The eldest grandson Shunde, who was once a fugitive, originally had no chance to show up in public, so he could only hide in the darkness behind Li Yuan forever like Liu Hongji, who was also a fugitive, but Li Yuan's two henchmen were lucky, and in December of the tenth year of the Great Cause, in order to celebrate Goguryeo's honorary submission, the killing of the number one traitor Hu Sizheng and his return to the Eastern Capital, Emperor Yang of Sui issued an amnesty for the fourth time, and Liu Hongji, who was not too severe, and Changsun Shunde, who was not too severe, were pardoned, and Changsun Shunde was able to publicly serve as Li Yuan's staff, came to the Yanmen battlefield with Li Yuan, and finally got the opportunity to meet openly with his nephew Sun Wuji.

Of course, the thighs they hugged were different, and the eldest grandson Shunde also knew that this meeting with the clan nephew was by no means as simple as a reunion after a long absence, and the result was not unexpected, after meeting with the eldest grandson Wuji, although the eldest grandson Wuji shouted affectionately with an uncle, it was the etiquette standard of the chief and the hand, and then after recounting each other's farewell feelings, Chen Yingliang, the culprit behind the scenes of the eldest grandson Wuji, also appeared in front of the eldest grandson Shunde, and as the eldest grandson Wuji's fiancé, he also gave the younger salute to the eldest grandson Shunde, calling him uncle.

"Dashuai, you have died of despicable duties." Facing Chen Yingliang, who was saluting, the eldest grandson Shunde could only quickly kneel down and return the salute, and said with a wry smile: "You are the commander of the Qinwang coalition army personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, and your humble position is just a small staff member under Ambassador Li, and you don't even have the qualifications to meet and talk to you, and your identities are very different, how can you afford such a big gift?" ”

"Uncle, the public is public, the private is private, the current position of the little nephew is higher than you, but in private, in terms of Mowgli and Unsullied seniority, the little nephew is still your junior." Chen Yingliang said very sweetly, and said: "Uncle is above, please be sure to be worshiped by your nephew Chen Yingliang, otherwise, you will not recognize me as a junior or my niece and son-in-law." ”

Chen Yingliang, who is very good at being a person, presented a very expensive meeting gift to the eldest grandson Shunde, and asked the captain of the pro-soldier Sangouzi to bring a token to the eldest grandson Shunde, so that the eldest grandson Shunde can freely enter and exit the Chinese army camp of the Qinwang coalition army.

Sure enough, after talking nonsense with the eldest grandson Shunde about unnutritious nonsense, Chen Yingliang suddenly changed his tone of words, and said to the eldest grandson Shunde with a smile: "Uncle, Wuji often told me that your talent is not under his father, that is, my father-in-law, the eldest grandson, but he has never had the opportunity to show his strength and talents, so he was forced to succumb to Ambassador Li as a small staff, which is really too aggrieved." My nephew also feels sorry for your uncle, and I want to transfer you to my army and entrust you with important tasks, but I don't know what you want? ”

"Sure enough, it came." The eldest grandson Shunde felt a pang in his heart, knowing that Chen Yingliang had finally shown his fangs and was ready to dig Li Yuan's corner, but the eldest grandson Shunde didn't have time to consult Li Yuan's opinion, and he didn't know whether he should take the opportunity to break into Chen Yingliang's shogunate as an internal response, so he said vaguely: "The virtuous nephew is kind, and the old man understands it, but Ambassador Li treats me well and favors me a lot, so I can't bear to abandon ......it." ”

"Uncle misunderstood, the little nephew didn't want to invite you right now." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "Of course, the little nephew knows that Ambassador Li is kind to his uncle, and he also knows that you will not abandon Ambassador Li now, the little nephew just wants to consult his uncle's opinion, if the uncle is willing, after the end of this Qinwang War, the little nephew will ask Ambassador Li to ask for someone, or ask your uncle to resign from Ambassador Li and serve under the account of the little nephew." ”

"It seems to be a little sincere, wait until the end of the battle of King Qin, and then recruit me, when the time comes, if King Qin succeeds, you will definitely be promoted again, and it may be better to follow you, if you lose King Qin, of course I don't need to completely fall with you."

