In the big tent, Su Liang paced back and forth with his hands, and the light stretched his thin figure extraordinarily long, in fact, he had already guessed Zhang Xuan's intention to seize Xingyang County, which was to use Xingyang County as a condition in exchange for their concessions on the demarcation of the Central Plains.

At this time, as soon as the curtain was lifted, Fang Xuanling walked in quickly, and smiled at Su Liang: "Brother Su still remembers me?" ”

Su Liang is a child of the Jingzhao Su family, Fang Xuanling once studied in Guanzhong and met a group of young children of the Guanzhong family, Su Liang is one of them, but they are only nodding friends, not deep friends.

Of course, Su Liang knew that Fang Xuanling was extremely used by the King of Qi and was the most trusted military advisor of the King of Qi, but now that he was on official business, he didn't want to reminisce about the past, so he bowed and saluted, "Su Liang see the history of the head of the house. ”

Fang Xuanling smiled, waved his hand and said, "Su Envoy, please take a seat!" ”

The two put away their personal friendship, sat down with the guests, and the guards served them tea, watching the guards leave, Su Liang said straight to the point: "I came here mainly for the matter of Xingyang County, although Yang Qing is the Taishou of Xingyang, but his official position is sealed by the Luoyang Imperial Court, Xingyang County is not his private land, he has no right to grant it to others, I hope you can withdraw from Xingyang County immediately." ”

Fang Xuanling took a sip of tea and said lightly: "The shore of the land, it is not the king's land, we are the army of the Great Sui, what land can not be stationed?" ”

Su Liang was speechless for a while, and if he continued to fight, he would be the orthodox of the Great Sui, although Luoyang was the grandson of the throne, but there was a queen mother in the middle, and there was a jade seal of the country, and the people of the world thought that the middle capital was more authentic, and he couldn't take advantage of it.

After pondering for a moment, Su Liang said: "My King Zheng thinks that since the King of Qi invited him to hunt Wagang together, then there should be sincerity, but instead of hunting Wagang, you occupy our Xingyang County, His Royal Highness King Zheng said, I can't see your sincerity, even only malice, if we cooperate with the Tang Army to send troops to Hanoi, then will you think we have sincerity?" ”

"Is Su Envoy Jun threatening us?" Fang Xuanling's tone became cold.

"There is no threat, do not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself!"

Fang Xuanling was silent for a moment and said: "I think there is a misunderstanding between us, although Xingyang County is nominally your territory, but in fact, the Wagang Army also controls Xingyang County, otherwise Wei Jin would not have died tragically in the hands of the Wagang Army, so we think that Xingyang County is actually the sphere of influence of the Wagang Army." ”

Su Liang was just about to speak, Fang Xuanling waved his hand to stop him, "Su Shilang listened to me finish speaking, I just said that there is a misunderstanding between us, that is, we need to make it clear in advance, once the Wagang Army is wiped out, how to divide the territory of the Central Plains, which counties belong to Luoyang, which counties belong to Zhongdu, make these clear, then we will cooperate happily, and we will never come to the door to ask for guilt like Su Shilang today." ”

Su Liang understood Fang Xuanling's meaning very well, how could he let Fang Xuanling blur the status of Xingyang County, he said resolutely: "The Central Plains can negotiate, but Xingyang County can't negotiate, it is the land of my Luoyang Imperial Court, and its ownership cannot be negotiated." ”

"But now that Xingyang County is in our hands, if its ownership cannot be negotiated, then we will not be able to return it to you."

Fang Xuanling's attitude is also very tough, it is impossible to spit out the fat in his mouth after eating, if he must return it, then the other party will have to pay the price. ”

Su Liang had no choice but to soften his posture, "Then what do you want?" ”

Fang Xuanling stretched out two fingers, "Our King Qi's attitude, first of all, Luoyang needs to compensate our army for the cost of money and food in and out of Xingyang County, which I think is reasonable, please ask Su Envoy Jun to agree first." ”

"It's not impossible to properly compensate a little money and food, but I don't think you can ask for a sky-high price, how much compensation do you want from your army?"

"If you want 100,000 stone of grain and 30,000 yuan, or don't want money, all of them will be converted into 150,000 stone of grain, and Luokou warehouse has 1.5 million stone of grain, and our requirements are not high, only 10% of Luokou cang."

