The reason why Li Jing was worried was that once the Wu Yue people broke through Changzhou, they would go straight to Jinling. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info If Jinling is besieged, the Tang Dynasty will inevitably shake, even if the north has achieved results, what can it do? He had already ordered the Jiedu envoys of Hongzhou, Jiangzhou, Raozhou and other places to lead troops to Qinwang in case there was a change in Changzhou, and the Wu Yue army drove straight into Jinling to attack Jinling.

Li Jing has his considerations, although he wants to make a contribution, but if he consumes a lot of financial resources, he is a little reluctant as a miser. It is a good thing that the north can seize the land, but the northern soldiers are good at fighting, and once the war is stalemate, or even the defeat of the Tang Dynasty, the situation is not optimistic.

Moreover, in the past few days, there have been military reports in Changzhou, and Qian Wenfeng is very anxious to attack Changzhou. The urgency of the military situation made Li Jing a little uncomfortable, and he didn't know what to do.

It was already late at night, Li Jing stood in the courtyard, feeling the cool breeze, his mood was very complicated, and he was undecided.

At this time, Gao Ze hurriedly walked over and said, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Shuntian Festival has returned, and I want to ask to see Your Majesty." ”

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered who the Shuntian Festival envoy was, he was very strange, Yang Lian returned to Beijing at this time, why didn't he say hello in advance? Could it be that there has been a change in the war in the north? He's already been defeated? But it's impossible to think about it, Guo Wei sent his adopted son Guo Rong to negotiate, so he shouldn't have launched an attack.

Li Jing hurriedly said: "Quick, bring him to the study." ”

Gao Ze left in a hurry, Li Jing glanced at the moonlight, and walked towards the imperial study with heavy concerns. Not long after he sat down, Yang Lian came in, and Gao Ze retreated and waited outside the door.

"Wechen has seen Your Majesty." Yang Lian said Shi Li, rushed all the way, barely rested, and stayed in the Qi Palace's Mansion for more than an hour, with tiredness on his face and a little hungry in his stomach.

Li Jing saw it, waved his hand hurriedly, and said, "Aiqing doesn't need to be polite. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yang Lian straightened his waist and stood in front of Li Jing.

Li Jing looked at Yang Lian carefully, and saw that he was much darker and thinner, so he ordered Gao Ze to bring a snack over, planning to chat while eating.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has now occupied all parts of SD, and Guo Wei was threatened by the Khitans, temporarily stopped the attack, and turned north to defend against the Khitans. It stands to reason that now is the best time to attack Guo Wei. However, Weichen thought that the Khitans were alien races and should not be guarded against. If Guo Wei is defeated, Datang will inevitably be involved in the war. Yang Lian said.

Li Jing narrowed his eyes and thought carefully, he knew that although the Tang Dynasty said that the Khitan people formed an alliance, but in fact, the Khitan people have always been capricious, and at the end of the Tang Dynasty, they attacked Youyun several times, for the Central Plains people, the Khitans have no faith and are not trustworthy at all, and the alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty is also forced to be helpless, once the world returns to the Tang, the Khitans are a strong enemy. The previous Jin Kingdom was destroyed, the Khitans had written to the Tang Dynasty to show off their might, if it were not for the rise of the Han Dynasty later, the Khitans were likely to attack the Tang Dynasty.

"So what should you do between you?" Li Jing couldn't help but ask, the Khitan people really have to be on guard.

"Your Majesty, Weichen led his troops north, in fact, the losses were very large, this time to occupy all parts of SD, Weichen wants to establish a strong defense line in SD, and at the same time train the new army, once the Central Plains changes, you can wave your troops to drive directly to the Central Plains, and at the same time, attack Jiangling and Xiangyang with a naval division, and attack on both sides, when you can recover the Central Plains in one fell swoop." Yang Lian said.

Now the civil strife in the Northern Dynasties, the HB wars are in turmoil, and Guanzhong is withering, if the Central Plains is occupied, the essence of the Northern Dynasties is lost, and there is a shortage of people and food, Guo Wei has no possibility of turning the tables.

Li Jing nodded, and gently knocked on the case with his hand, so that Yang Lian also agreed to negotiate peace with Da Zhou, but he hoped to get control of SD everywhere, Li Jing didn't believe Yang Lian, but SD has a vast territory, if it is all mastered by Yang Lian, he is still a little taboo.

Li Jing thought silently, Yang Lian didn't bother him, but was eating snacks and drinking tea on the side, he was indeed a little hungry.

Li Jing thought for a while, and then couldn't help asking: "Yang Aiqing, how sure are you that you can recover the Central Plains?" ”

"Seventy percent!" Yang Lian said.

In the battle of Rencheng, he had a certain understanding of the combat effectiveness of Guo Wei's army, if it weren't for the strict training and excellent armor of his new army, it would not be enough to support it for so long. Even so, Guo Wei almost broke through Rencheng, if it weren't for Lin Renzhao's sailor who suddenly came, Yang Lian would probably have been caught by Guo Wei.

