In this way, on the sixth day after the "Xianchi Surprise Attack", the situation in Liangzhou finally made significant progress.
After receiving Wei Changtian's reply, Yan Huaiqing sent more details about the peace talks through Zhan Shifu's envoy the next morning.
The time was three days later at noon on February 17th, and the location was Zishan Hall.
Yan Huaiqing guaranteed that there would not be a single Dajue soldier in the entire Zishan Palace by then. Regardless of whether the negotiation was successful or not, everyone in Wei Changtian could return to Daning safely.
Of course, no matter how nice his words were, Wei Changtian would never be stupid enough to believe them.
Since you are negotiating on the enemy's territory, you must be extremely cautious to prevent the other party from suddenly trying to "capture the thief before capturing the king."
I won’t go into the above details here. In short, Wei Changtian only did two things in the past three days.
1. Discuss negotiation strategies with Chu Xianping.
Second, make preparations in advance to ensure that you can "go and come back again".
Wei Changtian and Yan Huaiqing were each preparing for negotiations. Naturally, there would not be much conflict between the opposing armies. At most, the scouts from both sides would accidentally bump into each other and fight each other, with very limited casualties.
So the situation fell into a weird stalemate.
Han Zhao understood the reason.
However, the generals of the Jueji Allied Forces were somewhat confused. They didn't know why the army "didn't fight when it came". Most of them just thought that Yan Huaiqing held his troops still out of caution.
But in fact, some people have vaguely guessed something.
In particular, Ji State sent envoys to the palace again and again to inquire about Yan Huaiqing.
And the answer they got every time was -
My father has been captured, the situation in the court is still uncertain, and the enemy has more powerful gunpowder, so we need to be prepared before taking action.
Plan and then act.
The meaning of the word "mou" is very vague, and Ji Guo is naturally dissatisfied.
But no matter what, Dajue took the majority of the troops sent this time. They had no say and could not launch an attack on their own, so they had no choice but to swallow their anger and stop looking for trouble.
The alliance between the two countries is not very close to begin with. If mutual suspicion continues, it is not impossible for it to break down.
However, Yan Huaiqing will definitely not let the situation really develop to that point.
Whether it’s a fight or a draw, we’ll see the result soon.
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February 16th, Xu hour.
The moon on the fifteenth day is sixteen full, and the moonlight tonight is even better than that of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is as bright as a veil, and a curve of the Milky Way flows across the sky, as soft as silk clouds.
At nightfall, Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping finally deduced the last details of tomorrow's negotiations, and then took the car back to the small courtyard where they were temporarily staying.
Liang Qin was sitting at the door of the courtyard, waiting for him with her chin drawn. When she heard the sound of the carriage, she quickly got up and ran over, her long hair swaying in the night wind.
"Huh? Why are you here?"
Wei Changtian saw her as soon as he got off the carriage. He couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Just came back from the Shu army?"
"No, I've been back for a long time."
Liang Qin shook his head and walked into the courtyard with Wei Changtian: "The room is very stuffy, so I came out to get some fresh air... Have you made arrangements for tomorrow's peace talks?"
"Well, everything is ready."
Wei Changtian smiled and said: "Remember to wake me up early tomorrow. I will set off to the mountain temple at midnight."
"knew......"
Liang Qin responded, hesitated for a moment and then asked softly: "Who is going with you?"
"Chu Xianping and Li Zimu."
"Ah? Aren't General Han and dad going?"
"Well, neither they nor Du Chang are going. After all, if we don't reach an agreement this time, I'm afraid a war will start immediately. They will always stay to lead the troops in the war."
"oh......"
While talking, the two of them had already passed through the courtyard, pushed open the door and entered the bedroom.
Liang Qin helped Wei Changtian hang up his robe and ordered people to boil water for bathing.
After the servant bowed his head and went out, she looked at Wei Changtian with a worried look and softly expressed her uneasiness.
"Brother Changtian, Mr. Chu is only at the sixth level, and Miss Li has never practiced."
"If Yan Huaiqing has any bad intentions, can you three handle it?"
"It doesn't matter."
Wei Changtian smiled and said without further explanation: "Just don't worry."
"But I can't worry..."
Slowly sitting next to Wei Changtian, Liang Qin sighed softly.
"Hey, last time you went to rescue sister Liu Shi, you brought four second-grade masters with you."
"But this time... Why don't we postpone it for a few days and trouble Great-grandfather and the others to come again?"
"Hahaha, doesn't that mean I'm afraid of Yan Huaiqing?"
Wei Changtian smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are here for peace talks this time, not for a fight."
"Besides, Yan Huanwen is still in our hands. Yan Huaiqing doesn't dare to mess around."
"But......"
Liang Qin opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something more.
However, Wei Changtian interrupted with a smile:
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."
"By the way, what have Liu Shi been doing these days? Why haven't I seen her much?"
"I go to the Shu army during the day, I don't know."
As expected, Liang Qin was led astray. He shook his head first, and then recalled seriously: "But the maid said that she was bored in the room reading all day long."
"Reading a book?"
Wei Changtian was stunned: "What book are you reading?"
"Hmm... It seems to be the art of war or something like that."
Liang Qin explained: "I asked Sister Liu Shi once during dinner the day before yesterday, and this is what she said."
"oh."
Nodding, Wei Changtian stopped thinking about it.
However, Liang Qin hesitated for a moment, and then whispered:
"Brother Changtian, have you been having trouble with Sister Liu Shi recently?"
"I feel that ever since you came back from Bailing Mountain, both of you have been acting strangely..."
"Is there any?"
Of course, it was impossible for Wei Changtian to tell Liang Qin that Yangliu Shi was a demon and that we had something wrong with the childbirth.
He just pretended to be relaxed and said:
"Maybe I've been too busy in the past few days and haven't bothered to look for her."
"Well, that means I'm overthinking it."
Liang Qin was indeed the purest of all the women in Wei Changtian. She no longer had any doubts at that moment and just whispered:
"Brother Changtian, Sister Liu Shi is probably still asleep right now. Why don't you go see her?"
"..."
"That's fine."
After hesitating for a moment, Wei Changtian stood up immediately.
It had been more than ten days since he returned from Bailing Mountain. Both he and Yang Liushi kept silent about the incident and pretended that nothing happened.
But now it seems that there is no point in always deceiving oneself and others, and it is better to talk about some things.
"Then I'll go there now. If I come back late, you don't have to wait for me and go to bed earlier."
"Well, you go ahead."
Liang Qin responded and sent Wei Changtian to the door. He watched the latter's back gradually disappear into the night before returning to the table and sitting down.
I poured a cup of herbal tea and drank half of it.
Suddenly, Liang Qin's eyes froze, and his expression became a little strange.
She rubbed her belly suggestively and muttered to herself:
"It should be the past few days..."
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ps: I caught a cold yesterday. I don’t know why the leave application form was not sent out. I only found out this morning. I’m sorry.