After staying in the guest house for three days, Hao Xiu was summoned by Zheng Gu. After the ceremony in the palace, Zheng Gu shouted angrily: "The young minister went to war without declaring it, and sent a large army to invade our country and occupy our city."
Kuo, you actually dare to send an envoy here!"
Hao Beard replied calmly: "Our country did not declare war, but Bai Boyi, the lord of Baiguo City in your country, took the lead in provoking the war and actually led his men to sneak into Shanchuan City to attack the military camp at night! Because Mr. Zheng planned to assassinate our lord and massacred our caravan.
The people in the country are indignant about the incident. Zheng Jun has not yet given an explanation, but he has provoked a war at the border. How can our army not fight back?"
Zheng Gu: "Since the war has begun, young minister, why did I send you here?"
Good Beard smiled: "After our army captured Baiguo City, they did not continue to advance. We are just waiting to see what Zheng Jun will do next!"
Hao Beard is here to negotiate the terms of the truce. First of all, Gingguo City has been occupied by the Bashi Kingdom, and the two countries have to redefine the boundaries based on Yuping Mountain. There is nothing to talk about. Secondly, the Zhengshi Kingdom must severely punish the murderers who participated in the assassination.
, and handed those people over to Bashi State. In order to express his apology, Zheng Shiguo should also compensate Bashi State with a large amount of grain, cloth, cattle, horses, ordnance and other materials.
Of course, Zheng Gu couldn't agree immediately. This summons was just a formality. Next, he sent Mr. Fu Zheng to have a special discussion with Hao Man. This was a process of mutual accusations, intimidation and wrangling. At the same time, Zheng Gu summoned another
The ministers discussed countermeasures.
Master Bingzheng Xingzhu said: "Bingguo City has been occupied, and the Bashi Kingdom's army has advanced to the line of Yuping Mountain. It is already easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we don't start a national war and win, we will not be able to get it back. If we can really defeat Bashi
The country has a ceasefire and a truce, so we might as well agree to this condition.
As for the goods and weapons requested by the Bashi Kingdom, we can now give them the same amount of capital as the enemy. We can agree first, but because it is difficult to raise money for a while, we will only send it in batches after the two countries have formally suspended their armies. The specific number can be discussed later.
, but it should be reduced as much as possible. Even if it is necessary to hand over the murderer, it may be difficult to do."
Zheng Gu suddenly said: "Do you have any evidence to point out who the murderer is?"
Lord Zheng Guolizheng shook his head and said: "According to the information we got, they only captured Yehuang and Bai Shuxin, and the confessions identified people related to the matter. Only the deputy soldier Zheng Heifeng."
Zheng Gu said with a stern face: "In this case, it is not difficult to handle, but I am afraid that Lord Hei Feng will be wronged."
The ministers present were silent for a while. Zheng Gu clearly wanted to silence him, but under the current situation, he had to do it. Hei Feng was not able to attend today's secret meeting where the ministers discussed each other. It seems that Zheng Gu
Gu had already made a plan. Bing Zhengxingzhu said with some unbearability: "My lord, you should be kind to Hei Feng's family and clan. Just say that this was Hei Feng's personal act and you ordered him to be killed in anger.
In this way, I can also give the young minister an explanation."
Master Li Zheng whispered: "Since we are not handing over the living people to the Bashi Kingdom, we may not really want to kill Hei Feng, just say that the monarch has killed him. What the young master wants is just this face, other requests are real."
profit."
Zheng Gu said expressionlessly: "This matter will be discussed later. As for the other two conditions, we can discuss with the envoy to stabilize the Bashi Kingdom first. Our preparations for war will also take time. It would be best if there is no war. Xiangshi Kingdom
News has been sent back from there that Xiangqiong has agreed to mediate, and I don't know what he is thinking! When the Prime Minister takes action and the young army retreats north, that will be our turning point."
Good Beard stayed in Zheng Shiguo for seven or eight days. The initial result of the negotiation was that Zheng Shiguo would cede Baiguo City and compensate for a large amount of goods and military supplies. However, this batch of supplies had to be delivered in three installments within three years. The first
Half will be paid for the first time, and after Shaowu withdraws his troops, a quarter will be paid for each of the next two times.
As for the original assassination of Shaowu, it was Deputy Zheng Heifeng who made his own decision. Unfortunately, the envoy from Bashi Kingdom arrived late. When Zheng Gu heard the news, he beheaded Heifeng in a rage!
These were all promises made by Zheng Shiguo. Zheng Gu once again summoned Hao Beard and swore an oath in front of the altar. However, these promises were different from the conditions previously proposed by Shao Wu. They exceeded the authority that Hao Beard could agree to.
Beard wanted to return to the country and asked the young minister for instructions. Before the young minister received a formal reply, the two countries agreed to temporarily suspend the war.
The so-called truce is nonsense, because Bashi State has not continued to attack in the first place, and both countries are carrying out war mobilization and preparing for a national war. Whether Zheng Shi State wants to fight or not, it is necessary to deploy heavy troops for defense.
The most important purpose of the negotiation is to delay time and wait for the Prime Minister to intervene in "mediation".
Just when Hao Yan left the capital of Zheng Shi and returned to Bashi Kingdom, Xiang Qiong suddenly raised a large number of troops to break through the border defense of Wangqiu City and led the army to march straight in. Xiang Qiong's actions completely exceeded Zheng Gu's expectations and was not a border harassment.
, plunder goods or occupy the city walls, but go straight to the capital of Bashi!
Xiangqiong is of course not trying to mediate between the two countries, but taking advantage of the confrontation between the two armies to use Zheng Shiguo to hold back Shaowu's heavy troops.