The eldest grandson Shunde nodded secretly, feeling that Chen Yingliang's solicitation was indeed a little sincere, and it was not impossible to consider accepting it, and with satisfaction, the eldest grandson Shunde thanked him and replied that he asked Chen Yingliang to give himself a little time to think about it, and then reply. Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said that his door would always be open to the eldest grandson Shunde, when the eldest grandson Shunde figured it out, he could come to discuss with him at any time, and the eldest grandson Wuji was also next to him to persuade the clan uncle to abandon the bright and dark, and abandon Li Yuan to help his relatives, the eldest grandson Shunde just nodded, and even said that he would definitely consider it carefully.

After saying this, Chen Yingliang changed his tone again, and suddenly said: "By the way, uncle, haven't you always had no chance to make meritorious contributions under Ambassador Li's account?" It just so happens that I have an errand to arrange someone to do it, and it is also a credit to do it, and this credit is better to ask my uncle to do it than to cheapen others. ”

The eldest grandson Shunde was busy asking curiously what the envoy was, and Chen Yingliang said in a surprising voice: "I plan to send someone to contact and negotiate with the Turkic army, and negotiate with the Shibi thief chief in exchange for terms, as long as the Shibi thief chief agrees to let our army send a batch of food and medicine into Yanmen City, and after sending the grain, I will immediately release the 5,000 Turkic prisoners of war captured before." Listen to Wuji, uncle, you also know some of the languages of the Turkic army, so I want to hand over this mission to you. ”

"Marshal, do you want to release the Turkic prisoners of war in exchange for us escorting a batch of grain into Yanmen City? Why? The eldest grandson Shunde asked in surprise.

"Because there must be a shortage of food in Yanmen City." Chen Yingliang said solemnly: "After the siege of Laoxian County was lifted, I once learned about the situation in Yanmen through the channel of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and knew that when His Majesty the Emperor withdrew into Yanmen City, there were only twenty days of food in Yanmen City, and today is the twenty-ninth day that His Majesty the Emperor was trapped. That's why I came up with this method, using the more than 5,000 Turkic prisoners of war we captured as bargaining chips, in exchange for the Turkic army allowing us to escort a batch of grain north to Yanmen City, and first relieve the urgent need of His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"But what if we release so many Turkic captives, and they take up arms and fight us?" The eldest grandson Shunde asked in surprise.

"The general of the defeated army, how can he be brave? What courage will the Turkic soldiers who have been captured by us have the courage to fight us to the end again? Chen Yingliang sneered confidently, and then added: "Of course, I can't help but teach these Turkic barbarians a lesson, you can directly sue the Sù Shibi Thief Chief, in order to punish these Turkic prisoners of war for their crimes against my Great Sui Tianwei, I will cut off two fingers of each of them and release them, so that they will always remember this bloody lesson." ”

Seeing that Chen Yingliang said seriously, the eldest grandson Shunde thought about it again, and then said: "Since it is sent by the marshal, then the humble duty should obey his fate, but the humble duty has words first, can it be said that the humble position of the thief chief is not guaranteed, if the first thief chief refuses to agree, please forgive the shuai for the incompetence of the humble position." ”

"Of course, I'll just give it a try, and if I can do it well, of course I won't blame you if it's not appropriate." Chen Yingliang laughed, and then Chen Yingliang suddenly grabbed the right hand of the eldest grandson Shunde, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, the little nephew has a small request for you, after seeing Shibi, I also ask you to use the reputation of Ambassador Li Yuan and Ambassador Li to test whether there is any possibility of peace talks with us, just say that the Shibi Thief Chief agrees to the peace talks, and Ambassador Li can come forward to make every effort to mediate this matter." After the matter was completed, the little nephew had his own rewards. ”

"In the honor of Ambassador Lee?"

