Chapter 390 Mediation
Where the flowers are red and willows are green, it is the most time to forget your hometown in luxury.
After expelling Zhao Zhong, the eunuch, Yao Wenjin had the leisure to appreciate the charming and beautiful songs and dances, and also listened to the Marquis of Wuwei, Dong Chou, and Tu Que, whispering to discuss the military situation in the northern border.
"Before the Taiwei entered the city, Dong Chou had just received the news that Chen Hai led the Longxiang Camp to win another victory at Tonghekou!" Dong Chou's expression was a little complicated when talking about this matter.
Although Tu Que was on the way, he could also get the latest news from the counties through the diary at any time. When he met Wu En in Tianshui County, he knew that Chen Hai led his troops to win the victory on the Hengshan North Line, but he was unwilling to accept it. He led his troops out of the Hengshan Defense Line for more than a thousand miles and went deep into the Yuchengling Line to fight with the barbarians. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in Hechuan City, he heard the news that he had won another victory.
When Tu Que heard this news, he was a little surprised. He pondered for a while, frowned and asked, "What is the result of the battle? How about the battle loss?"
"A total of more than 20,000 demons and barbarians were killed and more than 4,000 prisoners were captured, and fourteen sides were seized on the tribe's battle flag alone. The Longxiang Army was killed and injured less than 5,000. The reinforcements of Tianshui County have always been weak, with more than half of them being killed and injured - but for Tianshui County, it is also a rare victory in decades. I heard that people in Tianshui County call Chen Hai the Lord of Heavenly Ji." Dong Chou replied.
If the foreign surname is not a king, the marquises are divided into four grades: Ting Township, counties and counties. Only the county marquis can be called Shenhou. Chen Hai is just a Tinghou. If others call him Shenhou, it is beyond the rule.
Of course, at this time, the king's law did not leave Yanjing, Hexi, and Hechuan all became like this, and the imperial county could only send envoys to mediate. It was really hard to say anything beyond Yanjing.
Yao Wenjin heard what Dong Chou and Tu Que were discussing, but his concentration seemed to be on the dancer with clear eyes and white skin, and he was not interested in discussing the victory in Tianshui County. Tu Que tapped the table slightly with his index finger, thinking in his mind, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say anything, and finally turned into a long sigh.
Tu Que has lived in the temple for a long time. In addition to the reports of Zhubian Mansions and frequent urgent letters, he has not seen the power of the demon barbarians in his own eyes for many years, but he can also know how far-reaching impact Chen Hai led the Longxiang Camp to repeatedly hurt the demon barbarians in the northern part of Tianshui County, which has been weak for a hundred years.
Chen Hai and Tianji Academy joined the eunuch party. The Longxiang Camp was formed under the Suwei Army, and naturally belonged to the inner court. This time, they won consecutive victories in the northern part of Tianshui County. There was no good news for them, but fortunately, the mediation plan could move the Helan Sword Sect to Qintong Mountain and suppress Tianji Academy. Otherwise, a hundred years later, the Tianji Academy would be truly deeply rooted, which would be a real big problem.
In comparison, although the eunuch party is powerful, it can only cause more chaos before the emperor dies.
Dong Chou silently stared at Tu Que's thoughtful expression, and did not speak, but just silently drank the wine in the glass.
The slanting moon was heavy. Since the Helan Sword Sect was still resisting, Hechuan County was still imposing a curfew. The streets and alleys were silent. From time to time, there were soldiers patrolling with torches, which caused a barking sound of dogs. Only the Taiwei Mansion was still noisy and the music was leisurely, and it was heard very far and far away. People who didn't know thought it was a peaceful and prosperous era.
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Last night, he had a laughing chat. The next day, the representative of the Helan Sword Sect, the Hexiang Army Protector General, and the Hechuan County Maid Huang Peiyi personally led his generals to the city to negotiate and entered the Hechuan City Maid Mansion. The atmosphere in the County Maid Mansion suddenly changed and suddenly became tense again.
