Invincible son

Chapter 984 985 [The Xu family has a girl who has just grown up]

Dingzhou, Puqi City.

Inside the palace of the imperial envoy, the atmosphere was a bit tense, and the scribes all walked lightly when walking, lest they disturb the upset adult inside.

"It just doesn't make sense!"

In the main hall, Han Gongduan, who had always been indifferent to politics in the Eastern Mansion, scolded in a cold voice, with a rare real anger showing between his brows.

"Participating in politics to appease anger, this is just a trick of procrastination in the Southern Dynasties, thinking that with this kind of hard work, you can survive." On the other side, Guo Xing, the commander of Zhennan Daying and Marquis of Gongcheng, tried to persuade him, but in fact his face was not calm.

It has been four months since the negotiations between the two DPRKs started in early December last year. Excluding the pause during the New Year's Eve and the time spent on exchanges between missions in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the two sides have conducted a total of [-] negotiations in the past three months.During this period of time, the border between the two dynasties was not peaceful, and small-scale battles would occur from time to time, but they basically ended with Daliang winning. Therefore, the attitude of the Southern Zhou mission at the negotiating table became more and more humble.

Today, Jiangling City on the south bank of the Tiancang River is garrisoned by Cai Qian, the first-class Baoding Bo, with [-] troops in the city.

Hanyang City was garrisoned by Huaiyuan General Gu Jie, with [-] defenders in the city.

Each of the three auxiliary cities has elite soldiers and generals, and the defenders range from [-] to [-].

Surprise appeared in Xu Churong's eyes, and he said slowly: "Could it be that the third brother is making fun of the younger sister?"

This is why Han Gongduan rarely got angry. He looked up at Gongcheng Hou Guoxing, and said with a heavy expression: "Master Hou, I think the Southern Dynasty is deliberately delaying."

Guo Xing was naturally not afraid of war for half his life, but he also knew that the imperial court was dealing with the problems of the barbarians in the northern border, so he would not allow the south to start a war without authorization, so he mused: "Participating in politics, in my opinion, should continue to be on the border. At the same time, they sent a large number of spies to spread rumors in the Southern Dynasties, focusing on provoking the relationship between the main combat faction and the main peace faction, and exaggerating the struggle between Fang Xie Xiao and Xian Chunqiu."

The second is that starting from the seventh year of Kaiping, the Southern Zhou Dynasty paid 50 taels of silver to Daliang every year.Compared with the first article, the negotiation on the second article was a little easier. Finally, with the permission of Emperor Kaiping, Han Gongduan accepted the other party's plea and removed Pei Yue's request that the two dynasties form a brotherly state.

After the two discussed it properly, they split up their work. Han Gongduan could only suppress the uneasiness in his heart for the time being, and put all his energy into putting pressure on Nan Zhou.

This morning, the No. 13 negotiation ended, and the situation was still deadlocked. The envoys of the Southern Zhou Dynasty stated that they had raised 350 million taels of silver, and they would send someone to Jiangling City after the two sides signed the covenant, and Han Gongduan would receive it face-to-face. Except for retaining the necessary defenders, the rest of the troops retreated to the north bank, and at the same time no longer harassed the border of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Xu Churong invited him to a seat, and after the maid served tea, he said leisurely: "Everything is fine here, I have Father Lao and Third Brother in mind."

After he bid farewell and left, Xu Churong turned around and walked to the lakeside, looked at the clear sky in the north, and said softly to himself: "Peace talks have been reached, you must be very happy, right?"

Of course, the current situation still makes the Southern Zhou court extremely miserable. They can only try their best to procrastinate with smiling faces at the negotiating table. At the same time, he concluded that Han Gongduan was not a murderous god like Pei Yue, who dared to provoke a war of more than [-] people if he disagreed.

The smile on Xu Churong's face became more sincere, and he said softly, "Third brother, the court has been fighting so fiercely recently, why do you have the leisure to come to my little sister?"

