Chapter 984: The two countries of Xianping Province negotiate peace
Among the nations, the national strength of the Chinese Empire can be said to be second to none, and it is becoming more and more prosperous, but since the founding of the country, it has been fighting for many years, and it has finally shown fatigue.
During the Zhennan Kingdom, Li Nan led his troops to fight against Jiaozhi, followed by the Champang, Dali, and Zhenla Empires, as well as the crusading army in the face of the Great Song Dynasty.
In the following years, there was no time when there was no war in the Great Song Dynasty, the war against the Jin Kingdom, and the destruction of Zhenla, so the war reached this stage, even if Li Nan and many soldiers were unwilling, they had to prepare to quell the war and recuperate for a few years.
In addition to this main reason for the need for a truce, the day is approaching for Li Nan to take another adventure, because it is an extremely tragic team battle, so he must bring his followers with him, so that people like Spartacus may not be able to lead the army to fight.
Of course, these things are imperial secrets, and the Jin Kingdom and the surrounding countries do not know the details, which gives the empire enough confidence at the negotiating table.
Xianping Mansion, that is, the ancient city of Liaoning in later generations, the Liao Dynasty built an earthen city here, to the Jin Dynasty, Xianzhou Road was set up here, one of the 19 roads of the Jin Kingdom.
In order to show the sincerity of the Jin State, Jin Xizong Wanyan also came from the imperial capital to the capital, ready to discuss the matter face-to-face with the emperor Li Nan.
Regarding Li Nan's plan to go to Xianping Mansion in person to meet with Emperor Wanyan of the Jin Kingdom, the imperial ministers and concubines were desperately opposed at first.
Xianping Mansion is in the land of contention between the two countries, and it has penetrated deep into the territory of the Jin State, in this kind of plain area, the Jin State has hundreds of thousands of cavalry fighting power, in case the Jin people have murderous intentions, Li Nan will be in danger.
However, Li Nan was not worried about his own safety, because in his opinion, in terms of the current situation, the people of the Jin Kingdom would not do such a stupid thing, otherwise they would attract the crazy revenge of the empire, plus the Western Xia and Mongolia, the destruction of the country would not be far away.
His Majesty the Emperor insisted on this, and the ministers tried to persuade him to no avail, so he could only mobilize as many troops as possible to accompany him.
The army escorting Li Nan set out from Shunzhou and headed northwest, with Han Shizhong's 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard in front, Sienna's Fifth Imperial Infantry Regiment in the back, and the Emperor's Imperial Imperial Cavalry in the middle guarded by the Imperial Forest Legion, and 100,000 marines from the three imperial fleets as the rear army.
The action of hundreds of thousands of troops was also earth-shattering, and Li Nan, who was bored sitting in the car, simply came out of the sunroof of the RV and stood on the roof of the car to watch the thousands of soldiers and horses under his command.
The Imperial Forest Legion has been stationed in the imperial capital of Changsha for all these years, and occasionally follows Li Nan to go out on patrol, which is relatively familiar, and the Fifth Legion commanded by Sienna in front is now completely different.
The Fifth Legion was also an army created later, and its backbone was drawn from the previous legions and then filled with recruited recruits.
An army that has not experienced the flames of war, no matter how elite it is, is a little less interesting, and Sienna's Fifth Army has gradually become the main army in recent years, and it has participated in many wars, and it can be regarded as a long-fought division.
Looking from afar, I saw the soldiers of the Fifth Legion striding forward, and many of them had holes cut by arrows in their uniforms, revealing the stainless steel chain mail inside.
Many of the Imperial and Legion battle flags held by the soldiers had lost their original colors, and the black of the gunsmoke and the red of blood infected them.
Seeing this, Li Nan couldn't help but ask Sienna, who also climbed up from the car: "Didn't the military logistics department issue you new uniforms and military flags?" ”
Sienna followed Li Nan's gaze and suddenly said, "Oh, that's what Your Majesty said." ”
"It's a tradition in the military right now." Sienna explained with a smile: "The soldiers are competitive and worship warriors, and the tears in the soldier's uniform prove his courage. Nowadays, the more soldiers have holes in their uniforms, the more they will be respected by others, and even if they walk on the streets of the empire, they will be cheered by the people, so these guys are reluctant to change into new uniforms. ”
"Hahaha, I see."
Li Nan smiled helplessly, he originally felt that the tattered image of these soldiers was a little indecent, but after listening to this explanation, he didn't want to force them to change.
After traveling for a long time, the shapeshifter reported that a large army was catching up behind, and the banner should be the First Army of the Empire led by Spartacus.
Li Nan knew that this was the result of the discussion of the imperial ministers, since the two countries had negotiated peace, there was no need for the four major legions of the empire stationed on the south side of the Great Wall to confront Yan Zongbi to stay there, so he transferred the first legion to escort him.
The First Legion led by Spartacus can be said to be the most effective force in the empire except for the Royal Forest Legion.
This army has gone through all the battles of the empire over the years, and every soldier is a brave man who has been through a hundred battles.
After the arrival of the First Legion, it immediately entered the ranks of the large army, and at this time there were nearly 300,000 Imperial soldiers escorting them.
The march of 300,000 troops together is a disaster for any region, but fortunately, there are no people of the Jin Kingdom where the Imperial Army passed, because their homes have long been destroyed by the Imperial Army, and the farmland has long been scorched, and those refugees have fled to the northern regions of the Jin Kingdom.
The army continued to roll forward, with a large number of cavalry on the periphery responsible for reconnaissance, and the sky was overlooked by birds controlled by shapeshifters, which prevented any sneak attacks by the Jin people.
Since most of the imperial army was infantry, it took at least seven days to travel from Shunzhou to Xianping Province.
At night, the garrison camped, but Li Nan did not get out of the car, compared to the tent that was set up, it was more comfortable to rest in this RV.
This time, because it was a negotiation, Foreign Minister Ludia also followed, and with this well-acquainted Roman noblewoman, as well as Sienna and Mary and others, the journey was not lonely.
There are no idle people waiting for a hundred miles of Xianping Mansion City, and on the plain outside the city, the soldiers of the two sides are building an earthen platform, which is where the two emperors will sit together to discuss, so the people and horses on both sides are extremely careful, eager to search every inch of land nearby.
Some ceremonies and ceremonies and other things are not familiar to Li Nan and his generals, but fortunately, he also brought back a Fu Tianqiu who is proficient in this way in the mythical world, so these things are left to him to deal with.
Just when the emperors of the two countries were a little impatient to wait, the courtiers on both sides prepared everything.
On the ninth day of September in 1130, Chongyang, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, Li Nan, and the emperor of the Jin State, Wanyan Kang, were finally ready to meet.