Now that you have the idea of leaving, you naturally have to take action.

Zhao Yingqi inspected the position with Guan Zhengnong at night, and informed Guan Zhengnong of all matters one by one, Guan Zhengnong wanted to stay with Zhao Yingqi for a few more days, but Zhao Yingqi had already made up his mind, and Guan Zhengnong had no choice but to wish Zhao Yingqi a safe journey and make an appointment to meet again in the future.

In the end, Zhao Yingqi and Guan Zhengnong looked at the Zhou army camp in the distance in front of the position, and persuaded Guan Zhengnong: "What does Brother Guan think of the Zhou army's attack this time?" ”

"In the past twenty or thirty years, the Zhou State has worked hard to govern the country, and the monarch of the Zhou State has a tough attitude towards the outside world, and the border between the two countries has moved eastward three times in the past 30 years. Guan Zhengnong is also rare to be serious once.

"Yes, the south of the Zhou State is separated by Qishan Mountain and Chunling, and there are only two roads leading to the Chu State, Qichun Ancient Road and Linxi Road, but the national strength of the Chu State is not weak, and it is difficult to break through the Yitian Pass and the Chun Pass. Zhao Yingqi analyzed it to Guan Zhengnong according to the inherited memory.

"Didn't my brother give my brother a little idea at the end?" Guan Zhengnong still hopes that Zhao Yingqi can show him a clear way.

"Let's negotiate!" Zhao Yingqi said what he had been thinking about for a long time.

"Negotiations? Is Zhou Congress willing to negotiate with me? ”

"Why not, didn't there be news a few days ago, the three princes of Zhou came to Chunnei Dao with the division of the great victory in Jinguo, if you don't talk about it, Zhou Guo can capture Chunnei Dao, and then you Jia, Nei and Guangtong Town will not be able to keep it, and now the peace talks are carried out, and the second prince does not want the third prince to make meritorious contributions, so he will be eager to finalize the peace talks, at least he can keep Guangtong Town."

Guan Zhengnong pondered for a long time, and Zhao Yingqi saw that Guan Zhengnong had not yet made up his mind, so he only said: "Brother Guan think about it yourself, at most, the three princes of Zhou will arrive the day after tomorrow, and the decision needs to be made as soon as possible." ”

After that, Zhao Yingqi turned around and went back to the camp, preparing to pack up his things and leave the next day.

After thinking about it for a long time, Guan Zhengnong also sighed, returned to the barracks and prepared to write a chapter, asking the emperor to send an envoy to negotiate, and not to wait until there was really no room for war before seeking peace.

Negotiate and strive for agreement and compromise. Seek harmony and survive in defeat.

In general, whether it is negotiation or peace, it is a continuation of the war, and it must be based on the war!

...

On the second day of the lunar month, that is, the fifteenth day when Zhao Yingqi was involved in the Zhoushuo War, Zhao Yingqi and Zhao Tong, who had packed their bags, left the Shuo army camp before dawn, only Guan Zhengnong and Ren Fei sent each other, in fact, if they could, even these two people, Zhao Yingqi didn't want them to send him.

Because the monarch of Shuo Guo decreed that Zhao Yingqi's master and servant were crowned officials, it is said that their kind of farewell is equivalent to desertion, and they will send the two away openly, and the old emperor of Shuo Guo can't do anything to Zhao Yingqi and them, but there is some trouble for the people who send them off.

There were also Wang Lin and the three of them who walked with Zhao Yingqi, Guan Zhengnong didn't stop him, to be honest, he couldn't stop it, there was not a single second-class master in the current Shuo army, how could he stop the two first-class and three second-class players.

Thinking of this, Guan Zhengnong was also quite uncomfortable in his heart, as the royal family of Shuo State, Guan Zhengnong himself was also very uncomfortable, the country was weak, he was humble, and the country was short of breath.

On the fifteenth, they lived and died together, and the three of them parted with each other.

Before leaving, don't ask when you will return, how can the stream allow the dragon to play.

...

Zhao Yingqi and they met the scouts of the Zhou army after they went out of the Chun Inner Road, and the two sides did not move, because there were Wang Lin and the three of them accompanying them, and the scouts invited Zhao Yingqi's master and servant to enter the Zhou army camp to see Li Yuanbai and the second prince, Zhao Yingqi did not go, but asked Wang Lin to send a letter to Li Yuanbai and the second prince, the content of the letter was very simple, about the second place to meet in Tongying Mansion.

Zhao Yingqi and Zhao Tong rode out on horseback for almost a day, changed to a merchant ship in a fishing village, and prepared to go upstream from the Tonghe River to Tongyingfu, the capital of the Zhou Kingdom.

This fishing village for some reason, gathered quite a lot of merchant ships and cargo ships, the river is indeed connected with the Shuoguo North River, but in fact, the river channel will be impassable because of many boulders blocking the river after passing through the Neiting Mountain, so the merchant ships and cargo ships will go to the wharf of a county thirty miles upstream of this fishing village to unload, and transfer to Guangtong County by land to Guangtong County to continue along the Beihe River and the Lanxuan Canal to the south for trading.

And now Zhao Yingqi saw these many merchant ships and cargo ships that should not appear, and suddenly understood why the second prince or Zhou State wanted to raid Chunnei Dao, Zhou Guo was determined to win Guangtong Town, or at least Jia and Nei counties, and it was necessary to open up the river in order to better carry out trade, and at least to grasp the land hub of Santong Town.

