The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 276 The curtain call
At the same time, in the city of Huangshui County, Xiping County, there is a huge mansion that occupies a huge area, has a large number of servants, and is incomparably luxurious. Come, the guards frowned, feeling powerless at the Lord's decadence.

At this time, the soldiers would also occasionally hear some sad songs, which were the voices of mourning for the dead. Gradually, Master Liang felt that the singing voice of the beautiful dancer gradually changed its taste.As if singing a lament for himself before he died.

Counting it, it has only been two years since he killed Tang Shizong, the Prime Minister of Shuofang County, and claimed to be the Great Prime Minister. But in these two years, he has been on a roller coaster, and suddenly became He was only one step away from dominating the entire Yongbei princes, and he was able to take down Chang'an, sit in Guanzhong, and sit and watch the melee of the Guandong princes.But he was soon hit rock bottom.The situation that was supposed to be towards him had suddenly reversed silently at some point.

Master Liang thought about it carefully, probably starting from the time when the Sui army wiped out Shibi Khan's hundreds of thousands of troops in Mayi. , not long after, Li Jing of the Sui Dynasty invaded Yongbei. In just half a month, his Liang Shidu immediately surrounded the four counties of Lingwu, Yanchuan, Diaoyin, and Yan'an, followed by an army of [-]. Shuofang City, in the end, as the Sui army wished, he exchanged Shuofang County for the condition of going south to Honghua peacefully. Although the Sui Army gave him an Anding County, he actually lost most of his territory, only Pingliang, Honghua, and Anding three counties.

Immediately afterwards, he exchanged Pingliang, Honghua, and the Sui Army for the four counties of Jincheng, Fanghan, Piaohe, and Xiping.

He thought that breaking away from the siege of the Sui Dynasty would be a bright future. He even wanted to use these four counties to fight the Sui Dynasty to the death after fighting for himself. How arrogant is the arrogance?

It's just that this short-lived revival did not bring him substantial benefits. He had just settled down, and Li Shimin's Tang army came again. If it is lost, Master Liang is too lazy to care about what will happen to the Xue brothers who fled back to the West Sea.

I originally gathered a [-]-strong army on my side, but the repeated failures on the front line have shrunk by more than half. Now Liang Shidu can only bring [-] demoralized Liang Jun trapped beasts to Huangshui, and let those Despair was approaching little by little, but he couldn't do anything about it.

In the past, he occupied seven counties, had 20 soldiers, and was supported by Turkic forces from outside. Although he could not be as fierce as a cloud and as rainy as a counselor, he was definitely one of the most powerful princes in the world.

But now his subordinates will die, and only his brothers Liang Luoren and Feng Duan are left by his side. Defeat is only a matter of time.

Thinking of the bleak prospects, Master Liang sighed leisurely, feeling the coolness in the wind, a stern look flashed in Master Liang's eyes.

I absolutely can't just sit and wait for death. On the day when the city is broken, other people can live, but as a king, I have no luck. Li Shimin will not let me go, and Li Yuan has no reason to let me go. A way out!
Master Liang waved back a group of dancing girls, pacing back and forth with a cold face, a cold light flashed in his eyes from time to time, it is absolutely impossible to stay in the isolated city, staying in Huangshui is a dead end.So he has to go, as for where to go...

Guanzhong is the world of Li Tang. As for Yongbei, Liang Shi didn't even think about it. The Sui army is not something that he, a defeated general, can touch. Now it seems that he can only go to Li Gui's territory, or even go to the Silk Road. In the Western Regions, with his ability to dominate the Silk Road, it is not a problem to separate one side, with more than 2 soldiers in his hands, is he afraid that he will not be able to survive?
The biggest problem now is how to take the soldiers and horses away. People in foreign countries cannot gain a foothold without a strong army and horses.

"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"

Feng Duan came to the hall a little tired, and saluted Master Liang.

"Feng Duan, right now our army is trapped in an isolated city, the internal army is in turmoil, and there is no reinforcement outside. If we continue to defend, there is no way out. You have been with me the longest. I really can't bear you to accompany me to die. Li Tang will not let me go. Sui Dynasty You won't let me go either. You can take my head to any side to ask for surrender, or you can exchange for a way out." Liang Shidu looked at Feng Duan leisurely.

