The envoy sent by Shi Chaoyi was named Shi Bing, who was one of Shi Chaoyi’s staff scribes. He was brought into the tent and bowed in salute, “Young man Shi Bing, a staff member of General Shi Chaoyi’s tent, has come to negotiate with King Qi by order of the general.
Your Highness, make a deal!"
Li Ye said calmly: "Let's talk! What's the deal?"
"My lord hopes that the two sides can cease fighting for three months. As compensation, we are willing to provide 300,000 shi of food to your army."
Li Ye laughed and said, "Shi Siming should be the one who makes the decision!"
"Reporting to Your Highness, our emperor is seriously ill and has handed over power to the crown prince. General Shi Chaoyi is now in charge of Luoyang!"
Li Ye smiled and said: "Three hundred thousand shi of grain really makes me tempted! I don't know how to deliver it?"
"Your Highness, there are 300,000 shi of grain in Xin'an County. If an agreement is reached, our 80,000 troops will withdraw from Xin'an County and the grain will be left to Your Highness."
Li Ye understood as soon as he heard this. The other party had a wishful thinking. They were going to evacuate Xin'an County and could not take away the food. They wanted to do it as a favor to him.
But what? Li Ye is also waiting for news from the northern army. He may not be able to arrive in a short while. This business can be done, which is better than the other party burning the food.
Thinking of this, Li Ye said happily: "I can agree to this deal, but as I said before, this armistice is only limited to Luoyang City, and the other armistice is only limited to the Helong Army. If Li Guangbi wants to attack Luoyang, it has nothing to do with me."
Shi Bing took out two armistice agreements, which were already signed by Shi Chaoyi. Shi Bing wrote to supplement the terms proposed by Li Ye. The armistice was limited to the Helong Army and the armistice was limited to Luoyang City.
Li Ye immediately signed the letter and stamped it with the king's seal.
Shi Bing said goodbye and left. Liu Yan wondered: "Does Your Highness really think Shi Siming is dead?"
Li Ye nodded, "It must be so. Shi Chaoyi needs time to reorganize the army and the court, and he also needs to kill his brother Shi Chaoqing in Youzhou. He doesn't have the energy to fight me."
Liu Yan worriedly said: "What if Shi Chaoyi takes the opportunity to retreat north? Transport all the wealth and food away, and I will only get an empty city. Wouldn't it be a wedding dress for the imperial court?"
Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "I dredged the Sanmen Gorge and brought in 600 vehicles and ships. It is not without consideration. I will use warships to block the Yellow River. Shi Chaoyi will never even think about escaping back to Youzhou."
It suddenly dawned on Liu Yan that His Highness had considered the issue so thoroughly! He was indeed thorough.
Li Ye immediately issued an urgent order to Xiangyang and ordered Wang Xiaoru of the Jingxiang Navy to immediately send 20,000 naval troops northward to support him. At the same time, he ordered Lei Wanchun to lead the army to Xin'an County.
Sure enough, Shi Siming's 80,000-strong army withdrew from Xin'an County and returned to Luoyang City, leaving behind a large amount of food such as 300,000 shi of grain and dried meat.
Ten days later, Jingzhou Navy Commander Wang Ruxiao sent his son Wang Ning to lead a navy of 20,000 people to take over 500 vehicles and ships.
Five hundred vehicles and ships sailed from Sanmenxia in the west to Baima Crossing Thousand Miles of Yellow River in the east, which was equivalent to blocking the Yellow River. Li Ye also sent hundreds of scouts to monitor the movements of Luoyang City.
Shi Chaoyi also began to shrink his strategy. On the one hand, he asked the fake Shi Siming to pretend to be ill and transfer the military power to himself. On the other hand, with Shi Siming's imperial order, he ordered to withdraw the 50,000 Zhang Zhongzhi troops who attacked Jianghuai and stationed them in Bianzhou and
Song Prefecture, and at the same time appointed Zhang Zhongzhi as the envoy of Bian Song Dynasty.
Shi Chaoyi sent people to Youzhou to deliver a message, ordering Li Huaixian, the loyal envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, to lead an army to attack Jixian and kill the prince Shi Chaoqing.
