Why do you say that Xue Jujun's think tank, Hao Ying, was the strictest Stockholm syndrome patient in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties? This has to start with Xue Ju, at that time Xue Ju was only a small lieutenant in Jincheng, Longxi, Hao Ying was a dignified county order, it was Xue Ju's superiors who were in charge of Xue Ju, because of the Longyou people uprising, Hao Ying was forced to take out the government's money and grain to recruit troops and horses, and formed a team of thousands of township soldiers to suppress the thieves, and ordered Xue Ju to serve as the commander of this township army, who would have thought that this army had just received weapons and armor, Xue Ju launched a mutiny at the ceremony of swearing, detained Hao Ying to raise the flag and raise an incident, and became the boss of Jincheng.

The official is gone, the hard-working township soldiers have become Xue Ju's starting capital, and he has become a prisoner and put in prison, it stands to reason that Hao Ying should hate Xue Ju, the culprit who caused this qiē, right? But the victim was surprisingly in love with the abuser, Xue Ju immediately succumbed to Hao Ying as soon as he surrendered, Xue Ju lost the first battle with the Tang Army in history, and gave birth to the idea of surrendering, and the henchman Yang Liang also agreed with Xue Ju to do this, Hao Ying jumped out unexpectedly, and loudly pointed out that Xue Ju should not make plans to die because of a failure, and should follow Liu Bang Liu Bei's perseverance and never give up. Killed several important ministers of the Tang Dynasty, including Liu Hongji and Liu Wenjing, in one go!

What's even more unbelievable is that in history, when Xue Ju died unexpectedly, Hao Ying, who lost his lover, died crying alive in Xue Ju's mourning hall because of excessive grief! This kind of basic love, except for the most severe Stockholm syndrome patient in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, the author really can't find any other words.

The same is true of this time and space changed by Chen Fuliang, hearing that Chen Fuliang sent his henchman Du Ruhui's brother Du Chuke to sue for peace, Xue Renguo, Zong Luohu and Zhang Gui and other generals were of course smiling, Xue Ju and Luo Liang and others were also overjoyed in addition to being surprised, and immediately ordered to summon Du Chuke, but Hao Ying still remained calm, and immediately warned Xue Ju: "Your Majesty, be careful, Chen Yingliang has always been known for his tricks, especially good at sending envoys to swagger and deceive, and the world's heroes have been deceived repeatedly, and this time he sent envoys to meet him." , you need to beware of him taking advantage of the opportunity to play tricks. ”

Xue Ju smiled and nodded, indicating that he understood, and Zhang Gui, the most brutal **** general under Xue Ju's command, said: "Your Majesty, just set up a cauldron outside the hall, make a fire and boil oil, and then directly tell the thief envoy, saying that if he dares to play tricks, he will immediately throw him into the boiling oil and cook him to death, and he will not dare to play any tricks, and it will be easier for us to force him to explain the truth about the battle in the Eastern Capital." ”

Xue Renguo and Zong Luohu and other generals immediately applauded when they heard it, and Xue Ju, who was also not a good thing, also felt good, and immediately nodded his head in favor, but Hao Ying felt that there was no point in doing so, and persuaded Xue Ju not to be so petty, but unfortunately Xue Ju didn't listen.

In this way, when Du Chuke, who was intercepted by Xue Jujun in the area of the shallow water plain, was escorted to Changwu City, Xue Ju's temporary Jinluan Hall really set up a large iron pot for the army to cook, the pot was full of green oil, and it was boiled by the flames, and the sound was very terrifying. It's a pity that Xue Jujun's flattery was shown to the blind, although Du Chuke, who seems to be weak and elegant, is far less famous than his second brother Du Ruhui, but in terms of courage and ambition, even Du Ruhui admires his younger brother very much, not only is he not afraid in the face of the boiling oil pot, but he takes the initiative to ask if this oil pot is set up for him? After getting a positive answer, Du Chuke smiled silently, entered the hall with his head held high, and his calm demeanor even secretly admired the soldiers under Xue Ju's command who killed people without blinking.

