Although they did not dare to surrender to the Fusang army, it was obvious that they knew the benevolence of the Han culture in the Central Plains, and there were no surprises that the Han people in the Central Plains were not good at killing prisoners.

Baili Wuji and Bailikang outside the city also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the Liao army surrendering.

If the Liao army did not surrender again, the musketeers could only attack the city directly, because the artillery had no more shells.

The shortcomings of artillery were fatal in this era, there were no good roads, it was quite difficult to march and supply, and the range of musketeers was too close, but only twenty zhang, and now to capture Liaoyang City, how to hold it is still a problem.

The most important thing is that from the mouth of the Liao army defending the city, it was learned that Yelujing and the iron cavalry had returned to Shangjing, and Baili Yi must have also been taken captive to Shangjing, and this news cut off Baili Wuji's idea of rescuing Baili Yi through military means.

And in fact, with its current strength, the Ming army in Liaoyang City was unable to continue the northern attack.

Now, to save Bailiyi's life, you can only rely on negotiations.

But Baili Wuji definitely does not want to take the initiative to negotiate peace, and whoever proposes peace talks first at this time will fall into passivity.

Baili Wuji needs the Ming army to hold on to the peace talks in Liaoyang City until the peace talks are completed, Liaoyang City is an important town in the southeast of Liaoguo, and if Liaoyang City is lost, Liaoguo will lose the barrier in the southeast, this is a big hand, Baili Wuji does not believe that Liaoguo can still sleep after losing Liaoyang City.

In case of emergency, Baili Wuji sent an order to Peng Xiao, ordering his fleet to move north to Chenzhou (Zhisho Jian'an City, Gaizhou City, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province), if an accident occurs, the Ming army in Liaoyang City can withdraw to Chenzhou in the southwest, and then under the cover of the range of naval guns. A safe retreat should not be a problem.

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The news of the fall of Liaoyang City reached Shangjing in the Liao State, and the entire Liao State court was shaken.

The Ming army was able to easily capture the military town defended by 10,000 people, and such combat power could not help but make the Liao court tremble. Even the fierce and brutal Liao Emperor Yelu Jing couldn't help but be afraid.

He had seen the power of the muskets of the Ming army, but he had not seen a hundred cannons fired in unison, and the fall of Liaoyang City at this time made him rejoice that he was able to return to Shangjing quickly, and thus he was even more grateful to Jeruzara.

This inexplicable war with Fusang State lost 170,000 troops of the Liao State, and the short battle with the Ming army caused the iron cavalry of Zhenguo's treasure to lose 30%, which made Yelujing feel unprecedented fear.

The Liao State was different from the Ming State. The Khitan people themselves are formed by the convergence of various tribes, and the population of the entire Khitan tribe is only more than one million, and the real part of the Liao army is from more than 20 tribes such as Xi, Murowei, and Zubu. Of course, there is also the original Bohai State conquered by Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji, that is, the country established by the Su Mo Ya tribe, and the Heishui Ya in the Su Mo Ya tribe later evolved into the Jurchen people, which is the ancestor of the Manchu people in later generations.

So many tribes came together to establish the Liao State. And the elite Liao army that is really in the hands of the Liao court is only 400,000 people. Most of these soldiers came from tribes close to the Khitans.

Only the iron cavalry is composed of all Khitan people, so it is not easy to show people, and it is cited as the treasure of the town.

And now the 170,000 army has suffered casualties and the iron cavalry has been damaged, so that the Khitan people's dominance over the Liao State has decreased significantly. The foreigners of various nationalities who were taken captive by the Liao State began to have different aspirations, and most of them were Han people, and Han people were the most.

Officials of various ethnic groups such as the Khitan officials of the Liao State and the Han people wrote letters asking Yelujing to negotiate peace with the Ming State to avoid a war on two fronts. At the same time, regarding the fall of Liaoyang Mansion, they unanimously requested the approval of peace talks. Take back Liaoyang Mansion.

Even Shu Luping, who was under house arrest in Zuzhou (southwest of present-day Inner Mongolia and Balinzuoqi), wrote to Yelu Jing to strike the war with the Ming Kingdom, and when he finished writing the meloto, the seventy-five-year-old Empress Dowager Shulu had died.

In the midst of the cries of the Liao State, Yelujing had to agree to peace talks with the Ming State. At the same time, in order to appease the Khitan royal family headed by Yelu Lou, Yelu Jing ordered Yelu Sara to be the mainstay, supplemented by Li Di, a scholar of the Xuanzheng Palace, who was responsible for peace talks with the Ming State, and the bottom line was that the Ming State must withdraw from Liaoyang and come to the two cities of Yuan, although the officials of the Liao State had different opinions on the belonging of the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Liao Emperor Yelu Jing said "This Han land, now to return to the Han, what is the pity"? So there was no objection.

At this time, the central official system of the Liao State was divided into two major systems: the northern official and the southern official.

The Khitan is east to the east, the emperor's palace tent is west to east, and the officials are divided into two sides of the palace tent, so the official positions are divided into north and south.

The northern officials managed the Khitan political affairs, and the southern officials managed the affairs of the Han people, that is, the so-called "governing the Khitan with the state system and treating the Han people with the Han system". The northern official system still retains some traces of the Khitan clan tribal system. Most of the job names originated from the Turks and Hui people, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, some job names of the Han official system were adopted.

It can be said that this is the prototype of one country, two systems.

After receiving the decree, Jeruzara and Li Di sent envoys to Liaoyang City to agree on a date for peace talks.

And Baili Wuji was waiting for Liaoguo to speak peace talks in Liaoyang City, and the two sides hit it off and quickly set a peace talk between the two countries in five days, and during this period, the two armies ceased fighting.

At this time, there was bad news from Yanyun Chen Yanzheng, Guo Chong, the envoy of the Chengde Army stationed in Zhenzhou, and Sun Xingyou, the Yiwu Army stationed in Dingzhou, had the appearance of transferring troops to the north, and asked Baili Wuji to give instructions on how to deal with it.

Baili Wuji was a little surprised, Guo Wei didn't seem to be a person who didn't believe in his words, it was very likely that the two festivals of the Zhou State saw that there was an opportunity to mobilize troops without authorization, and wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob.

So, Baili Wuji replied and ordered Chen Yanzheng to strengthen his vigilance, not to take the lead in the war, and in case of attack, he could fight back, but he was not allowed to go south into the territory of Zhou, and everything would be decided after he returned.

At the same time, Baili Wuji released carrier pigeons and sent a message to Jinling Xu Shiming to send an envoy to negotiate with Guo Wei to confirm the situation.

Five days later, in Liaoyang City, Baili Wuji personally presided over the peace talks with the commander of the Liaoguo Iron Cavalry, the chief Han'er secretary, the Zhongshu Ling Yelu Sara, and the Xuanzheng Palace scholar Li Di.

At the beginning of the formal talks, Baili Wuji's first sentence was that the premise of the peace talks was that the Ming Kingdom commanded Bailiyi's safe return.

This surprised Li Di, did the Liao army capture the Ming general? Li Di looked at Jeruzara with inquiring eyes.

Jerusara replied without changing his face: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, Bailiyi is indeed in Shangjing, and he is doing well, he has no intention of returning to the Ming Kingdom, even if you are the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, you can't force Bailiyi to return to the Ming Kingdom." ”

Bai Likang sneered when he heard this, and said: "It's not appropriate for you to say this, you have to say it yourself." ”

Yelu Sara ignored Baili Kang and saluted Baili Wuji: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, Baili Yi is already my husband, and my words are naturally valid." (To be continued......)