Chapter 145 Harsh Conditions

The inside of the king's tent is neat and solemn, both sides are full of Turkic high-ranking officials, different from the fierce and chaotic outside, there is quite a bit of majesty here, there is a leather blanket in the big tent, and there is a middle-aged man in gold helmet and gold armor sitting on the main seat, and a golden wolf's head banner behind him, it is Shibi Khan, and beside him kneeling four captive Han women, who are gently beating his legs and shoulders.

Pei Ju stepped forward and saluted, "The envoys of the Kingdom of Heaven have seen Shibi Khan."

Shibi Khan stared at him for a long time, and snorted coldly, "Why don't you kneel?" ”

All the high-ranking Turkic officials in the tent shouted together: "Kneel!"

Pei Ju stood proudly, not afraid at all, "I am a minister of the Great Sui Emperor, and the Khan is also a minister of the Great Sui Emperor, and he is also a courtier, why should I kneel?" ”

The Turkic officials were furious, and two big men came up, and they wanted to force Pei Ju to kneel, Pei Ju supported his body, and would rather die than kneel, and then Shibi Khan waved his hand and signaled the two big men to retreat.

Shibi Khan said lightly: "I don't like to force others, I like to conquer and obey, I want Pei Xiangguo to kneel down for me willingly!"

He reached out and lifted the chin of a young girl and laughed, "Just like these women!" At first, they were not obedient, but after my overnight conquest, you see, they are now obedient to me like kittens, Pei Xiangguo, one day you will be like this, and soon! ”

Pei Ju smiled disdainfully, "I, Pei Ju, am not a sick cat, I am an iron-clad Sui man!" Read the books of the sages and do the deeds of chastity, and you will not be delusional! ”

"Then wait and see!"

Pei Ju's toughness made Shibi Khan feel a little interested, walked up to Pei Ju with his hands behind his back, stared at Pei Ju and smiled, "Aren't you going to negotiate with me?" OK! I can let him go and spare his life, but I have three conditions, and if I agree, I will send him back to Luoyang. But if he dares not to agree, then I will catch him and let him pretend to be a woman to serve me, and by then, there will be more than three conditions! ”

Pei Ju couldn't help but be angry, but he came with a mission, so he could only hold back the anger in his heart, "You say, what conditions?" ”

"First condition, I heard that he has a little daughter named Aman, a name I like very much! Let him give me this little princess, and I will make her my little concubine! ”

Speaking of this, Shibi Khan looked up to the sky and laughed, and the Turkic officials in the tent also laughed wildly, Pei Ju's face was pale, and he didn't say a word.

Shibi Khan laughed, and said coldly: "The second condition is that the Sui Dynasty is a vassal to the Turks, not only will he Yang Guang accept my canonization, but all the Great Sui emperors in the future will accept my canonization, and the Empress of the Great Sui must be a Turkic woman!"

Shi Bi glanced at Pei Ju deeply, turned around and returned to the main seat, "The third condition, according to the rules of the grassland, the loser needs to pay a ransom to the winner, I let him go, and the Sui Dynasty must give me 30 million horses of silk and 100,000 girls as a ransom." Moreover, every year in the future, five million horses of silk, ten thousand maidens, one million stones of grain, and one million quintals of tea were given to the Turkic king's court! ”

Shibi Khan was confident about capturing Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, so the conditions he offered were very harsh, in his opinion, it was much more interesting to talk about conditions after capturing Emperor Sui than to talk about conditions now, and he didn't have the heart to negotiate peace at all!

Pei Ju's face changed greatly, and he said coldly: "Impossible! Your condition is wishful thinking, dream! ”

Shibi Khan shook his head and stared at Pei Ju with a smile, "Pei Xiangguo, it's not you who have the final say in the Great Sui, it's your emperor Yang Guang who has the final say, you better go back and report to him first!" I know that you ministers are full of poetry and books, and you will say what you will say, but it doesn't matter, my patience is very good, I will not attack the city for five days, and I will give you five days to discuss and discuss. ”

After speaking, he didn't pay any attention to Pei Ju, and waved his hand to signal his soldiers to send Pei Ju out of the Turkic camp!

