When Mai Ke and Zhang Tianci began to negotiate, they realized that things were much more complicated than they imagined.

From the Zhang family's side, the minimum requirement is to keep the Zhang ancestral hall intact and returned, and all ancestral relics cannot be lost or damaged.

There is a problem that it is better not to move the ancestral hall of the Zhang family.

But the Heavenly Army has basically occupied Dayong, how can you spit out what you eat in your mouth?

And the Heavenly Army occupies Dayong, and the Zhang family is left with two choices, either surrender to the Heavenly Army, so that there is no need to move, or do not surrender, people leave, and the ancestral hall remains.

The Celestial Army could allow the Zhang family to leave some people to manage the ancestral hall, but they must be under the strict supervision of the Celestial Army.

There's not much of a problem with this, but what about their annual ancestor worship?

According to family tradition, at this time, all the male members of the Zhang family over the age of 18 and the female family members involved in the management of the family business must gather together to participate.

In addition, if something serious happens, you must also go to the ancestral hall to inform the ancestors.

Therefore, Zhang Tianxi proposed to give them a privilege on the basis of insisting on the bottom line of not surrendering.

This privilege includes two aspects, on the one hand, the Zhang ancestral hall and the surrounding area of 500 meters still belong to the Zhang family, and on the other hand, the members of the Zhang family can freely enter and leave the Zhang ancestral hall, and the heavenly army must not interfere.

On the side of the Heavenly Army, in addition to the possession of Dayong City, the more important requirement is to return the Heavenly Army captured by the militia, and no one is missing!

Zhang Tianci happily agreed to the request of the Heavenly Army to return the prisoners.

As a reciprocal, Mai Ke also agreed to transfer the Zhang ancestral hall and all the relics of the Zhang ancestors in it. and handed it over to the Zhang family.

In fact, the most precious of these is the "Liutao" military book.

The first six volumes of foreign books are those that are circulated in the market, and the priceless treasures are the last six volumes of inner books, whether they are cultural relics or military values.

However, Mai Ke did not pay attention to the value of his cultural relics at all, and only paid attention to military value.

And the content of the last six books, Mai Ke has already copied it.

This is, of course, the result of a quick move!

As soon as Zhang Tianci arrived, Mai Ke expected these relics of the ancestors of the Zhang family. Most of them will be returned to Zhao.

He was one step ahead. Let Lingxi make a copy of it as it is and store it in the library.

Not only the inner book of "Liutao", but also the outer book, the pick-up map, the ten-sided ambush map, the images of the ancestors of the Zhang family and their profiles have also been copied.

Therefore. These are irreplaceable and priceless treasures for Zhang. It's not that important to Mai Ke anymore.

But. Of course, these Mai Ke will not tell the Zhang family, and for them, no matter what Mai Ke has done. None of these things are devalued.

Because Liutao is still their lonely, there is nothing left if they lose.

After the most important matters were finalized, Mai Ke and Zhang Tianci moved to the issue of the Zhang family's privileges.

Mai Ke originally wanted to recruit the Zhang family, but was explicitly rejected by Zhang Tianci.

The reason for Zhang Tianci's refusal is also reliable, saying that his family members are distributed in various provinces, and if he surrenders, they will inevitably be in danger.

Although Mai Ke knew that he had other reasons for not surrendering, he did not continue to spend more time in this regard, and the twisted melon was not sweet.

In fact, Zhang Tianxi insisted on not surrendering, in addition to the disagreement between the concept and the heavenly army, there was still luck in his heart.

He still has two moves to wait for the result.

One is that he sent his youngest son Zhang Bao to make a detour to the rear of the Heavenly Army, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack important places in their rear, if successful, it will inevitably affect the attack of the Heavenly Army, and maybe they will have to withdraw their troops.

Another move was the request for help he had sent earlier, and he was more sure that reinforcements would arrive soon.

If the reinforcements are strong, there is also the possibility of turning the tide of the battle!

What if both moves achieve the desired result, and you surrender?

Therefore, he stuck to the bottom line of not surrendering.

At the same time, he also took advantage of this expectation and tried to get preferential terms for himself.

Negotiations are underway, and suddenly a horse gallops in!

"Report!" the big thing is not good...... the man shouted loudly when he saw Mai Ke from afar.

Mai Ke shook his head, even if he is in a hurry, he has to wait until he is closer, right?

"What's the matter?" Mai Ke asked in a deep voice, and the man had already rolled off his saddle and dismounted, panting and standing in front of Mai Ke.

"The Celestial Army has been attacked! Station No. 10 has been occupied by the enemy! They are continuing to expand their gains in the north and south directions! The routine patrols of the Celestial Army have been interrupted...... "The person who reported the news was quite clear in his thinking and speech.

Mai Ke immediately took out the multi-layered globe and found the location of the No. 10 station, which turned out to be the one that directly corresponded to Dayong City.

Mai Ke glanced at Zhang Tianci, although he was basically silent, but the slight color in the corners of his eyes still betrayed the happiness in his heart.

Mai Ke immediately understood that this sneak attack must have been arranged by him.

Blame had to surrender, and insisted on asking for preferential conditions, it turned out that there was still a backhand!

