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Yan Kui led 500 white-robed troops to personally escort the Northern Jin Dynasty delegation to the Shita Temple, where the peace talks were held.

Coincidentally, I don't know if the Zhou army did it on purpose, and when Yan Kui and others came to the foot of Jueling Mountain, where the Shita Temple is located, they happened to run into the Zhou army delegation led by Ji Linbing.

Looking at the Zhou military array not far away, Yan Kui's eyes narrowed, and he looked back at the envoy of the Northern Jin Dynasty and the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

After all, the mission should come first in the matter of peace talks, and even though Yan Kui's official rank is not weak, his identity is here, and it is not easy to overstep his responsibilities.

Wen Kai is an old man about fifty years old, with an elegant temperament, a clear face, a typical literati style, Yan Kui is not familiar with him, but after learning that he will work with him, he also quietly inquired about the deeds of this Wen Shilang.

This person is a Jinshi born, the first emperor was a Hanlin, and later entered the Ministry of Rites, starting from the five members of the Wailang, through Langzhong, Shilang, all the way to the clouds, and now you are the second-in-command of the Ministry of Rites.

Wen Kai rarely has a literary name, when he was young, he worshiped the great Confucianism as a teacher, after entering the office, he often did not embellish the pen, when Emperor Liyang asked people to repair the actual record for the first emperor, Wen Daren was the deputy compiler, and belonged to the big guy level figure in the Qing Gui of the Northern Jin Dynasty.

At this point, smell open and... Yuan Sheng is very similar, but compared with the world-famous Yuan Gong, Wen Shilang is obviously slightly inferior in the literary world.

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It stands to reason that one of the chief and deputy envoys sent by the Zhou army is a general, and the other is Yuan Sheng, a writer at the level of a hero, which can be regarded as the highest standard in the entire Western Zhou Dynasty.

However, the envoy sent by the Northern Jin Dynasty was only a waiter of the Sanpin Rite Department, and the deputy envoy was an infamous Honglu Siqing, who obviously did not match the envoy level of the Zhou army.

But both sides understood that this was deliberately done by the Northern Jin Dynasty, in order to show the Zhou army a high posture of a victor, as for whether the envoy would be bluffed by Ji Linbing and others?

The situation is like this, the Zhou army is still in a state of distress, what are the worries?

What's more, Wen Kai and Ma Jiuyi are not wastes, although their identities are insufficient, but the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple already have the responsibility of diplomatic negotiations.

They are professionals in peace negotiations with other countries.

On the contrary, Ji Linbing and Yuan Sheng, although their names are scary, but in addition to Yuan Sheng's good eloquence, which can be used for practical purposes, Ji Linbing himself is not good at negotiations.

At this time, Wen Kai heard Yan Kui's question, opened the curtain from the carriage and glanced out, caught a glimpse of Zhou Junqi, and smiled disdainfully.

"This is a bluff, the Zhou people want to intimidate us, it's ridiculous, General Yan doesn't have to pay attention to it, just go straight to the temple."

Yan Kui nodded: "That is the case, Yan has heard about the adult." ”

After saying that, he gestured backwards: "Continue to march, someone will attack, and there will be no mercy." ”

As soon as this order came out, the Jin army team also ignored the Zhou army not far away, and went to the bottom of Jueling Mountain by themselves, the only change was that the guards were out of their sheaths, arrows and bows, and secretly guarded against the movements of the Zhou army.

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Not far away, the Zhou military array

Ji Linbing rode on his horse, saw the movements of the Jin army, and smiled slightly: "The envoy of the Jin people is not a cowardly person, let's go, don't make these small actions, make people laugh, let's go up the mountain." ”

The two armies arrived at the foot of the mountain one after the other, and did not talk to each other, leaving 500 guards to wait here according to the previous agreement, and only the members of the mission took ten accompanying escorts to the stone pagoda temple on the mountain.

Jueling Mountain is not low, the stone tower temple is located in the mountainside again, it is not fast for everyone to go up the mountain, it will take half an hour, it is considered to be the mountain gate in front of the temple.

