Chapter 147: Peace Talks
Han Ming defeated the Chen army and captured Gu Liang Yangbo, the first commander of the Chen army, which shocked the Chen Empire.
As the most senior veteran of Chen Guo, Gu Liang Yangbo has always been a centerstone for Chen Guo's government and opposition.
When the ministers in Chen Guo's court first heard the news, they all thought it was false news or misinformation.
It wasn't until the arrival of one urgent letter after another that everyone completely accepted the fact of failure.
The head of the Gu Liang family, Gu Liang Yangbo's eldest brother, Gu Liang Qiansun, even fainted in anger in the court.
Contrary to Chen Guo, when the news of Han Ming's victory reached the court of Chu State, all the ministers were naturally overjoyed, and they all praised Han Hussar for being young and promising, and he was the savior of Chu State.
When Kuang Yue saw Han Ming's battle report, her excitement was overflowing, this man proved her and her brother's vision with practical actions, and also made her hanging heart relax.
All along, Kuang Yue was convinced that Han Ming was the legendary hero who saved Zhongchu from danger, and he was sent by fate to save Zhongchu. She is also proud of Han Ming's achievements.
However, Han Ming also said another thing in the letter, that is, to ask Kuang Yue to send an envoy over to negotiate peace with Chen Guo.
Han Ming also explained the reason for the peace talks in the letter.
In recent years, although the state of Chen has been declining, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and no matter how thin it is, it is not something that the Chu State that is now full of trauma can be destroyed, rather than fighting with Chen Guo and falling into a quagmire and unable to extricate himself, it is better to negotiate peace with Chen Guo and grab the maximum benefits.
Han Ming also sent someone to deliver a peace letter to Chen Guo after defeating Gu Liang Yangbo.
After this defeat, Chen Guo no longer has much strength to continue fighting, and now that Chu State is the first to submit a peace document, it is naturally impossible to ask for it.
The venue for the peace talks was chosen in Jiangzhou City.
When the ministers of the peace talks between the two sides rushed to Jiangzhou City, Han Ming was not idle, he personally commanded an army of 30,000 to rush to Jiangzhou City, and solved the 20,000 Chen army in Dongtaiping on the way.
It's not easy to say it's incidental.
Dong Taiping's army was stationed in the narrow road between Qianwei County and Yue County, and the army of Qianwei County wanted to break through the defense line of 20,000 people, the cost was too great, but it was too far to bypass this place, so Feng Xu confronted Dong Taiping's army in the narrow road.
Fortunately, before the arrival of the Dongtaiping troops, Feng Xu had already asked Feng Yu to set off with the troops first.
The fact that the two of them did not meet did not let Feng Xu expect it.
The arrival of Han Ming broke the stalemate between the two armies, and Dong Taiping was attacked by Han Ming and Feng Xu on both sides, and was soon annihilated, and Dong Taiping also died in the chaos.
Han Ming called Feng Xu's father, Feng Sheng, and Old Man Feng a master, and Han Ming was also Feng Xu's junior brother. Although Feng Xu can be his father at his age, his seniority can't be messed up.
Although the age difference between the two is very far, in terms of official title and status, there is not much difference, and Feng Xu is also happy to recognize such an emerging magnate.
Han Ming himself commanded 30,000 people, and the rest of Zhang Dabiao, Feng Yu, Liu Zhixian, etc., each led the army to recover the lost territory of Chu.
Zhang Dabiao went to Yunzhong City to relieve Shen Xia's urgency of being surrounded by Gong Xingbo, Feng Yu and Liu Zhixian broke the ancient road and divided their troops to collect the Eastern Chu vassal state.
Everything was arranged very reasonably.
Han Ming was even worried about Wanchuan City in the southwest, afraid that the Wind Country would make any moves, and Liu Han and Yang Xu didn't reply for a long time, so he specially asked Goudan to run to see how the situation in Wanchuan City was.
As for the madness, in this battle, he had seventeen wounds all over his body, as well as a serious wound, if Han Ming hadn't stopped his acupuncture points in time that day, the madness would have been heroic and righteous.
Although he has no worries about his life, he is still seriously injured and needs to recuperate, and it is estimated that he will not be able to go to the battlefield again in a short time.
After Han Ming arrived in Jiangzhou City, he saw an acquaintance.
Since Jiangzhou was attacked by the Chen army, Cui Ying began her escape road, she knew that Wuyang City must not be safe, so she went to the Yan Road, out of the Yan Road, entered Lingui, crossed Jiangyang, and arrived in Nanyang County.
Although Chen Jun was always chasing and killing along the way, under the cover of a horseman named Diao Zi, she finally escaped from Qianwei County without danger and saved her life.
Speaking of this Diaozi, Cui Ying later learned that he was not a groom. According to his own words, he is called a thief, and to put it bluntly, he is a thief.
