After a while, Li Yuan gave Pei Ji instructions.

 "Yes, Your Majesty, I will find a way now."

 In late November, Xu Feng led the army to Xinfeng, which is very close to Chang'an City.

 "Bai Qi, send someone to deliver a letter to Li Yuan, telling Li Yuan that he must either open the city and surrender, or I will fight in and destroy him."

 Xu Feng said with a cold face.

 "Yes, Your Majesty."

 Immediately, Bai Qi sent an envoy to Chang'an City with Xu Feng's imperial decree.

 Xu Feng felt that at this point in the matter, it was very likely that Li Yuan would surrender, and there was no need to fight desperately.

 Yang Guang and Li Yuan are even relatives. In ancient China, dynasties changed, and many of them were actually relatives.

 Just when Xu Feng sent people to Chang'an to recruit Li Yuan to surrender.

 At this time Li Yuan also summoned a group of ministers to discuss how to resist the Sui army that was about to approach the city.

 It's a pity that everyone knows that it is impossible to stop the menacing Sui army with the strength of Chang'an at this time.

 Therefore, Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing and others proposed another plan to Li Yuan, evacuate Chang'an, give up Guanzhong, retreat to the northwest and southwest Shuzhong, in order to make a comeback.

 However, as soon as this plan was proposed, it was opposed by many ministers.

 In this era, the wealthiest areas are Guanzhong and the Central Plains, which are the essence of the entire China.

 If Li Yuan gave way out of Guanzhong, he would basically lose the ability to fight for world hegemony, retreating to the northwest and southwest, and could only linger on.

 Perhaps, relying on the dangerous terrain in the southwest, they can survive for two more years.

 But as the Sui army basically reunified the world, the Sui army will only become stronger and stronger, and it will be a matter of time before they are wiped out.

 But so what if they don't let out of Guanzhong. At this time, Tang Jun has no ability to defend Chang'an and Guanzhong.

 This is not a question of whether Li Yuan will give in or not, but that he will not leave. Chang'an and Guanzhong are also owned by the Sui army, and he will have to be a prisoner at that time.

 At this time, among the ministers of Li and Tang, some people offered to surrender voluntarily and sacrifice Guanzhong, Northwest and Southwest.

 "Your Majesty, in the final analysis, you and Yang Guang are relatives after all, and if you voluntarily surrender, Yang Guang should accept it.

 Otherwise, with Yang Guang's previous attitude towards the rebels, if the city breaks down, Your Majesty..."

 Someone tactfully persuaded Li Yuan to surrender, otherwise Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande would have ended up like Li Yuan.

 After Li Yuan heard this, his face was very ugly, and he really wanted to kill this courtier, but he endured it and did not speak.

 Because, he had to admit that although the minister's words were harsh, they were very real.

 "Furthermore, in the past few years, we have pacified the northwest and swept the southwest, stabilizing the situation in these two places and not making the banditry worse.

 If now, we take the initiative to surrender and hand over the Northwest and Southwest completely, this is also a credit! "

 At this time, among Li Tang's courtiers, some thick-skinned ones have said such things.

 "Report, Your Majesty, Sui Emperor sent someone to send a letter of surrender."

 At this time, Li Yuan received the news that the envoy sent by Xu Feng had arrived.

 Soon, the envoy was brought to the main hall and presented Xu Feng's letter of surrender.

 Xu Feng's letter of surrender was very concise, but it was actually a handwritten letter to Li Yuan.

 It simply read: Li Yuan, either surrender or die;

 I waited for you in Xinfeng for three days, but I didn't receive a reply for three days. The soldiers sent troops to Chang'an.

 After Li Yuan saw this Xu Feng's handwritten letter, he suddenly became depressed.

 "Hey, that's all."

 At this time, Li Yuan already had the intention of surrendering in his heart.

 "Messenger, let me ask you, was my eldest son Li Jiancheng captured by you, or died in battle?"

 At this time, Li Yuan asked the Sui army envoy.

 At the same time, some interested people keenly noticed that Li Yuan did not call himself Zhen this time, but me.

 This is a sign of surrender!

 "Don't worry, your eldest son is not dead, he was captured by us, and he has been escorted back to Dongdu. You will see him soon."

 The envoy of the Sui army looked down upon everyone and said domineeringly.

 "This envoy will wait in Chang'an and wait for your reply in three days."

 After finishing speaking, the Sui army envoy turned and left the hall directly.

 But at this time, no one cared about the emissary's arrogance, they were all told whether Li Yuan should surrender next.

 "Your Majesty, what should I do?"

 Veteran Pei Ji asked Li Yuan.

 "Hey, is there any news about Shimin and Yuanba?"

 Li Yuan did not answer, but asked this question.

 Because, at this time, Li Yuan still hadn't made up his mind in his heart.

 During this period of time, he has tasted the sweetness of being an emperor, and now Liu Yuan is really reluctant to let him give up the throne and surrender.

 "Not yet, but our spies sent back news that the Second Highness and the Fourth Highness did not fall into the hands of the Sui army, and they should have broken out.

 They definitely didn't dare to take the short-cut route when the Sui army came, and most of them took a long way back, which might take longer. "

 "Well, they're fine."

 Only now did Li Yuan feel relieved.

 "Let's go! Let me be quiet."

 Li Yuan waved his hand, looking lonely.

 Three days passed quickly, and on the last day, Li Yuan hadn't made a decision, and the envoys of the Sui army were already preparing to leave Chang'an.

