Wang Zongbi looked up at the gray sky, the snowflakes were gently falling, he raised his arm, and saw the snowflakes melting in his hands. Before the snowflakes disappeared, he clenched his fists and crushed them, his brow furrowed slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Chengdu is at his feet, he stands at the Taiyuan Gate, guarding the last door of life and death in Shu for Wang Yan, the lord of Shu.

There is not much snow in Shuzhong, and although it is now winter, it is not necessarily colder than in the past, because today's snow is a little abrupt. The snow was a bit heavy, falling on the top of the city, accumulating on the shoulders of the soldiers, and decorating the city with an unusual layer of color.

The city was cold, and Wang Zongbi's heart was also a little cold, and he glanced back at the palace. The music faintly coming from inside seemed to be an illusion and seemed to be real, but it really made Wang Zongbi's heart a little colder.

He has a noble status, won the trust of Wang Yan, and was named the king of Qi, in the past, he was the most ambitious and complacent of the Shu magnates. But today, even he feels deeply uneasy, and in this uneasiness, there is also a fear that he does not want to admit but cannot deny.

The Tang army is unstoppable, it has already attacked Lutou Pass, Hanzhou is already in the enemy's hands, and the Tang army is far from Chengdu, but it is only a breath away.

Two months ago, no one could have expected that the peaceful Shu Kingdom would burst into flames, let alone that this beacon fire would instantly scorch through the entire Shu land and reach Chengdu. The Shu Kingdom, which has countless dangers of mountains and rivers, in just two months, the rivers and mountains are shattered, like a neatly dressed woman, before she can react, all the cover is torn apart, and she becomes naked to face the Tang army.

Up and down in Shu, everyone is in danger.

Five or six days ago, when Wang Yan, who visited the mountains and rivers, returned to Chengdu, hundreds of officials and concubines came out to greet him, at this time, Wang Yan, even not half of the panic, he walked to the concubines, up and down his hands, laughing and scolding, and even made the palace people line up in a Uighur formation, embracing him into the palace.

Wang Zongbi, who was in charge of the power of Shu Kingdom, came back to the scene when others told him about Wang Yan's behavior that day. He clenched his fists, the haze in his heart was thicker than this day, and the armor on his body became more and more heavy and cold at this moment, and few people knew that in this cold body, there was a restless heart.

Some palace people came to inform that Wang Yan and the Queen Mother would come to comfort the soldiers later, so that Wang Zongbi could prepare immediately.

Get ready? Wang Zongbi sneered in his heart.

He summoned his henchmen and asked in as calm a tone as possible, "Are you ready?" ”

"Everything is in order, nothing goes wrong!"

Wang Zongbi nodded, and looked out of the city, farmland, big rivers, forests, as far as the eye can see, everything is no different from the past, the snowflakes are fluttering, weaving heavy curtains, so that people can't see more things.

In the ice and snow, looking at Wang Yan, who was dazzling and coming slowly, there was a fire burning in Wang Zongbi's chest and abdomen.

Emperor?

The corners of his mouth moved slightly, and a sneer loomed.

Wang Yan still knows his identity, at the critical juncture of the country's survival, he did not skimp on his belongings, in the past, the material resources of three thousand miles of splendid Shu land were all for his own pleasure, and now, he finally knows that he needs a piece of the pie for his soldiers. Even if this cup of soup is insignificant compared to the entire treasury, even in order to ensure that he can enjoy the treasury for a long time, he has to divide this star.

"I'm working hard." Wang Yan walked up to the city with the emperor's shelf, and said to Wang Zongbi who came to salute, although he was extremely unsuitable for braving the wind and cold in the ice and snow, he still persuaded himself that he might as well do enough to do the show.

"Ministers serve the country and dare not speak hard." Wang Zongbi stood up, as if smiling, looking at Wang Yan with an undisguised banter, "Your Majesty has worked tirelessly to tour the states, which is hard. ”

Wang Yan frowned slightly, a little unpleasant, thinking that you Wang Zongbi wanted to admonish euphemistically, but he didn't pick the time, and Wang Zongbi's tone and tone also made him really unhappy to listen to it.

Although Empress Dowager Xu was dissatisfied with Wang Zongbi's "rudeness", she still had to rely on the other party to guard the city and resist the Tang army, so she barely held back her temperament, and said with a noble and graceful smile: "The Tang army is menacing, and the burden of guarding Shu will be handed over to the Qing family, and I hope not to disappoint Your Majesty." After this battle, the exploits of the Qing family will surely shine in the annals of history for all generations to admire! ”

"Brilliant in the annals of history, admired by all generations?" The banter in Wang Zongbi's eyes was even stronger, he looked directly at the Empress Dowager Xu presumptuously, and sneered: "Such a feat, I'm afraid that people and ministers can't do it!" ”

Feeling Wang Zongbi's abnormality today, Wang Yan couldn't bear it after all, he was the king of a country, the Son of Heaven was angry, and millions of corpses were ambushed, who in Shu dared to talk to him in such a weird way, and he reprimanded angrily at the moment: "Presumptuous!" Wang Zongbi, what do you mean by this? People can't do it, don't you want to be a man! ”

