Guo Chongtao was ordered to send an envoy to the six southern countries.

However, his first leg of the mission did not go very well.

First of all, Gao Jixing rejected him.

Guo Chongtao returned to his post station very disappointed, that is, to the place where he lived temporarily.

At this time, the man sent by the emperor to deliver the letter to him arrived.

Guo Chongtao took the letter from the emperor to him, and when he opened it, he couldn't help but be surprised.

There are two reasons for Guo Chongtao's surprise: First, his usual strategy is good, he was surprised to let a Kong Qian surpass him all of a sudden today. Guo Chongtao said: Kong Qian can predict that my trip will not go well this time, my trip this time is really not smooth, Kong Qian's strategy is higher than mine! Second, Kong Qian is so powerful, whether he is his own person or not, Guo Chongtao is not sure. Guo Chongtao thought to himself: It's okay if Kong Qian is his own person, but if Kong Qian is not his own person, it's not good!

After Guo Chongtao received the emperor's letter, he was also very anxious.

Guo Chongtao was anxious for two reasons: first, the emperor told him in a letter that it was best for him not to expose their ambition to unify the world in the future on this trip, but he had already been exposed in front of Gao Jixing; Second, in case Kong Qian is not his own, he is also afraid that the emperor will reuse Kong Qian.

At this time, Guo Chongtao didn't think much about it, and he immediately wrote a letter to the emperor.

Guo Chongtao wrote in a letter to the emperor:

"The emperor's letter to the minister, the minister has received it. In the emperor's letter, the minister thought it was very good. However, the emperor's letter to the minister was still a step late, and the minister still met with Gao Jixing before the emperor's letter arrived. As for the consequences, the emperor can rest assured that the minister will try his best to deal with Gao Jixing, and the minister will try to do things better. In addition, the minister also has to say to the emperor here, don't reuse Kong Qian before the minister returns to the court. ”

After Guo Chongtao finished the letter, he immediately handed it over to the messenger.

Guo Chongtao immediately sent the messenger back.

******

At this time, Guo Chongtao was restless.

Guo Chongtao said: After the emperor asked me to meet Gao Jixing, don't expose our ambition to unify the world in the future, I also think the emperor's words are very reasonable, but I still exposed, how can I reverse this situation? In addition, what kind of person is this Kong Qian?

Guo Chongtao thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a clue.

At this point, it's time for dinner.

The entourage brought Guo Chongtao a meal.

Guo Chongtao had just finished dinner, and suddenly there was a person from Gao Jixing, saying that Gao Jixing, the king of Jingzhou, was going to set up a banquet to entertain him.

At this time, Guo Chongtao was not allowed to think about it anymore, so Guo Chongtao went with Gao Jixing's person to see Gao Jixing.

*******

During the day today, after Gao Jixing sent Guo Chongtao away, Gao Jixing felt that the situation was not very good.

Gao Ji Xingxin said: I'll just let Guo Chongtao go back dejectedly, nothing will happen, right? His strength Li Tang is so great, can I afford to provoke him! What if Guo Chongtao was angry and advanced above Emperor Li Tang and asked Emperor Li Tang to send troops to fight us?

In order to ease the bad atmosphere, Gao Jixing set up a banquet for Guo Chongtao.

At this time, Guo Chongtao was accompanied by Gao Jixing's entourage.

When Gao Jixing saw Guo Chongtao, he was full of smiles.

Gao Jixing said: "Prime Minister Guo Cheng, today's daytime incident is really unbearable. ”

Guo Chongtao smiled: "It's nothing, it's nothing." ”

Then, Guo Chongtao drank wine with Gao Jixing.

Gao Jixing and Guo Chongtao drank and talked about their affairs.

Gao Jixing said: "There are some things, I still hope that Prime Minister Guo can understand. ”

Guo Chongtao is also unwilling to make the relationship with Gao Jixing too bad.

Guo Chongtao's strategy was to first break up the alliance of the seven southern countries, and then break them individually. Now that he has friction with Xishu, he doesn't want to have friction with others anymore.

Guo Chongtao was also full of smiles.

