"Ga~Ga~" Li Xiu ran with the army. Fortunately, the pursuers behind him did not appear, and finally they finally returned home smoothly. Compared with the chaos in Chang'an City, this place was leisurely and quiet. Even the small market in front of the Ministry of Agriculture was still as usual, but then he was frightened by the passing women's army. Then everyone didn't ask the reason, and it scattered in the blink of an eye. After all, those who had just experienced the troubled times were more sensitive than anyone else.

Li Xiu rushed home by horse, while Princess Pingyang and the others went to the military camp next to the Princess Villa, where there were a lot of military rations and weapons. Retreat to Zhongnan Mountain was not the purpose, but to negotiate with Li Shimin to win the conditions for Li Chengdao and others to survive. Moreover, eating is a big problem just for so many people, so it is not enough to have no food.

"Husband, what's going on? Why are there so many troops outside?" Yi Niang asked in fear when she saw Li Xiu. After all, the sound of horse hooves outside just now, and Fat Sister and others also saw the arrival of the army. It would be impossible for her to be a weak woman to say that she was not afraid. Even now, there are scissors hidden in her sleeves.

"The King of Qin has rebelled, and the prince has been killed. The princess and I saved the Prince Qi and the Prince's family. The King of Qin will definitely not let them go. Moreover, he has controlled His Majesty and then took over the military power in Chang'an and around him. Next, he will definitely come to ask the Prince and the Prince of Qi's family. The princess decided to retreat to the mountains and wait until the situation stabilizes before discussing the next step!" Li Xiu explained roughly, and then urged loudly, "Carry up quickly at home and bring more practical things like clothes and quilts!"

When the silence heard such a big thing happening in Chang'an City, the lady was panicked and immediately took action when she heard Li Xiu's orders. Li Xiu also took this opportunity to pour a cup of tea for herself. However, after just taking a few sips, she suddenly heard a burst of rapid footsteps from outside. Then Princess Pingyang's maid's helmet ran over in panic and shouted: "Li Jijiu, Princess, please come over and discuss with you if you have any urgent matters!"

Li Xiu immediately stood up as soon as he heard this, explained to the lady, and hurriedly left the house. Anyway, there are now people from the Detachment of Women from all directions, and Princess Pingyang also distributed half of the guards to guard his house, so there was no need to worry about safety.

Li Xiu went out with Helmet. He thought he was going to the military camp next to the other courtyard to see Princess Pingyang, but he didn't expect that Helmet took him south not far. As a result, Princess Pingyang and Ma Ye were commanding people to dig trenches and cut trees here, and built a series of exterior walls similar to the camp. This made Li Xiu step forward in confusion and asked, "Princess, what are you doing?"

"I can't walk anymore. According to our Ma Lai report, the mountain road to the south has been occupied by the King of Qin's troops first, and there are troops pressing towards us in other directions, which has formed an encirclement force for us, so we can only build camps on the spot!" Before Princess Pingyang spoke, Ma took the lead in speaking.

"What, King Qin is so fast?" Li Xiu was shocked when he heard this.

"Soldiers are very fast. He is proficient in military tactics and is familiar with my personality. I am afraid that when we first came here, he guessed our intentions, so he took the lead in cutting off our march route with cavalry from other directions. Now the army in all directions is approaching, and the enemy is too numerous to be few, I am afraid..." When Princess Pingyang said the last, she also showed a painful look on her face. She didn't care much about her life and death, but first, she could not protect Li Chengdao and those of her people, and secondly, she implicated Li Xiu's family. This is the most painful thing for her.

Li Xiu couldn't help feeling heavy when he heard this, but soon he suddenly looked up and said, "Princess, if the King of Qin really attacked us regardless of family affection, how long can we last?"

"If we fight to the death, we can hold on for a while, but we don't have many food and grass weapons and there are no reinforcements outside. Even if we persist for a long time, it will be useless." Before Princess Pingyang could speak, Ma next to her answered first, but at the end of the conversation, her tone was a little depressed. After all, the current situation was really too unfavorable.

