Chapter Ninety-Three: The Loyal Chicken

"Who is Ling Zun?" Hearing that Yang Siqi admired his father so much, Li Xian was not an unknown person, so he couldn't help but ask.

"My father is my famous general in Goguryeo, in the past, he defeated Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty under the city of Anshi, but it is a pity that his father died, and it is only on paper that he will be defeated, and now what is the benefit, and the ancestors will be humiliated for no reason." Yang Siqi sighed softly, and then asked: "There is something I don't understand when I am dying, if I can get your doubts solved, although I have no regrets in death, I don't know if your wish can be fulfilled?" ”

"Oh? I wonder what questions the general has? Hearing that the other party was the son of the famous Goguryeo general Yang Wanchun, Li Xian couldn't help but be very interested, and hurriedly asked.

But seeing Yang Siqi sigh, he said slowly: "I just want to ask, my army is still well deployed, I don't know how the king entered my camp and set fire?" In addition, the deployment in my base camp is also very tight, how did your army occupy my base camp? ”

Li Xian said with a smile: "This matter is easy to hear, General Yang should also know that our army has been in Goguryeo for many days, in fact, it has already collected a lot of armor and equipment in the army, yesterday I saw that Er sent a large army to attack my camp, and it was expected that the base camp of Er must be empty, so I ordered 2,000 soldiers under my command to pretend to be lieutenant generals of the Er army, in the name of being ordered to stick to the camp, deceived the defenders to open the gate of the wall, and then took advantage of the unpreparedness of the main general of the Er army, captured it in one fell swoop, and forced it to order surrender, so it was easy to occupy the camp of Er, as for the matter in my camp, The general will follow me and take a look. ”

Yang Siqi listened to what Li Xian said, and couldn't help but be even more puzzled in his heart, but he still followed Li Xian to the camp that brought him nightmares.

Due to the fire last night, there was a smell of burnt paste wafting everywhere in the camp, and there were still corpses that had not yet had time to be disposed of, Yang Siqi knew that those corpses were still young lives before the third watch last night, and he couldn't help but feel a great pain in his heart, and then snorted coldly: "Your Excellency brought me here, is it deliberately irritating me?" If this is the case, the purpose of the king has been achieved, there is no need to wait any longer, just cut Yang with a knife, if you think that we have defiled your knife, we will cut it off ourselves. ”

But Li Xian pointed ahead and said with a smile: "General, don't be excited, general, look at the pits." “

"Your Excellency said that the pit is not a pit? Although this is a bit useful, it is not enough to pose a threat to our 20,000 Jin army, huh? Yang Siqi looked in the direction of Li Xian's finger, stopped talking for a moment, but ran over quickly, watched quietly for a long time, and then suddenly ran to other places, repeated it several times, and finally muttered: "I understand, it turns out that Er actually dug a tunnel in the camp in advance, and Er hid the soldiers in the tunnel in advance, and after our army occupied the camp to rest, he sneaked out and set fire, and after setting fire, he secretly entered the tunnel and set fire to another place, no wonder there were fires everywhere in our army, but he couldn't catch the arsonist scheming, Your plan is really wonderful. ”

"Hehe, has the general ever seen it?" Li Xian slowly came to Yang Siqi's side, and then asked with a smile.

"I have understood, the king is really a wonderful plan, I admire it, thank you for telling the king all this, I have no regrets in my death, please do it." After Yang Siqi finished speaking, he closed his eyes and waited for death.

At this time, Yang Siqi's personal guards also rushed over, and when they saw that Yang Siqi was about to be executed, they all drew their swords, preparing to commit suicide together after Yang Siqi died.

But at this time, there was a personal guard who did not do that, only to see the personal guard kowtow to Li Xian and said: "Please be gracious to the king, spare my general, if the king can really be like this, the last general is willing to do his best to be loyal to the king's slave and maid, although he has died without regrets, and if the king insists on this, the last general will splash five steps with the king's blood, although it may not be able to kill the king, then the last general will also leave the name of Yu Rang, and the king will fall into the name of a murderer, and Yu Junda is unknown." ”

Li Xian saw that the guard's behavior was different, and he couldn't help but look at him a few more times, and said with admiration: "This strong man is so loyal and brave, which is admirable, since the strong man is willing to do Yu Rang, how can Xiao Wang not be Zhao Jianzi?" In this case, the strong man can stay loyal to me, and Xiao Wang will let General Yang go, but the strong man must remember that from now on, the strong man can only be loyal to Xiao Wang, that is, if you want to die, you must also get my permission. As for General Yang, it doesn't matter at all, even if we see you again in the future, if I have to give him permission, I can't have the slightest old affection for him. For my words, are the strong men willing to abide by them? ”

Seeing this, a trace of determination suddenly appeared on the guard's face, and he kowtowed again and said, "As long as the king agrees, the last general is willing to abide by the conditions put forward by the king, and he will never regret it." ”

Li Xian hurriedly picked up the strong man and said gently: "Since the strong man treats Xiao Wang as a national soldier, Xiao Wang will also treat him as a national soldier." No need to be polite, get up quickly. "By the way, I don't know who the strong man's surname is, and Xiao Wang will be called in the future."

"King Qiyu, the villain's surname is Gao, his name is Sheji, and he is the captain of the left team of the personal guard under General Yang. Since the king has agreed to the villain, can he let General Yang leave? ”

"What do you mean? High housed chickens? Li Xian couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, because this person is also a little famous in history, although this person is not too high in martial arts, and his achievements in life are only so-so, but his future son is a great figure, that is Gao Xianzhi, a famous general in the history of the Tang Dynasty!

