When the Tang army was about to enter Kunming City, Yunnan Governor Wu Zhaoyun was the first to respond.

On a dark and windy night, he led nearly a thousand defenders who obeyed his command and sneaked out of the city quietly, traveling eastward, and resigning to the Tang army.

Seeing that Wu Zhaoyun was ashamed to lead his troops to escape without any shame and surrender to the Tang army, King Gui Zhu Youlang and Duke Qian Mu Tianbo were both shocked.

They wanted to send troops immediately to pursue Wu Zhaoyun, but they also considered that the morale in the city was extremely low now. If they led their troops to attack easily, they were afraid that these soldiers would take the opportunity to defeat most of them before they could fight with the escaped Wu Zhaoyunkuan.

This pursuit battle cannot be fought at all.

So, they sighed and cursed for a while, and had to let him go.

However, Wu Zhaoyun's escape brought about a very bad chain reaction.

Over the past few days, the originally few defenders in Kunming City have quietly fled due to the escape of Yunnan Governor Wu Zhaoyun. What's more, they gathered publicly during the day, regardless of the faces of King Gui Zhu Youlang and Duke of Qian Mu Tianbo.

As for this situation, Zhu Youlang and Mu Tianbo were powerless to stop it, but just sighed.

When the Tang army was about to reach the city, King Gui Zhu Youlang could no longer hold back.

He quietly evacuated Kunming City with all his family members and more than a thousand personal troops separated from the city, heading west, fled to Yongchang without looking back.

As soon as Zhu Youlang fled, in the huge Kunming city, only the Duke of Qian, Mu Tianbo, led more than 2,000 troops, trapped in this city with no reinforcements and low morale.

Now Yunnan Governor Wu Zhaoyun and Gui Wang Zhu Youlang both escaped. Qian Guo Duke Mo Tianbo could be said to be alone and could not help him. Apart from drinking and drowning his sorrows every day in the city, while watching his soldiers numbly escape, Qian Guo Duke was already confused about how to defend the city. One day was a day.

At dusk two days later, the Tang army finally arrived at the city of Kunming.

Three Tang troops arrived together, like three tides finally merged into turbulent waves, quickly surrounding the entire Kunming city as tight as an iron barrel.

Seeing the Tang army besieging the city on all sides, with iron armor standing solemnly at the top of the city, Mu Tianbo took a breath of cold air.

What a guy, the Tang army is so imposing, it is obvious that it is an elite army that has been through a long battle formation. Such a strong brigade with a morale of the Rainbow Soldiers and the more than 2,000 defenders in Kunming City with low morale and no fighting spirit will be their opponents.

But at this time, what other choice can you have besides resisting?

Mu Tianbo sighed and ordered with a tough forehead, "The whole army obeys the order, guard the city carefully, and be sure to resist the attack of the Tang army and protect this provincial capital Kunming!"

"It's...I'm following the order."

Hearing the weak answer below, Duke of Qian, Mu Tianbo knew that he had no fighting spirit with these two thousand defenders. He wanted to block the Tang army's siege and protect the provincial capital Kunming, but it was probably a mantis arm to block the chariot, which was useless.

However, Mu Tianbo made up his mind to resist to the end, to die with the city, to be loyal to the country, and to fight for the reputation of a loyal minister for himself and his family.

Mu Tianbo thought so, but his generals and close family members did not think so.

The Duke of Qian State Mu Tianbo patrolled and cheered up the city. When he saw that the night was dark, the Tang army began to set up camp outside the city to cook, and then he felt relieved and went down to the city to go back to his house to rest.

Accompanied by two personal soldiers, he took heavy steps and moved towards his home step by step.

As soon as he entered the house, Mu Tianbo clearly felt that the atmosphere was not right.

He saw that in the hall behind the door, the lights were brightly lit, his two younger brothers Mu Tianze, Mu Tianrun, his two sons Mu Zhongxian, Mu Zhongliang, and his two confidant generals were sitting on chairs on both sides of the hall with a serious look on their faces.

Mu Tianbo was a little stunned and immediately figured out what the purpose of them all sitting here.

The current situation is really like the tree falling and the money scattered, and everyone wants to find their own future.

He sighed softly, suppressing the excitement in his heart, trying to keep a calm expression on his face, and asked softly, "Everyone is here, are you waiting for me? But what's the matter?"

