Chapter 840 Emperor Liang enters the Pass

Chapter 840 Emperor Liang enters the Pass

Ever since Jiangling City was captured, Liang Emperor Xiao Yi had been neglected. The civil and military officials in Jiangling City were all vying to please the conquerors of the Western Wei Dynasty, and few of them would loyally accompany him as a has-been emperor.

As for Li Tai's post-war management and order restoration of Jiangling, he did not need Xiao Yi's help at all. The management of Jiangling was even more organized than during Xiao Yi's period, so of course he did not need to pay much attention to it. Courtesy and preferential treatment.

But when he came to Guanzhong, he once again felt the enthusiasm of the people. When Li Mu's troops, who were responsible for escorting the monarchs and ministers of the Liang Kingdom, arrived near Chang'an, the entire Bashang Plain was filled with soldiers and civilians who came to see the excitement after hearing the news.

"The emperor of the Xiao family, do you know the power of General Li? Do you know the power of my son Lang of Guanxi?"

When the carriage Xiao Yi was riding appeared in the crowd's view, the people's excited roars suddenly sounded in the wilderness.

Since the separation of the East and West, their Guanxi regime has experienced being blocked and attacked. The last time a leader from another country came to Guanzhong, it was Liang Wang Xiao Qi who came to pay homage. Now even the emperor of Nan Liang has been captured and sent away. Coming to Chang'an has greatly satisfied the regional pride of the Kansai elders. I never expected to see their Kansai power become more powerful in the world competition in my lifetime!

Compared with the excitement and enthusiasm of the elders in Guanzhong, Xiao Yi and other Nanliang monarchs and ministers looked gloomy and depressed. Especially when the cold wind, which was far more severe than Jiangling, blew on their bodies, they were all shivering from the cold. miserable.

Although Emperor Liang had been captured, the Western Wei Dynasty still gave him a high welcome standard. Taifu Li Bi led various civil and military officials to wait outside the city to welcome him. As soon as Emperor Liang's chariot arrived in front of the city, he was quickly defended by the soldiers of the Forbidden Army. However, the next action was a bit rough. They pulled Emperor Liang out of the car almost like dragging him, and pushed Li Bi and others. In front of him, he ordered Emperor Liang to pay tribute.

When the other Liang officials saw their emperor's embarrassment and fear as he repeatedly saluted the arrogant Western Wei Dynasty officials under the scoldings of the soldiers, they couldn't help but feel deeply moved and shed tears for a while.

Although General Li did not give them too much preferential treatment after conquering Jiangling, he still maintained basic etiquette. Now that he came to Guanzhong and was treated rudely, they really felt what it meant to be a slave to a subjugated country!

Compared with the rough treatment suffered by the monarchs and ministers of Nanliang, Li Mu, a general who made great achievements and triumphed, did not receive much courtesy. After the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army received the Nanliang monarch and his subjects, he and his sergeants were ordered to temporarily station themselves in the southern military camp.

When his party arrived at this slightly crude camp, before Li Mu had time to arrange camp affairs, a group of people came on horseback from outside the camp. The leaders were his nephew Li Zhi and the Chinese and foreign general Yi. Lou Mu.

Li Zhi rode his horse directly into the camp gate and came not far away from Li Mu. He looked at Li Mu who was still wearing his military uniform and said in a deep voice: "Please take off your sword and armour, Duke Wu An!"

Li Mu had a group of personal soldiers around him. When they saw that his own children came to greet them, they all had smiles on their faces. However, they did not expect that Li Zhi's attitude was so unkind, so they all suppressed their smiles. Holding a saber in hand, he defended Li Mu.

"Does Mr. Wu An want to disobey orders?"

Yiloumu came from behind. After seeing this posture, he looked at Li Zhi again and asked: "Excuse me, Li Siru, if you need a final general..."

"No need!"

Li Zhi raised his hand and waved, then turned over and dismounted. He took two steps forward and glared at the guards in front of Li Mu and scolded: "Get back! How dare you, the slaves, disobey your master and get in?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to push aside the soldiers in front of him, walked directly in front of Li Mu, and started to untie Li Mu's saber. At the same time, he growled in his mouth: "If I hadn't taken the initiative to ask for orders to come here, I'm afraid I would have to do it more." You were humiliated! Uncle, you behaved arbitrarily outside, but you don’t know how much Aye and I have to do to make amends at home!”

"I have returned home with great success, what mistakes do you need to make up for, young disciple?"

After hearing this, Li Mu snorted coldly, but did not continue to resist. He allowed Li Zhi to remove his saber. Then he pointed to the soldiers who followed him back to the capital and said to Li Zhi in a deep voice: "I will enter the house myself." Pay homage to the Lord and let him receive your rewards and punishments. The soldiers here are all doing what they are told, and there is no fault. If you are harshly criticized and lead to a mutiny, there will be tens of thousands of victorious troops outside the pass who will not want to return. You will be guilty!"

The sergeants entering the camp were curiously looking at the carriages filled with luggage in the camp. After hearing Li Mu's words, they were all shocked and hurriedly averted their curious and envious gazes.

Emperor Liang and his entourage were temporarily led to a separate garden to be resettled, waiting for the day when they could present prisoners to the court. The envoys from the Chinese and Foreign Governments who returned with this team were immediately received by Grand Master Yuwen, who gave detailed information on the current situation in Jiangling. How's it going.

