Chapter 2242: The war will be stopped if Chang''an is given up
Chapter 2239: If you give up Chang''an, you will cease the battle
"What did Li Shimin think?"
Wen Zhong appeared beside Jiang Shang: "Junior brother, you have clearly pointed out a way to live for Li Shimin, but he chose a difficult dead end. I don''t know if he should be said to be stupid or have the courage."
"He has his own plans."
Jiang Shang stroked his beard gently and shook his head, "Li Shimin is very wise and brave. It''s a pity that he was born at the wrong time. Regardless of whether Li Tang can escape this disaster, even if he can escape, it will be just a stagnation. He will sooner or later die on the front line of confrontation with Qin."
"What a pity." Wen Zhong sighed.
"Let''s go, Brother Wen Zhong, it''s time to go to Luoyang. Haven''t you wanted to meet this King of Qin long ago?"
"Indeed, King Ying Hao of Qin is a natural resource, but unfortunately he is not from the Liu family."
Wen Zhong showed regret on his face, and then he smiled and said, "My disciples of Shangqing have often served in Qin, and my junior brother has even made the name of No. 1 in the world. This time I went to Luoyang, I should have met many old acquaintances."
Jiang Shang couldn''t help but remain silent. He was a disciple of Yuqing, and Yuqing had a very poor attitude towards Qin. It was completely opposite to Shangqing. There was no disciple of Yuqing to serve in Qin. He was destined to be alone in this place.
But even so, Jiang Shang still wants to go, he wants to see what kind of person Ying Hao is.
Since Jiang Shang and Wen Zhong were born, Ying Hao has been looking for their whereabouts, but there has been no progress. Now Jiang Shang and Wen Zhong have taken the initiative to come to him.
If Qin Hao knew about it, he would definitely be overjoyed. Unfortunately, he didn''t know, otherwise he would have to leave Jiang Shang and Wen Zhong at any cost.
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Lantian, in the Qin army camp.
"Report to the general, the envoy of the Tang army came to ask for his visit."
Li Jing, who was looking at the sand table, was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "Transfer."
"No."
After a while, the Tang envoy entered and saluted, "Li Shangyin, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, please see the general."
The visitor was Li Shangyin, who was collectively known as "Little Li Du" with Du Mu.
Li Jing didn''t say nonsense and asked directly: "What did the Tang envoy come?"
"I came to discuss with the general. The two countries should reconcile and stop the troops and truce, shake hands and make peace." Li Shangyin said neither humble nor arrogant.
Li Jing was stunned at first, then burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, isn''t it just here to seek peace? Why are you talking so well-sounding?"
After saying that, Li Jing said to the generals: "Did you hear that the Tang Kingdom wants to seek peace with our army, obviously he can no longer hold on."
Hearing Li Jing''s words, the generals laughed. After all, who would be willing to seek peace if they could fight?
Li Shang looked angry and was about to refute, but Li Jing said, "Sir, since it''s for negotiation, you can go directly to Luoyang. Why did you come to Lantian instead? I will just fight."
"Luoyang is seven or eight hundred miles away from Chang''an, this..."
Li Shangyin showed an embarrassing look on his face, but Li Jing already understood it.
It was just that the trip to Luoyang was too long, and I was worried that the war would change during the negotiations, so I came to Lantian and asked Li Jing to convey the Tang Kingdom''s wish to negotiate on his behalf. Li Jing immediately sent a letter to Luoyang and conveyed Li Tang''s wish to discuss peace.
Ying Hao, who received the message, was very surprised. He guessed that Li Tang would come to ask for peace, but he didn''t expect it to be so soon.
The Qin army attacked Tang in five directions, which seemed to be a huge momentum, but at present, only one of the routes has been attacked into Guanzhong, which is Huo Qubing''s cavalry legion.
Although the Tang Kingdom lost Xiaoguan, there was still Wuzhangyuan. As long as the Wuzhangyuan was guarded, Huo Qubing''s cavalry would not be able to reach Chang''an.
In addition, important places such as Yuguan, Tongguan, Fenglingdu are still in the hands of the Tang army.
The Tang Kingdom has not been forced into a desperate situation. With Li Shimin''s style of conduct, in theory, how should we give in quickly?
“It’s really strange.”
Ying Hao muttered in confusion, but when he saw the price Li Tang was willing to pay, he immediately sneered in his heart.
"I just want to withdraw my army after paying such a small price? Li Shimin is quite beautiful."
Ying Hao sneered and ordered: "I ordered Li Jing to be fully responsible for negotiations with Li Tang. I can temporarily release Li Shimin, but Li Tang must give up Chang''an City."
"No."
After the soldiers left, Jia Xu stood up and said, "Lord, Huo Bing will temporarily change his plan and ask Wei Qing to lead 30,000 to support Ma Chao to delay Yang Guang''s process of unifying Liangzhou.
Although it is for the sake of the overall situation, Huo Bing dared to deal with such a big matter without reporting it, which is too bold and reckless. ”
After hearing Jia Xu''s words, Ying Hao rubbed his temples with a headache. Obviously, this was not the first time Huo Qubing was impeached.
A genius commander like Huo Qubing is indeed reassuring to use, but he always puts his own ideas first and habitually neglects military orders. This really makes people love and hate him.
For example, this time, if Huo Qubing had not divided 30,000 troops to support Ma Chao, the Qin army would have at least 60,000 cavalry in Wuzhangyuan, and even if Li Shimin''s courage, he would not dare to fight the Qin army.
In the Battle of Guanzhong, the Qin army had only two months of combat. Huo Qubing''s cavalry corps marched for more than half a month, and had spent one-third of the time, and only more than a month left to fight. At this time, the division of troops would undoubtedly affect the progress of the Guanzhong war.
Therefore, many people impeached Huo Qubing, but this was also the one they came to the scene in person. They didn’t know the real situation in Liangzhou, and they would definitely not say that if they knew it.
"This, Huo Bing''s move was actually instructed by this king. Before the war, I was worried that the situation in Liangzhou would deteriorate, so I gave Huo Bing the right to adapt to the situation."
Now that things have come to this point, only the lord Ying Hao will take the blame for his subordinates. Otherwise, Huo Qubing would have been able to do great things this time, and it will definitely be a consequence of his merits and demerits in the end.
By the way, the subordinates who have always taken the blame for Ying Hao. If Ying Hao takes the blame for him, there are probably only Huo Qubing and Li Cunxiao in the entire Qin State.
Jia Xu could see at a glance that Ying Hao was committing guilt on Huo Qubing, and said helplessly: "Lord, are you not afraid of his favoritism and being fond of General Huo Bing?"
"It was really my instructed, oh by the way, how is the situation in Liangzhou?"
“…”
"Not long ago, the news came back that Han Sui''s son-in-law Yan Xing had defected to our army. Ma Chao''s situation was not better than Yan Xing. Perhaps he was hesitating whether to seek refuge in our army, so Wei Qing proposed to send envoys to lobby Ma Chao for surrender."
After hearing this, Qin Hao showed a thoughtful look and then said, "Don''t send envoys to lobby Ma Chao."
? ? ?
All the ministers present showed doubts, not understanding that Ma Chao had already surrendered and was obviously a force that could be incorporated, but why didn''t the lord take the initiative to fight for this force?
(This chapter ends)