Gaomi Province, Xiami County, Zhao Xun Station.

The Lingzhou Mansion escorted the captured Xuzhou military secret envoy to Zhao Xun, and Zhao Xun was also taken aback when he heard the report of the Eagle Eye Division, and he did not expect that the Xuzhou Army would prepare to join forces with the former great enemy Wuwei Army and Shence Army. Subsequently, Zhao Xun understood that the Xuzhou army must have seen that they were standing in Qingzhou, and they were too threatening to them, and wanted to make some trouble for themselves.

Sure enough, after the interrogation, Li Yanzong explained his situation.

It turned out that after he and the Xuzhou Army joined forces to cut off the retreat of the Langya Mansion Guards in Yanzhou, he defeated the Langya Mansion Guards again, and annexed more than 13,000 guards and soldiers, and handed over Langya Mansion to the Qingzhou Mansion Army, and the Middle Route Army also returned to Jizhou from Yanzhou.

In this way, on the surface, the Qingzhou government army stands with itself. The pressure on the north side of the Xuzhou Army was not weaker than when the guards were in the past. Because of the retreat of the Middle Route Army, the Xuzhou Army was suddenly pushed to the opposite side of the imperial court.

Also, I Murong Cheng can't take your Xiaoguo Army, and I can't help your Xuzhou Army? The Xiaoguo army is far away from me, and the enemy is strong, but your Xuzhou army can't do it. Not to mention the siege of General Zhendong of the Xuzhou Army in the land of Yanzhou, even the southern part of Xuzhou was also attacked by the Yangzhou army. All of a sudden, Murong Cheng vented all his anger on the Xuzhou army, and in just half a month, the southern part of the Xuzhou army lost seven counties. As a result, Li Chi, the commander of the Xuzhou Army, prepared to secretly join forces with the Wei Army to let the Xiaoguo Army know the enemy.

Before Li Yanzong went north to the land of the Wei Army, the Xuzhou Army had already had many contacts with the Wei Army. Knowing that the guards were in short supply, the Xuzhou army transported the supplies to the guards.

Of course, with Li Chi's strength, he would not dare to openly oppose the Xiaoguo Army, the strength of the Xiaoguo Army is several times that of his, and he is not the opponent of the Xiaoguo Army at all. The most important thing is that the Xuzhou army has now fallen under the attack of Murong Cheng's forces, how dare they add another strong enemy to themselves?

If he really wants to annoy the Xiaoguo Army again, there is a court army in the south, and a Qingzhou army in the north, so he has only a dead end. Before that, no matter how excessive the Xiaoguo army was, he Li Chi could only endure it, and only after the siege of the Yangzhou army in the south was quelled, he would talk about competing with the Xiaoguo army.

Although it can't be done on the surface, it is possible secretly. Now the Xiaoguo army and the Wei army are fighting in Qingzhou, although the Xiaoguo army is strong, but to solve the Wei army, it will also cost a lot of money. Therefore, Li Chi very much hopes that the longer the Xiaoguo army and the Wei army fight, the better, and it is best to be evenly matched.

Li Chi heard that with the battle of the guards, their losses in personnel and materials were very large. The personnel are better, they can be recruited on the spot, as long as there is food, there is no shortage of soldiers, but the shortage of food is very large, and there is no way to do it. However, the territory occupied was difficult to supply the required grain, grass and military supplies for a while. Therefore, Li Chi moved the alliance's mind, let's not talk about anything else, let them fight to the death first. If the Xiaoguo Army and the Wei Army are really inseparable in Qingzhou, then the pressure on the north of the Xuzhou Army can be ignored. Of course, if the Xiaoguo army is defeated, it will be the best.

In fact, the Xiaoguo Army is very strong now, but if Tang Xian is really going to be in a hurry, Tang Xian will definitely not give in. Tang Xian and Shen Yuanhe have been in Langya Mansion for nearly two years, and they have been at war with Li Chi for more than two years, and Li Chi still knows Tang Xian very well. He wanted to get Zhao Xun into the quagmire of fighting with the guards and weaken the threat to him.

So, Li Chi began to contact Tang Xian. He believed that Tang Xian had no choice at this moment. As long as he can survive the current period, the Xiaoguo army will not stay in Qingzhou for a long time. After all, transporting grain and grass from Jizhou is not a simple matter. You must know that the Xiaoguo Army is also busy implementing the new policy in Jizhou now, and in the short term, there is no way to obtain enough food and grass for the army to fight continuously.

"This Li Chi, it seems, is going to give him a little look!" Wei Dong said angrily.

"We can't come openly, otherwise, we will only force Dao Murong into one side. Although it will not surrender to Murong Cheng, it will definitely cooperate with Murong Cheng to join forces with us. Zhao Xun shook his head and said.

"My lord! Tang Xian came to envoy and asked for peace talks with our army! ”

Zhao Xun smiled faintly and said, "It seems that we need someone to make trouble for the Xuzhou Army." ”

"What does the lord mean?"

"Accept! Of course, the conditions are mentioned by us! Zhao Xun sneered and said, "He is the one who wants to fight, and he is the one who wants to make peace, and it will be impossible at that time if there is no blood." ”

"Call back to the other party and let Tang Xian talk in person!" Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.

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Gaomi County.

"What? Want General Ben to go to him in person to talk? He didn't think about it! If you want to fight, you will fight! I'll be afraid of him? Hearing the report of his subordinates, Tang Xian said angrily. went to talk to Xiaoguo Jun's territory, not that he was afraid. Instead, he went, which means that he is already inferior. Sending an envoy to the peace talks was already soft, and he had to go in person, Tang Xian was naturally unwilling.

