At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 625 The Shameless Invincible

When Gao Bufan, Chen Xiaoyi, Chu Liang and others returned to Yanmen City, the soldiers guarding the city were repairing and strengthening the city defenses, but seeing the dust and the sound of killing in the northwest of the city, it was Li Jing who was training recruits. They were recruits. The captives who surrendered, as well as the original defenders of Yanmen City, were originally soldiers, but Li Jing didn't like their combat power, so they had to re-drill and polish, otherwise, although the strength of the troops increased, the combat power would be weakened.

The quartermaster inspected and accepted the two thousand shi of grain escorted by Chu Liang, and the grain seeds brought by Chu Liang were also received by the local officials in charge, and then arranged for manpower to be distributed to each household, urging the people to step up replanting to resume production.

In the next month, Yanmen County was very calm. In the south of Taiyuan, although Li Tang continued to station troops on the border, he was in a defensive posture. He was obviously more worried that the Qi army would come to attack. The vitality of Yanmen was greatly damaged in the first battle. At this time, they were hiding to lick their wounds, and they did not dare to fight back. Therefore, the people of Yanmen County enjoyed a rare period of peace and successfully planted all their crops in the fields.

Gao Bufan stayed in Yanmen County for more than a month, and saw that everything was slowly getting on the right track here, so he planned to leave, because there were constant news from Hebei that Yu Wenhuaji and Li Mi had already handed each other, surrounding Liyang There was a fierce battle between the prefectures and counties in the Cang area, such a wonderful show, Gao Bufan didn't want to miss it.

However, when Gao Bufan was about to leave, the Turkic people came, but they were not soldiers, but a messenger, who claimed to be sent by Turkic Sibi Khan. His words and deeds were very arrogant, and his eyes seemed to grow on his forehead. Qi Wang Gao Bufan went out of the city to meet him in person.

Naturally, Gao Bufan would not let him get used to him, and immediately sent people to surround the envoy's team, and cut off the head of his mount with a single knife. Completed the "will" of Khan.

Naturally, Shibi Khan had nothing to say. He first reprimanded the Qi army in a condescending tone and killed hundreds of Turkic cavalry in the Yanmen battle. Yazhang pleaded guilty, otherwise he would send a large army to flatten Yanmen County, kill all Qi troops, and even threaten to send troops to Youzhou to attack the headquarters of Qi State-Zhuojun.

All the soldiers couldn't help being furious, the Turkic people were too arrogant, they dared to ask the king of Qi to go to the Turkic Yazhang to kowtow in person to plead guilty, let your mother fart, just dream!
The hot-tempered general even exploded directly. He suggested to cut off the head of the Turkic envoy and let the people who came with him take it back to demonstrate to Shibi Khan. They ordered someone to strip the Turkic envoy's trousers and beat him with [-] military sticks until his skin was torn to pieces, and then he wrote a letter asking him to take it back.

The general content of the letter can be summarized into three points. First, the two armies are at war, and life and death depend on fate. If those Turkic cavalrymen die, they are dead. Compensation is impossible;You can dream; third, Qi State does not want to be an enemy of the Turks, but is not afraid of being an enemy of the Turks. If you want to fight, you can fight, and this king will follow.

And I don't know how Shibi Khan reacted after receiving Gao Bufan's reply. On this day, the right guard general Wu Daqing led a thousand Youzhou cavalry from Zhuojun. The defensive strength of Yanmen County was greatly enhanced, and together with the [-] troops under Li Jing's command, Gao Bufan was completely relieved. Even if the Turkic people came to attack, he would have the confidence to fight.

It is worth mentioning here that Wu Daqing also brought great news that the concubine Cui Shirou successfully gave birth to a little prince on March 28, and the whole country of Qi was jubilant.

Gao Bufan was very happy, and he was even more eager to return to his heart.On this day, Gao Bufan was about to bid farewell to Li Jing and Chen Xiaoyi, when Li Tang's envoy arrived again, and this person was Pei Ji.

Pei Ji, whose name is Xuanzhen, was originally Jinyang Palace Supervisor, and was a member of Li Yuan's army in Taiyuan. He was an out-and-out hero, so he was deeply trusted and respected by Li Yuan.After Li Yuan invaded Chang'an, he sent his third son, Li Yuanji, as the governor of Bingzhou to guard Taiyuan, and Pei Ji was named Duke Wenxi.Therefore, Pei Ji is an extremely important figure in Li Tang's forces, and it is obviously not a trivial matter to come to see Gao Bufan in person at this time.

Gao Bufan immediately ordered someone to bring Pei Ji in to meet him.

Pei Ji is about forty years old, tall and thin, with an ordinary appearance, but his eyes are calm and wise, obviously he is a shrewd person, but if this person is a mediocre person, Li Yuan probably wouldn't send him here.

"Pei Ji met King Qi." Pei Ji entered the hall, and saluted Gao Bufan respectfully.

Gao Bufan returned the salute with his fists cupped, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be too polite, Mr. Pei, just wait and see."

Pei Ji thanked Gao Bufan and sat down. He looked at Gao Bufan. Seeing that he was young, but calm and composed, handsome and handsome, and his gestures and gestures showed a spirit of elegance. He couldn't help but secretly sighed. Didn't expect this son to be better than worse, no wonder even the eldest grandson Wugou chose this son, Erlang's defeat was unjust.

