Junyi County, which is the closest county to Chenliu County, the capital of the Western Wei Dynasty, is Kaifeng in later generations, which is also a large county, with a circumference of twenty miles, a tall and wide city, and a dense population.

But the county garrison is not much, only more than 1,000 people, the army of the Western Wei Dynasty is mainly stationed in the area of Chenliu County, although Junyi County is large, but it is not the focus of defense, and once the enemy situation is found, it is very convenient to rush from Chenliu County.

The business of Junyi County is very prosperous, and the merchants are constantly coming and going, so that the county is full of various accents from all over the world.

There is a small temple in the north of the county, called Puzhao Temple, although the temple is small, it has the highest pagoda in the county, but the tower is in disrepair and has been crumbling.

On this morning, a goshawk came from afar, gathered its wings and landed on the top of the tower, and an eagle slave who was waiting here immediately stepped forward, took a tube of letters from the eagle's legs, and ran towards the county seat.

After a short time, several knights rode out of the county seat and galloped towards Chenliu County......

At this time, Wen Daya did not leave Chenliu County, but stayed to urge Li Mi to implement the covenant, the Tang Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty had signed an alliance agreement, but what the Tang Dynasty wanted was not this, but when Li Mi sent troops to Luoyang.

On this important issue, Li Mi was vague, although he agreed, but it was not clear when and how many troops to be sent, which made Wen Daya really anxious in his heart, if this matter was not handled well, it would be difficult for him to return to Beijing to explain.

In the room, Wen Daya paced back and forth uneasily, he was waiting for news from the imperial court or the king of Qin, only when the news of the official dispatch of troops from the imperial court came, he could urge Li Mi to send troops.

The uneasiness in Wen Daya's heart also comes from Li Mi's attitude, of course, Li Mi's own attitude has always been ambiguous. It hasn't changed, but Bing Yuanzhen's attitude can tell the story, from actively running for them at the beginning, to now avoiding him.

This made Wen Daya feel a little uneasy in her heart, Bing Yuan was really a mirror. From him, he could see the subtle change in Li Mi's attitude, something must have happened here, and this uneasiness had made Wen Daya suffer all these days.

At this moment, there was a sound of running footsteps outside, and a man rushed in to report: "Envoy." Junyi County has urgent information sent! ”

Junyi County is an important stronghold of Tang Feng in the Central Plains, where you can release eagles and avoid the surveillance of Chenliu County, Wen Daya perked up and hurriedly said: "Where is the letter?" ”

In a moment, a knight walked in briskly and presented a volume of information. "Envoy, this is information that I got an hour ago, and it came from Shangluo County!"

Wen Daya spread out the information on the table, and it turned out to be a handwritten warrant from the King of Qin, with only one sentence: 'The Tang army has set off. Urge Li Mi to send troops as soon as possible! ’

Wen Daya bit her lip, immediately stood up and said, "Prepare the carriage, I'm going to see King Wei!" ”……

In the past few days, Li Mi's attitude has indeed undergone subtle changes, and just three days ago, Bing Yuanzhen's house slave was exposed. Someone bribed Bing Yuanzhen with thousands of taels of gold, which made Li Mi very angry and immediately asked Bing Yuanzhen.

Although Bing Yuanzhen flatly denied this. But the accidental killing of the house slave made Li Mi believe that Bing Yuanzhen had taken bribes, because this person had always been extremely greedy for bribes, and it would be strange to say that he did not take bribes.

And Li Mi quickly guessed that he actually paid a bribe of 3,000 taels of gold. This kind of extravagance can only be done by a certain force, who will it be. Is it Sui or Tang?

From the time of the bribe and Bing Yuanzhen's performance, it is not difficult to guess that the three thousand taels of gold can only be bribed by the Tang Dynasty, so Bing Yuanzhen tried his best to persuade himself to form an alliance.

However, Li Mi did not punish Bing Yuanzhen, Bing Yuanzhen was very powerful in the Western Wei Dynasty, and in the absence of conclusive evidence, easily punishing him would cause a split in the Western Wei Dynasty.

It is precisely for this reason that Bing Yuanzhen avoided Wen Daya, and Li Mi became less eager for the alliance between Tang and Wei.

In front of the map, Li Mi stared at Jiangdu, he had gradually accepted Fang Xuanzao's suggestion, moved to the southeast, moved the capital to Jiangdu, and established his own power in the southeast.

This made him think of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Sui and Tang dynasties to compete for the Central Plains, he buried his head in the southeast development, once the Sui and Tang dynasties were defeated in the Central Plains, unable to look eastward, the trend of the three kingdoms was formed.

Although Li Mi has decided to transfer his strength to the southeast, he is also unwilling to give up the Central Plains completely, which is more of an emotional attachment.

Since the Wagang era, they have been operating in the Central Plains, and most of his troops are from the Central Plains, so letting his army abandon the Central Plains and move to the southeast will also be met with great resistance from the soldiers.

Li Mi was very embarrassed in his heart, he didn't know how to break the situation? so that his men happily agreed to move south.

At this moment, the guards reported at the door: "Lord Qiqi, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty urgently asks to see you!" ”

Li Mi frowned slightly, of course he knew that Wen Daya was still in Chenliu, and he also knew very well what Wen Daya was doing when he came to him at this time? It must have been the Tang Army that sent troops, and he came to urge himself to send troops to help.

Although Li Mi was extremely reluctant to send troops to work for the Tang Dynasty, the materials of the Tang Dynasty had not yet arrived, and he could not completely refuse, so he still had to continue to perfunctory.

"Let him in!"

After a while, Wen Daya hurriedly walked in under the guidance of the guards, and gave a deep salute when he entered the door, "Your Royal Highness the King of Wei will be seen!" ”

"Wen Envoy doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!"

