"Destiny, destiny." Li Xingchen laughed heartily as he looked at the battle report sent from the northwest.
"Your Majesty, what's your destiny?" Xiao Xiang came over with some confusion and made tea for Li Xinchen.
The battle report of the great victory in the northwest was sent to Xiangyang as soon as possible. Li Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief and drove back to Jiangling. After all, he went north this time just in case, so that he could quickly go to Hanzhong to stabilize after the defeat in the northwest.
The war situation, and now that the war situation is going unexpectedly smoothly, Li Xingchen naturally has no need to stay in Xiangyang anymore.
After all, Li Xingchen's trip to the north was an impromptu move to deal with the crisis in the northwest. He could be said to be a simple servant. Not only did he leave his wife behind, but he only brought Yang Su and Huang Qi with him, plus the bodyguards and soldiers.
It's just the protection of Yu Linqi.
As for Yang Jian's envoy, Li Xingchen didn't mind letting him chase him to Jiangling eagerly.
Not long after arriving in Jiangling, detailed battle reports and merit books from the Northwest also arrived.
"The Turks were defeated at the hands of my great Han, just like the Huns. It's really their fate." Li Xingchen hurriedly covered it up in embarrassment.
In fact, he was lamenting that the reason why the Turkic Jieli Khan was defeated by the Tang army in history was because Li Jing used 3,000 elite troops to brave the wind and snow to raid Foyang Ridge, which completely disrupted the Turkic advance and allowed
The Turks could not look after each other, and eventually returned in disastrous defeat.
This battle was very similar to the Battle of Wuyang Ridge that Li Jing and Li Yaoshi had struck like a stroke of genius. The sudden attack of the Han army from the north also completely confused the Turks, but this time they attacked from the north and south rather than intercepting them in the middle.
Of course, there is no way to explain this to Li Xingchen. Li Jing and Li Yaoshi should be only eleven or twelve years old now. In fact, even Li Yuan, the founder of the Tang Dynasty, was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who was still in the academy in Jinling.
Go to school in middle school.
Xiao Xiang glanced at Li Xingchen suspiciously. Apart from the fact that they both defeated the nomads in the north, she didn't think there was anything in common between them. But it was probably just her husband thinking that he could put money on his face.
, it has to be made mysterious.
"Your Majesty, Yang Canjun is outside asking for an audience." Zhang Lihua walked in quickly. She was now dressed in a scholar's clothes, with a green scarf binding up the hair that once made her the favorite in the harem. She had a capable aura that was "overwhelming" for her to see.
He looked very heroic.
Xiao Xiang glanced at Zhang Lihua dissatisfied. Although he knew when Yang Su came to ask for an audience, it actually had nothing to do with Zhang Lihua, but he always felt that this vixen was deliberately interrupting this rare opportunity for her and her husband to be together.
As a result, this vixen jumped out so ungratefully, and even put on such clothes. It was obvious that she wanted to be unique and attract the attention of her husband.
Although my husband went north to Xiangyang for a short time, he still took this vixen with him. Who knows if the two of them messed up during this process?
Xiao Xiang was still thinking wildly, but Li Xingchen had already put down the battle report and kissed her on the forehead: "It should be a matter of negotiation with Beifang. I will come back as soon as I go."
Xiao Xiang looked at Li Xingchen's leaving back and subconsciously reached out and touched his forehead. It was wet and there were traces of kisses there. The girl showed a satisfied smile, but she soon reacted and stamped her feet hard.
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It's really disappointing. I can't let him go no matter what I say today!
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Liu Qiu stared at Yang Yue, who was sitting opposite. Yang Yue seemed to be in a very good mood, drinking tea leisurely.
Liu Qiu was the internal historian of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The so-called internal historian was the person responsible for organizing, drafting, and writing edicts for the emperor. He was equivalent to Huangmen Shilang in Nanchen, and also equivalent to Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng in the Han Dynasty.
In history, there are also official positions of high and low positions, namely, senior doctor and middle doctor. Liu Qiu's internal history doctor is also called internal history doctor. Zheng Yi also has this official position.
Huangfu Ji, the official in charge of internal history, and Liu Fang, the official in Yuzhengzhong, were also on Yang Jian's side, so the world called them the "Four Officials". These four people had a complete monopoly on the issuance and transmission of the emperor's will.
He was not only a close official around the emperor, but also one of Yang Jian's main means of controlling Yu Wenyun.
It was precisely because these four people kept erasing the evil things Yang Jian had done and tried their best to persuade Yu Wen Yun to remove Yu Wen Xian that Yu Wen Yun made the decision to fully support Yang Jian and oppose Yu Wen Xian.
Although Yu Wenyun has reacted now, Yang Jian's power is overwhelming, and he has no way to take power away from Yang Jian's hands.
This time Yang Jian sent Liu Qiu as an envoy, which was obviously very sincere.
But Liu Qiu was very angry now, because the young man opposite made him feel that he was not here to negotiate at all, but to seek peace.
Yang Yue and Yang Huibo were Yang Su's younger brothers. After the two brothers entered the Han Dynasty, one entered the Taiwei's Mansion and the other entered the general office. This time, King Gu Ye sent Yang Yue to negotiate peace with the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Firstly, he was interested in it.
His background also allowed him to cooperate with Yang Su.
And Yang Su's task for Yang Yue was also very simple. First, use the bargaining chip from the victory in the Northwest War to ask for a sky-high price.
Therefore, Yang Yue was not polite to Liu Qiu, and bluntly stated that if Yang Jian wanted to avoid a war with the Han Dynasty, he must show the greatest sincerity. The first step would be to cede the entire Nanyang County.
There was no need for Yang Yue to mention the second condition, and Liu Qiu had already taken action.
Nanyang County is one of the largest counties in Jingzhou, and it is also the only city that Yang Jian can control south of Wuguan and Luoyang. At the same time, Nanyang connects Luoyang and Guanzhong to the north, and directly connects to Jingzhou to the south. It is the choke point for communication between the north and the south.
Tao was also the imperial hometown of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Even now that Li Xingchen and Yu Wenxian have completed the defense around Nanyang County, there are even rumors that Li Xingchen wants to exchange several cities in the southeast and east side of Nanyang County from Yu Wenxian through transactions, but after all, Yang Jian dare not
It is impossible to directly use such a big city as a bargaining chip.
Even if we cede territory and seek peace, it would be impossible to create such a major town, right?!
"Nanyang will definitely not give it to us." Li Xingchen stood behind the screen and said in a low voice.
After Yang Su came to see him, he directly asked Li Xingchen to come to the negotiation place. Obviously, the changes in the northwest war situation had overturned all the previous negotiation conditions. Compared with the previous situation where Yang Jian's support and cooperation was even needed in the northwest, now
What the big man needs to consider more probably is whether it is necessary to directly knock on Xiao Pass and go straight to the middle of the pass.
"I don't expect to be able to capture Nanyang. Now our army can march north from Nanxiang to Wuguan and cut off the connection between Wuguan and Nanyang." Yang Su said in a low voice, "So even if Yang Jian doesn't give us
Nanyang, as long as we can reach an agreement with Yu Wenxian, then Nanyang is within our grasp." (To be continued)