"Lord Qiyu, the Marquis of Yongxing of Xianguo asks to see you."

The soldier entered the account and said quickly, Gu Ruquan raised his head suddenly:

"Who?"

"Deputy Marshal of the Xian Army, Yongxing Hou Bailiyan led more than 500 people to ask for a meeting."

The soldier repeated it again, and Kong Lin stepped forward and said:

"Captain, it's Bai Liyan who came to the army in person."

"This thief must have come to mock the general, I don't see it!"

Gu Ruquan refused, and Kong Lin said:

"Lord Taiwei, I am afraid that this is not appropriate. At present, this guard army is temporarily trapped here by our army, and the main force of the northern guard army may not know yet. However, this guard army is equipped with the sophisticated firearms of the Xian army, and its combat power is extraordinary, and if this guard army merges with the northern guard army, I am afraid that the Xian army may not be able to do anything about it. ”

Gu Ruquan thought about it carefully and felt reasonable, he hurriedly said:

"What does General Kong think Baili Yan wants to do here?"

"The last general thinks that Bailiyan defeated the guards in the north last month, and the guards have no plans to continue southward, and Bailiyan can now free up his hands to get back this batch of firearms, but he still needs the consent of our country, so he is here to test our army. If you ridicule adults, it can only backfire.

In Bai Liyan's opinion, the firearms taken away by Liang Jun are far more important than face, so the adults should negotiate this matter with Bai Liyan and solve this guard army as soon as possible, otherwise the situation will change and the Son of Heaven will be dissatisfied, and this will not be a matter of face. ”

"General Kong's implication is that if the main force of the guard army knows that the guards here have the weapons of the Xian army, they have the capital to fight against the Xian army, and they can also threaten the Son of Heaven."

"Exactly, compared to the Xian army, our army is even more unable to withstand the attack of this guard."

"Okay, pass on my military order and let him into the camp."

"No!"

Gu Ruquan reluctantly agreed to Kong Lin's suggestion, but he was still unhappy in his heart.

After a while, Bailiyan drove his horse to the tent of the Chinese army marshal, Kong Lin was already waiting outside, Bailiyan turned over and stepped forward to salute:

"This handsome is polite, Captain Gu is here."

"Your Excellency is waiting for the Marquis of Yongxing in the tent, Your Excellency, please."

"Well, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate."

Put away the number of gifts, Baili Yanjing entered the handsome tent, and it can be seen from a distance that Gu Ruquan's face is not good-looking sitting upright, there are no generals and subordinate officials under the left and right tents, and the atmosphere is very cold.

"Hehe, Captain Gu don't come unharmed."

"Don't worry about Yongxinghou, please sit down."

"Thank you, Captain Gu."

After Bailiyan sat down, Gu Ruquan went straight to the point and said:

"The Marquis of Yongxing is here for the firearms of the guards entrenched here."

"Yes, but no. Ben Shuai is here for the guards and firearms, but not for the main reason. Ben Shuai was ordered by my king to go to Boyuan to meet the Son of Heaven, because of the current war lock, so he wanted to come to Gu Taiwei to ask for a piece of customs clearance paperwork, so as to facilitate the customs clearance on the road. ”

Hearing the news that Bailiyan was going to Boyuan, Gu Ruquan was extremely surprised, and he hurriedly asked:

"As the commander of the First Army, I am afraid it is inappropriate for Your Excellency to leave his post without permission."

"Hehe, Ben Hou went on the orders of the king, whether it was appropriate or not has its own Wang Shengju, and what Ben Shuai said doesn't count."

There are two reasons for this, one is mountaineering in the army, and the other is the style of the army.

Whether it is a person, a society, or even an organized group, they all have their own distinct personalities, and it is often the generals who influence the personality of an army. At the same time, officers at all levels appointed by generals are subordinate to their superiors from top to bottom, forming a bottom-up habit of trust and obedience.

