Why do you say that Hao Yuan, Xue Jujun's think tank, was the most serious Stockholm Syndrome patient in the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty? This has to start with the matter of Xue Ju. At that time, Xue Ju was just a small lieutenant in Jincheng, Longxi, but Hao Yuan was an upright county magistrate. It was Xue Ju's superior who was in charge of Xue Ju. Hao Yuan was forced to use government money and food to recruit troops and horses, and formed a team of thousands of rural soldiers to suppress the rebellion. He also ordered Xue Ju to be the commander of this rural soldier. Jujiu staged a mutiny at the departure ceremony for the swearing-in, detained Hao Yuan and raised the flag to raise the flag, and transformed himself into the boss of Jincheng.
The official is gone, the hard-working village soldiers became Xue Ju's starting capital, and he himself became a prisoner and sent to prison. It stands to reason that Hao Yuan should hate Xue Ju, the culprit who caused all this, to the bone, right? But the victim surprisingly fell in love with the tormentor. Xue Ju just surrendered to Hao Yuan and immediately succumbed. Historically, Xue Ju lost the first battle with the Tang army, and he was born with the idea of surrender. His confidant Chu Liang also agreed with Xue. When Ju did this, Hao Yuan jumped out unexpectedly, and pointed out loudly that Xue Ju should not plan to subjugate the country just because of one failure, and should follow the example of Liu Bang and Liu Bei's perseverance and never give up. Qianshuiyuan defeated Li Er and the Eighth Chief of the Tang Army, and killed several important Tang officials including Liu Hongji and Liu Wenjing in one go!
What is even more unbelievable is that in history, after Xue Ju died of an accident, Hao Yuan, who lost her lover, cried to death in Xue Ju's mourning hall because of excessive grief! This kind of basic love, apart from using the most serious Stockholm syndrome patient in the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty to describe it, the author really can't find other words.
The time and space changed by Chen Sangliang is also the same. Hearing that Chen Sangliang sent his confidant Du Ruhui's younger brother Du Chuke to seek peace, Xue Renguo, Zong Luohu, Zhang Gui and other generals were all happy, but Xue Ju, Chu Liang and others were surprised Yu was also overjoyed, and immediately ordered Du Chuke to be summoned, but Hao Yuan remained calm, and immediately warned Xue Ju: "Your Majesty, be careful, Chen Yingliang has always been known for his tricks, especially at sending envoys to bluff and deceive. Then he sent envoys to visit him again, so beware of his tricks."
Xue Ju nodded with a smile, expressing that he understood. Zhang Gui, the most brutal and perverted general under Xue Ju's command over there, suggested, "Your Majesty, why not just set up a big pot outside the hall, light a fire and boil oil, and then tell Chen directly. The envoy of the thief said that if he dared to play tricks, he would be thrown into boiling oil and boiled to death immediately, and he would not dare to play any more tricks, so it would be easier for us to force him to confess the real situation of the battle in Dongdu."
Xue Renguo, Zong Luohu and other generals immediately applauded after hearing this, and Xue Ju, who is also not a good thing, also thought it was good, and immediately nodded his approval, but Hao Yuan felt that it was meaningless to do so, and persuaded Xue Ju not to be so petty, but Xue Ju refused to listen.
In this way, when Du Chuke, who was intercepted by Xue Ju's army in Qianshuiyuan area, was taken to Changwu City, a large iron pot used by the army for cooking was set up outside Xue Ju's temporary golden temple. The pot was filled with green oil and burned. It was boiling, and the sound was very scary. It's a pity that the winking eyes of Xue Jujun and his ministers were shown to blind people. Although the seemingly weak and refined Du Chuke is far inferior to his second brother Du Ruhui in terms of talent and reputation, even Du Ruhui admires his younger brother in terms of courage and ambition. Not only is the boiling oil pan not showing any fear, but when he asks, is this oil pan made for him? After getting an affirmative answer, Du Chuke smiled and said nothing, and walked into the hall with his head held high, his calm demeanor even secretly admired those soldiers under Xue Ju's command who killed without batting an eyelid.
