As Little Xiao Guojiu said, on the morning when Yuan Tiangang returned to the Sui Army camp, Sui Suwei, the No. Bi Khan’s Khan’s big tent, on behalf of Emperor Sui Yang and the Great Sui Dynasty, started reconciliation negotiations with the Turkic army. As for why Zuo Pushe and Pei Ju did not come forward to negotiate with the Turks, of course it was because Pei Ju was the cause of the siege of Yanmen. Trying to alienate and divide the Turkic Khanate, and planning to trap and kill Shibi's favorite minister Shishu Huxi, Pei Ju didn't have the guts to meet Shibi Khan, and Emperor Sui Yang didn't want to send Pei Ju to make troubles.
Probably because there was no hatred between each other and being scared by King Qin's Sui army, Su Wei and Uncle Xiao received the warmest welcome in the Turkic camp. Shibi Khan personally led Ashina's family to welcome them out. In the military camp, Su Wei and Uncle Xiao were invited into the Khan tent with the golden wolf flag flying high, and they were treated with the best wine and the best cattle and sheep. Bi Khan also invited Su Wei to the throne and let him sit side by side with him to show his respect and importance to the envoys of the Sui Dynasty. He was very polite and sincere in peace talks.
After receiving such preferential treatment and completely believing in the sincerity of Khan Shibi's peace talks, Su Wei, who is competent as an official, quickly proposed to start negotiations with Khan Shibi. At that time, Su Wei discovered that the negotiation task was not as easy as expected. Shibi Khan agreed to return Xixing Pass and return to the north of the Great Wall, but proposed two things that the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Sui Yang would never agree to. Harsh conditions - execute Pei Ju who tried to split the Turkic Khanate, and cede Wuyuan County and Dingxiang County in the northern part of the Sui Dynasty to Shibi Khan as grazing land.
Knowing that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty would never agree to these two conditions, Su Wei could only argue with reason, arguing that Pei Ju's invitation to the canonized brother Ashina Chiji as the Southern Khan was not to split the Turks, but to Just to show respect and importance to the Ashina family, and pointed out that Wuyuan County and Dingxiang County have been the legal territorial map of the Sui Dynasty since ancient times, they cannot be divided, let alone ceded, and urged Shibi Khan to give up these two Unrealistic requirements, accept the terms of peace talks offered by Emperor Sui Yang. Shibi Khan insisted on refusing to make concessions, insisting that the Great Sui court meet the two conditions he set out, and had a dispute with Suwei, arguing from the morning to the afternoon without reaching an agreement.
Su Wei didn't dare to make any concessions. Uncle Da Xiao, who had long been envious of Wenxi Pei's powerful position in the court, wanted to make concessions very much. Seeing that it was already afternoon and the negotiations had not progressed, Uncle Xiao suggested: "Su You Prime Minister, since the Khan insists that His Majesty punish Pei Zuoxiang, let's go back to the city and ask His Majesty for an order to see what His Majesty's will is."
Su Wei hesitated to think about it, but Uncle Xiao Guo couldn't wait to say to Shibi Khan: "Khan, just like your army, our Great Sui court is also full of sincerity for this peace talk. The two additional conditions you proposed Although it is harsh, it is not impossible to discuss, and after we report to His Majesty the Emperor, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer, Khan. It's just... "
Speaking of this, Uncle Da Xiao paused for a moment, and then added with a smile: "It's just that if Khan insists on not letting go, it will be difficult for the subordinate officials to explain to His Majesty the Emperor when they go back. Please also ask Khan to raise your hand and take back a request." —It is absolutely impossible for our emperor to agree to ceding the land of Dasui County."
Hearing Uncle Xiao's blatant hint, Su Wei was a little surprised for a while, but after quickly realizing it, Su Wei kept his mouth shut tighter than anyone else—after all, Pei Ju fell, and Zuo Wei, who was under one person in the civil service system and above ten thousand, The prime minister's position has been vacated, and the right prime minister, Su Wei, has a greater chance than anyone else, right? Uncle Da Xiao Guo volunteered to use this knife to injure people, Su Wei and Su Youxiang were of course wishing for it.
Still hearing Uncle Da Xiao's blatant hints, Shibi was hesitant to say nothing, as if he didn't quite understand that Uncle Da Xiao was urging him to insist on killing Pei Ju and give it to his favorite minister. Ashina Gudulu from the army camp hurried in from outside the tent, and Shibi Khan, who was contemplating his calculations, also jumped up immediately, and asked impatiently, "How is it?" Are you in the camp of the barbarian Chen Yingliang?"
