Chapter 2266: Treaty of Luoyang between Qin and Tang Dynasties (Part 2)
"Mr. Zhang Yi, my king has already agreed to surrender and abdicate the throne, but you still want to cede the entire Zuofengling and the three counties of Fufeng on the right. This appetite is too much." Li Shangyin said angrily.
There are three counties and 38 counties in Guanzhong, and 14 counties are currently occupied by the Qin army.
Zuo Fenling had 13 counties, 7 of which had surrendered to Qin, and only 5 were still under the control of the Tang army.
There are 15 counties in Fufeng on the right, and 4 of them are in the hands of Qin.
Once these eight counties requested by the Qin State fall into the hands of the Qin Army, the Qin Army's originally scattered territories will be connected into a whole, and they will completely gain a foothold in Guanzhong.
At that time, Guanzhong will be divided into two, showing the trend of division between north and south.
The northern and eastern parts of Guanzhong were owned by the Qin army, while the southern and western parts were owned by Li Tang.
In this case, it would be difficult to expel the Qin army from Guanzhong, which Li Shangyin did not want to see anyway.
"It is absolutely impossible to cede the eight counties of Feng Ling on the left and Fufeng on the right." Li Shangyin decisively refused.
Regarding Li Shangyin's reaction, Zhang Yi seemed not surprised at all, and said with a smile: "Dare I ask the Tang envoy, can the defense power of these 8 counties be comparable to Xiaoguan Wuguan?"
Li Shangyin was silent for a moment and then replied: "Of course not."
"Even Xiaoguan and Wuguan were conquered by our army, and now Chang'an is in danger. Does your envoy think that our army does not have the ability to conquer these five counties?"
Hearing this, Li Shangyin did not dare to speak.
Zhang Yi's attitude is already very obvious. If he does not take the five counties of Zuo Feng Ling and connect the obtained lands into a whole, the Qin army's foundation in Guanzhong will be unstable after all. Therefore, regardless of whether Li Tang agrees with it or not, these five counties of Zuo Feng Ling will The counties and states of Qin are all decided.
Li Shangyin felt powerless in his heart. Only now did he truly realize how correct and cruel Ying Hao's words were: A weak country has no diplomacy.
Li Shangyin finally understood that the choice given by the Qin State was to either abandon Chang'an or leave the five counties of Fenling.
Abandoning Chang'an is equivalent to giving up the entire Guanzhong.
If we give up 5 counties of Fenling on the left and 3 counties of Fufeng on the right, we can still own half of Guanzhong.
Therefore, he had no choice but to choose the latter.
"The Tang Dynasty can cede territory, but eight counties are too many, and the Qin Dynasty must also ensure that after the Tang Dynasty surrenders, the Qin army will not be the first to use troops against the Tang Dynasty." Li Shangyin said seriously.
"Of course, but the premise is that the Tang State cannot betray the Qin Dynasty." Zhang Yi said with a smile.
Li Shangyin nodded and began to discuss the number of counties to be ceded, and proposed that only three counties could be ceded at most.
It was naturally impossible for Zhang Yi to agree, but after talking for a long time and even talking about 4 counties, they could no longer talk.
In this regard, both Zhang Yi and Li Shangyin chose to keep their differences while reserving their common ground and began to continue discussing the subsequent regulations.
"Mr. Zhang Yi, you called Qin Hai, Sima Yi, and Kong Peng traitors of the Qin State. But as far as I know, neither Sima Yi nor Kong Peng served as officials in the Qin State."
The implication is that if you want to hand it over, you can only hand it over to Hu Hai, and it is impossible at the other two times.
For Hu Hai, a morally corrupt and useless waste, Li Tang might have been able to protect him when he was strong, but now the Tang State itself cannot protect him, so it is naturally impossible to protect him.
As for Sima Yi and Kong Peng, they are both top civil and military talents, so naturally they cannot give up.
Zhang Yi had already anticipated this, and began to use emotion and reason to put pressure on Li Shangyin from all aspects. Li Shangyin was sweating on his forehead, but he still gritted his teeth and refused to let go.
