Han Shizu

Chapter 503 The Second Envoy Brings Lilly

Although the mission was not completed and he rested overnight in Shouchun, Sun Sheng made a request to return to Jinling to return to Li Jing, but Liu Chengyou refused.Then, Sun Sheng found out that he had been placed under house arrest. However, what he said on the surface was that he became the guest of Emperor Han and traveled south to Hefei with the emperor.

As for the reply from Jinling, an accompanying official was released, and he went back to report to Li Jing.So, two days later, what Li Jing learned in Jinling was that in front of Emperor Han, Sun Sheng was angry with his scholar and spoke rudely, which offended Emperor Han, which in turn made him angry and went south.

In the past two days, the areas along the river in the Southern Tang Dynasty have been on alert everywhere, Yang, Tai, Chu, He, Shu, and Huang, and there is no place that has not been conquered by the Han army.Not to mention other places, Yang, Chu, and Sanzhou almost pointed directly at Jinling. Especially after the Han army increased its troops and went south, many Jiangfang garrisons and military towns in the Southern Tang Dynasty were lost.

"I am not good at employing people. I sent Sun Sheng to the north to discuss peace. I never thought that his strong temper would anger the Emperor Han and provoke his army to go south." In the main hall of the Tang Palace, Li Jing sighed and swept the officials in the hall: "Only Murong Yan Zhao and other generals made defenses along the river, causing emergency everywhere, and now the army of the Northern Han Dynasty is going south, how can we stop it? How should I deal with it?"

At this time, there are not many people in the temple, but the current political demands are the same, the Lord and the Lord.Han Xizai and the others, in the past few days, have repeatedly clamored and colluded, begging Li Jing for orders, hoping that he will be determined to fight against the Han, persevere to the end, and not make peace with him.Li Jing was annoyed, so he simply closed it and didn't see it.

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of my ministers, for the current plan, I can only send envoys to the north to pay a visit to the Han Emperor to express his anger and respect my sincerity in the peace talks." Wei Cen, the admonisher, got up and replied.

After his words fell, Feng Yansi got up and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, from the perspective of my ministers, I am afraid that the anger of Emperor Han was not entirely offended by Sun Gong. Emperor Han is ambitious and greedy like the sea. If he cannot satisfy his gluttonous heart , I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to withdraw his troops. If we want to negotiate peace, we must think about what price we should pay before we can move the heart of Emperor Han!"

Feng Yansi's words were straightforward, but also cryptic. Some things could only be done by Li Jing himself.Li Jing obviously also understood what he meant, and glanced at Feng Yansi, his old face was serious.

After a long time, he sighed sadly and said: "Send envoys again to the north with rich gifts, and say to the emperor of the Han Dynasty that I would like to be a minister and pay tribute, and cut off the six states of Guangguang, Shou, Hao, Si, Chu, and Hai with the Han, hoping that they will go to the Han Dynasty." Can strike!"

Not only Li Jing, but even the Lord and Faction ministers present subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief when he said this edict.Feng Yansi and the others had the same meaning in fact. As the weaker party, they had to pay a high price for the initiative to initiate peace, but the specific price had to be considered by the emperor himself.If it is endorsed by a courtier, the country will be ruined and the power will be humiliated in the future, and the emperor will regret it, then there will be no good fruit to eat.

After making a "difficult" decision, the question arises again, who is willing to make it up, Li Jing asked this.The officials were silent, and they all lowered their heads subconsciously. No one was willing to go on an envoy.

Seeing the reaction of this dry subject, Li Jing couldn't help but get angry: "You eat the king's salary and receive the favor of the country, don't you want to share the worries of the king's father? Do you want me to go north in person to beg for peace with the emperor of Han? This covenant of mourning the country Do you want me to bear the humiliation alone?"

After Li Jing said these words, all the courtiers remained silent and pretended to be dead.Li Jing's expression became more and more anxious. At this time, Zhong Mo, a Hanlin scholar and servant of the household department, stood up, bowed down, with tears in his eyes, and said in a choked tone: "I would like to take a trip to Jiangbei for your majesty!"

Someone took the initiative, and the tense nerves of the courtiers at the scene finally relaxed. Seeing this, Li Jing's eyes were also red, and he stepped down to help Zhong Mo himself: "Zhong Qing has experience as an envoy to Han, and he will surely fulfill his mission when he goes north. I am tired!"

Zhong Mo sighed, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty has a destiny, I will relieve my worries, please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

"I would like to go with Zhong Shilang!" At this time, another minister stood up, but it was Li Deming, a bachelor of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Seeing his serious face, Li Jing was moved, as if "the strong wind knows the strong grass, and the toughness knows the loyal minister".Without further ado, with Zhong Mo and Li Deming as the principal and deputy envoys, they rushed northward with gifts.

After Zhong and Li went north, Li Jing received two good news.A letter from Ezhou, Wuchang Jiedu envoy Liu Renshan reported that he defeated the Hunan bandit army who had invaded Changshanzhai. The bandit defeated Wang Kui and wiped out [-] soldiers.

