Yuan Wei's eyes shot a cold light, Jiang Duo was thoughtful, Wei Zheng and Fang Yanzao looked serious, it was obvious that Yang Guang was here to block Yang Chong, and while pardoning Yu Juluo, he wanted to lay a nail beside Yang Chong; Yang Chong thought for a while, smiled dumbly, ignored Zhuge Quan, and turned around and asked Cui Chuzhi: "Has Brother Cui decided at this moment to choose me, or Li Yuan, Li Mi, Dou Jiande, and Yang Hao, the King of Qin?" ”

Of the five people selected by Yang Chong, three are the overlords who are currently dominant, and one is Cui Chuzhi's nephew, who no longer has Yang Guang's sons and grandsons, and it seems that in Yang Chong's eyes, Chang'an, Luoyang, and Jiangdu are all destined to be captured. Cui Chuzhi did not hesitate at all, and arched his hand: "Cui Yao has been hard all his life, as long as the chief manager agrees to the marriage, Chuzhi is willing to follow to death, and he will not change because of the family in the future." ”

A gentleman is a gentleman, and he rarely plans for himself. Cui Chuzhi once had a long history for the Han King Yang Liang, when Yang Liang raised the army, because of the family's words, Cui Chuzhi left with a large number of subordinates, resulting in the defeat of the Han King, Cui Chuzhi also lost his future, and he was a petty official for more than ten years, and it was not until this time that he came to the county as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites. The current promise means that Yang Chong's army is defeated, and he Cui Chuzhi is unlucky, such a choice almost declares that Cui Chuzhi has no chance with the next head of the Cui family.

Yang Chong waved his hand and said, "Brother Cui is serious, I accept the marriage, but you have to say hello to Cui Yao, don't make trouble." ”

Yuan Wei and the others laughed, Yang Chong's worries were not unreasonable, and the word trouble was used very accurately. Now Jiang Fei and Yuan Xianren are safe, one reason is that the personal relationship between the two women is good, and the other reason is that there is no conflict in the family, the Yuan family is the gate valve, and Jiang Duo holds the military power and secrets; As soon as the Cui family comes in, sooner or later there will be changes, and looking at the posture, you know that Cui Chuzhi and Cui Hongsu can't be Cui Yao's master.

Yang Chong motioned for everyone to take a seat, and asked people to serve tea to Cui Chuzhi and others, before saying to Zhuge Quan: "I don't care about the affairs of Chang'an, since you are determined to fight, I will give you a little advice." First of all, you must arrange for Qu Tutong and Yao Junsu to retreat to Hexi; Give me the three counties of Anding, Pingliang, and Beidi, and exchange them for Fufeng and Tianshui; Get Li Jing, Yang Qi, and Duhu out of Chang'an, and at least bring some people and troops over. ”

Zhuge Quan said with a smile: "The heroes see the same thing, Shen Guang and Mai Mengcai have already gone to Feng Yi and Hedong, and Yang Qi and Duhu will leave Chang'an with Li Jing, Yuan Wuji and others; Yang Gongren tentatively designated Yan'an County as the location of the Left-behind Division, and you also need you to send a team to escort him to Yan'an County. ”

Chang'an set up Yongzhou in Yan'an County, who knows if it will do anything to Yang Gongren, naturally Yang Chong sent troops to drive away Wei Baoluan and peace of mind; Yang Chong agreed and said: "Yang Gang is the county guard of Fenglin, and I will arrange for Suo Yanshou to escort you to Yan'an County." However, my marshal's mansion is not in Yan'an County, where are you going to take office? ”

Zhuge Quan said lightly: "Naturally, it is in the Marshal's Mansion on the march, leaving Si Liyuan Wuji as the squire of the Ministry of War, Zhuge Jiahui as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Duhu usurping as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Li Xianyu as the waiter of the Ministry of Officials, Yang Gongren as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Huangfu Rensi as the waiter of the Ministry of Works." Huangfu Rensi's father, Huangfu Ji, is the grandson of Wei Xiaokuan, and he is a representative of the Wei family. Manager Yang, I'm curious, why don't you want Lingwu, Wuyuan, Yulin, and Yuzhong. ”

