Fang Xuanzao discussed this issue with Li Mi before leaving, what to use to show their sincerity, Fang Xuanzao groaned and said: "There are not many things we can come up with, we seized a lot of treasures in the time of defeating Yu Wenhua, if His Royal Highness does not dislike it, we are willing to share it with His Royal Highness the King of Chu." ”

Yu Wenhua's wealth is also the wealth that Yang Guang brought to Jiangdu at the beginning, and he transported hundreds of large ships, and there were tens of thousands of catties of gold alone, not to mention those jewels and jade, rare and exotic objects, which he could accept and use to mint coins and fill the wealth of the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "I don't know how much King Wei is willing to share with me?" ”

Fang Xuanzao was overjoyed, but Yang Yuanqing was willing to accept it, then everything was easy to discuss, and he hurriedly said: "We have not spent those belongings so far, and the sharing that King Wei said refers to sharing with His Royal Highness in half." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, and the topic changed, "But what! I'll add one more condition. ”

Fang Xuanzao sighed secretly in his heart, Yang Yuanqing was really not so easy to dismiss, he had his own ideas, no matter how much wealth they gave, it was useless, he knew that he should listen to his request first.

Fang Xuanzao felt a little remorseful in his heart, but it was too late to regret, so he had to say helplessly: "Your Highness, please speak!" ”

"I want two people."

Yang Yuanqing said unhurriedly: "Actually, Mr. Fang and King Wei should understand what I need, those two people don't mean anything to you anymore, your country name has been changed, they have become dispensable people, and losing it will not affect the overall situation, but it is different for us, I hope King Wei can give me these two people." ”

Of course, Fang Xuanzao knew who Yang Yuanqing was talking about, Empress Xiao and the imperial grandson Yang Qi, when Li Mi first captured them, he had high hopes for them, hoping that through them he could become the orthodoxy of the Great Sui. Obtain the political capital to compete with the Tang Dynasty for the world.

But soon Li Mi found out. It didn't make any sense for him to get these two people, but it made the soldiers centrifuge, and the soldiers of the Wagang Army themselves were anti-Sui. did not recognize the Sui Dynasty, and the famous families in various places did not recognize them as the orthodoxy of the Great Sui because they got these two people, which made Li Mi extremely frustrated.

Li Mi weighed it again. In the end, it was decided to abandon the self-deceptive so-called orthodoxy of the Great Sui and change the name of the country to Western Wei, so that the role of Empress Xiao and Yang Qi was only to maintain the former officials.

Although Fang Xuanzao knew that the role of those two people was not great, he had no right to decide, and he had to nod his head from the lord, thinking of this, Fang Xuanzao bowed and said: "I understand the feelings of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. But I don't have the right to agree to this matter, I will go back and discuss it with King Wei as soon as possible, once King Wei agrees. I will bring people and goods back immediately. In short, I hope we can both have a happy cooperation.

"That's what I'm looking forward to!"

Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered: "Allocate a big ship." Send another team of soldiers to escort Mr. Fang back! ”……

Fang Xuanzao left, Yang Yuanqing ordered someone to find Li Jing again, and soon, Li Jing entered the room and asked with a smile: "I heard that someone on the other side is coming, is it Wang Shichong's person or Li Mi's person?" ”

"It's Li Mi's envoy."

Yang Yuanqing sighed slightly: "It's unexpected, I didn't expect Li Mi's vision to be farther than me, it can be said that he is the first rat at both ends, but from another angle, he didn't judge the situation and make the most beneficial decision for himself, on the contrary, I didn't think of winning over Li Mi, I just thought of using Du Fuwei to contain Li Mi." ”

Li Jing was not in a hurry to respond to Yang Yuanqing's emotion, he sat down, a tea boy served him tea, Li Jing picked up the teacup and pondered, and then said: "Did the chief manager consider where Li Mi's benefits are?" Can he really protect his own interests at both ends of the rat like this? ”

Yang Yuanqing frowned slightly, "Long history, please continue!" ”

Li Jing continued: "If I were Li Mi, then my greatest interest would be to maintain the status quo, how can I maintain the status quo? It is obviously unrealistic to form an alliance with Wang Shichong to fight against the two great enemies of the Sui and Tang dynasties, so it is the best choice to join the Tang Dynasty to resist the Sui, if I lead to the defeat of the Tang army and the Sui army marching into the Central Plains, the next target must be myself, I believe Li Mi will also think of this problem. ”

Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, Li Jing's thinking was very clear, Li Mi could indeed only protect his interests in the Central Plains by joining the Tang Dynasty to resist the Sui, so why did he secretly collude with himself? Doesn't he care about the Central Plains?

Yang Yuanqing suddenly had an idea in his heart, he glanced at Li Jing, and said slowly: "I'm wondering, does Li Mi want to give up the Central Plains and develop to the south?" ”

Li Jing lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "There is indeed this possibility, although it is said that the Central Plains will win the world, but that means that the Central Plains is densely populated and has sufficient military and food sources, but now this is not the case, after six or seven years of banditry, disasters and wars, the population of the Central Plains has gone to six or seven, I am afraid that even 100,000 troops will not be able to support it, not to mention that with the hegemony of the Central Plains, if Li Mi wants to build a long-term career, it is the best choice to develop to the southeast." ”

"If that's the case, Duvowe is in trouble." Yang Yuanqing said with some concern.

