At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 863 Entering Chang'an
Autumn is getting stronger and stronger. The tall sycamore tree in Chengqing Hall has lost all its leaves. The bleak autumn wind passed by its bare branches, whimpering lowly, lifeless, a desolate and lonely scene.

Li Xuanba fell ill, lying weakly on the bed, coughing constantly, and spitting out bloody phlegm from time to time. Disappeared, life is like a candle in the wind, as if it may be extinguished at any time.

At this time the door was pushed open, and the medicine girl came in with a bowl of steaming soup, walked to the bed and said, "Xuanba, it's time to take the medicine."

Li Xuanba lowered his head and waved his hands weakly: "Don't come close to me, just keep the medicine anywhere, be careful that you will get infected too."

The drug girl sat down beside the bed and said, "Don't be afraid, I have applied the ointment."

"Ahem... It doesn't work if you apply the medicine, the medicine may not be effective, otherwise I wouldn't be infected, cough!" Li Xuanba coughed uncontrollably.

The drug girl was both guilty and distressed, while patting Li Xuanba's back, she said in a crying voice: "It's all my fault that I didn't learn well at the beginning, otherwise why would I end up here."

Li Xuanba shook his head and said: "I don't blame you, if I want to blame, I blame myself for being too obsessed and omniscient. Now that I am backlashed, it is my own fault."

He said with a wry smile, and continued: "I can still live if I commit evil, but I can't live if I commit evil myself. Yaonu, is this the punishment of heaven for me, Yuwen Daoxin?"

The drug girl had a sore nose, and comforted her: "No, Xuanba, you just want to restore Dazhou and get back what belongs to you. What's wrong? The heavens are too unfair, Xuanba, don't think too much, just drink the medicine , your illness will gradually get better."

"Why didn't the emperor kill this villain?" Li Shentong asked in bewilderment.

"Oh, this concubine is going to clean up." Ashina Hemin turned around in a panic and walked away.

Li Xuanba didn't panic at all, and said with a smile: "Shimin, you are finally here."

Inside the room, Li Xuanba wiped the dirty blood from his mouth with his sleeve, coughed lightly, "Shimin is leaving."

"It should be the Western Regions. This is a wise choice. Once Shimin leaves, Chang'an City will be destroyed. You should leave as soon as possible."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "That's right, pack it up quickly, take as few things as possible, only take the important ones, remember to remember!"

At this time, a man in armor with a cold face strode in. It was Li Shimin.

Tang Jian said solemnly: "It's very bad. Smallpox has spread in the city. People are dying every day in every square. There is nowhere to put the corpses. The people keep attacking the gates of various cities, demanding to let them out of the city. Even guarding the city Fifty percent of the army has also fled, and some villains took the opportunity to commit crimes, and people are panicked, completely messed up!"

The drug girl couldn't help being heartbroken when she heard the words, and burst into tears while hugging Li Xuanba. The latter raised his head, revealing a pus-covered face, and comforted him softly: "Don't cry, drug girl, you are still young, live well, believe me You will also meet a good man who is happy with each other."

After Li Xuanba finished speaking, he suddenly slapped the medicine girl's chest with his backhand, and the latter spit out a big mouthful of blood on the ground with a wow, and there was clearly a nearly transparent bug struggling and writhing in the pool of blood,
Yao Nu turned pale with fright, and tried to rush forward to pick up the same-life Gu worm on the ground, but was held tightly by Li Xuanba, unable to break free at all.

The drug girl hurriedly said: "Let's go together."

He Min's heart warmed, he nodded and gave a hum, then turned around and asked the maid to clean up.

Zhang Gongjin pointed to the west: "If you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of having no firewood. At the foot of Qilian Mountains, the grass grows and the horses are fat. Moreover, when the emperor wiped out Li Gui, he still left a garrison there. He worked hard for ten or eight years. There is no day for a comeback, and at the worst, you can separate the Western Regions and rule the roost!"

"Tang Aiqing, what's the current situation in the city?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.

Yao Nu hugged Li Xuanba and cried bitterly, her crying was sharp and sharp!
Li Shimin turned his head and glanced in the direction of Chengqing Palace, and after a moment of silence, he quickened his pace to Yong'an Palace.Empress Ashina Hemin came up to her with her infant Li Chengqian in her arms, and asked nervously, "Your Majesty, are we really going to leave Chang'an?"

"Xuan Ba!" Yao Nu cried out in grief, watching helplessly that Gu worm on the ground became stiff and finally turned into a pool of blood.

Li Shimin couldn't help but looked up to the sky and sighed: "God will not bless my Tang Dynasty, what suggestion does Zhang Qing's family have?"

Li Shimin scolded extremely angrily: "Bastard, you messed up our Tang Dynasty, and now you want to return the mess to me?"

