Chapter 617

Late at night, Tang Yin sat alone in the tent thinking about whether his side should continue to fight this war, and now, his confidence has begun to waver. At this time, a guard recently reported that Yuan Fang asked to see him. Tang Yin sighed, raised his head and said, "Let him come close!"

"Yes!"

The guards turned around and went out, and after a short time, Yuan Fang slowly walked into the tent. Seeing Yuan Fang, Tang Yin smiled and asked with a relaxed face: "Mr. Yuan Fang, you haven't slept so late?!"

"Wechen came to visit the king on purpose. Yuan Fang stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said in a low voice.

"I'm fine, just a small defeat, I can still afford it. Tang Yin said with a smile. After a pause, he waved his hand and said, "Mr. Yuan Fang, please take a seat!"

Yuan Fang replied and sat down beside Tang Yin. The latter asked, "Mr. Yuan Fang, you, can our army win this battle?"

"This ......" Yuan Fang groaned, shook his head and said: "The major matter of the soldier is related to the life and death of the country, and Weichen does not dare to speculate." ”

"Hey?" Tang Yin chuckled on his back and said, "In private, your opinions are harmless, Mr. Yuan Fang. ”

Yuan Fang thought thoughtfully for a moment, and Fang Zhengse said: "Since our army entered Hedong, it has occupied the entire Hedong County, and the morale of the soldiers is flourishing, on the other hand, the main general is seriously wounded, and there is a shortage of short generals in the army, if it comes to head-on combat, our army has an absolute advantage, I think this is the reason why the king is unwilling to give up this battle, right?!"

These words are in Tang Yin's heart, if it is a head-to-head confrontation on land, Tang Yin is confident that he will annihilate more than 100,000 Ningguo's western army, the huge Ningguo, a huge piece of fat in front of him, but it was blocked by a Zhanghe River, Tang Yin was really unwilling. He smiled quietly and said, "Go on." ”

"No matter how great the advantage of our army is, no matter how unwilling the king is, Weichen feels that this battle cannot be fought again. Yuan Fang said: " In fact, for Ningguo, the Zhanghe River and Tongmen are the same, are natural hazards, the wind country relies on Tongmen, can attack, retreat, stand undefeated, Ningguo is the same, as early as when the two countries of Fengning just fought each other, Zhanghe was regarded as the bottom line of Ningguo by the monarch of Ningguo, and it is from that time that Ningguo has built warships in Zhanghe River, training sailors, for more than 100 years, did not dare to slack off for a day, although the strength of the Ning army is not much, but there are countless warships, the navy is also extremely elite, very good at water warfare, and this is precisely the weakness of my wind army, if the king has to force the Zhanghe River, it is to use the short of our army to the length of the Ning army, in the end...... I'm afraid that the whole army is in danger of being wiped out!"

"Oh......" Tang Yin replied faintly, raised his head, and was silent. It turned out that Ning Guo was also far-sighted and took relevant precautions, no wonder the Ning army had put together so many large warships in such a short period of time. He pondered for a while, stood up, paced back and forth in the tent, and as he walked, his mind also turned sharply, and he muttered, "What Mr. Yuan Fang said also makes sense. ”

Looking at Tang Yin, who was struggling in his heart, Yuan Fang sighed secretly, he suddenly remembered something, and asked: "By the way, Weichen also wants to ask the king, how to bury the soldiers who died today?"

"Dust to dust, earth to earth, the strong men of the Wind Country will naturally be sent back to the Wind Country for burial. ”

"That'...... What about the Ning people in the army?"

Tang Yin raised his eyebrows, shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about this yet, what does Mr. Yuan Fang suggest?"

Yuan Fang said: "The king should not only treat the soldiers who died equally, but also bury the soldiers of Ning's nationality. ”

Seeing Tang Yin's puzzled expression, Yuan Fang explained: "As a Ning person, it not only takes a lot of determination to be able to devote yourself to the Feng Army, help the Wind Country and fight your own country. If the king wants Hedong to have long-term peace and stability, and if he wants to win the support of the people of Hedong Ning, he should treat the Ning people and the soldiers of Ning nationality well, and make people feel that in the king's mind, there is no distinction between Feng and Ning people. ”

Yo, this is something Tang Yin didn't expect. He pondered it carefully and felt that what Yuan Fang said was very reasonable, as the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, even if they pretend, they have to pretend to be a person. A heartfelt smile finally appeared on his face, and he walked up to Yuan Fang's close relatives and bowed deeply to him.

Yuan Fang was taken aback, it has always been the courtiers who give gifts to the king, how can there be a reason for the king to give gifts to the courtiers? He sat on the top of the collapse for a while before he came back to his senses, did not stand up, knelt directly from the top of the collapse to the ground, kowtowed, and said: "What is the king doing? Kill the ...... of the ministers?"

Tang Yin stretched out his hand to help Yuan Fang up, and said with a smile: "What Mr. Yuan Fang taught is that since Hedong has returned to the Wind Country, the people of Hedong are the people of the Wind Country, and I should treat everyone equally, and there should be no distinction between high and low. ”

Looking at Tang Yin, who looked humbly taught, Yuan Fang's eyes revealed a trace of confusion. He had to admit that he couldn't see through Tang Yin, and he didn't know what he was thinking, Tang Yin's personality had changed too much, sometimes cruel and cunning, sometimes generous and benevolent, sometimes ruthless, sometimes elegant and kind, it was hard to imagine that so many completely different or even completely opposite personalities could be reflected in a person, and this person was only a young man in his twenties.

