Chapter 82: Withdrawal from Ming City
The breeze is blowing, the air spreads the smell of joy, a flower slowly spreads, the joy of the bird also chirps, people wake up in sleep, and they appear on the street in good spirits.
Boom!
A person with a happy face sounded the gong and drum, and with a moment of doubt, the two teams of lion dancers began to swim, firecrackers rang out, and people rushed to applaud, and the scene was very lively.
"We've won!"
Everyone shouted, their hearts were full of pride, and it also confirmed that their strength was unchallengeable, and those dead souls could finally rest in peace, and people would not have to be afraid, and everything would be fine.
And this lively place is the eastern land, since Hu Jun led the troops to attack Mingcheng, they have not slept peacefully for a day, for fear that the demon clan will infiltrate the eastern land, and they are afraid that Hu Jun will lose to the northern land, and even lose a lot of benefits, now they can settle down, because Hu Jun won, not only won, but also made the Tang family more prestigious, so they are very proud, so that they celebrate today.
There was a commotion around the Tang family, but there was silence inside the Tang family, Tang Can looked at all the patriarchs with a serious face, and his heart was full of thoughts, since the start of the war, he paid attention to the movements all day long, and he didn't rest too much, but when he heard that Hu Junyi captured Mingcheng, his heart was also much calmer.
Tang Can knew that although this battle was won, every step he took was difficult, any choice could involve innocent people, war was terrible, fighting a war would consume many people, and many people would be left homeless, which was not what he wanted.
"Patriarchs, now we take Mingcheng with the scriptures, but the Zhou family has no reaction at all, you say, are we advancing with a large army, or are we resting and ready to go?"
The patriarchs looked at each other and discussed, some of them were the main ones, some of them were the main ones, and one of the patriarchs said: "Chief, it is autumn at the moment, and the four seasons in the north are very cold, our soldiers can't stand the climate over there for a while, and there will be a lot of variables, in my opinion, it is better to have a truce." ”
"Yes, many soldiers have suffered from heat and cold diseases due to the influence of the weather, and if they don't make a decision, let alone fight, the 100,000-strong army will all become sick and suffer."
Tang Can listened very seriously, and he was also thinking about the key points in his heart, this time it was also a temporary decision to send troops to the Zhou family, and he did not make too much preparation, and he did not think about the climate of the north, and now that a month has passed, the soldiers must be uncomfortable over there, and if the Zhou family continues to fight, they will definitely defeat us.
But the truce is so easy, the Zhou family will definitely not give up, what should be done now?
"Chief, I have a plan."
Listening to Chen Hao's speech, Tang Can and everyone looked at him, and then said, "Come on." ”
Chen Hao said: "Chief, we have been fighting with the Zhou family for decades, and countless battles can turn enemies into friends for the sake of interests, although we are reckless in sending troops this time, but it has also made the Gao Zhou family see our strength, I think they will definitely not act rashly." ”
"And what do you mean?"
"Since they don't dare to act rashly, then we can also put our interests first and make a truce, firstly, for the people of the north to avoid disasters, and secondly, for the peaceful development of the people of the east, as long as they do not have dealings with the demon clan, we can send envoys to the north to make peace, if they are obsessed, then we will use the army to suppress it, presumably the Zhou family is also a wise person, naturally they don't want to go to war with us, and they must make peace."
"Patriarchs, do you think Chen Hao's method is feasible?"
The patriarchs discussed, there were those who supported and those who did not, the opinions of the two sides were very mixed, and some people said that if we take the initiative to make peace, it will seem that we are passive, and the Zhou family will definitely notice that something is wrong, and it is likely that there will be a counterattack.
Some people say that they support the main peace, which not only shows the atmosphere of the Tang family, but also shows the determination of the Tang family to fight and not to fight, and truly seek benefits for the people on both sides.
Tang Can saw that everyone didn't have a good idea, and his face was not good-looking, he was a little angry in his heart, and was just about to be angrily reprimanded when he was interrupted by a private, and then looked at the private.
"Leader of Qilu, the Zhou family sent envoys to come."
Tang Can was happy when he heard it, and said: "I'm worried about how to solve the problem, now it's okay, the Zhou family will send it to the door by itself, let the envoys come in, I want to listen to what the Zhou family means." ”
The envoy slowly walked into the court, saw Tang Can sitting on the hall, and saluted: "I have seen the leader of the Eastern Land!" ”
Tang Can saw that the envoy was a little arrogant, and he was slightly displeased in his heart, so he wanted to give the envoy a dismount, and said angrily: "Bold Zhou family, I treat you well in the east, why did you collude with the demon clan to kill my people, and almost took my son's life, now as long as I give an order, the iron cavalry in the east will step on your north, how can you still have the face to send you an envoy here, what is the intention?" ”
Seeing Tang Can like this, the envoy suddenly laughed and said, "Everyone says that Tang Can in the East is a master, and now it seems that he will only reverse black and white!" ”
"Arrogant boy, how dare you say that, Chief."
Tang Can said: "Aren't you afraid that I will fry you alive?" ”
The envoy said: "Since I came, I have long thought that I would look down on life and death, but I just want my northland to build a foundation for several years and suppress the demon clan all year round, but I didn't expect to be used by people with a heart, so that my northland is infamous on my back, and the ministers have negative leaders and negative people!" ”
"I, Tang Can, have been wise all my life, and I will never send troops at will, but there is a variety of evidence that your Zhou family colluded with the demon clan, can I still blame you?"
"My lord is sage, and it is inseparable from the demon clan, today my lord asked me to come to prove my innocence, the demon clan is changeable, there are fish that slip through the net all year round, if an ordinary homicide case is implicated in our northland, then it is really underestimating us."
"Our two families have been fighting for many years, and there have been countless battles large and small, and you have released the demon clan to my east all the year round and run rampant, isn't this enough to teach you a lesson?"
"The continent is so big, there are no wonders, how can my lord start a war because of a trivial matter, chief, you underestimate my lord too much, the demon clan has a big demon and a small demon, although there is our army to suppress the border, but occasionally there are little demons who escape, and this time my lord thinks that it is the trap deliberately set by the demon clan, so that this unnecessary misunderstanding happened, if we continue to fight, we will only lose both, so that the demon clan has a chance to enter, so my lord let us eliminate the misunderstanding, and specially present the demon to show sincerity."
Tang Can's face was expressionless, and he felt a lot more relaxed when he looked at the corpses of several goblins on the ground, this was an opportunity to make peace, but he couldn't show it.
"Well, since your lord came on purpose, I am not a stingy person, and I can withdraw from the army, but I have one condition."
"My lord would like to hear about it!"
"From now on, I don't want to see monsters appear in the east, not only that, but you also have to compensate for the loss of my east, and give me an offering to the east every year, can your lord agree?"
The envoy hesitated for a while, but for the sake of the future of the Northland, he still risked his life to agree to Tang Can, and said: "In this way, I will go back and inform my lord that peace is precious." ”
Watching the envoy leave, Tang Can said: "Pass my order, let Hu Jun withdraw from Mingcheng, inform the people of this agreement, and pass on the power of my eastern land." ”
Zhou Zhitong was furious, Tang Can was victorious, the two sides had similar intentions, and they both pinned their hopes on their son, but Tang Yunfeng also grew up and never disappointed.