Cheng Yanjin smiled and put an ingot of fifty taels of silver on the table, and then glanced at Sheng Yanshi, his expression was a little exaggerated, and he said with concern: "Lao Sheng, you are older than ten years ago!" ”

Sheng Yanshi glanced at Yinzi, shook his head, and said lightly: "You don't have to be so close to me, I won't kill you." ”

Cheng Yanjin was told that he was in his heart, his face turned red, and he snorted: "This...... I do care about the generals. ”

Sheng Yanshi didn't care about his embarrassment, and waved his hand, "General Cheng, please sit down!" ”

Cheng Yanjin sat down, since Sheng Yanshi promised not to kill him, then he didn't have to be so scared.

In fact, Cheng Yanjin is also a meritorious person, he and Sheng Yanshi are neither relatives and friends, nor fellow villagers, but they had a relationship ten years ago, and he was indeed afraid that Sheng Yanshi would push him out and behead him.

"General Sheng's mother is still in Liang County!"

Cheng Yanjin asked casually with concern, but Sheng Yanshi's face changed, and he looked at him timidly, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin was stunned, then reacted, and waved his hand again and again in fright, "I just asked casually, there is no meaning, General Sheng, don't misunderstand." ”

Sheng Yanshi stared at him for a long time, and seeing that he was indeed not a threat, Fang Cai's face was slightly pale, and he reluctantly smiled: "She is an old man who misses her homeland and refuses to come to Chang'an, General Cheng, I remember that you were going to treat your mother back then, how is she now?" ”

"My old lady is well, what about the gods? The lady gave birth to a daughter for me, called Cheng Jiaoniang, recently the mother was pregnant again, I hope that this time God will give me a son, the official name is gone, called Cheng Yanhei's nickname Tie Niu. ”

Sheng Yanshi laughed, "You are looking forward to it so much, you will definitely come true." ”

Cheng Yanjin deliberately eased the atmosphere between the two and won over the feelings, he saw that Sheng Yanshi's smile became sincere, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and said tentatively: "Does General Sheng know that we broke through Chang'an City a few days ago. ”

Sheng Yanshi nodded silently, this matter has spread throughout Guanzhong Almost all the soldiers know about it, causing a serious depression in morale, people's hearts are fluctuating, and even the capital was broken by the Sui army, how can the Tang Dynasty have confidence in it.

Sheng Yanshi was in a heavy mood, this time the capture of the capital was still the end of the battle between the Sui army and the Turks, it was the time when the strength of the Sui army was greatly weakened, once the Sui Dynasty recovered its strength, the Tang Dynasty was worried!

"What is the matter with General Cheng coming to Huining County to look for me?" Sheng Yanshi didn't want to mention the fact that Chang'an was breached.

Cheng Yanjin has his own world feelings, he is a lobbyist, he doesn't say any profound truths, and he can't cite any historical allusions, but he can observe words and observations, and he is especially good at figuring out people's hearts.

He used Chang'an to be breached to test Sheng Yanshi, if Sheng Yanshi was angry with him, it means that he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, then he couldn't talk too much, and left after sending the letter, and it was important to save his life first.

But if Sheng Yanshi's expression is gloomy, then there will be a drama in this matter, at least it shows that he has no confidence in the Tang Dynasty.

Cheng Yanjin felt Sheng Yanshi's complicated mentality, and he was happy in his heart, so he said quietly: "Actually! I am just a messenger, and my Royal Highness has a handwritten letter to General Sheng. ”

Cheng Yanjin took out Yang Yuanqing's letter from his arms and handed it to Sheng Yanshi.

Sheng Yanshi took the letter without saying a word, unfolded it and read it carefully, which really surprised him, and gasped, "This ......"

Cheng Yanjin actually didn't know what price Yang Yuanqing offered, but he could guess from Sheng Yanshi's expression that he must have offered a high price.

Cheng Yanjin suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he had followed Yang Yuanqing for so many years, and he had worked hard to earn a little family property, but this Sheng Yanshi had not made an inch, it was just a surrender, and he reaped huge profits, which was simply unfair.

Cheng Yanjin felt a little sorry for himself in his heart, but he hadn't forgotten his task, and he persuaded again: "General Sheng, the price offered by His Royal Highness is not low!" If you miss this village, you won't have this shop. ”

Sheng Yanshi was silent for a long time, and finally he stood up and waved his hand, "General Cheng, go back!" I need to think about this matter, and if I can accept it, I will naturally express my position, and if I can't accept it, then our two armies will fight to the death. ”

Cheng Yanjin blinked, just let himself go? But he knows very well that even if he has a good mouth, it can't compare to Yang Yuanqing's words, since Yang Yuanqing already has a letter, then he doesn't need to say anything more, it is important to save his life first.

Cheng Yanjin also stood up and laughed dryly, "Then I'll go, looking forward to General Sheng's good news." ”

Sheng Yanshi's face was expressionless, he stepped forward and opened the door, and ordered his own soldiers: "Send General Cheng out of the city!" ”

Cheng bit Jin arched his hand, "General Sheng, there will be a period later." ”

He didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he left in a hurry, Sheng Yanshi closed them, sat down slowly, and carefully read Yang Yuanqing's letter again, carefully figuring out the deep meaning of the letter.

Yang Yuanqing gave him an attractive price in the letter, the head of Guannei Dao, in the Tang Dynasty, only the clan was qualified to hold such a high position, like Li Shentong, Li Shenfu brothers, small people like him Sheng Yanshi, at most he was the governor of a state.

Sheng Yanshi had to admire Yang Yuanqing's courage and dared to hand over a place to a general.

