Chen Ling is about fifty years old, is one of the only remaining famous generals of the Great Sui Dynasty, the southern and northern wars, meritorious achievements, nine years of great cause, he and Yuwenshu attacked Yang Xuangan, as a result of Yang Xuangan's escape, Yuwenshu put the responsibility on him, saying that it was because he was grateful to Yang Suti to deliberately let Yang Xuangan escape, Yang Guang was furious, and Chen Ling was imprisoned for punishment, but Xiao Hou reminded Yang Guang that General Chen's army was in the west, how to let go of the people who fled south? Only then did Yang Guang realize that it was Yuwenshu who framed Chen Ling, so he released him from prison and reinstated him.

Chen Ling is grateful to Empress Xiao for this, this Jiangdu mutiny, the Son of Heaven was killed by Yu Wenhua, although Chen Ling was sad, but he also knew that the Great Sui was unable to return to heaven, but Chen Ling wanted to protect the queen from harm, in order to repay the kindness of the queen back then.

Yu Wenhua also knew this, so he was dyed all over the harem of Jiangdu, but he didn't dare to be rude to Queen Xiao, of course, it was also because Queen Xiao's identity was useful to him, and he didn't want to force her too much for the time being.

Chen Ling's army was stationed in Hailing County, east of Jiangdu, and that afternoon, Yu Wenhua's envoy Cui Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, arrived in Hailing County, and he was taken directly by the soldiers to Chen Ling's Chinese army tent.

Cui Zhao was reused by Yu Wenhua because of his loyalty, and was named the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and was given the title of Xing Guogong, which made Cui Zhao grateful to Yu Wenhua and more loyal, and became Yu Wenhuahe's confidant.

Because he came to announce the Empress Dowager's decree, the incense case was ready, Chen Ling stood in front of the incense case and waited with a serious expression, which made Cui Zhao a little embarrassed, he wanted to catch up with Chen Ling and wrap up his feelings, but Chen Ling didn't give him any chance.

Cui Zhao had no choice but to unfold his will and said: "The Queen Mother will give the decree, and the general Chen Ling will receive the decree!" ”

Chen Ling knelt down in front of the incense case, "Chen Ling is here!" ”

Cui Zhao cleared his throat and read aloud the ornate decree of the Empress Dowager, which was nothing more than praising Chen Ling's hard work. When it was reused, Cui Zhao finally read: "...... Hereby, the general Chen Ling is the Shangzhu State, the Duke of Jing Guo, leading the Jiangdu to guard and the Jiangdu to stay behind, hoping that the general will be self-denying and loyal to his duties. Don't let the mourners down, thank you! ”

Chen Ling bowed his head and saluted, "The minister respectfully obeys the decree of the Queen Mother!" ”

At this time, Cui Zhao handed Yi Zhi to him and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the general for being named the prince of the country and ranking first!" ”

Chen Ling ignored him, took the will and asked coldly, "When will Yu Wenhua leave Jiangdu?" ”

Cui Zhao laughed dryly and said, "It depends on the general's attitude." ”

Chen Ling understood what he meant, that is, he was not allowed to attack Yu Wenhua from behind, and he sneered: "It's not impossible for him to leave safely, as long as he agrees to me two conditions." I can send him out of Jiangdu. ”

"General, please!"

"The first condition is to ensure the safety of the Queen Mother, I heard that Yu Wenhua and involved in the harem, I don't care about others, but he dares to be rude to the Queen Mother, even if he escapes to the Turks, I will kill the Turks and crush him to ashes, this is my original words, if you dare to conceal it. I won't let you Cui family go either. ”

Cui Zhao's cheeks twitched heavily, and Chen Ling's threat made him really unable to laugh. He had to nod, "I promise to tell you the same thing, and ask the general to say the second condition." ”

"The second condition is also very simple, since I am the Taishou of Jiangdu, that is, the parent official of the people of Jiangdu, I know Yu culture and lack of food. I can give him 20,000 stone of grain, but he is not allowed to loot Jiangdu, even if a shop in Jiangdu is robbed by soldiers, I will not let him go, I will join forces with Zhang Xuan to annihilate him on the bank of the Huai River. ”

Cui Zhao's face was a little pale. He knew that Yu Wenhua was indeed preparing to loot Jiangdu's grain before leaving, but Chen Ling saw through it in advance, and he was helpless in his heart, so he had to nod, "I will definitely tell the general what he said!" ”

Chen Ling didn't say anything more, he waved his hand, "Send off!" ”

He ignored Cui Zhao, turned around and walked away, Cui Zhao was stunned for a long time, had to sigh, turned around and left in a hurry.

As soon as Cui Zhao left, Li Qingming walked out of the tent and came to Chen Ling's big tent, he only arrived half an hour earlier than Cui Zhao, and he was also ordered by Zhang Xuan to discuss with Chen Ling to attack Yu Culture and.

"Is the Great General ready to reconcile with Yu Wenhua?" Li Qingming asked frankly.