The eldest grandson Shunde gasped, and Chen Yingliang patted the back of the eldest grandson Shunde's hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you don't have to forge any seal letters from Ambassador Li, you only need to negotiate orally, of course it is best to bring back the letter from the Chief of the Shibi Thief to Ambassador Li, it doesn't matter if you can't bring it back, just find out the attitude of the Chief of the Shibi Thief towards the peace talks for me." ”

"What a ruthless boy, you can get the ironclad evidence of Ambassador Li's secret communication with the Turks, and you can test the attitude of Shibi Khan towards peace talks, killing two birds with one stone, public and private, no wonder you can climb on Ambassador Li's head in just two years." The eldest grandson Shunde was secretly shocked in his heart, and he hesitated to agree, promising to give Chen Yingliang a try, Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked the eldest grandson Shunde repeatedly, and ordered the eldest grandson Wuji to continue to entertain the eldest grandson Shunde, and he immediately went to convene a meeting to convene the generals of the Qinwang army to discuss the matter of sending grain.

The reason why he wanted to announce this decision in public was, of course, to guard against the suspicion of secretly communicating with the Turks on his back, but fortunately, the reason and excuse that Chen Yingliang found this time were very sufficient, and they were also very important -- in order to prevent his beloved Emperor Xià Yang Guang from freezing and starving. Therefore, even if they hated Chen Yingliang like Li Yuan, and were cautious and suspicious like a Yin Shishi, they didn't dare to have the slightest objection, and they all agreed with Chen Yingliang's heavy decision, and General Yun, who was good at adjusting the position of his buttocks, was full of praise for Chen Yingliang's decision, saying that even if it was just to make His Majesty the emperor suffer one less day of hunger, it was definitely worth releasing these more than 5,000 Turkic prisoners of war.

Shun lì blocked everyone's mouths, Chen Yingliang immediately ordered Wei Zheng to write a letter to Shibi Khan on his behalf, and at the same time summoned the eldest grandson Shunde, and appointed the eldest grandson Shunde, who was fluent in the Turkic language, as the envoy to visit the Turkic camp, and asked the eldest grandson Shunde to set off immediately and rush to the Turkic camp to negotiate with the Shibi Khan. Fortunately, the eldest grandson Shunde was also very knowledgeable, and under the pretext that he wanted to go back to prepare his belongings and change his clothes, he asked to return to the Taiyuan military camp temporarily.

The eldest grandson Shunde hurriedly returned to the Taiyuan military camp to change his clothes and prepare, and Chen Yingliang instructed Li Jing again: "Li Juncheng, you also have an envoy, immediately send some Mayi soldiers to the prisoner of war camp, and inform those Turkic prisoners of war of my decision, so that they all know that I am going to use them as bargaining chips to negotiate with the Shibi thief chief about sending food, so that they can be prisoners of war with peace of mind and don't cause trouble for me." ”

"Let the Turkic POWs know?" Li Jing was stunned and exclaimed: "Why? Let the Turkic prisoners of war know these things first, and if the negotiations fail, these Turks ....... ”

Before he finished speaking, Li Jing had already understood Chen Yingliang's vicious intentions, and quickly shut up, while Li Yuan next to him smiled and said: "The big handsome is really smart, let these Turkic prisoners of war know about this, if the negotiation fails, these Turks hate not the big handsome, but their Khan Shibi Thief Chief, the news spread to the Turkic army, and it is also a big blow to the morale of the Turkic army." ”

"Ambassador Li really knows my heart." Chen Yingliang praised Li Yuan for the first time, and then instructed: "Generals, this commander will announce a decision by the way, the military situation is like fire, and we can't rest for a long time outside this Laoxian County, starting tomorrow, our army will go north for 30 miles every day, step by step, while resting, slowly going north, looking for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Turks." ”

The generals sang the promise, Chen Yingliang waved his hand to disperse, and asked the generals of the Qinwang army to go back to arrange the arrangements for going north, and the generals ordered to leave, but after getting the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Yuan simply did not touch the ground, and rushed all the way back to his camp to find the eldest grandson Shunde to understand the situation, fortunately, the eldest grandson Shunde had not left the Taiyuan army camp, and still talked in a low voice with his baby son Li Er in Li Yuan's back tent, Li Yuan finally knew the details of the eldest grandson Shunde to negotiate with Chen Yingliang.

