Chapter 163 Armistice Conditions
"Hahaha……"
Just as Qi Xiang Tian Li asked this question, a burst of hearty laughter sounded in the room.
His eyes fell on the face opposite, and Tian Li immediately asked with some confusion: "I don't know why the doctor is laughing. Could it be that I said something wrong?"
When another question from Tian Li rang in his ears, Duan Qianjie, the senior official of the State of Wei, waved his hand and shook his head gently.
"This question about Prime Minister Guo makes me laugh."
After the laughter stopped and the next sentence of denial was heard, Duan Qianjie asked Tian Li, "As the Prime Minister said just now, I arrived in Linzi when the two countries were at war. Is it just to visit Qi State?"
Did you come for the scenery?”
As soon as Duan Qianjie's rhetorical question came out, Tian Li immediately understood that the other party's arrival in Linzi must be carrying some kind of mission entrusted to him by Wei Hou Wei Feng.
As for the specific nature of this mission, which must be related to the war between the two countries, we need to keep asking to find out.
A trace of solemnity flashed through his eyes, but a trace of kindness appeared on his face. He heard Tian Li ask softly: "Then I wonder why the doctor came to our country of Qi this time?"
"Since I came to Qi when the two countries were at war, I naturally came for the war."
After saying something seemingly innocuous, Duan Qianjie's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp look, "But Qi Xiangke still remembers why this war between the two countries started?"
Facing another question raised by Duan Qianjie, Tian Li remained calm on the surface, but he was thinking at high speed in his heart.
Speaking of the cause of this war between Qi and Wei, not only Qi and Wei, but even knowledgeable people in the world know it well.
It's just that Qi State saw the war between Wei State and Qin State, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when the main force of the Wei army was gathered in Hexi to send troops to defeat and capture Wei State's cities in the east.
What Qi didn't expect was that Wei not only expected that Qi would send troops and made arrangements in advance, but also used this opportunity to unite with Chu, Zhao, Han and other six countries to send troops to attack Qi.
At this moment, the state of Qi suddenly changed from a profiteering fisherman in the competition between snipe and clam to a target of public criticism.
At this moment, facing the question of Duan Qianjie, the senior official of Wei State, although as a witness he knew the beginning and end of this war, Tian Li, as the prime minister, could not speak clearly.
"well……"
After a long sigh full of helplessness, Tian Li faced Duan Qianjie and sighed: "It seems that my lord was confused for a moment and listened to the temptation of Ying Quliang, the young master of Qin State, which led to the war between the two countries today.
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"To be honest, doctor, the war has progressed as it has today, and my Lord also deeply regrets his original decision to send troops."
Looking at Tian Li who was lamenting and repenting in front of him, not only did the expression on Duan Qianjie's face not change at all, but there was also not the slightest wave of emotion in his heart.
Now that the Wei State has led the 130,000-strong Central Alliance Army to attack the Great Wall, Qi Gong Tian Wu may have felt some regret in his heart.
But whether you regret it because of your original decision to send troops, or whether you regret it because you lost the war, is a matter of opinion and wisdom.
However, when Tian Li finished speaking, Duan Qianjie still agreed very cooperatively: "Since Qi Gong has known his mistake, it is time for this wrong war to end."
"only……"
When he said this, Duan Qianjie's voice suddenly stopped, and he looked at Tian Li in front of him with a meaningful look.
Facing the other side's gaze, Tian Li already had some clarity in his heart. Now that the other side has expressed his attitude, it's time for him to put forward conditions.
Facing the situation at this moment, Tian Li's mind began to constantly replay the battle against Qi and the situation of the two armies fighting on various battlefields.
On the northern battlefield, the Qi army relied on the river to firmly block the Zhao army on the north bank of the river; on the southern battlefield, Jucheng was still firmly in the hands of the Qi army.
At this moment, what Qi is worried about is still the battlefield in the middle. Although an army of 100,000 people is already advancing towards the Great Wall defense line, can they win against the 130,000 coalition troops in the middle?
No one can be absolutely sure of the outcome of the war until the two armies formally engage in battle, not to mention the previous performance of the Qi army on the central battlefield was really unflattering.
After going through the battles on the front line in his mind, and combining them with the specific mountains and geography, Tian Li, the Prime Minister of Qi, made his own conditions to Duan Qianjie.
"If the State of Wei is willing to call a truce, our State of Qi is willing to cede Lingqiu to the State of Zhao and Xiapi to the State of Chu. As for the State of Wei..."
He raised his head and glanced at Duan Qianjie in front of him, and then Tian Li said with some temptation: "We, the State of Qi, are willing to offer two cities, Pingyi and Zhencheng, west of Maling."
When Tian Li put out these conditions one by one, there was no change in expression on Duan Qianjie's face, but after he finished speaking, a burst of laughter that was even heartier than before appeared in the room.
"Hahaha……"
After a long time, when the laughter dissipated in the room again, Duan Qianjie looked at Tian Li in front of him with an expression that looked like a fool.
"I am very happy that Prime Minister Qi can consider the peace between the two countries. But..."
Before he finished speaking, the expression on Duan Qianjie's face suddenly became extremely serious, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"It's just that Prime Minister Qi proposed such a condition, which is obviously not sincere. It is an insult to our country Wei and our coalition forces. This makes me very unhappy."
After the powerful words were spoken, the expression on Duan Qianjie's face became gentle again, "If I remember correctly, the current situation between the two parties should be like this."
"On the northern battlefield, Zhao State has captured Qi's Lingqiu, Pingshu, Hejian and other cities; on the southern battlefield, Chu State has captured Xiapi, Xuecheng and other places, and its troops are directed at Ju.
Under the city."
"As for the central front, the forwards of our central coalition forces have already arrived under the Qi Great Wall hundreds of miles east of Maling."
"Now that the war has progressed to this stage, does Prime Minister Qi think that the conditions just proposed are somewhat inappropriate?"
Listening to this somewhat familiar inquiry and looking at Duan Qianjie sitting upright in front of him, Tian Li couldn't help but have a hint of sullenness flash through his eyes.
As the Prime Minister of Qi State, who is subordinate to only one person and more than ten thousand people, but at this moment, he is being questioned like this by Duan Qianjie, who is just a senior official of Wei State. How can this not make people feel angry from the bottom of their hearts?
Although he was still angry, Tian Li suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Duan Qianjie in front of him calmly.
"I wonder what conditions the doctor thinks are more suitable?"
"I thought that since the Zhao army in the northern battlefield has captured several cities north of the river, these lands can be included in Zhao's territory;"
"For the same reason, the Qi cities south of Jucheng captured by the Chu army can naturally belong to the Chu state."
"As for how to distribute the territory of Qi occupied by our Central Alliance Army..."
Chapter completed!