Chapter 211: Peace Talks

Three days later

Liao army battalion

In the eyes of the disease, there will be no distinction between the common people of the Son of Heaven or the Khitan Han people, all of them will be killed.

Although the Liao army camp is closer to the direction of Sichuan than Lanzhou, the source of the disease in their camp is still brought back by themselves.

Let's say that four days ago, Generalissimo Han Guangde had already received the news from the Lanzhou battlefield, saying that the Xia army had already been ambushed, and the entire army of General Tuoba, who led 3,000 horsemen to seize the gate, was annihilated, and Tuoba himself was unfortunately killed in battle.

When Han Guangde got this battle report, he knew that the war situation in the northwest was over, and at this time, rumors were probably spreading in the Liao Dynasty Beijing, about Empress Xiao withdrawing Yelu Xiuke from the battle, but suffering a big defeat, the Privy Council is estimated to have exploded.

However, he didn't have time to worry about this, the imminent thing was to withdraw General Han's 50,000 horses safely first, because the next goal must be peace talks, and more strength would be more confidence, so at that time, Han Guangde could order that General Han's headquarters should not stay for a moment, and quickly withdraw to the camp.

However, what he didn't expect was that two days passed,

There wasn't even a sound.

Now it's not just the old marshal, even Xiao Yan'er can't sit still, after all, it's not 5,000 people but 50,000 people, almost half of the Liao army's military strength in the northwest, and it has to be a huge behemoth when it marches, so the world has evaporated?

However, the sentry cavalry soon sent the news, saying that it had found the location of General Tuoba's camp, but it was just .........

It's already a total annihilation.

Everyone in that wave of scouts who went to investigate said that if they could see hell in this life, it would be almost the same as the camp of General Tuoba at that time!

The camp is already dead and silent, and there is no longer the slightest bit of anger, all of the camps are festering and black blood coming out of the body holes, even the main general General Han is also falling on the handsome case, and the bottom of the tasseled helmet has rotted into white bones, and the tens of thousands of corpses in the entire camp can't find a few of them, they all don't know what they have been eroded, missing arms and legs, and most of the corpses are even half of the heads left.

What puzzled the Sentinel the most was that the temperature in this northwest place was already low, and according to the news they sent back, it was only a matter of one or two days, how could it be corrupted like this?

Judging from the traces at the scene, there was no corpse of Xia Jun, not even a piece of armor and banner related to Xia Jun was found, so they felt that it was not caused by an ambush by Xia Jun.

However, no matter what the reason for this, the entire 50,000 people are finally gone, and this news is tantamount to adding insult to injury to the current situation!

But it didn't end there.

At first, of course, this matter started with the sentry camp, and soon most of the sentry camp was already sick.

At this time, the news reached the ears of Han Guangde and Empress Xiao, but the medical officer in the camp only said that there was a rare epidemic and it spread quickly, so that the generalissimo and the queen mother should pay more attention, and there was nothing else.

Xiao Yan'er was already depressed when she heard the news of the loss of General Tuoba's department, and she was even more anxious when she was busy with peace talks and communication for several days.

So I didn't pay attention to the epidemic.

Originally, I wanted Daxia to take the initiative to propose peace talks, so that he could also take some initiative during the negotiations, but General Tuoba lost 50,000 horses, which was considered to have messed up Xiao Yan'er's plan, and the balance was equivalent to losing a lot of chips at once.

Therefore, this time it was time for Xiao Yan'er to be anxious.

However, the only good news is that the news from the sentry horse said that it was not Xia Jun's doing, so in other words, Xia Jun didn't know about it, so she planned to finalize the peace talks before the news of the loss of these 50,000 people spread.

She hasn't slept for a few days in a row, and the northwest has been surprisingly cold these days, which soon made the young queen mother sick.

Xiao Yan'er is such a strong character, if Generalissimo Han Guangde is not allowed to tell the news of her illness, everything will have to wait until the peace talks with Daxia are over.

