Chapter 19: Precarious
The fat palace maid sneered: "Niangniang bit her tongue and committed suicide, she is indeed a hundred, but have you ever thought about the emperor?"
Empress Dowager Xiao saw the situation very clearly: "You go and tell Li Yuan that he doesn't want to use the emperor to blackmail the mourning family, if he dares to be unfavorable to the emperor, he will risk the disapproval of the world, and it is better than Yang Xuangan to see how many subjects in the world can support him."
Li Yuan is the minister of the Great Sui, he wants to take the Great Sui and replace it, he can only take the path of Zen concession, before the Zen concession ceremony, no matter how much power Li Yuan has, he must be a minister in front of Yang Gao, even after accepting Yang Gao's Zen position, at least in a short period of time, Li Yuan can not hurt Yang Gao, otherwise he is the rebellion of the Great Sui, will be resisted by other forces, Li Yuan no matter how powerful he is, he does not dare to be the enemy of the world, Empress Dowager Xiao understands this, so she is not worried that Li Yuan will poison Yang Gao, at least in a short period of time, Yang Gao will not be poisoned
The fat palace maid suddenly laughed: "Niangniang really understands that although the prince can't move the emperor now, it's always okay to come, even if the prince will never hurt the emperor, but there is a person, the prince wants to kill him, but it's almost like crushing a **"
Empress Dowager Xiao was stunned and asked, "Who?"
The fat palace maid burst out three words from between her teeth: "Xiao Dapeng"
Empress Dowager Xiao was taken aback, and suddenly her face was like earth, and she asked anxiously: "Tell me Dapeng, what's wrong with him?"
At this time, she also understood why Li Yuan suddenly replaced the palace maids, eunuchs and guards inside and outside her dormitory, it must be that she conspired with Li Ben and Xiao Dapeng, and Li Yuan discovered the matter, and Xiao Dapeng was most likely in the hands of Li Yuan
Sure enough, the fat palace maid said triumphantly: "Xiao Dapeng is now the prince's subordinate prisoner, as long as the prince gives an order, the Xiao family will be extinct from now on."
In fact, although Li Yuan issued an order to search for the whole city, but Xiao Dapeng was in charge of the Changshan Carriage and Horse Travel, and he was also a character who had walked on the rivers and lakes, and he was very cunning, and his whereabouts have not been investigated so far, but the news in the palace is closed, and this dormitory has all been replaced by Li Cheng's cronies, and even if the world is turned upside down, it will not be transmitted into the palace, Li Yuan is taking advantage of this kind of information asymmetry, and using the false news of Xiao Dapeng's capture to force the Empress Dowager Xiao to comply
Empress Dowager Xiao finally gave up the struggle and said with a long sigh: "Let's dress for the mourning family."
"No," Li Yuan walked in at the door curtain, waved his hand, and said, "Let Niangniang take it off by herself."
"You," Empress Dowager Xiao's face was full of anger, and finally held back and gently untied the belt around her waist
Empress Dowager Xiao had just gotten up, only wearing a small dress, not even a bandeau with a belt, the silk coat gently slid off, the smooth white skin, the straight breasts, the slender waist, and the lush water and grassland below were suddenly presented in front of Li Yuan at a glance
Li Yuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva in his throat and walked over
Empress Dowager Xiao was full of humiliation, and when she saw Li Yuan coming over, she gritted her teeth and raised one foot to step into the bathtub
But I heard Li Yuan say: "Niangniang and slowly ask Niangniang to change clothes for the lonely king"
Although Empress Dowager Xiao was so angry, she had to obediently walk in front of Li Yuan at this moment, and help him get rid of the clothes on his body one by one, but a flagpole had been erected high under Li Yuan
"Kneel" Li Yuan's cold voice made Empress Dowager Xiao shiver uncontrollably, her knees were weak, she really knelt in front of Li Yuan, bowed her head and did not dare to resist the emperor's woman, and now she knelt naked in front of herself, making Li Yuan's blood tremble, and she pressed Empress Dowager Xiao's head to her crotch without hesitation
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The lack of information also made Yang Xuangan in Chang'an suffer a big loss, Liu Ziqiu's army had already occupied the Anren Palace at the junction of Jingzhao County and Fufeng County, and Yang Xuangan in Chang'an City was still unconscious, still discussing with Li Mi the deployment of attacking Xiao Mi
Li Mi pointed to the map and said: "There are two advantages to capturing Bahan, which can solve the dilemma of food shortage, and can form a two-sided attack on Luoyang."
Yang Xuangan groaned: "It's just that the terrain of Bahan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, I'm afraid it will be difficult to work for a while."
Li Mi shook his head and said: "Although Xiao Mo is the self-proclaimed Duke of Liang, in fact, the people's will is not right, but at this time, the lord must not look forward and look backward, and the other minister has already made contact with Zhai Rang, the big boss of Wagangzhai, he is willing to follow the lord, as long as the lord can be allowed to be a high-ranking official after he dominates the world."
