In the capital of the Later Tang Dynasty and in the Jinyang Hall, all the ministers stood solemnly, bowing to the direction of the dragon chaise. However, the atmosphere at the scene was so depressing that it was suffocating. On the dragon chaise, Li Cunxu looked around, and when he spoke again, he said tiredly:

"The Emperor of Wei Li Tianqu led the army to the army in person. As expected, after our army was defeated, he immediately rushed to Taiyuan. Now several enemy troops have formed an encirclement against Jinyang... The Emperor of Wei is bound to destroy our dynasty and sent Ge Congzhou to attack Daizhou. This is naturally to trap me in Taiyuan..."

It seemed that his voice seemed a little depressed. Li Cunxu slapped the armrest of the dragon chair and then stood up, making his tone as high as possible to motivate the emotions of the other ministers in the hall:

"It's not that easy for the Wei army to destroy our dynasty! I, together with all the ministers and ministers of the court, must share the ambition of survival and destruction with the city, and resist the fierce attack of the Wei army! Of course, I am also very clear that the strength of our dynasty and the Wei army is now very different...

The opponent's army gathered and came with power without any scruples. They divided their troops to attack them. The troops that were blocked were defeated one after another, causing the Wei army to occupy Taigu, Mengxian and other places, and surrounded Jinyang. However, I and the subjects in the city were determined to die and defended and resisted. They could not have been exhausted until the Wei army had no food and fodder, and had to retreat!

When the former emperor was wandering in the north of the border, he could then lead the army into the border, support the Tang Dynasty, and expel Huang Chao, and make unparalleled achievements. Zhu Wen's thief almost surrounded Jinyang when he was in power, but our dynasty could still be defeated? Now that the Wei people have arrived again, and the country is in danger, and their survival is only on the front line. All the ministers follow me and fight to the death, and they must obey my orders!"

At this point, Li Cunxu could only order all civil and military officials of the court to follow him to defend the capital. Although wherever his eyes passed, the ministers in the hall had to echo loudly... But Li Cunxu suddenly felt that he was very lonely now, and his loneliness made him feel even cold.

Li Cunxu recalled that when his father Li Keyong was cultivated and taught... Even after he succeeded to the throne as the lord of Hedong, he was indecisive internal affairs, and there was a wise official Zhang Chengye who was on the side to give advice; when he was not determined in foreign affairs, he also had a confidant Guo Chongtao to provide advice... Not only Li Cunzhang, Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao, Li Cunjin... All the righteous brothers were united, but also Zhou Dewei, Shi Jianyan and other important generals were strongly assisted...

However, only Li Siyuan is left. Now he is trapped in the southern corner of Lu Long's army. It can be said that his life is hanging on the line... Li Cunxu sighed inwardly that he has become increasingly suspicious of his righteous brother over the years. However, Li Cunxu found that even if he looked around, there were still many ministers in the hall who were respectful... but there was no such a confidant who could make him completely trust...

Li Cunxu finally realized that in order to strive for more confidence in defending the capital, he must do his best to motivate Jinyang City, but he was neglected for a long time.

But Li Cunxu had to open an inner treasury and issued an edict to reward the meritorious soldiers who defended the city walls. His wife, Empress Liu, was good at playing with and controlling her husband's thoughts, and was just a greedy and short-sighted woman... When she heard that she wanted to touch the inner treasury that she regarded as private money, Empress Liu immediately took out a cry, made a fuss, and hanged her, and said:

"Why should Your Majesty surrender to the nobles and show kindness to those military men? It is their duty to share the worries of the Lord! And my husband and wife are emperors and empresses, even though they have their destiny because of their martial arts. Since their destiny is in heaven, how can people be like me?"

However, this time Empress Liu was shocked to find that Li Cunxu, who had always been most accommodating to him, changed his normal behavior. He looked stern and full of resentment, and scolded him sternly:

"Direction? The Wei army has launched a large-scale besiege in the city, but you are still so stingy! If Jinyang City is broken, I will be the king of the destruction of the country. What emperor and empress are ordered by heaven? You will be just a disaster that will cause the country to be in chaos and the country to be destroyed!"

