Chapter 208: Two-barrier

"The longer the time delays, the more beneficial it is to us. All of this is a delaying strategy. So, what we need to think about now is how to negotiate with Goguryeo and gain more time for us." Mao Xi said.

Chen Kefu smiled slightly and said, "It's really like an old man in the family." Jiang is still old. They are all military generals. When they face the war, they think about how to win on the battlefield.

But now after being guided by Mao Bo, he immediately realized that this victory can be decided mostly outside the battlefield.

"We have fought like this now, so how could the Liao people be willing to talk to us?" Lu Shishen said in confusion.

"No, they will definitely talk to us." Chen Kefu suddenly smiled mysteriously.

"Master General? Why did the Liao people have to negotiate with us? Didn't they just say that if they could not retake the Liaoshui front line, there would be a crisis of national destruction?"

The king of Goguryeo was Gao Yuan, but the power of Goguryeo's government was in the hands of Lu Yuanziyou. Now Gao Yuan Yizhen relies on the support of the southern faction led by his younger brother Gao Jianwu, but Gao Jianwu was supported by the power of the southern noble lords of the kingdom.

As the lord of the first tribe of the kingdom, Lu Yuanziyou was in charge of the government for many years and was basically a representative figure of the northern forces of the kingdom. At present, the Yuan clan's strength in Fuyu was completely destroyed and its strength was greatly damaged. However, Gao Jianwu was also defeated in Liaodong City and fled back alone. However, Yizhi Wende, the largest neutral faction in the kingdom, also lost 80,000 cavalry months ago.

The three forces in the entire kingdom still maintain a delicate balance. At this time, if Chen Kefu sent someone to find Yuan Ziyou and propose peace talks, using the exchange of troops from Yuan Taizuo and the Yuan clan back to the Sui army captives, then he believed that Yuan Ziyou would definitely be moved. On the one hand, Yuan Taizuo, Yuan Gaitong, one of his eldest sons and the other was his younger brother. On the other hand, if Yuan Taizuo and his soldiers were replaced, Yuan Ziyou could break the balance among the three forces of Goguryeo and become the strongest, so that he could easily deal with southern factions such as Gao Jianwu.

"But, isn't this letting the tiger go back to the mountain? Yuan Taizuo is indeed very strong. Now the Liao people are at a time when there is insufficient troops. Now we let them go. If they turn around and attack us, wouldn't that be the enemy?" Shen Guang said in confusion. Now it was just before the war. At this time, putting the Liao people back is not going to enhance the strength of the enemy.

Mao Xi and Chen Kefu looked at each other and smiled, "We let go, but how to let go, how to let go is up to us. Release people is not the purpose. We release people to exchange for captured Sui soldiers, and the soldiers exchanged can also strengthen the strength of our army. On the other hand, we are not saying that we can let them go at once. In exchange for prisoners, the two sides must negotiate? This is a thousand miles away from Liaodong City and Pyongyang. Let's talk about it, so we can delay this time. Let's exchange some people at once and compete for more time as much as possible."

Li Jie shook his head and said, "It's probably not possible to just exchange prisoners? These prisoners are all members of Yuan Ziyou's tribe. Yuan Ziyou is willing to exchange them, but I'm afraid that if Gao Jianwu and others will not sit idly by."

"Then we can also talk about it, such as releasing some captured populations, and returning the mountain cities such as Baiyan, Anshi, and other downstream of the Daliang River and Liao River to Goguryeo. Anyway, these mountain cities are empty, so we have to give up and just use them as bargaining chips. As for the released population, we can return the children and women. In short, we do our best to negotiate with the Liao people, gain time, so that we can have more time to train the army and wait for the arrival of Your Majesty's reinforcements." Mao Xi said.

Chen Kefu stood up, glanced at the people in the hall, and said loudly, "Okay, on the one hand, we negotiate with the Liao people, take a slow-moving plan and gain more time. On the other hand, we should step up the training of the army and do not necessarily improve the combat effectiveness of the entire army in a short period of time. In addition, we will send someone to send a letter to Your Majesty immediately, asking Your Majesty for reinforcements. We will work together and do our best!"

The bright moonlight shone into the hall from the windowsill, as if a layer of frost was put on the marble floor. The military discussion had already ended, and the generals attending the meeting had already left. In the huge military conference hall, only Chen Kefu was left. The spacious hall was empty and quiet, which made people feel deserted.

He felt full of fatigue at this moment. Since Yang Guang returned to the Central Plains, the entire Liaodong has been regarded as his territory by him. But now, he feels a little scared. The decisive battle with the Liao people is inevitable and victorious, so he will definitely go to another level from now on. Once he fails, even if he doesn't die in battle, his best outcome will be to return to the Central Plains and start from scratch. At that time, his great cause of restoration will be further and further away from him.

Even if you can't get something you can't get, everyone won't feel too much regret. But seeing that such a thing is about to be captured, it's just one step away, but now it's very likely that it will be snatched away by others. This kind of worry about gains and losses is the most upsetting.

