The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 448 City exchange, father and son reunion

Chapter 440 Six City Exchange, Father and Son Reunion

Shuofang County, Rock Green City

It is only said that Guo Ziyi, who was the envoy of the Tang Army at this time, finally lost his composure, and began to ask Gao Qi to meet with Gao Qi to discuss the matter of Jiuyuan City.

During this period of time, since the war between the Tang army and Lu Bu, Guo Ziyi has been paying attention to the development of the battle situation. After discovering that his own army has been unable to defeat Lu Bu, Guo Ziyi can no longer sit still.

Since Jiuyuan City is not in the hands of our own army, it is extremely inconvenient to transport grain and grass, and grain must be transported from Yongfeng Mountain Road almost every time.

However, because Yongfeng Mountain Road is close to the Great Wall and is located on the south bank of Yinshan Mountain, the road is rugged and it is extremely difficult to transport food. If Jiuyuan is not brought back as soon as possible, the situation of crusade against Lu Bu may become more unfavorable if the time is delayed.

Therefore, at this time, Guo Ziyi put down his noble head decisively, and began to report to his attendants, asking to meet Gao Qi, but there was no news of it.

After all, Gao Qi is not someone you say you want to see. If you say you see me, you must see you. If you say you don’t see me, you don’t see me. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?
Now, with the stalemate between the Tang army and Lu Bu, the situation has taken a turn for the worse, and the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for him. On the contrary, the Qi army is gradually benefiting, and the situation has become clear.

Since Gao Qi had this advantage, it was impossible for Gao Qi to give up Jiuyuan City, an important town, to the Tang army for no reason.

After all, this time the Qi army is fighting in a different place, and the most important thing to consider is the issue of food and grass. The law of war says: before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first. This shows the importance of food and grass in the war!
Although, after capturing Jiuyuan, the Qi army got the military rations hoarded by Dong Zhuo, and the wealthy households in the city also contributed a good amount of military rations, but unfortunately, they consumed a lot during this period of time.

Not enough, as the supreme general, he still needs to plan ahead, and he has to return his troops to the court, and prepare enough military rations to return to the land under his rule. Otherwise, what if there is a shortage of food?
However, Gao Qi did not immediately meet Guo Ziyi for a discussion. If he really wanted to do this, wouldn't it appear that he was too hungry, and instead fell behind.



As for now, Gao Qi is discussing the return journey with the generals in the military mansion, which route should be followed.

"Everyone, Su Dingfang, who divided the army in Youzhou, has received the latest news. Since he led the army into Youzhou, everything has been going smoothly. Now he has defeated the rebels, captured Jicheng, and has taken the initiative."

"At this time, with Dou Jiande's participation in the battle in Youzhou and Luo Yi's counterattack, the destruction of Anlu Mountain should be a foregone conclusion."

"At this time, our army has been away from going north for several months. In order to avoid changes in the territory, it should be time for our army to return to the court!"

After speaking, I saw that there was no objection in the hall. In fact, this was what the generals thought in their hearts. After all, the reason why our army went north was to expel the invading Hu Kou and support Luo Yi who was in a disadvantaged situation.

Now that these things have been perfectly completed, it's time to be a class teacher!

"Report, report to King Qi that General Huang has arrived outside the mansion, requesting to enter."

It just said that when everyone was discussing in full swing, the guards outside the mansion immediately entered the mansion and knelt down to report.

Hearing this, Gao Qi was overjoyed immediately, waved his hand, and said: "Oh, General Huang is here, please come in quickly."

Following the order, his guards immediately bowed their hands, exited the gate of the mansion, and went to convey the order. After a while, his heavy and vigorous steps gradually sounded.

Afterwards, a veteran with dyed white hair and wearing Yanling armor stepped into the main hall with his head held high, and saluted Gao Qi.

This veteran turned out to be Daqi's veteran Huang Zhong, no, Huang Zhong shouldn't be following Wang Xuance at this time, leading the army to defend the Lingnan area, guarding against Taiping Dao, why did he appear here.

For a moment, all the generals in the hall thought of this question in their minds, wondering what the purpose of Huang Zhong's trip was?
Moreover, from the fact that Huang Zhong was slightly tired and travel-stained, he knew that he must have rushed here day and night without stopping.

"King Qi, you sent an envoy to tell Zhong urgently that you must seize the opportunity to come, but what's the matter?"

Immediately, Huang Zhong panted slightly, and asked with hands clasped.

For a while, Gao Qi did not immediately answer Huang Zhong's question, but first said to the generals: "If you have no other questions, then go down and start making preparations, and leave today."

Following Gao Qi's words, everyone also knew that Gao Qi needed to discuss with Huang Zhong alone, so they all retreated wisely without disturbing.

After all the generals retreated slowly, Gao Qi turned to Li Cunxiao beside him and said: "Cunxiao, you go to guard the gate of the mansion, and no one is allowed to enter!"

