Su Lu's suggestion made Kong Sheng's eyes light up.

Su Lu offered to secretly send people to infiltrate the rebels in Jiyin County, saying that nearly 10,000 Xixi soldiers and horses would surrender to the imperial court or surrender to Kong Sheng to become Xiayi military horses.

After the first battle in Shouyang Valley, the rebels retreated to the first line of Jiyin County, while on the two lines of Taiyuan and Ganlong, the armies of Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi were progressing smoothly, and the situation of the Li Tang court to suppress the rebellion was slowly beginning to reverse, which was an important factor for the rebels to give up and attack Suiyang again.

Although Kong Sheng uses Xiayi as a base to work hard, in fact, he has a long-term vision, looking at the general trend of the entire Henan and the whole world, and is by no means limited to the first line of Suiyang in Xiayi.

No one knows his long-term plan, and sticking to Xiayi is only the first step for him to successfully establish himself in Henan, and in the second step, he will lead his army west to Guanluo, and Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi, two famous generals, will be in the middle of the line.

In this counterinsurgency drama, he is determined to play an important role no less than Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi, leaving a strong mark.

Everything at present is nothing more than a silent accumulation of strength.

Kong Sheng knew in his heart that if he wanted to achieve a grand cause, he needed stronger strength to compete with Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi on an equal footing. Xia Yi currently looks strong, but in fact, this military strength is not enough to support Kong Sheng to walk out of Xia Yi and go to a broader world stage.

Xia Yi belonged, probably only Nangong Wang vaguely guessed Kong Sheng's grand plan. Therefore, when Su Lu took the initiative to find Nangong Wang and make suggestions, Nangong Wang immediately realized that this was very important to Kong Sheng, so he personally accompanied Su Lu here.

After this period of investigation, in Kong Sheng's heart, Sulu is a young prince of different races who knows the times, is ambitious and scheming. As long as both parties have the same interests, they can actually trust and cooperate.

Among the rebels, there were more than 15,000 Xixi soldiers and horses, led by Su Lu's sister Su Wu. If he can attract this Xixi army to return to obedience and help Kong Sheng's prestige, Kong Sheng will be able to hold high the banner of welcoming the emperor and Jingnan. Leaving the small place of Xiayi, he led the army from Henan to attack Guanluo, and first Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi recovered Luoyang and even Chang'an in one step.

But Sulu's conditions made Kong Sheng frown.

Su Lu willingly wants to submit the entire Xixi to the official army under Kong Sheng's command, but he asks Kong Sheng to marry the Xixi people - the object of marriage is Su Lu's sister Su Wu, who is also a famous heroine of the Xixi people, strong in martial arts, good at riding and shooting, and is the highest commander of Xixi's soldiers and horses.

Sulu's attitude was resolute.

From Sulu's point of view, this is also reasonable. He is the prince of Sulu. We must consider the future and fate of the Xixi people. The Xixi people once rebelled from thieves, and even if they returned to the imperial court, Sulu was worried that they would be settled by the Li Tang court. Therefore, he saw Kong Sheng's potential and wanted to lead the Xixi people to take refuge in Kong Sheng and obtain Kong Sheng's protection.

It's a political refuge.

Kong Sheng smiled bitterly and flatly refused: "Prince Sulu, your kindness. Kong got it. But marriage is not a child's play, and Kong can't use it in exchange. You don't have to. Kong can give you a promise, as long as the Xixi soldiers and horses are sincerely obedient to the imperial court, Kong Sheng will do his best to protect the safety of the Xixi people in front of the imperial court in the future and return to the ancestral land. ”

Su Lu's face changed, and he shook his head: "Kong Overseer, it's not that Sulu believes in the Overseer. It's just about the safety of the entire Xixi clan, and Su Lu has to be cautious. If the Overseers refuse to marry Xixi, how can Sulu believe in the Overseers' sincerity? ”

Kong Sheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Su Lu, can you see Kong's sincerity by marrying Xixi?" Even if Kong agrees to get married, he will go back on his word in the future. What can you do? ”

