28. We are friends
The expected peace was soon reached. Our chief envoy for peace is Li Chengliang, and deputy envoy Ye Sizhong. The envoy of the Black Carboniferous Ministry was the deputy prime minister Borwang, a Ming Dynasty master.
Nilan was initially quite arrogant, and the conditions he put forward were rather insincere—they withdrew their troops and did not invade again, and we sent back his concubines and, of course, provided them with five days' provisions. We didn't say much about such conditions, except to send Nilan a box containing a small little finger of his right hand.
And Nilan's attitude and conditions immediately changed, and it became that any condition can be made, let's mention it. So there was the scene where these messengers who came and went, with letters from each other, shuttled back and forth between the enemy camp and the city of our army.
We know that Nilan will eventually compromise, because they are running out of food! But if they don't get an agreement, their retreat will be tantamount to suicide! And if Nilan gives up what he is doing now and escapes by himself, he will definitely be able to return safely, but there will never be a place for him in the vast grassland, and he will always be spurned. For someone like him, it would be better to kill him.
So, under such conditions, we are purely at ease, and we are constantly responding to all changes, while the Tatar Black Carboniferous, Nilan, will become more and more agitated.
The arrogant side soon turned from the Tatars to us, for they had run out of their own food and fodder, and now relied on our daily rations. In the afternoon of the next day, the final negotiations arrived.
The location is one mile outside Liaoyang City, in a temporary big tent. The two sides sat opposite each other. At about four o'clock, negotiations began. I also attended the meeting as a councillor for peace affairs.
This time I sat face to face with the Tatars, looking at their humble expressions and flattering faces, which was really unimaginable before, and it can be seen that power is the premise of all dialogue. Na Bo Wang smiled charmingly, and the first thing he said when he came up was: "Li Dudu is well!" General Ye is well! "First of all, I put a top hat on the two of them. If the two of them are modest for this, they must be weak in momentum; If you are not modest, if it is transmitted back to the ears of those who have a heart in the future, I am afraid it will still be difficult! Therefore, although the Tatars came in the name of peace, the confrontation between the two sides still began in the first leg!
Li Chengliang and Ye Sizhong naturally understand the truth of this, but the two of them are speechless, so let me come. So I slapped the table, pointed the halberd in my right hand at Bolwang and shouted, "Just talk about your attitude!" Don't talk nonsense anymore! ”
Borwang was stunned for a moment, speechless, but the military general guarding behind him was furious, pulled out half of the scimitar with a "click", and glared at me angrily. Behind me, Unrepentant and Sand directly pulled out their knives and took two steps forward, already approaching the attack distance! I sneered, "Look! I've long said that these barbarians are fake peacemakers! If you want me to say, you go back, let's keep fighting! I don't agree to make peace with you brutes at all! With that, I pulled out the shadow show, pointed at Borwang and said, "Are you still waiting for me to ask you to leave?"
Bolwang's face turned pale several times, he knew that he was here to survive this time, and he originally just wanted to take the lead in language, but he didn't expect to provoke such a bastard! He didn't answer me, but looked at Li Chengliang and called out very politely: "General Li ......"
Li Chengliang probably wanted to accept it if he saw it, coughed lightly, and said slowly: "Qilan, I think, let's continue to talk about peace!"
I snorted, pointed at the military general with Yingxiu and said, "Leave a right hand for yourself!"
The military general was stunned on the spot, and Bolwang was also embarrassed, and his eyes for help looked at Li Chengliang again. Li Chengliang knew that I was performing, so he simply lowered his head and picked up the tea and took a sip slightly.
When Borwang saw that the rescuers were gone, he asked me directly with a smile: "I don't know what this young general is called?"
I sneered, didn't look at Bolwang at all, stared at the military general and said: "I am Sun Qilan, who burned your grain and grass, captured your young master, and leveled your left army!" If you don't leave a right hand today, then the whole army will be formed, and I will fight you to the death! ”
As soon as they heard that it was me, Borwang and the generals twitched a few times, and in the past two days, the leadership of their battalion had almost turned me upside down, but they didn't know who did it. saw the real person, but he was so young, presumably the burning of food was also a brain fever. But such a stunned young man is the most difficult to greet face-to-face, so Borwang is ready to drag! Shen said: "Well, this ......"
I "snapped" the table and stood up suddenly, and the two of them were startled! But when he saw me arching his hand at Li Chengliang, he said angrily: "General, I won't talk about this Rausch to negotiate peace, so I'll go down to reorganize the army and fight!"
After speaking, he turned around and walked away in great strides, Borwang gritted his steel teeth, but he was helpless. At this time, if the war starts again, although they can bite us hard, they will definitely have no place to die! So Borwang quickly stood up and shouted, "General Sun! General Sun stays! ”
I ignored him and walked straight forward, and Borwang could only turn his eyes to Li Chengliang for help. Li Chengliang knew that the play was almost over, so he opened his mouth and shouted: "Qilan!"
I stood still, looked back at Borwang, and said coldly, "What else do you have to say?"
Borwang hurriedly said: "Dani is at fault for colliding with General Sun, so let him cut off his right hand and pay for the crime!" As he spoke, he glanced back at Samurai Dani.
Without waiting for Nadani to make a move, I turned around and shouted, "Fang is only one hand, now I want his head!"
Borwang was stunned for a moment, clenched his fist fiercely, but slowly let go! smiled and said: "What the general said is true! Just according to the general's words! Dani! ”
He turned around and whispered, "Your son, I will ask the Khan to raise him according to the treatment of a prince."
