In the afternoon, Wuzhou Prefecture governed Guangling, and the brigade of soldiers and horses was entering the city, and the Daxingtai Shangshu of the southeast road of Zhou Guo ordered Wei Chi Youqi to return from inspecting Huainan Prefecture and County, and continued to sit in Guangling, beware of abnormal movements in the direction of Jiangnan.

By the way, I took an opportunity to greet the envoy of Chen Guo who arrived not long ago, and tried to delay the time as much as possible.

Wei Chi Youqi, who returned to Xingyuan, had not yet washed away the dust, first listened to the adjutant's report on the situation in Guangling, and learned that everything was normal, and his heart was a little settled, and he was not surprised to learn that Jiangnan Chen Guo seemed to be making peace with the Yuwen clan in Shannan upstream.

Today's Chen State is already in danger, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River have lost all the prefectures and counties, and even the ridge table has been lost, and now only the land of You Sanwu is left, and even the food is not self-sufficient, and there is no ability to send troops to take the initiative to attack in any direction.

Chen Guo has soldiers, there are a lot of them, but there is no food, it is useless to have soldiers alone, and even because of the shortage of food, it will lead to chaos in the army's mind, and it will be funny when the camp Xiao turns into a rebellion, Chen Guo is too busy to take care of himself, where does he have the energy to think about other things.

Wei Chi Youqi had recovered from his initial frustration, and now although the offensive and defensive situation was easy, the strength of the Huainan Zhou army was still the same, and Chen Guo was now simply not capable of supporting a decent large-scale attack.

Whether it was crossing the river to the north to 'recover' Huainan Prefecture, or going upstream against the current to 'recover' Jiangzhou and even Ba and Hunan Prefectures, or floating south to 'recover' Lingbiao Guangzhou, Wei Chi Youqi concluded that the other party was wishful thinking.

Therefore, his own demand for peace with Chen Guo is basically a false and wrongful one, and the attitude is 'eager' to negotiate, but in fact he does not intend to make too many concessions, Chen Guo's prisoners can be released, but food will never be given.

This is a stupid behavior of the enemy, no different from firefighting salary, except for increasing Chen Guo's ambition to take risks, there is no benefit, Wei Chi Youqi does not feel that Chen Guo is qualified to put forward too many conditions to his side, just to delay time, they have to pretend to come out.

Of course, they are just a little tired, and the Yuwen clan, who really gave food, is hopelessly stupid.

Wei Chi Youqi sent Xizuo to Jiangnan and infiltrated Jiankang City to inquire about the news, and the news that came one after another showed that the Yuwen clan had provided hundreds of thousands of grains in order to win over Chen Guo.

It is said that there were also envoys who came to Jiankang to try to conclude an alliance against the Wei Chi clan together.

This should have been done in secret, whether it was food support or the arrival of envoys in Jiankang, it should be kept secret, but now everyone in Jiankang City knows it, and Wei Chi Youqi has no secrecy measures in addition to despising Chen Guo, and he also feels more and more that Yuwen's family is sick and rushed to the doctor.

However, thinking about the other party's situation, Wei Chi Youqi quite understands, Yuwen's territory is Guanzhong and Shannan, but the enemy on his back has caused his troops to be stretched, so he has to use grain to stabilize the Chen State downstream, but the effect of such a move is doubtful.

The Yuwen clan captured Ba, Hunan and Jiangzhou of the Chen State, and also occupied the prefectures and counties of Lingbiao, so deeply hated and hated, and wanted to fool the past with hundreds of thousands of grains, Wei Chi Youqi felt that the monarchs and ministers of the Chen State were still ashamed, and they would never really want to make peace with the Yuwen clan.

Therefore, the soldiers and horses arranged by Yuwen in Jiangzhou still cannot be transferred, and the soldiers and horses in Ba, Hunan and Lingbiao Guangzhou cannot be transferred either, because the local old officials of Chen Guo will start an incident sooner or later, and the garrison is small, and it is almost the same as not.

In such a situation, Yu Chi Youqi didn't believe that Yu Wenming, who was sitting in Shannan, couldn't see it, and the best way was to return the occupied Chen Guozhou County and shrink his forces back to Shannan, but the other party was reluctant to spit out the meat that had been eaten in his mouth, and wanted to delay time by giving food.

The Yu Chi clan will not spit out the Huainan Prefecture County that he has eaten in his mouth, but this is the confidence supported by absolute strength, and the Yuwen clan's own basic plate is almost unable to hold on, and it is really a little overwhelming to think about holding the territory that he just occupied.

In Wei Chi Youqi's view, Yuwen's vain attempt to stabilize Chen Guo with food is actually a rush to the doctor, thinking that Wang Yuwenliang and his son are really anxious, even if they get a fake son, they can't stabilize people's hearts, and can only rely on false reconciliation to deceive others.

