Li Xiaogong urged him to come forward, hold his fists and bow lightly, "Why did Your Highness the King of Chu say this? We are all serving the emperor and doing our business!"

"Pooh!"

Li Yuanji spitted into the ground in anger and cursed: "Get out of your business, I think you are a bullshit. I will hand over the person immediately if you know the truth. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning against you for being ruthless!"

When did Li Xiaogong hear such a dirty insult? He was furious and blushed in his heart. He glared at Li Yuanji and said, "You are a dignified prince, but you are as uneducated as a rascal. If you have the will, please tell the emperor this sentence."

"Stop talking nonsense, hand over the people to me, we will go our own way, otherwise I will not let you take them away if I kill them tonight."

Li Yuanji drew out the sword, and hundreds of his subordinates drew their swords together, and murderous aura suddenly spread. The general behind Li Xiaogong was furious. He raised his hand and thousands of troops raised their crossbows together and pointed them at Li Yuanji and his subordinates.

Li Xiaogong waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to put down the crossbow. He calmly said to Li Yuanji: "I must take these people away today. If you want, then go and invite the emperor's gold medal. When the gold medal arrives, I will naturally return the person to you. If you want to force it, you will only humiliate yourself. If you don't believe it, try it!"

Li Xiaogong urged the horse, "Let's go!"

The three thousand soldiers guarded the carriage slowly passed by Li Yuanji. Shi Huaiyi took a sword on the horse and looked at Li Yuanji coldly, with a fierce murderous intent. All Xuanwu Jingwei looked at Li Yuanji and waited for his orders, but Li Yuanji's face turned pale and red, but he never ordered to take action. Finally, the army guarded gradually and left.

Li Yuanji narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Xiaogong's back. With a "bang!", the sword in his hand was broken into two pieces by him.

"Li Xiaogong, if I, Li Yuanji, don't kill you, I will not be a human being!"

On the vast Guanzhong Plain, an army of more than 20,000 people was advancing along the official road towards Chang'an. This was the private army of the ten Guanlong nobles. Although not all families were willing to send troops, most families responded without hesitation to the call of Dugu without hesitation and forced the emperor to change their positions when the emperor went back on his word and threatened the fundamental interests of their family.

This is also a very elite army, well-equipped. Except for the lack of war horses, the other equipment is exactly the same as the previous Xiaoguo Army. The swords and spears made of steel, the extremely strong bright light armor, the eagle helmets that can withstand crossbow arrows, and the generous treatment and well-trained make everyone willing to die for their masters.

All of this is incomparable to the Tang army. It is precisely because of this that Li Yuan was extremely afraid of this army and was extremely jealous. If the Yu Yun case had not happened and Wei Yunqi had not been sent to the Tang Dynasty, then Li Yuan could continue to endure the existence of this army and continue to fulfill his promise to not move this army.

However, as the Tang Dynasty gradually weakened and the Northern Sui Dynasty gradually became stronger, the Guanlong nobles began to have strange intentions. The Dugu family used Gaonu turtle oil to support Zhang Xuan, and Yu Yun even secretly supported the Chang'an Intelligence Agency. Li Yuan began to be alert, but at that time he tried his best to endure and seek stability in the court.

Until the Great Zhou Empire was established, six major families visited Wei Yunqi publicly, and finally crossed Li Yuan's bottom line. He decided to eradicate their army and solve one of his own major troubles before the Guanlong nobles betrayed him.

The 23,000 army marched high on the official road with the banner of "clearing the monarch, regulating the treacherous kings", and marching on the official road. They called themselves the Guanlong coalition forces, with Dugu Huaide as the main general.

Dugu Huaide is the direct descendant of the Dugu family. He was about forty years old and had a strong figure. He was also a general of the Sui army, and fled back to Longxi during the first Goguryeo Battle. From then on, he stayed in the manor to train the Dugu family's own army.

