In Zhao Changqing's reply to Xiao Yuming, he only wrote seven words, 'Exterminate the cold as quickly as possible'.

Destroying the Liang Kingdom is the current big plan of the Wei State. Compared with this matter, anything else will seem insignificant.

Zhao Changlin selected an envoy from thousands of people and sent him to the Tang Army's camp.

We went with the sincerity of a truce between the two armies.

The emperor's meaning just now is obvious. Firstly, to test the attitude of the Tang army. Secondly, if this battle can be avoided, this battle will not be fought. Occupying the Liang Kingdom with all his strength is the top priority.

After the envoys came back, they brought news that the Tang army had neither agreed nor vetoed. They wanted to consider a few days before giving an answer to the Wei army as to whether this war should continue.

They originally wanted to fight to the death with the Wei army, but now that Xu Fengyun is dead, they no longer have the necessity to compete with the Wei army.

What's more, the current Liang Kingdom has basically been captured by the Wei Kingdom. Even if they can break through Zhao Changqing's blockade and come to the Liang Kingdom, it will not help. Instead, they will probably fall into the embarrassing situation of being attacked from both sides.

Tang Jun wanted to think about it for two days, so Zhao Changqing gave them two days.

In the past two days, Zhao Changqing was not idle. He gathered his troops together and prepared to launch a charge against the Tang army at any time.

And by doing this, he also hoped that Tang Jun could assess the situation in a timely and effective manner and think clearly whether it was war or peace.

Generally speaking, fighting with Wei will not end well.

On Yue Fei's side, they began to mobilize the army to meet in the direction of Lingzhou City.

Before Zhao Changqing received Xiao Yuming's letter, the armies from the three fronts had already arrived outside Lingzhou City.

They and Zhao Yun gathered in the city to discuss the next strategy.

Before Zhao Changqing's reply had reached Xiao Yuming's hands, he had already taken the lead of the Chu army, planning to serve as a vanguard and attack Qiao County first.

At present, Qiaojun has only 30,000 troops, and most of them are temporarily recruited.

So no matter how the situation looked, Li Yijun had no chance of making a comeback.

When arriving outside Qiaojun City.

Li Yijun held a banquet at the city gate and wanted to invite Jia Xu to come for a while.

Xiao Yuming was worried about fraud and reminded Jia Xu not to go.

However, Jia Xu had been a close friend of Li Yijun for a long time and wanted to see what kind of person he was.

In this way, the two great think tanks who shocked the world met.

The first thing Li Yijun said to Jia Xu was, "Brother Wenhe, don't worry, there will be no masters hiding in the dark for a while today. You will be safe, but whether I am safe or not depends on Marshal Xiao's wishes."

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Jia Xu smiled and said: "When you enter the city later, I will watch here. In this case, he will not take action or shoot arrows at you. But when I leave, I will not know what you should do."

What kind of behavior did he do?"

Li Yijun poured wine for Jia Xu and said: "Today's meeting is a meeting of gentlemen, and it has nothing to do with plotting war."

Jia Xu toasted Li Yijun. After the two of them drank for three rounds, the former said: "Sometimes I really admire you. If it were anyone else, it would be impossible for you to still keep half of the country of Liang at this time."

Li Yijun shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that your Majesty died in the Luoxia Valley. If your Majesty were still alive, I think the situation in Liang Kingdom would be better."

Jia Xu smiled and said: "But the final outcome of the Liang Kingdom is that it will still be destroyed by the iron hoof of the Wei Kingdom. No matter the time, place, and people are favorable, your Liang Kingdom has no chance of winning."

Li Yijun said: "I envy you, your emperor, and the people of Wei."

Jia Xu frowned and said, "What do you mean by this?"

Li Yijun said: "In the entire Liang Kingdom, not counting Your Majesty, I am the only one. But your Wei Kingdom is different, there are many talents. In fact, all the five tiger generals in your Wei Kingdom are not inferior in terms of marching and fighting ability."

For me, there were several times when I had the upper hand in battles with them, but it was actually just because I was familiar with the terrain. Apart from other things, you Jia Xu also have Zhuge Liang, but who do I, Li Yijun, have?"

Jia Xu was stunned and lowered his head to drink.

Li Yijun stood up and continued: "Our Liang Kingdom lost to your Wei Kingdom. In fact, we did not lose to the power of the world that your Wei Kingdom occupied, but to Renhe. If there were so many of your Wei Kingdom in our Liang Kingdom,

With such a talented person, why should I be reduced to such a situation? Your Majesty, why should I die in the Luoxia Valley?"

Jia Xu said calmly: "You are wrong. Harmony is also a general trend of heaven and earth. In today's world, it is time for the great prosperity of the Wei State. Only the Wei State can end this nearly one thousand years of war."

Li Yijun smiled and said: "I am not saying these things to find reasons for my failure, but I want to say that the fault of the defeat of the Liang Kingdom is not your Majesty, but my fault, Li Yijun. I have ruled the Liang Kingdom for many years, but I have failed to cultivate rising stars.

, I failed to continue the national destiny of Liang Kingdom, I am... guilty!"

Jia Xu looked up at him and said, "You brought me here just to talk about these things?"

Li Yijun shook his head and said: "No, I just want to say that I hope that in the next battle, I can really fight with you to see who is the smartest between you and me."

Jia Xu suddenly realized that the real meaning of this drink was to declare a challenge.

He stood up suddenly, smiled, and said, "As you wish."

The two left here one after another.

After Jia Xu returned, Xiao Yuming asked, "I've been looking for him for many days, but I didn't expect him to be in Qiao County. I wonder what he told Mr. Jia Xu?"

Jia Xu smiled and said: "You are giving me another challenge. You want to fight me. General Xiao, I have an unkind request. I wonder if General Xiao can agree to it?"

Xiao Yuming said: "Sir, just speak up."

Jia Xu nodded and said: "In the past few days, I will temporarily hand over the command of the army to Wen He. I also want to compete with Li Yijun."

Xiao Yuming laughed when he heard the sound and said: "Sir, just go ahead and do it. Now these 300,000 troops belong to you."

Just when he led the army to Qiao County, Zhao Changqing gave the order to attack the Tang army.

The army was mobilized in full force.

When others see the posture of the Wei army, they will think that the Wei army is going to fight the Tang army.

In fact, this is not necessarily the case. Zhao Changqing's idea this time was to repel the Tang army in a small area and put some pressure on them.

Otherwise, if the Liang army rushes into a decisive battle in such a hurry, they may end up in a lose-lose situation.

The Tang army had no intention of competing with the Wei army.

They decisively adopted the strategic policy of fighting and retreating at the same time, and did not engage in head-on conflict with the main army led by Zhao Changqing himself.

This result was exactly what he wanted.

Therefore, after the pursuit battle lasted for a whole day, Zhao Changqing saw that things were going well and immediately retreated to Ming Jin.

Because of this sudden surprise attack by the Wei army, the Tang army had to re-examine the issue of war and peace.

The court has not yet given an explanation.
Chapter completed!