After reading it, I breathed a sigh of relief, the content of the letter did not make up my mind to kill, I just wanted to hear his opinion.

He subconsciously wanted to persuade him to stop, after all, preparations had been made for negotiations here, and if he made an unexpected move, most of the people in the capital would be blocked by the Song State, including the Gao family.

Just as he was about to reply like this, he hesitated again, got up and wandered in the study, Fan Zhuan's eyes followed him.

is still the same sentence, Niu Youdao just wanted to hear his opinion, not let him speak from the standpoint of the imperial court, nor let him take into account personal gains and losses, after thinking about it again and again, Gao Jiancheng decided to reply to the point, and asked Fan Zhuan to find a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to draft it himself.

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"600,000 captives?" Luo Zhao asked in surprise, on horseback in the marching army.

After vomiting blood in a hurry, a monk cast a spell to regulate, but there was no big problem with his body.

The news of the Song envoy Qian Liansheng came, and he confirmed to this side whether there were really 600,000 captives of the Song State in the hands of the Yan army.

To attack Yanjing here, it is natural to pay attention to the internal situation in Yanjing, and have long established a connection with Song envoy Qian Liansheng.

And the reason why Qian Liansheng sent a message to ask this side is that firstly, Luo Zhao is presiding over the war, and he should be familiar with the battle situation, and secondly, Luo Zhao's people are already approaching Yanjing, and the distance between the transmissions is close, so he can learn the real situation at the first time.

As the representative of the Song State in the Yan State, it is natural to have to do things well in order to bargain with the Yan State.

Of course, at the same time, Qian Liansheng also sent a message back to China to inquire, and also reported the situation, but Luo Zhao was close to each other and received the news of Qian Liansheng first.

Wen You and the others all shook their heads, it is true that they only know the defeat of Jiangfang people and horses here, and they have not yet grasped how many prisoners Meng Shanming's side has captured in a short time.

However, one thing is certain, I believe that there are still some captives, after all, so many men and horses have been defeated, how can it be avoided that there will be no captives, as for the time being, it is uncertain.

The main reason is that when the Song army was defeated in Qunluo Mountain, the scope was a bit wide, and the prisoners were also captured by the various departments under Meng Shanming around Qunluo Mountain, and the prisoners were not held together, and the total number of prisoners counted by each department was not known to outsiders for the time being, unless there were spies installed in Meng Shanming's command center.

The horseback on which the army was marching was not the place to talk about this kind of thing, Luo Zhao set a special mount out of the marching procession, stopped on a flat ground outside the official road, and Wen You and the others also followed.

A few people jumped off their horses, and Su Yuanbai asked, "600,000? Can the Yan army capture so many of our prisoners?"

Luo Zhao thought about it and shook his head, "There shouldn't be any fraud, it's true nine times out of ten." ”

Su Yuanbai was surprised, "How can you see it?"

Luo Zhao: "Since we want to negotiate, we must verify, there is no need to cheat." It is difficult to capture so many prisoners with ordinary tactics, but Meng Shanming used water to attack, and the army was crushed by the water, and it was impossible to assemble an army to counterattack, so he lost his military spirit and morale, and it was entirely possible for 600,000 people to be captured. ”

This is the difference between knowing about war and not understanding it, and he can make judgments about things that others have no concept of.

However, as soon as these words came out, everyone felt quite heavy, but they didn't expect Yan Guo to grasp the chips first.

Dong Yinglai said: "Governor Dadu, the Yan army has taken 600,000 sons and daughters of my Song Kingdom as hostages, and Yan Jing is afraid that he will not be able to start." ”

At this moment, a flying horse came to report, "The Grand Governor, the imperial court has arrived." ”

The so-called will is an urgent message, and at this time, it is inconvenient to send people from time to time to set up a battle of the righteous decree, and the army fights, and everything is simple.

Luo Zhao received the letter, was slightly silent, and handed it over to a few people to see.

A few people looked at the rear and knew that as Luo Zhao expected, the imperial court really wanted to withdraw troops here to help stop Meng Shanming's army.

Chang Fei said: "The news from our side is estimated to be still on the way." The implication is that the will of the imperial court has arrived first.

Luo Zhao squinted and said, "The news that Qian Liansheng sent back to Yan Guo to ask for negotiations should still be on the way." ”

Su Yuanbai said: "Governor Dadu, if the Yan army really has 600,000 hostages in its hands, our Song State will not be able to sit idly by, and it is already inappropriate to continue to march into Yanjing, it is better to withdraw according to the order, lest you fall into the charge of resisting the order!"

Luo Zhao's cheeks tensed, and he said word by word: "Outside, the king's order is not affected!"

Several people glanced at each other, and Dong Ying came to advise, "Governor, why bother insisting on going your own way? You also know that the war is unfavorable and has already been settled, and if you resist the decree again, I am afraid that I don't know how many people will fall into the trap for you, and we are also for your good." ”

Luo Zhao sighed: "If the battle is like this, I will not be able to escape the blame for my death, I don't care about those consequences, and I will be dealt with afterwards! I am not a civil official, I can seek safety without action, as long as nothing happens, I can fight in trouble." I am a military general, can I fight on the battlefield? Therefore, the minds of those civilian officials can never really conspire with us and other soldiers on the battlefield. How can we withdraw now? Now that the situation on the battlefield is favorable to Yan State, why does Yan State still have to negotiate with our Great Song Dynasty? It is simply because our army threatens Yan Jing that they are forced to negotiate!"

Once Yanjing's threat is lifted, do you think it is still necessary for the other party to negotiate with us?"

