First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 111 Appease the Ambassador
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Gao Junya breathed a sigh of relief, just now Li Yuan half-spoken, almost frightened Gao Junya to lose her composure, but after listening to Li Yuan's words, Gao Junya frowned, showing dissatisfaction on her face.

Seeing this, Li Yuan thought that Gao Junya was blaming Gao Chong for taking the risk. As a father, Li Yuan was thinking of a few words of relief, but he heard Gao Junya salute directly: "Prince Tang, the key to this battle is not Gao Chong, In Qin Guogong, on the contrary, Gao Chong lost tens of thousands of elites and should be punished."

Everyone was astonished when they heard the words.

Li Yuan frowned, "Jun Ya is too modest, Youzhi fought desperately to stop Xue Ju just now, why is there no merit?"

Gao Junya was about to speak, but suddenly stopped, and then apologized and retreated without further words.

Everyone thought that Gao Junya was worried about his son, that's why he said that.

Li Yuan also nodded, and comforted him: "Junya doesn't need to worry. Although Youzhi is young, he is stable enough to be worthy of this merit." Gao Junya just remained silent.

Afterwards, Li Yuan opened another memorial from Li Shimin, but after reading it, his face was serious, and he immediately handed the memorial in his hand to the servant beside him, "pass it on".

After everyone finished watching, Li Yuan asked, "What do you think?"

"Negotiations are feasible," Shi Peiji, the head of the prime minister's office, affirmed first, "There is a saying in the art of war: if ten are to encircle, and if five are to attack. Now there are [-] enemy troops in Qianyuan City, and they are guarded by Xue Ju and his son. They want to attack by force." , must suffer heavy casualties, and the gains outweigh the losses.”

After Pei Ji finished speaking, Li Gang also came out and said: "Xue Ju is cruel and must not besieged the city. Once the food is exhausted, it will cause a tragedy that shocks the world, and it will not benefit the reputation of the Tang king."

Zhang Pinggao, the general in charge of the left army, was indignant, "If Xue Ju is not arrested and killed, all previous efforts will be wasted and endless harm will be caused."

Li Yuan nodded slightly when he heard the words.

Seeing this, Wen Daya hurriedly said, "King Tang, if Xue Ju is forced to slaughter the city and cannibalize people, it will be a loss of justice. If Xue Ju is allowed to leave on the ground of caring for the people in the city, he will definitely win the hearts of the people. Please Tang Wang thinks twice."

Li Yuan was shocked when he heard these words, and hurriedly clapped the case and said: "Jia Qin Guogong is the appeasement ambassador, and he is given the right to do things cheaply, and he has full power to make decisions on the aftermath."

The internal history around him immediately sent an order after hearing the words.

Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Tang Wang, was expressionless and calm.

Chang'an City is more than [-] li away from Qianyuan City, the courier from Chang'an City hastened on and arrived soon, Li Shimin was very happy to be appointed.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Li Shimin announced the appointment from Chang'an, "Everyone, if Xue Ju wants to return to Jincheng safely, he must cede the two counties of Tianshui and Anding. In addition, he must pay [-] shi for food and grass. This is my bottom line. Who would like to be an envoy?"

Gao Chong hurriedly lowered his head when he heard this, Li Shimin's mouth twitched when he saw this, and he looked at the others.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he saw the graceful Tang Jian. Seeing this, Tang Jian knew what he was doing, and without hesitation, he shook his sleeves and came out and said, "I wish to go."

Tang Jian persuaded Li Yuan to raise an army, and then from Pingjingji, he was appointed as the secretary of the prime minister's mansion because of his meritorious service, and he was named Duke of Jinchang County.

Li Shimin was overjoyed, "Maoyue is about to go on an envoy, and this matter is settled." After speaking, he took out a kit from his arms, and glanced at Gao Chong inadvertently, "Maoyue put this kit away, and if you encounter difficulties, you can solve it." Take a look."

Tang Jian frowned, resisted curiosity and accepted it, Gao Chong silently lowered his head, extremely low-key, Changsun Wuji squinted and looked suspiciously on his fat face, what happened to this cheap "uncle" today? Very safe.