Yang Xuangan looked down on the reckless people after he became famous, and said in a rather disdainful tone: "What big things can a group of grass coves do, they are also worthy of talking to Yang about conditions."
Li Mi hurriedly said: "The lord is going to underestimate these grass robbers, at least they can contain Li Yuan, although Luoyang has convenient transportation, it is also a place of four wars, it is with the containment of these grass robbers, Li Yuan does not dare to concentrate his forces to invade Chang'an, and Li's meaning should still be pacified."
Yang Xuangan nodded and said: "According to what you said, Zhai Rang will send troops to attack Luoyang for the general, and there will be another reward after the matter is completed."
As long as Wagangzhai is willing to send troops to Luoyang, no matter whether he wins or loses, Yang Xuangan's pressure will be greatly reduced, and he can rest assured that he can boldly specialize in Xiao Miao, of course, Yang Xuangan did not know that a fierce tiger in the west was rapidly approaching him
Li Mi smiled and said: "Feng Zhai is naturally willing to make him a general, but if you want him to send troops, I'm afraid it will take some time."
Yang Xuangan frowned: "Then what?"
Li Mi arched his hand and said: "Li is willing to go to Zhai Rang with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, and Zhai Rang's subordinates are all brave and reckless people, and Li is here to help them make suggestions, if they attack Luoyang and lose prematurely, it will be very inappropriate for the lord, Li wants them to come to a protracted time."
Yang Xuangan actually attaches great importance to Li Mi, and also relies on Li Mi, big and small, big and small, are indispensable, and he is really inseparable from him, but Li Mi does have some truth, Zhai Rang attacking Luoyang is important, but more importantly, it is not a good thing to contain Li Yuan's main force, if Zhai Rang loses too quickly
Thinking of this, Yang Xuangan waved his hand and said: "In this case, the Wagangzhai side will be handed over to Pushan Gong, Pushan Gong will be careful all the way."
Li Mi arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the lord Li will disguise himself and mix in the caravan to go, please take care of the lord."
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Just when Yang Xuangan and Li Mi were discussing the adoption of Wagangzhai, Yang Jishan in Tianshui City was sitting on pins and needles, knowing that the inexplicable army did not attack Tianshui City, Yang Jishan did not take it lightly, and sent more than a dozen scouts to verify the whereabouts of that army, but more than a dozen scouts did not come back
Yang Jishan felt that the situation was not right, and sent three hundred cavalry to Fufeng to report and ask for help, although Tianshui has no signs of danger at present, but Yang Jishan values his life more than anything else, he has to act carefully, but the result is still the same, and there is no news after the three hundred cavalry set off
Just when Yang Jishan was anxious, a soldier suddenly came to report: "The general is not good, there are many horses outside the city."
Yang Jishan was taken aback and asked repeatedly: "Where did the people come from?"
The soldier trembled and said, "General Hui seems to be a man flying from Li Shanfei."
Who in the Guanlong area has never heard of Li Shanfei's name, Yang Jishan's face changed slightly, and he said: "Tianshui City has thick walls, why be afraid?"
Having said that, he still hurriedly gathered men and horses to the head of the city, only to see that the outside of the city was black, and there were all soldiers and horses, and there were about 10,000 people in the middle, all of whom were cavalry weapons, with all kinds of weapons, including waist knives, long lances, bows and arrows, and infantry on both sides, and the weapons of the infantry were even more miscellaneous, in addition to broadswords, spears, and even clubs, dung forks, hoes, and shovels, the clothes on the soldiers were also in tatters, and most of them did not even have leather armor
Seeing this scene, Yang Jishan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly: "Who are you and the grass that dares to violate my Tianshui boundary?"
I saw one of the cavalry members under the city come out of the crowd and shouted: "The people in the city listened to me, Li Shanfei came to borrow 100,000 stone of grain, if you agree, if you don't agree, you will attack the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left."
Yang Jishan didn't believe that these rabbles could attack Tianshui City, and couldn't help laughing and said, "If you are not afraid of death, then come."
In fact, even if Yang Jishan wants to buy peace with grain, there is no way, he doesn't have 100,000 stone grain in his hands at all, even if he has 100,000 stone of grain, it is impossible to hand it all over to these chaotic people outside the city, otherwise his army will be hungry, some big families in Tianshui City still have grain in stock, but those big families have different families behind them, Yang Xuangan's goal is to compete for the world, naturally he will not agree to offend those families, and it is impossible to talk about asking for grain from the family
The man under the city sneered, waved his hand, and surrounded Tianshui City, and more than 100,000 people and horses rushed over all over the mountains
These people lack weapons, lack of protection, lack of training, but the only thing they do not lack is desperate courage, real predecessors and successors, their methods of attacking the city are also very special, some carry all kinds of simple ladders, and some simply pile bags of sand and soil outside the city, some people are shot by feathered arrows shot from the city, or hit by stones, and immediately die or are seriously injured, and the people behind them directly pile them outside the city like sandbags
The defenders of the city have never seen such a cruel siege method, many people are cold in their hands and feet, and they can't even pull their bows.