Han Shizu

Chapter 502
"Foreign Minister Sun Sheng, by the order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, pays homage to the Son of Heaven!"

As the Han army's invasion of Yanjiang prefectures and counties in the Southern Tang Dynasty became more urgent, Tang envoy Sun Sheng hurried northward to have an audience.In Shouchun Yatang, Liu Chengyou met him without ostentation, only a few close officials and generals accompanied him.

In the hall, the emperors and ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty had a relaxed attitude. Although Sun Sheng, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, pretended to be calm, he was in a weak position, and his tense expression told the heaviness in his heart.

"Excuse me!" Liu Chengyou waved his hand slightly, looked at Sun Sheng with a condescending attitude, and said, "The two countries are fighting each other, and the war is raging like a bandit. Li Jing sent you north, why?"

"Your Majesty, I am following the orders of the emperor. I came here to discuss peace with the soldiers and civilians of the two countries!" Sun Sheng replied.

"Oh!" Liu Chengyou said lightly, "I came here to seek peace!"

"Your Majesty, it's a peace negotiation!" Sun Sheng emphasized, correcting Liu Chengyou's statement.

Liu Chengyou waved his hand calmly, and said, "Whether it's asking for peace or negotiating peace, I'm here to beg for mercy."

Stretching out his hand, he moved his two fingers a few times, signaling Zhang Dejun to present Li Jing's letter of state. While reading through it, Sun Sheng briefly recounted: "Since the war, the soldiers and civilians of the two countries have suffered greatly. To return the common people and peace, as long as His Majesty is willing to withdraw the army, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would like to do things for Brother Chen and serve his neighbors forever. He will surely benefit from the benefits of Chen Shanze in the old age and help the army less. Pray for newspapers to answer high orders, and the road will be smooth. Gift Coins for the New Year"

A letter of state, with more than a thousand characters, was obviously written by the poets of the Southern Tang Dynasty, expressing their feelings and expressing their meaning, with a low posture, and there are many pleadings between the words, as if they have suffered a lot of grievances.

However, Liu Chengyou felt that it was quite difficult to read it. It took a little time before he finished reading it, and passed it on to all his ministers: "Everyone also read this book. It is true that the director of Tang Junchen is false in terms of making a fuss." !"

"Please appreciate it, what a masterpiece!" Tao Gu accepted it with a smile.

Seeing the arrogant attitude of the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty, Sun Sheng couldn't stand it anymore, his face showed shame and indignation, and he said loudly: "The minister came here with a letter, and the words came from the bottom of his heart, and he asked frankly, whether he would allow it or not, is up to you, Your Majesty." With one heart, why do you humiliate me so much?"

Seeing Sun Sheng's furious appearance, Liu Chengyou couldn't help being surprised, looked him up a few more times, and said in an inexplicable tone: "I heard that the person who initiated peace talks in the Tang court is none other than Grandpa Sun!"

Hearing this, Sun Sheng smiled disdainfully, and answered with his head held high: "I propose to stop the war, and I am pleading for orders for the millions of soldiers and civilians of the two countries, so that they can get rid of the pain of swordsmanship and the harm of war. Your Majesty thinks so, and I have a deep heart." Weak, afraid of the Han master, hehe."

Listening to Sun Gong's words, it is really upright and selfless! " Seeing this, Liu Chengyou became more interested, feeling a little emotional, and then his tone turned sharp, and said: "I led hundreds of thousands of troops to the south, invincible. The timid.Grandpa Sun, are you really not afraid? "

Facing the threat from Emperor Han, Sun Sheng was full of enthusiasm, laughed twice, and said: "With the ax and the axe, what is there to be afraid of? Your Majesty is a strong soldier, majestic and majestic. He can kill people, he can fear people, but he can't convince people." Although the minister is only an old scholar, he can neither mount a horse to command nor carry a knife to fight, but he holds a three-foot sharp sword, and the horizontal sword slays himself, blood spattering three feet, with full name and festival, to fulfill the king's duties, to resist the strong and fierce, It's not hard to do!"

"Bold!"

"presumptuous!"

In the hall, hearing Sun Sheng's wild words, Liu Chengyou's officials and vassals immediately glared at him.

Due to his temperament, Liu Chengyou didn't react too much. He looked at Sun Sheng, but when he saw this Tang official, he stood proudly, with a complacent expression, and he couldn't help showing a little weird look on his face.In this situation, I feel like the villain in the story no matter what, and Sun Sheng has become the protagonist who is not afraid of power and is unyielding.

Shaking his head and abandoning those distracting thoughts, Liu Chengyou waved his hand to stop his courtiers, looked at Sun Sheng, and said calmly: "I have already understood Li Jing's proposal for peace. Soldiers and servants suffered a lot of injuries, and their money was spent, more than hundreds of millions.

Such a high price, just for you to save less military supplies?For the benefit of your annual tribute?Just a wish to brother Chen, to be happy to my neighbors forever, so you want me to withdraw my army?Can I be deceived?
If I allow it, why should we march to the south with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and explain it?Why explain to the millions of people under his rule? "

"How about Your Majesty, are you willing to pay back the pawns?" Sun Sheng asked directly.

