Lonely desert

The prince withdrew when he saw Jin Suian had fallen asleep, and I followed closely behind.The prince had just sat down to rest in the main hall when someone from outside the hall came to report.

"Report to His Royal Highness, the Marquis of Zhennan has led two thousand elite troops to go up from the south in two routes, and now he is almost approaching Chang'an."

The crown prince immediately got up and said in shock, "Marquis of Zhennan? How could he follow along."

It's really a wave of unrest.

"Your Highness, the Marquis of Zhennan and the King of Liang are brother-in-law, and it is not unusual for him to help the King of Liang."

It seems that since Emperor Sui'an sent people to investigate the fraud, they have been prepared. The two thousand elite soldiers of Zhennan Hou may deal with General Lin.It turned out that King Liang had already made a complete plan for his rebellion this time.

The crown prince staggered and slumped on the chair, his eyes full of despair, "Could it be possible that this time, this rebellious minister and traitor got into trouble?"

"When the two armies are at war, Your Highness should not build on the ambitions of others. Although the Marquis of Zhennan brought [-] troops to the north, it is still a private army and may not be able to defeat the Lin family's army."

The prince looked tired and didn't make any answer.He also knew that now he could only rely on his fate, and he only hoped that the Lin family's army would be able to attack the palace gate in one fell swoop, so there might be a turning point for such cooperation between the inside and the outside.

Days passed day by day, but fortunately Zhengqingmen was a dangerous place, so they were able to resist with only their own soldiers until now.But if it lasts for a long time, the source of food and grass in the palace is cut off by King Liang, which is not a long-term solution for them.

Not only in the palace, the two sides outside the palace have also been in a stalemate.

"His Royal Highness, good news! The three armies have successfully breached the city gate, and now the city is facing off against King Liang's henchmen. The momentum is impressive. In addition, General Lin led his men to occupy the city gate and fought fiercely with Zhennanhou for three days, and he has always been in the upper hand. "

"Good! That's great!" The prince heard that the two good news came together, and he no longer leaned on the chair in a slumber like a few days ago, but he regained his energy.

Liang Wang's reinforcements were trapped outside the city. In the city, Liang Wang was attacked by the three armies and the same army on both sides, and he was already defeated.

However, King Liang did not surrender because of this, and still stubbornly resisted.Just when the war in the city was about to be won, an urgent report came from the frontier fortress, and the three ministries mobilized troops to destroy two cities in a row, requesting the imperial court to send troops for support!

Today's Heaven/Dynasty can really be described as internal and external troubles.

It wasn't until this point in the situation that I gradually realized that this was Shan Pei's situation.When Emperor Sui'an and the King of Liang were fighting each other, they raised their troops to rebel. Taking advantage of the danger, they led their troops to approach Chang'an.

Even people as smart as King Liang and Marquis of Zhennan will be played around by the mere frontier tribes in their mouths. This Ziziyu and others really have some tricks.

My feeling is true, no wonder Shan Pei said those words to me inexplicably, and even refused to go with me. It turned out that the common affairs he talked about that day was to attack the city with troops. Presumably, the king of Liang raised his troops that night. Let's get out of the city safely under the cover of the leaf fish.

I thought it was a civil war, but I never thought that the real fisherman who had planned this battle for a long time was Beidi.

Not long after the frontier battle came to an end, Liang Wang probably understood that he had been tricked by Beidi, so he stopped resisting and committed suicide at the Zhengqing Gate.The rest fell apart, disintegrated automatically and willingly surrendered.But outside the city, after hearing that King Liang committed suicide, Zhennanhou, who saw the situation clearly, withdrew his troops and fled to the south.

Now that the internal worries were resolved, Emperor Sui'an didn't care about executing the rebellious party at all, and hurriedly sent [-] troops to support Jiangcheng.

But after all, a fierce battle had just ended, the soldiers were exhausted, and when they hurried to arrive, the Heavenly Dynasty could no longer withstand the three flanking attacks, lost three cities in a row, and was only a few steps away from the capital of Chang'an.

Later, I heard from an old official in the court that the original four tribes were in harmony, and Beidi had always been the head.Since Nanman was bought by the Marquis of Zhennan a year ago, he defected before the battle, leading to the defeat of the three tribes and surrendered to the heaven/chapo.

Today's three parts, the tacit understanding is the same as before, taking advantage of the weakness of the sky/chao to win several cities, if we want to fight, it will be a tough battle. Now our army is exhausted, and the outcome is unknown.

Emperor Sui'an sent someone to send letters to the Nanman King several times, but he did not get a reply. From this, the fool can also see that the Nanman is a grass on the wall, and he is neutral when he sees the wind blowing in Beidi. No matter how Emperor Sui'an sends letters to urge him to send troops The Nanman King acted as if he hadn't seen him.

In this way, no matter who wins on both sides, he will not be dealt with too badly if he finds any excuses for the enemy army. Once he has a definite position, if he loses the bet, the whole Nanman will surely be overthrown.

Originally, the four tribes stood side by side, and Nanman relied on Beidi's backing to avoid being annexed by the sky/chapo several times. Now he is required to fight alone, and neither side can afford to provoke him.When it comes to life-saving, Nanman is definitely an existence that has been passed down through the ages.

In the Golden Luan Hall, the courtiers gathered here, the battle ahead was tense, the three ministries were attacking fiercely, and the advantage of the Celestial Dynasty was not obvious.

Some senior courtiers began to persuade Emperor Sui'an to send envoys to negotiate peace. In the current situation, although the Heaven/National Dynasty tried their best to retake a city, the civil war ended soon, and the soldiers and horses were exhausted and it was not suitable for a long battle.

Sui'an Emperor dragged his sick body and wanted to send envoys to test the enemy.

