Chi Wangqiu intervened in mediation, and Shaowu put forward conditions for peace talks. And Yuxuan's side also wished to have a chance to breathe, and after confirming the death of Xiang Poor, he set up a male sheep as the new monarch, and bargained with Bamuro in the name of the new monarch. The two sides cede the war and make peace, and the country of Bamuro ceded sixteen cities, including Lianxiang Castle, and sent envoys to apologize and make amends, and these public opinions agreed.

On the surface, it doesn't seem to matter whether you agree or not, anyway, these sixteen castles have been captured by the Ba Mu Kingdom. However, if the cession was formally confirmed during the peace talks, the Bamuro State would not only temporarily conquer these castles, but would have formally incorporated them into its territory and been confirmed by the Somuro State, and there would be a ceremonial basis for the establishment of rule and the promulgation of government decrees.

Therefore, the difference between the recognition of the country and the recognition of the country is very big, and the concessions that Yuxuan has to make in order to protect the country are also very big. But another condition put forward by Shaowu, Yuxuan resolutely did not agree and did not dare to agree, that is, to let Gong Yang be named Xiangjun by Shaowu. Although there are only three cities left in today's Xiangmuro country, it still calls itself the country of Ba, and its monarch is not a feudal feud of Shaowu, and its country is not a subordinate of Shaowu.

Shao Wu also knew that it was impossible for Yuxuan to agree to this condition, and he put it forward for bargaining, as long as he agreed to the first condition, he could stop fighting. In order to show the sincerity of the peace talks, Shao Wu also ordered the body of Xiang Poor to be sent back.

During the peace talks between the two countries, Huwa left Xiangcheng with Zhu Sanxian and came to the northern foot of the West Boundary Mountain, where the army of Ba Muru had assembled. At this time, it was already spring, and the prisoner of war army that Lingbao practiced in Wangqiu City in Ba Mu Guo was officially incorporated into the army of Ba Mu State, and Zhu Sanxian and Yue Xuan both became Lingbao's deputy generals.

The reason why Shao Wu so happily agreed to an armistice and negotiate peace as soon as the envoy of Chiwangqiu arrived, is very complicated. Not only because Chiwangqiu intervened to dissuade him, but more importantly, because of the construction of the front-line generals. The Beidao Clan, Lingbao, Xiling and others all built a plan not to attack the three cities from different angles for the time being, and Huwa sent these words to Shaowu.

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Meng Yingqiu is located at the junction of the three kingdoms of Ba Chamber, Xiang Chamber, and Zheng Chamber, and its influence on these three kingdoms is very great. But for the phase room national clan. The biggest influence is another sect in the country, Bu Jinshan. Meng Yingqiu's status is transcendent, and it is impossible to be driven by the Xiangmur State, but the relationship between the sect of Bujinshan and the clan of the Xiangmu State is inseparable.

This situation is somewhat similar to the relationship between Yingzhuling and the Zheng family. Although the Yingzhuling sect cannot be compared with Meng Yingqiu, its influence on the Zheng family is decisive and even interdependent.

Xiang Poor has a son, Gong Lang, who was killed by the tiger baby, and once worshiped under Meng Yingqiu. But Xiang Poor himself is the son-in-law of Mr. Sanshui, the sect master of Bujin Mountain, and he is also a disciple of Mr. Sanshui. The lord of Gaocheng City, Ziqian, who Shaowu once won. He was also born under the Bujin Mountain Gate. Now the new monarch palace sheep established by Yuxuan is the grandson of Mr. Sanshui.

Mr. Sanshui has three springs gushing out around the cave in Bujin Mountain, forming three streams flowing to the three castles outside the mountain, so it is called Sanshui. Of course, the title given to him by Xiangmuro is the Sanshui clan, and with the status of Mr. Sanshui, he can completely set his own title, and the monarch does not dare to change it.

Bu Jinshan is a sect of cultivation, passed into the hands of Mr. Sanshui, and is already the fifth generation of sect masters. Mr. Sanshui has been cultivating in the Bujinshan Dojo all the year round, in order to cross the path to the sky, and he has not asked too much about things outside the mountain over the years.

The disciples of Bujinshan were all born in the country of Xiangmuro. Especially in the three surrounding castles. If the disciples leave the mountain, most of them will be reused by the Xiangmuro Kingdom, and as long as the disciples do not violate the rules of the door outside, Bujinshan will not interfere with their secular behavior. As for the disciples of the Qing cultivator in the mountains and the sect of Bujin Mountain. On weekdays, he does not intervene in the disputes of Pakistan-Yuan countries.

There are more than a dozen large and small sects or sects in the Xiangmuro country, but only Guxiongchuan and Bujinshan have really become large-scale climates. The ancestors of these two sects all have Dacheng cultivation, which has been passed down to this day, and now there are also Dacheng monks in charge. A special sect dojo was opened up, and the boundary was drawn from the secular people.

The scale of Bujin Mountain is even more than that of Guxiongchuan. Although it can't be compared with Meng Yingqiu, it is the number one cultivation inheritance sect in the Xiangmu Kingdom.

When Shaowu had just entered the Xiangmuro Kingdom and occupied Guxiong Castle, he sent an envoy to Guxiong River to make offerings and greet and pay tribute to his suzerain, Mr. Guling, but he was also safe. Mr. Gu Ling can see the shape clearly, and he can also lead the sect to stay out of the matter. But even if Mr. Sanshui doesn't want to ask about the world, it is difficult for the sect of Bujinshan to stay out of it.

Yu Xuan led the remnants of the army and the various forces in the country that supported the poor to retreat to the last three cities, and set up the palace sheep as the new king, just to tie the sect of Bujinshan to the last Warring States of the Xiangmuro Kingdom, so that they had the confidence to defend the foundation. If the Xiangmuro Kingdom wants to restore its territory in the future, it cannot count on the distant Chiwangqiu, and it still needs to have enough internal strength to support it.

