Everyone greeted outside the camp for a while, Di Yi said that Yan Kui had rushed all the way, and his body was tired, so don't let everyone disperse, wait until tomorrow to raise the account, and then talk about business.

The generals were noncommittal, and dispersed according to their words, and Yan Kui brought his soldiers and horses to the camp, and Di Yi sent people to lead the camp.

That night, Di Yi set up a reception banquet in the handsome tent to catch the wind for Yan Kui, and the guests were either heavy generals in the army, or Di Yi's henchmen and the people in the camp who took the shot.

In the middle of the banquet, King Shun also sent someone to add a few dishes, all of which were made by the chef of the palace, and King Zhong also sent the altar wine, but the generals in the army forbade alcohol and could not open the altar to drink.

In the middle of the night, after the banquet, all the generals left the table one after another, but Yan Kui was left alone by Di Yi, and it seemed that he had something to discuss.

Handsome tent

Di Yi sat on the main seat and asked Yan Kui to bring tea, Yan Kui held the teacup with both hands, and as soon as he opened the lid of the cup, he smelled the fragrance of tea, and sighed before he could enter it.

"Good tea."

Di Yi smiled, and he also held a cup of tea, and said: "I don't have any hobbies in my life, but I just like a tea word, Your Majesty knows my thoughts, and I specially gave the imperial tea, I was reluctant to drink it in the past, but when I saw you today, I let people make a pot." ”

"Obediently, that's the case, the last general took advantage of Di Shuai today."

Yan Kui looked surprised, held the teacup and tasted it carefully, then shook his head and said: "If it is really a royal product, it seems that a rough person like the last general can also taste the taste of this tea." ”

……………

Di Yi shook his head and laughed when he saw him making a mistake, and stopped talking to Yan Kui, and went straight to the point.

"Do you know why Ben Shuai called you over?"

Yan Kui nodded and said, "The messenger said before that the marshal wants to fight Xiechun County, and the special general will come to assist. ”

Di Yi nodded slightly: "This is one thing, and there is another thing that others are not easy to explain, so I transferred you to tell me in person." ”

Yan Kui was curious and asked, "What else is going on?" ”

"Ugh."

Di Yi sighed, paused and said, "Beiling's battle is eighty percent unbeatable, Xiechun, it is likely to be the last battle between us and the Zhou army." ”

"Why is that?"

Yan Kui frowned, very puzzled: "Jun County, Xiechun take, the north of the lake city is a lonely city, as long as our army surrounds the Zhou army, resist its desperate fight, and wait for its food to run out, it can be a success."

If this battle is won, our country will abolish most of the troops of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the border will be peaceful for ten years. ”

"What you said, I don't know how Ben Shuai doesn't know, the court can't hold on."

Di Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "In this national war, my Great Jin first lost and then won, although I won the national fortune, but during the period, countless troops, grain, grass, gold and silver, and equipment were consumed, and the treasury was empty two months ago.

Now the military salaries, grain and grass we use are all subsidized by His Majesty with his own treasury silver, in addition, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have also shed a lot of blood, it can be said that this battle has knocked out half of the capital.

Now there is an accident in the south, although the court is tough, but I don't know how many times it has been noisy in private, and now the Western Zhou Dynasty has proposed to sue for peace, although His Majesty has not yet made a decision, but the news from the capital is not a few. ”

………

"The brothers fought so hard to fight, how many people died before and after, and now because they can't bear the word money and food, they let the tiger go back to the mountain in vain?"

Yan Kui was very angry at the decision of the imperial court, how could he be worthy of the soldiers who fought bloody battles on the front line if he was so short-sighted.

Di Yi was also very helpless, and sighed: "The meaning of the imperial court is to seek stability, to regain the lost land, the Zhou army is trapped, and the face lost in the front is to be recovered, and the rest is to benefit from it."

The hundreds of thousands of remnants of Beiling City were defeated, not that they could be beaten down, and if they couldn't eat the meat, they would have to break two teeth, rather than fighting to the death with this group of trapped beasts, it was better to take this opportunity to negotiate peace with the Western Zhou Dynasty, and ask for more money and food to replenish their vitality.

