Chapter 92: The Beginning of Peace Talks
『PS: I took my family out for a meal, I'm late to come back, sorry."
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The previous sentence of Dongliang Jun, "Take the subjects of Shaoliang respectfully to the King of Qin", was only to retain the face for the King of Qin. However, after the King of Qin entered the city, he was really welcomed by the people of Shaoliang.
Perhaps because the news of the King of Qin going to the Old Liang to "meet" came to the city, the soldiers and civilians in the Old Liang City spontaneously came to both sides of the street, with old Liang people on crutches, women holding babies, and soldiers holding long swords to maintain order. They all came in different ways.
The only thing in common is that they all looked at the King of Qin with stubborn and indifferent eyes.
“…”
Looking at the countless pairs of stubborn and cold eyes, the King of Qin felt a little shocked.
First of all, he felt the fighting spirit from the eyes of these people. He could not imagine that the Shaoliang people who were besieged by Ying Qian until now could still have such fighting spirit.
Second, the stubbornness and tenacity of Shaoliang people made him think of him as Qin people.
The Qin State is located in the west, bordering hundreds of Rong states to the west. It is the country that is the most severely invaded by the vassal states of the Zhou royal family. However, the Qin people never surrendered to those Rong states, and did not hesitate to start a war that lasted hundreds of Rong states, which reduced the hundreds of Rong states back then to more than a hundred today.
The Qin people have been living in cruel adversity, and nothing can defeat them. This is not only the pride of the Qin Kingdom's family, but also what all the Qin people believe in.
Now, the King of Qin vaguely saw the shadow of the Qin people from these Shaoliang people.
Suddenly, a young man who was obviously a teenager shouted in the crowd: "The Qin people will never be able to shout long live on the land of Shaoliang! Defeat Qin!"
This sentence seemed to ignite the hatred of the Qin people in the streets of Shaoliang people, from the old man with crutches to the ten-year-old children, and women holding babies, they shouted and responded.
"Down with Qin!"
"Down with Qin!"
Facing the sounds that seemed to be overwhelming, even the King of Qin showed horror and stood there at a loss. Wei Yang's face changed drastically, and he quickly turned to look at Dongliang Jun: "Dongliang Jun--"
Dongliang Jun made a gesture without worry and ordered Wang Zheng to bring a few soldiers to protect the King of Qin. Then he walked to the crowd of people watching and raised his hand to signal the people nearby to calm down: "Everyone, my Shaoliang elders, please listen to my words. It is true that Qin's unreasonable invasion of my Shaoliang, but today the King of Qin went to my Shaoliang to discuss the resumption of the two countries' war words and the matter is enough to prove the sincerity of the King of Qin. Please let go of your hatred for the time being and wait for me, Shaoliang and Qin to negotiate with Qin."
Dong Liangjun still has great prestige in Shaoliang. After hearing what he said, the crowd gradually became quiet.
Someone asked, "Dong Liangjun, do you mean, is this war over?"
This is a good question. Dong Liangjun turned to look at the King of Qin and asked, "King of Qin, this war is over, right?"
“…”
The King of Qin was obviously still unable to hold his face down, and he wanted to speak a few times but stopped. Seeing this, Wei Yang quickly stepped forward and took the initiative to respond to Dong Liang Jun’s hint: “Yes, this war is over.”
Although it was not said by the King of Qin, since the King of Qin did not refute, Dong Liangjun was somewhat satisfied. He looked back at the crowd and said, "Everyone has heard that the war is over!"
For a moment, a wave of sound started to rise from the crowded streets, countless people were filled with joy and shouting.
"The war is over!"
"Win! We won!"
"Shaoliang won!"
These words such as "win" made the corners of the King of Qin twitch, but he did not make a sound.
This is not only because he was captured by this small country, but also because he vaguely realized the tenacity of these young Liang people.
At this time, Li He led Liang Ji and Anu walked behind the team. Seeing the movement in front of him, he asked Wei Zhu, who was walking beside him, "Did it be arranged by Sima Zhai?"
