In any case, the Liao State basically reached a broad consensus, and dealing with the Jurchens became the top priority. Yelu Zongyuan deliberately made the appearance of gathering troops on the border of the Great Zhou, which was to give the Great Zhou a false impression that he was going to attack them with all his might, and forced them to come to peace. And the Great Zhou court also cooperated with the envoys sent to negotiate peace.

After that, of course, there was a lot of bargaining. According to Han Desui's thoughts, it is natural that he must get some real benefits no matter what, and he must cut one or two border towns and cities in Dazhou before he can stop. But Yelu Zongyuan and Han Yanshou both felt that they could not be forced to have no way out, and they could not make Da Zhou feel that the conditions of the peace negotiation were unacceptable. If it is a land cution, then it will be difficult for Guo Xu to explain to his subjects, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve the goal and backfire. In this case, Han Desui could only give up this idea.

However, Han Desui still carried private goods in the peace negotiation, which was the invisible clause that asked Da Zhou to kill Yang Jun. In fact, this is even more difficult than asking the other party to cut the land. When Han Desui proposed to add this clause, no one thought that Da Zhou would accept such a clause, because everyone knew the importance of Yang Junzhi to Da Zhou. But Han De swore and told Yelu Zongyuan that the other party would definitely accept this article. The specific reason, Han Desui did not explain. He just told Yelu Zongyuan to trust his judgment, and if he could take this opportunity to get rid of Yang Jun, in the future. When attacking the Great Zhou, it will get twice the result with half the effort. Yang Jun alone can reach 100,000 male soldiers, and he is also the most prestigious figure in the Great Zhou army, and he is the backbone of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses.

Although Yelu Zongyuan was worried that this condition would lead to the collapse of the peace talks, Han Desui swore that he would insist on it, and Yelu Zongyuan could not completely ignore Han Desui's opinion. After all, if it can really succeed, it will be extremely beneficial to Da Liao's attack on Da Zhou in the future. However, Yelu Zongyuan also told Han Desui that everything should be based on the conclusion of peace, and if the other party reacted violently, this article could be nullified.

What Yelu Zongyuan, Han Yanshou and others didn't expect was that the Great Zhou Imperial Court actually agreed to the invisible terms. When the news of Yang Jun's killing came, and Yang Jun's head was sent to Yelu Zongyuan and others by the envoys of the Great Zhou, Yelu Zongyuan couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, and his mood was extremely happy. Han Yanshou only said one sentence: "The Great Zhou Qi is exhausted." ”

Han Desui received a strong compliment from Yelu Zongyuan, but Han Desui was not very happy, because his plan to propose to attack the Great Zhou first was not received by everyone, so he was very unhappy. Therefore, when Yelu Zongyuan asked him to command the army to exterminate the Jurchen soldiers and horses, Han De chose to refuse. With this attitude, he expressed his disapproval of the plan to attack the Jurchens. Yelu Zongyuan and the others can't help it, Han Desui's temper is stubborn, if he refuses, he refuses, no matter how much he is persuaded he will not agree, this is his stubbornness. Fortunately, Yelu Zongyuan did not have to ask Han Desui to lead the army, he had actually decided to personally command the army to exterminate the Jurchens. It can be regarded as earning some prestige and capital for himself.

In just half a month, Yelu Zongyuan gathered almost all the soldiers and horses he could muster. Among them were 300,000 infantry from the Great Liao Horse and 180,000 cavalry from the tribal alliance. All the soldiers and horses gathered under the city of Dadingfu in Zhongjing, and were ready to march east to recover Tokyo Road and strangle the Jurchen army. A large amount of money and silver from the Great Zhou is being sent in a steady stream, which is enough to cover the expenses of this huge army. This time, Yelu Zongyuan knew that he must completely exterminate the Jurchen soldiers and horses and completely quell the Jurchen rebellion. If this time it doesn't succeed, I'm afraid it will never be able to exterminate the Jurchens.

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Zhuozhou City, a large surrounding town, after regaining Zhuozhou City from the hands of the Great Zhou people, was once full of soldiers and horses. The tribal cavalry was briefly assembled here, plus the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses in Han Desui's hands. All this, of course, is to put pressure on Da Zhou and build momentum for the peace talks.

However, after a brief period of bustle, it became quiet again. The tribal cavalry had all been mobilized and went to Nakakyo Province to assemble. Although the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Han Desui's hands were not transferred, on the contrary, Yelu Zongyuan also transferred 30,000 infantry from Zhongjing Province at the request of Han Desui to supplement the vacancies in Han Desui's troops that were lost due to the war. But at this moment, most of the soldiers and horses followed Han Desui back to Xijin Mansion to garrison. There are only more than 20,000 horse infantry stationed here in this Zhuozhou city at the moment.

Han De then withdrew to Xijin Mansion and let his youngest son Han Zongze lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Zhuozhou. The reason why this is so is because Han Desui knows that under the current situation, Da Zhou will no longer have any threatening actions against Zhuozhou, and he no longer needs to lead all his troops and horses to be stationed in the crowded city of Zhuozhou, leaving 20,000 soldiers and horses is enough. The Xijin Mansion has been seriously damaged because of the last war, it is his old nest of Han Desui, and he must complete the repair of the city walls and gates as soon as possible to restore order. In addition, the convoy of food and supplies used by the Great Zhou to offset the indemnity was passing through Xijin Province day and night, and he wanted to intercept some of it to rebuild Xijin Province. And no one dared to do it except him.

