Li An had already sent someone to investigate the situation of the Lion Country, knowing that the Lion Kingdom had made a lot of money over the years with the help of the gradual prosperity of Datang's overseas trade, especially after occupying some ports in Nantianzhu, it had even reached the point that all merchant ships had to dock at the ports under its control, so as to charge higher docking fees, and the supply price of water and food had also increased several times.

The more merchant ships came and went, the more money the Lion Nation earned, and with the merchants coming and going, many ancillary service industries also flourished.

Therefore, the current Lion Country Treasury is very rich, and he is a complete landowner, and to deal with such a landowner, of course, the lion must open his mouth, how can he cheapen them.

"Li Shilang, the Lion Country has sent someone."

One of the subordinates reported.

Li An tilted his head slightly and asked, "Oh, what are you doing?" ”

"Li Shilang, they said they wanted peace talks?"

Li An smiled and said, "It's all already a failure, what qualifications do you have for peace talks, forget it, let them come over!" ”

"Yes, Li Shilang."

Soon, several ministers of the Lion Kingdom came over, saw Li An, and hurriedly knelt down to salute, which made the King of Nantianzhu beside Li An, Ero, also happy, thinking that the ministers of the Lion Kingdom were arrogant when they saw him, and now, they actually knelt in front of him, although the ministers of the Lion Kingdom knelt not him.

"The ground is cold, get up quickly!"

Ang Lee is also not good at making people always kneel.

"Don't dare, don't dare."

The minister of the lion kingdom refused to get up, but still knelt on the ground.

Li An smiled faintly: "Okay, since you like to kneel and talk, then kneel!" Go ahead! What are you doing here? ”

"Peace talks, peace talks."

The Minister of the Lion Nation replied nervously.

"Peace talks, hmph, the sneak attack on my Datang fleet for no reason has caused us a lot of losses, just because we lost the battle, we want peace talks, so if you win, what will happen, will we all be killed."

Li An said angrily.

"Don't dare, don't dare, the king was confused for a while, instigated by the villain, and now he regrets it very much, and begs the Tang court for forgiveness."

The Lion Nation Minister pleaded.

Li An took out the list of losses passed from the Garigarh seaport, threw it to the minister of the Lion Country, and said: "Look at how much damage your sneak attack has caused, all losses must be compensated twice, and Datang's losses must be compensated ten times." ”

The Minister of the Lion Nation took the list of losses and frowned: "There are so many? This ......"

"What's wrong, what's wrong."

Li An said unhappily.

"Not much, not much, double compensation, ten times compensation, our lion nation is willing to compensate."

The minister of the Lion Kingdom hurriedly agreed, paused and asked, "This is the condition of our Lion Kingdom peace talks?" ”

Li An shook his head and said, "This is just one of the conditions, these losses are what you should compensate." ”

"That'...... So what are the conditions? ”

Li An opened his mouth and said: "If your king is really sincere, then cede half of the land of the Lion Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty, and pay tribute every year." ”

"Ceding half of the land, this is too much, the king will not agree, there are still millions of people in my lion country, if you resist with all your might, Datang will also suffer great losses."

When the minister of the Lion Kingdom heard that Datang asked for ordinary land, he couldn't help but be very angry in his heart, this request was indeed a bit too high, and it was difficult for them to agree.

"In this way, you are not sincere, so what is there to talk about."

Ang Lee's attitude is very tough.

The minister of the Lion Kingdom had already seen the troops and weapons of the Tang Dynasty just now, and he was really very scared in his heart, thought about it for a while, and said, "Let us go back and discuss with the king." ”

Li An nodded and said: "Okay, then give you a day, if I can't get your news tomorrow, my Tang soldiers and horses will cross the strait and go to take our land myself." ”

"Okay, farewell."

The ministers of the Lion Nation were helpless and had to go back to consult with their king.

"Li Shilang, do you really want to occupy half of the Lion Country?"

Nantianzhu King Ero asked with a frown.

Li An replied seriously: "Of course, is this official just talking, the crime of provoking the Tang Dynasty is unforgivable, and asking for half of the land is light, if the Lion Kingdom is not interested, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses will take down the entire Lion Country and make their royal family slaves." ”

"Yes, Datang does have such strength."

