Although Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui tried their best to keep it, and Chen Fuliang also expressed his willingness to reuse, but Li Jiancheng's envoy Wang Qi, who cherished his reputation, still did not want to bear the infamy of the envoy and betrayed the master, and declined the kindness of Chen Fuliang and Fang Du and others with tears.

Chen Fuliang also wrote another letter to Li Jiancheng, telling Li Jiancheng very clearly, saying that the Li family brothers followed Li Yuan to rebel and kill Yang Yu, and as a minister of the Great Sui, he could only accept the surrender of the Li family brothers, and could not accept the Li family's subordination! At the same time, Chen Fuliang also gave Li Jiancheng the conditions of surrender, laid down his arms, handed over the territory, and brought all his family members to Daxing to meet him.

At the same time, the essay drafted by Li Gang, a famous scholar in Guanzhong, was also posted in various parts of Guanzhong, hanging in conspicuous places in the passes of large and small cities, and through various light and dark channels, it was sent to all counties and counties outside the land of Chen Fuliang to be posted.

Chen Fuliang's credit was originally very good, and if he spread the text to the world, of course, it was impossible to change the goal, so when he saw this article with a reward of 50,000 yuan to buy Li Da and Li Er's head, the warlords and warlords who bordered Chen Fuliang's control were naturally relieved, and Wang Shichong and Li Mi, who had been greatly injured by the efforts of their brothers, laughed so much that they couldn't even close their mouths, patted their chests and rejoiced, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay that we went north, if we go east, we will hang." ”

What makes Li Mi and Wang Shichong even happier is still to come, Chen Fuliang, whose overall strength has dominated the world, did not have to fear a multi-front war at all, and also took the initiative to send envoys to make peace, respectively asking for a non-aggression peace treaty with Wang Shichong and Li Mi, although this does not rule out the possibility that Chen Fuliang has a knife hidden in his smile, but Wang Shichong and Li Mi still agreed to sign a peace treaty with Chen Fuliang without hesitation, demarcate the border in detail, and promise each other that they will never do unrighteous things without declaring war. We will also not support the enemy with force and material support.

In order to please his son-in-law, Wang Shichong obediently handed over Wang Xueji's mother and son, but unfortunately, Wang Shichong had previously curried favor with Li Mijun in order to prevent his son-in-law from invading the east, and happened to negotiate two days ago to return Pei Cuiyun and her mother to Pei Renji, the heavy general of Li Mijun, so Wang Shichong could only send someone to explain to his son-in-law again and again that this was just a coincidence, and he did not deliberately not give his son-in-law another chance to add a junior. Chen Fuliang also found out through various channels that this was indeed just an accidental coincidence, so he didn't care, he could only refuse to secretly help Wang Shichong kill Li Mi, but also promised never to help Li Mi attack the Eastern Capital.

It's the same with Li Mijun's side, Chen Fuliang asked Zhang Yongtong to tell Li Mi very clearly, if Li Mi and Wang Shichong start a war, no one will help him, and he will never be biased because Wang Shichong is his father-in-law. Li Mi knew very well that Chen Fuliang was instigating him to fight a decisive battle with Wang Shichong in disguise, but this was also what Li Mi couldn't ask for, so Li Mi immediately began to arrange preparations to prepare for war against Wang Shichong, and only waited for Chen Fuliang's main force to send troops to Taiyuan, and immediately killed Wang Shichong, the enemy who had been entangled for many years.

Contrary to the relieved Chen Fuliang's other neighbors, the location of the old Li family is actually very remote is like being struck by lightning, and a large group of people of the old Li family can't understand even if they break their heads, Chen Fuliang, who lives in the Forbidden City, why would he let Wang Shichong, who lives in Wangfujing, and Li Mi, who lives in Liulichang, not fight, and Li Liang and Liang Shi, who are entrenched in Shichahai, don't even pay attention to Hua and his brother, who are temporarily hiding in Xiannongtan and are dying, but they want to leave the city to the east and north, take the subway and bus out of the Fifth Ring Road, Running for trouble at home? Isn't this a cheat?

In order to prevent Chen Fuliang from being wary of the Taiyuan army, Li Jiancheng had repeatedly rejected the Li clan's request to form an alliance with Wang Shichong and Li Mi, and also openly refused the title and official position that the Eastern Capital Imperial Court gave him. This time, Ren Bi took Li Mi's envoy to the north to ask for an alliance, and none of the people in the Li family did not applaud or praise the good, and Li Jiancheng overrode public opinion, categorically rejected Li Mi's initiative to seek an alliance, and also sent Wang Qi to carry Li Mi's handwritten letter to the south to show weakness to Chen Fuliang, and pretended to ask for annexation, but not only did he not succeed, but he also recruited Chen Fuliang's essay to Li Weiwen, and Li Jiancheng was naturally as embarrassed as he was in front of the clansmen.