Su Lu said solemnly: "As long as the Overseer agrees to marry my Xixi, even if you turn your back on Xixi in the future, we Xixi people will also accept our fate!" ”

"Lord Overseer, my sister-in-law Su is twenty-eight years old, beautiful as a flower, riding and archery commanders, and is a pearl of our Xixi people, this is not Su Lu's boasting, you can feel free to inquire, this is not a lie!" Su Lu added: "My sister's appearance and martial arts are no less than Miss Nie's!" ”

Kong Sheng was stunned and slowly shook his head: "Sulu, Kong is not a womanizer, it doesn't matter if your sister is beautiful or ugly." The important thing is that marriages cannot be exchanged, can you understand my words? ”

Sulu shook his head unhappily: "I don't understand, the Overseer must be disgusted with our Xixi alien race, and think that marrying our Xixi people has insulted your identity." ”

Kong Sheng was speechless and choked, and his heart said that this alien is a tendon in his head, and he doesn't know how to turn. Marrying your sister-in-law has become a weight to protect your whole clan? I really don't know what to think, my mind is too simple.

Seeing that the two of them were in a position to talk about collapse, Nangong Wang hurriedly got up and played a round: "Prince Sulu, you go back first, I will discuss this matter slowly with the overseers, don't worry about it first, the mountain people will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." ”

Su Lu got up silently, glanced at Kong Sheng, bowed down, and then left in a huff.

After Su Lu left, Nangong Wang lowered his voice and said: "Senior Brother Kong, the mountain people suggest that you agree to come down, Xixi soldiers and horses are brave and good at fighting, if you can get these 15,000 Xixi people to help you fight, don't say that holding Xiayi and Suiyang, even if you raise the whip Guan Luo and recover the Central Plains, it will not be a problem!" You have to think carefully! ”

Kong Sheng frowned and said, "Senior Brother Nangong, don't talk about this anymore, how can I agree to marry his sister-in-law just because I want to get Xixi's soldiers and horses?" That's impossible! ”

Nangong Wang thought that Kong Sheng couldn't let go of Yang Xueruo in Jiangnan and Nie Chuchen beside him, so he couldn't help but smile and continued to persuade: "Senior Brother Kong, you and I are not outsiders, manly husbands, three wives and four concubines are ordinary things, for the sake of the grand cause, you marry a princess Xixi, it is not an insult to you." ”

Kong Sheng still shook his head: "No, it's impossible, there is no room for negotiation." ”

Nangong Wang was a little anxious: "The opportunity is fleeting, and if you miss the opportunity, you will never get it back." Senior Brother Kong, the mountain people know that you are not willing to stay in the small land of Xiayi, your mind is not in Henan, but the whole world! The so-called big things are not informal, for the sake of the great cause, marrying a princess of Xixi will benefit you and do no harm, why should you be hypocritical? Besides, it's not about marrying now, this is for you to make a promise to Xixi people first, and then talk about it later! ”

Nangong Wang felt that what he said was very homely, if Kong Sheng still disagreed, he really had no choice.

Kong Sheng sneered: "Senior Brother Nangong, if the Xixi people are sincere in surrendering, there is no need to come up with so many tricks. Whether I marry a Xixi woman or not is not the crux of the matter at all. They are blackmailing Kong, and Kong will not agree. ”

Kong Sheng is categorical.

Nangong Wang got up helplessly and said disappointedly: "Senior Brother Kong, you don't want to think about it, if you don't have the identity of Xixi's concubine, why should the Xixi people belong to you and obey your orders?" Serve you in the south and the north? Think about it! ”

"Listen to my brother's advice, expedient, and calmly plan in the future, why be so stubborn and pedantic?"

Kong Sheng was stunned, he suddenly realized that Nangong Wang's words also made some sense. If you want to incorporate Xixi soldiers and horses, it is indeed difficult to have a suitable identity. But for him to agree to marry Xixi because of this, it is indeed a bit against his heart. (To be continued.) )