Chapter 179: Wei-Chu Armistice and Zhengyang Peace Treaty
ps: Today’s guaranteed date is the first update, and the second update will probably be around 12 o’clock. Don’t worry, I won’t be lazy. I also plan to pay off my debt within the month.
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Under Zhao Hongrun's sky-high asking price, neither Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo nor Huang Xu agreed to use ransom to redeem the Chu people in the eight counties. However, this was not their original intention. Therefore, after pretending to intimidate Xiong Tuo several times, So he acquiesced to this matter.
Looking at Xiong Tuo's slightly proud look, Zhao Hongrun secretly smiled in his heart: I wonder what the Yangcheng Lord will look like in the future when he finds out that at least 90% of the Chu people in his territory have moved away.
After the verbal agreement, the contract needs to be formally drafted.
This contract will be sent to the hands of King Xiong Xu of Chu and King Ji Si of Wei respectively in the form of letters of credence, as a constraint and guarantee for the withdrawal of troops and peace.
Within a short time, under the witness of General Bailiba of the Dredging Army, Zhao Hongrun and Xiong Tuo, as representatives of Wei and Chu, signed a treaty representing the armistice between Wei and Chu.
The "Wei-Chu Armistice Zhengyang Peace Treaty" has three parts:
First, the State of Chu unconditionally ordered Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, to evacuate from Wei State's Song County and return all the captured cities. However, the State of Wei was not allowed to take the opportunity to attack, and was not allowed to investigate Xiong Wu's army's behavior in Song County during the war in the future.
Secondly, the State of Chu compensated Xiong Tuojun, the king of Chu Yangcheng, for his actions during the attack on Wei State since July last year, with the specialties of the Chu region worth 50 million yuan.
Third, the State of Chu redeemed the eight cities of Suiping, Runan, Pingyu, Xiangcheng, Chenxian, Queshan, Xincai, and Zhengyang with the specialties of the Chu region worth 90 million yuan. After the signing of the contract, the After the delivery is completed, the army under Wei Su Wang Ji Run must withdraw unconditionally and shall not continue to stay in Chu State for any reason or excuse.
After carefully observing each other, Huang Xu took out his small seal and stamped the bottom of the contract. However, because Zhao Hongrun had not yet left the cabinet and established a government, he had the title of Prince Su but had not yet had time to engrave his personal seal and seal. Therefore, he had no choice but to dip his hand in ink and stamp the bottom of the contract, then marked the words Wei and Ji Run.
This contract was made in two copies. One was given to Zhao Hongrun and the other was given to Huang Xu. After all, the two kings of Wei also had to read this contract.
However, after signing the treaty, Zhao Hongrun clearly told Xiong Tuo and Huang Xu that he only had the right to strike an agreement with the Chu State to stop fighting, but he did not have the right to make peace with the Chu State.
Think about it, after all, it was Zhao Hongrun who instigated the counterattack against Chu State. Therefore, Chu State spent a lot of money to get him to withdraw from Chu State's territory, and Wei State had nothing to say.
After all, Zhao Hongrun obtained war reparations worth dozens of times at a very small price.
This huge sum of money is enough to cover all the war losses and military food consumption of the Wei State since Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, led his army to invade the Wei State in July and August last year, and even made a lot of profits.
But the peace agreement is different. The peace agreement refers to the two countries Wei and Chu shaking hands to make peace and rebuilding the good old days. This exceeds Zhao Hongrun's authority. If he makes the decision for his father, I believe that the domestic general meeting will There are those small groups of people who gossip.
His words made Xiong Tuo's eyes widen.
What? I, the Great Chu, spent 150 million yuan, just to let you return the captured cities of my Great Chu? Note: As far as I know, there seems to be no concept of hundreds of millions in ancient times. They will use 100 million yuan. Write it as ten thousand qian, using ten thousand qian as the unit.
According to what you said, doesn't it mean that your army can still stay in Shangcai, and if you are in a bad mood, you can attack our Chu country at any time?
Although Xiong Tuo didn't think that Zhao Hongrun dared to do that after receiving such a generous war compensation from the Chu State. After all, this move would definitely anger the Chu State, but having said that, such matters that can easily cause disputes should be dealt with in advance.
It's better to negotiate.
In response to this matter, Zhao Hongrun calmly explained: "I am the son of the King of Wei, and the army is rising this time. It is because of me, so I have the right to stop the war with your country, but the matter of peace is related to our national policy of Wei.
It’s up to me, the king, to make the decision.”
People in this era pay the most attention to what is right and what they say. Therefore, after hearing Zhao Hongrun’s words, the scholar-bureaucrat Huang Er from Chu State was not surprised. He nodded and said with a smile: "This matter is reasonable... In this case, I will follow what Mr. Run said."
, Separate the two items of stopping the troops and making peace. Today, I have signed an agreement with Mr. Run to stop the troops. In the coming day, I, Da Chu, will send envoys to Daliang to sign a peace agreement with the King of Wei."
To be honest, Huang Xu was not worried about Wei Guo going back on his word, or that King Su of Wei in front of him would backtrack and return to the border between the two countries for a huge compensation, and then come back to Cai, etc. This would only make the world laugh at the Wei people.
With insatiable greed, the country's prestige is lost.
But why did Huang Er insist on making peace with Wei?
In fact, it is very simple, because what he wants to sign is not just a peace agreement, he wants to persuade and win over the Wei State.
After all, the alliance between Qi and Wei has been reached, which poses a great threat to Chu. As for Qi, Chu will never give in. To say the least, even if Chu gives in, King Xi of Qi may not agree.
