Volume VII Getaway Chapter 7 The Prosperous Age (Part 2I)

Yang Guang is dead? Is the Great Sui dead? Li Xu's body shook, and half of the wine was spilled on his hands. But soon, he recovered from his shock, put down the cup, and shook his wet hand. Then he stood up and waved to Xie Yingdeng, "Thank you, junior brother, for telling me about this." But before the decisive battle, please try your best to hide the news, so as not to shake the heart of our army! ”

"You don't have to tell me this, I have my own measure!" Xie Yingdeng didn't dare to accept Li Xu's scoff, and waved his hand sideways, "But Senior Brother should also make plans in advance, so as not to rush afterwards!" ”

"Whether Your Majesty is here or not, this battle must be fought now. I am guarding the Great Wall, not for Your Majesty! Li Xu smiled bitterly and poured the wine in front of him, and then poured half a lamp into the air, as if to pay tribute to a soul who was unwilling to leave, "As for Da Sui, he died a year ago." Why be sorry for it! ”

With that, he sprinkled the remaining half of it on the ground. Falling back to his beard stool, the expression on his face could no longer be seen in the slightest wave.

Seeing that the other party was so calm, Xie Yingdeng was at a loss. This time, he took the initiative to ask Ying to escort the military rations to Zhuo County, on the one hand, to defend the territory for the country. On the other hand, there is also the idea that after the Turkic wolf cavalry withdraws, if the Boling army can be preserved, he will use Li Xu's momentum to realize his life's ambition. Proverbs say that the person who represents Sui must be the Li family, and if the Turks are defeated, Li Xu's reputation will be five taels for a while, and it is difficult to guarantee that the proverbs will not fall on this son in the end.

Moreover, looking at the heroes in the world at this moment, they are either too small in the pattern, or they are ruthless and vicious. Like Li Xu, who has strong military force and can treat his subordinates and people well, there is almost no second person. Assisting Li Xu to be the lord of the Central Plains is better than letting Li Mi, Wang Shichong, and Li Yuan rob the emperor's throne. At least judging from his previous performance, Li Xu is a British master who can share hardships and prosperity, and he will not do those things like rabbits and dead dogs cooking and birds hiding their bows.

But these words need to find a suitable entry point. Although Li Xu's martial arts came from the Xie family in Jiangnan, his master never told Li Xu his true identity and surname. Since he gave up his golden body and hid outside the plug to become a coppersmith, he would definitely no longer pay attention to the rights and wrongs of the Xie family and the Wang family. The relationship between the master and the sect is not needed, and what can stimulate Li Xu's ambition and ambition is the grace of Yang Guang's monarch and minister. But at present, it seems that Li Xu's kindness to Yang Guang is also very indifferent. Maybe he was really heartbroken by the Great Sui Imperial Court last time. Maybe in his heart, Yang Guang and Da Sui have long since died, and what is alive in Jiangdu is just a shell.

Both the guest and the host were a little absent-minded, and the table immediately became cold. Several bee candles swallowed, and the sound of the fire beating made the mouth dry. After a moment, Li Xu sighed and poured himself a drink. Xie Yingdeng grinned, but he also sighed, raised the wine cup, and dried it in one gulp.

Li Xu shook his head and filled the wine cup in front of himself and the guests again. Xie Yingdeng glanced at him, picked up the wine cup, dried it, and then reached out to grab the wine jar. His alcohol consumption was far less than that of Xuzi, and after drinking a few suffocating drinks, his tongue slowly grew larger, and his breathing was heavy and rapid, sounding like a north wind in winter.

"Senior brother, isn't senior brother sad at all?" He squinted his drunken eyes and looked at Li Xu repeatedly, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt depressed, "Your Majesty treated you well back then, a high-ranking official, a heavy soldier, and once gave you Yang Jian's golden sword." Don't you want to lead troops to avenge your majesty? ”

"Yingden is saying, I have enough excuse to rebel, right?!" Li Xu quickly took over the other party's words, "Take the golden knife and order the heroes, and kill Yu Wenhua and his brothers." Then support the new king, coerce the Son of Heaven and order the princes! ”

Xie Yingdeng was pierced by someone's words, his face was hot, and he simply expressed his views and thoughts, "You have the treasure knife used by the founding monarch of the Great Sui in your hand." With this commanding the world, there is no reason why the heroes should not agree. The soldiers and horses in the hands of Yu Wenhua and his brothers are only in the early 50,000s, and most of them are from the Xiongwu battalion you led back then. After the Yuwen clan is eradicated, with the two merits of guarding the Great Wall and crusading against rebellion, who else in the world has more prestige than you? If you want to be the Son of Heaven, you can do it, even if you read Yang Guang's old kindness, Zhou Zhao's position can't run! ”

"But I remember it clearly. In the past, all the heroes scolded His Majesty for being a faint king. 'The bamboo of the South Mountain, the book is endless; The waves of the East China Sea are broken, and the evil is inexhaustible. Li Xu looked at Xie Yingdeng directly, and quoted a sentence from Wagang Mountain to discuss Sui.

