So after he stopped drinking, Yang Shu kept winking at Li Chengzhi, the expression on his face was extremely wonderful.
"Why do you need to wink at me... let me retreat to Xihai and defend Hexi, and never do it again... Gao Ying really dares to think so?"
Li Chengzhi laughed dumbly, with an expression of unspeakable sarcasm, "I always admired the temple minister, and now I am even more amazed. But unfortunately, it is difficult to fulfill the temple minister's wish!"
After a pause, he sighed again, "That's all, in order to avoid the trouble for the temple minister, and to prevent you from being slandered by Xiaoxiao and his ilk, which will cause great disasters, Li will write a handwritten letter here. When he returns to Beijing, the temple minister will
By forwarding this to the Queen Mother, you will be freed from worries... Be filial to the first, and be careful..."
Liu Fang felt disappointed: "How are you treating...?"
Li Chengzhi smiled: "As the saying goes, every cause must have an effect. Naturally, I want to let the Queen Mother know that the way of heaven is clear and retribution is unsatisfactory. Now it is time for it to come true..."
After hearing what he said, Yang Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and regardless of etiquette, he gathered around the table.
Li Chengzhi just glanced at him and ignored him. He took the pen holder and started writing quickly.
The way of heaven is clear, but retribution will not be happy... Didn't Li Chengzhi point out that the Queen Mother has done many evil things and there will be retribution, and has made it clear that she wants to fall out with the court?
Yuan Yuanhai's face turned pale, and even his voice seemed to be trembling: "Si Qing, what should we do?"
"I have tried my best, I can only do my best and obey fate..."
Rather than risking his life and property for resisting, Li Chengzhi finally relaxed and discussed withdrawing the troops.
But as soon as the request to "retreat to the west of Hexi, with the river as the boundary" came out, his face suddenly changed?
The reason is that this is no longer a question of Liu Fang's ability, but that Xihai has never considered retreating to the west of the river.
Therefore, even if he talks about breaking the sky, the responsibility cannot be placed on Liu Fang. No matter how much Gao Ying hates him, the most he can do is to punish him for "ineffective peace talks" like Li Shao and Yang Shu did before.
If someone is demoted or demoted because of this, who can say that it is not a blessing in disguise?
In an instant, Liu Fangfu's soul felt as if he was suddenly liberated and felt indescribably relaxed.
Yuan Yuan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He even wanted to be like Yang Shu and move forward to see what Li Chengzhi had written. But he gritted his teeth many times and finally did not dare to make a mistake. He could only suffer the consequences.
In his eagerness, he suddenly became enlightened and stared closely at Yang Shu's expression. He thought that Li Chengzhi must have written a message to raise troops, and Yang Shu would definitely be shocked and frightened.
But Yang Shu was surprised at first, then sneered, and finally his face was full of sarcasm, and he would look sideways from time to time, as if he was despising Li Chengzhi.
I said that you scolded Gao Ying for his clear path to heaven, and you were unhappy with the retribution. You just thought that you would immediately raise an army to attack Guanzhong and Luoyang.
After working on it for a long time, this is how it turned out to be retribution?
Yang Shu was standing at his feet. Seeing his strange expression and sarcastic eyes, how could Li Chengzhi not know what he was thinking?
You must be scolding yourself for being anticlimactic and giving up halfway, yet you actually agreed to strike?
From this, Li Chengzhi was even more certain that Yang Shu had an ulterior motive for coming to Xihai this time, and he wished that the imperial court and Xihai would have a bloody fight on the spot.
Or maybe, in the dead of night, this old thief would sneak into his room...
"That's all. Temple Minister, let's take a look first!"
After finally waiting for Li Chengzhi to finish writing and handing the still-dry ink to Liu Fang, Yuan Yuan eagerly came over.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was not a statement. He felt relieved at first: Li Chengzhi actually agreed to stop the army?
After taking a few more glances to see clearly what was said in the letter, Yuan Yuan grinned again as if he had a toothache.
