On the second day after the arrival of the envoy, Bailiyan did not make any reply, and on the third day, people came to ask several times, but Bailiyan was still missing. By the fourth day, people were clamoring for answers, but Bailiyan still did not respond. Up to the fifth day:

"Your honor, can you figure it out these days!"

"I don't know what Your Excellency means, Your Excellency has been neglecting for three days, is this also the hospitality of the Central Plains!"

"Hehe......" Bai Liyan smiled incomprehensibly, and continued: "The general will first ask your envoy why this armistice book only says a truce, not peace talks. Since it is an armistice and peace talks, why are there no conditions for an armistice on your side! ”

"Your Excellency's words are wrong, since it is an armistice letter, naturally there is no word for peace talks, and if there is no armistice, how can there be peace talks, only if there is an armistice first, there will be peace talks!"

"You will be forceful, Ben will ask you how to talk after the armistice, and where you plan to talk!"

"After the armistice, the two armies were on the shores of Lake Worth at the foot of the Yablian Mountains, and the two armies negotiated peace talks."

"Then you go back and tell Mooney to prepare 300,000 unicorns, 3.5 million stones, grain and grass, and send our army out of the country, and General Ben will consider armistice and peace talks. Remember, it's a stone of the Central Plains Liang Kingdom, don't play tricks on me. ”

"Your Excellency, this is difficult for a strong man, and I can't obey my fate!"

"Since it is a peace negotiation, do you still want to keep the generals and horses to seal the territory again, and give me a king, can't you do it!"

"You!"

"Don't be yours, bring the original words to Mooney, he is not prepared with food and grass, that is, there is no sincerity, and the truce and peace talks are absolutely impossible. Drop-off! ”

The left and right expelled the messenger from the house, and Bailiyan and Gongliangxiu said:

"Toast without eating, eat and drink, give shame to the face, whatever!"

"Hehe, Yan Gongzi thinks, will Mooney compromise?"

"Definitely not, 3.5 million grains and grass didn't kill him. He is bound to use the pretext of a short-term lack of fund-raising, and demand an armistice first and raise money slowly. ”

"Then how is Young Master Yan going to deal with it?"

"Our first condition has been made, and Mooney will certainly accept it, and if we do not talk about an armistice with him at that time, he will use it as an excuse to attack us at any time in the future. So I can go to Worth and talk to him first, and I can't help him if the battle stops. So Mooney will definitely have a reply in a few days, and I'll need to make some preparations. ”

After talking to Gongliang Xiu in detail, Bai Liyan and Lu Gao said:

"General Lu Gao."

"The last general!"

"All armies and battalions have stepped up their drills, and the digging of trench bunkers outside the city cannot be relaxed, and there will be fierce battles in the future!"

"No!"

……

"Su Hong."

"The last general!"

"How's the ship's cargo going?"

"Yesterday it was loaded, just waiting for the old and weak women and children to board the ship."

"The old and weak, women and children will postpone boarding, but we will need to do some sincerity when we arrange all the people."

"The last general obeys!"

……

"Jiang Jie."

"What do you command?"

"Send someone to Yabliaworth to find out the terrain, and don't follow the way of others. Remember, send a whole army of men and horses to the main road, and don't sneak around, lest they be killed by the few men under their pretext. ”

"No!"

After explaining clearly to the generals, Bailiyan and Gongliangxiu went to inspect the trenches outside the city.

As a defense system for hot weapons, trenches are not easy to deal with cold weapons. Cold weapons are mainly used in a dense charging formation, and under the dense charge of hundreds or thousands of people, the trench defense line is too thin and can be easily overwhelmed, which is really a helpless move at the moment.

Two days later the messenger returned to Montina with a message to:

"The enemy general asked our army to prepare 3.5 million stones, grain and grass, and 300,000 unicorns, otherwise they would not stop fighting."

"And what did you say?" Mooney asked.

"The subordinate said that it was difficult to obey his orders, and he did not promise any conditions."

"Very well, you rest for a day, and then go to Kelownas, and give me the letter to Bailiyan, and say that I agree to his request, but it will take time, and the specific matters can be discussed in Worth."