"That's fine. As long as we are not defeated by the King of Qin in an instant, we can negotiate with the King of Qin. As long as I can see the King of Qin, I think I have a way to convince him!" Li Xiu said with a confident expression at this time.

"What can you do to convince him? Don't think that he had a good relationship with you before, he would listen to your persuasion. He could do even the eldest brother of a compatriot. Even the princess, the elder sister, was not going to let him go. It would be useless to see him, but maybe he would send a sheep into the tiger's mouth!" Master Ma said a little disagreeing when he heard this.

"Uncle Ma, don't worry about how I convinced the King of Qin. Anyway, I'm a little sure of it. And I don't think the King of Qin will be so heartless. He wants to kill the prince and the King of Qi, but he may not be able to do anything to the princess!" Li Xiu retorted at this time. Of course, he was unsure of this when he said this. After all, no one could guess Li Shimin's thoughts, and he could only guess according to the Li Shimin he knew.

"As long as I am here, he will not think of telling them a piece of hair!" Princess Pingyang said firmly when she heard this. After saying that, tears also emanated from her eyes again. Her eldest brother had passed away. She, a sister, would never let his child get into trouble again.

"Don't worry, Princess, Chengdao is my student, and I will never let him get into trouble. As long as I can see the King of Qin, I will be sure to convince him!" Li Xiu said firmly again. The more he was in such a desperate situation, the more he could not let Princess Pingyang and the others lose hope. Even if he was not sure, he could only hold on at this time.

While talking, spies came to report one by one, but most of them were the enemy troops in a certain direction and how far they were from them, and where they found new enemy troops. This surprised Li Xiu. At this time, he finally realized how terrifying it was to fight against the enemy with people like Li Shimin on the battlefield. No wonder those anti-kings fell one by one at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Although Ma Ye and others tried their best to urge him, they had only time to build a simple camp to prevent the impact of the enemy cavalry. This camp included Princess Pingyang's villa and Li Xiu's family. However, Li Xiu still moved his family to Princess Pingyang's villa and protected him with Li Chengdao and others. This would not save some troops. Ma Ye and Qiu Shili and others also guarded the four directions respectively. Princess Pingyang was in the middle to support him, and everyone was ready for a big battle.

However, what Princess Pingyang and the others did not expect was that when the army from all sides came, they did not attack immediately, but also set up camps around them and looked like they were besieged. However, Li Xiu felt relieved when he saw this, because from this point, it can be seen that Li Shimin did not want to really hurt Princess Pingyang, so he would be even more sure.

"It seems that he wants to force us to hand over the fourth brother and others on his own initiative. It's simply delusion!" In Princess Pingyang's living room, she said loudly with anger on her face.

"The princess is right. The King of Qin must have planned this way, but if he keeps surrounding us, our food will not last long, and I'm afraid we can't hold on in the end?" He Panren said with concern at this time. The living room has now become the commander of the army, and all the senior executives of the Detachment of Women are here.

"I'm afraid of a bird, I can't fight them!" Xiang Shanzhi, who was furious, shouted, but only he could say these 25 words. The army surrounding them was more than 40,000, which was definitely not something that they could deal with.

"Old Xiang, if you don't fight hard now, what do you think Li Xiu?" Ma Ye glared at Xiang Shanzhi first, then looked at Li Xiu, who looked leisurely and incompatible with the atmosphere on the scene.

"Uncle Ma, don't worry, as the princess said, since the King of Qin sieges and does not attack, he must have wanted to force us to hand over his wife. I think it's better to wait a few days first and let the King of Qin handle the matter of Chang'an City first. Then he will have time to talk to us!" Li Xiu said with a smile. Through Li Shimin's actions, he could almost grasp Li Shimin's psychology.

"Wait?" Ma Ye was stunned when he heard Li Xiu's answer. It was not very good to be besieged. Everyone is very anxious now. Even if the Detachment of Women is loyal to Princess Pingyang, the morale of the army will inevitably fluctuate at this time. He is really afraid that after the food is exhausted, he will be in chaos without others attacking them.