If possible, he did not want to fight with the Liao people now. Now he has just started to build up the team and is still so fragile. After such a tough battle, I still don’t know how many soldiers and generals will be killed, injured and disabled. These are all his capital for restoring the country. He is like a stingy old man, and he is not willing to waste a single point.

In the eyes of others, Chen Kefu was incredible. He was born as the son of the crown prince of the Southern Dynasty, even if the country was finally destroyed. However, he was able to make meritorious service from a small group to a marshal, from a royal family to a duke. Moreover, his future wife was the daughter of the Duke of Tang in Li family, with a first-rank official and a title of Duke of the Kingdom. He was young and had a high position as the minister.

But only Chen Kefu knew best what he wanted. He knew that the road he chose would be full of thorns, but he did not expect it would be so difficult.

Sitting alone in this empty hall, pondering for a long time. After his mind calmed down, Chen Kefu breathed a long sigh, got up and left the military conference hall, and walked outside. The officers and soldiers on duty outside the military conference hall saluted Chen Kefu one after another.

Outside the gate, the moon was already in the middle of the sky. On the night of September, the night was as cool as water. The bright moonlight covered the entire earth with a layer of silver gauze, which was cold and quiet.

Seeing Chen Ke come back, Zhang Jin, who had been waiting there, immediately came up with a team of marshal guards.

At a turn, Chen Kefu saw a slender and beautiful figure standing there under the bright moonlight. The two looked at each other, and a bright smile as bright as a flower on the face that was as bright as the moonlight.

"Why are you here?"

"I see you haven't returned home so late, so I'm here to wait for you." Norisa was not wearing very thick clothes, and her slender Confucian skirt was not very warm. She stood there for a long time at night and was so cold that she couldn't speak clearly.

"Master, you have been busy for a day and are still hungry. I asked the mansion to prepare food and go back for dinner quickly."

Chen Kefu reached out and held her cold hands in her hands, rubbed them gently, and smiled, "I will go back after I finish my work. Just wait in the mansion. It's such a cold day, I don't know how to wear more clothes. Let's go, let's go back."

When he returned home, Ye Risa gently accompanied Chen Kefu for dinner, pouring wine and picking up dishes, which was extremely gentle and heartwarming.

Before the meal was finished, the personal soldiers came to report and Mao Sima, the Marshal's Mansion, came to see him.

Mao Xi did not come alone, there were forty or fifty people with him. In addition to Mao Xi, there were also generals from Chenjiazhuang in the army such as Lu Shishen, Mao Yi, and Chen Qing. There were dozens of elders from Chenjiazhuang. They used to be the same as Zhuangtou. Now they all understand that these were mostly ministers from the Eastern Palace of his father, Crown Prince Shen.

As soon as the crowd came up, Chen Kefu hurriedly ran over and grabbed them one by one, and smiled, "Everyone is my elders. Seeing that I grew up, we are all family members. This is the mansion, not the military camp. How can I afford to pay my respects to me? Today's military negotiations were too late. Thinking that all the uncles and uncles have worked hard all the way, I didn't go to pay homage to you. I planned to wait for everyone to rest for a night today and I will hold a good banquet in the mansion tomorrow to welcome all the uncles and uncles. I didn't expect that everyone would come first."

Lu Shishen's uncle, Lao Lu, is also a man with a similar temper as Lu Shishen. He was just over fifty years old and was big and thick. In the past, he was responsible for killing pigs and sheep in Chenjiazhuang. Chen Kefu learned a lot of his skills. In the past, he followed his elder brother Lu Youda as a general in the Southern Dynasty. He was very brave and even more enthusiastic.

At this time, he walked up, and his big hands like palm fan patted Chen Kefu's shoulders for more than ten times, and said happily to the others, "I just said, who is our young master? Can he be the kind of person who forgets his roots when he is rich and noble? Don't say that he is just a marshal of the country today, even if he becomes the emperor in the future, he is also our Lao Lu's apprentice."

As soon as he said this, everyone was startled and was stared at him by Mao Bo.

"Don't worry, uncles, this mansion is all people who have believed in it. Uncle Lu is right. I, Chen Kefu, were raised by everyone. No matter what the future holds, I, Chen Kefu, will never forget everyone's kindness. If one day, Chen Ke will restore my Chen family's country, I will definitely share the world with my uncles."

As soon as these words were said, everyone was very happy. After the Chen family destroyed the country, they could still guard Chen Kefu, the prince who lost his country for more than 20 years. The loyalty among them is conceivable. If you want to say who would make him believe the most and feel most, then these people in Chenjiazhuang are the ones he feels most and believe the most.

The road is far away and the road is long and the hearts of people are seen. The uncles and uncles in Chenjiazhuang are all people who have been tested for more than 20 years. After so many years, not to mention the meaning of the king, minister, and servant, they have already developed family affection between each other.
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