The truth is always in the hands of a few, although even Chen Fuliang secretly admired Li Jiancheng's deep concealment and Taoguang cultivation, but after seeing Chen Fuliang's blatant declaration of war against Li Weiwen, Li Jiancheng's diplomatic strategy was unanimously questioned by the Taiyuan civil and military, and Li Yuanji, who was dissatisfied with his eldest brother's taking away military power from his hands, jumped up and down, pulling a group of people of the same generation to talk strangely, full of complaints, and accused Li Jiancheng of lacking talent and inability, unworthy of serving as the head of the Li family, and should abdicate and make way for Xian. Although Li Er, who had suffered a lot of grievances under his eldest brother, knew very well in his heart that Li Jiancheng's strategy was actually very correct and right, he did not stand up and say a fair word, but just hid aside and watched the jokes, gloating.

Silently endured the whining and strange words of the relatives of the Yigan clan headed by Li Yuanji, and the unreasonable accusations, Li Jiancheng first gave an order to the henchmen and guards beside him, and then stood up and apologized to the Yigan clansmen, and frankly admitted that it was his own decision-making mistakes that led to these consequences, and he was very aggrieved to bear this black cauldron, and finally Li Jiancheng said: "Everyone, pretending to please Chen Yingliang failed, but instead attracted his blatant declaration of war, which is indeed my mistake. But I don't think I'm wrong about refusing to form an alliance with Li Mi, who is thousands of miles away from us, and the mountains and rivers block the way of strong enemies, and forming an alliance with him is not helpful, on the contrary, it may lead to fire, which I hope you must understand. ”

"We get it." Li Yuanji sneered and said: "We also understand that after we refused to form an alliance with Duke Wei, now we have no hope of expecting Duke Wei to properly contain Chen Yingliang for us." If you want to beg him again, I really don't know how much it will cost. ”

"I won't beg Li Mi, it's useless to beg him." Li Jiancheng also ignored the cynicism of the fourth brother, and pointed out: "It is impossible for Li Mi to help us contain Chen Yingliang, not to mention that he is now very sad and weak, even if he really wants to help us, he can't do it, there is a Wang Shichong between him and Chen Yingliang, Wang Shichong is his mortal enemy, and it is impossible for him not to consider Wang Shichong's threat." ”

"Patriarch, in this way, are you going to continue to be a lonely man and let our army deal with Chen Yingliang's main army alone?" Li Baiju, who had a hand cut off by Chen Fuliang's lackey, asked with a sneer.

"Of course not." Li Jiancheng showed some smiles, and said with a smile: "I am unwilling to form an alliance with Li Mi, in addition to the harm of forming an alliance with him, there is a more critical reason, that is, I have found a more powerful ally, and an ally who is far more honest and reliable than Li Mi's traitor!" ”

Everyone was surprised, and the confidant guard who had left before returned to the hall and presented a document to Li Jiancheng with both hands, Li Jiancheng took it and showed it in public, and said with a smile: "Everyone, do you see it?" This is the letter of alliance I secretly concluded with Dou Jiande, the king of Changle, the reason for our alliance is to crusade against Chen Yingliang, the king of Changle promised, once Taiyuan was attacked by Chen Yingliang, as long as our army asked him for help, he would immediately send troops to the west and join forces with our army to fight against Chen Yingliang! ”

Including Pei Lin and Li Shentong and other important ministers of the Taiyuan army were taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to jointly form an alliance, and were very pleasantly surprised to find that this alliance not only did indeed write that Dou Jiande would send troops to help the Taiyuan Li clan resist Chen Yingliang's invasion, but also Li Jiancheng and Dou Jiande's autographs and their respective seals, and at the same time, Pei Lin and others were even more shocked to find that the signing date of this alliance was actually five months ago, and it had been signed for almost half a year. Overjoyed, Li Shentong couldn't help blurting out and asking: "Zuo Dudu, you already concluded an alliance with Dou Jiande five months ago, why didn't you sue us?" ”

"Of course, it's for secrecy and to prevent leaks." Li Jiancheng replied calmly: "Although King Changle is powerful, honest and trustworthy, and extremely committed to it, but the big war is a melee between the three armies in our land, and even if we and King Changle defeat Chen Yingliang, the biggest loss is always us, so I have been hiding this news, not for anything else, just to avoid completely angering Chen Yingliang and inviting his main force to crusade." ”