"Why did Dawu say that!" Feng Duan fell to his knees with a plop, and said to Master Liang: "Even if the last general dies, he will die to make a way out for the king. What's more, General Li Zhengbao is still sticking to Hualong , is still far from the two realms of life and death."

Master Liang silently put away the dagger hidden in his sleeve, sighed and said, "Actually, it's not like there's no way out."

"What's the king's strategy?" Feng Duan didn't know that he had just walked around the ghost gate, and looked at Liang Shidu excitedly upon hearing this.

"It's not a good strategy." Master Liang sighed, "Whether it's Li Tang or the Sui Dynasty, we are not invincible! Now that Li Tang's army has not arrived, we can withdraw from Xiping."

"Evacuate Xiping? Where else can we go?" Feng Duan looked at Liang Shidu with a blank face. Xiping County is the last piece of soil for their survival. Leaving Xiping County, where should we go next?Where can I go?
"Go to Zhangye and go to Li Gui through Dadou Bagu. If he doesn't accept it, go to the Western Regions by way."

"Western Region?" Feng Duan was shocked when he heard the words, looked at Master Liang in disbelief and said, "Your Majesty, where does the food and grass for the [-] troops come from?"

"Naturally, you can't take all of the [-] troops. You choose [-] loyal and elite troops, gather all the horses in the city, and then ride three horses with each of them, so you can take more food and grass! I will ask the general to lead the army to rescue Hualong City tomorrow." .When they're gone, we'll fly west quickly, and don't care about the rest."

Master Liang wants to break his arm to survive!
With his current food and grass, he can't afford to support [-] troops. Instead of starving to death, it is better to select [-] loyal warriors, take all the food and grass, and escape while everyone is away. In order to achieve the purpose of escaping , not even his younger brother Liang Luoren.

"Here! The general will do it!" Feng Duan agreed, this is indeed Liang Shidu's only way out.

Not long after, Liang Luoren arrived at the "Royal Palace" and received an order to support Hualong County.

Originally, Liang Luoren and Master Liang had a good relationship. Both Master Liang was able to kill Tang Shizong, the Chancellor of Shuofang County, and occupy the entire county of Shuofang.

But Master Liang said that the emperor was arrogant, and the emperor was full of majesty. Even though Liang Luoren had a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, he also recognized the gap between the monarch and his subjects. Since then, the affection between brothers has disappeared.

Therefore, whenever the two brothers met, Liang Luoren also lived as a courtier, without the slightest overstepping, and won the "high regard" of Liang Shidu. But in fact, everyone in Daliang knew that the military power was in the hands of Liang Shidu from the beginning to the end. Without his order, no one could dispatch a single soldier.

But Liang Luoren was not dissatisfied either. In troubled times, the army is the foundation of a king's life. Master Liang has decided so, and he also understands that the only thing he can do is to help from the side.

But this time!
Liang Luoren's eyes were full of sadness and sadness.

He had a good idea of ​​Liang Shidu's plans.When a person is cowardly for a long time, he will form a habit!
The same is true for Liang Shidu, the former Emperor of Liang.

He wanted to escape, but he was afraid that no one would stop him, so he let himself lead the remaining soldiers to support Hualong. That is to say, the value of more than 1 soldiers including himself was to create vitality for Liang Shidu.

They were all sold by Master Liang.

Liang Luoren looked at the hazy sky, and the haze in his heart became heavier. He sighed, gathered more than 1 soldiers, and left Linhuangshui to march towards Hualong.

Not long after Liang Luoren left, five thousand warriors surrounded Liang Shidu and ran westward. The horses accompanied by ten thousand horses were loaded with bags of grain. In addition to grain, some of them were collected by Liang Shidu for many years. coming treasure.

It took only half a day to arrive at Pipa Gorge, which is the narrowest place where Xiping County enters the Hexi Corridor.

