Xu Jingzong walked into the inner hall accompanied by Cen Wenwen, bowed down and said, "Xu Jingzong, the special envoy of the Great Sui, has seen Xiao Gong!" ”

Xiao Mo was angry in his heart, and was about to ask, but when he saw Cen Wenwen glaring at him, he held back his breath and said coldly: "The envoy has worked hard, please sit down!" ”

"Thank you Gong Xiao!"

Xu Jingzong sat calmly, although Xiao Mo had already been proclaimed emperor, but for their Great Sui Dynasty, they were essentially chaotic ministers and thieves, this was the principle, and Xu Jingzong would naturally not give in.

Besides, he was ordered to come to see Xiao Miao, but in fact, he was stumbling on Li Yuan, and he didn't have to cry and beg for cooperation.

Cen Wenwen also sat down on the other side, and he said with a smile: "Shengshang, Mr. Xu brought a shocking news this time, Li Yuan is not counterattacking, but pointing directly at Luoyang. ”

"Ahh

Xiao stood up abruptly, the news startled him, and then a low cry came from behind the screen.

Xu Jingzong was slightly stunned, he could clearly hear that this was the voice of a young woman, which made Xu Jingzong very puzzled, and said that Xiao Mo was ridiculous, could it be that even women could interfere in the government of Liang State?

Cen Wenwen naturally heard it, he knew that it was the voice of Princess Jiangxia Xiao Yuexian, and hurriedly said, "Holy Lord, please sit down, Li Yuan has not moved his troops yet." ”

Xiao Mo sat down slowly, his mind was now in a mess, and he didn't notice that his daughter was hiding behind the screen. The news shocked him, but he finally restrained his surprise and asked, "What the hell happened?" ”

Xu Jingzong bowed slightly, and explained in detail the matter of the alliance between the two Lis.

Xiao Miao's face is cloudy, but he is also a generation of heroes. He knew very well what it meant for the two Li to unite, Li Yuan went north, and he was almost certain that Li Mi would go south and attack Du Fuwei or himself in an all-out way.

Compared with the two, Li Mi is very likely to attack himself, because the Huaishui defense line is not so easy to break, relatively speaking, his own troops seem to be very large, in fact, he knows that the troops he can mobilize are only Jiangling, this is the contradiction that existed at the beginning of the army, everyone was originally a combination of interests, as long as the slightest wind and grass, it will cause a conflict of interests, this seed of mutual suspicion is now deeply rooted in the minds of the monarchs and ministers, after Dong Jingzhen and Zhang Xiu incidents, There is no trust in each other anymore.

Under this premise, how can he be the opponent of the strong Li Mi? What should I do?

Xiao Mo fell in Xu Jingzong's eyes in a panic, which was also expected by him, if he didn't even have this kind of awareness, then he wouldn't be worthy of being this hero. took out a letter from his arms, smiled slightly and presented it to Xiao Miao: "This is a letter from the Holy One, and the answer that His Highness wants is in this letter." ”

Cen Wen forwarded the letter to Xiao Miao, who saw that the cover of the letter read, 'Yang Tong to his cousin'.

Yang Tong called him his cousin, indicating that it was a private letter, and he opened the cover and pulled out the letter paper.

After the content is simple, he goes straight to the topic, inviting him to send troops to join Erli, saying that their other alliance is Du Fuwei, and he and Du Fuwei will attack Erli from the south, and the Sui army will attack from the north.

Xiao Mo was confused, what about after destroying Er Li? What to do on your own? Will Yang Tong admit that he is independent? And what is Du Fuwei's attitude, the letter does not mention a word.

Xu Jingzong also said that this letter can solve his doubts, where is it? There are more doubts. He glanced at Xu Jingzong and asked, "I want to ask Special Envoy Xu, what should I do with my Liang Kingdom?" What was the attitude of the Sui Dynasty? ”

Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "This needs to be chosen by Xiao Gong himself, and the saint has not made any statement, but it is true that Er Li is our common enemy, and it is in everyone's interests for the three of us to join forces to annihilate them." ”

Although Xu Jingzong didn't say anything, Xiao Mo understood that Yang Tong meant that everyone would first kill the common enemy, and then corner out the lord of the world, as for the results of the war, it depends on everyone's ability, if the Sui army is strong, it will directly hit Jianghuai, if he and Du Fuwei are powerful, they can hit the south bank of the Yellow River.