Nadani also knew that his life and the life of his whole family were in the heart of Bolwang's thoughts, and his face suddenly turned red, and he shouted and killed himself on the spot! The surrounding ground is dyed red! Bolwang couldn't bear to look at it, turned his head and sat down slowly. But I was determined to take the bad guys to the end and dispel the Tatars' delusions, so I cried out: "Drag that filthy meat out and feed it to the dogs!"
This time, all the members of the Tatar mission were furious and glared at me one by one! But under my coercion, in the face of reality, they finally lowered their proud heads. The sergeant dragged Dani's body out, and a fierce barking of dogs rang out outside......
By the time I returned to my seat, the Tatars had no longer had any need to talk about it, they had been defeated in their momentum, and they accepted our demands in full—to withdraw our troops, to pay tribute, to send hostages. The alliance of the castle was completely signed, abandoning dignity.
The celebration dinner began, and in the warm music, Li Chengliang and Borwang stepped forward to announce that the two families would always be in alliance and help each other, and we are friends! Friends forever!
Everyone raised their glasses and shouted! Friend! Friend! Friend! And Nilan's son Su Qi was also given to Bolwang by my own hands, and I also grabbed Su Qi's right hand to show Bolwang, intact, I smiled and said: "I used to be an enemy, but now I am a friend, I will not hurt a friend!" Naturally, Borwang showed great gratitude, toasted me three glasses of wine in a row, and secretly gave me a box, which was very heavy to start, and it was probably not a bargain!
It was the night when the wine and feast were all gone. Back in the city, Ye Sizhong and I came to Li Chengliang's house. Li Chengliang was already slightly drunk, and he was very happy to see the two of us coming, so he took our hands and said, "Sizhong, Qilan, thanks to the two of you this time!" From now on, we will be a family! Sit down! ”
The two of us hurriedly thanked him, and after sitting down, I took out a letter from my arms and handed it to Li Chengliang. Li Chengliang was puzzled, opened the letter, and looked at it a few times, but he stood up in shock, staring at me with disbelief in his eyes! After a while, Fang said: "Now that we are allies with the Black Carboniferous Ministry, if we do this unrighteous act, we are afraid of making the world laugh!" Qilan, think twice! ”
What he read was the letter I had written to Qi Dudu and sent back without regrets, and what I wrote was: The governor is above, Qilan Baiqi: As the saying goes, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different, and now the Tatars are lonely, and they will inevitably be called ministers. But if you believe his words and let him return to the grassland, it is to let the tiger return to the mountain, and raise the tiger for trouble, and the governor will not see the king of Shunyi in the past? In view of this, Qilan is willing to give up the name of one person in exchange for 20 years of peace in northern Xinjiang! This situation can be revealed, and I hope that the governor will be clear!
Qi Dudu replied with four words: "Everything is from power."
Li Chengliang stared at me, and I stared at him, as if time had stood still. After a while, Li Chengliang said: "How are you going to explain to the people of the world?"
I smiled and said, "Naturally, it has to be reasonable."
Li Chengliang's eyes jumped a few times, turned his head to look at Ye Sizhong, and asked, "That's what you mean?"
Ye Sizhong looked at the ceiling and said softly: "My father died at the hands of the Tatars." But he said no more.
Li Chengliang sighed, put down the letter, picked it up again, looked at it, handed it back to me, and said, "Make it clean!"
Ye Sizhong and I left with each other.
Early the next morning, the Tatars sent a detachment of men and horses to the city to collect food, which was part of the covenant. They were provided with 300 pieces of fine grain and 5,000 pieces of coarse grain a day. When they arrived at the city, they counted the quantity correctly, and then they took the grain and went back. It was agreed that they would set off from their local area tomorrow and return to the grassland, but these two days would mainly be spent recuperating from the wounded.
On the morning of the third day, the Tatars came in the same way with a group of men and horses to get grain, this time the quality of the grain and grass was greatly inferior to yesterday, more chaff, a Tatar officer cursed a swear word, but was heard by the grain defenders, and immediately scolded back!
The Tatars suffered defeat this time, and they were aggrieved, and it was on the fire that they listened to the unpleasant scolding of the defenders, and when they pulled it out, they waved it at the sentry commander of the scolding defenders! The sentry commander was caught off guard and was slashed to the ground! Seeing this, the soldier next to him immediately drew his sword and shouted at the same time: "The Tatars are reversed!" The Tatars are reversed! "The Tatars who were taking food felt that something was wrong, but when the defenders shouted like this, they were also panicked, and they held their knives and shouted at the defenders! Someone in the garrison shouted: "Look! Cutting people again! The Tatars are beast-hearted, and they don't know what to do! It's the other way around! It's the other way around! ”
When one of the Tatars at the head saw this, his heart was also on fire, and he rushed in to arrest the man who shouted, but he was shot by an arrow from an archer who had already prepared at the head of the city, and fell to his knees! When the Tatars in the back saw it, they immediately drew their swords and moved forward, but they were fired by a volley of archers at the head of the city, and in the end none were left!
The city defense army quickly reported the matter to the chief general Li Chengliang, but Li Chengliang looked at me. I said indifferently: "The whole army is going to fight!" Exterminate the rebels! ”
The herald went to reorganize the army, and I went to the window, how warm the sun was! It's a pity that the Tatars may never be seen again. The food and forage sent yesterday, are you still used to eating it?