As Wang Bing failed to conquer the city, the offensives in Meizhou, Hanzhou and other places also collapsed, and the imperial guards contracted in an all-out manner, forming a deadlock between them.

Not long after, a message came:

The court is ready to recruit peace!

In late June, the gates of the Shu King's Mansion were opened, hundreds of Shu army generals and officials gathered together, and the Black Feather Guards stood densely inside and outside the mansion.

Xie Yijun rushed back from Meizhou and drove his personal soldiers to the gate. Heiyu Guard and the officials stopped quickly and bowed to the salute:

"See King Shu!"

"What is Shu King? Just call me General Xie..."

Xie Yijun turned over and dismounted, wearing a red dress and was quite eye-catching between the soldiers. After throwing the spear to the Black Feather Guard, he walked straight into the main hall of the Shu Prince's Mansion.

The main hall is very large, with more than a hundred seats placed among them, including Lu Chen, Li Bairen, etc. of Heiyu Guard, Fang Qifo, Deng Yuanjue, etc. of Fang La's old subordinates, Liu Yu, Wang Lun, etc. of the imperial court, Wang Cheng of Shu Wangzhai, and Tang Wen, who were born in the Jianghu people, all sat in the hall in a regular manner.

Tan Zhen, wearing an official robe, stood in the hall with two civil servants with a restrained expression, looking at his nose, looking at his nose, and waiting quietly.

After Xie Yijun entered, everyone stood up to greet him.

When Tan Zhen saw the nominal leader of Western Shu, he also bowed slightly.

Xie Yijun ignored him and quickly walked to the main seat and sat down, raised his hand and said, "Sit all", and then looked at the empty seat next to him.

Tan Zhen's face was not very good-looking. Although it was a rule for the two armies to fight and not kill the envoys, Cao Hua never told any rules. It would be impossible to come to recruit Cao Hua and send a minion here. The imperial guards could not chew on the rebels in the Western Shu, and their attitude was too high and they could not recruit them. After discussing for a long time, the imperial guards could only introduce him, who had the highest official position but had no great use, as the envoys.

Tan Zhen was suffering, but he had reached this point. The imperial guards didn't want to fight the rebels in the Western Shu at all, and they didn't dare to leave, and they couldn't let the commander Wang Bing come here in person. Besides letting him come as an envoy to discuss, who else could he find?

The main hall was quiet, everyone was thinking in secret, and occasionally there were quiet discussions.

Now the Shu army has occupied the five states of Western Shu, with nearly 70,000 troops. The artillery has increased at a rate of two guns a day. It can be said that the future is bright. I feel a little at a disadvantage when the court has no choice but to accept the recruitment.

Liu Yu, Wang Lun and other surrendered generals were still in the court, waiting for the reverse order of revenge. After all, the pressure was too great to fight with their own family and they stopped when they were not good. If the court imitated the artillery in the future, tens of thousands of people in Western Sichuan would be used to fight the Song Dynasty court that had accumulated a quarter of 200 years.

However, there are also some requirements for recruiting the amnesty, which depends on what conditions the court has given.

Everyone stared at the clear and yellow imperial edict in Tan Zhen's hand, thinking about what kind of conditions the court offered for peace talks.

Step on the pedal-

The footsteps sounded, and everyone came to their senses and sat upright in their position.

Tan Zhen's head lowered a little lower.

Cao Hua came out of the back house, helped Zhao Tianluo to the main hall, glanced at him, and sat on the chair of the Grand Master.

"See the princess, see the governor!"

Because Cao Hua did not claim to be king, he just named himself the commander-general of the Shu army, and the title of governor has not changed.

Zhao Tianluo sat next to Xie Yijun, with a dignified and peaceful expression, which was quite like a denominator.

Xie Yijun had a solemn expression and tried hard to be the majestic appearance of a boss.

Cao Hua leaned against the Grand Master's chair, looked at Tan Zhen for a few glances, and said:

"Eunuch Tan, long time no see."

"Well... the governor was joking..."

Tan Zhen had long forgotten the slap of the past, so he took a step forward, held the imperial edict and looked at the senior leaders of the Shu army around him:

"The lower officials came here today. First, I heard that the princess was happy to get a noble son. The emperor ordered the lower officials to prepare a gift..."

Cao Hua raised his hand and said, "Okay, just say something."

Tan Zhen wiped his forehead with his sleeve and sweaty, his smile calmly, and said softly:

"After the governor left Bianjing, the emperor decided to join forces with Liao to fight against Jin, intending to prevent the Song Dynasty from being invaded by foreign races... The governor loved the people as his son, and the name of "benevolent and kind" is known to everyone. Now that the two armies are in a fight, they are like brothers and two brothers want to fight..."

When Zhao Tianluo heard this, his brow frowned slightly:

"Eunuch Tan, the word 'brother' has been used too much. My father and emperor are the father-in-law of the grandfather. The court and Western Shu should be the relationship between father and son. Don't mess up your generation."

