Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1357
As a monarch who has spent half his life as a soldier and enjoyed his dignity through his own battles and struggles, Shi Hu naturally knows that only by completely destroying the enemy can he enjoy peace and happiness.The so-called seeking peace through peace talks is nothing but foolish tricks and self-deception.

He didn't know what goal Shen Weizhou of the Southern Kingdom was trying to achieve through this trick of the peace talks, and of course he had his own schemes.

While the officials were still thinking about discussing and discussing various things, another major event happened in this camp on the outskirts of Xiangguo: thousands of people gathered outside the camp, prostrating and begging that the Holy Lord is not suitable for living in the ruins, please The king of heaven patrols the north, and then camps in the city.

Yes, the reason why Shihu wanted to buy time for peace talks with the southerners was to move the capital.

Xiangguo is the capital of Jieguo, and Shihu himself is not very satisfied. On the one hand, from the heart, the city of Xiangguo is full of traces of the former master Shi Le, so Shihu is not happy.From a practical point of view, Xiangguo does not have the image of stabilizing the center of the town and withdrawing the four sides, nor is it dangerous inside and outside the mountains and rivers, so it is not suitable for a city with a strong political power.

In the old days, Shihu's favorite place was Yecheng. This former capital of Wei and Wu lived in Hebei, overlooking Henan, and it was also the place where Shihu's personal achievements flourished.It's a pity that this place was trampled by the Jin army several times, and it was too close to the front line, so it was difficult to build and rebuild.

As for now, he doesn't have enough ability to take back Jinan in the short term, and Xiangguo, a city that has been neglected for a long time, will be destroyed again, and there is no point in repairing it.

Moving the capital has become a natural choice of last resort. On the one hand, we can temporarily evade the sharp front of the powerful enemy and win the integration of our own strength through temporary evasion. After stretching the front line, we can also gain more geographical advantages in the subsequent confrontation. Advantage.

On the other hand, concentrating the remaining power of the Jie Kingdom in northern Hebei can also more effectively curb the counterattacks of Daibei and Liaodong, and create a more stable rear.

"In the old days, the lords of the past were small and insignificant, and sent them down many times. They were unstoppable in a hundred battles, and they became a great cause! Although there are many difficulties in the state affairs, there are still hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers in the country, who are also based in Youji Xingsheng. In the land where Xu Tu is gaining momentum, the resumption of power in China is still in sight!"

Shi Hu not only encouraged himself with this, but also cheered up the officials: "You and the others have enjoyed the grace of the country for a long time, and you should share weal and woe together. Besides, if it weren't for the shadow attached to me, how could I live above others? He is a hero of the southern barbarians, but he has always used things, harsh punishments, merciless, hijacking the emperor of Jin, stealing benevolence and righteousness, how much can he beat me? Now I, the honor is coming, and the wealth and honor are shared with you, Shen But you still consider yourself a slave of the Sima family, and the future is still uncertain, even if you have a direct connection with him, how can you always stick to it!"

Being able to say such a thing is already a rare show of weakness for Shi Hu. It can be seen that he also knows that he is fierce and can be intimidated for a while, but it is difficult to win people's hearts for a long time after all.

Not to mention how the monarch and ministers of the Jie Kingdom get along and encourage each other, planning to move the capital, after the envoy Liu Fang and others arrived in Yedi, they finally began to have actual contact with the Jin Kingdom for peace talks.

After confirming that Fenwu returned to the division, there was no danger of being destroyed, and at the same time finalized the strategic policy of Shen Mu's Southern Hebei Wangshi to cooperate with Fangtou to force the Yedi Jie army away, General Shen returned to Luoyang.

Right now, every minute and every second is extremely precious, and being able to properly raise the manpower and material resources needed for the general offensive one step ahead of time can give Jie Guo less chance to breathe. Naturally, the current General Shen has no time to waste on such basic things. It's just a ploy to feint the peace talks.

Therefore, the current Fangtou has resumed Xie Ai's presidency, and still maintains a tendency to put pressure on Ma Qiu a little bit.