Diao Zi heard that there were big businessmen who were going to do business in Jiangzhou, and as soon as he saw the opportunity, it happened that Cui Mansion was temporarily recruiting horsemen, so he disguised himself and mixed in. Who knew that before he could make a move, Chen Jun led his troops to call, and Cui Er, who was with him, was killed, and he also survived by relying on his years of escape experience.
In the process of escaping, he also found out in his conscience and saved Cui Ying, who was chased and killed by Chen Jun. It is better to say that it is a conscience discovery, it is better to say that it is an uprising, after all, Cui Ying still has a bit of a look.
After Gu Liang Yangbo's army withdrew from Qianwei County, Feng Xu took back Jiangzhou City as soon as possible.
Hearing that Jiangzhou City was recovered, Cui Ying ignored everyone's persuasion and came to Jiangzhou City alone.
Han Ming heard that she came to Jiangzhou City alone, and he also admired her courage. Of course, there is also a deeper understanding of the term businessman profit-seeking. Sure enough, it is the Lord who wants money and does not want to die.
Since he was a friend, Han Ming naturally wouldn't ignore her, in order to prevent someone from taking advantage of the fire to rob, he sent someone to protect all of Cui Ying's property, which could be regarded as thanking Cui Ying for paying the bill for him before.
Han Ming didn't stay long in Jiangzhou City, and two major events happened.
The first thing was that the envoys of the two sides for peace talks arrived in Jiangzhou City not long after, and the envoys of Chen came quickly, mainly because they wanted to negotiate with Chu as soon as possible. After all, during this period of time, countless war reports flew to Chen Guo, and looking at this situation, it would not be long before they would hit Chen Guo's homeland.
The envoy from the State of Chu was an old friend of Han Ming, Wen Cheng.
Since Liang Qian made a mess and caused chaos in the government and the opposition, the Wen family can no longer sit idly by, Wen Cheng, his father Wen Yuan and his second uncle Wen Bo still keep filial piety to Wen Dao, but the younger generation of the Wen family, Wen Cheng, Brunei and so on have entered the office.
As soon as Wen Cheng came back, he was assigned this mission by Kuang Yue.
Wen Cheng rushed to Jiangzhou City so quickly, firstly, because he wanted to meet his brother Han Ming, and secondly, because he heard that the attack of the Northern Kingdom was very fierce, and if he could deal with the Chen State earlier, he could also wave his troops north at any time.
As soon as Han Ming saw Wen Cheng, he gave him a big hug.
Wen Cheng can be said to be Han Ming's first friend in this world, Kuang Hua's status is too high, Han Ming can't climb up as a friend, Wen Cheng is different, Han Ming really regards this "unlearned" family as a friend.
Although Wen Cheng is usually not serious, Han Ming knows that when he gets down to business, Wen Cheng is still very reliable.
This peace talk was presided over by Wen Cheng, Han Ming was very relieved, he also cheered Wen Cheng up, asked him to let go of his mouth and bite big, Chen Guo continued to fight if he didn't listen.
The words were very domineering, but on the first day of the peace talks, Han Ming was slapped in the face.
That's the second thing that happens.
Zhang Dabiao took people to Yunzhong City to rescue Shen Xia, but he didn't expect to be intercepted by Gong Xingbo and others before he arrived in Yunzhong.
As soon as the two sides met, they fought, but unfortunately Zhang Dabiao ran for a long time, and the people were sleepy and tired, so he hurriedly met the battle before he had time to rest. Unexpectedly, the morale of the troops led by Gong Xingbo was not bad, and Gong Xingbo waited for work, the two sides clashed hard, Zhang Dabiao was defeated, and he retreated in a hurry.
Han Ming, who received the news, was furious, he was not angry that Dabiao was defeated, but he was angry that at this juncture, in his own land, there were still generals of Chen Guo who were so ignorant and openly provoked him.
Han Yu took the military order written by Han Ming and went to transfer Feng Yu.
It was not so difficult to recover the subject state of Central Chu, Liu Zhixian was enough for one person, let Feng Yu go to meet the youngest general of the Chen State, and see which of Gong Xingbo was stronger and weaker compared with the future general of Central Chu.
The war over there has not yet ended, and the peace talks here have also entered a white heat. The two sides argued with reason, and Chen Guo bargained with Wen Cheng on the condition of withdrawing Gong Xingbo, and even prepared to withdraw Chen Guo directly without paying anything.
Wen Cheng's attitude is very resolute, since he can't talk, then fight. With Han Ming's support behind him, Wen Cheng's mouth never loosened.
The envoy of Chen Guo naturally didn't want to fight, so the peace talks dragged on like this, waiting for what Gong Xingbo could do over there.
Wen Cheng also waited for Gong Xingbo to be destroyed, as long as Gong Xingbo was destroyed, Chen Guo would completely dispel the idea of luck. When the time comes, as he opens his mouth, the envoys of Chen Guo will have to follow honestly.