Datong.
Jiang Xiangyang grew increasingly furious as he looked at the military intelligence report he had received.
Finally, he threw the military intelligence report on the ground and said:
"Dugu Yu has gone too far; I will kill him."
After he finished speaking, one of his younger brothers, Jiang Shengwu, immediately stepped forward and said:
"Brother, calm down. Although Li Xuanshang has left Taiyuan, a large number of soldiers are still stationed there."
Moreover, to our north and west, a large number of Tatar tribes have also submitted to Li Qin.
"If we turn against Li Qin now, we'll be surrounded on all sides."
After his younger brother finished comforting him, Jiang Xiangyang calmed himself down.
He suppressed the anger that was surging within him.
I kept telling myself to stay calm. If I fell out with Li Qin at this moment, I would be courting death.
His younger brother continued:
"Brother, we haven't taken over the Jiangnan region yet, so Li Qin will definitely not turn against us."
So the reason why Li Qin's Xuanfu army is provoking us now is entirely because Wang Taihe has been transferred away.
Dugu Yu's unauthorized actions after he took power.
We've learned about this Dugu Yu before.
He is a person who likes to take risks, is extremely daring, and loves adventure.
He was the one who made the greatest contribution to Li Qin's capture of Xuanfu.
He was extremely bold and fearless in battle, and similarly, he was also very bold and arrogant in his actions.
Therefore, the current changes in the Xuanfu army must be his own doing.
After listening to his words, Jiang Xiangyang looked at him and asked:
"you mean?"
"Brother, what I mean is, since the actions of the Xuanfu army are now his idea, not Li Qin's idea."
Moreover, according to Li Qin, he still won't completely break ties with us.
There's absolutely no need for us to be angry with Dugu Yu; we can simply write a letter to Li Qin.
Let Li Qin deal with him.
After all, his current actions weren't what Li Qin wanted.
After Jiang Shengwu finished speaking, Jiang Xiangyang nodded repeatedly.
Then Jiang Xiangyang waved his hand and stood up, saying:
"Alright, I'll go write a memorial to Li Qin now, and ask him to deal with this Dugu Yu."
After he finished speaking, he got up and wrote a memorial to Li Qinshu, which he then sent to the capital by fast horse.
Night in the capital.
As the banquet began, important members of the delegation, including Zu Zhilong, arrived at Li Qin's palace.
The number of people attending Li Qin's banquet was quite large, including many of Li Qin's own family members and officials from the imperial court.
They were seated separately by the servants.
Zu Zhilong, being Hong Chengchou's deputy general and head of the delegation, was assigned to the front lines because he represented Hong Chengchou.
After Zu Zhilong sat down, he observed the people around him. Once everyone had arrived, Li Qin also took the seat of honor.
This was the first time he had seen Li Qin since he had been in the capital for so long.
After Li Qin sat down, he glanced at him.
The banquet began soon afterward, and shortly after it started, he noticed that Li Qin had left his seat.
Then a servant came over and whispered:
"General, our king requests your presence."
Upon hearing this, Zu Zhilong thought to himself, "As expected, they invited us because they have something to discuss."
He then got up and, led by his servant, went to the hall where Li Qin handled government affairs.
Li Qin sat in the main seat of the hall, a candle illuminating half of his face, the other half hidden in darkness.
He sat in the main seat at the top of the hall, looking down at him expressionlessly.
The oppressive feeling of being in a high position for a long time is overwhelming.
Qi Duchen, who was standing to the side, immediately said:
"Zu Zhilong, are you still an official of the imperial court?"
Have you forgotten the court's etiquette and laws?
Do not forget, our king is not only a prince of the court, but you are also an army under our king's command.
You are also subordinates of our King.
After Qi Duchen finished speaking sternly, Zu Zhilong immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying:
"This humble general pays his respects to King Li."
Li Qin looked at Zu Zhilong kneeling on the ground in front of him and casually said:
"Get up."
After Zu Zhilong expressed his gratitude, Li Qin didn't mince words but went straight to the point, because he knew that Zu Zhilong had heard all sorts of attempts to win him over during this time.
In terms of eloquence, I am absolutely no match for those who make a living from it.
So he went straight to the point and said:
“Zu Zhilong, are you willing to submit to me? As for the benefits, you can see for yourself.”
As he spoke, Li Qin took out an imperial edict bearing the emperor's seal and asked Qi Duchen, who was standing next to him, to take it to him.
Zu Zhilong was extremely conflicted when faced with Li Qin's attempts to win him over.
He knew this was definitely Li Qin's last chance to win him over.
The document written on it should be the imperial edict conferring upon him the title of Duke.
This is definitely the closest I've ever come to this position in my entire life.
Should I accept it?
But Governor Hong Chengchou had been kind to me, so I did this.
Zu Zhilong received the imperial edict from Qi Duchen with a conflicted expression.
But I just held it there, conflicted, without opening it to look at it.
Instead, she just held onto it, wanting to refuse, but also feeling a little reluctant to part with it.
Li Qin, who was sitting above, saw this scene and felt that this guy's loyalty to Hong Chengchou was quite high.
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