"Khan, the soldiers of the Sui army have been frightened, we can break through the city within three days and capture the Sui Emperor Yang Guang alive. Why did you give them five days, Khan, and would it make them wait for reinforcements? After the two Turkic soldiers took Pei Ju out, a Turkic general stepped forward to ask questions with doubts.

Someone dared to question his decision, Shibi Khan couldn't help but be furious, two sharp eyes stared coldly at the questioning general, the questioning general's face changed instantly, and he was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Khan spares his life!" Khan spares his life! ”

After a while, Shibi Khan retracted his gaze and said coldly, "Only this once, not for example!" ”

"Xie Khan's life! Xie Khan spares his life! ”

Shi Bi waved his hand, looked up and swept to the officials in the tent, and found that they were all with doubts and fear on their faces, thought about it, and said: "It's not that I'm willing to give them time, but we still need three more days to prepare the siege tools, and when the siege tools are ready, we will attack the city immediately!" As for why they promised not to attack the city within five days, it was because the morale of the current Sui army was low, and I said that it was easier for them to relax their vigilance, which would be conducive to our siege in three days! ”

Only then did the Turkic officials suddenly come to their senses, and praised Shibi Khan again and again, "Khan Shengming! Khan Shengming! ”

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Yang Guang was furious at the harsh conditions proposed by Shibi Khan, he drew his sword and slashed at the table, the sword was embedded in the table and could not be pulled out, Yang Guang simply kicked the table over, and the ministers in the room fell to their knees in fright, they had never seen His Majesty make such a big card.

The ministers were also in a bad mood, kneeling on the ground one by one, their faces were gloomy, and their hearts were also full of resentment, but there was an indescribable sadness!

In just a few years, the Great Sui has changed from a kingdom of the Celestial Empire where all nations come to court to a country of civil strife where even small Turkic aliens dare to bully at will, whose fault is this?

After a long time, Yang Guang, whose face was pale, calmed down a little, and looked coldly at the ministers in the room, "I'd rather die than agree to the conditions of the beginning!" Tell me, what do we do now? ”

The ministers were a little frightened, looked at each other, or the usual activist Yu Wenshu walked out first, "Your Majesty, Shi Bi is too hateful, the minister thinks that he has not had the slightest idea of negotiating, he just wants to humiliate Da Sui!" However, we have five more days to prepare! The minister thinks that we should now gather all the young and strong people in the city, issue them with armor and weapons, train them, let them also participate in the defense of the city, and collect all the food in the city, and implement a unified ration, so that they can support it for a longer time and continue to wait for reinforcements! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with Xu Guogong's suggestion!"

Laihu'er also stepped forward and bowed, "However, we don't have five days to prepare. It's not that Shi Bi doesn't want to attack the city, but he doesn't have enough siege tools now, and he still needs time to make them, so he will say that he won't attack the city until five days later, and he wants to let us relax our vigilance in these five days through this sentence! Moreover, Chen believes that his siege tools will be ready in less than five days, and when he is ready, he will not hesitate to attack the city immediately, so our defense of the city cannot be relaxed in the slightest! ”

At this time, Fan Zigai also stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with the opinion of the general!" Moreover, the first thing to do at present is to improve the morale of the soldiers, and the minister suggested that His Majesty personally go to the camp to raise the soldiers, and promise in public that after the siege is lifted, the lord will reward those who have made meritorious contributions to defend the city! ”

In fact, this is the suggestion of the ministers yesterday, but after Yang Guang successfully disguised himself out of the city in Yuwen Chengdu, he never mentioned it again, as if he had forgotten this suggestion that he had promised!

Now Fan Zigai made the same suggestion again, and the other ministers also agreed, and Yang Guang also knew that this matter could not be delayed, so he agreed in a deep voice: "Come to the general, you go and prepare!" In the early afternoon, I went to the camp to appease the soldiers! ”

Is the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty good-looking?