Shaanxi Province is the gateway to the west of Luoyang.

At this time, under the city of Shanzhou, the Zhou and Qing armies fought each other.

Geng Zhongming and others stood on the city of Shanzhou and looked west. The narrow valley in the west of Shanzhou was covered with Zhou army tents. Countless Zhou soldiers were shuttled through the camp, with great momentum, but Geng Zhongming smiled on his face.

Mandahai pointed outside the city and the Zhou army camp said: "The land of Luoyang is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with five rivers around the city, with rivers and mountains arched, and is better than the world. Although Wu Sangui comes in a bad situation, it is also hindered by this terrain."

Lukede said: "This is the capital of my equal to Wu Sangui, who negotiates terms!"

The Yellow River is in the north of Shanzhou, and the mountains are in the south of Xionger Mountain and Wushan Mountain. The terrain is narrow and long. The Qing army guards Shanzhou, and it can be said that one man is at the gate of ten thousand men.

Now, Geng Zhongming's troops are stationed here, and Wu Sangui can't even operate a million troops.

At this time, everyone was observing the Zhou army camp in the distance, but saw a man, surrounded by several followers, coming to Shanzhou in a carriage.

Soon after, the carriage came to the city gate and stopped. Geng Zhongming then turned his eyes and his subordinates stepped forward, approached the city wall, poked out half of their body, and shouted down, "Who is coming?"

"Major of the Great Zhou Kingdom, come and have a visit!" the follower responded loudly.

There were two prime ministers in Zhou State, one was Sun Kewang and the other was Hong Chengchou. Sun Kewang had no friendship with the generals of the Qing Dynasty, and the person who came should be Hong Chengchou.

Geng Zhongming's face changed slightly, he looked at Mandahai and others, and whispered, "Let them in!"

After saying that, Geng Zhongming led everyone down to the city immediately and left the temple at the General's Mansion.

In the Shanzhou City, in Geng Zhongming's festival hall, Geng Zhongming, who had just returned, changed into a regular dress and sat upright on the throne, while Mandahai and others sat on both sides.

Although the title of Monk Geng Zhongming is not as good as that of Mandahai and others, the two have more soldiers.

Now Shang Kexi is in Luoyang and Shanzhou City, so Geng Zhongming is respected.

Soon, I saw someone walking in. It was Hong Chengchou.

"King Huaishun, you princes, you haven't seen each other for many years!" Hong Chengchou smiled and bowed to everyone.

Geng Zhongming quickly got up and laughed, "Why is Prime Minister Hong here in person!"

Mandahai and others had a cold face and ignored Hong Chengchou. The defeat of the Western Qing Dynasty was controlled by Hong Chengchou, and the majority of them hated a capricious villain.

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "How can you show sincerity if you don't send an important minister to you in the Great Zhou Dynasty? Haha~"

"Prime Minister Hong, please sit down!" Geng Zhongming became serious.

After Hong Chengchou sat down, he continued to smile and said, "King Huaishun, princes, then I will go straight to the point."

Seeing Geng Zhongming nodding, Hong Chengchou continued, "Today, the Qing Dynasty is out. Those who can seize the world are either Zhao Ming or my Great Zhou. King Huaishun, King Zhishun, and all the princes, although they have 100,000 troops and are in Luoyang, there are Han and Wei who can be found in the Warring States Period and Wang Shichong who can find it at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Because they know that the Zhou King is in a big army, Luoyang can only surrender!"

Geng Zhongming was a little unhappy when he heard Hong Chengchou compare them to King Shichong, "I know my own situation, but why should I surrender to Zhou but not Ming? To be honest, Zhao Ming had already sent an envoy before the Northern Expedition, Xu Luoshi had conquered Luoyang and surrendered to me."

Luoyang has been a place of four battles since ancient times. With the current situation of the remnant Qing Dynasty, he could only choose one side to surrender. Geng Zhongming deliberately bluffed his voice to increase his value.

