Chapter 451: The Lion Opens His Mouth
Zheng Guo is only a small country, there is only such a super Taoist system as Yuan Tianguan in China, Tianchengzi ran to Yuan Tianguan to block the door, and the only earth immortal Tianyuan Zhenren in Zheng Guo did not dare to leave the mountain gate without authorization, otherwise Tianchengzi would ruthlessly destroy Yuan Tianguan, and Tianyuan Zhenren would not be able to reach it.
But if Tianyuan Zhenren didn't come to Xinluo to save him, and Cheng Yue's offensive was so fast, where would Zheng Guojun and his ministers go to find reinforcements? And if the reinforcements didn't come, the 30,000 Snow Army and their notorious commander Cheng Da Demon King soldiers would come to the city, and Zheng Guo would be the rhythm of destroying the country and destroying the species!
"Your Majesty!"
Among the ministers, an old official wearing a purple robe and at the front of the Wenchen train walked out of the train.
"What is Taishi Jia's good plan? Tell me about this king!" At this time, King Zheng was like a drowning person seeing a straw, and when he saw someone coming up with an idea, he hurriedly urged the other party to speak quickly.
That old official is Zheng Guo's prince, named Jia Daosi, who is considered a highly respected figure in Zheng Guo's court. Seeing him walk out, not only King Zheng, but also the civil and military officials in the court pricked up their ears, and a look of hope appeared in their eyes.
Jia Taishi was stared at by countless eyes from the king to his colleagues, and a lot of sweat broke out on his head, and he muttered for a while: "Your Majesty, the thief attacked my Da Zheng because my Da Zheng promised to send troops to assist the rebels of the Snow Country. Therefore, if you want them to withdraw from the army, I should take the initiative to hand over the messenger of the Snow Country rebels, draw a line with the Snow Country rebels, and win the trust of the other party by this behavior. β
After hearing this, King Zheng looked disappointed, pouted and said: "I thought that the Taishi had any good ideas! It turned out that he wanted to admit and beg for peace? It's just that now that the thieves are about to hit the capital of this king, even if this king admits it, how can he be willing to retreat so easily?"
King Zheng treated people with himself, and it was expected that Cheng Yue would definitely not withdraw his troops so easily. And this is indeed the case, how can it be so easy to make an insatiable guy like Cheng Yue withdraw his troops?
However, Taishi Jia was not discouraged: "Your Majesty, don't worry, listen to what the old minister says!"
"Haven't finished yet?" King Zheng hesitated for a moment and waved his hand impatiently, "Then you can continue!"
"No!" Taishi Jia agreed, and then said slowly and unhurriedly, "It's just a handover, and Cheng Thief naturally refuses to retreat." Because of the high cost of military expenses, my Da Zheng should bear all the military expenses of the 30,000 Snow Army, and if necessary, I will reward the Snow Army with an additional reward. In this way, the misunderstanding was resolved, and the losses of the Snow Army were also made up, and Cheng Thief naturally had no reason to continue to stay in my territory. β
King Zheng only shook his head when he heard this: "It is said that Cheng thief is insatiable, but I am afraid that even so, he still refuses to retreat!"
At this moment, another official came out of the civil official class and said to Zheng Wang Bing: "Qi my king, Cheng thief is a woman who has a bad relationship with the Huangtian Sect, it can be seen that he is a womanizer, as long as my king can collect the beauties in the country and dedicate them to Cheng Thief, Cheng Thief will be satisfied!"
A military general laughed when he heard this, pointed at the civil official and sneered: "Cheng Thief was the Heavenly Meteor Lake that made a big fuss for the Demon Sect Holy Maiden Nangong Mei, who is Nangong Mei? When the best beauty in the world is not inferior to the Heavenly Immortals, you let the king scavenge a group of vulgar fans and send them over, can Cheng Thief be satisfied? I am afraid that it will provoke Cheng Thief to be angry and ashamed, thinking that I Zheng Guo will treat him slowly, and I will be more determined to destroy my Zheng Guo's heart!"
"Then what do you say?" asked the civil servant angrily.
The military general stroked his beard, and said with a wicked smile: "It's always right to send beautiful women, but you have to send the right person! I thought of a good candidate, this person not only has a figure and appearance that is not inferior to Nangong Mei, but also had a lot of ambiguities with that Cheng thief in the past, if this person is sent, there are seven or eight percent sure that Cheng thief will be satisfied!"
King Zheng's eyes straightened when he heard this, and he hurriedly said to the general: "Who?
The military general was a little embarrassed and pinched his teeth: "I'm afraid that the king will be reluctant!"
"Could it be the beauty of this queen's palace?" King Zheng was taken aback.
"Not really. The military general hurriedly shook his head and said the identity of the person: "The minister refers to the fiancΓ©e of His Royal Highness the Prince, Zheng Wanru, the daughter of Zheng Cunye, the Duke of Wuyang County!"
"Zheng Wanru!"
Zheng Wang Huoran got up and slapped his head suddenly, "Yes, why did I forget her? This girl has a lot to do with Cheng Thief!"
"So the king is willing to do it?"
Master Jia asked with a look of hope, he is a highly respected person, and it is not good to say that he will give a woman or something, but he is not opposed to giving Cheng Yue a "beauty plan".
King Zheng did not rush to give a reply, and said with a frown: "The prince can be appeased by this king, but now that the Wuyang County public army has been defeated and is in the hands of Cheng thief, this king will sacrifice his daughter and Cheng thief again, I am afraid that it will provoke the criticism of the sergeants and the people." β
"Your Majesty, it's just a matter of criticism, what's the matter?" the military general said nonchalantly, "Protecting the country is the most important thing!"
