After Sima Xiangru entered the main hall, he first saluted and greeted, and then said, "Holy Lord, Zhu Wen's army has arrived in Chengdu, and someone sent a letter, claiming allegiance to Your Majesty, and asking Your Majesty to go out of the city to see you." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What", Tang Xizong couldn't believe his ears, and said, "What Aiqing said is the truth, how could Zhu Wen betray Huang Chao!"

Sima Xiangru said excitedly, "There is no need to say it, it is rumored in the rivers and lakes that after Song Kui's death, Zhu Wen killed the enemy general Lu Li, announced the change of flag, allegiance to the Tang Empire, and captured Hanzhong.

Tang Xizong said happily, "In this way, this matter is very likely, hey, I have come to this point, what else can I believe or not, spread my word, immediately prepare for Luan, I will personally go out of the city to meet him." ”

Sima Xiangru said, "Holy Lord, I'm afraid it's not so easy, Xie Tong is also in Zhu Wen's army, and Song Wenyuan and Xie Tong are mortal enemies, I'm afraid Song Wenyuan won't agree to us going out of the city!"

Tang Xizong complained, "How is this good, hey, the taste under the fence is really uncomfortable, why don't we leave secretly!"

Between the words, the next person said, "General Song Wenyuan asks to see." ”

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Song Wenyuan walked into the main hall with a high spirit, and after greeting Tang Xizong, he said, "Saint, Zhu Wen's army has come to the city of Chengdu, and the saint can rest assured, as long as the last general still has a life, he will be able to protect the saint." ”

Tang Xizong said: "General, can I hear that Zhu Wen has taken refuge in me!"

Song Wenyuan said, "There are rumors in the rivers and lakes, but the last general thinks that this is his trick, how could Zhu Wen do such a stupid thing under the army." ”

Tang Xizong understood when he heard it, Song Wenyuan's meaning couldn't be clearer, that is, he would stick to the end and resolutely not surrender, he sighed, and didn't know what to do.

Now although he is called the emperor of the Tang Empire, he has no right to speak, his soldiers and men and horses, as early as the moment of Li Zheng's execution, disappeared, and now all the soldiers and horses in Chengdu are mobilized by Song Wenyuan, he is just a puppet, he has no right to speak at all, and is completely at the mercy of Song Wenyuan.

Inside the main hall, there was a sudden silence.

After a long time, Song Wenyuan took the lead in breaking the silence and said, "Shengshang, although the enemy is strong and I am weak, the soldiers of Sichuan and Shu will definitely hate the enemy, and the last general will come to reassure Shengshang." ”

At this moment, the guards continued to report, and Zhu Wen and Xie Tong shouted under the city, asking to see the saint and the general, and have something important to report.

Tang Xizong hesitated for a moment and looked at Song Wenyuan.

Song Wenyuan said in his heart, what if he saw the previous side, he hurriedly said, "The last general will obey His Majesty's will." ”

Tang Xizong was overjoyed and said, "Move the city wall, I want to see him." ”

Xie Tong and Zhu Wen rode side by side at the foot of Chengdu City, and Xie Tong asked, "Uncle Shi, why do we want to do this? Song Wenyuan and Sima Xiangru are not good people, so what's the use of keeping them in the world. ”

Zhu Wen scolded, "You really don't know your brains, you shout and kill every day, this is called politics, although we are strong and strong, but what we need is the support of the people, lose the hearts of the people, do you think there is a difference between us and Huangchao?" What do we take to defeat Huangchao, although the Tang Dynasty exists in name only, but in the hearts of the people, it is still the orthodoxy of Middle Earth, I warn you, you can't seek revenge against Song Wenyuan for the time being, this is his territory, and it is also the foundation of our Northern Expedition, their father and son have been running for several generations, it is the real people's desire, although we can conquer their land, but we can't conquer their souls, we need this land, and the Tang Dynasty also needs this land, do you understand?"

Xie Tong nodded and said, "Then what about Sima Xiangru! The nephew can always use him to open the knife!"

Zhu Wen shook his head with a sigh and said, "Xie Tong, you are blinded by hatred, this does not belong to the purpose of our sect, you must remember this even more as the head of the sect, okay! I allow you to take revenge on him." But not excessively. ”

Xie Tong nodded again, and at this moment, there was a commotion on the city wall, and Tang Xizong came to the city wall in person.

Zhu Wen immediately turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and said, "The sinner, knock on the saint, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live." ”

In desperation, Xie Tong also followed his example and asked for Tang Xizong's peace.

Tang Xizong was really stunned by the scene in front of him, and Zhu Wen's sincerity in surrendering to him was needless to say, but as the king of a country, of course he had to show some attitude, so he symbolically said, "I am very pleased that the general can get lost and know his way back, so I will be relieved of the general's past mistakes! I hope that the general will be able to fight bravely to kill the enemy in the future."