Wei Zhu looked around and whispered to Li He: "It's actually Dongliang Jun."
"oh."
Li He nodded, not feeling too surprised.
After all, Dongliang Jun is actually a tough and stubborn old man, but this old man abides by etiquette and is not as unruly as Zhai Hu. Even though he is capable of escaping to Wei, he is willing to hold on until the last moment when Shaoliang is about to overthrow. How could Dongliang Jun, Zhai Hu, Yin Qi, Wang Zheng, Fan Hu and others be weak?
『Beautiful dry ground!』
Li He secretly praised Dongliang Jun’s arrangement in his heart.
After this episode, everyone came to the city's palace, which is the mansion of Yin Qi and the old man Yin in the city.
At this time, Dongliang Jun invited Liang Ji, who had been following Li He, to take the position of the throne and receive the King of Qin and Wei Yang seriously.
The monarch of Shaoliang was actually a teenage girl. The King of Qin and Wei Yang were a little surprised. In fact, they were not unaware of Liang Ji's existence. However, when Dongliang Jun rebuilt Shaoliang with the support of Wei, they all thought that Liang Ji was just a puppet, just a tool for Dongliang Jun and Wei to appease the Shaoliang clan and the people.
After all, the titles of Dongliang Jun were all granted by the State of Wei. After all, even if Liang Ji followed the titles of her father Liang Bo, she was only a title of "Bo". The vassal was the king of a town, and the world might not be able to accept it.
But I didn't expect that Dongliang Jun did not steal Shaoliang, which surprised both Wei and Qin at that time.
To this day, King Qin and Wei Yang are still a little surprised, and at the same time, they also secretly look up to the character of Dongliang Jun.
The King of Qin and Wei Yang were invited to the seat, Dongliang Jun, Zhai Hu, Li He, Yin Qi, Wang Zheng, Fan Hu and others to discuss the venue and detailed regulations for negotiations between the two countries with the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State.
It can be seen that the King of Qin is still unhappy at this moment, and he is restless and rests his eyes and rests his energy. He gives full power to Wei Yang. On Shaoliang, there are basically Dongliang Jun and Yin Qi who are discussing with Wei Yang, while the rest of Zhai Hu, Li He, Wang Zheng and Fan Hu are listening.
When the three of them were almost done in discussion, Li He interrupted: "Before the negotiation, please ask the King of Qin to order your country's army to allocate a sum of food to me, Shaoliang."
The King of Qin looked at Li He with a disgust. Before he could speak, he heard Wei Yang agree.
So on the afternoon of the same day, Li He and Wang Zheng, accompanied by Wei Yang, went to the Qin camp in Qingshui again to meet Ying Qian and asked for food from the local Qin army.
Ying Qian was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, but he had no choice but to do so in the hands of others, so he had to do so and ordered the Qin army in Dongliang and Zhichuan to transport the food to the old Liang and hand it over to the latter.
"Now I have excess food in Shaoliang."
On the way back to the city, Li He said to Wang Zheng privately.
Wang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was overjoyed and gave Li He a thumbs up - using the Qin army's food to help the refugees fleeing from Herong, and inviting people to buy their hearts. It's OK!
During this period, Fan Hu quickly headed to Shaoliang City in a carriage.
At this time, Shaoliang City was led by Sima Zhuo, a doctor from Fanpang. When Sima Zhuo learned that Fan Hu had arrived outside the city, Sima Zhuo was very surprised and hurried out of the city to greet him.
When meeting Fan Hu, Sima Zhuo asked in surprise: "Has Doctor Fan been blocked by the Qin army on the way?"
Fan Hu laughed and said, "Doctor Sima, this war is over."
"It's over?" Sima Zhuo's expression changed slightly, and a little bit of surprise appeared on his face.
