Li Xiaogong waited on the other side of Weishui for Sheng Yanshi and Liu Hongji's army to cross the river to join him, but in the end, the news that Liu Hongji was killed, Sheng Yanshi had surrendered to the Zhou army, which made Li Xiaogong very disappointed, and at this time there was news that Xu Shiji's 40,000 army had left the meridian pass, entered Guanzhong, and was killing Lantian County, if he didn't retreat, there would be no chance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In desperation, Li Xiaogong had to lead the army to retreat westward, at this time, Li Xiaogong's military rations were about to run out, and there were no supplies along the way, of course, he could go to the capital to ask for food, but this was something he would never want to do, he would rather die in battle than beg for food from Li Yuanji.

Li Xiaogong is desperate, and now he can't think of any other way than to negotiate with Li Shentong again.

Li Shentong's army was not in Chang'an, but in Shiping County, about 80 miles west of Chang'an, which was Li Shentong's shrewdness, on the one hand, he expressed his support for Li Yuanji's accession to the throne, but at the same time he did not believe Li Yuanji, he knew that once his army entered Chang'an City, with Li Yuanji and the viciousness of the meanness and Cui Wenxiang, it was likely to launch a mutiny and seize his military power.

It is better for the army to remain in his own hands, at the same time, he has his eyes on Li Xiaogong's army, he knows that Li Xiaogong cannot return to Hanzhong to the south, he refuses to enter Chang'an to the west, and he cannot enter Anding County to the north, and he will encounter Zhang Xuan's main army to the east, then he has only one way, and finally has to come to himself, only he can help him.

Li Shentong saw through that Li Xiaogong was cornered, and he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai like a fisherman, waiting for Li Xiaogong to throw himself into the net.

In the afternoon of that day, news came from the scout patrol that Li Xiaogong's army appeared ten miles away from the camp, and Li Shentong was overjoyed and hurriedly sent his eldest son Li Daoyan to meet Li Xiaogong.

At this time, Li Xiaogong's food was exhausted, and if Li Shentong still refused to help him, then he had to kill horses to satisfy the hunger of the soldiers.

Li Xiaogong had already seen the Tang army camp from afar, and he was still a little hesitant, asking Li Shentong if it was wise.

At this moment, a group of cavalry rushed in the distance, led by Li Shentong's eldest son Li Daoyan, and a personal soldier brought him to Li Xiaogong, Li Daoyan hugged his fists from afar and said: "Virtuous brother, my father ordered me to come to greet me!" ”

Li Xiaogong smiled bitterly, and stepped forward to greet the clan brother, "Xiaogong has run out of food, so I have to come to ask my brother and second uncle for help." ”

"When the family said this, they saw the outside."

Li Daoyan said very sincerely: "My father feels that there is a misunderstanding between me and my virtuous brother, so I am here to clarify. ”

Li Xiaogong asked, "I don't know what the misunderstanding my brother refers to?" ”

"First of all, I want to make it clear to my brother Xian that my father will never agree with Li Yuanji's accession to the throne, and only approve of him as the regent, and only for the sake of the overall situation, he has to make a statement against his will."

Li Xiaogong suddenly had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and asked, "Does the second uncle support King Qin's accession to the throne?" ”

Li Daoyan still shook his head, "My father also doesn't support King Qin's accession to the throne, he just supports the saint, whoever the saint gives the throne to, he supports whomever he supports, but now the saint is still unconscious, Zhang Xuan's army has entered the Guanzhong, in order to unanimously resist the enemy, my father did something against his will, my father's meaning, everyone must be unanimous with the outside world now, and when the Zhou army is expelled from Guanzhong, everyone will sit down and discuss it well, they are all their own brothers, why do you have to kill you and I live?" ”

Li Xiaogong nodded silently, he had to admit that Li Shentong's words made sense, now that the enemy is present, everyone should be unanimous to the outside world.

"Would you like to join me in the camp?" Li Daoyan asked with a smile.

Li Xiaogong was desperate, so he had to agree, "Okay! I am willing to follow the second uncle, but I insist on not recognizing Li Yuanji's accession to the throne. ”

"Father is not reluctant, in fact, my father only admits on the surface that he hates Li Yuanji for poisoning the Son of Heaven, if he really supports him, he would have gone to Chang'an City a long time ago, will he still garrison troops here?"

"Brother has a point."

