Da Wei Chun

Chapter 638
The middle tent of Yuan Zhi is very large, it should have a radius of five or six feet, and the roof of the tent is also extremely high, so it is similar to a large hall, which is extremely spacious.

After a few words of greetings, Yuan Zhi invited Cui Guang to sit in the main seat.I thought that Cui Guang and the Son of Heaven Jingjie, regardless of whether he has the power to supervise Xiliangzhou and Dunhuang Town, are all envoys.

However, Cui Guang politely declined on the grounds that "military and national affairs are not trivial. This is an account of the Chinese military order, and those who have to issue orders and dispatch troops cannot be the top, so I don't want to break Yuan Zhi's vigor."

There is nothing wrong with Yuan Zhi, and he took the main seat, and invited Cui Guang and Wei Zi to sit on the two heads.

Yuan Wei followed the Han etiquette, and when discussing matters, they all sat on their knees, and at most they put a soft felt under their knees.Cui Guang has been kneeling like this for most of his life, so he should be so used to it that he can't get used to it anymore.

I didn't feel it in the past, but today when my knees were touched by the felt, it seemed that my waist and legs were no longer in control, not ordinary stiffness.Cui Guang was in a trance for a while, then smiled.

After staying in the West Sea for more than a month, I am used to sitting in a comfortable chair, but when I change to kneeling, I am not used to it?

But you can't let Yuan Zhi find him a Hu chair anymore, can you?
Cui Guang sighed inwardly, and sat down with his knees bent.Yuan Zhi asked his subordinates to prepare food and wine again, but he flatly refused, and then sent Yuan Xuan back to the left and right.

When there was no one else idle in the tent, Cui Guang sighed in a low voice, with a sad face on his face: "This old man has something to say, so it's no wonder I still look to General Yuan!"

Yuan Zhi's heart skipped a beat: "Shangshu, but it's okay to talk about it!"

"While the old man and Li Chengzhi are still a little thin, and there is still some use for him, before he can cover you for a while, General Yuan should retreat, and withdraw to Dunhuang Town as soon as possible, the sooner the better..."

Yuan Zhi was dumbfounded.

A light sentence was like a thunderbolt to him, reading out countless messages in an instant.

Cui Guangjiang is here?

Otherwise, how come there are words like "There is still some use left for Li Chengzhi"?
Then he came here, isn't he persuading himself to surrender to the West Sea?

In an instant, a burst of anger arose in Yuan Zhi's heart, and he changed his humble and polite appearance just now, sparks seemed to sparkle in his eyes like copper bells.

"Cui Shangshu, aren't you afraid that Yuan is domineering and arbitrary?"

Self-indulgent, arbitrary?
Cui Guang was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly laughed out loud: "Mr. Yuan County, I was awarded by the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, and now he is the Hexi Recruiting Envoy, holding the Tianzi Festival, and the governor of Dunhuang, East and West Liangzhou. All the military forces have already served you as the top officials of Yuan Zhenjun and Yuan Inspector, and you want to punish this old man, is it going to be the opposite?"

Yuan Xuan snorted coldly: "Shang Shu is already a thief, why is it that this general's official words, why can't Yuan Mou rule you?"

"Which ear did you hear that the old man has become a traitor?"

Cui Guang squinted his eyes and stroked his beard, "The reason why I persuade you to withdraw is because I am afraid that you will lose your soldiers' lives in vain, and even more afraid that you will smash your halberd into the sand and leave your corpse here... Since you don't understand the old man's kindness, I will Lazy to talk to you..."

After a short pause, Cui Guang shouted out of the tent again: "Come on, bring the festival and imperial decree into the tent..."

Still want to deceive me with Jingjie and imperial decree?

These two are just dead things. Now that you are a rebellious minister, I am afraid that you are not as good as a fig leaf. You treat me, Yuanmou, as a fool, and will eat your tricks?
Yuan Zhi sneered and said nothing, thinking that he wanted to see how the well-known Cui Shangshu, known to all women and children, would play that clown.

