After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 91 The end of the peace talks
It was unclear when Prince Yingchuan arrived in Ganzhou, and it was not known whether the Hu spies would come again, but Haijiao felt that he could pay attention to the whereabouts of Jiangyang's thieves.

He began to wander around the city every day, especially staying at the city gate for a while, deliberately chatting with the soldiers and generals stationed at the city gate, trying to get to know them as well as possible, in order to find out as much as possible about the strangers who came into the city. intelligence.

The soldiers guarding the city gate didn't know his true intention. They thought he was thinking about his grandfather Hai Xiya who was out of business, so he came to the city gate every day to wait for someone!

Within a few days, even the people in the guardhouse heard the news.When General Gu met Hai Jiao, he smiled and said to him: "Your grandfather encountered good things at Gaotai Station and will stay for a while longer. Don't worry, you can comfort your grandmother when you get home."

Seeing that General Gu had misunderstood, Hai Jiao could only admit it with a smile, but he still had to persist in his daily trip to the city gate.No matter whether others misunderstood him or not, he just had to seize the opportunity to talk to the city gate guard.

In addition to the soldiers guarding the city gate, Hai Jiao also visited all the inns, large car shops, and places that were willing to rent rooms to passing merchants or outsiders in Suzhou City. Even a few people quietly went out in private. Anyone who rents a house but doesn't pay taxes escapes his eyes.He only gave up after seeing all the foreign tenants and confirming that none of them matched the appearance description of the gang of thieves or barbarian spies in his previous life.

But even if no one was found, Haijiao did not give up.He started chatting with several inns, big car shops, and restaurant owners, shopkeepers, and clerks who often did business with outsiders. Within a few days, he made friends with them. He could talk to them casually when he passed by their stores. Just have a casual chat.

Hai Jiao worked as a Jinyiwei spy for many years in his previous life, and was well versed in various techniques of gathering information in the marketplace. It didn't take long for him to find out the identities and origins of most of the outsiders who entered the city, and also discovered two horse bandits. The Sha Bandit's spies quietly reported to Suzhou Guard.When the two spies were arrested, they were still confused and didn't understand how they had exposed their secrets.

Although it was a pity that no real big fish was found in the reef, catching two spies was a bit of a gain.He didn't mind that these two achievements were a bit small. He just felt that besides practicing and studying hard every day, he could also go out to chat with people, catch spies and so on, and he felt much more relaxed. Such days were really fulfilling and enjoyable. .

Haixi Ya did not return to Suzhou City until halfway through May.

At this time, the peace talks between Chu and Hu finally ended.

Tao Yue changed his previous low-key and quiet attitude and went on a killing spree at the negotiation table, leaving the barbarian envoys speechless. No one in the Chu envoys could overshadow him.

The Chu and Hu countries agreed to cease the war. As the party that started the war, the Hu State needed to pay compensation. Gold, silver, jewelry, food, horses, livestock, etc. could be used as gold. Da Chu just used this gold and silver materials to fill the needs of the army and people's livelihood in the northwest border area. pin.The amount of property was so huge that even the envoys from the capital were jealous. It was Tao Yue who had no choice but to make the decision, and they could not reach out.

In addition, Dachu will also set up large-scale mutual markets in Gua and Shazhou, and set up thousands of households next to the mutual markets to protect Dachu merchants or people in the mutual markets.The Hu people need to reduce or reduce taxes on merchants who come to trade with each other, and provide protection to prevent merchants from being invaded by sand and horse bandits along the way.

The Chu court had previously adopted the policy of abandoning the border under the advice of Sun Ge. After the current changes in the current situation, this policy seems somewhat inappropriate.It's just that the cabinet is not so easy to change direction and is still waiting and watching. Once the Hu people make any changes and invade the Chu territory again, Sun Gelao and others can use this to prove their wisdom and determination.

