Back in Jiangdu, Li Xuanba brought Xiao Mo into the palace, and Yang Tong had already prepared a banquet to wash the dust for Li Xuanba and others. At the banquet of pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info, everyone was staggered, laughing and laughing, only talking about some interesting things, as for the topic of Xiao Miao's surrender, no one mentioned it.

Full of wine and food, Yang Tong sent someone to send Xiao Mo to the Liang State Mansion, Xiao Mo traveled a long way, and he was indeed tired, so he thanked him, said goodbye to the civil and military officials, and then left the palace.

The Mansion of Liang Guo is located in the most prosperous area of Jiangdu, the luxury is comparable to the imperial palace of Daliang, and it covers a wide area, enough for Xiao Miao's family and hundreds of followers to live.

When Xiao Mo saw the mansion prepared by Nan Sui for himself, his heart was mixed, with both the sorrow of the king of the dead country and the emotion of not being despised by him, he said goodbye to the escort, and accompanied by his entourage, he silently walked into the mansion of the Duke of Liang. No matter how generous the imperial court is, Xiao Mo has already decided in his heart that this Liang Guogong Mansion will be a prison for the rest of his life.

In the palace, hundreds of officials left one after another, and when there were only Yang Tong and Li Xuanba in the main hall, Yang Tong retreated from the palace people who were waiting in the palace, obviously having something important to discuss.

"Brother Dade, I really didn't expect that in such a short period of time, Xiao Mo would be in Jiangdu." After listening to what happened in Jiangling City, Yang Tong sighed with emotion: "If the imperial uncle had trusted you at the beginning, maybe the current Northern Sui would have been about to recover the rivers and mountains of the Great Sui." ”

Now it is only the second year of Tianze, and Li Xuanba's credit book has left too much ink and ink.

Destroy Li Zitong, retreat from Shen Faxing, kill Zhu Cang, persuade Du Fuwei, Dou Jiande, Xu Shiji, Xiao Miao, Nan Sui can have today, although it cannot be said that Li Xuanba did it by himself, but his efforts in these things are indeed full of emotion.

"Your Majesty has won the prize." Li Xuanba smiled and said, "If Xuanba had stayed in Luoyang at the beginning, he wouldn't be fighting with Wang Shichong for power now!" ”

Everyone knows that Li Xuanba is not greedy for power, so Yang Tong and others only think that Li Xuanba is joking, but they don't know that this is Li Xuanba's heartfelt words.

"Dade, this time there is a chance to destroy Li Jiancheng's army, why did you choose to let him go?" Pei Yuanqing frowned and said, "Wouldn't it be a pity to waste such a God-given opportunity?" ”

"Brother Yuanqing, Dade's chess game stinks, but the chess game is breathtaking." Before Li Xuanba could speak, the eldest grandson Wuji smiled and said: "Wuji thinks that it is more beneficial to the imperial court to give up this opportunity. ”

"Please also ask Brother Wuji to solve our doubts." Yang Tong was still young, and he didn't expect some things at first, but after Pei Yuanqing's reminder, he suddenly became confused.

"Wuji can only spy on one or two of them, and as for everything Dade is planning, he can only explain it himself." The eldest grandson Wuji arched his hand towards Yang Tong and moved his gaze to Li Xuanba.

Li Xuanba scratched his head, organized the language in his mind, coughed lightly, and said to everyone: "The Tang Dynasty destroyed the Qin State, and the troops were flourishing, but due to the lack of troops, they could not wave their troops westward, since this is the case, Xuanba let the Tang army go south." ”

In the face of Wang Shichong's army, Xu Shiji could not move an inch, but it was inconvenient for the imperial court to directly send troops to help, and Xia Guogong was busy attacking Gao Kaidao, and he could not help Xu Shiji, so Xuanba thought of borrowing the hand of the Tang Dynasty to contain Wang Shichong. The Tang Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, how dare Wang Shichong underestimate them? ”

"Dade, there are not a few people in Datang who are good at scheming, what if someone sees through your strategy?" Wei Zheng, who had always been steady, interrupted Li Xuanba's words and asked.

