Looking at Li Shimin's body on the ground, Zhao Mingyuan suddenly felt extremely lonely.

Without Li Shimin, a strong opponent, who else in this world can pose a threat to himself and be worthy of his vigilance?

Without.

Invincible is how, how lonely.

Zhao Mingyuan suddenly had this feeling.

This sudden sense of loneliness made Zhao Mingyuan lose any interest for a while, so that he had no intention of paying attention to the battle in front of him where 200,000 people were fighting desperately.

However, in fact, the current situation does not need Zhao Mingyuan's more attention.

The big war has entered garbage time.

The Tang army had already collapsed for a long time, and Li Shimin's death was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Seeing that Li Shimin was dead, the surrender of the Tang army, the fleeing fled, and there was no one desperately resisting.

Seeing this scene, anyone understands that Li Tang is gone, and the future co-owner of the world will be Zhao Mingyuan.

The remaining one or two uncertain numbers are naturally Dou Jiande in the north, and as for Li Yuan, who is in Chang'an, no one has put him in his eyes anymore.

The generals around him felt that they were following the right person, and they would become the founding fathers without much effort, and they all gathered around Zhao Mingyuan excitedly, congratulating them on the victory.

But at this time, Zhao Mingyuan couldn't empathize with them at all, just waved his hand, handed over the next thing to clean up the battlefield to them, and left alone.

Perhaps, this is what it feels like to be alone.

The next day, the results were counted.

Zhao Mingyuan was not surprised to see that the Ming army destroyed 40,000 enemies, captured 50,000, and more than 20,000 Tang troops scattered and escaped, while the Ming army's losses were only thousands of casualties.

This is the power of technology to crush it.

What's more, Zhao Mingyuan still didn't use a thermal weapon, otherwise the battle loss ratio would only be more exaggerated.

Under such a huge gap, even a living god of war like Li Shimin could not control the situation of the war, and could only hate on the spot.

Alas!

Zhao Mingyuan couldn't help but regret a little, maybe he shouldn't have killed Li Shimin like this.

Without a son of destiny like Li Shimin, who is worth taking action on his own?

Zhao Mingyuan couldn't raise his interest anymore, so he sent all the generals to lead the army to attack the city, and he led the main force to Chang'an and smashed Huanglong.

The overall situation of this war has been decided, Li Tang can't make any more waves, so let's end it quickly.

The facts are the same as Zhao Mingyuan thought, as the news spread, the battle under Tongguan shocked the world.

Although he knew that the Ming army was strong, no one thought that the Ming army would be so strong, almost the whole process of pressing the Tang army, and destroying the Tang army effortlessly, and even Li Shimin was killed on the spot.

No one knew how frightened the Manchu civil and military forces were when Li Tang learned the details of the battle.

What level Li Shimin is, they naturally know best.

At the beginning, there was Li Shimin in front of him, but he didn't think anything of it.

After all, Li Shimin's record is obvious to all. They always feel that as long as Li Shimin is here, no matter how erosive the situation is, there is still a glimmer of hope.

Now, having lost Li Shimin and facing the Ming army, everyone only feels like a man on their backs.

However, it was too late for a person to die.

What's more, even if Li Shimin faced the Ming army, didn't he die in a battle?

In the face of such a strong enemy, who else would dare to stand up and resist the Ming army?

Not to mention, in this battle, the elite of Datang was almost wiped out.

Without soldiers and generals, why should they resist?

The rout of the Tang army had already spread the details of that battle throughout Guanzhong, and it also extinguished everyone's resistance.

The armies of the Ming Dynasty have won successive battles, and even many times before the army has come to the city, they find that the city has changed its banner and replaced it with the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

The army drove straight into the city of Chang'an.

Facing the heavily armed Daming Iron Army under the city, Li Tang's reaction was a little strange.

It's okay that no one sent an envoy to surrender, but there was not even a person in the city who showed his face, so it was a bit too much to say.

Could it be that Li Tang is arguing over war or peace, and there is no conclusion yet?

But Li Yuan doesn't have many choices now, either fight or surrender, and of course, there is the option of fleeing without a fight.

However, if they choose to escape, they must make a decision immediately, otherwise they will not be able to escape if they want to escape when the Ming army besieges the city.

There is no option to try it first, and then run away when you can't beat it.

But whichever they choose, it shouldn't be.

Facing the closed city gate in front of him, Zhao Mingyuan did not order the siege of the city, but only announced that he would camp on the spot.

That night, Zhao Mingyuan sneaked into Chang'an City alone.

He is naturally doing this for Yang Gong's treasure house.

After all, there was a secret passage leading directly to the outside of the city in Yang Gong's treasure house, and Zhao Mingyuan could even use this to directly lead a large army into the palace.

In fact, at this point, Zhao Mingyuan no longer has to take such risks, as long as the army surrounds Chang'an City for a period of time, Chang'an City will definitely be self-defeating.

But Li Shimin's death made Zhao Mingyuan's long-standing pressure in his heart suddenly disappear, and he suddenly felt relaxed physically and mentally, so that he gave birth to an adventurous heart.

Since there is no one in the military who can pose any threat to him, let's look for excitement in other things in the future!

It's a pity that Lu Miaozi was hindered by his professional ethics and refused to tell Zhao Mingyuan all the organs of Yang Gong's treasure house, and even said that this was a test for him.

Hmph, if you open it yourself, you can open it yourself, and if you don't have a butcher, you have to eat hairy pigs?