But the conditions for the strike are too harsh. Who dares to agree?
Li Chengzhi spoke eloquently for nearly a thousand words, but in fact he only said three things:
One, cede land.
In addition to the six prefectures of Xiliang, Dongliang, He, Qin, Liang, and Xihai that had been captured by Xihai, and the five towns of Dunhuang, Wuhan, Shanshan, Wudu, and Bogulu, the imperial court also needed to cede Qizhou.
Qizhou governs three counties and sixteen counties, reaching Zhoucheng (today's Fufeng County) and Baitu (today's Linzhou County) in the east. It reaches the southern foot of Qinling Mountains in the south, which is called Wei Jing. It is actually Liang Tu's old county (today's Liuba, Hanzhong
County). It reaches Huating County in the north and borders Longxi County in the west.
In this way, it is like cutting a knife from Zhoucheng County east of Chencang, straight to the top of Longshan Mountain. Although Longshan Mountain was picked out and left to the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, the land between Longshan Mountain and Qinling Mountains was left behind.
The wilderness lands merge into the Western Sea.
Not only the land, but also the people. The imperial court was not allowed to move the people of Qizhou to other states. It also needed to forward the registration register to the government and check each household...
The court will never agree to this alone.
Don't say that we ordered Xihai to withdraw from Longxi and use the river as the boundary. Now we want to abandon even Longshan?
Although the northernmost part ends at Huating, Longshan still belongs to the Yuan and Wei dynasties in name. But Chencang, Qianyin, and Qianyang to the south of Longshan all belong to Qizhou, which means that most of the Qinling Mountains have returned to the West Sea.
What's more, including Chencang, four of the six passes in the Qinling Mountains, and Dasan Pass among the four passes in Guanzhong are all under the control of Qizhou, wouldn't they also be ceded to the West Sea?
In this way, the West Gate, which is similar to the big switch, handed over Qizhou, one of the five states in Guanzhong. As long as Li Chengzhi garrisoned troops in Qizhou, Guanzhong would be a vast plain and there would be no danger to defend it.
Therefore, whether there is Longshan or not is useless...
Second, compensation.
Starting from this year, the imperial court will have to compensate Xihai with grain, silk, and dingkou every year to express gratitude for those who are good at swordsmanship. Li Chengzhi requires that every year there will be 300,000 households, a dingkou of not less than one million, and a grain of one million dan.
.Assuming a period of three years, three years will be three hundred dingkou and three million stone grain. It will be negotiated after three years.
Third, break up the soil and seal the country.
It is necessary for the imperial court to issue an edict and inform the world, and even to submit letters of credence to Nanliang, Tuyuhun, Rouran, Western Regions and other countries: From then on, the West Sea will no longer be restored to the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, just like Rouran and Tuyuhun. Although the Yuan and Wei Dynasties can give rewards, but
The West Sea has no name as a country, and the imperial court has no right to announce it...
In addition, there are a lot of bits and pieces of conditions, such as mutual market comparisons, such as garrisoning, etc. But compared with the previous three points, they are just a drop in the bucket.
Yuan Yuan looked around and found that except for the second one, which was still possible, he couldn't even think about the other two.
Even if Gao Ying regards his face as nothing, he will never dare to agree. Otherwise, if she agrees with the front foot, someone will take advantage of her.
But Liu Fang didn't think so.
Although these conditions are somewhat harsh, the court may not agree to them. But since there are talks, it is nothing more than raising the price and paying back the money on the spot.
The West Sea is more than three thousand miles away from Luoyang. It takes at least two or three months to come and go. In addition, except when the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, and the wind is not smooth and the rain is uneven, we can talk about it in one year.
The last two times were amazing.
With such back and forth, wouldn't the court have a chance to breathe?
Given time, there is no guarantee that defeat can be turned into victory...
But Yang Shu thought even more profoundly.
No matter how you look at it, it seems that Li Chengzhi is pushing the boat along with the current, and is eager to stop the army as soon as possible. Therefore, the conditions he proposed seem to be about advancing at the expense of retreat.
