In fact, Luo Yi knew very well why his second son came to him. Not only him, but also several close generals who had been seized power by Li Yuanji also came to him. Everyone was extremely angry and demanded surrender to the Sui Dynasty. Luo Yi didn't want to, just. . . . .
Luo Yi sighed: "I can understand your mood, but have you ever considered what your elder brother will do if we surrender to the Sui Dynasty?"
This was Luo Yi¡¯s biggest worry. His eldest son was a hostage in the East Palace. Once he surrendered to the Sui army, how could Li Jiancheng spare his eldest son?
"But didn't the eldest brother come to Hanzhong to deliver a message last time? Or my father said he was seriously ill and asked the eldest brother to visit his father. Since Li Jiancheng prides himself on filial piety first, then he should let his eldest brother come to Hanzhong to visit his father."
Luo Yi shook his head, "At this moment, at that moment, the situation is critical now. The Sui army has reached Hanzhong. How could Li Jiancheng release your eldest brother under such circumstances? And Li Yuanji doesn't know if I am sick?" Li Jiancheng is not stupid, you can't hide this kind of thing from him, your eldest brother should be under surveillance at this time."
Luo Xin wanted to say more. At this time, a report from the soldiers came from outside the door: "Report to the manager, Cang Cao's army officer Wang Jian is asking for a meeting outside the house, saying that he has something important to report."
Luo Yi waved his hand and said to Luo Xin: "Go and ask him what's wrong. If there's something important, you can bring him to see me. If there's nothing important, just talk to him and appease him. "
In the past two days, people kept coming to ask for surrender to the Sui Dynasty. Luo Yi was disturbed and upset. He didn't want to see them again. Luo Xin nodded, turned around, left the study, and walked out of the mansion
There were two people standing outside the gate of the mansion. One was Wang Jian, a military officer of Cangcao. He was in his forties, of medium height, quite smart and capable. The other was Wang Ji, a scout of the Sui army. He had been promoted to a school captain. Sima Yao Jindong did not send another envoy, but directly appointed him as the envoy to deliver a personal letter from Xu Shiji to Luo Yi.
Wang Ji is a little nervous. Although he is very shrewd, he was a businessman before joining the army. Negotiating business and dealing with people are what he is good at. But after all, he had never done anything like this as an envoy. Especially when dealing with executives like Luo Yi, he felt even more uneasy.
"Don't be nervous. As long as I'm here, he won't do anything to you. He has to give me this face." Wang Jian next to him saw his cousin's nervousness. Quietly comfort him.
Wang Ji nodded, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and whispered: "What if he refuses to surrender?"
Wang Jian understood Luo Yi's situation very well and smiled, "Don't worry! He can't help himself with many things. Let's not rush and take our time. If it doesn't work, just do it according to the special method I thought of."
The two were talking. At this time, Luo Xin walked out of the house. He was a member of the Records Office and was very familiar with Wang Jian. As soon as he went out, he put his hands in his hands and said with a smile: "I heard that Wang Jianjun has been very busy these two days. Why do you have time to come here?"
Wang Jian returned the greeting and said, "I have something big to report to the manager. No matter how busy I am, I have to come."
Luo Xin was about to ask what was going on, but in the blink of an eye he saw Wang Ji and was startled. "Who is this?"
Wang Jian stepped forward and whispered a few words. Luo Xin was surprised, this turned out to be the envoy of the Sui army. He quickly said: "Please come in quickly!"
Luo Xin invited the two people into the mansion and arranged for them to rest and wait in the guest room, while he hurried to find his father.
"Father, my child has something big to report."
"Let's talk after you come in."
Luo Xin walked into the room and bowed: "Father, Wang Jian brought an envoy from the Sui Army here and asked to see my father."
Luo Yi frowned slightly. Wang Jian was only a member of the army from Cancao and a native of Nanzheng. How could he know the Sui army? Luo Yi was a little worried that this was a trap set by Li Yuanji to harm him.
Luo Xin understood his father's worries and added: "It is a cousin of Wang Jian who is a captain in the Sui army. This person came with a letter, which was personally written by Xu Shiji."
At this time, Luo Yi had already figured out that with Li Yuanji's personality, if he wanted to harm himself, he would kill himself directly and then accuse him of anything. It would not be so troublesome. This must be the envoy of the Sui army. He clicked Nodding, "Take them to my study."
Luo Xin hurried out. After a while, he led Wang Jian and Wang Ji into his father's study. Wang Jian stepped forward and bowed deeply, "See the manager!"
"You don't need to be polite when you join the army."
Luo Yi¡¯s eyes were fixed on Wang Ji behind him. He was so short and fat. Could he be the envoy of the Sui Dynasty? He suddenly understood that it was his relationship with Wang Jian that was used as a messenger.
Wang Ji also stepped forward and bowed deeply, "See General Luo."
"You're welcome, sir. I heard that you have a letter for me. Can you bring it now?"
Luo Yi is very interested in this use? Not interested, only interested in Xu Shiji's autographed letter. Wang Ji quickly took out the letter from his arms and presented it with both hands. Luo Yi took the letter, took out the letter and read it again. As he thought, the general trend of the world has been decided. Asking him to recognize the situation and act accordingly can ensure his future future.