 And Xu Feng on Xinfeng's side was unwilling to wait any longer, and let Bai Qi lead the army forward to occupy Baqiao.

 "Surrender, surrender, the Li Tang rebels surrendered."

 As a result, as soon as Bai Qi led the army to Baqiao, Xu Feng received the news of Li Yuan's surrender.

 "Li Yuan is still wise."

 After hearing this, Xu Feng smiled slightly.

 "He ordered Bai Qi to lead the army and go straight to Chang'an City."

 Xu Feng happily gave the order.

 Soon, Xu Feng led the army to Chang'an.

 Bai Qi arrived one step ahead, accepted Tang Jun's surrender first, and took control of Chang'an City to ensure that Li Yuan did not play tricks.

 Then Xu Feng will come over, hold a ceremony of accepting surrender and entering the city, and accept Li Yuan's formal surrender.

 "Criminal Li Yuan, please greet Your Majesty."

 In front of the gate of Chang'an City, Li Yuan had already taken off his imperial robe, put on his former official uniform of the Sui Dynasty when he was Duke of Tang, knelt down to Xu Feng, and shouted.

 "Get up."

 Xu Feng was riding on the horse, with a cold expression on his face, and said in a deep voice.

 After entering the city, Li Yuan was placed under house arrest by Xu Feng, and all Li Tang's subordinates were also placed under house arrest by Xu Feng.

 Xu Feng didn't directly send them to prison, this kind of treatment is already very good.

 When Li Er returned to Chang'an with Qin Qiong, Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin, Xu Maogong and others, he found that the flag of the Sui army had been replaced on the city of Chang'an.

 "How could it be so fast? The Sui army has entered the city?"

 Li Er looked at the flag of the Sui Army on the head of Chang'an City, and naturally understood what it meant.

 But Li Er didn't understand that even if there were not many Tang troops in Chang'an City, relying on the size and strength of Chang'an City, they would definitely be able to hold on for ten days and a half months.

 But now, when he came back so quickly, he found out that the owner of Chang'an City had changed.

 "There is only one explanation, the father surrendered."

 Li Er quickly figured it out in his heart, only in this way can he explain it.

 "Hey, we really lost.

 Come on, let's go into town too.

 After entering the city, you voluntarily surrender to the Sui army and don't follow me anymore. "

 Xu Feng said to Li Jing, Qin Qiong and others.

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 Li Er is creating opportunities for Li Jing and Qin Qiong, giving them a chance to serve in the Sui Army in the future.

 On the contrary, Li Er knew that in his own life, he might not have the chance to lead the army again.

 Even, whether Yang Guang will really spare them after the surrender is still unclear.

 On the contrary, people like Li Jing and Qin Qiong have real abilities. Li Er doesn't want the talents of such people to be buried.

 Then, Li Er took Li Jing and the others into the city and surrendered to the Sui army.

 After entering the city, Li Er knew that his guess was right, Li Yuan really surrendered.

 Li Er had no intention of blaming Li Yuan. When he returned, he actually thought about this problem countless times in his heart, and he himself thought about surrendering.

 "Your Majesty, Li Er took the initiative to surrender with a Tang army."

 Soon, Xu Feng also received news of Li Er's surrender.

 For Li Tang, Xu Feng was most afraid of Li Er, and now Xu Feng was relieved to know that Li Er had also surrendered.

 "Send all the father and son of the Li family to Dongdu and put them under house arrest temporarily."

 Xu Feng gave the order.

 Now that Li Yuan had voluntarily surrendered, Xu Feng did not intend to kill them for the time being.

 Otherwise, it will chill the hearts of many of their former subordinates, and it will be difficult to accept them.

 For example, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Xu Maogong and others, Xu Feng still intends to subdue these capable people.

 Now that Li Tang is gone, as long as these people know the current affairs, they will naturally know how to choose.

 Xu Feng didn't intend to kill Li Jing, Qin Qiong and others, but Xu Feng couldn't keep those people who followed Li Yuan to rebel from Taiyuan, such as Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing and others.

 These people are all Li Yuan's diehard loyalists, each of them is stubborn, keeping them will be a disaster sooner or later.

 Therefore, when Xu Feng escorted Li Yuan and his father and son to Dongdu for house arrest, the Sui army also started a big purge in Chang'an.

 The targets of the Sui army's purge were naturally the rebellious ministers like Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing who rebelled with Li Yuan back then.

 For these people, Xu Feng has only one order, to punish the Jiuzu.

 Soon, the Sui army arrested people wantonly in Chang'an City. Within two days, all the rebellious officials and their relatives were arrested, more than [-] people.

 And this is not over, this time Xu Feng is not only right, these rebellious ministers who followed Li Yuan's rebellion at the beginning killed him.

 Xu Feng also planned to take the opportunity to weaken and eliminate some of the Guanlongmen Clan.

 These Guanlongmen clans all supported Li Yuan's rebellion before, and provided Li Yuan with a lot of manpower, material resources, and funds.

 Now, Xu Feng will naturally not let go of cleaning them.

 More importantly, these Guanlong clans have been operating in Guanlong Land for many years, and they have secretly controlled the economic lifeline of Guanlong Land.

 Every time after Li Yuan rebelled, the Sui Dynasty officials in the Guanlong area had to be wary of these Guanlong clans, who were too powerful.

 The time has come to weaken and eradicate, and now is the best time.

 Otherwise, with the suppression of Li Tang's rebellion and the withdrawal of the Sui army later, it would be difficult to have such an opportunity to wage war against the country.

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