Mountainism has its own forms and reasons for its existence in any period, and the generals are the core figures in balancing and even using the Shantou faction. To a large extent, the existing circles do not understand and even distrust the new generals, and even have opposing positions and politically contradictory candidates, which will inevitably lead to unfairness and even vicious incidents that harm the shooting of black guns.

Although the Xianjun army has not stepped out of this circle, and even for a considerable period of time, it has not been able to get rid of this factor, but fortunately, the Xianjun army has established a relatively complete and fair military system, as well as a staff organization of officers, and there is no obvious faction among officers at all levels of the Xianjun army, and the powerful forces have basically been expelled from the main body of the Xianjun army, and most of those who are retained are really capable and worthy of promotion.

Therefore, in general, the composition of the Xian army is simpler and cleaner than that of the princes of various countries, and despite the problems of foreigners and new entrants, the fair and reasonable social policy and military system provide a relatively relaxed, fair and just environment for all civilians, which in turn weakens the significance of establishing a small circle in order to compete for high-level resources.

Even if the commander-in-chief is absent, the existing system and staff group of the Xian Army are sufficient to continue to command and dispatch and arrange the operation of the army according to the current command, so there is basically no possibility of killing one or two generals and disintegrating an army.

Even if the command center is paralyzed, the basic operation of the army can still be maintained under the framework of staff officers and middle-level officers as the backbone, and even if the middle-level officers are exhausted, the grass-roots officers can still gather their own men and horses to form a combat force in the area and continue to fight, and will not collapse because of the loss of instructions from the command center and the superiors.

At the same time, Bai Liyan also hopes to see that the current Xian army can fight alone and deal with emergencies without him. If he completely relied on his command and leadership, and could not pass on his spirit and system, this would not be the result he wanted to see. There will always be a day when he will die, and the Xian army cannot stop fighting because of him.

"I also bothered Captain Gu to grab a customs clearance document to facilitate Ben Shuai to go to Boyuan, which is beneficial to your country and convenient for my country."

Although Gu Ruquan didn't believe Bai Liyan's words, he also knew that it must be extraordinary to be able to ask Bai Liyan to come out in person, so he asked:

"Then dare to ask Yongxing Hou why he went to Boyuan."

"First, for the invasion of the firearms of your country's guards, my king was extremely angry when he heard the news, and strictly ordered the commander to return the firearms. The second is to discuss with the Son of Heaven the truce of the four kingdoms of Liang, Xian, Wei, and Changsun, so it cannot be delayed, but I am afraid that if this delay, the 300,000 lives of the guards will be gone, and Benhou can't bear to kill and hurt the heavens again, hehe......"

Bai Liyan's words were tepid, but the weight was not light, but Gu Ruquan was even more angry when he heard it. Despite this, in the face of the aggressive momentum of the Xian army, he couldn't put it in his face, and then asked:

"As far as this official knows, there are about 30,000 guards in Tiangeng, Tongshang, and Mengteng, and there are 20,000 bandits, and the combat power is extremely good, Yongxing Hou will not want to attack it."

"If your country doesn't care about the deaths and injuries of the people in the city, Benhou can rush the city with hundreds of heavy artillery until the city is flattened, and those tens of thousands of rabble should also die, and it will not hurt to enter the city again at that time."

"Humph!" Gu Ruiquan was furious, and he asked: "The guards have the same earth-shattering fire, how can you take advantage of the Xianjun." Under the onslaught, our people were killed and wounded, how did this official explain to the Son of Heaven. ”

Facing Gu Ruquan's anger, Bai Liyan said lightly:

"That's okay, Ben Hou has gold, silver and jewelry, as long as the guards are willing to surrender, Ben Hou will be rewarded with a lot of money. In addition, most of the old land of Sun Guo is already in the hands of our army, as long as the names and surnames of these guard military attaches and soldiers are found, their families can be found, if they are under the control of our army, they will be taken hostage immediately, and they will not want to see their families move their heads. ”

The more Gu Ruquan listened, the more angry he became, and the more he listened, the more angry he became, these words were clearly meant for him.

