"Driving~driving~" Li Xiu ran wildly with the army, fortunately the chasing soldiers behind did not appear, and finally let them return home smoothly, compared to the chaos in Chang'an City, it was a leisurely and quiet place, and even the small market in front of the Yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture was still crowded as usual, but then he was frightened by the passing women's army, and then everyone did not ask the reason, and they dispersed in the blink of an eye, after all, the people who had just experienced the troubled times were more sensitive than anyone else. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xiu rushed to his home, and Princess Pingyang and they went to the military camp next to the princess's courtyard, where a lot of military rations and weapons were stored, and retreating to Zhongnan Mountain was not the goal, but to negotiate with Li Shimin, so as to win the conditions for Li Chengdao and others to live, and so many people just eating was a big problem, so there was no food.

"Husband, what the hell is going on, why are there so many troops outside?" Yi Niang saw Li Xiu and immediately asked with some fear, after all, the horse's hooves outside just now, and the fat sister and others also saw the arrival of the army, it is impossible for her to say that she is not afraid, and even now she still has a pair of scissors hidden in her sleeve.

"The King of Qin has rebelled, the prince has been killed, the princess and I saved the family of the King of Qi and the prince, the King of Qin will definitely not let them go, and he has already controlled His Majesty, and then took over the military power of Chang'an and the surrounding areas, and then he will definitely come to ask for the family of the prince and the King of Qi, the princess decided to retreat to the mountains, and wait until the situation is stabilized to discuss the next step!" Li Xiu roughly explained, and then urged loudly, "Hurry up and clean up at home, and bring more practical things such as clothes and quilts!" ”

Yi Niang heard that such a big thing happened in Chang'an City, and she panicked at the moment, and immediately took action when she heard Li Xiu's instructions, and Li Xiu also took this opportunity to pour himself a cup of tea, but just after two sips, she suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside, and then she saw Princess Pingyang's maid helmet running in a panic and said loudly: "Li Xijiu, the princess invites you to come over, there is something urgent to discuss with you!" ”

Li Xiu also stood up immediately when he heard this, and left the house in a hurry after explaining a few words to Yi Niang, anyway, now there are people from the women's army on all sides, and Princess Pingyang also divided half of the guards to guard around his house, so there is no need to worry about safety.

At that moment, Li Xiu followed the helmet out of the door, thinking that he was going to go to the military camp next to the courtyard to see Princess Pingyang, but he didn't expect the helmet to take him to the south for a short distance, but he saw Princess Pingyang and Ma Ye were directing the men and horses here to dig ditches and cut trees, and build a series of outer walls similar to the camp, which made Li Xiu also puzzled and asked: "Princess, what are you doing here?" ”

"I can't go, according to our Tanmalai report, the mountain road in the south has been occupied by King Qin's soldiers and horses, and there are also troops from other directions pressing towards our side, which has formed a situation of encirclement for us, so we can only camp on the spot!" Without waiting for Princess Pingyang to speak, Ma Ye took the lead in speaking.

"What, King Qin's movements are so fast?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this.

"The soldier is very fast, he is proficient in the art of war, and he is familiar with my character, I am afraid that when we first came here, he guessed our intentions, so he took the lead to cut off our marching route with cavalry from other directions, and now the Quartet army is pressing, and it is the enemy and I am outnumbered, I am afraid it will ......" Princess Pingyang said at the end, her face also showed a painful look, she didn't care much about her life and death, but first, she couldn't protect Li Chengdao's people, and secondly, she affected Li Xiu's family, which was the most painful thing for her.

Li Xiu couldn't help but feel heavy in his heart when he heard this, but soon he suddenly raised his head and said, "Princess, if King Qin really attacks us regardless of family affection, then how long can we hold out?" ”

"If we fight to the death, we can hold out for a while, but we don't have many food, grass and weapons, and there are no reinforcements outside, so even if we hold on for a long time, I'm afraid it's useless." At this time, without waiting for Princess Pingyang to speak, Ma Ye next to him replied first, but when he said the end, there was also a little frustration in his tone, after all, the current situation is really too unfavorable.

"That's okay, as long as we are not defeated by King Qin in an instant, we can propose negotiations to King Qin, as long as I can meet King Qin, I think I have a way to convince him!" Li Xiu said with a confident expression at this time.

