The peace agreement handed over by the Northern Army during the day was being held in King Ping's hand.
After looking around at the generals sitting down, Prince Ping slowly spoke.
"The Prince of Ning politely wrote a letter asking for peace today, which really surprised me! In the past few days, the two armies have fought dozens of battles, each with casualties. Although I, the man from Xiangyang, have a slight upper hand, the Northern Army is far from When you are so angry, why do you suddenly propose to negotiate with me about ending the war and making peace?"
It turned out that Song Zhe sent several naval officers to cross the river in a small boat during the day, and handed over the peace agreement. He followed Ning Hou's wishes without stating the specific reason. This is of course due to Marquis Ning's consideration. After all, the imperial court is so powerful that if he had to negotiate a peace now, he would firstly be afraid of losing his dignity, and secondly, if he proposes peacemaking when the situation is overwhelming, he would also be afraid that King Ping would be suspicious, or not cooperate, or that he might take advantage of his plan. , but formed an alliance with Gui Yunzheng first. In this way, the two armies attacked from a pinch, and the defeat of the Northern Army was greatly increased. Therefore, Marquis Ning asked Song Zhe to extend an olive branch first to see King Ping's reaction.
"Haha, Your Majesty, what's so strange about this? The imperial navy has been fighting with our army for many days, and has repeatedly suffered defeats. The morale of the army is unstable, and Lord Ning's attack has failed. This request for peace is really unusual. !”
But it was the military commander Wu Yingxiong who spoke disapprovingly first. His water warfare skills were indeed quite good. After dozens of battles, the Northern Army had almost no victory, so he was somewhat proud.
"Otherwise, General Wu, as the prince said, the imperial army has not yet reached the point of collapse, and our army's losses are not small. To the east, we have to guard against the soldiers and horses from Jiangnan. Logically speaking, they have no reason to Negotiate peace with us. Therefore, I think that if the peace negotiation is true, something big must have happened, and we don’t know about it. If there is a fraud in the peace negotiation, I am afraid that the prince and the generals will have to look into it together!"
The one who expressed dissent was Commander Qi from Prince Ping's Mansion. Now, he has been assigned to the army as deputy general, ranking under Wu Yingxiong. However, what he said was quite reasonable, and it made everyone else feel shocked.
"Haha, General Zhang, what do you think?"
Prince Ping smiled faintly and looked at the commander-in-chief Zhang Da.
Zhang Da hurriedly handed over his hands and stepped out of the queue, but his face seemed worried.
"General Qi has some truth in what he said. The truth of this peace negotiation has not yet been determined. In the opinion of my subordinates, since Marquis Ning raised this matter, we might as well follow what he said in his book and let his subordinates go to the river tomorrow. I would like to ask the Taoist master to accompany me at that time. The military general will lead the warships to be on guard. I am not afraid of any tricks they will play. However, I think there is something fishy behind this matter. I thought of the valley a few days ago. Brother Chengwu wrote to ask for help, saying that the fighting in Gucheng was tense and the soldiers were seriously damaged, so it was difficult to send 20,000 troops to go there recently. However, one thing is very puzzling. Whether it is Yunyang or Gucheng , but there has been no news in the past few days. This matter has really worried my subordinates. I also heard that a few days ago, King Fu of Chang'an and Na Guiyunzheng had responded to the call of King Fu of Jiangnan and raised their flags to launch an army. The subordinates thought, could it be that they did not go straight out of Tongguan and send troops to Zhongzhou, but instead came out from Shangluo Trail and attacked Yunyang and Gucheng? If this is the case, then Ninghou's move to negotiate peace will not be difficult. I understand, he might want to reap the benefits!"
After all, he was the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang, and Zhang Da was still slightly more knowledgeable. As soon as these words were said, everyone's already worried hearts became high again.
There are two meanings in this statement. One is that peace must be negotiated, and the other is a further extended interpretation of Deputy Counselor Qi’s words. But this interpretation is shocking.
How long did it take for Gui Yunzheng to raise a powerful army? And can he continuously attack the prefectures and counties, cross Shanyang, go down to Yunyang, or occupy Gucheng?
If this is the case, it is not difficult to understand that Gui Yunzheng just wanted to avenge the attack at Prince Ping's Mansion that day. But when it comes to this hatred, should he hate Prince Jing even more?
