Xuan Mo listened to Zi Ling's words, and said solemnly: "I have done a good job in the affairs of Beijing, I don't ask you to know me, I just ask you to understand that I didn't come to Kyoto for revenge, and my own selfishness caused the collapse of the temple, how different is this behavior from a beast." I came to Kyoto only to find out the cause of the incident, and I can't let the young people cause trouble in the world. ”

Zi Ling did not fight, and there was a touch of perseverance in his tearful eyes.

Linyu Pass, since three years ago Zhu General Xu Shangwu recovered Linyu Pass, the emperor respected the Zhu State General Xu Shangwu's intentions, named Wang Yan as the general of Zhenbei, Zong Sheng as the hussar general, and the two set up a sentry card casting beacon at the top of Guiyan Peak, Wang Yan was stationed in Linyu Pass, Zong Sheng set up a card to return to Yanfeng, forming a trend of corners, echoing each other from afar.

Yelu Xiong, the general of the night ghost country, was in a hurry after the battle of Chongqing Pass, and since then he has been bedridden, and the only person who can rely on the country is his son Yelu Zhenbei and Yelu Annan, a year ago, the night ghost country began to harass Linyu Pass again, and the two sides fought dozens of battles of all sizes, each with victory or defeat, and the soldiers on both sides were miserable.

On this day, Wang Yan sent Zong Sheng to Linyu Pass, looking at the Yeyouguo army stationed outside the city, Wang Yan said: "Three years ago, the new army was exhausted, failed to clear the Yeyouguo, and finally became a henchman. ”

Zong Sheng said: "The general has a clever plan? ”

Wang Yan said: "It is because of no choice but to invite the general to discuss together. ”

Zong Sheng said: "It seems that you can only use tactics, so it is better to use the tactics of arrogant soldiers?" ”

Wang Yan said, "Please come quickly, General." ”

Zong Sheng said: "Starting tomorrow, our army will call the battle every day, if the battle is only allowed to lose, not to win, the dark army will inevitably be arrogant for several days and nights, so as to be lazy, and we will wait for the opportunity to win with one blow." ”

Wang Yan said: "So I'm afraid or not, if the arrogant soldiers still need to lose some cities, it's best to use Linyu Pass as a bait, so that it can work. ”

Zong Sheng said: "I'm afraid that it will disturb the morale of the army, and if the soldiers lose their fighting spirit, I am afraid that they will really be defeated." ”

Wang Yan said: "Since you use a plan, then you can make a decision immediately, and you can recapture the lost checkpoint, if you go on like this for a long time at the pass, I am afraid that the mountains and rivers will be difficult to calm down, and the soldiers on the border will be miserable, so I am afraid that it will be more tricky." ”

Since then, Wang Yan has gone out every day to call the battle, and has never won, the momentum of the soldiers is not as good as one day, in the night of the military camp of the country, Yelu Zhenbei, Yelu Annan and the generals are promoted to discuss the account, Yelu Zhenbei said: "In recent days, the Dayu army called the battle every day, never won, the general looked at the morale of his army is low, I am afraid that the defeat is not far away, the whole army must make persistent efforts, do not miss the opportunity, three years ago the shame of the general I will return together. ”

Yelu Annan said: "For more than a year, the Yu army and our army have come and gone, each has its own victory and defeat, and recently suddenly only defeated but not victorious, I am afraid that it is a strategy, and we need to be careful to beware of it, not careless and then put the three armies to death." ”

Yelu Zhenbei said: "This is natural, the lesson of three years ago should be learned, but we should not be too arrogant, those who use soldiers, according to the situation, their situation changes because of the enemy, and their actions move according to the situation, so they know themselves and know that they will win all battles." ”

The generals said that Yelu Anan was about to say more, but he was suppressed by the voice of the generals, so he could only give up and make plans again.

But said that the next day by Zong Sheng led the troops to call the battle, the two sides lined up to fight, Zong Sheng fought against Yelu Town North feint to be invincible and defeated, Wang Yan hurriedly went out of the pass to rescue, Wang Yan and Yelu Town North Battle Fifty Wang Yan also feinted defeat and left, the Yu army was in a mess, lost the armor and retreated to the pass, the night country siege for a long time can not be attacked, can only Ming Jin to collect troops.

It was night, only to hear the thunder of the war drums on the Linyu Pass, the soldiers of the night Youguo thought that the Dayu army came to rob the village, and hurriedly got up to deal with it, but after the army did a good job of defense, they found that the gate of Linyu Pass was closed, and there was no movement of soldiers, but the war drums were still thundering. In this way, the Yu army has been beating the drums of war, stirring up the night of the army can not rest all night, the next day Yelu Zhenbei inspected the military situation, found that the army was sluggish, a little awakened, and told the army to say: "This is the Yu army's plan to delay the army, in order to make our army unable to attack Linyu Pass, must not be fooled, the army rests during the day, there must be no mistake. ”

The generals took the command and departed.

