For Yu Wenxian's trust, Wei Chi Yuan is naturally grateful.

But in any case, in the previous battle, there would be no direct contact between Wei Chi Hui and Li Xinchen's side, but now that the two sides plan to reach some agreements, especially in the military field, there is no room for Wei Chi Hui to evade.

This is also why, as an envoy of the Han Dynasty, Xu Shanxin did not go directly to Yecheng, but came to Luoyang first, and he wanted to discuss with Wei Chi Hui face-to-face the strategy of military cooperation between the two sides in order to achieve their own benefits.

Now Yu Wenxian is still in Jinyang and has not returned to Yecheng, and even if he really goes to discuss with Yu Wenxian, he must definitely focus on the opinions of Wei Chi Hui, the general who guards the front line, so Yu Wenxian simply handed over the task of preliminary negotiation with the Han to Wei Chi Yuan.

This also made Wei Chi Yu a little nervous, he didn't know if this was Yu Wenxian's real trust in himself, or a new temptation for himself. Now Xu Shanxin came up and sent Li Xinchen and Wei Chi Chifan's greetings, which made Wei Chi Hui very clear that Xu Shanxin and even the Han court behind him would definitely make a fuss about this matter.

Li Hui, who had not spoken, stepped forward at this time, leaned to Wei Chi Yuan's side, and said in a low voice: "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover, the general might as well listen to what he wants to say first, if what he says is closely related to the general himself, then the general will simply find an excuse to excuse himself first, and then move the meeting to the barracks, and talk openly and honestly in front of everyone." ”

Wei Chi was stunned for a moment, but he seemed to understand what Li Hui meant, if the big man wanted to play conspiracy, then he would simply use Yang Mou to return it. It is no secret that Wei Chi Hui's family is in the hands of the Han Dynasty, and since Yu Wenxian asked Wei Chi Hui to preside over the preliminary negotiations, then he must have taken this issue into account, so it seems that it is also a good solution to talk about it and talk openly and honestly in front of everyone.

After all, Wei Chi Hui has been fighting in the army for many years, and his prestige is very high, not only the children of the Wei Chi family in the army, but even some of the imperial relatives of the Yuwen family, such as Yu Wenxuan, who was the Duke of Shao Guogong, also have a lot of trust in Wei Chi Hui.

"Well, that's all." Wei Chi sighed secretly in his heart.

Not being able to protect his family is a shame for Wei Chi Yuan, but in order to avoid unnecessary troubles and even suspicion between monarchs and ministers, some things are still necessary. Now that it has happened, there is nothing to admit it.

However, after entering the council hall, Xu Shanxin seemed to have put this matter behind him, and said straight to the point: "This time I came here on the order of His Majesty and the old general to talk about the coordinated operation of the two sides in the west and south of Luoyang. ”

In fact, the cooperation between Li Xinchen and Yu Wenxian is also simple to say, Li Xinchen "bought" the control of Huaizhou from Yu Wenxian at a discount with the equipment that Yu Wenxian lacked in the siege of the city, such as trebuchets and bed crossbows. Huaizhou (now Miyang) is located in the southeast of Nanyang, and is now under the control of Yu Wenxian, if Li Xinchen can take Huaizhou, he can occupy all the strategic points on the south side of Nanyang, forming a semi-encirclement situation.

Of course, Li Xinchen and Yu Wenxian will agree to attack Guanzhong together, when Yu Wenxian will attack Tongguan from east to west, and Li Xinchen will attack Wuguan from south to north, and the two sides will enter Guanzhong together and carve up Yang Jian's territory.

No matter what you plan in your heart, at least when the two sides agree, they still have to write that they are the protectors of peace, and as for the real entry, of course, it is a crazy land grab, and there is even a possibility of a full-scale conflict, which is also tacitly understood.

"If you want to change a city with some catapults and bed crossbows, is your majesty a little appetizing?" Wei Chi Yuan squinted slightly.

And Xu Shanxin smiled: "Why did the old general say this, we are just taking what we need." As far as I know, after your country destroyed the Gao Qi Kingdom, it almost destroyed the workshops in Yecheng and other places, and now even if it is reorganized, I am afraid it will be difficult to produce a sufficient number of siege equipment for a while, otherwise your army will not be trapped under the fortified city repeatedly, and even lost the Taolin Fortress that was originally captured. ”

In the previous conflict between Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian, the battle lines of the two sides were once pushed under Tongguan, and even Yu Wenxian led the army directly to the northwest gateway of Guanzhong - Pusaka, but unfortunately because of the lack of siege equipment such as catapults, it was only possible to take the most primitive way of attacking the city with ants, and there was no way to make progress for a long time.

In the final analysis, it was because Wei Chi Yu did not have enough siege and defense equipment here, and in the face of the well-equipped Yang Jian's army, they had no advantage in advancing or retreating, otherwise they would not have curled up in Luoyang Jiancheng and it was difficult to advance westward.

Indeed, as Xu Shanxin said, such a transaction can be regarded as taking what everyone needs.

Looking at the aggressive Xu Shanxin, Wei Chi didn't know how to refute for a while, but Li Hui next to him said lightly: "The words are so good, but I don't know what kind of sincerity your country can show, after all, if we cooperate, we shouldn't want to just stop here." ”

Xu Shanxin nodded: "We will first take out five catapults and ten bed crossbows, and after receiving the city, we will take out five catapults and twenty bed crossbows." ”

"Don't you think ten catapults are too little?" Li Hui raised her eyebrows.

And Xu Shanxin said with a smile: "This is a bad statement, the principle of this catapult is actually easy to understand, as long as there is enough time, the craftsmen who want to come to your army are not dry." So we actually took out the technology of the Thunderbolt to exchange it with your army. ”

Wei Chi frowned, and said coldly: "If you want to eat it thoroughly and produce a suitable one in a short time, it is not easy, and if we want to attack Tongguan, let alone dozens of thunderbolts, how to use ten thunderbolts!" ”

"Old general, a Huaizhou city is placed there, and we can reach for it if we want to." The smile on Xu Shanxin's face gradually disappeared, "Now that my Majesty the Han Dynasty is personally sitting in Xiangyang, the army can completely sweep Huaibei to the east, but it's just that Your Majesty doesn't want to face your country's swords and soldiers, so I hope to solve it by fighting like this, the old general should be clear!" ”