A meeting broke up unhappily, and Ashina said from the salute that he invited Qin Jin and others to enter the city, but in fact, he was not sincere. It wasn't until the hundreds of cavalry of Qin Jin and his party all left, and he could no longer see the smoke and dust raised by the war horses, that he put away his vigilant gaze and took another sip.

"If you want to fight Lao Tzu's idea, there is no door!"

"General, I also feel that the person surnamed Qin is not good. ”

Ashina turned his head to look at the subordinate who echoed him, looking like a fool.

"The surname Qin? How can there be a person surnamed Qin? Qin Jin is a county guard, and he is in charge of the Shenwu Army, how can he risk his life? Don't you see the gray-haired old man behind him?"

"Old man?" the general was surprised, "the lowly man didn't pay attention." ”

"It's not aggrieved to say that you are a fool, that is, Huangfu Ke Lao'er, thinking that you can be fooled by Lao Tzu?"

"The general's eyes are like torches, humble admiration, admiration!"

Ashina sneered.

"If Lao Tzu's eyes are like torches, how can he stop you idiots? Go, go back!"

In Ashina's eyes, today's meeting was nothing more than a ruse orchestrated by Huang Fu Ke, the purpose of which was nothing more than to seek to seize Hedong City, which was located in Chongyao, in order to increase his own bargaining chips. Previously, he had received a similar official letter from Huangfu Ke, claiming that he had reached an agreement with the Shenwu Army that they could form an offensive and defensive alliance with each other in case of a surprise attack by the rebels that might appear at any time.

However, although Ashina responded politely, he didn't believe it at all, and he had long decided that this was a trick.

The reason why he came here today in person was to confirm whether his previous speculation was true. I don't want Huangfu Ke Lao'er to whimsically send someone to pretend to be Qin Jin, who is famous for half the world, even if he wants to find someone to pretend, he should find someone who looks like a little bit or not, and get a young man who has not grown hair, do you think that he is stupid and deceitful?

As soon as he thought of being so despised by Huang Fu Ke's old man, Ashina was angry from the courtesy, and his scolding and scolding straight path would definitely make Huang Fu Ke look good one day.

……

Crossing the pontoon bridge and returning to the west bank of the Yellow River, Qin Jin was worried, knowing that today's meeting with Ashina Congli was likely to be a fruitless return, although the other party said politely, what mutual contact and communication, and mutual help, in fact, there was no sincerity.

"Qin Envoy, the old man thinks that our trip today is probably empty. ”

Huang Fu Ke said this, obviously not only to say that they were busy, Qin Jin was waiting for his next step, and sure enough, he only heard him say again: "Actually, don't worry, as long as the rebels really cross the Yellow River and fight under Hedong City, he will naturally be in a hurry, and then we don't need to go to him, he will be sent to the door himself." ”

"Well, what the old general said is very true, you and I are in order, everything is deployed according to the plan, don't pay attention to Ashina's current attitude. ”

……

Tongguan, Gao Xianzhi has been anxious for several days, the battle in Shangyang Pass has broken his heart, and Ma Xuanren's unexpected rebellion has disrupted the plan and deployment of the entire Tongguan army. Chebi He and Huo Ba Guiren led the army to help, but there was still no good news. On the contrary, the urgent military reports are as tight as one.

It mentioned that most of the rebels were reinforced, and if reinforcements were not sent, I am afraid that Shangyang Pass would never be recaptured, and not only that, but I am afraid that there was a danger of annihilation.

Fortunately, there was no such military report from Chebiga and Huoba Quyren. The military report sent back by the two only briefly described the danger of the situation and the results of several undefeated battles. It seems that they still have a strong opponent, and it will not be so easy to win or lose.

It was still exaggerated by the commander sent south before, and he didn't want to fight to the death with the rebels and cause too many losses to his subordinates, in fact, this is understandable. Gao Xianzhi withstood the strong psychological pressure and waited for the war to change, as long as Sun Xiaozhe did not press two-thirds of his troops to Shangyang Pass, he would not send out a single soldier.

In fact, as long as Ma Xuanren didn't rebel, he didn't even have to send out Qibihe and Huoba Guiren.

Now that these two brave generals have been sent over, at least the situation will not be ruined again.

After all, Gao Xianzhi still has to hold the overall situation, and he can't mess up because of the gains and losses in Shangyang Pass.

In this way, for three days, the horse rangers reported one after another, and Sun Xiaozhe did not send another soldier to Shangyang Pass, which was the same as Gao Xianzhi's previous expectations.

However, the hidden worries in his heart still made it difficult for him to be safe. This kind of grievance is the second time he has fought in addition to Shaanzhou. It can even be said that even Shaanzhou is not so aggrieved.

He took a rotten mess from Goshuhan, but he had to hold it on, as if he were repairing a dilapidated hut in a raging storm, and even though he racked his brains and exerted all his strength, it still had little effect.

"Someone, can Huangfu Ke have a reply?"

Gao Xianzhi rarely asked the scribe, but he had received a reply. The scribe was at a loss, and he didn't even know who the emperor was. When Gao Xianzhi saw his face, he asked, "New on duty?"

