Yang Yuanqing's garrison was not in Liangchuan County, but in Mijia Town, about 100 miles east of Liangchuan County, in addition to 10,000 cavalry, there were 35,000 Tang Army troops.

Groups of soldiers shouted loudly, lined up to train spears, the main purpose of the queue training was to run in the tacit understanding between officers and soldiers, improve the prestige of officers, so that they could control their subordinates, the 60,000 recruits temporarily recruited by the Tang Dynasty ten days ago did not go through this kind of running-in training, which led to the final chaos.

In the east of the town, thousands of large tents were erected, and the Shuai tent was the largest of them, located in the middle of the group tents, and at this time in the big tent, Yang Yuanqing was standing in front of a map of Hexi, studying the progress of the Sui army's operations.

Eight days had passed since the Sui army attacked Hexi, Wuwei County and Jiuquan County had been captured, and a 500-strong vanguard of Su Dingfang successfully attacked the Dadou Bagu Military City at night, blocking the only passage for the Zhangye garrison to flee to Xiping County.

Now Pei Renji's army and Su Dingfang's army have formed a joint encirclement of the 10,000 Hexi Tang Army, forcing the other party to surrender, in fact, Yang Yuanqing is not very interested in whether the 10,000 Tang Army surrenders, he is interested in the war horses in Hexi, Pei Renji's report said that he has basically controlled the major pastures, which makes Yang Yuanqing slightly relieved.

At this time, his eyes turned to Hehuang again, to cut off the war horses of the Tang army, not only Hexi, but also Xihai County, Lintao County and other frontier grassland places, even if the Tang Dynasty did not set up a horse farm in Hehuang, but they could buy it from Tuyuhun, and this road must be cut off by the Tang Dynasty.

Not only did the war horses take the Hehuang region, but the Tang Dynasty not only completely lost its strategic depth west of Guanzhong, but the Sui army also formed a strategic encirclement of Guanzhong. He has been looking forward to this day for a long time, and taking Guanzhong means that he has unified the north.

Just when Yang Yuanqing was thinking about sending an envoy to Tuyuhun, at this time, there was a personal soldier outside the tent to report, "Your Highness Qiqi, the scout has sent news that the envoy of the Tang Dynasty is twenty miles away." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded. Li Jiancheng is finally here. He got an urgent report from the Chang'an spies yesterday that the Tang Dynasty had sent an envoy, the main envoy was the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and the deputy envoy was Nayan Chen Shuda, Li Yuan actually sent such a high-level negotiation lineup, which really surprised him. This also shows that Li Yuan is anxious about the truce.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Please Xie Shilang come to see me!" ”

Xie Shilang is Xie Sili, the squire of the Ministry of War, who came from Taiyuan the day before yesterday to report the situation in Taiyuan to Yang Yuanqing. The main thing is the repair of Jinyang Palace, the destroyed city and private houses, and the progress of the implementation of the Juntian system, which Yang Yuanqing is extremely concerned about.

However, the arrival of Xie Sili just gave Yang Yuanqing a negotiation deputy. Generally, the deputy talks first, and then the two sides finally reach a consensus and sign an agreement, so to speak. The deputy took on the main negotiating tasks.

Xie Sili walked quickly into the big tent and bowed, "See Your Highness!" ”

"Just got the news that they've arrived, twenty miles away." Yang Yuanqing said with a smile.

Xie Sili immediately understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, bowed down and said, "I'm going to meet them." ”

Yang Yuanqing instructed him again: "Etiquette is a must, the other party is the prince after all, but there is no need to be too polite, let them understand that they have a request for us, peace talks or not, I Yang Yuanqing does not care." ”

"Humble duty understands!"

Xie Sili saluted, and walked out of the tent quickly, Yang Yuanqing walked to the map again, his eyes fell on the river again, for him Yang Yuanqing, any negotiation is fake, the negotiation is just to delay for a period of time, giving him time to rest and recuperate, just like taking back his fist, in order to fight out more powerfully......

Ten miles south of Mijia Town, on the snowfield, a team of thousands of people is galloping north, the middle of the team is followed by three or four carriages, Li Jiancheng opened the curtain, the cold wind is blowing, he is focused on looking at the mountains in the distance, he has passed here several times before, but he never realized that Huining County actually contains huge wealth.

It was the silver mine in Huining County that triggered a series of current disputes, and it led to a huge crisis in the Tang Dynasty.

But as the crown prince, the solution he thought of was to stop the army, stabilize the Sui Dynasty, seize the time to solve internal problems, save as much money and grain as possible, and solve the land problem, and persuade the Guanlong nobles and imperial relatives to give up a little land appropriately, so that the imperial court can implement the uniform land system, so that it can seize the hearts of the people, boost morale, and maybe there is still a glimmer of hope in the Tang Dynasty.

The key is to solve the problem of internal strife, the power struggle between him and the King of Qin, Li Jiancheng has realized the seriousness of this problem, the repeated failures of the Tang army are largely related to internal strife, if there is no internal unity, how can it be possible to defeat the Sui Dynasty.

Fortunately, his father also saw the consequences of this internal strife, and finally decided to take over the military power of the King of Qin, which was a key step in the right direction, I hope it is still too late, Li Jiancheng sighed, I don't know how much the Tang Dynasty needs to pay for this negotiation?