Before Tu Que, Zhao Zhong and Yao Wenjin entered Hechuan City, a letter of writing was passed on to the hands of Dong and Helan Sword Sect in Yanjing, and there were rumors of mediation.
Whether Dong Chou personally came forward to treat the Tu Zhao Yao and the other two at the Hechuan County Maid Office, or Huang Peiyi personally walked out of Helan Mountain and walked into Hechuan City, which made him ashamed and painful, it all showed that both sides were interested in accepting the mediation of the court.
The Helan Mountains are in danger and are the fundamental part of the Helan Sword Sect. The mountain protection formation refined for thousands of years is definitely not so easy to break. If the Hexi Army wants to attack, there will be a lot of casualties. If Helan Mountain is not captured, it will always be a disaster, making it difficult to sleep day and night.
For the Helan Sword Sect led by the Huang family, hundreds of thousands of remnants of the remnants retreated to the Helan Mountains. Under the blockade of the Hexi Army's Battle Bird Camp, they could protect several main peaks protected by a large defensive formation, so they lacked food and clothing, and their lives were very difficult. What was more important was that the internal panic was panic, and the elders of the sect such as Lian Yongliang, Hua Yanming defeated the morale even more tragic.
In addition, Xie Jueyuan, who was the deputy envoy of Tianshu in Yanjing at this time, was the Supreme Elder of the Helan Sword Sect, who was equally respected by Huang Qiwei. This time, the Hexi army brazenly captured Hechuan Ridge, burned all over Hechuan County, and surrounded Helan Mountain. Xie Jueyuan and many of his disciples were silent in Yanjing, which undoubtedly made the disciples of the Helan Sword Sect trapped in Helan Mountain despair.
Both sides have the intention to accept the court's mediation, but when it comes to the conditions for the truce, they argue endlessly.
When Huang Peiyi walked into the county and herds' office, he even had the fantasy of hope that the court could stand up and uphold justice. Seeing Dong Chou and a group of civil and military officials in Hexi, he came out of his heart and couldn't help but scold the Hexi army for tyrannical attack on Hechuan, causing trouble for the people...
Dong Chou also changed his gentleness and virtuousness last night, and he was tit-for-tat and harshly scolded Huang Peiyi:
"My father was ordered to guard Hexi. For decades, I have been the Pingfan of various counties in the northwest. I have been the Pingfan of various counties in the northwest. I have resisted the Qiang and Hu in the west, and I have been serving the kings and protecting the country. I have never dared to slack off for a moment. Think about what contributions did you have to defend Hechuan County? I have been betrayed by everyone in Hechuan County, but I have been repeatedly provoked by Hexi. If Hexi does not fight for tooth and eyes for eyes, the whole world thinks that I am weak and can be bullied. Huang Mujun, ask yourself, why did Hexi mobilize troops and punish Hechuan? After the war begins, even if the people are accidentally injured, it is the fault of Huang's family."
Even though he knew that Dong Chou's words were arbitrary, Huang Peiyi could not refute them, and his face turned pale due to anger.
At this time, Tu Que could only stand up and appease both sides and said, "It's time to do this, and it's useless to fight more. We should focus more on the present and discuss the truce of war. Don't let the war be unauthorized, which will hurt the sky. The emperor is in Yanjing and does not want to see the situation go down, which will only make foreign barbarians laugh at it."
"It is possible to get a ceasefire. The Huang family and the Helan Sword Sect clans need to remove all the soldiers and soldiers on the spot, hand over all the combat equipment, armor, treasures, spiritual swords, talismans, and array weapons, and lead relatives to withdraw from Hechuan County. Our Dong clan will send troops to escort them away." Dong Chou spoke loudly and directly offered the conditions.
