Erli has signed an alliance agreement, but what Li Tang cares about is not this, but when Li Mi will send troops and hunt Luoyang with Li Yuan.

However, Li Mi was vague at this time, he verbally promised to send troops, but it was not clear what exactly would be sent and how many troops would be sent, which made Wen Yanbo, who had been stationed in Pengcheng for a long time, very anxious, if this matter was not done well, it would be difficult for him to go back and explain.

In the post house, Wen Yanbo paced back and forth uneasily, Wen Yanbo's uneasiness not only stemmed from Li Mi's ambiguous attitude, but also Bing Yuan's true attitude, he developed from the beginning of active matchmaking, to the current avoidance. Bing Yuanzhen is undoubtedly a mirror, and he can see the subtle changes of Li Mi from his changes before and after, there must have happened something he didn't know, but he couldn't inquire, which made him very anxious.

He is now waiting for news from the imperial court or the king of Jin, as long as the news of the official dispatch of troops by the imperial court comes, he will urge Li Mi to send troops.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and a guard came in to report: "Envoy, King Jin has urgent information sent!" ”

Wen Yanbo hurriedly said: "Where is the letter?" ”

The guards present a volume of information. "Envoy, this is information I got an hour ago, sent from Xiangyang County!"

Wen Yanbo spread out the information on the table, and on it was a letter written by Li Yuan himself, only 'My Tang army has taken the entire territory of Hongnong and urged Li Mi to attack Luoyang!' ’

Wen Yanbo immediately said: "Prepare the carriage, I want to see King Wei immediately!" ”

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As Wen Yanbo expected, Li Mi's attitude has indeed changed, all of this stems from Bing Yuanzhen, according to his house slave, Bing Yuanzhen accepted bribes from others with 10,000 taels of gold, and Li Mi angrily asked Bing Yuanzhen.

But although Bing Yuanzhen denied it. But the accidental killing of the house slave made Li Mi believe that Bing Yuan really took bribes, because this person was extremely greedy, and it would be strange to say that he did not take bribes.

Li Mi also knew that the handiwork of 10,000 taels of gold could only be done by a certain force, and judging from the time of accepting bribes and Bing Yuanzhen's performance, it was very likely that these 10,000 taels of gold were committed by the Tang Dynasty, so Bing Yuanzhen tried his best to persuade himself to form an alliance with Li Yuan.

However, Li Mi did not punish Bing Yuanzhen, first, Bing Yuanzhen has been the military advisor of Wagang since the Zhai Rang period, he has strong power in Wei and tentacles in all aspects, in the absence of conclusive evidence, if he is rashly punished, it is very likely to cause the split of Wei State, Li Mi can't afford this price, so he can only swallow his anger and suppress this matter in his heart, but he no longer trusts Bing Yuanzhen.

It was for this reason that Li Mi was suspicious of the alliance between Tang and Wei, and he thought that Li Yuan had other plans, so he would bribe Bing Yuanzhen with a lot of money, otherwise, why not be frank and straightforward? Bing Yuanzhen avoided Wen Yanbo because he was informed.

In front of the map, Li Mi stared at Jiangdu City, his eyes were full of eagerness, he had now accepted Fang Xuanzao's suggestion, and was ready to move to the southeast, set the capital in Jiangdu, and establish his own Great Wei Dynasty in Jiangdong.

He can now take advantage of the opportunity of the Sui and Tang dynasties to fight for the Central Plains, level Du Fuwei, and make a forced landing of Li Zitong and Shen Faxing.

Although Li Mi decided to move the center of gravity to the south, but to give up the Central Plains, somewhat unwilling, from the beginning of the Wagang era to the present, the Central Plains is the heart of their activities, there are too many ups and downs, and most of his army is the Central Plains, if he rashly abandons the Central Plains, he will definitely be resisted by the soldiers.

Although Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, Wang Bodang, Sun Changyue and other long-term generals all supported Fang Xuanzao's proposal to go south, they, like Li Mi, were worried that the soldiers under their command would not accept it.

Li Mi and Fang Xuanzao don't know how to break the game? I don't know how to convince grassroots generals and ordinary soldiers.

At this moment, the guards reported at the door: "King Qiyu, Tang Dynasty envoy Wen Yanbo urgently asks to see!" ”

Li Mi frowned slightly, of course he knew that Wen Yanbo would not leave, and he also knew that Wen Yanbo came to him at this time, it must be that the Tang Army had sent troops, so he urged himself to send troops to help.

Although Li Mi was unwilling to die for Li Tang, the materials that Li Tang promised had not yet arrived, so he couldn't refuse to see them.

"Let him in!"

"See the king!" After a while, Wen Yanbo hurriedly walked in, and gave a deep salute when he entered the door.

"You don't have to be polite, please be seated!"

The two sat down separately, and Li Mi said with concern: "How is Envoy Wen doing in Pengcheng these days, have the pavilion guards taken good care of him?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, the pavilion is doing a good job, which makes the officials feel like they are at home."

"I'm really sorry that I'm busy with official business these days, and I don't have time to take care of the envoy."

"Where! Where! The king's kindness made the lower officials grateful. ”

The two exchanged a few words, and Wen Yanbo turned the topic to business, and he bowed and said: "Xiaguan received a letter from my Datang Express, saying that my King of Jin has led an army of 180,000 troops to Luoyang, and the King of Rencheng County has also entered Henan County from Yique Pass. According to the agreement between Tang and Wei, the Wei army should also send troops to help, but I don't know when the king will send troops? How many troops to send? The lower officials need to report to the imperial court, I wonder if the king can give the lower officials an answer? ”

Although Wen Yanbo is a little difficult to speak, it is related to the overall situation of the world. He still spoke very frankly, and there was no ambiguity in the process.

