Pawn Crossing the River

After several days of difficult negotiations, Daomen and Tianmen representatives conducted substantive consultations and drafted the final amendment to the "Fenglinzhou Weiyuan Country Peace Agreement" and agreed to formally sign it on the third day of March.

Whether Tianmen can accept the nine peace talks conditions proposed by Daomen mainly focuses on two fundamental issues, one is the punishment of the main war criminals and the royal family, and the other is the issue of the reception and adaptation of power and the army.

Zhang Qihan made some concessions, taking care of Tianmen's feelings, and divided the war criminals into two batches for processing. Those who persisted in their evil should be severely punished. If the person can recognize right from wrong, repent, is sincere and has real facts, and is therefore conducive to solving the Fenglinzhou issue through peaceful means, his/her war crime charges will be cancelled, and he will be given leniency. For example, Saio agreed to sign a peace agreement, gave up resistance, saved Fenglinzhou from the devastation of war, and benefited the people. He is a meritorious person and will be pardoned.

After the royal family relinquishes power, the title of emperor can also be retained. After all, the emperor is also an emperor, it is just an empty name and does not matter.

However, if the Daomen made concessions on the issues of war criminals and the royal family, then they would no longer make concessions on the issues of corresponding power and the army. Most of the power of the Zunbang faction must be transferred to Prime Minister Toyotomi, and all armies must accept Prime Minister Toyotomi. Adaptation, and it should not be adapted in batches and regions, but centralized and unified adaptation.

Finally, Zhang Qihan said: "With the third day of March as the deadline, whether Tianmen agrees to sign must be expressed before the third day of March. If it exceeds the deadline, Daomen will regard it as rejection."

On the Taoist side, Zhang Qihan, the head of the Fenglinzhou Taoist House, can make the decision with full authority on behalf of the Taoist sect without asking for instructions, while the Tianmen representative has to ask Saio who is far away in Ise Shrine in Mie County for instructions, so the Tianmen representative left Jincheng and returned to Ise. Ask for instructions from Shijin Palace.

In fact, with the departure of Tianmen representatives, the Zunban forces have completely withdrawn from Jincheng by sea.

In order to prevent Tianmen from accusing Daomen of sabotaging the peace talks, Donghai Navy did not stop them.

On the third day of March, Saio of Ise Jingu Shrine refused to sign the final amendment to the "Hourinzhou Weihara Peace Agreement", claiming that the extremely harsh nine peace talks conditions proposed by the Domen were evidence of his lack of sincerity.

On the fourth day of March, Li Wugou, the real person in charge of the army, and Zhang Qihan, the real person in charge of the army, issued an offensive order: "Rejecting this agreement means that Tianmen and the forces behind it are determined to resist to the end. The peace negotiations they proposed are just to prevent the counter-insurgency army. A delaying strategy to advance so that it can gain some breathing space.”

After giving the order from the camp, the Taoist army and Toyotomi Prime Minister's army, which had been resting for several days, began a full-scale attack.

Jincheng has become an empty city, almost a bloodless city. The great master Zhang Qihan gave a speech in Jincheng, saying: "The conditions of the plan proposed by Daomen are very generous. Everyone in Fenglinzhou should be able to see clearly who is right and who is wrong, and who is provoking war and destroying peace."

On the other side, Li Wugou, the real person in charge of the army, arrived at Suzuka Mountain. After meeting with Suzuka Gozen, he held a meeting at Suzuka Mountain and decided to attack Kobe from three aspects: sky, land and sea, without giving Kitai Ise a chance to breathe.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu were also able to attend the meeting, but they were not good at commanding military affairs, so they only listened and did not express their opinions.

After the discussion, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu traveled to Suzuka Mountain together.

This should have been a good time for you and me to have sex, but with the war approaching, neither of them was in such a mood.

"Who is this Jai Wang?" The two of them walked along the mountain road to a pavilion halfway up the mountain. Qi Xuansu leaned against the beauty in the pavilion, with white mist surging in the wind behind him.

Zhang Yuelu did not sit down and walked back and forth in the pavilion: "I have some knowledge, but there are mostly various rumors. Before he became the King of Jai, he was granted the title of Prince Fei Gong Xi Zi Nei, and she is the sister of the current Emperor Feng Linzhou. It is said that she once led the army herself when she was young and had a high prestige in the army. "

"How high is she? It is said that there was a mutiny and she went there alone. All the soldiers who saw her bowed their heads and vie to be her guards. The people who knelt down were all black. The soldiers had tears in their eyes and shouted long live. When she started to march towards the city, countless soldiers with weapons raised high joined the long queue behind her from all directions. The team grew rapidly like a snowball. When she arrived at the city, there were already thousands of soldiers behind her. . She took off her armor and walked away in her single clothes. Arrows rained down, but none of them fell within three feet of her body."