Hong Chengchou sneered in his heart, knowing that Geng Zhongming was purely nonsense, Zhao Ming might have surrendered to Luoyang, but Zhao Zamao even cut off the vassal states within the Ming Dynasty and his own vassal state. How could he tolerate Geng Zhongming's time to conquer Luoyang?

However, Hong Chengchou did not expose it, but smiled and said, "Zhao Ming offered such conditions, but King Huaishun and the princes did not surrender to Zhao Ming, which means that there are any concerns that prevent everyone from surrendering to Zhao Ming. Since this is the case, what do you think of me, Great Zhou? King Zhou and King Huaishun were once ministers in the same palace, and King Huaishun did not have to worry at all, and would be liquidated in the future. As for all the Manchu princes, there is no need to worry. If you surrender to Zhou, you will be better than surrender to Zhao Ming in any case!"

Geng Zhongming narrowed his eyes. Hong Chengchou meant that Wu Sangui had also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and had been a traitor. The eldest brother did not laugh at the second brother. After surrendering, naturally no one mentioned the matter of the former surrender to Qing Dynasty. There was no need to worry about being liquidated or being excluded. No one would stand on the moral high ground and point fingers at them.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty is even stronger now, but the Qing army in Luoyang is unwilling to accept Zhao Ming's surrender because they are worried. Moreover, the conditions given by Zhao Ming are indeed not good, so they do not treat them as human beings at all.

Mandahai and others naturally knew that surrendering to Zhou State would definitely be better than surrendering to Zhao Ming, but they did not want to hand over their destiny to others.

Mandahai looked at Geng Zhongming's expression and saw that he seemed to be a little loose, he immediately stood up and said, "We are waiting to sit in the land of Heluo. Zhao Zamao can do it to Guanzhong. If he surrenders to King Zhou, there will be a barrier in Guanzhong. I believe that the King of Zhou will want to pacify Luoyang because he saw this. In fact, it is not impossible to surrender Luoyang to the King of Zhou, but there is a condition."

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "Please speak!"

Mandahai Road: "Luoyang surrendered to Zhou, but Zhou would establish a vassal state in Henan. We respect Zhou as the vassal state as the sovereign state. Zhou will not interfere in internal affairs in Henan!"

Hong Chengchou frowned slightly. Under such conditions, the Zhou State would not be able to completely mobilize Henan's resources, nor would it be able to completely control Henan.

Jiang Xiang from Hedong had already dispersed the national strength of Zhou, and Zhou would not allow Henan to be in an independent state.

Moreover, with Canqing's current situation, he is not qualified to give such conditions.

Hong Chengchou looked at Geng Zhongming and asked, "Which is the same thing as King Huaishun and King Zhishun?"

Geng Zhongming hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, this is what we mean after discussion."

Compared to being incorporated by Zhou State, it is naturally more tempting to continue to be a local emperor.

Hong Chengchou nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "The condition given by the King of Zhou is to incorporate Luoyang, and all the princes will join the Zhou Kingdom as generals. Now the original minister has understood what you mean. For this condition, the original minister cannot make the decision, and he still needs to ask the King of Zhou for instructions!"

At this moment, everyone had a few conversations, and Hong Chengchou said goodbye and left.

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Outside the city, on the west bank of Hongnongjian, the Zhou army camp.

Wu Sangui sat in the tent, listening to Hong Chengchou's report, and frowned and said angrily: "If the Lone King does not accept Luoyang, believe it or not, wait until Zhao Ming pacifies Nanjing, he will immediately send troops to destroy them. Orphan accepting Luoyang is actually helping them, so why don't you know the good or bad?"

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "Don't be angry, the king. In my opinion, Geng Zhongming actually wanted to surrender, but Mandahai and others wanted to talk about the conditions."

Wu Sangui said: "What qualifications do you have to negotiate for a group of defeated soldiers?"

Hong Chengchou said: "If you fight, you will be honest!"
Chapter completed!