050, National War (II)
After staying in the inn for three days, Hao Hao was summoned by Zheng Gu. After seeing that the ceremony was finished in the palace, Zheng Quan angrily asked: "Shao Wu did not declare war, sent a large army to invade our border and occupy our city, and even dared to send an envoy here!"
Hao Yan replied calmly: "It is not our country that does not declare war, but Bai Boyi, the city lord of Baiguo City of your country, took the lead in provoking the war, and actually led people to sneak into Shanchuan City and attack the military camp at night! Because Zheng Jun plotted to assassinate our lord and slaughter our caravan, the people in the country were indignant. Zheng Jun hasn't given an explanation yet, and he has provoked a war on the border, how can our army not fight back?"
Zheng Gu: "Since Shaowu has started a war, why did he send you?"
Hao Yan smiled: "After our army captured Baiguo City, it did not continue to advance, just waiting for what Zheng Jun will do next!"
First of all, Baiguo City has been occupied by the Bamuro State, and the two countries have redrawn the border with Yuping Mountain, which is nothing to talk about. Secondly, Zheng Muguo wanted to severely punish the murderers who participated in the assassination and handed over those people to Ba Muroguo for disposal. In order to apologize, Zheng Muroguo should also compensate Bamuroguo a large amount of grain, cloth, cattle and horses, ordnance and other materials.
Of course, Zheng Gu couldn't agree immediately, this summons was just a passing ceremony, and then another Fu Zheng was sent to negotiate with Hao Yan. It is a process of recrimination, intimidation and rip-off. At the same time, Zheng Quan convened his ministers to discuss countermeasures.
Bingzheng Master Xingzhu said: "Baiguo City has been occupied, and the army of Bamuro has advanced to the front line of Yuping Mountain, which is already easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if you don't open the war and win, you can't get it back." If we can really make a truce in the country, we might as well agree to this condition.
As for the goods and ordnance demanded by the country of Bamuro. Now give them the same qualifications. We can say yes first, but in the name that it will be difficult to raise for a while. It will be sent in batches after the official truce between the two countries, and the exact amount can be negotiated. However, it should be minimized. Even if you want to hand over the murderer, I'm afraid it's very difficult to do. ”
Zheng Gu said suddenly: "Shaowu has evidence to point out - who is the murderer?"
Lord Li Zheng shook his head and said, "According to the information we have received, they only captured Ye Huang and Bai Shu Xin, and the person who was related to this matter was identified in the confession, only the deputy soldier Zheng Heifeng. ”
Zheng Gu said with a calm face: "Since this is the case, it is not difficult to do, I am afraid that I will have to wronged Lord Heifeng." ”
The ministers present were silent for a while, Zheng Gu clearly meant to extinguish his mouth, but in the current form. I had to do it again. Today's secret meeting between the monarch and the minister, Hei Feng was also unable to attend, it seems that Zheng Gu has already planned. Lord Bingzheng Xingzhu said with some reluctance: "Lord, you should be kind to Hei Feng's family and clan, just say that this is Hei Feng's private doing, and you have ordered him to be killed in anger, so you can also give Shaowu an explanation." ”
Master Li Zheng whispered: "Since you are not handing over a living person to the Ba Mu Kingdom, you may not really want to kill Hei Feng, just say that the monarch has beheaded him." All you want is this face. The rest of the requirements are profitable. ”
Zheng Gu said expressionlessly: "This matter will be discussed again, as for the other two conditions, you can negotiate with the envoy to stabilize the country first." It takes time for us to prepare. It's best not to fight. The news has been sent back from the Xiangmuro country, and the Xiangqi has agreed to mediate, and I don't know his thoughts! It's our turning point. ”
Hao Fei stayed in the capital of Zheng Muguo for seven or eight days, and the preliminary result of the negotiations was that Zheng Muguo would cede Baiguo City. Compensation for a large amount of goods and military funds. But this batch of supplies will be delivered in three installments over a period of three years, and half of the first time will be paid. After the withdrawal of the troops, the latter two times each lost a quarter.
As for the assassination of Shaowu at the beginning, it was the deputy soldier Zheng Heifeng who made his own opinion. It's a pity that the envoy of Bamuro Country came late, and when Zheng Gu heard the news, he was angry and beheaded Heifeng!
These were all promises made by Zheng Muroguo, and Zheng Gu summoned Hao Hao again and swore an oath in front of the altar. However, these promises are different from the conditions previously proposed by the young man, and they are beyond the authority that the good hair can agree to, and the good hair has to return to the country and ask the young man for instructions. Before the young minister officially replied, the two countries agreed to suspend the military for the time being.
The so-called truce is also nonsense, because the country of Bamuro did not continue the offensive in the first place, and both countries are engaged in a general mobilization for war, preparing for a national war. Whether Zheng Muguo wants to fight or not, it is necessary to deploy heavy troops. The most important purpose of the negotiations is only to stall for time and wait for the prime minister to intervene in "mediation".
Just when Haofu left the capital of Zheng and returned to Bamu, Xiang Poor suddenly raised heavy troops to break through the border of Wangqiu City and led a large army to drive straight in. Xiang Poor's actions completely exceeded Zheng Gu's expectations, not to attack on the border, loot goods or occupy the city, but to go straight to the capital of Bamuro!
Of course, Xiang Poor did not want to mediate for the two countries, but took advantage of the confrontation between the two armies to use Zheng Muguo to drag down the heavy troops of Shaowu.