After looking around at the people present, Li Jiancheng said again: "In fact, my real purpose in sending Wang Shujie south to sue for peace is not to avoid Chen Yingliang's main force crusade, but to lure him to send troops eastward, so that his main force will fall into the quagmire of melee on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, and then I and King Changle's army will take advantage of the situation to join hands in the south to attack Chen Yingliang, so that he will be tired of running for his life, and our army will also take the opportunity to find a precious opportunity to seize Hedong." ”

"But it's a pity that Chen Yingliang was not fooled." Li Jiancheng added with a wry smile: "If nothing else, he should have seen through the true purpose of our army, and also saw the danger of sending troops to the Eastern Capital, so he let Wang Shichong and Li Mi, who were already seriously injured, not fight, but came to us for trouble." ”

"What Zuo Dudu said is extremely true, it is indeed not so easy to deceive Chen Yingliang, the traitor." Li Shentong nodded, and then said with a happy face: "Since we have already secretly concluded an alliance with King Changle, then we can rest assured this time, King Changle attaches the most importance to moral credibility, and he is true to his word, and he will definitely send troops when he says that he will send troops, and once he sends troops, he will either enter the mouth from Wu'an and threaten the flank of Chen Yingliang's road, or he will directly enter the west from Jingcheng Pass (Niangzi Pass) to Taiyuan City, which can provide us with direct assistance, which is a hundred times stronger than asking Li Mi's capricious and despicable villain to feint and contain him!" ”

Such a powerful helper suddenly fell from the sky, and he was still an upright gentleman who was well-known for keeping his word and speaking of righteousness, most of the Taiyuan army's civil and military forces were naturally full of joy, Li Yuanji and Li Baiju and others also closed their mouths sullenly, Li Er quietly looked at his brother carefully, and said secretly in his heart: "I underestimated him, but in terms of forbearance, he is far above me." ”

"Princes, you don't have to worry, although Chen Yingliang's decision to send troops to Taiyuan was unexpected, it was only a matter of time and inevitable." Li Jiancheng took the opportunity to say again: "You can also rest assured, I will not only ask King Changle to prepare for assistance, but also send an envoy to contact Luo Yi and Liang Shidu, and ask for an alliance with them to join forces against Chen Yingliang's army on the grounds that their lips are dead and their teeth are cold." In addition, I will also make every effort to pull Liu Wuzhou over, although our army and him are enemies, but they are also dependent on each other, Chen Yingliang's army will go north, he will not fail to consider the threat he will face, it is not impossible for him to make peace with us, and even send troops to help us resist a strong enemy. ”

Pei Lin and Li Shentong and others praised the good www.biquge.info, and then Pei Lin built a new one: "Zuo Dudu, there is still time to prepare for war, Chen Yingliang is arrogant and arrogant, and has not yet started to prepare for war has already been rumored to declare war, and has shown the defeat of the enemy, as long as our army relies on the natural danger of the Bird Mouse Valley to hold on to it, it is not without hope to resist the enemy outside the country, I will build yì do my best to mobilize the army to the south, build fortifications and fortresses in the dangerous places of the Bird Mouse Valley, set up troops to garrison, and force Chen Yingliang traitors to fall into a difficult battle. ”

"That's exactly what I meant." Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "As long as we hold the Bird Mouse Valley, then not only can we avoid the suffering of the people in Xihe, Taiyuan and other counties, but when King Changle sends troops to assist us, we can also save a lot of road consumption, and we can also directly threaten Chen Fuliang's flank and even the rear grain road, which is beneficial to the war." ”

After finishing speaking, Li Jiancheng immediately ordered Li Er: "Second brother, you immediately start preparing for the expedition, and two days later, lead the people of the headquarters to the south, and go to Jiexiu and Lingshi to assist Duan Lun in building the fortification fortress and preparing to meet the battle." The second is to closely monitor the movements of the enemy troops, and report to us as soon as there is a situation. ”

Li Er smiled and agreed, and asked with a smile: "Brother, after the junior brother arrives at the Jiexiu Spirit Stone, is the junior brother commanding Duan Lun, or is Duan Lun commanding the younger brother and letting the younger brother accept his command and dispatch?" ”

"Of course, you are under his command." Li Jiancheng said unceremoniously: "Although your official position is above Duan Lun, Duan Lun is the chief of the march on the South Road and the commander of the South Line. ”