"What can you do to convince him? Don't think that he used to have a good relationship with you, he will listen to your persuasion, he can do it with the eldest brother of a mother, even the princess, he doesn't plan to let go, I am afraid that it is not only useless for you to see him, maybe you will still send sheep into the tiger's mouth! Ma Ye heard this, but he said with some disapproval.

"Uncle Ma, don't care how I convince King Qin, anyway, I'm a little sure, and I don't think King Qin will necessarily be so ruthless, he wants to be absolutely sure of the crown prince and King Qi, but he may not be like the princess!" Li Xiu retorted at this time, of course, he didn't know the bottom of his heart when he said this, after all, no one could guess Li Shimin's thoughts, and he could only guess according to the Li Shimin he knew.

"As long as I'm here, he won't want to touch a single of their cold hairs!" Princess Pingyang heard this, but she said categorically, and after she finished speaking, her eyes overflowed with tears again, her eldest brother had passed away, and she, who was a younger sister, would never let his child have another accident.

"Don't worry, princess, Chengdao is my student, and I will never let him have an accident, as long as I can meet King Qin, I am sure to convince him!" Li Xiu said with a firm expression again, the more he was in this desperate situation, the more he could not let Princess Pingyang lose hope, even if he was not sure, but at this time he could only hold on.

When he was talking, he saw one spy after another Pegasus coming to report, but most of them were how far away the enemy troops from a certain direction were from them, and where they found new enemy troops, which made Li Xiu also surprised, and he finally saw how terrifying it was to fight the enemy on the battlefield with people like Li Shimin, no wonder those anti-kings at the end of the Sui Dynasty fell at the feet of the Tang Dynasty one after another.

Although Ma Ye and others desperately urged, but they only had time to make a simple camp to prevent the impact of the enemy's cavalry, this camp included Princess Pingyang's courtyard and Li Xiu's house, but Li Xiu still moved his family to Princess Pingyang's courtyard, and Li Chengdao and others protected together, so that some troops could not be saved, Ma Ye and Qiu Shili and others also guarded the Quartet respectively, Princess Pingyang was in the center, and everyone was ready for a big battle.

However, what Princess Pingyang didn't expect was that when the army from all sides came, they did not attack immediately, but also set up camps around them, posing as a siege. However, Li Xiu was relieved when he saw this, because it could be seen from this point that Li Shimin really didn't want to really hurt Princess Pingyang, so he was more sure.

"Surround but not fight, it seems that he wants to force us to take the initiative to hand over the fourth brother and others, it's just delusional!" In Princess Pingyang's living room, I saw her say loudly with an angry face.

"What the princess said is right, King Qin must have such a plan, but if he keeps besieging it, our food won't last long, and I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on in the end?" He Panren said worriedly at this time, the living room has now become a handsome tent in the army, and all the high-level leaders of the women's army are here.

"I'm afraid of a bird, it's a big deal to fight with them!" Xiang Shanzhi, who had a hot temper, yelled, but this kind of two hundred and five words can only be said by him, the army surrounding them is more than 40,000 people, and it is definitely not something that these thousands of them can deal with.

"Lao Xiang, if it's not hard work now, what do you think of Li Xiu?" Ma Ye first glared at Xiang Shanzhi, and then looked at Li Xiu, who had a leisurely face and was incompatible with the atmosphere of the scene.

"Uncle Ma, don't be in a hurry, just like the princess said, since King Qin is besieging and not attacking, he must want to force us to hand over people, I think it's better to wait a few days first, let King Qin deal with the affairs of Chang'an City first, and then he will have time to talk to us!" Li Xiu said with a smile, through Li Shimin's move, he could almost grasp Li Shimin's psychology.

"Wait?" Ma Ye couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Li Xiu's answer, it is not very comfortable to be besieged, and now everyone is very anxious, even if the women's army is loyal to Princess Pingyang, but at this time, the military spirit will inevitably fluctuate a little, he is really afraid that after the food is exhausted, they will be in chaos without others attacking them.

"Li Xiu, just waiting like this is not a solution, do you want us to send someone to contact King Qin's people first?" At this moment, I saw Qiu Shili open his mouth and propose, among the several generals, except for Ma Ye, he is the most strategic.