A servant brought tea, Gao Bufan made a gesture of invitation, and said with a smile: "Duke Pei is here at the order of the king of Tang?"

Pei Ji immediately said respectfully: "I want to teach King Qi to know that King Tang has already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor a few days ago. The country's name is Tang, and it was changed to Yuan Wude."

Chen Xiaoyi's complexion changed, and he scolded sharply: "Li Yuan, an old thief who steals the country, how dare you call yourself emperor!!"

Pei Ji said with a calm expression: "Master Chen, please calm down, the world is in chaos today, the Great Sui Dynasty is falling apart, the wars are endless, and the people are dying. It’s an act of God’s destiny.”

"Fart, Li Yuan is an old thief who stole the country. Since he proclaims himself emperor, where will he put the acting king (Yang You)?"

Pei Ji said without changing his face: "Dai Wang is still young, he thinks he can't help the world, and his morals and talents are not as good as Tang Huang, so he voluntarily abdicated the throne to Tang Emperor. Hundreds of officials also persuaded him to come in, so the Emperor Tang had no choice but to avoid it, and the Emperor Tang never treated King Bo Dai and named him Duke Feng."

Sure enough, people are shameless and invincible in the world. It is estimated that Li Yuan also made a "three speeches and three concessions" to sit on the throne. A full set, you still need to go through the motions.

Shameless people also have "face", don't they?

Chen Xiaoyi was furious, but there was nothing he could do. After all, Pei Ji was a dead pig and he was not afraid of boiling water. If he scolded him, he would scold him in vain, and he might even make himself angry, so Chen Xiaoyi just became angrily silent.

Gao Bufan took a sip from his teacup, and said with a smile: "Then Mr. Pei is here to convey Emperor Tang's will to this king?"

Pei Ji hurriedly said: "Don't dare, the King of Qi is not a courtier of the Tang Emperor, and Yanmen is not a territory of the Tang Kingdom, so Pei Ji dares to deliver the decree to the King of Qi."

Gao Bufan sneered and said: "Then why did Mr. Pei come here this time? Could it be just to inform the Emperor Tang about his enthronement?"

Pei Ji stroked his beard and smiled, "Actually, Pei Ji came here for a happy event."

"Where does the joy come from?" Gao Bufan asked in surprise.

Pei Ji smiled slightly, took out a Geng Tie from his bosom, and said: "The Emperor Tang has a concubine daughter, who is now named Princess Xiangyang. She is fifteen years old, knowledgeable in books and etiquette, and has good looks. The Emperor Tang wants to betroth Princess Xiangyang to Qi. The king is a side concubine, I don't know what Tang Wang wants?"

Gao Bufan almost spit out his tea, but Li Yuan actually wanted to be his cheap old man.Li Jing and Chen Xiaoyi frowned at the same time, and secretly called the old fox.

Gao Bufan couldn't help sighing secretly, it was no coincidence that Li Yuan became the emperor in history, among other things, he couldn't learn this kind of ability to bend and stretch himself.

In order to stabilize the Turks, Li Yuan was able to pretend that his grandson gave money and goods, and he gave a lot of them.

In order to stabilize Li Mi, Li Yuan pretended to be the younger brother and called Li Mi the big brother.

In order to stabilize himself, Li Yuan was able to "pretend" to be the father-in-law and gave his daughter as a concubine. Although she was born of a concubine, she was also her own, right?No wonder Li Tang sent the princess to marry him every now and then. There is a tradition of daring affection.

The Ming Dynasty may not be as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, but they are stubborn, they don’t cede land, don’t pay compensation, don’t make peace, the emperor guards the country, and the king dies in the community.

Gao Bufan put down his teacup, coughed lightly and said, "I appreciate the Emperor Tang's kindness, but this king already has a wife, I'm afraid it will delay Princess Xiangyang, so let's not mention this matter."

Pei Ji said regretfully: "Since the King of Qi has no intention, then Pei Ji will not force himself to go back and report the truth to Emperor Tang."

Gao Bufan cupped his fists and said, "I'm very sorry!"

Pei Ji said calmly: "It's okay, this kind of thing has to be yours, and by the way, Pei Ji has something to ask for this visit."

"It's okay for Mr. Pei to be frank!" Gao Bufan said with a smile.

Pei Ji said solemnly: "Liu Wuzhou, Guo Zihe, and Liang Shi are all attached to the Turkic people. If they lead the Turkic soldiers to the south, they are undoubtedly luring wolves into the house. These three are also national scum. The Tang Emperor wants to join forces with the King of Qi to clean them up. What's the king's intention?"

Gao Bufan's heart moved, it seemed that this was the real purpose of Pei Ji's visit, the so-called marriage just now was just a temptation, I have to say, Li Yuan is really a scheming old fox.

First use the way of marriage to test, if you agree, that's the best, if you refuse, immediately propose to join forces, at this time I just rejected the other party's first request, I must feel a little bit hard, agree to the second request Maybe it will increase naturally.

Chen Xiaoyi couldn't help ridiculing: "Isn't it because Li Yuan was able to enter the capital because he borrowed the power of the Turkic people? Now he's laughing at fifty steps, it's shameless, bah!"

(End of this chapter)