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1029 I am still here, the Later Tang Dynasty has not yet perished

Seeing the head coach Li Siyuan crying sadly, the soldiers watching around looked at each other and felt very sad. Suddenly, another sound of hooves came from a distance, and another whistle cavalry came to report. An Chonghui then walked forward and came to Li Siyuan who was crying bitterly without hearing anything outside, and whispered to remind him in a low voice:

“Lord, they arrived…”

When Li Siyuan heard this, he slowly stood up. He wiped away the tears on his face, stabilized his emotions as much as possible, and then stood up again. Looking into the distance, he saw three groups of riders quickly approaching here.

The number of cavalrymen in these groups is different, with the largest number of three to five thousand and the small number of more than two thousand. When they gathered in one place, they reached a sensation of more than ten thousand. Although Hedong was lost and the court was already under the control of the Wei Dynasty, the current Li family and country in Hedong could be said to have been destroyed... However, these remaining troops gathered in one place, at least the cavalry-based troops showed their skillful cavalry skills, which were even better than the nomadic peoples in the north.

Li Siyuan looked at the generals who commanded the three groups of riders. When he urged his horse to a position twenty or thirty steps away, he turned over and dismounted. He immediately walked forward and bowed to him:

"I will pay my respects to Li Jieshuai!"

"The last general Kang Yicheng, pay homage to Li Jieshuai!"

"The last general An Congjin, pay homage to Li Jieshuai!"

Yao Yanchou, Kang Yicheng, and An Congjin have one thing in common, they are all Shatuo people. Of course, Shatuo has more than just the tribes of Zhuxie Li family, such as An Congjin from the Shatuo Suoge tribe, and Kang Yicheng comes from one of the three tribes in the northern region...

The troops they commanded are now mainly the cavalry of the Shatuo tribe, mixed with a certain number of northern ethnic groups. However, the Han soldiers died and fled, and more people left the army and surrendered to the Wei Dynasty, and the proportion has been greatly reduced. Therefore, when these remaining troops gathered together, they are now more like an army pieced together from outside the border forces.

Li Siyuan immediately stepped forward and helped Yao Yanchou, Kang Yicheng, An Congjin up, and encouraged him with kind words. He looked back and saw Li Congke, Shi Jingtang, Liu Zhiyuan and other direct army generals standing up and waiting, as well as Wang Jian, Du Duijin and others in Zhuozhou before summoning the remaining vassal generals of the Later Tang Dynasty as much as possible... In addition to the soldiers of the Orchid Army in the headquarters, countless eyes were gathered towards him...

The country conquered by the Li family in Hedong was destroyed, and the mountains and rivers were broken. However, Li Siyuan knew that even if the opportunity was slim and abandoned the death land, the world was so great that the Later Tang Dynasty still had a chance to revive... All the soldiers present are all the forces he currently controls.

Thinking that the time was ripe, Li Siyuan's close minister An Chonghui coughed a few times, walked out slowly, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted:

"The late emperor died in battle, and the royal family and the country were also in the hands of the Wei people... But how could we, Hedonger Lang and the heroes of the North of the North, bow our heads and necks and let the Southern Dynasty mercy? Li Jieshuai was the adopted son of Emperor Wu, and was highly respected in the army. He could lead us to revitalize our prestige and revival great cause! We are all willing to take Li Jieshuai as the main goal and achieve the great cause of revival in an attempt!"

Apart from those Later Tang ministers who had surrendered to save their lives... the remaining generals who were still unwilling to join the Wei Dynasty have reached a consensus. With Li Siyuan's past identity, status and prestige in the Later Tang Dynasty, he was of course the only candidate to be elected as the new monarch.

Therefore, An Chonghui shouted loudly, which immediately caused all the soldiers around him to roar like a tsunami. Several generals of the commander bowed one after another, and the soldiers and horses that were surging in the crowd also knelt down one after another. The words "Ten Thousands of Words" and "Long Live the Mountains", the shouts that resounded throughout the night sky spread across the plains...

