The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 296

In front of the majestic, majestic Dugu Mansion, Dou Wei paced back and forth. Since the founding of Li Tang, the two families have drifted apart for their own interests.But at this time, his mind was not on the Dugu clan, but as a Guanlong native, he had a talk with Dugu about the serious threat to the interests of the Guanlong Group.

The door opened, and Dugu Cheng walked out quickly to greet him, and said apologetically, "It's my Dugu family's honor for Xiangguo to come to the door in person, please hurry up!"

"Brother Chengxian, you are being polite!"

Dou Wei exchanged a few words with Dugu Cheng, and then entered the mansion.When he got to the inner room, Dou Wei cut to the chase and asked in a low voice: "I won't beat around the bush anymore, just ask my virtuous brother, how is Dugu Xiangguo? Is it convenient for us to meet?"

Dugu Cheng understood what Dou Wei meant, and said with a wry smile: "The Patriarch is really sick, it's okay to see him, but we can only talk to Dou Xiangguo on the bed."

Dou Wei sighed, and said: "I made a mistake, but the matter is very important, so I have to come to disturb you."

"The head of the family understands the current situation very well, and wants to have a good talk with Dou Xiangguo!" While speaking, he walked quickly to Duguzhen's room.

After the meeting, Dou Wei went straight to the topic and said, "The voice of moving the capital is endless, what does Dugu Xiangguo think?"

Dou Wei's words drew a moment of silence.There was no expression on Dugu's old face.But I thought in my heart: Can even Dou Wei lose his composure?At this moment, he hadn't thought about what he was before the plan.
Fifty steps laugh at a hundred steps, nothing more.

Dou Wei knew that Duguzheng was still on guard against him, and if he wanted to pry this old fox's mouth open, he had to show sincerity, and immediately said: "The Sui army is approaching the city, Chang'an is in panic, and there are no reinforcements outside! Guard, you must be unable to defend." Stop it. Everyone knows that Yang Tong wants to completely destroy our Guanlong Group. Once the city of Chang'an is broken, he will attack us without hesitation, and we have no chance to fight back. Stay in Guanlong And Chang’an, we’re going to roll heads, so I thought moving the capital was a must.”

It was Li Yuan who asked him to inquire about the Dugu family today, and it was also Dou Wei's own intention.

"To be honest, we were talking about this just now!" Duguzheng sighed slightly, "We have supported the Holy Majesty since Yang Guang moved his capital to Luoyang, escorted him, and helped him through many difficulties! Today, we are in the He has paid too much for him. It's just that the Holy One is really disappointing. Because everything today is completely caused by the Holy One's missteps. My Tang Dynasty has nothing in Guanlong except Chang'an. We have no choice to move the capital! Our Guanlong family has no choice either. What’s more—once we leave Guanlong...what will we do? What if he ruthlessly abandons us?”

Duguzheng is very clear about what to say and what not to say, so naturally he won't tell Dou Wei the truth.However, members of the aristocratic family have instilled the concept of family first since childhood, and put the interests of the family first in everything.State affairs and world affairs are not as real as family interests.Therefore, what Dugu said is in line with the way of life of the aristocratic family.

"This is exactly what I'm worried about!" Dou Wei pondered for a moment, and said, "What I mean is: after moving south, our two factions of Guan and Long united and made a concerted effort to speak out."

"Dou Xiangguo means that the power of the nobles of Guanlong will be used to fight against the nobles of the Guandong and the South?" Dugu asked calmly.

Dou Wei nodded solemnly, "Exactly what I mean."

"I think it's okay!" Duguzheng also made it clear
After Dou Wei got Duguzheng's attitude, he didn't stay any longer, said goodbye after a few greetings and left.After Duguzheng waited for him to leave, he kept silent, thinking about Dugucheng's suggestion and its feasibility.

Not long after, Dugu Cheng, who had sent Dou Wei away, came back quickly and asked, "Patriarch, the attitude of the Dou family is a bit weird! We clearly know that moving the capital is imperative, why do you want to unite with us to oppose the Southern faction representing Li Yuan's interests?"

Duguzhen sighed and said: "The Dou family spent a lot more on Li Yuan than us. Everyone has paid so much, and no one is willing to fail. And the Dou family suffers from the fact that they have no connections to the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan wants it back!"

"Patriarch, what should we do? Should we unite with the Dou family?"

"Unite, of course we must unite." Duguzheng nodded, and said in a very cold tone: "When we arrive in the south, we will bring back what we lost from the south. Even if Li Yuan fails or dies, he must spit out our sacrifices." !"

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With the fall of Feng Yi, Shangjun, Beidi, Anding, Tianshui, Longxi, Jincheng, Fanghan, Piaohe, Hanyang, Hechi...with the encirclement of the Sui army entering in large numbers...with the arrival of all kinds of bad news, Li Yuan vomited blood repeatedly and fell seriously ill.

But in less than three days, there were frequent bad news.

Jin Wang Li Shimin's disastrous defeat in Lintao, 15 elite and 15 field troops, only more than 1 defeated troops retreated into Dangchang County in embarrassment;

King Li Xiaogong of Zhao Jun had [-] elites, and only [-] were left to return to Chang'an!
Li Shuliang, king of Changping County, died in battle!
Fufeng, Dazhenguan, and Sanguan were lost, and the west gate of Guanzhong was opened directly. The [-] cavalry of the West Route Army of the Sui Dynasty and the Sui Army of the East Route joined forces under the city of Chang'an, and more Sui troops came from the west to crush the city.