"Brother Xuancheng, you're too worried." The eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth and said: "After all, Emperor Tang is the old minister of the first emperor, unless he is willing to give up the power in his hands and bow down to His Majesty or King Zhao, he only has one way to go, that is, to capture Luoyang and eliminate the Northern Sui." ”

It has been two years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yuan has been a hundred officials and has received the support of countless gate valve families, but for the people of the world, Yang Gao of Luoyang and Yang Dong of Jiangdu are qualified to inherit orthodoxy. Zhu Cang, Liu Wuzhou and others are traitors, and he Li Yuan is no better!

"My father is no longer the Duke of Zhou back then, and the Tang Dynasty will attack Luoyang sooner or later." Li Xuanba answered: "Even if someone sees through Xuanba's strategy, no one will risk angering his father and stop the Tang Dynasty from advancing westward. ”

At the beginning, Li Xuanba was besieged by Li Xiaogong in Guanxian County, and when Xu Shiji and Wang Fubao's army was preparing to rescue, they all encountered an ambush by the Tang army on the road, so Li Xuanba did not expect Xu Shiji's defection to Nansui to hide from everyone.

But what can the Tang court know? After all, the Tang Dynasty is going to war with the Northern Sui, and no matter whether it wins or loses, it has nothing to do with the Southern Sui.

Hearing the explanations of the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Xuanba, Wei Zheng was still a little uneasy, but he didn't say anything more and continued to listen to Li Xuanba.

"The national strength of the Tang Dynasty is stronger than that of the Northern Sui, and Luoyang will one day fall into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and by that time, the imperial court will be the real orthodoxy of the Sui Dynasty." Li Xuanba continued: "Although Tang is strong and Northern Sui is weak, the war between them, unless King Zhao surrenders, it will be difficult to end within two years, which is equivalent to giving Xu Shiji a lot of time to breathe, and we can ignore the situation in the north and do other things with peace of mind." ”

Dou Jiande's Northern Expedition opened the road, Xu Shiji recruited the old Wagang department, the new Liang surrendered, the imperial court sent a large army to maintain stability, and it was necessary to eliminate the local bandits and robbers, plus Shen Faxing and Lin Shihong had not yet surrendered, and the imperial court was unwilling to increase military service, and the Southern Sui was not interested in being enemies with the Tang Dynasty or the Northern Sui at all, so Li Xuanba simply let Li Jiancheng go back with a complete army.

"Speaking of which, the envoy sent by Shen Faxing is still waiting for you in Jiangdu City." Hearing other things, Fang Xuanling reacted instantly and said: "The half-moon period has passed, and Shen Faxing has not yet surrendered, Dade, do you really want to order Brother Sutuo and Brother Li Jing to come back?" ”

"The river froze a few days ago, and it was delayed for a few days." Li Xuanba originally planned to rush back to Jiangdu as soon as possible, but the weather was freezing and he was trapped on the road for a while, he thought about it, and said: "Shen Faxing has no way out, the reason why he hesitates is that he is worried that the imperial court will do something to those families in Wu County, so he wants to fight for some benefits." ”

"The court has already promised many benefits in its documents." Yang Tong said indignantly: "These families are really insatiable! ”

"Your Majesty, it's a good thing that Shen Faxing doesn't return, so why are you angry?" Seeing Yang Tong's angry appearance, Li Xuanba smiled and said with a smile, and the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others also laughed.

"Brothers, what's so ridiculous about this?" Yang Tong feigned anger and said, "Brother Dade, quickly explain it to me." ”

"Xuan Ba asked Brother Xuan Ling to go to Wu County to persuade him to surrender, and it was not because the imperial court was afraid of him Shen Faxing from beginning to end." The corners of Li Xuanba's mouth curled, and he squinted his eyes and said: "The so-called salute first and then the soldiers, since he doesn't want the court's court, then the court will move troops, now that Xiao Guogongye has surrendered, Xuanba doesn't believe that he Shen Faxing dares to continue to hold on." ”

"If the court moves troops, then the gift will be saved, right?" Yang Tong's reaction was not slow, and he quickly understood what Li Xuanba's so-called good things were. (To be continued.) )