“This time we are negotiating peace with Zhou State, we and the two families have jointly agreed that the borders of the two countries will be based on what we currently occupy.
That is, here in Hanzhong County, the four prefectures of Nanzheng, Xixiang, Nanjiang, and Baishi occupied by the king, the three prefectures of Xicheng, Fangling, and Guining in Xiangyang County, and the three prefectures of Jingmen, Jingling, and Jingshan occupied by the imperial court were all ceded to us. .
After that, the two countries took the present prefecture and county as their boundary, and each ceased fighting and shook hands to make peace. "
On the tenth day of September, Yang Jing personally came from Xiangyang and delivered the news.
After Lu Yuan heard this, he felt relieved.
Since the Northern Expedition, we have been fighting for so long, from the beginning of December in the seventh year of Hongdao to the beginning of September in the eighth year of Hongdao, almost nine months. At this time we can finally take a break.
So after hearing the news, he quickly asked: "When will the Zhou people withdraw their troops?"
Outside Nanzheng City, He Basheng was still leading an army of 300,000 men, keeping an eye on this county city!
If the other party does not retreat, even if peace has been negotiated now, Lu Yuan will not feel at ease.
Yang Jingdao: "Now the decree of the Zhou court should have reached He Basheng. As long as he receives the decree, it won't take long before he will retreat. After all, it's not just us that the Zhou people have to guard against."
Speaking of this, he said meaningfully: "The Wei State in the north is also restless."
When Lu Yuan heard this, his heart moved, and he secretly wondered whether the imperial court had other arrangements in Wei State, which was north of Zhou State.
This is not impossible.
After all, it has been two hundred years since the founding of the Yue Kingdom, and if you include the aristocratic families in Linhai, their inheritance has lasted even more than a thousand years.
For thousands of years, it is not unusual for these aristocratic families to have developed deep-rooted relationships throughout Kyushu, or several nearby states.
At this time, it may be that the Yue State court mobilized some connections in the Wei State and ordered it to mobilize troops in the northern part of the Zhou State to force the Zhou people to compromise.
With this thought in his mind, Lu Yuan was no longer in a hurry, nodded and said, "Then let's wait a little longer."
The people of Zhou didn't let him wait long.
On the third day after Yang Jing arrived, the Zhou people who had been surrounding Nanzheng City began to withdraw their troops and break up their camps to relieve the siege of the city.
At the same time, the Zhou people also sent envoys to inform the two countries of the peace talks and withdrawal of troops.
Of course, there is nothing much to say about this.
Lu Yuan had no intention of quarreling with those Zhou people anymore. After all, the Northern Expedition was over now. If he continued to fight them, Changsha would be able to fight against the entire Zhou Kingdom with the power of one country.
Of course he would not do such a stupid thing.
Therefore, Lu Yuan readily agreed to the envoy's suggestion to evacuate without sending troops to pursue them.
But this matter is easy to talk about. After the envoy mentioned this condition, he mentioned something else, which made Lu Yuan a little startled: "He Basheng wants to see me?"
The Zhou envoy in front of him nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, General He Ba wants to see you to discuss some matters."
Lu Yuan pondered, and then asked: "When will we meet, where will we meet, and how will we meet."
The envoy said: "There is a yellow stone pavilion outside the city, built along the river, with green mountains on the side and beautiful scenery. We will meet there. The meeting time will be tomorrow, and I will congratulate General Ba and the king."
After hearing these details of the meeting, Lu Yuan's expression changed slightly. After thinking for a long time, he nodded and said, "Okay, I will come to the meeting tomorrow."
He was not afraid of facing He Basheng alone.
Moreover, before the other party left, he specially invited him to meet him. Lu Yuan did not think that the other party was a hero and cherished heroes. After the battle with him, he had admiration and wanted to make friends.
The greater possibility is that the other party has some purpose, or the other party represents Zhou Guo and has some purpose and wants to talk to him.
Now that the Northern Expedition has ended, the most fundamental contradiction between Lu Yuan and Zhou has been resolved.
The territory of Hanzhong County will soon be replaced. By then, the conflict with Zhou will be at the forefront.
The only conflict between Lu Yuan and the Zhou Kingdom is probably the only remaining three prefectures in Xiangyang County that he still occupies.
But this small contradiction is nothing compared to Yue Guo, Ji Hui, Qiao Kangquan and others. It is a minor contradiction and cannot be regarded as the main contradiction.
Therefore, in this way, there was a basis for cooperation between him and Zhou Guo again.
Therefore, it is not a bad thing to meet He Basheng.
"Then I will go back and inform General He Ba that I will be waiting for you at Huangshi Pavilion tomorrow."
When the envoy below heard Lu Yuan's agreement, his face showed a hint of joy, and he quickly responded: "Everything is over, I won't stay any longer."
