Cao Zimu smiled bitterly and asked, "Yang Zhi, will you wait for the first half of the year to start the war again?"

Cao Zimu's worries are the reality that Richard is really afraid of, Youzhou did not appear in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty There was no chaos envisaged by the Western Xia people, if Lingzhou was the same, once the autumn harvest arrived, would the Dingbei Army tear up the agreement again; if that was the case, what was the point of the current negotiations, it was better not to talk about it, and to fight to the end.

Yang Zhi also smiled bitterly: "Brother Cao, what should I say, can you believe it? In fact, you and I both know that half of the territory of your so-called Lingzhou in Western Xia is still in your hands, don't you re-establish Lingzhou with Wuping, Hun Huai and other places? You must know that Yue Fei is gone, and we have the same worries. In this way, I will hand over all the areas on the other side of the Yellow River to you, how about everyone looking at each other across the Yellow River."

Cao Zimu couldn't help but shake his head, let the war stop, in fact, the same as letting the war start, either side had to take some risks; Cao Qianli also understood that it was impossible for him to get more things, and whether Yang Zhi was telling the truth or not could only be verified in the later time. However, Yang Zhi's willingness to give up the fortified city on the side of the Yellow River is equivalent to giving up the beachhead, which can be regarded as a big concession, and Cao Zimu has no reason to be picky.

Cao Zimu thought about it for a long time and said: "Yang Shuai, if you can really do this, I will add this clause to the conditions for peace when I go back." ”

Yang Zhi discussed this with Cao Qianli, and also got the consent of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, hanging alone on the side of the Yellow River, it is easy to become the target of the Xixia people to fight the autumn wind, it is better to give up; Yang Zhi smiled: "No problem, Lord Cao, you and I are acquaintances, there is no need to worry too much, if we don't agree in the end, you don't sign the agreement." ”

Cao Zimu thought about it, he was worried about this here, what was he worried about, what was he doing here, negotiating peace, it must be willing between the two sides, and if he couldn't get along, he would fight again; besides, with Yang Zhi's identity, there was no need to deceive himself on this branch. Cao Qianli went back with a relatively satisfactory draft, and all that remained was to see if the two sides had the will to negotiate peace in actual action.

Seeing that the Northern Army had taken the initiative to stop its advance in Xiazhou and Lingzhou, the Western Xia soon sent an envoy to Rea Gongji, expressing his willingness to accept such a request. In the past, Richard and the others would definitely be unwilling, but now, Richard understands that without these more than 50,000 troops, there are less than 200,000 people left in Western Xia, and there are almost only one or two chances left for a big war; and by giving up Lingzhou, Western Xia will have one more opportunity to coerce, and can attack Lingzhou at any time to seize the initiative in the war.

Zhao Kai also had to agree, now the Jin army under the leadership of Jin Wushu attack too fast, has surrounded Jincheng, Xu Huiyan asked Zhao Kai to send reinforcements to Yang Zongmin to defend the city, himself retreated to Shuozhou; in the south of Jincheng, it is Han Tao's men and horses, and Taihang Mountain Zhang San's army joined forces to form a second line of defense, waiting for the opportunity to reinforce Jincheng. Wu'er Siqi's 30,000 people have been resting for many days to recuperate, if they go deep into the hinterland of the Dingbei Army in the state of madness, it will be enough for Zhang Shen, Zhe Kewen and others to eat a pot.

However, Yang Zhi rejected the request of Raida Gongji to release more than 30,000 captives in Lingzhou, Youzhou and Xiazhou this time, and did not agree to let the people of Xiazhou and Lingzhou freely choose whether to go to Xingzhou;

In fact, Yang Zhi also rejected Zhao Kai's document to ambush Wu'er Siqi's army, Zhao Kai himself was unwilling to give this order, Yang Zhi did not want to bear this notoriety; Yang Zhi wrote back to Zhao Kai very simply, saying that at present, the army and the people of Lingzhou and Xiazhou need to be appeased, and treachery can easily make the people of the two states lose their hearts and cause many uncontrollable troubles, and almost all the families of the officers and soldiers are in Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou and other places, and there will be opportunities to solve them in the future.

Before Yang Zhi exchanged Ma Shen, he personally met Ren Chunzhong once, Ren Chunzhong's complexion was good, obviously he had learned from the hot Gongji who visited the prison that he was about to be released, looked at Yang Zhi and said: "Yang Shuai, Daxia is now greatly injured, if you want to restore its former glory, it is impossible in a short time, you come to see me, there must be something very important." ”

Yang Zhi nodded with a smile and said: "I am already very content with the current situation, to be honest, I didn't expect that there would be a day when Western Xia would recover any glory; Ren Chunzhong, you are from the Song Dynasty, so willing to live in Western Xia for the rest of your life? Have you ever thought about it, after the death of Empress Dowager Ren, what will your Ren family do?"

Ren Chunzhong laughed: "I am also very content, I am only a centurion in the Great Song Dynasty, I don't know when I will die on the front line, and I will never have a chance in my life for the glory and wealth I enjoy in Great Xia." Yang Shuai, you are indeed the best general I have ever seen, much stronger than my uncle and Brother Richard. However, the ruler is longer and the inch is shorter, and Brother Richard said that if you destroy Great Xia, you will lose your own way in the army. ”

"I have done it all, how can there be room for improvement. Yang Zhi smiled and said, "My time is precious, let's make a long story short, I need to ask you some questions." ”

Ren Chunzhong glanced at the dozen or so people standing aside, and said with a smile: "If you have any questions, you can just ask directly, there are so many people, and you don't plan to ask anything secret." ”

The smile on Yang Zhi's face gradually faded, and he looked at Ren Chunzhong with a cold face and said, "Lord Ren, did you get Wu Jue's offensive line in advance?"

"I don't know!" Ren Chunzhong said categorically: "At this time, there is no need for us to talk about this, for Yang Shuai, you didn't suffer a loss that time, it was we who sent tens of thousands of elites to Huangquan Road with our own hands." Yang Shuai, I still remember the scene of them struggling in the river to this day, there is never foolproof in a war, and intelligence is only one aspect. ”

Yang Zhi looked at Ren Chunzhong, and said in a soothing tone: "I have been staring at this matter, there are only a few people who know about Wu Jue's plan, but they are all people who will never leak secrets. Unless it is a great benefit, or a very helpless reason, I hope to get an answer, Ren Chunzhong, this can also be a way back for you to give your family. ”

"The way back?" Ren Chunzhong took a long breath, shook his head regretfully and said: "I'm a rough person, I don't know how to say my feelings, I didn't know about this matter from the beginning, I admit that I have the same doubts as you, but even if you take my head, I still don't know anything." ”

Yang Zhi heard a different heartbeat at this time.