"Why don't you worry?"

"Your Highness, the Tang Dynasty has been plotting against Luoyang for a long time, and now that the opportunity has finally arrived, how can they let it go easily? From the Tang army's division into two roads, it can be seen that Li Yuan plotted the layout of Luoyang, all the way out of Tongguan to attack Hongnong County, all the way to attack Nanxiangdao, and finally surrounded Luoyang from the west and south, of course, they may also be as His Highness said, reluctant to give up Jingzhou, but that means to fight with the Northern Sui in Jingzhou, one is easy to get fat, the other is a bone that may not be able to be obtained if you want to fight to the death, who does Your Highness think Li Yuan will choose? ”

Zhang Xuan nodded slowly, he had to admit that Fang Xuanling had a point, but for the sake of prudence, Zhang Xuan said again: "I still decided to send warships to block the Han River to prevent the Tang army from Nanxiang Province from entering Jingzhou." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Fang Xuanling knew that the lord was worried that he would not be able to control the situation, although it was not necessary, but the naval army would still be reassuring to block Hanshui, so he nodded with a smile and said, "Weichen supports His Highness's decision." ”

At this moment, a soldier outside the tent reported: "Your Highness, news has come from Jiangxia County that the envoy of the Tang Dynasty has arrived in Jiangxia." ”

"Who is the messenger?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"It seems to be Xiangguo Chen Shuda."

Fang Xuanling suddenly smiled and said: "Chen Xiangguo personally sent an envoy to Jingzhou, His Royal Highness doesn't have to worry about the sincerity of the Tang Dynasty, it must be the judgment of Weichen, give up Jingzhou and specialize in Luoyang!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly: "Luoyang is a big place in the Central Plains, so we are too generous to give it to the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Your Highness never thought of handing over Luoyang to the Tang Dynasty!"

Zhang Xuan nodded slowly, "Chasing the Central Plains, how can I easily let this fat deer in Luoyang?" But let's solve Jingzhou first. ”

"Your Highness, Weichen is willing to go to Jiangxia to meet Chen Shuda and talk to him about the conditions in Jingzhou."

"Yes, it's bothering the military division."

The two discussed for a while, and Fang Xuanling left first, at this time, Zhang Xuan ordered his own soldiers: "Hurry up and invite the general to come to the big tent to discuss the military situation!" ”

........

Although Xiangyang has been occupied by the Zheng army, Wang Shichong has no naval army and cannot intercept it on the surface of the Han River, and Chen Shuda's boat still arrived in Hankou without incident.

If Wu Shi Tong can go half an hour late, or Chen Shuda half an hour early, then they can meet in Hankou, and Wu Shi Tong will get the decision of the imperial court to abandon Jingzhou, then he will not lead the army to fight desperately with the Zheng army in order to recapture Xiangyang City, maybe he will retreat directly to the north bank of the Han River to block the Zheng army crossing the Han River to the north.

But Chen Shuda did not know that the Tang army had been stationed in Hankou, nor did he know that the Tang army had left half an hour earlier, and his ship did not dock at Hankou at all, but docked in Jiangxia County, across the Yangtze River in Hankou.

At this time, several Sui army sentry ships stepped forward, and a naval captain stepped forward and asked loudly, "Who is in the ship?" ”

One of Chen Shuda's entourage came out of the cabin and saluted with a fist: "This is Chen Xiangguo's boat in the Tang Dynasty, Chen Xiangguo is an envoy to Jiangxia on order, and he went to see His Royal Highness the King of Qi, I hope you will not be embarrassed." ”

The captain said: "My marshal is in Wuchang County, not Jiangxia County, do you go ashore to rest, or go directly to Wuchang County?" ”

The entourage went back to report, and came out after a moment and said: "My master said that the situation is urgent, so I won't go ashore and go directly to Wuchang County." ”

"Feel free to do so, we will have a ship to escort you to the camp in Wuchang."

Chen Shuda's boat slowly turned around, and under the escort of several Sui army sentry ships, it headed for Wuchang County in the east.......

At noon the next day, fifty miles away from Wuchang County, at this time, a 3,000-stone ship came head-on under the escort of more than a dozen warships, and a warship took the first step to meet it, and a soldier on board asked: "May I ask if there is a Tang Dynasty envoy in front of the ship?" ”

Chen Shuda's entourage hurriedly stepped forward and agreed, "It is Chen Xiangguo's boat." ”

The soldier said with a smile: "Master Fang came to greet Chen Xiangguo on the order of the marshal, please Xiangguo get on the boat, and go to the camp with my military division." ”

Chen Shuda heard it clearly in the boat, and he walked out of the cabin directly and said, "I am Chen Shuda, where is Master Fang?" ”

The soldier looked back, "It's on the big ship." ”

Chen Shuda nodded, "Let's get on the boat!" ”

Not long after, Chen Shuda and several entourages transferred to the big ship, Fang Xuanling was already waiting on the deck, he saw Chen Shuda coming up, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Juniors see Chen Xiangguo!" ”

Fang Xuanling's father, Fang Yanqian, was a subordinate of Chen Shuda, so it was not rude for Fang Xuanling to call himself a junior.

