Just when the Tubo Zampu ruler and Zhu Dan in the city of Luo were on the bed with the last strength to the prime minister Lean Xiang Yele and the general Enlan Tuogu, two hundred miles away in the ** camp under the city of Pibo, the holy decree of His Majesty Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty also arrived thousands of miles away. Wang Yuan, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan, and Li Guangbi were kneeling in the big tent of the Chinese army, listening to the proclamation, and the attendants reciting the holy decree loudly.

“…… Wang Yuan, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan, Li Guangbi, and the four listeners, when I saw the joint recital of the four of you, I summoned the two ministers and the important ministers of the court to discuss the matter urgently, and finally I and the ministers agreed that we should respect your proposal and negotiate peace with Tibet. I originally thought that this campaign against Tibet would have the hope of destroying the country, but now it seems that I have thought too much. After the annihilation of the Northern Route Army, the Eastern and Western Route Army was insufficient, and the imperial court was unable to send troops and horses for reinforcements for a while......

Wang Yuan knelt on the ground and bowed his head to listen, he was not surprised at all by this decision, this result had been predicted for a long time.

“…… I consulted the important ministers of the court and hereby appointed Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi as special envoys to negotiate peace with Tibet. Wang Yuan is positive, Gao Xianzhi is supplemented, and the two of you are ordered to work together to solve this matter. As for this peace negotiation, I believe that it is the best policy to force Tubo to pay compensation for the cession of land, of course, this is all wishful thinking on my part, and the specific situation will be decided by the two of them, but it is enough to benefit the Tang Dynasty. ”

"The annihilation of more than 30,000 cavalry of the Northern Route Army has been explained a lot on the setbacks, and there is even a strange intention to order the capture of some cities. I admit that I am a little anxious, but I will judge the situation and make a prudent decision, rather than being rash and rash because of my words, which will lead to a great defeat. Now the situation of being forced to make peace with Tibet is not due to the annihilation of the Northern Route Army. It can be said that the defeat of the Northern Route Army is intolerable. I have made mistakes, but the bigger mistakes are in the generals, don't you hear that 'the generals don't care about the military orders abroad'? Therefore, in response to this defeat, I punished myself for not eating for three days to punish myself, but the mistakes of Ge Shuhan and Li Guangbi also need to be punished. Now he has taken the post of envoy of Geshuhan Hexi Jiedu, and has been demoted to the envoy of Hexi Soldiers and Horses, and Wang Yuan has temporarily replaced him with the mission of Hexi Jiedu. He seized the post of Li Guangbi and made the right section of Long, and was demoted to the right of Long's soldiers and horses, and the right section of Long's envoy was temporarily replaced by Gao Xianzhi. You two must take warning, and henceforth be cautious and lead the army, in the hope that I will be honored. Chin this. ”

After reading the long holy decree, Wang Yuan, Gao Xianzhi and others bowed to thank him for receiving the decree. The holy decree is nothing more than two things, one is that the matter of peace is approved, and Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi have full authority to deal with it. The second is the result of the annihilation of the Northern Route Army. The first thing was expected, the only thing that was surprising was that the envoy of this plenipotentiary peace was actually Wang Yuan instead of Gao Xianzhi, which was somewhat surprising. Regardless of seniority or prestige, Gao Xianzhi is above Wang Yuan, but he made Wang Yuan a righteous envoy, which is probably the result of Yang Guozhong blowing the wind again.

The second thing is actually quite surprising. The entire army of the Northern Route Army was annihilated, and it stands to reason that Ge Shuhan and Li Guangbi would be unlucky. These two people were actually mentally prepared to be swept to the end, but Xuanzong's holy decree only exempted them from their position as envoys and retained their positions as envoys, which was already a good result.

Taking Wang Zhongsi as an example, after the defeat of Shibao City, an important minister of the Tang Dynasty who was also the envoy of the three major festivals and an important position in the political affairs hall of the central government of the DPRK was all cleanly removed. Now Wang Zhongsi has only been given the position of Hanyang Taishou. When the two are compared, you can see how kind Xuanzong is to Ge Shuhan and Li Guangbi. This may have something to do with Wang Yuan's unceremonious pointing out Xuanzong's mistakes, and Xuanzong actually punished himself for these accusations. Whether the punishment of a three-day hunger strike has a gambling and childish flavor is another matter.

What is even more surprising is that Hexi Road and Longyou Road are led by Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi respectively, which is an attitude of the imperial court affirming Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi. If nothing else, when this battle is over, these two people will be officially appointed as the envoys of these two knots. However, among the envoys of the Tang Festival, in addition to An Lushan, who received the three festivals, only Gao Xianzhi and Wang Yuan each received two festivals. This shows that in Xuanzong's heart, the status of Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi has soared to a fairly high position.