Then he bowed, saluted, and left.
After the Zhou envoy left, Yang Jing also rushed over: "Did the Zhou retreat?"
Lu Yuan nodded: "Yes, He Basheng sent someone to inform me that I should abide by the peace agreement and not pursue his returning army."
Well, he didn't tell Yang Jing about He Basheng's request to meet.
After all, the matter the two met and discussed was most likely aimed at the country of Yue.
Can you tell Yang Jing, the Marquis Wu Xuan of Yue, about this kind of thing?
Therefore, Yang Jing, who was not aware of the matter, after listening to the Zhou people's request, said: "Don't stop when you return to the army, it is common sense in the art of war. Moreover, there is a peace treaty, and we cannot provoke or attack the opponent without authorization."
Lu Yuan said: "I know this truth. Therefore, I have agreed to the other party's request."
"The king has deep thoughts, and the foreign ministers naturally understand it."
Yang Jing laughed, then changed the subject and mentioned another matter: "Now that the Zhou people have negotiated peace and Xichuan County has been taken back, the Northern Expedition has come to an end. Regarding the rewards for the holy monk Ji Hui and the head of the Qiao family, the court should also There will be news soon.
In less than two months, these two will establish a kingdom in Xichuan and officially ascend the throne as kings. "
When Lu Yuan heard this, his heart moved and he asked: "Where are these two feudal lords? Does the imperial court have any suggestions?"
Yang Jing stroked his beard and said: "In detail, the Qiao family founded Hanzhong with five prefectures: Wushan Prefecture, Linjiang Prefecture, Yuzhong Prefecture, Jiange Prefecture, and Nanchong Prefecture.
The holy monk Ji Hui founded Xichuan with five prefectures: Anyue Prefecture, Tongchuan Prefecture, Chengdu Prefecture, Panshi Prefecture and Xuanwu Prefecture. "
Upon hearing the names of the two countries, Hanzhong and Xichuan, Lu Yuan instantly understood that this was a discussion between Ji Hui and Qiao Kangquan on how to carve up Xichuan.
Qiao Kangquan thought of the name of the country and ruled Wushan Prefecture, Linjiang Prefecture, and Yuzhong Prefecture. This hint is already obvious.
In exchanging territory with Lu Yuan, the court's preferred candidate was the Qiao family, who was closer to the court and had many marriages with those Linhai aristocratic families.
Allowing Qiao Kangquan to occupy the three more populous southern prefectures of Hanzhong would not only make the party close to the imperial court stronger. Moreover, the Qiao family was originally located in a border county, and many of their children were in the army, so they could be considered good at fighting.
Especially occupying the land of Hanzhong County, it can be said that the imperial court established the northern frontier to resist the Zhou people.
Well, on the other hand, if the opponent occupies Hanzhong County, then they can also go down the Han River and attack Lu Yuan's Xicheng, Fangling, and Guining prefectures.
In short, the court's arrangements can be described as painstaking.
Most of the benefits were given to Qiao Kangquan as compensation, so Chengdu Prefecture, which was originally the county government, and the four more prosperous prefectures around Chengdu were given to the holy monk Ji Hui as a feudal state.
Having a county in hand is enough to appease the opponent.
As expected of a family immersed in politics, their ability to carry water to the court was outstanding.
However, Lu Yuan didn't have much opinion on these.
Now, one-third of the people in the three southern prefectures of Hanzhong County have been moved away by him, and the remaining ones combined, there are at most 100,000 households and more than 500,000 people left.
With this population, the Han China established by Qiao Kangquan, including the two prefectures of Xichuan, is estimated to be only about 800,000 people.
With 800,000 people, if the other party wants to raise troops, 20,000 to 30,000 would be the limit.
Even if you take into account the light work and recuperation, it is reasonable to support 10,000 people with this household registration.
Therefore, no matter how much the other side recuperates or goes into military force, except for Qiao Kangquan, the innate master, this new Han China poses basically no threat to Lu Yuan.
No matter how many calculations and plans the imperial court makes, it is still of little use in the face of a huge power gap.
Therefore, in response to Yang Jing's revelation, Lu Yuan just smiled and sent congratulations: "Sage Ji Hui and the head of the Qiao family can successfully establish the country. It is really gratifying that our Changsha country has two more friendly neighbors. We look forward to these two On the day of the founding of the country, I will arrange for the envoy to come to attend the ceremony."
Seeing that Lu Yuan did not object to this arrangement, Yang Jing was relieved and smiled: "That's just right. When the two countries are founded, I will be the envoy for the imperial court, and I will be with the envoy from Changsha."
Lu Yuan smiled broadly: "Then I will ask Wu Xuanhou to take care of the envoy from that country."