But he seemed to have this plan long ago, the candidate was very clear, and his eyes locked on me immediately, "Siqing, I still remember that you were also in charge of negotiating matters with foreign vassals, this time I will send you to Jiangcheng to discuss peace with Beidi , are you worthy of this job?"

"Father!" Without waiting for my response, the prince stood up first.

With Emperor Suian's move, no one in the court could see what his intentions were. When Beidi's attitude was unclear and his side had no obvious advantage, he went to the enemy's camp to negotiate peace. danger.

The prince said all the good things for me, but unexpectedly, he was finally reprimanded by Emperor Sui'an as not important.

I probably also know that it was probably during the rebellion of King Liang that Jin Suian became suspicious of me, that he would push me to the enemy camp like this, saying that those who are capable can do more than one.

I am not good at making friends with officials in the court, and I often serve the prince in the East Palace. At this time of crisis, no one is willing to show the limelight for me to persuade the emperor.

In the end, I can't escape to go to Jiangcheng to negotiate peace as an envoy of heaven/dynasty.I knew very well in my heart that maybe Jin Suian had no intention of negotiating a peace at all and that's why I went through this.

He is not ignorant of the current situation. Beidi has been planning for a long time, and now he is trying his best to attack the heaven/chapo. It is impossible just because of the number of cities and pools. Instead, he no longer intends to be the king who is content with a corner. The sky/dynasty is destroyed.Therefore, Emperor Sui'an didn't expect me to bring back any good news. This time is at most a test. If he can really find out that Beidi has a peace negotiation, it is not in vain. I also don't have to go back to Heaven/North Korea.

For some reason, I recalled a sentence that Shan Pei said to me before - "Do you really think your emperor is a Mingjun?"

Thinking about it this way, I feel a bit sour in my heart. I pride myself on being in the sky/chao. I know that it is my duty to save the emperor and I don't expect to be rewarded with fame and wealth. However, I don't know that Suian Emperor is so suspicious because of this.

If this is the case, I will finish my last duty as a courtier.

After a few rough days, I came to Jiangcheng as an envoy of the heaven/chamber.The fighting between the two sides had just stopped for half a day, but Beidi was still stationed not far from Jiangcheng, with the battle flag flying high and the guards heavily guarded, there was no sign of retreating at all.

I looked at the camp stationed not far from the gate of Jiangcheng, but I wondered if Shan Pei was there too?It turned out that, going round and round all the way, they actually came to a place where they were going to confront him.

After a short rest in the afternoon, General Lin released one of the captive young enemy generals, and by the way, he sent him to Beidi with a letter about the peace talks.

The next day, we received a reply from Beidi. Although the letter did not expressly agree to negotiate a peace agreement, it also stated that they would like to have the envoys of the two parties meet at the posthouse outside Jiangcheng at Chenshi.

I thought that Beidi would not continue with such momentum, but now it is unexpected. Could it be that I guessed wrong about Sacred Heart?

When going to the appointment, the person standing in the post booth is none other than Shan Pei.He returned to Beidi's clothes, although they were not as luxurious as when they first met on Chang'an Street, they were still very flamboyant.

His small group of men stood three feet away, and Hu Ye was among them.I went straight to the pavilion, and he turned around slowly, still slightly surprised when he saw me.But this unexpectedness didn't linger on his expression, he snorted and said, "Ci Chen, have you ever thought about how we met today?"

At that time, Shan Pei told me frankly that my imagination would come to an abrupt end when we met each other in the future, but we were only short of the last sentence before we could return to the same way as before, but we still had to meet in this way.Now even if we see each other, it is really their own masters, how can we say those words again.

I pretended to be calm and said lightly: "Unexpected, but reasonable. You have been in Chang'an for a year, and Beidi will let you come with Hu Ye, which is reasonable."

"Unexpectedly refers to yourself?" He seemed to see through what I was thinking, and said sadly, "I know that this time I may reunite with an old friend, but unexpectedly, this old friend will be you, Cichen."

I passed him, found a stone bench and sat down, took a deep breath, "Let's get down to business, since you came to the appointment today, you also have plans to negotiate a peace, we can discuss it in detail."

Shan Pei's eyes were blank for a moment, he ignored my words, and asked me on his own: "Ci Chen, if I still want you to go with me at this moment, will you agree?"

I smiled lightly, "Then let this war go back to the beginning, Beidi is the same sky / the dynasty is divided into one side. You continue to be your prince of Beidi, and I am just a tourist. I am tired of staying in Chang'an and want to go alone If you take a look, you will no longer have any scruples."

Shan Pei turned around abruptly, completely disbelieving that this was what he said, and looked at me in disbelief.I also looked back at him with firmness.

The matter of this negotiation ends with the two parties reaching a consensus.Tian/Chaogong gave the territory of Pangcheng, Sicheng and Yuancheng to the three tribes of Beidi. Since then, they no longer performed the rituals of monarchs and ministers, and Beidi immediately withdrew its troops.

In this battle, Beidi had the upper hand. If it should not be fought, the current situation of the sky/dynasties would not be able to take back these three cities.What Emperor Suian wanted was to give in to the three cities for the time being, and it is not yet known when the whole army will take back the three cities in the future.

However, Beidi's agreement and withdrawal of troops was nothing more than a "fire in the backyard". A small fan who was originally attached to Beidi took advantage of the Beidi army's expedition and became greedy to annex Beidi. Xiao Fan Luo can be defeated; compared to this matter, China is their concern.

This catastrophe from the Heaven/Dynasty ended sooner than they thought. Since the arrival of the reinforcements from the Heaven/Dynasty, they were completely stranded in Jiangcheng, unable to attack for a long time.If it really drags on like this day / dynasty, the gain outweighs the loss, it is better to accept it as soon as it is good.