After the decree was announced, and the messenger who had come from afar was sent to rest, there was some silence in the tent for a while. Before the decree was announced, there were four festival envoys who were on an equal footing, and the next moment two of them became each other's subordinates, which was indeed a little embarrassing.

"Brother Shu Dashuai, Li Dashuai, I didn't expect things to come to such a result, hey, I don't know what to say." Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Wang Dashuai, this is already the best result. If it weren't for Wang Shuai and Gao Shuai to excuse the two of us in the performance, how could we have such a good result. Ge Shuhan thanked Wang Shuai and Gao Shuai for everything they had done. Wang Dashuai, don't worry, from now on, my brother Shuhan will be your general. Ge Shuhan knew that he didn't have enough strategy, but he still succeeded. ”

Ge Shuhan was an upright man, and he was genuinely glad that he could continue to stay in Hexi Province as a soldier and horse envoy, which already made him overjoyed.

"What General Geshu said is that the humble post also thanks the two marshals for their exculpation, and in the future, the humble post will follow the account of the senior marshal, and will do his best, and dare not slack off." Li Guangbi said quietly.

Wang Yuan sighed and said: "That's it, let's do it first, I will plead with Your Majesty after the war to see if there can be another turnaround." General Geshu, although I have appointed the envoy of the Hexi Province to serve as the envoy, but the affairs of the Hexi Army are only familiar to you, so I will not interfere, and General Geshu is in charge of everything. If you have any needs, just tell me. In short, everyone should work together to serve the country loyally. ”

Ge Shuhan and Lee Kwang-pil Qi claimed to be. Gao Xianzhi sat aside and drank tea from the beginning to the end, not saying a word at all, only smiling lightly. He is not a polite person, His Majesty decreed that he should be the envoy of the Right Dao of Long, so he will go to the same time. As for the face of Ge Shuhan and Li Guangbi, he didn't have time to care. Wang Yuan wanted to comfort them, so he let them go.

Since the imperial court has decided to negotiate peace with the Tibetan state, what kind of favorable conditions need to be put forward for the Tang Dynasty when negotiating peace, but can be accepted by the Tubo, these things need to be discussed in advance. Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi immediately convened the senior generals in the army to discuss the conditions for peace, these are all military generals in the army, and some of the conditions proposed are outrageous, but Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi still decided to brainstorm.

In fact, this peace agreement is nothing more than a truce, and at the cost of a truce, something will be deprived of Tibet from Tibet. Most unequal treaties contain nothing more than two clauses, land cession and royalty. For the good-faced Xuanzong and Datang, peace with any country must be added, that is, they must be superior in national relations. Either the other party admits that it belongs to the Tang Dynasty, or it is the relationship between the country of brothers and the country of uncles and nephews, in short, these names that have no practical use are the rarest of Xuanzong.

A few days later, the agreed time for the two sides to negotiate finally came. Early in the morning, a messenger came from the city of Pibo, informing the Datang side to request a half-day extension. Because it is said that the prime minister Yixiang Yele left Luoqi City a little later because he was busy with the affairs of the country, and he was already speeding up the journey, but I am afraid that the morning meeting will be postponed to the afternoon.

Many generals were indignant, saying that the Tubo people were deliberately playing tricks, and that the peace talks had not yet begun, and they had already failed to comply with the agreed time, and the Tubo people could not be trusted. However, Wang Yuan believes that this is a manifestation of the great importance that the Tubo State attaches to this peace conference. Yixiang Yele sent a fast horse to inform him halfway, isn't it important? Yixiang Yele may have really delayed the time, so he came late, but there was no need to make a fuss.

Gao Xianzhi and Wang Yuan hold the same point of view, the longer the two get along, the more they find that many of the views with each other are the same, which makes Gao Xianzhi feel very surprised, in his mind, he should be completely different from Wang Yuan Two types of talents, but he didn't expect such a match.

Outside the ** camp in the afternoon, at the negotiation table of the pergola long table, Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi were chatting with their legs crossed in the shade and waiting for Yixiang Yele's arrival. For some reason, the topic of the two always revolves around the little seventh sister in Gao Xianzhi's family. I don't know if Gao Xianzhi did it intentionally or unintentionally, in short, Gao Xianzhi always mentions this little seventh sister intentionally or unintentionally.

Although Wang Yuan didn't want to talk about this topic, he still sketched in his mind the image of a girl with sharp teeth and beautiful eyes but wisdom and arrogance through the few words described by Gao Xianzhi. Compared with the wives and concubines in the family, there is no one who is somewhat similar to the little seventh sister of the Gao family, which makes Wang Yuan feel a little interested.