Although the other party called him General Wei, not the emperor, Wei Dao'er didn't care at all at this time, he was like a person who was about to drown and suddenly grabbed a piece of wood, his face became a little twitchy due to excitement, and his scars were particularly hideous, and the Sui army actually wanted to negotiate with him.

He tried his best to restrain the excitement in his heart, and arched his hand to Liu Chongyun and said, "Liu Shaoqing, please take a seat!" ”

Liu Chongyun sat down, Wei Dao'er also sat down, he took a deep breath and said, "Liu Shaoqing, please speak!" What are the conditions for His Royal Highness the King of Chu? ”

Wei Dao'er knew in his heart that Yang Yuanqing's conditions must be very harsh, and whether he could accept it was one thing, but at least he had a glimmer of hope, and Wei Dao'er looked at Liu Chongyun very nervously.

Liu Chongyun smiled unhurriedly and said: "This time we are advancing eastward, in fact, to attack Youzhou Luoyi, so we have chosen to take the Flying Fox Road, we have taken Feihu County, and the soldiers are under the city of Yi County, presumably General Wei also knows, our condition is to hope that your army will give up Shanggu County, then we can temporarily stop attacking Hengshan County." ”

Wei Dao'er's heart hung up suddenly, the other party's conditions were really harsh, it turned out to be to give up Shanggu County, he only had two counties in total, after giving up Shanggu County, he only had Hengshan County left, which was a bit too much.

But Wei Dao'er also knew that it was imperative for the other party to march into Hebei, either the other party would defeat Shanggu County, or he would give up Shanggu County, there was really no third way to go, but not long ago, Dou Jiande also sent a messenger to tell him that he must hold Shanggu County and Hengshan County, and he now promised to give up Shanggu County, so how could he explain to Dou Jiande?

Wei Dao'er paced back and forth in the palace with his hands behind his back, he really couldn't make up his mind in his heart, in fact, he still had a glimmer of hope, that is, Dou Jiande came to his aid, if he agreed to the conditions of the Sui army. Then Dou Jiande's hope for assistance will be completely lost.

Then. A guard hurriedly walked into the main hall, came to Wei Dao'er's side and whispered, "Your Majesty, there is urgent news from Tumen Pass. Thousands of Sui troops have arrived at Tumen Pass through Jingcheng and are currently confronting our defenders at Tumen Pass. ”

This unexpected news made Wei Dao'er shocked and angry, and angrily reprimanded Liu Chongyun: "Didn't you say that you wouldn't attack Hengshan County? But your army has already passed through the well. It's closed when the earthen gate is closed, how do you explain it! ”

Liu Chongyun said unhurriedly: "What I said is that as long as you give up Shanggu County, we can temporarily stop attacking Hengshan County, but now General Wei has not ordered Shanggu County to be ceded, of course the Sui army will not stop using troops, does General Wei understand?" ”

Wei Dao'er stared at Liu Chongyun viciously, of course he understood that the Sui army was approaching Tumen Pass in order to cooperate with the Sui official in front of him to put pressure on him. He hated it in his heart, and it took him a while before he said stupidly: "If I give up Shanggu County, can the Sui army withdraw from Jingcheng?" ”

Liu Chongyun smiled slightly. "We can retreat to Jingcheng Pass. It belongs to the eastern boundary of the river. ”

Wei Dao'er was helpless, and there was no danger to defend from Jingcheng Pass to Tumen Pass. In fact, there is no difference between retreating and not retreating, it is just a gesture made by Sui Jun, he pondered for a moment and said: "Let me think about it, and reply to Liu Shaoqing tomorrow morning at the latest." ”

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Yi County, 10,000 Sui troops stationed in Beicheng, another 2,000 Sui troops guarded the Yishui River to protect the smooth transportation of grain and grass, Qin Qiong has already received a letter from Yang Yuanqing, knowing that Yang Yuanqing is using political means to oppress Wei Dao'er's army to withdraw from Shanggu County, go to the army to fight, and surrender without a fight is of course the best, Qin Qiong is also an experienced general, he has no resistance, but actively cooperates with Yang Yuanqing to carry out political pressure on the enemy army, he is stationed outside the north city, leaving the south city to the army in the city to evacuate.

