Chen Yuankang and his entourage did not stay for long after returning to Heyang Beizhongcheng, and warned Hu Lujin to still be careful and vigilant against the enemy's movements, but he did not inform the specific results of the negotiations, and then left Heyang and went straight to Yecheng.

Along the way, Chen Yuankang and his entourage returned to Yedu two days later, and after entering the city, they went straight to the General's Mansion to resume their lives.

In the general's mansion, the prince Gao Cheng was discussing government affairs with Cui Jishu and other henchmen, and when he learned that Chen Yuankang had returned, even if the staff brought him in, he asked impatiently before Chen Yuankang finished the ceremony, "What is the effect of this mission?" Is the Li family willing to join him?"

Chen Yuankang lowered his head to avoid the expectant eyes of the prince, and slowly shook his head with some embarrassment: "This Li Taishixi's heart is very strong, and the ministers have made a few interests and interests, but his people still have no intention of changing their will, and they have no intention of returning to the east."

After Gao Cheng heard this, his face suddenly sank, he raised his fist and slammed it on the eucalyptus, and shouted angrily in his mouth: "I have rebelled against the evil thief, and I took advantage of my danger to make the villain successful, I am not to blame in the past, but I am called by glory, but the thief did not come, and I can't control it?"

As he spoke, he turned his head and glared at Cui Jishu who was sitting down, and pointed at the other party and scolded: "Fei'er is waiting for this to appease the foolish, so as not to send the labor and make people laugh at me!" If you want to form a vassal with the outside of the vassal town, you will be self-reliant, and it will also depend on whether the other party is interested in you!"

When Cui Jishu heard this, he hurriedly avoided the table and got up to bow and ask for sin. He was indeed one of the masterminds in sending Chen Yuankang to appease Li Tai this time, and the reason was indeed as Gao Cheng said, in addition to solving the danger in Heyang, it was to win over Li Tai as a strong foreign aid for them, the Hebei clan.

The relationship between these members of the clan is already complicated, and the Boling Cui clan from which Cui Jishu was born also has many marriages with the Li clan in Longxi. Not to mention too far, Cui Jishu himself married Li Tai's cousin Li Qianzhi a few years ago, and his little daughter became the bride of the Li family.

This year, Hou Jingzuo was in Henan, which brought a great impact on the stability of the situation in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, especially the tacit understanding of the nobles of Jinyang to exert pressure on the prince Gao Cheng, which also made Cui Jishu and others feel a sense of crisis in their hearts.

If you want to protect yourself in a crisis, the most important thing is to have reliable force. However, their Hebei clan has very little chance on this way, the Jinyang overlord army is firmly in the hands of a group of nobles, and the county and township righteous forces in Hebei Prefecture are mostly sealed, and the high-ranking and powerful clans are under the control, and the Liufang forbidden army in Yedu has also been infiltrated and reorganized.

Although the prince Gao Cheng reused them, he only focused on their political ability to control the government, but rarely allowed them to organize and develop armed forces close to him, so that they could only be highly dependent, but they did not have the ability to independently resist political risks and persecution.

Under such circumstances, Li Tai, who has become famous since last year and is now strong in Heluo, making Hu Lujin, the elder of Beizhen, helpless, is definitely a great surprise for them, the Hebei family.

If Li Tai can be recruited back, these Hebei clans will be able to obtain a considerable armed force in an instant, which will greatly strengthen their voice in the current situation, and they can continue to seek growth through the Hou Jing Rebellion.

From Gao Cheng's point of view, as long as it can help solve the current crisis, of course, any method can be tried. Especially the offensive strikers of the Western Wei Dynasty are used for their own purposes, and they thwart the opponent and strengthen themselves, why not?

As for the thoughts of Cui Jishu and others, he can also see them clearly like looking at palm prints, but this is also human nature. As long as their plans are not premised on infringing on the overall situation of society, Gao Cheng can also tolerate their struggle for their own interests.

After all, so far, these people are more intimate political forces with themselves than those Jinyang noble old people, and strengthening their power is also improving their control.

That's why he gave Li Tai a generous surrender condition, as long as the other party nodded and agreed, he could get the strong support of Hebei, and in an instant, he could get the powerful position that Hou Jing had been able to achieve after running Henan for more than ten years.

Because of this, when he heard from Chen Yuankang that Li Tai actually refused this time, Gao Cheng felt embarrassed in his heart.

Seeing that the prince was so angry, Chen Yuankang hurriedly said, "The prince of the world, please stop being angry

Although the minister's trip did not succeed in recruiting Li Tai, it was not completely unsuccessful. Li Tai asked the minister to tell the prince, thank the prince for his appreciation, although his body is in the west, but in the old days he also grew up under the rule of the king of Hebei, and now the relatives and disciples also rely on the benevolence of the prince to make a living, do not dare to be greedy for merit and righteousness, is why the soldiers in Heyang Zhongjun City, dare not have an inch into the ......

"Hmph, joke! If the thieves take advantage of it, Heluo is empty, and the town will be incompetent, and when I deploy heavy troops and refuse the river defense, the thieves will die further!"

Gao Cheng snorted coldly when he heard this, and said with disdain on his face.