Li Xuanba was seriously injured and was on the verge of death, but the drug girl used the same life Gu to force him to renew his life. This method was at the cost of extracting her own energy, so the health of the drug girl has plummeted over the years. The same-fate Gu mother was forced out, and Li Xuanba's vitality quickly disappeared, and he was dying in an instant.

"Shimin, I'm sorry, I used to have a heart higher than the sky, but now I realize that I'm far inferior to you, maybe...you will have a way to turn the tide." Li Xuanba apologized.

The drug girl asked blankly, "Where are you going?"

The door of the room was violently pushed open, and a group of guards with knives rushed in murderously. Although they were covered with face scarves, when they saw Li Xuanba's face covered with pus and blood stains all over the place, there was an expression in their eyes. Still showing apprehension, standing several meters away, not daring to approach.

On September [-]th, the third year of Daqi Tianbao, Li Shimin ordered to open all the gates of Chang'an City. To the upper reaches of the Wei River.

Li Xuanba coughed lightly and said, "It's time to return Jiangshan to you."

Li Xuanba said painfully: "Actually, I never really got over it, I just temporarily suppressed my stubborn illness, but in fact my body has been riddled with holes and wounds, and now I am sick like a mountain, and I can't hold it anymore, but it's okay, I This life is too tiring, it's time to let go and take a good rest."

Li Shimin stared at Li Xuanba for a full minute, and finally turned around and strode out. The guards also quietly exited and closed the room.

"Wait!" Li Shimin stepped forward to hug his son Li Chengqian, then hugged his wife lightly, and said softly: "Don't panic, I will definitely take your mother and son to evacuate safely."

Yao Nu let out a cry of surprise, her heart ached, and she cried, "Xuanba, don't scare me, you can survive congenital diseases, and you can survive this time too, you said you don't believe in fate , do not accept fate, promise me, don't give up, okay?"

Li Shimin's heart sank to the bottom, and Zhang Gongjin said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Chang'an City can't stay here any longer. If smallpox spreads further, this place will become a dead city, which will definitely endanger the Emperor. What's more...Chang'an City can't be defended anymore." Living."

Li Shimin said indifferently: "It's meaningless to kill him now, letting him suffer from smallpox to death is the best punishment for him."

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It was Li Jing who was in charge of stationing in the west of Chang'an City. He calmly ordered the army to give way and let Li Shimin lead the army to break out. County, then pursued to Longxi County, and finally to Zhangye.

Li Shimin said coldly: "Why did you cancel the Gu Art against me?"

Li Xuanba's eyes softened, and he put his arms around the drug girl and said softly: "Yao girl, with you, my life, Li Xuanba, is complete. Thank you for always being with me. However, there is no banquet in the world that lasts forever. Say goodbye."

Li Xuanba smiled wryly, "I... can't go anymore."

Li Xuanba said bitterly: "It can't be done, I know my own body, this time it really can't be done." After finishing speaking, he spit out a mouthful of dirty blood.

"Then I'll stay with you!" Goddess Yao said firmly, "Since the last time I planted the Same Fate Gu in Meishan County, you and I are destined to live and die together."

Li Shentong was right when he thought about it, and if he killed Li Xuanba, he might also be infected with smallpox, the gain outweighed the loss, let him fend for himself.

Li Shimin pondered for a while, and finally sighed helplessly: "Gao Changqing has a way to eliminate the plague, the destiny is there, for the sake of the people in the city, so what if I give up Chang'an City to him." After speaking, he strode forward.

"No, there won't be any more!" Yao Nu said with tears all over her face: "Xuanba, you are my first man and also my last man, and there will be no more, and don't forget, Xuanba, now you I am connected with fate, if you die, I will not be able to live, but this is fine, we can still be together when we get down there."

When Li Shimin destroyed Li Gui, he stationed an elite army in Zhangye. Under the support of this elite army, Li Shimin finally temporarily withstood Li Jing's pursuit and gained a moment of respite.

At this time, the number of Tang Jun under Li Shimin's command was less than 7000, and smallpox was raging in the army, and morale was so low that it couldn't last long.Li Shimin obviously understood this too, so he quickly withdrew his army from Zhangye, crossed the Qilian Mountains along the Hexi Corridor, and entered Dunhuang County. There are only [-] people left in the Tang army, which is not ordinary.

Li Jing chased all the way to Jiayuguan, but was stubbornly blocked by the Tang army guarding the pass, so he had to stop, but it was already the late winter month, and the weather was extremely cold, so Li Jing very wisely gave up taking the pass and retreated to the foot of Qilian Mountains At this time, Gao Bufan's imperial decree also just arrived, ordering Li Jing to suspend the pursuit, which is exactly what the hero sees and agrees with.

Besides, on the day when Li Shimin abandoned the city and fled, Gao Bufan also led a mighty army into Chang'an City, officially announcing the fall of the Li Tang regime, and the unified Daqi Dynasty officially entered the stage of history.

(End of this chapter)