Longyou, Jincheng on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the imperial capital of the Western Qin Kingdom.

The news of the defeat of the Xiaoguan Battle has been quickly transmitted from eight hundred miles to the horse. The prince Rengao was defeated. The prince and the king of Jin were first captured by Yuwen Chengzhi, and then fell into the hands of the Chen army. The 50,000 Western Qin army also spread the moat in Jitou Mountain and Chang'an one after another.

The loss of troops and generals, and even the crown prince and the king of Jin were captured. This result shocked the Western Qin State and also made people feel a cold chill.

Many ministers came to the news from the eunuchs in the palace and reported it urgently that the day when they returned to Jincheng, the overlord of the Western Qin drew his sword and killed more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs, and blood splattered into the palace.

If you steal a chicken, you will lose a lot of rice. If you lose your wife, you will lose your troops.

On the main hall, Xue Ku, who was as tall as a hill, looked frowning. This battle really cost her grandmother's house. It was not counted as being cheated by Yuwen, but now her two sons have fallen into the hands of Chen Jun.

How did these damn Chen Jun appear in Xiaoguan? They fought with Xu Jun and died, but Chen Jun took all the advantage. When he thought of this, he felt cowardly. He covered his right face, which was swollen from the fire, and said to the ministers in a daze: "My dear friends, have the emperor surrendered since ancient times?"

After asking this, Xue Ju had long lost the domineering spirit of the Western Qin overlord, and only the hero was short of breath. When he thought of the envoy of Da Chen who had met in the palace, he still held his breath and didn't breathe.

But that's what happened. As the envoy said, even if the Chen army sent back the prince and King Jin of Western Qin back to the Western Qin Dynasty, what would happen? Although the Western Qin army only lost 50,000 troops this time, half of them were the most elite troops in Western Qin. Without this elite, the Qin army had already been injured, and Liu Wuzhou also suffered heavy casualties, so he had already hidden back to Lingwu. For a moment, I'm afraid that he would not be qualified to raise an army to fight against Xu Jun.

The Chen army now occupying Xiaoguan. If it loses, it can still light cavalry and fly away. Xu army has no choice but to deal with the Chen army. But if the Chen army retreats, the next unlucky one will definitely be the Western Qin. At that time, who can stop Wei Wensheng and Yuwen Chengdu’s two swords?

Judging from the many wars between Qin and Xu, once the Qin army is defeated, Yu Wenhua will not treat Xue Ju and his son preferentially.

Even if Xu State attacked Liu Wuzhou, Wuzhou, the latter Zhou first. Don’t forget that there was also a Emperor Li Gui in the east of Western Qin. When Li Gui started his army, he was brutal and fought against Xue Ju. Later, Xue Ju attacked Li Gui many times, and the hatred between the two sides was quite large. Now Western Qin has suffered this great destruction and is intertwined by Xu State and Liang State. Not to mention fighting for dominance in the world in the future, it will be even more difficult to gain a foothold in Guanlong.

But. He is the emperor of a country at least, do he really want to surrender?

After Xue Ju finished speaking, no minister answered for a long time. No one knew what this emperor often did not show his emotions. If he answered wrongly, maybe it was possible that he would eat it because of the defeat of the Western Qin Dynasty. Prince Xue Rengao had done such a thing.

A long time later, when Xue Ju asked again, a minister said nervously: "Zhao Tuo returned to the Han Dynasty. Liu Chan passed by Jin Dynasty, and he is still noble. It has been turned into a blessing since ancient times!" The emperor of the Chen Dynasty sent an envoy to persuade the surrender. All the ministers in the court had heard of this. Now the people in the court were panic. This minister from aristocratic family said something in his heart for his own and his family considerations.

Since there is no hope for the battle, it is better to surrender. In this way, you can still maintain wealth, just like many people who will be defeated in the future and be destroyed.

However, as soon as this person finished speaking, someone in the hall immediately shouted: "Miscellaneous, big misunderstanding!"

The person who stood up to refute was not the other person, but the minister Hao Ai. Hao Yuan was not an extraordinary person. He was the governor of Jincheng during the Sui Dynasty. At that time, Xue Ju was the captain of Jincheng. He was also Xue Ju's superior. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, thieves flocked to him. Hao Yuan governed Jincheng with a very good official reputation. It happened that in the year of disaster, Hao Yuan specially recruited thousands of people and used Xue Ju as a general to quell the civil unrest. As a result, after being ordered, Xue Ju and his son fought back, imprisoned Hao Yuan and other officials with his son Xue Renguo and his followers, opened warehouses and released grain to help the hungry people. He called himself the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty, established the reign of Qinxing, and raised an army to rebel against the Sui Dynasty.

After Xue Ju became powerful, he was good at Hao Yuan. Thinking of the previous friendship, he not only let Hao Yuan go but also asked him to be the leader. Seeing that the Sui Dynasty had no hope, Hao Yuan began to assist Xue Ju and repeatedly came up with good plans to help Xue Ju annex Tang Bi, the strongest rebel army at Fufeng at that time. Later, he jointly attacked Li Gui with the Turks and attacked Yu Wenhua with Liang Shidu. Even this time he conspired with Liu Wuzhou to capture Xiao Pass, which was his plan.

Hao Yuan was also an authentic county magistrate of the Sui Dynasty at that time, and was no more than many ministers in the palace. Most of them were rash people.

