the Tang system, so as to reach the point where they are now feudal officials. Whether it is dead or alive depends on how the Long family chooses it.

"Little Tiger Zhao Si, you closely monitor the every move of everyone in the Long family, and at the same time send someone to report to the marshal and ask him to send troops to be on guard at all times, if there is any change in the Long family, don't care about anything, kill directly. The northwest region has indeed sunk for too long as the emperor said, and even the blood of the Han people has become detached, and they only care about themselves and do not care about the society of the country at all. This kind of person stays behind is a scourge after all. As he walked, Tuoba Si instructed Su Xiaohu to remind Wan Yi that he was always ready to suppress possible changes in the Long family, and asked Zhao Si to send people to monitor the main force of the Long family's army that had begun to move towards Liangzhou, and send troops to escort them back to Liangzhou if necessary.

As soon as Tuoba Siji and the others left, there was chaos on the scene again, and some of the elders of the Long family, who had originally disagreed with each other because of the defection of Cheng, began to completely tear their faces and besiege the emerging forces led by Long Xuan and Long Yi. And the dominant head of the Long family was strangely quiet because the head of the Long family sat on the side and was silent and did not participate in the scolding present. But then this silence was disrupted again, and those clan elders who were unwilling to fail began to point the finger at the head of the Long family, and at this moment, it can be said that the hearts of people of all colors surfaced. The Long family, a century-old royal family, began to split, and the internal contradictions that were originally suppressed because of the division of one side became intensified to the top under the words of Tuoba Si's advice, and they could no longer be suppressed. At this time, not to mention the head of the Long family who has lost his military power, even if he was the dragon king who was full of ambition before, he can't do it.

The quarrel between the two factions made the head of the Long family really unbearable, but now that it was time to break the family, he didn't want to say anything, and suddenly felt a heartfelt boredom with this kind of family in power, so he actually stood up and walked out directly. As soon as the head of the family left, his descendants naturally followed him directly, leaving only Long Xuan and some of the people who had quarreled before standing in place. However, after a little hesitation, Long Xuan also stood up and chased after him.

"Master, please stay." Long Xuan chased after the head of the Long family and said urgently: "The head of the family has to seize the opportunity to make a decision now." ”

"When it's broken, it's broken?" After the head of the Long family muttered a few words, he glanced at Long Yi behind him, and the few people above nodded, and led them back to their residence. Since the main residence of the Long family was used as a barracks by the Guiyi Army, it seems that the most prestigious residence in Suzhou City no longer belongs to his Long family. Long Xuan and the head of the Long family left Suzhou City and came to a manor on the bank of Juyanze, which was the usual residence of the head of the Long family, but it was not seized by the Tiance army.

"Family master, now that the matter has come to this, what my Long family needs is to show their hearts to Datang, and they shouldn't be so hesitant." Long Xuan is different from others, he has been in charge of commerce and trade for many years, and as the money bag of the Long family, he understood the meaning of Tuoba Si Zhi after a little thought. Although the Long family surrendered, as the head snake of Suzhou, they were rich and powerful, and they were local wealthy families who could influence the situation in Suzhou at any time. And Suzhou is bound to be an important stronghold of the Tiance Army's westward advance because of Ju Yanze's relationship, and its status is even more obvious than that of Ganzhou, and according to the current advance situation of the Tiance Army, Suzhou is basically the front line of competition with the Guiyi Army. This time, the Guiyi Army suffered such a big loss in Suzhou, and the ten percent of the 100,000 troops who fled back were only afraid of less than one percent, and Zhang Chaofeng would definitely not swallow this breath in the next step, plus Cao Jinrong, who was a general of the Cao family this time, was the grandson of the Cao family, and they would definitely not give up the opportunity to take revenge. As a person who is also engaged in business, Long Xuan can be said to have a deep understanding of the Cao family's thoughts, and naturally understands what the best way for the Cao family to profit from this turbulent time is. Thinking of this, Long Xuan also understood why Tuoba Sizhi must continue to be ruthless after the Long family has surrendered, stripping the Long family's property is equivalent to cutting off the Long family's means of influencing the situation in Suzhou, and migrating the Long family's descendants to Liangzhou may not be as simple as proton, this is also to erase the hidden dangers of Suzhou in the shortest possible time, and prevent the Long family and the Guiyi Army from colluding to disrupt the bridgehead of Suzhou. Long Xuan was even sure that the Tiance Army outside had been waiting for his people to set off a storm for a long time, and then they could justifiably wipe out all the Long family members and completely eliminate the hidden dangers, and then concentrate on attacking the Guiyi Army with all their might.

"Family master, my Long family is indeed not suitable to stay in Suzhou now, in this case, it is better to obey the order of the deputy prime minister, return to Liangzhou, and meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Although I don't know what the emperor's heart is, people have pointed out our way, if we don't go, then it will really be irreparable. Seeing that the head of the Long family was silent in thought, Long Xuan spoke again: "Even if I wait for a while, it's okay, but if the loyalty of the Long family can be recognized by the Tang Dynasty, then Yi'er and they will have the opportunity to start all over again and lead the family to start again." ”

"Recognized by Datang?" The Long Family Master sighed and said, "Do you think the Great Elders, their Tang Dynasty today, will recognize our loyalty?" As the head of the family, his wisdom and ability will definitely not be under Long Xuan, what Long Xuan can think of, he naturally understands, but his previous strategy of relying on the Guiyi Army and acquiescing to Long Xuan's contact with the Tiance Army now seems to have made the deputy prime minister of the Tang Dynasty see through it. Indeed, how can such a person be recognized?

"Head of the family, isn't the deputy prime minister already helping us? If you want to decide, you will decide. Naturally, what the head of the Long family thought in his heart couldn't hide from Long Xuan's eyes, so he simply pointed out the topic directly: "After stripping off the property, army and descendants, the Long family has actually shown their loyalty to the Tang Dynasty." Therefore, for the Great Elders, they should give up. ”

"Sixth Uncle, do you mean to abandon the Great Elder?" Long Yi couldn't help but speak at this time, and his face became extremely unbearable, but then he was interrupted by Long Xuan, "Not to mention the Great Elder, they have already committed a taboo today, let the deputy prime minister see it clearly, even if we don't give up, won't they do it if they don't give up?" We ourselves may be able to spare their children and grandchildren for the sake of our righteous extermination. Long Xuan's words sounded extremely ruthless and cold at this time, directly reducing the atmosphere of the scene to freezing point.

"Forget it, speaking of which, I am actually responsible for their defection to the Righteous Army, and they should not be responsible for this crime. I'll leave this matter to you, and when the time comes, I will personally ask to see the commander of the Tiance Army to explain everything. In the future, the Long family will rely on you and Yi'er. Remember that since the Tang Dynasty has returned, you should not have other ideas, it is useless to return to the rebels and the Uighurs. Tell me that all the descendants of the Long family, whether they are officials in the court or ordinary people in the future, should not think about being enemies of the Tang Dynasty. The head of the Long family suddenly aged ten years old, and after a long sigh, he suddenly commanded.

This sentence sounded to Long Xuan and Long Yi as explaining the aftermath, and they couldn't help but be shocked and were interrupted by the head of the Long family just as they wanted to speak, and the latter's face was also with inexplicable emotion and vicissitudes, "Datang, I went with my father once a long time ago, although it was blocked by Tubo, but after all, it is the root of my Han descendants." ”