Longyou, Jincheng on the south bank of the Yellow River, the imperial capital of the Western Qin State.

The news of the defeat in the Battle of Xiaoguan had been transmitted back by the 800-mile fast horse, the prince Rengao was defeated, and the prince and the king of Jin were first captured by Yuwen Chengtoe, and then fell into the hands of Chen's army. And the 50,000 Western Qin army also did their best in Jitou Mountain and Chang'an.

The loss of troops and the defeat of generals, even the crown prince and the king of Jin were captured, this result not only shocked the Western Qin Kingdom, but also made people feel a cold chill.

Many ministers received the news from the palace attendants, and on the day the urgent news was transmitted back to Jincheng, the Western Qin overlord drew his sword and beheaded more than a dozen palace maids, splashing blood on the palace.

Stealing chickens doesn't make rice, and if you lose your wife, you will lose your soldiers.

Above the main hall, Xue Ju, who looked like a hill, frowned sadly. This battle really went to my grandmother's house. It doesn't matter if they were cheated by the Yuwen family, and now the two sons have fallen into the hands of Chen Jun.

How did these damn Chen Jun end up in Xiao Guan? They fought to the death with Xu Jun, but as a result, Chen Jun took advantage of all the advantages, and when he thought of this, he felt guilty. His right hand covered the right side of his face, which was swollen like half a pig's head due to the fire, and said to the ministers in a squeaky voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, since ancient times, has there been any surrender of the Son of Heaven?" ”

After asking this, Xue Ju had already lost half of the domineering spirit of the Western Qin Overlord, and some were only short of heroic breath. Thinking of the Da Chen envoy who had met in the palace earlier, he was still holding his breath in his heart and didn't catch his breath.

It's just that this is the case, as the envoy said, even if Chen Jun sends back the crown prince and the king of Jin in Western Qin, what can the result be? Although the Western Qin army only lost 50,000 soldiers and horses this time. But half of them were the most elite troops of Western Qin. Without this elite, the Qin army had already suffered heavy injuries, and Liu Wuzhou had also suffered heavy casualties, so he had already fled back to Lingwu. Time. I'm afraid that I won't have the qualifications to raise troops against Xu Jun at all.

Chen Jun occupies Xiao Pass at the moment, in case he is defeated, he can still ride far away, Xu Jun has no way to take Chen Jun at all. But if Chen Jun withdraws, then the next unlucky one will definitely be Western Qin. At that time, who can stop the combination of Wei Wensheng and Yuwen Chengdu?

Judging from the many major battles between Qin and Xu, once the Qin army is defeated, Shiyu Culture will not treat Xue Ju and his son preferentially.

Even if Xu Guo attacked Hou Zhou first, Liu Wu Zhou. Don't forget, to the east of Western Qin, there is also the Great Liang Emperor Li Liang. At the beginning, Li Liang raised troops, and the banner he played was Xue Ju's brutality. Raise an army to contend with. Later, Xue Ju also attacked Li Rail many times, and the hatred between the two sides was not small. Now that Western Qin has suffered this great blow, it is sandwiched between the east and west of Xu State and Liang State, not to mention competing for hegemony in the future, even if you want to gain a foothold in Guanlong, it will be even more difficult.

It's just that. He is the emperor of a country, does he really want to surrender?

Xue Ju's voice fell, and no courtier answered for a long time. No one knows what this emperor, who is often moody, means at this time. In case the answer is incorrect. Maybe it is possible that the overlord of Western Qin, who is now angry because of the defeat, has stewed and eaten, and the crown prince Xue Rengao has done such a thing.

After a long time. When Xue Ju asked a second time, a minister said worriedly: "Zhao Tuo returns to Han." Liu Chan descended to Jin, and it is still expensive. Turning misfortune into blessing has been around since ancient times! "The Emperor of the Chen Dynasty sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender, and the ministers of the court and the central government had already heard about it. Now that the people in the DPRK are panicking, this minister from the family, for the sake of himself and his family, can be regarded as saying a word from his heart.

Since there is no hope of continuing to fight, it is better to surrender, so that you can still save your wealth, which is better than waiting for the defeat and destruction in the future.

However, as soon as this person's voice fell, someone in the hall immediately shouted: "False, big false! ”

It was no one else who stood up to refute it, but Minister Hao Ai. This Hao Ying is not very human, he was the county guard of Jincheng in the Sui period, and Xue Ju was the captain of Jincheng at that time, and he was still Xue Ju's boss. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, thieves flocked everywhere, Hao Ying governed Jincheng, the official reputation was excellent, it coincided with the disaster year, Hao Ying specially recruited thousands of people, with Xue Ju as the general, ready to quell the civil unrest. As a result, Xue Ju's father and son rebelled against each other after being ordered, and together with his son Xue Renguo and his henchmen, imprisoned Hao Ying and other officials, opened a warehouse and released grain to help the hungry people, proclaimed himself the overlord of Western Qin, and was named Qin Xing in the founding year, and raised troops against Sui.

After Xue Ju's power grew, he was very good to Hao Ming, thinking of the previous friendship, he not only released Hao Ying but also asked him to be the mastermind. Hao Ying also saw that the Sui room was hopeless, so he began to assist Xue Ju and repeatedly came up with good strategies. helped Xue Ju annex 100,000 soldiers and horses of Tang Bi, the strongest rebel army at that time. Later, he joined forces with the Turks to attack Li Rail, and Liang Shidu attacked Yu Culture, and even this time he conspired with Liu Wuzhou to prepare to seize Xiao Pass, which was also his plan.

Hao Ying was also the authentic county guard of the Sui Dynasty at the beginning, and most of the ministers in the palace were reckless.

