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Leaving the East Chamber, just as he was leaving the house, Wei Qi hurriedly reported:

"Master Hou, the eldest grandson's envoy, Lord Zhang Jie, asks to see you."

"Hey, it's really fast, just about to hide from him, he came to block the door in person."

"Master Hou, do you have any knowledge?"

Bailiyan pondered for a moment and said:

"Go, lead him to the front hall."

"No!"

Shortly after returning to China at the beginning of 648, Bailiyan asked the envoy of Wei Guo to "settle accounts" on the grounds that Wei Guo had not fulfilled the "secret agreement" involving Qi Guo, and at that time the envoy Lu Jia had already returned to China, so the Wei Guo envoy to Wei Guo insisted that Lu Jia had not signed any secret agreement with him and gave the matter to him. Because it is a "secret agreement", this matter Bailiyan can not actually be publicized.

Bailiyan "annoyed and ashamed" under the invitation to play the Xianwang to send troops to attack, at that time the momentum of the defense of the country was in full swing, the eldest grandson collapsed like a tide, the weapon was really powerful, and the Jin State had obediently and actively stepped aside, and the domestic main battle mood was not high, so it was rejected by the Xianwang.

However, it did not prevent Bailiyan from "retaliating" against the country, so in March last year, he sold a batch of grenades and eliminated Type 637 steel cannons to Changsun Guo for defensive operations. By October last year, after Weiguo captured the sixth county, the offensive was blocked, and the eldest grandson relied on the river to block the offensive of Weiguo with the help of the navy, and the war came to a stalemate.

After the eldest grandson used a grenade and a steel cannon, Wei Guo sent an envoy to threaten Bailiyan, threatening to make the secret treaty public, so that he would be ruined. Bailiyan "pretended" to be afraid, and then cut off the arms of the eldest grandson, so at the end of last year, Weiguo launched an offensive again, and this year it was another county.

Zhang Jie's visit this time was nothing more than two things, one was to buy arms, and the other was to lobby Xianguo to send troops.

In the past two years, the Xian State did not move, which made the Liang State a little anxious, and proposed peace talks several times, but the Wei State refused, and continued to use troops on the west coast of the Changsun State to cut off the connection between the Liang State and the Changsun land, so that the Liang State could be brought under the Wei State's encirclement, and the Liang State also sent envoys twice to lobby the Xian King to send troops.

King Xian relied on the old and sold the old, and deduced that he was too old to withstand the toss and refused to send troops. And against the first army of Liang State, on the grounds that the combat strength of the guard army is like a tiger and the combat strength of the Xian army is weak, he asked the Jin State to withdraw the northern army stationed in the Qi State and fill it into the Ganfu of the Xian State.

At that time, it was the second time that Liang sent an envoy, and the time was August last year, even if the Jin State began to withdraw its troops from Qi State in August, it would have to wait until the second half of this year to withdraw all of them, not to mention that the Jin State had spent a lot of effort to transport people over, and it had not sent troops as agreed before, which made the eldest grandson very unhappy. It is simply not realistic to get people back in the short term.

When he came to the front yard when he was young, Zhang Jie was already waiting in the front hall, and he could see that he looked like he was sitting on pins and needles and was in a hurry.

"Zhang Jie, the envoy of the Sun State, has seen the Marquis of Yongxing."

"Eh, Zhang is polite, please get up."

Bailiyan went up to help him, Zhang Jie put away the number of gifts, and said hurriedly:

"Yongxing Hou, please save my country"

"Hehe......" Bai Liyan said with a smile and pretending to be noncommittal: "Your country is at war with the country, where can Ben Hou help your country, Zhang Envoy Mo is not joking." ”

Bai Liyan pretended to excuse herself, and Zhang Jie almost pleaded and said:

"King Xian only said a word to you in Yongxing, and now only you can save my country."