"Delivered." Ashina Gudulu said with a smile on his face, "Chen Yingliang's barbarian has not only ceased the war according to the order, but also agreed with us that ten miles will be the boundary, and each other shall not cross the ten-mile boundary without authorization until the peace talks are over."
"Very good." Shibi Khan was overjoyed, applauded and laughed: "Yang Guang's son has helped us a lot this time. After receiving the truce, the Chen Yingliang barbarians and the barbarian army have to take it lightly. They are relaxed. Our The opportunity has come, and there is no need to confront the barbarians head-on."
"Khan, don't underestimate the barbarian Chen Yingliang." Gu Dulu hurriedly said: "When I left the barbarian camp, I saw with my own eyes that the barbarian army was building fortifications, not only digging trenches to protect the camp, but also constructing horse antlers. From this, it can be seen that Chen Yingliang's barbarians are still guarding against us, preventing us from sending troops to attack us suddenly."
"It's okay, it's okay." Shibi Khan laughed and said, "Bruteman Chen Yingliang started rushing to repair the fortifications of the camp yesterday afternoon. Our scouts have already reported to me. In just a little more than a day, the barbarian Chen Yingliang was able to build the camp. How strong is it? Let's send troops overnight tonight, and give Chen Yingliang a surprise!"
Although Shibi Khan and Gu Dulu were talking in Turkic, the Sui Army interpreter brought by Su Wei and Uncle Da Xiao was always translating quickly in a low voice. Gradually, he became dumbfounded, and then his whole body began to tremble together. Immediately afterwards, when Khan laughed triumphantly after seeing Shibi, Su Wei and Uncle Xiao Guo also screamed together, subconsciously got up and turned to Khan. Rushing towards the tent door, in a hurry, the 80-year-old Su Wei tripped himself and fell to the ground in the sweat tent. Shibi Khan and Ashina's family even laughed wildly, but they didn't do anything. Any action to prevent Su Wei and Uncle Xiao from escaping.
There was no need to stop Su Wei and Uncle Xiao Guo before they ran out of the tent, Shibi Khan's attached soldiers stopped them, took them down easily like an eagle catching chickens, and buckled them backwards. Pushing his arms in front of Shibi Khan, he knelt down. Shibi Khan, who had a friendly smile on his face before, now had a hideous face. He raised Suwei's chin with a whip, and said with a grin: "Here You have a chance to survive, write a memorial to Yang Guang, and say that the negotiation has been successful, and there are only some details to be discussed, but the weather is too late to discuss in detail, so let Yang Guang wait patiently for another day. Write it, and I will spare you Not dead."
The Turkic interpreter translated the words, but Su Wei still had some backbone, gritted his teeth and remained silent, while Shibi Khan lashed his face with a horsewhip, drawing a thick bloodstain on his face, and then shouted: "Write it or not? If you don't speak again, you will be executed together!"
Su Wei still didn't say a word, and turned his face away. When Shibi Khan was furious, Uncle Xiao Guo who was next to him started to cry, crying, "Khan, I'll write, I'll write, I'll write for you!" Write, I cooperate with you, I cooperate with you in everything."
"Smart man." Shibi Khan praised him, and smiled at Uncle Xiao Guo: "Ben Khan likes smart people, and I like to work for him. When Ben Khan defeats the barbarian Chen Yingliang and captures Yang Guang's son alive, I will not treat you badly." .”
Uncle Xiao Guo nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, thanked again and again, and quickly followed Shibi Khan's request, and wrote a memorial to Emperor Sui Yang in his own honor, helping Shibi Khan to continue to temporarily stabilize Sui Yang and Yan. The gate guard, and then put his respectful hands in front of Shibi Khan, and Shibi Khan thought it was good for the interpreter to read it, and he was overjoyed immediately, so he patted Xiao Guoshu on the shoulder and smiled: "Good job, You can get preferential treatment in Ben Khan's camp, but when it is dark, you have to send one of your followers outside to send the memorial to Yanmen City, don't play tricks, understand?"
Uncle Xiao Guo nodded quickly again. At this time, another Turkic scout rushed in and said to Shibi Khan: "Qi Khan, the barbarians sent a regiment of troops northward, ten miles north of the camp. Some road signs have been laid out."
"Oh, how are those barbarian soldiers doing? Are they vigilant?" Shibi Khan asked quickly.
"The barbarian soldiers are very lazy." The scout replied truthfully: "Only a few barbarian soldiers dug pits and buried road signs, and the rest of the barbarians gathered together to drink and eat meat, and grill the fish they caught from the river. Within their visual range, they didn't make any preparations for battle, they just continued to drink."
