Early the next morning, the Qing Demon put down eleven people from the Xizhimen City Tower with hanging baskets, holding white satin while trembling and shouting: "On the order of the Great Qing Dynasty's minister Gong Wangye, come to negotiate peace with the Holy Country, and ask your army not to open fire." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After these more than ten people left the city wall two miles away, a group of cavalry sent by Luo Xuan and more than 100 cavalry surrounded more than 10 people, and despite the struggles and opposition of these people, they were forcibly taken to the Sanbeizi Garden.

At this time, Feng Yunshan, Luo Xuan, Zuo Zongtang, Bai Huihuai, and a deputy division commander sent by the First Division and the Eighth Division were already waiting in the park.

Liu Shengbang took the three Manchu traitors and Han officials who surrendered after being captured by the captive army to secretly observe on the way: in addition to Yan Chong, the leader of the Qichun Yuan Lang and Xiao Cavalry, there were also two Wen Xuan Qing officials of the Ministry of Officials, Shi Lang Zhong Getai, and Chen Rubi, a member of the Wai Lang. Naturally, the purpose of taking them to observe was to identify who the Qing Demon came to negotiate with.

Sure enough, before the Manchu Qing Eleventh was escorted to Feng Yunshan and others by the captive army, everyone on the side of the Holy Kingdom already knew the identity of the people who came out of the city to negotiate: the leader was three people, one of whom was Mu Yin, the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Secretary of the Ministry of War; second, Gui Liang, the former governor of Zhili, who was dismissed from his post and retained; and the third person is the deputy capital of Bayana; There are two others, but they are the heads of the military department, and the other six are the guards and servants of the three people.

Zuo Zongtang on the side, combined with the information of the prisoners, analyzed the identities of the three people who came to the peace talks, and reported to Feng Yunshan in a low voice: "Holy King, these three people should not be subordinate to each other, and they are in the same position, but Gui Liang is the leader, and Mu Yin is second. ”

"Holy King, according to the intelligence, Gui Liang is the father-in-law of Prince Gong Yixun, and Mu Yin should belong to the chess pieces left by the Manchu Emperor in Beijing, as for that Bayan'a, he is just a martial artist, he should be the confidant general of Seng Lingqin, and he can be regarded as loyal to the Manchu Emperor."

After Zuo Zongtang finished introducing, Feng Yunshan almost knew it in his heart.

In this negotiation, Feng Yunshan was not ready to come forward, but hid in the next room to peek.

Not only that, but he also invited the two Manchu traitors who surrendered, Yanchong and Getai, as well as the hosts of the Da Coat Temple, Wanshou Temple, and Tianning Temple next to them, and the Guan Ying people of Baiyun Temple, to secretly observe the negotiations in the next room.

And Mu Yin, the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Secretary of the Ministry of War, privately probed the people in the room in front of him. He was indeed looking for Feng Yunshan, and after he didn't see it, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his eyes, but this was just a flash.

In the early morning of two days ago, Banzai summoned him and told him that he had decided to immediately hunt north for Rehe, and wanted to arrange for him to go to Rehe with him, but there were no trustworthy ministers in Beijing, and Xianfeng couldn't rest assured, so he had to let him stay in Beijing.

At the same time, he will issue an order to order Prince Gong to be the Qincha and stay in Beijing. However, he was asked to take a good look at Prince Gong for the imperial court, and if there was any misdeeds, he would unite with the monk Lingqin to mobilize the Praetorian Guard, which could be taken immediately.

Therefore, in this negotiation, Mu Yin took the initiative to invite Ying to come in person. Originally, before Xianfeng left Beijing, he had ordered him and Prince Zheng Duanhua to try to contact the captive army outside the city to negotiate peace talks, and also authorized him Mu Yin to agree to the conditions of dividing the river and ruling the river.

However, Mu Yin knew that when he attacked Tianjin City, he might be able to impress the thieves with this condition, but now that Bali Bridge has been defeated, the most powerful Mongolian cavalry of the Qing Dynasty has been defeated, and the weakness of the Qing Dynasty has been completely exposed to the thieves, and the thieves have besieged Beijing City with heavy troops.

Mu Yin couldn't help but have a headache.

And here, Gui Liang was already licking his face, with a smile that was more ugly than crying, and saluted Zuo Zongtang, who was headed by the house: "Gui Liang, a scholar of the Eastern Pavilion University of the Great Qing Dynasty, Mu Yin, the secretary of the leading army, and Ba Yang'a, the deputy capital commander, etc., see His Royal Highness the Holy King!" ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't expect this Gui Liang to be so dizzy that he mistook himself for the Holy King, which was worth it, his face changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "Bold, how can you climb indiscriminately?" The Holy King has all the opportunities, how could he deign to come to see you and other demons? I, Zuo Zongtang, am now added to the account of the Holy King, and the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Capture Army, you can remember it clearly! ”

Gui Liang deliberately piled up a surprise on his face, and apologized again and again, saying: "Gui Liang is confused, he actually recognizes Mr. Zuo as the holy king, and asks for forgiveness." However, Mr. Zuo is a talent, I heard that he used to be my Qing Dynasty? ”

When Zuo Zongtang heard him say this, his heart chuckled! This Gui Liang's tone is so clear that he has inquired about himself clearly, how can he admit his mistake? I suddenly felt that there was something wrong with being busy, but I couldn't think of it for a while.