Yang Chong said meaningfully: "Wuyuan, Yulin, and Yuzhong are no longer the territory of the Great Sui, they were ceded to the Turks by Li Yuan, and Lingwu County will soon face the Turkic iron cavalry. Your plan is too deep, but unfortunately I can't take care of the changes in the situation in the north and take Anding and other counties first, and everything I am doing so far is a kind of self-preservation. Maybe you'll be able to figure out a good way to do it after you take up the post of long history. ”

Yuan Wei and the others were shocked when they heard this, Yang Gongren was tantamount to thinking through everything along the way, planning and then acting, it was obviously the plan of Zhuge Quan in front of him; And Yang Chongneng knew Li Yuan's secret, and the information channels he had were better than tens of thousands of military horses, so he must be the people around Shibi Khan or Li Yuan. Zhuge is not a pretentious person, and said with a smile understandingly: "Don't worry, I want to be a big official who is a prince, and I won't be a vegetarian." ”

Everyone laughed, knowing that Zhuge was insincere; Zhuge is the son of Zhuge Ying, if you just want to be an official, things will be simple. Fang Yanzao turned his mind and realized why Zhuge Quan wanted to stay by Yang Chong's side, not only to coordinate the relationship between the two sides, but the most important thing was that if Zhuge Quan went to Yan'an County, Yang Chong would definitely not agree, and even joined forces with Wei Baoluan to drive Yang Gongren away, and under the couch, how could he allow others to sleep soundly.

All the conditions were negotiated, Yang Chong led his men out of the city to greet him, Yang Gongren's convoy slowly drove into Shangxian, the scene of the two meeting was full of harmony, and the people who knew each other talked very happily, but those who knew the inside story understood that everything was an appearance, and even in the end, everything was a floating cloud. Cui Yao did not appear in public, and went directly to the post house to rest; Yang Chong held a grand banquet in the county guard mansion to entertain the messengers of the Son of Heaven.

Wine and food, staggered, no singing and dancing, the banquet ended in just over an hour, Yang Chong asked Yuan Wei to send Yang Gongren and others back to the post house to rest, and he left Zhuge Quan, Fang Yanzao, and Wei Zheng to talk in the study. Jiang Duo is responsible for the vigilance of Shangxian tonight, and the others have nothing to do with Zhuge Quan, so they call two more; It happened that Zhuge Quan brought tea from Fujian, and Yang Chong asked the servant to make a pot and send it to the study.

There were no outsiders, Zhuge Quan put away his smile and asked, "Tell me, when will you attack Taiyuan?" ”

Yang Chong smelled the fragrance of tea and said lightly: "The tea in the south is different from Chang'an, and when we can reach it in the future, we must circle a few acres of good tea mountains." What to do now to lay down Taiyuan, to make a barrier for Li Yuan and Wang Shichong to resist the Turks? Don't tell me you can't see that this is a thankless task, I'm still curious, you are living well in the South China Sea, making money every day, what are you doing back to the Central Plains. ”

Zhuge said expressionlessly: "Zhang Zhenzhou and I don't have the idea of establishing ourselves as kings, what's the use of making money every day, but it makes people red, those people in the center sent people to ask for things in three days, Zhang Zhenzhou was a little annoyed; Just as the Son of Heaven came with a letter, I took the opportunity to come back. To be honest, I feel that there is a problem with your assumptions, and you are not resolute enough in many things; Since you have already entered the east, it doesn't matter if you take Taiyuan or not, but you must cut off the connection between Li Yuan and Taiyuan. ”

Yang Chong blew the hot air, took a sip of tea and said, "There are no outsiders here, my idea is not good, tell me about yours." ”

How could Zhuge Quan not know what Yang Chong meant, he was not a person who followed Yang Chong to start a family, a county guard ran to be Yang Chong's deputy, the Marshal's Mansion didn't know how many people were not convinced, smiled and said: "Destroy Xue Ju, take Hedong, and then Taiyuan, Chang'an, and Luoyang." As for Yang Gongren in Yan'an County, there is no need to worry at all, once Chang'an is lost, Li Yuan will naturally find a way to break them down. ”

(End of chapter)