That night, only to hear the Linyu Pass continue to beat the war drums, the military understood that General Yelu's judgment was correct, so they recuperated with peace of mind, did not pay attention, Yelu Annan was extremely uneasy, for fear that it was Wang Yan's suspicious strategy, so he secretly sent someone to Linyu Pass to investigate the military situation, and soon the horse returned, saying: "There is no Dayu army on Linyu Pass, the city wall is full of scarecrows wearing armor, the so-called war drums are each war drum is upside down on the ram, the ram's front hooves struggle to survive so the war drums are beating, in fact, the Dayu army has fled. ”

Listening to the report, Yelu Zhenbei said: "Beat the drum and gather the generals." ”

After the generals gathered, Yelu Zhenbei said: "The Yu army is exhausted and fled, this time our army must take advantage of the victory to pursue, not let the Yu army have a chance to recuperate, whether it can make meritorious contributions, in this battle." After that, he ordered the general, only to hear Yelu Anan say: "The escape of the Dayu army is very suspicious, and the horse should be sent to investigate clearly and then make a plan." ”

Yelu Zhenbei thought for a while, agreed with his opinion, and then sent a horse to go first, and said: "The horse is the first to go first, naturally it is safe, and it is important for us to enter the customs first, otherwise it will be difficult to find such a good opportunity." ”

Yelu Annan could only agree, so he arranged for the soldiers guarding the village to go to Linyu Pass. I saw that in the Linyu Pass, the flags were all over the ground, and the weight of grain and grass was even more oblique, and the scene could be seen that the army fled in a hurry, seeing such a situation, Yelu Zhenbei said: "The Dayu army really fled in a hurry. He said to his brother Yeluanan, "You are just too cautious and see how the horse returns. Jerianan knew that he was wrong, so he didn't say much.

After that, he ordered the three armies to change their banners, arrange city defense, garrison the army and other matters, and so on, and when everything was in order, I saw that the east was already bright, and then Tan Ma reported and said: "Report to the general, go out fifty miles and find that the Dayu army is stationed, only to see that the whole army is chaotic and has no fighting spirit. ”

Yelu Zhenbei listened to the great joy and said: "Rectify the three armies to chase and kill the Dayu army." ”

The army marched to half a day to see the ground wounded cloth, the stove vertical and horizontal and still residual temperature, obviously only walked for a short time, the night army hurriedly chased, less than twenty miles, then saw the front of the Yu army withered forward, Yelu town Daqiao, shouted: "The three armies listen to the order, chase and kill the Yu army, kill!" ”

Hearing the earth-shattering war drums, shouting and killing, the Yu army fled in a hurry and lost its armor, without any intention of resisting, the night ghost army can only divide the army to encircle and kill, can not chase five miles, Wang Yan from the right side to kill, Zong Sheng from the left side to kill, the night ghost army map this change, the formation is in chaos, only to see the fleeing Dayu army suddenly turned around, the rear army became the front army, the three parties rushed to kill, the night ghost army was in a mess, fled to Linyu Pass, only to hear Wang Yan with a bow and arrow a sword in the left shoulder of the north of Yelu Town, a cry of pain even people with horses fell to the ground, the army hurriedly rescued, fled in a hurry.

The Yu army has been crazy, all the way to catch up, Linyu Pass night guards were originally few generals, can only abandon the pass and flee, Yu army chased all the way, until the night of the country Fengtianfu camped, the night of the country was shocked to hear of this change, frightened seven tricks out of the body, hurriedly summoned the ministers and asked: "Yu soldiers are under the city, the city soldiers are few generals, what can I do?" ”

Han Shuliang stood up and said: "With this defeat, our army has no combat strength, so I am afraid that we can only sue for peace. ”

Yeyou Guojun said: "Han Aiqing's words are very good, I have ordered you to be the envoy of peace and have full authority to deal with this matter. ”

Han Shuliang promised, and the monarch of the night country was so anxious that he sent the envoy out of Beijing without waiting for detailed discussion.