"Seventy percent!" Li Jing thought silently in his heart, seventy percent of the certainty is not low, no one dares to say that there is ten percent certainty in the war, history abounds in battles with fewer victories, and the side with a great advantage can be defeated, not to mention that the strength of the Tang Dynasty in the north is not superior.

Yang Lian said again: "Your Majesty, Weichen has brought Liu Chengyou to Jinling, Your Majesty can dispose of it properly, and he will be a favorable weapon for entering the Central Plains in the future." ”

Li Jing opened his mouth and smiled, he was also very satisfied with this, controlled Liu Chengyou, and sent troops in the future to have a name.

"Yang Aiqing, Guo Rong rushed to Jinling to discuss the matter of peace between the two countries, what do you think?" Li Jing turned to peace talks.

"Your Majesty, Guo Wei's strength is relatively strong, but what he is facing is the Great Zhou that is in ruins, and there are still strong enemies around, there are Liu Chong in Hedong, there are Khitan people in Youyun, and there are Qiang people and Dangxiang people in Guanzhong. This interest, Weichen wants Xuzhou. Yang Lian said, and at the same time unfolded the map on the desk and compared it on the map.

Li Jing's body was shaken, Xuzhou gained and lost, which made him extremely heartbroken, and now the heavy troops of the Great Zhou are stationed in Xuzhou, and it is not easy to recapture Xuzhou. If Xuzhou can be won through negotiations, the importance of Xuzhou is obviously more in line with the interests of Datang.

Li Jing thought for a while and said, "In this way, you have a good plan in your chest?" ”

"I don't dare, but Wechen is willing to give it a try." Yang Lian said.

Li Jing immediately said: "This is very good! ”

Guo Rong rode his war horse towards the Yanwang Mansion, and after arriving in Jinling, he tried to obtain the maximum benefit by circling among the major forces. Although King Yan lost power, he was very close to Prime Minister Sun Sheng, as well as Han Xizai, Chang Mengxi and others, and these people were either important ministers of the imperial court, or old ministers of the current Tang Dynasty when the emperor was still the prince, and they had a lot of weight in front of Li Jing, so Guo Rong chose this breakthrough.

Guo Rong was thinking as he walked, and suddenly, there was a flower in front of him, and he hurriedly reined in the war horse, and after stopping, he realized that it was two children running around on the street and almost collided. Guo Rong reined in his mind and slowly walked towards the Yan Palace.

After walking a few more steps, suddenly, Guo Rong's eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked ahead with some incredulity. Ahead, a woman resembling his wife was walking down the street, followed by a maid. Guo Rong opened his mouth wide, it was incredible, how could there be such a similar person in the world, that smile and cheek, even the walking posture was similar, tickling his heart.

But Guo Rong can be sure that this is definitely not his wife, from Kaifeng to Jinling, thousands of miles away, his wife is a weak woman, how can she get here?

Guo Rong called Zhao Kuangyin behind him, pointed to the woman in front of him, and said, "Yuen Long, don't you think this person is very familiar?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin narrowed his eyes, looked at it carefully, was also taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Isn't this Mrs. Sister-in-law?" ”

Guo Rong breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that he was not the only one who felt this way. Guo Rong thought about it, signaled Zhao Kuangyin to be silent, and the two followed the woman from a distance, the woman bought some things on the street, handed them over to the maid, and after purchasing a bunch of things, the woman left the neighborhood and walked slowly along the Qinhuai River.

The woman did not find Guo Rong's tracking, and walked unhurriedly, half an hour later, the woman walked home, Guo Rong looked up, only to see a plaque hanging on the door, with the words "Yang Mansion" written on it. Whose mansion is this? Guo Rong thought in his heart, although he thought of Yang Lian's name for the first time, but there are many people with the surname Yang in the world, how can he be sure that this is Yang Lian's mansion?

There are still houses around, Guo Rong quickly inquired clearly, this is indeed Yang Lian's mansion. Thinking of the scene that happened in Daxiangguo Temple, Guo Rong was very sure that the woman he saw now was the woman from Daxiangguo Temple, but why was she here? If she is really that person, then who was the one who married Li Chongxun in the first place?

Could it be that it was not the woman who married Li Chongxun who made him think about it, but someone else? But why are they so alike, are they sisters? Guo Rong's heart was very puzzled for a while, he felt that there were many things that he couldn't figure out.

Fu Jinzhan didn't know that someone was following her, and after entering the Yang Mansion, she went to see her father Fu Yanqing. Soon after Li Jinquan occupied Xuzhou, he was ordered by Yang Lian to send Fu Yanqing back to Jinling, Li Jing was overjoyed, and still named Fu Yanqing as the envoy of Wuning Festival, stayed in Jinling to serve, and gave him a mansion.

When Fu Yanqing first came to Jinling, he came to Yang Lian's mansion from time to time, after all, Yang Lian's mansion was relatively much safer. Father and daughter met and talked.

