"Above the temple, the rotten wood is the official, among the halls, the animals eat the food; the wolf-hearted dog, the roaming master, the slaves, the slaves and the knees, have governed."
—I am the dividing line —
Of course, as the new monarch of the Tang Dynasty and the last lord of the last generation, Li Jie’s journey to persuade surrender, after the successive opening of the city in Shunzheng, Changju, Hechi, Liangdang, Liangquan, Huanghua, etc., he was ultimately from the city. The Xichuan Jidu on his head made Gao Renhou, and he personally shot an arrow at Tomaga, and it ended under the wall of Dasanguan.
However, at this time, the Taiping Army’s soldiers were separated from the boundary of Chencang County, which was part of Guannei Road, and there were only a few dozen miles of barriers formed by a large scattered pass. However, Li Jie, the last lord who was helped down from the front of the battle, was covered in cold sweat despite his hoarse voice, physical fatigue and fright, and humbled his face towards Ge Congzhou who was watching the battle:
"The common people are incompetent and can't make the old subordinates in the Guan repent, so please forgive the army..."
"It's enough to be able to do this step. You are frightened, so you should go down and take a good rest. There will be more use in the future..."
Ge Congzhou didn't have any extra color and said in a low voice:
"Thank you General... Thank you for your understanding..."
Li Jie, the last lord with a bleak face and gray sideburns, was also the only one who kept retreating and nodding thanks; it was not until he left the other's line of sight that he came to a camp under the guard and escort of the left and right sergeants.
Then he fetched the kettle set on the case, and poured a few large mouthfuls of tea soup with no dignity and manners, which overflowed better from the beard and the corners of his mouth; only then did he slowly relax his body and lean against the rope. Tone.
Thinking back to the experiences of these days, every day that Gou has survived now is something that makes him feel precious and fortunate. After all, compared to his elder brother (Tang Xizong) who is critically ill and does not know whether he will die in the next moment, he is undoubtedly more useful to these Taiping troops.
And these few useful things are the biggest reliance on which he can survive for a while and even continue to survive. Therefore, he couldn't help but not being cautious and trying his best to meet all the requirements of those people, and he worked hard to show his last point of role and value as the last emperor of the old dynasty.
At least compared to the one who has been in the lies and illusions made by others until the last moment, he can't extricate himself from the illusion that he wants to revitalize. As a rich and idle man, he has already seen through the mansion a step earlier. Under the situation of inclination, the essence and root cause have been accumulated.
Especially in the short period of more than a month when Yang Shouliang, Zhou Bao and others were promoted to the government of Jianguo through a coup d'etat, he immediately understood how desperate he was as the emperor. .
Almost all people have their own thoughts and calculations, but they just want to use the emperor's authority and righteousness to profit for their own desires. And the few loyal ministers and good generals who are still worthy of use, are they dead, fleeing or fleeing, or are they mingled with the "protective heroes" under the clear protection.
Therefore, when the emperor's brother came to the city with Qinwang soldiers and horses, he did not hesitate to bring civil and military officials out and kneel down. Because he had no more choices, either he was beheaded by the defenders against the water and was given the title, or he was beheaded by the officers who attacked the city.
In contrast, the extremely humble behavior of going to the emperor's brother to beg for death instead caused him to take his life back. But Gou's survival was also costly, just because the emperor believed that letting him live might be a better punishment than just dying.
During that period of time, he could only bear everything with fear but not resentment, conforming to the wishes of the emperor brother, and let himself become more and more thin and unbearable, and even made some unconsciousness. Disgusting behavior, so that the emperor's brother can feel at ease through the guards.
However, the greatest torture and punishment from the superiors is undoubtedly to give a hope to take it away without hesitation, and step on it countless times in the mud of the abyss. Until the last moment before the collapse of the homeland, the emperor still played him in some malicious hands.
The verbal claim in the temporary summons that the so-called decree to entrust his affairs did not exist at all; and the truth revealed afterwards proved that in the hands of the guards who supervised him, there was only one to be executed when the emperor died. He thought it was just a code for burial.