It was the same after entering the so-called Golden Luan Palace. Facing Xue Ju and his ministers who were full of green faces and fangs, Du Chuke still behaved calmly, with a neither humble nor overbearing attitude. , Greetings to His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor, His Majesty Jin An."
He was very satisfied with Du Chuke's address to him, but Xue Ju still snorted, "I know that I am the Son of Heaven, why can't I just bow down to him?"
"Your Majesty, forgive me. The envoy is a minister of the Sui Dynasty, not a subject of the Qin Dynasty, so he cannot bow down." Du Chuke replied neither humble nor overbearing, and then asked: "The envoy also dares to ask your majesty, if your majesty's ministers come to the capital of the Sui Dynasty, they will pay homage to the Sui Dynasty." Your Majesty, does Your Majesty want your courtiers to bow their hands like a small envoy, or do you bow down like an envoy?"
Xue Ju, who had a somewhat hearty personality, laughed loudly, patted his legs and said: "That's right, when my ministers see your emperor, they should be like you. Lose my face! Seeing that what you said is reasonable, the ceremony of being the chief executive will be waived, come and give him a seat."
Perhaps on purpose, Xue Ju's palace guards placed Du Chuke's seat in the ranks of generals, and deliberately placed it next to the most hideous and ugly Zhang Gui. Du Chuke still thanked him and sat down without fear, and then ignored Zhang Gui With a deliberate grin and a threat, he took out Chen Sangliang's letter, explaining that he held it with both hands and offered it. Zhang Gui grabbed it and took it. before.
After opening the letter, Xue Ju soon smiled, because in the letter, Chen Sangliang not only respectfully called him the Emperor of Qin, but also asked for peace talks, promising to pay 100,000 shi of grain and 300,000 shi of salt. Wan Jin and 50,000 pieces of cloth in exchange for Xue Ju's withdrawal from the two counties of Anding and Beidi. Be friendly. In the end, Chen Sangliang also told Xue Ju that if Xue Ju had any requests, he could directly ask his emissary Du Chuke, and they could discuss anything.
I don’t know what it means to be fooled if I haven’t suffered a loss. If it was Li Er, Li Mi, or Wang Shichong who saw a letter like Chen Sangliang’s, they would definitely kill Du Chuke immediately, and then order the entire army to strictly guard the camp and the city. Be very careful to guard against Chen Sangliang's next despicable trick, a shameless conspiracy. It's a pity that although Xue Ju is also an old, treacherous and cunning person, it was the first time he had to deal with Chen Sangliang. He didn't know that the more humble Chen Sangliang was, the more dangerous and frightening he was. So after reading the letter, Not only was Xue Ju more joyful in his heart, he also immediately handed over the letter to several confidants, civil and military officials, to let them know the good news.
Peeking at Xue Renguo, Zong Luohu and others all showing joy, Du Chuke hastily cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Qin and Sui never had any enmity, and it was all because of Li Yuan who provoked dissension. In order to explain misunderstandings and resolve grievances, I hope that Your Majesty will think of the thousands of souls in Guanzhong and Longyou, think about their living and working in peace, and also think about the friendly relationship between Qin and Sui. Whether you have it or not, exchanging horses, cattle, sheep, food, salt, cloth and silk will benefit the country, the people, the nobles and our armies."
The reason why Xue Ju invaded and stabilized the Northland was that apart from his greed for land, money and food, Chen Sangliang's strict blockade of border trade was also a key issue. He could not exchange food, salt and cloth. The economically weak Xue Ju's army could not support it for long. Sending salt, and also promised to reopen the border market, of course Xue Ju was more or less moved, when he hurriedly asked his subordinates for their opinions, Hao Yuan over there hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Du has been working so hard from afar, I'd like to ask him to rest at His Highness for a while. Then how about discussing other things?"
Xue Ju understood and ordered someone to invite Du Chuke to go down to rest. Du Chuke understood that Xue Ju and others wanted him to escape temporarily, so he politely thanked him, and immediately took his leave and left for the time being. As a result, as soon as Du Chuke left, Xue Ju couldn't wait to ask Hao Yuan: "Wei Qing, how is it? Chen Yingliang is asking for peace, is it true or not?"
