Among them, the most critical point in the confrontation between the three marshals of the Zhou army is who will lead the troops out of the city.

At this time, more than 100,000 Jin troops outside the city were eyeing each other, and for the safety of Beiling City, the Zhou army must not be able to send too many soldiers and horses to rescue Xiechun, but it cannot be too little.

Otherwise, let alone rescue from the hands of Yan Kui, the tiger general of the Jin army, it is a difficult problem whether he can kill Xiechun City.

Therefore, in order to prevent the rescue troops from being surrounded by the Jin army if they do not leave the city, the strength of the troops naturally cannot be too meager, and after the three marshals discussed, they tentatively decided to send 50,000 troops, plus 30,000 of Lu Ba.

80,000 soldiers and horses is a suitable number, even if it is not the opponent of the Jin army, it is not a big problem to retreat back to the city.

In this way, the problem returns to the original point, 50,000 soldiers and horses is not a minority, nearly one-sixth of all the soldiers and horses in the city, and a heavy general must be sent to command.

And now, among the important generals in the city who are qualified to command 50,000 horses, one of them is a henchman under the three marshals.

So, who to send and who not to send?

In addition, like the generals of the unified army, the soldiers and horses in the city are almost all descendants under the three marshals, and those who are not descendants will not survive now.

So another question is, how will the 50,000 horses out of the city be distributed, and the three families will be divided equally, or who will have more and who will have less?

Ji Linbing, Ning Dewu and Song Han, the three military giants of the Western Zhou Dynasty, you look at me, I look at you, and they all fell into silence.

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As mentioned earlier, this time the Jin army was defeated, and they must have a hard time when the army returns home, at least not as carefree as before.

It is precisely because of this that in order to ensure that their status and power are not suppressed as much as possible after returning to China, military power is the confidence in their hearts.

Especially Ji Linbing and Song Han, the Ning family's forces are mostly in the court, even if Ningde's military power is damaged, there is also his brother Ning Decai to protect him, and the two of them, one is mostly in the military, and the other is between the two parties to survive, in order to protect themselves, they attach more importance to the military power in their hands.

Without a proper solution, the two would not easily let go and send their men out of the city to take risks.

Zhou Jun, the commander and the two deputy marshals, tested each other for a long time, but they still didn't come up with a specific charter, and in the end, Ning Dewu took the initiative to take a step back because of Lu Ba's half ally.

50,000 soldiers and horses, the three families were divided equally, and the main general was led by Liao Hui under his command.

Liao Hui, General Pingnan of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the backbone of the Hou Party, is a number of important ministers of the Western Zhou Dynasty under the command of the Ning brothers, but this person has mediocre skills and belongs to the generals raised by the Hou Party.

In the ranks of the three heavy generals, the strength of his troops is far inferior to Bao Xiong, Guo Tian and Song Han's younger brother Song Xia under Ji Linbing.

But there was no way, Ji and Song were reluctant to risk their henchmen and younger brothers, so they could only pull out the tallest among the short ones, and General Liao stepped forward.

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

When Yan Kui's troops rushed to Xiechun and were about to attack the city, the gate of Beiling City, which had been closed for several months, was opened, and Liao Hui took 50,000 horses out of the city and went straight to Xiechun.

Di Yi, who got the news, naturally couldn't watch Liao Hui succeed, and with a wave of his hand, the old general led 30,000 troops and forced him forward.

In addition, the Jin army had no other actions, one was to prevent the Zhou army in the city from breaking off their arms to survive, and after the tiger left the mountain, they would take advantage of the situation to break through, and the other was that Di Yi was deliberately restrained, not wanting the war to become big and regenerate twists and turns.

With the connivance of the Jin army, intentionally or unintentionally, Liao Hui was stopped by Yan Kui and Dianshou Yu, and Lu Ba took the opportunity to escape from Xiechun County with his troops, joined forces with Liao Hui, and then retreated to Beiling City.

Yan Kui then sent someone to take Xiechun, regain the lost territory, and then pursued Liao Hui and Lu Ba, taking advantage of it slightly, and then let Liao and Lu return to the city.

