The meaning of these words is self-evident, Emperor Shu is still young and can give birth to a lot of children, didn't the three princes of Shu give birth last year?

So what's the use of him hurting the second prince now, and when he has other children, the second prince won't be very important.

The envoy of Shu State counterattacked: "Didn't Lin Shangshu just say that the affairs of the Liang State have been handled by the four princes, and Emperor Liang will hurt the five princes again, I'm afraid that he will also have a weak heart, right?" ”

Lin Qingwan said with a cold face: "The affairs are handled by the Fourth Highness, but we only recognize Your Majesty, Your Majesty has an order, we dare not disobey." ”

Min Shangshu also snorted coldly: "Our four highnesses are humble and filial, and the will of our emperor is his will, naturally unlike some people who disobey the yang and the yin." ”

If it weren't for the leeway, Min Shangshu almost said that Emperor Shu was not filial.

The envoys of Shu were a little angry, but it was not easy to investigate deeply, their emperor's disobedience to the will of the previous emperor was known to the world, and it was impossible for them to wash their name.

The matter of the eldest prince being a hostage is too important, and they can't be the master at all, so they can only report back to Shudu and let the ministers and His Majesty make a decision.

But before that, other cooperation between the two sides can be carried out simultaneously, otherwise when the hostages are exchanged, the daylily will be cold.

Negotiations with Shu began every day with mutual smiles and nods, and then ended in quarrels.

Most of the people attending the meeting on the Liang side were officials from the Ministry of War, and so were the officials from the Shu State, and the one who took the lead was the Shangshu of their Ministry of War.

So a group of big men didn't have low voices, and they would move when they quarreled to a climax, and Min Shangshu threw a cup at each other, but after drinking a cup of tea, the two sat together and discussed sending an assassin to kill Xiang Shan.

Lin Qingwan prefers this way of negotiation, the previous negotiation between her and Wen Dihan was more about inducement, after all, she was at a disadvantage, and every word she said had to be considered and considered, if one was wrong, Wen Dihan would lose everything if she turned her face, and it took a lot of effort.

But unlike the negotiations with Shu, the two countries are equal, and even in terms of national strength, Liang is still above Shu, so their attitude can be hard or soft, that is, they quarreled like killing their father and enemy a moment ago, and they can be as good as two brothers when they turn around.

Because they know that no matter how much trouble they make, the two countries will not fall out at this time.

The prototype of the covenant was decided in this quarrel, and the matter of inviting protons was sent back to their respective capitals as quickly as possible, and the emperor decided to decide.

It was closer to Liangdu, so Emperor Liang's reply arrived two days earlier, and he agreed to send the five princes as hostages, and by the time he agreed, the five princes were already preparing to leave Beijing.

At the same time, the military department of Shu has already begun to order the transfer of 150,000 soldiers and horses to obey the orders of Liang State.

150,000, Zhong Ruying and Lu Zhen each hold 60,000, and the remaining 30,000 soldiers and horses are handed over to Lin Xin, who is not qualified to sit at the negotiating table.

Originally, Min Shangshu didn't want to divide troops and horses to Lin Xin, after all, he was young, had little qualifications, and lacked experience, but who let his aunt be here, Lin Qingwan mentioned it, and Min Shangshu agreed after thinking about it.

Anyway, it is the soldiers and horses of Shu Kingdom, so it is good to let Lin Xin practice his hands.

Zhong Ruying was friendly with Lin Qingwan, so she was naturally willing to sell her face, so she squeezed out more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from herself, and Lu Zhen was also willing to bring the descendants of the Lin family, so she acquiesced.

Since the soldiers and horses have been handed over, Shu naturally has no right to redistribute, so he didn't speak, and the matter was decided.

While waiting for Emperor Shu's reply, the envoys of the two countries began to deal with the increasingly powerful counteroffensive of the Chu army.

Lu Zhen also returned to his camp and began to harass the Chu army and pull more troops.

Min Shangshu looked at the map and said, "Xiang Shan wants to recover the lost land." ”

Qin Shangshu, the military department of Shu State, also nodded, "I'm afraid that the number of troops will increase again," he looked at Min Shangshu and asked, "Didn't you say that there was a way to delay his move?" ”

Min Shangshu looked at Lin Qingwan.

Lin Qingwan nodded slightly to him, Yao Shi had left three days ago, and now it is estimated that he has seen Mr. Ji.

Min Shangshu turned back to him and said, "Lord Qin, don't worry, Lu Duhu has already gone back to prepare." ”

Lu Zhen guarded another line of defense, facing Xiang Shan's army, he fought with the Chu army seven times in two days after he returned, and sometimes had to raid each other at night, it seemed that he was tired of coping, at first there were losses and wins, but then he was defeated and retreated, losing two county towns in a row.

The Chu army was overjoyed when they saw this, their morale was high, and they wanted to make persistent efforts, but Xiang Shan stopped in time, collected his troops and returned to the city, and began to let people build a military in the two newly accepted cities, mainly defending the city.