It was Wang Kui, who was appointed as the Jiedu envoy of Wuping Army by Liu Chengyou, and was ordered to assist the Northern Han Dynasty in conquering the Tang Dynasty. He led [-] soldiers from Langzhou and entered the territory of Ezhou.After attacking Tang's Changshan stronghold, Liu Renshan led the attack, and was defeated. More than half of the troops were lost, and they fled back to Hunan in embarrassment.Since then, the two friendly armies from the southern Tang Dynasty, Wuyue and Hunan, have been defeated by the Tang army successively. Facts have proved that the "friendly armies" are not enough.

The second letter came from Li Hongji, King of Yan, who said that General Lin Renzhao led two thousand sailors to raid Liyang Hanzhai, destroying it and killing more than a thousand enemies.There is no mention of battle damage, and the record seems to be relatively poor, but this is the best record that Tang Ting has received in the face of the Han army in the near future.

A little green among thousands of flowers is particularly eye-catching.Of course, Guo Tingwei from Xuyi must be the one with the best record against the Han. Even He Jingzhu, who guarded Shouchun, caused a lot of casualties to the Han army.

Li Hongji, King Yan of the Southern Tang Dynasty, knew that the court was promoting the peace talks, but was still unwilling to do so. He sued the court with this matter in order to give Li Jing and the Southern Tang court a boost.Tell them that relying on Jiang Fang, they can still wrestle with the Han army.

The effect is naturally there, but such a victory is too slight.In fact, upon hearing the good news from the two sides, Li Jing was happy for a short moment, just for a short moment, after all, the general trend was irreversible.Even Li Jing was still worried about whether Lin Renzhao's fight would anger the Han army and affect the peace talks.

However, despite the ups and downs of his emotions, Li Jing still issued an edict to praise Liu Renshan and Lin Renzhao, especially Lin Renzhao, and directly appointed him as the defense envoy of Hezhou and the envoy of Jiangbei camp.

In Hefei, Liu Chengyou came here, and the Huainan camp was moved here to supervise and urge all Han armies nearby to attack the prefectures and counties along the river.At the same time, Liu Chengyou sent out the Iron Cavalry, Fengguo, and Xiaodi armies. The strength of the Han army was somewhat insufficient in the three states of Chu, Yang, and Tai.

The report of Hunan and the defeat of Liyang were also presented on Liu Chengyou's desk almost at the same time.The same is the Liyang battle report, the Han army is more detailed and more real.Lin Renzhao's surprise attack killed 370 Han soldiers, destroyed the village, burned [-] stones of grain stored in it, and killed more than [-] Tang troops.

Zhang Yongde made a statement to Liu Chengyou, saying that he was negligent and lax, so he was taken advantage of by Tang Jun, and asked Liu Chengyou to convict him.In this regard, Liu Chengyou ordered someone to warn him, and at the same time told him that a small defeat is not a problem, but vigilance is enough.He also issued an imperial edict, instructing the Han army on all roads in Huainan, that the Tang army still has more courage and should not underestimate the enemy.

As for Wang Kui's defeat by Liu Renshan, Liu Chengyou ordered Wang Kui to be rewarded with one hundred crossfire silks. At the same time, he only said that Hunan would change.

The current situation in Hunan is basically that the ten brothers Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng each divide power and control the military and politics. Wang Kui is the most powerful, followed by Zhou Xingfeng.Now that Wang Kui was defeated, three thousand soldiers were lost, and under the great loss of strength, "brothers fight against each other" is inevitable.

Of course, Liu Chengyou couldn't care about how the situation in Hunan would develop at this time.Or, I don't intend to take it into consideration, such as chicken ribs, which are tasteless to eat, and it is not such a pity to discard them temporarily
"A thousand taels of gold, two thousand pieces of brocade silk, royal clothes, rhinoceros belts, tea, medicines, five hundred cattle for the army, and two thousand stones of wine!" A list of gifts from the north.

"This is the sincerity of seeking peace! From this gift list, we can see that the puppet Tang Dynasty is still rich, and his handwriting is not small!" Liu Chengyou glanced at the gift list, and said lightly: "Niu Ya went to Huaibei, Hand it over to Wang Pu, and give all the other gifts to the generals of the army, and send wine and meat and the two thousand stone wine to reward the soldiers!"

"Yes!" Li Fang replied, and then asked Liu Chengyou for instructions, "When will your majesty meet Zhong Mo and Li Deming, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty?"

Turning his eyes, Liu Chengyou raised his finger and said: "Let them hang out for one night, and take them to the barracks tomorrow morning, and let them watch my Han army perform martial arts. Tell Li Chongjin, let him practice for me, entertain Tang envoys, and don't go abroad. In front of you, the majesty of my Han army has fallen!"

Almost immediately understanding Liu Chengyou's intentions, Li Fang responded with a light smile, "Obey!"

(End of this chapter)