One sentence hit the nail on the head, making everyone look solemn.

"What is the possibility that the results of the negotiations will be implemented? There is a chance to annihilate the main force of the three million Song States, as the enemy army, anyone who sees it will be red-eyed, if I am Meng Shanming, once the threat of Yanjing is lifted, the will of the imperial court can be regarded as a fart, and it will inevitably tear off the face, and my Song army will not want to cross the Dongyu River easily, and it will also exhaust our grain and grass, and then consume us. ”

"What does the Shang Dynasty Sect's 100,000 iron horsemen mean by coming and going like the wind, staring at us like wolves? ”

"They have 600,000 hostages in their hands, and we don't have any bargaining chips in our hands, so we just withdraw? What else are we talking about? Once the threat of Yanjing is lifted, it is strange that they can let us go? At that time, when there is a chance to destroy us, even if Meng Shanming tears his face in the rebellion, Yanjing will turn a blind eye, what kind of negotiation? People will immediately forget about it, and our grain and grass can return to Yanjing to threaten it again?"

"So we can't withdraw, we can only talk about it if we hold Yanjing! What's more, the imperial court doesn't seem to know that we have 600,000 hostages in the hands of Yan Guo, and the news of Qian Liansheng has not yet reached the imperial court, and the imperial court still doesn't know about the negotiations, so we will withdraw first? Can any of you tell me how to withdraw?"

said a thousand words and ten thousand, he was still trying to win the support of the three major factions.

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In the Song Embassy in Yanjing, Qian Liansheng, who was anxiously waiting, received a message from Song Jing almost at the same time as Luo Zhao.

Song Jing meant that he should negotiate peace, on the condition that Yan State withdraw its troops from the territory of Song State, and Song State will not attack Yanjing and withdraw its troops from Yan State.

In fact, regardless of the Song State, the Song State had to withdraw its troops, and the Song State could not break the jar like the shattered Yan State, and it was impossible to let Meng Shanming mess around in the Song State, not to mention forcing the Song State to the point of life and death.

The purpose of the talks was to hope for the possibility, and also to help the 3 million army led by Luo Zhao to retreat smoothly.

Qian Liansheng looked at it secretly strange, did the imperial court not know about this matter or was Yan Guo talking nonsense? Based on his experience, the Yan court should not talk nonsense about this kind of thing.

Fortunately, Luo Zhao's distance was close to his side, and Luo Zhao's reply arrived quickly.

Luo Zhao said that the situation was complicated, and it was impossible to confirm whether the other party really had 600,000 prisoners in his hands for a while, and the imperial court probably did not know, but according to his judgment of the battle situation, it was entirely possible to estimate the 600,000 prisoners.

Luo Zhao made it clear that he would not withdraw his troops according to the order, and asked him to use the excuse that the Song State wanted to verify the 600,000 prisoners, and asked the Yan State to cooperate with the verification.

It is indeed to let the Song State confirm the situation of the captives, and it is also to stabilize the Yan State court first, in case the matter is true, it can avoid the Yan army from poisoning the 600,000 prisoners, and after his army besieges Yanjing, he will take the bargaining chip for the Song State!

Luo Zhao directly stated that he wanted to resist and disobey the order, and Qian Liansheng was forced to cooperate, not to mention that as a negotiator, he also knew the importance of bargaining chips, and it was really necessary to verify the matter of 600,000 prisoners, so he couldn't say whatever Yan Guo said, he could only cooperate with Luo Zhao.

Qian Liansheng immediately went to Dasikong Mansion to meet Tong Mo and talk, and Shang Jianxiong handed over the negotiation matter to Tong Mo to preside.

After receiving the news of Yan Guo's request for negotiation sent by Qian Liansheng, the Song court was taken aback, knowing that there were still 600,000 prisoners, and immediately sent a group of monks to verify, and at the same time replied to the news and asked Qian Liansheng to find a way to stabilize the Yan court first.

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In Qunluo Mountain, after winning a water attack, the Yan army rested for a day, and after the ground was a little drier, they were officially ready to set off.

Gong Lince, who received the news from Yanjing Meng Xuan, entered the Chinese military tent, and saw that Meng Shanming was arranging the next step for the generals, so he waited on the side for a while.

When the arrangement was completed, Gong Lince confided his intentions and said that the court was going to negotiate with 600,000 prisoners, so that this side would not act against those prisoners.

Hearing this, the generals were in an uproar and were all indignant, and most of them were blasted out by Meng Shanming.

When the idle people retreated, Su Qitong was very dissatisfied and said: "Gong Master, the current situation is extremely favorable to our army, my Yan Kingdom has become tattered and tattered, what else is there to be afraid of? Now that the internal defense of the Song State is empty, it should be that the Song State is afraid, in order to protect Yanjing, what is the difference between releasing the 600,000 elites of the Song Army and raising tigers? You must take advantage of the situation to cripple the Song State before you can stop!"

Zhang Hu was also dissatisfied: "The Song army wants to attack, but even if it wants to attack, what do those people in Yanjing do, don't they know how to run without long legs? When I asked them to support them, they didn't, but when they pulled their hind legs, they were faster than anyone else! How many brothers have we died in this fight, and the situation has finally been reversed, and now the Song State is facing our army like a lamb to the slaughter, and the war was provoked by the Song State first, how can it be easily let go! I actually want to negotiate the release of the people, and I have to make preparations for the withdrawal of the army, and I am the first not to agree!"

These people are not the same as the imperial court, and the life or death of Yanjing is a matter for them, so let them give up such a great opportunity to hate for the sake of just Yanjing, it is strange that they can easily agree!