The root cause of Li Yuan's change of mind was that Li Yuan suddenly discovered that even if he exposed Li Jing's sinful face of defecting to the enemy, there was no way to deal with Li Jing at present, because the power in the army was completely in the hands of Chen Yingliang, and Li Yuan was now There is no way to deal with Li Jing, and there is no way to punish Li Jing, let alone kill Li Jing to eradicate the rebellion, so Li Yuan feels that instead of falling out with Li Jing now, it is better to pretend to be ignorant, first find out the specific situation and Li Jing's true position, and if necessary Using Li Jing to carry out counterintuitive measures, he dealt with his opponent Chen Sangliang severely.
After making up his mind, Li Yuan changed his friendly face to meet Li Jing, who belonged to the same family 500 years ago, and Li Jing really respected Li Yuan as his superior. Immediately after entering the account, he saluted Li Yuanji, and said respectfully: " The ambassador forgives the crime, but the lower official accompanied Marshal Chen Yingliang to interrogate the Turkic prisoners of war, so I came late to see you, and I hope the ambassador will forgive me."
"It's okay, it's good if you can come. I'm still worried that it's too late and you won't be able to come today." Li Yuan helped Li Jing himself in a very gracious manner, and asked with a smile: "How is the interrogation of the prisoners of war? What is the value of the interrogation?" Is there any confession?"
"No." Li Jing shook his head, and replied truthfully: "Duke Eliver just wants to get the treatment he deserves, and refuses to answer any questions from Marshal Chen. He has a special status, and Marshal Chen can't torture him. He has spent a lot of time. Did not ask any valuable confession, in the end Marshal Chen had no choice but to temporarily detain him, and also interrogated some Turkic prisoners captured today, and used some punishments, and then asked about some Turkic military information, but nothing important military situation."
"Chen Yingliang mainly asked about the military situation in those areas?" Li Yuan asked worriedly.
"The number of Turkic troops, the situation of the camp, the situation of the generals, and the number of the elite Turkic soldiers attached to Tuojie and Tuojie are mainly led by those generals." Li Jing continued to answer truthfully, but very inadvertently forgot to tell Li Yuan. Chen Yingliang also mainly asked The number of Turkic defenders at Xixing Pass, as well as the specific situation of the Turkic general Ashina Simo.
Li Yuan nodded, thoughtful, and then suddenly asked: "Today in front of the gate of Daying, His Royal Highness King Qi suddenly challenged me, do you know the reason?"
"I know a little bit." Li Jing nodded without even blinking his eyelids, and said without blushing and heartbeat: "As far as I know, His Royal Highness Qi Wang seems to have reached a secret agreement with Marshal Chen, and Marshal Chen will help him in command of your ambassador. Taiyuan King Qin's army was the first to rush into Yanmen City to rescue him, in exchange for His Royal Highness Qi Wang not to hold back Marshal Chen's elbow, but also to take away all the military exploits of the ambassador from you, and not to give you the opportunity to take this opportunity to go further."
"What? What else?!" Li Yuan was taken aback, his shocked appearance was lifelike, and his acting skills were comparable to that of another great Sui Chen Sangliang. Then Li Yuan hurriedly asked: "Is this news confirmed? Also, such a big Why didn't you report to me in time?"
"Ambassador forgive me, I just found out about this today." Li Jing, who was quietly paying attention to Li Yuan's reaction, quickly handed over his hands and apologized, explaining: "Marshal Chen is very suspicious. I have not been in his tent for a long time. Not very trustworthy, I have not been involved in many confidential matters. This matter is after His Royal Highness Qi Wang attacked you this afternoon. The lower official has guessed these situations. Otherwise, if the lower official had known about such an important situation, he would have reported it to the ambassador immediately."
Li Yuan's complexion was a little ugly, and he wished to strangle Li Jing to death in his heart, cursing in his heart, "Eating dog food from inside out, Yang Hao and Chen Yingliang's little thief are secretly colluding, it's obvious that you are connecting them behind your back, you motherfucker How dare you say that you only found out today?!"
Fortunately, probably because of a guilty conscience, Li Jing, who sensed Li Yuan's unkind expression, quickly added another sentence, cupped his hands and said: "Please rest assured, ambassador, although I can't prevent Marshal Chen and His Royal Highness Qi from secretly concluding an alliance to harm you, but in the near future Before coming to see you, the ambassador, I still found an opportunity to speak to Marshal Chen Yingliang alone, urging him not to kill the ambassador without leaving any room."
