With Liu Chengyou's edict, the Han army stopped the attack on the Tang army as promised, so that the Tang army, which was struggling to support the garrison along the Yangtze River, finally took a breath.

On the Jinling side, Li Deming hurriedly brought back the book, probably knowing the weight of this letter and book, Li Deming entered the palace as soon as possible, and presented the Tang lord in person. Regarding this mourning three, Li Jing didn't seem to be too excited.

After all, the fourteen states of Jiangbei can all be contributed, and the others are nothing. It's just that Li Jing's side is extremely uncomfortable, and he said a little sadly: "The emperor is the emperor, is it the end of it?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Deming couldn't help but feel relieved: "There are no two days, if you want to be subordinate to the Han, how can you call it the same as the one, and the surrender is also a last resort." This is an extraordinary move, and when the peace agreement between the two countries is reached, the Han army retreats northward, and the external troubles are eliminated, His Majesty can still use the Son of Heaven Luanyi. ”

"Isn't that self-deception?" Li Jing laughed at himself.

Li Deming was a little embarrassed, and continued to flicker: "In ancient times, there was King Goujian, the king of Yue, who endured humiliation and burdens for 20 years, and was able to take revenge and destroy Wu. The ministers looked at the Han Emperor, young and vigorous, really good and happy, this victory, will inevitably be arrogant and irrepressible, sooner or later he will bring disaster upon himself and chaos his country. Your Majesty only needs to swallow shame and make every effort to govern the country, and there will be a day when the rivers and mountains will be restored! ”

"I can only do this, I hope that the first emperor can forgive me, an unfilial courtier!" Li Jing sighed.

After staring at the contents of the book and reviewing it again, Li Jing said again: "Is there too much money for the annual tribute, can you cut it some?" ”

Hearing this, Li Deming secretly said in his heart, if it is missing, how can the Northern Han Dynasty explain it. Without thinking, Li Deming replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, the greed of the Northern Han Dynasty is far beyond imagination, this is already a minister, and the amount that has just been talked about is based on reason!" ”

"Hey......" Li Jing sighed silently: "Let me think again!" ”

Seeing this, Li Deming only reminded in a whisper: "Your Majesty, when this proposal was originally drafted, the Han army has temporarily stopped attacking. If it drags on for too long, when the Han army is rested and recuperates, it will be even more difficult to stop. When the minister returned to the south, he happened to hear that the Han Emperor had ordered that all the Northern Han Sailors of Huaishui should be transferred south and wanted to enter the river......"

Hearing Li Deming say this, Li Jing's expression really changed.

After leaving the palace, Li Deming began to connect with the government and the opposition in Jinling, visiting his relatives, friends, colleagues, protégés, and various peace factions, hoping to unite and promote the conclusion of peace talks.

Li Deming is not stupid, knowing that this discussion will inevitably cause a turmoil in the Southern Tang Dynasty again, relying on him alone, it can be said that he is weak, and it is easy to be humiliated by Li Zhenggu and other puppets.

Not surprisingly, when the details of the peace treaty were spread, there was another violent turmoil. The Jinling government and the opposition, in response to this peace agreement, were basically divided into two factions, refuting, insulting, and attacking each other, making the Southern Tang Dynasty court into a miasma.

However, compared with before, what was dissented this time was the specific content of the peace treaty, and most people felt that the Northern Han Dynasty was too greedy. Even if Huainan fell and the river was divided, it was inevitable, and the ministers only lost face, but the benefits of the annual tribute were too heavy.

With the current situation of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Sun Bing lost his generals, and after losing the southern half of Huai, it would be an extremely heavy financial burden for the Southern Tang Dynasty to bear such a large amount of annual tribute.

However, in the midst of this turmoil, Li Jing completely strengthened his heart for peace. Just on some details, he sent Li Deming to cross the river and meet the Han Emperor to make some additions.

In this regard, Liu Chengyou's side has nothing to do, and it is necessary to negotiate well.

The Southern Tang Dynasty proposed that the captured Tang soldiers and civilians hoped that the Han army would be able to return them. In this regard, how could Liu Chengyou easily agree, before and after, in Huainan Prefecture, there were nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians captured by the Han army, which is 100,000 young and strong. The importance of the population, how can Liu Chengyou not know, especially the young and strong who can go to the battlefield, it is a valuable asset.