After entering the so-called Jinluan Palace, it was the same, facing the blue-faced and fanged Xue Jujun and ministers in the hall, Du Chuke's demeanor was still calm and calm, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, he bowed to Xue Ju and saluted, and said: "Little envoy Du Chuke, on the order of Prime Minister Chen Cheng of the Great Sui, to meet the Emperor of Great Qin, His Majesty Xià, His Majesty Jin'an." ”

He was extremely satisfied with Du Chuke's address to himself, but Xue Ju still snorted: "Knowing that I am the Son of Heaven, why don't you bow down?" ”

"Your Majesty forgives your sins, the little envoy is a minister of the Great Sui, not a subject of the Great Qin, so he can't bow down." Du Chuke replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, and asked rhetorically: "The little envoy also dared to ask His Majesty, if His Majesty's courtiers arrive in the capital of the Great Sui and meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui, does His Majesty want your courtiers to bow like the little envoy, or bow down?" ”

Xue Ju, who had a somewhat hearty personality, laughed loudly, patted his leg and said: "That's right, when my courtiers see your emperor, they should be like you, they can only bow their hands and bow to the courtesy, and they can't bow down and lose my face!" For the sake of what you said, the gift of the chief will be waived, and someone will come and give him a seat. ”

may be intentional, Xue Ju's palace guards placed Du Chuke's seat in the military general train, and deliberately placed it next to the most hideous and ugly Zhang Gui, Du Chuke still thanked him without fear and sat down, and then ignored Zhang Gui's deliberate sneer and intimidation, and took out Chen Fuliang's letter, explaining that he held it with both hands, Zhang Gui grabbed it directly, and glared at Du Chuke viciously, and then presented it to Xue Ju with both hands.

After opening the letter, Xue Ju quickly smiled, because in the letter, Chen Fuliang not only still respectfully called him the Emperor of Great Qin, but also really asked for peace talks, promising to give 100,000 stones of grain, 30,000 catties of salt and 50,000 horses of cloth in exchange for Xue Ju's withdrawal from the two counties of Anding and Beidi, dividing the land with the watershed as the boundary, and not encroaching on each other, and also promising to open trade with each other and exchange protons with each other, showing a lot of sincerity in the hope of getting along with Xue Ju. In the end, Chen Fuliang also told Xue Ju, saying that if Xue Ju had any other requirements, he could directly propose it to his envoy Du Chuke, and anything could be discussed.

If it was replaced by Li Er, Li Mi or Wang Shichong and others who saw Chen Fuliang's letter, they would definitely immediately cut Du Chuke with a knife, and then ordered the whole army to strictly guard the camp and strengthen the vigilance, and fight 120,000 to be careful against Chen Fuliang's next despicable tricks and shameless conspiracy. It's a pity that although Xue Ju is also an old treacherous and slippery person, it is the first time to deal with Chen Fuliang in an extremely unlucky way, and he doesn't know that the more Chen Fuliang whispers, the more dangerous and terrifying it is, so after reading the letter, Xue Ju not only felt more happy in his heart, but also immediately handed the letter to a few confidants Wenwu Chuan to read, so that they could also know the good news.

Peeking at Xue Renguo, Zong Luohu and others with happy faces, Du Chuke hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Qin Sui has no enmity, it is all because Li Yuan's husband has stirred up discord, which gave rise to a provocation, and I have come here to explain the misunderstanding, resolve grievances, and hope that Your Majesty will think of the thousands of living beings in Guanzhong Longyou, for the sake of their peace and contentment, and for the sake of Qin Sui's friendly relationship, stop the sword soldiers, shake hands with our army, open the border market to communicate with each other, exchange horses, cattle, sheep, grain, salt, cloth, and silk, and serve the country, the people, and the two armies." , are endlessly beneficial. ”

The reason why Xue Ju entered Kou and settled in the north, in addition to the greed for land, money and grain, Chen Fuliang's strict blockade of border trade is also a key issue, unable to exchange grain, salt and cloth, and the economically weak Xue Jujun can't support it for long, now Chen Fuliang takes the initiative to send grain and salt, and also promises to reopen the border market, Xue Ju is of course more or less moved, and hurriedly asked his subordinates what they think, and Hao Ying hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Du has come from afar to work hard, or ask him to rest temporarily in His Highness, and then discuss other things?" ”

