"Foreign Minister Sun Sheng, on the orders of the Tang Emperor, meet the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty!"

As the Han army invaded Jiangzhou County along the Southern Tang Dynasty more and more urgently, the Tang envoy Sun Sheng hurriedly went north and hurriedly came to meet him. Shouchun Yatang, Liu Chengyou received him, there was no pomp, only a few close ministers and envoys accompanied.

In the hall, the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty were relaxed, and the Tang envoy Sun Sheng, although he pretended to be calm, he was weak, and his tense expression told the heaviness of his heart.

"Excuse me!" Liu Chengyou waved his hand slightly, looked at Sun Sheng in a condescending manner, and said: "The two countries are fighting each other, and the war is in full swing, like an enemy. Li Jing sent you north, why did you do it? ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers are under the orders of the king, and they are here to negotiate peace for the peace of the military and the people of the two countries!" Sun Sheng responded.

"Oh!" Liu Chengyou said lightly: "I came to seek peace!" ”

"Your Majesty, it's peace!" Sun Sheng accented and corrected Liu Chengyou's statement.

Liu Chengyouyun waved his hand lightly and said, "Whether it's seeking peace or negotiating peace, it's all about asking me for mercy." ”

Stretched out his hand, hooked his two fingers a few times, and motioned Zhang Dejun to present Li Jing's letter to the country, and while flipping through it, Sun Sheng briefly said: "Since the exchange of troops, the military and people of the two countries have suffered deeply, in order to relieve Li Shu in dire straits, and return the people and peace, as long as His Majesty is willing to withdraw the army, the Tang Emperor is willing to Chen Brother, and always serve his neighbors. Pious newspapers, in order to answer the high life, the road is frank, and the gift of money is ......"

A letter of state, more than 1,000 words, obviously from the hands of the Southern Tang Dynasty ministers, full of feelings, expressive, posture is very low, between the words, many lamentations, as if they have suffered a lot of grievances.

However, Liu Chengyou still had a hard time reading it, and it took a while to finish reading it, and he passed it on to the ministers: "All the ministers also read this book, and they are making a fuss, if it is true or false, Tang Junchen is the director!" ”

"Appreciate it, what a masterpiece!" Tao Gu smiled and took it.

Seeing the arrogant posture of the Northern Han Dynasty monarchs, Sun Sheng at the bottom couldn't stand it, his face was ashamed and indignant, and he said loudly: "The ministers came with a book, and they came from the bottom of their hearts, and they were honest and invited, and they were allowed or not, so why did they humiliate our dynasty so much?" ”

Seeing Sun Sheng's fried appearance, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but be surprised, looked at him a few more times, and said in an inexplicable tone: "I heard that the Tang court court, the first person to advocate peace, is Sun Gong!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Sheng smiled disdainfully, and said with his head held high: "The minister's proposal to strike the war is to ask for the lives of millions of soldiers and civilians in the two countries, and to get rid of the pain of the sword soldiers and the harm of the beacon fire. Your Majesty thinks that the minister is weak and afraid of the Han Master, hehe......"

Listening to Sun Gong's words, he is really upright and selfless! Seeing this, Liu Chengyou was even more interested, sighed lightly, and immediately changed his tone, saying: "I led hundreds of thousands of divisions to the south, invincible, the Tang army was defeated repeatedly, and the wind fell, and the soldiers and civilians of Huainan were all afraid to see the Han flag. Sun Gong, are you really not afraid? ”

In the face of the threat of Emperor Han, Sun Sheng was full of spirits, laughed twice, and said: "What are you afraid of?" Your Majesty is a strong soldier, majestic, able to kill, and afraid of people, but unable to convince people. Although the minister is only a scholar in his twilight years, he can neither command on the horse, nor can he fight with a knife, but he is holding a three-foot sword, killing himself with a horizontal sword, and splashing three feet of blood. ”

"Bold!"

"Presumptuous!"

In the hall, listening to Sun Sheng's wild words, Liu Chengyou's ministers and vassals immediately glared at him angrily.

Liu Chengyou didn't react much, and looked at Sun Sheng, but when he saw this Tang Chen, he stood proudly, his expression was indignant, and his face couldn't help revealing a little weirdness. In this scene, he looks like the villain in the story, and Sun Sheng seems to have become the protagonist who is not afraid of power and is loyal and unyielding.

Shaking his head and abandoning that little distraction, Liu Chengyou waved his hand to stop the courtiers, looked at Sun Sheng, and said calmly: "Li Jing's proposal for peace, I have already understood. However, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Han Dynasty went south, and the expedition in April caused a lot of damage to the soldiers and soldiers, and there were hundreds of millions of dollars.

Such a big price, just for you to help less military supplies? For the benefit of your annual tribute? A sentence of wishing that Brother Chen will always serve his neighbors, and he wants me to withdraw the army? Can I be deceived?

If I agree, why did I confess to hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the south? Why do you give an account to the millions of people under your rule? ”

"How is Your Majesty, Fang is willing to return to the army?" Sun Sheng asked directly.