After all, it is not Yang Yuanqing's autographed letter, and there is nothing to look forward to. However, it can be seen from it that the Sui army's intention is not to attack the city, but to defeat the enemy without fighting. If it is Yang Yuanqing's autographed letter, Luo Yi might have some considerations, but it was just a letter from Xu Shiji, so Luo Yi was not very interested. He had to consider the safety of his eldest son first.
However, Luo Yi did not refuse, and said calmly: "Please Captain Wang go back and tell General Xu that the matter is of great importance and I need to think about it for a few days. Once the consideration is mature, I will reply to him immediately."
His father's answer made Luo Xinzhong sigh secretly. He knew his father. His father's answer was actually delaying. He neither agreed nor refused, and would not express his position until the last moment. Luo Xinzhong was extremely disappointed. This way He loses the initiative to control his destiny, and his future career will be a bit difficult.
"Xin'er, I'll see you off for my father."
Luo Xin had no choice but to send Wang Jian and Wang Ji out of the house. He stood on the steps and cupped his hands and said, "Please give my father some time to think about it."
¡°This is natural, let¡¯s leave first.¡±
The two brothers boarded the carriage and said goodbye. Luo Xin watched them go away, then sighed deeply and entered the house worriedly
In the carriage, Wang Ji asked his cousin worriedly: "Brother, what do you think Luo Yi's statement means?"
Wang Jian sneered, "His statement was very ambiguous. He neither agreed nor refused. He said he would consider it, but refused to give a specific time limit. Should he consider it for three days or for a month? He refused to say it. This shows that he There is no sincerity.¡±
"Then what should we do?" Wang Ji asked nervously. He was just a small businessman and had no opinion on such a major military matter.
After all, Wang Jian has been in the officialdom of Hanzhong for more than ten years. He knows what to do. More importantly, this is related to his vital interests and whether he can become the Sima of Hanchuan County. Of course, he will work hard to do this well.
"We might as well force him to express his position according to the method we discussed in advance."
King Li Yuanji of Qi had just returned to Hanzhong three days ago. He was forced to hand over the military power of Bashu to Duan Zhixuan and led more than a hundred of his confidants to leave Chengdu. However, his father gave him a secret order and ordered him to seize the military power of Hanzhong. Li Yuanji Understandably, this was because his father was worried about Luo Yi, but he did not want to trigger a fight between the prince and the King of Qin for military power in Hanzhong, so he secretly ordered him to seize power.
Li Yuanji showed the Shangfang Emperor Sword and used strong means to force Luo Yi to hand over power. Unless Luo Yi directly rebelled, otherwise if he did not hand over power, Li Yuanji could kill him directly. Li Yuanji was sure to kill Luo Yi, and his son was As an official in the East Palace, would he dare to rebel?
But what makes Li Yuanji a little regretful is that he doesn¡¯t have many confidants. In addition to eliminating more than a dozen confidant generals under Luo Yi, he can only use Luo Yi¡¯s old people for other civil and military officials.
The King of Qi, Li Yuanji, was also very nervous these past two days. He had just seized Luo Yi's military power when he received news that Xu Shiji was leading 40,000 Sui troops to attack Hanzhong. This news made Li Yuanji regret it. If he had known it, he would have directly He returned to Chang'an. It was useless to seize this military power. He would clean up the mess for Luo Yi in vain.
But at this time, he had nothing to do. At this time, he abandoned Hanzhong and fled back to Chang'an. His father had to kill him. He had no choice but to order the army to defend the city and at the same time ask Chang'an for urgent help.
Li Yuanji's residence was the back house of the Hanchuan County Prefect's Mansion. At this time, the night was already dark, and Li Yuanji was sitting alone in the room drinking wine. If his temper was followed, he would definitely send soldiers to rob him. Woman, he couldn't sleep at night without a woman to stay with him.
But he was not in the mood tonight. He had just received information that the Sui army had entered Hanchuan County and was less than fifty miles away from Nanzheng. In other words, the Sui army would appear outside Nanzheng early tomorrow morning.
Li Yuanji picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. At this moment, a guard reported at the door: "Your Highness, King Cancao joined the army and asked for an urgent meeting, saying that he has something important to report."
Li Yuanji had already been drinking for a while, so he ordered: "Bring him to see me!"
Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and the guard reported: "Your Highness, Wang Junjun is here."
"Come in!"
The door opened, and Wang Jian, Cang Cao's military officer, came in, knelt down and saluted, "Greetings to His Royal Highness, King Qi!"
Li Yuanji glanced at him. He had only met this Cangcao military officer once. It was said that he was a local. He liked locals and was not Luo Yi's confidant.After walking, Li Yuanji's tone became softer, "Wang Canjun, do you have anything important to report?"
"Your Highness, Mr. Luo just went to his mansion with Wei Chen."
Li Yuanji perked up and suddenly became interested, "Why did he ask you to go to the mansion?"
"He asked Wei Chen to write him a list of how much military rations, fodder, arrows, armor, etc. are left in Nanzheng City. He wanted me to provide a detailed list of all combat supplies. Wei Chen I don¡¯t know why he wants these lists, and I don¡¯t know what to do? I¡¯m here to report to His Highness and ask for His Majesty¡¯s instructions.¡±
Li Yuanji was startled, and his eyes gradually narrowed. These are extremely important military intelligence, why would Luo Yi want them? Who does he want to give this information to?