More than half of February, the spring breeze warms up, wakes up all things that have been frozen for a whole winter, and the land of Sichuan and Shu is already a lively scene of vitality and competition.

As the name suggests, Yizhou Jinguan City is already a little prosperous and will be released, which adds a little scenery and temptation to this quaint city.

If there was such a beautiful scenery in the past, Tang Shouzhuo would invite three or five relatives and friends to have a drink and discuss poetry with others in the flower garden in the back garden of Tangjiabao, so as to live up to this beautiful spring.

But now, how can he still have such a mind?

Not only him, but the entire Tang family fort was already panicked, and even filled with despair, thinking that Jinguan City would be broken and the Tang family would die.

Just a few months ago, when Tang Hong, who was ordered to go to Kuizhou, had only a small number of people returned, Tang Shouzhuo knew that something was wrong.

Although they brought back Long Jinghai and other important figures of the Long family, they also claimed that there were still many clans loyal to the Long family outside that could be arranged together. But an indisputable fact has been placed in front of us, Kuizhou has been broken, and now only the Yizhou Tangjiabao family is still outside the control of the imperial court in Sichuan and Shu.

It was obvious what the imperial court would do next.

And then the facts showed that the imperial court moved faster than everyone thought, and I thought that they would have to wait until March and April, when the weather was completely warmer, to use troops against Yizhou.

As a result, half a month after taking Kuizhou, even the first month had not yet passed, and the weather was still cold, and the imperial court had already waved its army to kill Yizhou.

And when the real war was together, the Tang Sect was shocked to realize how arrogant and ridiculous they were at the beginning, Yizhou under the two passes, four prefectures and fifteen cities, plus the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses they had worked hard to cultivate, in the face of the imperial army, it was completely vulnerable.

Under the attack of the imperial army in several ways, those cities could not even be defended, most of them were seven or eight days, and some were three or five days, and these cities were destroyed one after another, and the soldiers, horses, and people in the city were all killed or surrendered.

Even the Suishui Pass, which they had high hopes for, regarded as the last moat in front of Jinguan City, only lasted for a short period of ten days, and it was immediately broken.

Now the imperial army is only a hundred miles away from Jinguan City, and the troops can come to the city in two or three days.

And with the morale of the people in the city now, and the panic of the children of the Tang Sect, once the army really attacks the city, how many days can the main city of Yizhou, which seems to have thick walls and deep pools and more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, hold on?

Once the city is broken, there are thousands of people up and down the Tang Gate, and I am afraid that they will follow in the footsteps of the Long clan in Kuizhou......

When he thought of this result, Tang Shouchou's entire body shook violently again, and even the footsteps that were walking forward quickly deviated outward.

This is really something that has never been seen before for Tang Shouzhuo, the head of the Tang Sect Inner Hall, who has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and is also a master at home.

With a deep sense of worry and fear, he finally came to the most familiar bamboo courtyard house, and then he saw that the old man who could make every child of the Tang family respect from the bottom of his heart was slowly sprinkling a scoop of water on the small flowers and trees in the courtyard at this time.

Looking at his attentive appearance, it was as if he was just a gardener, and this was his job, not the master of the Tang Sect.

Seeing Tang Tiande's posture, it really made the fear in Tang Shouzhuo's heart dissipate a little, and his steps were lightened, and he said softly before and after: "Taigong." ”

The old man didn't respond in a hurry, and after slowly and methodically sprinkling the water in the scoop evenly on the seedlings on the ground, he asked slowly, "Is there bad news coming from the front line again?" ”

"Suishui Pass was lost, and it only lasted for ten days...... although Tang Shouchou was unwilling, he still reported it according to the truth, and sent the flying pigeon in his hand over.

Tang Tiande's face was obviously stiff, and he didn't reach out to receive the battle report, but turned his head and put the water scoop back into the bucket on the side, then sighed and said two words: "Wrong......"

Well?

This made Tang Shouzhuo's heartbeat suddenly fast, and he gave birth to a trace of anticipation.

Could it be that the battle report on the front line is wrong, in fact, Suishui Pass is still in the hands of the Tang family, and Taigong has already received more accurate information from other channels?

As a result, as soon as his thought started, he was crushed by the old man's next sigh: "The old man is wrong, my Tang family is wrong......

"Over the years, I thought that I had no rival in the rivers and lakes of Sichuan and Shu, and even those tribal leaders had to fear my Tangmen three points, so I thought that we could compete for the world, and we could take advantage of the rebellion in the Central Plains to restore the glory of our ancestors.

"Wrong, all the ideas are wrong!

"We are just a group of frogs at the bottom of the well, we don't know how much difference there is between the rivers and lakes and the battlefield, and we actually want to use the method of fighting the rivers and lakes to compete with the real strong army.

"In the end, he only sent his own people to the point of no return. I'm old and confused, and if I die, I'll die, but you people, as well as the younger generation, also have to be buried for the entire Tang Sect, which makes me how to face the ancestors of the Tang Sect after I die......"

Although the old man said these words calmly, the strong self-blame and despair were still clearly felt by Tang Shouzhuo. He immediately bowed down: "Taigong, this is not your responsibility alone, it was unanimously approved by all of us, and we will not have any complaints......

"You don't have to comfort the old man, all the fault is on me. If I hadn't instilled in you the idea that my Tang Sect could compete for the world, how could the inner and outer halls continue to attack? After that, he will not make an enemy of the court and collude with the barbarians everywhere.

"Now the deaths and injuries of my Tang disciples are all the old man's fault in the final analysis."

Tang Tiande said, bending down to help Tang Shouzhuo up: "We overestimated ourselves and underestimated the horror of the real army on the battlefield, so we will have this end."

"However, the old man thinks that the Tang Sect has not yet reached the time of complete destruction, at least we still have one last chance to protect ourselves, as long as there is a little chance, as long as we can leave a little seed, a few seedlings, my Tang Sect can still rise again!"

When Tang Shouzhuo heard him say this, his eyes fell on the flower seedlings that had just been watered next to him, it turned out that Taigong had already made arrangements in this regard.

But in this way, these people can ......

Tang Tiande saw through his thoughts at once, and smiled again: "At the moment, it seems that Jinguancheng can't hold it, if Kaecheng surrenders, do you think we can save our lives?" ”

Tang Shou was silent, he really couldn't bear to say this answer.

The old man's eyes, who already knew the answer, flashed again: "Then there is only one way left, to pave the way for everyone's surrender with a victory." When the time comes, use the heads of us old men to calm the anger of the court, and then let you, the next generation, have a chance to spare your lives......"

Speaking of this, Tang Tiande's eyes were fixed on the grandchildren in front of him: "The truth of this matter cannot be leaked for the time being, and the old man still has to use everyone's determination to break the kettle and get a chance for the clansmen!" ”

"Grandson...... Got it! Tang Shouzhuo bowed down again, and he was already in tears when he bowed to the ground......