As for the Fenwu Army under Shen Yun who is still in Yebei, after the most dangerous period of time, not only the support and support from the people of Yedi, but also the soldiers lost in previous battles have also been replenished. Anxious to return to the south, but to stay in the area of ​​​​Shangyanpi, and has already set up a stronghold in a decent manner.

As for Ma Qiu in Yedi, he was already certain that he would not receive reinforcements from the middle school.

Originally, he was still faintly at a disadvantage when confronted with Fangtou, but now he is even more single-handed. The Jin army in Fangtou is staring at him so that he does not dare to act rashly. Even the Fenwu Army, which was originally besieged as a bargaining chip, has now turned into a spike and bared its fangs again.

For all kinds of things, Ma Qiu is suffering unspeakably.Because when the Chinese envoy arrived, he quickly notified Xie Ai that the peace talks could be formalized.

After Yongjia and Jiangdong Zhongxing, they refused all forms of communication with these Hulu regimes, and did not recognize their legitimacy at all.And the country of Jie has always been good at killing, looting, and less than this kind of communication.Therefore, although the two parties have reached a consensus, the steps to negotiate are actually relatively unfamiliar.

Xie Ai is still here, taking the initiative of the strategy, especially testing out the reality of the Jie country, and confirming that the host Shihu of Jie will not come south from the poor country, he has more confidence, and it does not make much sense to talk about it or not.

As for Ma Qiu, peace talks are really needed, even if they know it is fake, but as long as there is progress, at least the morale of the army can be stabilized.Being so passive, he can only act first.

First of all, the request made by the country Jie is the exchange of hostages. The country Jie has already sent hostages here, that is, the group of relatives of the Shi clan who were taken away by Shen Yun into the Xiangguo Jiande Palace.

Therefore, the State of Jie asked the State of Jin to also send hostages. Although Ma Qiu also knew that saying this was just to cover up his shame, he could not completely ignore the state system, because he made this request.Of course, he also played a scheming, asking Jin to also send the clan's children as hostages.

After all, everyone in the north and south now knows that General Shen is the person who is in charge of the state of Jin today, and they probably wish to weaken the power of the Sima family's clan in this way, so there is a high probability that the Jin Congress will agree.As long as the other party sends hostages, it can always cover up the disaster in Xiangguo a little bit. It is an exchange of hostages, not defeat and capture.

But it was such a simple request, and it didn’t even arrive at Xingtai, Luoyang. Xie Ai directly blocked him back at Fangtou: The hostages of the Jie Kingdom are not low-level, and they are all the sons of the Jie Lord Shihu, but the emperor of the Jin Kingdom His majesty's descendants are thin, only a baby son, who cannot be a hostage.

Sending them casually would inevitably humiliate the hostages of the princes of the Jie Kingdom, so they simply wouldn't send them.If the Jie Kingdom does not agree, then wait a few more years until His Majesty the Emperor gives birth to a few sons, and then we will talk about it when they grow up.

Ma Qiu was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he received Fangtou's completely shameless response.He has already made big concessions, and he does not ask the Shen clan who is really in power in Jin as hostages. Even if the war between the two countries resumes later, Shen can use the hands of Jie to cut off the members of the Jin clan. This is not a condition, it is for Shen's worry is relieved!

But even such a request, the state of Jin refused to agree, one can imagine the sincerity of the peace talks!
However, the peace talks are now a resolution reached by the middle school, and Ma Qiu can't stop it just by saying it.Even though he knew that there would be no good results if he continued to talk, he could only bite the bullet and continue talking.

So next, the State of Jie made another request for the State of Jin to return the property and looted people it had robbed from the State of Xiang, including the family members of the State of Jie.

Xie Ai did not reject this request on his own initiative, but sent an envoy to send it back to Luoyang for Xingtai to decide.After more than half a month, there was a reply from the Xingtai, not to mention whether to return the property of the Jie country, but several large boxes of books, which are said to be the forbidden items in the Luoyang Palace before and after Yongjia in the Central Dynasty. Although it was Han Zhao Liu Yao who broke Luoyang, since the Shi family was once a courtier of Han Zhao, he should look through these books and help Jin to search for the lost property and send it back, and then discuss whether to return the lost property of Jie State.

