"Sixth Brother ......"

I have to say that Zhao Hongrun's mood at the moment is very complicated.

It is true that in this battle, he defeated Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, and forced the state of Chu to hinder the attitude of the state of Qi, and had to make peace with him and the state of Wei, so it is not surprising that he was able to recover the promise made by his father Emperor Wei Tianzi to the king of Chu and refuse the marriage of his imperial sister Princess Yulong, but he also compensated the sixth emperor brother Zhao Hongzhao because of this matter.

In all fairness, Zhao Hongzhao really can't say whether this matter is a gain or a loss, after all, Zhao Hongzhao and Princess Yulong are both people who are very close to him, and now although he has saved Princess Yulong, he has lost the six emperor brothers who he is very close to and respect, to be honest, Zhao Hongzhao's heart is not good.

He remembered the past, remembered that when he was shy in his pocket, he secretly took his sixth emperor brother Zhao Hongzhao's ink treasure outside the palace to sell it cheaply, and afterwards, when his sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao noticed this, he did not blame him, but sent someone to buy his calligraphy and painting back.

Although the Sixth Emperor Brother had also used this matter to persecute Zhao Hongrun, in the final analysis, it was just those confidants he wanted to introduce Zhao Hongrun to him, and it was not malicious at all.

Among the eight brothers, except for the younger brother Hongxuan, the rest of Zhao Hongrun has a good impression, I am afraid that it is the second emperor brother Yongwang Hongyu and the sixth emperor brother.

But strictly speaking, Yongwang Hongyu treats Zhao Hongrun with deep meaning, for example, he hopes to win over Zhao Hongrun and let Zhao Hongrun support him to fight for the throne.

However, the kindness of the sixth emperor brother Zhao Hongzhao to Zhao Hongrun has nothing to do with interests, and is purely a gentleman's friend.

Such a brother, because of his insistence on going to war with the State of Chu, silently sacrificed himself to go to the State of Qi as a hostage, in exchange for the support of the State of Qi for the State of Wei, to be honest, Zhao Hongrun did not feel good after learning about this.

Although he knew. This move must have been Zhao Hongzhao's willingness, because unless so, their father would never send this once most valued and beloved son to Qi as a hostage, only Zhao Hongzhao took the initiative to persuade their father.

But how much helplessness is mixed with this willingness?

If Great Wei is strong enough. Would that Sixth Emperor Brother sacrifice himself to go to the Qi Kingdom for assistance? If it weren't for his last resort, he would have left the Liang who gave birth to him and raised him, left his father and mother and concubine, and traveled thousands of miles to be a hostage in that unfamiliar place in the Qi Kingdom?

"Great Wei...... Not strong enough!'

Zhao Hongrun glanced coldly at Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, and attributed all grievances to this guy.

"What is this kid suddenly looking at me nervously?"

Xiong Tuo obviously couldn't guess what Zhao Hongrun was thinking, and he was a little inexplicable.

From the side, Huang Arsenic, a scholar doctor from the Chu State, was afraid that the two would argue like just now, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Gongzi Run." Regarding the matter of peace and words, I don't know if the son promised. ”

In fact, his words can be regarded as having nothing to say, after all, Zhao Hongrun proposed to "crusade against Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng", instead of "crusade against Chu State"

's slogan is enough to prove that Zhao Hongrun has long thought about reconciling with the Chu State in the end, so he has not completely torn his face.

Therefore, there is no question of whether or not to agree.

The reason why Huang Arsenic brought up this matter was nothing more than to hope for everyone in the house. Let's just shift the conversation to the matter of peace and speech.

"......" Zhao Hongrun looked at Huang Arsenic a few times when he heard this, and saw that his expression was determined. I already understood a little bit in my heart.

Obviously, the other party had already guessed that he also meant to stop the army and make peace, and when they knew each other, it would be a bit shameful to play any tricks.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun didn't play any tricks, nodded and said truthfully: "Okay." Strike and make peace. ”

The reason why he was so cheerful was because he already knew that forcing Chu State to take the initiative to make peace with him this time was not all his credit, half of it. It should be attributed to his sixth emperor brother Zhao Hongzhao.

And why did his Sixth Emperor Brother Zhao Hongzhao make such a huge sacrifice?

It is nothing more than hoping that their mother country, Wei, will end the melee between the two countries as soon as possible, and get rich post-war benefits from Chu for a strong Wei state.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun could not act according to his own preferences and ignore the sacrifice of his imperial brother Zhao Hongzhao in this matter.

Huang Arsenic's heart was relieved when he heard the words "strike the army and make peace" from Zhao Hongrun's mouth, after all, from the conclusion he came to from his secret observation of Zhao Hongrun, this King Su of Wei is not a good character, his courage, his strength, his ability, and even above the Xuancheng Jun Xiong Tuo beside him, he can be described as a dragon among people.

Therefore, Huang Arsenic was afraid that this King Su would be blindly optimistic because of the good situation in front of him, so that he would reject the kindness of their Chu State. In this way, the war between the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei, and Lu and Chu is likely to start in the coming year.

Fortunately, a few big victories in a row did not overwhelm the mind of the King of Su of Wei, and he was still able to calmly analyze the contrast between the strengths and weaknesses of Wei and Chu, and made a choice to stop in a good situation.

This vision and courage made Huang Arsenic can't help but keep in mind this fourteen-year-old King Su of Wei: this may become the biggest enemy of their Chu State on the Wei side in the future!

"Since a tacit agreement has been reached, let's talk about compensation again......

Huang Arsenic struck while the iron was hot, wanting to reach the entire agreement as soon as possible, after all, if it wasn't for Zhao Hongrun to say the four words 'strike the army and make peace', His Royal Highness the King of Su would lead the army to withdraw from the territory of their Chu State.

