Peace talks are a very interesting way to end wars.

Throughout the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, more than 99 percent of the wars ended in peace talks.

Even if you look at the world as a whole, of the tens of thousands of wars that have been waged for thousands of years, the peace truce has still reached the vast majority.

Generally speaking, there is only one way to achieve a truce without peace talks, and that is for one of the parties to be completely eliminated.

The location of the peace talks is also very particular, and the initiative in choosing the location of the peace talks is not in the hands of the inferior or losing side, but is designated by the superior side or the victorious side.

Of course, the underdog and the loser are different concepts, and the dominant side and the winning side are also different concepts.

For example, after the Battle of Changping in history, the defeated Zhao State, which had 450,000 Zhao troops wiped out, had to accept the harsh requirements of the victorious Qin State, so that King Zhao Xiaocheng himself ran to Xianyang in disgrace, apologized in front of Qin Wangji, and begged for mercy.

Now, although Zhao was already an out-and-out superior in the Battle of Changping, sometimes the superior side did not mean victory, so Zhao Dan could not summon Qin Wangji to Handan to listen to his reprimand—although Zhao Dan really wanted to do so.

It is precisely because the two sides have not won or lost at the moment that the venue for this peace talks was chosen as the demarcation line between the two sides.

Due to Zhao's superiority on the battlefield, the specific location of the peace talks was located on the east side of the Zhao side, not on the west side of the Qin side.

In addition, the level of people involved in peace talks is usually very particular, such as the current Qinghe meeting, in which the two kings personally take the lead in the peace talks, which is still extremely rare high-level peace talks, which shows that both sides attach great importance to this.

Now that both sides are in place, it is clear that peace talks should begin.

Since the two sides are still in a state of war at this moment, it is obviously impossible to expect to give the covenant while eating hot pot and singing songs, chatting and farting like the Michi meeting nineteen years ago.

As the current dominant party and host, Zhao Guo's side naturally wants to speak first.

So after getting Zhao Dan's eyes, Yu Xin stood up, first saluted Qin Wangji, and then saluted Zhao Dan, then turned his head to the people of Qin in front of him and began to speak.

"Since the Jin Dynasty, the Qin and Jin countries have been friends for many years, so there is the term 'Qin and Jin are good'. Zhao Chengjin's fortune has also been a friend of Qin for many years. It is a pity for the two countries to see each other now. ”

Yu Xin paused deliberately when he said this, observing the reactions of everyone present.

Among the people of the Qin State opposite Yu Xin, some people bowed their heads slightly, and some people sneered, but the two leaders of the Qin State, Qin Wangji and Fan Sui, were expressionless and couldn't see what they were thinking.

Yu Xin continued: "The battle of Changping is not the wish of my Zhao State, but it is actually the aggressiveness of the Qin State, first taking the Hexi of Wei State, and then taking Yiyang in South Korea. ”

"My king has a benevolent heart, and he can't bear to see the Shangdang army and people in dire straits, so he accepts Shangdang County and enters Zhao. Why? In fact, it is to save the army and the people of the party. However, it is unwise for the Qin army to raise an unrighteous army to attack Changping in the north, causing another war between the two countries. ”

When Yu Xin said this, he turned his head and glanced at Zhao Dan again, and then said: "Fortunately, my king is wise, the army is wise, and there is the help of Wei, Chu, Qi, and Han, so I got this great victory in Changping." ”

"Today, the Qin army is trapped in the land of Changping, and it is impossible to advance north, nor can it retreat south, it is really a desperate situation. The fall of the Qin army is just a thought of my king. If Changping and Qin are defeated, the Sanjin coalition army will break through the Hangu Valley and enter Xianyang, and it will not be overnight. ”

"However, the king of Wu has a benevolent heart, remembering that the two countries have been in diplomatic relations for many years, and he does not want to cause the lives of the Qin State to be ruined. Therefore, the Qin State only needs to withdraw from the Shangdang, and then cut Tao County and Wei, Hedong County and Zhao, and Yiyang and Han, then the sum of Qin and Zhao can be achieved. ”

Yu Xin's words were said for several minutes before he said them all.

