Inside the Gaochang Palace.
A group of ministers gathered around Qu Wentai and started talking.
"After all, we and Datang are allies, and Datang will never do things too far."
"Yes, Your Majesty, as long as we are willing to agree to their request, they will stop."
Hearing these words, Li Yubo smiled.
"stop?"
"Now that we've reached this point, who will stop?"
When he said this, Li Yubo's voice was filled with despair.
At this moment, she also regretted not saying anything just now.
If she could speak in time, how could she end up in the current situation.
And the more she thought about this, the angrier she felt.
At this moment, the look she looked at Yin Zhao was filled with resentment.
If it weren't for this guy's nonsense and nonsense, how could Gaochang be in the situation it is in today?
Li Yubo took a long breath and then said: "My lord, you are really confused."
"The Prince of the Tang Dynasty is an ordinary person."
"He almost wiped out all of Qiuci before. Do you think the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty reprimanded him?"
Li Yubo shook his head and smiled bitterly: "And our Gaochang Kingdom is much stronger than the Qiuci Kingdom. What will the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty say for us?"
When he heard these words, Qu Wentai was also completely disappointed.
He took Li Yubo's hand and said, "Princess, please think of a solution quickly."
Li Yubo shook his head and said: "Things have progressed to this point, and there is nothing I can do about it."
After hearing this, Qu Wentai also had a sad look on his face.
But soon, he reacted.
He held Li Yubo's hand as if grasping a life-saving straw and said, "Li Chengqian respects you so much. If you step forward, he will definitely cease the war. He will definitely do it."
Come forward yourself?
Li Yubo couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Your Majesty, are you joking with me?"
"I am not the princess of the current Tang Dynasty, but the princess of the previous dynasty."
"The Prince of the Tang Dynasty called me aunt just to show his face. Do you really think I have that much face?"
Is Li Yubo a fool?
Of course she isn't.
If so, it would be impossible for her to survive in Gaochang on her own after the country is destroyed.
She was even later canonized by Li Shimin and became the current princess.
Li Yubo shook his head and said: "If your Majesty wants to calm down the anger of the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, you should go and talk to the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty in person."
Hearing this, Qu Wentai gritted his teeth tightly and stood up slowly.
"Now it seems that this is the only way it can be."
"I'm going to find the Prince of Tang Dynasty..."
Seeing this, Yin Zhao spoke again: "Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, how can you be like..."
"shut up!"
Without waiting for others to speak, Li Yubo roared at Yin Zhao: "You have repeatedly persuaded the king to be hostile to the Tang Dynasty. How do you feel about it?"
How powerful is Datang today?
How many people in this world can compete with him?
Anyone who is not a fool can see it now.
The best choice for Gaochang is to cling to Datang's lap and develop steadily under the protection of Datang.
In this way, not only will the quality of life of the people be improved, but they will no longer have to pay for food and clothing.
They, the powerful, can also enjoy their wealth in peace and contentment.
But this Yin Zhao is good, he is always thinking about scheming against the Tang Dynasty.
Is Datang so scheming?
If it was so easy to calculate, would Datang still have such a huge territory now?
At this moment, Li Yubo was too lazy to talk to Yin Zhao.
She looked straight at Qu Wentai and said, "Gaochang's country is so weak that it is unable to compete with the Tang Dynasty."
"To put it bluntly, we can be destroyed by just raising a finger."
"Where did you get the courage to even think about competing with the Tang Dynasty?"
After hearing these words, Qu Wentai also regretted it.
But what's the use of regretting now?
Datang has launched an attack, and it has already made up its mind to eliminate itself.
At this moment, Qu Wentai seemed to have been drained of all his strength.
He slowly stood up and walked slowly outside the palace.
At this time, Gaochang's palace guards were so suppressed by the Liangzhou soldiers that they could not even lift their heads.
The palace wall was about to fall, and the general Astuta, who led the troops stationed at the palace, also had a bitter look on his face at this moment.
He also secretly hated his king's stupidity and Yin Zhao's lack of brains.
Confront Datang?
Isn't this seeking death or something?
Once upon a time, when Li Chengqian swept through the Western Regions and massacred the Qiuci Kingdom, Astuta saw with his own eyes the combat power of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers.
At that time, he said that the 20,000 Gaochang soldiers were probably not worth the 2,000 Liangzhou soldiers.
Today, reality confirms his words.
Under the attack of two thousand Liangzhou soldiers, the 20,000 city defenders did not even have a chance to fight back, and they were directly reached at the gate of the palace.
And looking at the situation in front of us, it doesn't take much, it will take at most a quarter of an hour for someone to break through.
It was just when this thought arose in his mind.
I can hear the roar in my ears! Boom! Boom! There was a loud noise.
The next moment, a cloud of smoke and dust rose from the gate of the palace wall.
When the smoke and dust dissipated, the palace wall and the gate were gone, and even a piece of the palace wall was blown down.
"Enter!"
With a shout, countless Liangzhou soldiers wearing leather armor stepped into the palace from outside in a neat battle formation.
They shot while walking, and exchanged ammunition while shooting. The close cooperation brought powerful firepower, and projectiles no bigger than the belly of a little finger were fired in all directions.
Some Gaochang soldiers who had no time to escape were pierced by bullets almost instantly, and fell to the ground wailing in pain.
It was also at this time that a lieutenant next to Astuta couldn't bear it anymore.
He pulled Astuta's arm straight and said: "General, let's surrender. If we don't surrender, all our brothers will die!"
"Ah……"
Astuta couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Surrender? Do you think they will give you this opportunity?"
"Behind us is the palace. This is our last resort."
"And the enemy is here to kill us, just to destroy the country."
He looked up to the sky and sighed: "Today is the last day of my Gaochang Kingdom..."
And just when he was sighing, Qu Wentai came out of the palace.
He walked straight to the steps of the palace, opened his hands and said: "Stop it, stop it!"
After hearing this, Gao Changjun's side took the lead in stopping the counterattack.
The Liangzhou Army on the other side also stopped attacking under the command of Liu Qi.
Qu Wentai shouted directly to the crowd of Liangzhou Army: "I am Qu Wentai, King of Gaochang, and I want to meet His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty!"
"It's easy to see my prince."
Liu Qi raised his head and said proudly: "Hand over the royal seal of Gaochang, and I will send you to see the prince."
Surrendering the royal seal is tantamount to surrendering the whole country.
But even facing the current situation, Qu Wentai really didn't want to take this path.
After all, Gaochang State was the foundation of the Qu family that took decades or hundreds of years to develop.
If he died in his hands, how could he have the face to meet his ancestors in the future?
Qu Wentai hesitated for a moment, then looked at Liu Qidao: "General, we have had a relationship of monarch and ministers with the Tang Dynasty for decades. We can't do everything forever."
"Young lady's nonsense!"
Liu Qi raised the firing gun with one hand, pointed it at Qu Wentai and said, "In one sentence, hand it over or not?"
