The alliance under the city, in fact, does not have much room for negotiation.

Xiao Yu and Murong Yan's conditions for retreating from the army are very clear, nothing more than land cession, compensation, recognition of Murong Yan and the status of Wanyan Beiyue, on this point, Xiao Yu and Murong Yan have reached a consensus, but on the issue of whether to let the Northwest Army build after withdrawing, Xiao Yu and Murong Yan have a disagreement. Xiao Yu meant to withdraw all the Northwest Army from Houjian and accumulate strength to prepare for the future southward knock, while Murong Yan hoped that Xiao Yu could leave half of the army in Houjian for deterrence.

Of course, Wan Yande and others must have preferred Xiao Yu to withdraw the army, and Xiao Yu also has his own considerations, especially the agreement with Xiao Lie, which made him make up his mind to enter the Guandong Expedition, in order to prevent the recurrence of the scene of the last southern expedition, Xiao Yu will definitely not rashly divide too many troops to give others an opportunity to take advantage of, so it is reasonable to build a garrison after withdrawing. However, Xiao Yu will not withdraw all his troops in one go, but will withdraw in batches with the gradual and stable situation in Houjian.

Although the four elders of the Demon Sect had all been present, in this kind of pure battlefield of verbal swords, except for Li Xu, the others did not have much effect, and the matter of peace negotiation was still mainly led by Wan Yande. Wan Yande understands that this kind of alliance under the city proposed by his own side, even if you are a lotus flower, it is difficult to get any benefits, so you can only try your best to fight for one or two details.

On the first day, there was no substantive progress in the peace talks, nothing more than asking for a sky-high price and paying back the money on the ground.

That night, Murong Yan and Xiao Yu lived in the original Great General's Mansion, although when Murong Yan fled, it was greatly affected and destroyed a lot, but now it has obviously been renovated, it is not as magnificent as before, but the number of people living is enough.

In the middle of the night, a light rain fell over Daliang City, and Xiao Yu and Murong Yan sat in a small pavilion that was still intact, drinking around the fireplace.

Xiao Yu stretched out his hand outside the pavilion, took a few wisps of drizzle, and asked, "What are you going to do in the future?"

Murong Yan took a sip of the wine jug and said slowly: "Naturally, Fu Beiyue ascended the throne as the emperor of Houjian. ”

Xiao Yu withdrew his hand and said, "Then slowly Tuzhi, will Houjian become Yan Kingdom?"

The spring rain under the night was silent and silent, Murong Yan didn't seem to hear Xiao Yu's words, turned her head to look at the night outside the pavilion, and said after looking at it for a long time: "That's Beiyue's matter." ”

Xiao Yu didn't say anything more, picked up the wine jug from the stove and began to drink.

Murong Yan put the wine jug in his hand back on the stove and asked, "What do you think about the matter of peace?"

Xiao Yu said: "Now the situation is in our favor, but the five kings of Houjian are far from the end of the road, and our grain and grass are also a little poor, and it is difficult to build the other half of Houjian in one go." But since we have already reached Gyeonggi Province, then this alliance under the city must be dominated by us, and the five kings such as Wanyande will cede Daliang City, this is my bottom line. ”

Murong Yan said: "Aren't you afraid that the elders of Houjian will be completely anxious and fight with us?"

Xiao Yu snorted: "The lair of the Houjian Demon Sect is in Dabai Mountain, if it is in Tianhai City under Dabai Mountain, it is natural to be afraid of one or two, but since it is in Daliang City, with the combined strength of you and me, who can stop it?"

Murong Yan said with a smile: "If it is Muguan, Diao Yin, and Shangguan Xianchen, they can still block it." ”

Xiao Yu said calmly: "When the manpower is finally exhausted, imagine that hundreds of thousands of troops are swarming out, who can stop them? Who dares to disregard the way of heaven and kill?"

Murong Yan said, "Drink bar." ”

Qingmei boiled wine was supposed to be about heroes, but Xiao Yu and Murong Yan didn't have this mind, they just drank in silence, each thinking about their own thoughts, until the two wine jugs bottomed out, Murong Yan spoke again: "If your northwest army withdraws, I'm worried that the five kings will have other ideas." ”

Xiao Yu shook his head and said: "The five kings of Houjian have never been monolithic, and this time Wanyan Chilie and Wanyan Honglie's strength was seriously damaged, while Wanyan Jing was almost unscathed, the balance between the five people has been broken, as long as there is no external pressure, the collapse of their five-person alliance will only be in an instant." ”

There was another silence between the two.