In order to defeat the morale of the Sui army, Zu Junyan, who joined the army under Li Mi's office, wrote "Luozhou Wen" with a stroke of the pen. The article lists ten major sins such as Yang Guanglu's father, fornication, greed, and belligerence. From the four aspects of bloodline, conduct, celestial images and diagrams, it is argued that the national fortunes of the Sui Dynasty should have been cut off a long time ago. The language of the text is gorgeous, the momentum is majestic, and after the princes are transmitted, it does add a lot of color to the actions of the Wagang army.

But if according to what Zu Junyan said in the text back then, Yu Wenhua and his brothers killed Yang Guang, it was equivalent to eradicating the tyrant for the heroes. The death of the Great Sui is also in accordance with the mandate of heaven. The heroes used to curse Yang Guang every day that he couldn't die well, but now that Yang Guang finally died well, they avenged him again, isn't the purpose wrapped in this rebellious banner obvious?

Xie Yingdeng's face became hotter and hotter when Li Xu saw it, and he couldn't help but avoid his gaze, "This matter is led by others, and the excuse is of course very reluctant." But you won't, you're still under the banner of the Great Sui. It's the champion general of the Great Sui again! ”

"It's just an excuse. It just looks real, not as fake as others! Li Xu was indifferent to this. After so many years of fighting, he is really a little tired. Especially after being stabbed in the back by Duan Da and others near the Eastern Capital, Da Sui was basically dead in his heart. Now, all he does is do the duty of a military general, or the duty of a man. Guarding those who cherish themselves and those they cherish, as for the Eastern Capital and Chang'an Palace, it's okay to think about it occasionally. If you move in, you won't be interested in it.

"You're weird!" Xie Yingdeng spent a long time talking before he got such an answer, and he was very unwilling. "No wonder Mao Gong said you can only be friends. But he is not the hero of the great cause. Are you willing to watch others win the world? Don't you think that the Li that Tao Li Zhang said should be in you? ”

"Yingden is not the first person to say this to me!" Li Xu shook his head with a smile, "To be honest, I've thought about it too. But Yingden has calculated that after this battle, I will command these 40,000 Boling brothers. How many more people will come down from the Great Wall alive! I took less than 20,000 surviving remnants of soldiers to fight for the world, what are the chances of winning? It's good if they win the emperor's throne, each of them is a founding hero. If I lose, I will die, what will my brother do? Who will take care of the orphans and widows left behind by the brothers? ”

"At least you've fought vigorously!" Xie Yingdeng was speechless when asked, and after a while, he muttered back.

"I was furious. I don't know how many people will die because of the violation! In this way, I and the current 'heroes' who ignore the Turks and only care about killing each other? What's the difference?! Li Xu slammed the wine cup on the table, and then pointed to the dark night outside the window, "How long will I be vigorous?" Decade? Twenty years? Or is it fifty years and three points of the world? Who is cheaper in the end? In addition to the Turks, there are also Murwei, Khitan, and Zhuqi! The next group of wolves will ride and kill, who is willing to stand on this Great Wall, and why should I order others to stand on the Great Wall with me?! ”

"After this battle, your strength has been greatly reduced, but your reputation is unmatched." Xie Yingdeng looked at Li Xu in amazement, and deep down he understood that every word of the other party was very reasonable, but he finally felt sorry, "At least, Mao Gong and I will help you." With Ji County, the Boling army can become a horn in Hebei. Dou Jiande may not be your opponent, Luo Yi was defeated by you, Li Yuan's side, as long as you don't take the initiative to attack him, the two sides can accommodate each other for a while. When the strength of the six counties is restored......"