It's just that this morning Han Guangde didn't expect that it was not only Empress Xiao who fell ill, in just two days, two or three out of ten sick soldiers in the Liao army camp, and if this starts to have a headache and fever, he will be bedridden immediately, and then he can't wait for the military doctor to come to see him, and he will die.

Moreover, this strange disease is very contagious, whether it is with the stove and utensils used by the infected person, or wearing the clothes and armor worn by the infected person, or even staying in the same tent with the infected person, there is a possibility of being infected with this strange disease.

For a time, the camp of the Liao people was shrouded in disease haze, just like Sichuan and Lanzhou in Great Xia..........

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army

When Generalissimo Han Guangde walked into the camp tent, he saw Xiao Yan'er supporting her forehead, and the gaze in her beautiful eyes fell on the handsome case, as if she was considering something.

He couldn't help but be a little worried: "Queen Mother, you must pay attention to the phoenix body!" You can't stay up. ”

Xiao Yan'er raised her head and saw that it was Han Guangde who came in, and stretched out her hand to the side of him, "Sit down, old handsome, how is the situation in the camp?" ”

Han Guangde sighed lightly, shook his head and said: "It can be said that it is very not optimistic, I just came to report this morning, the two centurions of the sentry battalion are all sick and dead, and the Chinese army Meng'an has also been ill. I have ordered the camp to set up a quarantine area, isolate the sick, sprinkle quicklime in the middle, and separate all food and water from the rest of the people. Although our medical officer was helpless against this strange disease, now that the patient has been isolated, the spread of the disease has improved. But ......"

Han Guangde paused and continued: "But the thing I'm most worried about is the problem of the military's heart, now we don't have a targeted prescription, as long as we are sent to the quarantine area, it is basically a dead end, many soldiers will deliberately hide their illness in order not to go to the quarantine area, and when they find out, the people in a camp are no longer good."

Therefore, even the soldiers who have not been quarantined have a normal headache and fever will be suspected, and many soldiers who are not affected by this disease are actually secretly dragged out and beaten to death by other panicked people, and the whole battalion is now panicked. ”

Xiao Yan'er was also silent after listening, and only after a while did she purse her lower lip tightly and take a deep breath, "What I'm most worried about is this, the two defeats were originally a big blow to our army's morale, and now I'm not afraid of his life, I'm afraid of his heart." ”

"Now it seems that I am afraid that more than 50,000 people in General Han's entire army have died of this strange disease. According to the Sentinel Battalion, the black blood they saw at that time was exactly the same as the black blood coming out of the mouths of our sick soldiers. ”

Xiao Yan'er's eyebrows furrowed slightly, thinking that this epidemic broke out from the sentry cavalry camp, and the sentry cavalry camp was very likely to be infected by going to investigate General Han's department, so where did the epidemic in General Han's department come from? It must be Xia Jun!

Xiao Yan'er thought about it, and suddenly her throat itched, and she coughed heavily.

"Ahem~"

She hurriedly covered her delicate lips with the handkerchief on the side of the desk, and a flush instantly appeared on her smooth cheeks, and her delicate shoulders followed by a violent panting.

Han Guangde was busy and worried: "Queen Mother, why don't I find a medical officer to show you, you always say that the wind is cold and the wind is cold, but it is not good!" At this juncture, you still have to be careful. ”

Xiao Yan'er stroked her chest, took a few breaths of relief, and then smiled slightly and waved her hand at him, "Forget it, if it was really an epidemic, I'm afraid I would have died like the soldiers in the quarantine area, what use can you call the medical officer to come." ”

She paused and then said: "We are coming from afar, it is impossible for us to suddenly become ill in the camp, this strange disease should have come from Daxia, but I don't know if it is Sichuan or Shaanxi, I am afraid that they must have also broken out of this epidemic." ”

