After they finalized the city exchange, Lu Yuan and He Basheng began to discuss in detail how to exchange this territory.
After all, the two countries were enemies from the beginning, and Lu Yuan had a deep hatred for each other, and there was no basis for trust between them at all.
Now it is said that Nanzheng City and Xiangyang City are interchanged.
But how to change the method is worthy of discussion.
Otherwise, if he handed over Nanzheng City here, but the Zhou Kingdom refused to hand over Xiangyang City, wouldn't he become a victim and give the other party a county for nothing?
Lu Yuan would not do this kind of losing business.
Fortunately, He Basheng had already anticipated his concerns, so when he raised this point, he said readily: "If the king is worried, our country can hand over Xiangyang City first, and the king will send people to lead troops into the city. After taking over the city defense, you can hand over Nanzheng City in exchange for our country."
Compared with Lu Yuan's many worries, Zhou's worries about territorial transactions were much smaller.
After all, Zhou Guo took Nanzheng City, and if he refused to hand over Xiangyang City later, Lu Yuan would naturally be unable to do anything to him.
But what if Lu Yuan took Xiangyang City but refused to hand over Nanzheng City in the end.
So now that the Northern Expedition has ended, the two camps of Zhou and Yue have withdrawn their troops and negotiated peace.
With the power of Lu Yuan and Changsha, there is no way to fight against the entire Zhou Kingdom alone.
Therefore, if he is really bold and greedy, after taking Xiangyang City, he still refuses to teach Nanzheng City.
So with Zhou's strength, there are plenty of ways to get back.
By then, when the two countries are at war, Lu Yuan will probably have to settle for not only saving the two counties, but also not spitting out all the gains gained since the Northern Expedition.
Therefore, for Zhou State, they were not afraid of Lu Yuan breaking his promise and not fulfilling the agreement after taking Xiangyang County and handing over Nanzheng City.
Faced with such a sincere condition, what else could Lu Yuan have to say? Of course, he happily agreed: "In that case, there will be no problem for me."
Seeing this, He Basheng on the opposite side took the last sip of tea, then stood up, straightened his clothes, and said: "In this case, the matter of changing cities is settled. After I return to the camp, I will send a message back.
The king can now send people to Xiangyang to take over the city.
The army is about to leave, and I am busy with official duties, so I won't stay much longer. Say goodbye first. "
He Basheng bowed briefly, then turned and left.
Lu Yuan hurriedly followed him out of the pavilion. When the other party's figure flashed and disappeared into the field outside the pavilion, he stood still for a moment, his expression lost in thought.
After a while, he woke up, smiled and said to himself: "This is really good news."
If you go out, you will get a county for nothing.
How can such great news not make people happy?
So in a happy mood, Lu Yuan glanced at the empty pavilion next to him, and returned to Nanzheng City with brisk steps.
After returning to the city, he immediately asked Lan Cai'er to be found, and then explained the matter to her.
Lan Cai'er couldn't help but be surprised when she heard that her husband had reached such a deal with Zhou State, and then quickly realized what benefits and benefits there were.
So when Lu Yuan asked him to immediately lead 30,000 troops and rush to Xiangyang to take over the city, he immediately responded: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. As long as I am here, I will definitely defend Xiangyang City."
Lu Yuan hugged Lan Cai'er and felt very satisfied with his queen. At the same time, he said with relief: "Queen, go to Xiangyang first. When I finish my work here, I will lead my army to meet you. Then we will return together." Changsha, hold the unfinished wedding ceremony and officially get married."
Since their engagement, Lan Cai'er has been of great help to Lu Yuan's career.
It was with the help of the other party that he was able to successfully force the court to compromise and establish Changsha. Since the Northern Expedition, we can concentrate on defeating the enemy at the front without worrying about the safety of the rear.
Therefore, Lu Yuan still remembered Lan Cai'er's help and friendship in his heart and was somewhat grateful.
Moreover, the marriage between the two has been delayed for more than half a year. Although the envoys from various countries stayed in Changsha City for the sake of Lien Zhan and Lianjie, they did not leave.
But if it drags on any longer, it's inevitable that someone won't be able to wait and leave first.
Therefore, Lu Yuan also wanted to get married and hold a wedding as soon as possible and did not want to delay it any longer.
When Lan Cai'er heard this, her face immediately turned red with embarrassment. She just nodded slightly and said, "I listen to your Majesty."
Seeing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help laughing.
