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Chapter 450: Preserving Strength

Pei Zeng originally thought Yi Feng was just joking, but he really wanted to use this method of giving money to others to ask for a retreat, and he was disappointed at the moment. His face changed, his chest was undulating, and he punched the other hand and slapped, and he shouted: "Sanlang, you can't do this. Even when we were in the grassland, we never lowered our heads like this. Even if we fought with them, even if we fought to the death, it would be worth it. But if we gave money to women, it would be cowardly. Even if we admit defeat, the Turks would only think that we could be bullied and would only come to blackmail again and again in the future. This is not a solution at all. I don't agree with asking for peace."

Seeing Pei Zeng getting angry, Yi Feng smiled and said, "Uncle Pei is angry first, I haven't finished speaking yet. When I finish speaking, what if you think it's wrong, what if you judge?"

Pei Zeng's face was a little unhappy, but he still held back and did not leave immediately. He looked at Yi Feng and waited for him to write down.

Li Mi next to Yi Feng also said, "General Pei, don't be angry. Please listen to your highness for half of the words. I will never believe that your Highness is a weak and conceited person. Your Highness must have some wonderful plans."

"Your Highness, please continue to say that I am too excited." Pei Zeng's tone eased a lot.

Yi Feng was not angry either, and said slowly, "The Turks launched a large-scale attack, with huge troops. Originally, they should have entered Shuozhou and attacked Taiyuan. But now they came east. I am not afraid of war, nor dare to fight. But you know, the old thief Gao Yang is a bad thief. He is now holding troops in Mayi and has a very obvious attitude. He just wants to wait for us to fight hard with the Turks first. It's better for us to fight to the death, and then he will come to get the benefits of the fisherman. If this is originally a tactic, we will attract the Turks army to go deeper. Then attract them to the city, stick to them, drag the Turks to exhaust and burden, and wait until they are sharp and no longer tired.

When he was exhausted, the Hedong army quickly headed north and gave the Turks a fatal blow. This was indeed a good tactical plan. But Gao Yang did not communicate with us at all. He treated us as abandoned children and bait, and maybe he wanted to kill people with a knife. For this reason, we had to make more preparations. We could not make wedding clothes for others, and in the end we were killed by others with a knife. We could not work hard and end up with scars. We suffered heavy losses. Then Gao Yang got all the benefits. In the end, we would not be able to knead and manipulate by others. For our own considerations, we could not let others design."

Pei Zeng was frightened when he heard these words. His words were simple and clear, pointing to the essence. This was not just a battle with the Turks, but also a battle with the interests of all forces in the court. If the grandson did not have Huaihuang and Huaihuang army, could the grandson quickly become the chief supervisor of Wuzhou in the court, then Shangzhu Kingdom, followed by King Zhao, the chief supervisor of Youzhou, and the grandson of the emperor continued to leap? Impossible. Even if Yi Feng is the emperor's grandson, there are so many grandsons, and there are no other people like Yi Feng. After all, it is because of strength. Once they have no strength, can they still maintain their current transcendent status? It is impossible, the princelings will definitely swallow them. Even the emperor will never pay so much attention to a loser.

"Your Highness is right." Pei Zeng nodded.

Yi Feng continued, "In order to prevent this situation, I thought we must stick to two principles no matter what. One is that our troops cannot be lost. At least we cannot lose too much. Second, we cannot lose wetland, and Hebei cannot be attacked. If we defend our territory and keep our troops, then we will still have a strong voice. Otherwise, maybe I will be fond of the feudal world on Ryukyu Island and become King of Ryukyu King or be appointed to Nanyue as King of Zhanpo."

Hearing this, even Li Mi nodded repeatedly.

"At present, the Turks are coming in a fierce manner. We have to avoid fighting with the Turks. Not only can we not confront them in the wild, but we have to try our best to avoid tragic offensive and defensive battles with the Turks. We cannot let Gao Yang sit leisurely behind and wait to get a bargain. We have to bring the situation back to the original plan. We have to negotiate with the Turks. Of course, this is a false peace talk, and the purpose is to delay and weaken the Turks' offensive momentum. Whether it is successful or not, this is always a slow-down strategy.

We can buy time for us. After all, Gao Yang can find some excuses to stay in Mayi for three or five days or even ten days. He can't just lead the 250,000 troops in the middle lane and keep stagnating. He really dares to do that. At that time, I can directly ask the emperor to dismiss Gao Ying and change to a commander, or simply let me lead the soldiers in the middle lane. Time, what Gao Yang lacks the most is time, and he can't delay it for too long. What we want is to delay time, talk to the Turks, and talk to Gao Yang, and talk to Gao Yang, and you can't delay it any longer."