Sheng Yanshi paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, in fact, he was very aware of the development of the general trend of the world, the Tang Dynasty had almost no chance to win the north again after two failed battles for the Central Plains, and Guanzhong was almost unable to keep it, a dynasty that even the capital was breached, so how could others have confidence in it.

It is impossible to compete with the Sui Dynasty for the north, if the north and south can be divided and ruled by the river, it is already the best ending of the Tang Dynasty, but the question is whether the Sui Dynasty can be ruled by the Tang Dynasty? Just like Yang Jian back then, would he tolerate the Chen Dynasty standing side by side with the Great Sui in the south?

Sheng Yanshi is a native of Liang County, his mother and brother are in Liang County's hometown, I heard that his hometown has begun to divide the fields, he stood in front of the window, looking at the east, his heart was a little sad, he began to miss his hometown a little, missing his relatives.

But what has made Sheng Yanshi hesitate is that Tai Pizi has always been very trusting of him, if he betrays Tai Pizi at this time, it will be difficult for him to accept emotionally, on the one hand, his future, and on the other hand, his feelings, Sheng Yanshi fell into a deep confusion.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing led 10,000 Sui cavalry to a wilderness about ten miles south of Huining County, on the snowy field, 10,000 Sui cavalry stood in formation, looking at the Huining County in the distance, the weather was cold and clear, the air was clean, and under the blue sky and white clouds, Huining County could be seen very clearly.

Yang Yuanqing stared at the county seat for a long time, then turned around and asked Cheng Yanjin, "He didn't tell you, how long does he need to think about it?" ”

Cheng Yanjin hurriedly said: "He didn't say it, he just said that as long as he decides, he will contact His Highness, and if he refuses, the two armies will fight to the death." ”

Yang Yuanqing snorted lightly in his nostrils, Sheng Yanshi wants to put on a shelf, which is understandable, but the time to put on a shelf cannot exceed an hour, if it exceeds an hour, it is disrespectful to him Yang Yuanqing, even if he surrenders at that time, he will not accept it.

Yang Yuanqing knew in his heart, he opened the price code of the head of the Guannei Dao, ordinary people can't refuse, if Sheng Yanshi refuses, this shows that Sheng Yanshi is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, such a person must be killed, and must not be left for future trouble.

"Now is the hour?" Yang Yuanqing looked at Tian Sè and turned around and asked.

"Back to Your Highness, it's two o'clock in the afternoon."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, took out the order arrow and handed it to a personal soldier, and instructed him: "You go and inform General Manager Pei, after half an hour, if the Tang army does not surrender again, you can launch an attack at the same time." ”

The soldiers took the order and urged the horses to gallop north.

Time passed little by little, seeing that half an hour was coming, Cheng Biting Jin's heart hung up, he had already seen Yang Yuanqing's face sèyīn sink, he began to be extremely uneasy in his heart, and scolded in his heart: "Why is this Sheng Yanshi so unfamiliar with the world, does he really not want to live?" ”

He beat the curtain, stretched his neck and looked desperately in the direction of the county seat, and suddenly he saw a group of cavalry rushing towards this side, he was suddenly excited, pointed at the cavalry and shouted: "Your Highness, here they are, here they are!" ”

Yang Yuanqing looked at the sundial, it was only a little bit away from an hour, and the displeasure in his heart disappeared, fortunately, it was still within his tolerance.

In a moment, the cavalry team galloped in, about fifty people, almost all of them were officers, and the general was Sheng Yanshi, they rushed to the Sui army, turned over and dismounted together, Sheng Yanshi walked a few steps quickly, knelt down on one knee in front of Yang Yuanqing, and clenched his fists high to plead guilty, "The criminal minister Sheng Yanshi is willing to serve His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

More than fifty generals also knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "I am willing to serve His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed, he turned over and dismounted, walked forward quickly, and grabbed Sheng Yanshi with both hands, "I have heard of General Sheng's prestige for a long time, and now I have General Sheng, Yuanqing is like a tiger with wings!" ”

Sheng Yanshi saw that Yang Yuanqing thought so highly of himself, he was ashamed in his heart, but he also had a kind of pride that he couldn't help but have, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Your Highness has won the award, Master Yan is a mediocre person, I can't afford to be so loved by Your Highness, and I am willing to do my best to serve Your Highness." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, and said to the surrendered generals: "Everyone is a pillar of talent, in the future, the Great Sui will unify the world, you will all be the founding heroes, and future generations will share the wealth." ”

Everyone was overjoyed, since the king of Chu expressed his position like this, then their future was worrying, and everyone expressed their loyalty.

At this moment, a group of hundreds of cavalry rushed in the distance, led by Pei Renji, the governor of Fengzhou, only to hear him laugh and say: "Your Highness, the old minister is late!" ”

The surrender of Sheng Yanshi's division was of decisive significance to the situation of the Guannei War, which fundamentally reversed the balance of military strength between the Sui and Tang dynasties, so that Yang Yuanqing's strength in Guannei Dao suddenly increased to 75,000 men, while the Tang army's strength was sharply reduced to 30,000.

More importantly, the silver mines of Huining County also had extremely important strategic significance to the Tang Dynasty, in order to rescue Sheng Yan's division, Li Jiancheng, the son of Tai, begged Li Yuan to send the nearest Hexi army to Huining County, in order to keep the strategic silver mines, Li Yuan agreed to Li Jiancheng's request, and two days later, Li Shenfu, the marshal of the Hexi Road March, led an army of 20,000 out of Wuwei County and rushed to Huining County on the other side of the Yellow River.