Knowing that Chen Fuliang has never had the habit of killing envoys in order to facilitate swagger and deception, Li Mi relieved himself to send his subordinate Xu Shiyu, who was canonized as Shangshu Youcheng by the Sui Court in the Eastern Capital, as an envoy, and like Li Jiancheng, he also visited Chen Fuliang under the banner of congratulating him on being enthroned, and also sent Chen Fuliang a generous gift, which also made Chen Fuliang, who was stingy and stingy, secretly happy.

Etiquette is still exchanged, for the sake of Li Mi's kindness to his envoy before, Chen Fuliang personally met with Xu Shiyu, who was in the dust, and congratulated Chen Fuliang on being named the queen of Tang with humble words, Xu Shiyu really took out a stack of letters, but he was not in a hurry to hand them over to Chen Fuliang, and his face was full of desire to speak, and it seemed a little inconvenient to speak. Chen Fuliang was a little strange, so he took the initiative to say: "Mr. Shiyu, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, although Mr. Fazhu and I are enemies, we never embarrass each other, Mr. can speak as bluntly as you can, don't scruple, and it doesn't hurt to say wrong." ”

"His Royal Highness King Xie Tang." Xu Shiyu apologized first, then hesitated a little, and then hesitated for a moment before saying: "Your Highness, both your and our armies attach importance to morality, and never embarrass each other's envoys, even when they are fighting on the battlefield, they all treat each other as guests to envoys, but in any case, your two armies are still enemies, so the envoy came to meet you today as an enemy envoy, although he was summoned by your hospitality, he still had to say something offensive to you. In this regard, I also ask Your Highness to forgive your sins. ”

"Of course." Chen Fuliang said with a smile: "My envoy Zhang Yongtong used to contradict Mr. Dharma Master every time, and Mr. Dharma Master never cared, Mr. Dharma Master can be so magnanimous, will this king's qi be narrower than him?" ”

"Thank you, King Tang." Xu Shiyu hurriedly thanked Chen Fuliang again, and then said in a frank tone: "That little envoy is offended, don't hide it from Your Highness, during the previous Heyang War, Ren Bi of the Li clan in Taiyuan took the initiative to flee into our army to seek protection, and tried to seek an alliance with our army, in order to destroy your army, our Duke Wei has sent someone to escort Ren Bi north to Taiyuan, and took the initiative to ask Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng for an alliance to join forces to attack your army and crusade against your Royal Highness the King of Tang." ”

"Haha, Mr. Shiyu really spoke directly." Chen Fuliang laughed, and asked with a relaxed expression: "So, Shiyu is here today to declare war on this king on behalf of Li Mi and Li Jiancheng's allied forces surnamed Li?" ”

"The prime minister misunderstood, the roads were blocked, the traffic was difficult, and our army has not received a reply from Jiangongzi until now, and no alliance has actually been reached." Xu Shiyu shook his head and said a big truth, and then put the document and letter in his hand, and said respectfully: "This letter is our army's general Meng Haigong Meng, because I don't know that Wei Gong has decided to ask Li Jiancheng for an alliance, and when he was in Hanoi, he inadvertently got it from a passerby. ”

Chen Fuliang Nunu mouth, the guard next to him stepped forward to take the letter, both hands in front of Chen Fuliang, Chen Fuliang took the letter and opened it again, and found that this letter was written by Li Jiancheng to Wang Shichong, and the content made Chen Fuliang a little surprised - Li Jiancheng didn't know where to know the details of Emperor Yang of Sui's edict, and also knew that Emperor Yang of Sui's final will was to pass on the throne to Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and told Wang Shichong in detail the content of the will with the letter, and Wang Shichong made the will of Emperor Yang of Sui public. Establish the legitimacy of Yang Tong's succession, and then use the reputation of the legitimate court of the Eastern Capital to order the world's heroes to join hands to crusade against the thief Chen Fuliang, who violated the legacy of Emperor Yang of Sui and aimed to form a puppet government, and Li Jiancheng will be the first to respond to Wang Shichong's call!

Not to mention, the letter brought by Xu Shiyu really made Chen Fuliang a little unclear about whether it was true or false, and he was thinking about handing the letter to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui and others to pass it on, Xu Shiyu observed the words and looks, and took the opportunity to say: "Your Highness, our Duke Wei didn't know whether the emperor really had this edict, and at the beginning, I didn't think about letting Your Highness know the existence of this letter, but then another incident happened, but it made Duke Wei angry, unbearable, and contemptuous of the Li brothers, so he made up his mind to send a small envoy to Daxing, Present this letter to His Royal Highness the King of Tang. ”

"What's the matter?" Chen Fuhao asked curiously.