After a few breaths, the subordinate sent the two things into the account.Cui Guang took it, and first thrust the Jing Jie into the ground with all his strength, and then pushed forward the imperial decree: "Yuan Yu accepts the decree!"

really?

This old thief wants to force Yuan Mou with imperial decree, and he also wants to force me to withdraw the army with the Son of Heaven.If you don't obey, nine out of ten will bypass yourself and force orders to the generals and soldiers.

But you think my tent of prey is a cowshed and a stable, you can come in as you want, and get out as you want?
If you let you get out of this account completely and completely today, Yuan will be called "majestic" in vain.

He still sneered and said nothing, and took a sip from the wine cup Shi Shiran, treating Cui Guang as if there was nothing.

Cui Guang urged: "Yuan Zhi, will you accept this edict?"

Yuan Zhi Niu rolled his eyes: "If I don't answer, what about you?"

Just thinking that Cui Guang would turn into anger from embarrassment, but he didn't want him to suddenly grin his teeth and said to Wei Zijian, who looked like a spectator: "You see, this is the order of the foreign emperor. I also blame the old man for being incompetent and unable to control him. Why?"

After finishing speaking, he respectfully placed the imperial decree on the several cases in front of Yuan Zhi, and then returned the case and drank the wine in an orderly manner.

While drinking, he also disliked it, saying that Yuan Zhi's wine was not hot.And the confidantes who were drinking and calling Yuan Zhi moved the clay stove to re-warm it.

After drinking two cups, he told his subordinates to choose a sunny place to set up the tent for him, and said that he should try to stay as far away from the tent as possible, so as not to implicate him when Xihai attacked Dazhai and Yuan Zhi died.

Although Yuan Zhi was only forty years old, he was already the elder of the three dynasties.I am used to the scaremongering, confusing right and wrong, and slapstick tricks of civil servants and advisers, and I just think that Cui Guang is the same, so I still turn a deaf ear and keep silent, letting Cui Guang yell.

Sitting at the bottom, Wei Zijian looked at Cui Guang who was dancing, and couldn't help sighing.

With Cui Guang's move, he was clearly setting up lottery for Yuan Zhen, and also made him cast himself into a trap?

But otherwise, so what?
Recalling all the things after leaving Beijing, Wei Zijian really didn't know how to describe it except for the word "helpless".

It's also due to the bad luck of the two of them, just after they crossed the big river, when they arrived at the border of Hexi, they ran into Mrs. Guo's whereabouts by accident.Immediately, he became Huangfu Rang's captive as a matter of course.

Then he was respectfully invited by Huangfu to Xihai.

Unexpectedly, the days of being a captive were easier and happier than the days of being a special envoy: there was wine and meat every day, and hot soup for bathing every night.Except for the fact that Cui Guang was criticized for not being able to leave the camp without authorization, the rest were meticulous.

Originally, he wanted to go to the West Sea, and he came to the same destination by different routes, so Cui Guang didn't make a fuss, just like traveling in mountains and rivers, he followed Huangfu to Zhenyi.

Along the way, the two had chatted, thinking that Cui Guangyu and Li Chengzhi were both teachers and friends, they looked at each other irresistibly, and they were close friends.Not to mention Wei Zijian, he is also Li Chengzhi's uncle.

Now the entrustment of the two to the imperial court is not far away, but they can't make Li Chengzhi change his mind and return to the imperial court. At least in terms of personal friendship, he should also treat each other with courtesy and talk happily over wine.

But whoever drank a lot of wine, but it was full of people like Li Shiliang, Bing Ren, Yan, Jiang, and Zhao from the aristocratic families of Qin and Liang states.They are all irrelevant people, what's the use of seeing more?

Not to mention Cui Guang, even Wei Zijian has never seen the face of Li Chengzhi, the son-in-law.

When asked where Li Chengzhi was, he only said that he was in Xihai, but the time had not come, so it would be better not to see him first.

After further questioning, Li Shiliang sent someone to send the two of them to Li Song's camp.