"I have accepted this Gao She chicken now, isn't it equivalent to receiving a Gao Xianzhi for my Datang in a few decades? Moreover, this high house chicken is now my domestic slave and is loyal to me, so how can his son not be loyal to me in the future? ”

Li Xian, who was overjoyed, helped up Gao Sheji, and said to Yang Siqi: "General Yang, you can go, I will see that this tall man will leave in front of him." ”

After that, he ordered the army to dodge a road and let Yang Siqi leave.

Yang Siqi thanked Li Xian, but saw that Li Xian did not accept his courtesy, and said lightly: "This is the vitality that Gao Zhuang has exchanged for you, and if you want to thank you, thank Gao Jianshi." Gao Zhuangshi exchanged his life for the general's freedom, and the general will not owe each other in the future, and I hope that the general will see you again in the future, don't say that he doesn't care about kindness, in addition, I guarantee that the general will leave safely today, and if we meet again on the battlefield in the future, don't blame Xiao Wang for being ruthless. ”

When Yang Siqi heard this, he thanked Gao Sheji again, and then arched his hand to Li Xian, and beckoned his guards to prepare to leave.

But Li Xian shouted: "Wait, Xiao Wang only allowed General Yang to leave, but did not allow the soldiers under Er's command to leave, if the general wants them to live, he needs to make a deal with Xiao Wang, I wonder if the general is willing to suffer some grievances for such a loyal and brave man?" ”

Li Xian's move is actually very vicious, because if Yang Siqi refuses to agree, those guards under his command will definitely be disheartened and will never be loyal to him again, in this case, it is very likely that they will fall to Li Xian, and if he agrees, I don't know how Li Xian will make him embarrassed?

But in this case, Yang Siqi can only say that if he really can't complete it, he can find a way to talk about the conditions again, if he really can't do it, he can kill himself, and if he really wants to die, presumably the "Yu Rang" Gao Sheji will definitely not agree.

Therefore, Yang Siqi just thought about it for a while, and then happily agreed: "I don't know what the deal is?" Although the king commanded, as long as it is not against the original intention, it cannot be denied. ”

Yang Siqi's words are actually very cunning, because as long as Li Xian's request is unreasonable, he can use it against his own heart to excuse him.

But I heard Li Xian say slowly: "Xiao Wang doesn't ask too much, I just hope that once Goguryeo dies in the future, the general will surrender to Xiao Wang, I don't know if this condition is against the general's heart?" ”

"How can a villain turn to the enemy regardless of his parents' state? If Goguryeo is destroyed, it is natural to find a way to avenge the country, and it is impossible to defect to Silla or to the Tang Dynasty, so please forgive the king, the loyal and brave men under my command cannot be saved, and I would rather die with them than live up. ”

After Yang Siqi finished speaking, he turned the spearhead and prepared to commit suicide, and the guards under his command, including Gao Sheji, who had just defected to Li Xian, also drew their swords and were ready to commit suicide at any time.

But seeing Li Xian catch up with him with an arrow, he waved his hand and snatched Yang Siqi's spear, and then said with a sneer: "What a loyal and unparalleled General Yang, but today's words really can't be disagreed, and now the lord of Goguryeo, King Gaozang, strongly agrees with peace with my Tang Dynasty, that is, a few years ago, he also sent a special envoy to worship my Tang Emperor, and he was deeply favored by the King of Gaozang, and he didn't want to serve the Lord, but he violated his conscience and served the **** Quan Nanjian, which is called disloyalty; Er's father Yang Wanchun was born to raise Er, only hope that Er can pass the incense, while preserving himself, now you have no heirs, but you are looking for death, what is the face of your biological father under the nine springs? This so-called unfilial piety is also. The soldiers under your command are loyal and brave to protect each other, and you insist on going your own way, not hesitating to put them to death, how can you be worthy of them? This is called unkindness. Gao Zhuangshi exchanged his life for your freedom, but Er was bent on seeking death, causing him to go back on his word, how to be worthy of Gao Zhuang's loyalty to the Lord? This so-called injustice, disloyalty, filial piety, benevolence and injustice, what face is there to flaunt loyalty here? ”

saw that Yang Siqi was blushing by Li Xian's words, but in order to stick to the so-called bottom line in his heart, he still opened his mouth to argue: "Your Excellency's words are one-sided, and they are not enough to convince people. ”

Li Xian laughed when he heard this, and said again: "You actually said that this king is a one-sided word, okay, this king will teach you a good lesson, after Er Goguryeo was originally my Huaxia, Er's ancestors are the nobles of my Huaxia Shang Dynasty, and we are of the same origin, and each other is originally a family, so what are the concerns about unification now?" But what is Silla? It is a barbarian race, not my Chinese Miao descendant, and cooperating with it is also an expedient measure, my Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo are brothers' disputes, and life and death victory or defeat do not hurt the festival, you are defecting to my Datang, and you are also returning to the state of your parents, and now you want to abandon the state of your parents and go to the barbarians, is it not disloyal or what? ”

Li Xian's words were indeed very sharp, Yang Siqi, who spoke directly, was speechless, and after thinking for a while, he bowed again and said: "The king's words are true, that is, the last general will promise the king, each of them will do their best, and your army will win or lose, if my Goguryeo is really unfortunate to destroy the country, the last general will never go to Silla again, as for the matter of surrendering to the king, the last general has not yet thought clearly, wait for the last general to think clearly, and then give the king a satisfactory answer, I don't know if the king is willing to agree?" ”

"This king would like to ask you, if the king of Gaozang orders you to surrender, will you obey your fate?" Li Xian obviously didn't want to let go of the other party, so he asked.

Yang Siqi naturally knew what the other party was thinking, but he also said truthfully: "If it is ordered by the king of my family, the last general will naturally not dare to disobey." ”

"That being the case, then the king promised to let them go, General Zhang." Li Xian smiled faintly and gave Zhang Deyu an order to release people.