Li Siyuan accepted the bowing of everyone, and he quietly looked around, but suddenly smiled miserably and sighed:

"I am the Emperor Wu... my adoptive father supported me. I only thought that I would assist the Li family in Hedong to achieve hegemony in this life. I didn't expect that I would renew my country's fortunes now. But I was appointed as the monarch in the face of danger... I was in a wilderness, without the Taimiao ancestral society, the altar and the imperial palace, nor the crown and the imperial edict. The territory of our Tang Kingdom has been completely seized by the Wei Dynasty and the Khitan, and it has been displaced, which is too desolate..."

The remaining soldiers of the Later Tang Dynasty, who did not follow the formal procedures to follow the throne, wandered and had no place to settle down, regarded Li Siyuan as the monarch under this situation. They are still in danger at the moment. At least for these remaining soldiers of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Siyuan replaced Li Cunxu as the monarch, which has increased the hope of saving them from the crisis and even reviving the Later Tang Dynasty's country.

After a simple process, the troops and horses rested on the spot. There were also light cavalry whistles roaming around and patrolling, always guarding whether Khitan military would pursue them. While Li Siyuan sat cross-legged with the generals and had to discuss the next step of action, An Chonghui suddenly said:

"Now, the Lord... is called Your Majesty. But I think that Jinyang was defeated and the court was also controlled by the Southern Dynasties. This means that the Tang Dynasty has ended, and Your Majesty should build his own country..."

When Li Siyuan heard this, his brows frowned immediately, and then replied in a deep voice:

"What does the Tang Dynasty have ended? Why do we need to create another country name?"

An Chonghui also noticed that the eyes of the generals around him were also focused on him. He hesitated for a moment and then said:

"When Emperor Xianzu was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he was given a surname; the former emperor avenged the Tang Dynasty, defeated the Liang thieves, and continued the Li family's country, so he was called Tang. But now it seems... Emperor Wei occupied the Central Plains and called himself Zhengshuo, and he has never wanted the Li family in Hedong to call him Tang. After all, our dynasty is in danger. If Your Majesty still calls Emperor Tang, he would be as dangerous as a treacherous egg, and he would be even more popular.

After all, Your Majesty and I are still as soldiers on my neck and are in danger. I think I have to show my weakness to the Wei Dynasty for the time being. If the country's name is changed, it is also necessary to make the Emperor of Wei think that although Your Majesty succeeds to the throne, he has no intention of competing with him for the world like the previous emperor... Of course, this is just a temporary solution. As long as the Wei Dynasty no longer regards us as the top enemy, I believe that it will break up and conflict with the Khitan in a short time.

Then Your Majesty can make profits from it and revive the hegemony, and there will be more hope..."

After An Chonghui said this, some generals present nodded, as if they agreed. After all, both the Tang State and the Jin State were just a title. At that time, Li Cunxu was ambitious and claimed that he would continue the royal family of the previous dynasty and become the Zhengshuo Dynasty. He changed his name to Tang... But now the court has been destroyed, and the territory has almost been occupied by the Wei Dynasty. The Khitans have occupied it. Now there is no place to stay. Isn’t it too shabby to call him Tang?

In the current situation, if you can keep a low profile and protect yourself, you must also put your attitude to the lowest level. If you change the country's name, no longer call it Tang, or even lower yourself into a king, then you can be careless and regard the Khitan as a great enemy, you will have the opportunity to make a fortune in silence and fight for the opportunity to play a pig and eat a tiger. Therefore, An Chonghui's proposal is of course to try his best to revive the situation.

"What you said is certainly reasonable, but... the Li family in Hedong has been in conflict with the Southern Dynasty for a long time. Even if I am mainly favored in such a down-and-out situation, no matter whether I change the country's name or not, I must have to eliminate the roots of the Emperor of Wei, and eliminate all hidden dangers... Then why should I succumb to the change of the country's name because of the coercion of the Wei Dynasty?"

Li Siyuan pondered for a while, but shook his head apart and said in a very firm tone:

"I was thirteen years old and I joined the ancestor Xian. I regarded Zhu Xie Li as my clan. I also served as the Emperor Wu, respected him as my adoptive father, and then served as the Emperor's advice. I was originally in charge of the battles and battles, and I had always predicted... The foundation of Emperor Wu is my foundation, and the world of the Emperor's world, so how can I have the same family and different countries?"
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