Han Guangde stroked his beard and thought for a while, before he frowned and said suddenly: "No wonder I said that I came to report this morning that the Xia army in Lanzhou City began to have many camp tents outside the city, and you think that Lanzhou City must be the same as us, helpless against this epidemic, and began to set up quarantine areas outside the city like us." ”

Xiao Yan'er nodded, and seemed to have taken a lot of effort to slowly stand up with her slender lotus arms to support her delicate body, and the bright red Luanfeng brocade robe was extremely heavy on her weak body, and even the pace of bypassing the handsome case seemed a little staggering,

She turned around and handed a roll of yellow silk full of engraved small characters on the handsome case to Han Guangde,

"Let's take a look, old man."

Han Guangde hurriedly got up, respectfully looked at the yellow silk in Empress Xiao's hand in front of him,

"This is........ Negotiate with Da Xia and draw up the proposed article? ”

Xiao Yan'er nodded slowly, and said in response to him: "Now Great Xia has been attacked by this epidemic like us, and it is very likely that not only Lanzhou, but even a large area has been affected, so at this time, we don't have to worry about the counterattack of the Xia army." I am afraid that they are also anxious to negotiate peace in their hearts, so that they can free up energy and material resources to deal with the turmoil that may be extended by the epidemic, so now is the best time for us to negotiate peace. And ......."

Her beautiful eyes flickered without a trace, and she said in a deep voice: "And I'm afraid that someone in our court has already made a move, and if we don't go back, something big will happen." ”

As she spoke, she raised her jade hand and pointed at the yellow silk in Han Guangde's hand, and asked, "These are some of the conditions I drafted, take a look, is there anything else that needs to be added?" ”

Han Guangde knew that he was definitely not as meticulous as Empress Xiao in this kind of matter, so he had nothing to add to the strip on the yellow silk, so he turned to ask: "I wonder if the Queen Mother has any plans about the location and personnel of the peace talks?" ”

Xiao Yan'er responded to him and said: "If the place is in Han Lin, it can be regarded as a compromise location, and when the time comes, the old man will pick five thousand elite soldiers to go with me." ”

"Queen Mother, your illness has not recovered, and you have traveled hundreds of miles back to Han Lin, and this northwest is a bitter cold land with a lack of medical treatment, I am worried that this will cause problems!" Han Guangde is still a little worried about Empress Xiao's decision to go in person, after all, the epidemic is now very serious, once Empress Xiao falls ill at this time, I am afraid that the DPRK and China are really going to change the sky.

"Either I'll go alone, or you can appoint an envoy, and you can make it clear to us in advance if the conditions are the same."

Xiao Yan'er's eyes froze slightly, and after thinking about it, she still shook her head: "It's still not, some Chen is afraid that Daxia will also have to consider it, and when the time comes, there will be some open and secret battles at the negotiation table, after all, Lao Shuai is a bold person, so I can rest assured that I will go in person." And then there'....... Ahem......"

Xiao Yan'er coughed violently as she spoke, and then raised her head and took a few deep breaths, as if using the cold north wind to relieve the itching in her chest like a feather constantly tickling.

Han Guangde hurriedly stood up and wanted to hold her somewhat shaky body, but Xiao Yan'er waved her hand and pressed back to her seat, and then relieved herself and ordered: "When the time comes, I will pretend to be the hour, and the old handsome will go with me, and everything will look at the form of my eyes when the time comes." ”

Han Guangde was a little puzzled when he heard this, "What? Why didn't the Queen Mother show it with the supreme body, and had to pretend to be an envoy? ”

"The first time I had peace talks, I, the queen mother, couldn't wait to go out, but it made Daxia feel that we were in a hurry, and now at this time, the more anxious I am, the more stable I must be."

Xiao Yan'er sighed lightly, stared at the gray sky outside the tent, and said with these sad expressions on her pretty face:

"Since we can't defeat Great Xia in one go, we can only find stability from this negotiation table, stabilize this tiger in the southeast, and then have the strength to deal with that group of hungry wolves in the Western Regions."