The truth about the surrender of Yang Qing, the king of Xun, to the Northern Sui has always been a mystery, and it was not until a few years later that the truth was slowly revealed, Yang Qing was tricked into the cave and trapped by the Wagang Mountain guard Cheng Yanjin, and finally forced to surrender Li Jing, which was the truth that was later revealed.

But in this battle of the Wagang Army, the people of the world saw the truth is another version, Yang Qing issued a statement to the world after surrendering to the Northern Sui, saying that he had long seen that Wang Shichong had the ambition to usurp the throne, and he could no longer tolerate Wang Shichong's deception, so he took the opportunity to surrender to the Northern Sui by sending troops to Dongjun.

Yang Qing's various behaviors in Luoyang are really despicable, everyone knows that he is Wang Shichong's loyal lackey, the first person to shout 'Zheng Wang Tian's mandate, can be on behalf of Sui Yang' is him, although Yang Qing's anti-Wang Shichong statement is shameful, but on the other hand, Yang Qing's surrender to the Northern Sui has brought heavy losses to Wang Shichong.

Not only did 20,000 well-equipped troops surrender to the Northern Sui, but more importantly, Yang Qing was the Taishou of Xingyang County, and Yang Qing's surrender made the Northern Sui army take over Xingyang County in name only, and on the third day of Yang Qing's surrender to Li Jing, Wei Wentong led 10,000 troops from Hanoi County to cross the Yellow River to the south, entered Xingyang County, and directly occupied the county administration of the city.

At this time, Wang Shichong was leading 50,000 troops stationed in Chenliu County, Yang Qing's surrender and the news of the Northern Sui army's entry into Guancheng County were sent to Wang Shichong's camp at the same time.

After a while, Su Liang, the counselor, hurried to the king's tent when he heard the news, he was Wang Shichong's staff, Wang Shichong was stubborn, and he did not easily listen to people's persuasion, Su Liang was one of the few people who could persuade him, and was praised by Wang Shichong as the best counselor.

The periphery of the king's tent was full of officers, and everyone was whispering, when someone shouted: "Su envoy is here!" ”

Everyone dodged out of the way, and Su Liang asked, "What's wrong?" ”

General Qiu Huaiyi bowed down and said: "Yang Qing surrendered to the Northern Sui and dedicated Xingyang County to the Northern Sui army, and the prince is angry. ”

Su Liang was secretly surprised, Xingyang County is Luoyang's peripheral buffer, Xingyang County is lost, Luoyang's eastern front will be in danger, he saw that everyone was worried, so he said: "The situation should still have room to be saved, let's go back first!" I'll persuade King Zheng. ”

Everyone returned to the tent one after another, and Su Liang came to the big tent and said to the guards: "Report to King Zheng for me, saying that I will comfort him." ”

At this time, when Wang Shichong was panicking, he heard Su Liang's arrival, and hurriedly ordered: "Let him come in!" ”

Su Liang walked into the big tent quickly, bowed and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

Wang Shichong let out a long sigh, "Sir, Zhang Xuan deceived me too much!" ”

Su Liang smiled slightly, "Zhang Xuan has occupied Xingyang County, and His Highness will let him withdraw." ”

"Will he retreat?"

Su Liang nodded, "Weichen thinks he should be willing to retreat!" ”

Wang Shichong's heart was a little calm, and he restrained his gaffe, he hurriedly asked Su Liang to sit down, and let people serve tea, and then asked: "Why did you see Zhang Xuan willing to withdraw from Xingyang County?" ”

Su Liang smiled and said: "Your Highness, in fact, Zhang Xuan can defeat Zhai Rang alone and occupy the Central Plains, why did he write to His Highness and suggest hunting Wagang together?" ”

Wang Shichong seemed to have caught something, but it was not real, he hesitated and said, "Can Mr. say it clearly?" ”

"Your Highness, Zhang Xuan's real purpose is to form an alliance with His Highness and jointly deal with Li Yuan in Chang'an, so he is willing to give half of the Central Plains to His Highness, he is not unaware of the importance of Xingyang County to us, if he really wants to form an alliance with us, then wouldn't it be counterproductive to occupy Xingyang County."