Yang Jingdao: "It's easy to talk about."
Then, the two of them chatted some more, and Yang Jing achieved his goal and left.
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By the second day, after yesterday's withdrawal, the number of Zhou people outside the city had been reduced by one-third, and the remaining few would gradually withdraw in three to five days at most.
Therefore, in addition to arranging people to monitor the Zhou people's withdrawal, Lu Yuan hid his whereabouts and accidentally left the city without alerting anyone.
Huangshi Pavilion.
When Lu Yuan checked his surroundings and confirmed that no one was ambushing nearby, when he arrived here, there were already people waiting in the court.
He Basheng was dressed in red and sitting in the pavilion.
At this time, there was a stove burning in the courtyard, and a pot of tea was cooking on the stove, and the faint fragrance came out.
"King Changsha, the tea is ready, please take a seat."
When He Basheng saw Lu Yuan, he smiled, pointed to the place opposite, and then began to pour tea.
After pouring tea for each of them, he put down the hot teapot and introduced with a smile: "This is Qingyuan tea, a specialty of Shuofang County, Zhou State. It has a rich taste and a sense of roughness and generosity in the desert, just like our generation." A warrior. Drinking it is like drinking life, and I like it the most."
With that said, He Basheng picked up the teacup and took a sip, looking fascinated.
Lu Yuan glanced at the teacup in front of him. Being cautious by nature, he had no intention of moving at all.
In today's world, there are countless strange poisons.
Especially his queen, who is from the Five Poison Sect, is an expert in poison.
After establishing a good relationship with Lan Cai'er, Lu Yuan once asked the other party if there was any poison that could be used against the innate grandmaster?
Of course there is an answer.
Although the innate master is integrated into one body, under the circulation of true energy, he has the effect of being invulnerable to all poisons.
However, although various strange poisons cannot harm the life of the innate master, they can still greatly reduce the condition of the innate master in a short period of time and even make him unable to use his true energy.
Anyway, the Five Poison Sect has this kind of strange poison.
As for the effectiveness of this strange poison, Wuyang Marquis Li Gui, who had grown into a big tree from the small trees in front of the grave, had the most say.
Therefore, after hearing about this strange poison, Lu Yuan became wary of all kinds of strange poisons.
Although He Basheng looked at him with a smile on his face and a kind attitude.
But Lu Yuan would not be fooled by this superficial phenomenon.
He was the man who killed two of the other Zhuguo and occupied the seven palaces of Zhou.
He has caused so much loss to the people of Zhou. If you want to say that the people of Zhou don't hate him, then you are going to hell.
There is a basis for cooperation, but there is a basis for cooperation, but it does not matter if there is deep-seated hatred outside of the basis of cooperation.
Anyway, Lu Yuan can be sure that if there is a chance, Zhou Guo will never mind getting rid of him and settle all the previous hatreds.
Therefore, others may not care about their own lives, but Lu Yuan, who has many enemies on his back, must not be careless.
Therefore, he ignored the Qingyuan tea. Seeing that He Basheng had finished drinking the tea, he directly asked: "General He Ba invites me to come here this time. If you have anything to do, please tell me directly. We will wait for friendship Ping Ping, I don’t have much energy, so I’m chatting with the general here.”
"Why is the king so anxious?"
He Basheng couldn't help but shook his head when he heard Lu Yuan's rude words, but since the other party said so, he couldn't drag it out any longer, so he said: "This time we are waiting for the two countries to fight, and the king made two surprise attacks. Losing our country in a row.
Now it has occupied seven prefectures in our two counties of Xiangyang and Hanzhong, including the county town of Nanzheng, which can be said to be a fruitful harvest.
However, although the harvest is great, according to my opinion, among the first-class innate masters in Changsha, your country only has the king and the king's unmarried queen, right? "
Hearing this, Lu Yuan frowned: "So what? Even though there are only two innates, with the power of our Changsha Kingdom, we can still defend the land of these seven mansions."
He Basheng smiled: "Your Majesty, don't try to trick me. As far as I know, your Majesty has reached an agreement with Qiao Kangquan's Han China, and will replace the land of Xichuan with the land of Hanzhong.
Therefore, the king said that the Changsha Kingdom guards these seven prefectures, but in fact it only guards the three prefectures of Xiangyang County. "
Seeing that He Basheng's words broke the secret agreement between himself and Qiao Kangquan and others, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel shocked.
Regarding the territorial replacement, although everyone at the top of the coalition forces is aware of it.
But below the top, no one knows.
At this time, He Basheng was actually able to hear about this matter, and even the Yue Kingdom's imperial court had just decided to give Qiao Kangquan the national title. The other party's infiltration of Yue Kingdom's high-level officials was really shocking.
