Chapter 457: Decision
The entire Cool Breeze Hall fell into silence, except for Xiao Yao who looked around proudly, so the people of Qi were thinking about Xiao Yao's words!
Although Xiao Yao said it very shamelessly and bluntly, he was indeed right, the actual situation now is that the State of Qi will not be able to stop the Northern Expedition of the State of Chen with Xiao Yao as the main force at all, and if it continues to fight, the State of Qi will only suffer greater losses!
And Xiao Yao also said very reasonably, now that he has been appointed by Emperor Chen as the assassin of Xuzhou, for a period of time, no matter how much he makes greater contributions, the Chen court will not have a greater reward for him, since this is the case, it is reasonable that he does not want to continue to fight with Qi State!
And this peace treaty can make Xiao Yao promise that within two years, even if there is an order from the emperor of Chen, he will not take the initiative to attack Qi, then Qi will have two years of respite, today I don't know what tomorrow will be, who knows what the situation of Zhou, Chen and Qi will develop in two years, maybe Chen will suddenly have civil strife, and Zhou will seize power again, so Qi can continue to sit back and relax, and there is no need to worry about being attacked by Chen and Zhou, which will lead to the destruction of the country?
The current situation in Qi is indeed just as Xiao Yao said, we should first consider getting through this difficulty!
"Shiro, if we sign this armistice peace treaty with you, you really won't lead your forward brigade to fight us? Even if your majesty forcibly ordered you to attack us, would you dare to disobey the order? Gao Wei said a little excitedly.
"Of course! It's like I'm not deciding to come to Yecheng to negotiate a truce with you now? So as long as we sign this peace agreement, even if it doesn't have the seal of our Dachen Yuxi on it, I will definitely abide by it, because after all, it is my Xiao Yao's name! Xiao Yao nodded and said in certainty.
"You dare to resist the emperor's decree? Aren't you afraid of killing your head? One minister questioned.
"Haha, our majesty is reluctant to kill me!" Xiao Yao laughed and said: "And I have also sent a secret letter to our Majesty, explaining the specific situation to Your Majesty now, I believe you and I all know that when the three points are divided today, just like the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu back then, the three kingdoms of Chen Zhouqi must restrain each other and balance each other!" At that time, Liu Bei of Shu took the initiative to attack Wu because he did not abide by the strategy of joining Wu to resist Wei, but in the Battle of Yiling, he was burned by Lu Xun of Wu State, which led to the defeat of the Shu army, and as a result, the situation of mutual balance between the three kingdoms was broken, so Wei became the final big winner of the Three Kingdoms! ”
"Taking history as a lesson to learn from the rise and fall, isn't this exactly the situation in our three countries now? If our Chen State beats your Qi State too badly now, and as a result, the Zhou State takes advantage of the situation and takes the opportunity to destroy your Qi State, then with the current national strength of our Chen State, we will not be able to resist the attack of the Zhou State, so if your Qi State is destroyed, our Chen State will not live long! So as long as we sign this peace treaty this time, I believe that our majesty also understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, and will not force me to attack the Qi country, at least in the next two years, I Xiao Yao will definitely not attack you, even Qingzhou next to Xuzhou, I will not covet it! Xiao Yao smiled proudly.
"So everyone has a truce, in this peaceful two-year period, everyone will recuperate and see who can quickly develop their strength, and you Daqi have so many loyal and patriotic, talented ministers, maybe in the end, it will be your Daqi who will stand out, and then destroy the Zhou State and Chen State in one fell swoop, unify the world, and let Your Majesty become the first emperor of the ages, it is also possible!" Xiao Yao said respectfully to Gao Wei.
Sure enough, Gao Wei and a group of lords and factions all nodded their heads and agreed with Xiao Yao's statement, which made the ministers of the main battle feel bad, and hurriedly jumped out and asked sharply: "Hmph, you are saying it nicely now, but we heard that when you entered the border of our Qi country, your forward brigade showed off its might on the territory of our Great Qi and blew up all the wooden barriers and railings we arranged on the border with artillery!" Moreover, he also sent an army of tens of thousands of people to be stationed on the border of Qingzhou, making a posture that Qingzhou could be attacked at any time! This is clearly a provocation! This is not quite the same as what General Xiao just said, what is General Xiao's explanation for this? ”
"That's for sure, because we haven't signed a peace treaty yet! You must know that what I just said is based on the premise that I, Xiao Yao, and your Qi Kingdom have successfully signed this peace treaty! But if we can't sign the peace treaty, or if something happens to me in Yecheng, hehe, that's a different story! After all, just like when I just entered the city, I actually encountered someone who blocked and assassinated me in broad daylight! Xiao Yao said arrogantly with empty eyes.
"Then according to what you mean, if General Xiao suddenly encounters an accident in our Yecheng, even if you suddenly become seriously ill and cannot be treated, and unfortunately die, you Chen Guo will put this charge on our Daqi's head! Ignoring whether it was the killer or God killing you, and ignoring what kind of cold lips and teeth would make Zhou Guo pick up a big bargain for nothing, and launch an attack on our Qi State regardless of everything? The Chancellor asked with further confirmation.
"Yes! Who is your majesty who invited me to Yecheng! When I left Xuzhou, I told the soldiers of my forward brigade that if I was met with an accident in Yecheng, then they would launch a crazy attack on your Qi country desperately, and everywhere I went, every city was implemented the three-light policy of killing, burning, and robbing everything, including here in Yecheng! I, Xiao Yao, came from a humble background and had a bad life, so there is nothing sorry for me to die, but when I think of so many noble Qi people like everyone here, I feel very honored to be buried with me! Xiao Yao nodded shamelessly and said domineeringly.
"Today is the big day when General Xiao personally came to our Yecheng and had armistice and peace talks with us, so we won't say these unfortunate words, and our Majesty also hopes to sign a peace treaty with General Xiao, everyone is so sincere, I believe that our two countries will successfully sign a peace treaty and achieve a truce!" Moreover, His Majesty has also decided to let General Xiao live in the palace temporarily, but there are heavy guards here, and General Xiao will definitely be very safe! The last general also assured His Majesty and General Xiao that he would never let the kind of thing that happened on Qinglong Street just now happen again! Han Changluan immediately stood up and said.
"In that case, then Shiro would like to thank His Majesty for such a loving kindness to Shiro!" Xiao Yao is also very familiar with current affairs, and immediately saluted Gao Wei and thanked him.
"Haha, Shiro wasted such a tongue just now, and talked so much to these ministers, Shiro must be tired! In addition, you have just arrived in Yecheng, Kurama is tired, I want to take care of Shiro and wash the dust for you! Gao Wei also happily stepped down the step given by Xiao Yao.
"As for you, for the sake of the Qi Kingdom, I won't pursue your rudeness to Shiro just now! However, I tell you that I have decided to hold an armistice and peace talks with Shiro, regardless of whether the emperor of Chen will recognize this peace treaty or not, anyway, I believe that Shiro is a righteous man who promises a lot of money, and after signing the peace treaty, Shiro will not fight with us again! Gao Wei finally made a decision and said.
"So you don't have to argue about this matter, now it's up to me to prepare for how to negotiate an armistice with Shiro. One more thing, if you annoy me, be careful that I will behead you all over the place! Gao Wei said fiercely to the ministers, especially Gao Changgong, with a fierce look in his eyes.