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When Pei Lin heard that there was a play, he said with joy: "The meaning of the King of Qin is to sign a one-year truce agreement, and neither Tang nor Zhou is allowed to attack the other. At the same time, it was returned to the opponent's personnel captured in the Battle of Hedong. The border between Tang and Zhou is based on the current Line of Actual Control between the two sides...... In addition......"

Yu Ming's brows were furrowed at this time, and his face was expressionless, so that Pei Lin couldn't tell whether he was in favor or against. After a while, he said: "Mr. Pei, the matter of signing a truce agreement is very important, and this king alone cannot be the master, so he must discuss it with everyone." ”

After that, he shouted loudly outside the tent: "Someone! ”

Zhang Zhongjian, who was already waiting outside the tent, hurriedly rushed into the big tent and said, "What does King Zhou command?" ”

"Uncle Shi, please take Mr. Pei down, treat him well, don't slack off!" Yuming is colorful.

When Zhang Zhongjian took Pei Lin away, the generals on the side, who had long been unable to restrain themselves, began to discuss with each other.

"Peace? Why? Didn't we just defeat the Tang Army? ”

"Yes! King Zhou, now that we have won a big victory, it is time to take advantage of the victory to pursue! ”

"That's it! It was not easy to occupy most of Hedong, and now that it is about to be taken all, how can it be retreated? ”

The generals immediately began to talk about it.

Yuming raised a hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet.

The generals were immediately silent. After several years of fighting, Yuming has established absolute prestige in the Zhou army.

"Actually, I don't want to withdraw my troops either. But there is no way around it. Not long after we entered Xia County, Sister Red Sleeves sent a secret letter, saying that Li Mi had completed the purge and integration and began to attack Wang Shichong. And Wang Shichong's first battle was unfavorable, and he lost several important places in a row. In desperation, Wang Shichong thought of asking me for help. Yu Ming said helplessly.

"Wang Shichong, the former secretary of the military department?" Qin Qiong was stunned for a moment, and then said with some doubts: "What does it matter to us whether he lives or dies?" Does His Highness have any friendship with him? ”

"He doesn't have any friendship with me!" Yu Ming sighed and said: "But if I don't save him and sit back and watch him be destroyed by Li Mi, then Li Mike will sit on the entire territory of Henan, as well as the territory around Huanghuai, and become the strongest prince in the world." This person is originally cunning and resourceful, and after the Eight Pillars Kingdom, the identity of the Long nobles, after obtaining the eastern capital Luoyang, will definitely attract many talents to defect, and it will be difficult for our Great Zhou to expand its power again......"

And Li Yuan also had the same consideration. His best general is Li Shimin. If he keeps putting Li Shimin in Hedong to fight with me, he will always maintain a stalemate of undefeated and undefeated and lose the opportunity for further development. And if he pulls Li Shimin back to Guanzhong, he will sign a truce agreement with me at the same time. He can free up his hands to occupy the land of Bashu and Jingxiang, laying the foundation for him to dominate the world in the future! ”

Yu Ming Zhengrong said: "If I am not mistaken, it must have been Li Yuan who gave Li Shimin instructions, and Li Shimin dared to propose to sign a truce agreement, otherwise how could he have such courage to not even recapture the original place where Li Tang started, so he truce with me when the army is superior." ”

Only then did everyone react, it turned out that Li Yuan was also eager to expand his power, so he was willing to be wronged in Hedong.

"King Zhou, then we will negotiate with Li Shimin?" Cheng Yanjin asked at this time.

"Yes! However, negotiation is a matter of skill, and we can't make the other side feel it, so we are in a hurry to reach an agreement. So that we can achieve more in the negotiations! Yu Ming said eloquently: "So, when I was talking to Pei Lin just now, I deliberately put on a posture of not wanting to stop war with Li Tang to hang his appetite!" ”

Qin Qiong, Song Jingang, Luo Shixin and others reacted, secretly thinking that King Zhou was really thoughtful.

"Brother Wuji, the negotiation will be handed over to you and Song Jingang!" Yu Ming glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji at this time and said, "When the time comes, you can sing with General Song with a red face and a white face." When the negotiations reach an impasse, you can pretend that you can't call the shots, ask me for advice, and then put pressure on them in my name to force them to make concessions! ”

The shrewdness and ability of the eldest grandson Wuji, as well as Song Jingang's hatred for Li Tang, made him completely relieved. If these two people cooperate and sing and harmonize, they will definitely be difficult negotiators for Li Shimin's team to deal with.

"Okay! The two of us must do this for King Zhou! Strive to achieve results in negotiations! Eldest Sun Wuji and Song Jingang said in unison.

"Hmmm! After a while, we will discuss the bottom line of the negotiation, and then we can inform Pei Lin that the negotiation will be held on a later date! Yu Ming said.

The eldest grandson Wuji and Song Jingang naturally agreed in succession, and after Yuming discussed with them to determine the bottom line and details of the negotiation, Fang called Pei Lin to the big tent and informed him: After discussion, Da Zhou agreed to hold truce negotiations with Li Tang.

Pei was overjoyed, and even said that he had been authorized by Li Shimin to immediately determine the time when the negotiations would begin. He suggested that it would be better to choose a day than to collide with a day, and suggested that negotiations should be held the next day.