"Oh, how did you persuade?" Li Yuan asked curiously, but he snorted coldly in his heart, "Traitor, can you still have such kindness?"
"My subordinate is Marshal Chen who persuaded you from the perspective of war." Li Jing replied truthfully: "The Taiyuan King Qin army under your command is not weak in combat effectiveness, and the number of cavalry ranks first among all Lu Qin king armies. If you really overthrow the ambassador, Giving all the military power of King Qin's army in Taiyuan to His Royal Highness King Qi is tantamount to wasting the King Qin army in Taiyuan, and our Sui army's strength is already smaller than that of the Turkic army, and weakening our combat capabilities by ourselves will only be detrimental to the battle, so we are dismissed I urge Marshal Chen not to care about personal grievances blindly, but to keep you ambassador on the battlefield of King Qin, so as not to completely waste Taiyuan King Qin's army."
Li Yuan stared at Li Jing in surprise, and for a while he didn't understand what Li Jing's position was. Sensing Li Yuan's suspicion, Li Jing hurriedly added: "Don't worry, the ambassador. The officer can see that he is still a little shaken, and from a war point of view, keeping you ambassador on the battlefield of King Qin will do more good than harm to Marshal Chen, and it is far better than leaving Taiyuan King Qin's army alone."
Twirling his beard under his lips, he thought about it for a while, and then quietly observed Li Jing from the corner of his eyes for a while, then Li Yuan nodded and praised: "You have done a good job, and your words are very clever, continue to keep an eye on Chen Yingliang and Chen Yingliang for the old man. His Highness King Qi, if there is any emergency, please report it to me immediately. Also, if possible, get evidence for the old man’s secret dealings between Chen Yingliang and His Highness King Qi, whether it is personal evidence or physical evidence. By the way, there is one more thing The little thief Chen Yingliang also asked me about the weapon that made strange noises yesterday."
Li Jing respectfully sang promises to accept the order, and Li Yuan ordered his soldiers to bring a pair of jade biscuits to Li Jing as a reward. Li Jing thanked him without hesitation, and then excused himself to leave due to his busy military affairs and to avoid Chen Yingliang's detection. Li Jing was allowed to leave, and seeing Li Jing's leaving back, Li Yuan also twirled his beard and fell into deep thought, thinking, "This bastard, did he secretly take refuge in Chen Yingliang's little thief? Or is he going to step on two boats, yes Both the old man and the little thief Chen Yingliang are flattering and loyal, and are prepared to remain invincible no matter who wins or loses in the future?"
"The possibility of stepping on two boats should be the greatest. The little thief Chen Yingliang can't give him any price to make him die." Li Yuan came up with the most likely answer, and then said in his heart: "It's okay, the matter of Li Jing can be temporarily settled. Putting it aside, just be careful and don't trust him easily in the future, and the little loach can't make much trouble. The key now is how to dismantle the alliance between Chen Yingliang's little thief and Yang Hao, and let them fight against each other again, otherwise, Yang Hao, a noble idiot, is really a big trouble for this old man."
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Li Jing personally went through the middle of the covenant and secretly concluded the covenant between Chen Yingliang and Yang Wei. Of course, it does not mean that it can be broken up if it is broken up. Our Ambassador Li Yuan racked his brains for most of the night, but he couldn't think of any good way to make Chen Yingliang reconcile. Yang Hao turned his face again, so he had to put the matter aside for the time being, and prepared to discuss it carefully with his resourceful son Li Er the next day.
It was also at this time that Li Yuan discovered a strange thing. It had already been more than half the night. The Taiyuan cavalry he sent outside the camp to sweep up the Turkic outposts had not received any news, let alone heard any news from outside the camp. With the sound of killing, Li Yuan couldn't help but feel a little strange. He didn't quite understand why the Turkic sentinel, which was so rampant the first night, suddenly became so honest? However, Li Yuan does not need to worry about this strange incident. Our Ambassador Li can just snore and sleep soundly, and leave this issue to Chen Yingliang, the commander-in-chief of the whole army, to be suspicious and worry.
In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was light, the Taiyuan cavalry sent by Li Yuan withdrew their troops back to the camp, and reported to Li Yuan that they did not find any Turkic outposts approaching the Sui camp last night, only a few scattered scouts appeared to observe the movement of the Sui camp. Afterwards, they immediately retreated, which was not worth a shot, so the cavalry of the Sui Army did not startle the snake, and Li Yuan didn't care about it after hearing this. It turned out to be a coincidence that at this time Chen Yingliang's camp of the Chinese Army happened to ring out the Sheng account. Li Yuan did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly led a few cronies to the main account of the Chinese Army to accept the order.