However, although he was a little surprised, Lu Yuan was separated from the Yue Kingdom Court again. Even if the other party was infiltrated into a sieve, it had nothing to do with him.
So he calmly said at this time: "So what? Since General He Ba already knows about my territorial exchange with Han China, he should know that with my own strength, it will be much easier than before to defend the three mansions of Xiangyang County." "
He Basheng smiled and said: "Of course I know about this. And the reason why I mentioned it at this time is actually because I have a business that I want to do with the king."
Speaking of this, General He Ba paused, then stared at Lu Yuan with stern eyes, and said in a fervent tone: "Since your Majesty can completely exchange territory with Qiao Kang, then we will wait for the two countries to stop fighting and cease to be enemies.
Why can't we exchange territory with our country?
The country is willing to exchange the land of Xiangyang Mansion for the Nanzheng Mansion of the King. What does the king think of exchanging Xiangyang City for Nanzheng City, and exchanging a county city for a county city? "
"Exchange Xiangyang City for Nanzheng City?" Lu Yuan couldn't help but look moved when he heard this condition.
"Yes, Xiangyang City is exchanged for Nanzheng City."
He Basheng nodded and said: "Since the king has decided to give up the land of Hanzhong County, in exchange for Nanzheng City and Qiao Kangquan, the other party will only exchange the dilapidated and abandoned mansion of Xichuan County for the rich land of Nanzheng County.
But Nanzheng is the capital of Hanzhong, with a household registration of 100,000, and it is a great city in the world.
No matter how you look at it, this transaction is a loss in exchange for Biyuan Xiaofu.
But if Xiangyang City was exchanged with Nanzheng City, Xiangyang would also be a famous city in the world. In terms of wealth, it would be even better than Nanzheng City.
In exchange for this, the king will definitely not lose.
What's even more rare is that if Xiangyang City is used as a support, then the three mansions that the king occupies in Xiangyang, including Fangling, Guining, and Xicheng, will also have a shield to rely on.
By then, with Xiangyang City as the core, it will be enough to firmly occupy the four prefectures of Xiangyang County.
With this benefit, wouldn't it be better than your Majesty exchanging Nanzheng Mansion for a dilapidated and poor Mansion in Xichuan?
Our country is sincere this time, so we offer these conditions. Is your Majesty willing to exchange them? "
After talking about these benefits and conditions, He Basheng stopped continuing and looked at Lu Yuan with burning eyes, waiting for the other party's reply.
Being stared at by him, Lu Yuan's mind couldn't help but wander.
Zhou Guo wanted to exchange Xiangyang Mansion for his Nanzheng Mansion.
To be honest, he had never thought about such a thing before, and he was not prepared when he came.
So when I heard this, I was really upset.
But when I think about it carefully, the more I think about it, the more I feel that it has great benefits.
He Basheng was right when he said that if he exchanged Nanzheng Mansion and Qiao Kangquan for Xichuan's territory, he would get a poor border manor at most, which would be an extreme disadvantage.
But if Xiangyang Prefecture were exchanged with Zhou State, not only would he still have a county in his hands. At the same time, the territory in Xiangyang County is no longer like duckweed with no support like before.
With the city of Xiangyang, we only need to station a hundred thousand troops in the city and command it by an innate master. Even if the Yue Kingdom sends two innate masters to attack with two hundred thousand soldiers and horses, there is no way to capture the city.
And the same thing cannot be done if only the three west prefectures of Xiangyang County are there.
This can only be achieved by relying on a world-famous city like Xiangyang.
With Xiangyang City, the three, or no, the fourth, houses of Xiangyang County can be stabilized in an instant.
Even with the wealthy households in Xiangyang County, not only has the population not decreased, but it may even increase.
No matter how you look at it, this has many benefits.
The only problem is that the Qiao Kang Plenum missed a county town because of this.
The opponent's title of King of Hanzhong will also be eclipsed and unworthy of its name because of the loss of Nanzheng City.
Therefore, after the other party knows about this, he will definitely have a big opinion on Lu Yuan.
but……
If he has an opinion, what does it have to do with me?
This is the guy that the imperial court used to contain him, and even stabbed him in the back, so he gave him face and called him a king.
If you don't give him face, who is he?
It was impossible for Lu Yuan to give up the benefits he had already obtained for this kind of guy.
Therefore, after thinking carefully, I confirmed that I would not lose anything in this transaction, but would instead make a lot of money.
Regarding He Basheng's proposal, he had a bright smile on his face and said happily: "Since your country is so sincere, I have no reason to refuse. I agree to the exchange between the two cities."
When He Basheng heard this, the smile on his face became even brighter.
In this way, the matter of territorial exchange between Zhou and Changsha was settled.