Although the truth is such a truth, the problem is that the other town generals Hu Lujin and Xue Guyan are already the top generals in the country, so who will be replaced to guard and supervise the war? Another army made a rebellion in Henan, and the Jinyang overlord still needed elite troops to stay to stabilize the situation, and where did he recruit the army to refuse reinforcements?

Cui Jishu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Please rest easy, there is no shortage of people who defected to the West, most of them are stubborn and rarely repentant, but this Li Tai did not take the initiative to go west, but was coerced by thieves.

Today, I may feel that the black otter knows the encounter and is brave enough to use it, but when I see the Kanto people again, I secretly can't bear it, and I don't dare to go forward, but I know that the righteousness is not lost. I, the people of Heyang, took advantage of this slowdown to have a chance to breathe, and we can calmly prepare for the battle and decide the victory or defeat, and Chen Youcheng's envoy this time is not in vain."

Chen Yuankang also opened his mouth on the side and echoed: "Although the minister and Li Tai have known each other for a short time, they are not fierce and insatiable in their words and postures.

And he is lonely in Sinai as he wishes, and he is a black otter and other old friends, and he has the authority to hold the right for a long time, and the power of the position is even stronger than that of Hou Jing of our country, so can they have no suspicion of each other? Although Li Taijin has ambitions in the west, if Weng's son-in-law is persecuted by the black otter in the coming year, his relatives and friends in the Kanto region are all there, and he feels that the prince has recruited the old favor, and it is natural for him to return to the east."

When Gao Cheng heard this, his frowning brows stretched slightly, but he still snorted coldly: "This disciple is so important at the moment, it is nothing more than because of the danger and instability in our country, so the honorable lord is lured by the throne. But if I miss this time and want to join again, whether I accept it or not, it also depends on my mood."

This is not true, the reason why the crisis in Ha Duong is highlighted this time is because of this special time. The tens of thousands of forbidden troops who stayed in Yedu went south to quell the rebellion and returned with a great defeat, which made the people of Yedu unstable and the guards empty. Immediately, Han Liang led the army south to Yingchuan, but the victory has not been decided so far, and no news has been sent back.

Under such circumstances, the men and horses of the Heyang Hulu Jin Institute are the only military force that can be relied on for the long river defense, and once it is broken through, the whole of Hebei will be in turmoil. If Hebei is also plunged into turmoil, the situation in Henan will be even more difficult to put to rest.

Therefore, after missing this time period, if Li Tai wants to take refuge in it, it is absolutely impossible to get this preferential treatment again.

However, it is in vain to talk about these now, although Li Tai said that he would not launch another attack on Heyang Beicheng, but of course Gao Cheng would not believe the enemy's words, in addition to ordering Hu Lujin to hold Beizhong City without losing, it was to dispatch reinforcements from elsewhere. And the most suitable route for running to the aid is naturally that the men and horses of the Han Rail Station will take advantage of the situation to attack Heluo after the rapid end of the Henan war, and attack the north and south with the people and horses on the north bank to recapture the two cities.

A few days later, the battle report of Henan was also quickly transmitted back to Yedu, Han Liang saw that Li Bi, Wang Sizheng and other troops of the Western Wei Dynasty entered Yingzhou, and Hou Jingxiang, who was guarding Yingchuan, echoed it, so he led his troops back, and the front men and horses were already crossing the river.

When Gao Cheng learned the news, his mood was mixed, and he was happy that this new force was not trapped in the Henan battlefield and could not be withdrawn, and the decisive return of his army also alleviated the emptiness of Yedu to a certain extent.

The worry is that Han Liang's decision to leave without a fight has not been fully communicated with him, although this decision is correct at the moment, it also makes Gao Cheng feel quite unhappy.

After Han Rail withdrew his troops, there were several forces left in Henan, such as Li Bi, Wang Sizheng and Hou Jing of the Western Wei Dynasty, as well as men and horses from the Southern Liang Yang Yaren who went north to meet Hou Jing.

Obviously, these people and horses cannot coexist peacefully, and it is estimated that there will be tosses based on the land of Henan, but the Eastern Wei, as the former lord of Hou Jing, stayed out of the matter during this period of time.

Since Henan is not available for the time being, Gao Cheng ordered Sikong Ke Zhu Hunyuan to be the assassin of Luozhou, and led the retreat of the first part of the people to the west to enter the Tiger Prison, waiting for the opportunity to recapture the two cities of Heyang.

At the same time, Gao Cheng also planned to leave Yecheng and return to Jinyang to officially mourn his father Gao Huan. The news of King Gao's death has been concealed for nearly half a year, and now more and more people have known about it, but there has been no official announcement of the funeral.

Originally, Gao Cheng planned to solve all the internal and external crises and then mourn his father in the posture of a victor, but seeing that the situation would not improve much in a short period of time, any further delay would only make people uneasy and increase his ethical criticism.

Therefore, he chose to announce his father's death at this time, and then he took over the powerful position of the king in the name of righteousness, so that he could collect the effect of mourning the soldiers, make the soldiers use their lives, and clarify the names of the upper and lower levels, so that the subordinates would not dare to disobey the yang and the yin.

Just as the Eastern Wei side was adjusting its pace and preparing for the recovery of Heyang City, Li Tai, the hero of the Western Wei Dynasty, who was the second city of Heyang in Lianke, was also ordered to evacuate Heyang quickly and surrender the defense of the two cities to the reinforcements on the rear road.