However, there is one thing Zuo Zongtang knows in his heart that this Gui Liang deliberately said that he was a genius who made him mistakenly think that he was a holy king, and also mentioned that he used to be a Manchu Qing Juren, and his intentions were sinister, just to sow discord.

Fortunately, the Holy King was watching from the room behind him, otherwise, if the rumors reached his ears, he might really succeed. Thinking of this, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help glaring at the old treacherous Gui Liang, and shot back: "Zuo was young and confused, and almost went astray, fortunately he didn't get into the jinshi, otherwise, at this moment, I am afraid that it will be Zuo who followed him to beg for mercy and negotiate peace!" ”

One sentence choked Gui Liang's face flushed.

Luo Xuan, Bai Huihuai, and the generals of the captive army next to him all laughed, and secretly said that the deputy chief of staff of the left answered well!

Feng Yunshan, who was secretly peeking in the next room, couldn't help but wonder.

It was Luo Gang who came forward, interrupted Gui Liang's embarrassment, and said loudly: "This king is the king of the Holy Kingdom, and he was appointed by the Holy King to come to meet with you and others. It is a joy to hear that you are ready to surrender to my army and surrender to my holy kingdom! ”

Luo Xuan insisted that Gui Liang was here to surrender, which made Gui Liang's face change greatly.

Before coming here, his son-in-law Gong Wang Ye had a secret conversation with him for a long time, and asked him to find out the details of the thieves. Even, Prince Gong even sent him to do a secret thing. But no matter what, they didn't agree to surrender and hand over the city of Beijing.

At this time, Mu Yin on the side coughed lightly and said, "His Royal Highness King Xin, Mu Yin is polite." Mu Yin arched his hand and pretended to salute, but he was secretly depressed in his heart, he was a dignified Manchurian white flag nobleman, and he was still a scholar of the military department, and he actually wanted to call this thief the prince.

"The king of faith is joking! I, on the orders of the Lord of Long Live Lord, came to negotiate with your army to see if we can turn hostility into jade silk and exempt the suffering of the common people in the world and the people of Li! Mu Yin diverted the topic and said his meaning directly.

Gui Liang also nodded hurriedly, and grabbed the words: "Yes, yes, this time the main thing is to discuss the truce with your army. The Manchu and Han are a family, why bother to see each other? Now that the power of your army has also become a force, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty is also willing to take a step back, it is better for everyone to rule by rowing the river, just like brothers and friends, coexist peacefully and enjoy the world in peace, how about it? ”

Luo Xuan was not good at words, so he glanced at Zuo Zongtang and signaled for him to come forward to negotiate.

Zuo Zongtang understood, took a thousand steps, and said with a smile: "Gui Zhongtang's words are extremely true! It seems that your lord is indeed benevolent and righteous, and so does my holy king, who saw the great drought in the north last year, and the locust plague one after another, so he waved his army to the north and led a thousand grain ships, all of which were used to relieve the people! Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Dagukou, he was bombarded by the Qing soldiers for no reason, sinking many grain ships, even so, the Holy King still decided to give the general grain relief to the people, and it must have arrived in Tongzhou at this moment. ”

Gui Liang listened to Zuo Zongtang's words, as if he agreed to the proposal of dividing the river and governing, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, now that the Qing Dynasty has a small army, if it can be ruled by the river, it is already a great joy. I couldn't help but say eagerly: "So, you agree to divide the river and rule?" Since then, my Qing Dynasty has ceased a truce with your country and turned into a friendly country? ”

"That's nature! However, as a friend, Zuo had to remind Gui Zhongtang that there was a difference between the Manchus and the Hans, and it was better for the Manchus to go back to the white mountains and black waters to fish and hunt. This side can only cultivate the land, and our Han people are the most suitable. Zuo Zongtang finished speaking, and without waiting for the other party to answer, he got up and ordered someone to carry up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that had been prepared long ago.

Zuo Zongtang's calligraphy is very good, and he wrote down the agreement to divide the river and rule: "His Royal Highness the Holy King of the Holy Kingdom and the Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are afraid of the cruelty of the war and the emaciation of the common people, and they are willing to agree to stop the war and truce, and the agreement is as follows:

First, the two sides will rule by rowing the Luan River and will not invade each other.

Second, after the signing of the agreement, the Qing state unconditionally surrendered to the Holy State, surrendered all the areas south of the Luan River, including the city of Beijing, and the Qing troops withdrew from the area south of the Luan River within four months. In return, the Holy Kingdom could release all the captured bannermen and allow the nobles above the Manchu and Mongolian princes to carry no more than 10,000 taels of silver across the Luan River. ”

Third, the Qing State compensated the Holy State with 1 million taels of silver and 5 million stones of grain, and the Holy State did not take a penny, all of which were used to relieve the affected Li people.