Turbulent Times Chapter 1534: Li Shimin’s messenger

When Zhai Rang and Li Mi died successively, Wang Junlin started the ideological war in the twelve counties occupied by the Wagang Army with the momentum of defeating others without fighting, and it went very smoothly.

In just over a month, except for the city of Shangqiu occupied by Xu Shiji, all the territory of the Wagang Army has surrendered to the Far East Army.

Naturally, this process cannot be absolutely smooth. Small-scale wars, resistance by a few people, turmoil in a small area, and some people's revenge have been going on.

However, with the support of the Far Eastern Army's powerful intelligence capabilities and the already developed huge and solid mass base, all bad signs or resistance were extinguished immediately.

"Under such circumstances, Xu Shiji was still able to firmly control Shangqiu City, and the 50,000 troops under his command were always firmly in his hands, and there was no rebellion. I have to say that Xu Shiji is really great It's not easy." Wang Junlin read the latest information provided by Shen Guoer, focusing on the situation in Shangqiu City, and said with some appreciation and emotion.

The capital Luokou City originally planned by Li Mi has become the capital of the Far Eastern Army in the Central Plains. Wang Junlin entered Luokou City as early as a month ago, unified and dispatched all forces, and gradually launched a careful plan. And orderly and continuous control of the territory of the Wagang Army.

The mansion where Baihutang where Li Mi and Zhai Rang were killed has now become Wang Junlin's temporary palace, and naturally it is also the headquarters of the Far Eastern Army in the Central Plains.

"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence that we got out of Shangqiu City, the 50,000 men under Xu Shiji's command are quite loyal to him. Thinking about it, there are still people who want to surrender to our Far East Army." Shen Guoer added.

Li Jing's eyes flashed, and he cupped his fists and said, "My lord, give me 10,000 troops, and I am confident that I can capture Shangqiu City within half a month."

Wang Junlin glanced at Li Jing, the latter's heart trembled, and he quickly lowered his head with a feeling that his thoughts had been seen through.

"There is no need to send troops to attack Shangqiu City. According to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Office, the food in Shangqiu City can last for a month at most, and this is not important. Our Far East Army. People's hearts can be contagious. It is impossible for Xu Shiji's 50,000 troops to have no contact with the 70,000 people in Shangqiu City. They will be infected sooner or later. When everyone wants to open the city gate and surrender to us, even Xu Shiji cannot be changed." Wang Junlin said flatly.

Li Jing quickly lowered his head and said: "My lord is wise, it's because my subordinates are impatient. The 70,000 people in Shangqiu City have already turned their hearts to the lord, and sooner or later the 50,000 troops will allegiance to the lord, including Xu Shiji."

Wang Junlin shook his head again and said, "It's just that I can't wait any longer, because there may be great changes in Yangzhou in the near future. Although Yang Guang has become a waste, he can't even control the guards around him. But he was the emperor of the Sui Dynasty after all, and his death had a huge impact on the situation in the world, especially the situation in the south of the Yangtze River. Prepare in advance."

After a pause, Wang Junlin said with a condensed expression, "Perhaps Xu Shiji has not surrendered for a long time, and this is the variable that we are waiting for."

Li Jing was already shaken by Wang Junlin's understatement. As Wang Junlin said, although Yang Guang is already a waste, he was once the ruler of the world, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, but according to Wang Junlin, Yang Guang will die in the near future.

Why did Wang Junlin say that?

Could Yang Guang's death be the result of his secret plan?

Probably not. If it was one of the plans of the Far East Army, Wang Junlin would not be able to say that, nor would he be able to say something like making preparations in advance.

And if someone else did it, it must be a very strict and meticulous plan, but now it seems that no matter which force is planning this matter, it is obviously under the eyes of the Far East Army's spies.

Of course, there is another possibility. Wang Junlin already knew that at this time, there would be great changes in Yangzhou, and someone would attack Yang Guang.

If this is the last possibility, then Wang Junlin will be even more terrifying.

Whether it is the magical power of the prophet, or judging this result in advance based on various intelligence sources, it is unbelievable and unbelievable.

Wang Junlin remembered something, and asked Shen Guoer: "Is there any news about Cheng Yaojin?"

Shen Guo'er immediately replied: "Cheng Yaojin successfully entered Shangqiu City, but after he went to meet Xu Shiji, he was placed under house arrest by Xu Shiji, and he was heavily guarded, not letting anyone come into contact with him. Talk to Cheng Yaojin. So Cheng Yaojin has not made any progress so far."

"It seems that Xu Shiji knows Cheng Yaojin very well. He knows that this guy has a strong mouth, so he doesn't give him a chance to speak. Of course, it can be seen that the relationship between the two is scary.