Pei Zeng, the old man of the world, immediately understood the true intention of the peace talks, especially the territorial and strength in it. He understood even more. Just like when they were in the world, regardless of their morality or reputation, they must first have strength and territory. If they do not have strength, they will not be able to maintain their territory and will eventually be annexed by others. "I agree with Your Highness's idea, but at this time, I am afraid that in the end, Your Majesty's side? Will you convene civil and military officials and discuss it carefully?"

Li Mi went to inform the civil and military officials under the command of the grandson in Youzhou to come.

Qin Qiong, after hearing the plan, he nodded frequently. Liu Heita said, "Your Highness is right, it makes sense. We cannot be used as sword envoys. We need to be more thoughtful. Just thinking about defending the city and how to fight the Turks. In this way, we may have to fight all the belongings that the Highness has worked hard to defeat. Even if we finally defeat the Turks and defeat the Turks, we will still suffer."

"It doesn't matter if we talk to the Turks. Anyway, it's a false peace talk. There are many conditions. Let's talk slowly with the Turks. Just like what Your Highness said, he can stay in Mayi and stay away? But we have to find someone with a way, otherwise the Turks may not be willing to talk to us." Liu Wenjing said.

"Do we have such a suitable person?" Pei Zeng asked.

"I am willing to take on this task and talk to the Turks." Seeing that there was no suitable person at the moment, Liu Wenjing took the initiative to ask for orders.

Qin Qiong said with some concern, "We do not have the emperor's will and we have arbitrarily negotiated with the Turks. If we hold them accountable at that time, we are afraid that things will be a big deal."

Yi Feng smiled, "It's just a fake peace talks to delay the military. Even if someone wants to use this to attack me, it's useless. I am the crown prince. Is there anyone who believes that a certain country will be able to collude with the Turks?"

"What I am worried about is that the Turks are willing to talk. Now the Turks are in full swing, and 200,000 troops are coming suddenly. I am afraid that the Turks will not be willing to talk at this time." The spokesperson was the grandson Xima Xue Daoheng. This discussion was of great importance. Yi Feng specially asked Li Mi to call the famous scholars and scholars of the Taisun Mansion, such as Xima, scholars, and scholars, and other famous scholars and scholars. He did not expect them to give advice, at least he had to be a witness.

"We have to talk even if it is difficult to talk. Even if we don't really want to talk, we have to show sincerity and patience to really want to talk. We have to grind step by step and retreat step by step, so that we can slowly delay time and reduce our pressure. The Hedong Army will eventually go north, but it will definitely not come so quickly. Therefore, we have to find a way to make good use of peace talks with the Turks before they arrive."

In the end, Yi Feng appointed Liu Wenjing as the full-power negotiator and was responsible for negotiating with the Turks.

However, the negotiations were not going well. As mentioned before, the Turks thought they were sure to win and did not take the Sui people who asked for peace talks seriously. In their eyes, the Sui people's requests showed their weakness more and more. Since they could grab it directly, why bother with the peace talks? Anyway, the children of gold and silk in the city were already theirs in their eyes, so why do they still need to bargain with the Han people and only get a part of them?

Besides, what are the conditions for the Han people to open?

The Turks withdrew their troops. The Grandson of the Sui Dynasty allowed the Turks to trade in Huaihuang Market in the future. They were even willing to exchange tea, silk, and some iron tools for war horses with the Turks, and even willing to give some money and silk rewards to the Turkic Khan King every year.

That's all, there's nothing to talk about.

The Turks only agreed to send a letter to Kushezhen's special agent for Liu Wenjing, and they refused to even take Liu Wenjing and others to the Turkic camp.

When the news was sent back to Yi Feng, Yi Feng didn't care. The Turks' attitude was expected now. But the letter could be delivered to let the Turks know that he had this intention. Although he was unwilling to fight now, the war still had to be fought. Only after the battle was fought, the Turks would understand that things were not as simple as they imagined. Only then would their proposals have value and the Turks would be interested in starting contact and negotiation.

By fighting to promote peace, or fighting a beautiful battle, the Turks had to return to the negotiating table, even if the negotiations were actually fake from beginning to end.

"Daman probably has fought with Huaian City, and Kuhezhen has swept Wei and Gui, now the army is under lockdown. The real battle is about to begin. We have to let the Turks know our strength and let them know that we cannot Ren Yu and Ren Qiu." Yi Feng tapped the table lightly and turned to Li Mi and said, "Pack up the things, we will go to Jun Duguan immediately, and the battle is about to begin."

Under the military gate, Kuhezhen personally led a 30,000 army to sweep the army to the military gate. He went down to Anzhai twenty miles away, and the tents of 30,000 people were connected together, like white clouds dotted the sky.

In the Central Army camp, the Sui people's request letter was finally delivered to Ku Hezhen, and the Turkic generals on the vanguard did not dare to make their own decisions. (To be continued)
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