Ever since he decided to shrink the defense line and concentrate all his troops on the royal court, King Geerhan of Chechi Kingdom has been depressed. It was extremely frustrating to watch helplessly as a large area of territory fell into Li Jiangyao's hands step by step, but he had no choice but to do anything about it.
Don't think that Geerhan had the courage to open up his posture and lead his troops to challenge Alike Jiang's Loulan Army, but when he faced Li Jiangyao and the ghost-faced white-robed army in Metasequoia City, he felt really frightened. .
The main reason for this is that Geerhan never suffered any loss at the hands of Alek Jiang, but Li Jiangyao really beat him up.
From the first time he attacked Metasequoia City to the present, Geerhan has been on the road of constantly re-evaluating Li Jiangyao's combat power. The more he goes, the more outrageous he goes, and the more he evaluates, the more terrifying he becomes. The Metasequoia Legion is like a rapidly growing monster. It becomes extremely ferocious after a few days. Every time it uses less to attack more, it still has the upper hand.
Encountering such a perverted opponent is really a bloody misfortune for eight lifetimes!
Geerhan was not a fool. On the contrary, he had a very accurate calculation in his mind: relying solely on Che Chijun to attack Li Jiangyao, there was no chance of winning. The hatred for killing his younger brother, the hatred for seizing the city, cannot be compared with the safety of his own life.
For this reason, Gerhan had repeatedly requested Duolun to dispatch Turkic patrols to help him regain the lost territory. But it's a pity that Duolun said that General Kunli Mingtai of the Blood Guard was scolding his son every day and forcing him to look for Her Royal Highness, so he really didn't dare to be distracted elsewhere. Duolun politely enlightened Geerhan that he should handle his own affairs by himself and regain his territory by himself.
After encountering a soft nail in Duolun's place, Geerhan ran to Prince Gune to plead for mercy. Unexpectedly, His Highness the Prince's nails were softer, soft and hard at the same time. Gunie told Geerhan in a gentle tone that he was just a civil servant in charge of government affairs and diplomacy, and he could not meddle in the matter of leading troops to fight.
In desperation, Gerhan had to visit the Marquis of Durham again. However, before he could open his mouth, he was scolded by the other party.
Finally, he finally plucked up the courage and wrote to Prince Ronya of the Temple for help. It should be said that His Highness Ronya is the most serious and responsible. Although he is busy with military affairs, he still wrote a reply to Geerhan in person. In the letter, the Prince of the Temple sincerely praised Che Chiguo's contribution to Western Xinjiang. He praised Geerhan's high moral character and patiently explained the huge pressure that the Shengtang Army in the two directions is currently putting on the Turks. In a word: he can't help.
However, His Highness the Prince did not just ignore it. He specifically pointed out at the end of the letter: I would like to attach my opinion and forward it to the leader of the Western Xinjiang Alliance, His Highness Alek Jiang, for decision.
With a bang, he kicked the ball away.
What is even more unexpected is that Loulan King Alekjan actually sent a reply letter to Geerhan at the request of Prince Ronya. However, unlike the Prince of the Temple, his old enemy Alek Jiang was extremely sarcastic and sarcastic in his letter, humiliating Geerhan and Che Chijun, and finally said: "I have raised him since I was young." Make it a good habit to handle your own affairs."
Geerhan almost broke his nose with anger.
Geerhan sat in his palace, thinking about his abacus, silently weighing the deal in front of him: he nominally had five legions in his hands. Among them, the third legion was crippled by the Loulan people before, and the first and second legions were beaten to a half-crippled state on the Metasequoia battlefield. Only the fifth and fourth legions still had fighting strength, but they were scattered among the border fortresses. Even if all five legions were gathered together, there would only be more than 70,000 people, and most of the soldiers were horse thieves, with uneven quality.
On the other hand, look at the Metasequoia Army. According to spies' reports, after Li Jiangyao occupied Daban, Pai and Iklu, he further expanded his troops to nearly 50,000. And they are well-equipped and well-trained, making them a replica of the Zhenjiang Protectorate.
To challenge someone else's 50,000 elites with my 70,000 motley crew, it would be putting it mildly.
The more serious problem is that Geerhan is worried that Li Jiangyao will not only be satisfied with seizing three cities, but will continue to encroach on the surrounding territory. Metasequoia City is too close to Wang Ting. If one day Li Jiangyao suddenly gets interested and decides to attack his hometown, there is still a big question mark whether he can stop the god of plague.
Therefore, Geerhan jumped up and down to seek help from various reinforcements.
Just when he was worried about the Metasequoia Army, a close minister suddenly sent a secret report: An envoy from Metasequoia City came to his door and proposed to negotiate peace with King Chechi.
Hearing this, Geerhan couldn't help but be shocked. Soon, he calmed down again: Do you want to talk to Li Jiangyao? Hey, this is not a feasible option.
If the two sides can sit down and have a good talk, make concessions to each other, and maintain a relatively restrained and innocent situation, then Che Chiguo will have the opportunity to slowly recruit troops and expand its strength.
You know, what threatens Chechi now is not only Metasequoia City, but also the Loulan Kingdom on the Alik River, and the Turks who are staying in the royal court and refusing to leave. If Gehan didn't have enough power in his hands, he could be killed and replaced at any time.