I'm afraid it may not be as deep as the world's rumors. "Wang Junlin didn't take it seriously, and sent Cheng Yaojin over there, just to try it out.

Wei Zheng, who is in charge of the civil affairs of the counties in the Central Plains, said at the right time: "My lord, but it can also be seen that Xu Shiji is very opposed to the matter of surrendering to the lord. This man's integrity is worthy of appreciation."

"That's true." Wang Junlin nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said in a deep voice, "Guo'er, send someone to investigate whether anyone from Hedong or Guanzhong has entered Shangqiu City recently. , secretly contacted Xu Shiji."

Shen Guoer's complexion changed slightly, and she said anxiously: "My lord suspects that Xu Shiji has not surrendered for so long because Li Yuan sent someone to secretly contact Xu Shiji."

Wang Junlin nodded, shook his head again, and said, "That's right, but it's also possible that it's not Li Yuan, but Li Shimin."

"I'll arrange this right now." Shen Guo'er finished speaking with a solemn expression, and bowed to leave.

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Shangqiu City.

Xu Shiji looked at the man in front of him who was dressed as a hero, and thought about the temperament this man had shown these days, especially for his own appreciation, and couldn't help feeling that Li Shimin, the second son of Tang Guogong, had a good grasp of people's hearts.

Under normal circumstances, envoys or lobbyists are literati, but if they are really literati, Xu Shiji and his generals will instinctively hate them, which will inevitably affect the persuasion effect.

Obviously Li Shimin is very careful, or he knows Xu Shiji and his subordinates very well, so he has considered this in advance and sent a person who is very suitable for him and his subordinates as an envoy.

Looking at the man in front of him eating meat and drinking heavily with his generals, Xu Shiji suddenly discovered that the envoy sent by Li Shimin had a very similar personality to Cheng Yaojin.

Well, Cheng Yaojin is the envoy sent by King Qin An.

Perhaps it is a very good idea to lock the envoys of both sides together, by the way, let's see which of them has a stronger mouth, otherwise Cheng Yaojin will develop Li Shimin's envoy into a dark son of the Far East Army.

Thinking of this, the corner of Xu Shiji's mouth twitched slightly, trying not to let out a laugh, and suddenly tapped the wine glass with his chopsticks.

The sound was not loud, and the noisy hall became silent in an instant. Everyone looked at Xu Shiji, including Li Shimin's envoy.

"Come here, lock the envoy of the Li family in the side yard of my mansion." Xu Shiji said calmly with a blank face.

Everyone was stunned. Last moment, the chief executive entertained this envoy from the Li family who was liked by everyone and brought everyone a great gift. Why is he suddenly going to be locked up?

Besides, Cheng Yaojin was locked up in that courtyard, and many people were planning to find a way to meet Cheng Yaojin's general in secret, their eyes flickered, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

The envoy of the Li family changed his expression, let out a long laugh, stepped forward a few steps, came to Xu Shiji, bowed his hands, and said, "Chief Manager, I don't know why..."

Before the envoy of the Li family finished speaking, Xu Shiji suddenly snorted coldly, interrupted him, and said, "Come here, pull him down immediately. Without my order, no one can see him, let alone Let him take a step out of the yard."

The envoy's face changed greatly, and he wanted to say something, but Xu Shiji's personal soldiers stepped forward and forcibly took him down.

The envoy from the Li family was taken to Cheng Yaojin's yard. When Cheng Yaojin heard that it was him, he was stunned and shouted: "Why did this **** bring you here?"

The personal soldier Zhao Sanhu who escorted the envoy from the Li family clasped his fists at Cheng Yaojin, and said with a smile: "Deputy manager, it was the chief manager who sent the **** to you."

Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment, and asked with some doubts: "Sanhu, please tell me in detail what the chief executive said."

Zhao Sanhu said respectfully: "The chief manager didn't say anything, just let the Li family envoy live with the deputy chief."

Cheng Yaojin's eyes flashed, he nodded, and said with a grinning grin: "Okay, I understand."

At this time, the envoy of the Li family had already calmed down, stepped forward with a warm smile on his face, bowed his hands to Cheng Yaojin, and said loudly: "General Cheng's name is as loud as thunder."

Cheng Yaojin clasped his fists gently, and said with a smile, "It's easy to say, easy to say."

As he spoke, Cheng Yaojin walked towards the envoy of the Li family, and stretched out his hand, as if he was going to pat him on the shoulder.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin being so polite, the envoy of the Li family heaved a sigh of relief in secret, and was about to say something when he suddenly saw Cheng Yaojin's hand that was slapping his shoulder suddenly change direction...it was about to hit him in the face.

