Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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"That's what you said..." Li Daozong was overjoyed, and said, "Then we've settled for that."

Guo Ye said: "Your Majesty, you are the middleman in that bet. King Jiang Xia wants to renege on his debt, so why don't you say a word?"

"This... Qin Guogong, you also know that King Jiangxia is my relative. If he really refuses to pay back the money, I can't steal his house for you, right? Of course..."

His Majesty Li Er took a breather, and continued: "If you relieve me of the worries of the domestic city this time, then I may have to kill my relatives righteously."

Guo Ye smiled wryly: "Do you really want King Jiang Xia and Wei Chen to make this bet?"

"This time I'm sorry for you."

His Majesty Li Er said so much, what else can Guo Ye do?He could only say: "Even if I bet with King Jiangxia, he doesn't have that much money? Now, King Jiangxia's family property is only 400 million yuan."

Li Daozong said: "Then I will use my county king's salary to pay back slowly!"

"The county king's salary? That's not impossible. But how much do you plan to pay back every month?"

"This... how much do you want me to pay?"

"No matter how much salary you have, I will leave you a hundred guan every month. I will take all the rest, how about it?"

"This..." Although one hundred guan is a lot of money, Li Daozong's family has a large population.If so, how many people can he support?Not to mention slaves, I'm afraid the concubines will have to run away hungry!

Seeing Li Daozong's hesitation, Guo Ye stepped down from the donkey and said, "If King Jiangxia is not willing, then this matter will be considered aborted."

"That's impossible." Li Daozong gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, that's it. Let's bet with 600 million yuan."

His Majesty Li Er was quite active this time, saying: "I will write the document now."

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Once the bet is won, Guo Ye's depression will not be mentioned.what is this?Whipping fast cow?Or was it that his achievements in the past few times were too brilliant, which made His Majesty Li Er have infinite confidence in himself?

The loss of money is a trivial matter, the problem is that Wang Bahao feels uncomfortable!Could it be that this made Li Daozong proud?

Guo Ye approached Xue Rengui and said, "...that's the way it is. I don't know what the Marquis of Jiangzhou can do?"

"If you fail, let alone me!"

"You can't help it? You are the famous Xue Rengui!"

"Look at what you said, no matter how great my reputation is, how can I be as big as you?"

"Uh...forget it, just pretend I didn't say this." Guo Ye thought hard, and said, "You said that the domestic city is such a strong city, is there really no room for tricks?"

Xue Rengui said seriously: "Mr. Qin, I think you should not be dazzled by the victory and go astray."

"How do you say this?"

"Although it is said that soldiers are not tired of deceit, it is not necessary to use tricks to win every battle. More often, it is necessary to rely on a dignified and upright army. It is true that the so-called good fighters have no great achievements. You always want to win by surprise, I am afraid... I'm afraid I've gone a little crazy."

Guo Ye was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately stood up, bowed and said: "The Marquis of Jiangzhou said well, Mr. Guo has been taught. Then you mean that this time the attack will be forced?"

"It's not entirely a hard attack. Let's first try to siege from all sides, find out where the defense of the city is stronger, where the defense is weaker, and what weaknesses there are, and then prescribe the right medicine. Of course, if the city's main guard is good, then only I can attack hard."

"Okay! Then, according to what the Marquis of Jiangzhou said, I will ask His Majesty forty thousand soldiers and horses, and try to attack for a day tomorrow."

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The next morning, His Majesty Li Er sat in the tent of the Chinese army, his face was gloomy, and he remained silent for a long time.

Li Daozong whispered: "Your Majesty is worried about the battle situation?"

"Hey, Duke Qin mobilized [-] troops to attack the city. After today's battle, I don't know how many people were killed and injured. How many orphans and widows will be added to our Tang Dynasty."

"There is a way that kindness does not control soldiers, and there is no way to do it."

His Majesty Li Er said with a wry smile: "Even so, I have already prepared myself. But when things come to an end, I still... well, I can't bear it."

"Your Majesty is benevolent."

"King Jiang Xia, do you think Duke Qin really can't continue to create miracles this time? Was it too much for me to force him to make that bet yesterday?"

"Uh...Your Majesty, you have to think this way. Even if there is no such bet, if you want to break the city, don't you still need to send a large army to attack?"

"Then you, King Jiang Xia, are the only ones to benefit from this bet?"

"That's not necessarily the case. I know Qin Guogong, who cherishes the lives of soldiers the most. If he controls the situation, he will die less than others."

"Oh?" His Majesty Li Er raised his eyebrows and said, "So, King Jiang Xia still admires Lord Qin's siege skills?"

Li Daozong smiled wryly and said: "I can't accept it. The Duke of Qin took dozens of cities and invented new gunpowder and thunderbolts and other siege weapons. If the humble minister still refuses to accept it, wouldn't he be a dead duck?"

His Majesty Li Er nodded, and said: "Oh, it's a pity that such a person has no good way to take the domestic city. It seems that we can only do our best and obey the destiny."

At this moment, a small school stumbled in and said, "Report! Your Majesty, the domestic city is broken!"

Chapter 1954 Victory is in sight

"What? Say it again?"

"The east gate of the domestic city has been breached, and a thousand brothers rushed in! Qin Guogong sent a young general to report the good news to you."

"Is this true?"

"How dare the last general lie in front of you? This matter is absolutely true, but there is a half false statement, you cut off my head."

"Good! What a Duke of Qin! What a Duke of Qin who has never disappointed me!"

His Majesty Li Er happily clapped a few cases, and said: "Duke Qin has made great contributions to me this time! By the way... King Jiang Xia also made a lot of contributions this time. Duke Qin was recommended by you. Please be more provocative than a general. Well, well said! I want to reward you heavily!"

Li Daozong said with a bitter face: "Then how much can you reward?"

"Golden thousand...ah, no, ten thousand, gold ten thousand taels, how about it?"

If you come up with an idea, you can get a reward of ten thousand taels of gold. This reward is already very rich.But for Li Daozong, ten thousand taels of gold is only worth one hundred thousand guan.Compared with the 600 million coins he lost, it is completely out of proportion.

But what about that?

You can't let His Majesty Li Er pay the 600 million yuan for him, can you?Even if his old man really meant it, Li Daozong would not dare to ask for it!Using money from the national treasury to fill gambling debts, won't you be sprayed to death by the Shilin Qing school?

It seems that up to now, the only possibility to keep the 600 million yuan of money is that Qin Guogong did not actually break through the inner city.

Li Daozong rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, don't be too happy. I don't think so."