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Yu Shiji said loudly: "After all, the Turks were the ministers of the Great Sui, and they have been allies with us for more than ten years. Otherwise, he would have been killed by the Datou Khan of the Western Turks. Now that the Khan will take revenge, it is morally unjustifiable to commit the following crimes. Your Majesty may send an envoy to question him, why does he not follow the way of a king? Then negotiate with him, and even if nothing is agreed, it can be delayed for a little time. In this way, we have a chance to receive 170,000 reinforcements from the two old generals. ”

Yu Shiji's suggestion made everyone's eyes light up, and secretly thought that this was a good way, as he said, even if it was useless, he could always delay time by negotiating. Even if the Turks are not willing to negotiate at all, it is a big deal to continue to defend the city, and there is no loss for their own side.

All the ministers then echoed it, and even Pei Ju and Pei Yun, two people who were not right with Yu Shiji, agreed with this suggestion.

Seeing that everyone's thoughts were so unified, Yang Guang was also happy, so he asked: "Yu Aiqing's proposal is good, dare to ask which Aiqing has the courage to visit the Turks?" ”

Yang Guang's question made all the ministers silent, because no one wanted to be a messenger.

You must know that since the Western Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains, there has been a custom of the two countries fighting each other without killing them. But the Turks were not necessarily willing to be so reasonable. If, after the envoy went, he disagreed with each other and was killed or locked up by this Shibi Khan, wouldn't it be miserable?

Yang Guang asked a few more times, and seeing that no one was willing to stand up as a messenger, Fang was furious and said: "You are the ruler of the king, as the minister of the Great Sui, don't you have the courage to share my worries?" ”

At this time, Pei Ju smiled at Yu Shiji's gloom and said, "Lord Yu, since this suggestion was made by you, you must also have the courage to be an envoy, right?" ”

After Yu Shiji heard this, he couldn't help but secretly complain, but he was already difficult to ride a tiger at this time. As Pei Ju said, since it was his suggestion, no one else dared to go, so he was the only one who went.

So, Yu Shiji had no choice but to bite the bullet and come out and say: "Weichen is willing to go!" ”

Yang Guangda was overjoyed, and said to Yu Shiji: "Yu Aiqing, I also know that negotiation is very dangerous at this time, but there is no way to do it, let's use a dead horse as a live horse doctor!" Negotiate with the Turks, and the person I trust the most is you......"

Yu Shiji showed a wry smile on his face, secretly thinking that at this time, I am afraid that no matter who is willing to stand up, you will say that the most trusted person is him. But thinking about it, he could only say: "I am willing to share my worries for Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang nodded, and then continued: "I know that only Yu Aiqing can come forward at a critical time, and this time I negotiate with the Turkic thief Shibi Khan, I hope that Aiqing will be neither humble nor arrogant, and fight with reason, even if the negotiation is unsuccessful, but I can't lose the dignity of my Great Sui Heavenly Dynasty......"

Yu Shiji didn't expect Yang Guang to have the leisure to think about this, so he had to say with a straight face: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister would rather die than fall into my Great Sui Tianwei!" ”

"Good! Without further ado, let's ask Yu Aiqing to leave! Yang Guang couldn't wait to say.

Yu Shiji had no choice but to take two entourages and rode towards the city gate. His mood was also uneasy. At the beginning, the Turks were divided into two parts, the east and west, and the plan was designed by Changsun Sheng, but in the end, it was he who sent the Turks to provoke the Datou Khan and the Qimin Khan to fight each other. Therefore, in the hearts of the Turks, he and Changsun Sheng are the main culprits for the Turkic split. Now that he is going to see Shibi Khan, can the other party spare him? Although it is said that the two countries compete with each other and do not kill each other, it is the custom of the Central Plains, and these grassland Hu people will not pay attention to this set of rules. Yu Shiji suddenly felt that his trip was a bit fierce and unlucky.

It's just that now that he is on the thief ship, he can't go if he doesn't go.

"Forget it! Die and die! Anyway, Yu has lived for nearly sixty years, and even if he is killed, he will not have many regrets. Yu Shiji made a heart and ordered the officers guarding the city gate to open the city gate and let him out.

It didn't take long for the gates to creak open.

Yu Shiji straightened his somewhat wrinkled clothes, straightened his waist, held the messenger's scepter, and slowly ran towards the Turkic camp......

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At this time, a group of craftsmen in the Turkic camp were busy making siege ladders, although the Turks had learned some advanced forging techniques and mastered some skills in making high-end weapons from the Sui Dynasty people who fled to the steppe to make a living. But they were still far inferior to the craftsmen of the Sui Dynasty in making siege equipment.

And, more importantly: the manufacture of large siege equipment such as well fences, siege engines, trebuchets, etc., takes a long time and requires a high level of materials. And they didn't have so much time to prepare, so they had to cut down the trees in the surrounding mountains and forests and make the simplest ladders.

Shibi Khan was also riding a horse to inspect the wounded in the camp and learn about today's siege battle.

