The rising sun is rising.

Longxi City is like a new life, piles of fires rise, corpses are burning, and Longxi City is also reborn in blood and fire.

"We should make peace with Tuyuhun people before they don't understand my reality." Zhang Chao calmly expressed his suggestions.

"Party discussion?" Li Shimin had discussed peace once before, but that was just a delaying strategy and a fraudulent surrender.

"Yes, peace talks." Zhang Chao nodded, "We can deceive Murong Fuyun, but we can't deceive ourselves too. Our current strength is far less than that of the Tuyuhun people. With just a few thousand tired soldiers, we can't defeat tens of thousands of Tuyuhun people. Let's discuss peace talks with them now."

Zhang Chao believes in one thing very much: war is for politics. Some things cannot be obtained on the battlefield, but they can be obtained from the negotiating table.

What is the purpose of this dispatch?

Zhang Chao asked Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was asked about this problem, why did he send troops? Of course, it was because the Tuyuhun people openly provoked, invaded the borders of the Tang Dynasty, and seized several states in a row.

Zhang Chao asked again, why did the Tuyuhun people invade the Tang Dynasty's border and why did they dare?

Yes, why did they dare? During the Sui Dynasty, they directly destroyed Tuyuhun and defeated Murong Fuyun again and again, and could only hide around the Daxue Mountains. How dare he invade the border of the Tang Dynasty?

Because of the Turks.

The Tang Dynasty and the Turks were in full swing, and there were still civil strife in the Jianghuai River, so Tuyuhun wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob.

"Your Highness, after all, the most important thing now is to resist the Turks, and the second is to quell the civil strife in the Jianghuai River. As for Tuyuhun, they are old and they are not even qualified to be our main opponent. Now they are just a clown who takes advantage of the situation. We ignore him for the time being and discuss with him first. We do not have the extra energy and military personnel to draw here, so we might as well comfort him first, and settle the accounts in the future after the north is stable!"

When fighting, it is also a distinction between the primary and secondary. It is not about fighting when you meet people and going to war everywhere. No matter how strong an empire is, it cannot do this.

"Ask peace with Tuyuhun, let them withdraw from the land occupied by Fang, Min, Wei and others, and even give them some gold and silver. Your Highness, the purpose of our troops this time is to defend Guanzhong, protect Longyou, prevent Tuyuhun and Liang troops from joining the Turks, and prevent them from annexing our Longyou. As long as we can let Tuyuhun withdraw, our goal this time has been achieved. As for revenge, it is a matter for the future. We cannot be rushed."

"But will Murong Fuyun have a talk?" Li Shimin asked.

Zhang Chao smiled, picked up the tea and took a sip, moistening his throat.

"I think so, just look at Murong Fuyun's failure to intercept us into the city today and gave up the Longxi City that was within reach. This shows that Murong Fuyun is worried and does not want to fight with us. Since he will take the initiative to retreat today, it is not completely impossible for us to negotiate with him."

"Besides, it doesn't matter if he doesn't agree for a moment. We can talk first. This is also a delaying strategy. If we delay a day, we can restore our strength. We can recruit more troops from the rear and replenish more food and salary. If we can drag the war to the north and get the result, it will be even better. At that time, the army will return to the court, mobilize troops and start fighting directly."

Li Shimin shook his head and chuckled.

"I was indeed a little unthinking and reckless just now. Wen Yuan, who do you think can take on this important task and go to negotiate with Murong Fuyun?" Li Shimin also looked at Zhang Chao when he said this.

Zhang Chao just pretended that he didn't see it. No matter what, he would never be a peace convoy. Even if Li Shimin spoke in person this time, he would refuse.

Fortunately, Li Shimin's look seemed just a joke.

"Yan tribe, are you willing to go to Murong Military Camp?" Li Shimin finally looked at Xu Jingzong.

Xu Jingzong's mouth twitched. Although it was not a lifetime of death to negotiate, it was indeed dangerous. Moreover, negotiation was not a letter, so negotiations had to be skilled and capable, and the goal was achieved.

It is difficult to get the Tuyuhun people to agree to the peace agreement and withdraw their troops, but it is not too powerful and humiliating the country. Xu Jingzong also wanted to refuse to respond like Zhang Chao, but he dared not.

"I am willing." He, the chief supervisor of the Left Back Army, has lost even his troops. He is currently only Li Shimin's central military aide.

"Okay, I'll have someone prepare a batch of gold, silver and silk for you, and you'll go right away!"

Zhang Chao looked at Xu Jingzong with a smile.