Just to say, because Li Cunxiao's martial arts is super strong, Gao Qi didn't let him out, but kept him by his side, and was mainly responsible for protecting his own safety. After all, hegemony is important, but his life is also more important.

Hearing this, Li Cunxiao did not hesitate at all, cupped his hands, and carried Bi Yanluo in his hand, and King Yu retreated from the guard, and only then did he get to the point.

At this time, Gao Qi let Huang Zhong sit down first, and then slowly said: "Han Sheng, when you joined Gu's command, you said that you have a son. I don't know how old your son is now?"

Hearing this, although Huang Zhong didn't know the reason for Gao Qi's question, there was still a trace of regret on his face, and he said slowly: "Zhong remembers very clearly that his son disappeared 20 years ago."

"At that time, he was only a child of four or five years old. Since then, he has traveled all over the world to search for it, but he has not found it. This has also led to the waste of his good youth and failed his own martial arts. In his old age, he still has nothing to do. .”

"It wasn't until I met you, King Qi, that Zhong had a bright future. Zhongyao remembers that King Qi once led the last general and a group of soldiers to attack Hu Kou!"

At this time, while talking, Huang Zhong still kept a serious look at Gao Qi. After all, without Gao Qi's appreciation and reuse, even if Huang Zhong possessed martial courage at this time, he might just be in a state of being underappreciated.

Hearing his dictation, Gao Qi pretended to reveal some conjectures, and slowly said: "Old General, Gu recently met a young man, whose age is almost the same as that of Old General Lingzi, I just don't know if it is or not?"

"what?"

"King Qi, you really found the Lingzi for the general. Where is it? Please ask King Qi to take the general to meet him."

Maybe it was also because he was excited when he heard about his son's whereabouts. After hearing Gao Qi's words for a while, he immediately stood up.

However, Gao Qi is not a person who cares about every detail, and he didn't investigate deeply, so he ordered a guard outside the mansion to come and bring Huang Zhong to meet him.

Probably because he missed his son too much, he followed behind the guards, urging him to run fast, so that he could see his son's face as soon as possible.

After Huang Zhong left, Gao Qi stood up, looked at the beams in the hall, and murmured: "Huang Feihu, Huang Feihu, whether you can join Gu's command depends on whether you can recognize Huang Zhong this time!"

In fact, as early as the moment Huang Feihu summoned him, Gao Qi went to surrender himself, but because Huang Feihu and Huang Zhong were separated, he was still in a state of ignorance, so he hardly knew his biological father.

It’s just that he ignorantly emphasized that it is impossible for him to go to the south, and he insisted on staying in the northern border. He wanted to avenge his "father" backer Yang Lin, kill Hu Kou, and personally kill Jebe.

That's why Gao Qi summoned Huang Zhongbei to come forward day and night. Of course, his purpose was to make his father and son recognize each other, and also to add a general to his command.

However, Gao Qi doesn't know whether Huang Zhong can successfully recognize him, all this can only be verified by time, and at this time, Gao Qi is dealing with other things.



"Master Guo, my lord, please go to the mansion for Yixu!"

He only said that Guo Ziyi, who had been unsuccessful for two days, had already given up, but he didn't expect Gao Qi to personally send guards to Guanyi to summon him at this time.

Immediately, Guo Ziyi didn't dare to be negligent, took a shower and changed clothes as soon as possible, changed into the court clothes of the Tang Dynasty, and followed the guards to the mansion.

Entering the hall, in order to show the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ziyi symbolically bowed his hands to express his weight to Gao Qi as a salute.

As for kneeling, that is impossible. After all, Guo Ziyi is only visiting your country as an envoy, not a courtier, so kneeling and worshiping is impossible!

After saluting, Gao Qi said slowly: "Ping Shen!"

"Cun Xiao, give Guo Envoy a seat quickly."

After giving the order, Li Cunxiao immediately left Gao Qi's side and went to remove the mat on which he was kneeling. Not long after, Li Cunxiao lifted the mat that weighed hundreds of catties in the air with one hand, and took a big stride. coming.

For a while, Guo Ziyi saw it from a distance, and couldn't help but feel a lump in his heart, and said secretly: "This person is so powerful, look at his demeanor, he can still walk steadily without showing any fatigue when he holds a hundred catty mat in his hand , its strength must be brave, and its martial arts are not inferior."

"I'm afraid this person's bravery is not inferior to His Royal Highness Zhao Wang!"

At this time, seeing Li Cunxiao move away from the mat with an extremely relaxed expression, as if he had nothing in his hands, he was secretly startled.

After all, Guo Ziyi is also a martial arts practitioner, and his vision is also good. It can be seen that Li Cunxiao's internal energy fluctuations are extremely strong, and it is expected that his martial arts are not weak.

Guo Ziyi only discovered such a strength of internal force in Li Yuanba, Zhao Wang of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Guo Ziyi really did not expect that someone in the Qi army could really match Li Yuanba.