As soon as his voice fell, his eldest brother Mu Tianze was the first to stand up from the chair and shouted loudly, "Brother, now the Tang army is at the city, surrounded Kunming City, which is a small number of soldiers, as if we don't make a decision quickly, we will be killed with the city!"

"Yes, brother, those who know the times are heroes. Now the Tang army is so powerful. This lonely city in Kunming has few soldiers and no fighting spirit. How can we fight against the elite and powerful army of the Tang army? If we insist on resisting, don't say that the defenders in the city are all destroyed. Our family, the Mu family that has lasted for hundreds of years, will be destroyed!" The second brother Mu Tianrun also hurriedly intervened.

After the two younger brothers finished speaking, Mu Tianbo's two sons Mu Zhong showed Mu Zhongliang, stood up together and bowed and said, "Father, Kunming City is in danger now. If you have to resist hard, what's the benefit of Xi except to destroy yourself? What's more, we have to hold the city for the Hongguang court until now, and we have not abandoned the city like the governor of Yunnan Wu Zhaoyun, nor fled west like King Gui. We are already loyal enough to the court. My father is eager to judge the situation, open the city gate, and surrender to the Tang army. Only then can we protect the defenders and people in the city, and only then can we protect the hundreds of years of blood and wealth of our Mu clan."

After the two sons finished speaking, several generals in the hall also stood up and made suggestions to Mu Tianbo with a sincere look on his face, asking him to take advantage of the last opportunity when the Tang army had not yet launched a siege to open the door to the Tang army to surrender to save the lives of his troops and his family.

Mu Tianbo listened to everyone's advice without saying a word, his face turned gray and his whole body seemed to be trembling slightly.

After the entire hall finally fell silent, he seemed to finally come to his senses, slowly raised his head and looked around everyone. A bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Everyone, it turns out that you are gathered here to say these words to me. I really don't know that you are all people who are paid by the court and are loyal and kind-hearted descendants of the Mu family. Why did you say such great rebellious words without a king or a father? What's the truth?"

"Brother, why is it unreasonable for what we say? Is it not to say that serving Hongguang's governor is to serve the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Anping, isn't it a loyalty to the country? What's the reason for this?!" The second brother Mu Tianrun said unceremoniously.

"Oh, Tianrun, are you talking about serving Emperor Anping, who is controlled by Tang King Li Xiao and is already like a puppet, and also serving the Ming Dynasty? Don't you feel guilty or uneasy when you say this?"

After Mu Tianbo sneered, he sternly said, "What kind of person is the King of Tang Li Xiao? In fact, why should I say more? What I want to tell you is that King of Tang Li Xiao is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, but he is actually a person like a fool!"

Before everyone could reply, Guo Tianbo, Duke of Qian, said loudly, "It's a pity that under Li Xiao's rule, all the civil and military ministers were only Li Xiao's orders. There was no more than half of the ministers who took the pitiful puppet Emperor Anping seriously. The giant thief Li Xiao, who controlled the emperor, was like a sky-high existence for the officials and people under his rule, and he was like an invisible emperor. Such a situation of the replacement of the monarch and ministers is really annoying."

"It's a pity that Li Xiao controlled two emperors one after another. Whether it was the previous Emperor Chongxing or the current Emperor Anping, they were like puppets, without any real power at all, and there was no such thing as a monarch. For example, now, Li Xiao, the thief, forced Emperor Anping to give him nine tins and be allowed to be called alone, and the puppet Emperor Anping would not dare to say that there was no word. In this situation of the king and ministers being replaced, even the most cowardly Emperor Xian of Han, it would be difficult to meet such a situation. After Cao Cao's establishment, Li Xiao's personal rights and prestige had reached an unshakable level. I'm afraid that in a while, Li Xiao would imitate Cao Pi during the Three Kingdoms period, forcing Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate and force Emperor Anping to abdicate. Such rioters and traitors are still thinking of surrendering to him and working for him. Isn't that a joke?"

Finally, Mu Tianbo summed up and said, "The ancients said that the strong wind knows the strong grass, and the slander knows loyal ministers. The descendants of the Mu family are all loyal and good ministers. In this time of crisis, how can we surrender to the rebels of the country, or even serve the enemy with our own body? Anyway, I have made a decision and will definitely live and die with this Kunming City. Even if the city cannot be defended, the day when the Tang army breaks the city is when I commit suicide for my country!"

After Mu Tianbo said these stern and prestigious words, the entire hall suddenly became quiet, and even a needle could be heard.

