In the imperial palace of the Kingdom of Jinyang, the emperor roared and threw the exquisite teapot on the imperial desk. The surface of the teapot was wrapped with a layer of spiritual light, and it slammed through the door of the meeting hall and flew another hundred meters.

It fell on the Yunlong relief in front of the palace and finally broke into pieces.

The broken teapot fragments flew several meters away, and some fragments even hit the guard's face.

This sudden change made the guards on both sides become nervous instantly.

The low roar coming from the hall was like an angry dragon, with a deep voice filled with majestic power and anger.

At this moment, the entire palace of Jinyang Kingdom was shrouded in anger. The guards could only continue to watch their eyes, nose, nose and heart, and remained quiet.

In the main hall, the Emperor of Jinyang Kingdom looked at the officials with a livid face, especially at the scarred He Dongjun standing in the center of the main hall.

He Dongjiu and four other generals who had narrowly escaped death stood together under the palace, looking at the emperor above them with trepidation.

There was silence in the entire hall, and all the officials were silent.

After a while, the emperor finally spoke: "He Dongjun, you went to battle twice, but were defeated both times. I understand that this is not entirely your fault. But... Cultivation really pays attention to luck."

He Dongjiu lowered his head. The emperor had already said this, so what else could he say?

People are so unlucky that even when they drink cold water, their teeth get stuck! This seems to be the only explanation for my situation.

Although the theory of luck is illusory, it is recognized by every cultivator. And what happened to me, it seems that this is the only way to explain it - at least it seems like this now.

The emperor then announced the punishment for He Dongjun-defeat. No matter what the reason for defeat, it needs to be punished.

Deprive He Dongjun of his position as General Zuo of the Guards, demote him to an ordinary guard, and stand in front of the hall. Considering that He Dongjun is now seriously injured, He Dongjun is given three days to recuperate. Starting in three days -

Penalty standing.

Thank you, He Dongjun.

Then the emperor scanned everyone, and finally looked at Prime Minister Pang Chong. "Pang Chong, what do you think?"

Pang Chong carefully stepped out: "Your Majesty, I think that the war with the Qixia Kingdom may be suspended for a while. At least, it will not be too late to start the war again after we figure out the artillery and other matters.

Moreover, the princess of Qixia Kingdom is now the regent. If we temporarily cease the war with Qixia Kingdom and there is no external pressure, I think interesting things will happen in Qixia Kingdom.

In addition, don’t we have the second prince of the Qixia Kingdom on our hands, which we might be able to use.”

The emperor's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he nodded slowly. The prime minister's mind finally did not let him down.

In fact, Pang Chong spoke very carefully, and he never mentioned "heavy losses" from beginning to end. After a pause, Pang Chong continued: "Also, I believe that the current Kingdom of Jinyang is actually fighting on four fronts.

We are attacking the country of Qixia and the country of Danyang.

In addition, they are also defending the country of Canglan and besieging the country of Zhongshan.

Perhaps we can suspend the war with the Qixia Kingdom and put all our military power on the Danyang Kingdom.

If we can solve the Danyang Kingdom in the shortest time, then the million-strong army that attacked the Danyang Kingdom can be transferred to the Qixia Kingdom; and Danyang Kingdom can also organize a million-strong army there.

At that time, we will be able to launch a general attack on the Kingdom of Qixia from the north and south. At that time, even if the Kingdom of Qixia has artillery, it will not be able to prevent the fate of destruction!"

As soon as Pang Chong finished speaking, an official immediately stood up and pointed out the problem: What if the Kingdom of Qixia intervenes in the war with the Kingdom of Danyang? Or what if the Kingdom of Qixia is unwilling to cease the war, or turns around and tears up the armistice agreement?

Pang Chong smiled: "Didn't we have a second prince from the Qixia Kingdom? Didn't we also occupy a lot of land in the Qixia Kingdom? Even the Jiuyang Sect also joined us.

Just in time, let Jiuyang Sect come forward to support the second prince to ascend the throne and divide the country of Qixia into two!

I think it will be fun!"

The emperor immediately smiled with satisfaction, "Pang Chong, I will leave matters related to the Kingdom of Qixia to you."

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"It's... spectacular!" Standing next to the old site of Yunhai Pass, Sima Zhen finally said this after holding back his words for a long time. He really didn't know how to describe his mood.

Shocked? Or scared?

When he first received the information, Sima Zhen refused to admit it - or he couldn't believe it. So, he only brought a few people and galloped over. Then he saw the big hole in front of him and was speechless for a long time.

A large crater with a diameter of more than one kilometer and a depth of almost two hundred meters - don't forget, this time the explosives were buried underground instead of on the surface.

The scope of the disaster caused by the surrounding shock waves was ten kilometers away; the impact of the explosion could be seen more than twenty kilometers away.

The impact of fifty tons of super explosives is beyond imagination. The energy erupted in these explosives not only comes from the chemical energy of gunpowder, but also a wonderful "power of spiritual energy" that is still there.

For the time being, Zhang Hao doesn't know much about the energy unique to this world of cultivation, but it is indeed powerful enough. Think about it, this kind of spiritual energy can make people fly into the sky and escape from the earth, and its energy level is definitely not low!

But now, the power of spiritual energy is revealed in front of the world in an explosive way, bringing unimaginable destructive power.

Sima Zhen walked forward somewhat numbly, and then he saw corpses on the ground. The more than 20,000 soldiers who were far away from the explosion and escaped were not able to escape the massacre by Dugu Junjie and others.

For a long time, Sima Zhen stood on the top of a mountain with broken trees, looking quietly to the south - there was Huaishan Pass, which was now in the hands of the Kingdom of Qixia.

