Chapter 194: Quartet Talks
On the fifth day of the 10th month, the envoys from Qin, Wei, Han and Shaoliang gathered in Anyi to hold the first four-sided talks.
Around the Si hour, Pang Juan led 500 Wei Wu soldiers to Anyi, and accompanied by Wei Prime Minister Gongsun Yan and the younger brother of the King of Wei, Prince Wei, Wei Gongzi.
When he learned that the group was coming, Zuo Shuchang of Qin State, accompanied Xiayang Jun, Hui Shi and others who arrived in Anyi in advance, went out to greet him.
Xia Yang Jun had no good expression on Gongsun Yan, and he only talked to Pang Juan and Prince Wei. However, Wei Yang greeted Gongsun Yan out of etiquette.
During this period, Xia Yangjun asked Mr. Wei privately, "Why is he here?"
Wei Se knew that Xia Yang Jun was referring to Gongsun Yan, and whispered to Xia Yang Jun: "Gongsun Yan went to see Brother Wang privately, and I don't know what he said, so Wang ordered him to help Xia Yang Jun."
Xia Yang Jun was very angry and even secretly blamed the King of Wei. Who asked the King of Wei to promise that he would support the peace talks with Qin? Unexpectedly, Gongsun Yan changed his mind in a few words.
But Gongsun Yan had come, and Xia Yang Jun could not bombard him back, so he could only pretend that he didn't see it.
Speaking of today's venue, I don't know if it was intentional by Qin State, but in short, it was the main hall of the royal palace in Anyi City.
Although Wei Yang explained that the four-party talks were of great importance and needed to be set up in the main palace of the palace to demonstrate the importance of this talk, discussing the peace talks between Qin and Wei in the palace where the King of Wei lived in the past was undoubtedly a great humiliation for Gongsun Yan, Wei Zu, Xia Yangjun, Pang Juan and others. However, forcing the current situation, the people of Wei could only swallow their anger and wait to retaliate against Qin in the future.
Around three minutes of Si, all the envoys from all directions who participated in the talks came to the main hall of the palace one after another.
At this time, Wei Yang had ordered the soldiers to arrange the venue, and there were four tables placed in two groups in the center for the envoys of the four countries to sit on, and there were some small seats on both sides for the entourage to sit on.
Just when Wei Yang, Shen Buhe, Gongsun Yan, Wei Zuo, Xia Yangjun, Pang Juan and others greeted each other, Ying Qian brought Li He, Wang Yi and others late, and did not talk much to others and sat down in his own seat.
Wei Yang and Ying Qian sat in a seat, Gongsun Yan and Xia Yang Jun sat in a seat, Shen Buhe sat in a seat, Li He sat in a seat and Wang Yi sat in a seat.
Mr. Wei, Pang Juan, Hui Shi and others sat in the seats behind Gongsun Yan and Xia Yangjun.
This is quite interesting. After all, Wei Yang and Ying Qian have always been in disagreement, and the conflict between Gongsun Yan and Xia Yangjun has also been made public one after another. If it were not for the interests of their respective countries, these four people would not want to sit with the person around them.
After the peace talks began, as the mediator, Han Xiangshen Buhe took the lead in speaking out, which roughly means that the war between Qin and Wei caused Hedong to fall into war and the people were living in poverty. He said on behalf of Han Hou that the two countries would restrain themselves and stop the war.
Not to mention that Ying Qian yawned with shamelessness, even Li He, who had a good relationship with Shen Buhui, felt that the scene was a bit boring and lowered his head to fiddle with his nails.
Who wouldn't know why South Korea came forward to mediate?
Are you really considering the people of Hedong? You are just afraid that Qin will completely occupy Hedong.
But there are still some scenes that should be said. Even after Shen Buhe finished speaking, Wei Yang from Qin, Gongsun Yan from Wei, Xia Yangjun and others from Wei, all agreed with Shen Buhe's remarks, as if they really made today's negotiations for the livelihood of the people of Hedong.
In contrast, Wang Yi, as the messenger of Shaoliang, seemed a little immature. Obviously, his personality made him unable to adapt to such occasions where he was lying with his eyes open. In the end, he just smiled awkwardly and nodded in agreement.
