As Du Fuwei walked out of the lobby, everyone had solemn expressions on their faces. Du Fuwei let out a long sigh and his expression became lonely: "I didn't expect that I would join the Tang Dynasty and even kill Li Zitong." No way. We didn't get any substantial help from Datang when we were in the most difficult situation, but now we have to accept its orders. Alas, it's really unpleasant." Fu Gongyou glanced at Wang Xiong who was silent. Dan, sneered: "Brother, when you said you wanted to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, I firmly opposed it. The Tang Dynasty was separated from us by the Central Plains. It would be better to surrender to them than to surrender to Wang Shichong. At least Wang Shichong would directly send troops to help us. Now it's better "We didn't use any soldiers from the Tang Dynasty to defeat Li Zitong, but we had to accept his orders. Why didn't the person who made the proposal say anything now?" Wang Xiongdan gritted his teeth. The person who proposed surrendering to the Tang Dynasty was the one who originally proposed it. It was Kan Leng, another adopted son of him and Du Fuwei, but Fu Gongyou strongly opposed it. Now he brought up the old things again, pointing directly at Wang Xiongdan, because now Li Zitong has been destroyed, and Du Fuwei is in Jiangnan again. Invincible Hands also needs to discuss its future prospects. Du Fuwei sighed and waved his hand: "Please step aside, Assistant Commander and Xiong Dan, Aleng stays." These three people are now Du Fuwei's core decision-making members, and major decisions are all discussed by the four of them. Du Fuwei made the decision, which was consistent with their respective positions in the military. When dozens of soldiers walked out of the lobby, the lamps were lit, the door slowly closed, and the room became much quieter. Du Fuwei looked at Fu Gongyou and curled his lips: "Lao Fu, this matter It's been a few years, why are you bringing it up again today? It was me who agreed to join Li Tang in the first place, it had nothing to do with Xiong Dan." It's a big loss, but I have never mentioned it, but now, I have to make a decision about the future of our country." Du Fuwei's expression changed and he said solemnly. Lao Fu, don't talk nonsense. Da Chu was our banner when we raised the army. Now that we have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, we have already given up the title. If you say this, it is treason." Fu Gongyou sneered and said, "The Tang Dynasty will give you Southeast. Daoxingtai Shangshu, with the title of King of Wu, can we really separate the southeast? It is just that Li Tangyuan is in Guanzhong and cannot take care of Jiangnan, so he will temporarily give a few empty titles to appease their power once the Central Plains is pacified. If you come directly to us, you will not leave room for independence. If they take the initiative to recruit you to Chang'an, what will you do?" Du Fuwei's eyelids twitched and he was speechless. Wang Xiongdan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "My father is handsome, and my son considers him his second uncle (Du Fuwei and Fugongyou are sworn brothers, so Wang Xiongdan and other adopted sons call him Fugongyou's second uncle in such private discussions)" What you said is not entirely correct. When I persuaded my father to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, it was not only because the Tang Dynasty could help us deal with Li Zitong. In fact, I made it clear at that time that the Tang Dynasty could not have any substantial support. At most, it would give us It's just a name. But in the general trend of the world at that time, the Tang Dynasty was already standing out. Its unification was unstoppable. It would be much better for us to submit earlier than to surrender when the battlefield is unfavorable. "Fu Gongyou laughed: "Datang. Unification is unstoppable? I'm afraid it may not be possible. Dou Jiande's Xia and Wang Shichong's Huaqiang Kingdom are not sure of victory. Even if Li Tang sends troops to the Central Plains and is trapped in Luoyang, as long as Luoyang cannot be defeated, it is hard to say who will win. You must know that Wang Shicheng was an isolated city, and 20,000 men still defeated Li Mi's million-strong army. Besides, Dou Jiande is not a man who will just sit back and watch Li Tang destroy Huaqiang!" Kan Leng sighed: "Second uncle! , you are being impulsive. You can't tell it when we surrendered to the Tang Dynasty the year before last, but it was still a good thing. After all, the Tang army had newly entered Guanzhong at that time and was surrounded by powerful enemies. Xue Qin and Liu Han were all major threats to it. But now Now, in just two years, Li Tang has successively eliminated the three major political regimes of Western Qin, Xiliang and Northern Han, and has taken over the lands of Longyou, Ganliang and Bingzhou, and has almost unified the north. Although in Taihang, Shandong and Bashu, The expansion has encountered problems, but with such a situation, it is just like the situation when Qin unified the six countries. Xiong Dan is right, the trend of unification is unstoppable. "Fu Gongyou shook his head: "But the world is now. The heroes are not the same as those of the Six Kingdoms back then! Dou Jiande had the land of Hebei, with many soldiers and generals, abundant products, and his strength was higher than that of Zhao. Wang Shichong also inherited the best soldiers and generals of the entire Sui Dynasty, and Li Jing destroyed Liang in one fell swoop. , it can be said that its strength exceeds that of the Chu State back then. Even if Yang Xuangan now runs away in anger, he may not be able to return to Huaqiang State after a long time. If King Dou joins forces, I am afraid that the Zhongyuan Prefecture and County that Li Tang has now taken over will still be lost. You have to spit it out as it is. It¡¯s still unclear who will win.¡± At this point, Fu Gongyou bowed his hands to Du Fuwei and said sincerely: ¡°Brother, we are all our own people here, and we discuss politics for the benefit of all of us. These people were forced to surrender by the government.On the way, we just went up the mountain and fell into the grass, just to survive. After so many years of struggle, we finally survived and became a prince. It's just a matter of living in Li Zitong, but it doesn't really mean giving away the country and the foundation that we have built for many years. Now I think that if the balance of the Central Plains can be maintained and Wang Shichong and Li Tang restrain each other, neither one can be destroyed, which is the best result. " Wang Xiongdan's expression changed and he argued: "Absolutely not. We have now submitted to the Tang Dynasty and are the ministers of the Tang Dynasty. If we do not obey the orders of the Tang Dynasty at this time, we will be treason. The King of Qin has sent us a message, asking us to send troops to Tang and Deng, and then contact them through the four eastern counties of Han Dynasty, and join forces to conquer the eastern capital. If we do not comply with the order, it will be a violation of the order, and the consequences will be serious! "Fu Gongyou laughed and said, "Xiong Xiong, you are also the one who leads the troops. Isn't it easy to find this excuse? So many of Li Zitong's subordinates were scattered all over the country. Let's just say that after Li Zitong escorted Chang'an, many of his subordinates rebelled again. We need to divide our troops to suppress these rebellions. We are temporarily unable to send troops to help Datang attack Luoyang. Otherwise, we will end. Already? Hum, it would be a good thing for us if Luoyang could be defended. Otherwise, Li and Tang will suddenly be on the border with us. Will we be able to stand on our own feet by then? " Kan Leng sighed: "Second uncle, why do you always want to be independent? Anyway, he will return to the Tang Dynasty sooner or later. Can human power resist the destiny? "