Ero hurriedly responded, and at the same time nervous, fortunately he was friendly with Datang, if he offended Datang, his kingdom would be over.

Regardless of whether the king of the Lion Kingdom agrees to the conditions proposed by Li An, the Tang soldiers and horses have to cross the strait, so after the minister of the Lion Kingdom leaves, the Tang soldiers and horses have already begun to prepare, that is, the preparation for crossing the sea, and tomorrow they will cross the strait anyway and occupy the important port of the Lion Kingdom opposite.

This area is the second base group of Datang to operate the Maritime Silk Road, and it is a very important strategic point, and it is necessary to occupy enough land here.

Since letting his ministers go to the other side of the strait for peace talks, the Lion Kingdom King Kuram has been in a state of apprehension, he doesn't know how high Datang's conditions are, but no matter how he conceives, he feels that Datang's requirements will definitely not be low, and he will definitely cut off a piece of his flesh.

"Your Majesty, we are back."

The officials in charge of the peace talks returned to the palace of the Lion Kings and looked at their king with a dejected expression.

"What's the matter, what is Datang's request?"

Kurram asked.

The minister replied: "Datang wants our Lion Kingdom to cede half of the land to them, and also to compensate for these losses, which is double the compensation, and part of the compensation is tenfold." ”

When Kurram heard that half of the land was going to be ceded, his face turned pale with fright, the land of the Lion Country was not very big in the first place, if half of it was ceded to Datang, it would be even weaker, and he would never have a chance to turn over.

"Actually want to cede half of our country, is this too lion to open his mouth, there is no room for negotiation?"

Kurram asked bitterly.

"Your Majesty, this is their bottom line, there is no room for negotiation, we have done our best."

The minister said helplessly.

"Half of the country, and these compensations, will also deplete half of our treasury! Datang is dying in my lion country! We can't agree, we can't agree to such harsh conditions. ”

King Coolam said angrily.

"Your Majesty, we have seen the elite Tang army in Gody with our own eyes, this is not something that the soldiers and horses of our Lion Country can withstand, the difference in strength is too big, if we don't agree to their request, at this time tomorrow, they will come over, and at that time, we may no longer have a chance to negotiate peace."

The minister said.

"But Datang deceives people too much, how can we agree to such a strict request? Immediately conscript troops in the country, and all men over the age of ten and under sixty must enlist in the army, so that they can all resist the Tang army, and the spirit of the Tang army must be frustrated. ”

King Khurram of the Lion Nation roared.

"Your Majesty, the temporarily formed soldiers and horses, no matter how many people there are, they can't resist the elite division of the Tang Army, and they may have a glimmer of life if they promise bitterly."

The minister persuaded.

"You traitor, Your Majesty, we can't compromise, I am willing to lead all the soldiers and horses in the country to fight to the death with the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, I will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses and protect our Lion Country, as long as the king believes in me, I will definitely be able to complete the task of blocking the Tang army."

A military general confidently received the order.

"The country is in turmoil, showing loyalty! Okay, Ma Teqin, this king will order you to be the main general, and lead all the soldiers and horses of my lion country, including the king's guards, to go to Tanar to resist the Tang army, and we must win. ”

King Kulam ordered, it's not that he's crazy, it's that Datang's requirements are too high, and he can't accept it at all, even if he fights to the death, he won't hesitate to do it.

"Your Royal Highness the King, rest assured, your subordinates will go and prepare."

General Ma Teqin responded, turned around and went to prepare, and when he left, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, looking quite proud.

Preparing diligently, Matet took most of the king's soldiers and horses with him, and headed straight for Tanar on the coast.

However, this goods is not going to war, he is going to make peace, not for their king, but for himself, and the reason why he asked for the remaining soldiers and horses of the Lion Kingdom is because only with soldiers and horses in his hands can he win the greatest rights and interests for himself, if he is nothing, then he will not be able to win anything.

"Li Shilang, the general of the Lion Country, Ma Teqin, sent his henchmen to come to the peace talks?"