Liu Chengyou replied: "It's not what I want, but what you want!"

"Military affairs are not accomplished by your grandson coming to the north, presenting a book of national credentials, and showing off your three-inch tongue!" Pointing to the letter submitted on the case, Liu Chengyou said directly: "If From this alone, I can give you a very clear answer, no!"

"Your Majesty, I hope you will think twice!" Sun Sheng's face changed when he heard the words, and he cupped his hands and said, "Although the Great Tang was defeated, there are still millions of people in the Jianghuai River, tens of thousands of soldiers, and Yangtze River boat divisions crossing the river. We have the same hatred, we fight against the difficulties together, the outcome is unpredictable!"

"Why does a country that has lost its masters and its land utter wild words and threaten me?" Liu Chengyou said.

Sun Sheng said neither humble nor overbearing: "I only tell the truth!"

"Hehe." Liu Chengyou smiled: "Given the grandson's spirit, it's really not suitable to be an envoy, especially when he is ordered to beg for surrender!"

"As for the result, let us wait and see! I really want to see how much energy the puppet Tang and the whole country can burst out!" Without listening to Sun Sheng's words, Liu Chengyou directly ordered: "Come here! In the future, I will take it down to rest, so that I can take care of it and make no mistakes!"

Seeing Emperor Han's attitude, Sun Sheng's expression was much more serious and ugly than when he first met with him.I finally realized that I seemed to be too forgetful, and this mission was considered a failure, and I felt shameless to face Jiangdong's elders, and at the same time felt powerless.His own unyielding and uprightness seemed like a joke, and he was allowed to be seen by others. As for the threat, it was more like a joke, and Emperor Han didn't care at all.

In fact, from the attitude of Emperor Han's speech, we can already see his gluttonous desire, even if he has the heart to retreat, it is impossible not to pay a big price.It's just that Sun Sheng deliberately didn't mention it.

"Your Majesty, the puppet Tang's intention to seek peace is not very firm! Judging by Sun Sheng's attitude, I'm afraid Tang Lord still has a stubborn heart to resist!" Tao Gu said.

Liu Chengyou thought about it for a while, and said: "I don't think so. How can the Pseudo-Tang now have the confidence to fight against me again? I see this man, his remarks, apart from his temperament, inevitably tempted me. My heart is inside!"

Tao Gu was a human being, thought for a while, and nodded in agreement: "It turns out that Lord Tang has the heart to ask for peace, but he doesn't know His Majesty's attitude, and he doesn't know what conditions should be exchanged!"

"The soldiers are almost resting!" Liu Chengyou suddenly turned to Wang Jun and Han Tong who were accompanying him.

Han Tong said directly: "Your Majesty, I have already geared up and waited for the edict!"

"Decree, the army will go south to Hefei tomorrow!" Liu Chengyou said directly.

After a pause, he continued: "Order Murong Yanzhao to strengthen his strategy on Yanjiang prefectures and counties, and let Li Jing take a good look at my attitude!"

"Yes!" Wang Jun and Han Tong left as ordered.

"Shouchun's side will be handed over to Tao Qing for the time being!" Liu Chengyou looked at Tao Gu again.

Tao Gu responded immediately: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

Thinking of the response to Sun Sheng's meeting with Sun Sheng, Liu Chengyou couldn't help sighing: "The Pseudo-Tang Dynasty has no shortage of loyal, brave and loyal generals. Since the Southern Expedition, He Jingzhu, Xu Wenzhen, Guo Tingwei, and this Sun Sheng, including that Huangfuhui, are not to be underestimated. Those who look down!"

Hearing the emperor's sigh, Tao Gu said: "Even if there are talents, but the Lord doesn't make good use of them, the result is just a secret cast by the bright pearl, and you will suffer from it instead!"

"However, Li Jing still has such courtiers. From this point of view, the Puppet Tang Dynasty is not a country that will be destroyed after all!" Liu Chengyou said: "The war must end as soon as possible!"

"It's your Majesty who should be in a hurry!" Tao Gu said.

Liu Chengyou just nodded.Hundreds of thousands of troops stayed in Huainan for a long time, spending a lot of money. Tokyo could no longer sit still, and the treasury was becoming increasingly empty.Right now, it is the season of spring plowing, so the war will consume a lot of people's strength in the Central Plains and Huaibei. If the farming season is delayed again, it will cause a chain reaction, and there will be more headaches in the future.

During this period of time, hundreds of officials sent by the minister continued to enter the table, suggesting Liu Chengyou's class teacher.As a matter of fact, if the Southern Tang Dynasty was desperate to fight to the death, it would be impossible for the Northern Han Dynasty to stay here for a long time.

The more likely approach is to return the troops to the court, rectify the soldiers and horses, and return the people and farming.On the Huainan side, they turned from offense to defense, consolidating the occupied land and digesting the fruits of victory.

However, that was Nan Tang's choice to fight to the end, and it would be best if he could get it done once and for all.After all, compared with the original history, Zhou Shizong's conquest of the Tang Dynasty and Liu Chengyou's conquest, the Southern Tang Dynasty lost faster and more thoroughly.

(End of this chapter)