Liu Chengyou replied: "It's not what I want, it's what you want!" ”

"Military affairs, it's not your grandson who came to the north, presented a book of national letters, and showed off his three-inch tongue, which can be accomplished!" Pointing to the text resubmitted to the case, Liu Chengyou said directly: "If this is the only word, I can answer you very clearly, no!" ”

"I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" Sun Sheng's expression changed when he heard this, and he arched his hand and said: "Although the Tang Dynasty has been defeated, there are still millions of people in Jianghuai, tens of thousands of soldiers, and the Yangtze River Boat Division across the river. Even if the Han soldiers are strong, the whole country has the same hatred, and they fight against the difficulties together, and the outcome is unpredictable! ”

"The country of defeat and loss, why do you speak wildly and threaten me?" Liu Chengyou said.

Sun Sheng said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The minister only tells the truth!" ”

"Hehe....." Liu Chengyou smiled: "With the will of Sun Gong, it is really not suitable to be a servant, especially if he is begging to surrender!" ”

"As for the outcome, let's wait and see! I want to see and see, how much energy can the pseudo-Tang Dynasty burst out with the same hatred of the whole country! Without the intention of listening to Sun Sheng's words again, Liu Chengyou directly ordered: "Come here, take them down to rest in the future, take care of them, don't give birth to the pool!" ”

Seeing Emperor Han's attitude, Sun Sheng's expression was much more serious and ugly than when he first met. finally realized that he seemed to be too forgetful, and this mission was a failure, and a shameless emotion arose in his heart to face Jiangdong's father, and at the same time, he felt powerless. His unyielding and upright words are like joking, let others look at them, as for the threat, it is even more like a joke, and Emperor Han doesn't care at all.

In fact, from the Han Emperor's speech and attitude, it can already be seen that his gluttonous desire, even if he has the heart to retreat, it is impossible not to pay a big price. It's just that Sun Sheng deliberately didn't take the initiative to mention it.

"Your Majesty, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty's intention to seek peace is not very resolute! Looking at Sun Sheng's attitude, he is only afraid of Lord Tang, and he still has a stubborn heart of resistance! Tao Gu said.

Liu Chengyou thought about it for a while and said, "I don't think so. Pseudo-Tang now, where does he have the confidence to fight against my dynasty again? I look at this duke, in addition to his temperament, there is inevitably a temptation to me! ”

Tao Gu is a human spirit, thought about it, and agreed with his chin: "In this way, it proves that the Tang Lord has the heart to seek peace, but he doesn't know His Majesty's attitude, and I don't know what conditions should be exchanged for it!" ”

"The soldiers are almost rested!" Liu Chengyou suddenly turned to Wang Jun and Han Tong, who were accompanying him.

Han Tong said directly: "Your Majesty, you have already been gearing up, just wait for the edict!" ”

"Order, tomorrow's army will go south to Hefei!" Liu Chengyou said directly.

After a pause, he continued: "Order Murong Yanzhao to strengthen his strategy for Yanjiangzhou County, so that Li Jing can take a good look at my attitude!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Jun and Han Tong went as ordered.

"Shouchun's side, it's temporarily handed over to Tao Qing!" Liu Chengyou looked at Tao Gu again.

Tao Gu immediately responded: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty! ”

Thinking of Sun Sheng's response to the audience, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but sigh: "There is no shortage of loyal and loyal generals in the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, since the Southern Expedition, He Jingzhu, Xu Wenzhen, Guo Tingwei, and this Sun Sheng, including that Huang Fuhui, are all people who cannot be underestimated!" ”

Listening to the sigh of the Son of Heaven, Tao Gu said: "Even if there are talents, and the Lord does not make good use of them, the result is just a pearl secretly cast, but suffers from it!" ”

"However, Li Jing still has such courtiers, from this point of view, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is not a country of destruction after all!" Liu Chengyou said: "We have to end the war as soon as possible!" ”

"It's urgent, not Your Majesty!" Tao Gu said.

Liu Chengyou just nodded. Hundreds of thousands of troops stayed in Huainan for a long time, and the cost was very heavy, and the Tokyo side was already a little unable to sit still, and the treasury was becoming more and more empty. At present, it is in the spring ploughing season, so the war, the Central Plains, Huaibei people's power is greatly consumed, if the agricultural time is missed, causing a chain reaction, the next headache, but there will be more.

During this time, there were constantly hundreds of officials forwarded by the ministers, suggesting that Liu Chengyou should be a teacher. In fact, if the Southern Tang Dynasty worked hard and fought to the death, it would be impossible for the Northern Han Dynasty to really spend time here for a long time.

It is more likely to be adopted to return the class to the court, rectify the soldiers and horses, and return the people and farming. On the Huainan side, it turned from offensive to defensive, consolidating the occupied land and digesting the fruits of victory.

However, that is the choice of Nantang to resist to the end, and it is best to be able to do it once and for all. After all, compared with the original history, Zhou Shizong's expedition to the Tang Dynasty, Liu Chengyou's expedition, and the Southern Tang Dynasty were defeated faster and more thoroughly.