Chapter Seventy-One: The Truce
Three days later, Tianci heard that the results of the negotiations had come out, and that Tufan had withdrawn 150 li and handed over nine of the 20 northern cities he had occupied, and the two sides would no longer fight each other in the Central Plains. This was very different from what he had heard before, and the emperor would at least let Tufan retreat to the northern regions.
The result of this negotiation is tantamount to giving up most of the northern part to Tufan, which is much worse than the situation of the Yuwen family entrenched in the Northern Regions, at least at that time the entire Northern Regions were in the hands of the imperial court, and King Yuwen has always been stationed at the northern border pass and has not invaded the Central Plains, and the Tufan Kingdom does not dare to covet the land of the Central Plains. Now it's okay, I drove away my own people, but I gave the great rivers and mountains to the foreigners, so that the people of the Central Plains in the north were ruled by foreigners, what is the reason?
He couldn't figure it out, in terms of the military strength and economic strength of Dafeng Kingdom, it was impossible for the emperor to be so jealous of Tufan Kingdom, and the purpose of his coming was very clear, it was to give Tufan a little benefit and let him retreat outside the Northern Regions, but I don't know how such a big change happened in the end, is the emperor threatened?
In fact, he didn't know that during the negotiation, the secret weapon that Deyong showed to Wu Shizhong made Dafeng Junchen shocked, and he was also convinced that Tufan would be able to attack most of the original area. The next negotiations were completely dominated by the Turkish side, and the original negotiated agreement was that the Turkish side would not give up an inch of land, but only promised not to attack to the south. This result made Wu Shizhong lose face and was difficult to accept, but he was afraid that Tufan would continue to attack the Central Plains, and he did not dare to easily refuse to continue the negotiations, and it was difficult to make a decision in a momentary dilemma.
Later, General Huang Zhipeng quietly offered a plan to the emperor, saying that Tufan would never retreat from the army, which made the saint unable to explain to the people of the world, as long as Tufan withdrew from a hundred and ten miles of land, in return, our dynasty can use the seven cities of the Western Regions as an exchange, but it needs to be explained that the city is not under the control of the imperial court now, and Tufan can be captured by himself, but Dafeng and Tufan are not allowed to fight again in the Central Plains.
Wu Shizhong felt that this plan was very good, so that he could use the hands of Tufan to eliminate this henchman, and then deal with Tufan in the long run, it should not be a problem, so he agreed to use this condition in exchange for Tufan's retreat of 150 miles, but this clause should be used as a secret additional clause, not to be known to outsiders.
De Yong agreed to this clause after a little thought, first, he felt that if he didn't sell a face to Wu Shizhong, he would be a little sorry for the rich gifts given by Wu Shizhong; second, if he didn't retreat, Wu Shizhong would indeed not be able to explain to his people; third, he thought that as long as he was allowed to conquer the city, he would be invincible, and the seven cities in the Western Regions would be much better than these barren places in the north. In this way, this armistice agreement, which made Dafeng pay a huge price both openly and secretly, was signed.
Although he didn't know these insider godsends, he was very desperate for what the imperial court had done, and the soldiers desperately resisted foreign humiliation, but they were ruthlessly betrayed by the imperial court, giving up a large area of the country, and letting the people in the north continue to live in dire straits, which was extremely unacceptable to him.
After the armistice, the Tufan army retreated to the north of the Changling River, and Dafeng sent troops to take over the nine cities including Fengding County and Lushui County that Tufan withdrew.
The hussar general Huang Zhipeng and the auxiliary general Fang Dingchao repatriated the troops sent by the kings, and prepared to return to the imperial court with their respective armies. The recruits recruited for this battle, except for some who were retained, were disbanded on the spot and repatriated.
Tianci asked Wang Dujun for his resignation on the grounds that he was also a recruited recruit, but Wang Dujun was shocked and did not dare to let him go easily, so he immediately sent someone to report to General Huang.
Huang Zhipeng attaches great importance to God-given talents, and feels that this kid will be of great use in the future, if he can't work for himself, he will defect to others in the future, and he is afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future. He immediately met Zhang Tianci and said to him: "The country is in the midst of internal and external troubles, and it is the time to employ people.
"We poor people, only because the country is in danger, only to join the army to resist the enemy, to serve the country, but because of the weak people, even if nine deaths for the country, it is far from the disaster of the dictatorship to sell the country, so they have looked down on the world's affairs and went home to farm. Tianci immediately knelt down and replied.
Lord Huang stepped forward to help Tianci up, and said: "This is a bad word, this armistice agreement is an expedient measure, you don't know the inside story, don't talk nonsense." This time it is not easy to persuade Tufan to withdraw from the army, the saint Shengming, adopted the suggestion of Weichen, first to raze the rebellion, and use Tufan to exterminate the rebel party, so that the two evils invade each other, there must be an injury, and then the court will take advantage of the situation, it can get twice the result with half the effort. If you are willing to continue to serve the old minister, I will definitely entrust you with the important task of assisting the court to complete this great cause and make miraculous achievements. ”
After hearing what he said, Tianci looked up at Lord Huang and begged him to make it clear with his eyes.
Lord Huang had no choice but to tell Tianci about the additional terms in the armistice agreement, and he told Tianci that Tufan may attack the Western Regions in the near future, and Tufan should not be able to take the Western Regions, but Deyong has a friendship with Yuwen Haotian, and King Yuwen is his brother-in-law, Deyong may not kill King Yuwen, and it is estimated that King Yuwen will be released to the south. The first city after entering the Western Regions was Quyang County, which was a small city with a population of less than 70,000, but it played a vital role in preventing the rebels from moving south.
"Therefore, I want to appoint you to Quyang County as the chief soldier, and hang the post of Pingxi Governor, and command the local 8,000 garrisons, mainly to track and observe the war in the Western Regions, once the war changes, make timely countermeasures, and must stop and eliminate King Yuwen's army outside the pass, and the imperial court will send troops to assist at that time." Lord Huang said to Tianci.
After hearing this, Tianci was secretly surprised in his heart, thinking that the imperial court was really shameless, in order to quell the rebellion, he actually gave up the Northern Regions and the Western Regions to Tufan, and even sent troops to help Tufan eliminate these Central Plains warriors, which is really bearable, which is unbearable.
However, he thought about it again, this was an opportunity, if he could be stationed at the western pass, he could form support for Tongyuan City from the rear at a critical time, and even directly join forces with the Western Regions to drive Tufan out.
After Tianci made up his mind, he expressed his willingness to accept General Huang's proposal. But he made a request, that is, to take a battalion of cavalry with him to take up his post. General Huang was overjoyed and immediately agreed, after all, his army was not inferior to these two or three hundred men. He immediately asked Tianci to order all the people, and he could leave the next day, and when Tianci arrived in Quyang County, the appointment letter of the imperial court would also arrive.
After thanking General Huang, Tianci returned to the barracks and ordered Liu Jiujin and Liu Duwei to order the three cavalry battalions led by him, a total of 280 people, to prepare and go to Quyang County with him to take office.