"Yes, I want to protect my Luoyang, but also want the Han army to retreat without resenting my royal family, and I want the princes of the world not to be strong with my royal family, what does the Taishi official think he should do?" After the master asked, Zhou Bian couldn't help but ask again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that the eyes of the king and the ministers were cast over, the imperial historian Li Tu bowed slightly, "The king, in the opinion of the ministers, you can negotiate." They recognized the status of our royal family and no longer interfered in the affairs of our royal family, while we and Han Hou made a friendly agreement with each other with a small reward, stipulating that the boundary between our Wangji and the Han border would never be violated in the future. Then the danger of my Luoyang being attacked was immediately resolved, Han Hou returned satisfied, the people of the world only saw that my royal family and Han Hou re-friended, but they didn't know that my Luoyang defeated Han Hou with a strong army, so, what does the king think? ”

After the hall was calm for a while, I heard the king whisper, "This king thinks it is feasible, what about you?" ”

"The old man agrees."

The ministers present expressed their attitudes one after another.

However, since this is a major event, it is still necessary to convene some ministers to hold a court meeting to discuss, but this meeting time has reached lunch time, and Zhou Bian still decided to hold a court meeting in the afternoon.

This will be a good idea, this is not even Zhou Bian himself did not expect, so that today when he heard the statement of the Taishi official, Zhou Bian actually broke out in a cold sweat, yes, the Zhou royal family, which has been weak for hundreds of years, can defeat more than 100,000 Korean troops, this is no longer a shock can be described, the royal family is the nominal co-owner of the world, but that is only nominal, whose princes want to hang a more than nominal co-owner on their heads? If it is really the defeat of the Korean army, the princes of the world are afraid that they will be shaken.

Wiping the cold sweat on his face, and seeing Li Tu who was still kneeling under the hall, Zhou Bian's face suddenly improved, and after shouting a flat body and giving a seat, Zhou Bian asked with a smile.

"Historian, this king has something unclear, why don't you go into the palace to ask for a meeting, but stop this king's carriage outside the palace gate?"

This is also something that Zhou Bian can't understand, although he doesn't treat this Li Tu very much, but he doesn't seem to be a master who can't listen to words.

Li Tu's answer was very simple, he was afraid that the king would save face, so he refused to make peace with Han Jun, so he deliberately said it outside the palace to attract more people's attention.

Well, compared with the opinions raised, this way of putting forward opinions can really be ignored, Zhou Bian praised it a few words, promised a reward, and sent away these ministers in the palace, after all, the Son of Heaven also has to eat lunch.

After the lunch break, there was the court meeting, which was neither a cabinet meeting nor a large court meeting, but something in between, so the number of participants was between thirty and forty, and those who could discuss things and had time came.

And Zhou Bian gave Li Tu another chance to repeat his noon words in the palace.

Then came the discussion time, and after a lot of noise, the ministers present almost all agreed with Li Tu's suggestion, and it was extremely rare for them to have such a high degree of unanimity. But when you think about it, it suddenly becomes clear, who here doesn't have an industry, and has been besieged by the Korean army for so long, and I don't know how much it has lost, and even if there is no industry, who doesn't want the Korean army to retreat as soon as possible?

Still, some people put forward their own opinions.

"It's just that I can't give Han Hou too many rewards, otherwise I will fall into the prestige of my royal family, not to mention, and make all the princes in the world think that my royal family is easy to bully, and in the future, he Wei State will also come to fight, and Zhao State will also come to fight, where will my royal family get so many rewards?"

It was Baekyu who gave the opinion, which was a good point, and it was quickly agreed by all the ministers.

After a heated discussion, it was decided to negotiate with Han Jun according to Li Tu's words, and soon the negotiator was also decided, and Wang Sun Man had to be. After all, he was the one who dealt with Han Hou the most, and besides, he was originally doing diplomatic work.

Zhou Bian sat on it, thinking that he had almost discussed, but when he was marveling at the efficiency of this discussion, he suddenly heard a quarrel below.

After listening carefully, I found that the dispute was over etiquette, whether to use the talisman or the axe.