Only then did the two know that Dunhuang Township General Yuan Zhi and Wuchuan Township General Luo Jian secretly plotted to join forces with hundreds of thousands of troops to point directly at the West Sea, hoping to get rid of Li Chengzhi, a serious threat.

Under this premise, the behavior of the court sending two envoys to appease Li Chengzhi is like a joke: it wants to appease me, but sends troops to attack.

If you really see Li Chengzhi when you go back to Zhenyi, how can you say these words of consolation?

Cui Guang is not an unreasonable person. He asked Li Shiliang the cause and effect, and he sorted out the clues: it wasn't that Yuan Zhi and Luo Jian had the guts to fight first and then play, but a coincidence and the current situation.

Just like Yuan Zhi, at this time he still carries the imperial decree to "go out of the Dunhuang town army and join forces with Yuanhui of Dongliangzhou to patrol the West Sea".Therefore, he sent troops this time with justification and evidence, and no one could find the fault.

The blame can only be blamed on the ghosts and gods, and they bumped into Huangfu Rang so desperately that Cui Guang and his followers were all captured. Not one of them was left, and it was impossible to even get wind of Yuan Zhi.

It is even more to blame Li Chengzhi for being too treacherous, almost cutting off the communication path between Hexi and the imperial court, so that Yuan Zhi's orders were not smooth.

But thinking about the fact that Yuan Zhi took the imperial decree from the previous year, but it took two full years to send troops to the West Sea, Cui Guang thought it was extremely funny...

But Luo Jian was forced to do nothing: If he didn't make peace with Gao Zhao, let alone [-] soldiers, maybe even eight soldiers would not be left.There is no need for Gao Zhao at all, only Gao Zhi and Changsun Dao can make him fall in Beizhen, and if he survives to the sky, he will lose to Changsun Dao.

If this is the case, it's fine, but Li Chengzhi saw the needles, not only secretly provocative, but also blatantly sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, Chen Bing in the moraine, hoping to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

This kind of behavior is like rubbing sand in the eyes of a living person, even clay figurines can arouse three points of anger, not to mention Gao Zhao and Luo Jian are already heroes, how can they make people stare at their noses?

Furthermore, as far as the two are concerned, both Gao Zhao and Luo Jian know that Li Chengzhi is the serious trouble in their confidantes, so they hit it off immediately.

Therefore, the imperial court's strategy of appeasement has not been put into practice, and it has come to naught...

At this point, it is meaningless to talk about who is right and who is wrong. All Cui Guang can do is to make amends as much as possible.

For example, let Yuan Zhi withdraw his troops as soon as possible and return to Dunhuang.Under the premise that there are nearly 20 households in Dunhuang, nearly 50 hectares of farmland, and countless cattle and sheep, as long as Yuan Yuyu Dunhuang stands still, Li Chengzhi will be choked in his throat and dare not lightly offend Guanzhong.

Regardless of the rest, it's just that the West Sea is more than [-] miles away from Dunhuang. If Li Chengzhi wants to conquer, he must send out a large army.

Not to mention who wins and who loses, just this back and forth can at least consume all of Ju Xihai's two to three years of accumulation.At that time, what will he use to plot the Central Plains and compete in the world?

Therefore, Cui Guang concluded that Li Chengzhi would never make a loss-making sale.

If luck is better, Xi Kangsheng can make a quick decision, take care of Gao Zhao as soon as possible, and then turn around and join hands with Yuan Yu to deal with Li Chengzhi, this is the best policy.

However, Cui Guang also knew that he took this for granted, and Yuan Zhi would never listen to him.

If you want to ask the reason, of course Li Chengzhi is too treacherous: it's just that when the two armies are facing each other, and the war is on the verge of breaking out, but he and Wei Zijian are released, which makes Cui Guang want to scold his mother angrily.

Not to mention the honest man Yuan Zhi who was evaluated by Emperor Xiaowen as "dumb, seldom talkative, and generous", even if he were replaced by Cui Guang, he would definitely think that these two thieves had been bought by Li Chengzhi, and he did not come here to persuade him to surrender. , for interline.

