Chapter 599,600 A battle of wits! Zhao Yang and Fan Yang(2/2)
Fan Yang's prevarication only made Zhao Yang reluctantly withdraw from Fan Yang's tent. Zhao Yang first returned to his camp.
When Dong An learned that Fan Yang had indeed rejected Zhao's conquest of Handan, he couldn't help but smile:
"Haha, Mr. Ziming really knows things like a god! Now, we can start the peace talks with Weiguo. However, Zhao Yang still has some doubts:
"It's just...why do I feel a little uneasy about the peace talks with Weiguo?" Dong Anyu, however, was well aware of this and said disapprovingly:
"Since everything is under Mr. Ziming's calculation, my lord, just rest assured!" Zhao Yang couldn't help but nodded when he heard this:
"Well...Okay! In that case, I order all the soldiers in the army to make full preparations tonight and send out troops to defend the country early tomorrow morning! Hearing that Zhao Yang finally set off, Fan Yang also came to see him off.
When Fan Yang saw the dust rising up from the army led by Zhao Yang, he couldn't help but asked the Shu Niu beside him: "Have you already explained to She Tuo and Cheng He?"
But Zhu Niu smiled evilly and said:
"Don't worry, sir. If they are placed beside Zhao Yang, they will definitely disrupt all Zhao Yang's actions!" Fan Yang nodded with confidence:
"Well... That's good. We must not let the Zhao family easily withdraw from this war!" Shu Niu responded:
"Now everything is going according to our plan, no matter how they make trouble there, your master's planning will definitely go smoothly! They... haha, they are just a mantis trying to use their arms as a cart!"
When Fan Yang heard this, he burst into laughter!
"Cough! Cough!·······"
But then, Fan Yang became short of breath and coughed loudly.
But even so, Fan Yang was still in a good mood. He turned around and returned to the camp, but his walking seemed quite slow.
He is getting old, and his body and bones are getting worse day by day. However, he has never diminished even half of his "ambitious plans and strategies!"
Only marched for two days
Zhao Yang led the army to the border of Weiguo. He chose to stop the march outside Lunze.
At this time, Tan Ma came to report that in order to resist the Jin army, the Marquis of Wei chose to fight in person regardless of his old age.
Zhao Yang thought for a long time and decided to get a letter first, expressing his willingness to have an alliance with the Marquis of Wei to discuss peace talks.
Although the Jin State is incomparable with the past, the Wei State does not want to be an enemy of the Jin State. The Wei Marquis personally conquered the country, which was more of a superficial show.
Since both parties have no intention of quarreling with each other, naturally there must be some discussion.
Therefore, as long as Fan Yang can agree, then this matter is basically a close call.
Sure enough, after Zhao Yang ordered his people to report to Fan Yang immediately, Fan Yang was still noncommittal about it, neither saying yes nor saying no.
After Zhao Yang got the answer, he knew what he was doing, so he immediately summoned a group of Zhao's retainers and staff, announced in public that he wanted to negotiate peace with Wei Guo, and asked:
"Who can go to the other side's camp to discuss the oath of alliance?"
In fact, Zhao Yang had been concealing this news before, so when everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and they were all caught off guard.
At this time, I saw two people coming out of the queue, and they said in unison:
"I'm waiting to go!"
Zhao Yang took a look and saw that they were She Tuo and Cheng He! These two people had been under his command for a long time, and they were both eloquent people. Seeing that they were able to take on this matter, he
Zhao Yang couldn't help but laugh and said:
"Well, you two are quite good! This peace negotiation is to renew the alliance with Weiguo! To prevent the two countries from losing harmony, you must get this done!"
Cheng He said:
"Please rest assured, my lord, as long as the guards are sincere in the peace talks, we will definitely fulfill our mission!" Zhao Yang said with a smile:
"Haha, the Marquis of Wei doesn't want to be our enemy. When you go, all you need is some good words to persuade you! She Tuo and Cheng He obeyed the order and said in unison:
"promise!"
Zhao Yang did not doubt that he was there, and immediately explained to the two of them.
Afterwards, he ordered them to bring gifts and sent some soldiers to follow She Tuo and Cheng He to Lunze. Then Zhao Yang came to Dong Anyu's camp to visit.