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After reaching an agreement with He Basheng, the Zhou people's withdrawal speed significantly accelerated in the next few days.
Obviously, with this alliance that is of great benefit to Lu Yuan, Zhou Guo is not too worried that Lu Yuan will take action against him at this time.
With both sides feeling reassured, by September 20th of the eighth year of Hongdao, all Zhou's 300,000-strong army had evacuated Nanzheng Mansion.
Even the 200,000 troops among them began to return north to the Zhou Kingdom along the road they came from.
In the territory of Hanzhong County, the Zhou people left only 100,000 people as local garrison.
Lu Yuan also said that at this time, he asked Lan Cai'er to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses and start heading east to Xiangyang County to prepare to take over the city.
At this time, he also asked Zhou Qing in the rear to gradually move the family records of the people recruited, and moved them all to Wushan, Linjiang, and Yuzhong prefectures.
Now that they have stopped fighting with the Zhou people and made peace, there are still more than 60,000 civilian brave men left in Lu Yuan's army.
These people are all strong men. Even if they can't become soldiers and are brought back to farm to work as coolies, they are still good hands.
Xichuan and Hanzhong have been established. Although they have an agreement before, they and Changsha can become allies to jointly resist Zhou and even the imperial court.
But the incident involving Qiao Kang among all the Han people still made Lu Yuan wary.
Regardless of whether it was him or Ji Hui, Lu Yuan would not believe it even if he said that the two counties of Guangling and Linhai, which were originally under the core control of the imperial court, had a shallow relationship with the imperial court.
Therefore, it would be foolish to take what they say seriously.
So after thinking about it, Lu Yuan felt that he still had to weaken them further.
The best way to weaken them is, of course, to move their registered residence.
There are still 60,000 civilians at present. Counting the families of these people, there are 60,000 households and 300,000 people.
If these 300,000 people are moved away, the population of Xichuan, which has been severely damaged by the war, will fall off a cliff again.
By then, in addition to the three prefectures of Wushan, Linjiang, and Yuzhong controlled by Lu Yuan, there will be seven remaining prefectures in Xichuan, and I am afraid that there will only be 600,000 to 700,000 people left.
The average number of people in a government is less than 100,000, so how miserable can it be?
As for Lu Yuan doing this, would Ji Hui and Qiao Kang be dissatisfied?
After realizing that he could not completely trust these two people and could not form reliable allies with them, Lu Yuan no longer cared.
Even if he does this, what if Qiao Kang doesn't change territory with him?
The agreement had been made before, and even the three prefectures of Wushan, Linjiang, and Yuzhong were still occupied by themselves.
In this case, Qiao Kang has no choice but to make a deal with Lu Yuan?
All the other party could do was to fulfill his promise and then go to Hanzhong County to found the country.
Otherwise, at worst, the two sides would have fought once and the outcome would be decided on the battlefield.
Although Zhou State has withdrawn its troops, Liang State's 200,000 troops are still staying in Jiangxia County.
With this external force, at this moment, Lu Yuan's attitude towards the imperial camp was not weak at all.
The worst thing is to have a fight and see who wins and who loses.
However, there is a high probability that Ji Hui and Qiao Kangquan will still swallow this breath and accept the reality obediently.
Zhou Qing was asked to relocate Min Yong's family members in the rear. Lu Yuan waited for a few days in Nanzheng City, and after Lan Cai'er led the army to take over Xiangyang City for a period of time, he also started to move people to Nanzheng Mansion. account.
His agreement with Zhou was to exchange cities.
This does not include population exchange.
If the Zhou people in Xiangyang Prefecture are willing to give people out, that is their business.
But in Nanzheng Mansion, Lu Yuan never said that he would hand over the people here.
He Basheng is right.
Nanzheng Prefecture has a household registration of 100,000, or 500,000 to 600,000 people. Although more than half of them have been relocated at this time, there are still 200,000 to 300,000 people left, which is also a huge number.
Keeping these people here will only enrich the strength of the Zhou people, allowing them to raise more armies and provide more logistics to threaten Han China.
The newly born Han China did not have much strength to withstand such strong pressure.
Han China could not withstand it. Without this barrier, wouldn't Changsha, which borders Han China, have to face the pressure of the Zhou people?
Therefore, whether it was to weaken the Zhou State's strength in Hanzhong County or to help Han China defend this area, it was always right for Lu Yuan to move the population of Nanzheng Mansion away.