In short, the "Qin and Wei peace talks" matters determined the tone in a few words from Shen Buhe, Wei Yang, Gongsun Yan, Xia Yangjun, Wang Yi and others.
But this does not mean that this four-party talks have really been reached. In fact, this is just the beginning. After all, the truce and a matter of just one sentence are the real key lies in the future separation of interests.
Perhaps because he disdained the hypocrisy and politeness of everyone, Ying Qian said his conditions without hesitation: "...Draw the boundaries based on the cities occupied by our Qin and Liang coalition forces and the Wei army at present."
This sentence angered everyone in Wei Fang.
Gongsun Yan objected on the spot: "This is impossible!"
Xia Yang Jun also said angrily: "Ying Qian, don't bully others too much!"
After all, if the territory was re-demarcated according to the city of Qin and Wei, three-quarters of Hedong would be included in the rule of Qin, including Zhengyi and Heyang, which was almost no different from completely losing Hedong. How could Wei agree to such conditions?
Facing Gongsun Yan, Xia Yangjun, Pang Juan and others' scolding, Ying Qian sneered: "If Wei State does not agree, the talks today will end here. You and I will rectify the army and fight again!"
This sentence angered Pang Juan again. Pang Juan immediately sneered: "Ying Qian, if someone hadn't helped you that day, how could you still have your life? As long as a certain country withdraws from this battle, you are no match for me at all!"
Hearing this, Ying Qian's face couldn't hold back.
Indeed, he admitted that Li He did turn the tide in the Battle of Quwo that day and helped him avoid defeat in the Qin army, but you, Pang Juan, are too arrogant!
Ying Qian immediately slapped the table and sneered: "If another country had not borrowed you food and grass privately and borrowed you hundreds of thousands of arrows, how could you, Pang Juan, defend Quwo? What good general, is only ridiculous!"
The soldiers behind Pang Juan and the guards behind Ying Qian started to curse when they saw this, as if they were about to perform a full martial arts campaign.
During this period, Li He, the representative of the "A certain country", still lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers, turning a blind eye to the dispute between Qin and Wei, while Shen Buwei, the representative of the "Another country", watched the quarrel between Ying Qian and Pang Juan with interest.
"Two, two..."
Wei Yang and Prince Wei came forward to dissuade him at the same time.
Among the people of Qin and Wei, there was probably only Wei Yang, and Wei Zhu was not hostile to each other. After all, Wei Yang had a very good relationship with Wei Zhu when he was in Wei. This time, the King of Wei sent Wei Zhu to come, hoping that with the former relationship between Wei Zhu and Wei Yang, the Wei Kingdom could pay less.
Following Wei Yang and Wei Zhu, Shen Buwei also slowly came forward to dissuade him.
Ying Qian did not want South Korea to intervene in this battle, so he naturally did not dare to offend Shen Buhe, so he snorted and sat back on the seat.
On the other side, Pang Juan also sat down with a sneer.
During this period, Gongsun Yan stared at Li He, Wang Yi and the others in a flash, and suddenly asked, "Is Shaoliang the same attitude?"
Wei Yang, Ying Qian, Shen Buhe, Xia Yangjun and others then looked at Li He and Wang Yi.
Wang Yi bowed his hand and spoke just now, but saw Li He stop playing with his nails and looked at the Wei people and said calmly: "Before this battle, my Shaoliang promised Qin to assist Qin in the attack on Wei. Until the two countries make peace, my Shaoliang will abide by his promise and support Qin."
Compared to Ying Qian's complacent and praise, Wei Yang's eyes looked at Li He with a hint of surprise.
Ying Qian was afraid of offending Korea, but Li He was not worried. After hearing his words, Shen Buhe also stroked his hands and praised: "Shao Liang Zhen is a country of integrity... but for the sake of the people of Hedong to avoid being miserable, I advised the two countries to shake hands and make peace."
The last sentence was said to Wei Yang and Ying Qian, and he threw the pressure from Gongsun Yan to Shaoliang in disguise and threw it to Qin.