After thinking about this, Geerhan quickly asked the minister to maintain confidential contact with the other party and arrange a meeting between representatives of both parties as soon as possible.
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In the spring of 822 in the Holy Tang Dynasty, the negotiators of Li Jiangyao, the commander-in-chief of the Zhenjiang Army, and the peace negotiators of His Highness Geerhan, King of Chechi State, met in a small town near Luobu Lake.
In a cordial and friendly atmosphere, representatives from both sides fully exchanged views on the current situation in Western Xinjiang and their respective political demands, and reached a number of consensuses.
Finally, after repeated consultations, representatives from both sides formally signed the "Provisional Armistice Agreement between the Metasequoia Army and the Chechi State", bringing the long-awaited dawn of peace to the people of all ethnic groups in Chechi.
——The above is the official description in "The Chronicles of Western Border in the Holy Tang Dynasty".
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As the nominal head of the Zhenjiang Army delegation at that time, General Xu Youchang, who personally participated in the entire negotiation process, recorded this in his personal memoirs:
In the spring of the 822nd year of the Holy Tang Calendar, I followed Li Taojiang Yaogong, the king of Zhenxi County, to Luobu Lake to negotiate peace with the enemy. His Royal Highness the Prince wore a white dragon fish costume and disguised himself as a bodyguard to travel secretly with the regiment.
At that time, the enemy chief Geerhan was so arrogant that he ignored the certainty of defeat and wanted to seize our army's victory. Instead, he ordered our army to return to Daban and other three cities. The enemy is shameless and stubborn; we are upright and unyielding. The differences between the two sides were as deep as the vast ocean, which is indescribable. In the end, they even threatened each other with large armies.
Seeing this situation, His Royal Highness the County Prince issued an edict, saying: Let's fight decisively! I am a lonely soldier, and I have sacrificed my life to return my soul to my homeland. If you are to return to dust, whose territory will belong to you again?
The enemy chief Geerhan was frightened when he heard this, and wrote angrily to sign the treaty.
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Compared with official records, Xu Youchang's description should be closer to the facts.
Because it was a matter of life and death for both armies, the heads of both sides were directly involved in the negotiations. However, Geerhan personally led the team, while Li Jiangyao secretly accompanied and commanded.
Unsurprisingly, as soon as the two parties met, they immediately started quarreling and quarreling with each other. No one wanted to lose to the other in terms of momentum. In the end, the fight almost broke down and the weapons were exchanged.
At the critical moment, Li Jiangyao appeared and used the famous saying that later went down in history to decide the outcome: Let's fight to the death! We were originally alone, and we all died on the battlefield, just to return to our hometown and die a worthy death; but what about you? If you are all dead, whose hands will Che Chi Kingdom fall into?
The simple and straightforward reality immediately overwhelmed Geerhan and finally led to the signing of a temporary armistice agreement between the Zhenjiang Army and Chechi State.
According to the agreement, the Chechi Kingdom recognized Li Jiangyao's Zhenjiang Army and re-administered the four cities of Metasequoia, Daban, Iklu and Pai on behalf of the Shengtang Dynasty, as well as the nearby towns and villages.
The Zhenjiang Army also promised that it would never take the initiative to attack other areas of Chechi State and Chechi's army.
If the two sides have no choice but to meet on the battlefield due to interference and coercion from a third party, they should use secret communication channels agreed in advance to avoid conflicts and casualties of soldiers on both sides.
Agreement validity: one year.
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Looking at this secret armistice agreement, Geerhan finally felt a little more at ease. For the time being, he no longer had to worry about losing troops, generals, cities and territory. At the same time, he secretly rejoiced that if the Suppressing Xinjiang Army did not take a taxi to Chiguo, it would definitely fight other Western Xinjiang allies. As for himself, he was just sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers and tigers.
However, he never expected that similar "temporary armistice agreement" or "peace, friendship and non-aggression treaty" would not only be signed by Che Chiguo and his family. What Li Jiangyao finally got in his hands was the military strength of the Western Xinjiang Alliance. Every country in the top seven, including Alike Jiang’s Loulan Kingdom!
Although the agreements signed by these countries and the Xinjiang Army are not exactly the same in form and content, the core meaning is exactly the same: peace-loving!
They will not actively provoke each other within one year, and resolutely avoid any conflicts or fighting with the Zhenjiang Army stationed in Chechi State.
The kings of Western Xinjiang, who are thieves, all have the same idea as Geerhan: if they want to beat you, I will make a fortune in silence. After finally ending the war, wouldn't it be nice for him to live a comfortable life?
Among the seven armistice commitments, the only one that is special is Shule Kingdom, which has a similar military strength to Loulan Kingdom. Firstly, they were located at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain in Guimo, far away from the Xinjiang Army in Metasequoia City, so they had not had much contact with them; secondly, King Tajik of Shule was an old fox. He was also concerned about the throne of the Western Xinjiang leader, so he not only wanted to preserve his strength, but also planned to avoid leaving black and white evidence, so as not to cause trouble after being discovered by the Turks.
Therefore, Shule Kingdom only reached a verbal agreement with the Zhenjiang Army.
But it was precisely because of such an unbounded verbal promise that in the subsequent counter-insurgency war, the Shule Army was inflicted with a devastating and crazy attack by the Zhenjiang Army.
If Tajik could have foreseen this tragic situation in advance, he would have regretted his shrewdness.