Tang Jian took the order to go, but as expected by everyone in the Tang army, people in Qianyuan City were already panicked at this time.

In Siyuan County Yamen, the temporary West Qin Palace, Xue Ju's health improved and he was able to get out of bed. When he was inspecting the city defense, Xue Ju finally discovered his biggest problem.

"I see that the soldiers are all weak. After asking, I just learned that the military division has reduced the rations?" Xue Ju looked at Hao Yuan, but there was no blame in his eyes, only worry, "But there is not enough food and grass?"

Sure enough, Hao Yuan nodded with a serious expression, "The treasury of the Qianyuan city is not abundant. Our army's [-] soldiers entered the city with not much luggage. Although the ration has been halved, it is still less than ten days' use."

Xue Ju's face immediately changed when he heard the words, and he said eagerly, "Why didn't you report it to me?"

"Previously, Your Majesty's dragon body was slightly ill, and I was afraid of disturbing Your Majesty." Hao Yuan lowered his head, helpless.

Xue Ju looked sad, looking up to the sky and speechless.

At this time, Xue Rengao said nonchalantly, "There are tens of thousands of people living in the city, why is there no food ration?"

Hearing this, Xue Ju's eyes lit up, and he licked his lips unconsciously, "Since the rise of the army, I have seldom tasted human flesh."

"Your Majesty can't."Hao Yuan and Chu Liang bowed down together.

"Your Majesty, if you want to take over the world, you should care about the hearts of the people. Don't do such... such a cruel thing again," Chu Liang begged bitterly with a pale face.

Xue Ju's white brows frowned, and Hao Yuan's face was full of grief and indignation, and he glared at Xue Ju, "If your majesty cannibalize, please kill the minister first."

Seeing Xue Ju stunned, Hao Yuan was on the verge of tears, "Cannibalism will lose the hearts of the people. Once the hearts of the people are lost, there is no possibility of going east to the Central Plains. The great Qin hegemony will be destroyed once. Think twice, Your Majesty." He fell on the ground and grabbed the ground with his head.

Xue made a move, and got off the seat to help Hao Yuan, "The military commander is dedicated to me, so there is no need to be like this."

"That's less than ten days' worth of rations, what's the strategist's plan?" Xue Rengao didn't take it seriously when he heard the words. In his opinion, the people's hearts of the people in Laoshi were not as effective as the horse in his hand.

"Peace talk", Hao Yuan got up and wiped away tears from the corners of his eyes.

Xue Juju was shocked, Xue Rengao was even more furious, but before Xue Rengao got mad, Hao Yuan had expected it.

"King Qi, please listen to me first, for the current plan, if you want to return to Jincheng safely, the only way is to negotiate, and peace talks are nothing more than losing one or two cities and that insignificant decency.

In the past, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was also surrounded by Baideng, and the ancestors of the Ji Han Dynasty also sent others under the fence. Those who achieved great things should not care about small details, endure humiliation and bear the burden, and be a real man. I hope that Your Majesty will put the hegemony of the Great Qin as the most important thing, and allow the ministers to negotiate peace."

Hearing Hao Yuan's extremely sincere words from the bottom of his heart, even someone as violent as Xue Rengao did not refute.

Xue Ju thought about it for a long time before sighing: "Just follow what the military advisor said and let the military advisor decide." After saying this, Xue Ju seemed to have unloaded a heavy burden, sighed, waved his hands and said: "Gaoer stay here."

The two of Hao Yuan resigned, Xue Rengao looked at Xue Ju with a puzzled face, and felt that the mighty and majestic father in his impression had turned out to be gray at the temples, and his momentum was also weak, not as good as before.

"Gao'er, what do you think of Hao and Chu?" Xue Ju closed his eyes for a long time, and when Xue Rengao was about to lose his patience, he finally spoke.

Xue Rengao was a little surprised when he heard the words. His father had never had such a conversation with him before. After a little thought, he said: "I don't know much about literature. I only know that these two are extremely talented, but Chu Liang is timid and cautious. There are many, not as loyal as Hao Yuan."

(End of this chapter)