"You're right!" King Zheng finally made up his mind, pointed to the civil official who had the idea of offering a beautiful woman to Cheng Yue, and pointed to the military general who named Zheng Wanru, and said loudly: "Wang Xuan, Zou Wu, this king ordered you two to be envoys, take Miss Zheng Wanru, the rebel envoy, as well as 100,000 taels of gold and silver, 10,000 horses of silk, and 1,000 jars of fine wine, to make peace with Cheng Yue!"
"No!"
One article and one martial arts, the two of them agreed to the promise.
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A day later, in a small town fifty miles away from Zhengdu, Wang Xuan and Zou Wu met Cheng Yue.
"Oh, the two of you are here, why do you still bring so many things? His Majesty King Zheng is really polite!" Cheng Yue took Li Maoran and other generals out of the town to greet him, looking at the long transport team behind Wang Xuan and Zou Wu, as well as a gorgeous carriage inlaid with gold and silver and painted pink, Cheng Yue smiled secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to be enthusiastic, one by one, took Wang Xuan and Zou Wu's hands, and led them to the town.
This town was just fought an hour ago, and the traces of the war have not yet been cleaned up, and there are the remains of Zheng soldiers and broken weapons everywhere, seeing all this, Wang Xuan and Zou Wu, who are Zheng people, can't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Cheng Yue didn't seem to notice the embarrassment of the two, and talked and laughed with the two: "You and I are fighting at this time, and the two of you have come to see this seat with so many gifts, I don't know what you are doing?"
Wang Xuan is a civil official, thin-skinned, moved his mouth but didn't speak, or that Zou Wu was not stingy, grinned, and said with a very rough smile: "Oh, Lord Cheng, this war between you and me is completely a big misunderstanding, although the rebels of your country did ask for help from our country, but our country did not agree to send troops, you entered the hinterland of our country in one go, it really made my court completely unable to react!"
Cheng Yue asked with a smile: "So it's my fault?"
"Where is it?" Zou Wu shook his head again and again, "The last general said that it was a misunderstanding!"
"Huh. Cheng Yue looked at Wang and Zou, "So the two of you are here to resolve the misunderstanding?"
"That's right!" Wang Xuan and Zou Wu laughed together, and bowed to Cheng Yue to the ground, "Please Lord Cheng must rebuild the old friendship with me Zheng Guo and turn the war into a jade silk!"
"What a war turned into a jade silk!" Cheng Yue's smile turned cold, "Since it was said to be a misunderstanding, where is the envoy sent by the rebels to your Zheng State?"
"Buried! Buried!"
Zou Wu pulled a personal guard and instructed two words, the personal guard hurried away, and after a while, he pulled a man wearing shackles and unkempt hair came to Cheng Yue.
"This is the rebel envoy?" Cheng Yue looked at the man in shackles and asked Wang and Zou.
"Exactly. β
Wang and Zou nodded like pecking rice, a portrait of a filial son and a virtuous grandson.
"Phew! You Zheng Guo is so shameless! Obviously, you have reached an agreement with my master, but when the war is unfavorable, you will turn your face and deny people, I swear not to stand with you!" the man in the shackles cursed, and he was about to rush forward to fight Wang and Zou with them.
Cheng Yue waved his hand impatiently, and at that moment, several Snow Country armor soldiers stepped forward and forcibly subdued the messenger and dragged him down.
"Master Cheng, what do you think ......?" Wang and Zou saw that Cheng Yue had accepted someone, and they both looked at Cheng Yue with blank eyes.
Cheng Yue still looked like he was smiling, and said arrogantly: "Although it is a misunderstanding, it is not easy for the 30,000 army to go on the expedition, and the daily consumption is not a small number, you Zheng Guo, as the party that caused the misunderstanding, should always say something, right?"
"Master Cheng!"
That Wang Xuan finally adjusted his state at this time, and said with a smile: "This time, my king let us bring 100,000 taels of gold and silver, 10,000 horses of silk, and 1,000 jars of fine wine. β
Hearing this, Cheng Yue's smile finally became a little kinder: "King Zheng is really generous, don't tell the two of you, 100,000 taels of gold and silver, 10,000 horses of silk and silk are indeed not enough to make up for the losses of our army, at least 2 million taels of silver, 500,000 taels of gold, and 100,000 horses of silk are needed!"
The corners of Wang Xuan and Zou Wu's eyes twitched, and they couldn't wait to kick a few feet in Cheng Yue's face, joking, it's just a military budget of 30,000 military horses, do you think you have a million troops? 2 million taels of silver, 500,000 taels of gold, and 100,000 horses of silk? Why don't you go and grab it? Grab it faster! Moreover, do you think we Zheng people don't know? Except for the first three days, you haven't consumed a grain of grain in the Snow Country along the way, and all the military rations are looted from the Zheng cities along the way! God is pitiful, giving you 100,000 taels of gold and silver, and 10,000 pieces of silk is already very interesting!
However, neither Wang Xuan nor Zou Wu dared to say these words in their hearts.
Zou Wugan smiled and said: "Lord Cheng, my Zheng Kingdom is only a small country, and the weakest of the Seven Kingdoms is us, how can we take out such an astronomical amount of gold, silver and silk? β
Li Maoran also pulled Cheng Yue's sleeve next to him: "My lord, my lord, it's almost enough......"
Cheng Yue hesitated for a moment, and said with a reluctant face: "Since you really can't take it, then let's do it! I'll give you 500,000 taels of silver, 150,000 taels of gold, and 50,000 pieces of silk, and that's all right, right? If you don't agree, I'll go to Xinluo City to get it myself." β
Wang Xuan and Zou Wu's expressions were ugly than crying, knowing that Cheng Yue was not scaring them, they didn't have the courage to bargain anymore, so they had to reluctantly agree.