After Liang Chen left, Huan Wen gathered Xi Chao and several others together to discuss how to get Li Xin to quit the army. "It's probably impossible to ask Li Xin to stop the army and truce with just one letter!" When we met just now, everyone was actually at the scene, and they didn't show it at that time because there were outsiders. But now, there are not so many scruples, Xi Chao said bluntly.

This is also because Huan Wen is his boss and the boss who takes care of his meals. Otherwise, if a subordinate makes such a suggestion, I am afraid that he will be scolded on the spot.

After all, Huan Wen's approach seems to be treating himself as Li Xin's monarch and as a master who can command Li Xin. I don't want to think about it at all, the current Datang already has the strength to compete with the Jin family, and Li Xin is now at the peak of his momentum and infinite scenery.

At this time, if you let him give up this rare opportunity, and give up the great opportunity to destroy the Yan Kingdom in one fell swoop and unify the north in front of him, I am afraid it is a little too difficult for a strong man. To put it nicely, it means that you think very highly of yourself, and to put it ugly, you simply think too much of yourself and step on Li Xin too low.

Let's not talk about what the outcome of this matter will be, if such a letter is really sent in front of Li Xin, I am afraid that the entire Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers will be angry with Huan Wen, and the two sides will immediately fight each other.

Of course, from another aspect, maybe this is exactly what Murong Ke and the others want to see!

But Huan Wen is obviously not that stupid, and he also knows that his approach is actually not too clever. Therefore, in response to Xi Chao's question, he replied: "It is obviously impossible for him to stop the army and negotiate peace with a letter alone, and we still need to cooperate by other means!" ”

"What does Da Sima want to do?" Wang Xun asked.

This letter was written by my father-in-law, and Jingyu went to Yangping County to meet Li Xin and try to persuade him to quit the army. Here in this duke, immediately began to set up and adjust the strength to deal with the changes in the battle situation! Huan Wen said lightly.

Hearing this, everyone understood, in fact, Huan Wen was grasping with both hands, one soft and one hard acting at the same time, thus forcing ~ Li Xin to quit. Strategically, this is the only way to do this.

"If this is the case, I am afraid that there will be a bad relationship between us and Datang, and there will be no room for turning around after that!" Xi Chao said worriedly on the side.

"Do you think there is still room for maneuvering between us and Datang? Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and Li Xin became the king, in fact, there is no room between us and them. I believe that there is no need to say this explicitly, Li Xin himself understands it. The reason why we have maintained a good relationship with each other in the past few years is because of the existence of Yan Kingdom. Liang Chen's previous words were actually good, after this battle, even if the Yan Kingdom was still preserved, there would no longer be a threat to us. The real threat is Li Xin's Datang! We have to guard against it! Huan Wen glanced at him and sighed.

Hearing this, Xi Chao and the others couldn't help but be silent. Indeed, with the unification of the Tang Dynasty north of the Yellow River, the world has ushered in a big reshuffle. Today's Datang may be worse than Jiangzuo in terms of territory, but it is not much different.

Even in terms of population, after obtaining the household registration of Yan State, the population of Datang has increased greatly. And this means that Datang's potential will be improved again, as long as it is well explored, it is almost an indisputable fact that Datang will become stronger and stronger.

It is said that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and the world cannot tolerate two masters, when the Tang Dynasty is strong enough to challenge Jiangzuo, it will inevitably be a time when contradictions between the two sides are frequent.

Huan Wen's actions at this time were not just because of Yan Guo's submission, but more because of Jiang Zuo's reality, a preparation made in advance.

After all, there were many borders between the Tang Dynasty and Jiangzuo, but the previous defensive direction was mainly to deal with the Yan State. In this way, once Datang really has the intention to take the opportunity to go south, it is very likely that his side will be caught off guard.

Therefore, it is better to prepare early, whether it looks good or not, after all, it is better to put the defensive measures in place first to avoid trouble in the future.

There is another one, if the Yan State still exists, at least it can share part of the pressure for Jiang Zuo, so that it is not to block the Tang army from the direction of Qingzhou to the south. Otherwise, those counties that were taken away by the Yan Kingdom, how could Huan Wen give up so easily.

"In that case, the lower official will go for a trip!" Xi Chao bowed.

So, the next day, he took Huan Wen's letter all the way to the north and rushed to Yangping County to see Li Xin.

The news of Huan Wen's peace agreement also quickly reached Li Xin's ears. For him, this is not unexpected news, because anyone with a little common sense understands that Yan Guo will inevitably make such a choice under such a situation.

As for the result of the peace negotiation, I didn't inquire about it for a while, but it was obvious that with Li Xin's understanding of Huan Wen, he also roughly predicted what the outcome would be. Especially when he learned that Huan Wen~ sent Xi Chao to meet him, he was even more sure of this.