"Very good, the barbarian army has really been caught." Shibi Khan was even more overjoyed. While waving his hands to send Su Wei and Uncle Xiao Guo out of prison, he turned to Ashina's family and said: "The rate of association, the mud step , Na Lun, the three of you immediately prepare for the night battle. Tonight, you will each lead 20,000 cavalry out of the camp at the third shift. With Na Lun as the vanguard and the rate of birth as the main general, you will quietly go south to raid the barbarian camp. You must break it in one battle. Manzi camp, capture Chen Yingliang, the little man!"
The three Turkic generals all surnamed Ashina clasped their fists and sang promises together. The Turkic Duke Ashina Rehan next to him had some objections and said, "Khan, Yang Guang's order was sent to the barbarian Chen Yingliang today, barbarian!" Why is the army still maintaining some vigilance, isn’t it too early to launch a sneak attack tonight? Wouldn’t it be better to sneak attack tomorrow instead of waiting an extra day?”
"What do you know?" Shibi Khan said angrily: "The barbarian court is not a fool, and Yang Guang's son is also a smart person. Once the negotiation takes a long time, they will definitely become suspicious and order Chen Yingliang barbarian to guard us carefully. Besides Chen Yingliang is also a cunning and careful guy. Once the peace talks take too long, he will definitely suspect that we are using tricks. Besides, if he is given time to build and perfect the fortifications, it will not be so easy for us to launch a sneak attack. So we We can't delay, we must do it tonight!"
Ashina Rehan nodded, and quickly praised Shibi Khan for his cleverness and clever calculations. Then Shibi Khan called the three generals of the association rate, mud step, and Nalun to the map, and pointed to the map. King Qin's Sui army camp plan said: "Look carefully, our scouts have found out that Tang Duke Li Yuan's camp is in the northwest corner of the barbarian camp, and Chen Yingliang's barbarian's Chinese army camp is in the southeast of Tang Duke's camp. When you launch a surprise attack tonight, you must use Duke Tang’s camp as a breakthrough point, enter the Manzi’s camp from the northwest, and go straight to the Manzi’s Central Army camp in the southeast. As long as you enter the Manzi’s Central Army camp, the Manzi’s army will fall If we lose command, we win, understand?"
The three generals nodded, and then Ashina Nibu asked again: "Khan, isn't Duke Tang our friend? Why did we attack him first??"
"It is precisely because Duke Tang is our friend that we have to use his camp as a breakthrough." Shibi Khan showed a treacherous smile, and said with a sly smile: "Since Duke Tang is our friend, and we have a deep hatred with the little barbarian Chen Yingliang , then if we raid the barbarian camp at night, Duke Tang will not try to resist our attack, understand?"
The three major Turkic generals laughed grinningly together, and then hurriedly flattered them together, praising Shibi Khan for being thoughtful and taking into account every detail of the battlefield, while Shibi Khan was quite frank, shaking his head and laughing: "Don't praise me, this It's the method Simo came up with, originally I wanted to attack as you like, but if you attack with Simo's method, the chance of success seems to be greater."
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It was getting dark, Xiao Guoshu's autographed memorial was sent into Yanmen City by unknowing attendants, to temporarily appease the hopeless Emperor Sui Yang, and the 60,000 Turks were basically ready for the night battle, and they had prepared enough torches, feathers and arrows He also carefully prepared the dry rations and horse feed for chasing the defeated Sui army, and then left the camp on time at the third watch, with a man in his mouth and a horse with hooves, and quietly touched the Sui army camp, Shibi Khan Then lead Ashina's family to drink and wait in the sweat tent, and wait for the good news of Jinghou Qibing.
The luck of the Turkic army is also quite good. The weather has been sunny these days and the moonlight is very good at night. It just so happens that the weather is a bit hazy and the moonlight is dim this night, which is very conducive to the Turkic army sneaking south. Because of this, Shibi Khan and Ashina's family also became more confident in this night raid, and their emotions were even higher during the drinking and celebration. When the joy came, Shibi Khan not only summoned many civilian girls captured in Yanmen County to accompany the drink, They also called Uncle Xiao Guo, who was well-behaved and cooperative, to the tent of the Chinese Army, rewarded him with a seat, let him drink with him, and asked him to explain the specific situation in Yanmen City in order to launch the next siege operation.