Time passed slowly again, and in the midst of all the busyness, it was mid-October.
On October 12th, Lu Yuan finally received news from Xiangyang County that Lan Cai'er successfully took over Xiangyang City from the Zhou people.
After getting the news, he did not hesitate and sent people to notify the Zhou army left behind in Hanzhong County. After waiting for a few days, a Zhou army of 50,000 people arrived in Nanzheng City.
Lu Yuan readily surrendered the city defense to the other party, leaving an empty city behind. He patted his butt and led his troops to leave Nanzheng City.
After more than half a month of migration, another 200,000 of the remaining nearly 300,000 people in Nanzheng Mansion were taken away.
Among the people who stayed, there was no one in Nanzheng City. This majestic city in the world had become an empty city.
Of course, people from Zhou were yelling curses and greetings from Lu Yuan's relatives in the back.
As long as you don't say the above in front of him, just pretend they don't exist.
If the eyes don't see and the ears don't hear, it's a vain thing.
Lu Yuan, who had reaped all the benefits and benefits, had now led the last 50,000 elite troops to garrison in the three southern prefectures of Hanzhong County.
The main reason why they stayed in Hanzhong County and did not leave was that Qiao Kangquan and the others had not yet established a country, and the Yue court's decree had not yet been issued, so neither of them could found a country.
Fortunately, he didn't wait long.
In late October, Qiao Kangquan and the imperial envoys arrived at Nanjiang Mansion in Hanzhong County.
When they met again, Qiao Kangquan looked at Lu Yuan. Although there was a smile on his face, it was somewhat forced and cheerful.
Not only him, but also the imperial envoys who came with him had the same expression.
Think about it too.
Lu Yuan and Zhou Guo operated on one side, and the exchange between Nanzheng City and Xiangyang City was completed.
With such a county seat, Lu Yuan's foundation in Xiangyang County has been completely solidified.
On the other hand, the imperial court's three prefectures of Jingmen, Jingshan and Jingling in the south of Xiangyang County were oppressed by Lu Yuan's side and from the two counties of Xiangyang and Baling, which meant they were being attacked from both sides.
The land of the Three Prefectures, which the imperial court had just acquired, seemed to be somewhat precarious.
How can you be happy like this?
And this is even more true for Qiao Kangquan.
His title is the King of Hanzhong, and his name is Hanzhong. Since they are all called Han China, but there is no Nanzheng City, what is this?
Ji Hui has a Jinguan City even though he is a bald donkey. How can he be able to confirm the fact that he is the King of Xichuan?
But on his side, Nanzheng City was lost.
When he thought of this, Qiao Kangquan felt so depressed that he vomited blood.
In addition, Lu Yuan asked Zhou Qing to relocate the families of civilian warriors some time ago, which was also a bad thing.
Xichuan County has experienced war, and the number of registered residents has been very low. Now he has taken so many people away. Isn't this just cutting Ji Hui and Qiao Kangquan's flesh?
If someone cuts off such a large piece of flesh from my body, who would not feel distressed if it were someone else? How could someone not hate someone else?
It's just that although I feel hurt and hateful, and I feel depressed, the situation is stronger than the person at this time.
Although he is about to establish a country and claim the title of king, what is the situation in his own Han China, and what is the situation in the Changsha Kingdom opposite?
To put it bluntly, the two countries are not of the same size at all.
After going through the Northern Expedition, Lu Yuan was able to easily recruit more than 200,000 elite soldiers and horses, with a land of 17 prefectures and a population of millions.
But the Han Dynasty could only muster 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, and its territory was only five prefectures, with a household registration of 600,000 to 700,000.
This is a gap of almost ten times. Even if Qiao Kangquan has become the king, he still has no confidence to argue with Lu Yuan about right and wrong.
Therefore, I can only accept the hidden loss I suffered this time.
Not only did he acknowledge him, but even when facing Lu Yuan, Qiao Kangquan also thanked him with a shy smile: "This time the King of Changsha guarded the three mansions of Xixiang, Nanjiang and Baishi for me. This kind of friendship will never be forgotten by me. I will never forget it in the future." It will be rewarded."
Lu Yuan saw the other party's uncomfortable expression after eating a fly, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "You're welcome. Since you and I are allies, we are a family. I can help my family look after their family business. Is there anything I can say thank you for?" "
"That's what the King of Changsha said." Qiao Kangquan suppressed the nausea in his heart, nodded, and then invited with a smile: "This king is scheduled to go to the altar outside Nanjiang Mansion in ten days to establish the country. I hope the King of Changsha will reward me by then. Watch the ceremony."