"Your Highness!"

There was a soldier's shout in the distance, Li Jiancheng looked to the north, and saw a group of small black dots running from a distance, and after a while, the soldier who shouted just now stepped forward to report: "Your Highness, the Sui army is coming." ”

Li Jiancheng's heart was relieved, that's good, Yang Yuanqing pays attention to etiquette, so he won't embarrass himself, let alone detain himself, although Li Jiancheng told others that Yang Yuanqing would not do such a thing as seizure, but he was still a little worried in his heart, and now, he finally let go.

Not long after, Xie Sili galloped under the escort of more than 100 cavalry, and he was led to Li Jiancheng's carriage, Xie Sili bowed his hand and said: "Xie Sili, the squire of the Great Sui Army, see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"It turned out to be Xie Shilang, and I have admired it for a long time."

Li Jiancheng also smiled and returned the salute, he knew that this Xie Sili, one of Yang Yuanqing's henchmen, was probably the deputy envoy of this negotiation, and he asked again: "How far is it from the residence of the King of Chu?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, it's only seven or eight miles."

"In that case, I'll ride on horseback."

Li Jiancheng ordered someone to bring his white horse, he turned on the horse, and walked side by side with Xie Sili, the cold and fresh wind rushed towards him, which made Li Jiancheng feel a shock.

Li Jiancheng smiled slightly: "Has Xie Shilang been by His Royal Highness the King of Chu all the time?" ”

"I came from Taiyuan yesterday to report something to His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

"Oh!"

Li Jiancheng rolled his eyes, and asked tentatively: "I heard that 30,000 Turkic cavalry are trapped in the well, I don't know if they have been annihilated now, and we are also very worried that these murderous Turks will escape and endanger the people." ”

This information is very important, related to whether Yang Yuanqing is in a hurry to return to Taiyuan, and whether the Tang Dynasty can win peace at the lowest cost, Li Jiancheng is indifferent on the surface, but his heart is hanging.

Xie Sili is also a veteran negotiator, how could he let Li Jiancheng set out the news, he sighed and said: "We are also concerned about this issue, but Your Highness knows that the division of the military and government in the Sui Dynasty is a matter for the military, and the imperial court really doesn't know the current situation, Your Highness, I'm sorry." ”

"It's nothing, I'm just asking."

Li Jiancheng's face showed a disappointment that could not be concealed, and helplessly, he sighed again: "I heard that Jinyang Palace was burned, it is worrying!" ”

Xie Sili smiled, "This...... It's not that we're sad. ”

"Why?" Li Jiancheng asked puzzled.

"Because although Jinyang Palace was burned, we have transferred personnel and materials in advance, no one died, and not a grain of grain was robbed, so everyone is very excited, and now they are working together to repair it, and it has been almost restored, His Royal Highness said that as long as people are saved, then all wealth can be recreated."

"Well said!"

Even Li Jiancheng couldn't help but praise it, this has always been his concept, the people are more important than the mountains, Yang Yuanqing, a battlefield general, actually has this kind of idea, it is not simple, Li Jiancheng sighed secretly, could it be that the Juntian Order of the Sui Dynasty can be implemented very smoothly, the key is that the superior attaches importance to the people's feelings!

In contrast, his father gave a large amount of land to the emperor's relatives, resulting in the dilemma of having no land to divide, which had to make Li Jiancheng sigh.

Everyone walked a few miles, passing by a group of training soldiers, training tens of thousands of soldiers, Duan De suddenly stepped forward and whispered to Li Jiancheng: "Your Highness, these were originally Tang Army. ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, he stopped his horse and looked at the soldiers who were training, as if they didn't see them at all, they didn't even step forward, ignoring them.

Li Jiancheng stood stunned for a long time, only to hear bursts of shouting, the soldiers' morale was high, the fighting spirit was high, and some training officers shouted: "That's it, you have merit in killing the enemy, you have your own reward, you fight, your family will also be allocated land, exempted from taxes, serve His Royal Highness the King of Chu well, and earn a rich family business." ”

The soldiers were even more excited, and the shouts of killing rang out, and Li Jiancheng let out a long sigh, it's that simple, but unfortunately the Tang Dynasty couldn't do it.

His mood was gloomy all of a sudden, and he walked two more miles, getting closer and closer to the camp gate, at this time, a team of cavalry stepped forward, clasped his fists and saluted: "His Royal Highness the King of Feng Chu has ordered that only twenty Tang envoys can enter the camp, and the rest of the entourage will camp ten miles away!" ”

Duan De glanced at Li Jiancheng and asked for his opinion, Li Jiancheng nodded, "Do it according to the rules of the Sui army." ”

Duan De had no choice but to lead his army to follow the Sui soldiers, and Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda had only twenty retinues left around them, led by the Lang general Yang Rong.

At this time, Li Jiancheng glanced at Lang General Yang Rong, and saw that he lowered his head, looking very nervous, Li Jiancheng suddenly had a strange thought in his heart, I don't know what kind of expression Yang Yuanqing will have when he sees Yang Rong, Li Jiancheng is full of curiosity.