"Zhang Rang said this, Ben Hou has been in charge of Sinong for more than ten years, and he has long been unfamiliar with leading troops to fight. Besides, now the soldiers and horses are Yongxingjun and General Lu Gao, civil officials in the Benhou realm, how can they say that our king uses troops, this matter has to be mentioned again. ”

"Marquis Yongxing, you should be merciful, even if Xianguo does not send troops, it is always okay to give some arms."

"No, Wei Guo has sent envoys to threaten Ben Hou several times, threatening my king, my country is small and the people are weak, I am afraid that I will not be able to parry the army of tigers and wolves of Wei Guo. Moreover, my king and King Wei have signed a good letter of state, how can I say that I will turn my face when I turn my face. ”

"But the previous Yongxing Hou was able to sell arms to my country several times, why did you want to cut off my life halfway, is it because the money is less, or where did you offend the Yongxing Hou, you have to be reasonable." Zhang Jie jumped to his feet in a hurry, and almost knelt down to cry to Bailiyan.

There are basically no rules for defending the country and attacking the city, and the three ways of yin and poison are used. Of course, it doesn't matter what you do in the battlefield fight, as long as it works, what is the use.

In particular, the eldest grandson himself has done a lot of harm, and the defense of the country imitated the haunted conscience cannon and used it in large quantities to siege the city, and at the same time used white phosphorus arrow clusters and white phosphorus fireball bombs to deal a heavy blow to the eldest grandson army who held the city, killing the eldest grandson crying father and calling his mother miserable.

At the same time that the Xian army imported arms into Changsun, Bailiyan secretly exported a military advisory group of 200 people to assist Changsun in the armament war, and established a complete set of defense system, which achieved very good results and stopped the guards from advancing in great strides for a time.

However, after that, the Patriotic Nation sent people to threaten, and Bailiyan stopped the arms export and withdrew the military advisory group.

In fact, the military advisory group could not have been withdrawn, but the problem was that the Changsun Army itself was not strict in its involvement in secrets, and the guards clearly knew that the Xian Army had an advisory group in Changsun State, and even got the list, which made Xian Guo very passive in diplomacy, at least before tearing his face, passive.

Now that he has come to the door and continued to resume the supply of arms to Changsun Guo, it has had little impact on the war situation, and Wei Guo has basically realized the war intention of more than seven counties, and now he is facing each other across the river, and the Wei Guo Shui Division is not the opponent of Changsun Shui Shi at all, and it is too risky to fight again.

Moreover, since the war has been fought for more than two years, more than half of the national strength of the defense country has been consumed, the continuous long-term attrition and the occupation of the territory have diluted a large number of troops, it is not cost-effective to continue the confrontation, and at the same time, the domestic demand for the distribution of the fruits of victory is also increasing, in this case, the defense is unlikely to continue to launch large-scale operations.

Zhang Jie's current request for help is more to add some bargaining chips in the negotiations with Wei Guo, so as to reduce Wei Guo's blackmail, and even hopes that Xian Guo's troops will turn the situation around.

And most of the defenders also feel that the purpose of the war has been achieved, and it is time to recuperate and recuperate, and free up their hands to guard against the Xian and Jin armies taking advantage of their prostration to suddenly send troops to grab the fruits of victory.

Zhang Jie continued to plead bitterly, but Bai Liyan was still unmoved, he said:

"This matter is really difficult to do, my king and King Wei have signed a good letter of state, how do you let Benhou convince my king. Moreover, Ben Hou also persuaded my king at the beginning, but my king could not go to war with the defense of the country because of this paper of national letter.

Besides, Weiguo is a big country in the Central Plains, and my Xian ** strength is less than a quarter, if I want to send troops to Xianguo, my king must give an explanation to the civil and military officials and the people of the world. Tearing up the agreement with the patriotic country for no reason, and sacrificing the lives of our soldiers for your country, you have to tell the people of the world why. ”

"This ......" Zhang Jie was speechless when asked, but immediately realized that Bailiyan's attitude had loosened, and this was to open his mouth again, so he thought of the draft that had been typed in advance, and he said: "As long as the Marquis of Yongxing can persuade King Xian to send troops, my king is willing to sell it to your Excellency at a market price of 3,000 stone raw silk every year, and guarantee the supply for ten years, this condition is always satisfied." ”

"Hehe......" Bai Liyan smiled incomprehensibly, picked up the tea cup on the table and took two sips, and said while drinking: "Dare to ask Zhang Envoy, your country has defeated the country, what benefits can my king have?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Jie basically decided that Bailiyan intended to send troops, but listening to the tone, this was a wolf that couldn't be fed with three thousand stones. He pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and asked cautiously:

"And what do you mean?"