Behind Dugu Huaide were more than a dozen generals, all of whom were sent by various families to command their own troops. Since the heads of each family were still in the hands of the court and there were still many clan members in Chang'an City, the families were quite afraid and did not dare to do too much, and did not directly surrender to the Zhou army to attack Longyou.

They still considered forcing Li Yuan to release the head of the family by forcing the palace, and at the same time promised not to attack the private armies of each family. This was a consensus reached by each family. They agreed that it was not yet at the point of rebellion, and they just needed to give Li Yuan a little color.

"General!"

The side general Zhao Ji urged the horse to come up and said with a fist: "There are dozens of fellow villagers in front of him blocking the road, shouting that they have something to say to the general."

Dugu Huaide frowned, "What do they want to say?"

"I don't know that they must see the Lord's general before they can speak."

Dugu Huaide cursed in his heart, and had to urge the horse to run forward. He saw a group of white-haired old men standing on the road ahead, all of whom were well-dressed, and they could be seen as being famous local people.

Dugu Huaide turned over and got off the horse, walked up quickly, and asked from a distance: "What's wrong with all the villagers?"

A soldier hurriedly pointed at Dugu Huaide, "That is our head coach General Dugu."

Dozens of old men hurriedly came up and surrounded Dugu Huaide, saying, "There have been peace in Guanzhong for several years, will the general make it suffer again?"

"People might as well kill us and let the villagers go!"

"Does Dugu intend to overthrow Emperor Tang and become the emperor?"

Dugu Huaide was dizzy when they were quarreled by their words. He was angry and shouted: "Shut up!"

Dozens of old men looked at him silently and in astonishment. Dugu Huaide realized that he could not turn against them yet, so he had to suppress his anger and bowed: "Dear fathers, please listen to Dugu's words. We do not want to start a massacre in Guanzhong, nor do we want to replace Emperor Tang. It is just because today's son favors the traitor king, frames loyal and good people, and kills innocent people indiscriminately, which leads to the change of people's minds and the country is in danger. We do not want the Tang Dynasty, which was built with great effort, to be destroyed by the emperor in the cradle. So we want to advise the emperor, with the purpose of making the Tang Dynasty on the right path. Do you understand?"

Dozens of old men looked at each other, and one of the most elderly men said, "It turns out that the general has great ambitions and has disrespect. But so many troops holding swords and guns will inevitably lead to conflicts. What should we do then?"

Dugu Huaide said impatiently: "My army has been completely violated, what else do you want?"

"I just want the general to give us a written guarantee that even if the war breaks out, we should not destroy crops, break into private houses, rob food, and not kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Dugu Huaide was forced by a group of old men and had no face, but he turned his back and killed the group of old men, but he couldn't do anything, which made him really embarrassed.

At this time, the oldest old man said again: "The Guanlong family is based on the people of Guanlong. Without the support of the Guanzhong people, how can we talk about the aristocratic family? Our requirements are not too much, why can't the general do it?"

"Okay! I promised it, but not in writing, and can only make verbal promises."

Dugu Huaide separated everyone, turned over and said to a group of old men: "I can promise you that even if the war breaks out, I will restrain military discipline and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. That's all, take care of everyone."

After saying that, he whipped the war horse hard and left. The old men looked at each other and looked at the oldest man together, "Wen Jia, what does he mean?"

The old man looked worried and said slowly: "What he meant is that he would steal our food and our houses. At most, he would guarantee not to kill people, but he did not guarantee that the soldiers would not ruin the women. It might be difficult to protect the families with women."

"What should we do?" Everyone was shocked.

"In my opinion, everyone should try to hide the food as much as possible and hide the valuable things. It is best for young women to send them away. The war is in a row. Even these generals said nothing is worse than the farts. If we don't save ourselves, who else can we expect to save us?"

"Mr. Jia said it well. Let's go back and pack up the food, money and goods!"
Chapter completed!