"Insufficient information, we can't tell the truth from the fake right now." Hao Yuan shook his head, and said again: "But it doesn't matter, if Chen Yingliang really came to seek peace, it must be because of Yu Wenhua and Xijin. Although this place is far away from the Eastern Capital, The roads and checkpoints were also blocked by Chen Yingliang, but if Yu Wenhua and the West attack Changpingcang, we will receive the news sooner or later. As long as our army stands still and waits and sees the changes, given time, we will be able to distinguish the true from the false."
"Your Majesty, I believe that there can be no fakes." Chu Liang cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please don't forget one detail. The main force of Mr. Chen Yingliang had crossed the Tingkou Shili camp the day before yesterday, and he publicly declared that he would win Gao Yu and fight our army decisively." , and then suddenly retreated back to the Xiazhai at Tingkou, choking the throat of our army's advance into Daxing. Obviously, it was because of the urgent report from the Eastern Front that it was forced to change its offensive and defensive strategy, and at the same time asked our army for peace. Stabilize our army so that he can free up his hands to deal with Yu Wenhua and Ji, who are endangering Changping warehouse."
"Your Majesty, I also think that Chen Yingliang's request for peace is not false." Zong Luohu, who was named King Xing, also said: "This is a good opportunity to cheat. If he will give in, we might as well take the opportunity to hit him hard to completely solve our urgent need of food and salt shortage, and then wait for him to fight Yu Wenwen and Ping Fu to lose both sides, and then we will suddenly send troops, Daxing will be at your fingertips!"
"Brilliant plan! That's the way to go!" Xue Renguo applauded, and said, "We can't just ask for food, salt and cloth, we also need land and cities. We have to ask Chen Yingliang to cede Anding and Beidi counties to us so that we can attack Daxing in the future." It will definitely be more convenient!"
Xue Ju nodded, although he didn't agree immediately, his heart was already moved. Hao Yuan over there quickly objected: "Prince, King Xing, it's better to be cautious. Yu Wenhua and Xi Jin are just rumors at present, there is no confirmation, we must We have to guard against this is Chen Yingliang's trick, we'd better make a deal with Chen Yingliang for the time being, and wait until the news is confirmed to be true or not."
"Wei Qing is right. This is a serious matter, so we must be careful." Xue Ju could basically hear Hao Yuan's words, and immediately said, "I have heard that Chen Yingliang is treacherous, and he likes to use tricks the most. Conspiracy, we'd better be careful, and wait until the news about Yu Wenhuaji is confirmed."
Both Xue Renguo and Zong Luohu felt that there was no need for this, but Xue Ju refused to listen. At this moment, Zhang Gui had an idea and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you want to find out the news about Yu Wenhuaji, there is a way now. Your Majesty, why don't you make an excuse?" Give a banquet, call the man surnamed Du over for a drink, let us team up to get him drunk, and take the opportunity to tell him the truth, won't we be able to find out the news about Yu Wenhuaji?"
Hao Yuan immediately objected, saying that Chen Sangliang's emissary could never tell the truth, and Xue Ju also felt that it was impossible, but Xue Renguo, Zong Luohu and others applauded loudly, and tried their best to encourage Xue Ju to act like this. Xue Ju also considered To do so was to lose a feast, so he didn't resolutely object. He immediately ordered a large banquet and summoned Du Chuke to the hall, saying that he could consider Chen Sangliang's request for peace, but it only needed a little time, and he also used the excuse to clean up the dust for Du Chuke , put on a banquet and force Du Chuke to drink.
Next, it was naturally the turn of Xue Ju's gang of wolves, tigers and leopard generals to show their talents. Xue Renguo, who is fond of drinking and drinking, went out in person, and led a large group of generals to pour wine into Du Chuke, even if he didn't drink. It’s not good for the guests to refuse too much, and they were soon overwhelmed by Xue Renguo, Zhang Gui and others, and their tongues stumbled when they spoke. In the end, they directly called Zhang Gui and other generals as brothers, and invited Zhang Gui to come to him in Daxing when he was free. Sitting at his home, he said that he not only wanted to entertain Zhang Gui with good wine and food, but also chose two beautiful maids who were proficient in singing, dancing and singing to give to Zhang Gui, which made the notoriously lustful Zhang Gui quite happy.