If he thought more deeply, it confirmed what he had suspected before: Could it be that Li Chengzhi had to withdraw his troops?
Therefore, his sarcasm is false, and his surprise is true...
When Liu Fang finished reading and breathed a sigh of relief, Li Chengzhi said again: "The letter was written in detail, so there is no need to say more. The temple minister only needs to forward it to the Queen Mother. Regardless of whether it is appropriate or not, there is no need to say more."
, Li only lasts for three months. If it exceeds one day, we can only fight with each other..."
Does it sound like it's true?
With contempt in his heart, Yang Shu asked doubtfully: "It's just Qizhou, why do you still want the old county?"
"Gudao County belongs to Qizhou, why shouldn't I? It just lives in the south of Qinling Mountains and is regarded as useless by the imperial court, so it has been trapped in Nanliang for a long time..."
Li Chengzhi smiled warmly and said, "I won't hide it from you all: when the Queen Mother agrees to the request in my letter, I will naturally send my troops south... so that the people of the world can see: Don't think that I, Li Chengzhi, will only be a quarrel.
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Several people were shocked: Li Chengzhi is going to attack Nanliang?
Could he be crazy...
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"Li Chengzhi is either crazy, or he is bragging and boasting! He first attacked Tuyuhun, causing more than 10,000 casualties to the herdsmen of the three tribes of Tianzhu. Then he defeated Murong Xiao at Nanmen Pass and drove all 100,000 elite cavalry into the river.
Among them, countless people drowned.
Not to mention robbing millions of cattle and sheep from the three tribes of Tianzhu...How could Fulianchou turn a blind eye to such a bloody feud?"
After returning to the post house, Yuan Yuan couldn't wait to rush into Liu Fang's room and analyzed in a serious manner, "Looking at Rouran again, in the battle between Daqi and Daqi in the West Sea, although the losses were not as good as those in Tuyuhun, the imperial court used the money to thank Chou Nu for sending troops.
Millions of stones of grain and grass, and more than three million cattle and sheep to feed the 200,000-strong army, all fell into the West Sea.
A rough calculation shows that these two items alone can at least equal the interest collected by the whole country of Rouran for a year, and what's more: the defeated troops of Daqi were routed like mountains, and the tribes who were dissatisfied with Chou Nu's continuous sending of troops accounted for four of the army.
Success, Dadu took this opportunity to escape deeper into Mobei. With this argument, Chou Nu's losses were even greater than Fulianchou's. How could he let go of such a huge enmity?
And Li Chengzhi is a rebel, and everyone in the Wei Dynasty will take advantage of him. If he invades Nanliang again, won't he be besieged on all sides and the whole world will be his enemy?"
The more Yuan Yuan talked, the more excited he became: "The so-called ants will bite the elephant to death, but with tens of thousands of troops in the West Sea, how dare you risk the disapproval of the world?"
Liu Fang looked at Yuan Yuan and finally just sighed.
You remember that in the second year of Yanchang, when Li Chengzhi was ordered to enter Beijing, he was ostracized by Gao Zhao. He made great achievements in quelling the rebellion, but was moved to the cold, cold, and clear eunuch where he was appointed Hou Xinglang.
At that time, I heard Li Chengzhi often say: Dreams are full, reality is very basic. This is a metaphor for the failure of heaven to fulfill people's wishes and taking things for granted.
Liu Fangjue's words to Yuan Yuan in front of him were extremely appropriate.
He said that whether it was Tuyuhun Khan's ugly slave or Rouran Khan's Fu Lianchou, they had already hated Li Chengzhi with all their teeth and wished they could eat his flesh and drink his blood. This was naturally true.
However, as for the two countries' desire to avenge Li Chengzhi's blood feud, it is a bit fanciful.
The former's 100,000 elite cavalry and the latter's army of over 200,000 were defeated by Xihai in more than ten days. At that time, the strength of the troops participating in the battle in Xihai was less than one of ten of the three coalition forces, but they still brought over 500,000 troops into contact.