Beidao, Xiling and others believe that the three cities are around Bujin Mountain and rely on it, although Yuxuan was defeated, but on the way to retreat, he summoned all the stubborn resistance forces in the country that supported each other, which was equivalent to clenching his fists while shrinking the defense. The terrain on its periphery is quite dangerous, and all the passes are built by relying on the mountain passes, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If you attack at any cost and concentrate the current strength of the Bamuro country, you will be able to defeat these three cities in the end, but the casualties on both sides will definitely be very large, and it will take a long time, not only will the gains outweigh the losses, but it will also affect the overall strategy of Shaowu. It is better to stop the war and only send troops to block the various defense roads and trap Yuxuan in them.

Since the terrain of these three cities is dangerous, they are relatively poor in terms of property, and they cannot support a large army for a long time. Now that the stubborn forces in the country are all running there, if they continue to attack, they will also encounter united resistance from the other side, so it is better to leave them for a few years and cut off their contact with the outside world.

These three cities are barren in land, not rich in products, and cut off commercial and trade exchanges with the outside world, and their strength will inevitably be exhausted after a long time, and there will be contradictions and frictions between various forces. Therefore, being trapped and not attacking can not only weaken its fighting spirit, but also make it slack off over time, and it is neither able nor willing to continue to fight against Bamuroko.

On the other hand, although Yu Xuan was able to hold on to these three cities with the help of the terrain, the defeated army had no way to rush out to counterattack, and he was surrounded on all sides by the occupied areas of the Bamuro Kingdom, which no longer posed a threat to the rear of the army. The army of Bamuro can free up their hands to attack Zheng Muguo, and there is no need to entangle and consume here.

Therefore, as soon as Qi Xingheng, the envoy of Chiwangqiu, came to Badu City, Shaowu nodded and agreed to the request for armistice and peace talks, which not only gave Chiwangqiu enough face to push the boat down the river, but also happened to be in line with his next strategic vision.

Whether Yu Xuan is willing to let Gong Yang be called the prime minister of Shaowu, this matter is not in a hurry, anyway, under the persuasion of Chiwangqiu, the two countries have ceased war, and they can talk about it unhurriedly. The Beidao clan received the order of Shaowu, and in addition to leaving the necessary troops to blockade these three cities, the main force of the army has been transferred to the southwest of the Xiangmuro country and the northern foot of the West Boundary Mountain.

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Before the start of the war, how many troops did each country have? The situation of the three kingdoms of Ba Mu, Xiang Mu, and Zheng was not much different, and the number of standing military formations in peacetime was about the same. But after the three countries issued the general mobilization order for the war, there was a difference. Shaowu expanded his army by five times, Xiang Qian expanded his army by three times, and Zheng Gu expanded his army by two times.

For example, if each of these three countries originally had one military formation, then after the general mobilization order was issued, and by the time the war between Xiangfu and Shaomu began, there would be six military formations in the Bamuro Kingdom, four military formations in the Xiangmuro Kingdom, and three military formations in the Zheng Muro Kingdom.

Of course, countries do not recruit as many troops as they want, nor do they recruit as many troops as possible. In such a short period of time, many factors were involved, including the adequacy of preparations for war, the adequacy of armour, equipment and rations, the efficiency of the implementation of government orders, and the ability of local officials to carry them out.

Moreover, such a nationwide mobilization can only be temporary and cannot be sustained for a long time, otherwise it will surely shake the country's foundation. The national war is a huge attrition, and just transferring young and strong laborers from all over the country to the barracks and out of production will have a serious impact on people's livelihood. The general mobilization orders issued by various countries for war were basically at the turn of summer and autumn, when the harvest was busy, and it was difficult for each city to draw a large number of young people for a while.

However, the cities of the Bamuro Kingdom resolutely carried out the order of the few affairs, and the women and children who remained behind all went to the fields to harvest the grain, and the garrisons of the cities that were not transferred to the front line also helped the people to harvest wheat under the command of the city lord in addition to daily drills. It was only during the winter break after the autumn harvest that I breathed a sigh of relief.

Zheng Gu didn't expect in advance that Ba Muruguo would have such a mobilization efficiency, and he had made such adequate combat preparations quietly over the years, which was obviously left by Hou Liao to Shaowu's family. Zheng Muruguo's mobilization efficiency and war preparations could not catch up with Bamuroguo, and even Xiangmuro could not be compared, which was also the reason why Zheng Gu did not dare to go to war alone in the first place.

At the request of Chiwangqiu, when the young man and the Xiangmuro country were armistice and peace talks, it was already time for spring ploughing. The young man gave an order, except for the front army and the army formations guarding the border gates, half of the reserve army formations that had been newly recruited last year were disbanded, and those strong laborers were allowed to go home to cultivate.

That is to say, five times as many troops as the Shaowu recruited last year are now two and a half times as many as left. According to the analogy just now, the country of Bamuro is equivalent to three and a half military formations.

It is necessary to ensure that there are enough strong laborers left in the rear to work in production to support the needs of the army at the front, and it is also necessary to reduce a part of the reserve army at the beginning of the spring. This is also the reason why he disbanded the garrisons that had not resisted after entering the country and let the sergeants go home.

But on the other hand, the threat of the Somuro Kingdom has been lifted, and Shomu has also recruited a large number of prisoners of war, especially the main force of its most elite army. It is equivalent to the original four military formations of the Xiangmuro Kingdom, he got one and a half, plus the original three and a half of the Bamuro Kingdom, a total of five military formations, which is enough to deal with Zheng Muroguo. (To be continued......)