Just as Ang Lee was about to set off with his army, the news came.

When a subordinate heard this, he wondered: "What's the matter, how could the Lion Kingdom send the general's henchmen, what happened?" ”

"Li Shilang, the Lion Country is becoming more and more insincere, and he actually sent a general's henchman, whose position is too low, and he is not qualified to meet Li Shilang."

Another subordinate said angrily.

Li An smiled and said, "Identity is not very important, let's see it!" Maybe this little person will bring us unexpected gains. ”

Although he didn't know what this Ma Teqin was and what he wanted to do, Ang Lee had a hunch that there must be something wrong within the Lion Country, so it was necessary to meet the general's henchmen and find out what was going on in the Lion Country.

Soon, Ma Teqin's henchmen entered the big tent and saluted Li An respectfully.

"How could the Lion Nation send a little person over, let's talk about it! What are you doing here? ”

Ang Lee asked.

"Li Shilang, our General Ma Teqin admires you very much, he really wants to make friends with Li Shilang, and he prefers to be friendly with Yue Datang, so he sent me to discuss some things with Li Shilang."

Matt Qin's henchman spoke.

"Oh, that's right! What do you want to discuss? Just say it, you don't have to beat around the bush. ”

Li An said.

"That's right, my general heard that the conditions for the Tang Dynasty to agree to the peace talks were to cede half of the territory of the Lion Country and a large amount of compensation, but the king did not agree, and sent my general to lead the whole country to fight against the Tang army, but my general has always admired Li Shilang, prefers Datang, and is unwilling to be an enemy of Datang, so he sent me to say a word to Li Shilang."

Li An smiled at the corner of his mouth, nodded and said, "Your general is quite sensible!" knows that Datang Tianwei can't be offended, but he must have his own requirements! What can he give Datang, and what does he want to get? ”

"Li Shilang, my general said that he can meet higher requirements than Datang's requirements, my general wants to be the king of a country in the Lion Country, I hope Datang can agree."

Matt Qin's henchman spoke.

Li An nodded and said: "Very good, you are very frank, and what you said is very clear, your general is a smart person!" The official likes it very much, but since we want the official to help your general realize the dream of being a king, our requirements will naturally be increased, and the amount of compensation will be increased by 30%, and the lion country will become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and it must be handed over every year for worship, and all the minerals of the lion country must be given priority to the Datang merchants to be mined, and the tax burden collected must also be discussed with the Datang...... Also, more than ten ports and deep land in the north are completely assigned to Datang, which is equivalent to one-tenth of the land of the Lion Kingdom, and the Lion Kingdom army cannot exceed 20,000, and it cannot be deployed near the land of Datang. ”

"Remember, let's go back and make it clear to my general, my general should agree."

Li An was satisfied: "Okay, you go back quickly to discuss, and the official is waiting for your good news." ”

After Matt Qin's henchmen left, Li An breathed a sigh of relief, and the mood was very wonderful, the rebellion within the Lion Kingdom made his plan smoother, and it became easier to colonize the Lion Kingdom.

"Li Shilang, didn't you want to occupy half of the land of the Lion Country before, why did you only occupy one-tenth of it?"

One official was puzzled and felt that Ang Lee's request had been lowered, not increased.

Li An explained with a smile: "You are right, the land we want to occupy has become less, but the benefits we have obtained have become more, and the reason why we don't want so much land is because we don't need so much land, our purpose is to establish an important hub of the Maritime Silk Road here, and we don't need too much land, in addition, the Lion Country has a large population, if you occupy half of the land, you still need to govern a large number of people, it will be very annoying, it is better to leave it to them to govern themselves." ”

"I see, Li Shilang is high! We can't think of this layer. ”

The subordinate praised.

Mateqin's henchmen soon returned to Tanar on the other side of the strait and explained Ang Lee's intentions.

"Promise, all of them, you go over immediately now and discuss the specific details of the operation with Li Shilang."

Mateqin opened his mouth and ordered his henchmen.

"Yes, General, I'll go."

The henchman answered, turned and walked to the docks.