Li Tang's government fell into extreme anxiety and panic, and Li Tang's officials were in danger, and few people had the mind to deal with official duties.Some people take long vacations indefinitely. Even those who go to court gather together to discuss the current predicament. Everyone is worried about their own future and destiny.

The city of Chang'an was full of wind and rain, the wind was raging, and people were panicking. The price of food rose wildly, and the price of rice was as high as [-] yuan, and it was still rising.Despite this, there are long queues of rice buyers standing in front of the rice shops of large and small grain stores in Chang'an East City and West City day and night.Everyone in the city knows that a siege war is about to break out, and at this time food is above all else, and food is life.

In Chang'an Ganlu Hall, a voice of anger mixed with fear sounded.

"The order will be passed down, and an army of 15 will be summoned immediately. I will fight Yang Tong. Either he will die or I will die."

I saw Li Yuan holding the sword and rushing out of grief, Li Jiancheng, Li Xiaogong and others were pulling it anxiously.

"Your Majesty, calm down." Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and others on the side urged anxiously.

"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are approaching the city, how can I be calm? I and Yang Tong are inseparable." Li Yuan roared.

"Your Majesty is right! Not only did you send 15 troops..." Liu Wenjing walked in from the outside with a serious face.

"Zhaoren?" Li Yuan was taken aback.

"Liu Xiangguo, what are you talking about? Our army is all ordinary people who were forced to join the army. How can we be the opponent of the Sui army? 15 may seem like a lot, but only [-] Sui troops are needed, and they can be defeated with one charge." Li Xiaogong was anxious up.

"The lord humiliated the minister to death, and the Holy Majesty was repeatedly insulted by that Yang Tong. Dong underestimates me, Tang Dynasty, let alone be afraid of fighting because Yang Tong's soldiers are approaching the city."

Liu Wenjing ignored the anxiety of Li Xiaogong and the others, and continued to speak viciously: "No matter how powerful Yang Tong is, he is only a child in his twenties. Why should the Holy One be afraid? You can fight him, and the Holy Majesty will cut him in front of the battle." , won’t everything be solved?”

"Fight against Yang Tong?" Li Yuan's pupils shrank.

The others were also shocked, with incredible and unbelievable expressions on their faces.

It is true that Yang Tong is the king of Qin, the de facto emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and the highest military commander of the Sui Dynasty; but Yang Tong is brave and good at fighting, and often takes the head of a general among thousands of troops, which can be called a fierce general The characters in the movie, let the emperor and Yang Tong fight?Isn't it courting death?
According to Liu Wenjing's idea, Yang Tong only needs to call out all the princes in the world for a one-on-one round, and he will be the master of the world. Why is it so troublesome?
After a while of silence, Li Jiancheng smiled wryly and said, "Liu Xiangguo, what are you doing?"

Looking at Li Yuan who was gradually calming down, Liu Wenjing sighed: "Your Majesty, what I said is the truth, if you want to fight, I will follow you to the death! As long as the Holy Majesty orders to go out, the war will break out in an instant, and it will end in an instant. The winner is king and the loser is Kou, how easy and simple is this?"

"What can I do? What can we do now?" Li Yuan sighed

"Leave Chang'an immediately before the Sui army is encircled! Then contact the princes and make a comeback." Liu Wenjing said solemnly.

"This!" Li Yuan gradually calmed down, with a strong expression of unwillingness on his face.

"Father, my son agrees with Liu Xiangguo. In fact, as early as when the Sui Dynasty took away Yongbei, Chen Xiangguo had already said that Chang'an was no longer suitable to be the capital of the country." Li Jiancheng understood his father's thoughts very well. In fact, I have long wanted to move the capital, but at least [-]% of the officials in the Li and Tang Dynasty were from Guanlong, so they dared not implement it.Otherwise, they would not agree to allow Li Yuanji to operate in the south.

More importantly, right now is the best time to move the capital. If the city of Chang'an is destroyed, the nobles of Guanlong will all die, so they dare not object to moving the capital.Not to mention that Li Yuan abandoned them, because it was forced by the situation and Li Yuan had to move the capital.In this way, the voices of internal opposition will naturally disappear, and even if there are, there are very few who can't cause trouble. If these people don't want to leave, they can stay and see how Yang Tong deals with them.

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and Pei Ji expressed their support without hesitation!The Guanlong area is the territory of the Guanlong nobles, they are restricted everywhere, and they wish to leave early. Now that they have such a good reason, they will naturally not object.

"Dugu Xiangguo, Dou Xiangguo, what do you think?" Li Yuan looked at the two leaders of the Guanlong nobles.

Dugu took a breath slowly. Although the situation was uncontrollable, Li Yuan's urgency still hurt him deeply.

Even though he was full of hatred, he could only keep it in his heart.Because the Dugu family is powerful, but compared with Li Yuan, the prodigal emperor, it is still relatively insignificant. It only takes an instant to destroy their Dugu family. , Sit down and taste your courage."

"The minister also agrees!" Dou Wei also said.

But it seems that they can no longer decide whether to move the capital or not.

"Report to Your Majesty! The Nine Gates of Chang'an are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Sui troops." At this time, a guard hurriedly came to start the performance.

(End of this chapter)