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In July, under the obstruction of Wanyan Zonghan, the two sides made no substantial progress in the peace talks. Everyone was waiting for the imperial edict from Huanglong Mansion. However, beyond the expectations of Wanyan Gao and Wanyan Zonggan, Huanglong Mansion had not made a decision for a long time.

The emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty ordered Wanyan Gao and Wanyan Zonggan. Because many Jurchen tribe leaders in the Jurchen Alliance firmly opposed the abandonment of Yanshan Prefecture, Huanglong Prefecture was unable to make a decision to form an alliance with Zhongtu. Wu Qimai was also very frustrated. Today, the critical situation in Huanglong Prefecture was caused by the repeated defeats in the war with Zhongtu. Someone must bear the responsibility for this consequence. The real power faction headed by Wu Qimai must pay the price for it and hand over some power. The first ones were Wanyan Gao, Liu Yanzong and others, who had to leave the center of power.

Wu Qimai lamented in his hand edict that if this situation continues to develop, he may not be able to protect his authority, nor can he protect Wanyan Gao and others.

Wanyan Gao, Wanyan Zonggan discussed with Liu Yanzong, Yang Pu and others for a long time, and decided to compromise with Li Hu again in order to seek Li Hu's help.

On this day, Wanyan Zonggan rushed to Li Hu's camp. He was Wanyan Xingxing's eldest brother and Li Hu's brother-in-law. With this relationship, Wanyan Zonggan has been getting along well with Li Hu since the negotiations. He even met the detained brothers Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Zongbi. This time Wanyan Zonggan came to see Li Hu alone, nominally begging Li Hu to release a group of Jin army generals such as Zongfu, Zongbi, and Talan first.

After Wanyan Zonggan made the request, Li Hu almost did not consider it and agreed immediately.

"You must consider one thing." Li Hu smiled, "Under the current situation, Zong Fu, Zong Bi and others returned to Huanglong Mansion, there has been no improvement in your situation in Huanglong Mansion."

Wanyan Zonggan suddenly looked happy. This was a hint made by Li Hu, and his trip was very likely to achieve his goal.

Li Hu urgently needs to reach an alliance now. The situation in Zhongtu is not good, and the strength of the Khitans is difficult to compete with the Jin army. No matter what happens on the side, Li Hu will fall into a passive position, so he has to take the initiative to hint to Wanyan Zong that he is willing to buy Wu Qi a hand at this critical moment and help Wu Qi Mai overcome the current difficulties, which is actually to help him overcome the difficulties himself.

"Tiger King, if we continue to attack the Khitans in the next few years, it will pose a major threat to the security of Middle-earth." Wanyan Zonggan responded immediately to test Li Hu's meaning, "especially, it will have an immeasurable impact on the Tiger King's great cause."

The Jurchens attacked the Khitans and the desert. With the current strength of the Khitans and the desert, they were obviously at a disadvantage. Once the desert was turned to the Jurchens, the Khitans would have only a handful of days. In order to maintain the chaotic situation in the north and maintain the three-legged northern pattern, Middle-earth must take action, so Middle-earth will fall into trouble. This is obvious.

Li Hu smiled slightly and could already hear the meaning behind Zong Gan's words.

"You also know that the reason why I helped the Khitans rebuild the Great Liao, helped the Khitans strengthen their strength, and formed a three-legged pattern in the north was to give Middle-earth enough time to restore their vitality and national strength." Li Hu said bluntly and simply made it clear, "If you Jurchens can give me a promise and a century-old peace covenant like the Song-Liao-Zhenyuan Alliance, I am certainly willing to give you the Great Jin Kingdom a promise."

Wanyan Zonggan was overjoyed. He didn't expect that Li Hu had already made plans for this. If Li Hu promised not to help the Khitans, then this matter would definitely affect the political structure of Huanglong Mansion.