Chen Ling shook his head, "I, Chen Ling, am no longer Xiao, and I will not be in the same league with Yu Wenhua and this kind of chaotic ministers and thieves, I only agreed to let Yu Wenhua leave for the safety of Empress Xiao, what Jing Guogong and Shangzhu Guo obviously mean by his Yu culture, I will not really accept it, as for Jiangdu, I am Jianghuai's envoy, Jiangdu is within my purview, and I will naturally maintain the stability of Jiangdu." ”

Li Qingming saw that Chen Ling's attitude was resolute, so he no longer dwelled on this issue, and he said: "The general's attitude is admirable, since the general and the commander of my family both think that Yu Wenhua is a chaotic minister and thief, then why not join forces to exterminate him and severely punish those who kill the monarch, as long as we attack back and forth, we can defeat Yu Wenhua in one battle." ”

Chen Ling did not clearly answer Li Qingming to this suggestion just now, but after Cui Zhao left, Chen Ling's thinking gradually became clearer, and he also replied very firmly: "I'm sorry, I can't agree to King Qi's invitation, Yu Wenhua and although it should be cut with a thousand cuts, but the Xiaoguo soldiers are innocent, they are still Sui Army Xiaoguo, I can't do anything to them, please ask Li to join the army and tell King Qi, I hope he will also treat Empress Xiao well, that is the last dignity of the Great Sui." ”

Li Qingming smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "Okay!" I'll pass on the general's words to my commander. ”

Li Qingming immediately said goodbye and left, Chen Ling sent him to the camp gate, and said to Li Qingming from afar: "Yu Wenhua's food can only last for twenty days at most!" ”

"Thank you for the reminder!"

Li Qingming hugged his fists and gave a salute, urging the horse to go, Chen Ling sent Li Qingming and several of his subordinates to ride away, his expression became very complicated, of course he knew Zhang Xuan's true meaning, and it was just an excuse to attack Yu Culture and Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan didn't need to send troops himself, Zhang Xuan actually hoped that he would turn his allegiance to him.

Chen Ling hasn't thought about where he should go?

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Chen Ling's tough attitude made Yu Wenhua have no choice, and he was afraid of the threat of Chen Ling and Zhang Xuan, so he had to give up the plan to loot Jiangdu, and began to lead his army north after receiving 20,000 stone of grain supported by Chen Ling.

Although Yu Wenhua did not loot Jiangdu City, he swept away the Jiangdu Palace, all the treasures and palace people were loaded on the big ship, and hundreds of officials also got on the boat, more than 1,000 big ships and 80,000 Xiaoguo troops stretched for dozens of miles, Yu Wenhua and at the same time requisitioned tens of thousands of slender men near Jiangyang and Jiangdu, dragging the fleet to the north.

Yu Wenhua and his subordinates had no way to deal with the Qingzhou army, but the soldiers were like arrows, and they could only take one step at a time.

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Since Li Jing captured Zhai Hong alive with a clever trick, the Wagang Army withdrew from Xiapi County, and instead deployed heavy troops on the front line of Xuzhou, Zhai Rang's intention is obvious, Zhang Xuan cannot completely annihilate Yu Wenhua, there will be a lot of fish that have slipped through the net, Zhang Xuan eats meat, then he Zhai Rang will also drink soup.

In the big tent, Zhang Xuan successively received two news, one news was that Li Qingming flew pigeons from Jiangdu, and Yu Wenhua's 80,000 troops set off for the north yesterday evening.

And another news was sent from Beihai County, in fact, the general Wang Kuang sent from Hanoi County, Li Jiancheng led 30,000 troops in Changping County and Song Jingang broke out in a fierce battle, Song Jingang was defeated, Shangdang County was defeated and retreated, at present, Li Jiancheng's army is stationed in Danchuan County, Changping County.

The first news was expected by Zhang Xuan, Chen Ling's attitude is also understandable, he is not in a hurry to stand in line, he sits in Jiangdu to observe the changes in the situation in the north, if the Sui Dynasty does not fall and the Qingzhou army has the upper hand, then he, as a Sui general, will naturally take refuge in himself, if Li Yuan occupies the general trend, then he may surrender to Chang'an, this is the choice of smart people, not easy to stand in line.

The second news surprised Zhang Xuan, especially when Song Jingang retreated to Shangdang County, but Li Jiancheng did not take advantage of the victory to catch up, but continued to stay in Changping County, which made him doubt Li Jiancheng's real motives.

"If I guessed correctly, Li Jiancheng didn't actually come to target Song Jingang, he wanted to take advantage of the emptiness in our rear to attack Hanoi County, once he gained a foothold in Hanoi County, he would definitely continue to march towards Ji County and Wei County, there were only Wang Kuang and the 5,000 army and Wang Wei's 8,000 army over there, could they stop the attack of Li Jiancheng's army?"

Jaohyun was really a little worried. (To be continued.) )