In the face of the emperor's anger, Wang Zongbi did not have half a state of panic, and his smile became colder and colder, "The ancients had clouds, and only the virtuous can live in them." However, since His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he has been arrogant and lascivious, and has not done his job, so that the national government has been abandoned and the people have suffered. ”

"Bold!" Wang Yan was furious, that is, the Empress Dowager Xu was gentle, and her face changed greatly at this time, the authority of the king cannot be violated, and the provocateur must make it die, otherwise the law of the country will not exist, and the country will be in chaos, "Wang Zongbi, you have no law, do you want to rebel?!" Come on, take it down for me! ”

The wind and snow seemed to be a little bigger, and the wind roared angrily, covering up all the noise between heaven and earth, Wang Yan's imperial order was especially clear at this time, but his voice fell half loudly, but he did not respond half a minute, and no one took action from the courtiers.

Wang Yan's face changed suddenly, he looked around and left, but what he saw was the appearance of the courtiers and the attendants bowing their heads and retreating, but his royal order was rejected thousands of miles away. This scene made Wang Yan's face pale in an instant, but then he was filled with anger again, so that his body trembled.

"There has never been an emperor's merit, and there is no emperor's appearance, but the emperor's shelf is sufficient!" Wang Zongbi sneered, no longer wasting time, and pretended to arch his hand, "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, please go back to the palace to rest, this matter in Chengdu, the minister has his own opinion!" ”

"You dare!"

"Wang Zongbi, you dare to commit a crime and put Your Majesty under house arrest?!"

Wang Zongbi waved his hand and said indifferently: "Send Your Majesty and the Queen Mother back to the palace!" ”

The henchmen and soldiers flocked up, and the clothes and armor touched each other in the action, and the sound of Jin Ge was indistinguishable, and Wang Yan, Empress Dowager Xu, and a group of internal servants were engulfed in it.

The coup d'état, or the rebellion, the process went smoothly I can't imagine that Wang Zongbi, the powerful minister of Shu, hijacked the lord of Shu and the queen mother, and this matter was done so simply.

After imprisoning Wang Yan and Empress Dowager Xu, Wang Zongbi couldn't wait to do two things.

The first is to open the treasury and the inner treasury, and put all the treasures in them into their private pockets; Second, a messenger was sent to meet with Li Yan, the pacification envoy of the Tang army, and asked for surrender.

After Li Yan received the letter, he immediately reported it to the princes Li Jiqi and Li Jitao.

A few days later, Li Yan took the lead in rushing to Chengdu to appease Wang Yan and Wang Zongbi; A few days later, the Tang army went to Chengdu, and Li Yan led the monarchs and ministers of Shu out of the city, surrendered and pleaded guilty in front of Li Jiqi's horse.

Li Jiqi announced in person that the Tang court would pardon the monarchs and ministers of Shu, and Wang Yan, Wang Zongbi and others bowed to the northeast, and then opened the way for the Tang army and led the Tang army into the city.

On this day, on November 26 of the third year of Tongguang, Shu died.

The Tang army invaded Shu from September 18 to the destruction of Shu in less than 70 days.

The Tang Dynasty destroyed Shu in two months, and when the news came out, the world was shocked, the countries were panicked, and the heroes were at a loss.

At the same time as the report of the great victory of the Shu Kingdom, there was also a military report in front of Li Cunqiao. It's just that compared with the former, although the latter military report is also extremely important, it is not in the eyes of the complacent Li Cunqiao at this time.

The Khitan captured Fuzhou, and Li Congjing led the Youzhou army and drove to the Bohai Sea.

Luoyang, heavy snowfall.

Li Cunmiao climbed the high-rise building and looked at the scenery of Luoyang, in the heroic scene of thousands of miles of ice and snow, he was tall and smiling.

The heavy snow fell on his black coat, which became the embellishment of his wisdom and martial arts.

"Wine!" Li Cunmiao stretched out his right hand, followed by Jing Xinmo, who was holding a jade cup of fine wine behind him, and hurriedly handed over a glass of wine.

Li Cunqiao drank a full cup and laughed, and he said loudly to the world: "This world, after all, it is my Li family!" ”

Behind him, he respected Xinmo and others, all of whom bowed their heads and admired them a lot.

On this day, Wang Zongbi collected all the treasures of Shu Palace, dedicated to Li Jiqi, please be the envoy of the Xichuan Festival.

Li Jiqi didn't look at these treasures at all, and only smiled at Wang Zongbi: "The world is my family, and the things in the world are owned by my family, so why wait to offer them?" ”

Li Jiqi accepted the treasures offered by Wang Zongbi, but he didn't buy it, and at the same time, he accepted for the Tang Dynasty, as well as ten towns in Shudi, sixty-four prefectures, two hundred and forty-nine counties, as well as countless armor weapons, gold and silver money.

Datang is like a giant sail, riding the wind and waves, wanting to conquer the four seas and clear the universe, and its state is unstoppable at first glance.

Who can see that this ironclad giant ship will sink to the bottom of the sea one day in the monstrous waves?

The only person who can be seen, who is now thousands of miles away from Shu and Luoyang, in the north, with the wind and snow on his head, leading an army alone, going deep into the unknown, without saying a word, fighting one country with one place, and fighting to the death with the biggest enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty in the future.