As Yang Guang expected, led by Zhang Wei, the left servant of Xingtai, a group of Taiwanese officials tried their best to persuade Yang Guang not to risk going to Baidaozhou to meet with Yongyu Lu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lord Wang, the Turkic jackal nature is capricious. Shortly before the Turkic Five Khans Alliance, they had decided to join forces to invade the south, and at this very time, Yong Yulu invited the prince to Baidao Prefecture, knowing that he would not put down a 'Hongmen banquet', and wanted to be disadvantageous to the prince? ”

Although Zhang Wei's words were not much, every sentence hit the point, and it also aroused a strong resonance among the Taiwanese members of the congregation.

Seeing that Yang Guang's face was becoming more and more difficult to look at, Zhang Wei was afraid that the opposition of all the people would anger the thirteen-year-old prince, and provoke him to insist on going his own way, so he hurriedly took the initiative to come up with an idea for Yang Guang and said: "On the night when Yongyu Lu invaded and annexed the state, the lower officials were also present, and I did hear that the prince acquiesced in his proposal to replace the signing of the non-aggression pact with regular meetings. Now that the Turks have sent me an invitation, it is really inappropriate to blindly miss the appointment. According to the opinion of the lower officials, it is better for the prince to appoint a Taiwanese official to go to Baidaozhou on behalf of the prince as promised, so as not to give people the truth. ”

Among the dozens of subordinates attending the meeting, only Li Che, the prince of Qi'an County, who led the military of the Jin Wangfu and commanded the hussar battalion, did not say a word from beginning to end. At this time, hearing that Zhang Wei had an idea to Yang Guang and asked Yang Guang to send a representative to Baidaozhou to meet with Yongyu Lu, Li Che stepped out of the ranks, clasped his fists and said: "Lord Wang, the last general thinks that Zhang Fu's words are very inappropriate. Regardless of the fact that the Turks have dominated Mobei for decades, they have always regarded themselves very highly, that is, as far as the intersection of the two countries is concerned, the most important thing is the equality of identity, Yongyu Lu, as the eldest son of the Turkic Great Khan, is in line with the identity and status of the prince. ”

Yang Guang's eyes lit up at first when he heard Li Che open his mouth to refute Zhang Wei, and when he heard him finally say that it was better not to go, his eyes became dim again, but he still asked Li Che with some reluctance: "Qi Angong, do you also think that this trip to Baidaozhou is not possible for this king?" ”

When the Taiwanese officials led by Zhang Wei unanimously opposed Yang Guang's risk to go out of the customs and go to Baidaozhou to make an appointment, Li Che had been observing Yang Guang's expression coldly, and when he heard Yang Guang ask his opinion, he still did not rush to express his position, but asked Yang Guang: "The last general will listen to the meaning of the prince's words, could it be that the prince has decided to go to Baidaozhou to make an appointment?" May I ask the prince, why do you want to go out to the customs? ”

"The Duke of Qi An doesn't know, the cause of this incident was originally this king, since Yong Yulu proposed to hold a regular meeting instead of signing a strike agreement between the two countries, how can this king break his trust and not go to the appointment?" Yang Guang replied truthfully.

"In addition to not being able to break faith with others, is there any other reason?" Li Che seemed to be deliberately giving Yang Guang a chance to explain the reason to everyone present, and as if he was testing Yang Guang's true thoughts on the matter of leaving the customs to go to the Turkic covenant, he asked quietly.

Yang Guang glanced at the people present, and patiently explained: "This king was ordered to go out of the town and merge the state, most of the people who did it were to resist the Turks, Yongyu Lu, as a Turkic prince, since he dared to knock on the gate alone and break into the city at night, this king is the emperor of the Great Sui, if he doesn't even dare to take a step at Yanmen Pass, won't it make the Turkic opponent look down on my Great Sui even more, where is the dignity of my Huanghuang Great Sui?" ”

Today, Yang Guang and Li Che had agreed that Li Che would give Yang Guang a formal answer after consulting with the generals in the camp on the matter of expanding the scope of conscription and rebuilding the hussar battalion. The main reason why Li Che was unable to give Yang Guang's reply for a long time was that Li Che was still unsure that at such a young age of Yang Guang, whether it was to recruit the hussar battalion sergeants from the people of Hebei, or to go out of the customs to Baidaozhou to meet with Yongyu Lu, it was a purely temporary choice or a calm choice made after careful consideration.

Li Che actually advocated Yang Guang to go to Baidaozhou to make an appointment in his heart, but he had not been in contact with Yang Guang for a long time, although he had heard that the case of the death of the monk Huizhen was solved under the auspices of Yang Guang when he was in Chang'an, but he still did not dare to determine whether Yang Guang really had the courage and resourcefulness that his peers could not match, so he wanted to take advantage of today's opportunity to consider Yang Guang.

Hearing Yang Guang's reason, the corners of Li Che's mouth flashed with a smile that was not easy for others to detect, and he immediately clenched his fists and said: "The last general also thinks that the benefits of the prince's trip to Baidaozhou far outweigh the disadvantages. The last general is willing to personally lead all the soldiers of the hussar battalion to escort the prince out of the customs as scheduled and go to the appointment. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

Zhang Wei was unusual, and warned Li Che in an unusually stern tone: "Quanda, once the prince makes a mistake on this trip, do you know how serious the consequences are?" There are at least tens of thousands of Turkic iron horsemen stationed in the city of Baidaozhou, and with the more than 100 soldiers under your command alone, how can people believe that they can protect the prince! ”

"Zhang Fuchu is angry for the time being, please listen to Guangda's words." Li Che clenched his fists and said to Zhang Wei, "Before the last general led the army back to the state, Yu Weiwang Zhongjun had heard that it was this prince of Yongyu Lu who led the army to break through Linyu Pass a month ago. Let's ask, why did such a Turkic general suddenly take risks alone and break into the state at night? Don't you think it's too strange? Before Guangda returned to annex the state, General Changsun Sheng may have informed the prince and the rank of the news of the westward advance of the main force of Sha Bolu, and after the main force of the Turks advanced westward, Yongyu Lu pretended to make this move, most likely in order to deliberately paralyze our Great Sui, so that our Great Sui mistakenly believed that the Turks had no intention of raising troops against us and implemented a delaying strategy. If this is the case, then the prince will go to Baidaozhou to meet with Yongyu Lu this time, firstly, the risk is not great, and secondly, he can also take advantage of the situation and take the opportunity to temporarily stabilize the Turkic part of the enemy facing me, so as to gain more time to recruit troops and raise food, and at the same time, it can also create a favorable atmosphere for Wei Wangdong to go out of Linyu Pass to exterminate Gao Baoning's department in one fell swoop. There is such a two-pence thing, why should Zhang Fujiao and everyone insist on blocking it? ”

Li Che said this, and the council hall was silent. Zhang Wei and a group of Taiwanese officials who tried to prevent Yang Guang from going to Baidaozhou for an appointment all looked at each other, and it was difficult to find sufficient reason to persuade Yang Guang for a while.

After Yang Guang heard Li Che's words, he felt a little suddenly enlightened, and thought to himself: In the past, his attention was misled by Yongyu Lu's abnormal behavior, and he focused on Xihu Xiaoer An Suijia, but he never thought that Yongyu Lu broke into Yanmen Pass alone in the middle of the night, but in fact, it was to implement a delaying strategy. Li Che's insight is truly extraordinary.