On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the fifth year of Chen Guotai's establishment, Xiao Yao officially brought all the counties in Northern Xuzhou under his rule, and then led the army back to Xuzhou City, concentrating on developing Xuzhou's strength while waiting for a reply from Emperor Gao Wei of Qi about peace talks with Xiao Yao.

However, Xiao Yao also left a force of 5,000 people stationed in Lanling County, nominally they were to assist Lanling County Taishou Zuyan to stabilize the situation in Northern Xuzhou and confront Qingzhou, which is still under the rule of Qi, but in fact, this army is directly under Xiao Yao's orders, so they are guarding against the threat from Qingzhou at the same time, they also play the role of monitoring Zuyan.

From Xiao Yao's expedition to Huaibei to the current taking of Northern Xuzhou, he has recovered all the lost territory in Xuzhou, and made himself a veritable Xuzhou assassin history, Xiao Yao only took less than two months! And now Xiao Yao is still very serious about the responsibility of a thorn history, and he is developing Xuzhou in an orderly manner according to his own ideas, and he is working hard to build Xuzhou into an unbreakable base in his heart!

Just when Xiao Yao was putting all his energy into developing Xuzhou's population, economy and so on, Jinling City, Chen Xu, who received Xiao Yao's recovery of Northern Xuzhou, but took the initiative to propose these two news, also had a heated discussion with his ministers in the imperial study!

"After this Xiao Yao became the Xuzhou Assassin History, he was simply lawless, and he was not in awe of His Majesty, he actually proposed a truce to Qi State without His Majesty's permission, he thought that he was the Xuzhou Assassin History, even if he wanted a truce, it must be proposed by His Majesty, by our court! Therefore, this wind cannot be long, and Weichen begs Your Majesty to severely punish this Xiao Yao! Let him know that His Majesty's authority is something that he, a little thorn, cannot despise! A minister from the prince's camp said righteously.

"That's right, although this Xiao Yao quickly defeated Xuzhou, and also made Northern Xuzhou surrender within a day, so at this time, the morale of our army is at its highest, and we should take the opportunity to recover Qingzhou! But this Xiao Yao suddenly proposed to negotiate peace with the Qi State, when will he be able to replace His Majesty and replace the imperial court, he is so good at advocating, and he will make a decision in private without asking His Majesty, he can't help but despise His Majesty's Long Wei, and also disrupt His Majesty's plan to conquer the Qi State and recover the Central Plains! And even if it is to negotiate peace, it should be proposed by the State of Qi, not by Da Chen, who is the victorious country! So Weichen also seconded the proposal and severely punished this Xiao Yao! Another minister also said.

"In just two months, our Chen Guo's army has taken Xuzhou and recovered Northern Xuzhou. But at this time, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue, General Xiao attacked Qingzhou, and the governor of Shouyang, Wu Mingche, also sent troops to Yingchuan County, and then broke it in one fell swoop, so that south of the Yellow River, the entire Jianghuai region is all our Dachen's land! But this Xiao Yao proposed peace at this critical moment, he must have imagined that he would not attack Northern Xuzhou after breaking through Xuzhou before, so as to blackmail His Majesty and ask His Majesty to reward him with a greater official position! Therefore, this Xiao Yao really wants to punish him severely, in order to cut off his disrespectful behavior of rewarding him for his merits! One of the ministers also spoke.

"Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected! Although General Xiao is young, but his mind is delicate, and he is invincible in leading troops to fight, he broke through Xuzhou in less than two months, and now he is still bloodless to let Xuzhou in the north of Qi State stab Shi Zuyan surrender the city, which shows that General Xiao's ability is very accessible, so his thoughts must not be known to ordinary people! Moreover, General Xiao is now the assassin of Xuzhou, and is in charge of Xuzhou's military and political affairs, so he must have his own considerations when he takes the initiative to propose a truce and peace with Qi now! Xu Ling rarely opened his mouth to defend his future grandson-in-law.