"I don't want to bet!" Li Xu simply refused. "It's also hard for me to raise my sword against someone I used to fight with. If Wang Fubao and Li Jiancheng knew that you and I were still calculating how to deal with them in the future at this juncture, even if they died in battle tomorrow, they would die blindly. ”

"Yingden! You go find someone else. I'm not the place to do it! After a pause, Li Xu said lightly. It seems that he can't remember that just before the time of the two pillars of incense, he was very eager to invite the other party to stay by his side. "I haven't experienced Wang Xie's former glory, so I can't think of what it looks like. But I'm sure I can't give it to you. General Zhang Xutuo told me that the duty of a military general is to guard. I have never forgotten the demeanor and tone of his speech back then. I will never forget it in my life. ”

But others may not think so. After this battle, even if you have no intention of competing for power, Tang Gong Li Yuan may not be able to reassure you. Xie Yingdeng paused again and said stupidly. The reason why he encouraged Li Xu to go south to seize the country did include the ambition of reproducing the glory of the ancestors. But in the eyes of the Xie family, there is nothing unspeakable about this. What noble descendant does not want the lintel of the gate, and what young man does not want to make his ancestors and descendants proud of himself? Even if you are from a small family, don't you expect to enter the prime minister and establish your own family?

If he and Li Xu change places, Xie Yingdeng promised that he would not hesitate to go south after this battle. Only Li Zhongjian, who is in front of him, will hold the sentence "The duty of a military general is to guard", and miss the great opportunity.

People who have the ability to achieve the cause of kingship, but are unwilling to do it. Historically, it has never ended well. God-given opportunities, but they don't know how to make good use of them, so it's no wonder that others are ruthless.

Thinking of this, Xie Yingdeng's eyes lit up a little hope, "You can be a mediocre." But it will delay the lives of many more people. When Liu Zhang sat in Bashu, who did he offend? In the end, who did he protect? "I'm not Liu Zhang either!" In the same way, Xie Yingdeng can see it, and Li Xu may not be confused. The reason why I was indecisive before was because I had some worries in my heart that were difficult to give up for a while. Now Yang Jier has got a satisfactory home, and Yang Guang was also killed. The last of the things that made him nostalgic for the Great Sui also disappeared. So, what to do in the future, he has slowly had the answer in his heart.

"I don't worry about Li Yuan either!" Smiling, Li Xu's face was calm. "I don't know if he's going to be the second Li Mi. I don't know if there will be a second person like His Majesty who behaves unreasonably and rejoices in his achievements, regardless of life and death. I can't even guarantee that if I give up the fight for the world and take over the people of Boling, I will not continue my new policy......"

"So in the end, you can't actually protect anything!"

"Not true. Yingden was very wrong! Li Xu shrugged his shoulders, and then shook his head again and again. You don't understand why Li Mi dared to kill Zhai Rang. In fact, if Zhai Rang still had military power in his hands, Li Mi would definitely call him a big boss with respect! Which of the rules he set, which Li Mi dared to change? ”

"We thought so in hindsight!" Xie Yingdeng nodded blankly, "But what does this have to do with whether you compete for the world or not." As long as you don't take the throne, no matter who wins the world, they will not allow your six counties to be a country within a country! ”

"I know. And I also know that the New Deal is powerful. Where it is not promoted, after a long time, the strength will inevitably be less than that of the place where it is implemented. I also know that even if I cripple the Turks this time, it won't be long before other tribes will rise up in the steppe. In the face of snow and drought, they are powerless to save themselves, and they will still break through the Great Wall and transfer the disaster to the Central Plains! I also knew that even if I wanted to, I would not be able to stand on the Great Wall for the rest of my life, and no one would allow me to be stationed here for the rest of my life! ”

"So what are you going to do?" Xie Yingdeng frowned, not understanding whether the person sitting opposite him was a smart person or a fool.

"The thirteen tribes of the Xia tribe have publicly elected me as their Great Khan. North of Suotou Water, south of the Taimi River, the desert to the east, and continue to the sea. Most of the tribes in this 10,000-mile steppe have only a thousand warriors. If Gu Toru dares to come this time, I don't plan to let him retreat smoothly if he loses. I only need to have 10,000 soldiers and horses in my hands, enough to establish my own tribe in Dongsai! When I gain a firm foothold outside the Saiwai, no matter who becomes the emperor in the Central Plains in the future, I won't dare to do anything to the six counties! If he has a bastard son, I can keep him in the back at any time. And no matter which tribe rises in the future, if he wants to go south, he has to look behind him first! ”

"You're a madman!" The more Xie Yingdeng listened, the more surprised he became, and his eyes widened and he scolded.

"I'm crazy!" Li Xu said: "But I won't raise a knife to my brother." Not in person, not behind your back! ”

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