After some comprehensive consideration, Liu Chengyou agreed to release the captives from Jiangnan, but among the captives, there were thousands of Tang army generals who had surrendered to the Han Dynasty and had been compiled in the Han army's combat sequence, and the parents and wives of those soldiers had to be sent to Huainan by the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Li Jing learned that there was no need to stop it, so he agreed. He also proposed to Liu Chengyou that he should ask Yi Huai for 200,000 stones of salt per year, you must know that the salt supply in the Southern Tang Dynasty basically came from Huainan. In this regard, Liu Chengyou has no intention of setting up obstacles, as long as he can get the equivalent money and goods to trade.

Subsequently, the two sides agreed on the number of troops to be stationed along the river after the war, and these can be discussed.

In this way, the two sides exchanged back and forth for nearly five days, and finally reached a peace treaty.

On February 12 of the fifth year of the Northern Han Dynasty, Li Jing, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, led the harem, the clan and the ministers of the ministers to accuse the Zongmiao, crying tears and suing the "Han and Tang Peace Treaty".

Subsequently, with the chief minister Feng Yansi and others crossing to the north, the final peace agreement was presented to the Han Emperor, and with Liu Chengyou's approval, the agreement between the two sides was officially concluded. That night, Liu Chengyou set up a royal banquet to entertain Feng Yansi and Tang Chen.

During the banquet, for Feng Yansi, Liu Chengyou can be said to look at it differently and have a kind attitude. Generally speaking, Feng Yansi played a big role in the Northern Han Dynasty's expedition to Huai, and he was a "hero".

It's just that under the strange and playful gaze of Emperor Han, Feng Yansi was quite uncomfortable and responded. Eating good wine is like drinking bitter water, and his face is heavy, and he is sad.

Feng Yansi was in the Southern Tang Dynasty court, more like a traitor in power, but not like Li Deming, who had the heart of betraying the country. Although they also agreed to the peace agreement, when the Southern Tang Dynasty really signed such a peace treaty that brought disaster to the country and the people, and was extremely humiliating, it still couldn't help but mourn.

After the news reached Jinling, there was a lot of mourning between the government and the opposition. No matter what attitude he had before, when the peace agreement was reached, there was more or less sadness and humiliation in his heart.

As for Li Jing, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, he fell ill directly, and he was almost unable to serve as a director, so he once again supervised the country with the emperor's younger brother Li Jingsui, and let the civil and military assistants carry out the aftermath of the peace meeting with the Northern Han Dynasty.

In Hezhou, on the other side of the river, Liangshan Military Village, in a bleak spring breeze, the flags of "Tang" and "Lin" fluttered. Around the military village, there are still many traces of offensive and defensive wars.

In the village, more than 3,000 Tang soldiers packed up their food and military armor, and in a solemn atmosphere, boarded the ship and prepared to withdraw to Dangtu on the south bank.

Outside the village, more than 2,000 Han troops were stationed in this village and received the defense of the village in an orderly manner. Zhang Yongde came in person, just because of this village, it was the enemy of the Tang general Lin Renzhao. Zhang Yongde is still very interested in this Southern Tang Dynasty general who has added a defeat to his resume.

Ascending the walled tower, looking at the Tang army heading towards the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Yongde couldn't help but sigh: "That Lin Renzhao is also a general, this Liangshan Cottage has been built so firmly by it, our army has been attacking for three days, and it can't go down, which shows its ability." It's a pity, there is a talent, not the time, if you don't meet its master, you can not be defeated! ”

On the Tang Army warship that was gradually moving away, Lin Renzhao stood on the port side, also overlooking Liangshanzhai from afar, during which the figures were one after another, looking at the Han flag erected high and fluttering in the wind, Lin Renzhao laughed a few times.

In the laughter, there was an obvious mockery: "The soldiers are defending in blood, the enemy can't go down, and the imperial court will give up the river defense with an edict......"

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, dozens of large and small cities and fortresses, the Tang army withdrew and retreated to the south bank, completely abandoning Jiangbei and handing it over to the Han army. Then, except for a few walled cities, most of the northern imperial walls were destroyed.

Of course, the attitude of most of the Tang Army is still relatively lucky. Among the Tang troops stationed along the coast, during this period of time, they were basically frightened by the Han army, and it was good to end the war so "decently" and retreat to the south of the Yangtze River.

It is not impossible to be as indignant as Lin Renzhao, but among the Tang Army, there are only a minority. It can be said that in less than half a year of attack and defense, the Northern Han army has broken the backbone of the Southern Tang army.