"The humble is not a newcomer, but he has been recuperating from his illness a few days ago, and he is only on duty today. ”

"Well, starting today, I received a letter signed by Huang Fu Ke, and I will send it as soon as possible!"

The scribe promised, but suddenly his heart jumped suddenly, and he silently recited the name just now, Huangfu Ke, Huangfu Ke is not the Huangfu Ke who rebelled in Pujin?

When he raised his head, he saw that Gao Xianzhi had already left, and before he knew it, he was already soaked with cold sweat.

Gao Xianzhi only gave the letter to Huangfu Ke, but tore up the one that should have been given to Qin Jin.

Just because Gao Xianzhi still can't see through Qin Jin and his people, what this person did was neither for the court nor for the Son of Heaven in his opinion. It can be said that it is outright speculation, and everything Qin Jin does is just selfish.

Although Qin Jin has said in public more than once how he is for the court and how he cares about the world.

But in Gao Xianzhi's view, all of this is just a meticulous performance, and his mind is unfathomable, how can he be willing to trust the burden on this person's shoulders?

In the current situation, Gao Xianzhi no longer has any extra troops to send to Hedong, he only hopes that his judgment is wrong, Sun Xiaozhe's target is not Hedong City, but Tongguan. If so, he is ready, as long as Sun Xiaozhe lets the horse come, he will fight to the death.

The decisive battle did not wait, but waited for the good news from Shangyang Pass, and Qi Bihe and Huoba Guiren worked together to recapture Shangyang Pass, and beheaded Ma Xuanren......

……

Sun Xiaozhe has been very depressed recently, if he had never gotten Shangyang Pass, he would not be so depressed, but he gained and lost, and let Tang Jun kill the newly attached fierce general Ma Xuanren, it is really difficult to swallow this evil breath.

But it's not for nothing, Gao Xianzhi sent his two most elite people, so that ** has no time to take care of him, presumably the strategy of Hedong City will be extremely smooth.

Sun Xiaozhe deduced all the troops near Tongguan, and Gao Xianzhi would definitely choose to focus on Tongguan, so he had no troops to send at this time. Shangyang Pass gains and loses, and Hedong City, he will personally go to recruit Huangfu Ke, no matter what the conditions are. As long as Pujin is the head of Dayan, even if Tongguan is not broken, he can send an elite force to break into the pass, and even if Gao Xianzhi can calm down at that time, the Tang Emperor who is sitting in Chang'an may not be able to hold his breath.

Thinking of the pride, Sun Xiaozhe's depressed mood finally calmed down.

Suddenly, the ministry came to report that the envoy sent to Hedong City to contact Ashina Congli had already replied.

Sun Xiaozhe's spirit was shocked, and he didn't expect that Ashina's reaction was much faster than that of Huangfu Ke, which should be good news. After unfolding the secret letter, he angrily scolded Ashina for being delusional.

"Which one who doesn't open his eyes provokes the anger of the handsome, tell me, so-and-so is angry for you!"

It just so happened that An Qingxu walked into the Chinese military tent with his fat belly, he spoke in his mouth, his feet did not stop, and he came to the couch and sat down.

Sun Xiaozhe handed over the secret letter in his hand to An Qingxu.

"The day before yesterday, I mentioned to the King of Jin that he had a two-pronged approach to Hedong City, deploying a strong attack on the one hand and trying to surrender on the other. The guard general Ashina Congli had a reply. ”

"Ashina Congli, didn't he serve as a general under his father?"

An Qingxu had obviously heard of this person, and Sun Xiaozhe nodded and said:

"It's this person. At that time, this person was at odds with Shi Siming, and was kicked out of the Youzhou Army by the emperor a few years ago. ”

"It turns out that there are some old grievances, which can be compensated, they are all comrades, as long as he is willing to come, he will be rewarded more. ”

Sun Xiaozhe was not as optimistic as An Qingxu, and only replied with a calm face:

"I'm afraid it won't be so simple, King Jin, please look at the conditions proposed by this thief. ”

An Qingxu glanced at it a few times and couldn't help but gasp.

"What, this guy wants to tear the earth and seal the king?"

"Exactly, Ashina opened his mouth from the lion, he knew the importance of Hedong City to Dayan, so he proposed to exchange the entire Shuofang in exchange, and after Dayan seized Guanzhong, he would give him all the land of Shuofang Hetao for the purpose of splitting the earth and sealing the king. ”

Shuofang has always had fertile water and grass, fertile land, grazing, and farming, and even has the reputation of plugging the south of the Yangtze River. In addition, Shuofang is also the northern gateway of Guanzhong, an important place to communicate between Guanzhong and the desert, how can it be easily given to people?

An Qingxu suddenly laughed.

"Since Ashina Congli is so greedy, I promised him, anyway, it is not the land of Dayan now, why not be generous to others? To deal with this kind of greedy people, it is time to go back on one's word. If you pay attention to the way of a gentleman, it is pedantic and rigid. The marshal can let go of all the conditions of this person, as for whether it counts, why don't we decide in a word?"