Cheng Yaojin smiled and put a fifty taels of silver on the table, looked at Master Sheng Yan again, and was startled with an exaggerated expression, and said with concern: "Lao Sheng, are you older than ten years ago!

”

Master Sheng Yan glanced at Yinzi, shook his head, and said lightly: "You don't have to get close to me like this, I won't kill you."

Cheng Yaojin was told to the point, his face turned red, and he stuttered: "This... I do care about the general."

Master Sheng Yan didn't care about his embarrassment and waved his hand, "General Cheng, please sit down!"

Cheng Yaojin sat down. Since Master Sheng Yan promised not to kill him, he would not have to be so worried.

In fact, Cheng Yaojin was also eager to make contributions. He and Master Sheng Yan were neither relatives nor fellow villagers. He just met ten years ago and he was indeed afraid that Master Sheng Yan would push him out and kill him.

"General Sheng's mother is still in Liangjun!"

Cheng Yaojin asked casually, but Shi Sheng Yan's face changed and he stared at him vigilantly, "What do you mean?"

Cheng Yaojin was stunned and then reacted, and waved his hands repeatedly, "I just asked casually, there is no intention, General Sheng must not get me wrong."

Master Sheng Yan looked at him for a long time, and saw that he was indeed not a threatening statement. He just smiled slightly and said with a reluctant smile: "She is thinking about her hometown and refuses to come to Chang'an. General Cheng, I remember you wanted to treat your mother back then, now

How is she?"

"My mother is cured of illness, and she is energetic? My wife gave birth to a daughter for me, named Cheng Jiaoniang. Recently, my wife is pregnant again. I hope God will give me a son this time, and I have an official name, named Cheng Yan

The nickname of the nickname Tie Niu.”

Master Sheng Yan laughed, "You are so looking forward to it, and everything you want will come true."

Cheng Yaojin deliberately eased the atmosphere between the two and won over the relationship. When he saw Master Sheng Yan's smile becoming sincere, he felt secretly happy and tentatively said: "Do you know that General Sheng knows that we have broken through Chang'an City a few days ago."

Master Sheng Yan nodded silently. This incident had spread throughout Guanzhong. Almost all soldiers knew about it, causing a serious depression in morale and a fluctuation in people's hearts. Even the capital was captured by the Sui army. How could the Tang Dynasty have confidence in it?

Sheng Yanshi was in a heavy mood. This time he captured the capital, the Sui army had just ended the battle with the Turks. It was the time when the Sui army's strength was greatly weakened. Once the Sui Dynasty recovered its strength, the Tang Dynasty would be worried!

"What's wrong with General Cheng coming to Huining County to look for me?" Sheng Yanshi didn't want to mention the crackdown on Chang'an again.

Cheng Yaojin had his own worldly thoughts. When he was a lobbyist, he would not say any profound truths or give out any historical allusions, but he could observe his words and expressions, and was especially good at guessing people's hearts.

He used Chang'an to test Master Sheng Yan. If Master Sheng Yan was furious at him, it means he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, so he could not talk too much. After sending the letter, he would leave and save his life first.

But if Master Sheng Yan's expression was dim, then there would be a chance for this matter, at least it means that he had no confidence in the Tang Dynasty.

Cheng Yaojin felt Sheng Yan's complicated mentality. He was secretly happy and said without saying a word: "Actually! I am just a messenger. My highness has a handwritten letter to General Sheng."

Cheng Yaojin took out Yang Yuanqing's letter from his arms and handed it to Master Sheng Yan.

Master Sheng Yan took the letter without saying a word and looked it carefully. He was really surprised and took a breath of air conditioning, "This..."

Cheng Yaojin actually didn't know what price Yang Yuanqing offered, but he could guess from Master Sheng Yan's expression that he must have offered a high price.

Cheng Yaojin suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He had been with Yang Yuanqing for so many years and fought hard to earn some property. However, Sheng Yan's teacher had not made any achievements, and he just surrendered and made huge profits. This was simply unfair.

Cheng Yaojin felt a little guilty, but he had not forgotten his mission yet. He advised: "General Sheng, the price offered by my Highness is not low! If you miss this village, you will not have this store."

Sheng Yanshi didn't say anything for a long time, and finally he stood up and waved his hand, "General Cheng, go back! I need to consider this matter. If I can accept it, I will naturally express my opinion. If I can't accept it, then our army will fight to the death.

.”

Cheng Yaojin blinked his eyes and let himself go like that? But he knew very well that even if he had a good mouth, he could not compare to Yang Yuanqing's words. Since Yang Yuanqing already believed it, he didn't need to say anything more.

, it is important to save your life first.

Cheng Yaojin also stood up and laughed dryly, "Then I'll leave, looking forward to the good news from General Sheng."

Master Sheng Yan looked expressionless, stepped forward and opened the door, and ordered his personal soldiers: "Send General Cheng out of the city!"

Cheng Yaojin bowed, "General Sheng, there will be a date later."

He didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he hurriedly left. Master Sheng Yan closed the people, sat down slowly, and carefully read Yang Yuanqing's letter, carefully pondering the profound meaning of the letter.

In the letter, Yang Yuanqing gave him the attractive price of Guannei Dao General Manager. Guannei Dao General Manager, only the royal family in the Tang Dynasty were qualified to hold such a high position, such as Li Shentong, Li Shenfu brothers, and Master Sheng Yan.

A small person is at most the head of a state.