Zhao Mingyuan understood that this was because of the rumors he released.

For example, everyone thinks that he is Lu Miaozi's disciple, and he even got the secret of Yang Gong's treasure house from Lu Miaozi.

Obviously, this greatly damaged Lu Miaozi's reputation in the rivers and lakes.

After all, keeping the employer's confidentiality is the work ethic of a craftsman like Lu Miaozi.

What's more, Lu Miaozi didn't die, his reputation was bad, how could he come out to meet people in the future?

Helpless, Zhao Mingyuan had to follow the old path of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling in the original book and open the mechanism from under the Prancing Horse Bridge.

According to the habit of the old man Lu, there must be a mechanism in the passage outside the city, and you can directly enter the secret passage.

But now, Zhao Mingyuan had no choice but to go to the city for a trip.

Although the city wall of Chang'an is high, it naturally can't stop Zhao Mingyuan's skills.

Taking advantage of the night, Zhao Mingyuan swept past the city and headed towards the Prancing Horse Bridge.

Obviously, because of the war, there was already a curfew in Chang'an City, and the people turned off the lights early and went to bed.

Only the armor soldiers patrolling the streets and alleys are in an endless stream.

It may be an exaggeration to say that "five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry" may be an exaggeration, but it is indeed heavily guarded, and the entire Chang'an City seems to have become a large military camp.

Zhao Mingyuan naturally understood that the reason why there were so many soldiers patrolling was to prevent the Ming Dynasty in the city from seizing the gate and surrendering the city.

After all, the strongest cities are always breached from within.

There are countless such things in the history books.

What's more, since the news of Li Shimin's defeat came, there have long been rumors within the Tang Dynasty, and there has been an endless stream of ministers who have met and persuaded them to surrender.

But all the ministers can surrender, can Li Yuan also surrender?

Nature is impossible.

What kind of life his subordinate Emperor Yang Yu of Sui Gong lived, Li Yuan naturally knew best. Let him live that frightened life, and he would rather die.

No matter how you say it, he is also a general who has fought in all directions, and Li Yuan naturally has no shortage of courage to fight to the death.

It's just that Li Yuan is not sure what choice the courtiers and the family lords in Guanzhong will make.

No, it should be said that Li Yuan is very sure that once the situation is not good, they will definitely give up on themselves.

Therefore, Li Yuan naturally ordered a complete curfew in Chang'an City, sent a large army to enter each square, and would not spare any movement at night.

These ordinary soldiers naturally couldn't discover the whereabouts of the Great Grandmaster, so Zhao Mingyuan easily bypassed the patrol team and continued to fly forward.

However, Zhao Mingyuan was soon surprised to find that many places were still lit up, and there seemed to be a lot of people gathering.

Out of curiosity, Zhao Mingyuan took a closer look and found that it was originally the Flower Street Gambling House.

There are really policies and countermeasures!

The army outside the city has been overwhelmed, and Li Yuan has already given the order to die, but the people below can still play as they want.

It seems that many people think that Li Tang's general trend has gone, and they no longer take his orders to heart.

In fact, if Zhao Mingyuan stayed in the camp at this time, he could wait for the envoys sent by those family lords in Guanzhong.

At this time, they were naturally ready to abandon Li Yuan and abandon the darkness to the light.

However, even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, Zhao Mingyuan could guess a thing or two.

After all, there is nothing new under the sun, and this is the case for every dynasty and generation, so what's so strange?

The reason why they can still enjoy themselves with peace of mind is naturally that they think that even if Zhao Mingyuan becomes the emperor, they still have to use their people to govern the world.

With all kinds of resources in their hands, they naturally have nothing to fear.

This is also the reason why Zhao Mingyuan has always wanted to make changes.

The Great Grandmaster's footsteps were fast, and soon, Zhao Mingyuan came to the side of the Leaping Horse Bridge.

After the patrolling soldiers left, Zhao Mingyuan came to the bridge and opened the mechanism.

Later, he went to the bottom of the pier and unlocked the second mechanism.

Listening to the faint sound of running and pouring water from below, Zhao Mingyuan understood that the mechanism of Yang Gong's treasure house had been opened, so he rushed towards the Xiji Garden of Dugu's house not far away.

Although Dugu Valve has long been a minister in Daming, and Dugu Feng is a well-known Ming concubine, this Xijiyuan has not been confiscated by Datang, but is still in the hands of Dugu Valve.

This is not difficult to understand.

After all, it is common sense for the family to bet on the three holes of the cunning rabbit, maybe the Dugu family still has some dealings with Li Tang in secret?

What's more, there are many marriages in the family door valves, not to mention the door valves like the Dugu family, which are famous for being women. There are countless families he has married, and many people in Li Tang have some relationship with him.

It's just a few possessions, so why make such a fuss?

Leave a line with people, and see each other in the future.

In fact, it's not just the Dugu family.

Chang'an, as the former capital of the Great Sui, many official families have old mansions in the city, and Li Tang actually did not commit any crimes in autumn.

It's just that sometimes, some things are judged by success or failure.

If Li Tang unified the world, this would inevitably be a confident manifestation of Li Yuan's benevolence and virtue, but since he failed, he would be foolish.

But no matter what, at least it's convenient for Zhao Mingyuan now.

Successfully opening the mechanism from the ancient well to the north of Xijiyuan, Zhao Mingyuan finally entered Yang Gong's treasure house.

(End of chapter)