The war in Youzhou has been settled, but the war in the south is still going on, Tian Yue fought on two fronts, he personally led an army of 80,000 to besiege Liyang, and ordered his cousin Tian Xu to lead an army of 30,000 to confront Li Na's army in Dizhou.

At this time, the news that the Jin army had conquered Xindu City came, Li Na took the lead in admitting defeat and led the army to cross the Yellow River and return to Zizhou.

Zhu Zhu did not cross the Yellow River, but sat on the White Horse and commanded the battle of Liyang City across the river.

At this time, Zhu Zhu also got the news that Zhu Tao retreated north and the Jin army captured Xindu City, which made Zhu Zhu's heart half cold.

"Your Majesty, give up!"

The strategist Kong Huaiqing persuaded: "King Yan retreated north in a panic, if Weichen didn't guess wrong, there must be something wrong with Youzhou." ”

Kong Huaiqing was a scholar of the Hanlin University of the Great Qin Dynasty, and Zhu Zhu brought him with him mainly to make a decision, and also used him as a strategist.

"This is your speculation, is there any basis?" Zhu Jun asked with some displeasure.

"Your Majesty got the news from Chang'an that Guo Song led the army to Hebei, but Guo Song did not appear in Xindu from beginning to end, where would he be? Your Majesty, Youzhou's troops are empty, and the Jin army has been delaying Xindu, isn't it just to drag the main force of King Yan and create an opportunity for Guo Song to attack Youzhou? ”

This is the second time that Kong Huaiqing has reminded Zhu Jun, Zhu Jun didn't believe it before, but now, he is indeed a little shaken.

What's more, Zhu Tao has retreated north, and the Jin army has captured Xindu, and their plan to unify Hebei has completely failed, and it is indeed time for him to withdraw his troops.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Zhu said: "Even if I don't attack north again, I hope that Liyang City will be used as a springboard for me to go north, and it's a pity to give up Liyang." ”

"In that case, Your Majesty can send someone to negotiate with Tian Yue to end the war in Liyang and see if we can find a way acceptable to both parties."

Zhu Jun accepted Kong Huaiqing's suggestion and sent Hu Cao to join the army and Wang Wei to the Wei army camp to negotiate with Tian Yue.

Tian Yue was also a little exhausted from attacking Liyang City, and he also knew that he was afraid that even if their army captured Liyang City, the price would be very heavy.

Since Zhu Zhu had given up his plan to go north, Tian Yue reached a compromise with Zhu Zhu, allowing Zhu Zhu to occupy Liyang City, but the garrison could not exceed 3,000, and as a reciprocal measure, the Wei army also made Puzhou Fan County its own departure county on the south bank of the Yellow River, and also promised that the garrison should not exceed 3,000 people.

In fact, Fan County has always been under the control of Wei Wangfu, its strategic role is very small, at most as a commercial transit point, Zhu Zhu did not take it to heart, as for Tian Yue proposed to garrison the army this time, Zhu Zhu also agreed, the county seat of Fan County is far from being compared with Liyang City, even if the garrison is 10,000, it cannot be defended.

The two sides reached an agreement, and Zhu Jun began to withdraw his troops from Liyang City, withdrawing the 20,000 troops in the city, leaving only 3,000 people to continue to garrison Liyang City.

After Zhu Zhu's army withdrew to the Yellow River, he returned to Luoyang, and Tian Yue also led an army of 80,000 to return to Yuancheng, but as soon as Tian Yue arrived in Yuancheng, he got the news of Youzhou, and Guo Song led the army to occupy Youzhou.

This news made Tian Yue gasp, but he didn't expect that the final battle for the four families to fight for Jizhou turned into this ending, Guo Song annexed the territory of Li Wujun and Zhu Tao, and he only got a piece of Li Na's territory.

Hebei was contested by six families, and finally turned into a confrontation between two families.

Tian Yue was extremely worried in her heart, would she become Zhu Tao's second? He couldn't sit still, so he hurriedly asked Wang Yu to come in to discuss countermeasures.

Wang Yu pondered for a moment and said: "There is indeed this possibility, but I don't think it will be in the near future, at least not this year, judging from Guo Song's previous rules, he first stabilized the territory he had captured, and then expanded, Longyou is like this, Hedong is like this, and Guanzhong is the same, so we still have time." ”

"What else is there time for? Defense or alliance? Tian Yue couldn't hold back the annoyance in his heart and said.

"Both are needed, Lord Wang, the most important thing now is to strengthen defense, increasing troops is one thing, but at the same time strengthening the quality of defense, such as the combat effectiveness of the army, the manufacture of large defensive weapons, etc., these are all things that must be done, and the second is to form an alliance with Zhu Jun, I hope he can provide us with help, especially in the development of iron fire and thunder, I hope the two can work closely together."