At this time, the war north of the Yellow River had come to an end, and the officials and soldiers of the Yan State in various places had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty one after another, and the territory gradually stabilized. In particular, with the entry of the town army from Bingzhou, Yongzhou and other places, public order in various places has gradually been restored.

At this time, Liao Chuan, together with Lu Guang, Pang Hui, Peng Lin and others, led the army to the north bank of the Yellow River and was actively preparing to cross the river. On the south bank, Murong Ke personally sat in Jinan County, presiding over the defense of the northern part of Qingzhou, resisting the possible attack of Liao Chuan and others.

At this time, the war was basically concentrated around Puyang and Dongjun, and since Liu Xiaohai led 30,000 troops to cross the Yellow River and join Chen Kang, the pressure on Huangfu really increased suddenly. The Yan army, which was already irresistible, kept retreating on this line.

Huangfu really had no choice, and when he couldn't resist the situation, he had to keep asking for help from the back and asking Murong Ke to increase his troops. After thinking about it, Murong Ke finally decided to abandon most of Yanzhou and concentrate the few remaining troops in the hilly areas such as Mount Tai to form a defensive line.

The place where Mount Tai is located is the hilly terrain of Shandong, and the Shandong hills basically occupy most of the entire Shandong Peninsula. Because its terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, such as Mount Tai, Menglianggu, Yimeng Mountain and other places, it just blocks the road from west to east.

Especially in this mountainous terrain, because the Qi State operated here for many years during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there is still the Great Wall, and there are many Xiongguan fortresses in the middle of the dangerous places.

For example, Jinyang Pass, Qingshi Pass, Tongling Pass, Muling Pass and other places, just in this hilly terrain, lined up in a line from west to east, blocking the road to the east.

The only relatively smooth road to enter the hinterland of Qingzhou is actually in the Yishui Basin, that is, from Xiapi, Donghai County and other places to the north. But this road is in the hands of the Jin army, and now with the success of the Yan Jin negotiation, basically speaking, Yan Guo does not have to worry too much about this road.

Therefore, as long as they do a good job of defending the banks of the Yellow River and the hills of Shandong, they can basically achieve the goal of blocking the Tang army from entering Qingzhou with less. Especially under the command of Murong Ke, the success rate of this matter has become much higher.

As soon as Huangfu Zhen retreated, Liu Xiaohai and the others naturally followed up immediately, and killed all the way along Jishui to the east of Juyeze ~ to the west of the Shandong hills. At this point, the entire Yanzhou except for the northern and eastern parts of Jibei County and Taishan County, the other counties were roughly taken by the Tang army.

If you look at the overall situation of Yanzhou, basically those counties north of Suiyang, Surabaya and the hills of Shandong have already become the land of the Tang Dynasty. Basically, most of the entire Yan Kingdom has been successfully won.

And in such a situation, Xi Chao met Li Xin in Yuancheng County.

"We only met a few months ago, and I didn't expect to meet again so soon, which really didn't happen to the king. The last time Duke Huan sent you here was to discuss the matter of sending troops to attack Yan, and in the past few months, this king has faithfully fulfilled his responsibilities as an ally, greatly reducing the pressure on you! After seeing Xi Chao, Li Xin said with a smile.

"Xia Guan didn't expect to see His Highness here. Xia Guan came this time and brought a letter written by Duke Huan, and asked His Royal Highness to take a look! Xi Chao was not in the mood to joke, he just wanted to hurry up and do what Huan Wen had explained.

Li Xin took the letter he handed over, opened it and looked at it for a while, and the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

After pondering for a while, he stared at Xi Chao and said, "What does Duke Huan mean?" Does he want me to stop the war and give up this great opportunity, so that Yan Guo can survive? ”

Of course, Huan Wen would not order directly in the letter, and his tone was still relatively tactful, but this also made Li Xin very angry.

"Duke Huan's meaning is that he feels that the war has been going on for several months, and the world is in turmoil, which can really be described as a misery for the lives of the people, and the people are not happy! If we continue to fight, I don't know how many people will die! Now the Yan Kingdom has become a remnant of the defeated army, and only occupies the remnants of Qingzhou. At this time, it is the time for His Highness to show mercy and magnanimity, so that the world will be stable and the people will be happy, which is the most important thing at present! Xi Chao said.

"Don't forget, this war originally didn't have anything to do with my Datang, if it weren't for your request for an alliance to send troops, how could I risk the lives of the Tang soldiers? It's okay now, you were the ones who wanted to send troops at the beginning, and you are the ones who want to strike now, may I ask what does Huan Da Sima think of my Datang? Li Xin said angrily.