Zu Dashou was stunned.
He said: "When did this happen? Why didn't the general know about it?"
"The decree sent from the capital two days ago needs to be concealed, so I have not disclosed it to the outside world. You should also watch your mouth and don't talk nonsense outside." Yuan Chonghuan looked at Zu Dashou.
Zu Dashou nodded repeatedly and said: "Don't worry, Futai, the last general is the most strict with his mouth, and he will never let a word out."
"Just write this down." Yuan Chonghuan withdrew his gaze, picked up the bowl and took a sip of the tea inside.
Among the generals in Liaodong, Zu Dashou has always been led by him, and he is considered one of his own, otherwise he would not leave such a big matter to Zu Dashou behind the imperial court's back to negotiate peace with Huang Taiji.
So he believed that Zu Dashou would not go out and talk nonsense.
"The last general has recorded it," Zu Dashou said in response.
He knew in his heart that it would be impossible to persuade Yuan Chonghuan to send out the Denglai navy to recover Pi Island. I am afraid that the benefits promised by Huang Taiji would not be obtained.
"Okay, if you have nothing to do, you can go down." There were still a lot of official documents on the table that had not been processed. Yuan Chonghuan waved his hand gently, indicating that Zu Dashou could leave.
"I'm going to leave." Zu Dashou bowed and left the room.
When he arrived outside the courtyard, he was greeted by the soldiers waiting outside the door.
"Let's go back." Zu Dashou greeted and rode back to his residence.
In Ningyuan City, which had experienced the great victory of Ningyuan, there were not many civilians left. Most of them were Ming troops, and even the civilians, because they had experienced the whole city guarding Ningyuan City, could be regarded as half an army.
Zu Dashou's house is not far from Yuan Chonghuan's governor's office, on the same street.
There are soldiers guarding the door.
Zu Dashou handed the horse over to a soldier beside him, took the remaining soldiers into the yard, and returned to the living room where he usually entertains guests.
"Go and find the butler." Zu Dashou sat down on the main seat and ordered the servants who followed him to find the butler.
Not long after, a middle-aged man wearing leather armor trotted all the way to the hall.
"Master, are you looking for a younger one?" the housekeeper asked, pinching his waist and bowing.
Zu Dashou raised his head, glanced at the other people in the room, and said, "You all, go down!"
"yes."
The soldiers and servants in the hall left one after another.
When there were only two people left in the room, the official and Zu Dashou, he heard Zu Dashou say: "Are the spies sent by the slave thieves still there?"
"Here, now he and the caravan that came with him are staying at the mule and horse farm in the east of the city." said the steward.
Zu Dashou thought for a while and said: "Go to the mule and horse farm in person, find the spy, and tell him that Yuan Futai will not let the navy attack Pi Island. They can only rely on themselves if they want revenge. The Ming Dynasty will not Intervened."
"I'll take note of it," the steward said.
Zu Dashou leaned on the back of his chair and said, "Go back quickly, don't be discovered."
"Yes." The butler agreed and turned to leave.
However, at this moment, Zu Dashou called him and said: "By the way, I tell him that Yuan Futai is not going to ask for Pi Island. If they don't want it, then leave it to the tiger-character flag. Okay, let's go."
"I remember, little one." The butler left quickly.
Zu Dashou watched the housekeeper leave the room and let out a long breath.
The connection with the slave thieves was an escape route he left for himself.
Although he had become the commander-in-chief after the Ningyuan victory, he had seen many commander-in-chiefs die at the hands of slaves and thieves during his years in Liaodong.
He hasn't lived enough yet and doesn't want to end up like the soldiers who died in the battle, so he has to find a way out for himself. If something unexpected happens one day, he can also choose to surrender to the slave thieves.
After Zu Dashou's housekeeper brought the message to the slave thieves' spies, the slave thieves spies arranged for people to return to Shengjing that day to bring back the words from Zu Dashou.
At this time, North Korean envoy Li Sibai also accompanied Liu Aita and other peace envoys to Ganghwa Island.
The North Korean King Li Ju, who was hiding in Ganghwa Island, had been frightened by the slave thieves. Although he did not come forward to sign the peace treaty, he took out his credentials and a member of the Korean clan came forward to sign the treaty.
The contents of the treaty are all the demands made by the counterfeit gold to North Korea, many of which are extravagant demands. One of them requires North Korea to provide annual coins to the counterfeit gold every year.
After the peace treaty was signed, Liu Aita and others were left to attend a banquet by the king of Korea, and were accompanied by the ministers of Korea Li Gui and Jiang Hongli.
At the beginning of the banquet, King Li Zhu of North Korea only drank a glass of water and wine, and then left the banquet with his princess, leaving Li Gui and other ministers who supported the peace talks.
"Your Majesty, now that the two families have reached peace talks, I wonder when the Heavenly Soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven will be able to retreat?"
After three drinks and five dishes, Li Gui asked Liu Aita cautiously.
Seoul is where the Joseon King's Palace is located, and Ganghwa Island can only be used as a temporary refuge. Now that peace talks have been held with the pseudo-Kim, all the Joseon princes and ministers, including Li Jian, want to return to Seoul as soon as possible.
Liu Aita said lazily: "When to withdraw the troops depends on the wishes of the commander-in-chief and several Baylors, but don't worry, since the peace treaty has been signed, withdrawal will be a matter of time sooner or later. Don't be anxious."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted Li Gui's shoulder with a drunken look.
"Our Majesty is not in a hurry. He even wished that the Heavenly Soldiers from the Kingdom of Heaven could stay longer. However, there is a rebellion on Jeju Island." As he spoke, Li Gui stopped and secretly looked at Liu Aita.
He signaled these flag soldiers to take these North Korean officials out and kill them.
These flag soldiers ignored Li Shibai and other North Korean officials' pleas for mercy, and dragged the people outside the door, preparing to pull them outside and chop them.
"stop."
At this moment, Yue Tuo came in from outside and stopped the flag soldiers.
Yue Tuo was the deputy commander of the army and Huang Taiji's most trusted Baylor. Naturally, the flag soldiers did not dare to disobey his orders, so they let go of several Korean officials.
However, the flag soldiers did not retreat and were still guarding several Korean officials.
Yue Tuo bypassed the flag soldiers and Korean officials and strode towards Amin. There were several other Beile coming with him.
"Commander, I heard that North Korea sent people to negotiate peace. Why did you suddenly want to kill them?" Yue Tuo asked Amin directly without any cryptic.
Amin's face sank and he said unhappily: "These people are not here to negotiate peace sincerely. I can't bear to be deceived, so I killed a few of them so that the king of North Korea would not dare to send people to deceive me again." "
"I am sincerely negotiating for peace, and there is absolutely no deception. It is really the king who sent me and others to negotiate peace!" Li Shibai was afraid that Yue Tuo would believe Amin, so he quickly spoke out to prove it to himself.
Yue Tuo ignored these North Korean officials, but looked at Amin and said: "Commander, you heard it too. They themselves said that they sincerely came to negotiate peace. Why not let them go for the time being and listen to what they have to say."
"We didn't even bring our credentials when we negotiated the peace. When I heard it, it was fake. Yue Tuo, don't let them deceive you." Amin said.
