Chapter seven hundred and ninety-six is ??an enemy or a friend
Standing in Shi Siming's tent was such a frail scholar. He wore a black gauze turban and a linen robe, his hands behind his back and he was calm and composed. Before Shi Siming followed An Lushan in his rebellion, he had always looked down on scholars.
But after fighting with the two brothers Yan Gaoqing and Yan Zhenqing, I realized that people who have read books are more difficult to deal with than martial artists.
These Youyan generals in the tent are as powerful as tigers and wolves, and their eyes are like clusters of sharp arrows.
Shi Siming smiled and asked: "Is the envoy coming from the Hexi Army's camp?"
"indeed."
"The envoy was sent by Lieutenant Li?"
"indeed."
Shi Siming's smile suddenly froze, and he shouted loudly: "You are talking nonsense, come here, tie this person up and saw him to death!"
Sawing is a punishment that Shi Siming likes to use, which is to tie people to a tree and cut them in half alive with a tree saw.
Two soldiers came forward and pushed Cen Shen's shoulders to go out of the tent. Cen Shenzi laughed loudly without changing his expression: "Hahaha."
"return!"
Cen Shen turned around, and Shi Siming asked angrily: "Why are you laughing? Do you think I dare not kill you?"
"Since I dare to come to your camp, I have already put my life and death at risk. Why would King Zhou tease me?"
Shi Siming suddenly laughed and stood up. He poured a glass of wine and handed it to him and said, "Haha, he is indeed a man worthy of Lieutenant Li. He has magnanimity and courage. After drinking this glass of wine, we can talk about things."
Cen Shen raised his head and downed the drink and handed it back to Shi Siming, who sat back in front of the desk and said, "Cen Shen was the secretary in charge of Beiting March in his early years, and he and Dai Wang were Taiwei Li's right-hand men. But I don't understand, Taiwei is now
After achieving great success, he was conferred the title of King of Xiliang by the imperial court, and was promoted to the title of Taiwei. Why did he take such a strange risk to come to Xiangzhou? You must know that if you are not careful about rebellion, you may risk the lives of your whole family.
The Taiwei is not like outlaws like us."
Cen Shen replied loudly: "Li Taiwei has indeed achieved success a long time ago, but the king of Xiliang was granted the title by the Supreme Emperor. As the saying goes, an emperor and his courtiers in one dynasty, the new emperor cannot tolerate an old minister like Taiwei. His life was in danger when he was in Chang'an. This time
He had no choice but to leave Chang'an to recapture the Hexi Army from the eunuchs and plan a future for himself."
"Well said." Shi Siming clasped his hands and said, "Who would be willing to lick the blood of a knife and rebel if they were not forced to do so? I had mistakenly believed in the imperial court before, thinking that I could live the rest of my life safely by surrendering, but I didn't expect that the imperial court would betray its promise and send someone to take over.
My life. I don’t know what Taiwei is seeking by forming an alliance with me. It can’t just be a small Weizhou."
Cen Shen answered the question: "The main force of the seven armies of the imperial court is under Yecheng. Now the divisions and veterans are exhausted. It is the time when King Zhou rescues Emperor An Qingxu of Yan. Our army is willing to give up the road to Yecheng, so that the king can defeat the Tang army calmly.
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Shi Siming ignored his proposal and asked directly: "What benefit does Lieutenant Li want to get from it?"
"After defeating the imperial army, the King of Zhou has monopolized the nineteen counties of Hebei, while my lord has monopolized Henan. How about both sides relying on each other to fight against the imperial court?"
Shi Siming patted the table and laughed loudly: "Li Siye doesn't want to do anything. He just sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight, and wants to monopolize Henan? How did he come up with such a clever plan?"
The rebel generals sitting on both sides of the tent also burst into laughter.
Cen Shen's face was expressionless, and there was even a bit of contempt and indifference in his eyes. He waited for everyone to stop laughing, and then said loudly: "My lord, doing nothing is more useful than doing anything. King Zhou, you are so smart, why do you do this?"
Just look at the present and not the future. You only need this last battle to completely control Hebei. But now there are imperial garrisons in many states and counties in Henan. My lord needs to capture them one by one, without losing troops? My lord once
After capturing Henan, you will receive pressure from Hedong and Guanzhong from the west, and pressure from Nanyang from the south. It will become a barrier between you and the imperial court. It can make you sit securely, but you can't do it in a single battle.
Comparable?"
Shi Siming finally stopped laughing and frowned and said: "Li Taiwei is a great contributor to the imperial court after all. If he surrenders again, the imperial court will be able to accept it. Besides, if you say he wants to rebel, why should I believe you?
As the saying goes, you never tire of deceit, but I have experienced too many things where I have gone back on my word."
Cen Shen stared and asked, "Do you want to apply for a certificate of honor?"
