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Chapter 1680 The Great Liang is destroyed

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    In the autumn of the eleventh year of Daye, there was a severe drought in the north. From Hedong to Guanbei, and then to Hexi and Longyou, people's livelihood was in decline everywhere.  The same is true for the entire Wuwei.

    And in the land of Wuwei, the people were originally more difficult than in other places. This severe drought caused cannibalism to occur.

    As the leader of a country, Li Gui cannot stand by and watch.  So Li Gui used all his family resources to provide relief, but the supplies were still insufficient, so he discussed opening a warehouse to distribute grain. Cao Zhen and others also persuaded him to do so.

    At this time, Wei Shizheng and Xie Tongshi, who were former Sui officials, stood up to oppose.

    Wei Shizheng and Xie Tongshi both came from well-known families and were high-ranking officials in the Sui Dynasty. Naturally, they looked down on Li Gui, who came from a wealthy family.  Although the two surrendered, it was only for their lives and they had no choice but to do so. It would be difficult for them to truly serve Li Gui.

    The two have similar goals to An Xiuren, so they collude with each other.

    In the Great Liang Dynasty, in order to create chaos, they even introduced groups of barbarians, became party members, and squeezed out old ministers in order to disperse them.

    Seeing Cao Zhen persuading Li Gui to provide relief, Wei Shizheng said: "The people who starve to death are all weak and incompetent people, but the strong and brave people will not be trapped in this. Moreover, food must be stored for unexpected needs. How can we do it randomly?"  What about benefiting the weak? If Pushe goes along with it, he may not be thinking about the country, but only thinking about his own reputation."

    Cao Zhen was so angry that her face turned red and she was speechless.

    Li Gui'er was not very strong at all, so he turned to An Xiuren.  An Xiuren said: "Both of you are right. However, I heard that Xue Ju is determined to attack me. If we leave all the treasury at this time, I am afraid that there will be a war with the violent Qin in the coming year, and the grain reserves may not be enough."

    When Li Gui heard this, he decided that fighting against the Western Qin was more important, so he decided not to provide disaster relief.

    Countless people in Wuwei County relied on the disaster relief food to survive. Li Gui's move immediately made the people more resentful, and many people wanted to rebel and leave.

    The officials were disengaged, the people were resentful, and the Great Liang gradually became decadent.

    If things don¡¯t go well internally, things don¡¯t go well externally either.  Li Gui ordered his younger brother Li Mao to lead an army to conquer Zhangye County, but was defeated by Zhangye County soldiers. The army that went south to conquer Xiping County was also blocked in the snow mountains.

    After struggling for a long time, the name of Daliang Kingdom in Hexi Province was loud and clear, and there was only one county in hand.

    Seeing that everything was not going well, Li Gui felt depressed, so he summoned his subordinates to discuss national policy.

    At this time, Wei Shizheng believed that the land west of Hexi was not enough to rely on, so he hoped that Li Gui would temporarily leave the title of king and sent people to Luoyang to request the imperial court to grant him the title.

    The Sui Dynasty was currently suffering from internal and external troubles and could not care about the land west of Hexi. As long as Wuwei surrendered, the Sui Dynasty would definitely accept it.  When the time comes, Wuwei will use the name of the Sui Dynasty to conquer various counties, and it will be a matter of course.

    Li Gui's confidant Guan Jin also advised: "Liangzhou is remote and lacks financial resources. Although there are more than ten thousand powerful soldiers, the land is only a thousand miles away and there is no danger to defend it. It is also bordered by Rongdi. Rongdi is like a jackal and will not fight with us.  They are of the same clan. Although the Sui Dynasty was in turmoil, it still controlled major events. Moreover, Duke Wei had stationed troops in Hebei. He would attack every attack and win every battle. The bandits in Hebei were not a worry. For example, if the territory of Hexi was returned to the imperial court in the east, even though Dou Rong of the Han Dynasty  It¡¯s not even comparable to us.¡±

    At this time, Cao Zhen objected: "Since the emperor went south to Jiangdu, he has lost the world. Today, heroes are competing to claim the title of king and emperor, and divide the country. The Sui Dynasty is far away in the Central Plains, and I, Daliang, are on the right side of the river. We are thousands of miles apart. Why bother?  Then accept the official position in the Sui Dynasty."