"I don't think the governor has to worry too much, Du Fuwei has jurisdiction over thousands of miles, he can't beat Li Mi, he can flee west, I think the governor still has to focus on the Tang Army, this is our real enemy."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "As Changshi said!" ”……

After the Tang army vanguard occupied Yiyang County, rested for a day, and then marched eastward, the general Chi Gong led 5,000 cavalry to march day and night, a day later, the front of the army killed to the southwest of Luoyang forty miles away from the Sanyuan City, Sanyuan City is Luoyang sub-city, but also the key military fortress of Luoyang defense.

During the reign of Yang Guang, Sanyuan City had a permanent garrison of nearly 8,000 troops, and although Wang Shichong had decided to focus on defending Luocheng, he still deployed 4,000 troops in Sanyuan City.

Chi Gong led five thousand elite horsemen to a slow stop a few miles away, looking at the strong Sanyuan City in the distance, Wei Chi Gong's brows furrowed slightly, he didn't bring siege weapons, and the counties along the way were all looking at the wind, and now this Sanyuan City is probably the first hard bone he wants to gnaw.

But the cavalry did not have the weapons to attack the city, and it was not easy to take this castle, Wei Chigong knew that this sub-city was guarded by Wang Shichong's nephew, he pondered for a long time, and turned back to whisper a few words to Li Xuanba, the king of Zhao who followed him to play the striker, Li Xuanba smiled proudly, "Of course this is my business!" ”

He immediately turned back to the guards and shouted, "Follow me!" ”

Two hundred cavalry turned their horses and galloped north with him, and Wei Chigong also led the cavalry to retreat westward......

Wang Shichong, like Li Yuan, has many brothers and nephews, and the command of the army will never be handed over to outsiders, the most important military power is handed over to his nephew Wang Renze, but several other brothers and nephews also have some troops, and the 6,000 people in this Sanyuan City are led by Wang Shichong's nephew Yue Wang Jundu, and there is a general Guo Shiheng as a deputy general.

On the city wall, Guo Shiheng looked at the west from afar, he had already seen countless black spots, but what made him strange was that the black spots disappeared again, it should be the enemy forward, did they bypass Sanyuan City?

"General, could it be that they are waiting for the main force?" One of the generals whispered.

"It's hard to say, maybe they didn't bring siege weapons and bypassed Mihara City."

Guo Shiheng suddenly remembered something again and asked, "What is King Yue doing?" ”

The general's mouth pursed, and he said disdainfully: "Does the general still need to ask?" What else would he do besides play with women? ”

Guo Shiheng's eyes also showed a look of helplessness, among the many brothers and nephews of the saint, except for Wang Ren, who can lead troops to fight and is quite strategic, most of the rest are reckless brave generals, or mediocre people, this king of Yue is a simple-minded, reckless man with developed limbs, and he is famous for fighting in Luoyang, in addition to having a few catties of stupid strength, he does not know a basket of words, and even the saint does not value him, and sent him to guard this sub-city, and brought two prostitutes from Luoyang City two days ago, which made the soldiers very dissatisfied.

Guo Shiheng was very helpless in his heart, in the past, when the saint was the main general, he led the troops to charge, and trusted the generals under him, but since he ascended the throne and became the emperor, his mentality has changed, and all the military power has been handed over to his sons and nephews.

Although this Yue Wang Jundu is unwise and brave and ruthless, he is not ambiguous about military power at all, and everything must be nodded by him, so that Guo Shiheng has to run to report every time, and he is very troubled.

Guo Shiheng had no choice but to say: "You are optimistic about the city, I will discuss with His Highness!" ”

"Discuss with me what?" A cold voice came from behind.

As soon as Guo Shiheng turned around, he saw King Yue standing behind him, holding a halberd in his hand, Wang Jundu was born as a palace guard, tall and fat, wearing gold helmet and silver armor, Guo Shiheng hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "The last general will see His Highness!" ”

"Humph!" Wang Jundu snorted lightly, his expression was very arrogant, he walked to the city wall and looked into the distance, "I heard that the Tang Army's vanguard has arrived, where are the people?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, I saw a lot of black spots just now, but now they are gone."

"Black dots?"

Wang Jundu sneered: "Maybe it's a group of crows, General Guo's eyes are flowering, and his heart is panicked, so he thinks that he is a Tang army, and the grass and trees are all soldiers, don't you just say that you are a person?" ”

Guo Shiheng scolded in his heart, his face did not show it, and he still said in a deep voice: "It's not a crow, it must be a cavalry, maybe a patrol, not a striker." ”

As soon as the words fell, a soldier pointed to the northwest and shouted: "Look, the Tang army patrols!" ”

Everyone looked to the northwest direction, only to see a Tang army patrol cavalry of about 200 people appeared two miles away, they were not in a hurry, some were drawing, some were dismounting to check the soil, they were getting closer and closer, stopped a mile away, and even dismounted to drink water and eat dry food, one of them was wearing a golden helmet, which was particularly conspicuous.

Wang Jundu was overjoyed, "The person who wears the golden helmet must be a member of the Tang Dynasty clan, watch me get him!" ”