Lu Tong remained in Jiangling to take charge of the follow-up negotiations, and sent several other envoys back to the court to report, including the imperial censor Lieutenant Li Chang who was tortured in the Jiangling camp.

The officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou Army would not take this Lieutenant Yushi seriously, and the cane fell firmly on Li Chang. Because he was busy returning to Guanzhong and traveled day and night, he could not get effective treatment and recuperation, and his injuries inevitably became more serious. , was directly carried into the ban to perform.

"It's hard to control a powerful vassal. It's really hard work for Lieutenant Li!"

When Yu Wentai saw Li Chang being carried into the hall, he also had a look of love and heartache. He went in personally to check on Li Chang's injury, put his hand on his back and sighed deeply.

After hearing this, Li Chang's expression became a little excited, and his tone became choked: "What's the use of a minister? Only this mission failed to tame the strong men and failed to live up to the favor of the Lord. It's really a shame." Ashamed to return to worship..."

"I know in my heart your loyalty and diligence. Morality is mine, but if the disciples are to do their best, why should things be so difficult!"

Yu Wentai patted Li Chang twice to comfort him, and then asked in a deep voice: "What is the specific situation in the southeast? I'll tell you in detail soon!"

After hearing the words, everyone who returned to the court presented Lu Tong's memorial while each recounted what they had seen during the trip and the information they summarized from different angles.

Yu Wentai listened carefully to everyone's report, and then opened Lu Tong's report and read it carefully. When he saw that Li Boshan was willing to return the tens of thousands of troops, the wrinkles between his eyebrows relaxed slightly, and he spoke He murmured: "This disciple has such a conscience, and has not yet been arrogant and forgotten his roots. Could it be that the former picture was really lost in haste?"

Since the Battle of Mangshan, Yuwentai has been working hard on two things, one is the construction of the army, and the other is the reform of the political system, and the former is the foundation of the latter. In other words, everything Yu Wentai has worked hard over the years is based on Fu Bing. Whether these 60,000 soldiers can return to Guanzhong is also the issue that Yuwentai is most worried about.

At this time, when he saw that Li Tai did not show too strong an attitude on this issue, Yu Wentai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and soon he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Just looking at Li Tai's current attitude towards people and things, in fact, many things between them can be discussed calmly. At least before this dispute occurred, the conflicts were far from being irreconcilable.

Especially since the untimely death of Director Yu Wen, Yu Wentai often thought in his heart, was it really necessary to be like this at that time, and there was no room for relaxation at all?

Such emotions are not helpful, and will make people's thoughts become more disordered. In the past, Yuwentai would never have indulged in this. Even after such a tragic blow in the Battle of Mangshan last year, the first time he recovered was Actively solve problems.

However, this incident made him feel that he was completely trapped in an involuntary passivity. Even if he reviewed the situation afterwards, he could not find any breakthrough that could directly reverse the disadvantageous situation. Only after knowing Li Tai's attitude after the incident, he found out, that is, don't do this from the beginning!

With his thoughts flowing to this point, Yuwentai sighed again and shook his head to eliminate the messy thoughts in his mind. At this time, another visitor came to report that Duke Wu'an, Li Mu, was outside the hall asking for an audience.

After hearing this, Yu Wentai's eyes flashed again, and he waved his hand to signal Li Chang and other envoys to leave first, and ordered Li Mu to be introduced into the hall.

Not long after, Li Mu came to the hall with his hair disheveled and barefoot, and Li Yuan, who only wore a plain robe, came with him. After the two brothers entered the hall, they bowed to the ground together.

Bang!

Yu Wentai punched the case, glared at Li Mu with lowered eyes and yelled: "You were not like this in Wuning City that day. When you come back to see me today, you can't even say a word to me!"

After hearing the words, Li Mu just paused again, while Li Yuan next to him kowtowed: "You are an ugly man who sinned against your husband, and you will die if you die. How dare you quibble! I can only enjoy a deep kindness, which cannot be redeemed by death. I ask some of my sons to die on my behalf, leaving them alone." This criminal will be punished with the rod every day to punish his previous sins and to serve as a warning to future generations!"

"Shut up and let him talk!"

Yu Wentai slapped the table again and yelled angrily, staring at Li Muhe with his eyes and asking: "Wu Ning betrayed me that day, did he ever think about how he would deal with me when he came back? There are people who betray me in the world, but no one has suffered such heart-piercing pain!"

When Li Mu heard this rebuke, he burst into tears and kowtowed repeatedly: "I am guilty and I deserve to die! The situation was already lost at that time. Even if Zidu sacrificed all his disciples' lives, Duke Zhongshan would probably be unable to defeat Duke Taiyuan. Fighting to the death is not as good as dying for the country! So I led the people southward and prayed to die in Jiangling. Although Jiangling was destroyed, my dream was not fulfilled..."

Yu Wentai came down from the hall, raised his leg and kicked Li Mu to the ground, then grabbed the skirt of his clothes and lifted him up, still saying angrily: "With this trade-off, it is not a mistake, why don't you dare to play directly?" ! Zhongshan Gong Tao is not good at it, so it is your duty to send you to assist him and make decisions when the situation arises. If the ugly people in Jiangling cannot kill my beloved general, how can I bear to harm him!"