He originally didn't have much hope for today's siege, because he also knew that siege was not something that the Turks were good at, but today's high-strength attack almost broke through the city, which made Shibi Khan discover the weakness of the Sui army.

He found that although these so-called forbidden soldiers in the Sui army were all five thick and looked tall and mighty, the weapons and armor they used were also the best in the Sui army. But their combat effectiveness was very poor, and their morale was also low, not as good as ordinary Sui soldiers. Not to mention the comparison with the Liaodong Army.

As long as he has been attacking the city so quickly, it will take five days at most, and Yanmen City will be breached. Imagining Yang Guang, the venerable Emperor of the Great Sui, kneeling down in front of him and begging for mercy, Shibi Khan couldn't help but squint and laugh, he had been looking forward to this moment for a long time.

At this moment, his son Tuli hurriedly came to report: "Father Khan, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty has sent his minister Yu Shiji to negotiate!" ”

"Oh? This Yang Guang really couldn't hold on, and thought of sending someone to negotiate peace? Shibi Khan smiled coldly and said, "Yu Shiji? I have heard of this man, and it seems that he was the one who sent an envoy to the Western Turks to launch an attack on my father, the Khan of Qimin. I will not spare this culprit who provoked my Turkic splits! ”

With that, Shibi Khan snorted coldly, then turned his horse's head and ran towards his golden wolf king's tent.

A moment later, Yu Shiji walked into the murderous Turkic camp with two retinues.

Under the special arrangement of Shibi Khan, there were constantly Turkic soldiers raising their knives and roaring at Yu Shiji and his party, making a gesture of wanting to kill them.

The two entourages couldn't help but tremble with fright when they saw this, but Yu Shiji felt that it was nothing because he had sent an envoy to the Turks before and had already made up his mind to die. It's just that seeing that his two entourages were so scared, they frowned slightly.

He glared at them fiercely, and then said in a deep voice, "Don't look at the evil appearance of those Turks, just follow me forward!" ”

After the two entourages heard this, Fang lowered his head in shame, did not dare to look at the sides anymore, and followed Yu Shiji towards the depths of the Turkic camp.

At the door of the Turkic king's tent printed with the golden wolf's head pattern, there were dense Turkic guards, all of whom were people from the Turkic royal clan Ashinabu, all of whom were tall and powerful, and their martial arts were also first-class among the Turks.

At this moment, they stood in two columns with broadswords and spears in their hands, and held them high, and there was only a narrow passage between the broadswords and spears, allowing only one person to pass.

Yu Shiji was not afraid, it seemed that these battles were just small ears for him.

He calmly passed between the sharp broadsword and spear, completely oblivious to the Turkic guards who were about to stab on either side.

When he walked into the king's tent, he was slightly surprised. Originally, he thought that there must be torture instruments and oil pots and other intimidating things inside. But the situation in the tent was somewhat unexpected to him.

I saw that the king's tent was very neat, and there were small tables on both sides, and behind each table sat a Turk, judging from the costumes, he should be the leader of the Turkic tribes. They were accompanied by a captive Han girl. The Turkic nobles hugged the Han girls around them, and kissed them on the face from time to time, and burst of lewd laughter from their mouths.

On the ground in the king's tent, there was a red carpet, and at the bottom of the carpet sat a middle-aged man in golden helmet and armor, with a golden wolf's head banner and a huge scimitar beside him.

Without being introduced, Yu Shiji could guess that this person was Shibi Khan, and by his side, he was accompanied by two of the most beautiful Han girls in the tent. One was pouring him wine, the other was beating him on the back.

Yu Shiji had no choice but to step forward at this time and salute: "Yu Shiji, the envoy of the Great Sui, pays a visit to Shibi Khan!" ”

Shibi Khan glanced at him with slanted eyes at this time, and then snorted coldly: "Yu Shiji, since you came to see Ben Khan, why don't you kneel?" ”

The Turkic guards standing beside Yu Shiji grabbed Yu Shiji's arm and shouted together: "Kneel down to the Khan!" ”

Yu Shiji said forcefully: "I am a minister of the Great Sui, and the Khan is also a vassal of the Great Sui Emperor, since everyone is a minister of the Great Sui Emperor, why should I kneel to the Khan?" ”

When the Turkic guards on both sides heard this, they were furious. They pressed Yu Shiji's shoulders and forcibly pressed Yu Shiji's head down.

Poor Yu Shiji is only an official, and he is not young, how can he be their wolf-like Turkic opponent, he only lasted for a moment, and was forced to fall to the ground by two Turkic guards, and was forced to kowtow to Shibi Khan.

"Huh! Lord Yu, didn't you refuse to kneel before? It's not about kneeling yet! Actually, why should people be so stubborn? Yang Guang was the king before, and I was the minister, but it was because his strength was stronger than mine. But now ......" Shibi Khan smiled and said, "Our strength has been reversed, and now my strength is far stronger than his." So it's up to him, not me, to be the minister! ”

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