September 17th.

Today, the four gates of Changsha City are closed, and the defenders have all ascended to the top of the city, especially the north gate and the west gate.

There is a large road at the north gate of Changsha, which crosses the jade (sì) mountain and leads directly to Yuezhou and Ezhou.

Outside the west gate is Xiangshui, passing through Xiangyin and connecting Dongting.

Yesterday, some defeated soldiers fled back to Xiangyin, the Jiangkou Water Village was broken, and the news of the fall of Yuezhou reached Changsha.

The atmosphere in the festival house is tense.

In the festival hall, Ma Yin's face was gloomy, looking at the urgent report in his hand, his brows furrowed.

He had a couple that he didn't expect.

First, the Jiangkou Water Village is so tight that it will be easily broken by the Jingxiang army.

Second, Qin Yanhui and Huang Fan's defeat and drinking, caused the entire water village to be uncommanded.

Third, the veteran Xu Dexun was deceived by others, first diverting the tiger from the mountain, and then blocking and intercepting the tiger.

Fourth, all three generals were captured, and the navy was completely lost.

Now there are only 20,000 soldiers in Changsha City, how can they win against the Jingnan Jingxiang coalition army?

He asked people to send the urgent report down and read it.

After reading the content, the faces of the civil and military were different.

"Let's talk about it, it's come to this, what should I do?"

Ma Yin was born as a military general, and he is very good at charging into battle.

Since he served as the envoy of the Wu'an Army, he has rarely rushed to the front. He knew that ruling a place could not be achieved by fighting and killing people alone, and that politics needed compromise and negotiation.

"My brother is willing to lead the troops to guard Xiangyin and block the Jingxiangshui army from going south."

Ma Jia is Ma Yin's younger brother.

Since leaving Huainan and returning to Hunan, he has been his brother's deputy.

Enjoy the glory and wealth together.

Now, at the moment of the great enemy, those who are brothers themselves must not be cowardly.

"Yes, exactly."

Ma Ma went to the school field to order troops, and hurriedly took a boat north to Xiangyin, he was really afraid that Jingxiang's army would come to Changsha, and there would be no room for maneuver at that time.

"Father, my son is willing to be stationed in Yudi Mountain to ensure the safety of the land route."

Ma Yinchang's eldest son, Ma Xizhen, came out to fight.

As the eldest son, Ma Xizhen was not favored by his father, which made him very hurt.

His father doted on Concubine Yuan De, and he doted on his son Ma Xisheng.

"Jiwei, let's go, Xizhen, you are still young and have no experience in leading troops, so you will lead an army alone after two years."

"Yes, father."

Ma Xizhen gritted his teeth and retreated.

Yao Yanzhang clenched his fists and took his life.

The general Yao Yanzhang once met Ma Yin, and then captured the five prefectures of Heng, Yong, Dao, Lian, and Chen, and made great contributions to Ma Yin's capture of Hunan.

At this time, it is a time of crisis, and it is necessary to use a veteran to guard it, so Ma Yin can rest assured.

"My lord, the minister has a word."

"Oh? Please speak. ”

When Ma Yin looked at it, he was engaged in Cui Ying.

"My lord, now that my Yuezhou has been lost, Dongting is not guaranteed, and the whole situation is extremely unfavorable to me."

Cui Ying saw that Ma Yin's face was getting more and more ugly, and quickly changed her tone.

"But I still have the land of seven states, and my strength is still there."

Seeing that Ma Yin's face was slightly softened, he continued: "On this basis, peace is the best policy. ”

Hiss~~~

All the civil and military officers in the hall talked in a low voice.

It's not that they can't negotiate peace, it's just that over the years, their Wu'an army has crisscrossed Hunan, and they have never encountered an opponent and have not negotiated peace.

Psychologically, I can't accept it.

Li Duo came out and said: "Lord, I still have the strength to fight in Hunan, how can I easily make peace?" ”

"Well, what do you guys think?"

Ma Yin swept away the other civilian and military generals under the hall.

Seeing that the master looked at him, Ma Jue went out of class and said, "My lord, the minister is in favor of peace." ”

"Oh? Tell me about it? ”

In fact, Ma Yin already had a plan in his heart, but he hoped that the ministers could give other ideas.

Ma Heng saw that Ma Yin wanted to talk about it in detail, so he said: "My lord, although my Wu'an Army has the strength to fight, between war and peace, the advantages of peace outweigh the disadvantages. ”

"There is victory and defeat in a war. Now that our navy is all lost, the Jingxiang navy can drive straight in, and I have nothing to do. ”

"Instead of fighting to the death, the outcome is unpredictable, if you negotiate peace and buy time, I can restore the navy, accumulate strength, and fight again."

After speaking, Ma Heng retreated.

The other civil and military officials all frowned and pondered.

Ma Yin closed his eyes and thought for a while, then asked, "Do you mean the same thing?" ”

After waiting for a while, seeing that no one dared to speak, he asked again.

One after another, some people in the hall replied yes.

"Well, let's make peace then."

Everyone in the hall didn't expect that the decisive section marshal would agree to negotiate peace.

But think about it, the three generals will be captured, and the navy will be lost, how can they fight?

Ma Yin is now bitter in his heart!

He wanted to be a hero and kill him directly.

But it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the water army is gone, so she really can't fight.