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Therefore, if the Chu State wants to resolve future threats, it can only start from the Wei State, disintegrate the alliance between Qi and Wei, and at the worst, win over some Wei people so that when King Xi of Qi decides to attack the Chu State in the future, the Wei State can step aside.
, and would not respond to King Xi of Qi’s attack on Chu and send troops to attack the Chu State of Chu.
Apparently Zhao Hongrun also thought of this factor. Hearing this, he smiled and cupped his hands and said, "That being the case, Ji will be waiting for you in Daliang after returning to our country, Wei Dynasty."
After hearing this, Huang Er smiled and returned the greeting: "Young Master Run is serious... In fact, Huang also yearns for your country Daliang very much. However, at the moment, it is not certain that I am sent to your country as an envoy. If your Majesty takes it seriously in the future,
Leave this matter to me, Huang will continue to harass your house for no reason."
"Where, where."
Perhaps it was because the ceasefire contract had been signed, so Zhao Hongrun and Huang Xu were both in a good mood, and they treated each other politely.
Seeing the two people's seemingly cheerful politeness, Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng, felt a little unhappy.
Thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun was the culprit for the defeat of his 160,000-strong army, and now that this culprit had paid a huge compensation of 140 million yuan, Xiong Tuo naturally felt uncomfortable.
"As an envoy to the State of Wei? Hey! The Chu people who were sent as an envoy to the State of Wei last time still don't know where their bones are buried!" He said sarcastically with a look of dismay on his face.
After hearing this, the complexions of Zhao Hongrun and Huang Xu changed slightly.
Mr. Tuo...
Huang Xu glanced at Xiong Tuo helplessly, feeling quite resentful in his heart.
You must know that the attack on Chu's envoy was the trigger for Chu's declaration of war on Wei. How could it be mentioned again at this moment when the two sides were preparing to make peace?
Zhao Hongrun's attitude was more direct. After glancing at Xiong Tuo, he said coldly and mockingly: "I also feel that those Chu people will never die in peace... By the way, Lord Yangcheng attacked Wei Dynasty so fast at that time, as if It’s like I’ve been prepared for it.”
"What do you mean?" Xiong Tuo frowned upon hearing this.
"You know what you mean!" Zhao Hongrun snorted coldly and said sarcastically: "At that time, there were more than 20 Chu people and more than a hundred escorting the Wei army. More than 200 people were all attacked overnight, and no one survived... For things like this, internal thieves are far more likely to be attacked than external attacks!"
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Upon hearing this, the scholar-official Huang Er looked at Zhao Hongrun in surprise.
Although he had already guessed that the Wei State would not do such a harmful thing, but now that Zhao Hongrun said this, he was even more convinced of it.
"What does that have to do with me, Xiong Tuo?" Feeling Zhao Hongrun's suspicious gaze, Xiong Tuo said angrily.
Zhao Hongrun sneered, curled his lips and said: "As far as I know, the Chu envoy once passed through the territory of Lord Yangcheng, and then passed through the Fenxing fortress of our great Wei Dynasty... If you, Xiong Tuo, take the opportunity to add a few people to the team, I believe it will not be difficult. Can it be done?"
"Absurd!" Xiong Tuo slapped the armrest of the seat and retorted: "You mean, I am the one who poisoned my envoy from Da Chu? Ridiculous! What benefit does that have to me?"
Zhao Hongrun's eyes turned cold and he said in a deep voice: "In order to prompt the King of Chu to declare war on me, the Wei Dynasty!"
"Hahahaha" Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo responded to Zhao Hongrun's question with an exaggerated and ironic laugh.
"If not, why did your army of 160,000 assemble so quickly?!"
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Hearing this, Huang Er couldn't help but look at Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, in shock.
After all, in his impression, Xiong Tuo was indeed the first to raise an army to attack Wei, and the speed of gathering an army of 160,000 was indeed a bit fast, unreasonably fast.
Seeing that even Huang Xu was looking at him with horrified and astonished eyes, Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng, became furious, slapped the case, and cursed angrily: "Fart!... I did it, and I will never argue with you, but You, Ji Run, don’t blame me for unwarranted crimes!”
"Then how do you explain your 160,000 troops?"
"What 160,000? I initially only invested 60,000 troops. This army was originally intended to attack Fenxing Fortress! Every spring and summer, don't I send troops to attack Fenxing Fortress of Wei State? This happens every year. Is it so strange?... Later, when my father declared war on your Wei State, I contacted Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu and Biyang Lord Xiong Qi, and asked Xiong Qi to attack Fenxing Fortress on my behalf, while I joined Xiong Hu to attack You are the State of Wei." Xiong Tuo explained angrily.
Seeing Xiong Tuo's furious look, everyone in the room looked at each other in confusion.
Perhaps seeing that everyone in the room was still looking at him with suspicion, Xiong Tuo said angrily: "Isn't Xiong Hu in your hands, Ji Run? Just call him over and you will know as soon as you ask!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongrun turned his head and glanced at Bailiba, who understood and walked out of the house to give a few instructions to the Wei soldiers on duty outside.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun looked at Xiong Tuo with suspicion, and to be honest, he had a vague premonition in his heart.
Once upon a time, the Wei State was very sure that the attack on the Chu envoy was most likely done by Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, in order to prompt the Chu State to declare war on the Wei State.
But looking at Xiong Tuo looking so excited and angry now, it seems that they are not who they originally thought.
If it wasn't Xiong Tuo...could it really be me, the Wei people?
Looking at the angry Xiong Tuo, Zhao Hongrun looked a little unhappy.
Because if this matter is really not done by Xiong Tuo, it means that there is an anti-imperial force lurking in their country of Wei.
Internal thieves are far more difficult to deal with than external enemies. (To be continued.)