The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 347

"Reconciliation?"

"I'll make a fucking deal with—"

In mid-January, the cold spring was pouring down, and the army stationed in the mountains northwest of Bazhou was making final adjustments. When they heard the news of the peace talks from Chengdu, and the envoys had gone to Jianzhou and Chang'an, Shi Jingtang hung one arm and slammed He smashed the water bag in his hand to the ground.

"The gang of pussies in the Shu region are cowardly before the battle is over. Compared with his father, Wang Zongyan is far behind!"

"The peace negotiation is not something that his family can do as he wants. It doesn't take a month or two. It's hard to make it happen. We still have a chance to have a look."

Under a big tree in the forest, Li Siyuan seemed much more casual. There were bandages on his legs and shoulders, and there were faint bloodstains. He had blown up Wang Jian's central formation before, and led the army to counterattack against the trend. It's already his fate.

There are more than 3 soldiers and horses, and now there are only 7000 left. Of course, Shaluqi's [-] cavalry are not counted.

On the way to evacuate, many villages and towns were looted along the way, and the rations are still barely maintained. It is a difficult choice whether to continue fighting or go north and return to Chang'an.

"If you go back like this, how can you make a mission to King Yong?" Xia Luqi came back from the outside with a deer in his hand. He took off his armor and only wore a coat cut from animal skins. He looked like a barbarian in the mountains. He threw the dead deer to a soldier. , "Peel and roast the two legs, and cook the rest to make everyone feel meaty."

Saying that, he turned around and walked to the side of the two, and sat down with a big horse: "The son has not been found yet, and King Yong will definitely not agree to the peace. In the previous news, there was a lot of movement in Chang'an. I guess it won't be long. There are soldiers and horses entering Shu."

Over there, Li Siyuan disagreed with him.

He took a branch and pulled it on the ground: "No, King Yong is probably just showing off, and there are almost no generals under his command who can lead the army, unless he provokes the party and Tubo sends troops, but in that case, I am afraid that it will destroy Shu Longyou in Chang'an can't sustain such a big battle right now. The supply of food and fodder for 20 million people requires several times the labor force of young and strong people. King Yong will not easily destroy the current stable situation in Chang'an."

After staying in Chang'an for ten years and getting used to peace, Li Siyuan was more or less unwilling to see another break due to war. He woke up every morning, listening to the brisk singing of birds, chatting and laughing with servant girls, and when he went to the street, peddlers and peddlers Objects, tricksters leaning on the building singing nice songs, and the storyteller patted the gavel impassionedly. This kind of picture is beautiful when you think about it. If there is a full-scale war, these will soon be invisible. Many people, because of the war, The husband and son of the family will go to the battlefield.

"Wait a little longer, let's look for the prince first, whether it's a fight or a peace, the governor and King Yong just worry about it."

He looked at the rising bonfire and said something softly. The spring breeze blew through the mountains and forests. Soon after, they divided into dozens of teams and went to the north and south borders of Bazhou to find the whereabouts of Geng Nian and Jiuyu.

When they started to act with them, in the far northwest, at the border of Jianzhou, an envoy named Tang Shaoren walked past the chilling school grounds, and was about to face the long-famous General Flying Tiger. Go to the handsome tent and wait for the summons.

Afterwards, he was invited into the big tent by the guards, which was full of lieutenant generals to sit down, and most of the soldiers on the right side of the Longyou wore armor. Because of the fact that they sent out troops in winter, each of their collars had fox fleece embedded in their collars. The brazier in the middle is burning with flames, showing the breath of gold and iron horses.

It made Tang Shaodao and the figure behind the first long case bow to each other.

"Shu minister Tang Shaodao, pay homage to the governor."

"Negotiate peace?" asked softly the envoy who was immersed in writing in front of him.

"Yes."

On the upper side, there was a harsh metallic sound from the beast head mountain armor rubbing against the nail leaves. Li Cunxiao stopped his hands and raised his face. The fierceness in his eyes was already overflowing. He threw the pen and ink in his hand on the table. Practicing the words, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he hooked his fingers to the messenger on the opposite side.

The latter hesitated for a moment, but approached with cautious steps. Then, the inkstone slammed on his forehead, and Tang Shaodao immediately fell to the ground clutching his forehead, with blood pouring between his fingers and covering the back of his hands.

"Where did your emperor have the courage to come here to negotiate a peace? My soldiers and horses only need to go south for fifty miles, and the rest of the road is flat. Can your soldiers and horses from Shu land stop my Longyou cavalry?"

Li Cunxiao looked at the envoy who bared his teeth and closed his eyes and moaned, and dragged his armor to get up, and the surrounding generals, including Fu Daozhao, stood up one by one.

"My nephew's whereabouts are unknown in your province, negotiating peace means failing my brother, so let's continue fighting."

Going around the long case, Li Cunxiao picked up Tang Shaodao's rear leader, reached out and took a silk handkerchief from the guard and handed it to the other party to wipe the blood, "However, if you want to negotiate a peace, it should be my brother's consent. He doesn't nod. The soldiers of Longyou will only be pushed to the city of Chengdu, and that's it, the original words will be brought to your emperor!"

Since entering the account, he only said "yes", so Tang Shaodao knew that he couldn't go back to work, and was thrown in the middle of the aisle, and wanted to speak.

"The soldiers of Longyou, the commander-in-chief, are the best in the world. We are defeated in Shu, but it is really going to be a stalemate. It doesn't matter who wins."

Clang!
The sword light was out of its sheath, and in the voice of his words, Fu Daozhao pulled out the sword suddenly, and in front of Tang Shaodao, cut off his ear with a sword, and the bloody ear fell to the ground, and the pain slowly came up, Tang Shaodao covered it Brain side 'Ahh! ' let out a scream, and the deputy envoys and attendants who followed were even more frightened and tightened their necks, and stood at the tent mouth, not daring to make a sound.

"Don't dare to say more, you will be slaughtered together, and where it came from, go back to where—"

Tang Shaodao, who had lost the color on his face, stumbled and ran out of the big tent, was supported by his followers and quickly left the barracks, and fled back to Chengdu in a distressed carriage.

"Governor, the prince has not been found yet, and Li Siyuan in the east is still reorganizing the army. In this way, we may face more than [-] soldiers in Chengdu. Are we really going to fight?"

"Who said we must attack the city?" Fu Daozhao raised his sword and turned around. He and Li Cunxiao had already discussed the next deployment. There were only a few soldiers from Longzhou going south, and Fengzhou and Jianzhou had already been captured. It's the limit, a strong city like Chengdu is simply not something that can be done right now.

All the generals looked at the long case together. Li Cunxiao dragged his cloak and walked around with his hands behind his back. Looking at the map hanging horizontally, he tapped it with his fingers, then clenched his fist and smashed it to a certain place.

"Negotiating peace, that's a matter for my brother. Before Wang Ling comes, we will continue to fight ours. Then we will have more bargaining chips, right?"

Fu Daozhao and the generals smashed their fists to the place, Jianzhou went south to Mianzhou, and captured Mianzhu Pass——

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses prepared, mobilized food and fodder, and waited for the climate to return to temperature. It was already mid-February. The envoys of the Kingdom of Shu who were going to Chang'an took a full-body meal, slept in the open, tidied up their appearance, and carried the new emperor's sincerity, and entered Chang'an in a carriage. city.

While waiting for King Yong to summon him, he first went to the officials of all ranks under King Yong to give some small gifts, hoping to facilitate the peace negotiation.

On the morning of the fifth day, someone from the palace came to ask him to prepare, and King Yong summoned him to the palace.

(End of this chapter)