"The Li family brothers secretly bribed our army strategist Zu Junyan and asked him to offer a divisive plan to Duke Wei." Xu Shiyu lowered his head and said: "Jian yì Wei Gong personally came forward to be a matchmaker, and married Pei Cuiyun Pei Girl, the daughter of our army general Pei Renji, to Li Shimin and Li Gongzi as his wife, establish an in-law relationship, and join hands to fight to the death with Your Highness." ”

Chen Fuliang once again couldn't distinguish the true from the fake this time, because Chen Fuliang learned through the channels of Guò Wang Xuance that Zu Junyan had indeed been bought by Li Er to become the inside line of the Li family, and Li Mi had also noticed this, but out of various considerations, there was no publicity and exposure, but Zu Junyan was transferred out of the shogunate and secretly monitored, so after listening to Xu Shiyu's introduction again, Chen Fuliang's forehead rarely had some blood vessels beating, and he couldn't bear it, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Is there really such a thing?" ”

"Your Highness can not believe it, but Your Highness is in our army, and there must be an insider to listen to the news." Xu Shiyu replied calmly: "Duke Wei has already arrested Zu Junyan for questioning, and Zu Junyan has also admitted his crime of being bribed by the Li brothers. ”

Chen Fuliang nodded, knowing that Wang Xuance was currently Li Mi's confidential secretary, and he must know the truth of this matter, so Chen Fuliang simply came down the slope and got off the donkey, slammed his fist on the table in front of him, and scolded: "The Li family's puppet!" If I don't kill you all, this king will not give up! ”

Seeing that Chen Fuliang was angry, Xu Shiyu was secretly happy and said in a sincere tone: "Your Highness, our Duke Wei knows about the matter between you and Miss Pei, and knows that Miss Pei not only saved your life, but also loved you, but because of all kinds of mistakes, there are no good things in pairs." In the matter of General Shan Xiongxin's sister before, Duke Wei owed His Highness a favor in this regard, and he also knew very well that this was the Li family's brother's plan to lead the way to the east, and its purpose was nothing more than to provoke Your Highness to send troops to the east and ask our army for guilt. We, Duke Wei, disdain it, and don't want to be their shield, so we came to explain with a book and asked His Highness to investigate. ”

"Thank you very much for Mr. Troubled Brother." Chen Fuliang arched his hand, and asked with some doubts: "But as far as I know, Cuiyun is still in the Eastern Capital City?" ”

"Yes, Miss Pei is indeed still in the Eastern Capital." Xu Shiyu nodded, and then said respectfully: "Your Highness is heroic and decisive, do you still want to take the test for the junior envoy?" With the wisdom of His Royal Highness, can't he guess the stakes of the joints? If my lord Wei Gong is in the middle of the plan and comes out to ask Zheng Gong Wang Shichong for Miss Pei, once Zheng Gong learns the reason and purpose of my lord Wei Gong asking for Miss Pei, can he not seize this opportunity to get his hands on it? At that time, if Zheng Gong insists on being the enemy of you, Prime Minister, he will naturally make every effort to promote this family business, if Zheng Gong also comes to take the opportunity to sow discord and fan the flames, won't our army immediately face your all-out crusade against Your Highness? ”

Chen Fuliang's face was a little ugly, not all because Li Er wanted to fight Pei Cuiyun's idea, but also because Chen Fuliang found that if he couldn't get the news from Wang Xuance this time, he really couldn't tell whether this matter was the truth or Li Mi's plan to blame Taiyuan. Over there, Xu Shiyu peeked at Chen Fuliang's face, and added cautiously, "Your Highness forgives your sins, then the Li family brothers borrowed the mouth of Zu Junyan and proposed a more shameless Jianyi, saying that if my lord Wei Gong can prompt and urge Zheng Gong to change his daughter to ...... and remarry, then our army will never have to worry about Zheng Gong joining forces with Your Highness." ”

With an uproar, Chen Fuliang rarely overturned the desk in front of him, jumped up and his face was extremely pale, and after gritting his teeth for a long time, Chen Fuliang said to Xu Shi: "Thank you Mr. Shiyu for passing on the message, you go down to rest and have a banquet first, don't worry, if I find out that this matter is true, even if I owe you a big favor!" If I find out that you are making it up...... ”

"Our army is willing to take full responsibility!" Xu Shiyu replied calmly.