Wang Shichong could accept this explanation, he nodded and said, "But in fact, he occupied Xingyang County, so what does he want to do?" ”

"The problem is here, he is not forcibly occupying Xingyang County, but because Xingyang is too guarded by Yang Qing to surrender, he naturally took over Xingyang County, although Xingyang County does not belong to Yang Qing, but we can't say that Zhang Xuan is unreasonable, Zhang Xuan wants this reason, we want to go back to Xingyang, then we need to talk to him, if he can accept his request, then Xingyang will naturally come back."

"I understand what Mr. means, Zhang Xuan wants to use Xingyang County to exchange other concessions with us, but what if his conditions are too harsh and I can't accept them?"

"Since he wants to form an alliance with His Highness to deal with Li Tang, I think the conditions should not be too harsh."

"Alright! I would like to ask my husband to go to Chuqiu County for me and talk to Zhang Xuan for me to see what conditions he wants. ”

Su Liang was stunned, "Zhang Xuan is in Chuqiu County?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded slowly, "I just received news that Zhang Xuan has arrived in Chuqiu County. ”

Wang Shichong's intelligence is not wrong, Zhang Xuan is indeed in Chuqiu County, since he invited Wang Shichong to hunt the Wagang Army, now that Wang Shichong has led the army to Liang County, he will naturally not continue to hide behind the scenes, which is actually in line with his consistent tradition, and he must personally lead the troops to fight in various major battles.

The camp of the Sui army is located in the south of Chuqiu County, the camp covers an area of thousands of acres, set up nearly 4,000 big tents, 60,000 elite troops are stationed in it, and there are 20,000 cavalry stationed in Gushu County, Zhang Xuan's army and Wang Shichong's army have surrounded 100,000 Wagang troops on three sides, and the Wagang army can only retreat to the southwest.

In the big tent, Zhang Xuan sat under the lamp to review the scrolls, unlike Goguryeo, which was far away from the imperial court, and Zhongdu could already send important scrolls to Zhang Xuan's desk in a timely manner by expedited means.

"Your Highness, Wechen heard that many ministers in the court oppose the delivery of pig iron to the ancient department of Bayo, is your Highness's decision more cautious and try to obtain a consensus between the government and the opposition before implementing it?" Next to him, Du Ruhui took an edict and cautiously suggested.

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "There will never be a consensus on this kind of thing, many courtiers don't have a big picture, they don't understand the deep contradictions between the Tiele people and the Turks, and they don't understand that the three tribes of Kulun can join forces to stop the Turks from expanding westward, and our Liaodong will not be invaded by the Turkic cavalry, besides, I just give them fish, not give them fish, if they can't get pig iron, they will force them to find mines and smelt iron by themselves, that is our henchmen." ”

"His Royal Highness said that these ministers understand it, and the ministers fully support His Highness's decision, but this matter is indeed too controversial in the court, and we suggest that His Highness should slow down a little and go back to the court meeting to discuss it, so that everyone can understand His Highness's hardships, not the rumored self-interest."

Zhang Xuan was silent, he knew that many people thought that his relationship with the Bano Ancient Department was not ordinary, so he hastily decided to sell the pig iron, Zhang Xuan sighed, "Okay! Let this edict go for a while, and then talk about it when you get back. ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly, and asked a guard next to him, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The guards stepped forward to report: "Your Highness, Wang Shichong sent a messenger Su Liang to ask for a meeting. ”

Zhang Xuan laughed, this must be for the matter of Xingyang County, he nodded and said, "Take him to the guest tent, and I will come later!" ”

The guards went out, and Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Let the military advisor come to see me!" ”

After a short while, Fang Xuanling walked into the big tent quickly, and said with a smile when he entered the tent: "I heard that Wang Shichong's envoy is coming, has His Highness considered the conditions?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled: "I want to add half of the Luokoucang grain, does Mr. think it's possible?" ”

"Half of it is estimated that it is impossible, Luokoucang grain is also the lifeblood of Wang Shichong, hundreds of thousands of stones, I think he may be able to agree."

Zhang Xuan's occupation of Xingyang County, to a large extent, is to create a bargaining card with Wang Shichong, on the other hand, he also wants to take away the wealth that Yang Qing has guarded for decades, Zhang Xuan knows very well what Xingyang County means to Luoyang, for the sake of Xingyang County, Wang Shichong will not hesitate to start a war with himself, in the current situation of the three major forces, he does not want to tear his face with Wang Shichong.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Xuan nodded and said, "Okay! Not less than 100,000 stones, other conditions are the same, please ask the military advisor to talk to him. ”

(To be continued.) )