After listening to Han Gongduan's analysis, Guo Xing also frowned, and then said puzzledly: "But what's the point of their delay? The Chengbei Camp and the Ningguo Camp suffered heavy losses, and the most powerful frontier army in the Southern Dynasties was only the Linjiang Army." The battalion remains intact. If His Majesty is not willing to resort to military force to allow Western Wu to reap the benefits of fishermen, we can go all the way south and forcefully attack. Even if we can't do our best to win in one battle, the Southern Dynasty will not be able to counterattack."

Xu Xi was slightly taken aback.

Xu Xi pretended to be angry and said: "What is this called? Ever since I was a child, when have I not put you in the most important position?"

Xu Churong continued: "Pei Yue will not go south again in a short period of time, but he has made very good arrangements for the Beiliang frontier army. If the peace talks cannot be concluded smoothly, within two months at least, the more than [-] troops left by Beiliang on the south bank Countless looting battles will be launched. Those big figures in the court only think that Beiliang has no spare power, but they don't consider that our court is in the midst of internal and external troubles, and has already reached the extremely dangerous brink of collapse."

"Pei Hou made this provision at the beginning in order to gain an advantage in the future. But the situation in the Southern Dynasty is completely different. If they cared about these things, they would not break the contract and sneak attack when the two dynasties were married. Now they insist on not being in the I always feel that it is inappropriate to make concessions on this matter."

"I only know that Pei Yue will not go south in a short time, but he has successfully passed the crisis of trust in the Emperor Beiliang, so this is not good news for His Majesty, but it may not be bad news for Daddy." Xu Churong blinked. Blinking, showing a faint smile.

Xu Xi shook his head and said sternly: "You know that I will never be willful in major matters. Now that the peace talks have entered the most important stage, some people in the court think that they can continue to delay. As long as we delay this year, our court can recover roughly, even if we can't get it." Going back to Jiangling and Hanyang, there is no need to be afraid of the Liang army on the border, and even the money to compensate Beiliang will be exempted at that time. There are also people who hold the opposite opinion. The two sides are fighting each other. As the chief assistant, it is inconvenient for my father to express his opinions easily. It’s still in doubt.”

Xu Churong's tone gradually faded.

In addition, before Pei Yue left, Guo Xing was instructed to build a temporary military stronghold in the southwest of Jiangling City and southeast of Hanyang City depending on the terrain, with 1 troops stationed respectively. Therefore, Daliang has a total of more than 13 troops on the south bank of the Tiancang River.

The content of the negotiation is numerous and complicated, and the most important part is divided into three items. The first item is naturally that the Southern Zhou Dynasty compensate Daliang for its losses in this war. After extremely hard wrangling and quarreling, the Southern Zhou court agreed to compensate Daliang with two thousand silver coins. 300 million taels.

Xu Xi's face was serious, but full of emotions, he stood up and said, "I understand, thank you little sister for your kind teaching."

Xu Xi sighed: "Father is in a dilemma, so let me ask my little sister what she thinks."

The problem lies in the third item. The most important thing in Pei Yue's original instructions is to determine the ownership of the territory from Jiangling City to Hanyang City on the south bank of the Tiancang River.

"Third brother, these truths are actually not difficult for His Majesty and Dad to understand. Dad asked you to come just to confirm one thing."

It is said that after this was achieved, Fang Xie Xiao, the Duke of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, had a complete reputation in the country, and the once unparalleled Fang family in Pingjiang was almost neglected by no one.Xian Chunqiu, Marquis of Rejecting the North, took this opportunity to gradually seize the power of the Military Aircraft Department, overpowering the opponent for the first time in more than [-] years.

After the Nanwufeng Navy was severely damaged, the Daliang Dingzhou Navy has completely controlled the waters of more than 20 miles with Jiangling City as the core, so there is no problem with the supply of food, grass and military equipment.Had it not been for the severe drought in Qinzhou last year, with the background and financial resources of the five states in the south of Daliang, it would be enough to support [-] troops across the Tiancang River, maintaining an overwhelming advantage over the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Xu Xi thought: "Your Majesty is well aware of this, but Beiliang should not have the strength to launch a national war at present, unless they are desperate, but the emperor of Beiliang should not be so reckless. Father knows you...cough cough, Knowing that you have connections with the North, I would like to ask your opinion on this matter."