"Your Majesty shouldn't ask such a question! In the past, Liu Bang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, experienced many escapes and failures, and Liu Bei, the former lord of Shu Han, lost his wife and children many times, but they all achieved great achievements in the end. How could Your Majesty immediately make plans to destroy the country due to a small setback?"

Yes, since ancient times, who have accomplished great things have not experienced hardships? Which one has not faced many difficulties? How can you retreat at will?

After hearing these words, Xue Ju felt ashamed and was even more inspired; more importantly, at this time, he was finally no longer confused, strengthened his belief in his heart, and believed in defeating all powerful enemies!

After glanced at the ministers, Xue Ju said to everyone in a solemn tone: "Well, Hao Aiqing is right. I just tried to test everyone's attitude!"

Whether it is a real test or a fake test, the reactions of the ministers just now showed that Hao Ai was sincere, and it was hard to say what others thought.

Immediately, Xue Ju added Hao Yuan to the title of title, and formally appointed Hao Yuan as Shang Ling, and was appointed as the Grand Tutor, and Duke of Wu.

Hao Yuan, who received such a heavy reward, did not take it as he was proud, but accepted it after a very humble refusal. Then he immediately advised Xue Ju and came up with a strange plan.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is that the Chen army's divine weapons have descended from the sky and have not entered Guanlong as usual. Although they do not know how they entered Longshang, they have successfully bypassed the three major gates east of Guanlong, Tongguan, Wuguan, Sanguan, and side gate Puyang. However, the main enemy of the Chen army is still considered the Turks, and then the Central Plains countries. Now that the Chen army suddenly enters Longshang, our plan to attack Chen in the Northwest Four Kingdoms Alliance has also failed. As a result, the Guanlong four countries and Hexi Li Gui can't interfere at the moment. However, our Qin and Later Zhou have been severely damaged."

"Your Majesty, as Chen Pojun envoy said, although Chen Kefu was in charge of the relevant city, he could fight or retreat. Once the situation was unfavorable, the Chen army would withdraw from Xiaoguan to flee, but the next goal of Xu's army was us."

"What does Hao Aiqing mean?" Emperor Qin Xue Ju said in confusion. He refused to surrender to Chen State, but he also hoped that Chen army would help stop Xu's army from attacking the Qin Dynasty?

"Your Majesty, although we don't have to surrender to Chen, we can pretend to surrender to Chen."

Xue Ju couldn't help but be stunned.

"Your Majesty can immediately reply to the envoy of Chen State, saying that he is willing to surrender to the Chen Dynasty. He asked them to return the crown prince and the king of Jin, and then your Majesty can also express that he is willing to raise an army to help Chen attack Xu."

Listening to the increasingly complex plan, Xue Ju simply stopped asking questions and only signaled Hao Yuan to continue with his eyes.

Hao Yuan explained carefully: "We openly pretend to surrender to the Chen Dynasty, in exchange for the crown prince and the king of Jin. Then we pretend to raise an army to help Chen, but in fact, we can firmly insist that Chen's army defend Xiaoguan and stop Xu's army from attacking Qin for us. Secondly, we can also confuse Liu Wuzhou at that time."

General Chang Zhongxing was shocked and had already heard some meaning. He asked in surprise: "Did Shangshu Ling mean to attack Liu Wuzhou?"

"Why not?" Hao Yuan smiled and said, "Liu Wu and Zhou were as severely damaged as we did in this battle. Moreover, since the Chen army came from Long, the territory of Liu Wu Zhou was captured. First defeated by Xu's army, and then by Chen's army, Liu Wu Zhou was already a dead snake. If we don't fight at this time, when will we fight? As long as we destroy the Later Zhou, we can quickly recover the damage we suffered from the last defeat, and even further our strength."

"The Later Zhou Dynasty is now the meat on Chen Jun's chopping board. Let's fight, will Chen Pojun agree?" Some other ministers worried.

"Why did Chen Pojun agree?" Hao Yuan stroked his long beard and smiled very happily. "Your Majesty, Chen Jun is just a shield for us to temporarily resist Xu Jun. At present, Chen Jun can enter Guanlong with limited troops. As long as we can take over the territory of Later Zhou before Chen Jun and the Turks decide the victory, what can Chen Kefu do to us? Besides, even if Chen Pojun has any objections, why should we be afraid of him?"

Hao Yuan walked to the cooked sheepskin map hanging on the screen on one side, pointed to the map with his hand, and said confidently: "First destroy the Zhou Dynasty, then form an alliance with Xu Jun, and work together to drive Chen Jun out of Guanlong. At that time, we will compete with Yu Wenhua and the best, and unify the entire Guanlong."

Listening to the complete plan, the hall was extremely quiet.

Even Xue Ju, who has always been arrogant, has to admit that this seemingly extremely weak old man Hao Yuan is really crazy.

But the more he likes it, the more he likes it.

The more crazy the plan, the more feasible Xue Ju felt. How could he bear such a big loss this time? Since there was such a good plan, he could swallow Longshang and fight against Chen Pojun to repay their last move to reap profits and help him completely seize the hope of Guanzhong. What reason would he have to refuse?

"Hahaha!" Xue Ju laughed wildly, stood up, and laughed at the eunuch: "Go and invite the Chen Dynasty envoy immediately, and say that as long as Chen Jun releases my two sons, I, Xue Ju, will surrender to Da Chen. Not only that, I, Xue Ju, will also raise all my troops and help the Chen army fight against Xu Bing."

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