"General Xu, when you arrive at Murong's military camp, remember to be neither humble nor arrogant, and don't be too eager to seek peace. Otherwise, it will be easy for Murong to see the reality of our army. Even if we take the initiative to negotiate peace, we cannot follow them too much. Remember a few bottom lines, Wei, Min, Fang, Tao, and Tuyuhun must return the money and grain captured by Tuyuhun. The money and food captured by Tuyuhun can be taken away, but the people of the Tang Dynasty must be returned. As for those rebellious Dangxiang Qiang, you can leave with them! These three are bottom lines and cannot be given up."

Concessions without bottom line will only let the enemy understand your reality and will make them more and more capable.

And the following points that Zhang Chao said cannot be compromised. Even if it is just a delaying strategy, there must be a bottom line. Otherwise, even if the peace talks are successful, it will be a serious failure of Li Shimin.

At that time, the court will not be able to explain, and the prince will even use this as an excuse to attack.

"Then let it go first. The city defense is handed over to the right rear army's defense. I will take a shower and then take a nap. I haven't slept well for many days. I hope that when I wake up, what I hear is not Tuyuhun siege again, but that I have agreed to evacuate!"

The generals had no objection to Li Shimin's heavy responsibility of Longxi city defense to Zhang Chao.

With his wonderful performances along the way, Zhang Chao is no longer a famous doctor, bachelor's degree, but also a genius general. Everyone gave Longxi City to Zhang Chao with confidence, and then went to take a shower and go to bed.

A peaceful day.

Murong Fuyun directly withdrew his troops back to Xiangwu City, the capital of Weizhou 30 miles away. Xu Jingzong brought a few cars of money to negotiate.

Zhang Chao sat on the top of the city and watched the scenery for a day.

At night.

The cool night wind is filled with blood and stench of corpses.

The city is extremely quiet, as if it is sleeping under the night. But the sword light reflected by the moonlight on the top of the city shows that the city is actually lurking and ready to kill at any time.

The night breeze was slightly cool, and Li Shimin looked out from the city gate tower, and the wind was blowing his red cloak floating.

Zhang Chao walked down the horse road and climbed down. He changed into silk armor. The armor made of silk was lighter and cooler.

Li Shimin waved his hand, and the guards dispersed from afar, walking twenty steps away to guard them.

Zhang Chao came near him and saluted him.

"This time you sacrificed your life to help. Without you, I must have turned into a handful of soil outside the city." Li Shimin looked at the night and said without looking back.

"The auspicious people have their own appearance, so how could something happen so easily? This is the destiny of heaven. The King of Qin will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. This time I can annihilate the three thousand Qiang thieves and successfully scare Murong Fuyun away. That's just God's actions with me." Zhang Chao also looked at the night and said mysteriously.

"The Yan tribe has been there for a day, and there is no reply at all. I don't know what the conversation is going on."

"No news, it's good news." Zhang Chao said with a smile, "This shows that Murong Fuyun is at least considering it. He is considering it, which means that he has this kind of meaning. It's just like in front of shops and stalls in the East and West City, those who are willing to ask for the price are somewhat interested in buying. If they bargain, they will have a stronger desire to buy. If they don't even want to ask for the price or not, they probably have no intention of buying it."

"I wonder what happened to the prince?" Li Shimin slapped the battlements with his hands, "This battle was really humiliating. I have never fought such a fierce battle."

"This is not because Your Highness has no generals and no soldiers under His Highness. A clever wife cannot cook without rice. No matter how strong the general is, he cannot lead a group of farmers to be invincible. It is already very impressive to be able to fight like this."

"But you have brought a group of farmers to create one battlefield miracle after another!"

"But this time, your identity must have been exposed." Li Shimin said with some regret, "He has always regarded Zhang Chao as the most powerful killer move, and is ready to use it at the most critical moment to give the prince a fatal blow. But this time, Zhang Chao sacrificed his life to save him, and the prince must have doubts about Zhang Chao's identity after he knew it. Even if there is no evidence, he will be alienated from Zhang Chao, and it is difficult to believe him completely.

This can be considered as gains and losses.

Zhang Chao was silent for a while.

When he came to rescue Li Shimin, he had already thought about that issue and made a choice.

"Your Highness, maybe it's time to make a decision."

"What's the choice?" Li Shimin asked. In the dark night, his eyes looking at Zhang Chao were particularly bright.

"Your Highness has a destiny, but your Highness is still planning to take the method Yang Guang had back then. I think it is too difficult. Based on my observation, Your Majesty is very inclined to the crown prince, and most of the prime ministers in the court support the crown prince. Your Highness's supporters are more in the army and in the court, and they do not have much influence."

Li Shimin didn't say anything, and he knew what Zhang Chao said himself.