"Thank you", Zhu Wen kowtowed again.

All this is like acting, all the problems are solved in an instant, in fact, both sides know that Tang Xizong is just an empty shelf, and Zhu Wen may destroy him at any time, but he just doesn't want to be infamy.

And Tang Xizong also has his own wishful thinking, with Zhu Wen's joining, the restoration of rivers and mountains is just around the corner, and his heart is ambitious again.

The only dissatisfaction is Song Wenyuan, originally he was in charge of this side, but Zhu Wen's arrival will break this balance, in terms of strength, he is far from Zhu Wen's opponent, what is even more worried is that after Zhu Wen enters the city, he will attack him even harder, and even get rid of him. Therefore, he hesitated whether to let Zhu Wen enter the city!

But at present, Zhu Wen has become the hope of the revival of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the focus of public opinion, he Song Wenyuan dares to stop it, he will deviate from the hearts of the people and bear the infamy, and at that time, Zhu Wen can get rid of him justifiably, because Tang Xizong's heart has drifted to Zhu Wen, and he is not on his side at all. It seems that it is necessary to talk openly with Zhu Wen.

Thinking of this, Song Wenyuan stubbornly said, "Open the door and welcome Zhu Wen into the city." ”

Zhu Wen only brought three thousand relatives into the city, not because he was arrogant, but because the other party did not dare, Tang Xizong held a rather grand banquet in the Yonghe Palace, which was used to entertain his new upstarts Zhu Wen and Xie Tong.

The dinner party is set up in the main hall of the Yonghe Palace, the people who arrive, it is really not rich or expensive, Tang Xizong sits in the middle, the left side is the old general of Sichuan and Shu, and the right side is Zhu Wen Xie Tong and other upstarts who took refuge.

However, Hong Ye did not attend the dinner, she hated Song Wenyuan so much that she didn't want to see him, so she hid in Hong Shan's rest place and didn't go out.

Tang Xizong raised his wine glass and said faintly, "Everyone, I am very happy today, General Zhu abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, which greatly weakened the power of the traitor Huangchao, and the revival of my Tang Empire and the day of waving his army to the north is not far off." Cheers to this fortunate event!"

After that, Tang Xizong raised his glass and drank it all.

Everyone in the hall drank the wine in their glasses.

Tang Xizong was obviously extremely happy, and he said excitedly, "General Zhu, in recognition of your merits, I have appointed you as the general of the conquest, commanding all the soldiers and horses of the empire, and taking full charge of the Northern Expedition." It was also a helpless move for him to say this, Zhu Wen has an army of 150,000 people, which is more than three times that of Song Wenyuan, and Song Wenyuan is not his opponent at all, so that Zhu Wen can be stabilized and let him not think nonsense, and secondly, he will get rid of the influence of Song Wenyuan's family on him. In his opinion, Zhu Wen was just a reckless person, only good at marching and fighting, and did not understand politics, and was easier to control than Song Wenyuan.

As soon as these words came out, Song Wenyuan immediately became extremely embarrassed, he really wanted to refuse immediately, but thinking of Zhu Wen's huge strength, one is not good, he is afraid that he will not even be able to go out of the dinner party, but he doesn't want to be a person without rights.

Zhu Wen observed the words, haha smiled and said, "Please take back the canonization of Fang Cai, General Song is a hero, since the fall of Chang'an, has been guarding the saint so far, there is no merit and hard work, this practice of the saint is very inappropriate, although Weichen shoulders the great task of the Northern Expedition, but the inch is not strong, it is not suitable for canonization, after the victory of the Northern Expedition of Weichen, the saint is not too late to be canonized, this glass of wine, Weichen respects the saint, thanks to the saint for being able to forgive the sins of the saint, and the wechen will die in the future, and reimburse the great kindness of the saint. ”

There was a sigh in the hall, and Zhu Wen actually refused, which impressed everyone, and no one would have thought that Zhu Wen would be so generous.

Zhu Wen had a drink of it, Tang Xizong was also very happy, although his idea did not come true, but these few words, really to his heart, but also showed that Zhu Wen has no ambition, is a great loyal minister, under the great joy, Tang Xizong drank it all.

Song Wenyuan was also very happy, he thought that Zhu Wen would agree to come down, but the other party's strong refusal made him very happy, and when he was happy, Zhu Wen continued, "This second glass of wine, I respect General Song, in the past, you and I are friends and enemies, the Tao is different, but I admire the heroism of the general, today Zhu Wen has changed his ways, and hopes to join hands with the general to create the future of Datang."