Seeing that the time had come, Xue Renguo suddenly asked Du Chuke: "Mr. Du, I heard that Yu Wenhuaji has already laid down a permanent position. Is it true?"
"No such thing." Du Chuke, who was holding a wine glass, shook his head again and again, and stammered, "Prince, who did you hear that Yu Wenhua and the rebels have already laid down the Changping warehouse? What nonsense, he just passed Mianchi, just passed Mian... . "
Having said this vaguely, Du Chuke suddenly woke up and quickly closed his mouth. Xue Renguo smiled triumphantly, and hurriedly asked again: "Mr. Du, what did you just say? The Yuwen traitor just passed Mianchi? But the news we received, How could it be that Yu Wenhua and the rebels have captured Changpingcang and are still besieging Hongnong Palace?"
Du Chuke raised his drunken eyes to watch the crowd, seeing Xue Ju, Hao Yuan and others were calm on the surface, but actually listening intently, Du Chuke hesitated again, and then stammered: "Mr..., Prince, that is Rumor has it that we have rebuilt Hangu Pass a long time ago and protected the Changping warehouse. You should know how dangerous Hangu Pass is. Yu Wenwenhua and Pifu don’t even think about crossing it even if there are only more than 70,000 mobs. Take one step to Hangu Pass."
Xue Renguo nodded, proudly went to see his father, and saw that Xue Ju's face was calm, but his movements were much quicker when drinking, obviously he was secretly happy. Over there, Zong Luohu saw that Xue Renguo had obtained some key information, so he asked again: "Mr. Du, let me ask one more question, how do you plan to resist the advance of Yuhuahua and the general's troops?"
Du Chuke finally stopped leaking the secrets this time. He just shook his head while drinking and tried to keep his mouth shut. Zong Luohu refused to give up, so he smiled again: "Mr. Du, you can't ignore me, don't forget, you are You came to seek peace on behalf of Prime Minister Chen, if this king persuades His Majesty not to agree, your trip will be in vain."
Du Chuke had no choice but to shake his head and said, "His Royal Highness, don't embarrass me. This time, I came here with sincerity. Why do you do this, Your Highness? Besides, even if His Majesty refuses to accept... .”
Speaking of this, Du Chuke closed his mouth again, hesitant to speak, while Zhang Gui hurriedly said with a smile: "Mr. Du, His Highness King Xing was just joking with you. Of course we understand your sincerity. Seeing that the friendship is so good, how could it be possible to make things difficult for you? Come, brother Du, let's have another drink!"
As he said that, Zhang Gui couldn't help but drink a big glass with Du Chuke again. The other generals of Xue Jujun also stepped forward to clink glasses with Du Chuke under Zhang Gui's signal, and directly poured Du Chuke on the ground, and then Zhang Gui pretended to be kind and helped him Du Chuke went down to rest, and asked Du Chuke on the way: "Brother Du, you said just now that if our Majesty refuses to accept your peace proposal, what are you going to do? We are good brothers, and I don't want to be on the battlefield with you." meet up."
After asking several times, Du Chuke, who was already very drunk, heard Zhang Gui's words clearly, and whispered in Zhang Gui's ear, "Brother Zhang, don't worry, we won't meet on the battlefield. , if your emperor refuses to agree to our peace proposal, we have a solution. Don't forget, Li Shangshu, our military department, is currently in Linggu. There is a road from Linggu to the pavilion. Our prime minister has secretly ordered Li Shangshu to move his army eastward. , go to the entrance of the pavilion and guard the pharynx..., the throat..., and then...."