In a short time, there will be Dadouba Valley, an important strategic channel. This is a big gap in Qilian Mountains. Through this valley, which is more than a hundred miles long, you can reach the south of Qilian Mountains and reach the northernmost tip of Xiping County. , to the south is the Pipa Gorge where Liang Shidu is now, and then enters the Changning Valley, and finally reaches the north bank of Huangshui, and the opposite bank is today's Xining.

Due to its important strategic significance, Dadouba Valley belongs to the northern part of Wuwei County and is guarded by [-] Sui troops. This also means that the Liang divisions want to enter Zhangye successfully, but they cannot disturb the Sui army.But he has [-] war horses, and the Sui army is not deaf, so how could he not hear?So the only way to do it is to suddenly rush over at night.

However, the entire army of Liang Shidu had just entered the Pipa Gorge less than three miles away, when it was blocked by [-] Sui troops who appeared suddenly.

The leading general is Duan Decao, the governor of Wuwei County. He has been paying attention to the battle between Li Tang and Xue Liang's coalition forces, and sent a large number of secret agents to take Xinying into Xiping. Immediately, Duan Decao's movements were reported to Duan Decao. Duan Decao, anticipating that Master Liang was going to defect to Li Gui, led [-] cavalry to rush towards the Pipa Canyon, which really blocked the capital of Master Liang.

Looking at the mighty army in front of him, Liang Shidu gasped. He didn't know that the Sui army had a letter from the Eagle, so he thought that Feng Duan had betrayed him. He glared at Feng Duan viciously and said, "You betrayed me!" me?"

"My lord, I didn't..." Feng Duan bowed his head almost subconsciously, but he saw a cold light in the corner of his eyes. When he turned his head in shock, the cold sword had already pierced his chest.

"Your Majesty, you..." Feng Duan looked at Liang Shidu in astonishment, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Only you know my plan, who else is not you who betrayed me." Liang Shidu snorted coldly, and in Feng Duan's painful expression, he violently stirred the hilt of his sword.

"Ah~" Feng Duan screamed, staring unwillingly and fell to the sky.

"Liang Shidu, now even the gods can't save you, a traitor." Duan De on the opposite side steered his horse out of the column, looked at the terrified Liang Shidu army, and laughed loudly: "You have been defeated by my Tai Sui army. Surrounded, it's hard to fly with wings! Only take Liang Shidu and wait for the leader of the bandits, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Just take Master Liang and wait for the leader of the bandits, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

The whole army understood and shouted loudly in unison, as if another Jiao Lei had been hit in mid-air.

Seeing that the enemy army had arrived, the surrounding soldiers instinctively wanted to go forward to fight, but when they heard the call of "only take the leader of the thief, Liang Shidu, and those who surrender will not be killed!", Liang Jun's pace obviously slowed down, and his movements became hesitant.

Looking at the flashing arrows under the opponent's flag, Liang Shidu's heart almost jumped out of his mouth. It was a soul-hunting arrow, like white fangs. Watching them slowly approaching, Hearing the shouts aimed at him again, he finally couldn't bear the pressure, so he pulled his horse and fled.

Liang Shidu's running back caused Liang Jun, who had no fighting spirit and low morale, to collapse. He responded to the call of the Sui army and swarmed up, twisting Liang Shidu and his relatives to surrender together.

Just like that, the [-] Sui troops didn't even launch a charge, didn't even fire a single arrow, they captured Liang Shi alive, and Liang Jun was hacked to death by the mad Liang Shi except for some unlucky ghosts. , and basically no loss.

One by one, following the orders of the Sui army, they dropped their weapons, ran off their horses, and crouched obediently on both sides of the valley with their heads in their arms.

"General, what shall I do?" Sui Jun was dumbfounded, his gaze shifted from the messy Liang Jun to Duan Decao.

"As a Han, if you sell your country and seek glory for your own selfishness and your family's selfishness, you will never atone for your sins." Duan Decao looked at Liang Shidu who was struggling constantly, and said coldly:

He said loudly: "Take the head of Liang Shidu and surrender to the cities of Xiping County! And send an urgent letter to Governor Li to explain the situation on our side."

(End of this chapter)