Song Wenyuan's face flushed, Zhu Wen raised him like this, but he didn't expect it, it seems that this person has a lot of intention of repairing, otherwise how could he give him this kind of opportunity, he blushed, and said, "General Zhu is polite, Song is in front of the general, just a general of the defeated army, where do you dare to compare with the general, in the future, Song will be the head of the general's horse and look forward to resisting the enemy." With that, he was so excited that he drank it all.

Zhu Wen smiled and said, "With the general's words, I am relieved, after the army is repaired, there is not enough food and grass, and I will go north immediately, and the safety of Chengdu will be handed over to the general".

Xie Tong listened in the clouds, although he knew that Zhu Wen was appeasing Song Wenyuan in order to win the support of the people of Sichuan and Shu, but whether this was too much, Song Wenyuan was equivalent to taking a breath, and he would develop and grow in the future.

Zhu Wen wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth and continued, "The Northern Expedition, I have a plan, in Zhu's opinion, what Huangchao relies on is nothing more than a numerical advantage, I expect that if there is no big mistake, Chang'an will be broken within six months, but if you need support, please don't watch the fire from the other side." ”

Song Wenyuan was simply stunned, Zhu Wen was very different from the rumors, the rumors said that he was fierce and domineering, unsympathetic, even Huang Chao and Meng Kai had to let him score three points, although the person in front of him, although full of momentum, but gentle and elegant, he wanted to use his own strength to regain the lost territory, and not let him Song Wenyuan be cannon fodder, this is really unimaginable, he said happily, "General rest assured, as long as the arrow arrives, Wenyuan will definitely go to the battlefield in person." ”

Tang Xizong smiled and said, "I have won the two generals, it is really a blessing from God, this glass of wine, I respect the two generals!" He was about to drink it, but Zhu Wen interrupted him.

"Holy and slow", Zhu Wen's deep voice sounded in the main hall, this time his voice was no longer gentle, but mixed with a little majesty, Zhu Wen continued, "Holy Lord, please forgive Wei Chen for interrupting you, Wei Chen has something to be strict, please Holy Grace!"

Tang Xizong said without thinking, "General, please speak!"

Zhu Wen got up suddenly, held the wine glass, and walked to the center of the hall with his head held high, and the loud voice sounded again, saying, " My Tang Empire from prosperity to decline, Huangchao raised troops to resist is the main reason, but in the final analysis, it is the implementation of the policy, does not meet the needs of the current development plan, seriously offends the interests of the Han people, makes their lives more difficult, no expectations, no way to live, forced to join the army of the Huangchao uprising, bewitched by him, thinking that he can be fed and clothed, live a happy life, and the Taiwei who holds real power in the dynasty, does not deeply reflect on the reasons, but still intensifies, prompting the people's will, leading to the growth of Huangchao, only the dying of the Tang Dynasty, all of this is caused by the ambition of Sima Xuan's father and son and the wolf son, who want to occupy power。 ”

Everyone knew this, except for Zhu Wen, no one dared to say it, but everyone's eyes swept to Sima Xiangru, who was sitting diagonally opposite Zhu Wen, to see how he defended!

Tang Xizong's face turned red and said, "It's all my serious negligence, hey, my sins." ”

Zhu Wen continued, "It's not the fault of the saints, their father and son monopolize the government and hold the power, of course, no one dares to slander Your Majesty, and it is normal for the saints not to know. But the biggest mistake of the two of them is not to frame Li Zheng, the king of Wu, and brutally kill him, which is intolerable. ”

Sima Xiangru couldn't sit still any longer, he stood up and said, "General Zhu, don't be honest and insult your father, although your father is not good at governing the country, how can people like you insult him, why are you, do you rely on your brilliant achievements in raising troops to break Chang'an." ”

As soon as these words came out, even Tang Xizong was a little harsh when he heard it, and he felt more and more that what Zhu Wen said was good, Sima Xiangru, the commander of the Praetorian Guard that he admired the most, had no status in his heart at the moment, and he scolded, "Xiangru, retreat!"

Zhu Wen smiled, without any intention of anger, and said, "Why should I? Just because I, Zhu Wen, want to stand up for the people, hope that the people will live and work in peace and contentment, not to endure hunger and poverty, not to have no fixed residence, and to hope that the people will one day be able to enter the house and not be bullied, is this reason okay?"

Everyone looked at Zhu Wen in surprise, this man who was not tall, but he exuded a kind of arrogant light all over his body, and suddenly gave people a feeling of heroism, which made everyone present shine.

Sima Xiangru was reprimanded by Tang Xizong, and he didn't dare to contradict it, but now he doesn't have Sima Xuan's support, and his status is not as good as before. was speechless by Zhu Wen's words again. (To be continued.) )