I have to delay it for two or three years.

What he hates most now is not others, but Qin Yanhui.

If he hadn't pushed himself to fight Jingnan, would he have been able to find such a big enemy?

He had a good life, but he was cut off by this Qin Yanhui.

"Engage, draw up a proposal and documents, and send it to Yuezhou as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Cui Ying hurriedly agreed.

"All localities should strengthen their vigilance and be prepared with both hands."

If you don't agree, the army will come directly, and you have to fight if you don't want to fight.

Cui Ying drafted the peace document, and Ma Yin made a slight revision and asked Cui Ying to go directly to Yuezhou to negotiate peace.

Go north from Changsha, cross Xiangyin, enter Dongting, and go to Yuezhou.

On the surface of Huhu Lake, Cui Ying saw large and small ships covering the sky and the sun, waving flags and masts like forests.

Seeing this, Cui Ying played the drum in her heart.

With such a strong military morale, can Jing Xiang give up easily?

It looks like it's not going to work without bleeding.

When he was brought into Yuezhou City by the soldiers, he was even more shocked by Jing Xiang's military appearance.

Yuezhou Thorn History Mansion.

Three people sit on the couch.

It was Zhao Kuangming, Zhao Kuangning and King Li Yu.

"The hall is engaged in Cui Ying by Wu Anjun?"

"Exactly."

"What are you doing here?"

Zhao Kuangming asked.

Zhao Kuangning and Li Yu did not speak.

"On the orders of my lord, I have come to offer proposals and documents."

"Oh? Present. ”

Someone took the paperwork in Cui Ying's hand.

Zhao Kuangming looked at it and handed it to his brother.

Zhao Kuangning looked at it and handed it to Li Yu again.

After defeating Yuezhou, the three of them discussed the next step.

At that time, Li Yu gave advice.

"The two fathers-in-law, under Yuezhou, Ma Yin has two ways to go, one is to fight, the other is to make peace, I see him meeting and peace."

"Oh?"

Zhao Kuangming and Zhao Kuangning were very puzzled as to why Ma Yin had made peace instead of fighting again to regain Yuezhou.

"Father-in-law, the navy is gone, how can he fight again?"

"Well, too. But they are not weak in land warfare. ”

"Out of Dongting is their territory, if we don't go on land, how can he fight? There is a river that extends in all directions and is connected to Dongting, and I can hit wherever I want, but he can't hold it. ”

"Well, that makes sense."

"Since it's so beneficial to me, if he wants to negotiate peace, we'll make peace?"

Zhao Kuangning is an old fox after all, and he said that Ma Yin had a broken leg, so he didn't take advantage of his illness to kill him? !

"Father-in-law, how can you not take the land of fish and rice in Hunan?"

"Then we should make peace?"

"Our peace with him is just a delaying tactic."

"Oh? Why did such a delay come? ”

"Dalangzhou!"

"Langzhou? This place is hilly and mountainous, what is the use of it? ”

The Zhao brothers still don't look down on this place.

"Lei Yangong will not get rid of the troubles in the end, and take the opportunity of discussing peace with Ma Yin in Hunan to completely eradicate the hidden dangers and remove my worries."

"Oh~~~"

The two understood.

The son-in-law wanted to use Yihe to stabilize Ma Yin first, destroy their alliance with Lei Yangong, and then free up his hands to fight Langzhou.

Good, good strategy.

Now the two of them admire the German king Li Yu from the heart.

In the past, Li Yu was respected because he was a prince and once an emperor, and later he was close because Li Yu was his son-in-law, and now it is completely because of Li Yu's resourcefulness.

Looking at the peace document in his hand, Li Yu almost laughed.

"Jingnan and Hunan are separated by a lake, which is originally a township and a harmonious place. However, Langzhou Lei Yangong slandered and provoked, leading to disputes, because he was unwilling. ”

"Although our naval army followed the thief chief Lei Yangong, however, there was no danger of arrows with Jingnan, nor did it provoke. Today, the Jingnan army attacked my water village and seized my city, which is for injustice. ”

"However, you and I brothers are neighbors, and harmony is the key, and there is no benefit in fighting together, and the lives will be ruined."

"The two sides value peace, call off the army and truce the fighting, and each return to his hometown to recuperate."

Do you say Lei Yangong is unlucky?

Ma Yin put all the blame on him, as if he was blinded, very innocent.

Li Yu looked at the swing and didn't speak, what should have been said, he had already told his father-in-law that it was the Zhao brothers' performance time.

"Oh, look at what happened to this, it turned out that it was all provoked by Lei Yangong, Lei Yangong is really damned."

"Yes, two marshals, my lord is willing to make compensation in exchange for the captured generals."

This is a good thing to say, not only does it lose face, but also gets benefits, they want to exchange Qin Yanhui, Xu Dexun and Huang Fan back.

In fact, it's useless for these three people to stay here, it's useless to kill them, don't kill them? Nor will they serve themselves.

"It's easy to say. Let's start with your compensation. ”

"My lord is willing to give 200,000 yuan as compensation."

Cui Yingshili said.

"What?"

Zhao Kuangming is unwilling, are you calling us Huazi?!

Seeing Zhao Kuangming's ugly face, Cui Ying knew that this number of people were not satisfied, it was okay, as long as they were willing to talk, let's grind slowly.