Qi Xuansu laughed dumbly and said: "I don't understand military affairs, but I don't think a general's prestige can be so high. It seems like a story made up by religious swindlers to enhance the mystery and sanctity of the leader. And I This thing sounds familiar. It seems to be the deeds of a certain Western emperor. Is it based on the deeds of a Western emperor? I remember that the emperor took off his shirt in front of the battle, exposed his chest, and roared at the soldiers. He took the shot, considering that Saio was a woman and it was difficult to undress, so he had to wear undress. "

"Or maybe His Highness Saio has immeasurable magical powers and can charm hundreds of people. It would be even easier to deflect the arrow rain from its original direction. I can do it too."

Zhang Yuelu asked with a hint of a test: "Since you don't understand military affairs, how can you be confident that this matter is false? After all, you also said that someone did do it, that Western emperor ”

Qi Xuansu said: "I don't understand military affairs, but I understand a little about human nature. The reason why the emperor in the West has such prestige is because this emperor once led his country to become the most powerful country in the Western Continent and brought great The army has a strong sense of honor, and the soldiers all remember their original glory. Compared with the current defeat, the huge contrast prompted them to find their own honor. So when the emperor returned, the soldiers spontaneously came to the emperor's side. Many of them came to him. At that time, honor was more valuable than money. On the other hand, Saio's Horinzhou Weiyuan Kingdom, not to mention breaking away from the rule of Daomen, even Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office had not overthrown it, let alone led Weiyuan Kingdom to become the most powerful in the entire East. It’s a country, so why does it have such high prestige?”M..

Zhang Yuelu smiled and said, "That's a good answer."

Qi Xuansu sighed: "In the past, I didn't take honor seriously, but after experiencing the war in Fenglinzhou, my mind changed. The army must respect honor, otherwise the army will fall."

"I once learned about some political systems in the West when I was in the Shang Palace. They have parliaments, elections, party divisions, and taking turns in power. So they require the military to strictly abide by neutrality to prevent the military from taking real power or controlling the parliament."

"In this context, they require that the military must be like a weapon. It must not have its own thoughts, remove beliefs, and only act according to orders. Weapons naturally have no honor."

"After removing faith, ideas, and honor, what is left in the army? They call it professionalism. So what is the difference between such a professional army and mercenaries? Taking war as a profession is nothing more than a national They have become employers. Soldiers have become people who earn a living instead of protecting their country. Isn't this different from those who hang their heads on their belts? "

"Without a sense of honor and status, they are like thieves in the army. If we want to drive them to fight, they cannot use honor as a motivation, so they have to talk about money. With less money, no one will work hard, just like the joke says, If you use three blunderbuss, you will be worthy of the emperor's salary. He who flees when he hears the wind is brave, he who flees when he hears the wind is brave, and he who flees when he hears it wrongly is brave. And because the situation is precarious, he will definitely enjoy himself in time, so drinking and prostitution will be common. One can imagine the deterioration of military discipline that followed."

"How can such an army have combat effectiveness?"

Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu approvingly: "You have seen clearly. We must try our best to avoid this situation. We must have faith and honor."

"Honor is always bound to the righteous heart, so before the Daomen decided to go to war, they spent a lot of effort to solve a problem, that is, why we are fighting, that is, the division is famous. After solving this problem, after the war, we We must strongly emphasize an issue, leaving a popular Fenglinzhou, targeting only nobles, not civilians, and trying to reduce the number of killings. Tianmen wants peace talks, and we know that the delaying strategy will satisfy them, and it is all for this reason. "

"The Western army is just the opposite. Because there is no need to talk about honor, it can be unscrupulous. There is no need to ask why they are fighting, and they don't have to care about their righteousness. They only need to pay money. But after losing their honor, their armies are no different from bandits. , Bandits pass by like a comb, soldiers pass by like a grate."

"These are two completely different ways. Taoism promotes morality and equality internally, and prides itself on civilization externally. Naturally, it cannot follow the old path of Westerners."

Qi Xuansu waved his hand: "We're off topic. We were discussing King Jai. Why did it get involved with the army again?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "Actually, there is nothing to say. This King Jai is at least similar to Master Qingwei. He has the strength of an Immortal Immortal, and may even be a genuine Immortal Immortal. Even if the Taoist sect besieges King Jai, we cannot participate. We Just keep playing the drums."

Qi Xuansu asked: "By the way, there are recent rumors that the National Master will leave the Qizhou base camp and visit Fenglinzhou in person. Is it true or false?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "It's true."

Qi Xuansu was startled: "The Imperial Master wants to take action personally?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "It may or may not take action. It mainly depends on how the three main gods respond. Although it is difficult for gods to leave the Kingdom of God due to the catastrophe, as long as they have enough divine power, they are not unable to descend to earth in person. Ten thousand moments is not enough. Just one hundred thousand moments. If one hundred thousand moments are not enough, there will be a way. If the three main gods take action in person, there may be changes. "

Qi Xuansu understood: "The Imperial Master is here to suppress the formation."