Before the king of Wei did not get enough benefits, how could the army of Wei be willing to return all the conquered cities?

Yellow arsenic is not naïve to this extent.

"Compensation." Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled, quite a bit sharpening his knife.

Because he felt that if he didn't take the opportunity to slaughter the Chu State, he would really be sorry for the Wei soldiers and civilians who were killed by the Chu people, the Junshui Army and the Yanling Army who braved the cold to support him in declaring war on the Chu State, and even more sorry for the Sixth Emperor Brother Zhao Hongzhao who created such an advantageous situation for him.

"What are you going to talk about?"

While speaking, Zhao Hongrun instructed Shen Yu and asked him to send someone to invite Bailiba to come, after all, it seems that such a major matter related to the interests of the entire Wei State is still a person of sufficient weight, so as not to spread any gossip in the country at that time.

After all, it stands to reason. Zhao Hongrun is not yet qualified to negotiate with the state of Chu.

Hearing Zhao Hongrun's words, Xiong Tuo immediately sold his brother Guling Jun Xiong Wu: "My Chu State withdrew from the Song Dynasty, and your army also withdrew from the territory of my Chu State at the same time. ”

"That's it?" Zhao Hongrun looked at Xiong Tuo with mocking eyes.

Unexpectedly, Xiong Tuo did not show weakness, and said coldly: "Don't think Xiong doesn't know, you sent someone to collect the wealth of the five big clans such as the Peng family and the Lu family. Isn't that enough? ”

"Ridiculous!" Zhao Hongrun snorted coldly, pouted and said, "Then you also sent people to sweep away the wealth of several cities in my Great Wei, so how can you calculate it?!" ”

"Fart!" Xiong Tuo said angrily when he heard this: "Didn't those belongings all fall into your hands in the end?!" Lao Tzu fled back to Chu alone, and took away what belongings of your Wei State? ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun was dumbfounded, he thought about it carefully, and then found that the situation was really like what Xiong Tuo said.

"That'...... Then what about the people of my Great Wei who were killed by your Chu army? Zhao Hongrun instantly thought of the rhetoric, and said lightly: "A Wei person is one thousand taels." It's kind of cheaper for you. ”

"A thousand taels? Are you Wei people all made of gold? Xiong Tuo was furious when he heard this, after all, this price is too outrageous.

He thought for a moment and said hatefully, "One or two! ”

Now it was Zhao Hongrun's turn to glare: "One or two? Who do you send? Believe it or not, this king threw you a tael and cut you down? ”

Huang Arsenic couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, for fear that the two would quarrel again and delay the compensation, so he hurriedly persuaded Xiong Tuo, who was about to stare at and scold, and said to Zhao Hongrun with a wry smile: "What Run Gongzi meant, Huang understands." However, the price of one thousand taels. It's outrageous. If not, how about my Da Chu offering pearls, jade, lacquerware, and bronze ware, which are equivalent to 200,000 taels of silver, to pay off the offense of Tuo Gongzi to the cities, soldiers and civilians in your country? ”

Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and said, "One million!" ”

Huang Arsenic frowned when he heard this, and said another number: "150,000." ”

"Nine hundred thousand!"

"Two hundred thousand!"

"Eight hundred thousand!"

"Two hundred and fifty thousand!"

Zhao Hongrun was displeased when he heard this, and said: "This king is reduced by 100,000. You've only added 50,000, isn't that too stingy? ”

Hearing this, Huang Arsenic couldn't help muttering in his heart: You are asking for a sky-high price, talking nonsense, but our Da Chu wants to take out something in a down-to-earth manner. Can this be the same?

Gritting his teeth, he said in a deep voice: "Okay, Huang doesn't say much, 500,000!" …… This is the final bottom line, Rungongzi. After that, he looked up at Zhao Hongrun and added: "Young Master Run, you must know that these pearls, jade, lacquerware, and bronze ware, which are worth 500,000 taels of silver, are only the value of my Great Chu, and if they are shipped to your country, I believe the value will be far above this." ”

Zhao Hongrun didn't say a word, after all, he also knew this kind of thing.

"Okay, then 500,000 taels." Zhao Hongrun nodded and agreed to the compensation proposed by Huang Arsenic, and then said: "Let's talk about the ransom of your country's cities, eighteen cities are packaged and sold, vomiting blood and jumping off the building, 900,000!" ”

Hearing this, Xuancheng Junxiong almost vomited out a mouthful of blood.

But at this time, Zhao Hongrun preemptively blocked his and Huang Arsenic's mouths with words: "Is there any problem?" You really don't think that after paying the 500,000 indemnity, this king will lead his army out of your land, right? …… How can it be so cheap, those eighteen cities, which were bought by the soldiers under the command of this king for spilling their blood, were returned to your country for no reason, how can this king treat them with face in the future? ”

Xiong Tuo pointed at Zhao Hongrun when he heard this, and he was speechless angrily.

You must know that as far as he knows, in addition to Zhao Hongrun's loss of about 3,000 troops when attacking Zhengyang County, the remaining seventeen large and small cities were all obtained by opening the city gates with the help of the original Chu soldiers of the Pingxuan Army, and there were almost no casualties, but Zhao Hongrun's tone was as if he had suffered heavy casualties when attacking those cities.

What a shameless man!

"You have the ability, you moved those cities!" Xiong Tuo said angrily.

Zhao Hongrun was not angry when he heard this, and said lightly: "The city, this king can't move it, but this king can burn it with a fire...... I believe that the cost of rebuilding those eighteen cities in your country will be far higher than the nine hundred thousand, right? ”

“……”

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