The two sat down separately, and Li Mi asked with concern: "In the past few days, how has Wen Envoy Jun been doing in Chenliu, and has the pavilion not taken care of it?" ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your concern, the pavilion takes good care of you."

"I'm busy with official business these days, and I don't have time to take care of the envoy, so I'm neglecting the envoy."

"Where! Where! His Royal Highness's kindness, the lower officials are grateful. ”

The two exchanged a few words, Wen Daya turned the topic to business, he bowed and said: "I just received a letter from the imperial court, I have led an army of 100,000 troops to Luoyang towards His Royal Highness the King of Qin, according to the agreement between our two sides, the Wei army should also send troops to help, I don't know when His Royal Highness is going to send troops?" How many troops are going to be sent, the lower officials need to report to the imperial court, can His Royal Highness tell the lower officials? ”

Although Wen Daya is a little difficult to speak, it is a matter of the overall situation. He still said it very frankly, without a hint of ambiguity.

Li Mi didn't speak, and after a while, he smiled, "Since there is a covenant between the two sides." I will definitely do what the covenant requires, and I, Li Mi, am also a person of faith, so please don't worry about it. ”

"When is the King of Wei going to send troops? How many troops to send? Wen Daya still asked reluctantly.

Li Mi's face sank slightly, and he was unhappy in his heart, how could he force himself to ask like this. Even Li Yuan couldn't, but Li Mi still suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said lightly: "I just said that I will arrange it according to the covenant, didn't Wen Yuanjun understand?" ”

At this point, Wen Daya couldn't ask anymore, and she couldn't ask any more. Li Mi still responded to him with this kind of ambiguity, which made him quite frustrated, and he had to stand up and said helplessly: "Okay! It is hoped that His Royal Highness can send troops as soon as possible, and the two sides will attack Sui Zheng together. ”……

Wen Daya said goodbye and left. Li Mi sat in the study and closed his eyes silently, and after a while, a guard reported, "Fang Xiangguo is here!" ”

Li Mi hurriedly ordered, "Invite him in quickly." ”

Soon, Fang Xuanzao walked quickly into Li Mi's official room. "Is the prince looking for me?"

Li Mi trusted Fang Xuanzao very much at this time, especially Fang Xuanzao persuaded him to take the southeast, so that he could see a ray of light. On the contrary, Bing Yuanzhen betrayed himself for bribery, which made him see clearly who is loyal and who is traitorous.

Li Mi smiled slightly: "Wen Daya came to me again just now." ”

"I met him at the door, but he came to urge the prince to send troops?"

"Exactly!"

Li Mi sighed, "He's in a hurry." It's hard for me! ”

Fang Xuanzao pondered for a moment and asked, "Can Your Highness be sure?" I don't want to give up the Central Plains. ”

Li Mi nodded, "I have too many concerns. At least in the short term, I don't want to give up on the Central Plains. ”

"If His Highness doesn't want to give up the Central Plains for the time being, then the alliance with the Tang Dynasty can't be easily violated, but it can be flexible."

Li Mi just wanted to know what workaround to use to deal with the Tang Dynasty, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "What workaround, please Xiangguo teach me!" ”

Fang Xuanzao smiled meaningfully: "Your Highness can send troops, 30,000 or 50,000, but you don't have to attack Luoyang, but go to Dongjun, isn't there a Sui army on the north bank of the Yellow River?" His Royal Highness went to deal with that Sui army, isn't this just to break down the pressure for the Tang army? ”

Li Mi laughed, he also thought of this method, but he was afraid that it would be self-defeating, he did not send many troops, and the army had no intention of fighting, and the army was annihilated by the Sui army instead.

He told Fang Xuanzao about this worry, Fang Xuanzao shook his head and said: "The lowly position is actually here for this matter today, the lowly position has been thinking about this matter, I heard that His Royal Highness and Yang Yuanqing had a good relationship in the past, and even His Highness's entry into Wagangzhai is related to Yang Yuanqing, but is there such a thing?" ”

Li Mi nodded, "This is true, in fact, I have a better relationship with Yang Yuanqing's father, Yang Xuangan, and I also have a deep relationship with his grandfather Yang Su." ”

"Then I don't understand the humble position, in that case, why doesn't His Highness form an alliance with the Sui Dynasty?"

Li Mi was stunned, this question was a bit sudden, making it difficult for him to answer for a while, he pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because of Zhang Xutuo's matter!" He hated me to the bone. ”

Fang Xuanzao laughed, "I feel that His Royal Highness is a bit of a bull's horn, if Yang Yuanqing is really such a person who will repay him, can he come to this point?" He said that he wanted to kill His Highness to avenge his master, but I think he was actually just making a gesture to show Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, or reminding the Sui army that Zhang Xutuo was his master, which was beneficial for him to gain the support of the Sui army, if he was really bent on revenge, then when he was in Hanoi County, why didn't he kill Bing Yuanzhen who was sent to the door? ”

A sentence reminded Li Mi, it is true, Bing Yuanzhen also repeatedly warned himself to pay attention to Yang Yuanqing's revenge, if this is the case, then when he sent an envoy to Hanoi County, why didn't Yang Yuanqing kill him? Obviously, Bing Yuan really said this for three thousand taels of gold.

Could it be that Yang Yuanqing is really just putting on a show?

Fang Xuanzao persuaded again: "Your Highness, Ming and Li Yuan formed an alliance, secretly befriended Yang Yuanqing, and fought between the two major forces, and at the same time expanded to the southeast, this was Sun Wu's strategy back then. ”

Li Mi nodded slowly, this sentence was reasonable, and it came to his heart, but the stakes were so high that he had to think about it again