At this time, the only army that invaded the Tang Kingdom was Wang Qing.

There is nothing to say along the way. The head of Tai'an Mansion is Zhu Tong, the beautiful bearded man. He has always been calm and cautious. Then the superiors sent to learn about the two brothers Zhen Jiebao and the sword-killing ghost Cao Zheng to help. They stayed in the door from the beginning, which clearly relied on the super defense of Tai'an Mansion to entangle with each other.

Like Tian Biao and the others, Duan Er and his gang had to forcibly attack the city after the ineffective curse formation. However, the defense of Tai'an Mansion Wheel, which was backed by Mount Tai, was far above Mengzhou. Duan Er and his team fought for five days and vomited blood, losing nearly a thousand people, but there was no progress.

At this time, news of the failure of the other three routes came one after another, which shocked Duan Er and the others, especially Lingzhou Prefecture was also taken away by the people of the Tang Kingdom. This was also in Yanzhou, and it was not far from them. In addition, Dongting Lake was guarded by Yang Yao, and the transportation of food and grass was directly prohibited during this period. No matter which one was not good, Yang Yao and the others who had already occupied Dongting Lake had the confidence to be solemn. If anyone dared to smuggle on the lake, thousands of vehicles and ships would definitely teach you how to be a human being.

This made it extremely difficult to transport food and grass behind Duan Er and his team, so Duan Er also made a quick decision to withdraw his troops directly. Otherwise, it would be miserable if the Lingzhou people came out to attack their food and grass again.

In this way, the four armies that were dissatisfied with the founding of the Tang Kingdom came in full force, but in the end they all ended up tragic. They were conquered and wiped out all the way, with more than half of the casualties along the way. Only Wang Qing and others were better, and only more than a thousand people were lost. However, the money, grain and manpower consumed by transporting grain for thousands of miles was not a small amount, especially because they were the initiators of this encirclement and suppression battle, so they lost the most.

After the war is over, the next issue will be discussed later. In fact, even Wang Qing and Tian Hu knew that the Tang Kingdom is now vast and densely populated, with a lot of money and enough food, and it has become a climate, and it is definitely not something that can be fought in one battle. Therefore, the coalition conquest of this coalition was more about demonstrations and oppression. It is naturally the best to be able to seize one or two cities of the Tang Kingdom. Even if it cannot, it would be necessary to humiliate the Tang Kingdom severely, and then let them cede land and apologize publicly, etc., which is enough to achieve their goal.

This is like the two giants of the Celestial Empire and the American Empire in later generations. Friction is inevitable. It is normal to mock and sneer each other, engage in some trade frictions, add tariffs and even pull allies to restrict each other. However, the war will never be easily started, and at least the war will not start in full swing, because that will not benefit anyone. The loser will naturally be in a mess and will never recover. The winner will probably be a big damage to the vitality. Then how can you have the strength to shock the other opponents?

So no matter what the outcome of this battle will definitely end in negotiations. However, Wang Qing and the others never expected that their four armies would lose even if they went out together, which made them extremely passive and even unfavorable at the negotiating table.

But no matter how difficult it is, it must be discussed. Otherwise, if you fight against Tang State without declaration, aren't you afraid that Tang State will do this? The territory under Wang Qing or Tian Hu is quite large, with most of the states hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and the boundary line is very long. Not to mention how difficult it is to prevent them all first. And can you defend yourself every day every year? As the saying goes, you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. If you really don't wait for Tang State to attack, you will be dragged down first.

Therefore, Wang Qing, Tian Hu and all the Jianghu forces in Yuzhou joined forces to send several representatives to meet Du Jia less than three days after the war ended. They all had a very good attitude. They dismounted several miles in front of Liangshan to show respect, and then went to Zhu Gui's hotel. Now it has become a huge welcoming station, which is dedicated to receiving envoys from all over the place. In the future, they are even more humble. They say politely and smile with their faces, which is completely different from the previous aggressive troops.

This is the greatest mystery of the dealings between forces. When the forces are not equal, power is diplomacy; when the forces are equal, diplomacy is power. At the beginning, Wang Qing and Tian Hu wanted to use the former to solve the problem simply and roughly, and then painfully find that they were wrong, so they could only be forced to adopt the second method, which is to seek peace by humble words and generous coins.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Gui couldn't help but laugh in his heart, but he felt a sense of pride for the power of Tang Kingdom. In the past, he was so difficult when he opened a hotel at the foot of Liangshan. He had to nod and bow to everyone when he saw him. It would be better if he had a good temper. Some people who relied on their own skills were simply yelling at them as slaves. However, Zhu Gui endured these things for the sake of a copycat, but it did not mean that he was not in the mood and was willing to be trampled on.

But now it is completely different. Since Du Jia took over the counterfeit village, his status has become higher and higher, and fewer people dare to be rude to him. Now, after establishing the Tang Kingdom, he has a deep experience and loyalty. Du Jia specially instructed the Ministry of Personnel to arrange him as a third-rank official position, with a high status and is responsible for all the stations in the counterfeit village. In fact, he no longer needed to come here in person, but Zhu Gui had a deep affection for this job and was not at ease with others to do it, so he stared at it every day.

Of course, as he is, there is no need to greet the guests in person, but more people come to visit him. For example, the envoys this time respectfully came to see him "Master Zhu Gui", and then hoped that he would introduce the King of Tang on his behalf.

Right, it is the King of Tang. After this war, Du Jia and Tang's status have been accepted and recognized by everyone. Even in the hearts of many people, their reputation is still above the predecessors of Jin, Chu, and Wu. At least on the surface, they have to give enough etiquette and no longer refer to their names, and even more so insults are not allowed.

Seeing that their attitude was indeed sincere and thoughtful, Zhu Gui brought generous gifts, so he asked his subordinates to collect the gifts and then went to the mountain to report to the King of Tang.

During this period, Du Jia was in a good mood on the mountain. On the one hand, it was because the four enemy troops were successfully repelled by them as planned. On the other hand, it was because his wife Chai Liya finally got pregnant after hundreds of hard work in recent times. This made Du Ping and his wife so happy that they couldn't stop. The entire mansion was even more busy, and there was joy everywhere.

So now Du Jia put aside chores and talks with his wife every day. Although he was a human being for two lives, he was also a father for the first time. This kind of joy was undepressing. Chai Liya finally got what she wanted and put down a stone in her heart. Seeing her husband so favored her, her face was filled with a happy smile, and her beauty became even more beautiful.

(End of this chapter)
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