Tang Yin adopted Yuan Fang's opinion, and the next morning he issued an order to bury those Ning soldiers who were unfortunately killed in the battle of crossing the river, and to give their families double the pension, and to exempt the family members from paying forty percent of the tax. This kind of treatment is definitely generous enough, and Tang Yin's approach has also achieved immediate results, winning a lot of reputation among the people of Hedong Ning, and also making the people of Ning completely settle down.

People are most worried about whether they will be oppressed by the Feng people and become subordinate people after Hedong changes hands, but judging from Tang Yin's performance against the Ning soldiers who died, such concerns seem to be superfluous, and the monarch of the Feng Country not only did not oppress them, but also treated them very favorably, so that people's belief in continuing to settle down in Hedong is much stronger than before.

If it comes to governing the country, Tang Yin is completely a layman, and he may not have much talent in this regard, but he has a great advantage, that is, he has the open-mindedness of modern people, which allows him to distinguish which insights will be appropriate for him, and which ones are not beneficial and harmful to himself.

Tang Yin adopted Yuan Fang's opinion on treating the Ning soldiers well, but he was still a little hesitant about whether to withdraw from the army and make a truce at the moment. Now Tang Yin's situation is a bit difficult to ride a tiger, in a dilemma, the slogan of extinguishing Ning has been shouted out by him, such a silent truce, too damaging his prestige, but if he continues to fight, he is also afraid that Yuan Fang will unfortunately say that his army will end up with a complete annihilation.

Just when he was feeling embarrassed, an unexpected opportunity came, and the peace envoys sent by the Ningguo Imperial Court crossed the Zhanghe River and came to Fengying to discuss peace with Tang Yin between the two countries.

For the matter of Xiangfeng Negotiation and Peace, Changsun Yuanhong was strongly opposed, what was he fighting desperately in front for? That is, to expel the wind thieves and recover the lost territory in Hedong, and now it is good, the imperial court, which is far away from the battlefield and in the rear, has actually ceded the huge Hedong County directly to the Wind Country, recognizing that Hedong is the territory of the Wind Country, and not only that, but also compensating the Wind Country with a large amount of gold, silver and silk.

The eldest grandson Yuanhong couldn't understand why the imperial court had made such a self-inflicted decision, this war had obviously not been lost by his own side, and there was still hope of counterattacking back to Hedong, but now the imperial court's discussion and all the efforts he had made were useless.

It was difficult for him to understand the decision of the imperial court, and Wei Zheng could not help but look up to the sky and sigh when he heard the news that the envoys had left the capital: "Comfort! I will lose on the word comfort!"

At this time, the eldest grandson Yuanhong and Wei Zheng, the two main and deputy marshals who looked like each other, stood back on the same front, and both resolutely opposed the peace. According to Wei Zheng's intentions, if the peace envoy wants to cross the Zhanghe River, he must pass by his own camp, and then he will be forcibly detained and not allowed to cross the river, so that there will be no peace negotiation.

At the critical moment, Wei Zheng was able to behave so hardly, and even dared to go against the will of the imperial court, risking the felony of killing the head to forcibly detain the envoys, which made the eldest grandson Yuanhong quite surprised and admired, but he did not agree with Wei Zheng's idea, and forcibly detain the envoys sent by the imperial court, which was really no way to go down, and now it has not reached the point of exhaustion, so naturally there is no need to take such a big risk.

The eldest grandson, Yuanhong, decided to make a plan and make good use of this peace envoy.

There are two envoys sent by Ningguo, who are both Honglu Cheng, and they are subordinate officials of Da Honglu, and their official rank is Sanpin. The main function of Honglucheng is to deal with foreign affairs. These two people are called Shi Tinghan and Qin Yi respectively, and this time the peace is mainly based on Shi Tinghan, and Qin is also supplemented.

As Wei Zheng predicted, Shi Tinghan and Qin Yi were indeed the first to arrive in the Ning army camp.

As soon as the two of them arrived outside the camp of the Ning army, they felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, the Ning soldiers who were standing guard and patrolling were all listless, each of them was crying and mourning, looking at their bodies, their helmets were crooked, and the weapons in their hands were not carried, but carried weakly, even if Shi Tinghan and Qin were also civilian officials, they could see that the military discipline of their soldiers was too loose.

The two glanced at each other and strode towards the camp.

As soon as they arrived at the gate, the surrounding Ning soldiers rushed up, stopped the two of them and more than 100 followers behind them, and shouted: "What are you doing?

"Blind your dog eyes, see clearly, these two are the envoys sent by the imperial court, Lord Shi and Lord Qin, get out of the way quickly, and call your commander to come out to greet you!" Shi Tinghan and Qin Yi's entourage scolded in an unkind tone.

As soon as they heard that the two of them were envoys sent by the imperial court, the soldiers were shocked, their faces showed awe, and they put away their weapons one after another, and one of the small leaders hung his head and said in a trembling voice: "I'm afraid my marshal ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to come out to greet the two adults. ”