However, Yuming said that the negotiations should be cautious and should not be held in a hurry, and he suggested that they should be started at a later date.

Pei Lin had no choice but to reluctantly agree to Yuming's request.

A few days later, the Tang and Zhou armies finally decided to set up several extra-large tents in an open space between the camps of the two armies, and the negotiations were held in the tents.

The negotiators of the Tang army were Pei Lin and Duan Zhixuan, and the negotiators of the Zhou army were Changsun Wuji and Song Jingang. Li Shimin and Yu Ming did not participate, but began to mobilize troops and hold drills in their own camps, intending to exert mental pressure on the other side's negotiators.

In the negotiations, the border is well demarcated, that is, the line of actual control of the two sides is the boundary, so that no one suffers. Both sides agreed that during the truce, no military personnel would be allowed to cross the border without the consent of the other side.

However, on the issue of the exchange of prisoners of war, the two sides are very different. The Tang army hoped to release prisoners of war from both sides as a sign of friendship.

However, among the Tang army personnel captured by the Zhou army, there were important figures such as Li Xiaogong and Hou Junji. However, the Zhou army personnel captured by the Tang Army were almost all middle- and low-level officers and small soldiers, which were insignificant. Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji insisted that Tang Jun must pay a large amount of ransom in exchange for Li Xiaogong and others.

But Li Shimin didn't want to pay the money, because it was completely out of his plan. Moreover, he was already a little angry at Li Xiaogong's greed and recklessness, and these grievances were naturally manifested in the instructions to the Tang Army negotiators.

Pei Lin and Duan Zhixuan argued with the eldest grandson Wuji and Song Jingang for a long time over the ransom, which led to an impasse in the negotiations.

Later, an old subordinate of Li Xiaogong secretly sent someone back to Chang'an to inform Li Xiaogong's wife of the incident.

After Li Xiaogong's wife learned that her husband had been captured, but Li Shimin insisted on not giving in to the ransom, she went to Li Yuan's palace to cry and make a fuss, making everyone in the palace of Chaozhong known.

Although Li Yuan was also a little dissatisfied with Li Xiaogong, in this case, he couldn't give up Li Xiaogong just because he had a few less money, which would chill the soldiers. What's more, Li Xiaogong is still his own brother, and he can't give up. So, he had to send someone to the front line, inform Li Shimin, and immediately agree to Yuming's ransom demand.

Li Shimin saw that it was his father's order, and although he was reluctant, he had no choice but to agree. Thus, the biggest difficulty in the negotiations was resolved.

On the 10th day of the 10th month of the 10th year of the Great Cause, on the last day of the year of the Sui Dynasty, the Tang and Zhou sides reached the "Xia County Truce Agreement" in Xia County

The main contents of the agreement are as follows:

1. From now on, the Tang and Zhou sides shall cease all wars and hostilities.

2. Take the Line of Actual Control of both sides as the temporary boundary between the Tang and Zhou sides. No military personnel may enter the territory of the other side without the permission of the other side.

3. The two sides shall not set up obstacles for the other party's businessmen to do business or live in the local area.

4. Within one month, both Tang and Zhou sides need to release each other's prisoners.

5. If, during the term of the agreement, one of the two parties is at war with the third side, the other side shall not provide military assistance and support to the third side.

6. The treaty shall be valid for two years and shall enter into force from the date of signing.

Before the treaty was signed, the Tang Dynasty redeemed Li Xiaogong and Hou Junji with 5,000 taels of gold, so as to avoid the shame of paying the ransom and write it into the treaty. The rest of the captives on both sides had no objection and agreed to be released in full.

The final clause of the truce was the declaration that it would be valid for two years. Because both sides know that after two years, the situation in the world does not know how much has changed, and it is very likely that the two sides will face a big battle. Therefore, even if the time is extended for a few more years, there is a high probability that it will not be complied with at that time.

After the treaty was signed, the armies of both sides began to withdraw one after another. Yu Ming ordered Lin Mo to lead 10,000 troops to garrison Yuan, and stationed soldiers ranging from a few to thousands in the counties in the central and northern counties of Hedong as county soldiers. And now he deeply feels the lack of talent.

It is better to say that the generals of the army can use the old to lead the new, and find good seedlings among the grassroots officers and promote and train them. At the same time, a military academy was also opened to allow officers to enter Xi, which could basically prevent mediocrity from being appointed to senior officers.

But it will be difficult for local officials to do so. The newly laid land of Shandong, Hedong and Hebei. Most of the original officials were killed or fled, and even if they didn't flee, Yuming might not dare to use them. But he can govern the local area and manage his own territory, but he lacks a large number of capable and honest officials, which makes it difficult for him.

Although on the way back to Beiping, the eldest grandson Wuji proposed that some virtuous people could be selected from among the younger brothers of the Shandong Shi clan to serve as local officials, but Yuming did not want to do so.

Because in this way, it means that he will bow his head to the gate valve family again, and he will be restrained by the gate valve nobles like Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty. It's just that the gate valve that restricts him has been changed from the Guanlong nobles to the Shandong scholars.

"It seems that we have to slowly cultivate some talents who are loyal to the Great Zhou and have the ability to govern the local area!" Yu Ming couldn't help but muttered to himself.

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