Outside the northern city is also a snow-capped world, the fields are covered with a foot of deep snow, in a field about two miles from the city wall, the Sui army has cleared a clearing, set up camp, tents are arranged in a neat and orderly manner, they cut down trees, around the camp fence, six watchtowers stand high, a small river passes through the camp, the river surface is thick ice, the Sui army chiseled ice for water, busy fetching water for cooking.

The Sui army has been camped here for ten days, and the Sui army has not made any moves to attack the city in the past ten days, and Qin Qiong is still patiently waiting for the situation to change.

In the early morning, the sky was just numb, and a huge catapult was slowly pushed out of the camp by more than a hundred Sui troops, and moved along the smooth ice of the river towards the city wall, and more than a thousand defenders on the city immediately gathered, they were not nervous and afraid, but with an excited gaze.

Today, the main general has not come, maybe they can get the documents thrown by the Sui army, the giant catapult stopped about two hundred steps away from the city wall, and was enshrined in the field, more than 100 Sui soldiers shouted, pulled the throwing rod, one of the Sui soldiers put a huge wooden shell ball into the steel pocket, with an order, the long arm threw out, and threw the huge wooden shell ball into the city, and countless pairs of eyes were staring at this wooden shell ball.

This is the fourth time in ten days that the Sui army has thrown propaganda leaflets, and the first three times have not seen any effect, Qin Qiong suspected that it was confiscated by the enemy generals, so before dawn, the Sui army carried out the fourth throw.

The wooden shell ball drew an arc in the air and flew towards the city, this time the Sui army specially loosened the buckle of the wooden shell ball, perhaps because the wind was too strong, the wooden shell ball opened in mid-air, and thousands of propaganda leaflets fell down, and floated towards the city by the north wind.

At the head of the city, the soldiers were all exclaimed, and they jumped up to grab the propaganda documents fluttering in the air, and some soldiers grabbed five or six copies and stuffed them in their arms, although they were illiterate, they could find a literate person to read it, and it seemed to be equipped with pictures.

The first three times because the wooden shell ball fell to the ground was broken, and as a result, the documents inside were snatched away by the main general Zhai Que'er's personal soldiers, and no one saw the contents inside, and today the Sui army actually came before the day came, and all of them drifted out.

The matter of the Sui army scattering leaflets made the main general Zhai Que'er very nervous, and he specially ordered his own soldiers to take turns on duty at the head of the city, keeping an eye on the movements of the Sui army.

When he saw that the leaflets had been dispersed and scattered all over the city, he couldn't help but jump like thunder, and shouted: "Everyone must hand over the Sui military documents, and those who do not hand them over will be punished for collaborating with the enemy." ”

Under the strong pressure of the main general Zhai Que'er, the soldiers had to hand over the leaflets in their hands, Zhai Que'er refused to give up, he ordered people to search the soldiers on duty in the early morning one by one, and sent the army to the streets and alleys to track down the leaflets, a whole morning, more than 2,000 Zhai Que'er's direct relatives were going door-to-door to search for leaflets, and the soldiers took the opportunity to blackmail and blackmail, making the chickens and dogs restless.

Zhai Que'er is about fifty years old, grew up with Wei Dao'er, he was a subordinate of Wang Ba'er, the king of Mantian, seven years of great cause, Yang Yuanqing, who was the governor of Youzhou, exterminated Wang Ba'er, Zhai Que'er has been farming at home, until last autumn, Wei Dao'er came to invite him to rebel together, he became Wei Dao'er's deputy general, assisted Wei Dao'er to attack the city and plunder the village, and made a lot of military achievements, Wei Dao'er established himself as the emperor, generously named him the king of Shanggu, and Shanggu County was his territory.