Li Xiaogong turned around and ordered: "Order the army to enter the camp!" ”

At the gate of the camp, Li Shentong smiled like an old fox, waiting for Li Xiaogong's arrival.

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In order to create a false impression of prosperity, Li Yuanji did not order martial law, but also withdrew most of the Xuanwu Jingwei to the barracks, and used tax exemption and other measures to encourage businesses to open for business, encourage people to go to the streets, nine city gates were opened, and people were allowed to enter and exit at will.

However, it backfired, Li Yuanji's measures did not achieve the prosperity of Chang'an, but caused a large number of people to take the opportunity to flee from Chang'an, and after Li Yuanji ascended the throne, he closed the city gate and did not allow anyone to enter or leave Chang'an, and the illusion of Chang'an's prosperity was completely torn apart.

Huashan Ke Liquor Store is currently one of the three liquor stores in Chang'an City that are still open, and they still have some stock in their cellars, and they can still open their doors for business.

Even if things are scarce and expensive, the business of the wine store is still very cold, there are basically no customers in the elegant room, only a dozen old customers are drinking and chatting in the lobby on the first and second floors.

"Liu Xiangguo is so miserable! The whole family was beheaded, and more than a dozen ministers were connected, I heard that they were cut out of their tongues and hearts, and it was miserable, Gao Xiangguo also committed suicide after listening to the persuasion, I don't know what kind of enmity they have with the one above? ”

"Humph!"

A drinker next to him sneered, "Don't you really know? These ministers all supported the King of Qin, and the King of Qin was outside, and they were afraid that they would be the inside, so they were killed one by one. ”

The drinkers nodded their heads, "That's right, it's a power struggle!" ”

Suddenly two bells rang on the side of the stairs, and the drinker immediately fell silent, and in a moment, two young men in black walked up, glanced coldly at everyone, and went down again.

Soon, another bell rang, and the restaurant became active again, and a drinker sneered: "See, this is a variant of Xuanwu Jingwei, disguised as a drinker to monitor public opinion, but the vicious aura on his body can't be removed." ”

At this time, the big shopkeeper Lu Ping came over and apologized to everyone: "Today is the last day that the small shop is open, and there has been a notice from above, martial law will be implemented tomorrow, and the small shop will have to close." ”

Everyone began to discuss, and someone asked loudly: "Shopkeeper Lu, you are well-informed, I heard that the Great Zhou Tianzi has arrived in Guanzhong, is it true?" ”

Lu Ping smiled: "This.... To be honest, I don't dare to talk nonsense, but there is no wind and no waves! Do you think so? ”

Everyone laughed, which was equivalent to admitting it, and someone sighed and said: "The time to come is always coming, and the troubled times are coming to an end, which is a good thing!" ”

At this time, a rude voice came from downstairs, "Do you think we don't pay for drinking?" Where is your treasurer, let him come out! ”

Lu Ping hurriedly ran downstairs, only to see two sergeants coming in at the door, viciously reprimanding a bartender, Lu Ping hurriedly stepped forward with a smile on his face: "The two military masters misunderstood, they are guests when they enter the door, how can the small shop not be welcome." ”

The sergeant's face softened slightly, and one said, "We don't like to drink with these birdmen, is there a private room?" ”

"Yes! Yes! Yes! The two military masters, please go up to the third floor. ”

Lu Ping personally led the two sergeants up to the third floor and into a private room, where the two sergeants sat down and said with a smile: "I offended a lot just now, please forgive the shopkeeper Lu!" ”

"Nothing, I know in my heart."

These two sergeants were Wang Xian's confidants, and they were sent by Wang Xian to deliver letters, and one of them took out two letters from his bosom and put them on the table, "The general asked us to hand over these two letters to the shopkeeper Lu." ”

Lu Ping picked up the letters, both letters were addressed to Chen Shuda, one of the letters turned out to be the handwriting of the Son of Heaven, he was immediately in awe, and hurriedly said: "The two of you have worked hard!" ”

"Shopkeeper Lu doesn't have to be polite, I don't know if there is any news that I need to pass on to the general."

Lu Ping pondered and said, "Let your general have a chance to spread a message to the outside that the Emperor Taishang has passed away." ”

The two sergeants were shocked, and hurriedly got up and said, "We understand, let's go and report." ”

"Don't worry, please have a glass of wine and go back, I'll have a treat!"

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