Wei Chi Youqi did not believe that Yuwen Qiankeng was still alive until now, so when rumors spread to Guangling one after another, saying that the "first emperor" who had been "seriously injured" was still alive and had arrived in Shannan to rebuild the imperial court, he thought it was a clumsy trick by Yuwen Liang's father and son.

Without the pretense of the Son of Heaven, Yuwenliang would not be able to effectively win the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, and the other party made a fake Son of Heaven to cover his ears and steal the bell in order to save his life.

However, if the hanging gourd does not go down for a day, the Yuwen clan will be able to survive for one more day.

Wei Chi Youqi still doesn't know what the battle situation in Guanzhong is, and his brother Wei Chi Dan led a large army to besiege Yuzhou Prefecture, and there is no good news so far, which makes Yu Chi Youqi a little depressed.

According to Yuwenwen, the king of Xiyang, who guards the hanging gourd, it seems that he really has some ability.

If he could, Wei Chi Youqi really wanted to lead his troops westward and attack Jiangzhou controlled by the Yuwen clan, and then continue to trace the river upstream, attack Huangzhou, and copy the back road of the Yuwen clan.

It's winter now, and it's a good time to move troops to Jiangnan, don't worry about the continuous rain, and don't worry about the water flooding the camp and making the soldiers miserable, but Wei Chi Youqi didn't dare to disobey his brother's order, so he could only go to Guangling, Jiangbei, and Chen Guoxu and the snake.

Wei Chi Youqi thought so, but Gong Yi, the chief secretary of the Prime Minister's Mansion who was in charge of negotiating with Chen Guo, didn't think so, he knew that Prime Minister Wei Chi Dan's strategy was to stabilize Chen Guo as much as possible, so as to free up his hands to deal with the Yuwen clan.

Chen's offensive is incapable of self-preservation and is not a priority threat.

At this moment, Fang Gongyi, who had just returned from negotiations with the envoys of Chen State, reported the negotiation process to Wei Chiyouqi, in fact, the content of this negotiation was similar to the last time, and the principle of Zhou Guo was also very clear: the prisoners could be released, and as for the return of Huainan Prefecture and the delivery of some grain, we would discuss it again.

"Shang Shuling, the envoy of Chen Guo just made a request, hoping to go north, meet the Son of Heaven and the prime minister, and settle the matter of returning the lost land and borrowing grain as soon as possible."

"Meet the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister? They want to take the opportunity to see the situation of the hanging gourd, right? Wei Chi Youqi sneered, "So how did we respond?" ”

"The Son of Heaven is driving a personal expedition, and now he is busy quelling the rebellion, we must send someone to Xuangu to ask for instructions, and after getting permission, the envoys of the Chen State can go north."

"It won't drag on for a few days, will it?"

"Shang Shuling, Guangling and Hanging Gourd, the messenger will only go back and forth for a few days, but if the Son of Heaven plans to receive the envoys of Chen in the city after recovering Hanging Gourd, this will have to wait."

Fang Gongyi's ability to negotiate and grind time, Wei Chi Youqi was convinced, but he didn't think that the envoys of Chen Guo couldn't see that they were making false promises, but the situation was stronger than people, with Chen Guo's current strength, what else could he do?

Chen Jun wants to fight, he accompanies him to the end, and the other party can't fight, unless he engages in a sneak attack, but Wei Chi Youqi has made arrangements, and he is confident that the Chen army who attacked Guangling will not return.

In order to ask for some food relief, the request of the envoy of Chen Guo was reduced from 2 million Hu at the beginning to 1 million Hu, and then to 500,000 Hu, and today, Fang Gongyi said that the other party's request has been reduced to 200,000 Hu.

At this time, Chen Guo, like a beggar, knocked on the door with a broken bowl, and then knelt outside the door, begging Zhou Guo (Wei Chi's) to reward a mouthful of leftovers to eat

When Wei Chi Youqi heard this, he felt more and more that he was really a waste of time to sit on a large army in Guangling and not move, facing Chen Guoxu and the snake who could only protect himself.

But even so, the scene that should be done still has to be done, as the southeast road Daxing Taishang Shuling who guards the land of the two Huai, Wei Chi Youqi always has to put on a hospitable posture, look at the sky, he decided to set up a banquet tonight to entertain the envoys of Chen Guo, in order to reflect his attitude of attaching importance to negotiations.

"Shang Shuling wants to personally entertain the envoys of the Chen State?"

"That's right, it's always good to say something vague and give them some hope." Wei Chiyou said with a smile, "Otherwise, if you are always false and wronged, the other party will be disheartened, but it will not be good." ”

Fang Gongyi nodded, but did not forget to remind: "Shang Shuling, you must be careful at the banquet, beware of assassins on the other side who take risks." ”