It turns out that in the past, when the royal family sent envoys to the nations, they all planted the royal flag and held the talismans, and although this talisman was also used by the Son of Heaven, in this era of the decline of the royal family of the countries of the kingdom, it has long become a guard of honor used by the nations to send envoys to each other. Besides, the axe was used by the Son of Heaven for execution, representing majesty and supreme monarchy, which was suitable for the messenger of the Son of Heaven.

Then the difference comes, the use of symbols, it means that the two countries are equal, or status or strength, and the use of the axe, it shows that the status is not equal, and the party holding the axe is obviously higher than the other. It seems that the royal family can now defeat the Korean army, and some ministers' minds are also active, and the face of the former royal family has returned, in their opinion, angels represent the dignity of the Son of Heaven, so they should use axes.

And now is obviously not the time to consider whether the dignity of the royal family should come back, after figuring out the key point of the dispute, Zhou Bian immediately issued an order, or use the talisman. The envoys who sued for peace were all sent out, do you still care about this little detail?

In view of the majesty of the king, the details of the envoy to the Korean army were quickly decided. Then wait for tomorrow morning, Wang Sunman will go out of the city.

After the court meeting, Zhou Bian let out a long breath, I hope I can talk to the Han army, after fighting for so long, it is time to rest, the royal family still has to breathe, and can no longer continue to die. However, Zhou Bian believes that the Han army is not having a good time, he can't fight and can't fight, and he is unwilling to retreat, maybe the Han army is also waiting for my royal family to send someone to sue for peace, right?

The next day, the South Korean army did not attack the city, perhaps resting. Early in the morning, with the rising summer day, a horse-drawn carriage drove out of Yumen, then turned eastward, and with the hope of the royal family, rushed towards the Korean army camp a few miles away.

It was an old-fashioned two-wheeled carriage with only two people on board, Wang Sunman and his coachman, with a tall royal flag planted behind the carriage to identify themselves, and Wang Sunman sat upright on it, holding the talisman with both hands.

The carriage was depressed and rushed east along the north bank of Luoshui, if it weren't for the fact that the three city gates on the east side were blocked, Wang Sunman would not be willing to spare such a distance. In the early morning sun, warm, but not hot, there were sergeants patrolling the city walls, casting curious glances at the carriages speeding under the city, but they were quickly stopped by the officers who knew about it.

Although there was no one to send him off, Wang Sunman clearly knew that he was worried about the hearts of many people in Luoyang City when he traveled this time.

The carriage soon got on the right road and drove on the potholed ground east of Luoyang, and the carriage also bumped up and down, and Wang Sunman had to stretch out a hand to hold the wheel, and did not forget to tell the coachman to be careful. And this dense road full of potholes, obviously caused by the royal family's catapults, without personally passing through the ground, I really can't imagine that this catapult is so powerful.

Before he had time to sigh more, the carriage drove out of the country, and the ground began to level again, Wang Sunman sat up straight, closed his eyes, and began to think about the negotiation to be held.

The carriage runs on the smooth official road, because this road leads directly to Chengzhou and Gongyi, so this road is still often maintained, even if it is unattended for a month because of the siege of the Korean army, it has not let the road surface be damaged to the point of bumping, on the carriage, Wang Sunman bathed in the rising summer, and it seems that there is a feeling of drowsiness.

However, this feeling did not last long, and soon the carriage came to a small river, a tributary of Luoshui, which was only a zhang wide between Luoyang and Chengzhou, and on which was a small wooden bridge built by an unknown dynasty, which is still strong. On either side of the bridge are improvised wooden bridges, with green tree trunks, apparently newly built by the Korean army.

Crossing the small bridge, you can see the Han camp that stretches for more than a mile. The first thing you see is the tall gate, the wooden fence, neatly organized, like a cottage, and then there are tents one after another.

It was the camp tent of the Korean army, the camp tent of more than 100,000 Korean soldiers, quietly, although it was not close, but a wind of slaughter came to the face.

Wang Sunman straightened his robe, straightened his back, and raised his head to the Han camp.

Finally, he was getting closer and closer to the camp, and although he had made many missions on behalf of the royal family, Wang Sunman's mood was still a little nervous.

