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Regarding the compensation made out by Ning Country, Tang Yin was also unable to make the most accurate judgement, so he could only pass this matter to Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji to discuss, with their astuteness, the peace agreement that they could come up with would definitely bring them the greatest benefit, and it would even be accepted by Ning Country with difficulty.

Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, and Zi Ying left together, leaving Tang Yin alone in the tent. He paced back and forth in the tent, and started to think about how he was going to retreat. Just then, Yuan Fang came over, and even brought some simple food and wine. In terms of diet, Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao were extremely careful. The two of them first used silver needles to test the dishes Yuan Fang brought along, then let the guards taste them. After confirming that there were no problems, they placed the dishes in front of Tang Yin.

Yuan Fang walked in front of Tang Yin, bowed deeply, and said with a smile: "I think my king must still be worrying about tonight's battle, that's why I got people to prepare some food and wine to bring over."

Tang Yin laughed bitterly, after tormenting himself for the majority of the night, not only did he fail to obtain any results, he even lost countless of soldiers. He waved at Yuan Fang and said: "Mr. Yuan Fang, sit down and eat together!"

"Yes!" "Great King!" Yuan Fang sat in front of Tang Yin, picked up the wine jug, poured two cups of wine, brought one cup over to Tang Yin, and asked: "I wonder what your majesty is planning now? Do we fight or fight? "

Tang Yin did not answer right away, but asked back: "Mr. Yuan Fang, I want to hear your suggestion first."

When Tang Yin was speaking with people on his side of the Feng Country, he very rarely used a self-address like 'This King' or 'Gu', so when he was speaking with, it was as if he was speaking with a normal person. Everyone in the Feng Army were already used to this, so they did not notice this detail. However, Yuan Fang noticed it, and at the same time, secretly nodded his head, for a normal soldier to be able to pull so many geniuses from the Feng Country over to his side, and let them work wholeheartedly for him, it was not solely by luck. In terms of winning over people's hearts, Tang Yin did indeed have something extraordinary about it.

As he pondered in his heart, Yuan Fang said indifferently: "In this humble subject's opinion, peace is everything."

"Oh?" Tang Yin laughed and asked: "Why?"

"With Zhangsun Yuanhong here, the Zhang River of our army will be as stable as an impregnable fortress. If we continue to fight, the advantage of our army will gradually be used up. At that time, Zhangsun Yuanhong will definitely seize the opportunity to counterattack the Hedong, and our army will have difficulty resisting."

Tang Yin raised his wine cup and seriously listened to Yuan Fang's analysis while nodding his head. Yuan Fang continued: "Also, in another twenty days or so, it will be the day of the Holy Rite. If we start a war now, I'm afraid it will arouse the displeasure and panic of the citizens of the country."

The Sacred Sacrifice Ceremony that Yuan Fang mentioned was a traditional festival in the Clear Sky Empire, and also a grand festival. It was to sacrifice the heavens, the earth, and the ancestors, and to pray that the following year would be peaceful and prosperous. "Before and after the sacrament, every nation would try to avoid war, which would be regarded as a bad omen, and spend the next year in a state of chaos.

Hearing that Yuan Fang had mentioned the Sacred Sacrifice Ceremony, Tang Yin patted his head, he had really forgotten about it. Of course, he did not believe that offering sacrifices to the heavens and the earth, to offering it up to the ancestors, would help protect the peace of this nation for the next year. However, that did not mean that the others did not believe him.

Seeing that Tang Yin had revealed an expression of enlightenment, Yuan Fang almost laughed out loud. To be able to forget such an important day like the Sacred Sacrifice Ceremony, the only person who would be able to was this war maniac, Tang Yin. He continued, "The King is the ruler of a nation. She must return to the capital to preside over the sacred ceremony. If the King was not within the country, people would be terrified and cause the people to become restless."

Tang Yin nodded and replied: "En! Mr. Yuan Fang's words are reasonable! " With that, he finished the wine in his cup in one gulp.

Yuan Fang's eyes lit up, but returned back to normal right away, and asked: "So you're saying, the King decided to negotiate with the Ning Country?"

Tang Yin did not answer right away. He narrowed his eyes, and looked down, as if he had thought of something. Seeing Tang Yin in a daze, Yuan Fang could not help but ask again, "Your Majesty?"

Oh? "AHH!" "That's right, I've decided to make peace with Ningxia." "As he spoke, he picked up his wine cup and played with it.

Yuan Fang laughed and said: "I am relieved now! Your Majesty, please rest early. Your humble subject will take his leave! " He stood up, bowed deeply towards Tang Yin, and then turned around and walked out.

Seeing Yuan Fang's back figure disappear outside the tent, Tang Yin turned his head and waved towards Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao. The two Shangguan brothers hurried forward and approached Tang Yin, asking, "What orders does the King have?"

Tang Yin whispered a few words into their ears. The two brothers were stunned at first, but then quickly replied and walked out.

After the two brothers left, Tang Yin sat on the collapsed ground and took a deep breath. Without any warning, white mist rose around him and was sucked back into his body.

In the next few days, Tang Yin rested and reorganized the entire army, and recruited new soldiers, while fighting with Shi Tinghan and Tan Du. Since he had not received the reply from Qiu Zhen, Tang Yin did not know the details of the agreement. He could only stall for time, and wait for the reply from Yan City.