Xue Ju understood and ordered someone to ask Du Chuke to go down to rest, Du Chuke understood that Xue Ju and the others wanted to let him take refuge temporarily, so he politely thanked him and immediately left temporarily. As a result, as soon as Du Chuke left on his front foot, Xue Ju immediately couldn't wait to ask Hao Ming, "Wei Qing, how is it?" Chen Yingliang's request for peace, is it true or false? ”

"The intelligence is insufficient, and it is not possible to distinguish the real from the fake for the time being." Hao Ying shook his head and said: "But it doesn't matter, if Chen Yingliang really came to seek peace, it must be because of Yu Wenhua and westward expansion, although this place is far away from the road in the eastern capital, and the road checkpoint is also blocked by Chen Yingliang, but if Yu Wenhua and the western offensive are really closed, we will be able to receive the news sooner or later, as long as our army does not move, wait and see what happens, and over time, we will be able to distinguish the true from the false." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks there can be no fake." 楮梁arched his hand and said: "Please don't forget a detail, the day before yesterday, Chen Yingliang's main force had crossed the Tingkou ten miles to camp, and publicly declared that he wanted to take Gao Yu to fight a decisive battle with our army, and then suddenly retreated to Tingkou Xiazhai, choking the throat of our army's march into Daxing, obviously received an urgent report from the Eastern Front, so he was forced to change the offensive and defensive strategy, and at the same time asked our army for peace, the purpose is naturally to temporarily stabilize our army, so that he can free his hands, and first deal with Yu Wenhua, which endangers the important land of Changping. ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen also thinks that Chen Yingliang's request for peace is true." Zong Luohu, who was named the king of Xing, also said: "This is a good opportunity to extort bamboo, Chen Yingliang in order to do his best to deal with the war on the eastern front, there will definitely be concessions in salt and grain cloth, we might as well take the opportunity to knock him a stroke, completely solve our urgent need for lack of food and salt, and then wait for him and Yu Wenhua and Pifu to lose both, we will suddenly send troops, Daxing is at our fingertips!" ”

"Brilliant plan! That's how it should be! Xue Renguo applauded, and said: "We can't just ask for grain, salt and cloth, but also land and cities, we have to let Chen Yingliang cede the two counties of Anding and Beidi to us, so that it will definitely be more convenient for us to attack Daxing in the future!" ”

Xue Ju nodded, although he didn't agree immediately, his heart was already moved, and Hao Ying hurriedly objected: "Prince, King Xing, it's better to be cautious, Yu Wenhua and westward expansion are still just rumors, not confirmed, we must guard against this is Chen Yingliang's trick to hide a knife in his smile, we had better temporarily communicate with Chen Yingliang, and wait until the news is confirmed to be true or false." ”

"Wei Qing is right, this is a big matter, you have to be careful." Xue Ju could still basically hear Hao Ming's words, and immediately said: "I have long heard that Chen Yingliang is treacherous, and he likes to use tricks and tactics the most, so we should be cautious and wait until the news of Yu Wenhua is confirmed." ”

Xue Renguo and Zong Luohu both felt that there was no need for this, but Xue Ju refused to listen, at this time Zhang Gui had an idea, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you want to find out the news of Yu Wenhua, there is a way now, why don't you use the excuse of giving a banquet and call the person surnamed Du to drink, and a few of us will join forces to get him drunk and take the opportunity to tell him the truth, won't we be able to find out the news of Yu Wenhua?" ”

Hao Ying immediately objected, saying that Chen Fuliang's envoy would never tell the truth, and Xue Ju also felt that it was unlikely, but Xue Renguo, Zong Luohu and others applauded loudly, and urged Xue Ju to act like this, and Xue Ju considered that it would be a loss of a wine banquet to do so, so he did not resolutely object, and immediately ordered a banquet and summoned Du Chuke to the palace, saying that he could consider Chen Fuliang's request for peace, but it would take a little time, and under the pretext of picking up the wind and washing the dust for Du Chuke, he put on a banquet to force Du Chuke to drink.

