The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 149 Cooperation (for collection and recommendation)

Xue Ju, the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty, is a powerful man in Jincheng County. He is about forty years old this year. He looks fierce and has a burly figure. in the northern frontier.

Later, the son inherited his father's career and served as a school lieutenant in Jincheng County. In the 13th year of Daye, he used his wealth to rebel and quickly pulled out an army of 15 people to capture the land of Longxi in a few months. Qin, who claimed to be the overlord of Western Qin, then called himself Emperor Qin, moved his capital to Tianshui.

A month ago, Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin, led an army of [-], and joined forces with Li Gui's [-] troops in Hexi to fight Xue Ju.Under the attack of the two armies, Xue Ju lost three battles in a row, lost troops and generals, lost the four counties of Tianshui, Longxi, Huining, and Jincheng, and was forced to retreat to Paohan County.

Li Shimin's general Wang Junkuo led [-] troops to Longxi County, and Li Gui led [-] troops to Jincheng County to threaten Xue Ju from Zhengdong and Northeast. Li Gui sent his younger brother Li Mao to lead [-] troops to follow Dadou Bagu entered Xiping County and directly threatened Xue Ju's rear.

Xue Ju had no more than 10,000 soldiers at this time, and lost most of his supplies, food and grass. Facing the pressure of the [-]+ army from three sides, the whole army was on the verge of collapse.I was so anxious that I drank my sorrows every day and indulged myself.

One day, Xue Ju was sitting alone in the tent drinking wine. After drinking more than a dozen cups, Xue Ju became [-]% drunk. He slapped the table and cursed: "Why are there no good appetizers!"

A maid tremblingly said: "What appetizers does Your Majesty want, the slaves will ask the soldiers to prepare them."

Xue Ju squinted at her and said, "I want Li Yuan, Li Gui, and Li Shimin's heads to drink, can you prepare for me?"

"Your Majesty, slaves are not capable of that!"

"I know you don't have that ability, but I want to drink with a human head!" Xue Ju grabbed the maid's hair with one hand, and said with a sneer, "Your head is fine too."

The maid was so frightened that she collapsed, and the others got up crying and fled. Xue Ju was just about to chop it down with a sword, when the voice of his son Xue Rengao came from outside: "Father, Mr. Xuanlingfang, the Great Sui Fang, came to see us and said he wanted to marry us." Let's fight Li Yuan together."

Xue Ju was startled, and stopped his sword, "Which Tai Sui?"

"It's the Da Sui who beat Liang Shidu."

Xue Rengao looks quite like his father, as mighty and majestic, with high martial arts skills, but he is not as cunning as his father Xue Ju, more brave than witty.

Xue Ju was overjoyed, his drunkenness subsided, and he didn't care about killing a woman, so he said repeatedly: "Quickly invite him in."

The unexpected appearance of Fang Xuanling made Da Sui his last straw.

After a while, Fang Xuanling walked into the big tent, bowed and saluted, "Fang Xuanling, the envoy of His Royal Highness King Qin of the Sui Dynasty, visited Xue Gong."

Xue Ju has proclaimed himself emperor, but he is an anti-king after all. It is also expected that Yang Tong will not admit it. Fang Xuanling respects him as Xue Gong, which is enough to save face. Although Xue Ju looks rough on the outside, his heart is extremely delicate , smiled and said: "Mr. Fang is free, please sit down quickly!"

"Thank you!" Fang Xuanling saluted and sat down gracefully.

"I remember that your army is not attacking Guo Zihe? Why did you get to Baohan County, sir?"

"It's over!"

"Finished?" Xue Ju was dumbfounded. Isn't this too fast?

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly and said: "It's easy to teach Xue Gong to know that our army not only recovered Wuyuan and Yulin, but also took Lingwu, Yanchuan, Shuofang, Diaoyin, Yan'an and Shangjun in Liangshidu. Your Highness told our army to slow down, at this time Honghua and Pingliang have already fallen into our army's hands."

"hiss!"

Just kidding, your sister, just kidding, according to your style of play, in less than a year, the world was reunified under the hands of the old Yang family.

Xue Ju and Xue Rengao gasped. The father and son knew that the other party had no need or reason to deceive them, and they did not doubt Fang Xuanling's words at all.

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "The recruits accounted for two-thirds, this time the speed was a bit slower. The effect is not as good as the battle of Bingzhou where all the elites were sent out, and the speed is not good. It makes you laugh!"

The father and son rolled their eyes, but their hearts were shocked. They knew Yang Tong's family history very well, and they all knew that he had one characteristic in fighting, that is, fast!The Central Plains hit Wagang fast, Jizhou hit Dou Jiande fast, Liaodong hit Khitan, Goguryeo, and the Xi family were fast, Monan hit the Turks not only fast but also ruthless, Bingzhou hit Li Yuan faster and more ruthlessly... Bingzhou's ruthlessness was naturally aimed at Li Tang Xiangguo Pei Ji was so cruel... After that guy was shaved off, he became the laughing stock of the world, and he was ashamed to see him.

Xue Ju swallowed, and said, "Mr. I don't know..."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "We are very clear about your situation, there is no need for you to test it out, Mr. Xue seems to be in big trouble now?"

"It's not a big trouble!" Perhaps because of drinking, Xue Ju was a little emotional, he shook his head again and again, "We are going to die soon, can His Highness King Qin save my life?"

Seeing that he was honest, Fang Xuanling didn't intend to test him at all, knowing that Xue Ju was helpless and panicked in his heart: "If Mr. Xue is willing to cooperate, we are willing to help."

"Of course I'm willing to cooperate!" Xue Rengao jumped up.

Xue Ju glared at his son fiercely. Although this is what he said in his heart, there is no free thing in the world... What, can the other party help him unconditionally?

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "We only have one condition."

Xue Ju's heart sank, and he said, "Sir, please tell me!"

"We want Huining County."

Xue Ju was taken aback, and said: "Huining is now in Li Yuan's hands, we have no way to take it back."

"I know that!" Fang Xuanling was also infected with Yang Tong's domineering style, "I'm talking about the post-war period! This Huining County needs to be handed over to us."

Huining has huge wealth. It has produced silver since the Han Dynasty. This county was renamed Baiyin City in later generations. It is the only city named after a precious metal in the whole country. There are two silver veins and two copper veins here. , regardless of the copper and silver content is very rich, the silver reserves are as high as hundreds of thousands of tons, and Lingwu County contains a large amount of coal, it is absolutely possible to smelt a large amount of copper and silver in Lingwu County.

"It's simple. As long as you defeat Li Yuan, Huining County will belong to you."

Xue Ju agreed without the slightest hesitation. He now only has one county, and the entire army is half-dead. Even the chances of survival are few and far between. How can he compete with Li Yuan?If he could take back the other three counties, he would be very satisfied.Therefore, although I knew that Huining County had been a major silver producing area since the Han Dynasty, I also accepted it. This is called being generous to others, so why not do it?

"Xue Gong, then it's settled!"

Fang Xuanling smiled with satisfaction, this Huining County is also the place where Yang Tong is emphatically confessing, the smelting craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry have already set off from Yecheng, this battle must be resolved quickly.

Then, the details of military operations were discussed one by one.

(End of this chapter)