First retreat to Yulin Mountain and let Xunzilin surround the mountain.

Then, another flood was used to destroy 45 troops.

This must have been calculated by Sun Bin.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?! Xia Guojun is coming."

"Your Majesty. That Sun Bin is terrible. Now Xia Guojun has destroyed my 55th Shang army. In a short period of time, they have controlled the three major states and provinces near Yanzhou. Now one-third of the land of our Shang country will fall under their control." hands."

"Your Majesty, Xia Guojun is really powerful. It has only been two months since we invaded Xia Guojun. Xia Guojun has killed millions of people in our merchant army."

"Under the banner of restoring Tianxia, ​​Xia Guojun is trying to destroy our Shang country! Your Majesty, why don't we vote for peace."

"..."

In the court hall, the anxious and uneasy voices of the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty sounded.

Bao An, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, also suggested that Hu Jianlong seek peace.

Hu Jianlong was immersed in his own shock and pain, when he suddenly heard someone say peace, his body shook and he raised his head.

He swept his gaze towards the main hall, and finally landed on a middle-aged fat man in a library robe.

"Bao An, you asked me to ask for peace?!"

Hu Jianlong looked at Bao An, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

The others, following the gaze of the emperor Hu Jianlong, swept towards Bao An.

They were apprehensive.

In fact, many people have this idea in their hearts.

However, they were not thinking of peace, but of surrender.

Businessmen are cruel by nature.

They are cruel to the weak.

Even massacring the city, they take it for granted.

However, once they meet someone stronger than them, they will be afraid of being killed in the same cruel way.

With such a powerful Xia Guojun, they had no choice but to surrender.

However, they dared not speak out for fear of offending Hu Jianlong.

However, Bao An, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, spoke out.

He was talking about making peace.

I don't know how the emperor will react.

A series of gazes, like searchlights, hit Bao An.

Bao An's body immediately became hot, his fat face was sweating, he arched his hands, and said to Hu Jianlong, "Your Majesty, at this point in the war, our merchant country has lost more than 100 million soldiers and horses, and we no longer have the strength to compete with Xia Guojun. Instead of struggling to the death, in the end, the country is destroyed, it is better to seek peace."

"To the east of the Dashang River, there are a total of ten states and provinces. Now, seven of them are occupied by the Xia Kingdom, and we can't hold on to the remaining three. Why don't we cede these ten states and provinces to the Xia Kingdom, As a bargaining chip for peace, we can also get peace. In the future, we will hide our strengths and bide our time, and wait for our merchant country to become stronger again, and then regain the lost ground..."

What Bao An meant was to bear the burden of humiliation and sue for peace first, and then to recuperate in the future and become stronger again before regaining the lost ground.

However, Emperor Hu Jianlong didn't hear it at all.

When he heard Bao An say that he wanted to cede all the east of the Dashang River to Xia Guo, he lost his mind in anger.

To the east of the Great Shang River, there are a total of ten states and provinces, occupying nearly half of the land area of ​​Shang Kingdom today.

It was Hu Jianlong who spent decades working on it when he was young.

He paid countless efforts for this.

The Minister of the Household Department actually asked him to cede it to Xia Guo.

Hu Jianlong's body shook.

This is betraying the country and seeking glory!

This is a traitor!

Hu Jianlong was furious, his eyes became fierce on his majestic face.

He stared fiercely at Bao An and said, "Bastard Bao An, how dare you ask me to ask for peace from those Xia Guojun?! You actually want me to let me cede all the east of the Dashang River to them?! You are a rebellious traitor Thief! Someone, pull him down and behead him."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When Hu Jianlong's ferocious voice fell, Bao An's body shook suddenly.

There was an unbelievable expression on his fat face.

All civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were shocked at this moment.

They thought that Hu Jianlong would not agree to the peace, but they didn't expect to be so excited.He was going to kill Bao An directly.

Two guards with knives strode in from outside the hall. They pulled Bao An up and were about to escort him out of the hall.

At this moment, in the main hall, ministers one by one begged for Bao An's mercy.

"Your Majesty, be merciful."

"Your Majesty, in the face of a great enemy, you must not kill important ministers."

"Your Majesty, Bao Shangshu also proposed peace for the good of the country."

"Your Majesty, give Bao Shangshu a chance to perform his crimes and make meritorious deeds."

"..."

As the Minister of the Household Department, Bao An was easy-going by nature and had a good popularity. Seeing that the emperor was about to kill him, many people pleaded for Bao An.

Some of these pleaders are Bao An's subordinates, and some are colleagues of comparable rank.

Among them was a Minister of Rites named Wei Long.

He is Bao An's biological uncle.

They wanted Emperor Hu Jianlong to forgive him.

However, when Hu Jianlong heard the words, his body became even more angry.

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