There was a sudden silence in the guest hall, Kang Sheli's direct threat made Li Yuan very annoyed in his heart, of course he understood what Kang Shali meant, if he Li Yuan did not accept the Turkic conditions, then the Turks would fully support Liu Wuzhou, one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and if there is Liu Wuzhou, what is there to him Li Yuan?

Li Yuan restrained the anger in his heart, and said slowly: "I think buying and selling war horses is the first step in the cooperation between our two sides, if the first step is done well, and both sides have established credibility, then the subsequent cooperation will be very smooth, as long as the first step of cooperation is smooth, we must have a second step of cooperation, what does General Kang think?" ”

The implication is that if the Turks don't agree to sell the horses, then don't think about the cooperation in the future, although the tone is tactful, Li Yuan's attitude is very tough.

The reason why Kang Sheali came to Li Yuan was because Liu Wuzhou's political appeal was too poor, far inferior to Li Yuan, who was born in the Guanlong aristocracy, Liu Wuzhou was just a weight used by the Turks to lower prices against Li Yuan, if Li Yuan was weak, then Kang Sheli would be tough, but now Li Yuan is soft and hard, and Kang Sheali is not good at pressuring for a while.

Kang Yanli immediately changed his attitude, and said with a smile: "Li Gong is really a sincere person, okay!" I will send someone back to report to the Khan, and truthfully reflect Li Gong's intentions to the Khan, and there will be a reply in a month at the latest, then I will take my leave first. ”

Kang Shealy got up to say goodbye, Li Yuan asked Li Shimin to send him out, and when he walked to the bottom of the steps, Kang Shealy stopped and said with a smile: "I also have a free piece of information to tell Li Gong, just today and tomorrow, Li Gong will definitely hear the major news of Mayi County." ”

Kang Sheali walked away, and Li Yuan suddenly said to Liu Wenjing with some displeasure: "Mr. brought him, why don't you tell me first?" ”

Liu Wenjing smiled bitterly: "Shude wronged me, I met him at the door when I came to find Shude, I was afraid that he would be recognized, so I reported for him." To be honest, I had no idea what he was coming to do? It was only when he was waiting for Shude in the guest hall that he said a few words. ”

Li Yuan saluted apologetically, "It seems that I am wrong to blame Zhaoren, I apologize to Zhaoren!" ”

"Shude doesn't have to be like this, I have something important to tell you, tomorrow Wang Wei's father's birthday banquet. is a trap. ”

"I already know, it just so happens that Xuan Zhen is also here, so it's better to discuss it together."

Li Yuan took Liu Wenjing back to the study, and the three of them sat down after greetings, and Li Yuan told Pei Lin about Kang Sheli's intention, Pei Lin smiled and said: "It seems that Liu Wuzhou made the Turks dissatisfied, so he came to my brother again, if I am not mistaken, the Turks will definitely agree to my brother's request to buy a horse." Then we will talk about the following cooperation. ”

Li Yuan nodded, "I can consider cooperating, but if it is for me to be Li Yuan's puppet, I will definitely not agree, and if the Turks' conditions are excessive, I will also have reservations." ”

Pei Lin pondered for a moment and said: "I heard that the Turkic infighting is fierce, and Shibi Khan cannot lead the army south for the time being, so I thought about supporting the pro-Turkic forces first. I believe that at this time the Turks will not make too high demands, but will only make us nominally submit to the Turks. Or give a small favor to woo them, but once their internal contradictions are resolved, the Turkic army will definitely move south, and then we will put forward demands that we cannot afford, the heart of the Turkic tiger and wolf, we must have insight! ”

Li Yuan nodded silently. Pei Lin really saw it thoroughly, and he had to be doubly careful.

At this time, Li Yuan saw that Liu Wenjing had been silent in thought, so he asked, "What is Zhaoren thinking?" ”

Liu Wenjing smiled: "Has Shude considered how to deal with Wang Wei and Gao Junya?" ”

Li Yuan regarded Liu Wenjing as a strategist, since Liu Wenjing said so. Indicating that he was already confident, Li Yuan hurriedly said: "I can't make up my mind for a while, Zhaoren tell me what you think?" ”

Liu Wenjing smiled slightly, "I was thinking about what Kang Sheli said when he left, if I guessed correctly, Liu Wuzhou is likely to have rebelled with the support of the Turks, if there is news from Mayi County today and tomorrow, wouldn't Shude just have an excuse to lead the army north?" ”

Li Yuan was thoughtful, he understood what Liu Wenjing meant, as long as he took this opportunity to firmly grasp the military power, this game of chess would be alive, Liu Wenjing's move was wonderful!