Yang Lian walked over, and saw that the two were very intimate, so they retreated, the father and daughter had not seen each other for a long time, so they were naturally very close, and this time was naturally left to them. Yang Lian slowly paced out of the mansion, he walked through the small door, just to kill time and think about how to go in the future.

Walking in the alley, Yang Lian raised his head and looked at the spots of light through the leaves, the Son of Heaven already had the intention of loosening, after all, all parts of SD could not be directly classified under the name of Datang, so it was best for Yang Lian to control this land, and once Yang Lian got the right to be in charge, he had more ideas.

When Yang Lian was thinking, an old man on the side of the road walked over slowly, saw Yang Lian, and hurriedly said, "Yang Jiedu." ”

"It turned out to be Uncle Zhang." Yang Lian smiled and asked, "Uncle Zhang, how is your business lately?" ”

Uncle Zhang is about fifty years old, opened a cloth shop, and the business is not bad, when he heard Yang Lian asking, he replied with a smile, and said: "Yang Jiedu, someone was inquiring about you just now." ”

"Huh?" Yang Lian became interested and asked carefully, through Uncle Zhang's description, especially that one of them was carrying a wooden stick, Yang Lian immediately thought of Zhao Kuangyin, since Zhao Kuangyin appeared, then he must follow Guo Rong. Guo Rong asked him what he was doing? Yang Lian was a little puzzled.

After chatting with Uncle Zhang, Yang Lian slowly paced, the Son of Heaven had decided to hand over the matter of peace talks to him, and he always had to make some preparations.

Yan Wangfu, in addition to Guo Rong, Yan Wang Li Hongji, as well as Prime Minister Sun Sheng, Situ Zhouzong is also impressively listed.

Guo Rong arched his hand and said, "Everyone, now Yang Lian is very arrogant, and he must always teach him some lessons." After believing that he had been deceived, Guo Rong had a feeling of disgust, the woman he used to like was actually in Jinling, and the wife he originally happily married was actually fake, which made him extremely angry.

After a long period of silence, Li Hongji became more calm, he smiled and said: "Brother Guo, no matter what, Yang Lian is a person from the Tang Dynasty after all, he is out on the battlefield and serves the country, although I have some resentment with him, but I know the general situation." If you want me to stab him in the back, I can't do it. ”

Sun Sheng was cunning and cunning, so he naturally knew that King Yan was asking for more benefits, so he stroked his beard and said, "Exactly." Now that the Tang Dynasty is in full swing, you are here to speak like a spring, and you can't say that you will move us to retreat. ”

Guo Rong laughed twice, during this period of time in Jinling, he has figured out the intricate relationship in Jinling City, when Li Hongji was willing to betray the news and borrow the hands of Wu Yue to kill Yang Lian, but now he said that the interests of the country are greater than everything and will not betray Yang Lian, which is really ridiculous to the extreme.

Guo Rong did not rush to dismantle Li Hongji, but said: "Now that Yang Lian occupies SD and is the enemy of my Great Zhou, it seems that he has gained a firm foothold, but in fact, Xuzhou is already under the control of the Great Zhou, and he can cut off the connection between SD and Haizhou at any time and recover SD everywhere." My lord is merciful, but he doesn't want to use his sword. ”

Sun Sheng laughed and said: "Envoy Guo, it's okay for you to deceive a three-year-old child with these words, who doesn't know that the Khitans have gone south, and under pressure, Da Zhou has to temporarily give up attacking SD and seek peace." ”

When Guo Rong saw that the matter was exposed, his old face was not red at all, but he laughed twice and said, "Although this is the case, do you think the Khitan people can stay in the Central Plains for a long time?" ”

Zhou Zong pondered for a moment and said: "I heard that the Great Zhou Emperor led his troops in a good way, and he may be able to repel the Khitans, but I want to ask, if I can cooperate with you, what sincerity can you show?" ”

Zhou Zong asked directly, Li Hongji and Sun Sheng glanced at each other, a little surprised, but also felt that there was no need to hide it anymore, the two sides have been in contact for a long time and have a certain understanding of each other. What I just said is nothing more than wanting to fight for more benefits.

Zhou Zong actually couldn't wait, he knew that Yang Lian had returned to Jinling, and even His Majesty planned to let him preside over the peace talks with the Great Zhou. In this way, Yang Lian has the upper hand, for Zhou Zong, he doesn't want Yang Lian to continue to be promoted and hold more power, so he preemptively pierced this layer of paper.

Guo Rong was taken aback, Zhou Zong's question was too direct, and after a short period of surprise, he collected his mind and asked, "Zhou Situ, what do you want?" ”

Zhou Zong pursed his lips and glanced at Li Hongji, it was difficult for Guo Rong to give him what he wanted: "What I want is Yang Lian's life." ”

Guo Rong smiled and said lightly: "This, what's so difficult?" (To be continued.) )