His life hangs in the hands of others. Uncle Xiao Guo, who did not hesitate to betray his brother-in-law when Li Yuan raised his troops in history, would naturally not be polite at all. He answered all questions about Shibi Khan and Ashina's family, knowing everything. , endlessly, not only truthfully introduced the casualties of the Yanmen garrison, but also explained that the Yanmen garrison had already run out of food, and a mere thousand hu of grain was just a drop in the bucket, no matter how much money was saved, it would not last five days After five days, if they were unable to clear the siege or replenish food and grass, the Yanmen defenders could only continue to kill horses for food.
"How many war horses are there in Yanmen City?" Shibi Khan was very concerned about this issue.
"Forgive Khan, this villain really doesn't know." Uncle Xiao Guo replied with a sad face: "The war horses are in the hands of Yu Wenshu, Lai Huer and others. The villain is not qualified to know these things. But the villain does know. The horse feed and grass in the village have long been insufficient, this time Chen Yingliang sent grain to the city, Lai Nuer even complained to Chen Yingliang's envoy face to face, complaining that Chen Yingliang forgot to send some fine horse feed to the city."
"It's fine if you don't have enough horse feed." Shibi Khan said with a smile: "As long as we are trapped in Yanmen City and don't give Yang Guang's son a chance to replenish food, grass, and horse feed, in ten days at most, Ben Khan will let Yang Guang ride a horse." Breaking through, his horse can't run anymore. When Ben Khan catches him, Younger Yang Guang, maybe he will consider supporting you as the emperor of the Central Plains."
Uncle Xiao Guo didn't even dare to say it, and said in his heart: "If the little thief Chen Yingliang is really wiped out, and the tyrant Yang Guang is really captured or executed by you, I have no interest in the puppet emperor. As long as you continue to let me Just enjoy the glory and wealth. At that time, I have to find a way to kill old man Su quickly, so as not to damage my reputation."
While Uncle Xiao Guo was muttering quietly, the sound of war drums and horns suddenly came faintly from the south, but it was too far away to hear it accurately. The scouts rushed back to report: "To Khan, it is indeed the sound of fighting and the sound of war drums. We also saw fire from the sentry post on the high ground, and the direction of the fire is also in the barbarian camp."
"Successful!"
Shibi Khan laughed loudly, and Ashina's family also laughed wildly. They raised their wine bowls and drank to celebrate the successful attack on the Sui army's camp. The defeat of the Sui army was a foregone conclusion. I also prayed that my brother-in-law, Ambassador Li, could escape smoothly during the war, leaving Chen Yingliang to stand in the way of the Turks. Only Ashina Simo was calmer, and reminded: "Khan, the wine is almost gone, and if you drink any more, you may miss something. It's best to leave and organize a rear army just in case."
"What rear army do you need?" Shibi refused with a smile, and said: "Who is the army under Na Lun's command? Our Tuojie! A Tuojie who beat ten Central Plains barbarians! As long as it is not fighting against the Central Plains barbarians , the 60,000 troops going south will have no problem defeating the barbarians! Drink, keep drinking, while we drink to our hearts content, we wait for the good news about them.”
Ashina Simo still insisted on gathering a rear army just in case, Shibi Khan had no choice but to ask Ashina Simo to gather 10,000 strings overnight to serve as the rear army, but Ashina Simo As soon as Mo Qianfoot left, a new shout of killing suddenly came from the direction of Yanmen City in the east. Although the sound was not loud, it was very clear in the dark night and spread very far. Hearing this sound, Shibi Khan was finally taken aback. He immediately put down his wine bowl and jumped up, exclaiming, "Why are there shouts of killing from the east? Boy Yang Guang dared to attack us at night ?”
Immediately afterwards, the messenger rushed to report that it was indeed the Yanmen garrison who had left the city to attack the Turkic camp—a small number of dead soldiers from the Sui army suddenly touched the edge of the Turkic camp under the cover of night, and then risked their lives to enter After entering the Turkic camp, they killed people and set fire everywhere to create chaos. The Turkic army, which had been on the offensive before, was caught off guard and was thrown into chaos by the dead soldiers of the Sui army. It was impossible to kill the Sui army's attack for a while. Shibi and Ashina's family were shocked when they heard the news, and hurriedly organized the army to launch a counterattack. At the same time, they were also very surprised by this abnormal situation-after fifty miles away, how could the Yanmen defenders know that the Turkic army tore up the peace agreement and attacked King Qin's Sui army? camp
"In an invincible position." The only Uncle Da Xiao who understood the strangeness quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said in his heart: "Yang Guang, that tyrant is not too stupid, as expected, he still saw the hidden code words in my memorial. It's all right now, whether it's the Turkic victory or the Great Sui victory, I can guarantee the prosperity and wealth."