Three days later, Tianlang heard that the negotiation result had come out. On the basis of Daxing Kingdom giving Qifan 500,000 taels of silver, 200,000 taels of gold and 300,000 pieces of silk, and promising to provide Qifan with millions of stones of grain every year for three consecutive years, Qifan retreated only 150 miles of troops and withdrawing from nine of the more than ten cities in the north it occupied. The two sides no longer fought in the Central Plains.

This result surprised Tianlang and was very dissatisfied. This was very different from what he had heard before, when the emperor wanted to at least let Qi Fan return to the Northern Region.

This kind of negotiation result is equivalent to giving up most of the northern part to Qifan, which is much worse than the situation where the Chu family is entrenched in the Northern Territory. At least at that time, the entire Northern Territory was in the hands of the imperial court. King Chu Muyun, the King of Jingbei, always stationed in the northern border and did not invade the Central Plains. The Qifan Kingdom did not dare to covet the Central Plains. Now, he drove away his own people, but sent great rivers and mountains to foreign tribes, so that the people in the northern Central Plains were ruled by foreign tribes. What is this?

He was puzzled. With the military and economic strength of the Daxing Kingdom, it was impossible for Emperor Daxing to be so afraid of Qifan. Moreover, everyone knew the purpose of the emperor when he came, and was to give Qifan some benefits and let him retreat outside the Northern Territory. But I wonder why such a big change happened in the end. Was the emperor threatened?

In fact, he didn't know that during the negotiations, Deyong showed Wu Beikun a secret weapon that Qifan had just possessed, which shocked Daxing's monarch and ministers. He was able to conquer most of the Central Plains immediately, and Daxing's country could only sit back and wait for death. Everyone believed in this result.

The negotiations were to the side, and they were completely dominated by Qifan. The negotiation agreement was originally a matter of Qifan's insignificance, but they just agreed not to continue to attack south. However, this result made Wu Beikun lose all his face and difficult to accept it. However, he was afraid that Qifan would continue to attack the Central Plains and did not dare to refuse to continue the negotiations easily. He was in a dilemma for a while and it was difficult to make a decision.

Later, General Huang Zhipeng quietly offered an idea to the emperor, saying that Qifan would never succeed without retreating his troops, which made the emperor unable to explain to the people of the world that as long as Qifan retreated from a hundred miles, it would be fine. In return, our dynasty could exchange the seven cities in the Western Regions, but it should be noted that the city is not under the control of the court, and Qifan can attack it on its own, but Daxing and Qifan are not allowed to fight in the Central Plains.

Wu Beikun felt that this plan was very wonderful. This condition was enough to induce Qifan to retreat a hundred miles, so that he could use Qifan's hands to eliminate his major troubles and give both sides a step. As long as he overcomes the current difficulties, he would consider it from a long-term plan to deal with Qifan's country.

Finally, Wu Beikun agreed with the ministers to agree to exchange this condition for Qifan's retreat of troops of 150 miles, but Daxing gave up the sovereignty over the seven cities in the Western Regions, which could only be used as a secret clause attached to the agreement and should not be known to outsiders.

Deyong agreed to this clause after a little thought. First, he felt that if he didn't sell his face to Wu Beikun, he would be a little sorry for the generous gifts he gave to Wu Beikun; second, if he did not retreat, Wu Beikun could not explain to the people; third, he believed that as long as he was allowed to conquer the cities, he would be invincible. The seven cities in the Western Regions were much better than those in the northern barren areas. In this way, this armistice agreement, which cost Daxing Kingdom openly and secretly, was signed.

Although Tianlang didn't know these inside stories, he was already very desperate about what the court did. The soldiers fought to resist foreign humiliation, but were ruthlessly betrayed by the court, giving up a large area of ​​land and allowing the people in the north to continue to live in dire straits. This was something he could never accept.

After the truce, Qifan's army retreated to the north of Changling River, and Daxing sent troops to take over nine cities including Fengding County and Lushui County where Qifan had withdrawn.

