Ma Jian has been paying close attention to Baotai County, fearing that Ning Ze will capture the city.

At the same time, we are also observing the national teacher Xin Tieshan and Mr. Xuanji to see if they try their best to repel Ning Ze while defending the city.

But soon after, I got the news that Ningze's army suddenly disappeared when approaching Baotai County and disappeared!

Fei Ge sent the letter back to Qiangyang. Ma Jian, who received the news, was shocked and immediately summoned all civil and military officials to discuss the matter.

Feng Qiao and Yang Zhao reacted immediately. It was estimated that Ning Ze used the tactic of "speaking east and attacking west", deliberately avoiding the national teacher and Mr. Xuanji, and going to attack other county towns.

Ma Jian quickly ordered the Gunzhou counties to strengthen their garrisons and be sure to defend the city and never leave the city to fight, so as not to give Ning Ze an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Unfortunately, it was too late. A few days later, Ning Ze suddenly appeared on the battlefield in Chongwen County and caught Bao Yong off guard. Chongwen's troops were defeated, Bao Yong was captured alive by the other party and surrendered to China.

Most of the other captured generals surrendered, including Ma Ming, Ma Yi, Ma Xun and other relatives.

Another county was lost in Gunzhou, and the situation was even more unfavorable.

Moreover, the one who captured Bao Yong was his wife's brother Pei Ji. He was rescued by Ning Ze's people before. He was silent for a while and had no news. Now he joined Ning Ze's army and attacked him in turn, which made Ma Jian extremely angry.

The Ningze army occupied Chongwen County and launched an offensive directly at Jinping.

The prefect of Jinping, Bai Jingtang, was captured by Ning Ze, and Ma Ang was temporarily transferred to serve as the new prefect and led troops to guard the city.

Facing the enemy's offensive, Ma Ang obviously couldn't hold on for too long and kept asking for help.

Ma Jian originally wanted to transfer the national division to reinforce Jinping, but was afraid that Ning Ze would kill another one and attack Baotai County. In comparison, Baotai County is much more important than Jinping and is the gateway to Qiangyang. If Jinping is lost, it will not threaten Qiangyang for the time being. Once Baotai County is occupied, it will go straight to Qiangyang and threaten himself.

The situation in Dajing was also very tense and he could not divide his troops to rescue him.

There was no choice but to dispatch troops from Qiangyang and let military advisor Feng Qiao and General Anton Yang Zhao lead the army to support.

Liu Yuanxiang from the north sent additional troops, and appointed General Jianwei Zhou Ya as the head coach, Hua Boheng as the deputy, Zhang Ying, Zhang Li, Fu Hong and Xie Xiaoqi followed the army to fight to assist Ouyang Chun in the attack on Tang Niu.

As reinforcements arrived, Tang Niu increased his pressure and fought fiercely with Ouyang Chun in Pinggu. Although he fought with all his might, Zhou Ya brought a large number of bombs and other new weapons with extremely strong lethality. Ouyang Chun formed a stone chariot to attack the city, and the gate of Pinggu County was broken.

Tang Niu had no choice but to give up here and retreat to Xiacheng County, Bianzhou.

He lost three cities in a row, especially when Ning Ze did not intervene, Tang Niu didn't know what to do.

China is still increasing its troops, and it seems that it is ready to attack the imperial city in one breath.

All the troops that Zhou State could use were transferred, and the troops in the rear were scarce, so it was extremely difficult to recruit troops.

In desperation, I asked the generals around me how to deal with such a situation?

The civil and military ministers offered suggestions, but they had no effect on the current situation.

The Zhou Kingdom must cease war and try to rest and recuperate, otherwise it will consume its troops, food and salary, and it will be no longer far from destroying the country.

Zhou Yuan volunteered to go to Pinggu County to negotiate and discuss a ceasefire with China.

Although Tang Niu was unwilling to give up, he had no other choice. If he did not stop fighting, the opponent would press forward step by step, and his troops would be fewer and fewer, and sooner or later he would be exhausted. Even if he could force the people to do so, he might not be able to stop them, let alone lose the people's hearts.

On the other hand, the envoy of Liang State first contacted China. Sima Fa's proposal was agreed by the queen, hoping to temporarily cease war with China. Liang State is willing to pay a certain price in exchange for short-term peace.

Xu Jun immediately asked someone to contact Ning Ze using a telegram machine, informed Liang Guo of sending envoys to seek peace, and inquired about the negotiations.

Ning Ze made a request to negotiate peace and asked the other party to return the two counties of Wuqing and Chicheng, and to compensate 300,000 gold.

This request shocked Xu Jun deeply, thinking that the lion was just talking so much, worried that the other party would not agree.

Ning Ze told him that negotiation requires skills, and it is just a price quotation. Through negotiation between the two parties, a price that can be found that both parties can accept. At present, the other party is proactive in seeking peace, and even if the bargaining price is not too high. Basically, compensation of 300,000 gold cannot be compromised, and the other party probably can only accept it. However, the other party cannot hand over all the two counties of Wuqing and Akacheng. They probably will use Akacheng, which has a relatively important geographical location, as a bargaining chip, which is acceptable.

Anyway, short-term peace does not mean letting go of the other party, but instead taking extra effort to deal with Ma Jian and Tang Niu. When the other two forces are destroyed, Sima Fa will not be able to reverse the situation no matter how powerful Sima Fa is.

Ning Ze will definitely not give the other party a chance to restore his strength.

After receiving guidance from Ning Ze, Xu Jun informed the envoy of Liang's request and directly demanded Wuqing and Chicheng, and demanded 300,000 gold in war compensation.

As expected, the envoy of Liang State was really unacceptable. The bottom line that Sima Fa gave him was at most to give up Chicheng.

