Li Shatuo stared at this general for a long time, and he suddenly asked! Are you Li Zhu? ”

The general nodded, "Exactly!" ”

Li Shatuo glanced back at his subordinates, his subordinates had already drawn their swords, back to back, preparing for a decisive battle with the enemy, he sighed in his heart, just look at the will of heaven! He immediately ordered: "Put down the knife and go with them!" ”

The Sui army scouts looked at each other, although this order was unacceptable, but the Sui army order was like a mountain, the soldiers still slowly put down their swords, the general looked at them deeply, and waved his hand, "Take them to the barracks!" ”

The scouts followed the cavalry to a barracks in the east of the city, surrounded by a huge fence to keep the wind-blown sand and dust out of the barracks, and there were thousands of tents lined up neatly.

A big tent is brightly lit, the general Li Zhu is pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, Li Zhu is the former Yang Dalang, many years ago when Yang Yuanqing attacked Yiwu County, he left him in Dunhuang County, a flash of ** years have passed, Li Zhu has become a nearly forty-year-old veteran, and gradually put his roots in Dunhuang County, Yang Yuanqing has never asked him, nor interfered with his development.

After some careful consideration, Li Zhu did not choose the Jiangnan clan of Dunhuang, but chose the old clan of Dunhuang as the soil for his development, he married the eldest daughter of the Suo family seven years ago, and also had his own children, after seven years of rooting, he has become the representative of the interests of the old clan of Dunhuang.

He helped the old Dunhuang clan to regain the land bought by the Jiangnan Shi clan, and regained the trade routes occupied by the Jiangnan Shi clan, and won a huge prestige among the old Dunhuang clan, so that after Li Rail established the Great Liang State, in order to maintain the rule of Dunhuang County, Li Rail also had to show favor to him, named him the general of the Right Military Guard, and recognized him as a member of the Li family in Longxi, and now, Li Zhu has become Li Zhaojin's deputy general with the strength of more than 5,000 Dunhuang soldiers he has.

Li Shatuo was brought into the big tent by his own soldiers, Li Zhu waved his hand and ordered his own soldiers to go down, and only he and Li Shatuo were left in the big tent.

"How do you prove you're a Formation?" Li Zhu asked lightly.

Li Zhu was very cautious, and when the three forces were eyeing Dunhuang County, he needed to confirm Li Shatuo's true identity to prove that he was not Tang Jun.

Li Shatuo took out the military card from his arms, stepped forward and put it on the table, this is his only evidence, Li Zhu picked up the military card and looked at it for a while, he also took out a military card from a small box on the table, turned it in his hand, compared the two military cards, the difference is that his military card has the word Fengzhou but Li Shatuo's military card is not on the word Da Sui.

Li Zhu showed a knowing smile on his face, in fact, he knew that Li Shatuo was not Tang Jun, otherwise Lu Chunxing would not have run to sue them.

"Do you know who betrayed you?" Li Zhu glanced at him and asked.

"I think, it's either the Shen family or the Lu family." Li Shatuo has already reacted, it is not necessarily Shen Dongren who betrayed them, it may also be the Lu family, Shen Dongren is likely to go to find Sima Lu Chunxing of Dunhuang County.

Li Zhu stared at him for a moment, and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "It was Sima Lu Chunxing who betrayed you because he had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and he wanted to borrow Li Zhaojin's hand to get rid of you, this is because you are too anxious to know how deep the water in Dunhuang County is, so you will make a rash move, if it is not for Suo Jian on duty today, none of you will survive!" ”

Perhaps feeling that his tone was too harsh, Li Zhu softened his tone and said, "You should come to me first, not Shen Dongren, he is not the one in the know." ”

Li Shatuo nodded silently, he also admitted that he was a little in a hurry, and before determining the true identity of the Lu family, he should not have promised Shen Dongren to go to the Lu family, perhaps he should not have told Shen Dongren his identity at all.

However, now he can confirm that Li Zhu is a person who can be trusted, but Li Shatuo is still a little puzzled, and after a moment's hesitation, he asked: "General Li means that the Suo family also supports the Sui Dynasty?" ”

"To be precise, the old clan of Dunhuang supported the Liang Kingdom, and now that the Liang Kingdom has been destroyed, they need to choose a new backer, but it's a pity that the Tang Dynasty chose Lu Chunxing, and the Suo family can only follow me."

Li Zhu smiled, turned the topic back, and asked him, "Tell me now, where is the Sui army now?" How many troops are there? Who led the troops? ”

"The Sui army has arrived at Yumen Pass, where they are waiting for my intelligence, there are three thousand cavalry, led by General Su Dingfang."

About ten days ago, Li Shentong returned from Taiyuan and brought back Yang Yuanqing's opinions, agreeing in principle to reconcile between the two dynasties, but the premise is that the two courts will jointly negotiate the reconciliation plan, and cannot be determined by Li Yuan's personal attitude.

This is a very formal statement, Li Yuan accepted Yang Yuanqing's plan, in fact, he sent Li Shentong to Taiyuan secretly just to test the possibility of reconciliation first, since Yang Yuanqing has made it clear that he can negotiate peace, then he is also ready to negotiate peace with the Northern Sui through the way of the imperial court, so that it is binding on both sides, and he can also calm down and develop from Wuguan in the south to the Central Plains, and Yang Yuanqing will enter the customs without using it.