This wait lasted for three days, and within these three days, he was unable to receive a reply from. Tang Yin was also very anxious, and he asked Xiao Muqing whether the letter he sent to Yan City was a pigeon or a servant sending it to him. Xiao Muqing's face was filled with innocence as he replied. "This is urgent, so of course I'm sending you a message."

Tang Yin frowned: "Since it's a pigeon sending a message, the letter should have reached Yan City long ago. Why are Qiu Zhen and Yuanji's reply so slow?!"

Xiao Muqing laughed bitterly: "Great king, the matter of peace has far-reaching implications, and will also affect our country's future national policy. I think Prime Minister Qiu and Prime Minister Shangguan will also need some time to discuss it!"

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded, and did not continue asking.

On the fourth day, Le Tian arrived at Tang Yin's tent early in the morning. At the same time, he brought back the Yan City report that Tang Yin had been looking forward to for the past few days.

This reply was personally written by Qiu Zhen, and there was only a short line of words written on it. Tang Yin had just woken up and was holding the slip of paper in his hands. He suspected that he had seen wrongly, he rubbed his eyes and looked at it closely, it was true, it said clearly on the paper: Great King, peace of agreement cannot be reached, I will talk about the details later.

He had already started to prepare to withdraw his troops, and at this time, Qiu Zhen actually rushed over from the Yan City. This was somewhat to Tang Yin's surprise, but what surprised him the most was Qiu Zhen's first half of the sentence, the negotiation could not be tolerated. He did not understand, now that their side could no longer continue to fight, what could they do? Even if they wanted to fight, they wouldn't have the tools to cross the river.

Tang Yin was unable to understand Qiu Zhen's intentions. Holding onto the answer book, he laughed bitterly. Seeing that, Le Tian could not hold it in and asked: "Great King, what did Prime Minister Qiu write on the book?"0

"Take a look for yourself!" Tang Yin held up the slip of paper to Le Tian, who took it and read it carefully, upon seeing it, Le Tian was also dumbfounded. He felt that Qiu Zhen did not care about his words, but as long as there was still a glimmer of hope, who would be willing to give up? There was really nothing he could do to resolve the situation.

Le Tian frowned and asked: "Great King, why is Prime Minister Qiu so determined to oppose peace? To negotiate with our troops... The pros and cons outweigh the cons! "

Tang Yin smiled wryly as he fell back and lay down on the bed again. "How would I know?" Pausing for a moment, he continued, "But Qiu Zhen is a hundred times smarter than me. There must be a reason behind his words." After saying this, Tang Yin seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Will the carrier pigeon make a mistake on the road?

Le Tianlei laughed. It seemed like the King was brimming with confidence when she said those words, but in reality, she wasn't too sure about them either. He replied, "Great King, all of the carrier pigeons in my country have been marked with special marks, so there definitely won't be any mistakes. Also, the words written on there are indeed the handwriting of the Prime Minister Qiu."

"That's right!" I was overthinking it. " Tang Yin rubbed his forehead that was faintly aching, and sighed helplessly.

Tang Yin had originally planned to discuss the details of the terms of the agreement with Shi Tinghan and his subordinate in detail, but on the other side, he had already ordered the entire army to be prepared and to retreat at any time. As a result, a small letter from Qiu Zhen disrupted Tang Yin's entire plan, slowing down the retreat, and the negotiation of a peace continued to drag on.

From this, it wasn't difficult to see how much weight Qiu Zhen held in Tang Yin's heart. With just a word of his, he was able to change Tang Yin's mind.

For Qiu Zhen to rush from Yan City to Zhang River, it could really be said to be thousands of miles of travel. Even if he rode a fast horse day and night, it would still be impossible to reach there in ten to half a month. If Tang Yin still remained in the Hedong at this time, it would be difficult for him to return to the Yan City on the day of the ceremony.

Because of Qiu Zhen's words, Tang Yin did not dare to withdraw his troops. If he did not withdraw his army, how could he leave the camp peacefully and return to the capital alone? At this time, Liang Qi gave him an idea. He wanted to transfer the Imperial Sacred Ancient Ceremony to the Hedong. The first was to celebrate the return of the Hedong, the second was to pacify the people of the Hedong, the third was to pay homage to the Feng Country soldiers who died in battle, and to pay respects to the undead. Especially for the third point, not only would it seal the truth of the citizens' words, but it would also make people feel that the King was a good monarch who cared about her soldiers and loved her people.

Hearing Liang Qi's suggestion, Tang Yin was overjoyed. He immediately made a decision to place the Feng Country's Sacred Sacrifice Ceremony in the Qingyuan city.

In the remaining time, a portion of the Feng Army left the Zhang River camp and entered the Qingyuan. They began to build the altar, preparing for the grand ceremony. The rest of the Feng Army began to construct defensive structures on the eastern shore of the Zhang River, taking the stance of wanting to fight with the Ning Army for a long time. The Hedong that had just been eased and the situation in the west of the river suddenly changed, as they started to become more and more nervous.

and who were in the camp could feel this change, the two of them were anxious like ants on a hot pan, they repeatedly requested to see Tang Yin, but Tang Yin's attitude was firm, he avoided them, he had already made up his mind to drag Qiu Zhen till the end.

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