"Why say it so arrogantly? Lieutenant Li can participate in the battle at Xiangzhou City without his soldiers, but I really need his assistance. Can you lend me his artillery camp and return it to you after this battle?"
At the time of introduction, we used Weizhou and Xiangzhou as the boundary. As long as you have the ability, it doesn't matter if you conquer all the land south of these two places."
Cen Shen hesitated and thought for a moment, nodded and said: "I can't make a decision on this matter. I will report to the lord when I return."
Shi Siming laughed gloomily and said: "Then please ask Lieutenant Li to reply as soon as possible. Our An Qingxu cannot wait for so long."
Cen Shen crossed his hands and nodded, turned around and exited Shi Siming's tent.
General Xue Song stood next to Shi Siming and asked, "Your Majesty, I always feel that this Li Siye doesn't seem to be sincerely friends with us. Don't be fooled by him."
Shi Siming laughed and said: "I might as well guess him with the greatest malice. There are only three possibilities for what he wants to do. First, he did not betray the court and wanted to attack me from behind while I was fighting with the Tang army to make a great contribution. Second, he did not betray the court.
, he has rebelled, but is not willing to stay in Henan, the place where the four battles took place, so he wants to take advantage of the decisive battle between me and the Tang army to lead his army north to attack Fanyang in Youzhou, seize my three million stones of grain and grass, and seize my tens of millions of gold and silver.
Third, he has rebelled against the imperial court, but his ambition does not end there. He is trying to become the oriole after the mantis. As long as he knows how to do what is beneficial to him, is this kind of person still difficult to deal with? "
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Li Siye was stationed in Qingfeng County on the border of Weizhou. The large crimson banners were floating in the air. The troops were camped outside the county. The military tents were arranged in an orderly manner. It seemed that the army was being run quite rigorously.
He came outside the camp gate and said to the soldiers, "I am Guo Ziyi. I came from the Shuofang Army Camp. I came here to see Lieutenant Li."
The soldiers did not dare to neglect after hearing this and hurriedly ran to report to Li Siye.
After a while, Li Siye led Dai Wang, Yan Xiaosi, Tian Zhen and other generals out of the camp. He raised his hands to Guo Ziyi and said, "Guo Sikong followed in the footsteps of our army. Could it be that he came to raise an army to question his crimes?"
Pugu Huai'en whispered behind him: "How come I never saw that this person is so thick-skinned before? He did such a betrayal of the imperial court and dared to come out to greet him with his face licked."
Guo Ziyi stopped him with a look, crossed her hands and said respectfully: "Although I am the same age as Taiwei Li, my qualifications and achievements are far less than that of Taiwei. When you were the governor of Beiting, I had just served as deputy capital of Beiting.
Hu was transferred to Shuofang as the military envoy of Hengsai. When you were the military envoy of the Three Towns, I was still the military envoy of Hengsai. As a rising star, Guo Ziyi should pay homage to the Taiwei."
"I don't dare to take it seriously. Now that I am a criminal of the Tang Dynasty, you don't need to pay me such a big courtesy."
Guo Ziyi turned over and dismounted, looked up at the sky and said, "The captain won't just leave us out like this, not even allowing us to enter the camp."
Li Siye extended his hand to invite them, and they walked side by side to the Chinese army's main tent. Guo Ziyi took the initiative to fall half a step behind, even slightly bowing his shoulders and back. He paid attention to these details at the moment, just to let Li Siye deepen his affection for him, and then he could
Become a qualified lobbyist.
He kept all the generals out of the tent, leaving only Guo Ziyi in the tent to talk in detail.
"It stands to reason that the Taiwei is already the ultimate minister, and it is not Guo Ziyi's turn to come here to advise him. However, the achievements accumulated by the Taiwei from the past to the present are already comparable to those of our famous founding generals of the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Jing and Li Ji, and are above the rest of history.
You already have a place, but now the sudden reversal is tantamount to destroying the reputation and achievements you have painstakingly accumulated over the years. Of course, the Taiwei has his own reasons for doing this, but you ask yourself, now under this Ye City, there are more than 200,000 people.
Why did the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fight fiercely for more than three months? Is it just to be loyal to the emperor? I can foresee that if Yecheng is victorious, our Tang Dynasty will successfully suppress the rebellion within this year and next, and the 80 million Tang Dynasty elders will not have to fight again.
Due to the disaster of the army, if there is a big defeat, the overall situation that was finally reversed will be in vain, and the rebels will become more cruel and violent. It is not known when this rebellion will be put down. Now the overall situation of the world is focused on the Taiwei.
Is the Taiwei willing to let the good reputation he has accumulated go to waste when it comes to one person? Is the Taiwei willing to become a sinner for the ages?"
"Even if the Taiwei has some injustice and is unwilling to make excuses with the imperial court, please put the overall situation first and jointly defeat our enemies before it is too late to part ways. At this time, the reputation of the Taiwei still exists, and the people under his command are also loyal.