In troubled times, he can act as an envoy, but he is not a literati. This envoy of the Li family is also a master, so he reacted very quickly, and immediately tried his best to dodge.

Unfortunately, he was not enough to be seen as a master in front of Cheng Yaojin. With a "snap", there was a clear handprint on his face, and it immediately became red and swollen.

"General Cheng..."

"Crack!"

The face of the envoy of the Li family changed drastically, and when he was about to make a move, Cheng Yaojin slapped him again, and he tried his best to dodge, but he still couldn't dodge.

"You..."

"Crack!"

"The bully is too..."

"Crack!"

"I fight with you..."

"Crack!"

"You stop..."

"Crack!"

"Three tiger brothers help..."

"Crack!"

Sanhu watched this scene with a dozen of his own soldiers laughing, without any intention of stopping Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin slapped the Li family envoy one after another, and soon the latter's face was swollen like a pig's head.

"General Cheng, I have something to say..."

"Crack!"

"General Cheng, please forgive me..."

"Crack!"

"Deputy manager, the brothers just passed by the Qianjie restaurant and booked a table for you. Good wine and food will be delivered later. Let's take our leave first." Sanhu led a group of soldiers to face Cheng Yaojin clasped his fists, Cheng Yaojin waved his hands, and they turned and left.

Seeing this, the envoy of the Li family was in despair, he had no doubt that Cheng Yaojin beat himself to death, no one in Shangqiu city including Xu Shiji would save him.

So, he knelt down in front of Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin was relentless, kicked him flying and hit the courtyard wall, the envoy of the Li family tilted his head, spit out a mouthful of blood, and passed out immediately.

At this moment, clapping sounded outside, and Xu Shiji walked in from outside.

Cheng Yaojin didn't seem to be surprised by this, and said harshly: "You think sending this idiot here and letting me beat him up will calm me down."

Xu Shiji apologized, and said with a smile: "Zhijie, with your intelligence, you should know that everything I did in Shangqiu City is the most correct, and it is also the most beneficial for you and me."

Cheng Yaojin sneered and said: "I think it is all beneficial to you, but not to me at all. If I failed in persuading you to surrender, my mission will naturally fail. Not to mention that I have not made great contributions, I have lost points with the prince. Lost face within the Far East Army."

After a pause, Cheng Yaojin added: "For you, you let the prince and the Far East Army think that you, Xu Shiji, are a man with integrity and would rather die than surrender, so that the prince pays more attention to you. Then, with your Xu Shiji's reputation and the 50,000 troops under your command, plus your ability to train troops and fight, you will naturally be reused in the Far East Army."

Xu Shiji nodded, did not deny what Cheng Yaojin said, but shook his head again, and said, "What you said earlier is not wrong. True."

Cheng Yaojin wanted to refute, but Xu Shiji quickly interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said, "Think about it, in the eyes of everyone, my surrender is a matter of course under the general trend. I surrendered, how many people in the Far East Army do you think from King Qin An down will think it is your credit, they will only think that it is the army's persecution, I can't surrender in a second, or it is my own will."

"But it's different now. When I stubbornly refused to surrender and even locked you up, you, Cheng Yaojin, tried your best to imitate Ban Chao's old example. You killed the envoy of the Li family and cut me off." Xu Shiji took refuge in the back of Li Yuan and his son, thus persuading me to surrender, keeping the 50,000 army and 70,000 civilians unharmed, and the Far East Army did not need to send a single soldier, this is a great contribution.”

When Cheng Yaojin heard it, his eyes lit up immediately, he let out a long laugh, walked over and patted Xu Shiji on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Your brain is better, you can see far and deep."

Xu Shiji's eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice: "Actually, there is another advantage. The world knows that you and I are inseparable and have a deep friendship. In the past, even Zhai Rang and Li Mi were very suspicious of you and me because of this matter, but now Zhai Rang and Li Mi's means can't help you and me, but now we have surrendered the Far East Army, and we are generals under the command of a peerless murderer like King Qin An. If the relationship between you and me is as deep as before, maybe we will die at any time Already."

When Cheng Yaojin heard this, he was shocked. He had never thought about this before, and he immediately admired Xu Shiji even more, and said sincerely: "It's better if you think carefully, just do as you say!"

But speaking of this, Cheng Yaojin recalled what he had seen, heard and experienced by Wang Junlin's side these days, especially the peerless fairy Nie Xiaoyu who persuaded him to surrender back then with a face that was always cold, but Shaking his head again, he smiled wryly and said, "I suddenly thought, maybe you think too much, Wang Junlin doesn't care how close you and I are, even if we are blood brothers, each commanding an army of 100,000, he probably won't He will take it to heart, because even if we have an army of 100,000 to protect us, as long as he wants to kill us, it will not be difficult."