Bailiyan took another sip of tea, made a smack sound in her mouth, tasted the fragrant taste, and said slowly:

"Oops...... Ben Hou has been busy for a day today, so Zhang Envoy might as well go back and think about it carefully, so that he can have an explanation of the past in front of my king in the future. Today, Zhang Envoy will please go back first. ”

Zhang Jie's eviction of customers when he heard the news was in a hurry:

"Yongxing Hou, only half of the matter is discussed, and you give up halfway, you can't treat me like this!"

Bai Liyan decisively sank down and said with a fierce face:

"Then please talk to Lord Nuo, and I will not accompany you. Wei Qi! ”

Wei Qi was ordered to take the first two steps:

"The subordinates are here, what does the Hou Ye command."

"Sending off guests."

"No!"

Zhang Jie stood up and shouted:

"Isn't there any room for Yongxinghou?"

Wei Qi stepped forward to stop Zhang Jie and blocked him:

"Envoy Zhang, please go back."

At this time, Bai Liyan got up and said:

"Zhang Envoy, I want my country's soldiers to shed blood and sacrifice for your country, Zhang Envoy feels that there are no conditions for some suppression, can my king persuade the Manchu Dynasty to be civil and military, and can he persuade thousands of people in my country."

"But the supply of three thousand stones of raw silk for ten years is not enough!"

Zhang Jie begged, but in exchange for Bai Liyan's sneer:

"Hehe, the supply of ten years is not as good as the permanent, Zhang Envoy, please go back, think about it carefully and then reply to my king." Drop-off! ”

After finishing speaking, Bai Liyan turned to leave, Zhang Jie faintly understood Bai Liyan's hint, and his face turned pale in an instant.

When he came out of the front hall, it was not early, and Bailiyan turned back to the east chamber again, and Gongliang corrected the information related to the armpit people.

"Didn't you go out of the city, why did you come back again?"

Gongliangxiu put down the manuscript and came forward to ask, Bailiyan said:

"Half an hour ago, Zhang Jie came to my house, and he was just driven away by me."

"I'm here to ask you to send troops again, and you agreed?"

Bai Liyan shook his head:

"No, it's not time yet. Turning back is a great good thing for you, Brother Gongliang, you can't refuse. ”

Seeing Bai Liyan's strange smile and strange eyes, Gongliangxiu immediately became vigilant, and he asked tentatively:

"Can you tell me something good?"

"What, Brother Gongliang doesn't believe it?"

"Huh." Gongliangxiu smiled coldly and said, "You are extremely deceitful, how can you do anything good." ”

"Don't believe it, this matter is only good for your good family. In the near future, I will promote the attack and defense, but before that, Brother Gongliang might as well secretly reveal the news to Wei Guo, and use this news as bait to get some benefits from Wei Guo, wouldn't it be a great thing. ”

Gongliang Xiu was quite surprised when he heard the news, and hurriedly said:

"Since you Xianguo sent troops, you should be unprepared to attack it by surprise, and now let me reveal the news, wouldn't it make Wei Guo prepare for it. Besides, Xianguo and Wei Guo are separated by the Sishui River, if Wei Guo is prepared, how can you cross the river in Xianguo. Could it be that he borrowed the Tao from the eldest grandson, and he couldn't do it if he was near and far. ”

Bai Liyan disagreed, and he wrote lightly:

"Brother Gongliang just needs to leak the news to Weiguo in exchange for some benefits, and don't worry about the rest." I want to chat about "Empire Travel" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~