Outside the Dayu barracks, Han Shuliang handed over the letter of state, and made it clear that the defenders reported to the general Wang Yan, Wang Yan hurriedly invited Han Liang to enter, and after seeing the ceremony, the guest sat down, Wang Yan said: "Dare to ask your envoy what is important?" ”

Han Shuliang knew that the other party was asking knowingly, but he was at a disadvantage, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "General Wang's name is like thunder, and it is really good when I see it today, according to me, General Wang's talent is slightly not under the original Zhuguo General Xu Shangwu, why ask knowingly?" ”

Wang Yan said: "Your envoy has praised falsely, Wang Mou's martial arts are not as good as the general of Zhuguo, and I ask your envoy to make it clear." ”

Han Shuliang said: "Your and I take Linyu Pass as the boundary, and we have always committed no offense, why did the general lead the army to seize my mountains and rivers and force me to the imperial capital?" ”

Without waiting for Wang Yan to speak, Zong Sheng sneered: "What a well, three years ago, your country broke through my Linyu Pass and seized dozens of my cities, relying on the unpredictable means of the general of the Zhu State to recover the lost territory; Just a year ago, the two brothers of Yelu Zhenbei and Yelu Annan led the three armies to repeatedly attack and harass our Linyu Pass. ”

Han Shuliang was speechless for a while, and only heard Wang Yan say: "Your envoy, please explain your intentions." ”

Han Shuliang thought for a moment and said: "Your and I are adjacent to each other, and some friction is inevitable, and there will inevitably be misunderstandings. ”

Wang Yan said: "Dayu country has always been people do not offend me, I do not offend, today's fruit, is caused by your country, if your envoy is to reason, then please go back, I wait for rough people, can not speak, we see the battlefield superior." ”

Han Shuliang really had a hard time, but his strength was not good, so he could only weaken his tone and said: "The general Shao'an is not impatient, we are willing to negotiate peace, and please consider it." ”

Wang Yan said: "Peace? I'm strong, why should I make peace with you? ”

Han Shuliang said: "Although Yeyou is a small country, I also have my people before life and death, and I can only fight to the death, so please think twice about General Wang." ”

Wang Yan said: "I can't wait for this matter to be the master, I need to ask the emperor to do the discussion." ”

Han Shuliang said: "Then wait for the general's good news." Then he bowed and took his leave.

After Han Shuliang left, Wang Yan talked to the generals in the tent, and Wang Yan took the lead in saying: "Although our army has won a big victory, after all, the defenders have a limited number of soldiers, and I am afraid that we will not be able to catch it if we do a strong attack, what is the opinion of the generals?" ”

Zong Sheng said: "At this time, although our army has the advantage, it is no longer advisable to attack the city, so we can only take this opportunity to negotiate peace and make more efforts." ”

The generals said so, so they reported and sent an envoy to Beijing.

Precisely:

There is a pillar country before it is powerful, and there is a new handsome man who can do it again!

In the Zhengde Hall of the capital city, the ministers discussed, and the emperor said: "The general Wang Yan lived up to my expectations, and he had not had a moment of negligence in Linyu Pass for more than three years, and now he has broken through the night and occupied the land of the night and Jinzhou, and the troops have come to Fengtianfu, and the night and the country lost the war, and he intends to seek peace, what is the opinion of Zhong Aiqing?" The crowd knelt down and shouted long live.

Before others could speak, Pang Bo opened his mouth and said: "My emperor's martial arts are unprecedented, and the night secluded country has repeatedly violated the realm, which is really a big trouble for the henchmen, and the ministers think that it is impossible to negotiate peace, and they should increase their troops to exterminate them to prevent future troubles." ”

Ge Minyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, hurriedly said: "As the secretary of the Ministry of War, I know that there are tens of thousands of soldiers registered in our dynasty in the north to base the night; 200,000 in the south beware of Great Xia; Water bandits are rampant along the southeast coast, and from time to time there are Dongyi invaders, and 200,000 soldiers are needed to defend here all the year round, and the soldiers and horses used by the local defense to suppress bandits and the people are more than 100,000, except for His Majesty's personal guards of 50,000, the remaining registered or old, weak, sick and disabled, or the number of new recruits is only more than 20,000, and the number of troops required to exterminate Yeyou is less than 200,000, and it is difficult to make meritorious contributions, and the reserve soldiers are seriously insufficient. ”

Pang Bo secretly hated, and only listened to the household department say: "The minister thinks that the request of the military department is very reasonable, if the money and grain required for the fierce war are very large, and the current funds of the treasury have a source, if you add more items, I am afraid it will be difficult to continue!" ”

The emperor said: "I think what Taishi Pang said is very much in line with my intentions, and you two can have a good plan to solve the dilemma in the military department and the household department?" ”

Before the second department spoke, he only heard Taifu Ning Zuoheng say: "The minister thinks that what the Ministry of Household and Military Affairs has asked is a realistic move, if you forcibly recruit soldiers, you are only afraid that you need to forcibly levy military service taxes, and you are only afraid that public opinion will boil, which is not good for the country." ”

The emperor glanced at Taifu and said lightly: "What does Taifu mean is that my people do not feel the grace of God, and I do not care about all surnames?" He let out a long, nasal "um" sound.

