The Domineering General and His Post-it Lady

Just as Fan Ziren was discussing with Li Shenning and Xiao Shenke how to deal with the next battle, a soldier came with a message: "General, we received a letter from the Gem Country!"

Li Shenning quickly said, "Could it be a letter of surrender?"

Fan Ziren took the letter and opened it. The content of the letter roughly said that the Bao Shi Kingdom underestimated the enemy, which led to the successful surprise attack. Since the two sides continued to be deadlocked, both sides would suffer losses. It was hoped that a final peace could be achieved through peace talks!

Li Shenning said with contempt: "Why didn't these people negotiate peace before? It was obviously us who defeated them. If they continue to fight, they will probably be defeated. They know that they are not as strong as us, but they want to make peace but still pretend to be seeking peace!"

Xiao Shenke said: "A tiger with its teeth pulled out can no longer be ferocious and can only beg for mercy, but it cannot let go of its dignity and can only continue to pretend to be mighty to lower itself and seek friendly coexistence!"

Li Shenning immediately praised: "Xiao Shenke is really good! Your analysis is thorough. If your cold eyes could be a little gentler, those girls wouldn't shy away from you!"

Xiao Shenke glared at Li Shenning and said nothing.

Fan Ziren spoke up: "Although we successfully raided their military camp, given General Cao's temperament, he will inevitably feel unhappy that we didn't engage him head-on!"

Li Shenning quickly asked: "Will there be an ambush at that time?"

Fan Ziren said: "We cannot rule out this possibility. Maybe the peace talks they are talking about are just a cover, just to make us relax our vigilance, and then give us a surprise counterattack!"

Xiao Shen Ke asked: "General, how should we deploy it?"

Fan Ziren said: "On the day of the peace talks, you send people to watch the area near our talks to see if there are any enemy ambushes. Take care of them while you can. Don't alert the enemy. Move quietly!"

Fan Ziren said to Li Shenning again, "The night before the peace talks, you must remind everyone to bring the poison emergency antidote you prepared. You should also sort out some of the strange magic arts of the Northern Territory. We will prepare in advance in case General Cao uses them against us!"

Li Shen Ning had made friends in the Northern Territory and learned some strange magic from them. When he heard the general's words, he immediately nodded and said, "General, leave it to me!"

So everyone went their separate ways.

On the day of the peace talks, as expected, General Cao of the Baoshi State arranged soldiers near the peace talks site, preparing to capture Fan Ziren, following the example of others who said they would capture the leader first.

The elite soldiers sent by Xiao Shenke quietly eliminated all the soldiers arranged by General Cao of the Baoshi Kingdom, and then hid themselves, waiting for the general's orders.

After arriving at the place of negotiation, General Cao stepped forward hypocritically and said enthusiastically: "I met you today. It's really better to meet you in person than to hear about you. Your majestic appearance is really intimidating!"

Fan Ziren saw his intention and said, "General Cao is also very capable. He knows how to steal other people's friends. It's a pity that he didn't keep an eye on the door!"

General Cao thought to himself, "Fan Ziren, you are such a good person. I will capture you alive and see how you behave!"

General Cao smiled and said, "Oh, General Fan, please forgive me for making a fool of myself. I just accidentally fell into the trap of a villain. It's okay!"

After that, he asked Fan Ziren and others to sit down and had someone pour tea. Li Shenning saw that it was tea and said with a smile: "General Cao, don't you have good wine? You drank and sang and danced that day. I really want to appreciate your singing and dancing again!"

General Cao felt that he was being laughed at by Li Shen Ning, and thought to himself: I will capture you alive later, and I will skin you first, leaving you no chance to even speak!

Seeing that the atmosphere was somewhat awkward, Fan Ziren changed the subject: "General Cao, we have listed a few terms for peace talks. Please take a look. If you have any questions, let's discuss it together!"

General Cao took over the content of the peace proposal from Fan Ziren, but did not look at it carefully. He was only thinking about the next action, so he said, "Okay, okay, everything is good! The tea is getting cold, you can taste it first, this is a special variety of our Gem Country!"

When Fan Ziren picked up the teacup and was about to drink, Li Shenning shouted, "General, the tea is poisonous!"

When Fan Ziren heard that the tea was poisoned, he immediately smashed the cup to the ground.

When General Cao saw that his plot had been uncovered, he immediately shouted, "Archers in ambush, shoot!"

Seeing that no one responded, General Cao called out again, but still no one responded.

Li Shenning said, "Stop shouting. We don't even know where your people were sent to graze on the grass!"

General Cao couldn't help it and shouted angrily: "Form a battle line and take down these people!"

At this time Fan Ziren called out the soldiers who were lying in ambush nearby, and together they broke into the enemy's formation. Fortunately, he and Li Shen Ning had studied some formations.

Fan Ziren led his soldiers to attack the enemy array round after round. This array was arranged by General Cao using strange magic. After several rounds, Fan Ziren failed to capture it. If they continued to consume their strength, they would be the ones to suffer.

So he recalled some of the strange magic rules he had discussed with Li Shen Ning before, and suddenly thought of something. He led the generals to break into the formation again, and this time he actually broke through General Cao's formation!

Fan Ziren picked up the sword in his hand and fought General Cao head-on. In the end, General Cao was defeated and was pointed at by Fan Ziren with a sword and taken away. When other soldiers of the Gem Kingdom saw General Cao being defeated and captured, some fled and some surrendered directly. This time it was a head-on battle, and the Gem Kingdom was completely defeated.

Fan Ziren could have taken advantage of the victory and directly occupied the Baoshi Kingdom, but he didn't do that. If he had done that, he would have become a person like General Cao.

Fan Ziren has fought on the battlefield for many years and has seen countless bloody battles and countless people who died in battle. Some were his own generals, and some were enemy soldiers. If the other side did not deliberately provoke a war, he would be unwilling to send troops.

Before setting out on this expedition, he had discussed with the emperor that if peace could be negotiated, there would be no killing. So when he saw that the enemy army had been defeated and General Cao had been captured alive, he stopped sending people to pursue them and wanted to conduct further negotiations with General Cao.

After returning to the barracks, Fan Ziren had General Cao brought over and asked him what he wanted to say. General Cao realized that he had become a prisoner and said to Fan Ziren: "Since I have been defeated, I will do whatever you want!"

Fan Ziren said: "You started the war hoping to plunder supplies. Why can't we negotiate peace? The two countries can exchange resources together. This will not only save lives, but also gain supplies. It's killing two birds with one stone. Why not do it?"

When General Cao heard Fan Ziren say he wanted to negotiate peace, he couldn't believe what he heard and asked, "You don't want to take this opportunity to occupy the Bao Shi Kingdom? You want to negotiate peace? What's your purpose? Do you want us to be your slaves?"

Fan Ziren said: "It is not difficult to occupy the Jewel Country, but it will hurt the people. Why do we have to go to war? Isn't it better for everyone to live in peace and share peace?"

General Cao thought that Fan Ziren had such a broad mind and was worthy of being the one who could defeat him, and he had more respect for him.

Fan Ziren continued, "If General Cao agrees to negotiate peace, I will have you released and give you the peace terms we drafted earlier. You can take them back and show them to your monarch. If there are any points that you are not satisfied with, you can consider them."

General Cao agreed with what Fan Ziren said. Fan Ziren immediately ordered General Cao to be released and sent people to escort General Cao back.

The next day, General Cao signed a peace agreement with Fan Ziren on behalf of the Baoshi Kingdom. From then on, the two countries lived in peace and shared resources.