"What's the matter, Patriarch Zhang, while negotiating with me to make us lose our vigilance, on the other hand, you sent troops to attack the rear of our army, is this your sincerity?"

Mai Ke changed his smile and asked with a frosty face.

Of course, he knew that this sneak attack must have been arranged in advance, and the sneak attack incident was probably before the negotiations, but Mai Ke might as well use this matter to talk about it and occupy the commanding heights of the negotiations.

Moreover, even if it was arranged in advance, he did not inform it in advance, was it at least his omission, on the one hand, to negotiate a truce, and on the other hand, to provoke a war, putting themselves in a contradiction.

Mai Ke is familiar with negotiation techniques, so he can let go of this opportunity!

The smugness in the corner of Zhang Tianci's eyes disappeared in an instant.

He didn't expect Mai Ke to fight back all of a sudden, and make a fuss about the sincerity of his negotiations, leaving him in a dilemma and not knowing how to answer.

Although he was proficient in the twelve volumes of "Liutao", this reality really stumped him.

Mai Ke struck while the iron was hot and put pressure on him again!

"Since you are not sincere. Then forget it! I'll put these things away, see you on the battlefield!"

As he spoke, he gestured to collect the military book on the table.

Zhang Tianci's opinion was suddenly confused, and he quickly waved his hand again, shook his head again, and was so anxious that he couldn't say anything: "No...... Don't move! Listen...... Listen to me......"

"You mean, you still want to continue the negotiations, and you solve the problem of sneaking up on our army yourself?"

Mai Ke was secretly happy in his heart, and secretly added chips to forge ahead, but on the surface, he seemed to be helping Zhang Tianci solve the crisis.

"Yes, yes! That's it!" Zhang Tianci, who was feeling the pressure, panicked. Nodding is like a chicken pecking rice. No matter what Mai Ke says, he agrees to it!

Now for him, as long as Mai Ke doesn't swallow the ancestral relics, it's easy to do anything!

"Okay! I believe you for now. Give you a chance! Withdraw the people you attacked. Compensate for all the damages! If something like this happens again. Never be spared!"

The soldier who came to ask for help couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw that the matter was settled. This is also incredible!

And it's so fast, my sweat hasn't fallen yet!

Zhang Tianci saw that Mai Ke no longer grabbed his pigtails, and hurriedly arranged remedial measures.

"Zhang Hu! Go, bring your third brother back to me! This son of a scumbag is purely a lack of success and more than a failure!"

At this time, he didn't say that he arranged it like this, but put the responsibility on the third son.

However, he also has a point, why don't you do it early and late, but wait until Lao Tzu can't do it?

Not to mention how he fought in his heart, he was relieved when he saw Zhang Hu running away and Mai Ke's face returned to the state he was in when he first saw him.

But today must be his unlucky day!

His breath was just half relieved, and it tightened again!

A horse came running from the east, and immediately hit the soldier like the soldier who had just run, and shouted from afar!

"Report! Big things are not good......

Mai Ke didn't bother to pay attention to this way of reporting the news, and asked directly: "What's the bad thing?"

The soldier also fell from the saddle and reported that a large number of enemy reinforcements had arrived!

Mai Ke knew that it must still be the guy on the other side who was doing the trick, so he glanced at him coldly, only to see that Zhang Tianci had lost all his calmness, and cold sweat was falling loudly.

"Tell me what this will do, Patriarch Zhang! You're really disappointed!" Mai Ke said indifferently, showing an extremely dissatisfied expression, as if he had completely lost confidence in Zhang Tianci.

"I admit that I begged them to come before, and now I can't control them! Now, I can only work with you to persuade them to withdraw from the army! My Zhang family is responsible for compensating for the losses you have caused!"

Knowing that his rhetoric was weak, he gritted his teeth and added the terms of compensation.

As he spoke, his heart bleed...... Farewell, the Zhang family's wealth!

In fact, Mai Ke just looked at the attitude of this patriarch, saw that he honestly took responsibility, and took the initiative to take remedial measures, so he let him go.

He also knew that if these military actions were arranged by him, he could solve them automatically, and if he didn't take the initiative, such as the Qing army who came to help, it would definitely not be something that he could control as a squire.

According to the information that Mai Ke had grasped, Zhang Tianci had stopped the confrontation with the Heavenly Army, and Ding Guangye, who was in charge of attacking the soldiers defending the city, seized this opportunity, quickly occupied the four city gates, and was ready to meet the enemy's reinforcements.

Therefore, there is no need for Mai Ke to let Zhang Tianci show up and do something that will definitely have no effect and thus be meaningless.

Mai Ke also did not have ink, and directly told Zhang Tianci that he would not need to go to persuade the Qing army to send reinforcements, and that the compensation caused by this would be exempted.

"Patriarch Zhang feels that he can't go, you can think of something else to make up for it, such as your comprehension of the Five Elements Formation or something, haha! But don't worry, you can send the captured Heavenly Army back first! You won't hand them over to the Qing Army, right?" Mai Ke suddenly remembered this danger and deliberately nodded.

"Absolutely not!They're actually nearby, I'll hand it over to you right away!".

(To be continued......)