    Everyone was arguing, but Li Gui didn't answer in silence. After a while, he said to Guan Jin and others: "In the past, when King Wu Liu Bi commanded the troops on the left side of the Yangtze River, he called himself the Eastern Emperor. Now that he occupies the right side of the river, he cannot be called the Eastern Emperor."  For the Western Emperor? Although the Sui Dynasty is powerful, and Duke Wei is good at fighting, what can they do to Gu? Don't seduce Gu for the Sui Dynasty."

    Guan Jin was shocked and immediately defended himself, but Li Gui left without looking back.

    In fact, surrendering to the Sui Dynasty was nothing, it was just a matter of title.  It's just that Li Gui was used to being king. If he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, he would definitely take the title of king. He really didn't want to give up the title of king.

    Everyone dispersed and An Xiuren went to see Li Gui.

    An Xiuren then advised Li Gui that everyone was dissatisfied with the imperial court because of their righteousness. If he surrendered to the imperial court again, people's hearts would be scattered.  Li Guishen agreed and felt that An Xiuren was still looking out for himself.

    At this time, Li Gui remembered that An Xinggui, An Xiuren's elder brother, was an official in Chang'an, and asked An Xiuren why he didn't want to surrender to the court.

    An Xiuren then said: "I heard that the rich and the nobles do not live in their hometown, but walk at night like clothes. Now that all the children of the clan have been trusted by the king, how dare they harbor his feelings!"

    Li Gui was overjoyed, so he entrusted An Xiuren with a more important role. All major military and political affairs were handed over to An Xiuren. There were dozens of people in charge of the Privy Council.

    As for Guan Jin and other old ministers, they were increasingly alienated by Li Gui.

    After An Xiuren took power, he colluded with Wei Shizheng, Xie Tongshi, Li Gui's second son Li Zhongyan and others to suppress important ministers and exclude dissidents.??, making the Daliang court hall filled with smoke and mist.

    In October of the eleventh year of Daye, Gai Yuan led 4,000 troops from Shandan County (now Shandan County, Gansu Province) to attack Wuwei.  The county magistrate of Fanhe, who was close to An Xiuren, surrendered to help under An Xiuren's arrangement.

    With the troops of the Gaiyuan Division approaching Guzang, Li Gui could not sit still, so he ordered his younger brother Li Mao to be the chief general. He also appointed Xie Tongshi, the imperial servant, and Deng Xiao, the minister Zuocheng, as deputy generals to lead the main force of the country to attack.

    At this time, all the troops from the Daliang Kingdom were out, leaving Guzang empty.

    Under the guidance of An Xiuren, Xiping and Juyan troops approached Guzang City from the north and south sides and surrounded Guzang City.

    Li Gui was shocked and led the only troops under his command to fight, but was defeated by the Sui army and had to retreat to the city.

    At this time, An Xiuren led his men to open the city gate and led the Sui army in.  The entire city is under An Xiuren's control, and the whole city is surrendered.

    Li Gui was lucky enough not to become a prisoner of the Sui army, so he led hundreds of his confidants to retreat to the inner city.

    An Xiuren came to the city with his troops and shouted: "Duke Wei sent me to fetch Li Gui. Anyone who disobeys will be punished by the three tribes." So no one in the city dared to move.

    Li Gui stood on the city wall. When he saw An Xiuren, he shouted loudly: "An Xiuren, I treat you with kindness and entrust you with important tasks. Why do you betray me?"

    An Xiuren shouted loudly at the city gate: "Li Gui, you treat me very well, but I have to do this for the sake of the people of Wuwei. Also, I have never betrayed you. I have always been loyal to the Sui Dynasty."  People. More than ten years ago, on the orders of Duke Wei, I went to the Turks Yazhang as the center. I went through life and death and remained determined. At that time, the Turkic Bujia Khan valued me and wanted to appoint me as the Prime Minister of the Turks. I was not moved yet.  , you think that a mere rebellious prime minister can be bribed by me."

    Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect An Xiuren to have such an experience.  An Xiuren couldn't even subdue the Turkic Khan, so it was inevitable to betray Li Gui.

    However, Li Gui knew that the matter was irreversible, so he sighed loudly: "I don't know people well, and that's why I am like this. Now my heart has been lost, God will kill me!" Then he took his wife and children to the Jade Girl's Platform, and bought wine to bid farewell to his homeland.  , and then Kaicheng surrendered to the Sui army.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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