Someone had already greeted them before, so the monks in the stone pagoda temple were prepared, and when they saw the mission coming, they immediately opened the door to welcome them.

After the envoys from both sides arrived, the monk Yuantong, the presiding monk of the Shita Temple, asked the disciples to bring tea and vegetarian meals.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the poor monks of the peace talk venue have been arranged, and the Daxiong Treasure Hall is indoors, you will rest your feet first, and after you rest, the poor monks will lead you over."

Yan Kui was dressed in armor, ignoring the old monk's kindness, but instead searched around the temple, and then pointed to the stone altar under the nine-story stone pagoda where the Stone Pagoda Temple became famous.

"Military affairs, how can you disturb the gods and Buddhas, there is no need for the Daxiong Treasure Hall, I think the altar is a good place."

Ji Linbing had long noticed the tall and majestic Yan Kui, and asked Yuan Sheng, only to know that this was the new Pingbei general of the Northern Jin Dynasty who made him suffer a lot of dumb losses.

Therefore, he has been staring at Yan Kui silently, and this time when he saw Yan Kui speak, his heart moved, and a smile appeared on his face.

"This person looks like a reckless man, but his mind is cautious."

"What do you mean by that?" Yuan Sheng asked puzzled.

Ji Linbing smiled slightly, motioned to Yuan Sheng to look at the stone pagoda altar, and seeing that he still had doubts, Fang explained: "The place outside the stone pagoda temple is the land of Jin, but no one can guarantee whether the monks in the temple were bought by my Da Zhou, so the Jin people don't believe in the monks of the stone pagoda temple very much."

The Daxiong Treasure Hall is an inner room, who knows that there is no hidden assassin knife hand, instead of entering the room to take risks, if in an open place such as the altar, you can not only observe the surrounding situation, but also facilitate retreat, this is a safe policy, Yan Kui can think about this, think of a cautious person. ”

Only then did Yuan Sheng understand: "Then the general, how should we deal with ourselves." ”

Ji Linbing raised his eyebrows: "Naturally, like the Jin people, they are afraid that the monks in the temple will harbor evil intentions, and the commander will also prevent them from playing tricks, the altar is a good place, we have no reason not to go, at most there is some wind blowing on the left and right." ”

Yuan Sheng nodded, stroked his beard and smiled: "What the general said is true." ”

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Yan Kui objected, and Zhou Jun agreed, and the venue for the negotiation was set on the stone tower altar.

The monks in the temple hurriedly arranged not to talk about it, Yan Kui stood next to Wen Kai with a knife, while watching Wen and Ma talk softly, while silently staring at Zhou Jun and others, secretly comparing the strength of the two sides.

In case the peace talks fail and the two sides clash, can they be able to defeat each other?

With his eyes turning, Yan Kui quickly swept Zhou Jun and the others, and he had a rough idea in his heart.

The Zhou army mission, including ten guards, was about twenty people, including Ji Linbing and the civil officials who negotiated, a total of eleven people were wearing armor and weapons, which should be the accompanying escorts of the Zhou army.

These eleven guards, Yan Kui understood the elite of the Zhou army as soon as he saw the posture, but he hadn't taken these people into his eyes yet, and the only thing that caught his attention a little was the middle-aged strong man led by these eleven people.

This person has a fierce face and is full of murderous energy, he must be a fierce general killed in the sea of swords and fires, Yan Kui pondered in his heart, and registered this strong man and one of the generals of the Zhou army.

If he guessed correctly, this should be Bao Xiong, a diehard loyalist of King Li and a general of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

It is rumored that this person is a famous fierce general in the Western Zhou Dynasty, I don't know if he really fights, he can make a few moves in his hands, Yan Kui silently thought in his heart.

Yan Kui's gaze was not vague, Bao Xiong, who had exercised amazing acumen on the field, quickly noticed Yan Kui's gaze, he raised his head and glared at Yan Kui fiercely, his brutal eyes were full of ferocity and viciousness, which made people feel afraid.