Not to mention, the pensions of so many soldiers and the rewards of meritorious men before and after this must be settled. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Kui was also silent, the reward for the meritorious hero is good to say, if the money and food are not enough, you can still use the official position and land title to make up, but the death pension is related to the future livelihood of the family of the relatives of the fallen soldiers, which is not something that can be fooled.

Yan Kui wants to abolish Zhou Jun again, and when he encounters this matter, he has to back down, this is the bottom line.

“………”

Seeing Yan Kui, who was silent, bitterness flashed in Di Yi's eyes, he was also opposed to the discussion and peace before, but in the face of the matter of bereavement, he had to bow his head and compromise.

Speaking of which, their current future is what those soldiers gave them in exchange for their lives, not to mention being grateful, but they can't use their conscience to fight with the bereavement of their families.

To put it mildly, take advantage of the dead, and the sky thunders.........

…………

After a long time, Yan Kui sighed and said helplessly: "Even if this is the case, the last general has nothing to say." ”

Di Yi understood Yan Kui's feelings, and when he saw this, he didn't say much about this matter, and after skipping slightly, he said: "Although the imperial court has not officially stated its position now, it will only be two or three days, once the holy decree of peace talks is issued, the capital will send envoys to start peace talks with Zhou Jun."

According to my estimate, the peace talks should not be too long, after all, both sides are about to drag on, and they must be resolved as soon as possible. ”

Yan Kui pondered for a moment and said: "Before coming, the last general inquired about part of the situation in Xiechun County, and after Lu Ba was defeated and retreated, he did not return to Beiling, but retreated to Xiechun with more than 10,000 remnants.

Lu Ba's 10,000 people, plus the original 20,000 Xiechun defenders, now there are almost 30,000 people in Xiechun County.

Although the strength of the army is acceptable, because Jun County has been lost, the morale of these 30,000 Zhou troops is extremely sluggish, and the city wall of Xiechun County itself is low and unsolid, so it cannot form a favorable garrison situation for the Zhou army.

Thirty thousand, no...... The marshal gave me 20,000 elite soldiers, and sufficient siege equipment, plus my own men, if the time is fast, I can go down in ten days.

It's just that the only thing to worry about is whether the main force of the Zhou army in Beiling City will send troops to help, if the main force of the Zhou army sends heavy troops to support Xiechun, although Xiechun is low, it is not an easy city to attack. ”

Knock, knock, knock~

After listening to Yan Kui's analysis, Di Yi tapped the table with his hand: "Ji Linbing will not give up the 30,000 horses of Xiechun, if he dies in the city and does not save him, the 300,000 Zhou troops in Beiling City will be cold, so he will definitely send troops."

Even if he fights for Xiechun County and Beiling Mansion City becomes an isolated city, he will save Lu Ba's 30,000 people, otherwise the morale of the Zhou army will be gone, and the people's hearts will be lost, and it will collapse if it can't hold up the peace talks. ”

"Then why don't you take advantage of this to set up an ambush and surround the point to send reinforcements." Yan Kui's eyes lit up and he proposed.

Di Yi was a little moved, but he still shook his head and refused: "It's still for the purpose of taking Xiechun, and it's okay to take advantage of this to weaken the power of the Zhou army, but it is necessary to avoid a full-scale conflict with the Zhou army."

Yuan Han, I know your thoughts, but for the sake of the overall situation of the court, you still have to be patient, otherwise it will be a big trouble, and the peace talks will not be successful, and the Zhou army will be folded by 1,000, and we will have to follow 800. ”

Yan Kui was a little unwilling, but finally nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, the last general understands the severity." ”

……………

The next day, Di Yi was promoted to the account, and ordered Pingbei General Yan Kui to be the main general, Anxi General Xun Xi as the deputy general, to prepare 30,000 soldiers and horses, and two days later the troops were sent to Xichun.

Recapture the last lost piece of land except for Beiling Castle......

At the same time, in addition to Yan Kui's troops who captured Xiechun, Di Yi ordered the Jin army to be assembled from all over Beiling, Jiangguan, and even Nanling Mansion, nominally in a decisive battle with the Zhou army.

