Everyone present was stunned after hearing Wang Zhen's words.
You should know that Li Qin's actions constituted a rebellion.
Their court actually wants to negotiate peace with a rebel; what a blow that must be to the court!
From then on, everyone in the world will understand.
As long as one has enough military power, one can make the imperial court submit.
The emperor should appoint the one with the strongest and most powerful army.
This was originally just a sentence in a history book.
Everyone knows that.
But the imperial court had the strongest and most powerful army.
No one dared to take that step, but Li Qin did.
The imperial court not only did not eliminate Li Qin, but also negotiated peace with him.
That would make other people eager to do the same.
Let them see the limits of the imperial court's power.
That's when things get complicated.
So after Wang Zhen made this suggestion, Zhang Fu immediately stood up and said to him:
"No, absolutely not! Li Qin is a traitor. How can the court negotiate peace with him?"
Moreover, Li Qin is currently not far from us; any so-called peace talks are nothing more than a humiliating surrender.
Wang Zhen shook his head and said:
"No, General Zhang, the peace talks I mentioned were merely to lull Li into a false sense of security."
As long as we lull him into a false sense of security, our army can successfully return to the capital.
It's not too late for us to launch an attack and eliminate them once we have regrouped our strength.
After all, His Majesty is currently in our army.
What if something goes wrong?
After hearing Wang Zhen's words, Zhu Qizhen looked at Zhang Fu, and his eyes clearly showed that he was tempted.
After all, what Zhu Qizhen was most concerned about now was how to return to the capital as quickly as possible.
As for the rest, let's wait until he returns to the capital and gets out of danger first.
Zhang Fu sighed.
Because he knew that once His Majesty was moved, he had no other choice.
Although he knew he couldn't negotiate with the traitor Li Qin.
However, due to the circumstances, there was no other way.
We're running out of supplies; continuing to hold out means certain death.
Charging out onto the flat plains to face Li Ze's Liaodong cavalry would be suicide.
Taking the initiative is suicide, while holding out for reinforcements is waiting to die.
Peace talks are now a last resort.
Because they had no other choice.
He knew very well that Li Qin was very likely not to agree to peace talks.
But let's give it a try.
Even if we fail, we won't lose anything.
You must know that His Majesty is among their current army.
His Majesty absolutely cannot be allowed to have any mishaps.
In the end, Zhang Fu sighed but did not say anything to stop the suggestion.
Zhu Qizhen then summoned the accompanying ministers.
They began discussing who should be sent to negotiate peace with Li Qin.
After making the arrangements, Li Qin rode his warhorse and inspected the area to ensure that there were no problems with the defenses.
Finally, they returned to their own military tent.
At this moment, they were both very excited and nervous.
From the time I raised my army in Liaodong until now, I have experienced the siege of Jinzhou, the raid on Ningyuan, and the capture of Shanhaiguan.
They allied with the Jurchens, confronted the Jizhou garrison army, annihilated the Jizhou garrison army, and then pursued the imperial army.
And the recent battle in which tens of thousands of Qin cavalry were annihilated.
Finally, they managed to contain the imperial army of over 100,000.
Now, these 100,000 elite troops are all surrounded and trapped in their own encirclement.
With food supplies cut off, they were in a desperate situation.
Most importantly, and what excited Li Qin the most, was that the emperor, the emperor of Great Wu, was among the opposing army.
The scene that he had dreamed about countless times while sleeping since he transmigrated was now appearing right in front of him.
How can I not feel excited and nervous?
After going through countless hardships, we're finally down to this last push.
You could say he's extremely nervous right now.
The journey of a hundred miles is only half complete at ninety.
Having been through so much, I absolutely cannot afford to fail at this last step.
Be very careful, extremely careful.
After Li Qin returned to his military tent, his guards had already prepared his meal for the day.
The main course is a whole roasted lamb.
After Li Qin sat down, he looked at the whole roasted lamb in front of him.
He then glanced at the imperial army inside the Tushu Fortress in the distance.
They certainly don't have such good food now.
While thinking about it, Li Qin picked up a knife and started cutting the mutton.
He had barely eaten a little when one of his personal guards ran over and said:
"Young Marshal, the other side has sent an envoy, saying they are here on behalf of the imperial court to negotiate peace with us."
"Peace talks?"
Li Qin was stunned for a moment after hearing the news.
He then put down the knife and started laughing out loud.
He knew that unless he pushed the other side to the brink, they would never swallow their pride and come to negotiate with him, a rebel.
The fact that they would send people to negotiate proves one thing: the opposing army has been driven into a corner by him.
There's no other way.
Then, Li Qin said with a smile to Qi Duchen beside him:
"Summon all the generals, ascend the tent, and meet with the envoy from this court."
"Yes, take over."
After speaking, Qi Duchen immediately ordered his men to summon all the generals.
As the main tent was raised and all the generals arrived, Li Qin sat in the high seat.
Several imperial envoys entered.
As soon as they entered the tent, Li Qin recognized them.
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