Just because in the past few days, Dong Anyu suddenly fell seriously ill, so that he had to lie down to recuperate. Dong Anyu saw Zhao Yang coming to visit, but he didn't bother to exchange greetings, and immediately asked:
"How? My lord, can you decide who will go to negotiate?" Zhao Yang replied:
"It's She Tuo and Cheng He. As soon as they heard about this matter, they immediately agreed to it, which was very convenient!"
When he heard that it was the two of them, and they agreed so readily, Dong Anyu became a little worried: "This matter is difficult... but the two of them agreed so readily..."
Is this a scam? My lord, why don't you let me go there in person?"
When Zhao Yang saw this, he said easily:
"Don't worry, Yanyu. These days, you have been thinking so hard about this and even got seriously ill because of it. Now that you are ill, you can still recover well! They should be able to handle it safely if Tuo is successful!"
Dong Anyu sighed:
"These two people have been silent on weekdays, but they have also settled in the Zhao family for many years. Normally, nothing will happen, but..."
Zhao Yang sighed for a moment:
"Don't worry too much, just relax and recuperate."
However, what Zhao Yang and Dong Anyu didn't expect was that She Tuo and Cheng He were actually the people bribed by Shu Niu!
As for Fan Yang, it can be said that he can raise troops for a lifetime and use them for a while! At times like this, they really come in handy.
She Tuo and Cheng He were on the carriage and headed straight to the guard camp. Halfway through, She Tuo said:
"Brother Cheng, it seems that Weiguo is interested in peace talks, but this is contrary to your lord's intention. We have to stir things up! But as for how to start? I wonder if Brother Cheng has any ideas?"
Cheng He smiled confidently:
"Haha, what's the difficulty in this matter? All you need to do is play with the etiquette. I have always heard that Marquis Wei is the best face. If you can use this to anger Marquis Wei, everything will be solved!"
The two of them discussed this and that.
When the two of them arrived at the Wei camp, Wei Houyuan attached great importance to the peace talks and actually chose to greet them personally at the camp gate.
It is obvious that Wei Houyuan, as the king of a country, stooped down to greet two junior officials who were not even senior officials. Wei Houyuan was indeed not sincere.
But She Tuo and Cheng He did not do anything disrespectful at this juncture.
After welcoming the two of them into the camp, Wei Houyuan also got straight to the point and directly discussed the alliance oath with She and Tuo.
She Tuo and Cheng He still did not deliberately cause trouble, so everything went smoothly. In less than a day, both parties had drafted their oaths, and they could swear oaths on the spot the next day.
A few more days passed like this, when Wei Houyuan ordered people to prepare the utensils and sacrifices for the oath, and then invited She Tuo and Cheng He to participate in the oath, so that they could serve as the Jin Dynasty.
representative of the country.
I saw the master of ceremonies of Weiguo ordering someone to bring an ox first, then brought it in front of the two of them, and said
"Two adults, please come forward and take charge..."
However, at this moment, Shetuo and Cheng He looked at each other and did not move at all!
According to the alliance ceremony, to take the oath of blood, one needs to cut the cow's ear to draw blood. The subordinate alliance member holds the cow's ear, while the venerable one cuts the cow's ear and drips the blood to control the subordinate alliance members.
The Marquis of Wei and the Jin officials swore an alliance. The Marquis of Wei had a distinguished status and considered himself to be the leader. It was perfectly normal for She Tuo and Cheng He to be the leader.
When the master of ceremonies saw that they were silent, he couldn't help but be a little stunned. At this time, he only heard Cheng He's rather disdainful words:
"The State of Wei is just our Wen County. How can it be regarded as a prince despite the size of the two counties?" As soon as these words came out, the people of the State of Wei present were angry. The official of the State of Wei, Wang Sunjia, swallowed his anger and said:
"There are many princes in the world! They are not distinguished by the size of their territory! Our country of Wei is a princely country conferred by the emperor! In terms of title, it is on the same level as you, the princes of Jin. Since you are the officials of Jin, why do you say so?
raving?
"What do you want? Are you not sincerely here for peace talks?"
When Shetuo heard this, he smiled and said:
"Since we came here alone, we naturally sincerely negotiate for peace. Is there any doubt about this?" Wang Sunjia scolded again:
"Since we are sincerely negotiating for peace, why are we so embarrassed with our words? Why do we still say such rude words? Have you lived in Beidi for a long time and forgotten the etiquette of me, Ji Zhou?!"
Chapter completed!