Before he finished his stammering words, Du Chuke was already drunk and passed out on Zhang Gui, but it was enough for Zhang Gui, so he immediately sent someone to send Du Chuke down to rest, and then immediately returned to the Jinluan Hall to report to Xue Ju If you get it yourself. Xue Ju thought about it again, and immediately understood. He clapped the case and said, "Chen Yingliang is making two-handed preparations. If he can reconcile with us, he will reconcile. If we don't agree to his peace proposal, he will ask Li Jing to guard the mouth and throat of the pavilion. Take the opportunity to lead the main force back to the east front, and first deal with the threat of Yu Wenhua and ordinary people!"
Hao Yuan also finally nodded and said: "Yes, guarding the entrance of the pavilion is indeed a wonderful move to prevent our army from going south to Daxing. I have been to the place at the entrance of the pavilion. It is suitable for long-term garrison and the terrain is dangerous. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Li Jing takes Chen The thieves are advancing eastward, taking over Chen's main force to guard the pavilion, and it is very hopeful that they will persist for a long time, buying time for Chen's main force to defeat Yu Wenhua and the people."
"In other words, we have the final say on whether to fight or make peace with Chen Yingliang now." Xue Juxi said, "Do you think we should agree to Chen Yingliang's request for peace, or take the opportunity to attack?"
"Father, you might as well consider accepting Chen Yingliang's peace proposal." Xue Renguo quickly suggested: "Take the opportunity to ask Chen Yingliang for hundreds of thousands of stone grains and hundreds of thousands of catties of salt, and then force him to cede the three counties of Beidi, Anding and Pingliang. Give us."
All the generals applauded, but Hao Yuan resolutely shook his head and said, "Impossible. Chen Yingliang would probably agree to ask for more food, salt and cloth, but it is absolutely impossible to cede the three northern counties. Pingliang is Chen Yingliang's only land for raising horses. Pingliang and Beidi are important places for transportation, Chen Yingliang would never agree, and if Beidi County is handed over to us, his prosperity will be safe, absolutely impossible to agree!"
"Military Master, if we ask for the price from the sky, Chen Yingliang can also pay back the money." Xue Renguo said: "If we ask for a higher price, Chen Yingliang can only pay a higher price when he bargains. It might take a county or two."
Hao Yuan still shook his head, and said: "These three counties are too important to Chen Yingliang, he will never agree, and if he is pushed into a hurry, he may not even pay back the price, and let Li Jing replace him to guard the pavilion , He himself brought the main force back to the east of the division first, then we will not only have no hope of money and food, but also doomed to spend countless money, food and troops in the war, completely outweighing the gains.”
Hao Yuan's words reminded Xue Ju. After thinking for a while, Xue Ju suddenly slapped the table in front of him and said, "Send the order, the whole army is ready to set off immediately, the troops will be dispatched tomorrow, and we must arrive at the entrance of the pavilion before sunset the day after tomorrow!"
"Father, are you planning to continue fighting with Chen Yingliang?" Xue Renguo was taken aback.
"A brilliant plan! Your majesty's brilliant plan!" Hao Yuan came back to his senses, applauded and said happily: "The main force of our army rushed to the pavilion before Li Jing, neither giving Chen Yingliang a chance to build a strong camp, nor giving Li Jing a rotation of Chen Yingliang's main force to guard the pavilion. At that time, Chen Yingliang's traitors will not fight, and they are destined to overwhelm us. They will lead the main force back to the Eastern Front, and they will be chased and killed by us, and they will be severely injured. Our army will take the opportunity to propose peace talks, and we can force Chen Yingliang during negotiations Make a bigger concession, and maybe we can force Chen Yingliang to give up one or two counties in exchange for us to let his main force go back to the east front!"
Only then did Xue Renguo, Zong Luohu and others suddenly realize that they were all smiling, and they all sang promises, and immediately started to prepare for the expedition. Xue Renguo also volunteered to lead the cavalry first, biting the tail of Chen Sangliang's main force, and not giving Chen Sangliang a chance to retreat urgently. Xue Ju agreed with a smile, and then said with a smug grin: "Chen Yingliang, little man, of course you can seek peace if you want to, but if you don't take off a few layers of your skin and offer it to me, you will never get out!"