Next, it is naturally the turn of Xue Ju's group of jackals, tigers and leopard-type generals to show their skills, Xue Renguo, who is greedy for wine, personally went out and led a large group of generals to pour wine to Du Chuke, and he couldn't drink it, Du Chuke was a guest who was not good at refusing too much, and was soon filled by Xue Renguo and Zhang Gui and others, and his tongue stumbled when he spoke, and at the end he directly called Zhang Gui and other generals brothers, and invited Zhang Gui to sit at his home in Daxing when he was free, saying that he not only wanted to treat Zhang Gui with good wine and food, also selected two beautiful maids who were proficient in singing, dancing, playing and singing to give to Zhang Gui, which made the famously lascivious Zhang Gui quite happy.

Seeing that the time had come, Xue Renguo suddenly asked Du Chuke: "Mr. Du, I heard that Yu Wenhua has already closed the position, is it true?" ”

"Nothing." Du Chuke, who was holding a wine glass, shook his head again and again, and stammered: "Prince, who did you hear that Yu Wenhua and the traitors have already closed their positions?" Nonsense, he just passed the pond and the ....... ”

Speaking of this vaguely, Du Chuke suddenly woke up and quickly closed his mouth, Xue Renguo smiled proudly, and asked again: "Mr. Du, what did you just say?" Yuwen rebel has just passed the pond? But the news we received, how come it is that Yu Wenhua and the traitors have already won the Chang Ping position, and they are still besieging Hongnong Palace? ”

Du Chuke raised his drunken eyes to look at the shape of everyone, and saw that Xue Ju and Hao Ying and others were silent on the surface, but in fact they were listening attentively, Du Chuke hesitated again, and then stammered: "Tai ......, prince, that's a rumor, we have already rebuilt Hangu Pass and protected Chang Ping, how dangerous Hangu Pass is, you should know, Yu Wenhua and Pifu not to mention that there are only more than 70,000 rabble, even if there are millions of troops, they don't want to cross Hangu Pass one step." ”

Xue Renguo nodded, looked at his father proudly, and saw that Xue Ju was silent on the surface, but his movements were much sharper when he was drinking, and he was obviously secretly happy. Over there, Zong Luohu saw that Xue Renguo had already set out some key information, so he asked again: "Mr. Du, then let me ask one more question, how do you plan to resist the westward advance of Yu Wenhua and Pifu's soldiers?" ”

Du Chuke finally stopped leaking secrets this time, just shook his head while drinking, and tried to close his mouth, Zong Luohu refused to give up, so he smiled again: "Mr. Du, you can't ignore this king, don't forget, you are here to make peace for Prime Minister Chen Cheng, if this king persuades His Majesty to disagree, you will have to run for nothing." ”

Du Chuke was helpless, so he had to shake his head and said: "Your Royal Highness King Xing, don't embarrass the little envoy, the little envoy came this time, but he came with sincerity, why do you want to do this, Your Highness?" Besides, even if His Majesty refuses to accept ....... ”

Speaking of this, Du Chuke closed his mouth again, and stopped talking, and Zhang Gui hurriedly smiled and said: "Mr. Du, His Royal Highness King Xing is just joking with you, of course we understand that you are sincere, and we have such a good relationship when we see each other, how can it be difficult for you?" Come on, Brother Du, let's have another drink! ”

Saying that, Zhang Gui couldn't help but say, and drank a big cup with Du Chuke, and the other generals of the Xue Jujun army also stepped forward to clink glasses with Du Chuke under Zhang Gui's signal, and directly poured Du Chuke on the ground, and then Zhang Gui pretended to be kind to help Du Chuke go down to rest, and asked Du Chuke on the way: "Brother Du, you just said that if our majesty refuses to accept your request for peace, then what are you going to do?" We're good brothers, and I don't want to meet you on the battlefield. ”

