Chapter 87: Seeking Peace
Except for the soldiers who stayed behind to defend the military camp, the rest all followed Shen Yu to the front line. Naturally, no one was enforcing the curfew in the military camp. Taking advantage of this great opportunity, Shen Lingge pulled Xu Zhaochang to chat all night.
At the end of his speech, Xu Zhao was so sleepy that his eyes were about to close, but Shen Lingge still looked very energetic.
"Qinghe, it's getting late. Go and have a rest. I can't hold on any longer..."
A sleepy voice sounded between the beds. After Xu Zhao finished speaking, he leaned back and fell asleep on the bed.
Xu Zhao has met her match, who is actually more enduring than her!
During the day, she racked her brains to recall what she had seen before and think of an action plan for Deputy General Fang. At night, she had to tell the story to the ancestor in front of her.
Shen Lingge also knew that he had gone too far. It was just that the two armies were fighting, and he was too excited. He was so excited that he was excited the whole night and had to chat with Xu Zhao to divert his attention.
Seeing Xu Zhao asleep, he tiptoed to cover her with a quilt and quietly left the tent.
Shen Lingge was in high spirits at the moment, and walked up the hill in front of the military camp alone.
Looking into the distance, there is an endless grassland, a sea of emerald green, and the rising sun is golden, covering the distance with a layer of gold powder.
That is the grassland of Mobei Kingdom, and it may soon belong to Yue Kingdom.
The war horses of the Moon Kingdom can grow and run on the grasslands here, and everything is full of hope.
He believed that everything would go as planned.
When the sun completely jumped out of the horizon and the sky was a deep blue, Shen Lingge slowly walked back. He wanted to write a letter to tell her what he had experienced in the past few days.
Xu Zhao slept until noon and woke up. The tent was still quiet.
In this situation, Xu Zhao knew that Chen Yu and his men would certainly take advantage of the victory and attack the city.
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The envoys from Mobei State rode at full speed and arrived at the city where Chen Yu was one month later with a peace agreement.
After he broke through the first line of defense of the Mobei border, Chen Yu had captured several cities on the border of Mobei in succession in the past month.
Many people from Mobei fled to slightly wealthier cities. While people in Mobei were in panic, the public security in each city also became a serious problem due to the problem of refugees.
In addition to years of war, the people in Mobei have long been suffering.
Due to the constant civil strife within the Mobei royal family, peace talks had been delayed.
Amid internal and external troubles, the seventh prince, who was originally unknown in the royal family of Mobei Kingdom, suddenly killed his father and brother and ascended the throne of Mobei Kingdom.
As soon as the new emperor ascended the throne, he issued an edict calling for a ceasefire and peace, and sent envoys to negotiate with Shen Yu and sign a ceasefire agreement.
The peace document took a month to arrive in Shen Yu's hands.
On the Yue Kingdom side, when Chen Yu captured the border town of Mobei Kingdom, he sent someone to rush back to the imperial city for 800 miles, just waiting for the order from his royal brother, the Emperor of Yue Kingdom. Whether to fight or make peace all depended on the emperor's order.
The Mobei Kingdom kept delaying, and the Yue Kingdom's order reached Chen Yu first.
The decree clearly stated that if Mobei was willing to make peace, then they could make peace, but ceding cities, paying compensation, and paying tribute were all essential, so this would depend on Shen Yu's negotiation skills.
If Mobei is determined to fight, then the soldiers of Yue Kingdom should fight hard until Mobei is convinced.
Once Mobei is convinced, he will naturally choose to make peace.
However, what was unexpected was that during this period, the royal family of Mobei changed dynasties, and the new emperor took the initiative to propose a ceasefire in order to stabilize the court.
This saved Shen Yu a lot of effort. As long as the negotiations were over and the armistice agreement was successfully signed, he could return to the court with Shen Lingge.
After many years, it is time for Shen Lingge to go back and deal with the affairs of the court. Moreover, under the governance of his royal brother, the Yue Kingdom is becoming increasingly prosperous and powerful, with a harmonious political environment and people. It seems that it is time for him to go back and be a free and easy prince.
On the second day after Chen Yu captured the last city on the Mobei border, the Mobei envoys showed up at the gate of Yue Kingdom's temporary military camp with a letter of surrender and a peace agreement.
After a month on the expedition, Fang Xuren's carefully groomed beard was no longer tidy, and he looked fierce and hideous.
Fang Xuren volunteered to go and welcome the envoy.
He came to the outside of the military camp and saw a rough-looking man in court robes, holding a wooden box in his hand.
The people of Mobei all have rough looks, and the envoys who came this time also had fierce looks on their faces. Fang Xuren could not see any expression of willingness to seek peace on their faces.
"Emissary from Mobei, my prince invites you." This time, Fang Xuren addressed Chen Yu as prince, which meant that Chen Yu, a general, represented the Yue Kingdom at the moment.
The Mobei envoy performed Mobei etiquette with Fang Xuren, nodded, and followed Fang Xuren into the commander-in-chief's tent.
When the curtain was opened, the person sitting in the upper seat was Yue Kingdom's Prince Chen Yu. The Mobei envoy's expression changed slightly, his mouth was dry, and he couldn't help licking his lips.
"The envoy of Mobei Kingdom, Jirimutu, greets the prince of Yue Kingdom." Just like before, Jirimutu also performed the etiquette of Mobei towards Chen Yu. His attitude was humble, but his tone was neither humble nor arrogant.
"Envoy from Mobei, please take a seat." Chen Yu sat upright and did not stand up.
Jirimutu was not annoyed when he saw this. It was because the situation in Mobei country was tense now and they had no choice but to bow their heads.
The Yue Kingdom's etiquette for entertaining guests was quite appropriate. They prepared a chair for Jirimutu and did not make him stand the whole time.
Jirimutu was not polite and sat down, placing the wooden box in his hand on the table at the side.
"It is inevitable to be careless when marching and fighting, and we cannot bring any good things. The envoys from Mobei can try the tea we brought." Fang Xuren brought a cup of steaming tea and placed it next to Jirimutu's hand.
If you get thirsty during the negotiations, you can drink it in time.
"Thank you," Jirimutu glanced at the tea at hand. It was a cup of green tea with a faint fragrance. Unfortunately, people in Mobei did not like to drink tea, so he could not tell whether the tea was good or not.
Jirimutu looked at Chen Yu and stared at him. His own figure was reflected in Chen Yu's deep eyes. "Your Highness, this is the letter of surrender from my Mobei Kingdom."
He opened the wooden box on the table, took out a scroll of silk book from it, and handed it to Fang Xuren beside him, "Thank you."
Fang Xuren nodded, took it, turned around and handed it to Chen Yu.
Chen Yu placed the silk book on the table, opened it, and read the contents carefully.
Internal and external troubles in Mobei have led to frequent wars on the border. Now the soldiers are killed and wounded, and the people are displaced. Now that we have been defeated, in order to protect the country and the people and rebuild peace, I write this letter of surrender, expressing my wish to maintain a good relationship with the Yue Kingdom for a hundred years.
Chen Yu looked at the letter of surrender written with a red brush. It was already stamped with the jade seal of Mobei, so it was a letter of surrender that had already taken effect.
As long as the Yue Kingdom accepts this letter of surrender, it will be acknowledging the surrender of Mobei.
"Your Highness, please accept this letter of surrender." Jirimutu stood up and saluted without saying anything else.
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