Xue Bai kept staring at the battlefield, so he quickly noticed something unusual in Guo Ziyi's army.

When Jiang Hai's troops broke through the left defense line, Guo Ziyi did not order reinforcements in time. As time went on, the gap on the left wing became wider, putting the Chinese army in a passive position.

But Guo Ziyi has not yet made adjustments.

"Too many flaws suddenly appeared, how could it happen?" Xue Bai murmured to himself.

This should have been a good thing, but he frowned. The first thing he felt was confusion and vigilance. Worried that it was a trick, he did not dare to immediately order an all-out attack. Instead, he ordered his cavalry to go and investigate.

After a while, Hou Qi came back and brought a strange news.

"Your Majesty, Guo Ziyi's flag command is very confusing, and the general cannot understand his flag language."

"How did you swing it?"

We are all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the flag language was originally the same, but Guo Ziyi suddenly used a new flag language, which inevitably made people suspect that he was communicating secretly with his generals.

In addition, it was almost dusk and the sky was getting dark, so it would be easy to get caught if you were too aggressive.

Xue Bai discussed with several close generals, and they all believed that since they had the upper hand today, it would be more beneficial for them to postpone the war to a later stage, and there was no need to take risks.

But Xue Bai had a gut feeling that this might be an opportunity.

"It is impossible for Guo Ziyi to think that such a tactic to lure the enemy can deceive me, so this is probably not a tactic to lure the enemy."

"Having said that, Your Majesty, there is no need to take risks."

"No, if the stalemate with Guo Ziyi continues, there will inevitably be changes."

At this time, a soldier came to report: "Your Majesty, Li Bi wants to see you."

"Li Mi?"

When Xue Bai heard this, he vaguely guessed something. He nodded and ordered Li Mi to be summoned.

After a while, a Taoist robe floated over like clouds.

Just looking at Li Mi's calm and calm look, Xue Bai knew that the chaos in Guo Ziyi's army was indeed related to him.

"Your Majesty, the envoy from Chang'an is here. The ministers are willing to welcome your Majesty back to the capital." Li Bi said.

When Xue Bai heard this, his first reaction was not that he was happy.

He and Guo Ziyi were in a fierce battle, and when they were about to decide the winner, the nobles of Guanlong surrendered, making the battle end hastily, with a strong sense of sloppiness.

In this regard, he did not appreciate Li Mi, but felt that Li Mi was too troubled.

"It seems that you have secretly persuaded the Guanlong nobles to surrender for me."

Li Mi soon noticed Xue Bai's displeasure and said: "I persuaded them to surrender not for Your Majesty, but to protect them."

"oh?"

"Your Majesty will attack Guo Ziyi with a thunderous force, and he will definitely win. If the officials of Guanzhong persist in their stubbornness, they will be punished. I feel pity for them, so I urge them to change their ways and follow your Majesty's will."

"You are very smart." Xue Bai said, "The precious people are short-sighted and do not use thunderous methods. They must not be afraid."

"They surrendered just because they knew they were afraid." Li Bi said, "Your Majesty defeated Guo Ziyi and established his authority, and his goal was achieved."

"What I want is not this kind of victory."

Li Bi said: "Your Majesty has won."

He said this in an unquestionable tone, rarely showing a sense of loyalty.

"Although I allowed your majesty to win earlier, I am as loyal to your majesty as every soldier, and my strategy also belongs to your majesty's strength. Therefore, your majesty defeated Guo Ziyi today with dignity and dignity!"

"You are such a Taoist priest with a lotus tongue. You pity the Guanlong nobles and appease them without telling me, but you want to confuse me with your words?"

"I am proclaiming His Majesty's divine power to make them fear and obey Your Majesty." Li Bi said, feeling extremely confident.

Xue Bai was actually speechless by his rebuttal.

Now, what is in front of us is that the other side has surrendered. Without any conditions, we will directly help Xue Bai defeat Guo Ziyi without any hesitation.

If he doesn't even accept this, that's too much.

There is nothing to be pretentious about on the battlefield. You cannot let go of any opportunity to win, no matter what means you use to get it.