Tian Yue took a few steps with his hands in his hand, and sighed softly: "These all need money!" ”

"Money and food are definitely needed, and we can also ask Zhu Jun for help, hoping that he can support us."

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Lord Qi, King Jin sent someone to deliver the letter." ”

Tian Yue was stunned and looked at Wang Yu, Wang Yu also had a little confusion in his eyes, and said to Tian Yue: "Let's take a look at the letter first!" ”

Tian Yue hurriedly said, "Bring the messenger up." ”

After a while, the guards brought the messenger up, and the messenger bowed and saluted, and presented a letter to Tian Yue, who took the letter and asked, "Where is His Royal Highness King Jin now?" ”

"Back to the prince, my lord should be in Taiyuan now."

Tian Yue was slightly stunned, he thought that Guo Song would continue to attack Liaodong, but he didn't expect him to collect his troops and return to Taiyuan.

He hurriedly opened the letter and read it, the letter did not mention the matter of Youzhou, but hoped that the two countries would demarcate the border as soon as possible and coexist peacefully, he handed the letter to Wang Yu, Wang Yu read the letter and said: "Lord Wang, I think King Jin's proposal is very sincere, and the negotiations should be carried out as soon as possible. ”

"I'm for it!"

Tian Yue immediately wrote a reply letter, handed it to the messenger, and instructed him: "Time is relatively tight, please rush back to Taiyuan as soon as possible." ”

Tian Yue ordered a reward of fifty taels of silver for the messenger, and the messenger took his leave.

"Why didn't Guo Song continue to attack Liaodong? swept Zhu Tao away. ”

Wang Yu sighed and said: "Liaodong is a big pit, there are too many forces in it, once you step into it, it will be difficult to get out, it is estimated that Guo Song also knows this, so he will not easily enter Liaodong, at least not at present." ”

Tian Yue thought for a while and said, "Why did Guo Song determine the border, isn't it according to the current control of each other?" ”

"I think he should have set some rules, not to rob the border people and the like, these are necessary, maybe he has other ideas, he can talk about it, if the talk is good, it is estimated that he can win a year or two."

Tian Yue pondered for a moment and said, "Then please ask Mr. to go to Zhaozhou to see what kind of medicine is sold in Guo Song's gourd?" ”

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At this time, Guo Song was indeed in Taiyuan, and it happened that Wen You was also in Taiyuan, so Guo Song decided to let Wen You go to Zhaozhou to negotiate with Tian Yue on his behalf.

Guo Song drew a line along the Yongji Canal on the map, and smiled at Wen You: "It is better to have a natural boundary, I think the central Yongji Canal is the most suitable, and the west is bounded along the Fuyang River, which is originally the natural junction of Xingzhou and Xiangzhou, and the eastern part is bounded by floating water........"

Fushui is a tributary of the Yongji Canal and the Bohai Sea, the river is not wide, and it is almost not famous, but it just divides Cangzhou into two, and Cangzhou is controlled by Tian Yue, and Guo Song's knife is equivalent to cutting off half of Cangzhou.

Wen You shook his head, "According to this plan, the central part is bounded by the Yongji Canal, and half of Beizhou will be assigned to us, as well as Cangzhou, Cangzhou was originally Tian Yue's territory, and now it is cut in half, will Tian Yue agree?" ”

Guo Song smiled and said: "Most of Cangzhou is along the beach, is the most important sea salt production area in Hebei, I cut half of the salt in Cangzhou, it is very important to us, with sea salt, the cost of each bucket of salt will be reduced to five yuan, and the Counsellor's Hall will have three million salt profits a year." ”

"The humble position understands that the Cangzhou salt field is very important, but the question is, Beizhou and Cangzhou each cut half of it, which seriously infringed on Tian Yue's interests, will he agree?"

"I'm going to exchange Huaizhou for him, and I'm sure he'll be willing."

"Huaizhou?"

Wen You was stunned for a moment, he understood Guo Song's intentions, Huaizhou on the north bank of the Yellow River is now much less important to the Jin State, but it is very important to Tian Yue, no wonder the lord is so confident that he cut off half of Beizhou and Cangzhou.

"If this is the case, maybe Tian Yue will agree."

Wen You hesitated a little again, "It's just that in this way, the people of Huaizhou will have to suffer." ”

Guo Song said lightly: "Maybe I will suffer a little, but for the sake of the overall situation, I don't think there is anything unbearable to endure after a year or two of hardship, and I will compensate them in the future!" ”

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