"Well, since you've all said so, let's talk to the Western Turks first. However, when talking to them, we must not let our guard down on the battlefield. Now that they have finally asked for the support of the Sassanid Empire, they will not easily agree to our conditions, but in any case, peace talks are also being talked about, and they are also fighting on the battlefield to promote peace. In the end, Li Wenyuan decided to send some people to try to hold peace talks with the Western Turks.

"Peace talks, well, it's almost time to calculate the time, and the order goes down to let the whole army stick to the current defense line, and beware of the next Turkic counterattack. Although the two sides are now engaged in peace talks, as long as the Turkic dog's paw dares to take a step to the east, I will interrupt him fiercely. We have eaten the land in our mouths, and we will never spit it out again. If the Turks really don't know whether to live or die, then we don't mind trying to find another way to leave him with an unforgettable memory. Zhang Juntai also received Li Wenyuan's instructions, and then conveyed the above order to the whole army.

"Are you saying that Li Wenyuan sent an envoy to talk to me about peace talks? No, no, at least now is not the time to talk about this matter, I have just exchanged the fattest pasture in the west for tens of thousands of troops sent by the Sassanid Empire, if I don't fight a war and negotiate peace now, then I won't lose all my money? Whoever likes to do this kind of loss-making business will do it, and I will definitely not do it anyway. In any case, I must run into Li Wenyuan's army again, knowing that we have lost a large part of the territory in the east, and now what do we have to lose? If we win the next battle, then we will lose a lot even if we negotiate peace; If we lose, it will only be the result now, so why should we give in to those Han people now? At this time, the Khan didn't even look at the peace talks written by Li Wenyuan in his hand, just crumpled them and threw them on the ground in the distance, and then said to the staff in front of him.

"But Khan, how many warriors do we have to throw into this war with no end in sight? You must know that the warriors we have lost one after another in the war with Li Wenyuan are enough for us to lose control of some tribes on the grassland after the war is over, if we really continue to fight Li Wenyuan to the end, then even if we win this war, what will we use to continue to maintain our rule over the tribes on the grassland? If that time really comes, then the tribes who are usually suppressed by our warriors and obedient like sheep will rise up against our rule, and then we will really reach the end of the road. Seeing that the Khan insisted on continuing to fight with Li Wenyuan, the staff persuaded him bitterly.

"The royal court is lost! What else to talk about the right to rule in the steppe! Do you want me to rebuild our Turkic royal city on the current land after I survive, and then wait for Li Wenyuan to lead his troops to attack it again? With red eyes, he stood up and shouted at the staff in front of him, but then he also noticed his gaffe, so he slowly sat back, and said to the staff in as gentle a tone as possible:

"I understand what Mr. means, but if the royal court is still in our hands at this time, I can completely lose all the land east of the royal court to Li Wenyuan. When faced with foreign enemies, these Han Chinese tend to twist into a rope and exert a formidable fighting force, but once the external threat to them is gone, they will be caught up in endless infighting, and will not give up until they have exhausted their last shred of vitality.

Looking at all their dynastic changes, it is nothing more than this. Therefore, we can make peace with them first, and then give them a large amount of land, and even make them vassals, until they have civil strife, and then we can take advantage of the situation and take back what we have lost. But now that the royal court has been captured by the Han Chinese, we retreated all the way west to here, and only by virtue of the terrain advantage here, we stuck a few mountain passes where Li Wenyuan's army continued to advance westward, so that we could be regarded as gaining a firm foothold and not retreating from defeat. But if we can use these passes to block the offensive of Li Wenyuan's army to the west, then Li Wenyuan's army can also hold these mountain passes and prevent us from continuing our counterattack to the east.

Therefore, if we can't take advantage of the fact that Li Wenyuan's army has not gained a firm foothold in our territory now, then just sticking to these mountain passes can only acquiesce to giving up all the land east of the mountain passes to Li Wenyuan, you must know that those places are the grasslands that we value most on weekdays. A large number of our people also live there, and if we lose those populations, even if I, Ashina, can continue to be the Khan of the steppe and rule over the tribes and kingdoms of the steppe here, it will only be a remnant. However, sir, what you said does have some truth, at this time, our Ashina tribe really can't bear any losses, in my opinion, we might as well do this: you go and talk to the envoy sent by Li Wenyuan first, I don't ask you to talk about any exact results, I just ask Mr. to delay Li Wenyuan's envoy, and when the Sassanid army comes, everything will have its own certainty. ”

After finishing speaking, the Khan closed his eyes tiredly, waved his hand at the staff in front of him, and signaled that he could leave. The staff also knew that what the Khan said at this time was the truth, and the instructions given to him by the Khan were already to be forgiven to the greatest extent possible, and it was also the most beneficial to the Western Turks at present, so he shook his head helplessly, turned around and left the big tent of the Khan.

With the extreme lack of sincerity on both sides, officials from both sides began the first armistice negotiations. In fact, there is nothing mysterious about the negotiation between countries, and it can even be said in layman's terms that the two parties are the same as those who buy and sell in the vegetable market, and the only difference may be that the value of the products traded is different. But other than that, in fact, everything else is the same. Therefore, at this time, as the side that occupies the initiative in the war, Li Wenyuan's envoy took the lead in putting forward his own demand: The armies of the two countries should directly stop fighting in the areas under the actual control of the two sides. The border between the two sides is based on the actual control of the border by the armies of the two sides, and it can be appropriately adjusted but will never back down; after all, there are some enclaves that may incur high administrative expenditures, and Li Wenyuan himself does not want to take over.

(End of chapter)