Sima Zhen roared. He couldn't describe his current mood. It was too complicated. But one thing was certain - he couldn't say he was defeated, but it couldn't be called a victory either.

All in all, the war went smoothly at the beginning. On the first day, the emperor of the Qixia Kingdom was shot down. A few days later, the border defenses of the Qixia Kingdom were breached and the Jianwu County of the Qixia Kingdom was captured.

Then, things began to branch out: after occupying Jianwu County, Sima Zhen had three attack directions:

To the north is Wuyang County in the Kingdom of Qixia;

To the south is Xingchang County in the Kingdom of Qixia, and Xinglin Hall is located here;

To the west is the core area of ​​Qixia Kingdom.

After comprehensive consideration, Sima Zhen made a "rational" decision. Attacking to the north has little strategic significance. Attacking to the west will hardly achieve big results in a short period of time. Only attacking to the south seems to be the best.

In the south, the defense is relatively weak, and Xinglintang, one of the three pillars of the Qixia Kingdom, is here. If Xinglintang can be taken away, it will be almost equivalent to destroying one-third of the strength of the Qixia Kingdom.

So Sima Zhen finally chose to attack to the south. But as soon as he prepared his army and conducted several tentative attacks, disaster struck.

Artillery appears!

An unprecedented force has appeared: Dayang Group!

What happened after that became even more unexpected.

Sima Zhen later took relatively correct measures; but Sima Zhen did not expect that Xingchang County, Xinglintang, and the Dayang Group would not act according to common sense: they actually ignored the fact that the country of Qixia had been attacked, and instead

Attacked Huaishan Pass.

After that, everything got out of hand!

Until now, the Kingdom of Qixia has miraculously captured and wiped out more than 400,000 legions of the Kingdom of Jinyang, and even occupied Huaishan Pass and wiped Yunhai Pass off the map.

What's more, the Yunhai County behind Yunhai Customs was severely affected by the disaster. Not only was it fortified and cleared of wilderness, it also left millions of refugees behind.

Sima Zhen knew very well that the war, the war between the Kingdom of Jinyang and the Kingdom of Qixia, could not continue for the time being.

In fact, the Kingdom of Jinyang previously lured wolves into the house and took the opportunity to clean up the large families, sects, aristocratic families, etc. in the country. Although the empire gained great strength in a short period of time, it also consumed a lot of foundation. And the subsequent launch of

, the war to unify the West has strained the national power of the Kingdom of Jinyang to the extreme.

Nowadays, the loss of more than 400,000 legions, coupled with millions of refugees, and the impact of the defeat, have shaken the plans of the Kingdom of Jinyang and even affected the foundation of the Kingdom of Jinyang.

Sima Zhen looked into the distance quietly until a figure came from the east, it was Prime Minister Pang Chong.

After the two met, they looked at each other speechlessly. After a while, Pang Chong finally sighed and spoke: "According to the emperor's order, I came to negotiate an armistice with the Kingdom of Qixia. However, I still want to ask for your opinion on how to armistice.

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Sima Zhen sighed leisurely, pointed to the big pit in the distance and said: "My opinion is that as long as the war can be ceased and the conditions of Qixia Kingdom can be barely accepted, then just accept it.

After we have also developed the artillery, it will not be too late to attack. According to the current situation, it is expected that we will be able to develop the artillery in one month, no more than two months."

Pang Chong's eyes flashed: "In other words, as long as it can be delayed for two months, it doesn't matter even if there is no formal ceasefire?"

"Yes!" Sima Zhen said with certainty.

"I understand! I will try for two months!"

Sima Zhen thought for a while and continued: "I have a vague idea. I will continue to oppress the Kingdom of Qixia, and at the same time let the Jiuyang Sect put pressure on the Kingdom of Qixia and force the Kingdom of Qixia to take the initiative to propose peace talks.

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Now that the country of Qixia is in charge of a female child, it may not be too difficult! Maybe we can influence the politics of the country of Qixia."

Pang Chong nodded thoughtfully, and the two immediately set off to fly to Sima Zhen's legion, which was located in the east of Guangling County in the Kingdom of Qixia.

However, both Pang Chong, Sima Zhen and the Emperor of Jinyang underestimated Liu Xinyu. This new regent acted vigorously and resolutely.

When Pang Chong and Sima Zhen arrived at the military camp, they saw the envoy from the Kingdom of Qixia: Prime Minister Ouyang Si!

Ouyang Si adhered to Liu Xinyu's decisiveness. After a brief introduction, he spoke directly: "Sima Zhen, on behalf of the Kingdom of Qixia, I have come to propose armistice negotiations and an exchange of prisoners."

Your straightforward approach makes me panic! Sima Zhen is really a little confused. We have just met, and we haven't even talked about the "long-standing friendship between the two countries" yet, you directly mentioned negotiations, your diplomatic negotiations

The opening method is wrong.

Isn't it a bit hasty?

But, okay, now that this has been mentioned, let’s talk about it.

Without any preparation, the three of them sat down directly in an ordinary pavilion. Including the negotiators brought by both parties, there were only twenty people in total.

As soon as he sat down, Ouyang Si said directly: "Two of you, I won't say much more. On behalf of the Kingdom of Qixia, I am here to negotiate the armistice agreement, exchange of prisoners, and some conditions of the Kingdom of Qixia.

Conditions include:

First, you withdraw from Guangling County; as for Jianwu County that we have already occupied, we will not ask for it. But similarly, we will not withdraw from Huaishan Pass.
To be continued...