As if he had guessed Sima Zhuo's idea, Fan Hu quickly explained: "No, my Shaoliang did not surrender to Qin. That's it. Li Wubai General, do you know? He and his surprise soldiers 'invited' the King of Qin to our Shaoliang..."
He deliberately emphasized the word "please".
As he expected, Sima Zhuo took a breath of air conditioning and said in surprise: "General Li Wubai went to Qin to capture the King of Qin?"
Sima Cuo, who was following his uncle, also widened his eyes in shock.
"Shh." Fan Hu quickly stopped Sima Zhuo and corrected: "Yes, please."
"Yes, yes, please, please."
Sima Zhuo, who had a gloomy face just now, smiled happily at this moment, nodded repeatedly, and laughed tacitly with Fan Hu.
Whether it is a prisoner or an invitation, at least the monarch of Qin is now in the hands of their Shaoliang, so he is not afraid that Qin will not submit.
After laughing, Fan Hu said to Sima Zhuo seriously: "When I came, Wang Zheng and General Li Wubai took the left Shuchang Wei Yang of Qin and had already gone to the Qin Army to ask for food. At the latest tonight, the old Liang would transport some of the food to at least Liang..."
Sima Zhuo nodded happily, after all, there was not much food left in Shaoliang City.
In addition to the food issue, Fan Hu also explained some preparations to Sima Zhuo. After all, the two countries signed an armistice agreement, which must be carried out in the capital of Shaoliang. No matter how the King of Qin came before, since the two countries wanted to sign the armistice agreement, Shaoliang would treat each other with courtesy and receive the King of Qin according to the standards of the princes, so as not to be ridiculed.
"Doctor Fan don't worry."
Sima Zhuo agreed repeatedly.
Let’s talk about the old Liang side, Li He, Wang Zheng and Wei Yang have also returned to the city. Originally, Wei Yang planned to ask Dongliang Jun to discuss the specific peace talks, but when the three of them came to the county palace, the soldiers on duty told them: “Dongliang Jun and Sima Zhai are meeting Xiayang Jun.”
Xia Yangjun…
Wei Yang suddenly realized that in Shaoliang's army resisting his Qin State, there was actually a Wei army of 7,000 people, led by the former Yuanli garrison Wei Xu, the lord of Wei Xiayang.
What’s interesting is that when he discussed the specific charter of peace talks with Dongliang Jun, Zhai Hu, Li He, Wang Zheng and others, the Xia Yang Jun of Wei was not present.
Did Xia Yangjun take the initiative to avoid suspicion, or did Shaoliang deliberately send Xia Yangjun away?
Wei Yang's heart moved slightly, deliberately tempting Li He and Wang Zheng and said, "I suddenly remembered that the Xia Yang Lord of Wei seems to be in your country, but when the king of our country discussed peace talks with you before, he did not see Xia Yang Lord... Is there any reason?"
Although Wang Zheng was reckless and impulsive, he was the nephew of Dongliang Jun after all, so how could he be a pure reckless man? He saw through Wei Yang's temptation at a glance, chuckled and said nothing.
What Wang Zheng could think of, Li He could naturally think of it, he deliberately said: "This is a peace talk between my Shaoliang and Qin State, what does it have to do with Wei State?"
Wang Zheng looked at Li He in surprise, but did not speak.
Looking at Wang Zheng and Li He, Wei Yang raised an inexplicable smile on his lips and nodded and said, "What General Li said is very true."
Soon, the three people waiting in the courtyard saw Xia Yangjun walking out with a gloomy face.
Wei Yang was an official in the Wei State and was a member of Wei Xiang. How could he have never met Xia Yang Jun?
How could Xia Yang Jun, as the chief of Wei State in Hexi, not recognize Wei Yang, the new powerful man in Qin?
When the eyes met, Xia Yangjun's face turned angry and left with a look of tears.
Looking at the man's departure back, Wei Yang smiled and thoughtful.
If he had to compromise with Shaoliang because the King of Qin was captured, then now he has really begun to consider winning over Shaoliang.
Chapter completed!