In fact, Zhai Que'er had already received Wei Dao'er's order two days ago, ordering him to give up Shanggu County and retreat south, but Zhai Que'er was unwilling to give up Yi County, which had a wide wall, and there were still 80,000 stone military rations in the city, so he was sure to hold Yi County.

In the orthodox dynasty, there are still generals who are not subject to the orders of foreign monarchs, not to mention a wild dynasty like Wei Dao'er, Shanggu County is Zhai Que'er's territory, and when it comes to his vital interests, Zhai Que'er is never willing to give up his interests so easily.

Zhai Qi'er thought back and forth with his hands behind his back, he could refuse to withdraw the army under the pretext that he had not received the eagle letter, or he could use the cold and freezing to make it difficult to withdraw the army, in short, he had to find a way to drag it on.

In fact, Zhai Que'er didn't want to withdraw the army, the key is that Wei Dao'er didn't make it clear how to compensate for his damaged interests, Wei Dao'er's generals are lined with mountains, and the counties of Hengshan County, such as Ziyang, Lingshou, Xingtang, Fangshan, Jingcheng, Jiumen, Zhending, Shiyi, etc., have been given to various generals, if he withdraws to Hengshan County, how to settle him? Could it be that he couldn't just let him follow Wei Dao'er?

At this time, an officer walked to the door and reported: "General, we have collected 2,720 pieces of documents that the Sui army has thrown into the city. ”

Zhai Que'er Huo Di turned around and ordered: "The Sui army must have invested in the whole number, there should be two hundred and eighty more, continue to search for me, and do everything possible to collect it for me." ”

The officer hesitated, he wanted to say that in fact, he couldn't prevent it at all, if the Sui army was projecting in the middle of the night, they would have nowhere to search, and the officer finally didn't dare to say anything, lowered his head and turned around and went out.

Zhai Que'er was distraught, and the Sui army made a lot of good promises on the leaflets, and if his soldiers saw it, it would seriously shake the morale of the army.

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In the afternoon, the defenders of the city began to change the guard, and the soldiers withdrew from the city to rest, and a veteran took advantage of the unpreparedness, reached out and took a handful from a broken city wall brick, took out a few leaflets, quickly put them into his arms, patted his buttocks and followed the soldiers down the city.

Back at the camp, more than a dozen soldiers immediately surrounded the veteran, "Brother Wang, take it out and take a look." ”

"Don't worry! Hold your horses! Let's take a look at what is written on it first? ”

The veteran took out a leaflet, spread it on his lap, and the soldiers all gathered around, the leaflet had words and pictures on it, the words they did not recognize, the picture was a farmer driving oxen to plow the field, in front of a thatched hut, a woman was spinning and weaving, a few children were jumping and jumping, and there was a dog and a few chickens, this was a situation that the soldiers were all too familiar with, but unfortunately it had left them, and the soldiers could not help sighing.

"Go get Korokuro!"

In a moment, a thin young man was approached, one of his soldiers was rare to be literate, and the veteran beckoned to him, "Come on, see what is written on it, and read it to everyone." ”

The young man took the leaflet and looked at it, and said to everyone: "It said that the Sui Dynasty will re-implement the uniform land system in Shanggu County, Ding men will be granted 50 acres of land, and Ding women will be granted 10 acres of mulberry and hemp fields, and tax exemption will be granted for three years, and those who surrender can enjoy it, if they refuse to surrender, they will not be granted land." ”

There was a sudden uproar in the big tent, and someone shouted: "I'm not wrong! My cousin has already been allocated 50 acres of farmland in Mayi County, which is also tax-free for three years, and this year's autumn tax has not been paid at all. ”

The veteran's eyes lit up and he muttered to himself, "Damn, this is a good deal!" ”