"Is it just some skill? This person has been working steadily step by step, and has never given the people of the world a chance to accuse him. He is actually plotting rebellion, but he is dignified and wins people's hearts, and the people of the world do not blame him for rebellion, but think that he is a loyal minister.

This person's scheming and planning are unbelievable. What's more, the soldiers and horses in his hands now are invincible and extremely strong. He relied on the more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers and horses in his hands to fight invinciously, his Chu State included the former Ma Chu, Dongxi and Jingnan land, and now plus Huainan Jiangbei land, and then if the south of the Yangtze River goes down again, maybe the hope of the revival of the Tang Dynasty in the past will be realized on this person!

Can you say that he just has some skills? This person is a genius, a genius who is rare in a hundred years! ”

"I've never seen you Zhang Shilang praise a person like this, but no matter how powerful he is, he is also our opponent." Du Chengdao smacked his lips.

"yes, that's where the trouble lies. Li Yuan led a large army to the city, and Yangzhou City was in danger. I don't believe a word in the letter he wrote to His Majesty, how could he be willing to retire for the sake of Zhang Wenbiao's life and death? Giving up this hard-won good situation in vain? Isn't that a waste of all your efforts? Zhang Wenbiao is dead, and he still has to attack the city. ”

Zhou Yi was stunned and said, "Then since you know this, why do you still persuade Your Majesty to agree to Li Yuan's conditions?" ”

Zhang Yi glanced at Zhou Yi and said, "Zhou Yi, let me ask you, if Li Yuan breaks through Yangzhou, what will happen to the three of us?" ”

"Do you need to ask? If Yangzhou is broken, we will lose our lives, and we will participate in it by virtue of the change of the wind and the crossing, how can Li Yuan let us go? ”

"That's it. You also know that if the city is broken, we will be finished, so how can we sit and wait for death? That's not my style, shouldn't we be planning for our own survival? I don't want the three of us to die in the hands of Li Yuan after working so hard for so long and not even enjoying the slightest scenery. Zhang Yi groaned.

"The more I listen, the more confused I become." Zhou Yi scratched his head and said: "You mean, Yangzhou City will definitely not be able to hold it, and Li Yuan will not retreat, so what's the use of killing Zhang Wenbiao or not?" If Yangzhou City can't be defended, how can we plan? If we flee to the edge of the sky, I am afraid that there will be nowhere to live. ”

Zhang Xun said: "Li Yuan's intention is naturally to let us have civil strife and force His Majesty to kill Zhang Wenbiao, although we all want to kill Zhang Wenbiao, but in the current court, only Zhang Wenbiao can still be suppressed." As soon as Zhang Wenbiao dies, the court will be chaotic, and the fall of Yangzhou City will be accelerated, which is Li Yuan's intention.

This time, the Chu army only had more than 100,000, and forcibly attacking the city might not be what Li Yuan wanted to see. I guess he must want to take Yangzhou City bloodlessly, and he probably doesn't want to die too many people. As I said earlier, he is a scheming man, and the fact that he does not have many dead people is probably also his move to win people's hearts for himself.

These soldiers and horses defending the city are all ordinary people who we forcibly recruited, do you think that if they can survive, who is the first to be grateful? It's not him Li Yuan? ”

"I see, this guy is really scheming, and he can still take these things into account during the war." Du Chengdao said in astonishment.

Zhang Xun sighed: "So I said that we are on the wrong team, on the other hand, Your Majesty and Zhang Wenbiao, how many stinky moves have you taken?" I still remember that after the first emperor was funeral in Wu Yueguo, even Zhang Wenbiao pretended to propose to welcome back the coffin of the first emperor, but His Majesty actually refused! It is a big taboo to be unfilial to the monarch, and the people have already spread the inside story of the wind and the crossing, and this move will be unpopular with the court. Remember when Li Yuan announced one of His Majesty's 20 deadly sins? One of them.

Therefore, the situation in the court today is not only because Zhang Wenbiao is a wolf with great ambition and loyalty, but His Majesty himself has a big problem, which one of them do he do decently? The people's hearts have been completely defeated, which has led to the fact that no matter how Zhang Wenbiao bullied His Majesty, almost no one in the court was willing to speak for His Majesty. Li Congjia, he is not worthy of being the emperor in the first place, we bet on the wrong treasure. ”

Zhou Yi frowned and nodded: "Don't talk about this, you haven't made it clear what we should do." You persuaded His Majesty to agree to Li Yuan's conditions, is there a deep meaning in it? ”

Zhang Yi said: "The only way out for us now is to hope that Yangzhou can hold on, but this road may be a dead end." Even if there is a text table, I am afraid that I will not be able to keep it. Li Yuan just wanted to take Yangzhou easily, but if he couldn't succeed, he would attack. With the combat strength of the Chu army, can these rabble in the city hold it?

How powerful are those firearms in the Chu army? And the legendary thunder, can we stop it? In such a situation, how can we still hang ourselves from a tree? There is no way to live, so we have to find a way to live by ourselves. I persuaded His Majesty to agree to Li Yuan's conditions, not just to take the opportunity to get rid of Zhang Wenbiao, but also to use this to vote for Li Yuan. If this road is not passable, go the other way, and the cunning rabbit must have three holes! ”

"Huh?!"

Zhou Yi and Du Chengdao both opened their mouths wide and froze in place.

"That's what you think?" Du Chengdao's face turned pale and exclaimed in astonishment.

Zhang Xun shouted coldly: "Look at your unpromising appearance, are you scared to the bottom of your nose?" What's the big deal about going the wrong way and looking back to find a way to go? If people don't die for themselves, do we really want to die together on this chariot that is about to fall off the cliff? ”

"No, I don't think even if I turn back, this road may not be able to go through! Don't forget, we killed three princes in Fenglingdu, then Li Yuan has already told the world that he is also a Li Tang royal family! Besides, Li Yuan and His Majesty had a deep grudge against Emperor Zhou E in the past, and now you have married your sister to Your Majesty as a concubine, how can this Li Yuan tolerate us again? Zhou Yi licked his chapped lips and said in a dumb voice.

Zhang Xun said in a deep voice: "So what? There is no eternal opponent in this world, Li Yuan is the Son of Heaven and a hero in the world, but what is beneficial to his overall situation, how can he refuse? What Li Tang royal family, what kind of woman, Li Yuanzhizhi is not in these private affairs, he is determined to be in the world! Besides, we have the bargaining chips to trade with him, how would he not want to? ”

"You mean, let's go negotiate with Li Yuan, tell him that we have insight into his plan, let him leave us a way out, and we can help him kill Zhang Wenbiao and fulfill his wish. If he doesn't agree, we will debunk his plan and fight him to the death, and everyone will break the net, right? Zhou Yi asked in a low voice.

Zhang Xun said coldly: "This is far from enough, we still have bigger chips." What we are asking for is not just a way back, we have to exchange more. ”

"What's the bigger stack?" Zhou Yidu asked in unison.

Zhang Xun was silent for a moment, and gently spat out a sentence from his mouth covered by his thick beard: "There is also His Majesty in the palace, Li Congjia, the living Li Congjia, and the justifiable surrender and submission of the Tang Dynasty, this condition is something that Li Yuan cannot refuse." ”

"Bang!" With a bang, Zhou Yi's hand slipped, the hand supporting the case slipped down, and his head hit the table, but Zhou Yi didn't feel pain, nor did he grin his teeth, his expression was already sluggish.