He muttered for a moment and said, "Let me think about this matter, the envoy will go back to the post house to rest first." ”

"That's good! Let's take my leave. Xu Jingzong got up to say goodbye, and Xiao Mo smiled at Cen Wenwen: "Cen Shilang sent the distinguished guest out of the palace for me." ”

Cen Wenwen got up with a smile and waved his hand to Xu Jingzong: "Please!" ”

The two left not long ago.

Xiao Mo thought about something, got up and walked towards the screen, but found that his daughter had left through the side door, and Xiao Mo thought about what his daughter had just mentioned. In fact, he knows that this is a very good strategy, using the way of harmony to increase the bargaining chips, and find a good home for his daughter, plus his aunt is especially here, I believe that his daughter will not be wronged.

Xiao Mo also knew that the Sui Dynasty was strong, and Yang Tong would go south sooner or later, and this day was not far off, with his daughter's beauty and virtuousness, it would not be a problem to be favored, but he didn't want his daughter to become a tool and marry someone she didn't like.

Xiao Mo was a little messy, he didn't know what to do for a while, he wanted to hear Cen Wenwen's opinion.

After a while, Cen Wenwen returned to the inner sanctum, and he smiled and saluted, "Does the Holy Lord feel very embarrassed? ”

Xiao Mo said worriedly: "I originally thought that this situation would last for three or five years, but I didn't expect Li Yuan to take the lead in trying to break the deadlock from the Central Plains, and the world will change greatly, what should we do?" ”

Cen Wenwen was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "There are eggs under the nest? If the second Li perishes, we will not be able to escape, if the troops do not move, Li Yuan will go south regardless of victory or defeat. Now it is up to the Holy One to make a choice. Xu Jingzong also made it very clear just now that the saint needs to make a choice, I believe this is Yang Dong's original words. ”

"Yang Tong actually hopes that we will fight with the Tang Army and weaken the Tang Army for him, I know it very well in my heart." Xiao Mo looked at the north worriedly, since Li Xiaogong withdrew his troops from Nanjun, he was very worried about Li Yuan's conspiracy, "Does Shilang think the Tang army will attack Wang Shichong?" ”

"Weichen also considered Li Tang, their line of expansion was very clear, the western front not only did not succeed, but fell into the quagmire of war, and finally lost the entire annexed state and Yongzhou because of looking around the world, that is to say, their strategy of developing to the north and west ended in a fiasco; And the middle line is Luoyang, if Yang Tong does not support Wang Shichong, then the Tang army will definitely attack Luoyang, so they took my Jingxiang. Now seeing that Yang Tong relies on a huge population base to run the north vigorously, if Li Tang doesn't do it again, the Central Plains will be gone, so Weichen also thinks that attacking Luoyang may be very big" Cen Wenwen hesitated for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "If they take Luoyang and the Central Plains with lightning speed, then they can stop the power of the Sui Dynasty in the north." Relatively speaking, we are much easier to deal with than the Sui Dynasty and Wang Shichong,"

"And Xu Jingzong also said just now that with the Sui Dynasty sending troops, we have too much wait-and-see time during this period, and they don't need to lie."

To be honest, Cen Wenwen doesn't have much confidence in Da Liang, don't look at Xiao Miao's 400,000 troops, but there are many places that Liang needs to defend, but Liang Guo's place is big. The southernmost troops, to say the least, will take a month to reach Jiangling, for the war, there will be a lot of things in a month, if Li Yuan gathers strong troops to storm Jiangling, this side of the city is broken, I am afraid that the southern army will only have half the way.

Although he is a very popular minister, even if many kings with different surnames respect him very much, it depends on which country's Zhongshu Shilang, Liang is full of holes, no matter how smart Cen Wenwen is, he can't change the situation of division under his rule. The important thing is that he doesn't have time to sort out the government, which is the most important problem.