In order not to give his rival a chance to deal with himself, Li Yuan walked quickly on his way to the Chinese army's tent. When he entered Chen Yingliang's Chinese army's tent, all the generals had not yet arrived. After reporting to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang was also a little puzzled after hearing this, and said suspiciously: "Why did the Turks suddenly become honest? They have so many cavalry, even if their bows and arrows are inaccurate at night, they won't suffer from scouting with us? How come? How about voluntarily giving up the scouting war that is beneficial to them?"
Li Yuan spread his hands to express that he didn't understand. At this time, the important generals of the Sui army from all walks of life had arrived, and the king of Qi, Yang Hao, also entered the tent and sat on the right guard of Chen Yingliang. All the generals saluted Chen Yingliang together, and Chen Yingliang had to Putting aside the matter of the scouting battle, he said loudly to the generals: "Generals, please excuse me, everyone, the battle yesterday was thanks to the emperor's blessing, and it also depends on the hard work of the generals. All the soldiers serve the country with their lives. Our army once again defeated the Turks Congratulations on the capture of Ashina Elifer, the younger brother of Shibi Bandit Chief.”
"It's also because of Marshal Chen's commanding skills." Old General Yun hurriedly said, "Without Marshal Chen's strategizing and skillful use of soldiers, how could our army defeat the Turks and capture the leader of the bandits alive?"
All the generals agreed one after another, flattering Chen Yingliang more or less. Chen Yingliang smiled modestly and said: "You generals are overjoyed, let's get back to business. Although our army broke the Turks once again, the siege of Yanmen is still unsolved. The Son of Heaven Luanjia has not yet returned, and the Shibi thieves have not yet been captured. We still need to make persistent efforts. Now I declare that today we will go north ten miles to the village again, compress the Turkic cavalry's activity area to about ten miles, build a strong wall, and then plan what to do Completely break the Turks."
The strategy of constricting the Turkic cavalry's activity space step by step has achieved satisfactory results. When Chen Yingliang once again proposed to continue going north, all the generals of the Sui army made promises and took orders. Only Wang Shichong suggested that his troops suffered heavy casualties, and hoped that Chen Yingliang would adjust the marching queue. However, Chen Yingliang used the excuse that it was not easy to adjust the size of the army, and he did not agree, so Wang Shichong had to swallow his anger and shut up. However, when Chen Yingliang was about to order to disperse the tents, the king of Qi, Yang Hao, who had been extremely honest these days, suddenly stood up and said, "Marshal Chen, continue to set up camp in the north. This king agrees, but our food and grass are running out. Does the Marshal need to think about the problem of grain roads and follow-up grain?"
"Here we come." Li Yuan's heart trembled, knowing that Yang Hao finally couldn't help jumping out to snatch the military power in Taiyuan. At the same time, Li Yuan couldn't help worrying—if Chen Yingliang insisted on forcing him to return to Taiyuan to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, how would he respond?
"Of course it needs to be considered. I have ordered Wang Wei, the prime minister of Taiyuan County, to first dispatch and transport 150,000 dendrobium grains to the front of the army, and then ordered the prime minister of Jingzhao County, Gu Yigu, who arrived later, to lead other small groups of soldiers and horses of Qin Wang Liang went north, just..."
Chen Yingliang explained with a smile that he was about to provoke Li Yuan and Yang Hao to choke each other in public to make them completely turn against each other. He never thought that the plan would not change quickly. It so happened that at this critical moment, a messenger came in from outside the big tent and knelt down to Chen Yingliang Played: "Commander Qi, a Turkic envoy came to our barracks with a white flag in his hand to ask for an interview. He reported his name and official position as the Duke of Turkic Ashina Gudulu, and said that he was ordered by the Turkic Shibi Khan. Come to negotiate peace with you and ask for your audience."
"Negotiation for peace? The Turks want to negotiate peace? How is this possible?" Chen Yingliang's shock was not trivial. , but after several battles, only the flesh and blood of the Turkic army were injured, not the fundamental muscles of the Turks.