Zhao Yingqi saw a force of nearly 30,000 people in the bow of the merchant ship of Zhou State was marching eastward, the army of 30,000 people, at least 20,000 cavalry, including baggage, grain and grass, the whole team opened for nearly 20 miles, from a distance has been connected to the sky behind him, the dark red armor still has some traces of swords and axes, the color is different, it is obviously a team that has just fought a battle, in the middle of the team saw the dark red flag with a black "company" written on it, Zhao Yingqi knew that this was the army of the three princes sent by the Zhou State in the future, and they had just won a complete victory in the Jin State, occupying a gold mine and two iron mines.

shook his head, and said secretly in his heart: "I hope that Brother Guan can start negotiations as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a bad thing." ”

The source of the river is on a high mountain in the northwest of the Zhou country, the hot springs on the high mountain are all over, the river is not easy to freeze, the water flowing out of the hot spring mountain is rich in minerals, it is along the Zhou country, the surrounding area of the river is very rich, and the river that runs through most of the land of the Zhou country is also the shipping lifeline of the Zhou country.

Affected by the warm water in the Tong River, along the Tong River upstream, the more you walk, the more you find that the vegetation on both sides of the river is more abundant, at the end of November, the cold winter, but unexpectedly often see some willow green and red.

Tonghe is flowing from west to east, and it is winter at the same time, it is basically a northwest wind, although Zhao Yingqi's merchant ship has been delivered, the draft is not deep, but against the wind and against the current, a day can only walk at most fifty or sixty miles, to the capital of Zhou Guoguo at least forty or fifty days to arrive, Zhao Yingqi felt that it was a little too slow, ready to get off the boat in the middle of the river and take the carriage to a slightly prosperous place.

This day is the sixteenth day of the lunar month, has entered the central and eastern part of the Zhou state of Gyeongju, about to Gyeongju Prefecture Gyeongning Mansion, Gyeongju is the fief of the four princes, the four princes opened the mansion in Gyeongju Prefecture Gyeongning Mansion, it is considered that the Zhou State can count the prosperous city, Zhao Yingqi is ready to transfer here, along the official road all the way west to Tongyingfu.

Nearly two-fifths of the land of the Zhou State is grassland, so it is rich in horses, and the people generally ride horses, and the proportion of cavalry in the army is more than sixty percent, so the official road of the Zhou State is famous for its wide and straight and very easy to walk.

Of course, there were some surprises.

For example, Zhao Yingqi and his party, who were about to enter the city by water, were stopped outside the city of Qingning Mansion.

It was no one else who stopped them, it was the officials and soldiers of the Zhou State.

"Drop anchor and be inspected!" A very unruly business came into the cabin from the outside.

Then Zhao Yingqi's merchant ship stopped in the middle of the river.

Zhao Yingqi and the others walked out of the cabin, and before they reached the deck, the captain of the ship stopped the two: "Sir, there is an inspection by the officers and soldiers outside, so don't come out, so as not to cause trouble." ”

As he spoke, he also glanced at Zhao Tong, obviously saying that he didn't want to cause trouble because of Zhao Tong's beauty.

Zhao Yingqi pondered for a while, then agreed, and the two returned to the cabin, and the door was closed.

But as soon as Zhao Yingqi sat down and picked up the book, he heard a commotion outside.

"Master Jun, Master Jun, the cargo on the ship has been unloaded, and there are no prohibited items. There were only passengers who traveled west with Xiaomin's boat, and we all had customs clearance guides along the way. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, in the name of the four princes, we will strictly inspect the passing merchants, passengers, and chariots and horses, and it will be Your Majesty's birthday soon, and we will never allow any mistakes, and call all the passengers on your ship to the deck, and we will check them one by one."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a pop, as if something had been thrown into the river.

Outside the door, there was the sound of Zhou soldiers kicking the door one by one, as well as all kinds of noise, beatings and pleading.

Zhao Tong frowned when she saw her husband, walked to the door, and slammed the door open.

A team outside who was about to kick the door was caught off guard, was flashed in, and fell on the ground and ate.

The annoyed team leader hurriedly got up, raised his horsewhip and was about to whip this short-sighted thing, but saw that it was Zhao Tong in front of the door.

At this time, Zhao Tong had already changed into the very common women's clothes of the Zhou Kingdom, and the women's clothes of the Zhou Kingdom were slightly neutral, unlike the southern women's clothing and skirt ties, because the women of the Zhou Kingdom also practiced martial arts and horseback riding.

A half-foot-wide glossy black belt was tied around Zhao Tong's waist, which seemed to be very slender, with a long ponytail, a long neck, and a beautiful face, which made the team stunned for a while, it was not good to have a seizure, generally such a beautiful woman was not something that they could covet as soldiers, but just shouted for the upper deck to be inspected.

Zhao Yingqi and the two could see that they were extraordinary from their clothes, so they did not suffer too much trouble and push from the Zhou soldiers.

On the deck, a dozen passengers and the four shippers gathered around the bow, a captain stood at the head of the ship, and some of the passengers' cages floated in the river.

Zhao Yingqi saw that one of their boxes was also thrown into the river, and Zhao Tong was about to attack, but was stopped by Zhao Yingqi, Zhao Yingqi didn't want to cause more trouble.

After the soldiers who searched in the cabin came out, they began to check the passengers' road guides, and the captain who was standing at the head saw Zhao Yingqi's eyes obviously lit up, especially when he saw Zhao Tong behind Zhao Yingqi, Zhao Yingqi sighed in his heart when he saw this scene, and trouble was always inevitable to come to the door.