From a distance, I could already see that the gate of the camp was tightly closed, was the Han army afraid of being attacked? You don't have to be so cautious during the day. A little confused, but Wang Sunman still ordered the coachman to slow down and slowly lean towards the camp gate.

What I didn't expect was that when the carriage went all the way to the camp gate, no Korean soldier shouted to stop, which is not logical? Wang Sunman finally felt that something was wrong, and at this time, the carriage had stopped two steps away from the camp gate.

Raised his head and looked into the camp, but he didn't see a single figure, and at this time, a breeze blew, but he didn't even bring a human voice, Wang Sunman suddenly reacted, the Han camp was too quiet, and it didn't look like someone at all.

Even if you rest, you don't have to be so quiet, does the South Korean army order all the soldiers to stay quiet and not make any sound? But it's impossible that there isn't even a soldier at the gate of the camp, otherwise if the Zhou Room sends troops to sneak attack, how to deal with it?

But the reality was that a carriage stopped in front of the camp gate, only two steps away from the wooden camp gate, but not a single Korean soldier came. Wang Sunman was puzzled, and the driver who was driving was also puzzled, turned his head, and looked at his own adult.

"Lord, what now? Do you want the villain to get out of the car and take a look? ”

Seeing that the master nodded, the coachman immediately climbed down, walked to the camp gate, first tiptoed to look around, shouted a few times but no one answered, then lowered his head and carefully inspected the camp gate, and finally walked two steps left and right to see clearly, before returning to the carriage, arching his hand.

"Master, the villain has seen it, there is no one in this camp, and the gate of this camp is only closed, not closed, do you want the villain to open the gate of this camp and drive the carriage directly in?"

"It's strange, but let's open the camp gate, and let's go in and have a look." Wang Sunman nodded.

The coachman immediately ran forward and vigorously removed the two camp gates. Then he came back and climbed into the carriage, and with a wave of his whip, the wheels of the carriage immediately rolled, and drove the wide body into the tent.

As soon as you enter the camp gate, there is an open space, empty, on both sides and on the opposite side a hundred paces away is the camp tent, a gray camp tent, but some are staggered, some have been put down on the ground, and some have even been put away and packed, but they were thrown on the ground at will and not taken away.

The carriage went a few hundred paces forward, and it was still like this, there was not a single figure of the Korean soldiers, as if the Korean army was in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to pack up the camp tent, so they were left here. What made the Han army leave in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to collect the camp tent? Wang Sunman became more and more confused, and after beckoning the coachman to stop the car, he got out of the car himself, raised his feet and approached the tents, trying to find out what clues, but failed.

"Master, isn't it that the Han army has abandoned the camp and wants to surprise my Luoyang?" The coachman was clearly thinking about it too.

Wang Sunman smiled and shook his head, "How did Han Jun know that I was coming today?" Since you don't know, who are you going to show this deliberately? You'd better catch your car, these things have their own adults to worry about. ”

"No." The coachman bowed his head and stepped aside, and said no more.

Half an hour later, almost half of the Korean camp was visited, and Wang Sunman finally gave up looking for clues, because everywhere showed that the Han army left in a hurry, but he couldn't see why, and he couldn't see where the Han army went.

But at this time, Wang Sunman was also a little in a dilemma, and looked to the east, which may be the direction of the Han army's retreat, whether he chased forward to confirm whether the Han army really returned to Xinzheng, or now turn the horse's head and report back to Luoyang? Wang Sunman was difficult to decide for a while.

Yes, it would be nice if I could bring back the exact news, but is it really that easy?

After thinking about it, Wang Sunman still instructed the coachman to turn the carriage to the west, and he lifted his feet and got into the carriage. Soon, the carriage was heading back in the direction it had come, at a faster pace than it had come.

After all, the timeliness of the news is more important, and exploring the traces of the Han army is the work of the spies.

The carriage galloped up in the Han camp, but obviously it would not jump out of even one Korean soldier to block it, and soon, the carriage drove out of the camp gate, crossed the river, and the city of Luoyang was in front of him again.

It's really fast, the sun is only half high, and it will come back. Before he had time to sigh a few words, the carriage drawn by four war horses appeared in front of the gate after a while.