As the news of Long Xu's defeat was transmitted back to the Northern Qi Kingdom, Gao Yan also received the news.

At first, Gao Yan was very angry.

had already agreed with Wei Wuji, and after he ascended the throne, he would send someone to discuss peace.

Unexpectedly, Long Xu went to provoke Wei Wuji, causing the 100,000 elites of Northern Qi to be wiped out.

This is a huge loss for Northern Qi.

What's even more infuriating is that Wei Wuji was ruthless and brazenly launched a war.

This doesn't seem to take Northern Qi into account at all.

As the monarch of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Yan felt a great shame.

But.

Zhou Yuan, the envoy he sent to Wancheng to negotiate peace, sent a message saying that Wei Wuji was also in anger and did not want to negotiate peace, and that the matter of Long Xu must be resolved before they could be discussed again.

This is related to the relationship between the two countries and the future of the Northern Qi Kingdom, Gao Yan couldn't help suppressing the anger in his heart and thinking about it carefully.

"If I reject Wei Wuji, I will have to hold him accountable for that battle, and I will definitely not be able to form an alliance with the Chu State."

"If the enemy country comes at this time, the Northern Qi will be in danger."

Gao Yan thought to himself.

"Your Majesty, the minister has an idea, he can punish the Chu State, raise the prestige of our Northern Qi army, and form an alliance with the Chu State."

Dong Li, the minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, suddenly said loudly.

"What's your idea?"

Gao Yan returned to his seat and looked at him with a frown.

Dong Li smiled and said, "Thinking about that Wei Wuji, the reason why he dares to be so arrogant, doesn't he just rely on the ability to fight?" Now, there are people in my Northern Qi who can fight better than him, if Your Majesty uses it, he will definitely raise his eyebrows and make the Chu State submit! ”

"Who?"

Gao Yan really had a glimmer of hope, and hurriedly asked Dong Li.

Dong Li said: "How could Your Majesty not know? The people who can fight are none other than Sun Jin, who was imprisoned by His Majesty some time ago, and his retinue Hu Wushuang, they..."

"Shut up!"

Before Dong Li's words were finished, Gao Yan scolded him on the spot and interrupted Dong Li's later words, "Sun Jin is the general of Zhao State, how can I use it if I am defeated?" ”

"What's more, he is the person Wei Wuji named to kill, if I use him, I will definitely offend Wei Wuji."

"When he leads the troops to attack Northern Qi, do you think Sun Jin can really win?"

"Don't forget, at the beginning of the tiger's mouth, Sun Jin's hundreds of thousands of troops were also defeated by Wei Wuji."

"Now that 100,000 elites of my Northern Qi have been wiped out, why should I be the enemy?"

"This...."Dong Li was speechless for a moment.

When I think about it, this is indeed the case.

Gao Yan was silent for a while, and said: "Right now, the elite of my Northern Qi Kingdom has been lost, and it is really not suitable to make friends with foreign enemies. ”

"Wei Wuji has always been very strong, and he has a strong army, the Emperor of Chu is very important to him, if he annoys him, he will definitely be able to persuade the Emperor of Chu to attack the Northern Qi, so we will have a big disaster."

"You might as well sell Wei Wuji's favor first, let's be more generous, and don't mention the battle of Wancheng again."

He immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Zhou Yuan.

……

Zhou Yuan took the letter and came to see Wei Wuji again.

"General, my emperor has replied." Zhou Yuan saluted respectfully.

Wei Wuji looked like he didn't care, and snorted, "What did Gao Yan say?" ”

Zhou Yuan replied: "General, my emperor believes that the alliance between the two countries is the most important thing at the moment, and it cannot be stopped by anything. Why don't you form an alliance first, and then talk about the responsibility for the battle of Wancheng. ”

"Because, whoever is responsible for that war will eventually be an alliance, isn't it?"

"This is Gao Yan's exact words?" Wei Wuji asked.

"Yes." Zhou Yuan nodded.

Wei Wuji was overjoyed.

It can be seen from Gao Yan's words that he is no longer willing to pursue the battle of Wancheng, and he did not even mention the release of Long Xu, but was eager to form an alliance.

In other words, he will compromise for the sake of an alliance.

Wei Wuji was no longer aggressive, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll give Gao Yan a face, and let's talk about peace first..."

"Peace? Isn't it an alliance? Zhou Yuan frowned.

"Lord Zhou, are you confused? The Northern Qi raised 100,000 troops to attack our Chu State, causing huge casualties to our people, although I repulsed them, but who will pay for this loss? ”

Wei Wuji sneered, "Could it be that I will pay for it?" ”

"If Northern Qi doesn't give us an explanation, how can we negotiate peace? Not to mention the word alliance. ”

"This..."

