Chapter 132 New Use of Su Bai
Li Shizhe raised his head and looked at Yuan Yi's three white eyes under the light, and a chill rose in his heart.
This is King Jiangyang putting pressure on his father and son.
When Li Chong was deciding whether to cooperate with Jiangyang King Yuan Yi, he discussed the two kings of Luoyang with his son.
Prince Qinghe Yuanyi is a relatively Buddhist person, and is very tolerant towards those who come to him for help. However, the downside is that the help Prince Qinghe can provide to those who come to him for help is very limited.
King Yuan Yi of Jiangyang really helps those who come to him for help, and he does things for money. However, Yuan Yi does not help for free. If his expectations are not met, Yuan Yi will lose his patience.
In the end, Li Chong chose to cooperate with Jiangyang King Yuan Yi. The reason was naturally very simple. Only Jiangyang King Yuan Yi could support him in leading his troops to war.
However, Li Shizhe did not expect that King Jiangyang would be so impatient. According to calculations, his father should have just arrived in Pingcheng, but King Jiangyang was already anxious to end the war.
Li Shizhe bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the key to the northern expedition lies in the Rouran people. As long as the Rouran people withdraw their troops, we can report the victory to the court."
Jiangyang Wang Yuanyi rolled his eyes, signaling Li Shizhe to continue.
"The Rouran King Anagui is also in the army. If he can persuade the Rouran to withdraw, I can report the victory to the court immediately."
Liu Teng asked, "How can we get the Rouran king to persuade the Rouran people to withdraw their troops?"
Li Shizhe said with a stiff face: "The Rouran invaded every time for money and food. As long as we give them enough money and food, they will naturally withdraw."
This time, Yuan Yi finally showed a satisfied smile, and he said: "People always say that a tiger father will have a dog son. I think General Li's family is blessed. A tiger father will also have a tiger son!"
"In fact, the Rouran people have already sent envoys to the court, saying that they invaded because of a disaster on the grassland, and they came to the Six Garrisons to beg for mercy from the Great Wei."
"Shizhe, I recommend you to the court to be the junior minister of the Ministry of Rites and concurrently to be the envoy to Pingcheng to provide food relief to the Rouran people and persuade them to withdraw their troops. What do you think?"
Li Shizhe thought of his father's temper. Li Chong joined Jiangyang King Yuan Yi in order to solve the border threat in the north. If he took this job, he would probably be beaten to death by his father when he arrived in Pingcheng.
But Jiangyang Wang Yuanyi's next words made it impossible for Li Shizhe to refuse: "You and your son have both made great contributions this time. I will recommend Shizhe to be the governor of a large province."
Li Shizhe immediately said: "I am willing to serve the country!"
King Yuan Yi of Jiangyang helped him up and said, "When you get to the north, you can find the Rouran King Anagui. This is the token of the agreement between him and me. If he comes forward to persuade the Rouran people, the border troubles will be solved immediately!"
Li Shizhe now understood that Yuan Yi had actually reached a secret agreement with the Rouran King before the expedition. The so-called expedition to Rouran was just a trap. What King Jiangyang really wanted to do was to bribe the Rouran people and ask them to withdraw their troops as soon as possible to gain political achievements for him.
Yuan Yi initiated this expedition in order to establish his prestige in the army and control the imperial guards.
If he followed Yuan Yi's suggestion, he would gain prestige in the army, his father would be rewarded for his military achievements, the imperial guards would be rewarded, he himself would be promised to be the governor of a large province, and the Rouran King would be able to return to the grassland and become Khan again. This seems to be a "win-win" result for all parties, right?
My father won’t blame me for achieving such a “victory” without resorting to violence, right?
The Northern Wei court was like a sieve. After Li Shizhe's appointment was approved, Princess Chenliu, who had been following the progress of the Northern Expedition, got the news.
Princess Chenliu caressed the cat in her arms, but when she saw the swollen belly of the snow-white cat, she showed a look of disgust again.
What made Princess Chenliu even more angry was that when she heard a cat's meow outside her house, the snow-white cat that she had carefully raised in her arms immediately jumped out of her arms and ran out with her big belly bulging.
"What a useless, money-losing thing!"
Princess Chenliu thought angrily that pets are like their owners. The raccoon slave that Su Ze raised seemed to be well-behaved and honest, but in fact it was just like a male dog in heat. But Princess Chenliu soon thought of something, her cheeks turned red, and she rolled over on the soft couch with her legs clasped together.
A thought suddenly came to her mind. If she really followed King Jiang Yang's suggestion, would Su Ze be able to come back sooner?
Princess Chenliu suppressed the thought because Su Ze had accepted her commission to assassinate King Rourou.
Lu Zhu walked into the house with an ordinary-looking man. Princess Chen Liu handed the news from the court to Su Bai and said:
"You have a way to contact your master, right?"
[The Inconspicuous Egret Messenger] Su Bai was left in Luoyang by Su Ze to inquire about the situation, but Su Ze soon discovered that Su Bai could also be a remote mailbox for delivering messages.
So Su Ze asked Su Bai to take the initiative to find Princess Chenliu and let Su Bai become the channel for transmitting information within Luoyang.
"This is the latest development in the court. Please inform your master of this news as soon as possible."
Su Bai returned to his base with the information and began to copy the information given to him by Princess Chenliu. Immediately afterwards, Su Ze near Pingcheng received a prompt from the system.
[Su Bai, the envoy of Bailu Cao who is carrying out the commissioned mission in Luoyang, has submitted "The Fifth Important Intelligence of Princess Chenliu". Please check it.]
After Su Ze opened the system and checked the intelligence, he finally had a comprehensive understanding of the situation in the northern border.
Yu Jin has already arrived at Su Ze's army, sharing a lot of Su Ze's military affairs, and also brought his and Li Chong's analysis. Su Ze continued to send out scout teams to search in all directions of the march, but never found the lurking Rouran cavalry.
The entire Northern Expedition was actually planned from the very beginning. Li Chong, who thought he had the opportunity to lead the army, was just a pawn in King Jiangyang's plan.
King Jiangyang had already reached an agreement with King Anagui of Rouran to escort him back to the grassland and give the Rouran people military rations and supplies in exchange for a military "victory".
These cavalrymen from the Rouran royal tent who infiltrated Hengzhou were just Anagui's last line of insurance to ensure that Li Chong would be obedient.
So what is the key to breaking the deadlock?
Assassinate the Rourun King Anagui.
Su Ze didn't expect that after going around in circles for so long, he still came back to this point. It can only be said that this is the inevitability of fate.
By killing Anagui, the bond of cooperation between Yuan Yi and Rouran was broken.
After killing Anagui, Li Chong had to defeat the Rouran people. There was no possibility of compromise with them.
By killing Anagui, he could complete the system's task, and Princess Shouyang wouldn't have to marry to the grassland.
But how to kill Anagui?
Su Ze opened the map. Ever since the Rouran cavalry appeared in Hengzhou, Li Chong had protected the Rouran King even more strictly, and kept him under house arrest in the commander's tent on a daily basis.
Li Chong is surrounded by dark red areas, and the challenge level is so high that only three question marks can be seen.
Su Ze closed the system map and could only wait until he entered Pingcheng to find an opportunity.
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