"Old Shen, has the envoy of the Xuzhou Army arrived? I talked to them, and I agreed to their conditions, and immediately assisted us. The stronger we are in Qingzhou, the more advantageous his Xuzhou army will be. Tang Xian turned to Shen Yuanhe, who was stunned beside him, and said.

Shen Yuanhe smiled bitterly and said, "Old man Tang, it seems that we have to talk." Ah, this is the information from Donglai Province! As he spoke, he handed the information in his hand to Tang Xian.

"Zhang Wenkui, the left-behind general of Donglai Mansion, reported that the naval army of the Xiaoguo Army has blocked all the sea areas in the east of Qingzhou, and all the sea ships that transport supplies to our army will be confiscated, and all those who resist will be sunk. In just a few days, more than 20 ships transporting supplies to us have been confiscated by the Xiaoguo Army, and more than 10 ships have been sunk. Now, the ships outside do not dare to approach us at all. In other words, we don't have any support from the sea. Even if the Xuzhou army is willing to help us, unless he is willing to lead the army to attack the Xiaoguo army, otherwise, he will not be able to achieve the predetermined goal. Shen Yuan said in a harmonious voice.

"According to some businessmen who have passed through normal merchant ships, the secret envoy of Li Chi of the Xuzhou Army has already set off, but he has not yet arrived in Donglai Mansion. In other words, Zhao Xun already knew about the fact that we and the Xuzhou Army were preparing to join forces. If we want to fight hard, Zhao Xun will not leave a backhand. He understood that the guards who joined forces with the Xuzhou army were more terrible than the simple guards. Shen Yuanhe continued.

Tang Xian was immediately stunned, his face turned pale. After a while, he said in a muffled voice: "Send a message to Zhao Xun, just say, go to him, I don't think my safety can be guaranteed." ”

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"Haha...... Tang Xian finally relented! Sue him, the two of us are talking on the territory of the Qingzhou Prefecture Army, which is in Beihai Prefecture Drama County. Zhao Xun heard Tang Xian's reply and laughed.

"By the way, let Qingzhou Governor Cao Bin participate, after all, this is a matter of Qingzhou, and it is most appropriate for him to add it." Zhao Xun then explained.

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"General, the Xiaoguo Army replied, our army, the Xiaoguo Army and the Qingzhou Mansion Army, the tripartite meeting will be held in Beihai Fuju County, Qingzhou Prefecture Army."

"The Qingzhou Mansion Army also participated? Zhao asked, what does this mean? ”

Tang Xian couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said: "This Zhao Xun really has the means, pulling the Qingzhou Mansion Army in, it seems to have no effect, but in fact, it is really pulling the Qingzhou Mansion Army into his own camp." I knew that I should have proposed it at the beginning. ”

Yes, the two armies fought a big battle, but they fought in other territories, and they left others aside. Previously, it was because the Qingzhou Mansion army was weak and small, and neither side looked down on it. But now that the peace talks are over, the Qingzhou government army is obviously a very important weight. Okay, if your guards want to fight to the death with me, I'll pull the governor of Qingzhou together to see who can do whom? What's more, this Qingzhou Governor is the real master of Qingzhou. Although the imperial court did not recognize it, it was indisputable that the Qingzhou army was qualified to occupy this place. The Xiaoguo Army doesn't have the energy to swallow this place, and it is also for the sake of the overall situation, and it will not swallow this place. The guards wanted to swallow this place, but unfortunately, they couldn't.

"When I replied to Zhao Xun, I said I agreed! Three days later, the three parties held peace talks in Xixian County. Tang Xian said in a muffled voice.

"Old man Tang, it seems that this time, we are going to suffer!" Shen Yuanhe shook his head and said.

Tang Xian said hatefully: "Yes, the loss is certain, it depends on what Zhao Xun's conditions are." ”

"Order, let the first government of the left wing go to Xi County with General Ben!"

"Old man Tang, isn't three thousand too little. In this way, I will go for you in this meeting, and you are in control of the overall situation here. Shen Yuanhe said in a deep voice.

Tang Xian shook his head and said, "No, this time I will go in person, and I will also see who this Zhao Xun is." Here, it's up to you. ”

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"Zhao Xun asked me to go to Xixian County to see the peace talks? This guard is going to negotiate peace with the Xiaoguo army? Don't fight? When Cao Bin heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, these days, he is busy re-governing the provinces under his jurisdiction and replacing civil and military officials. He really didn't know about the movements of the Wei Army and the Xiaoguo Army.

Wang Yanqing said: "Yes, the situation of the Wei army is very bad, and I asked Zhao Xun for peace." Zhao Xun agreed, and invited the governor to participate in the tripartite talks. ”

"Me? What am I going to do? I didn't get into it! ”

Wang Yanqing said with a smile: "What Zhao Xun means is that this Qingzhou will belong to you in the future, and you have to work with him to put pressure on the guards." The Xiaoguo army fought many battles in Jizhou and Qingzhou, and they were exhausted on multiple fronts. The logistics estimate is enough, so I thought of peace talks to solve it. ”

Cao Bin nodded and said, "That's okay, I'll go this time, the two of them are almost done, and now they think of me." ”

Wang Yanqing said: "It's not that I think of you now, but that you couldn't mix in it before." Zhao Xun is not interested in Qingzhou now, but he will definitely not let Qingzhou fall into the hands of the guards, so he hopes that you can take over Qingzhou. ”

"Then Tang Xian was arrogant in front of me last time, this time, I want to see if he is still so arrogant!" Cao Bin sneered.