In response to this, not only Gongsun Yan, Wei Yang, and Ying Qian also cursed: Han Guo is really a good ally of Shao Liang!
Under Shen Buwei's interference, Wei Yang, Ying Qian, Gongsun Yan and Xia Yang Jun once again debated the division of territory.
The condition proposed by Wei State was to recognize that the land of Xihe belonged to Qin State, but Qin State had to return to Hedong, including Zhengyi and Heyang.
Qin will naturally not agree to such conditions.
So the two sides started a fierce debate, and in the end, Qin agreed to return the east and west parts of the river, including Anyi, to belong to Qin.
Obviously, Qin was also afraid that after the collapse of this meeting, Wei State would directly lead Han, so Wei Yang and Ying Qian did not dare to go too far.
In fact, Wei State is acceptable. After all, Qin and Wei sides knew it well that this peace talks were just a gap between the next battle in Hedong. When Qin or Wei State are ready to fight again in the future, today's talks can be torn down at any time, so there is no need to worry too much about the gains and losses of cities. Therefore, as long as the "Hedong County" is divided into two more fairly, Wei State can also accept it.
However, on this basis, Wei also put forward a condition, that is, Qin will return Anyi, after all, it is the old capital of Wei and cannot fall into the hands of Qin.
Ying Qian refused on the spot, not to mention Anyi's geographical advantages. Just saying that Anyi is the most prosperous city in Hedong is destined to be the Qin State that will never be easily returned.
Seeing that the negotiations between Qin and Wei were in a stalemate due to the ownership of Anyi, Li He suddenly interrupted and said, "Since both sides are stalemate about the ownership of Anyi, why not talk about Wei's compensation to me Shaoliang first."
"Shaoliang?" Gongsun Yan looked at Li He after hearing this and sneered: "Shaoliang is not sure about the situation and wants to take advantage of the situation, so be careful to cause fire to burn yourself!"
"I'm afraid it's Prime Minister Wei who is unknown."
Li He responded without hesitation, and then said in a deep voice: "Previously, Wei Xiang led his army to attack Heyang, and then, General Pang Juan of your country sent troops to attack Dongliang. The two battles in the front and back caused great losses to my Shaoliang. Isn't it reasonable for my Shaoliang to ask for compensation from Wei?"
“Um…”
Shen Buhe stroked his beard and pondered, nodding slightly.
On the other side, Ying Qian also hummed and said to help: "No, it's reasonable."
Seeing this, Mr. Wei was confused: It was not surprising that Qin State helped Shao Liang speak, why did Han Shen Buhe agree with Shao Liang?
Just as he was about to ask Xia Yangjun in a low voice, he saw Xia Yangjun asking in a deep voice: "What kind of compensation does Shaoliang want?"
Li He glanced at Xia Yangjun and said seriously: "In order to avoid the recurrence of the ban on salt and embargo of my Shaoliang in the past, and to compensate for the casualties and losses of my Shaoliang attacked by Wei for the second time, I, Shaoliang, hope to use the Pi family as compensation, and ask the Wei State to make a promise to recognize my Shaoliang's independence and never invade our country in the future... In exchange, I, Shaoliang, will not invade Wei State."
Compared with Qin's request for half of Hedong County in one breath, even Anyi refused to return it. Shaoliang only asked Pi as compensation, which was insignificant. Xia Yangjun agreed after thinking for a moment: "Pi is currently occupied by Qin, as long as Qin agrees..."
"Can."
Ying Qian nodded and agreed, attracting Wei Yang to look at him sideways.
"Then I, Wei State, can also agree to this matter." Xia Yangjun nodded, looked at Li He and said seriously: "I hope that after today, the two countries will expose their past grudges, be harmonious and neighboring, and never harm each other."
"This is what I, Shaoliang, hoped." Li He nodded.
As soon as he finished speaking, Shin Buwei strode his hands and praises: "Congratulations to the two countries on resolving the conflict. Today's talks finally resulted in some results."
Mr. Wei was stunned.
On the other side, Wei Yang looked at Ying Qian and Li He, frowned but didn't say much.
Chapter completed!