In order to keep it secret, the emperor did not make many preparations for peace.

Now, naturally, he just proposes "and" first, and then exchanges the terms in detail. As soon as the peace was made public, the courtiers scrambled to put forward the corresponding conditions, they lacked frameworks and terms, and even in addition to recovering the Northern Plains, they also had harsh requirements for Eastern Xia, which was the preparation that any country should make when talking, the lower limit was only known to the emperor and a few people, and the ministers revolved around the maximization of interests.

As for talking about the final result?

In connection with these preparations, and also unrelated.

Whether the other side can accept a large number of harsh conditions still depends on the situation on the battlefield, followed by the officials who preside over the peace talks.

Yang Xuesheng arrived in Beijing, and the imperial court had already prepared dozens of terms for him, including who Dia Niao wanted to appoint as the prince. The battlefield is all good news, the timing of the war, the background - the scene, he Yang Xuesheng has resigned in the township, he is not very clear, the courtiers introduced him, mostly praise and belittle the enemy, Yang Xuesheng held the terms, is a period of high spirits.

For the sake of the country's peace, forcing the opponent to cede land and beg for mercy and pay tribute to the ministers, this is a way for Wenchen to leave a name in history, and it is a way to wash away his stains.

However, before he could jump, the emperor was suffering from illness, summoned to the palace to mention his life, and when he came out again, Yang Xuesheng had a solemn expression and faltered. The conditions for this peace negotiation are listed, one is more harsher than the other, but in fact, the emperor's bottom line is so low, the peace negotiation is only allowed to succeed and not to lose, and the result is that he Yang Xuesheng will meet a "loss of power and humiliation of the country".

When he left Beijing, some notorious old friends came to see him off. When this bullet was celebrated, he cried loudly with the edict of peace.

Everyone sent him because they felt that he would be revived by the emperor.

The old emperor will not be there, the new emperor will succeed to the throne, he shoulders the burden of peace and affairs, and the officialdom is here.

Everyone's expectations are high, and the gifts have already piled up like a mountain.

Yang Xuesheng came out of his hometown, bent on restoring his reputation, he didn't think about receiving gifts, and now it doesn't matter whether he accepts it or not, he doesn't dare to offend others, if he refutes the face of others, and comes back to be ruined, what kind of situation will it be, with a lot of expectations, but there is such a gap, he drank a few glasses unconsciously during the banquet, and in despair, he lost control of his emotions after drinking, and cried loudly.

He is not Qin Ying, he has already honed his peerless treacherous slippery, and his sensitivity to politics is beyond ordinary people, at this time, he thinks that there is no hope of getting rid of the ministers in this life, and he can't help but howl for the evening scene.

There was still someone who could comfort him. His cousin Yang Xiong has passed the age of establishment, several times into the office, because of his Yang Xuesheng's reputation is not good, after all, he also went home to manage the property, this time he came out with Yang Xuesheng, naturally knew his uncle's thirst for a clear name, comforted his uncle and said: "Uncle." This is not necessarily, the key lies in the battlefield competition, if General Tao Kan lives up to his uncle's high expectations and wins on the battlefield, it may not be possible to negotiate a decent result in peace. ”

The pair of uncles and nephews can only pin their hopes on Tao Kan.

Taukan?

But they also know that even if both sides want to make peace, in order to benefit the peace talks, they still have to fight one or two games.

He attaches great importance to the fight against Diao.

In this world, no one dares to say that he can be a head above Diao...... How could he trust himself to be able to defeat Dia Bird on the battlefield? Even if it is good on the battlefield, it is enough.

Tao Kan only wants to be undefeated, even if he is undefeated, he has exhausted himself and is busy arranging his troops. He did lift the siege of the Xia army and let them leave the country, it seemed that he was giving some concessions to Dongxia, but in fact, he needed to reorganize his troops, and he did not want to consume even the slightest of them.

Lu Longguan, he doesn't care about it anymore.

Dongxia's two fists are open, he Taokan can't divide his army into two parts to resist, by the Dongxia transfer, the two places are far apart, if Dongxia relies on his strong maneuver and suddenly invests all his troops at a certain end, Jingkang may still have a slight advantage in terms of troops, but the risk of losing the battle will increase.

Once the troops are divided, once one side suffers defeat, then Dongxia will change from a disadvantage to a strong position.

His men had already figured out who Dia Bird had brought back.

Lulongguan did not have many troops.

He Dia Niao led the army from Yuyang, gathered the remnants of the defeated army in the Yuyang River Valley, Tao Kan was unwilling to pay more attention to Lulongguan, leaving a small number of troops for monitoring and defense, that is, to be alone in the Yuyang River Valley, and Dia Bird to fight here.

Even if you are ever-changing, I am as immobile as a mountain, and you do not have enough troops in your hands, even if you can use troops again, how can you get me? That's Taukan's strategy.

The psychological pressure that Dia Bird gave him was too great.

He didn't stop setting up the pre-battle for a moment...... Until he did it repeatedly, from being nervous and hasty to having enough time, Dongxia did not move.

