"Above the temple, rotten wood is the official, and among the palace, animals eat and pay; those who are wolves and dogs are in power, and those who are servile and servants are in power."

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Chapter 93" Jiang Boyue surrendered to Kongming Wuxiang Hou scolded Wang Lang to death

——I am the dividing line—

Of course, Li Jie, the new king of the Tang Dynasty and the last generation of the last king, made a journey of persuading surrender. After passing the successive opening of the city in Shunzheng, Changju, Hechi, Liangdang, Liangquan, Huanghua and other places, it was eventually shot at the cover of Gao Renhou, the governor of Xichuan from the top of the city, and ended under the wall of Dasan Pass.

However, at this time, the Taiping Army's troops were only ten miles away from the boundary of Chencang County, which belonged to the inner road of the Guan Nei Road. However, Li Jie, the last master who was helped down from the chariot in front of the formation, ignored the hoarse voice, was so tired and frightened that he was sweating all over his body, and looked humbly at Ge Congzhou who was watching the formation:

"The common people are incompetent and cannot make the old people in the pass repentance. Please forgive me if you want to forgive me."

"It's enough to be able to do this. You're scared. You'd better go down and have some rest. There's still something useful in the future."

Ge Congzhou said in a faint voice without any extra color:

"Thank you, General... Thank you for your understanding."

The last master Li Jie, who had a bleak face and gray temples, also kept retreating and nodding to thank him. It was not until he left the other party's sight that he was extremely respectful and escorted the soldiers on both sides and left to the same camp.

Then he took the kettle set up on the case, and poured several large mouthfuls of tea without any decentness and demeanor, which overflowed better from his beard and the corners of his mouth. Then he slowly relaxed his body and leaned against the rope bed and let out a long breath.

Looking back on his experiences these days, every day he survived now is something that made him feel extremely precious and grateful. After all, compared to his brother (Zong Xizong of Tang), who was seriously ill and ill, and did not know whether he would die in the next moment, he was undoubtedly more useful to these Taiping Army.

And these few uses are the greatest reliances for him to survive for a while and even continue to survive. Therefore, he was not careful but tried his best to cooperate with all the requirements of those people, and worked hard to show his last role and value as the last emperor of the old dynasty.

At least compared to the emperor's brother who was still in the lies and illusions that others had been woven until the last moment, and he was still thinking about the delusions that he wanted to revive and rejuvenate. As a wealthy and idle man, he had seen through the essence and roots of the building that was about to collapse earlier.

Especially in the short period of more than a month when Yang Shouliang, Zhou Bao and others pushed the country into power through coups, he immediately understood how desperate the emperor was facing.

Almost all people have their own thoughts and plans, just wanting to make profits for their own selfish desires through the authority and reputation of the emperor. However, the few loyal ministers and generals who are still useful will die or escape, and they will become tainted with those "protected meritorious officials" under the protection of their own.

Therefore, when the emperor's brother came to the city with his troops and soldiers, he also led his civil and military officials to surrender without hesitation and kneeled down and asked for a letter to him. Because he had no more choice, he would either beheaded by the rebel defenders and beheaded by the officials who were attacked into the city to make a contribution.

In contrast, the extremely humble act of seeking death in front of the emperor's brother made him save his life. But living is also a costly simply because the emperor believes that letting him live may be a better punishment method than just dying directly.

During that period, he could only bear everything with fear and not resentment, and adapt to the will of the emperor, making himself increasingly thin and poor, and even made some disgusting behaviors in a daze, so that the emperor's brother could feel at ease with the guards.

However, the greatest torture and punishment from the superiors was undoubtedly to give him hope to take it away without hesitation, and then step on it countless times in the mud of the abyss. Until the last moment before the family and country were destroyed, the emperor still played with him in some malicious palms.

The so-called edict entrusted to his death in the temporary summons did not exist at all; and the truth revealed later proved that in the hands of the guards who supervised him, there was only a note that he thought he was buried alive until the emperor passed away.

Obviously, even if the emperor's brother died, he would not give the responsibilities of his family and country to him, but instead used his life to make a big joke with him. Therefore, when the upstart Lin Shenhe, who was temporarily in charge, found his custody place, he really realized it.

Nowadays, there are almost all those who change the soup and not the medicine around the emperor; among them, the few people who are truly knowledgeable in the country do not want to change or are afraid of change; they are even unable to make more changes, and they try every means to find a way out.

As a result, the only upstart who can make a difference and bring changes to the industry was actually a spy sent by the thief army; this was really absurd. So, he finally agreed to the other party's even more bizarre request without hesitation.

At least for his situation, he might be able to live a few more years with the other party by replacing the emperor's brother as the king of the devastated country; but he would continue to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty to the end, but he would have to accompany his life for a moment and die at any time.

Even if one cannot escape death in the future, as a sect king who is insignificant in history books when the country is destroyed, and as a king who is a sacrificial sect who is insignificant in history books, he is a completely different weight and result when he is a king who follows the destiny of heaven and joins the new dynasty and leaves a name in history, even if he is a stigma behind him.

As long as he could survive, he had nothing to lose; he also made corresponding psychological preparations for this. For example, like the Turkish Khans, King Goguryeo and other barbarian chiefs, they wore green robes and served wine in the courtyard, dancing to serve them;

Some were like the old examples of Emperor Gong Yang You at the end of the Sui Dynasty and abdicating to Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan; some were also likes the allusion of "happiness but not thinking about Shu" by Liu Chan, the late lord of Shu Han, which became a model of benevolence and virtue for the new dynasty to prefer the remnants of the old dynasty and to survive and perish; it was also a good way out.

If he could follow the story of Yang Xingji, the Duke of the previous dynasty, the family story of Emperor Gong of Sui, who died young, was able to continue the Li family's bloodline, and even compare it with one of the two major nationality tribes that Li Tang preferentially treated with handbags in the past; it was the ultimate goal that he could expect and count on now.

Driven by this "small goal", he could also accept all things and offerings from the "peaceful thief" with peace of mind, and strive to cooperate with all the requirements, thinking that rescuing this troubled time as soon as possible can be regarded as a "atonement and repaid" for the homeland Li Tang.

However, within the Dasan Pass, there was a sad atmosphere of bleak clouds and cold wind in the south. Although Gao Renhou used his unexpected shooting technique to hit Huang Luo's cover and interrupted the emperor's personal advice to surrender; the subsequent negative impacts inevitably spread in the pass.

Therefore, Gao Renhou, as the governor of Xichuan, could not sleep at night and only dared to sleep for two or three hours a day; and spent most of his time supervising and encouraging these soldiers. Because he was worried that once he slept deeper, those soldiers whose family and hometown were in Xichuan would open the door and surrender the next moment.

Therefore, what he is more looking forward to is able to persevere in these few days. After the reinforcements who have obtained contact within the pass arrive, he can take the last bit of the essence of these Xichuan horses and retreat. In this way, even if someone wants to surrender to the enemy, he will have nowhere to go.

The corresponding one was that in the following few days, a large number of supplies and equipment were collected and drawn along the way, and they also turned along the upper reaches of the Jialing River to enter the old road water that ran across the Sanguan Road. They towed boats all the way with smaller flatbeds and finally arrived at the Sanguan City at the entrance of the Gudao; and they became a preset position in preparation for siege.

At the same time, another side teacher who rode a large number of mules and horses to travel, set out from the city of Shunzheng (now Lueyang, Shaanxi) in Xingzhou. Relying on the logistics carrying capacity provided by the Western Han River flowing northwest, he entered the Qishan Road and headed towards the Tianshui affiliated with Hexi Road.

——I am the dividing line—
Chapter completed!