The two sides talked for an entire afternoon, but there were still many differences. No one could say anything about the other, so they could only continue talking tomorrow.
Before leaving, Zhang Yi threatened: "Mr. Li, let me remind you that negotiations are negotiations and wars are wars. If Chang'an City is captured by our army during our negotiations, you will have to pay far more than this." ”
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Li Shangyin was so angry that he couldn't speak, but he had no choice. He couldn't make the decision on some things, so he could only fly pigeons to send messages back, waiting patiently for the king of Tang's orders, and at the same time contacting envoys from various countries to put pressure on Qin.
The next day, Li Shangyin brought envoys from Shu, Chu, Song, Wu, Ming, and Sui to negotiate with Zhang Yi, using the power of seven to jointly exert pressure, hoping to force Zhang Yi to give in.
Seeing this, Zhang Yi called for envoys from Wei and the Southern Barbarians to bolster his momentum and asked them to watch on the sidelines.
Faced with the pressure from the seven countries, Zhang Yi still adhered to the bottom line, fought against the group of envoys with her own strength, and brought the art of negotiation to the extreme.
The two sides debated continuously for a whole day, making advances and retreats, but there were still a lot of differences.
The seven countries were all shocked by Zhang Yi's toughness, especially the attitudes of Song and Wu became more ambiguous.
At this point, the negotiations between the Qin and Tang Dynasties initially reached a deadlock. It was not until the arrival of Sun Jian and Zhao Kuangyin and the return of the flying pigeon message from Chang'an that the deadlock was broken again.
After Sun Jian and Zhao Kuangyin arrived, they did not directly express their opinions on the Qin-Tang negotiations, but during their meeting with the King of Qin, they said a few words of favor to the Tang state. This attitude also made Ying Hao wary.
Qin does not care about the opinions of these hostile countries, Shu and Chu, but the three allies of Wei, Song and Wu cannot care.
Once they all fall out with the Qin State, the Qin State will really be the enemy of the whole world, and the Qin State will still need the existence of these allies before it can completely digest the land of Hebei and restore its national strength.
In order to save the two countries of Song and Wu, Ying Hao ordered Zhang Yi to take a step back on the issue of ceding land, and finally talked about ceding only 5 counties in Zuofengling.
With 5 counties in hand, Qin's territory in Guanzhong can still be connected into one whole area.
As for the flying pigeon letter that Li Shimin flew back, it gave Li Shangyin greater authority to negotiate and also told Li Shangyin to end the negotiations as soon as possible.
Finally, Zhang Yi agreed to give up the war allotment, and Li Shangyin accepted all Qin's conditions.
Witnessed by many countries such as Chu, Shu, Sui, Wei, Song, and Wu, Li Shangyin represented the Tang State and Zhang Yi represented the Qin State and jointly signed the famous "Qin-Tang Luoyang Treaty" in later generations.
The "Treaty of Luoyang between Qin and Tang Dynasties" contains eighteen regulations:
Article 1: From now on, the Tang State will break away from the puppet Han Dynasty, surrender to the Qin Dynasty, and voluntarily become a vassal state of the Qin Dynasty.
Article 2: Tang Wang Li Shimin resigned from the throne and was demoted to the title of Duke.
Article 3: The Qin and Tang Dynasties used the current occupied land as the dividing line, and the Tang State ceded the land of Zuofengling's five counties to the Qin State.
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Article 6: Send the crown prince Li Zhi to Luoyang to serve as a hostage. If there are no major changes in the Tang Dynasty, the crown prince will not be allowed to return to the country...
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Article 9: The two countries entered into a marriage alliance and formed a good alliance forever. Princess Li Xiuning of the Tang Dynasty married the King of Qin Ying Hao...
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Article 11: Li Shimin will accept the mistake of besieging Luoyang and personally apologize to the soldiers of Qin who died in the battle...
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Article 15: The Tang State returns Qin Hai, the traitorous minister of the Qin State...
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Article 18: After the armistice, both Qin and Tang will jointly disarm, and the total number of troops in Guanzhong of both countries shall not exceed 100,000.
(End of chapter)