After asking several times, Du Chuke, who was already drunk, heard Zhang Gui's words clearly, so he attached it to Zhang Gui's ear, and said with a wine hiccups: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, we won't meet on the battlefield, if your emperor refuses to agree to our request for peace, we have a way." Don't forget, our military department Li Shangshu is currently in Linggu, Linggu has a road that can lead directly to Tingkou, our prime minister has secretly ordered Li Shangshu to move eastward, to the Tingkou to guard the throat ......, throat ......, and then ....... ”

Before the stammering words were finished, Du Chuke was already drunk on Zhang Gui's body, but it was enough for Zhang Gui, so he immediately sent someone to send Du Chuke down to rest, and then immediately returned to the Jinluan Palace and reported to Xue Juyu what he had learned. Xue Ju thought about it carefully, and immediately understood, and said: "Chen Yingliang is making preparations with both hands, if he can reconcile with us, he will reconcile, if we don't agree to his request for peace, he will let Li Jing Pifu guard the pavilion throat, he took the opportunity to lead the main force back to the eastern front, and first deal with the threat of Yu Wenhua and Pifu!" ”

Hao Ying also finally nodded and said, "Yes, guarding the pavilion entrance is indeed a wonderful move to prevent our army from going south to Daxing." I have been to that place in Tingkou, suitable for long-term garrison and dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if Li Jing takes Chen Thief to the east, and takes over the main force of Chen Thief to hold Tingkou, it is very promising to persist for a long time, and buy time for Chen Thief's main force to break Yu Wenhua and Pifu. ”

"In this way, whether to fight or make peace with Chen Yingliang now is up to us." Xue Juxi said: "Do you think we should agree to Chen Yingliang's request for peace, or take the opportunity to join the army?" ”

"Father, you might as well consider accepting Chen Yingliang's request for peace." Xue Renguo hurriedly said: "Take the opportunity to ask Chen Yingliang for hundreds of thousands of stone grains and hundreds of thousands of catties of salt, and then force him to cede the three counties of Beidi, Anding and Pingliang to us." ”

All the generals applauded, but Hao Ying shook his head categorically and said: "Impossible, more grain, salt and cloth, Chen Yingliang is very likely to agree, but it is absolutely impossible to cede the three northern counties, Pingliang is Chen Yingliang's only horse breeding land, and it is a transportation important place to connect Pingliang and Beidi, Chen Yingliang is impossible to agree, and then hand over Beidi County to us, his Daxing will have no danger to defend, and it is absolutely impossible to agree!" ”

"Strategist, we are asking for a price from the sky, and Chen Yingliang can also repay the money on the ground." Xue Renguo said: "We will make the price higher, and Chen Yingliang can only pay it higher when he bargains, even if three counties can't come, maybe he can get one or two counties." ”

Hao Ying still shook his head and said: "These three counties are too important to Chen Yingliang, he will never agree, and if he is really forced to be in a hurry, he may not even pay back the price, and directly let Li Jing take over for him to guard the pavilion, and he himself will return to the eastern front of the division with the main force first. ”

Hao Ying reminded Xue Ju of this, and after thinking for a while, Xue Ju suddenly patted the table in front of him and said: "Pass the order, the whole army will immediately prepare to set off, send troops tomorrow, and before sunset the day after tomorrow, be sure to arrive at Tingkou!" ”

"Father, do you plan to continue fighting with Chen Yingliang?" Xue Renguo was taken aback.

"Brilliant plan! Brilliant plan! Hao Ying came back to his senses and applauded: "The main force of our army rushed to Tingkou before Li Jing, neither giving Chen Yingliang the opportunity to establish a strong camp, nor giving Li Jing the opportunity to rotate Chen Yingliang's main force to guard Tingkou, when the time comes, Chen Yingliang's traitors will stick to the battle, and they are destined to be unable to consume us, leading the main force back to the eastern front, and there is the danger of being chased and killed by us and being hit hard, our army will take the opportunity to propose peace talks, and Chen Yingliang can be forced to make greater concessions during the negotiations, and maybe Chen Yingliang can really be forced to give up one or two counties at that time. In exchange for us to put his main force back to the Eastern Front! ”

Xue Renguo and Zong Luohu and others suddenly realized, and while smiling, they all sang promises one after another, and immediately began to prepare for the expedition, Xue Renguo also volunteered to lead the cavalry first, biting the tail of Chen Fuliang's main force, and not giving Chen Fuliang a chance to retreat urgently. Xue Ju agreed with a smile, and said with a smug smile: "Chen Yingliang, little horseman, of course you can ask for peace, but if you don't peel off a few layers of skin on your body and give it to me, you won't want to get out of it!" "Shi Dong Front, first deal with the threat of Yu Wenhua and Pifu!"