But the generals who knew the inside story of the upcoming peace talks between the two countries understood that this was Di Yi cheering for the upcoming peace talks to deter the Zhou army.

In the fifteenth year of Liyang, the eighth day of the fourth month

Emperor Liyang, who was located in Shengjing, issued a holy decree to convey the world, and Wen Kai, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, was the main envoy, and Ma Jiuyi, the Qing of Honglu Temple, was the deputy envoy, and rushed to Beiling City to negotiate peace with the Zhou army.

The Beiling Zhou army quickly got the news and responded positively, ordering Ji Linbing, the deputy commander of the Zhou army, and Yuan Sheng, the right governor of Yushi, to be the chief and deputy envoys to negotiate peace with the Northern Jin Dynasty mission.

The ninth day of the fourth month

The Northern Jin Dynasty peace negotiation mission set off from Shengjing and rushed to Beiling City, and on the same day, Yan Kui and Xun Xi also led their troops to set off and went straight to Xiechun County.

The Zhou army has been paying close attention to the movements of the Jin army's camp, and before Yan Kui left the camp, the investigation report was sent to the case of Ning Dewu, the commander of the Zhou army.

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Beiling Mansion Ya

Like Lu Ba, the tense situation of the Zhou army for many days made Ning Dewu, the uncle of the Western Zhou Kingdom, also become much older.

He circulated the report sent by the scout to the generals, then rubbed his brows and said with a headache.

"Peace talks are about to begin, and the Jin army is going to take advantage of the fire to rob."

"That's right, Di Yi is pinching a point, betting that we won't dare to fight them to the death at this time, so we sent troops to assist Chun and beat our seven inches."

Deputy Marshal Ji Linbing shook his head and smiled bitterly, compared to Ning Lu and the others, Ji Linbing's old state is not very obvious, but there is still a lot of decadence in his eyebrows.

If you compare his current expression with Ji Linbing's defeat of Cai Hua just a few months ago, it is almost like the two of them, so it is conceivable that Zhou Jun's current predicament has made Ji Linbing also suffer a lot of psychological pressure.

"The Jin army is cunning, but we can't stand by and watch, Lu Hou has 30,000 horses." Song Han, another deputy commander of the Western Zhou Dynasty and a former general, spoke.

Although Lu Ba lost Jun County, suffered heavy losses, and the responsibility was not small, but to be honest, the battle has become like this, and everyone here is less guilty than Lu Ba.

After all, Ming Weihou is a big man in the Western Zhou army, and he can't see death without saving, let alone 30,000 horses.

As Di Yi said, at this critical juncture, if Ning Dewu and the others sit back and watch the entire Xiechun defenders be annihilated, eighty percent of the Zhou army will collapse without a fight, so no matter what, the 30,000 horses of Xiechun will be saved.

Even if you can't save it, you must show a posture of all-out rescue to appease the military spirit of the 300,000 Zhou army.

Whether it is Ning Dewu, Ji Linbing, or Song Han, they all understand this truth in their hearts, but what they can't tell is how to save the 30,000 horses of Xiechun, or how to ...... Who will save.

The Jin army is not easy to mess with, with the combat strength of the Zhou army in the city now, once you go out of the city and fight with the Jin army in the field, the chances of victory are not great, not to mention who knows if the Jin army will encircle the point and send reinforcements, and set up an ambush in advance.

If you have a mental calculation or not, go out of the city to rescue, and if you are not good, you may have a meat bun and beat the dog - there is no return.

This is not to be careless.

What's more, until the battle has been fought so far, the Zhou army has long seemed to be separated, needless to say, Ning Dewu and Ji Linbing have countless new and old grudges, even Song Han, who has always been upright, can't help but have selfishness.

After all, the peace talks are successful, and after the army returns home, I'm afraid that they, the generals of the defeated army, will have to receive a lot of criticism, Ning and Ji are huge, and it is convenient to get out, but Song Han is not necessarily, so the former general must have to plan early.

The three marshals of the Zhou army have their own selfish intentions, and this rescue matter is naturally broken.........