Can't talk anymore, really can't talk!
Ma Qiu has already seen that the so-called peace talks are nothing more than Jin's intention to humiliate Jie.If we continue to talk, we will only shake out more laughing stock.

Because it was he who simply suspended the negotiations, personally edited the book and sent it back to the country, and sued the Lord to request troops to be sent to respond to the retreat of the Jie army in Yedi, so that he should not continue to humiliate himself.

But for some things, there is no turning back after opening the bow, especially such a big event.It's already the middle of winter, and the Jie Kingdom has already begun the process of moving the capital, and a large number of people around the Xiang Kingdom have been forcibly moved to Xindu.Shi Hu needs to use the peace talks to convey a false impression that the north and the south will stop fighting to stabilize people's hearts. At this moment, it is a joke to suspend the peace talks and send troops to respond!

Therefore, what the middle school responded to Ma Qiu was a horsewhip. Shihu dispatched his servant Yan Zhen to join the army in person, and beat Ma Qiu severely with this horsewhip: You are the one who proposed the peace talks, and you are the one who stopped the peace talks. , I can't help you rinsing like this even if it's fresh mutton!

If you can't stop, then continue talking.Fortunately, Shi Hu sent others to the south to be in charge of the peace talks. As long as Ma Qiu focused on military affairs, he appointed his son Shi Kun, who had been returned by the Jin army, as the general of Zhennan and the governor of Yenan, and became Ma Qiu's direct superior.

The newcomer obviously understood the Lord's will better, and understood that Shihu didn't really need to talk about any results, but just wanted to convey a signal that the north and the south had stopped fighting, and the Jin army had no intention of going north to clean up the situation.So naturally the lion opened his mouth wide, stopped talking about the lost property, captives and hostages, and directly ordered the Jin army to return the counties and counties in southern Hebei, and all the Jin troops who committed crimes in the north to return, so that the situation returned to the situation at the beginning of the year.

Such a request, without even thinking about what the result will be.However, the station's response did not arrive until the Spring Festival after the next year, and this time it humiliated the Jie country even more.

The response this time is the official order of the General's Mansion: It is ordered that before July, the country of Jie must disown its position and abolish all arrogance and retrograde laws. Close the warehouse and wait for Master Wang to go north to receive it.All the old ceremonies and rituals of the Jie State will be abolished, and the old generals of Shile, Jie State, and the Marquis of Zhongmingting will be retained. The land of a pavilion in Wuxiang County, Shangdang County will be analyzed as the Tinghou Shiyi, and the sages and sages of Shile will be selected to inherit the nobles and guard the town. , Jie Lu repaired the tomb, and the rest of the clan, including the host Shi Hu, were all imprisoned and punished for their crimes!

From the general's point of view, this ultimatum is not lacking in kindness. At the very least, it also recognizes the Chinese and Korean official titles that Shi Le was awarded when he was under the command of Chengdu King Sima Ying to attack Sima Yue in the past.

But in the eyes of the Jie Kingdom, this is a great humiliation. The tiger peeps at the hero of the world and dismisses it with a mere Tinghou. What is even more hateful is that Shi Le's son was killed by Shi Hu long ago. There is no one to inherit the small Tinghou Shiyi!

The final postscript of the special notice: If you dare not obey the order on the date of its arrival, the king will cross the river with millions of heroes, and anyone who violates the order, disobeys, protects evil, and possesses thieves will be killed without mercy!In other words, at the latest in July, Master Wang will launch this war of subjugation to the country of Jie!
Not to mention what kind of shock this ultimatum caused in the country of Jie after it was passed to Hebei.But even if there was no such order, the peace talks would not have been able to go on, because Shi Hu had previously preferred Liu Qun as the envoy to deliver the credentials, and he rebelled in western Liaoning on the New Year's Day!
(End of this chapter)