At that time, when Li Yuanji planned to ambush Gao Qi in Tucheng, Guo Ziyi was not on the scene, so he scoffed at the rumors in the army that there were godlike generals in the Qi army who could rival King Zhao.

After all, even Yuwen Chengdu was in the hands of Li Yuanba, and he could only hold on for a few hammers before being defeated. Guo Ziyi really didn't believe that there was anyone in this world who could beat Yuwen Chengdu.

After Li Tang captured Guanlong, in order to make Li Yuanba famous, Li Shimin disclosed his identity as a man in black in Siming Mountain at that time, so almost all warriors today know that the fool Li Yuanba defeated Yuwen Chengdu and made him invincible , The news that the title of General Tianbao was severely smashed.

Now, seeing it with his own eyes, Guo Ziyi knows that the rumors in the army are true. According to his observation, this Li Cunxiao does have the strength to rival Li Yuanba.

"It seems that this time we must resolve the matter of Jiuyuan City peacefully with Gao Qi, otherwise, if there is a war with it, the situation facing our army will be greatly disadvantaged!"

After being familiar with Li Cunxiao's bravery, Guo Ziyi also secretly made up his mind to prevent this dispute from happening.

At this time, Gao Qi was at the top of the list. It could be said that he could clearly observe the changes in Guo Ziyi's face, and couldn't help showing a meaningful smile.

In fact, Gao Qi asked Li Cunxiao to remove the mat himself to hide the reason, and his purpose was to warn Guo Ziyi that he must take care of himself!
Don't underestimate the lonely Daqi just because you have the invincible Li Yuanba in the Tang Dynasty.

Immediately, Gao Qi showed a smile and asked: "General Guo, this is a general under Gu's command. His surname is An and his name is Jingsi. He has recently come down from the mountain and joined Gu. I don't know how brave he is?"

It was said that although Guo Ziyi knew that Gao Qi was showing off, he did not dare to disobey him. He was afraid that Gao Qi would get angry, so he could only agree with him: "Sure enough, there is the courage of heaven and man. Rumor has it that all the subordinates under King Qi are unstoppable." righteous men."

"When I saw her today, I realized that she really lived up to her reputation!"

Immediately afterwards, after a lot of open and secret fighting, the negotiation officially cut into the topic.

Immediately, Guo Ziyi went straight to the point and said, "King Qi, a certain person came here this time because he wanted to discuss with King Qi about taking back Jiuyuan City."

"I don't know when King Qi is going to leave the city and give the city to me, Datang?"

Hearing this, Gao Qi immediately pretended to be furious, and pretended to yell: "What, Tang Jun actually coveted my Daqi's city walls, is this deceiving my Daqi Erlang's sword is not good?"

"Jiuyuan was forcibly taken back by Gu and Da Qi Erlang from the traitor Dong Zhuo. Since the Tang army has every means to get it back, why do they want to fight with Gu?"

Just to say, after Gao Qi had vented his anger, Li Cunxiao on the side also echoed: "King Qi is right, I think Jiuyuan was captured by the last general under the order of King Qi, leading eighteen horses and starry nights to capture it, how could it be so? Give it to Tang Jun easily?"

When Li Cunxiao mentioned Shibaqi, he deliberately emphasized his tone, fearing that Guo Ziyi would not be able to hear him.

For a while, Guo Ziyi didn't know that Gao Qi and Li Cunxiao were colluding with each other to perform a show and take the opportunity to blackmail him!
However, Guo Ziyi was not afraid. He had already reached a consensus with Princess Pingyang when he was on the mission. As long as it did not exceed the tolerance of Datang, everything was negotiable.

Therefore, at this time, Guo Ziyi cupped his hands and said slowly: "Of course, I, Princess Pingyang of the Tang Dynasty, also know very well that Jiuyuan was recovered from the rebels by King Qi and his soldiers, so of course it cannot be handed over to our army for no reason. "

"So, the princess once said that our army is willing to exchange [-] shi for military rations in exchange for Jiuyuan City."

"what?"

"Fifty thousand shi, are you Tang Jun humiliating me, Da Qi? My Da Qi's son is only worth your [-] shi of military rations?"

As soon as the words fell, before Gao Qi could speak, Li Cunxiao who was beside him suddenly became angry, and the anger in his heart suddenly erupted like a volcanic eruption!

At this time, Gao Qi's face also became gloomy, extremely dissatisfied, ready to vent at any time.

In fact, [-] shi is already a lot of military rations. For ordinary people, at least one year will not have to worry about food anymore. Even if it is used as military rations, it is only a few months of military supplies.

However, how could Gao Qi easily agree to exchanging Jiuyuan City for [-] shi of grain without squeezing out more supplies? How could Gao Qi be worthy of the many sons who died in battle during this trip to northern Xinjiang?

(End of this chapter)