Mu Tianbo thought everyone was convinced, and was thinking about how to motivate everyone to defend the city with him, but suddenly realized that his eldest brother Mu Tianze quietly gave a wink at several generals standing behind him.

The several famous masters were ready to go forward together, pressed their hands and feet, and firmly controlled Mu Tianbo.

"Let me go! Let me go! What do you bastards want to do?!" Mu Tianbo was forcibly restrained by his subordinates, and his face turned red. He struggled forcibly but couldn't get rid of it. He couldn't help but shouted loudly.

No one paid attention to him, and the whole hall was still quiet, with only the heavy breathing sounds that could be heard.

Mu Tianbo raised his head and shouted sternly at his eldest brother Mu Tianze, "Tianze! I trust you more than you. I have always regarded you as my closest trust, but I didn't expect that you, you, completely let me down and did such a rebellious thing that would control the head of the family!"

After Mu Tianbo finished speaking, Mu Tianze on the opposite side sighed and slowly knelt down in front of him.

Next to Mu Tianze, the second brother Mu Tianrun, as well as Mu Tianbo's two sons Mu Zhongxian and Mu Zhongliang also knelt down one after another.

"Brother, the matter is urgent. For the sake of the Mu family and the people of the whole city, please forgive me for my rudeness." Mu Tianze's voice trembled, and tears were quietly flashing in his eyes. "Brother, you are actually aware of your great principles. But what I want to tell you is that the current situation, the situation changes and the situation is as dangerous as it is, so how can you act with common sense again?"

He paused for a moment, raised his head, looked directly at Mu Tianbo's angry eyes, and continued, "Brother, do you think that in this decaying Ming Empire, except for the Tang King Li Xiao, who is capable of cleaning up the mess, can anyone in the entire Ming Kingdom have such ability? If he can restore the vitality of the Ming Dynasty and let the people live, even if he acts domineeringly and disrespectfully, compared to his family, country, and country, it is just a little bit of details. What's the harm if he looks at it carefully?"

Speaking of this, Mu Tianze sighed again, and then said in a deep voice, "Brother, this cycle of heaven's way of life is common sense. How can there be a country that will not perish? How can there be an immortal master in this world? Even if you take a step back, you can regain peace in the world, unify the land of China again, destroy the thieves and the external Tartars, even if you will abdicate the Ming Dynasty in the future, what's the harm? Those in the world will not survive for Yao or Jie, but only those who have virtue live. The Ming Dynasty loses its deer, causing the world to be quarrels and the people to be displaced. If it weren't for the strong man like Li Xiao to support the situation, I'm afraid that we have been slaves of the country for a long time, how can we talk about the great principles of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism here?"

As soon as Mu Tianze finished his words, Mu Tianrun and his two sons Mu Zhongxian and Mu Zhongliang also agreed and agreed.

"What my second brother said is that from ancient times to the present, there have been many changes in dynasties. If the destiny of heaven is on the Tang King Li Xiao, it can unify China and make the people happy, what's wrong with a different dynasty? Besides, my Mu family has been guarding the borders for the country for hundreds of years, and has never lost it, and it is enough to be worthy of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty."

"Father, what the two uncles said is very much. Wan Wang Father, he must listen to my words, be sure to understand the current affairs and fight with the sky, and end up with a tragic ending of death. If the Tang army is really forced to attack the city, then after the city is broken, it will probably be burned and there will be no remains. And why are the soldiers and people in this city going to be poisoned like this!"

"Yes, my father has always been loyal and righteous, and has always been willing to serve the country. If the people of the whole city die because we are not aware of the current affairs, wouldn't it be a great crime? Isn't it difficult for the Mu family to redeem their crimes even if they die nine times?"

After hearing the words of everyone coming to persuade him, Mu Tianbo's face turned gray and his forehead began to sweat.

At this moment, he suddenly began to doubt and shake his outlook on life, and his originally passionate heart began to fill with indescribable sadness and gloom.

Perhaps, my younger brothers are more thorough and more realistic than those of self-standard and loyal ministers.

The so-called loyalty to the country is not only a false reputation for being a loyal minister for himself, but perhaps the war will only lead to more than 2,000 guards who died in vain and let the people of the whole city be buried here, which has no practical significance at all.

Mu Tianbo's drowning gaze slowly swept across everyone, and finally, from the depths of his throat, he said with difficulty, "Everyone, please stand up, I... I am willing to join you in surrendering to the Tang army."
Chapter completed!