It collapsed and was completely defeated.
If these two men were not hopelessly stupid, they would definitely be terrified and vowed to find out clearly, at least to know how they were defeated, and then make plans.
What's more, these two are both rare wise kings since the founding of the two countries. How can they be as ignorant and impulsive as Yuan Yuan thought?
No matter what, they will wait and see and inquire first. If they knew that even Yuan and Wei could not protect themselves, these two people would definitely stop fighting and hide as far away as possible.
It was definitely not what Yuan Yuan thought, that Fu Lianchou and Chou Nu would be furious and send millions of troops to seek revenge on Li Chengzhi.
Even if it doesn't work, we have to wait until the imperial court and Xihai are beaten to a bloody head, and both sides suffer, before gathering the strength of the fishermen.
It is even more uncertain that if the imperial court and Xihai start a war again and continue to retreat, the two parties will most likely send envoys to Xihai to seek peace.
As for Nanliang, Li Chengzhi was already defeated. Now Li Chengzhi only regained one county and several counties on behalf of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties. It was not a nationwide battle, so victory was not difficult to achieve.
Taking a step back, why haven’t we made enemies on all sides since the founding of the Yuan and Wei dynasties?
Defeating Rouran, conquering Tuyuhun, and fighting the Southern Dynasties, the Yuan and Wei Dynasties have been overwhelming these three parties for more than a hundred years, but now they are all defeated by the unknown Xihai?
Xiao Yan was not an ignorant and mediocre person. How could he fight to the death with Li Chengzhi for the sake of the gains and losses of several counties?
Nine times out of ten, you will temporarily tolerate it, and then sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
Therefore, Li Chengzhi's intention to send his troops southward and attack Nanranliang was definitely not an idle move. It was also for this reason that Liu Fang felt that Yuan Yuan was too whimsical and took things for granted.
Of course, we can't blame him entirely. After all, Yuan Yuan lived in Luojing, but he was less experienced than Li Lian, and his knowledge was too shallow. Even though he was a little stronger than Gao Ying, his strength was limited.
Seeing that Liu Fang was speechless, Yuan Yuan also felt that he was speechless, so he stopped talking.
After a while, he finally realized it and turned the corner.
"How can major military and national affairs be discussed in terms of 'gratitude and hatred'? Even Li Chengzhi knows this truth, how can Fu Lianchou and Chou Nu become the masters of the Ming Dynasty not understand..."
The more he spoke, the more disappointed he became, and Yuan Yuan's face naturally became darker, "However, Yuan is still puzzled: Now the situation in the West Sea is like a broken bamboo, and the momentum is strong. If we change places, if I were Li Chengzhi, I would be a soldier."
Since there were few people and it was easy to attack but not to defend, it was time to work hard. It would not be too late to retreat to Longxi after Guanzhong was in chaos. Why did Li Chengzhi retreat bravely and give up halfway?
If he is really able to recharge his batteries and just rest and recuperate, but he wildly talks about attacking Nanliang, why is this?"
Look, the reason why Yuan Yuan is better than Gao Ying is because he knows his mistakes and will correct them, reflect on them, and think about them. Unlike Gao Ying, who never knows his mistakes and never repentes, he just thinks that everyone in the world is plotting to kill her.
, I feel sorry for her...
He is the same age as Yuan Jia, and he is an official in the same palace. Although his friendship is not so good, Liu Fang is still very optimistic about Yuan Yuan, who is more honest and loyal than his father. Seeing that he sees opportunities so quickly, she is a little relieved.
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"Li Chengzhi's actions today may seem like he is showing off his power and getting carried away, but in reality he is showing the enemy that he is stronger, using advance as a retreat, and then taking advantage of the situation and going downhill!"
"To advance in order to retreat, is it better to go downhill?"
Yuan Yuan was horrified, "It means... there must be a reason why Xihai has to stop fighting?"