"Li Xiu, just waiting like this is not a solution. Should we send people to contact the King of Qin first?" At this moment, Qiu Shili suggested that among the few generals, except for Mr. Ma, he was the most strategic.

"It's okay to get in touch, but it's probably useless. Everything has to be done by the King of Qin in person!" Li Xiu replied with a faint smile. After the army besieged them, let alone Li Shimin, even the chief Sun Wuji was not seen. It is estimated that they were all busy cleaning up the end of the coup in Chang'an City, and they had no time to pay attention to them yet.

"Okay, let's do it this way. Send someone to tell the people outside and say I want to see Li Shimin!" Princess Pingyang finally decided to say that she was actually reluctant to see Li Shimin again. It was just for the lives of people like Li Chengdao and Li Yuanji. She had to meet Li Shimin, which could also create an opportunity for Li Xiu to see Li Shimin.

With Princess Pingyang's order, Ma Ye and others immediately took the order and left. Only Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang were left in the living room. Only then did Li Xiu speak again: "Princess, how is the injury of King Qi?"

"The doctor has bandaged him. Although he lost too much blood and was seriously injured, he was not in danger of life. I just happened to visit him, should you go with him?" Princess Pingyang finally showed a weak expression at this time. Only in front of Li Xiu would she take off her cold expression.

"Okay." Li Xiu nodded when he heard this. Li Chengdao and Li Yuanji were all together, and he also wanted to meet them, especially Li Chengdao. Suddenly, he encountered such a big change. He was really worried that it would have any bad impact on this student.

When Princess Pingyang stood up and came to the inner house with Li Xiu. Li Yuanji's family was arranged to a separate yard. When Li Xiu came to the bedroom, Li Yuanji was lying on the bed with her upper body, her body was covered with gauze, and a lot of blood was oozing out. The room was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine and blood.

"Three sister!" Li Yuanji couldn't help but feel excited when he saw Princess Pingyang coming in, but after struggling for a few seconds, he took a deep breath in pain. This made Princess Pingyang hurriedly step forward and help him lie down and said, "Fourth brother, lie down quickly, don't break the wound away again!"

"Sister! It's all my fault for being useless. My elder brother died to save me!" Li Yuanji said crying bitterly at this time. Although he escaped, he was full of regret for the death of his elder brother Li Jiancheng, and even hated himself.

"Fourth brother, you can't blame you for this, big brother... big brother..." Princess Pingyang wanted to comfort Li Yuanji, but when she mentioned her elder brother Li Jiancheng, she couldn't help but shed tears and couldn't say it at all. In the end, the siblings and brothers hugged their heads and cried bitterly. Li Xiu next to her also sighed, saying that the Tian family has no affection, and this sentence is right or wrong. Li Shimin's ability to kill his brother indeed confirmed this sentence, but from Princess Pingyang and Li Yuanji, he saw the opposite of this sentence.

The siblings cried for a while, and then Princess Pingyang suddenly thought of Li Yuanji's injuries. She wiped the tears from her face and forced herself to motivate Li Yuanji to rest well. However, Li Yuanji was very concerned about the situation outside. He already knew that they were surrounded by the army. After all, this matter could not be hidden at all, so she kept asking Princess Pingyang for her next plan.

"Your Highness, the princess and I have already had a solution to deal with it. You just need to be at ease to recover from the injury!" Li Xiu interrupted at this time. Although he and Li Yuanji were a little unhappy, it was already a thing of the past. He was also very impressed by Li Yuanji's desperate attempt to protect Li Jiancheng. Even though Li Yuanji has many shortcomings, he is indeed more humane than Li Shimin.

"What's the solution?" Li Yuanji asked again.

"It's not convenient to tell Your Highness now, but I can guarantee that you will let you leave here safely!" Li Xiu said with a confident expression at this time.

Seeing that Li Xiu refused to say it, Li Yuanji became even more suspicious. He asked several times now, but Li Xiu was very strict and refused to reveal it at all. In the end, he had no choice but to choose to believe Li Xiu.
Chapter completed!