Pei Lin next to him also smiled: "Wang Wei has a holy decree, we can also have a holy decree, who can distinguish the true from the false at that time?" ”

The three of them laughed, and Li Yuan finally made up his mind at this time, he was already confident

In the evening of the same day, the news came from Mayi County, Mayi County Eagle Yang Lang killed Liu Wuzhou to kill Wang Rengong, the Taishou of Mayi, rebelled, occupied the entire territory of Mayi County, the news spread throughout Taiyuan the next day, and the whole city was shocked, Li Yuan immediately convened the generals to discuss the military situation, and decided to personally lead the army to crusade against Liu Wuzhou, Li Yuan also ordered to leave Shijun, and transferred 5,000 soldiers from Shijun County to guard Taiyuan City.

Due to the tense situation, Wang Wei canceled the birthday banquet scheduled for the evening, and in the official room, Wang Wei and Gao Junya anxiously discussed countermeasures, and the sudden change in Mayi County disrupted their plans, and the two had to reformulate a new plan.

Wang Wei said worriedly: "The person who sent the secret decree told me that the matter of the Holy Lord's intention to plot Li Yuan is extremely secret, and even Pei Ju doesn't know, Li Yuan shouldn't know about it, but the sky doesn't help us, and actually let something happen to Mayi County, and now Li Yuan is in the military camp, how can we kill him?" ”

Gao Junya pondered for a moment and said: "The holy decree must not be made public if Li Yuan is not in charge of military power, otherwise once he turns his face and he holds military power, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to us." ”

"I also know that it is not appropriate to be in a hurry to turn around, but the Holy Lord asks us to take down Li Yuan immediately, and we can't afford to delay it!"

Wang Wei sighed secretly, he took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and suddenly turned around and asked, "When is Li Yuan going to send troops north?" ”

"He told me to leave in three days."

Gao Junya felt that Wang Wei seemed to have an idea, so he looked at him expectantly, Wang Wei smiled: "I think of one thing, the day after tomorrow is the Jin Ancestral Hall Sacrifice, he can not come to the birthday banquet, but he can't not participate in the Jin Ancestral Hall, we can start at the time of the big sacrifice." ”

"But what if Li Yuan finds an excuse not to come?"

"He is a person who cares so much about fame, how can the Jin Ancestral Hall not come?"

Gao Junya was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "I have five hundred personal soldiers in my hands, and Tian Deping, who joined the army, is my confidant, and these five hundred people can be handed over to him as commander." ”

Li Yuan has been in the barracks outside the city for the past two days, due to the preparation of the Northern Expedition to Liu Wuzhou, the army has entered a wartime state, and no idle people are allowed to enter, Li Yuan ordered Gao Junya to prepare to take over the five thousand county soldiers from Lishi County to guard Taiyuan City, so that all the troops will be transferred to the barracks, so that Gao Junya has no soldiers in his hands for the time being.

On the morning of this day, Juncheng Wang Wei sent a letter that the Jin Temple Festival would be held tomorrow and invited Li Yuan to participate, Li Yuan readily agreed, and he immediately asked people to find his second son Li Shimin.

In the big tent, Li Yuan said to his second son Li Shimin: "I estimate that Wang Wei is going to attack me at the Jin Ancestral Hall, although Gao Junya has no army, he still has five hundred personal soldiers in his hands, we must master every move of these five hundred personal soldiers, and I will leave this matter to you." ”

"The child obeys!"

Li Yuan shook his head, "I don't want to hear you say obey the order, I want to know what you plan to do?" ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said: "The child wants to start with the general who leads the army, and the person who leads these five hundred personal soldiers must be the most trusted person by Gao Junya, nothing more than three people, the partial general Zhao Pinghuan has been drunk and mistaken twice, Gao Junya will not choose him to lead the troops at the critical moment, and his brother Han Shun is shrewd and capable, but I heard that he has escorted Gao Junya's wife to Luoyang, and he is not in Taiyuan at present, so he can only be a soldier Cao to join the army Tian Deping, this person has a good relationship with Uncle Wu Shi, I think Uncle Wu must know his weaknesses." ”

Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, there is a son like this, why worry about the husband!

In the evening, Tian Deping hurriedly walked into a small wine shop in the north of the city, Tian Deping was about 30 years old, a native of Taiyuan, very shrewd and capable, and won the trust of Gao Junya, and was one of Gao Junya's henchmen.

But as long as people have weaknesses, Tian Deping himself has no problems, but his father Tian Qu is a person who is addicted to gambling, not only squandered his family property, but also carried a lot of gambling debts, and came to his son every now and then to ask for money, which made Tian Deping very distressed, and he had to borrow money from the wealthy Kai Cao to join the army and borrow money a few times.

This afternoon, Tian Deping got the news that Wu Shitong could lend him another sum of money, although Tian Deping knew that now was not the time to show up, but in order to get his father rid of gambling debts, he had to go to the small wine shop in the north of the city alone.

Tian Deping walked into the wine shop, the guy knew him, and pointed to the back room and smiled: "The martial master is inside!" ”

Tian Deping nodded, walked quickly to the back room, he lifted the curtain and walked in, but the scene in front of him made him stunned. (To be continued.) )