Taifu hurriedly bowed and said: "The old minister will never dare to have this intention, since my emperor succeeded to the throne, the world has been peaceful, and the four seas are peaceful, which is the merit of my emperor." It's just that the destruction of the night country is destined not to be a mundane war, although the night is a small country, but the danger of destroying the country is afraid of arousing the anger of the people, so the night country is the same enemy, and go to the national disaster together, and our army is not well prepared, and if it falls into a stalemate, our army's advantage becomes a disadvantage. If you want to extinguish the darkness of the night, you might as well make a false appearance of peace talks, and fight the battle if you accumulate grass and grain. ”

The emperor pondered for a long time and said, "Taifu's words are very good, so who should go to discuss peace?" ”

Seeing this opportunity, Pang Bo hurriedly knelt down and said, "The minister is willing to relieve His Majesty's worries and ask for peace." ”

The emperor glanced at the ministers, and saw that no one went out to ask for an order, so he could only grant what he requested, so he said: "According to the decree of the cabinet, I ordered Pang Taishi to be the envoy of the peace council, and went to Fengtianfu to negotiate peace with the Yeyou Kingdom. ”

At the end of the court, the officials talked a lot, and the birds dispersed.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Han Chufeng summoned Xuan Mo, and when it came to the affairs of the DPRK, Han Chufeng said: "Pang Bo is unlearned and unskilled, and he is afraid of negligence, how to deal with it?" ”

Xuan Mo said: "What Pang Bo is currently afraid of, only the eldest princess and the emperor, these two have tacitly agreed to help Pang Bo to make a fortune, the emperor wants to dominate the world and achieve a thousand years of achievements, so naturally there will be a response to Pang Bo, so this time Pang Bo will definitely succeed, and it is also what we want to see." ”

The dialogue between the two in the clouds is not very clear, so let's not talk about it for the time being. However, it was said that Pang Bo had been in the capital for a few days, and he had arrived at the Fengtianfu military camp in a hurry, Pang Bo and Wang Yan were not on good terms, and the two sides only catered to each other on the surface, and met hastily. Pang Bo said: "This official is the emperor's order, and the dispatch of military affairs is for General Wang to report daily. ”

Wang Yan said: "Taishi Pang's words are bad, and the emperor's order is true, but the holy decree is clearly stated as a peace envoy, and the affairs of the army have nothing to do with Taishi Pang, so don't bother Taishi." ”

Master Pang left angrily, and Wang Yan sneered.

Besides, the night country has received a letter from Dayu, saying that the envoys have arrived in the tent and informed Dayu of the terms of the peace talks, and ordered him to come to discuss peace matters three days later. After seeing it, the monarch of the night country said angrily: "Dayu country deceives people too much. ”

He ordered the deacon in front of the palace to hand over to the commander Han Shuliang, only to see that the terms were very strict, and listed several of them and came to see: one said, the land from Linyu Pass to Fengtianfu Jinzhou belonged to Dayu, and since then it has been included in Dayu's territory; Second, the night of the country to the Yu country for a hundred years, every year on the gold and silver 500,000, 10,000 horses, other offerings of a number of renegotiable; Third, the fate of the night Youguo sent the prince into Beijing as a hostage for ten years and could not return to the court, so there are more than a dozen such clauses. Yeyou is a small country, and the annual tax income is only a few hundred taels, and the opening of the Dayu country is half of the treasury income, plus other terms, it can be seen that the conditions for negotiation and peace are harsh.

After seeing it, he only listened to the commander Han Shuliang said: "Your Majesty is relieved, these requirements show the ambition of the wolf son of Dayu, but the Dayu soldiers came to the city to negotiate peace, and it can be seen that the country is empty and can not fight again, this matter will naturally not be left to its grasp, and the ministers are willing to do their best to strive for justice." ”

The Night Shadow Kingdom Monarch suddenly realized and said, "It is really a lonely blessing for the Heavenly Command to command me. ”

The commander Han Shuliang said: "Your Majesty Xie trusts, and the ministers should do their best to thwart Dayu's ambition to annex our dynasty." ”

After that, he sent an envoy to reply to the letter, and a total of three days later, they met to negotiate peace.

Precisely:

Let your ambitions swallow the country, you have your own good policy!

If you want to know what twists and turns the peace talks between the two sides, listen to the following breakdown.