The normal process of founding a country should actually be like Lu Yuan's, building the Temple of Heaven, ascending the throne to worship heaven, and then inviting envoys from various countries and domestic gentry officials to watch the ceremony.
But now the situation in Hanzhong County is in distress. The Zhou people have taken back Nanzheng City and stationed 100,000 troops here, which can be said to be strong.
Guess what attitude these Zhou people had towards Qiao Kangquan’s Han China?
Therefore, for Qiao Kangquan, the country should be established quickly while Lu Yuan's army is still there and he still has confidence.
I'm afraid if it doesn't drag on any longer, when Lu Yuan leaves, the Zhou people will come with a hundred thousand troops to watch the ceremony on the day of founding their country.
You said that when the time comes, will Qiao Kangquan still want to build the country?
Therefore, even if he knew it was hasty, but the current situation was like this, Qiao Kangquan had no choice but to rush into battle.
Use this time to build the country, decide on a name, and then seize the time to form troops to defend the Zhou people.
'But fortunately, Ji Hui has agreed to my request. After Xichuan was founded, 10,000 troops and horses would be sent to help defend Hanzhong.
At that time, I will recruit another 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the total of 30,000 to 40,000 people will be barely able to defend the Zhou people.
But as a result, Han China went on a military rampage, and it would take even longer for Han China to regain its vitality.
It's all that Lu Yuan.
If Nanzheng City is in my hands, then with this majestic city and only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and I am in charge, even if the Zhou people attack with an army of 100,000 people, what should I fear?
Today I am in so much embarrassment, how shameful! hateful! '
Qiao Kangquan said two hateful words in his heart, but his face was still full of sincere invitation.
With this kind of cultivation of character, he is truly worthy of being the head of a noble family.
In response to this request, Lu Yuan took matters into his own hands and nodded neatly: "In that case, I will stay a little longer and wait until the ceremony is over and the King of Hanzhong ascends the throne before leaving."
Qiao Kangquan said quickly: "Then I will be waiting for you, Your Majesty."
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On the second day of November in the eighth year of Hongdao's reign, Qiao Kangquan worshiped heaven outside Nanjiang City, officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself king, founded Hanzhong, and owned the two counties and five prefectures of Xichuan and Hanzhong.
Then he used the five thousand troops of the Qiao family he brought as the backbone, and then recruited 25,000 new soldiers in Han China to form the military force of Han China.
On the fifth day of November, the holy monk Jihui held a Dharma conference in Jinguan City, gathering thousands of key Buddhist disciples and tens of thousands of believers in Xichuan, and officially announced the establishment of an earthly Buddhist kingdom.
Nishikawa Buddhist National University.
Then the holy monk Ji Hui sorted out the national affairs, governed the country with monks and officials, educated the people with Buddhism, and initially stabilized the Xichuan Kingdom.
Then the Xichuan Kingdom sent 10,000 monk soldiers north to Han China to help defend against the Zhou people.
On the eighth day of the eleventh month, Lu Yuan's army returned to Xicheng Mansion in Xiangyang County, and then left 20,000 soldiers and horses here, commanded by his disciple Chu Wei, to defend Hanzhong.
On November 15th, the army arrived in Xiangyang. Lu Yuan left 50,000 troops and horses, and appointed his disciple Zhou Qing as the general manager of Xiangyang to guard the northern border.
The next day, he took Lan Cai'er with him and led the remaining troops back to Changsha City.
On the second day of December, the army that had been marching north for a year finally returned to Changsha City.
Cui Changqing and Sun Siwen, who stayed behind in the country, led the officials and residents in the city ten miles out of the city to meet them.
On the day he returned to school, everyone cheered and congratulated him.
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On the second day after returning to the city, after discussing with Cui Changqing and the others, Lu Yuan set a date and decided to officially hold his wedding to Lan Cai'er on the 23rd of the last month, ushering in the official hostess of Changsha Kingdom.
So Changsha City, which had just celebrated the army's triumphant return for two days, was once again busy.
All the streets and alleys in the city began to be decorated with lights.
Inside and outside the palace, preparations for the ceremony also began.
The envoys from various countries who stayed in Changsha also had special personnel to send invitations to the ceremony one by one.
Everything related to the wedding was prepared in an orderly manner.