"Nonsense, I have 100,000 disciples and 1 million soldiers in Helan Sword Sect. Dong's family still has delusions. If I want my 100,000 disciples, 1 million soldiers in Helan Mountain to win. Please send troops to Helan Mountain to decide the outcome." Huang Peiyi said without giving in.
"Horse Huang, why do you have to say such a singular sentence again?" Tu Que advised with a wry smile.
"You can ask my Huang tribe to cease the battle. Please ask the Hexi army to withdraw from Hechuanling before talking about it." Huang Peiyi said.
"The Yellow Clan is capable, so you can ask us to leave in person." Dong Chou sneered.
Dong Chou and Huang Peiyi were directly quarreling and arguing. The ministers and generals on both sides were idle, but they just looked at each other with their eyes and fought for aura.
Zhao Zhong also watched them coldly as they were having a show and didn't say anything.
"Brother Dong Shi, can you listen to me?" Seeing the situation froze, Yao Wenjin was angry and stood up and asked in a deep voice.
Yao Wenjin was also one of the mediation envoys. If he wanted to speak, no one could stop him.
"Mr. Yao, please speak." Dong Chou said.
"Since the emperor was sick, he was flattered by treacherous ministers, causing constant disputes in Dayan and endless wars, which caused the deaths of more than ten counties in Heyang, Lichuan and Jiyang to suffer from the disaster. It can be said that it was a year of great disaster and a year of great disaster. When the founding of the Kingdom of Dayan, Emperor Gaozu had agreed with the various clans to take charge of the counties. I think the clans should have the responsibility to help the world together. But in this year of great disaster, the Dong family was arbitrarily raising troops and attacking Hechuan, causing death and injury of millions of troops. Can it be called the responsibility of helping the world together?"
Yao Wenjin's words were extremely rude, and his eyes were sharply staring at Dong Chou's eyes.
Dong Chou's face changed drastically and he asked unhappily: "Why did Brother Yao say this?"
Tu Que and Zhao Zhong also changed his expression slightly. Unexpectedly, Yao Wenjin suddenly attacked Dong Chou at this time.
Of course, Zhao Zhong was surprised, but he was eager for Dong Chou to slap Yao Wenjin to death, avenging his mocked hatred last night.
Huang Peiyi thought Yao Wenjin had a helping hand, and when he was about to come forward, he would jointly denounce the Dong clan's crime, but he didn't expect Yao Wenjin to change his subject and then questioned him: "The Huang clan was granted the title of Hechuan. However, over the years, he has rejected objections and led to the despise of the Hexi army. Do you have any reflections? Can you take the responsibility of helping the world together? Today's defeat is not your Huang clan's own fault?"
Huang Peiyi's face also changed drastically. He was so blocked by Yao Wenjin's words that he wanted to stab the guy to death with one sword.
The scene of fighting blushing made Yao Wenjin feel cold when he did this. After Dong Chou and Huang Peiyi returned to their respective long cases, they were angry and stopped talking.
Tu Que didn't expect Yao Wenjin to disrupt the situation so that he calmed down the scene. He stepped forward and said calmly: "Wen Jin said it too harshly. Of course, these are already past events. The Emperor also issued an order not to pursue the past, but to discuss the current truce."
"What else is there to discuss about the current situation?" Yao Wenjin fought against private fights, which made the people of the border counties live in poverty. The ambitious Huang and Dong tribes hated each other and did not give a good face. He said, "The generals and soldiers of Hexiang Army were conquered from the people of Hechuan County, and the people of the county were safe and moved back to the hometown. We have no reason to force them to leave their hometowns. We should remove our Jia and return to our farming services. The Huang family and other tribes moved eastward under the emperor's orders to Yeguling in Qintong, Huang Miyuan. How could the Dong family have any reason to stop it?"
"Mr. Yao's words are reasonable." Since Yao Wenjin offended both sides, Zhao Zhong looked at Dong Chou, Huang Peiyi and the others and asked, "What do you have any opinions?"
Chapter completed!