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Shao Wu has completed the army in Jinsha City, and has been waiting for people and news, of course, people are Tiger Baby and Pan Gu. If Shaowu invades the Xiangmuro country, he must take Huwa, the "little gentleman", with him; as for Pan Gu, Shaowu has already agreed to let General Pan Yuan be the vanguard of the army.
As for the news, it was information from Zencheon Castle, Wangqiu Castle, and Zheng Murokook. He has sent a bearded man as an envoy to Zheng Muguo, and of course he must grasp the movements of Zheng Muguo. Zheng Muguo sued for peace, and bargained to buy time and wait for a turnaround, and Shao Wu was not only rewarded with a good beard, but also received a reward from the subordinates of the team drinker, and the news on both sides was the same.
Shaowu gathered heavy troops in the southern border to attack the whole country, but in fact it was a defensive position, the main purpose was to stabilize the rear, and there was no intention of taking the initiative to attack. He also sent an envoy to reply and promised Zheng Muruguo's terms of peace, but the first batch of goods and military materials compensated by Zheng Muguo had to be transported to Bamuro before the winter solstice of this year, and then Bamuro could withdraw its troops; the territory between the two countries was redemarcated, with Yuping Mountain as the boundary, and Baiguocheng was officially returned to Bamuro.
Compared to the news of the return from the envoy Zheng Muguo, Shao Wu got the battle report from Shanchuan Castle earlier, which was delivered by three different rock pigeons. In order to prevent accidents and transmit this important military information, of course, it is not possible to release only one rock pigeon, but three at the same time, and the content of the message carried is completely consistent, so as to ensure that the military situation is correct.
But the news sent by one of the rock pigeons made Shaowu break out in a cold sweat, because it inexplicably carried a god's thought. Shaowu is also a monk of the Four Realms, and of course he can interpret it clearly and unhindered, it is two people who claim to be Cangjie and Hou Gang, who greet Mr. Xiao and his greyhound, and hope that one day they can drink and talk about the texture of heaven and earth again.
Cangjie expressed his appreciation for Huwa's means of conveying military information in words, and hoped that if there is an opportunity in the future, he can teach the characters of Wen to the people of the world. - These are not words just thoughts, they can leave this kind of thoughts on a strip of cloth, and let Shao Wu clearly interpret them, at least there are seven realms of cultivation and above, and Shao Wu also knows who this Mr. Cangjie is.
Hanxiong's military information conveyed in words cannot be understood by others. And it is extremely unlikely that such a rock pigeon will be intercepted halfway. Unexpectedly, this rock pigeon was not only intercepted by the master halfway, but the other party could fully read the words on the cloth, which means that the overall strategy of Shaowu is likely to have been leaked.
Fortunately, the predecessors of Cang Sha did not mean to meddle in the war between the countries of Bayuan, but just took this opportunity to say hello to Huwa and Pan Gu. Shaowu knew that the tiger baby had a friendship with Cangsha, but he didn't expect that Cangsha's predecessor and his disciple Hou Gang would also greet them specifically, it seems that their relationship is very close, and the tiger baby is deeply appreciated and favored by this senior.
After the arrival of the military information sent by Hanxiong from Zenchuan Castle and the news of the return of the envoy of the country, the young man received an urgent report of the battle situation from two different places, which was also delivered by the rock pigeon. -- Xiang Poor has led a large army to break through the border defense of Wangqiu City!
Shao Wu had long expected that Xiang Poor would make a move, but he also did not expect Xiang Poor's speed to be so fast! The three kingdoms were all in turmoil, and all kinds of situations were happening at the same time. Of course, when the battle report of Wangqiu City came, Huwa and Pan Gu had not yet arrived in Jinsha City!
After all, Huwa and Pangyu can't fly, they rush from Shanchuan City to Jinsha City, and they have to cross the border of Bamuro Kingdom from south to north. Nowadays, there are many cars and pedestrians on the road, and they can't always gallop all the way, so they are delayed a little time. During this time, the Hao Beard clan sent an envoy to Zheng Muguo to return, and Xiang Qi had already broken through the border defense of Wangqiu City.
Being poor is not commendable in some respects, but it has to be said that he is very good at others and has a strategic vision of the whole picture. His strategy was to advance as fast as possible and not allow the peace talks between Bamur and Zheng Muroku to succeed.
As for Shaowu's later sending an envoy to reply to Zheng Gu and agreeing to his peace conditions, it was all after he sent troops to Xiangmuroguo. At this moment, Shaowu received two battle reports, one from the front line of Wangqiu City, and the general Shouguan reported that they had been attacked by the army of the Prime Minister's country, and the enemy was invincible, so he asked the monarch to quickly transfer a large army to help.
Another report came from Meng Yingqiu, and the rock pigeon carried a strip of cloth without any symbols, and there was also a thought of the gods on it, which was to the effect that as Ba Jun wished, Xiang Poor had led a large army to invade the territory.
This thought of the gods was left by fate, she kept her promise, Meng Yingqiu did not directly intervene in state disputes, but she would inform Shao Wu of the latest situation. Divine thoughts convey far more complex and rich information than words, and the number of poor troops, the situation of equipment, and the exact date of the march are all attached to this divine thought.
Calculate the time, Xiangqi raised troops five days ago, and by the time Shaowu received the battle report, I am afraid that the border pass has been broken and Wangqiu City will not be guaranteed. The young minister summoned the ministers around him and the generals for urgent deliberation and made two decisions.
**(To be continued......)