The autumn night is slightly cool, and after the second watch, the black lights in the entire Zhuozhou city are dark. At this moment, there was still a candle flame in the dilapidated city lord's mansion in Zhuozhou City, and the guard Han Zongze was leaning on the soft couch, holding a wine cup in his hand and looking at the jumping candle flame in a daze.

This Han Zongze has been familiar with military books since he was a child, is well-read and memorized, and is Han Desui's favorite son. Every time he debates with others, Han Zongze is a lotus flower with a lotus tongue and a head is the Tao, all kinds of military books are ripe, and there seem to be thousands of hills and ravines in his chest. He was staying in his hometown in Linhuang Mansion, but after the battle of Xijin Mansion this time, he specially rushed to his father's command, hoping to officially go out of the mountain and make contributions. Han Desui also does not avoid relatives, and he also has great expectations for this little son, and decided to give him the opportunity to train. So he asked Han Zongze to lead his troops to be stationed in Zhuozhou.

Of course, this is also because there was no war in the surrounding towns for a while, and there was no danger in Zhuozhou City except for repairing the city walls. So Han De deliberately let his son be stationed here, giving him the opportunity to be the lord of the city, and laying the foundation for his ascension.

But Han Zongze was very unhappy about the errand of garrisoning Zhuozhou City, he actually hoped that he could go to the east to make contributions to the battlefield with the Jurchens. But his father was very stubborn, and he refused to accept the emperor's invitation to command the soldiers and horses to fight against the Jurchens, so he naturally had to stay here with his father. There is no battle to fight here, and it is facing the ruined city of Zhuozhou, and there is really no fun except for urging the soldiers and people to rebuild the city every day. You can only use alcohol to send your troubles, and when you get drunk, you can think about nothing.

Han Zongze looked at the candle flame with his wine glass, thinking to himself: The front line of Tokyo Province must be in full swing. It's a pity that I can only drink under the lonely lamp here, which is really annoying. He drained the wine from the wine cup in one gulp, reached for the wine jug on the table and poured it, only to find that the wine jug was empty. Han Zongze scolded dissatisfiedly, this was the third pot of wine he had drunk tonight. It's really not interesting to have such a long night and the wine to dry up so easily.

Han Zongze thought about it, and finally resisted the urge to ask someone to take the wine and continue to drink. He still has the most basic self-discipline, and he doesn't want to let himself drink a pile of mud in the city. In fact, three pots of wine are already his limit, and he is already drunk at the moment. If you drink it any more, you will be drunk.

"Let's stop here tonight." Thinking so, Han Zongze struggled to get up and staggered towards the inner house. Suddenly, he stopped and pricked up his ears, for he seemed to hear a faint noise around him, and if he listened closely, it seemed to be a shout of killing.

"Someone...... What's going on? What's going on out there? Han Zongze shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of armor grinding and blades clashing, as well as the sound of hurried footsteps and a piercing scream like a pig.

"Is General Han asleep? Did General Han sleep? Tell him to get up, it's not good. ”

Han Zongze's face changed drastically, and he was half sober. He walked to the door, but saw the figure in the cloister swaying, and in a moment several generals appeared in front of him with pale faces and panting.

"What's going on? What's going on out there? Han Zongze frowned and asked.

"General Han, the big thing is not good, the enemy has attacked the city. Put on your armor and escort you out. Several generals shouted hurriedly.

"What? Enemy? Where did the enemy come from? What are you talking about? Han Zongze's wine woke up most of the time. Screamed and asked.

"We don't know. In the blink of an eye, the enemy entered the city. It is overwhelming, and I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of people. Our people are very tired during the day, and we all sleep deeply. For some reason, the night sentry did not warn. All of a sudden, they rushed in. One of the generals replied quickly, his voice still shaking.

"Bastard, you don't even know that the enemy has come into the city, what are you eating? Who can have so many soldiers here? I'm afraid there are only soldiers and horses in the Great Zhou. It's a good week, and once again played our big Liao, saying that it was a peace agreement, but in fact, it was a cover-up. Daddy had already said that the people of the Great Zhou were not to be trusted, they just wouldn't listen to ......," Han Zongze said angrily.

"Yes, yes, General Han, now is not the time to talk about this, get dressed and get on your horse, and escort you from the north gate. Evacuate immediately. Several generals said anxiously.

"Nonsense, how can you escape? If they attack the city, we will defend it. Are you trying me to escape? Our army of 20,000 is vegetarian? Give me orders at once, and no one shall escape. Whoever takes a step back will be dealt with by military law. You guys, kill me now. Han Zongze's wine was all sober, and he shouted loudly while going to get the armor on the weapon rack to wear.

"General Han, they have already entered the city, and there are many more troops than us. Many of our soldiers and horses have been killed and wounded. The enemy is outnumbered, and it is better to evacuate. This Zhuozhou city can't be defended. One of the generals shouted.

"Bastard, what's that? My father told me to stay here, but he didn't teach me to escape. Flee when you encounter an enemy? Doesn't this ruin the image of my Daliao male soldiers, and let people know that I still have the face to see people? Don't say much, come with me. You are not allowed to do this unless you don't want to live. ”

Han Zongze scolded righteously, raised his blade, put on his armor and walked out quickly. Several lieutenants looked at each other, and finally sighed helplessly, chasing Han Zongze away.