"The confrontation between the north and the south is a good thing for both Central Earth and the north." Wanyan Zonggan said happily, "On the contrary, the melee in the north will not only seriously threaten the security of Central Earth, but will also have unpredictable consequences for the world's pattern."

Li Hu smiled and nodded. "You and I have the same views. If I, Zhongtu and your Jin Kingdom can reach an agreement on this basis, then it will be beneficial and harmless for both Zhongtu and Jin Kingdom."

Speaking of this, both sides have no scruples and speak freely.

Li Hu demanded that this peace talk would form a three-legged pattern in the north, and then in the next three years, the north must remain stable. Whoever provokes the war first, then the other two will join forces to attack the other. Three years later, Li Hu stabilized Middle-earth, and Middle-earth gradually recovered its vitality. If the Jin Kingdom decided to launch a northern expedition and unify the north, Li Hu would provide help, including no longer giving any support to the Khitans.

"These three years are very important to me," Li Hu said solemnly, "This is the bottom line of peace talks between our two countries and is not allowed to be discussed."

Wanyan Zonggan understood the gods and nodded repeatedly. He knew why Li Hu had three years of peace, because Li Hu wanted to seize the great Song Dynasty, ascend the throne in Central China, establish a country and establish a new dynasty, and establish a new dynasty. The royal family of this dynasty had a close marriage relationship with the Jin royal family. With this relationship, Wu Qimai and the political faction headed by him could not only regain the lost power in Huanglong Mansion, but also implement new national policies and quickly strengthen national strength. As long as the national strength is strengthened, he will win in the future war to unify the north. The authority of the Great Jin Kingdom will be firmly controlled by the political faction headed by Wu Qimai, and Zong Han and the Jurchen Alliance headed by him will be suppressed again, and the Great Jin Kingdom will step by step towards the goals they set under the leadership of Wu Qimai.

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Wanyan Zonggan returned to Yanjing City and told Wanyan Gao and Liu Yanzong about the results of this trip. Everyone was very happy.

Wanyan Gao and Wanyan Zonggan immediately visited Zong Han, and Wanyan Gao proposed a new peace agreement plan. The core content of this peace agreement plan was that after maintaining peace agreement for three years in the north, Li Hu would help the Jin Kingdom unify the north.

Zong Han was moved by this plan.

There is one of the most critical aspects of this plan, that is, whether Li Hu's promise is effective. If Li Hu goes back on his word three years later, continues to help the Khitans fight against the Jurchens and prevent the Jin Dynasty from unifying the north, then this peace talk would be equivalent to the Jin Dynasty helping Li Hu a big favor, but he gains nothing.

Wanyan Zonggan believed that Li Hu's promise would definitely be effective, because Li Hu would soon seize the great Song Dynasty. There was no problem with Li Hu's strength to seize the great Song Dynasty. However, it would be difficult to stabilize Middle-earth within three years and restore Middle-earth vitality. After all, Middle-earth first encountered foreign invasion, followed by a civil war. Then Li Hu began to unify the great cause of domestic chaos and national strength. It is conceivable that there is no time for ten years. Middle-earth could not see the hope of revitalization.

Wanyan Zonggan's view comes from the analysis and judgment of Han officials in Shandong, Hebei and other places, and is very convincing. After listening carefully, Zonghan basically accepted Wanyan Zonggan's statement. With such a long time to buffer, the Jurchens would definitely be able to conquer the desert and unify the north.

However, if Zong Han accepted this plan, he had to compromise with Wu Qimai. Zong Han had already won the basic national policy that concerns the survival and development of the Jin Kingdom, but if he wanted to achieve the goal of unifying the north, he had to win the unity of Huanglong Mansion. However, today's Huanglong Mansion was in a fierce conflict with the failure of the Sino-Turkey War, and two opposing factions were facing each other. If this situation did not change, not to mention the buffering of three years, even ten years later, the Jurchens would be unable to defeat the Khitans and conquer the desert due to endless internal strife.