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The young minister has finished reorganizing his army in Jinsha City, and has been waiting for people and news. Of course, the people are Huwa and Panhu. If the young minister invades Xiangshi Kingdom, he must take the "little gentleman" Huwa with him.
As for Panhu, Shaowu had already promised that General Panyuan would be the vanguard to lead the army.
As for the news, it is the intelligence coming from Shanchuan City, Wangqiu City and Zheng Shiguo. He has sent Master Haobeard to be an envoy to Zheng Shiguo. Of course, he must know what is going on in Zheng Shiguo. Zheng Shiguo is seeking peace.
And he bargained for time to wait for the opportunity to turn around. Shaowu was not only rewarded by his good beard, but also by the subordinates of Lord Team Drink. The news from both sides was consistent.
Shaowu gathered heavy troops in the southern border in order to attack the whole country, but in fact he was on the defensive. The main purpose was to stabilize the rear defense and had no intention of taking the initiative to attack. He sent an envoy to reply and agreed to Zheng Shiguo's peace terms, but
The first batch of goods and military supplies compensated by Zheng Shiguo will be transported to Bashi State before the winter solstice this year, and then Bashi State can withdraw its troops; the territory between the two countries is redefined, with Yuping Mountain as the boundary, and Baiguo City is officially returned to Bashi State.
Shiguo.
Compared with the feedback from the good-bearded envoy Zheng Shiguo, what Shaowu got earlier was the battle report from Hanxiong from Shanchuan City, which was delivered by three different rock pigeons. In order to prevent unexpected mistakes, this kind of message was sent
For important military information, of course, you can't just release one rock pigeon, but three at the same time, and the content of the information they carry is completely consistent, so as to ensure that the military information is correct.
But the news sent by one of the rock pigeons made Shaowu break out in a cold sweat, because it inexplicably carried a thought to control the gods. Shaowu is also a monk in the Four Realms, so of course he can interpret it clearly and without hindrance.
Two people who claimed to be Cangjie and Hougang expressed their greetings to Huwa and his spirit dog, and hoped that one day they could have a good time over wine and talk about the wonderful textures of all things in the world.
Cangjie expressed his appreciation for Huwa's method of conveying military information through words, and hoped that if there is an opportunity in the future, he can teach the people all over the world about the words "wen". These are not words, just ideas, which can be left on a piece of cloth.
, and allowed Shao Wu to interpret it clearly. He was at least at the seventh realm or above, and Shao Wu also knew who this Mr. Cangjie was.
Others cannot understand the military information that Hanxiong conveyed in words. And the possibility of such a rock pigeon being intercepted halfway is extremely small. Unexpectedly, not only was this rock pigeon intercepted by an expert, but the other party could also read it completely.
Understanding the words on the banner means that Shaowu's overall strategy may have been leaked.
Fortunately, Senior Cang Sha had no intention of intervening in the battle between the countries of Ba Yuan. He just took this opportunity to say hello to Hu Wa and Panhu. The young minister had known that Hu Wa and Panhu were friends, but he did not expect Senior Cang Sha.
He and his disciple Hou Gang would also send special greetings. It seems that their relationship is very close, and Huwa is deeply appreciated and favored by this senior master.
After the military report sent by Hanxiong from Zhanchuan Castle arrived, and before the report from the national envoy, Mr. Haobeard, the young minister received emergency reports of the war situation from two different places, also reported by Iwa Ge.
Delivered.——Xiangqiong has led an army to break through the border defense of Wangqiu City!
Shaowu had long expected that Xiang Qiong would take action, but he also didn't expect that Xiang Qiong would do it so quickly! The Three Kingdoms were in turmoil, and various situations happened at the same time. Of course, when the battle report from Wangqiu City came, Hu
Wa and Panhu haven’t arrived at Sands City yet!
After all, Huwa and Panhu couldn't fly. They rushed from Shanchuan City to Jinsha City, crossing the Bashi Kingdom from south to north. Nowadays, there were many cars and horses on the road, and they couldn't always rush all the way, so they were delayed a bit.
Time. During this period of time, the Haoyan family returned from their mission to Zheng Shiguo, and Xiangqiong had already breached the border defense of Wangqiu City.
Xiangqiong is not worthy of praise in some aspects, but it must be said that he is very good in other aspects and has a great overall strategic vision. His strategy is to advance quickly and not let the Bashi Kingdom
The peace talks with Zheng Shiguo were successful. As for the fact that Shaowu later sent an envoy to reply to Zhenggu and agreed to his peace terms, it was all after he sent troops to Xiangshiguo.
The young minister received two battle reports at this moment. One was from the front line of Wangqiu City. The guarding general reported that they were attacked by the Xiangshi Kingdom's army. The enemy was unstoppable and asked the monarch to quickly mobilize the army for assistance. The other battle report came from
Meng Yingqiu, Yan Ge carried a piece of cloth without any symbols on it, and there was also a thought to protect the gods on it. The main idea was - as Ba Jun wished, Xiangqiong had led his army to invade the country.
This thought to control the gods was left by Mingsha. She kept her promise. Meng Yingqiu did not directly intervene in state disputes, but she would inform Shaowu of the latest situation. The transmission of spiritual thoughts is far more complex than words.
Rich information, the limited number of troops, equipment, and the exact date of the march are all attached to this spiritual thought.
Calculating the time, it was five days before Xiang Jiu raised his troops. By the time the Shao Wu received the battle report, he was afraid that the border had been breached and Wangqiu City was in danger. The Shao Wu summoned the ministers and generals around him to discuss urgently and made two decisions.