Chen Yingliang tried to use the relationship between the eldest grandson Wuji to buy the eldest grandson Shunde, which was already expected by Li Yuan, and after listening to the report of the eldest grandson Shunde on this aspect, he was naturally not surprised, and couldn't help but ridicule Chen Yingliang a few words, but when the eldest grandson Shunde said that Chen Yingliang asked him to use Li Yuan's signboard to deceive, Li Yuan couldn't bear it anymore, and just roared at the case, scolding Chen Ying for being wolf-hearted, vicious and cruel, and even wanted to take the initiative to create the death penalty of collusion between himself and the Turks. It's simply shameless and vicious to the extreme.

No matter how much he scolded, Chen Fuliang, who had lost his conscience, gave a verbal order to his eldest grandson Shunde, except for Chen Yingliang's brother-in-law, eldest grandson Wuji, there was no witness, let alone any literal evidence, Li Yuan of course could not expose Chen Yingliang's sinister true face, so he could only quickly force himself to calm down and think about countermeasures and revenge plans. It was also at this time that Li Yuan suddenly discovered an important problem, and hurriedly asked the eldest grandson Shunde: "Shunde, you just said that Chen Yingliang's thief still wants to test Shibi Khan's attitude towards peace talks?" ”

"Not bad." The eldest grandson Shunde hurriedly nodded, and repeated: "Chen Xiaothief said, of course it is best if I can get back the reply letter given to you by the Shibi Thief Chief, if you can't get it back, it doesn't matter, as long as you find out the attitude of the Shibi Thief Chief towards the peace talks for him." ”

"Find out Shibi Khan's attitude towards peace talks?" Li Yuan stroked his beard and began to calculate, and said with some suspicion: "Could it be that this thief is afraid that he will not be able to defeat the Turks, so he has made some preparations in advance?" ”

"Father, the child is so suspicious." Li Er hurriedly interjected and said: "There are still more than 200,000 Turkic troops, although our Qinwang coalition army also has 140,000, but the military strength is uneven, the combat effectiveness is very different, many troops are too tired, the combat effectiveness is greatly affected, and there are too many internal problems, Chen Yingliang is afraid that he is not a Turkic opponent, it is not surprising." ”

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Chen Yingliang is deliberately showing weakness." Li Er added, "Chen Yingliang has always been known for his cunning, deliberately showing weakness to make the Turkic army take it lightly, and then highlighting the surprise attack of the soldiers, which is a common trick of soldiers, so Chen Yingliang may also be fighting such an idea." ”

Li Yuan nodded slowly, rubbing his beard and continuing to calculate, while the eldest grandson Shunde said cautiously: "Ambassador, the lowly post was ordered to send an envoy to the Turks, and Chen Yingliang's thief ordered me to go immediately, if you don't have any orders, then the humiliation will be resigned." Please rest assured, the ambassador will never give Chen Yingliang a chance to frame you, and when I come back, I will say that the thief chief will not pay attention to it at all. ”

Li Yuan didn't answer, the muscles on his face twitched a few times, and then he made up his mind, called the eldest grandson Shunde to the front, and whispered in the ear of the eldest grandson Shunde: "After you go to see Shibi Khan, you can tell Shibi Khan all kinds of internal situations in our army, and make it clear that Chen Yingliang's thief's current position is unstable, and there are many internal problems in our army, and you can also tell Shibi Khan about the grievances between me and Chen Yingliang's thief, but you must not leave ink and paper, understand?" ”

The face of the eldest grandson Shunde changed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "The humble position understands, but the humble position may not be able to meet the Shibi thief chieftain, and may not have the opportunity to introduce these situations to him. ”

"Don't worry, you will definitely be able to meet Shibi Khan, and you will definitely have the opportunity to introduce these situations." Li Yuan patted Changsun Shunde on the shoulder and said with a sneer: "The Turks don't know anything about our situation, and I'm afraid it's the first time I've heard his name from Chen Yingliang's thief, so I dare to conclude that even if Shibi Khan won't agree to the conditions offered by Chen Yingliang's thief, he will definitely meet you in person, and he will definitely try his best to get our military information." ”