Before Zhou Yuan's envoy, Gao Yan did tell him that as long as Wei Wuji didn't go too far, everything could be agreed to first, and then negotiated slowly.

However, the current situation seems to have deviated a little.

So, Zhou Yuan arched his hand and said, "Please make it clear to the general." ”

"Okay, I'll tell you..."

Wei Wuji took out a piece of paper from his arms, looked at it, and said, "First of all, our country will count the people who have been hurt, as well as the compensation that our country will give to the people. These compensation must be paid by the Northern Qi State. You agree with that, right? ”

"That's exactly how it should be." Zhou Yuan should be down.

"Secondly, the officers and men of our army, in order to resist the Northern Qi, many of them were killed and wounded, and they should also be compensated. Damaged buildings, cities, and repair costs should also be paid by the Northern Qi State. Wei Wuji continued.

"Yes."

"And...," Wei Wuji said, "in the Battle of Wancheng, thousands of people were slaughtered, and this kind of behavior is really outrageous. The Northern Qi State should give double compensation. However, in this battle, the Northern Qi State also suffered heavy casualties, so it will no longer investigate the losses of our army. This article can be discussed after the alliance, can we talk about it? ”

"Let's do everything according to the general." Zhou Yuan responded.

In order to form an alliance with the Chu State, the Northern Qi State has made many concessions, and these mentioned by Wei Wuji are really not worth mentioning compared to the Battle of Wancheng and the losses of the soldiers of the Northern Qi State.

Gao Yan can even give in to this, presumably these conditions can also be agreed.

Zhou Yuan should all be down.

But as an envoy of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he was really aggrieved when he spoke so lowly.

After the conclusion of the peace conference.

Wei Wuji invited Zhou Yuan to a banquet, but Zhou Yuan refused.

Left the castle guard with a black face.

"This guy is so rude, the lord invited him to the banquet, but he dared not come." Li Bai was indignant.

Wei Wuji smiled: "Forget it, people have suffered such a big loss, how can they still have the heart to eat." Let him go back to the inn and get angry. It is estimated that the gas is also full. ”

"Hahaha... The lord is right. Li Bai also smiled.

In the days that followed, Wei Wuji and Zhou Yuan signed an agreement to negotiate peace and form an alliance, as well as the issue of compensation.

Although Zhou Yuan was very angry, he did not refuse.

After paying huge losses, he finally formed an alliance with the state of Chu.

Winter.

It was snowing heavily at the border.

It's cold.

Wei Wuji handed over the border defense to the generals stationed in Wancheng and Fancheng, and led the army back to Yingdu.

Returning with Wei Wuji were Sun Jin and Hu Wushuang.

These two were sent to Wancheng by Gao Yan to show their sincerity after the official alliance between the Chu State and the Northern Qi State.

Wei Wuji built two prisoner vans and escorted them to Yingdu.

"Sun Jin, I didn't expect you to fall into my hands in the end."

On the march, Wei Wuji let the carriage and horses go fast and caught up with Sun Jin and Hu Wushuang's prisoner cart.

"Humph!"

Sun Jin has always been angry, seeing that Dongshan is making a comeback, but he is calculated by Wei Wuji.

Wei Wuji smiled: "Actually, I still admire you very much, you are good at commanding troops, full of strategies, and you are a rare handsome talent." I fought against you in the tiger's mouth before, if it weren't for Dong Siyuan being too stupid, it would definitely not be easy for me to win. ”

Sun Jin said: "The matter has come to this, what's the use of saying this? You just give me a good time, kill me, and save me from sending it to Yingdu again. ”

Wei Wuji said: "Why be in a hurry? It's dead anyway. Escorting you back to Chu State, first, I want Your Majesty to dispose of you and give an explanation to my soldiers and soldiers. Second, at present, Zhao State and Beiqing State are discussing the issue of compensation with Chu State, you may be useful. ”

"What's my use?"

Sun Jin had already guessed something in his heart, and couldn't help but be furious, "You want to send me to Zhao State again to obtain greater benefits?" ”

"You're beautiful!"

Wei Wuji wouldn't have taken this risk.

In case, the emperor of Zhao did not kill Sun Jin, but gave Sun Jin military power, and he would continue to fight in the future.

"You don't have to ask, you'll know then."

Wei Wuji motioned to the soldiers driving the horses to hurry up and headed towards the front army.

Sun Jin felt remorse in his heart, he shouldn't be gullible and high-spirited.

If that evil had been removed earlier, he would not have been imprisoned now.

But it was too late to say anything.

Let's accept fate.

He closed his eyes and said no more.

The army soon returned to Yingdu.

Sun Jin and Hu Wushuang were imprisoned.

Wei Wuji took Li Bai and went to the Eldest Princess's Mansion.