The northwest frontier army was not willing to give up its territory. On the pretext that the trade market needed protection, the northwest frontier army set up a thousand-household post there. In addition, on the road from the trade market to Jiayuguan, there were other thousand-household posts, one hundred-household posts and sentry posts. The frontier army Finally, a certain amount of military strength was retained in Gua and Shazhou, just in case.Even if the Hu people really start fighting again, the border troops are confident that they can protect the people of Chu and evacuate.Without going into details about the military arrangements, there is another point in the peace talks between the two countries that the Hu people are most concerned about - the return of the third prince.

Officials of Dachu claimed that the cost of ransoming the captives should be paid separately.From the third prince of the Hu people to the generals and officers who accompanied him in the attack on Suzhou City and Jiayuguan, to the cavalry captain who later failed to save people and was captured, every one of them is worth an individual price.As long as the Hu people can get money, Da Chu is willing to release them, even if they are small soldiers or spies, as long as they do not die in this year's prison life, they can all be redeemed.

The foreign envoys were immediately dumbfounded.

Except for the third prince who had to be rescued, the other officers and generals all assumed that they had been killed in battle, but to their surprise, they were all still alive and well.If only one third prince is redeemed, and the news spreads in the Hu people's country in the future, won't the families of those officers and generals hate them as envoys?But if they want to redeem all the officers and generals, they don't have that much money!

The people in the mission were already closer to Uncle Wang, who was a barbarian, but they could not be the master of the Queen Mother of the Khan and the new King of Khan.They did not dare to make independent claims, so they found excuses to suspend the peace talks and quickly sent people back to report the news.Soon after, the news came back from the capital of the Hu people that the Queen Mother of the Khan had no intention of spending money to redeem her, and wished that no more generals and officers would return to fight for power with her side. Uncle Wang knew the seriousness of the matter better, so he gritted his teeth and used his family wealth to return the favor. The families of the generals and officers were united, and a large sum of property and materials was paid for the ransom.

As a result, although Uncle Wang, a Hu man, had bottomed out his financial resources and was unable to invade eastward, he also gained many new allies and regained greater prestige in the army.The Queen Mother of Khan and the new King Khan, who had already had the upper hand, became even more unpopular because of the public anger. Even if they still had superior troops, there were not enough loyal generals willing to fight for their mother and son.The two major forces within the Hu people have returned to balance, and it is obvious to the naked eye that a new conflict is about to begin.

If the Hu people honestly abide by the armistice agreement, concentrate on internal fighting, and ensure smooth trade routes, the Dachu side will acquiesce to the status quo and will not take action easily.But once the Hu people have the idea of ​​​​invading Da Chu's land again, Da Chu's rearranged spy intelligence network in the Western Regions will come into play.Even if they try to cut off the trade routes, they will not make it easy for the Hu people.Without the huge income brought by the trade routes, how could the Hu people continue to be rich and powerful?

What exactly Da Chu wants to do is not something Hai Xiya can know.Even General Wednesday only heard a few words from his brother and knew very little about the detailed plan.Anyway, the Zhou family and Tao Yue both agreed that the Hu State could never be united again.The Hu people fought endlessly and used up their energy and ambition, which was most beneficial to Chu.

After the peace talks, the Hu people quickly paid the ransom, and the materials had to be delivered in front of Jiayuguan later, along with the prisoners.

Uncle Wang, a Hu man, was afraid that if he went there in person, he would fall into the hands of Chu and become a prisoner together with his son, so he sent his confidants to pick up his son.

When Uncle Wang's confidant saw that the young master was safe and sound, he almost shed tears: "Prince, please go back quickly, Uncle Wang has been thinking about you!"

The third prince was much thinner and paler, his eyes were gloomy, and his whole body exuded resentment.I don't know if it was because he had been in prison for a long time, but his joints all over the body ached, and his movements were far less agile than a year ago.When he learned about his father's future, his face became even uglier, but he didn't say much. He only looked gloomily in the direction of the capital: "How is the new king? I can return home smoothly, thanks to his grace. I You have to thank him properly!"

(End of this chapter)