"But he can't make any claims! The armistice between the two countries and the negotiation of peace, what a big deal this is, how can it be decided by his little Xuzhou assassin history! And now that his letter has been delivered to Gao Wei of Qi State, if His Majesty decides to continue the Northern Expedition, wouldn't our Da Chen be ridiculed by the world for changing the city as a man of his word? One of the ministers continued to question.

"Don't make any noise! I have called you here to ask you to put forward useful opinions and countermeasures in response to Xiao Yao's initiative to negotiate an armistice with the Qi State, not to listen to you attack each other here! As important ministers of my Da Chen, you should unite and offer advice to Da Chen! But now, let's see if you, apart from attacking your own comrades, have proposed any useful strategies to me! Everyone said that they would severely punish Xiao Yao, so what about after severely punishing him? After that, will we continue the Northern Expedition and attack the Qi Kingdom? Who will be sent to replace Xiao Yao? Did you send you into battle? Besides Xiao Yao, who else can defeat the Qi army so surely? Chen Xu slapped the table vigorously, pointed at the ministers and scolded.

"In fact, Xiao Yao has also sent me an urgent letter, which reads the two sentences of 'cold lips and teeth' and 'snipe and clam competing for fishermen's profits', what he means is that now we have recovered the entire Xuzhou, and the Qi army has been greatly injured by him, if we continue to attack Qi at this time, he is sure that the entire Jianghuai region will be defeated for us Dachen, but the question is whether we can hold it!" Chen Xu calmed down for a moment before speaking slowly, but his face was still angry and glaring at the ministers who were frightened by him.

"What General Xiao means is that he is afraid that if we continue to attack the Qi State, although the Qi State will be defeated by us and withdraw from the Jianghuai region, the strength of our Chen State has also been greatly depleted, if the Zhou State suddenly sends troops at this time, then it will let the Zhou State sit on the benefits of the fisherman?" Xu Ling followed Chen Xu's words.

"General Xiao is too unfounded! Zhou has now negotiated peace with Qi State, both sides have collected troops and ceased fighting, and we and Qi have been fighting in Huaibei for nearly half a year, during this time, Zhou State did not take the opportunity to send troops to attack Qi State, so now even if we send troops to attack Qingzhou and attack Yingchuan County, I believe that Zhou State will not send troops! And even if the Zhou State wants to take advantage of the fact that our army has just finished fighting with the Qi army, the saddle horse is tired, and the soldiers are tired and want to sneak attack us, but they are also fighting with the Qi State for many years, and the national strength must be seriously depleted, even if they want to take advantage of the fisherman's profit at that time, it must not be so easy! One minister retorted.

"Then you mean that we are going to continue to attack the Qi Kingdom? But now that Xiao Yao has taken the initiative to negotiate peace, I believe that he will not fight again, so who are we going to send to attack Qingzhou and Yingchuan County? Do you have any recommendations? Chen Xu asked rhetorically.

"This, if this Xiao Yao dares to disobey His Majesty's holy decree and refuse to fight, we will punish him even more! Even take him down! Set an example! One of the ministers snapped.

"After you take it, who will you send to fight? Send you? Can you lead the troops in place of Xiao Yao? Chen Xu continued to ask rhetorically.

"This, this is a matter of the army, so naturally let Wu Mingche decide who will lead the troops!" The minister was a little speechless.

"You will only keep saying here that you will severely punish Xiao Yao, so do you know how much money we have to spend to support Xiao Yao even if he agrees to fight? At the beginning, the forward brigade of 5,000 people, how much manpower and material resources we spent to make those strange weapons for him! And now that he has incorporated the Eastern Route Army and Lu Guangda's Middle Route Army, the number of troops has increased greatly, and the expenses will naturally increase greatly, have you ever thought that Xiao Yao would take the opportunity to ask the court for money and things? Chen Xu finally said the most unhappy thing in his heart!