Chen Fuliang nodded, waved his hand and asked the guards to lead Xu Shiyu down to rest and feast, and also instructed the good students to entertain him, but after Xu Shiyu left, Fang Xuanling immediately smiled at Chen Fuliang and said, "Your Highness, it's rare to see you really angry." ”

"This kind of thing, if it's you, can you bear it?" Chen Fuliang asked sullenly.

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Don't worry, not to mention that this matter is very likely to be fabricated by Li Mi to provoke you, even if the second son of the Li family wants to retaliate because he has a grudge against you for his wife, Wang Shichong will definitely not agree, Wang Shichong is not a fool, he will not know how much this will anger you, and besides, it is his own daughter, no matter how wolf-hearted he is, he will not force his daughter to death." ”

Chen Fuliang snorted heavily, and said hatefully: "I still have to do my best to get Xue Ji's mother and son and Cuiyun back, lest they be used as hostages by Wang Shi in the future to blackmail me." ”

"How about the plan?" Du Ruhui said: "You have decided to send troops to Taiyuan first, and not to march to the eastern capital for the time being, then Your Highness might as well be a favor, and openly conclude a peace agreement with Wang Shichong, promising to non-aggression against each other, taking the opportunity to return to the princess and Miss Pei, and also feed Wang Shichong a reassuring pill, let him let go and go to fight with Li Mi, so that we can worry about the future when we send troops to Taiyuan." ”

"Yes, that's the best way to go." Fang Xuanling echoed: "Although Wang Shichong still has the option of joining forces with Li Mi to enter the army of Kui Han Dao, he and Li Mi are already seriously injured, even if they join forces, they may not be sure that they can win Kui Han Dao Chang Liquidation, and at the same time, he also has to prevent Li Mi from suddenly stabbing him in the back, taking advantage of the opportunity that we have no time to look east for the time being, eliminating Li Mi and recapturing Luokoucang and Tiger Prison Pass is his best choice at present." With Wang Shichong's ingenuity, he will not fail to see this. ”

"The same is true for Li Mi's side." Fang Xuanling added: "Li Mi also knows very well that he and Wang Shichong will have a decisive battle sooner or later, and he will definitely worry that we will support Wang Shichong to attack him, he will do everything possible to lure us to send troops to Taiyuan first, in addition to fighting for respite, it is also the best opportunity to break through Wang Shichong, so that our army can not vigorously assist Wang Shichong, so we only need to conclude a peace agreement with Wang Shichong and Li Mi, and then when our main force goes north to Taiyuan, they will inevitably launch a decisive battle, or a comprehensive decisive battle of either you die or I live!" ”

Chen Fuliang nodded again and again, and after thinking for a while, Chen Fuliang suddenly said: "If you don't do anything, in addition to signing a peace treaty with them, simply make the news that we are going to march to Taiyuan directly!" Write a piece of writing to list the various crimes of the Taiyuan Li family, such as betrayal, rebellion and murder of the acting king, and offer a reward for the heads of the Li brothers, and make public our decision to enter Taiyuan! Then post the text in the county passes around the country, so that everyone in the world knows that we are about to send troops to Taiyuan, the reputation of this king has always been good, and the text has spread all over the world, Wang Shichong and Li Mi are no matter how suspicious they can understand that I am here this time! ”

"It's wonderful, but then we're going to lose a lot of opportunities." Fang Xuanling said with some hesitation: "At present, the spring ploughing has not completely ended, and we can't start preparing for war immediately, and after the spring ploughing is over, we will start to prepare for grain and grass military supplies, mobilize soldiers and mobilize the army, and it will take a lot of time. ”

"And." Fang Xuanling added with a smile again: "As soon as the text comes out, Your Highness, you and the Li family brothers have completely torn their faces, and if you want to use your best and favorite discord scheme, I'm afraid there will be no chance." ”

"It doesn't matter." Chen Fuliang waved his hand and said: "The text only mentions the names of Li Da and Li Er, and names them and says that they are the culprits, as long as their heads, as long as the rest of the people surrender, they will not be held accountable, this is directly a divisive plan, which is enough to make Li Yuanji's kid have a different heart!" ”

"As for giving the Li brothers too much time to prepare, it won't be much longer." Chen Fuliang snorted coldly again: "Taiyuan is thousands of miles away from Daxing, and only grain can be transported by land along the way, the army is moving slowly, Li Erlang has suffered the loss of our blitzkrieg, and he will definitely learn a lesson, and if he finds that we are preparing for war, he will immediately strengthen his defense, and our army will cross the Yellow River and set foot in the east of the river, and the Li brothers will immediately understand that we are coming at them, and they will still go all out to prepare for war at that time, and because we are just ready, we will fight to the Bird Mouse Valley, which will have morale and the advantage of the first opportunity, Sounding the alarm early on and preparing them for war in advance can make their troops slack and tired due to long-term mental tension. ”