When the news came, Min Shangshu and Zhong Ruying sighed: "It is worthy of being a veteran, and the old man is very spicy." ”

"That's why I said he was difficult to deal with," Zhong Ruying said: "No matter what we do, he can calculate seven or eight points, how can we beat him?" ”

If he wanted to win on the battlefield, he was afraid that it would be a little difficult, and the two looked at Lin Qingwan together, "Now I can only hope for your side." ”

Lin Qingwan pinched her hand and said, "Mr. Yao has already gone, and it is estimated that there will be news in two days." ”

"Both me and Lu Zhen have been famous for a long time, he is very familiar with the two of us, but Lin Xin, because he is a new general, although he also loses mostly, but after Lu Zhen and I counted, we found that several times the Shu army was able to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but they all gave up, obviously he still has doubts about Lin Xin, so he is cautious," Zhong Ruying said: "And Sister Wan is not a person in the army, but I am afraid that he doesn't know that there is such a person as you, maybe this time it really didn't count this." ”

At this time, Xiang Shan had already learned from the details and scouts that Shu sent 150,000 soldiers and horses to be commanded by Liang State.

He muttered: "Liang Shu is only afraid that he will form an alliance. ”

"Haven't they always been allies?"

"That's different, the previous cooperation was just like when my Great Chu and Liang State surrounded the Southern Han Dynasty, there was no negotiation, but it was tacitly agreed that whoever captured the city was whoever," Xiang Shan said: "This time they may make an alliance, which is greatly unfavorable to my Chu State." ”

"What then?"

Xiang Shan was silent for a moment and said: "I don't know what their plan is, but now most of the people around the capital are Liang troops, and the Liang army must be the one that is delaying our troops, and we must break through as soon as possible, so that we can have a chance to turn the tables." ”

Xiang Shan muttered: "If you transfer more soldiers and horses, the grain and grass will be sufficient, I will write to Your Majesty, let him move south for the time being, lead part of the Shu troops away, and wait for us to break through the encirclement of the Liang army, and then recover the capital." ”

And Zhong Ruying was also pointing to the map and said: "We have to trap most of the Chu royal family and most of the troops of the Chu State here, in order to buy enough time for the Shu army, as long as they can capture all the cities on this line, then the Chu royal family will have no way to retreat, and when the time comes, open an opening for them to come out, and we will then encircle and break through." ”

Min Shangshu and Qin Shangshu glanced at each other, neither of them could find a better tactic than her, and nodded in agreement.

Lin Qingwan sat aside, she didn't know how to fight, so she never interjected, but at this time she couldn't help asking: "Since Xiang Shan can always calculate your plans, can he also calculate them this time?" ”

Several people were silent, and Zhong Ruying said: "This method can reduce the casualties of the Liang army, if it is a strong attack and defense, I don't know how many people will die, even if he calculates, we must do so first." ”

Min Shangshu nodded, "Lord Lin doesn't know, the strength of the Chu army is similar to that of my Great Liang as a whole, they have gathered most of their troops here, and the Great Liang only has the strength of Hongzhou, Jiangling and Lingzhou, which is very different, if we attack, we can still win tactically and strategically before, but now...... Even if Xiang Shan has calculated it, this is the safest thing for us. ”

"I mean, since Xiang Shan knows, will he propose that Emperor Chu move south?"

Min Shangshu said indifferently: "Xiang Shan has always advised Emperor Chu to move south, it was because Emperor Chu and the Chu court were unwilling, and in the end he gave up Guizhou and gathered troops to repel General Zhong and them. ”

Lin Qingwan took a deep breath and asked, "In other words, Xiang Shan and Emperor Chu, and even the entire Chu Imperial Court have already had contradictions?" ”

Min Shangshu blinked, "Isn't this normal?" ”

Every courtier could make an opinion that was not agreed with by the emperor and other ministers, and he had such times.

Lin Qingwan glanced at him and said, "It's normal, but there's always a way to make it abnormal." ”

Lin Qingwan got up and left to write a letter to Yao Shi, she was a little wrong in her estimation, but in fact, Yao Shi could have done more.

At this time, Yao Shi was kneeling opposite Ji Yuan, playing chess with him, half a ring, he put down the chess pieces after confirming that he had no way out: "Teacher, the student lost." ”

Ji Yuan threw down the chess pieces and said with a light smile: "I lost here, but the other side won." ”

Yao Shi's eyes lit up, leaned over slightly and said, "The teacher promised the student?" ”

Ji Yuan sighed slightly, "Sooner or later, she sent you over at this time, isn't she sure that I won't refuse?" ”

Yao Shi bowed his head.

Ji Yuan pinched the chess pieces in his hand, but he still couldn't hold back: "Xiang Shan is good at scheming, he is really a wise general, and your talent-loving Lord Lin is not impressed?" ”

Yao Shi smiled and said: "Naturally, I am excited, but General Xiang has been from Chu for generations, and I am afraid that he will not betray Chu and return to Liang, so although the county lord is moved, he is helpless." However, if the teacher is willing to be an intermediary and persuade General Xiang on behalf of Liang Guo, I think the county lord will definitely treat General Xiang and the Xiang family well. ”

Ji Yuan shook his head and smiled, his friend was loyal to the country just as he was loyal to his ideals, and he would not leave unless the country was destroyed.

Yao Shi sighed, pushed over the painting box he brought, got up and said, "Then please teacher, the students will retire first." ”

Ji Yuan nodded slightly, "I'll let someone take you away." ”

Ji Yuan personally sent the person to the side door, and after a pause, he said: "If you can, tell me and Lord Lin, the Xiang family is full of loyalty, if there is a future, I only hope that Liang Jun can let them live,"

"What about General Xiang?"

Ji Yuan sighed, "He is the main general, and he has his own choice, but I think that the war between the two countries should not affect his family." ”

Yao Shi bowed his head and said, "Yes, the student union will truthfully tell the county lord." ”

Ji Yuan nodded slightly, summoned his henchmen, and asked him to take Yao Shi away.

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