Zong Han thought for a long time, but in the end it was the Jurchens' future. The future of the Great Jin Kingdom had the upper hand. He decided to make a political compromise with Wu Qimai so that the two factions could seek common ground while reserving differences and work together to complete the great cause of northern unification.

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On the tenth day of July, Wanyan Gao, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zonggan met with Li Hu to negotiate on this new peace agreement.

Li Hu made a promise, but he firmly demanded the retraction of Pingzhou Road. If Pingzhou Road cannot be recovered, the great cause of unification of China and Turkey will not be completed.

Zonghan did not believe Li Hu's promise and was even more unwilling to return Pingzhou Road. However, with the mediation of Wanyan Gao and Wanyan Zonggan, Zonghan finally made a concession. Pingzhou Road was temporarily garrisoned by the Jin Kingdom. Three years later, once the Jin Kingdom completed the unification of the north, he would return Pingzhou Road to Zhongtu, but Zhongtu must exchange it with the collapsed ridge north of Yinshan.

The collapsed ridge is located in the north of Yinshan and was controlled by the Dai Beihu Lieutenant Army. After Li Hu helped the Khitans rebuild the Great Liao, he temporarily lent this place to the Khitans. According to the alliance between the two countries, once the Khitans defeated the Jurchens and recovered the capital, the collapsed ridge would be returned to Zhongtu. This place is very close to Daibei, and the deserts crossed Yinshan to kill directly to Datong, so Li Hu would never give up.

Negotiations are deadlocked.

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In mid-July, news suddenly came from the battlefield of Shangjing that the Tiger Lie Army went north from the Lightning River and entered Dashuibo to meet the Khitan Emperor. It was only more than 300 miles away from the battlefield of Heihe. Once the Tiger Lie Army joined the battlefield, the Jin army would definitely not be able to defend the defense line of Heihe. The situation on the battlefield of Shangjing was suddenly critical.

Immediately afterwards, bad news came from Shangjing that the southwest governor Wanyan Loushi was seriously ill and could no longer command the battle.

Zong Han sighed, the good luck of the Jurchens gradually disappeared with the death of the late emperor Wanyan Aguda, and now it is even more difficult to walk. Gao Qingyi also persuaded Zong Han at this time that Li Hu would sell the Khitans to win Pingzhou Road and replace the three-legged pattern of the north-south confrontation. This cost was very high for Li Hu, and it was full of unknown variables for Zhongtu. Therefore, Gao Qingyi believed that it would take advantage of the opportunity of Li Hu being eager to dominate Zhongtu and quickly form an alliance to lay a solid foundation for unifying the north.

On July 18th, Zong Han took the initiative to meet Li Hu and made another concession. As long as Li Hu keeps his promise, once the Jin Kingdom unifies the north, it will immediately return to Pingzhou Road. As for the collapsed ridge, it will be the territory of Central Earth.

Li Hu also took the initiative to make concessions, but he gave a ten-year deadline. Ten years later, regardless of whether the Jin army unified the north, Pingzhou Road must be returned to Zhongtu. Otherwise, it would be equivalent to declaring war on Zhongtu, and the Tiger Lieutenant Army would recover Pingzhou Road by force.

In order to ensure that the Jin Kingdom complies with the alliance, Li Hu made another request that the Great Jin Kingdom should establish a throne, and the candidate for the deputy throne was Wanyan Gao. If the Huanglong Mansion could not accept it, then the alliance would not be concluded. The Huli Army would launch a full-scale attack on the Jin Kingdom after the Huanglong Mansion rejected the draft agreement between the two sides.

At this moment, Li Hu made this request, which was beneficial to both sides. Li Hu needed peace guarantees, while Zong Han needed a stable Huanglong Mansion so that the Jurchens could work together to unify the north. His compromise on this matter would win the gratitude of Wu Qimai and Wanyan Gao, and would ensure that he firmly controls the military power of the Great Jin Kingdom.
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