After that, Chen Fuliang added another sentence in his stomach, and said secretly: "This is how Taizong fought the Yue Monkey at the beginning, the attack time was estimated to be more than three months later than the Yue Monkey, the Yue Monkey was too nervous to prepare for the war every day, and he dragged himself down, and when Taizong really fought over, the Yue Monkey was all caught off guard." ”

"What His Highness said does make sense." Fang Xuanling nodded, and said, "Then what should the Li family brothers do about asking for help everywhere?" Do we also send envoys to contact the thieves from all walks of life around Taiyuan, and try our best to pull them to our side and help us besiege the Li brothers? ”

"Of course you have to." Chen Fuliang nodded, sneered and said: "The Li family brothers will definitely ask for help from the surrounding thieves Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu and Luo Yi, and the words used are nothing more than the words of the lips and teeth, the Li family brothers can understand this truth, these traitors may not be able to understand, even if they insist on coming to help, it doesn't matter, we are sending the main force to fight these guest troops in the away field, and it is much more convenient to eliminate them than to directly hit their door!" ”

Seeing that Chen Fuliang's determination had been made, and his attitude was still extremely resolute, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui didn't say anything more, and they all opened their mouths to agree, and then Du Ruhui said again: "Your Highness, the Li family brothers are strong, and there are mountains and rivers, this time the scale of our northern expedition to Taiyuan will definitely far exceed any previous war, the matter is big, and the lower officials think that it is best for His Highness to convene Wei Shangshu, Li Shangshu and Yuan Shangshu to discuss, prepare a foolproof strategy, and then promulgate the document is not too late." ”

Chen Fuliang nodded in agreement, and on the second day, he convened six Shangshu and a group of close confidants to discuss the Northern Expedition plan, but the opinions were not very unanimous, Wei Zheng, Gao Shilian and Pang Yu and others were a little puzzled by Chen Fuliang's choice of difficulty first and then easy, and they all felt that they should first send troops to fight Wang Shichong and Li Mi, who were already seriously injured, and take both to establish orthodoxy, and then do big things.

Fortunately, Qu Tutong and Li Jing firmly supported Chen Fuliang's Northern Expedition plan, Qu Tutong supported the Northern Expedition, of course, he wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge for the shame, but Li Jing pointed out: "Since ancient times, it is the easiest to attack the east in the west and the south in the north, and vice versa is the most difficult, Wang Shichong and Li Mi contain each other, although there is a certain danger but not to be afraid, Taiyuan Li is a real threat to us, once the main force of our army rashly enters the Central Plains, forced to start a melee with the enemies in the Central Plains, a little longer, Taiyuan Li will soon be able to get the opportunity to capture the grain production land in the east of our river, Then threatened Kui Handao, the main force of our army must urgently return to the army to save Guanzhong, the beginning and the end are difficult to care, tired of running for their lives, and the slightest mistake may lead to unforeseen consequences. Therefore, if our army wants to dominate the Central Plains, it must first eliminate the hidden danger of Taiyuan and not give the Li brothers a chance to sit in Taiyuan! ”

With the help of Li Jing, Chen Fuliang persuaded everyone to agree to launch the Northern Expedition without much speech, and when Chen Fuliang ordered everyone to prepare the plan for sending troops and draft the document, Yuan Tiangang, who had not spoken before, suddenly spoke and said: "Your Highness, Weichen thinks that our Northern Expedition plan is best arranged around one point. ”

"What about that?" Chen Fuhao asked curiously.

"Make every effort to defeat the foreign enemy and encircle Taiyuan City before the end of July, and it is best to break through the external enemy and encircle Taiyuan City before mid-July." Yuan Tiangang said calmly: "If our army can do this, then don't say that his Li family brothers have five years of grain and grass in Taiyuan, that is, ten years of grain and grass, and our army can also break it in one fell swoop!" ”

"Why?" Chen Fuliang asked in surprise.

Yuan Tiangang hesitated a little and didn't answer immediately, but Li Jing over there said: "Your Highness, Yuan Shangshu is really a talented person, if our army can do this, it can indeed easily take Taiyuan City." ”

Speaking of this, Li Jing paused, then smiled and said, "It's just that with your character, I'm afraid I don't want to use this siege tactic." ”R1148