With Li Yuan's entrustment, the eldest grandson Shunde first returned to Chen Yingliang's Chinese army tent, and after bidding farewell to Chen Yingliang, he took two entourages to the north to rush to the Turkic camp, at this time the sky was already slightly dark, Chen Yingliang had just personally led an army out of the tent to patrol the camp, Li Jing ran to Chen Yingliang's front again, and reported to Chen Yingliang alone: "Marshal, I don't know if you know, Ambassador Li went to the Jiangdu military camp this afternoon and got along with Wang Shichong's family for a long time. ”

"Of course I do." Chen Yingliang nodded, and while beckoning Li Jing to accompany him to patrol the camp, he said casually: "I also know that this is a discord plan, deliberately approaching my father-in-law, making me suspicious of Wang Juncheng, and then taking the opportunity to sow discord, isolate me even more, and shake my position even more." ”

"The handsome man is really smart, and the lower officials are still worried that you are careless, it seems that the lower officials are too worried." Li Jing showed a relaxed smile, and smiled quite sincerely.

Chen Yingliang smiled, just wanted to show off a few words proudly, but he didn't expect that another personal soldier rushed up, attached it to Chen Yingliang's ear after saluting, and whispered a few words, but Chen Yingliang's face finally changed, and he showed a gritted tooth expression. Li Jing saw that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly asked Chen Yingliang: "Dashuai, what's wrong?" ”

Chen Yingliang first glanced at Li Jing and hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Ambassador Li left the camp with a gift just now and went to Lao County, if nothing else, he should have gone to see His Royal Highness King Qi." ”

"It's normal." Li Jing smiled and said lightly: "His Royal Highness King Qi, the second son of the emperor, although you have military power in your hands, you have been personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor as the commander of King Qin, and you must also be respectful to him, if Ambassador Li pulls him as an ally, it will be easier to deal with you." ”

"It's not that I'm afraid that he will contact His Royal Highness King Qi to deal with me, I'm worried that I will be constrained by them." Chen Yingliang said with a gloomy face: "You have said a little less about my attitude towards His Royal Highness King Qi, I still have to respect his opinion on the surface, if he deliberately goes against me and deliberately interferes with my decision-making and command, then the internal problems of our army will inevitably expand immediately, there will be more contradictions, and it will be more difficult to command. At that time, I can't push the emperor's own son, His Royal Highness King Qi, out of the gate and behead him, right? ”

"Besides, His Royal Highness King Qi also has a saying that he doesn't listen to my orders." Chen Yingliang said sullenly: "His Majesty the Emperor appointed me as the commander of the Qinwang coalition army, so that I could command the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang Wang, His Royal Highness the King of Qi and the more than 4,000 troops under his command were rescued by us. ”

Li Jing's face also changed slightly, but after careful consideration, Li Jing said in a low voice: "Dashuai, if you can trust me, let me solve this problem for you, and keep it so that His Royal Highness the King of Qi will not cause you any trouble." ”

Fixing his gaze on Li Jing's face, Chen Yingliang hesitated for a while, but considering Li Jing's position of loyalty to Sui in history, Chen Yingliang still said: "Of course I can trust you, but I need to know what you are going to do first." ”

"It's simple, a tooth for a tooth." Li Jing sneered and said: "Ambassador Li instigated His Royal Highness the King of Qi to break your elbow, I will go and instigate His Royal Highness the King of Qi to take Ambassador Li's military power as the cornerstone, Dashuai, you will cooperate with me a little more, and deliberately arrange someone to go back to Taiyuan to supervise the transportation of military rations, so I don't have to worry about His Royal Highness the King of Qi not pinching Ambassador Li, they will pinch it themselves, Dashuai, do you still need to worry about His Royal Highness the King of Qi and embarrassing you?" ”

Chen Yingliang was a little stammered, looked Li Jing up and down for a long time, and then smiled and said, "Li Juncheng, then please you, I will fully cooperate with you." ”

Li Jing arched his hand and showed a kind and gentle smile again.