At this time, the army that invaded the Tang State was left with only Wang Qing on the way.

There is nothing to say about this way, the main general of Tai'an Mansion is the beautiful bearded prince Zhu Tong, who has always been calm and cautious, and then the two brothers sent to understand Zhen Jiebao and operate the ghost Cao Zheng to help, they were directly closed from the beginning, and it was clear that they were entangled with each other by relying on the super defense of Tai'an Mansion.

Like Tian Biao and them, Duan Er and his gang could only forcibly attack the city after the scolding formation was ineffective, but the defense of Tai'an Fulun, which was backed by Mount Tai, was far above Mengzhou, and Duan Er and they were tired and vomited blood after fighting for five days, losing nearly 1,000 people but making no progress.

At this time, the news of the failure of the other three roads came one after another, which made Duan Er and them shocked, especially the Lingzhou Mansion was also taken away by the people of the Tang State, which is also in Yanzhou, and it is not far from them, plus Dongting Lake is guarded by Yang Mi, and the transportation of grain and grass is directly prohibited during this time, no matter which one can, Yang Mi, who has already monopolized Dongting Lake, they have this confidence, who dares to smuggle on the lake, thousands of vehicles and boats will definitely teach you how to behave.

Therefore, it was extremely difficult for Duan Er to transport the grain and grass behind them, so Duan Er also decided to withdraw his troops directly, otherwise it would be tragic if the people from Lingzhou came out again to sneak attack their grain and grass.

In this way, the army that was dissatisfied with the founding of the Tang State was menacing, but in the end it was a tragedy, all the way was subdued, all the way was annihilated, and more than half of the casualties along the way, only Wang Qing was better, only more than 1,000 people were lost, but the money, grain and manpower consumed by thousands of miles of grain transportation was not a small amount, especially they were the initiators of this encirclement and suppression war, so the loss of face was also the greatest.

After this battle is over, the next thing is the question of the peace talks later, in fact, even Wang Qing and Tian Hu know that today's Tang country is vast and densely populated, rich in money and food, and has become a climate, and it is by no means a war to fight, so the meaning of their coalition expedition is more of a demonstration, and oppression, and it is naturally the best to be able to snatch one or two cities in the Tang Kingdom, even if they can't, they must humiliate the Tang State fiercely, and then let them cede the land and pay reparations to publicly apologize, etc., it is enough to achieve the goal.

This is like the two behemoths of the Celestial Empire and the US imperialism in later generations, friction is inevitable, it is normal to ridicule and sneer at each other, engage in some trade frictions, increase tariffs on each other and even pull allies to restrain them, but it will never start a war lightly, at least there will be no full-scale war, because it will not benefit anyone, and the loser will naturally be disgraced and slumped, and I am afraid that the winner will also be greatly damaged, and then how can I have the strength to deter the rest of the opponents?

Therefore, no matter what the outcome of this battle is, it will definitely end in negotiations, but Wang Qing and the others never expected that they would lose when they came out together, which made them extremely passive or even disadvantageous at the negotiation table.

But no matter how difficult it is, you have to talk about it, otherwise you will fight the Tang State without declaring war, aren't you afraid that the Tang State will also come to this hand? The territory under the rule of Wang Qing or Tian Hu is not small, there are hundreds of thousands of square kilometers in most of the state, and the border line is also very long, not to mention how difficult it is to prevent all of them first, and can you prevent it every day, month and year, as the saying goes, you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but afraid of thieves, if you don't wait for the Tang State to attack, you will be dragged down first.

Therefore, Wang Qing, Tian Hu and all the Jianghu forces in Yuzhou united and sent a few representatives to ask to see Du Jia less than three days after the end of the war, all of them had a good attitude, and they dismounted and walked several miles in front of Liangshan to show respect, and then arrived at Zhu Gui's hotel - now it has become a huge welcome station, specially receiving envoys from all over the world, and it will be even more humble in the future, saying everything is polite and full of smiles, and the previous aggressive troops are completely like two people.

This is the greatest meaning of dealing between forces, when the power is not equal, the power is diplomacy; When the strength is equal, diplomacy is the power, at first Wang Qingtianhu and they wanted to use the former to solve the problem simply and rudely, and then painfully found that they thought wrong, so they could only be forced to use the second way, that is, the way of humble words to seek peace.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Gui couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, but he also had a sense of pride in the strength of the Tang Kingdom in his heart, how difficult it was when he opened a hotel at the foot of Liangshan in the past, he had to nod his head when he saw everyone, and it was better to meet a good temper, and some of them relied on their own ability to treat them as slaves, but for the sake of the cottage Zhu Gui endured these, but it did not mean that he had no emotions and was willing to be stepped on.

But now it's completely different, since Du Jia took charge of the cottage, his status is getting higher and higher, and there are fewer and fewer people who dare to be polite to him, and now after the establishment of the Tang Kingdom, he is even more because of his deep qualifications and loyalty, Du Jia specially told the Ministry to arrange him to be an official position from Sanpin, with a high status, responsible for taking charge of all the post stations in the cottage, in fact, he doesn't need to come here in person now, but Zhu Gui has deep feelings for this job, and he doesn't worry about others doing it, so he stares at it every day.

Of course, with his identity, there is definitely no need to greet the guests in person, but more often others come to visit him, for example, this time several envoys are respectfully and respectfully come to see him 'Lord Zhu Gui', and then hope that he will introduce the Tang King on his behalf.

That's right, it's the Tang King, the status of the Tang King after the war has been accepted and recognized by everyone, and even the prestige in the hearts of many people is still above the predecessors of the King of Jin, the King of Chu, and the King of Wu.

Zhu Gui saw that their attitude was indeed sincere, and the etiquette was thoughtful enough, and he also brought a generous gift, so he asked his subordinates to accept the gifts, and then went to the mountain to enlighten Lord Tang.

During this time, Du Jia was in a good mood on the mountain, on the one hand, because the enemy troops on all four sides were successfully repelled by them according to the plan, and on the other hand, because his wife Chalia finally became pregnant after his hundreds of recent efforts, which made Du Ping and his wife happy, and the whole mansion was even more busy, full of joy.

So Du Jia now puts aside chores and comes to talk to his wife every day, although he is a man in two lives, he is also a first-time father, this joy can not be suppressed, Chai Liya finally got her wish, let go of a stone in her heart, and saw her husband so pampered with a happy smile on his face, and he was even more gorgeous.

(End of chapter)