Hao Ying also finally nodded and said, "Yes, guarding the pavilion entrance is indeed a wonderful move to prevent our army from going south to Daxing." I have been to that place in Tingkou, suitable for long-term garrison and dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if Li Jing takes Chen Thief to the east, and takes over the main force of Chen Thief to hold Tingkou, it is very promising to persist for a long time, and buy time for Chen Thief's main force to break Yu Wenhua and Pifu. ”

"In this way, whether to fight or make peace with Chen Yingliang now is up to us." Xue Juxi said: "Do you think we should agree to Chen Yingliang's request for peace, or take the opportunity to join the army?" ”

"Father, you might as well consider accepting Chen Yingliang's request for peace." Xue Renguo hurriedly said: "Take the opportunity to ask Chen Yingliang for hundreds of thousands of stone grains and hundreds of thousands of catties of salt, and then force him to cede the three counties of Beidi, Anding and Pingliang to us." ”

All the generals applauded, but Hao Ying shook his head categorically and said: "Impossible, more grain, salt and cloth, Chen Yingliang is very likely to agree, but it is absolutely impossible to cede the three northern counties, Pingliang is Chen Yingliang's only horse breeding land, and it is a transportation important place to connect Pingliang and Beidi, Chen Yingliang is impossible to agree, and then hand over Beidi County to us, his Daxing will have no danger to defend, and it is absolutely impossible to agree!" ”

"Strategist, we are asking for a price from the sky, and Chen Yingliang can also repay the money on the ground." Xue Renguo said: "We will make the price higher, and Chen Yingliang can only pay it higher when he bargains, even if three counties can't come, maybe he can get one or two counties." ”

Hao Ying still shook his head and said: "These three counties are too important to Chen Yingliang, he will never agree, and if he is really forced to be in a hurry, he may not even pay back the price, and directly let Li Jing take over for him to guard the pavilion, and he himself will return to the eastern front of the division with the main force first. ”

Hao Ying reminded Xue Ju of this, and after thinking for a while, Xue Ju suddenly patted the table in front of him and said: "Pass the order, the whole army will immediately prepare to set off, send troops tomorrow, and before sunset the day after tomorrow, be sure to arrive at Tingkou!" ”

"Father, do you plan to continue fighting with Chen Yingliang?" Xue Renguo was taken aback.

"Brilliant plan! Brilliant plan! Hao Ying came back to his senses and applauded: "The main force of our army rushed to Tingkou before Li Jing, neither giving Chen Yingliang the opportunity to establish a strong camp, nor giving Li Jing the opportunity to rotate Chen Yingliang's main force to guard Tingkou, when the time comes, Chen Yingliang's traitors will stick to the battle, and they are destined to be unable to consume us, leading the main force back to the eastern front, and there is the danger of being chased and killed by us and being hit hard, our army will take the opportunity to propose peace talks, and Chen Yingliang can be forced to make greater concessions during the negotiations, and maybe Chen Yingliang can really be forced to give up one or two counties at that time. In exchange for us to put his main force back to the Eastern Front! ”

Xue Renguo and Zong Luohu and others suddenly realized, and while smiling, they all sang promises one after another, and immediately began to prepare for the expedition, Xue Renguo also volunteered to lead the cavalry first, biting the tail of Chen Fuliang's main force, and not giving Chen Fuliang a chance to retreat urgently. Xue Ju agreed with a smile, and said with a smug smile: "Chen Yingliang, little horseman, of course you can ask for peace, but if you don't peel off a few layers of skin on your body and give it to me, you won't want to get out of it!" ”