Xiao Mo let out a long sigh, "According to your meaning, we must go according to Yang Tong's wishes?" Or even surrender to the Sui Dynasty? ”

"Wechen didn't mean surrendering to the Sui Dynasty." Cen Wenwen shook his head and said: "Although we were used by Yang Tong to contain the Tang army so that he could recover the Central Plains, we are also using the Sui army to contain the Tang army in the north. This battle has not yet begun, and there is no need to think about who to surrender. ”

Xiao Mo nodded, Liang Guo was indeed not at the last moment, and it was the last moment when Er Li was destroyed. If Yang Tong and Er Li lose both, he may not have a chance to make a comeback.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo suddenly said brightly: "You are right, we are not without a little opportunity. It's just that Yang Tong wants me to agree to attack Li Yuan, and I have one condition. ”

Cen Wenwen said: "Holy Lord, please speak." Weichen told Xu Jingzong. ”

Xiao Mo said slowly: "Yang Tong must marry my daughter as a concubine." ”

"Princess Anle?" Cen Wenwen was stunned for a moment.

Xiao Mo nodded solemnly, "This is my condition, if Yang Tong agrees, I will send troops on time, otherwise it will ......"

Cen Wenwen understood Xiao Miao's meaning, if Yang Tong did not agree, he would use the entire south to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and assist the Tang Dynasty to deal with the Sui Dynasty together, Cen Wenwen said: "Shengshang, this is indeed very good, Weichen completely agrees." ”

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Xu Jingzong also knew that Cen Wenwen would give him a reply soon, so he didn't rest, and waited patiently for the arrival, in fact, Xu Jingzong was also a little nervous, before he left, Pei Renji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, repeatedly told him and Zhang Xuan that Xiao Mo and Du Fuwei were important chess pieces, which were related to the overall situation of the whole world, and if the two of them let Li go south to the complicated south, the war and rebellion would drag on unresolved, and Xiao Mo had to be persuaded no matter what.

Xu Jingzong also knew that after Er Li was annihilated, the Liang State would face the threat of the Sui army, and Xiao Mo might not agree to raise a tiger for trouble.

If Xiao Mi does not agree, then Du Fuwei can only face Li Mi alone in the south, not to mention that the strength is too small, and more importantly, Xiao Mi will become a big variable, and it will become a key chess piece in the whole overall situation.

At this time, his entourage reported: "Langzhong, Mr. Cen has arrived. ”

Xu Jingzong hurriedly opened the door to greet him, only to see Cen Wenwen standing outside the door, "Mr. Xu should be waiting for me!" ”

Xu Jingzong nodded and smiled: "Cen Shilang, please come in!" ”

Cen Wenwen was more frank and didn't make many detours, so he said directly: "We have already made a decision about joining forces to deal with Er Li. ”

"Oh?"

"We can fight in concert with the Sui army and Du Fuwei, but we have one condition."

"On what terms?"

Cen Wenwen said with a smile: "I believe you also know that there is only one daughter, Princess An Le, in the Holy Lord, and the Holy Lord hopes that Emperor Shengwu can marry her as a concubine." In this way, we will go all out to help the Sui army attack Li Yuan. ”

This condition made Xu Jingzong very difficult, he really didn't want to meddle in the royal affairs, not to mention that Yang Tong was not the kind of emperor who liked others to meddle in his family affairs, so he said: "Can you change other conditions?" ”

Cen Wenwen shook his head and said, "This is our only condition, if you don't agree, it means that there is no sincerity, so not only will the two sides not cooperate, but we will even be forced to seek Li Tang's protection." ”

Cen Wenwen said it very directly, and even brought threats, which really made Xu Jingzong very embarrassed.

Cen Wenwen said with a smile: "Actually, Princess Anle has a noble bloodline, she is the daughter of the Xiao family, and she is the first beauty of the Liang Kingdom, she is completely worthy of Emperor Shengwu, Yu private, this is a continuation of the beautiful conversation between Emperor Wu of Sui and Empress Tai, this is a beautiful thing, why can't you agree?" ”

Xu Jingzong pondered for a long time, he thought of the overall situation of the world, as well as the consequences of Er Li escaping into the southern jungle and the continuous rebellion, and then thinking of Yang Tong accepting beauties for the sake of the world, and there was no reason to be angry, even if the emperor was angry, he Xu Jingzong would not be able to go to the Western Regions to eat sand for a few years, maybe he could name a county back, and when he thought of this, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "I accept this marriage on behalf of the Great Sui......

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