Surprised, of course, Chen Yingliang ordered the Turkic envoy to be summoned immediately, and within a short while, a Turkic man in Chinese clothes without a weapon was escorted in. , Li Jing and Changsun Wuji who were next to him hurriedly translated, "Golden Wolf's descendant, Ashina Gudulu, Duke of the Turkic Khanate, was ordered by the Holy Khan Shibi to come to see the commander of the Qin King Army of the Great Sui Dynasty. Deputy Envoy of the Twelve Counties of Dao, Manipulator of Thunder and Fire, Marquis of Xuchang in Sui Dynasty, Chen Yingliang and Marquis of Chen."
"You even know my title. It seems that you Turks have put a lot of effort into my research." Chen Yingliang was somewhat complacent, and then asked curiously: "But what do you mean by the manipulator of lightning and raging fire?" ?”
Li Jing translated Chen Yingliang's words, and Ashina Gu Dulu respectfully said in Turkic: "Chen Houjue, our Turkic warriors have seen it with their own eyes. Yesterday you put thunder and fire in a bottle and suddenly threw it out to defeat the enemy. The thunder and lightning blasted the ears of our Turkic warriors, pierced the eyes of our warriors, and the fire burned the clothes and hairs of our Turkic warriors. Even your strength can't resist your thunder and fire, so we Turkic warriors unanimously honor you with this title, the controller of thunder and fire."
After listening to Li Jing's translation, Chen Yingliang couldn't help laughing. Most of the generals of the Sui army showed their colors, and they were extremely proud that the strange weapons of the army shocked the Turks. Then Chen Yingliang smiled and said, "Duke Gudulu, thank you for your praise. , but you came here to see me, not just to say these words of praise, right? If you have anything to do, just tell me, come and set up a seat for the Duke of Gudulu."
Li Jing translated the words, Ashina Gudulu thanked him, and at the same time, the soldiers moved a chair for Gudulu to sit opposite to Yang Hao, then Gudulu bowed his hands to Chen Yingliang and said: "Marquis Chen, Our holy Shibi Khan sent me to ask you for peace. Our Turkic army is willing to lift the siege of the Central Plains Emperor in exchange for you to release all our prisoners of war, as well as our holy Khan Shibi’s brother Ashi. Duke Ellifer, our Turkic Khanate is also willing to renew our alliance with the Sui Kingdom and never be an enemy."
Hearing Li Jing's translation, Chen Yingliang was a little tongue-tied again, and the generals of the Sui army also looked at each other in disbelief, seeing the surprise and suspicion of Chen Yingliang and others, Gu Dulu took the initiative to say: "Marquis Chen, I think you already know, Duke Elifer is our Shibi Khan's younger brother, and our Khan loves this brother very much, so please don't hurt Duke Elifer, we can negotiate any conditions."
"But this is not the most important thing. I dare not deceive you Marquis Chen. Although our Turkic army still has more than 200,000 troops, we have no confidence to defeat you. We know that since you joined the Sui army two years ago He has never been defeated once in dozens of battles. He is the greatest famous general of your country after Yang Suyang, Shi Wansui Shi and Changsun Duke. He can also manipulate lightning and fire on the battlefield. We Turkic warriors respect you We are very afraid, so we don’t want to fight with you anymore, we just want to ask you for peace. Our holy Shibi Khan is very sincere, and please believe in our sincerity.”
After Li Jing translated the words, seeing that Chen Yingliang was still silent, Gu Dulu quickly said, "Marquis Chen, if you are worried that we are deceiving you, we can do this, as long as you promise not to send troops to attack us, and promise to release us." Our prisoner of war and Duke Elifer, our Turkic army can first lift the siege of Yanmen, retreat to the north of Xixing Pass, hand over Xixing Pass to you, and then you will release our prisoner of war and Duke Elifer. "
Hearing the generous conditions offered by Gu Duolu's representative Shibi Khan, all the generals of the Sui army were tempted. They said that it would be good if this could be done. As long as the prisoners of war were returned, the siege of Yanmen could be lifted, which meant that they would be freed from the risk of fighting again. Being able to welcome back Shengjia and enjoy the great achievements of King Qin, and the conditions offered by the Turks are very sincere. They retreat first and then let us release them. As long as the hostages are in hand, they are not afraid of the Turks playing tricks.
Of course, Chen Yingliang was also a little moved, but before Chen Yingliang could think about it carefully, Qi Wang Yang Hao suddenly jumped up and shouted: "I can't agree! Commander, I absolutely can't agree! The Turks are untrustworthy, and they have besieged the emperor for so many days. , Offended the emperor to the extreme, if we don't teach the Turkic army a heavy lesson, how can we explain to the emperor?"