Now one of the biggest obstacles standing between them is Luo Yi in Youzhou, Li Yuan knows very well that it is impossible for the Northern Sui to make concessions, and in the end it will either fail in negotiations or the Tang Dynasty will make concessions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Yang Yuanqing is willing to give up his support for Western Qin in exchange for our concessions in Youzhou, I want to hear your opinions

At this time, Neishi Ling Xiao Li stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, can you say a few words." ”

Xiao Li is the former Sui Dynasty Ministry's Shangshu, was demoted by Yang Guang to Hechi County as the Taishou, Xue raised the incident, was forced to be appointed as the prime minister of the Western Qin State, just last month, he and the pig father and son left the West Qin State, looking for a new way out, but they chose different paths, the pig father went to Taiyuan, Zhu Liang was appointed as the Taichang Temple Qing of the Sui Dynasty, and his son Zhu Suiliang was admitted to the new department champion and was appointed as the magistrate of Mayi County.

Although Xiao Li was after the Liang Dynasty clan, because he was the son-in-law of the Dugu family, he was particularly reused by Li Yuan, and he was named the internal history order and worshiped as the Xiangguo, which became another big help for the Dugu family in the imperial court.

Xiao Li was extremely familiar with the Western Qin Kingdom, so he had the right to speak on this issue, Li Yuan nodded happily, "Xiao Aiqing, please speak!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister knows that a large number of Han people in the five counties of Hene have fled eastward, the land is abandoned, and the meager taxes are simply not enough to support tens of thousands of troops, in this case, Liang Shidu will inevitably ask Tuyuhun and the Qiang people for help to obtain their bulging support, in this way, he is very likely to cede the two counties of Xihai and Heyuan to Tuyuhun and restore the territory of the great cause five years ago, Yang Yuanqing should also understand this, so he decided to give up his support for Liang Shidu, so as to urge us to destroy Liang Shidu as soon as possible, so as to avoid the two counties of Xihai and Heyuan from falling into the hands of Tuyuhun, that's why he proposed to give up his support for Western Qin in exchange for our concessions in Youzhou, which was actually a favor for him. ”

Li Yuan nodded, he groaned and said, "But I am also very Tuyuhun will become a big threat to my Tang Dynasty and a disaster in the west." ”

"Your Majesty, you don't need it for the time being, Tuyuhun has not recovered after experiencing the severe blows of the Sui Dynasty, as long as we have a tough attitude and continue to set up counties in Xihai and Heyuan, without concessions, and at the same time give them certain appeasement, and allow them to graze and live in the two counties of Xihai and Heyuan, then we can stabilize Tuyuhun and not become a trouble in our west."

Xiao Li's strategy of both soft and hard made Li Yuan deeply appreciated, and Tuyuhun's strategy could be decided like this, and he asked again: "What Xiao Xiangguo means is that Yang Yuanqing himself has decided to give up his support for Liang Shidu, so use it to make us give up Luo Yi, and we can make other requests, is that what it means?" ”

Xiao Li nodded, "Your Majesty, that's what the minister meant, the minister suggested that the condition of asking Yang Yuanqing to reduce the garrison of the six counties in Guanbei can be increased, so as to reduce the pressure on our Guannai and Longyou counties, this condition is good for us, and I think it is also good for him." ”

Li Yuan laughed, Xiao Li's suggestion completely spoke to his heart, worthy of being an important minister of the Sui Dynasty, his vision was really far-reaching, and he said to the other ministers: "I have another one, that is, if I give up Luo Yi, I am afraid that I will be said by the world that I am not benevolent and righteous, do you Aiqing have a good plan?" ”

Pei Lin was a little jealous of Li Yuan's attention to Xiao Li, Xiao Li's arrival took away a lot of his interests, especially Li Yuan, who had discussed many things with him Pei Li, but discussed them with Xiao Li instead, which made Pei Lin feel very uncomfortable, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to reverse this situation.

At this time, Li Yuan asked how to deal with Luo Yi, and he immediately seized the opportunity to step forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." ”

"Pei Aiqing and talk!"

"Your Majesty, the minister knows very well that Luo Yi did not really surrender to us, but just wanted to use us as his shield against Yang Yuanqing, in fact, we did not get any benefits in Youzhou, and even the officials did not appoint a single person, let alone the control of the army, Your Majesty, the minister means that there is really no need to pay too much price for a false name."

"Is this a false name?"

Liu Wenjing sneered and said: "The saint also said, this involves the reputation of the Tang Dynasty, Luo Yi has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty after all, Youzhou is already the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the world knows, if we ignore Youzhou in order to achieve reconciliation with the Sui Dynasty, then how do the people of the world think of the saint?" Will say that we have no benevolence and righteousness, Pei Xiangguo, is this a word 'false name', can we ignore it lightly? ”

"That's it! The two Aiqing should stop arguing. ”

Li Yuan was a little tired of the infighting between the two of them, his face sank, and he asked Xiao Li again, "Does Xiao Xiangguo have a plan?" ”

Xiao Li pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty may wish to use the method of changing the commander" to send a general to take over the military power, and at the same time transfer Luo Yi back to the capital, then Luo Yi's true face should be exposed, and the hat of the unsubordinate will fall on Luo Yi's head instead of His Majesty's unrighteous ......."

"Good! Sure enough. ”

Li Yuan praised repeatedly, Jiang was worthy of being old and spicy, Xiao Li really did not disappoint him, at this moment, the young eunuch in the palace, Yu Wenxuan, reported at the door: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Zhangye County!" ”

"What's the matter?"

Li Yuan's heart tightened, and he didn't know what was going on, and he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

A guard walked into the main hall and knelt down on one knee and reported: "Your Majesty, Zhangye County has sent an urgent military report for eight hundred miles, and the defenders of Fulu County have found a Sui army, about 3,000 cavalry, heading to the northwest. ”

Li Yuan: 'Ah! He stood up, and a place popped into his mind, 'Dun Brand!'.