Many generals of Shu army nodded slightly. Although they were treated very comfortably by the dynasty as the "brother country", their seniority was there. If Cao Hua swayed and admitted it, he would not be able to be in line with the peers of the Emperor of Song Dynasty in the future.

Tan Zhen looked a little embarrassed and nodded slightly: "What the princess taught her is. Well... the emperor saw the combat power of the Shu army. He belonged to the same clan, and he didn't want to see each other, which hurt countless people and soldiers..."

Cao Hua tapped the armrest of the Grand Master's chair with his fingers. After hearing Tan Zhen talk a lot, he said:

"I don't want to be a thief who will cause trouble to the people of the world. The war in the north is tight, and I am also worried about the emperor. If I can shake hands and speak in harmony with the outside world, it will be the best. But I am not a righteous man who sacrifices himself to the country. I have to have a settlement even if I have tens of thousands of soldiers under my command."

“This is natural…”

Tan Zhen breathed a light tone, held the imperial edict and said seriously:

"The emperor and the court officials have thought about it again and again. If the governor is willing to rebuild it, he can paint the seven states of Tongchuan Prefecture as the governor's fiefdom, and enfeoffed it as the King of Shu, which will be inherited from generation to generation and share the glory of the Song Dynasty for generations..."

Hearing this, Fang Qifo and Xie Yijun were slightly surprised - it was common for the court to recruit people if they could not defeat them, but the things they gave were nothing more than marquis and real official positions. The king of the different surname has never appeared since the founding of the country. Several kings of the different surname who had been replaced by hereditary kings have long lost their family, leaving only a few hereditary dukes to survive.

Western Shu captured five prefecture cities. Although the imperial guards were defeated one after another, they were very good at winning the battle. They were named a king of different surnames who had been hereditary. Even the people of Western Shu felt that they could not afford it. They destroyed the Liao and Jin or Xixia and brought back the sixteen states of Yanyun. It was legitimate to be named king of kings. Now they were named a king of different surnames who had been hereditary. What should they be named when they expanded their territory in the future? Going further up, they would be the emperor.

Zhao Tianluo frowned slightly: "Who has the idea? He also wants his husband to let go of his military power and hand over the Shu army to the court?"

After this, everyone suddenly realized that the real power of the king with heavy troops in his hands is unlikely to think about it. It is probably similar to the King of Jiangnan, and he can only collect taxes in the fiefdom and cannot interfere in military and political affairs. Without soldiers, he will naturally not be able to make achievements and avoid the situation of no reward in the future.

In general, even if the military power is given up, the conditions are still very good, which is enough to make people excited.

Tan Zhen nodded with a dry smile: "Your Highness, the princess cannot take charge of the army. This is a rule set when the country was founded. Governor Cao can leave 10,000 elite soldiers as private troops. If there are more, it will be unethical."

Zhao Tianluo pursed his lips and looked at Cao Hua in a blink of an eye.

Cao Hua thought about it and chuckled:

"The territory is too small. I want all the state cities in the four routes of Chuanxia, ​​so it is impossible to hand over military power."

"hiss--"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was filled with cold air.

Liu Yu, who defected to the Shu army, stood up and bowed and said:

"Governor, this is probably... too hard for people..."

Many generals of the Shu army were also hesitant and felt that they had too much appetite.

It is not obvious that the court recognizes the division of Western Sichuan and its independence? Unable to the court, unless the head gets into the water, it will not be possible for the court to agree.

Sure enough, when he heard Cao Hua's words, Tan Zhen's expression was stiff and he bowed slightly and said:

"Governor Cao, you occupy five prefecture cities, less than half of Chengdu Prefecture Road. You directly need the fourth route of Chuanxia. You still don't have the military power. It's not bad..."

"Then keep fighting. Let's continue talking when I defeat the fourth route of Chuanxia."

Cao Hua raised his hand slightly and signaled to see the guests off.

Tan Ji's face changed slightly and he said in a deep voice: "Governor Cao, don't make things difficult for the officials. If you fight again, more than 200,000 soldiers outside the city will have no way out. No one can tell what the result will be. The emperor just doesn't want his soldiers to face each other, so he will ignore his past grudges. If you insist on your own, it will harm the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on both sides..."

"see a visitor out!"

Cao Hua stood up and took Zhao Tianluo back to the back house.

Xie Yijun breathed a sigh of relief, was obviously a little happy, and stood up and said:

"Sir, please come back. Let me tell your emperor, what should I do if Cao Hua has conferred the title of King of Shu? At least two kings of different surnames, otherwise there would be no talk."

"Hahaha--"

As soon as Cao Hua left, the generals of the Shu army relaxed a lot and began to joke:

"Yes, Xie Dangjia is the leader of the Shu army. The imperial court only enthroned the governor of Cao, and leaving Xie Dangjia aside is obviously inappropriate."
Chapter completed!