Chen Yingliang hadn't made a statement yet, but Yang Hao, the precious son of Emperor Sui Yang, jumped out and resolutely opposed it. All the civil and military soldiers of the Sui army present were shocked, and Li Yuan couldn't help being stunned. Then Li Yuan immediately woke up and said : "God help me too! That's right! It is absolutely impossible for Yang Hao to agree to the Turkic peace! Because once he reconciles with the Turkic, he will have nothing to do with the credit for the King Qin war this time. It is the little thief Chen Yingliang who swallowed it all by himself, so he can only continue to fight. Going down, he, Yang Hao, was the first to rush into Yanmen City to rescue him. Only when the emperor was overjoyed could he canonize Yang Hao as the prince on the spot! As long as I grasp this point, I won’t be able to provoke conflicts between Yang Hao and Chen Yingliang. , turn your face into a vengeance again!"
Thinking of this, Li Yuan quickly made up his mind, stood up without hesitation, bowed his hands to Chen Yingliang and said, "Forgive me, Commander, at the end I must remind you that you have no right to make decisions on this matter, you must seek the Holy Will. Please His Majesty the Emperor personally judge!"
"Ambassador Li, of course I know this." Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly and said, "But His Majesty the Emperor is trapped in Yanmen City fifty miles away. How can I tell him about this?"
"Yes, how do we ask for the opinion of the emperor?" Yang Hao also yelled like chicken blood, "Marshal Chen, for such a big matter as negotiating and reconciling with the Turks, you can only ask my father to judge, you have no right to make decisions So before you welcome back your father, you can’t negotiate with the Turks, you can only go north to attack the Turks with all your strength, and welcome back your father!”
No matter how courageous Chen Yingliang was at negotiating a settlement with the enemy country that was at war, he would never dare to make the decision for Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. So after hearing what Li Yuan and Yang Hao said, Chen Yingliang didn't dare to make another move other than nodding, and then Chen Yingliang made another move. He hurriedly said to Gu Duolu: "Duke Gu Duolu, I am very sorry. As a minister, I cannot make a decision for the emperor. No matter how sincere you are, I cannot agree to your terms."
Yang Hao, whose wish was fulfilled, showed some smiles, and Li Yuan hurriedly prepared another proposal. Who knew that before Li Yuan could open his mouth to suggest, he asked the Turkic army to allow Chen Yingliang to get in touch with Sui Yang Emperor. After listening to Li Jing's translation, Gu Dulu He even took the initiative to say: "Marquis Chen, we understand your difficulties, don't worry, if you want to ask the emperor of your country for advice, we can allow your envoys to enter Yanmen City to meet the emperor of your country for you, and ask the emperor of your country for advice." Opinion."
After all, he glanced at Chen Yingliang with a surprised expression, Gu Dulu smiled again and said: "Marquis Chen, didn't you ask for the release of prisoners of war as a condition to allow you to send some food into Yanmen City? You just need to help us facilitate In this negotiation, we can also allow your envoys to bring a thousand hu grains into the city to express our sincerity in seeking peace—Marquis Chen, we know that you are the most loyal subject of the Great Sui Emperor, in order to keep your Great Sui Emperor from suffering Hungry, you wouldn't even refuse such a sincere offer, would you?"
There was complete silence in the big tent, even Yang Hao, who was firmly opposed to the truce, did not dare to make a sound - because once Emperor Yang of Sui knew that his son was deliberately starving him, Yang Hao's position as the crown prince would never be considered for the rest of his life. Chen Yingliang pounded on the handsome table to calculate, and after a while, Chen Yingliang suddenly asked: "I have a question, why don't you directly negotiate with us Emperor Sui for peace?"
"Don't dare to deceive Marquis Chen, we have already done so." Gu Duolu replied with a helpless expression: "Last night, we sent envoys to the city to call out twice, requesting to enter the city for negotiations, but they were disrupted by your country's city guards. The arrow came back, and we know that you will continue to attack the north today, so we have no choice but to come here and ask to see you directly."
"Fuck you, it's no wonder our defenders don't shoot arrows when we call the city at midnight!" Chen Yingliang cursed quietly, and then said in his heart: "It's troublesome, I can't refuse. Once Emperor Sui Yang knew that I made him suffer from extra hunger, with his petty mind, why not let me go around without food?"