"It's okay to touch it, but I'm afraid it's not very useful, everything has to wait for King Qin to come in person!" Li Xiu replied with a light smile, after the army besieged them, not to mention Li Shimin, even Changsun Wuji was nowhere to be seen, it is estimated that they are all busy cleaning up the mess after the coup d'état in Chang'an City, and they have not had time to pay attention to them for the time being.

"Okay, let's do it, send someone to tell the people outside, just say I want to see Li Shimin!" Princess Pingyang finally decided that in fact, she was very reluctant to see Li Shimin again, just for the lives of Li Chengdao and Li Yuanji, she had to meet Li Shimin, which could also create an opportunity for Li Xiu to see Li Shimin.

With Princess Pingyang's order, Ma Ye and the others immediately took the order and left, and only Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang were left in the entire living room, and then Li Xiu spoke again: "Princess, how is King Qi's injury?" ”

"The doctor has already bandaged him, although he has lost too much blood and is seriously injured, but he is not in danger of life, I am also going to visit him, do you want to go with him?" Princess Pingyang finally showed a weak expression at this time, and only in front of Li Xiu would she take off that cold expression.

"It's fine." Li Xiu nodded when he heard this, Li Chengdao and Li Yuanji were together, and he also wanted to meet them, especially Li Chengdao, who suddenly encountered such a big change, he was really worried about what bad impact it would have on this student.

When Princess Pingyang stood up and came to the inner house with Li Xiu, Li Yuanji's family was arranged in a separate courtyard, when Li Xiu came to the bedroom, he saw Li Yuanji lying on the bed naked, his body was covered with gauze, and there were a lot of blood stains oozing from it, and the room was filled with a smell of Chinese medicine and blood.

"Third sister!" When Li Yuanji saw Princess Pingyang coming in, he couldn't help but be excited to sit up, but he just struggled twice, but he inhaled cold air in pain, which made Princess Pingyang hurriedly step forward to help him lie down and said, "Fourth brother, lie down quickly, don't break the wound open again!" ”

"Third sister! It's useless to blame me, my eldest brother died to save me! Li Yuanji was crying bitterly at this time, although he escaped, but he was full of remorse for the death of his eldest brother Li Jiancheng, and even hated himself.

"Fourth brother, you can't be blamed for this matter, big brother...... The eldest brother he ...... "Princess Pingyang wanted to comfort Li Yuanji, but when she mentioned her eldest brother Li Jiancheng, she couldn't help but shed tears, and she couldn't say it at all, but in the end, the two sisters and brothers also hugged their heads and cried, and Li Xiu next to him also sighed, saying that the heavenly family has no family affection, this sentence is not right or wrong, Li Shimin was able to kill his brother, which indeed confirmed this sentence, but from Princess Pingyang and Li Yuanji, I saw the opposite of this sentence.

The sister and brother cried bitterly for a while, and Princess Pingyang suddenly thought of Li Yuanji's injury, and wiped the tears on her face to beat her spirits and comfort Li Yuanji to recuperate, but Li Yuanji was very concerned about the situation outside, he already knew that they were surrounded by a large army, after all, this matter could not be concealed at all, so he kept asking Princess Pingyang about her next plans.

"His Royal Highness King Qi, the princess and I already have a way to deal with it, you just need to recuperate with peace of mind!" Li Xiu interjected at this time, although there was some unhappiness between him and Li Yuanji, but it was all in the past, and he also admired Li Yuanji's desperate desire to protect Li Jiancheng, even if Li Yuanji had many shortcomings, he was indeed more humane than Li Shimin.

"What's the solution?" Li Yuanji asked again.

"It's not convenient to tell Your Highness right now, but I can guarantee that you will get out of here safely!" Li Xiu said with a confident expression at this time.

Seeing that Li Xiu refused to say, Li Yuanji was even more suspicious, and asked several times at the moment, but Li Xiu's tone was very strict and refused to reveal it at all, and in the end he had no choice but to believe Li Xiu.

After visiting Li Yuanji, Li Xiu was about to visit Li Chengdao, and Princess Pingyang originally planned to go with her, but at this time Li Xiu suddenly said: "Princess, I have something I want to talk about alone!" (To be continued.) )