After repatriating the troops sent by each unit, General Huang Zhipeng of the Cavalry and Yang Jinchao of the Assistant State repatriated the troops sent by each unit and prepared to return to the court. Except for some of the new recruits recruited for this battle, the rest of them were disbanded on the spot and repatriated to their original positions.

Tianlang resigned to Governor Wang on the grounds that he was also recruiting new recruits. Governor Wang was shocked and did not dare to let him go easily. He immediately sent someone to report to General Huang.

Huang Zhipeng attaches great importance to Tianlang's talent and thinks that this kid is a genius and will be of great use in the future. If he cannot serve himself and seeks others in the future, he will probably suffer endless troubles.

He immediately called Xu Tianlang and said to him: "The country is in the midst of internal and external troubles. It is the time to employ people. When you wait for young talents to serve the country, how can you say that you will resign?"

"We poor people only joined the army to fight against the enemy and serve the country because of the crisis. However, due to their weak people, even if they die in the country, they are far from being indifferent to the disaster of the country. Therefore, they have already taken the world's affairs indifferent. They have returned home to farm and enjoy their lives." Tianlang immediately knelt down and replied.

Lord Huang went up to help Tianlang up and said, "This is a bad statement. This ceasefire agreement is a temporary solution. You don't know the inside story and don't talk nonsense. It is not easy to convince Qifan to withdraw troops this time. The emperor and the emperor adopted the advice of the ministers. First use the barbarians to control the rebels, and use Qifan to eliminate the rebels. If the two harms invade each other, there will be one injury. At that time, the court will take advantage of the situation and achieve twice the result with half the effort. If you are willing to continue to serve the old ministers, I will entrust you with important tasks and assist the court in completing this great cause and achieving great achievements."

After hearing what he said, Tianlang looked up at Lord Huang and begged him to make a clear statement with his eyes.

Lord Huang had no choice but to tell Tianlang about the additional terms in the armistice agreement, and said that this was the highest secret of the country and could not be circulated outside the country.

He told Tianlang that Qi Fan might attack the Western Regions in the near future, and it should be no problem for Qi Fan to take over the Western Regions, but Deyong has a friendship with Chu Muyun, and the King of Chu is his brother-in-law. Deyong may not kill the King of Chu and will probably let the King of Chu go south.

If the King of Chu was defeated by then, he might lead his army southward after he entered the Western Regions. The first city after entering the pass was Quyang County. Although it was a small city with a population of less than 70,000, it played a crucial role in preventing the rebels from moving southward.

"So, I want to appoint you to Quyang County as the general, and take up the post of governor of the West, and command 8,000 local garrisons. The main purpose is to follow up and observe the war in the Western Regions. Once the war changes, make timely responses."

"Your main task is to closely monitor the every move of the King of Chu army. Once you find that the King of Chu army is heading south, ask for troops to support the court in time. You must stop and eliminate the King of Chu army outside the pass. The court will send heavy troops to provide assistance at that time, don't worry." Lord Huang said to Tianlang.

After hearing the words, Tianlang was secretly surprised, thinking that the dynasty was so shameless that in order to quell the rebellion, he actually handed over the Northern and Western Regions to Qifan, and even sent troops to help Qifan eliminate these Central Plains patriots. It was really tolerant, and who would not tolerate it?

However, he thought again that this was an opportunity. If he could lead his troops to station at the western gate, he could detour from the rear to threaten Qifan and support Kitano City. He could even directly join forces with the Western Regions to drive Qifan out. If he did not go, the court would also appoint someone else, which would really be detrimental to King Chu Muyun, Jingbei.

After Tianlang made up his mind, he expressed his willingness to accept General Huang's proposal. But he made a request, which was to bring a battalion of cavalry with him to take office. General Huang was overjoyed and immediately agreed. After all, his army was not short of the 200 or 300 troops. He immediately asked Tianlang to order all his troops and set off the next day. He immediately submitted a request to the court to handle the appointment procedures. When Tianlang arrived in Quyang County, the imperial appointment letter was almost there.

After Tianlang thanked General Huang, he returned to the barracks and ordered Niu Jiujin Liu Duwei to order the third cavalry he led to, a total of 280 people were ready to go, and followed him to Quyang County to take office.
Chapter completed!