After saying this, Yu Xin saluted Qin Wangji and Zhao Dan respectively, and then Shi Shiran returned to his seat.

The monarchs and ministers of the Qin State present listened to Yu Xin's words, and their faces suddenly became not very beautiful.

In Yu Xin's words, it can be said that he completely put on a posture, not only saying that Zhao was a savior-like existence, and then he said that Qin was an unrighteous army who only knew how to start a war and plunged the countries into war.

Of course, if that's all there is to it, then forget it, after all, on these diplomatic occasions, everyone is supposed to brag about themselves, and by the way, belittle their opponents, and this routine is known.

At the meeting of Michi that year, Qin Wangji and Lin Xiangru had already passed like this.

The crux of the real problem lies in the peace conditions that Yu Xin finally proposed.

Although it is only a short sentence, Yu Xin's peace conditions actually contain four.

First, the Qin army had to withdraw from Shangdang County.

This is tantamount to asking the people of Qin to give up their efforts in the past five years and surrender Shangdang County to Zhao State.

Secondly, Hedong County was ceded to Zhao State.

What is Hedong County? Hedong County was the base camp of the Jin Kingdom, where Anyi, the capital of the Wei Kingdom, and Pingyang, the capital of Korea, were located, and it was a fertile plain with a dense population, developed economy and abundant grain production.

For the Qin State, Hedong County was of great strategic importance in all aspects, and it was impossible to cede it at all.

Third, the Qin State was asked to cede Tao County to the Wei State.

For this, Qin State is obviously also very difficult to accept.

Although Qin Wangji did make up his mind to cede Taojun to Wei in exchange for Wei's troops, the problem is that Wei not only did not send troops to help Qin, but instead helped Zhao to stab Qin in the back.

Under such circumstances, the Qin State was of course unwilling to cede Tao County to the "traitor" of the Wei State again.

Although it is said that Wei Wuji, the commander of the Wei army, did not have the permission of Wei Wangyu, Wei Wuji's subordinates did indeed have 100,000 Wei troops, which is a fact that everyone must admit.

Fourth, Yiyang should be returned to South Korea.

Yiyang is also of great significance to the Qin State.

Although South Korea has always been the first in competition among the seven heroes in terms of national strength, there is one industry that South Korea is extremely developed, ranking in the top three among the seven heroes of the Warring States period, and even has the hope of competing for the first place.

This is the arms smelting industry in South Korea.

Yiyang City is the largest weapon smelting place in South Korea.

It was after the Qin State captured Yiyang City from Korea that a large number of Korean craftsmen were captured from Yiyang City for the Qin State, so that the weapon smelting technology of the Qin State advanced by leaps and bounds and ranked in the forefront of the Warring States.

Even now, Yiyang City is still an important eastward base and arsenal of the Qin State on the east side of the Cuihan Pass.

Of course, it is impossible for such a city to be returned to South Korea.

Therefore, in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State, Yu Xin's words were simply a lion's mouth.

In fact, even if these four conditions are put forward separately, whether the Qin State will accept them or not, let alone list the four together.

Qin Xiang Fan Sui, who had been sitting upright and silent, turned his head and glanced at his own king, Qin Wangji.

Then Fan Sui saw an almost undisguised anger on Qin Wangji's face.

Obviously, Qin Wangji was angered by Yu Xin's words.

Of course, Qin Wangji will be angry, you must know that almost all of the places mentioned by Yu Xin were fought by Qin Wangji through arduous wars during his reign.

Forty-eight years of hard work and the bloody struggle of countless old Qin people have won the efforts, and you Yu Xin want to take them all with one mouth?

If this is Xianyang Palace, then Yu Xin may have already fallen to the ground.

Qin Wangji, who was full of anger, glanced at Fan Sui, and the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

Fan Sui took a deep breath and slowly stood up.

Now that Zhao's words have ended, it is also time for Qin to fight back.