"Subordinates obey."

When the messenger left, Mooney and Norenga said:

"How's it going in Casgart?"

"Your Excellency is like a god, and as expected, the northerners besieging Casgat have ceased fighting!"

"Immediately send a cavalry to monitor them, rob and kill all their messengers, and for ten days, they will not be able to get in touch with Kelownas!"

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

When Bai Liyan swore that Sikong Nan and Bai He would not stop fighting without authorization, the two of them fell into Mooney's trap and stopped the siege.

Three days later, the envoy saw Bailiyan again and handed him a letter from Mooney. The letter agreed that on the fifth day of the fifth month, the two men would each take 500 men to the shores of Lake Worth, and that there should be no large army within a radius of 50 miles, otherwise the negotiations would be suspended.

"Commander Mooney promised that as long as there was an armistice, he could consider agreeing to your army's request for 3,500,000 stone grain and grass and 300,000 unicorns. However, time is short, and it is difficult for us to raise all the funds in a short time, so please go to the shores of Lake Worth and discuss the details with Commander Mooney. ”

"It's so refreshing to say yes!"

Bai Liyan said meaningfully, and said by the way:

"It is the sincerity of our army, and we can't bear to see Bing Ge again, so we accept Your Excellency's request."

"Hmph, make no mistake. It was you who asked for an armistice, and you agreed on the terms that you ought to be. Go back and tell Mooney that on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Ben will be on time for the appointment, and I hope he has enough sincerity! ”

"Then please take the letter as a basis, so that the envoy can return to his life."

"This will not be the person who you wait for and have no faith in your words, you want to write in black and white, just write it to you!"

He asked him to take a pen and paper, write a letter and give it to the person who came. To make the front foot leave, Su Hong entered the house and reported:

"General, the scout is here to report, the 30,000 cavalry entrenched in Montina three days ago suddenly went west, and the white-haired thief is going to attack Sikong Nan and Bai He."

"Hiss......"

Bai Liyan frowned, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and then Gongliang Xiu said:

"Young Master Yan, could it be that Sikong Nan and Bai He have stopped advancing westward, and Mooney sent cavalry to contain them."

"Mooney pretended to talk about peace talks, and Sikong Nan and Bai He did not get the warrant written by the general, and they categorically did not cease the war. But to say that Mooney sent 30,000 cavalry to rob them, the result is mostly a defeat for both sides, and it is unlikely that it will be possible. As soon as his cavalry is gone, our army will advance by land and water, and within a few days he will have no chance of victory. Could it be that the two of them failed to stop fighting without authorization, but this doesn't make sense! ”

"It was because it didn't make sense that Mooney caught our army off guard."

"What did the young general say about this?"

"Judging from the following, Muni must have persuaded Sikong and Baihe to stop fighting in the name of peace talks, and on the other hand asked the cities along the way to open their gates to show their sincerity, so that they would have no excuse to continue their attack, and at the same time block the road to the east, and send scouts to rob and kill, so that our army does not know any news.

At that time, Sikong Nan and Bai He hesitated, and the Jin Xuedi cavalry followed, which was a stalemate that could not advance or retreat. ”

"Well, the young general's words make sense, I really didn't expect that Mooney would have such a stake."

It is not impossible for Mooney to take advantage of Sikong Nan's mindset that he is bound by the Central Plains Rites and Religions, and uses Kaesong's show of sincerity as a bait to force Sikong Nan to stop the attack.

Baili Yan is a human being, and he is in the position of Sikong Nan, so he naturally will not pay attention to Mooney's set. In other words, Sikong Nan resolutely did not dare to continue the attack, so he fell for Mooney's strategy.

After a little thought, Bai Liyan continued:

"In the opinion of the major general, how can this matter be solved?"

"The enemy cavalry is already on its way to the west, and our scouts will not be able to get ahead of them in any way. If the infantry army is carried by the navy and the landing troops are in the city east of Montina, when Sikong Nan and Baihe confront the enemy's 30,000 cavalry, Mooney will definitely give up Montina decisively when he perceives our army, and abandon the west bank of Mani Basa, and transfer troops to the east bank to defend it, and at the same time make Montina's infantry march rapidly westward and converge with 30,000 enemy cavalry, and then Sikong Nan and Baihe will be destroyed.

