Jiangjun became quiet, as if waiting for the first snow in winter.
The Tang envoy had no intention of leaving. The so-called peace proposal actually did not have much substantive content. Recruitment in the usual sense no longer applied to Li Po.
No matter how many high-ranking officials and generous salaries there are, apart from attracting guys like Guo Zihe who have never developed, I am afraid there will be no one in the world who can be tempted by these things promised by others.
Moreover, Li Po is different from others. He occupied Jinyang, Li Yuan's hometown, and stabbed Li Tang in the back. As of today, he has defeated nearly 300,000 Tang troops.
Of course, this number is subject to discussion, but it can also be said that Li Po is now Li Tang's most fierce enemy, and Xue Ju, Xue Rengao and his son, and Xiao Mian are all behind him.
Li Tang could not appease Xue Ju and his son, nor could he appease Xiao Mian, let alone Hedong Li Po.
As for the gold and silver cloth brought by the Tang envoy... haha, this can be said to be the most worthless thing in the troubled times of the late Sui Dynasty.
It can be said that the Tang envoy came north not to recruit Li Po to surrender, nor to join forces to attack Wang Shichong in Henan, as Dou Dan vaguely suggested.
Of course, when the Tang Dynasty envoy went north to Hedong, he definitely did not come to hang out. The purpose was actually very clear.
The first intention is very simple, it is to test the reality of Hedong and see if Li Po intends to invade Guanxi.
The second one wanted to persuade Li Po to turn around and attack Dou Jiande. Hedong and Hebei are connected and are mutually exclusive. Compared with Henan, Hebei still has extremely important strategic significance for Hedong.
If Li Po turned around and competed with Dou Jiande, it would be the best thing for Li Tang.
As for Hedong, once the mess of Hebei is acquired, it is inevitable to enter Shandong. With Shandong in hand, the next person to face will naturally be Wang Shichong of Henan.
In fact, after counting this circle, it is undoubtedly the old land of Northern Qi. Once you get into this trap, under the interconnection, if you have the first step, there will be the next step waiting, and it is not up to you to make the decision.
And if you want to persuade Li Po on such a general plan, Dou Dan will definitely not succeed, so Pei Shiqing naturally becomes the best candidate.
Dou Dan visited Pei Shiqing several times, mainly for this reason.
As for the third intention, the Tang envoys still need to find out whether Li Po led the Turks southward.
These pretty much cover the functions of envoys.
Of course, the most important goal is also one that Li Yuan attaches great importance to, that is, if he can recruit one or two old officials from Hedong to surrender and secretly serve Li Tang...
Well, Li Yuan is still so confident in his reputation, but in fact, he did benefit from it back then. But now that the world is in such a mess, the most unreliable thing is actually the word reputation, and profit is not surprising.
It gradually began to gain the upper hand.
Just like now, Pei Shiqing finally came to Li Po and clearly described what he had gained during these days.
It is true that Li Yuan has a shining halo in the eyes of Jindi family members like Pei, but today is different from the past. In Pei Shiqing's view, Li Po also has a lot of merits.
Not to mention the illustrious martial arts that defeated the Tang army of more than 200,000, he only sent troops to Jiang County, recruited the officials of the counties without haste, and took the autumn harvest to heart, and did not raid the counties in Hedong for military resources, and even
Give something back.
What he had done in the past few months, coupled with the few words he heard from the generals of the two states as evidence, Pei Shiqing couldn't help but feel that it was actually a very good thing to have such a person as the Lord of Hedong.
Although Tang Gong was a good man, he came from a powerful family in Guanxi and neglected to take care of Jin. Once he used troops, he was no different from others...
In fact, his thoughts at this time were very similar to those of people when Li Po was in charge of Jinyang.
Therefore, Pei Shiliang made another bet.
In addition to narrating what Dou Dan said, he also advised Li Po to stay in the east of the river to observe the world. His narrative this time was very insightful.
In his opinion, Dou Jiande already had the counties in Hebei and Shandong, which seemed to be strong but lacked food and grass. Under the appearance, they had to rely on Wang Shichong to survive.
Here he also made an analogy, if I were Wang Shichong, I would first pacify Shandong, even if I antagonize Dou Jiande, because Shandong is the back and flank of Henan, and if I don't capture it, I won't be able to advance westward with all my strength.
Li Po agrees with this point, and he has always had a very unique vision in strategy.
He believed that Luoyang was the place where the Four Wars were fought, and just recovering Shandong would not help. He would first level Shandong, then conquer the Huaihe River, and then compete with Li Yuan. Well, that would be almost the same.
But what Pei Shiqing was talking about at this time was actually not Wang Shichong, but Dou Jiande. He believed that with Dou Jiande's ability, even if he had the courage, he would not cross the Taihang Narrow Road to reach Jin.
Li Po strongly agrees with this point, because Li Po will never cross the narrow road to Hebei now.
Hebei is actually a relatively safe place. Now Yang Guang has built a canal. It can be said that Hebei already has some characteristics of being the center of the world.
In fact, Pei Shiqing, who was well-informed and well-informed, also had a very good vision. The reason why he suggested Li Po to stay in the east of the river was because he wanted to persuade Li Po to watch Wang Shichong's movements before making a general plan.
After Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi, he supported a large number of troops and occupied Luoyang, the eastern capital, which attracted the attention of the world.
Yes, it is true that Luoyang was the place of the Four Wars, but conversely, Wang Shichong could also send troops from all directions, pressing down on the Huaihe River to the south, Shandong to the east, Hebei and Hedong to the north, and the hinterland of Guanxi to the east.
After Li Mi's defeat, Wang Shichong had actually stepped on the nerves of all the heroes in the world.
Not only Li Yuan wanted to guard the Tongguan Pass, but everyone else was also watching the King of Henan.
This time was undoubtedly Wang Shichong's most prosperous season. Perhaps it was because of this realization that Wang Shichong spread the edict to the world, right?
Li Po gained a lot from his conversation with Pei Shiqing.
He wasn't very interested in Wang Shichong before, because it was unlikely that he would fight Wang Shichong in the near future, but now it seems that Wang Shichong's every move really needs to be paid more attention to.
This is not the same as the Three Kingdoms. It is very similar to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Each prince has no shortage of enemies around him. The difference is that it is unlikely that the princes of the world will unite to attack Qin.
After seeing Pei Shiqing off, Li Po wandered around the house for a long time. What came to his mind were actually three names: Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande...
Perhaps together with Li Po, these people are the ones who control the world today, and the others are not worth mentioning.
In mid-August, Deng Rong, a native of Xinxiang, rebelled. Later, Zhu Shichang, the magistrate of Tunliu County, was killed by his subordinates due to uneven distribution of grain. In addition, bandits Zhang Jinhu, Lu Mao and others looted the prefecture, causing chaos in the Shangdang.
While the officials and generals of the Shangdang were guarding the city and watching with cold eyes, the army of the Bing Dynasty returned to Jiang County for the winter. Seeing this, the bandits became more and more arrogant. Refugees gathered together, and other gangs joined them, and soon they gathered tens of thousands of people.
, elected Zhang Jinhu as Emperor Dasheng, Lu Mao as Prime Minister, and began to attack Lucheng.
In less than two days, this rabble colluded with some local snakes and broke into the city. As a result, the thieves became more powerful and sent troops to the county government in an effort to make the Shangdang change its banner.
I don’t know if it was the weather that caused the incident, or someone who was deliberately adding fuel to the flames, but there was also a commotion in Hedong at the same time.
Yao Junsu, who had been guarding Puban in Hedong County for many years, was killed by his subordinates. At this time, Puban, which had been cut off from food and grass, had almost reached the point of cannibalism, and it was true that it could not be defended any longer.
It's just that the timing was a bit intriguing.
As soon as Yao Junsu died, his subordinates immediately fought a fierce battle, and Yao Junsu's general Wang Xingben won. This guy, under the banner of revenge for Yao Junsu, turned around and surrendered to Li Tang, passing through Pujin Bridge.
In addition to a lot of food, they also had to be granted the title of Duke of Pu County.
A restless person is never restless, and another person who complements him also rises at the right time.
Lu Chongmao of Xia County led his troops to kill the magistrate of Xia County. After occupying Xia County, he did not say anything about surrendering to the Tang Dynasty. He only had a flirtation with Wang Xingben, and seemed to intend to share Hedong County.
After Li Po heard this, he was also a little dizzy.
Shangdang bandits have always been bold, but the defenders are extremely cowardly. This is just the norm. Forget it, Xinxiang is a bit far away, and the area close to the Taihang Mountains is indeed a paradise for bandits. There have been quite a lot of them recently.
The big rebel.
But Hedong County, which is very close to Jiang County, started a riot within a few days after he changed it to Linhe County, and it seemed to be quite fierce.
Are you saying that these guys are so cowardly that they are seeking death? Or has he overestimated his reputation?
Before Li Po could figure out what to do, Li Xiuning came to his door very happily and wanted to drink with him.
Li Xiuning has been staying behind closed doors these days. She is sulking, which is far from the truth. She is just full of disappointment with Hedong and his party. In fact, she should have thought that there is no space and space for what she wants to get.
room.
The reason why she didn't leave for a long time was that Dou Danli wanted to stay for some time, and secondly, she really didn't want to go back to Chang'an now and hear and see so many disturbing things.
When she heard the news about the chaos in Hedong, she naturally came to her door and wanted to ridicule Li Po. This kind of playful behavior did not need to be explained. If she did not have affection and concern, she could be ridiculed by Li Po's daughter.
There are really not many people.
Li Po was not in a hurry. As the first winter snow was approaching, he could only send troops to quell the chaos and could only target those two guys who didn't know how to live or die.
Moreover, they are close to each other, so they can represent the elite of the army without any effort. The only worry may be that if the Tang army crosses the river to support them, they may have to fight another battle with the Tang army in the winter.
(Monthly pass, ps: Lu Chongmao and Wang Xingben should have been the generals of the late Sui Dynasty who responded to Liu Wuzhou's move south. The changes here are a bit big, but it is reasonable. A Cao thinks there should be some, please don't criticize.)