The two sides started verbal battles and fierce negotiations.

After several days, an agreement was finally reached.

Liang State withdrew from Chicheng's troops and handed them over to China State, and at the same time compensated 300,000 yuan, signing a ceasefire agreement based on this premise.

After the agreement was signed, Zhou Kang led his troops to Chicheng for handover, and the Liang State's troops indeed withdrew from the city.

However, Sima's law was also amazing. Before leaving, it was like a locust crossing the border, moving away all the supplies in the city without leaving at all. Including the people in the city, there were no living people in the entire Red City.

It is equivalent to leaving an empty city, except for a few extremely remote villages and towns, it is really clean.

As expected, Ning Ze would not take too much advantage. Chicheng was empty. If China wanted to take over, it would have to draw troops from other places, immigrate the people, and even transfer a large amount of food, grass and other materials to this side, which would be equivalent to indirectly weakening the strength of other counties and cities.

Zhou Kang reported the situation here, but Ning Ze didn't care so much. The most important thing at the moment was to take down Gunzhou and exterminate Ma Jian's forces. Then he would settle the score with Sima Fa, so there was no need to rush for a moment. The other party took a little advantage, which would not affect the entire situation at all.

After paying a certain price, China signed a peace agreement, but Liang was unable to feel at ease. Sima Fa knew that Ning Ze agreed to sign the peace agreement just to concentrate his efforts against Ma Jian and Tang Niu. When he eliminated Ma Jian, he might tear up the agreement at any time and attack again.

Therefore, in the short peace time we have won, we must do our best to start planning and prepare for the situation we will face in the future. Think of a way to turn everything around from a desperate situation!

At the same time, Zhou Yuan came to Pinggu County and only brought a few followers to meet Ouyang Chun.

He has a good relationship with Ning Ze, and the Chinese generals know it, so even if the two sides are hostile, Ouyang Chun is very polite to him: "General Zhou is here, is he arguing on behalf of the pseudo-Zhou surrender?"

Although he was kind tone, he was just trying to show off his words.

It means that you can't defeat the pseudo-Zhou and are you ready to surrender to China?

Zhou Yuan was certainly unhappy when she heard this and bowed and said, "Although I was defeated several times in the Great Zhou Dynasty, I am not afraid of war! It's just that the two countries are in constant war, so why are the people? Your Majesty cannot bear to the invasion of the people of Zhou State, so he ordered me to come and discuss peace for the time being, and both sides retreat their troops!"

Ouyang Chun said: "The situation is gradually becoming clear. Our country is rich and strong, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Her Majesty the Queen has the image of a benevolent monarch, and the King of Danyang has the art of immortals and gods. This heavenly gifts Dahua, and he will definitely unify the sixteen states! The general should advise the pseudo Zhou emperor to follow the will of heaven and give up unnecessary resistance. At that time, the national policy of Dahua will allow the people of the world to be happy!"

Zhou Yuan was slightly shaken when she heard this. In fact, he knew quite well about China's national policies, and he admired everything Ning Ze did. Only by receiving the military tactics given by Ning Ze can he continue to make progress. From this perspective, he admired Ning Ze very much.

But after all, he is Zhou Yu's son, Tang Niu Yidi. Even if he admires Ning Ze and has a good relationship, he is unwilling to give up the foundation set by his father: "My father assisted Dacheng and called on heroes from all over the world to defeat Liang Yiyi Ant Thief, which is what he is today. My Zhou family has been loyal to Dacheng for generations, and this will remain unchanged!"

Ouyang Chun said: "That is to be loyal to Dacheng, you should surrender! Her Majesty the Queen is the bloodline of Dacheng, and it is natural to achieve the country."

"During ancient times, how could a woman be called emperor?"

"How can things in the world remain unchanged? Looking at historical books, there is no position as an emperor, and I don't even know what the country is. There is no precedent for those who call themselves emperors to establish a country! Although Your Majesty is a woman, he ruled the world and praised it by the people."

Although Zhou Yuan is smart and her eloquence is not as good as Ouyang Chun, she said: "If you don't comply with the rules, you won't argue with you!"

"Rules are determined by people!" Ouyang Chun said, "Existence is reasonable. Your Majesty can win the respect of all people in the world, so what's wrong with being a man or a woman?"

"Is she or the King of Danyang respected by all the people?" Zhou Yuan asked back.

"Your Majesty is the king and all people live in peace, do you still need to ask?"

"I won't argue with you about this!" Zhou Yuan felt that Ouyang Chun was brought to the point of being a bit off the topic again, so she quickly said, "Mr. Zhou is here, not discussing the surrender, nor is he discussing whether the empress is compliant, but discussing the truce with sincerity."

"The general only needs to announce his surrender on behalf of the pseudo-Zhou, and he will no longer worry about the spread of war, and the people can live and work in peace!" Ouyang Chun said, "The prince attaches great importance to the general. For your sake, he will spare the crime of Tang Niu's crime of proclaiming the emperor to rebel. As long as the civil servants and generals in the pseudo-Zhou can be valued as long as they swear allegiance!"

"Ouyang Shao Mansion!" Zhou Yuan had a headache. The other party always turned the topic to persuading surrender, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

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Seeing his appearance, Ouyang Chun smiled in his heart: "Since the general wants to negotiate peace, let's talk carefully! Now our army is here, consuming military rations and supplies every day. After the talks, we have to report to Your Majesty and wait for a response. It is not good to consume even more and delay military aircraft at that time! Why do things without benefits? The general might as well talk about the cost-consuming issue first. If this matter can be solved, the primary premise will be achieved. Let's talk about the next step!"

After all, it is to ask for money, and Zhou Yuan was mentally prepared. This is inevitable! If the relatively weak side wants peace, it must pay a price.
Chapter completed!