Shi Chaoyi knew in his heart that in order to get Tian Chengsi, Xue Song, Cai Xide, Zhang Zhongzhi, Li Huaixian and other princes to recognize him, Shi Chaoqing must perish. Only when Shi Chaoqing dies can the fake Shi Siming have an excuse to establish himself as the prince, and then the fake Shi Siming dies.
, he successfully ascended the throne.
On the grassland hundreds of miles north of Yanshan, the Uighur envoys set up camp beside a river.
The Uyghur envoy was none other than Prime Minister Dagan. He went to Youzhou this time. Firstly, he wanted to find a way for the Uyghur army to move south. On the other hand, he wanted to understand the specific situation of Hebei states, such as population distribution, wealth level, etc., so as to prepare for the Uyghur army to plunder Hebei.
Do preliminary exploration.
At the same time, he also gave Shi Chaoqing a generous gift, thirty prairie beauties to fill Shi Chaoqing's harem. This was a personal gift from Dengli Khan to Shi Chaoqing.
In addition, Prince Mule, the youngest son of Dengli Khan, also followed the envoy team south. He was going to Youzhou to marry Shi Siming's youngest daughter. This was also an agreement reached by the two parties before.
In the early morning, hundreds of white tents were densely packed along the river. Some Uighur soldiers were slaughtering sheep by the river, preparing to prepare for the evening barbecue. Several beautiful women stood in front of the tents, looking up at the rapidly changing clouds and mists in the sky, clapping their hands and laughing.
, the atmosphere is calm and peaceful, full of the unique vitality of the morning.
However, just a few miles away, an army full of murderous intent was attacking silently, like a sharp sword unsheathed.
The horses' hooves stepped through the water-filled depressions, splashing bright white water splashes. After ten days of long-distance running, the eyes of the Tang army officers became colder. The swords were unsheathed, the bows were strung, and the spears were held horizontally.
It was like a group of wolves on the prairie pounced on the sheep several miles away.
Getting closer and closer, the white tent was clearly visible not far away. General Li Feiyuanli wiped the fog from his face, pointed his long sword to the left and right, and the more than 3,000 cavalry immediately divided into three teams and headed towards the tent.
Hundreds of tents surrounded him.
"Kill!" The roar shattered the tranquility of the early morning. The shouts of thousands of people penetrated the early morning fog and spread several miles away, alarming the defenders outside the camp. Some soldiers rolled and crawled to report.
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Dagan's face turned green with shock. Prince Mule was the first heir in Khan's eyes. If he had shortcomings, how could he explain it to Khan?
"Take the prince and escape quickly!" Dagan shouted repeatedly, but he was still worried and rushed to the prince's tent himself.
But it was too late, the ruthless killing had already begun, the tent had been trampled to pieces by horses, it was no longer white, but red, and there were people hacked to death everywhere.
Uighur soldiers who had no time to put on armor in the future, young women in gorgeous clothes, staring blankly at the sky, heads, broken arms, and bloody limbs, the air was filled with a pungent smell, and the bright red blood soaked into the tent, forming a line
A stream of viscous blood continued to bubble up and slowly flowed toward the grass.
Dagan didn't find the prince, so he got on his horse and ran north with a dozen people.
But after only running for a dozen steps, a burst of arrows shot out, and all the horses and soldiers were shot down. A group of Tang Army cavalry rushed towards them, slashing with their swords. Dagan was so frightened that he shouted, "I am the Prime Minister of Huihe!"
His identity saved his life, the other soldiers were killed, and Dagan was tied up.
The purge has ended. All more than 300 Uighur soldiers were killed, and only about 20 were arrested, most of whom were young and beautiful women.
Li Fei Yuanli was squinting as he looked at a group of young and beautiful Uighur women. Of course he could choose one or two to accept them, but he had to take most of them back with him and planned to present them to King Qi.
At this time, several soldiers pushed a teenage nobleman to stumble to Li Feiyuan's horse.
"General, this man claims to be Chief Hu's little prince."
This chapter has been completed!