Li Er's eyes moved slightly, but he still accepted Li Jiancheng's order with a smile and retreated to the side, and Li Yuanji took the opportunity of Li Jiancheng to discuss military affairs with everyone, quietly came to Li Er's side, and said in a low voice: "Second brother, you are the right governor, and your position in our army is only below the eldest brother, but you have to accept Duan Lun's command and dispatch, so upside down, why don't you fight?" ”

"There are more than 5,000 people left in my lineage, what are you fighting for?" Li Er replied depressed in his heart, but Junxiu still had a gentle smile on his face, and replied loudly: "At present, our top priority at the moment is how to resist the attack of the Chen thief army, General Duan Lun is defending the southern front, and he has not traveled at all to confront the Chen thief army for five months, and I am willing to accept his command." ”

With a mocking smile, Li Yuanji whispered again: "Second brother, if Duan Lun puts you at the front and lets you take the last of your descendants to fight hard against the army of Chen thieves, are you still willing to accept his command?" ”

Li Er closed his lips and said secretly in his heart: "I can't ask for it, what I like is to take the initiative to attack and break the enemy when I have the opportunity, and to be beaten passively, that's not my style!" ”

At the same time, the Sui army's partial division Liu Heimin, which was closest to the Li brothers, also began to mobilize and prepare for war, and a large number of grain and grass military supplies began to be transported and hoarded to Linfen, and the Sui army teams stationed in various parts of Hedong also gathered northward. When Duan Lun's Department of the Taiyuan Army stationed in the Valley of Birds and Rats took the opportunity to capture two Sui scouts, he also asked for a shocking news from them - it was rumored in the Sui military camp that Chen Fuliang had issued an order to Liu Heimin, asking Liu Heimin to wait for an opportunity to seize Lingshi Jiexiu and open the way for the main force of the Sui army to go north before the main force of the Sui army went north!

After finding out this news, Duan Lun, the commander of the southern line of the Taiyuan Army, did not dare to slack off while being surprised, and while making every effort to strengthen the defense of Lingshi and Jiexiu, he sent someone to report the news to Li Jiancheng. However, Li Er, who had just arrived in Jiexiu with his army, was a little suspicious, and said to Duan Lun: "Chen Yingliang asked Liu Heimin to seize the Jiexiu Spirit Stone first? Is this possible? Not to mention whether Liu Heimin can do this, at present, Chen Yingliang's side has not even mobilized and assembled the main force, and the grain, grass and military supplies are still in transit, even if Liu Heimin takes Jiexiu and Lingshi, Chen Yingliang is not afraid of being recaptured by our all-out counterattack? Such a risky tactic doesn't look like Chen Yingliang's style of using troops? ”

"Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent." Duan Lun, who was actually Li's second brother-in-law, said: "Erlang, don't forget, when you were in Hedong before, Chen Yingliang came to highlight the strange soldiers, and drove straight forward unusually, beating you so much that you didn't even have time to react. ”

"It's possible, but it's ......." Li Er vaguely doubted Chen Fuliang's true intentions, and said secretly: "The morale is booming, the second drum is declining, and the third drum is exhausted, and before the main force of the thief army arrives, our army is already rumoring, and if we don't wait for Chen Yingliang's main force to arrive, we are afraid that we will have to drag ourselves down." ”

After giving birth to this worry, Li Er, who is also a master of psychological warfare, pondered for a moment, and then volunteered to Duan Lun: "Brother-in-law, let the junior brother lead the headquarters to garrison the spirit stone, and you lead the main force to garrison Jiexiu, so that even if there is anything wrong with me, you can also get an early warning and prepare in advance." ”

Li Er took the initiative to ask to be at the forefront of the battlefield, of course Duan Lun couldn't ask for it, and at the same time, Li Er's ability to fight well and be clever also made Duan Lun very relieved, but Duan Lun was also worried about one of Li Er's character weaknesses, so after accepting Li Er's request, Duan Lun told again: "Erlang, don't risk fighting, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the terrain of the Bird Mouse Valley is also difficult to send surprise troops to win, you must defend the city, without my permission, you are not allowed to fight without authorization." ”

At the same time that Li Er nodded and promised, a batch of mysterious military supplies was also sent to Linfen City, where Liu Heimin's main force was stationed, and after learning the purpose and purpose of these mysterious military supplies, Liu Heimin, the general of the Sui army, who was worried about how to complete Chen Fuliang's complex task, laughed loudly and said, "Okay! With these things, there is no way to make him Duan Lun Pifu and Li Shimin three times a day, and they don't even dare to completely close their eyes when they sleep. ”R1148