The charcoal fire in the furnace dimmed little by little, and Murong Yan said softly: "When Beiyue ascends to the throne, let's hurry up and let him marry Xiao Yue." ”

Xiao Yu said: "The things you and I have set will naturally not allow them to regret it, so there is no need to be too anxious about this kind of thing." ”

Murong Yan's face suddenly had a hint of banter, "But I heard that Xiao Yue's girl ran away to defend the country?"

Xiao Yu snorted lightly and got up to leave.

Only Murong Yan was left sitting alone in the pavilion, and whispered to herself, "Xiao Yu, Xiao Mingguang." Xiao Lie, Xiao Shenggong, I just don't know if it will be Xiao Mingguang or Xiao Shenggong next time we see each other. ”

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On the second day of negotiations, Xiao Yu and Murong Yan's attitudes began to turn tough, and Wan Yande also began to regress.

On the third day of negotiations, Murong Yan began to threaten war, which is called war blackmail in Xiao Jin's words.

On the fourth day of negotiations, Wan Yande made concessions again.

On the fifth day of negotiations, there was no way to retreat.

On the sixth day of negotiations, both sides took a step back and set all the tone.

Next, it is up to the people below to refine the other details of the peace matter under this tone.

During this period, Xiao Yu met with Wan Yande. Xiao Yu still has some admiration for this head of the five kings who almost single-handedly supported the endgame, if it is a change of place, Xiao Yu may not be able to do better than Wanyan De.

The place where the two of them held a banquet was in the Ningshou Hall of the palace that was built later, and there was no half of the entire Ningshou Hall except for Xiao Yu and Wan Yande.

Xiao Yu took the lead in raising his glass, and said after saluting Yan De: "If Emperor Houjian is the prince, then Xiao Yu will not be able to sit here and drink with the prince today." ”

Wan Yande replied: "The king of the northwest praises it, and he is ashamed to be ashamed. ”

Xiao Yu said: "It's not a lie, but Xiao's heartfelt words, in many cases, Xiao is not as far away as the prince." ”

Wan Yande smiled: "If the king of the northwest has something to say, he might as well say it directly." ”

Xiao Yu put down the wine glass in his hand, took out a letter written by him from his sleeve, handed it to Wan Yande, and said softly: "Xiao has a secret contract, the prince may wish to take a look, if you are interested, you can send someone to the Northwest Middle School to find Xiao, if you are unintentional, it will be regarded as Xiao's drunken words." ”

Wan Yande took it with both hands, and did not rush to open it, but first put the fold into his sleeve, and then raised the wine glass, "I respect the king of the northwest." ”

Xiao Yu also raised his glass, "Please." ”

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Nine days later, Xiao Yu, Murong Yan, and Wan Yande and other five kings of Houjian formally made a covenant in the main hall of the Houjian Palace.

The content of the covenant is as follows: 1. After Wanyan Beiyue inherited the throne, and later established a brotherly alliance with the northwest.

Second, with Daliang City as the boundary, the five kings of Houjian withdrew their troops. Xiao Yu also withdrew his troops from Chaozhou and Gaozhou. Thereafter, no one shall hide from one another if there are fugitives from thieves who have crossed the border. The two sides are along the border cities, everything is as usual, no city gods are allowed to be built, and no more encroachments on the grasslands are allowed.

3. Houjian shall provide the Northwest Army with military expenses for pacification and mediation, 100,000 taels of gold, 11,200,000 taels of silver, 500,000 stones of grain, and 200,000 horses of silk, to be delivered to Julu City.

Fourth, Hou Jian is not allowed to enter the customs and go south, but he can help Xiao Yu to contain the northeast herdsmen to raise a large army when necessary.

5. The two sides trade with each other at the border.

Sixth, the five kings of Houjian must pay tribute to the emperor Wanyan Beiyue every year 10,000 taels of silver and 10,000 horses of silk to show their submission.

7. After the conclusion of the Covenant, no further fighting shall be forbidden, and if there is any violation, the Mass Appeal shall be made.

Li Xu, Sun Ping, Xie Xian, Feng Yi and other four elders of the Houjian Demon Sect and all the Houjian magnates testified.

This treaty was signed in Daliang City, also known as the "Alliance of Daliang".

The news of the signing of the Great Liang Alliance quickly spread all over the world, and after the shepherd got the news, he already understood Xiao Yu's intentions without much thought. Xiao Yu's last southern expedition was almost taken by the herdsman's Northeast Army, and this time Xiao Yu wanted to use Houjian to contain the herdsman's Northeast Army. In this way, Xiao Yu is already determined to wave his army again, but he doesn't know whether to continue to use troops to Jiangnan this time, or to directly enter the eastern part of the country?

The shepherd laughed at himself, no matter what Xiao Yu wanted, he was destined to be a bystander.