Li Mi smiled, "Since the two sides have made an alliance. I will definitely do it according to the covenant, I, Li Mi, am not a traitor, please don't worry about it. ”

"When will the king send troops? How many troops to send? This perfunctory thing has been said too many times, Wen Yanbo doesn't want to listen to it anymore, so he chases after him and has an aggressive posture.

Li Mi's face became ugly, how could he ask such a question? Even Li Yuan couldn't do it, but Li Mi still suppressed the anger in his heart and said indifferently: "I have already said that my Great Wei will do it in accordance with the covenant, didn't Wen Yuanjun understand?" What about you? ”

Speaking of this, Wen Yanbo, who felt Li Mi's anger, knew that he couldn't continue to ask, let alone ask any more, so he had to stand up and salute helplessly: "Okay!" I hope that the king will send troops as soon as possible, and the officials will also urge the matter of grain and cloth. ”

"Good!" Li Mi's black face had a smile on his face, and the covenant was clearly written, as long as the supplies were in place, Li Mi would send troops to attack Zheng, but what Li Tang promised had not been delivered for a long time, which became a good excuse.

Wen Yanbo finally left with anger and helplessness.

Li Mi let out a long sigh of relief, this annoying guy was finally gone. But he also knew that Wen Yanbo would come tomorrow, so he silently closed his eyes and thought about how to deal with it, and after a while, there was a report from the guards, "King, Shang Shuling is here!" ”

Li Mi hurriedly ordered, "Please." ”

Soon, Fang Xuanzao, who had just paid homage to Shang Shuling, walked into Li Mi's study quickly and saluted, "Meet the king." ”

"Wen Yanbo came here again just now." Li Mi trusted Fang Xuanzao very much, especially Fang Xuanzao's sincere persuasion of him to attack Jiangnan, which made him feel a sense of sudden enlightenment, on the contrary, Bing Yuanzhen was selfish and selfish, and actually betrayed himself for the sake of ten thousand taels of gold, which made him more prohibitive who was loyal and who was treacherous.

"I met him at the door, his face was quite ugly, did he come to urge the king to send troops again?" Fang Xuanzao sat down on the side.

"Exactly!" Li Mi let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "He is urging every day, not only is it difficult for me to do, but I am also annoyed with him." ”

Fang Xuanzao smiled: "Are you sure the king doesn't want to give up the Central Plains?" ”

Li Mi nodded, "You also know that the officers and soldiers of our army are all from the Central Plains, so we can't give up the Central Plains in the short term." ”

"What if there was a way to get the soldiers to agree to go south? Is the king willing to give up the four counties north of Liang County?"

"What's the solution, please Shang Shuling come quickly!" Li Mi was overjoyed in his heart, he just wanted to know how to avoid the Tang Wei Covenant.

Fang Xuanzao smiled slightly and said: "The king can send 350,000 troops, but not to fight Wang Shichong in Luoyang, but to attack the Sui army in Xingyang, and the king goes to fight the Sui army, which is also to share the pressure for Li Tang, so that he will not violate the covenant." Besides, why do we have to fight Wang Shichong? So many people in the Tang Army are still afraid that they won't be able to take Luoyang? ”

Li Mi laughed out loud, he also thought of this way, but he was worried that he would be self-defeating, provoke fire, and play with fire to set himself on fire...... If the Sui army stared at him and called him, it would be really a big trouble.

He told Fang Xuanzao about this concern, but Fang Xuanzao shook his head and said, "Let's contact Yang Tong first, so as to reach a verbal agreement that the Sui army will fake a call." ”

"Fake a call?" Li Mi probably understood what Fang Xuanzao meant.

Fang Xuanzao nodded: "That's right." ”

Li Mi frowned and said, "Yang Tong is a ruthless person, I'm worried that he is playing really." ”

"King, whether it's a real fight or a fake fight, at least the soldiers can leave the Central Plains with peace of mind," Fang Xuanzao's meaning is obvious, the only obstacle to leaving the Central Plains is the nostalgia of the soldiers' homeland, if they are defeated in the hands of the Great Sui and go south, the soldiers have nothing to say. In the future, it can also use the local plot to stimulate the training enthusiasm of the soldiers, and in the future, it can also stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

"King, in fact, we all know that the Sui Dynasty has a great influence on the people of Jibei, Dongping, Jiyin, and Dongjun, even if it is fought, I am afraid that it will soon be occupied by the Sui Dynasty, since it can't be held, why not use it to trade with the Sui Dynasty? And in this way, the land of the Sui Dynasty is intertwined with Dou Jiande, Liu Heimin, and Wang Xiaohu, and before the three of them are resolved, Yang Tong cannot ignore the unstable rear. And when he competed with Li Tang for Luoyang and Dou Jiande and others for Qingzhou, it was the time for us to go south to develop. ”

"I really don't want to give up like this."

Seeing Li Mi's hesitation, Fang Xuanzao persuaded: "King, we are clearly allied with Li Yuan, and secretly befriended Yang Tong, and between the two major forces, we will expand to the south at the same time, this is Sun Wu's strategy." Speaking of this, Fang Xuanzao continued: "The Central Plains is just the beginning of the dispute between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the next step, the two will be a battle of life and death, the time may be a year, maybe ten years, but no matter how long, the Central Plains will not have a foothold for us for the time being, if we don't seize the time to run one side, the result is still a fish without water, and even a sufficient army can not be raised." How can you compete with Sui and Tang in the world? ”

Li Mi nodded slowly, this sentence was reasonable, and it also spoke to his heart, and more importantly, he also planned to send some forces that did not obey him to fight against the Sui army, and took this opportunity to eliminate these moths, so as to achieve the effect of condensing the army. But the stakes are high, and he has to think about it.

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