Su Liang thought about it, this condition is indeed not outrageous, they can bear it, so he nodded, "Basically, it's not a big problem, but I still have to go back and report to His Royal Highness King Zheng, and he will decide, what is the second condition?" ”

Fang Xuanling took out a scroll and handed it to him, "This is a map of the Central Plains, I hope that the two of us will be divided by the red line on this map." ”

Su Liang took the map and looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't say a word, but this was already a written map, and there was no point in arguing, there was only the difference between agreeing and not agreeing, and after a while, he nodded and said, "Okay!" I'll go back and report to King Zheng. ”

Su Liang immediately got up and said goodbye, Fang Xuanling sent someone to send him out of the camp and saw him go away, at this time, Zhang Xuan slowly walked up from behind, and said with a smile: "Do you think the military advisor will agree?" ”

"There should be no problem with food, but I'm afraid they won't do it when the Central Plains demarcates the border."

Zhang Xuan sneered, "I gave them half of Yingchuan County, which is rich in grain, they should be content, otherwise Xingyang County and Yingchuan County will not give them to them, see how they come to beg me then?" ”

"Isn't Your Highness afraid that they will form an alliance with Li Yuan to deal with us?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "I was a little worried before, but now I'm not worried. ”

Fang Xuanling was stunned, "Is there any new news about Dashuai?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I just received news from Chang'an, Li Yuan is preparing to send troops from Wuguan, obviously to seize Nanyang County, and now I'm afraid that we and Li Tang will hunt Luoyang." ”

After reading the map, Wang Shichong couldn't help but be angry, and exchanged Xingyang County for Liang County, which was too deceitful, dividing Yingchuan County into two, and using this as the boundary, the east of the middle line of Yingchuan belongs to Zhongdu, and the west of the middle line of Yingchuan belongs to Luoyang.

The more Wang Shichong thought about it, the more angry he became, he tore the map to shreds, jumped to his feet and pointed at Dongfang and scolded, "Zhang Xuan, is this the sincerity of your alliance?" I'd rather not have such an alliance! ”

Su Liang was silent, Wang Shichong's attitude was in his expectation, Zhang Xuan was indeed a bit deceitful too much, even Yingchuan County actually only gave them half, but this was just Zhang Xuan's bid, if they bargained again, the whole Yingchuan County should belong to them. ”

"Your Highness, Yingchuan County may give in."

"It's not going to work either!"

Wang Shichong said angrily: "Xingyang County is obviously my land, but now it is used to threaten me, asking me to give up Liang County and divide Liang County into two. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong asked Su Liang hatefully: "Have you told them that if they are not sincere, I will form an alliance with Li Yuan and send troops together to clean up his Hanoi County." ”

Weichen said, but the other party was noncommittal.

At this moment, a soldier rushed over, knelt down on one knee and presented an urgent message, "Your Highness Qiqi, General Yuwen urgently letter!" ”

Wang Shichong was stunned, could it be that Yuwen Chengdu also encountered any trouble? He hurriedly took the letter, read it carefully, and immediately stomped his feet and cried bitterly, "How can this be!" Do you really want to me off? ”

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Su Liang asked.

"Li Yuan has sent troops, Li Shimin led an army of 30,000 to kill from Wuguan, and now the forward has arrived in Neixiang County, Xiyang County."

Su Liang was also stunned, how can this be good?

Wang Shichong already understood why Zhang Xuan was so expensive, it was impossible for him and Li Yuan to form an alliance to deal with the Northern Sui, the only direction of Luoyang's power expansion was to the south to Xiangyang, as long as Xiangyang was occupied, there would be a chance to plot the south in the future, and now the Tang army was moving south, directly infringing on their own interests, and a vicious war was inevitable.

Wang Shichong was stunned for a long time, and then said to Su Liang: "Mr. Trouble will go to Chuqiu County again and tell Zhang Xuan that I accept his map demarcation, and as for food, I can give him 300,000 stones, I have only one condition, please ask him to deal with the Wagang army independently, you can tell him clearly that the Tang army is out of Wuguan, and I must withdraw my troops to the south." ”

Wang Shichong had to face the reality, if he did not agree to Zhang Xuan's conditions, he would soon face a serious situation of being attacked by the enemy, and he had no choice but to compromise.

The two sides soon reached an agreement, Wang Shichong's general Qiu Huaiyi led 20,000 troops to defend Chenliu County to prevent the Wagang army from advancing in the direction of Luoyang, and he himself led 30,000 troops to rush in the direction of Nanyang County. (To be continued.) )