However, he sighed softly in his heart, since the younger sister came back last year, the atmosphere at home has been in an extremely weird state, so after the beginning of spring, Xu Churong took the initiative to leave the house and lived in this other courtyard beside the green lake.This does not mean that she stays away from the world of mortals, on the contrary, Xu Churong is developing her own power step by step by mastering the contact channel with someone in the north, and at the same time, she has also entered the sight of those family heads who are close to the Qinghe Xu family.

Of course, she still used Xu Huiyan's name, and Nan Zhou's chief assistant did not object to this. I don't know if it was because of the guilt in her heart, or because she had other thoughts.

Han Gongduan sighed: "Even so, the peace talks cannot be dragged on any longer."

Emperor Kaiping obviously couldn't understand the weird taste that Pei Yue brought from his previous life. In his opinion, the so-called brotherhood was meaningless, and it was far more affordable than letting the Southern Dynasty pay for it.

……

"deliberately?"

She turned her head to look at the lake with thousands of hectares of blue waves, and said slowly: "Only when the peace talks are reached, Your Majesty and Dad will be able to solve the problems in the court, whether it is to eliminate the incompetent people in the army as soon as possible, or to implement the Qingzhang Tianmu that Dad had previously drawn up. All strategies require a stable and stable environment. Even if more than 2000 million taels of silver can be sent out, what is the right of ownership of that piece of territory? The two countries compete, and in the end it depends on whose fist is harder. Before the strength is not enough, it is the right way to bear the humiliation and be humble."

On a spring trip, the apricot blossoms blow all over.

Xu Churong nodded slightly, and then said calmly: "Third brother, it is already the beginning of April, do you think Beiliang will continue to drag on? The initiative in this matter is not in our hands. Once the other party is completely angered, there will be a danger of war on the border .”

But Xu Churong didn't seem to care, and said calmly, "Third brother, if we don't reach peace talks as soon as possible, Da Zhou may be about to perish."

The gentle voices of the maids woke the girl up. She turned to look at the smiling Xu Xi, put away the letter, and said softly, "The third brother is here."

Xu Xi was slightly embarrassed and hesitated.

Outside Jian'an City, on the bank of the green lake, a slender figure leaned against the railing, holding a letter in his hand, carefully reading every word on it.

"I've seen the third young master."

As for the ownership of the South Bank territory, it is still temporarily put on hold.

Xu Xi pretended not to see her movements, first looked at the surrounding scenery, and said gently: "Father asked me to come and see if you are comfortable living here, and if there is anything else that needs to be purchased."

He found it very difficult to say these words, because it would inevitably involve the past of watching Xu Churong fall into danger last year, and even using her and Princess Qinghe as bait.

Nan Zhou has already changed four negotiating envoys, but they still dare not let go of this one.In the end, those people had practiced to the point of resignation, and although they dared not let Beiliang return those cities, they insisted on putting it on hold for the time being.No matter how Han Gongduan reprimanded him, or even other officials yelled at him, the envoys of the Southern Zhou Dynasty could face it calmly.

Han Gongduan nodded and said: "This is the right way. The military affairs will be presided over by Lord Hou, and other matters will be assisted by secret agents from the Taiwan Pavilion."

Xu Xi didn't understand what he meant, so he smiled and said, "Okay, I will tell my father the truth."

Pei Yue always regarded her as a little girl in his mind, Xu Churong curled his lips, lightly clenched his white right hand into a fist, and waved it symbolically in front of him.

She recalled the content of the secret letter she had just seen, and said again: "Although I really want to see you in a mess, but before that, you must live well for me, and don't give your life to those people living in the wasteland." barbarian."

In the 13th year of Qingyuan in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the 17-year-old Xu Churong was already slim and tall, with a tall and slender figure, and his eyebrows and eyes were looking forward, just like a natural and graceful hibiscus.

Very touching.

(End of this chapter)