"Your Majesty shouldn't ask such a question! In the past, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, experienced many escapes and failures, and Liu Bei, the ancestor of the Shu Han Dynasty, repeatedly lost his wife and children, but they all achieved great things in the end. How could Your Majesty immediately make plans to destroy the country because of a small setback? ”

Yes, who has not gone through hardships since ancient times? Which one is not facing many difficulties? How can you just retreat?

After hearing these words, Xue Ju was also ashamed in his heart, and he was even more encouraged; More importantly, at this time, he was finally no longer confused, and he strengthened the belief in his heart and the belief in defeating all strong enemies!

Glancing at the ministers, Xue Ju said to everyone in a solemn tone: "Well, Hao Aiqing is reasonable. I'm just testing your attitude! ”

Whether it is a real temptation or a false temptation, the reaction of the ministers just now shows that Hao Ai is sincere, and it is difficult to say what other people think.

Immediately, Xue Ju added an official to Hao Ying and officially appointed Hao Ying as Shang Ling, added the title of Fu Tai, and awarded Wu Guogong.

Hao Ming, who received such a heavy reward, did not get carried away, but accepted it after repeated resignations with a very humble prevarication. Then he immediately admonished Xue Ju and came up with a strange plan.

"Your Majesty, in the current situation, Chen Jun's divine soldiers have descended from the sky and have not entered Guanlong as usual. Although it is not yet known how they entered Longshang, they successfully bypassed the three major gates to the east of Guanlong, Tongguan, Wuguan, Sanguan, and the side gate Pusaka. However, at present, the main enemy of the Chen army should be the Turks, and then the countries of the Central Plains. Now that Chen's army has suddenly advanced into Longshang, our plan of the Northwest Four Nations Alliance to attack Chen has also failed. In this way, Guanlong Siguo, Hexi Li Liang can't intervene for the time being. But my Great Qin and Hou Zhou were hit hard. ”

"Your Majesty, as Chen Pojun's envoy said, although Chen Kefu is based on China, he can fight or retreat. Once the situation is unfavorable, the Chen army will withdraw from Xiaoguan and flee, but the next target of the Xu army is us. ”

"What does Hao Aiqing mean?" Emperor Xue Ju of Qin was a little puzzled. Unwilling to surrender to the Chen State, and then counting on the Chen army to help prevent the Xu army from attacking Great Qin?

"Your Majesty, although we don't have to surrender, we can pretend to surrender."

Xue Ju couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Your Majesty can immediately reply to the envoy of the Chen State, saying that he is willing to surrender to the Chen Dynasty. Let them release the crown prince and the king of Jin, and then His Majesty can also express his willingness to raise troops to help Chen attack Xu. ”

Listening to the increasingly complicated plan, Xue Ju simply stopped asking questions, and only motioned to Hao Ying to continue with his eyes.

Hao Ying explained carefully: "We pretended to surrender to the Chen Dynasty on the surface, in exchange for the crown prince and the king of Jin. Then we pretended to raise troops to help Chen, but in fact, we could do so to strengthen Chen's army to hold Xiao Pass and block Xu's army's attack on Qin for us. Second, we can also confuse Liu Wuzhou when the time comes. ”

The general Chang Zhongxing was taken aback, he had already heard some meaning, and asked in surprise: "Could it be that Shang Shuling means to attack Liu Wuzhou?" ”

"Why not?" Hao Ying said with a smile: "Liu Wuzhou has been hit hard like us in this battle. And because the Chen army came from Longshang, all the way was the territory of Liu Wuzhou, who was captured. Defeated by Xu Jun and then by Chen Jun, Liu Wuzhou was already a dead snake. At this time we do not fight, when to fight. As long as we destroy Hou Zhou, we will be able to quickly recover the damage we suffered from the defeat we received last time, and even improve our strength. ”

"Hou Zhou is now the meat on Chen Jun's chopping board, let's fight, will Chen Pojun agree?" Other ministers were worried.

"Why did Chen Pojun agree?" Hao Ying stroked her long beard and smiled very happily. "Your Majesty, Chen Jun is just a shield for us to temporarily resist Xu Jun. At present, Chen Jun has only a limited number of soldiers and horses that can enter Guanlong, as long as we can take the territory of Hou Zhou before Chen Jun and the Turks decide the victory, what can Chen Kefu do to us? Besides, even if Chen Pojun has an opinion, why should we be afraid of him. ”

Hao Ying walked to the cooked sheepskin map hanging on the screen on one side, pointed to the map with his hand, and said confidently: "Destroy Hou Zhou first, and then form an alliance with the Xu army to drive the Chen army out of Guanlong." At that time, we will compete with Yu Culture and dominate the entire Guanlong. ”

Listening to the whole plan, the hall was silent.

Even Xue Ju, who has always been arrogant, has to admit that this seemingly incomparably weak old man Hao Ying is really crazy.

But the more this is the case, the more he likes it.

The crazier the plan, the more feasible Xue Ju felt. This time Xiao Guan suffered such a big loss, how could he bear it. Since he has such a good plan, that is, he can swallow Longshang, and he can also fight back against Chen Pojun, in order to repay them for their last fishing profit, and can also help him completely seize the hope of Guanzhong, what reason is there to refuse.

"Hahaha!" Xue Ju laughed wildly, stood up, and laughed at the chamberlain: "Go and ask the envoy of the Chen Dynasty immediately, and say that as long as Chen Jun releases my two sons, I, Xue Ju, will return to Da Chen." Not only that, but I, Xue Ju, will also do my best to help the Chen army fight against Xu Bing. ”

ps: Three chapters in the morning, Muzi even more, also let the brothers save a chapter and so on. There may be an update in the afternoon or evening if you are free. If you have time, you can watch it later, and if you don't have time, you can leave it until tomorrow......)