However, Yan Kui didn't eat his trick, and smiled contemptuously, as if he didn't put Bao Xiong in his eyes at all, which made Bao Xiong angry, and his eyes were several times more vicious.

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The two fierce generals secretly fought with each other here, but the rest of them were peaceful, but when the two sides sat on the altar arranged by the monks and officially opened the peace talks, the atmosphere changed suddenly.

Along the way, he smelled elegant and easy-going, and at the negotiation table, he seemed to change another face, and he slapped the table in front of him with his palm, and shouted angrily.

"Your kingdom has raised up an unrighteous army, invaded my territory, killed my people, and done what they did, and the heavens and men were angry, but now our lord is merciful, and he talks peace, but he does not want to kill any more.

If your country has a heart of shame, you should remember the kindness of your majesty, pay compensation for the land, and present the letter of state, and then you will be a minister in my Great Jin forever, and pay tribute every year. ”

"If you want to stop the war, you will cede Hongyang, Guichang, and Shun'an to our country, and lose money, silver, ordnance, and horses, with a total value of 30 million taels." Ma Jiuyi, the deputy envoy of the Northern Jin Dynasty, followed Youyou and opened his mouth.

The two sang and harmonized, and said the terms of the peace talks of the Northern Jin Dynasty straight to the point, which made the Zhou army mission, which had not yet adjusted its state, a little confused, and then their faces changed several times, and their eyes showed anger.

Bao Xiong, who was a little less scheming, couldn't suppress the fierce light on his face, and almost wanted to draw his knife against Wen Kai, so that Yan Kui took a step forward and held the handle of the waist knife in his hand as a warning.

"Bo Zhuang (the word for the bear), don't be impulsive."

In this tense environment, Ji Linbing was the first to make concessions, he stretched out his hand to appease his generals, signaled everyone to relax, and took the initiative to ease the tense atmosphere between the two sides.

After that, Ji Linbing looked at it with a serious face, and his voice was heavy: "Since your country intends to negotiate peace, when you release your sincerity, these conditions are ridiculous, and Ji will definitely not agree." ”

According to the current situation between the two armies, everyone understands that the Zhou army, which is at a disadvantage, will definitely have to pay some price if it wants to withdraw its troops and return to China peacefully.

This, Ji Linbing and others knew this, and they were also mentally prepared for the lion of the Northern Jin Dynasty to open their mouths before coming, but they didn't want the Northern Jin Dynasty to have such great "ambitions".

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Let's talk about the land reparation first, which is one of the necessary conditions for peace talks, and Ji Linbing also knows that the Western Zhou will definitely bleed.

But his bottom line is only one land, at most two fortresses, and the money, food, and ordnance of compensation is estimated to be about 10 million.

However, the Northern Jin Dynasty had an amazing appetite, and when he opened his mouth, he tripled his bottom line.

Good guy, ceding the land of Hongyang Sanfu is almost half of Youzhou, and the compensation is 30 million taels, which is almost equal to the treasury income of the Western Zhou Dynasty in the past two years.

If you agree to it, even if you return to the more than 300,000 people in Beiling City, the Western Zhou Dynasty will be in pain for several years in the future, and if there is any mistake during this period, it will even be difficult for the Western Zhou Dynasty to collapse for decades.

What's more, in addition to the compensation for land cession, the Northern Jin Dynasty also proposed to let the Western Zhou Dynasty be a minister.

Ji Linbing could never agree to this matter.

If you really agree to this condition, half of the Western Zhou Dynasty will be wiped out, and you will no longer be among the three kingdoms in the world, and the entire Western Zhou Dynasty will become a laughing stock from now on.

Therefore, even if these more than 300,000 people are wiped out, even if half of the country's territory is lost, Ji Linbing will never agree to this condition.

Because the soldiers are gone, they can still be recruited and trained again, the land is gone, and there is still hope to regain the lost land in the future, but the court of a country cannot lose its backbone and dignity.

If this is gone, no matter how many soldiers there are, no matter how wide the territory is, it will only be a child's money, and sooner or later it will be in people's pockets.........