"Pass my order, the entire army crosses the river and captures Guo Ziyi's Chinese flag."

The trumpet sounded loudly, and the soldiers faced the setting sun, shouting and rushing towards the flag with the word "Guo" written on it. They were extremely excited because today they were going to defeat a myth.

Until this moment, Guo Ziyi still did not issue an order.

"What's going on?"

Guo Xi looked back at the Chinese military platform again and again, knowing that Guo Ziyi might have been deprived of military power.

Today, the Guo family and his son are fighting for the Li Ancestral Temple. Unfortunately, not so many people care about the Li Ancestral Temple, at least not more than their own lives.

"Surrender!" Seeing that the situation was over, Guo Xi decisively ordered.

"But general, our attack on the imperial commander is a serious crime of treason. How can we surrender?"

Guo Xi said: "Remember, we are being used."

He surrendered very calmly.

He thought that the reason for this battle was that "the Li family's ancestral temple cannot be shaken", but behind him, there were so many descendants of the Li family who were forcing Guo Ziyi to stop fighting regardless of their ancestral heritage.

It’s not a fair loss, the reason was wrong from the beginning.

As a result, all the soldiers under Guo Xi's command threw away their weapons, and they could not bear to lose unjustly.

None of Xue Bai's soldiers cared about whether they won honor or not.

The battlefield is the most cruel place. The only thing that matters is the winner and the loser. Victory is victory and defeat is defeat.

Soon, even Guo Ziyi's flag was lowered, and Guo Ziyi ordered the entire army to surrender, ending the battle.

Suddenly, the cheers of the soldiers under Xue Bai's command shook the surrounding areas, as if they could reach Chang'an City.

Although the victory came too suddenly, Xue Bai did win.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

Their emperor defeated Guo Ziyi, who was famous all over the world, and there could be no bigger rebellion, which meant that they had once again achieved the feat of following the dragon.

What was in sharp contrast to the cheers was the deathly silence of the defeated army. Each of them knew that their so-called act of protecting Li's shrine became treason.

Each of these soldiers had fought against the Tibetan army on the anti-Autumn front, and had made great contributions in protecting their homeland. But now, they had thrown away their weapons, lowered their heads, and sat on the ground, waiting for the punishment of fate.

.

A group of officials wearing purple and red robes walked through the defeated army.

Compared to the defeated soldiers, they looked so alive.

Even though they, as the culprits, should bear the heaviest responsibility, there is hope in them.

They will once again begin their performance of tongue-splitting lotuses.

"Your Majesty!"

"I tried to stop Guo Ziyi several times, but I failed to stop him from committing such a heinous crime!"

"Guo Ziyi openly rebelled. Please kill Guo Ziyi."

"..."

Xue Bai didn't want to listen to the noise of this group of people and said: "The rebel is not Guo Ziyi, but me."

The ministers were stunned, they really couldn't understand this sentence.

Has any emperor rebelled since ancient times?

"Don't you know? I have announced to the world that my name is Xue Bai and I am not the heir of Emperor Li Tang."

Immediately, a red-robed official stood up, puffed his beard and glared, and wanted to argue a few words, but was immediately pulled by other officials and fell to the ground again.

"I am following your Majesty, no matter what your name or surname is!"

Li Qijun took the lead in saying something, and everyone agreed.

For Xue Bai, this was a test of obedience. Since these Guanlong nobles were so weak that they could even tolerate this incident, no matter how Xue Bai changed his methods in the future, they would never dare to openly resist again.

In this way, Xue Bai's goal was achieved, and there was little point in killing them again.

But he didn't expect them to be so shameless, and he felt bored. He waved his hand and told them to leave, and only called Guo Ziyi to see him.

~~

Guo Ziyi was stripped of his armor and was only wearing a middle coat. He was tied up with five flowers and escorted into the tent.

His face was full of helplessness. Today's defeat was indeed a "crime other than war."

Xue Baiping stepped back from the others, took a deep look at Guo Ziyi, stepped forward, and personally untied the rope from his body.

However, Guo Ziyi took a step back.

"No, I raised an army to rebel. If I am not punished, if someone else follows my example..."
To be continued...