On April 15, when the Northern Jin delegation arrived at the Jin army camp, more than 300,000 Zhou troops were trapped in a lonely city, and the situation was embarrassing.

The Zhou army burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm for the peace talks between the two countries............

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April 16

Jin army camp, Yuanmen

Compared with the previous few visits, Yuan Sheng's expression became more and more serious, and his warm smile was also mixed with some bitterness.

He looked at Xun Xi smiling and introducing himself to Yan Kui, the most hated Jin general of the Zhou army, his cloudy eyes flashed with jealousy, but his face was full of respect and admiration.

"It turned out to be General Yan, and if he really looked like a tiger general, he was impressed."

Yan Kui looked the thin old man in front of him up and down, and there was no contempt in his heart.

He already knew from Di Yi that although the peace talks between the two countries are the trend of the times, they are inseparable from this extraordinary strategist who has done everything possible to match, and Yan Kui has an almost instinctive vigilance.

"Yan has also heard of Yuan Gong's affairs, and the name of the countryman is worthy of his name." Yan Kui's eyes moved slightly, and he smiled heartily,

"The general is false." Yuan Sheng still takes the path of modesty.

"Haha, if you are interested, you can talk later, now Di Shuai and Wen Shilang are still waiting." Xun Xi watched from the side and reminded loudly.

"Also, it's important to get down to business, Yuan Gong, please." Yan Kui patted his head and took the initiative to lead Yuan Sheng.

"There are two generals."

Yuan Sheng bowed, led his little donkey and followed Yan Kui and the others into the camp.

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Jin army marshal account

After Yuan Sheng greeted everyone in the tent, he took the initiative to tell the reason why he came.

Now that the peace talks between the two countries are about to begin, the Northern Jin Dynasty means to let the envoys of the Zhou army enter the Jin camp for peace talks, and the Zhou army has its own objections.

Yuan Sheng came here to propose to the Northern Jin Dynasty delegation on behalf of the Zhou army that the envoys of the two countries choose a neutral place, each with a light escort, to carry out negotiations, and the other side must not send troops to attack and disturb, otherwise it will be a sabotage of the peace talks, and the two countries will abandon it.

After Yuan Sheng finished speaking, everyone in the Northern Jin Dynasty looked at each other, and soon understood why Zhou Jun was like this.

According to the previous agreement, the envoy of the Zhou army is Ji Linbing, the deputy marshal of the Zhou army and the general of the Western Zhou Dynasty, who is the enemy of the Northern Jin Dynasty and the initiator of this national war.

If Ji Linbing entered the Jin camp to negotiate, even if the high-level leaders of the Jin army had no intention of harming him, it would be difficult to maintain one or two self-made claims with headaches and fevers.

The dignified generals of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the princes of the royal family were defeated and martyred, and if they were attacked and killed by Xiaoxiao during the negotiation of the enemy camp, wouldn't it be extremely bad, and the Western Zhou Dynasty would also lose face.

Therefore, because of his scruples about Ji Linbing's here, Zhou Jun must find another place for peace talks.

This matter is not a problem, and the Northern Jin Dynasty is too lazy to entangle here, Di Yi and the Northern Jin Dynasty envoy Wen Kai discussed it, and agreed to Zhou Jun's request, and jointly selected a mutually agreeable negotiation location with Yuan Sheng - Jueling Mountain Stone Pagoda Temple.

This place is barely stuck in the middle of Beiling City and the Jin army camp, and the terrain is open, once anyone has any small moves, it is convenient for the other party to deal with it in time.

After the location was discussed, the two sides agreed that each could only bring 500 guards, and could not enter the Stone Pagoda Temple, if they were worried about the safety of the envoy, they could send a master to accompany them, but not more than 10 people.

After determining this, Yuan Sheng made an appointment with Wen Kai and others to meet at Shita Temple at noon tomorrow, and then said goodbye and left.

After Yuan Sheng left, Di Yi discussed with everyone who should be sent to escort the mission, and finally everyone talked for a long time, and they all focused on Yan Kui.

With this unworthy general here, how can there be any reason to send others............