In addition to Empress Liu who was so scared that she dared not make trouble again, Li Cunxu also found that most of the close ministers around him were from actors, and the most favored ministers, and even the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace... At this critical moment of life and death, they could not hide their inner fear, but could only squeeze out flattering smiles. He said something about His Majesty's great blessings and great fortunes must be able to operate at the same time. Forced the Wei people to retreat, and there was no practical use at all...

...It was not until this time that Li Cunxu seemed to realize something. But at the moment, he had no energy to reflect on his mistakes... If Jinyang in Taiyuan was bound to be defeated by the Wei Dynasty army, what else could he say to wake up? He had to fall into pieces with the foundation of the Li family in Hedong!

However, the situation in the Later Tang Dynasty is now dangerous, and everyone knows it well... Li Cunxu issued an edict angrily, ordering the ministers in the palace to take responsibility. Of course, there are military officials such as Li Shaorong and others who are determined to follow Li Cunxu to the end. However, the other civil and military officials have different thoughts. When they reach this point, who doesn't know that the possibility of defending Jinyang and forcing the Wei army is really not much higher?

The front of the civil officials standing respectfully on the east side of the hall was the magistrate of Taiyuan, the former Emperor Li Keyong, who is now in charge of the imperial court of Taiyuan, and Meng Zhixiang, the important minister who married the niece of the previous emperor Li Keyong... He still bowed and said nothing, but noticed that Li Cunxu's voice echoed in the hall, and the surrounding ministers were still silent... Meng Zhixiang's face became a little thicker, but he couldn't help but press his head down, as if he was afraid that Li Cunxu would notice the strange thoughts that had already arisen in his heart.

Back then, the Li family in Hedong wanted to seize the foundation of my Meng family Zhaoyi army... I thought Hedong was powerful and would definitely achieve hegemony in the future, so I served Li Keyong well, and finally got him appreciated him and became the niece of the Lord of Hedong. Over the years, I have been careful everywhere and taken care of favors. I thought I could be a noble minister of the Tang Dynasty safely, but my Majesty... Li Yazi first opened and then secretly, but he would ruin the country of the Li family in Hedong...

Meng Zhixiang thought with regret in his heart that when Li Keyong was in charge of the Hedong Army, he would have to annex the Zhaoyi Army, which was originally controlled by the Meng family. Meng Zhixiang still remembered that his uncle Meng Zhixiang refused to surrender, and was eventually killed by his subordinates because of his defeat... Meng Zhixiang originally thought that he could see the current situation clearly and was very good at taking sides. He defected to the Li family in Hedong as his backer early. He always thought that the choice he made was also very wise.

However, after Li Keyong was granted the title of King of Jin, Li Cunxu was called Emperor Tang. In recent years, Emperor Tang became more and more popular with actors and eunuchs. The country's power declined, and was gradually suppressed by the Wei Dynasty... Meng Zhixiang's official status was indeed rising, and he also knew how to be a person in the court. He had a good personal relationship with Guo Chongtao, but he avoided open conflicts with actors such as Jing Jin around Li Cunxu.

But Meng Zhixiang had long realized that the prospects of the Later Tang Dynasty were becoming increasingly dangerous. If the country could not be saved one day, then the fame, wealth, glory, wealth and honor that he, a powerful minister who relied on the Li family in Hedong... would eventually become a passing cloud?

Li Yazi, Li Yazi... I really thought you had the opportunity to achieve great things back then. It turned out from beginning to end, you were just a martial artist who only knew how to lead troops to fight but was not enough to be a wise ruler! Now you are defending the city, but you have to survive until the Wei Dynasty army had to retreat... but how many more could it be?

You also said that Zhu Wen's thieves almost formed a siege against Jinyang, Taiyuan, but the Li family in Hedong finally got into danger... But wasn't it because the Emperor of Wei and Zhu Wen fought against Xuanwu's army that killed the main force of the Liang army, which forced Zhu Wen to retreat to the inner city, which allowed the Li family in Hedong to escape from the predicament? Now the Emperor of Wei was the one who killed Jinyang, but who could kill him to abandon the Central Plains to resolve the danger of the overthrow of Hedong?

Although he had already developed a different mind, Meng Zhixiang knew very well that he would not let Li Cunxu notice it now. But he knew that as the Taiyuan Yin, he was in charge of Jinyang's civil affairs, justice, arresting, taxes, service, household registration and other government affairs, and now he had to dispatch military funds to defend the city... So he secretly thought:
Chapter completed!