Chen Shuda smiled slightly: "When I saw the virtuous nephew, the virtuous nephew was still a babbling child, and in a blink of an eye, almost thirty years have passed, and the virtuous nephew is already the pillar of the country, which is very emotional and gratifying. ”

"Xiangguo has won the award, Xiangguo has worked hard all the way, please sit in the cabin."

"Good! Let's talk. ”

Of course, Chen Shuda knew Fang Xuanling's deep intention to come to greet him, negotiating this kind of thing, if it wasn't for the Son of Heaven or the prince to go into battle in person, then Zhang Xuan would not directly participate in the negotiation, he could only be his subordinates who came forward, as the Tang Xiangguo envoy Jiangxia, the counterpart should be the highest civilian official of the military, so the military advisor Fang Xuanling must be his own negotiator, I'm afraid it is not Wuchang County, and the two sides will reach an agreement.

The two sat down in the cabin, and an entourage served them tea, Chen Shuda took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "It's still comfortable to sit on the big boat, but the cabin of the small boat is narrow, and I really feel depressed all the way over, and when I get on the big boat, my heart seems to be open all of a sudden." ”

"If Xiangguo takes the Yangtze River when he goes back, we can arrange a big boat to send Xiangguo to Yiling, so that the journey will be much more comfortable."

"Thank you for your concern, but when I go back, I still take Nanxiang Road, at least it will save twenty days than going to Bashu, and I don't have to take the difficult Shu Road."

Fang Xuanling nodded, then turned the topic to Nanxiang Dao, and he asked lightly: "We got the news that King Qin led an army of 70,000 troops out of Wuguan to attack Nanxiang Dao, I don't know how the progress is now?" ”

"I don't know the latest battle situation, but when I came out, the Tang army had captured Danshui County and gained a foothold in Xiyang County, but the 30,000 main forces of the Zheng army were mainly concentrated in Nanxiang County, so I estimate that there should be a fierce battle in Nanxiang County."

"If that's the case, Wang Shichong's march into Jingzhou may be his biggest decision-making mistake."

"Isn't Wang Shichong's march into Jingzhou an invitation from His Royal Highness the King of Qi?" Chen Shuda said with a smile.

Fang Xuanling shook his head, "His Royal Highness the King of Qi's original intention was to hope that Wang Shichong would put pressure on the Tang Army from the north and take Xiangyang County, so that in return, we could give him the three counties of Xiangyang, Handong and Chungling, but Wang Shichong attacked Nanjun and Jingling County without authorization, which made His Royal Highness the King of Qi extremely dissatisfied, although this was a willfulness of Wang Shichong, but it was enough to kill, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi decided to give up all support for him." ”

The words are very good, and the reasons are also sufficient, but as Xiangguo, of course, Chen Shuda can distinguish between true and false, it is true that Zhang Xuan gave up supporting Wang Shichong, but the reason is false, not because Wang Shichong attacked Nanjun, but because Wang Shichong's use has ended, and it is time for him to perish.

As for letting Wang Shichong attack Xiangyang, it was still for the needs of a big war, Zhang Xuan wanted to unify the south, so Wang Shichong needed to come out to disrupt the situation, distract the Tang Dynasty's attention to Jingzhou, and force the Tang Dynasty to abandon Jingzhou.

Wang Shichong was too far behind, blinded by ambition and greed, and finally became a pawn on Zhang Xuan's chessboard.

In the face of such a powerful opponent, Chen Shuda had to put away all his scheming and luck, and simply said frankly: "This time I came to Jiangxia by order, just to talk to your army about the withdrawal of troops, what our Son of Heaven means, we can give up Jingzhou, but there are three small conditions." ”

"Xiangguo, please speak up!" Fang Xuanling smiled slightly.

Although it is said that negotiation pays attention to various skills, just like buying and selling vegetables, it makes sense when the two sides are evenly matched, and in the face of the strong Northern Sui army, any negotiation skills have lost their meaning, so scheming will only pay a heavy price, only frank and straightforward may be able to exchange for a little Zhang Xuan's favor.

Chen Shuda said slowly: "First of all, I hope that the Tang army in Jingzhou will withdraw unscathed, including soldiers' armor and dry food, secondly, we have accumulated 10 million catties of pig iron in the warehouse in Wuchang County, and I hope that the Sui army can let us transport it away, and the third is Yiling County and Qingjiang County, we hope to continue to control, and we hope that your army can agree to these three conditions, and we will hand over Jingzhou completely." (To be continued.) )