Chapter 462: Qinguan Alliance
"Why is the Prime Minister here?"
In the temporary courtyard of Qinguan, Zhao Heng pretended to be surprised and looked at Dou Wei.
In fact, he knew in his heart that Dou Wei must be more anxious than anyone else when Beidi attacked Wuguan.
After all, it was his Dou family's soldiers who died.
"Wuguan is in danger, and I have to come. If Wuguan is lost, Dasong will never be at peace again. I didn't expect to learn that Beidi wanted to negotiate peace with Dasong halfway, so I rushed to Qinguan and waited for the emperor."
Dou Wei tried to make his smile look natural.
He was quite annoyed now.
The Beidi suddenly attacked Wuguan with all their strength, and the Wuguan garrison sent him twelve urgent war reports.
After hearing the news, he dropped his chopsticks and rushed to Jingzhou while eating.
Although Beidi suddenly negotiated peace, his Dou family lost a lot of soldiers and horses in the days of siege.
"I see." Zhao Heng sneered in his heart.
Now he is very annoyed with Dou Wei and his ilk.
When he was in Yancheng, he learned that when he was trapped in Xiancheng, there was no movement in the capital.
Dou Wei, as the prime minister, disregarded his life and death. What was he thinking?
If Dou Wei was not the head of the Dou family, he really wanted to kill him right now.
What frustrates him most is the eldest prince.
He made the eldest prince regent because he wanted to give him a chance to enter the East Palace.
And he and Dou Wei are probably looking forward to his death.
It is precisely because of the comparison with these ruthless people.
He thinks that even if the King of Yan said those tough words to him, he is much more lovely than them.
"Since the prime minister is here, please join me in this peace negotiation. You can go out of Qinguan on my behalf and meet with the envoys of Beidi at the foot of Qinguan." Zhao Heng said.
If it were other ministers, they would definitely change their faces when they got this task.
The Beidi people are arrogant, and this is not a good job.
However, Dou Wei came in person this time, but he had his own little thoughts.
So he pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty... this..."
"Only if the prime minister comes in person can we show the sincerity of Dasong. Isn't it what the prime minister has always longed for to negotiate peace with Beidi?" Zhao Heng frowned slightly.
Dou Wei hesitated again, and finally said, "In this case, for Dasong, I will go this time."
Zhao Heng nodded with satisfaction.
Then he looked at Ma Han.
After entering Sizhou, Ma Han took him and escorted him to the foot of Qinguan.
"Mazhou Mu, where is Temuta now?"
"Your Majesty, Temuta is in Xiangcheng. He said that he would come to Qinguan again on the day of the peace negotiation." Ma Han said.
Seeing Dou Wei, Ma Han's expression stiffened, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Dou Wei was afraid that he could not escape the responsibility for the drastic changes in the Ma family.
However, now he is the head of the Ma family, and he can no longer act as willfully as before.
It is easy to kill Dou Wei now, but the Ma family can no longer bear another toss.
He could only suppress this hatred in his heart.
Quietly wait for the opportunity to avenge the blood debt in the future.
Dou Wei noticed Ma Han's expression, but he looked normal and ignored it.
Because he knew that the more he said, the more likely he would anger Ma Han.
Zhao Heng did not notice the secret eye contact between the two ministers on the left and right.
He shouted to Ma: "Send someone to Xiangcheng immediately and ask Temuta to come to negotiate peace."
After saying yes, Ma Han turned and left.
Not long after, a team of cavalry came out of Qinguan and headed for Xiangcheng.
A day later, the cavalry arrived in Xiangcheng.
Upon learning that Zhao Heng had arrived at Qinguan, Temuta immediately sent someone to send the news to his father Khan.
Three days later, under the escort of 20,000 cavalry, Mule Hongzhen arrived in Xiangcheng.
"Remember our conditions. The first is to cede Qinzhou and Yongzhou. The second is to hand over Ulanba. The third is to make peace with the princess. But the most important thing is that the scope of our Beidi's ceasefire is only from Jinzhou to Xiliang. Yanzhou is excluded from the peace talks." Mule Hongzhen said.
After a pause, he said to Temu Ta, "Just say it directly. We have made peace with Dasong, but we have a personal grudge with the King of Yan, which is not included in the list."
Temu Ta nodded, "I understand."
Mule Hongzhen talked to Temu Ta about some matters of peace talks before letting him leave.
He told him to send back to Xiangcheng immediately if he couldn't decide.
Watching Temu Ta leave, Mule Hongzhen's face darkened.
This perfect southward plan failed completely because of the King of Yan.
To the east, the Snow Wolf King's tent of Ulanba was completely annihilated, and only one-fifth of the remnants of the Black Iron King's tent remained.
The attack by the King of Yan on the Ningjin Dusi caused them to lose a large number of cattle, sheep, war horses, and young slaves of Dasong.
In the west, although he won a complete victory, Xiliang and Ma Jin also lost more than 100,000 people.
In the battle of Yongzhou in Beidi, they besieged Xiancheng and Wuguan, and there were more than 70,000 casualties.
This account should be counted on the head of the King of Yan.
Therefore, he decided to negotiate peace with the court of Dasong and concentrate all his forces to deal with the King of Yan.
"King of Yan, the fate of King Uzi is your fate." A cold light flashed in Mule Hongzhen's eyes.
After a day's trek, Temuta arrived at the foot of Qinguan the next day.
It seemed that he knew his arrival in advance.
A table and two stools had been set up outside the gate of Qinguan.
Seeing him arrive, an official left Qinguan under the escort of a team of Dasong imperial guards soon.
He recognized this person, but it was Dou Wei, the prime minister of Dasong.
Thinking of the battle in Jinzhou and his cooperation with the Dou family, a smile appeared on Tiemuta's lips.
The hostility in his body dissipated a lot.
For him, Dou Wei could be the target of their Beidi's wooing.
"Prime Minister Dou." Temuta pointed to the chair opposite and motioned Dou Wei to sit down.
"King Temuta." Dou Wei clasped his hands.
Sitting opposite each other, Temuta spread a sheepskin scroll on the table, "Prime Minister Dou, such a distinguished person came to negotiate peace in person, it seems that the Emperor of Dasong is very sincere. These are our Beidi's conditions. In fact, I have already told your emperor last time."
Although Dou Wei had his own thoughts, Zhao Heng was watching him on the top of Qinguan.
He decided to deal with the peace talks first.
Looking at the contents on the sheepskin, Dou Wei couldn't help but feel happy.
This time, Beidi's conditions were really not harsh for Dasong.
It was a good deal to exchange Ulanba for the remaining Dasong soldiers and horses in Xiancheng.
Qinzhou and Yongzhou were already occupied by Xiliang. After this defeat, they could not raise troops to take them back.
There was no difference between ceding and not ceding.
Regarding the marriage, Beidi and Dasong sent their princesses to each other, which was not wronged.
He continued to read, and the fourth article actually required Dasong to set up a border market in Wuguan.
This was simply giving money to their Dou family.
He looked at Temuta and found that Temuta was also looking at him with ambiguous eyes.
There was also the fifth article below, requiring Dasong to pay an annual tribute of 5 million taels.
The sixth and seventh articles were all trivial matters, such as asking Dasong to return the captured Beidi soldiers, etc.
As for the most critical one, it was at the end, that is, the scope of the truce did not include the Yanzhou line.
Dou Wei's heart pounded for a rare time.
The conditions of this peace negotiation were completely beneficial to the Dou family and the powerful families.
Thinking of this, he made up his mind.