At present, our army does not occupy the opportunity, so we can let the navy go to the Posong River to continue westward, meet with Sikong Nan and Baihe, bring the news to them, let them have a good preparation, and at the same time bring the old and weak women and children back, so that they can advance and retreat freely, which is conducive to Yan Gongzi to deal with him.

In addition, the enemy's troops on the eastern front are twice as large as those on the western front, and it is necessary to guard against drawing troops from the eastern front to reinforce the western front. ”

"Well, the major general has a point, and it seems that this is the only way to do it now.

Agreed with Gongliang Xiu on a strategy, and the materials that had been loaded onto the warship were transferred ashore again.

In May, instead of the rainy season coming as scheduled, the weather is unusually hot, giving people the illusion of midsummer in the North Sea. Bailiyan even wondered if it was the industrialization of an unknown civilization in the northern hemisphere that caused some weather anomalies.

On the third day of the fifth month, Bailiyan took Jiang Jie and other 500 people to the Abrian Mountains, and Su Hong led an army of 50,000 to follow, entering a radius of 50 miles, and then stopped following and stationed on the spot. Bailiyan arrived at the foot of the Abria Mountains on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year one day earlier, and the sparkling scenery of Lake Worth was beautiful and refreshing.

Jiang Jie looked at the bizarre scenery in the lake and said in amazement:

"My lord, the water of this lake is colorful, and there must be treasures under the water."

Bai Liyan glanced at the lake in front of her, smiled lightly and said:

"The colors in the water are all mineral soil, and when the water is deep and the sun shines, it feels colorful, but it's not unusual. However, the scenery here is beautiful, and it is a place of cultivation. ”

"The adult's mouth is full of truth, and the more his subordinates listen to it, the more confused they become."

"These truths are just scratching the surface, when you return to the Central Plains, you and others will have to make up for the lessons, and I will make it clear to you."

"Worth" means "rainbow" in Jinxuedi language, because of the minerals at the bottom of the lake, under the sunlight, revealing a strange and colorful scene and get the name, and Jiuzhaigou is quite similar.

Regardless of the elevation of the ground, the mountains of Abria are more than 2,000 meters high, deep into the clouds, and the lake of Worth is interdependent, and is regarded as a god-given place in the local area.

Surrounded by forest-steppe and hilly landforms, it has a wide field of view, which is not only a good place for negotiation, but also an excellent location for engagement. Bailiyan even suspected that Mooney must have sinister intentions in setting the negotiation site at the foot of the Yabrian Mountains.

Initially, the venue for negotiations was set here, but Bailiyan did not object, because it was located between Montina and Kelownas, and there was no strong excuse to forcibly change the location of the negotiations. Rashly raising objections, judging from the current situation, not only will it not help to change the status quo, but Sikong Nan and Baihe still have to be tricked, which is extremely unfavorable to the coalition forces.

Riding around Lake Worth, the heat blowing on the face made people drowsy:

"My lord, our army has been here for almost three years, before May and June, it was all rainy and cold, this year is really strange, May is comparable to Beihai midsummer, it won't be the last time Mo Tian, God is angry, right?"

"Shhh...... This ......" Baili Yan twisted her short beard, thinking that it might have something to do with it.

To say whether a solar eclipse has an effect on the planet's atmosphere is to say that there is absolutely none, nor can it be said that there is an absolute effect. At least when the Moon is between the Sun and the planets, the Moon has the greatest influence on the Sun, on the planets' gravitational pull. It cannot be ruled out that the sun will flare to erupt to form a storm, which will cause abnormal changes in geomagnetism and atmosphere after radiating planets.

In fact, when the weather in the south was hot, the temperature in the Beihai region dropped abnormally, and the miracle of Miaotian Mountain was full of heavy snow, and it was also regarded as an auspicious omen.

At the same time, affected by the abnormal season in the southern hemisphere this year, the early rice of the vassal states was greatly affected, and the summer floods were raging, and the crops of various countries failed.

It can be seen how great the changes in the universe have on the living planet.