Guo Chongtao said: "I have some things, and I hope you can understand!" ”

Gao Jixing said: "Of course, of course. ”

Guo Chongtao said: "Lord Gao, do you have anything else to say about today's daytime?" ”

Gao Jixing said: "Words, no. I just wanted to explain. ”

Guo Chongtao said: "Okay. ”

Gao Jixing said: "China has become an alliance with Xishu, and the alliance has spoken first,......。 ”

Gao Jixing means: We have established the "Seven Nations Alliance" with Xishu, and there is one of our "Seven Nations Alliance", and it is also the most important one, who is threatened, others can't look at it, if Xishu is threatened, we have to watch it, it's a little inappropriate.

Guo Chongtao said: "Lord Gao, I understand you, and I hope you can understand me too." ”

Gao Jixing nodded.

Guo Chongtao said: "This time Xishu violated us for no reason, if we just let it pass, what if others follow suit in the future?" If anyone wants to fight us, they will fight us, and whoever wants to make us cheap, and if they can't make a profit, they can easily go back, and when we go back, we think, 'He can beat us, we can him', and he takes out the "Seven Nations Alliance" again, and he says that he is threatened, and the other countries in his seven countries have to help him, if that's the case, what should we do? ”

"...... this?"

Gao Jixing was speechless at that time.

At this time, Guo Chongtao thought about it.

Guo Chongtao said: "Lord Gao, do you think we can do this? ”

Gao Jixing said: "What? ”

Guo Chongtao said: "If Xishu is really threatened, can you talk about your "Seven Nations Alliance" again? ”

Gao Jixing said: "What does it mean to be 'really threatened'? ”

Guo Chongtao said: "When I say 'really threatened', I mean that the territory of Xishu has really been invaded by soldiers, not including that he has been pressed by large soldiers. ”

Guo Chongtao means: If we have a large army to suppress Xishu, you don't talk about your "Seven Nations Alliance" first, if we really have troops to set foot in the territory of Xishu, you can talk about your "Seven Nations Alliance", okay?

After Gao Jixing listened to Guo Chongtao's words, he didn't say anything, he just smiled.

Gao Jixing did not express his position.

Guo Chongtao saw that Gao Jixing did not say anything at that time, and he continued: "Of course, you can also listen to my words, or you may not listen to them. But....... ”

Guo Chongtao didn't say what he said next, but Gao Jixing basically guessed it. Guo Chongtao's following words may be light, or they may be heavy.

Guo Chongtao's words should be said lightly, if he Li Tang presses the Xishu army, I will send troops to help Xishu, maybe I will be busy in vain. He Li Tang's troops pressed the border, maybe they were trying to scare Xishu, or maybe they had other things to do in their territory. If I hear that they are overwhelmed by the army, I will go, and I may be in vain. Guo Chongtao's words are serious, he is threatening me, what he means is that his Li Tang power, I also know that if I provoke him, it will be very bad for me.

Gao Jixing thought about it.

Gao Jixing said: "Okay, I follow what you want to do, Prime Minister Guo." ”

Gao Jixing finally nodded.

Gao Ji Xingxin said: I listen to Guo Chongtao, it's not impossible. Originally, this matter was Xishu's fault, why did you provoke others if you had nothing to do? If he encounters something, it would be nice if I could help him, what else does he want?

Guo Chongtao saw Gao Jixing nodding, and he was very happy in his heart.

At this time, Gao Jixing said to Guo Chongtao again: "Prime Minister Guo, don't worry, as long as your soldiers do not set foot in the land of Xishu, we will never take any action, that is, if your soldiers step into the land of Xishu, whether I will take action, we must also make a decision after careful consideration." ”

Guo Chongtao said: "Okay! ”

Guo Chongtao was even happier.

Then, Guo Chongtao and Gao Jixing drank and talked about other things.

Soon, Guo Chongtao said goodbye to Gao Jixing.

******

This time, the first stop of Guo Chongtao's southern trip, although he did not hate going well, he also made a small gain. The small harvest is to define whether Xishu is threatened to the fact that Xishu's territory is really invaded, and it is excluded that he is being pressed by large soldiers. Gao Jixing also expressed his position, that is, the land of Xishu was really invaded, whether Gao Jixing would help him or not, it would have to be discussed by them.

The next day, Guo Chongtao saw that this was the case, and he said goodbye to Gao Jixing and started his second leg of the trip. >