When Li Xuan saw Yelu Hongji's letter and will, his face showed ecstasy.

"General, we have really done it, the Liao people are going to withdraw their troops and negotiate peace."

Qin Guan said: "What do you think we should do next?" ”

"Hurry up and send a letter to Your Majesty, it is estimated that Your Majesty has been praying for this news." Li Xuan said immediately.

In fact, Qin Guan had already thought that Li Xuan would say this.

As for continuing to fight, destroying the Liao State and even occupying the entire territory of the Liao State, this matter is not so simple.

Just saying that the 40,000 people in his hands want to destroy a country, it is really unlikely, if it is not for a sneak attack, if it is not for the means he has to surpass this era, how can he hit Zhongjing.

Even if they occupy the Liao State, they may not be able to rule them.

Think about the future generations, how many places the great demon king Hitler occupied, but in the end it was not a failure, and which countries and nations did he really exterminate.

The peace talks are indeed the best outcome now.

Qin Guan said: "Then write a letter to Your Majesty and make the whole thing clear." ”

Li Xuan immediately summoned someone who specialized in making secret letters, and wrote a letter to the emperor in Qin Guan's room, Qin Guan saw how to write secret letters for the first time, and was very curious, he found that writing secret letters was written with a special kind of paper, which was particularly delicate and light, and the words written were also very small, smaller than corn grains, dense, and could write a lot, and many of the words were replaced by a symbol that he did not know, if ordinary people saw this letter, even if they were literate, they might not be able to read the meaning inside.

The wisdom of the ancients is not to be underestimated.

Li Xuan explained to Qin Guan on the side,

In the secret letter, all the battles since the analysis of Jinfu were written, they attacked the Great Wall of Liao, annihilated 8,000 enemies, captured Bei'anzhou, annihilated 2,000 enemies, annihilated 20,000 Yulin troops led by Yelushi on the grassland, captured Zezhou, annihilated 2,000 enemies, captured Luming Mountain Pass, annihilated the enemy and captured a total of 30,000 Liao soldiers, captured Yuzhou City, annihilated 2,000 enemies, and now captured Zhongjing Dadingfu, the capital of Liao, and Yelu Hongji, the emperor of Daozong of Liao, fled to Shangjing, captured dozens of royal family members, and a number of Liao ministers.

Then he wrote that the emperor of Liao sued for peace and wanted to start peace talks, and the two countries called off the army and asked for the emperor's opinion.

A total of two copies were written.

After writing, Qin Guan and Li Xuan used the seal at the same time, and then stuffed the secret letter into a finished bamboo tube, sealed the two ends with wax to avoid rain and moisture, tied the secret letter to the pigeon's leg, fed the water and rice, and released the two carrier pigeons.

Looking at the carrier pigeon that disappeared into the sky, Li Xuan clasped his hands together and muttered, "You must send the letter to Jinling City safely." ”

Three days later, the Imperial City of Jinling.

Li Chaoen walked as quickly as if he was flying to the apse, with an excited look on his face, and some little eunuchs muttered in their hearts when they saw Li Chaoen running so fast, afraid that something big had happened.

As soon as he entered the emperor's study, Li Chaoen said excitedly: "Your Majesty, I am very happy, Qin Guan has finally sent a letter." ”

When the emperor heard that it was Qin Guan's letter, he immediately said, "How is Qin Guan now. ”

"Your Majesty, Qin Guan won a great victory, occupied Zhongjing, the capital of Liao, Yelu Hongji fled to Beijing, and now he takes the initiative to sue for peace, congratulations to Your Majesty, the domestic crisis can finally be solved."

As he spoke, he hurriedly handed over the transcribed secret letter in his hand to the emperor.

The emperor took the letter excitedly, looked at it at a glance and ten lines, and after reading it, he suddenly laughed out loud, and the voice spread far and wide.

"Chao'en, I want to reward Qin Guan and reward him heavily."

The Emperor said happily.

Li Chaoen said with a smile: "Such a merit should indeed be rewarded, but Your Majesty, Qin Guan is still waiting for His Majesty's decision, Your Majesty made a decision earlier, and those Liao people also withdrew their troops earlier." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, immediately convene hundreds of officials to the court to discuss peace talks."

It is up to His Majesty to decide whether Qin Guan said in his letter whether to negotiate peace or continue to attack Shangjing.

Well, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor has already made a decision.

Peace talks are already his greatest hope.

The hundred officials were urgently summoned, the emperor sat on the dragon chair, his face was all smiling, holding the transcripted secret letter, and said to the hundred officials: "All Aiqing, I just received a secret letter from the general Qin Guan of Zhenyuan, the general of Zhenyuan broke through the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing of Liao, Yelu Hongji, the emperor of Liao, fled to Beijing, and Qin Guan captured all officials, including Yelu Longyun, the left minister of Liao, as well as Yelu Hongji's princes, princesses and concubines. ”

Hearing this news, the people below immediately exploded, and many people couldn't help but exclaim.

But this is the main hall, and the exclamations quickly subsided.

The emperor didn't think it was allowed, and when they stopped, he continued to smile and said: "Now Yelu Hongji is preparing to make a truce and ask for peace with our Great Zhao State, Qin Guan has sent a letter to ask for my opinion, you Aiqing, you say, should Qin Guan continue to attack Shangjing now, or agree to Yelu Hongji's request for peace." ”

Everyone could see that the emperor was in trouble.

Such a big victory, it can be said that since the founding of the Great Zhao Dynasty, the Liao State invaded the national capital Jinling in danger, and now there is a sudden surprise, the Liao State seeks peace, and the emperor is naturally overjoyed.

In fact, some people know that it is not suitable to continue fighting at all, and the 400,000 troops of Liao are still in the territory of Zhao.

If the people of the Liao State are ruthless and cross the Yangtze River to attack Jinling, there is no place to defend in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Great Zhao State is also very dangerous.

No one dares to gamble on it.

Shen Zheng was considered to be the main battle faction, but Shen Zheng was the first to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since the Liao State has taken the initiative to sue for peace, we can give them this opportunity for peace talks." ”

Zeng Yu also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there should be peace talks." ”

"The minister thinks there should be peace talks."

"Peace talks."

"Peace talks."

Almost the entire ministers of Zhao State supported the peace talks in unison, and the emperor's intention was actually peace talks, because this battle was indeed too dangerous, even if there was a grudge, it would have to be avenged later, and it was better to let those Liao soldiers retreat now.

"Since it is a peace talk, you see who it is better to send to the peace talks."

At this time, Zeng Yu stood up and said: "The matter is very high, and the minister thinks that an important minister should be sent over, and the minister recommends Lu Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to preside over the peace talks." ”

When Lu Sheng heard Zeng Xianggong mention himself, he was both happy and worried, happy that he went to the peace talks, after success, it must be a great achievement, and he was expected to enter the cabinet in the future, but he was worried that this road was too difficult, and it was a hard job to travel and travel in the bitter cold of winter.

"Yes." The Emperor nodded in agreement.

Such a big thing really needs an important minister, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of diplomacy, and let the host and guest department be the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in later generations, and he can't do many things, Lu Sheng is indeed more suitable.