So when Yuan Zhi shouted angrily in a cold voice, Cui Guang was not annoyed at all when he said that he was going to be "domineering, self-willed, and arbitrarily arbitrary".

If it was someone with a more violent temper, not to mention committing the following offenses, it would be possible to kill him and Wei Zijian in the tent on the spot.

But what can we do now that this is the case?
There is an old saying that eating the king's salary, taking care of the king's worries, and being loyal to the king.No matter how difficult it is, you must do your part as a minister.

Cui Guang knew that with Yuan Zhi's character, once he was sure about one thing, nine bulls would not be able to pull him back.

If you want to persuade him to listen, you can only let him suffer a lot.

Fortunately, Li Chengzhi cherishes his talents and wants to use the yuan prey for other purposes, so he will not kill them all for the time being.

Then take this opportunity to provoke Yuan Zhi to fight Li Song, so that he can recognize the reality earlier.

So Cui Guangru acted like a swindler, throwing away the festival and imperial decree like a shoestring, and throwing it to Yuan Yao, in fact, he was provoking him: If you want to fight, you'd better do it as soon as possible, otherwise don't blame the old man for not giving you a chance.

But Wei Zijian felt that although Cui Guang was a great Confucian and a virtuous official, he knew nothing about military affairs and was too self-righteous.

Now that you know that Li Chengzhi is thirsty for talents, how can you allow Yuan Zhi to withdraw easily?
Not to mention Dunhuang Town, which is more than 1000 miles away, or Jiuquan County, which is hundreds of miles away, Yuan Zhi will never be able to withdraw.

Including himself and Cui Guang have also been regarded as belongings in Li Chengzhi's pocket. The reason why they were sent to the Yuan Ying camp this time was just a trick to get them.

Even Li Chengzhi has already made up his mind, but once he meets him, Cui Guang will definitely persuade Yuan Zhi to withdraw his troops.However, Yuan Zhi had listened to Li Chengzhi's subordinates for nearly a year, and Li Chengzhi knew his mind very well, so it is likely that Yuan Zhi would not do what Cui Guang wanted.

In this way, the generals will be at odds, and it will be easier to deal with...

But his status is a bit embarrassing, not to mention Yuan Zhi, even Cui Guang dare not trust him, so instead of arousing suspicion, it is better to stay out of the matter and watch from the sidelines.

After thinking about it like this, Wei Zijian decided to order some Yuan Ling, and tried to persuade Cui Guang's mind, so he simply kept silent and drank the wine in a slow and orderly manner.

Seeing that one of Cui Guang and Wei Zijian was pretending to be crazy, and the other was acting stupid, Yuan Zhi became suspicious again: Could it be that he guessed wrong?

It's also because Cui Guang was in such a hurry, I didn't even have time to ask him why he came to Xihai, why he was in Li Chengzhi's camp, and why he was sent here respectfully, so he ordered him to withdraw?

Even the envoy shouldn't be so domineering, right?
Forget it, if you play with your mind, ten of them tied together by themselves are no match for the sleeping Cui Guang. Instead of being played by him in the applause, it is better to ask his confidants and followers.

As soon as he said it, he got up and went out immediately, and didn't waste any more words on Cui Guang and Wei Zijian.

What's funny is that Cui Guang and Wei Zijian didn't speak as if they were watching a play, but just stared at him to pay the bill.

It wasn't until the people left that Cui Guang sighed leisurely: "Li Chengzhi sent you and me to Yuan Zhi, just to make me disagree with Yuan Zhi?"

So you also know?

Wei Zijian sighed leisurely: "What else could it be? It's nothing more than using you and me to mess up the spirit of the army!"

"Why do you and I need to mess up Yuan Zhi's military spirit? As long as the two armies have fought once, it will be like the fierce sun and the frost, and they will see each other immediately!"

Cui Guang stroked his beard and looked doubtful: "I always feel that your son-in-law has no good intentions..."

(End of this chapter)