"In my judgment, the prince will not win a great victory this time, but it will not be defeated. All the elite soldiers and generals in the court will be very successful if they only defend and fight. As long as the prince is not greedy for merit and does not go out of the pass, it can be said that the possibility of defeat is very low. The greatest possibility is that the prince will lift the siege of Youzhou and Yanmen, and regain the lost territory in the northern border. Then Wei Zheng and other advisers are very likely to persuade the prince to negotiate peace with the Turks. The final possibility is that the Turks will bring the siege of the siege of Youzhou and Yanmen, and regain the lost territory in Jizhou and other places."

Such a result must have been a good result for the court, but for Li Shimin, it must have been not good news.

If the prince wins this battle, the prince's prestige will greatly increase.

Even if he regained the lost land in Longyou, he would be far from competing with the prince.

If the prince wins this battle, the emperor will definitely support the prince more.

"Please make the most decision. There will be no result in fighting for the throne. If you want to follow the will of heaven, you can only do extraordinary things!" Zhang Chao bowed to Li Shimin. He had been on Li Shimin's side, and of course he could only hope that Li Shimin could live in the world as in history.

Li Shimin turned around and his eyes were cold.

"Are you doing an extraordinary thing? You let me rebel and usurp the throne?"

"The prince's talent is far inferior to his highness, but it is not that incompetent Yang Yong. After winning this battle, how could his Majesty, who was already inclined to the prince, and the important officials in the court, still have the intention to exchange the crown prince?"

Zhang Chao shook his head and said, the current situation is very different from the original history.

In history, Li Shimin has been in front of the Taishu Ling, the major store of Shaanxi East Road, and the base area in Luoyang has been well managed. Li Yuan did not completely favor the prince, but he was still shaking.

"My father is the emperor and my brother is the prince. How can I do it? How can I do it? Wait until the emperor's grand ceremony, the prince ascends the throne and then raises troops? But I think it's difficult for me to wait until that day. After this battle, I may not have the chance to command troops."

"You don't need to wait until that time." Zhang Chao said in a low voice, "After this battle, Your Highness has been in the capital and will not be far away from the capital. Fighting the snake seven inches and capturing the thief and the king, as long as you plan well, you don't need 100,000 elite soldiers. You only need 800 dead soldiers to control the center and conquer the world in one fell swoop!"

Li Shimin didn't answer for a long time, and turned around and looked into the distance.

After a long time, he asked in a low voice, "Wen Yuan, are you trying to persuade me to kill my father and brother?"

Zhang Chao couldn't see the expression on Li Shimin's face in the dark night, and might feel a trace of trembling in his voice.

"No, Your Highness, you can take the initiative and control the situation. As long as we have a good grasp of it, we don't need to kill the lord or brother, we can control the palace city and use the emperor to order the princes. At that time, let Your Majesty issue an edict to abolish the crown prince and make Your Highness the crown prince. Then Your Highness will be regent, and after all parties in the world are stable, you will be in a yellow robe and rule the world."

"Where is the emperor and the prince?"

"Respecting Your Majesty as the Supreme Emperor and supporting the palace. Deposing the crown prince as a commoner, staying in the capital, and waiting for ten years, you can exil to the South China Sea island!"

"Do you really have to reach that point? Even if I can capture the world, then in the eyes of the world, my palace will seize the throne, and my father, You, and everyone will call me the usurper, right?" Li Shimin said quietly. He had never thought of getting to this point. What he had been working hard before was to fight for the throne like Yang Guang, become the crown prince through the court, and then wait for the emperor's great ceremony to inherit the throne and become the Emperor.

But today Zhang Chao's words made him unable to help but think about those things.

To lead others first, do extraordinary things.

But these things cannot cover up a fact. Even if they succeed, they will be a usurper who seized the throne. They will be a traitor and will be abandoned by the people of the world.

Which step do you really need to take?

"Your Highness, the East Palace is pressing forward step by step. If you don't make a decision early, you will never have a chance when the time passes. Your Highness is really willing to be placed under house arrest in Beijing for the rest of your life? Be a wealthy idle person?" Zhang Chao asked.

"History is written by the victors. When Your Highness becomes Your Majesty, you will defeat Turkic Karma in the future, stabilize Tuyuhun, pacify Goguryeo, the world is stable, the people are rich, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, and the achievements are better than those of Qin Emperor and Han Wu. At that time, who would care about how Your Highness was of course on the throne? People in later generations will only praise the achievements you have made and the territory you have built up!"

"History is written by the victors." Li Shimin smiled. The success of kings and defeats of bandits have been like this all the time.

Zhang Chao also smiled, and the two of them smiled at each other.

"What do I do as you mean?"

"One person plans to be short, two people plan to be strong. If you ask Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Changsun Wuji to participate in such a big event, maybe Gao Shilian can join, but it is not advisable to let too many people know immediately. It is enough to have these people at present. First plan and then find a way to implement it. Contact relevant people. If you don't move, you will be successful!"

Li Shimin nodded.
Chapter completed!