Master Sheng Yan had to admire Yang Yuanqing's courage and dared to hand over a land to a surrendered general.

Master Sheng Yan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. In fact, he knew very well the development of the world. After the Tang Dynasty failed to compete for the Central Plains, he had almost no chance to win the north again. Moreover, Guanzhong could not be saved, even the capital was

How can others have confidence in the dynasty that has been broken?

It is impossible to compete with the Sui Dynasty for the north and south. If we can rule the rivers between the north and the south, it will be the best ending for the Tang Dynasty. But the question is, could the Sui Dynasty be ruled with the Tang Dynasty? Just like Yang Jian, he

Will the Chen Dynasty tolerate the coexistence of the Great Sui Dynasty in the south?

Master Sheng Yan is from Liangjun. His mother and brothers are both in his hometown of Liangjun. When he heard that his hometown had begun to divide the fields, he stood in front of the window and looked at the east. He felt a little sad. He began to miss his hometown and his relatives a little.

But what made Master Sheng Yan hesitate was that he was too arrogant and trusted him very much. If he betrayed too arrogant at this time, it would be difficult for him to accept emotionally. On the one hand, it was his future, and on the other hand, it was his future.

It was his feelings that Master Sheng Yan fell into deep confusion.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing led 10,000 Sui cavalry to a wilderness about ten miles south of Huining County. On the snowy field, 10,000 Sui cavalry stood in line and looked at the distant Huining County town from afar. The weather was cold and

It is clear and the air is clean. Under the blue sky and white clouds, Huining County can be seen particularly clearly.

Yang Yuanqing stared at the county town for a long time and turned around to ask Cheng Yaojin, "He didn't tell you how long does he need to think about it?"

Cheng Yaojin hurriedly said: "He didn't say it, he just said that as long as he decides, he will contact His Highness. If he refuses, the two armies will fight to the death."

Yang Yuanqing snorted softly in his nostrils. Master Sheng Yan wanted to put on an air. This is understandable, but the time for putting on an air cannot exceed one hour. If it exceeds one hour, it would be disrespectful to him, Yang Yuanqing. Even if he surrendered at that time,

I won't accept it myself.

Yang Yuanqing knew it. He offered the price of the general manager of the inner road of the pass, which was not allowed to refuse. If Master Sheng Yan refused, it means that Master Sheng Yan was loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Such a person must be killed and must not be left behind.

future trouble.

"It's time now?" Yang Yuanqing looked at the sky and turned around and asked.

"Report to Your Highness, it's two minutes of noon."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, took out the command arrow and handed it to a personal soldier, and told him: "You go and inform General Pei. After half an hour, if the Tang army does not surrender, they can launch an attack at the same time."

The personal soldiers took the order arrow and urged the horse to gallop north.

Time passed little by little, and seeing half an hour approaching, Cheng Yaojin's heart hangs up. He could see that Yang Yuanqing's face was gloomy. He began to feel extremely uneasy and cursed in his heart: "Why is this Master Sheng Yan so incompetent.

Shiqing, do you really want to live?”

He thrust the curtain, stretched his neck and looked desperately towards the county town. Suddenly he saw a team of cavalry running towards this side. He was extremely excited and pointed at the cavalry and shouted: "Your Highness, here you are here, they are here.

!”

Yang Yuanqing looked at the sundial, and it was only a little bit away from an hour. The displeasure in his heart disappeared. Fortunately, it was still within his tolerance.

After a moment, the cavalry team rushed over, with about fifty people, almost all officers, and the general was Sheng Yan. They rushed to the Sui army and turned over and dismounted. Sheng Yan army took a few steps quickly.

Yang Yuanqing knelt down on one knee in front of him, clasped his fists high and apologized, "The criminal minister Sheng Yan is willing to serve His Highness the King of Chu!"

More than fifty generals also knelt down on one knee and whispered loudly: "I wish to serve His Highness the King of Chu!"

Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed. He turned over and dismounted, walked forward quickly, and helped Sheng Yanshi up with both hands, "I have heard of General Sheng's reputation for a long time. Today, he got General Sheng, Yuanqing is like a tiger with wings!"

Seeing that Yang Yuanqing looked down on him so highly, Master Sheng felt ashamed, but also felt a sense of pride that he couldn't help but bowed his head and said, "Your Highness is too rewarded. Master Yan's mediocre person cannot afford to be your highness so kind, and I am willing to do my best.

, serve Your Highness.”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and said to the surrendered generals: "Everyone is a pillar of the country. In the future, the Sui Dynasty will unify the world, and all of you will be founding heroes, and future generations will share wealth and honor."

Everyone was overjoyed. Since the King of Chu made such a statement, their future was uncertain and everyone expressed their loyalty.

At this moment, another team of cavalry with hundreds of people rushed to the distance. The head was Pei Renji, the general manager of Fengzhou. He only heard him laughing from afar and said, "Your Highness, the old minister is late!"

The surrender of Sheng Yan's army was of decisive significance to the civil war situation in the pass. It fundamentally reversed the comparison of military strength between the Sui and Tang dynasties, and increased Yang Yuanqing's military strength in the passway to 75,000, while the Tang army's military strength was sharply reduced to 30,000.

More importantly, the silver mine in Huining County also had extremely important strategic significance for the Tang Dynasty. In order to rescue Shengyan's division headquarters, Taishizi Li Jiancheng begged Li Yuan to send the nearest Hexi army to Huining County in order to preserve the strategic silver.
Chapter completed!