The Wei army's family was detained in the hands of Baili Yan and surrendered to the Liang army, the Wei army could not get benefits, even if they got the gold and silver promises, as long as Bai Li Yan paid more than the Liang army, the Wei army would only surrender to the Xian army, and Tian Geng, Tongshang, and Mengteng fell into the hands of the Xian army invisibly. Gu Ruquan worked hard here for most of the day, and finally became a part-time job for Bailiyan.

"Yongxing Hou, Tian Geng, Tongshang, and Mengteng are the land of my Liang country, and it is not appropriate for your country to recruit guards." Gu Ruquan asked, his tone full of annoyance and anger.

At this time, Bailiyan pretended to give in, and he said:

"Ben Hou only takes firearms and guards, and the land of the Son of Heaven is given to my king, and Ben Hou does not dare to take it. Lord Taiwei can rest assured, as long as the marquis has firearms and guards, the three places will open the city safely, and then the goods will be returned to the original owner. ”

Gu Ruquan was skeptical, because Tian Geng and Tongshang directly bordered Gongxiang County, it was hard for him to believe that Bailiyan would not exchange Tian Geng, Tongshang, and Mengteng for Lingchang, Wucheng, and Ning. If this is the case, he will not only work in vain for two months in this battle, but also suffer less than 20,000 casualties.

Thinking through this layer, Gu Ruquan said again:

"What are the plans of Gongxiang County, your country?"

"Maintain the status quo, whoever occupies it belongs to whom, Benhou has no intention of occupying Lingchang, Wucheng, and Ningning."

Although Baili Yan swore what he said, Gu Ruquan didn't believe it. Because the whole county of Gongxiang was ceded to the Liang State according to the original plan, but this matter obviously cannot be said, and the hateful is hateful because the speed of the Xian army is too fast, obviously he Gu Ruquan sent troops first, and the Xian army took the lead, and it is obviously impossible to spit out the Xian army.

Gu Ruquan was highly suspicious of Bailiyan's words, how could he not be his opponent, it was really difficult to make a difference, Gu Ruquan had no choice but to give up, so when he picked up the pen and paper and was about to drop the ink, a thought suddenly flashed, and he hurriedly asked Bailiyan:

"Did you encounter bandits on the road when Yongxing Hou came?"

"Oh, yes, there is, but Ben Hou has sent people to negotiate with this bandit army in an attempt to buy them, so the road is relatively quiet, and he does not attack Ben Shuai. In addition, the thousands of miles led by this commander are like flying, how can they stop them if they want to. ”

Hearing this, Gu Ruquan vomited blood angrily, he really couldn't understand whether Bai Liyan was panicked with a lot of money, or if he had a sick brain. It's okay to buy the guards, even the mountain bandits, Xianguo has so much money that he can only give it away.

But this is not over, Bai Liyan then said earnestly:

"According to Ben Hou's knowledge, after your country occupied Pingnan County, it was very unfair to the local Sun Guo old people, and this time the army invaded the old land of Sun Guo occupied by the Wei Guo, which made the Sun Guo old people extremely panicked.

In my opinion, your country should also appease the people and conform to the will of the people. ”

Gu Ruquan was already extremely unhappy, Bai Liyan was pointing fingers at Liang's internal affairs, no matter how much patience he could have, he finally couldn't hold back his anger and retorted:

"Your Excellency's affairs in our country are not allowed to make irresponsible remarks, hum!"

Baili Yan pretended to cater and said:

"Oh...... That being the case, Ben Hou retracted what Fang Cai said, and the offense still looked at Gu Taiwei Haihan. ”

Gu Ruquan also saw that Baili Yan's duplicity was contrived at all, but he was okay with the scene, he knew that Baili Yan was difficult, so he didn't continue to entangle, and wrote customs clearance documents.