Obviously, even if the emperor's brother died, he wouldn't be willing to hand over the dilapidated family and country responsibility into his hands, but used his life to make a big joke with him. Therefore, when the new Guilin Shenhe, who was temporarily acting as an accountant, found his detention place, he really realized it.
Today, the emperor’s brother is surrounded by almost all those who change the soup without changing the medicine; among them, the very few insightful people who really have the country in their minds do not want to change or are afraid of change; they are even unable to make more changes, and Trying to find a way out.
As a result, the only upstart who can make a difference and bring changes to his behavior; he is actually a spy sent by the thief army; this is really absurd. Therefore, he finally agreed to the more bizarre request of the other party without hesitation.
At least for his situation, he may be able to live for a few more years to succeed the emperor and become the king of the subjugated kingdom; but to continue to be loyal to the Tang Guozuo to the end, it is necessary to accompany the emperor's brother at any time May be killed.
Even if it is impossible to escape death in the future, as a martyrdom who is insignificant in the history of the country when the country is destroyed; and as a change of dynasty, he submits to the new dynasty in accordance with the fate of the new dynasty and stays in the history, even if it is to leave behind infamy. The prince; it is also a completely different weight and result.
As long as he can survive, he has nothing to lose; he is also mentally prepared for this. For example, like the Turkic Khan, Goguryeo King Mo, and other tribe chiefs who had been put down and captured by Emperor Taizong in the early years of the Kingdom, they wore Tsing Yi caps to serve wine and dance in the court;
Or imitating the old example of Emperor Gong Yang Yu in the late Sui Dynasty, renunciation and great ancestor Li Yuan; or Liu Chan's allusion of "pleasure not thinking about Shu", which became the new dynasty's preferential treatment to the survivors of the old dynasty, and a temporary model of benevolence and virtue; also A good way out.
If we can follow the story of Yang Xingji, the father of the former dynasty, and the family story of Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty, who died early in his youth, Yang You can continue the Li family's blood, and even be analogous to one of the two great families of state guests favored by Li and Tang in handbags in the past; It is the ultimate goal he can expect and count on right now.
Driven by this "small goal", he can also accept all the things and offerings from the "peace thief" with peace of mind, and work hard to meet all the requirements, thinking that redeeming this troubled time as soon as possible is also for the homeland. Li Tang's various "atonement and retribution".
However, within the Dasanguan, there was a sad atmosphere of sad clouds and cold rain on the south side. Although Gao Renhou personally used an unexpectedly brilliant shooting technique to hit Huang Luojiao and interrupted the emperor's personal persuasion to surrender; however, the subsequent negative effects inevitably spread in Guancheng.
Therefore, Gao Renhou, who is the Jiedu ambassador of Nishikawa, even couldn't sleep at night, and only dared to sleep for two or three hours a day; he spent most of his time on supervising and encouraging these soldiers. Because he was worried that once he slept deeply, whether those family members and soldiers who were all in Xichuan would open the door in the next moment.
Therefore, he is even more looking forward to being able to hold on for the past few days. After the reinforcements who get in touch with the pass arrive, he can withdraw the last bit of the essence of these Xichuan military horses and retreat. In this way, even if some of them start thinking of surrendering to the enemy, there will be nowhere to go.
In response, in the next few days, a large number of heavy equipment was collected and transferred along the way, and along the upper reaches of the Jialing River, it turned into the old water crossing the Sanguan Road, all the way with a smaller flat tug, and finally reached the valley. Under the Sanguan city at the crossing; it has become a preset position in preparation for siege.
At the same time, there was another partial division who rode a large number of mules and horses and set off from Shunzheng, the state city of Xingzhou (now Lueyang, Shaanxi), relying on the logistics and heavy carrying capacity provided by the Western Han water flowing through the northwest. , And then entered Qishan Road and headed towards Tianshui, which belongs to Hexi Road.
—I am the dividing line —
And in the territory of Ruzhou, Henan Road, which is separated from the Shannan East Road by Luyang Pass. The Henan troops led by Zhang Juyan also repelled again. I don’t know how many times they came and were mixed in with the wave of refugees; the place that wanted to attack the relief supplies of the Taiping Army’s shelter was armed. (End of this chapter)