He was wondering, and even complained that he didn't seize the opportunity to attack the Eastern Xia army first, giving the Eastern Xia army time to rest - maybe he was preparing before the battle, and the Eastern Xia army was resting.

Until this day, the text flew away.

Taukan's face changed.

This text is different from that of Dingxia Erzhou.

There, no matter what is going on with him Di Axiao, he went to Gaonu, you can't ignore this, in the face of the Northern Plains, you have to play too much, and the two places are so far away, who will fight whom first? The army and the people didn't know at all, and there was no controversy, and the Jingkang people under the jurisdiction of the Northern Plains had been under the rule of the Eastern Xia because of Dia Bird's pacification status, and they had always been protected by the Eastern Xia, who did they support now? Who to support? The texts are flying, and the texts are all over the sky, which increases Zhang Tietou's solitary enemy, unsuspecting and Tao Kan's scheming; increased the proportion of grain taxes paid in the Northern Plains over the years; It even increased the impact of the prosperity of trade in the North Plains on the lives of the people of Bizhou.

"Although Dongxia is still martial but does not threaten Liangshu, the people of Erbei Prefecture, those who enter and leave Dongxia, who is not hospitable, who is fraudulent? Mutual benefit and reciprocity, for the sake of the barriers, everyone in Beizhou can ask themselves, is there a long-term suffering without boundaries? ”

Tao Kan gathered all the generals to discuss the matter, tore up a piece of paper, and then pulled another one, pulled seven or eight sheets in a row, shook in front of the generals and asked: "Are you going to let the soldiers circulate it?" Are you stupid? Can these be circulated? ”

Ma Tianyou was the most offended, Dia Niao talked about the past with his sworn brother, in order to let everyone know that he was neither ungrateful, nor collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, he reflected aggrievedly: "How can the war be fought like this? Is it a war or a text? But he also said, "It's not that we let the soldiers talk about it, let them circulate it, and suddenly the camp is all over the place, what do you do?" I also tried to ask these people, and most of these people are still unaffected. ”

He said that most of them were not affected.

The people of Beizhou are unbalanced, seeing that the Northern Plains are rich, and Dongxia has changed from being poor and white to being superior...... Most of them want to regain the superiority of the Celestial Empire.

But they are too anxious, they also agree that the Dongxia people are not cruel, and they no longer have the trouble of border troubles, because relying on the Northern Plains, many crops can be sold to the northern grasslands, and there are a lot of profits.

Regardless of whether they want to teach the Dongxia people a lesson because of imbalance, they have the same tone for the Dongxia King: The Dongxia King is a great hero, winning a hundred battles, you look at the nervous appearance of our generals, can we win him? What if I can't win?

Taukan was a bit at a loss.

He thought for a moment and said: "Tomorrow, we will divide our men and horses to attack the Eastern Xia army, and if we don't fight again, the morale and military spirit will no longer be there." ”

Say it, hit it.

If you don't fight it, you can't resist this overwhelming text.

What if the king of Eastern Xia began to denounce Jingkang's livelihood? What if he shouted that if he won Bizhou, how would he govern it? All sorts of uncertainties are coming. Taukan had to hastily use his troops.

The attack on the Dongxia camp was very smooth, as soon as the other party was beaten, he would withdraw, and then he would retreat, and he saw the dusk, once the troops were collected, the battle was won, whether or not the Dongxia people were killed or injured, this Dongxia king Dia Bird was there, as soon as they were beaten, they would withdraw, wouldn't it encourage morale, morale would rise, in fact, the text would not be so terrible, wouldn't it? At least you can win the battle against Dongxia.

At this time, Dongxia sent troops......

The frost and fog filled the sky, and the Eastern Xia army touched it.

Tao Kan didn't know how they kept the army in chaos, Jingkang's army returned in chaos, counted the number of people, and thousands of people were surrounded by Dongxia into the camp that Dongxia had originally withdrawn.

All the Jingkang generals were clouded in their hearts.

This fog seems to have been known in advance by the people of Dongxia, and there is a kind of demonic nature.

The good quality of the Eastern Xia soldiers made it possible for them to fight under heavy fog, which was uncompensable in terms of numbers, and if it was foggy every day, and it would snow soon, the morale of the Jingkang army would plummet sharply.

In fact, the people of Dongxia really know about fogging.

Dia Bird paid special attention to astronomy, geography and climate, and his counselors had a large number of records on the climate at hand, and they had already summed up a set of identification experiences by looking through the materials of the past years.

It's dawning again.

The envoy of the Eastern Xia came and made a request: "In the first battle yesterday, thousands of soldiers of your army were captured, and I am willing to exchange with you and others for General Zhang Tietou and the Eastern Xia soldiers captured by you." ”

To change or not to change?

Tao Kan couldn't help but ask him: "What if you don't change it?" ”

The envoy smiled and said: "Then my king will make it public to the world, and you and other generals will not hesitate to be a countryman and soldiers, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of your country's soldiers." ”

The envoy floated away.

Tao Kan spent the whole day thinking about whether it was better to change or not.

He thought about it and decided to pick up Zhang Tietou from the rear.

If you have to exchange, it is better to return him, and it would be better if you could persuade Dia Bird through him to pave the way for peace.