By the time Zhang Fu arrived at Xifengkou, the sun had sunk in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun was sprinkled on the water surface of the Luanhe River, like pieces of golden scales dancing. When he reached fifty steps before the pass, a big man stood on the road, bowed down and saluted: "General Zhang, the little prince has been waiting for a long time, please follow the little one into the pass." ”

Zhang Fu smiled, dismounted and said, "Thank you General Chi'er Gray, where is the little prince?" ”

"On the tower of Houguan, General Zhang, please come with me."

As he spoke, Chi'er Gray rode on his war horse, held a token, and shouted: "Emergency military situation, pedestrians avoid!" Then the horse galloped, regardless of the pedestrians on the road, Zhang Fu and others hurriedly got on the horse to follow. Along the way, pedestrians hurriedly dodged, the lucky ones only received a whip, and the unlucky ones were directly knocked to the ground, Zhang Fu hesitated, but finally shook his head, and galloped all the way along the path opened by Chi'er Gray.

There are three pass walls at the mouth of Xifeng, the pass wall is towering, and each pass is heavily guarded. But Zhang Fu and his party traveled all the way, unimpeded, and when they reached the northernmost wall, Chi'er Gray jumped off the horse, and then ran up the steps on his feet, shouting while running: "Little prince, General Zhang has arrived." ”

Zhang Fu hurriedly followed, and when he stumbled up the city tower, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, who was looking at the outside of the pass, turned around suddenly, he hurriedly came over and took Zhang Fu's hand, and laughed: "Wen Bi, you are really a flying general, it is not in vain that the king will ask you to come over from your father." ”

Zhang Fu's body was shocked, and he bowed down and said, "Thank you for your love." ”

"Hehe," Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand, and everyone hurriedly retreated, closing only Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu.

But when everyone left, Zhu Gaoxu bowed to Zhang Fuyi and said: "Wen Bi, transfer you over, this king has used disgraceful means, but I still hope that Wen Bi can understand this king, this king loves talents and hopes that Wen Bi can become this king's help." ”

Zhang Fu hurriedly knelt down: "The little prince is serious, it is the honor of the last general to be loved by the little prince, Wen Bi has no complaints." ”

"Hehe, that's good," Zhu Gaoxu picked up Zhang Fu, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "This king is also helpless, if this king doesn't involve you, my father won't let you go." However, "Zhu Gaoxu's words changed: "Wen Bi doesn't have to worry about not fighting, now his father is going south, in fact, he is forcing the imperial court to send troops north, and now Tongzhou and Beiping have gathered heavy troops, as long as the imperial court is under the strong city, the father is in the south, and the king is in the north, and the two sides are attacked, it will inevitably be able to hit the people of peace and prosperity, and when the time comes, the king will also ask Wen Bi to be the striker, and the king will break the enemy side by side, I don't know what Wen Bi wants?" ”

"The last general obeyed the order, and he listened to the order of the little prince."

"Well," Zhu Gaoxu was more satisfied with Zhang Fu's attitude, turned around and pulled Zhang Fu to the front of the gate, pointed to the north and said: "Now that the great leader of Wara, Ugqi, and the Mongolian Great Khan Erlebok have arrived outside the pass, the king of Ming Japan wants to negotiate with them, Wen Bi is proficient in Mongolian, so go with this king when the time comes." ”

"Yes, lord."

Looking at Zhang Fu's awe-inspiring appearance and bowing to the leader's order, Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said: "Wen Bi, you are good at everything, brave in battle, Wen Tao and martial arts, all proficient, but you are too polite, you and I are still in-laws, can't you have a heart-to-heart relationship with this king?" ”

Zhang Fu immediately knelt on the ground: "Little prince, Wen Bi thinks that the etiquette cannot be abolished, and there is a difference between the top and bottom, and the last general will not dare to be presumptuous." ”

"Hehe, okay, this king can't do anything about you." Zhu Gaoxu helplessly helped Zhang Fu up and said with a wry smile.

That night, Zhang Fu stayed at Xifengkou Pass overnight, but he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning. At the third watch, he put on his clothes, pushed open the door, looked at the starry sky, breathed a cool breeze from Saibei, and felt much better. Tomorrow will be negotiated with the Mongolian Taishi and the Great Khan, as for what the content of the negotiation is, Zhang Fu can guess some, because the prince sneers at the construction of Suiyuan City on weekdays, thinking that it is a move to work the people and lose money, and even to Kaiping and Daning Zhuwei do not think so, the prince believes in the expedition of the army to Mobei, and directly smashes Helin, thinking that this not only saves people's power, but also gives the soldiers a sense of crisis and maintains the soldiers' desire to fight. The prince agreed with the policy of the Tang Dynasty very much, and did not rely on the Great Wall, but relied on elite soldiers to protect the border. In his opinion, the Mongols' occupation of Kaiping and Daning was purely looking for death, and the army could be easily destroyed when they went out of the fortress. That's why the prince asked the king of Gaoyang County to negotiate, and he didn't send the prince, alas......

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Gaoxu called Zhang Fu to dine together, and then ordered 5,000 elite soldiers to go out of Beiguan.

Xifengkou is in the valley of the Luanhe River, the peaks on both sides are towering, the terrain is dangerous, but the valley is open, suitable for the movement of large armies. Under the illumination of the rising sun, 5,000 cavalry marched all the way north, and half an hour later, the cavalry left the Yanshan Mountain Range. Seeing the endless grassland in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu was very excited, taking the lead, riding a horse and galloping on the grassland, Zhang Fu and others hurriedly followed.

About thirty miles north along the Luan River, everyone saw a large camp tent by the river. But before Zhu Gaochu and the others approached, someone immediately blew the horn, and a team of cavalry came up to Zhu Gaochu and the others. Zhu Gaoxu immediately ordered Chi'er Gray to come forward to negotiate, and after the general on the opposite side glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, he immediately asked people to go back to report the news.

After a quarter of an hour, the camp gate was wide open, and Erlebock's eldest son, Benjamin, came out to greet him in person, and Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly greeted him when he saw this, and the two of them high-fived and laughed on their horses. Then Zhu Gaoxu ordered Zhang Fu, Tongyi, and fifty guards to enter the camp with him, while the others waited outside the camp.

After entering the camp, Zhang Fu secretly observed, and he found that these Mongols were well-equipped and well-trained, and some even wore Ming Dynasty standard armor. These people walked by, but it did not affect these Mongols in the slightest, their expressions were solemn, and there was no sign of ear to ear or noise. Zhang Fu was shocked in his heart, these are all rare elite soldiers, almost on par with the prince's pro-army. However, he found that Zhu Gaoxu didn't care at all, but just talked and laughed and walked into the big tent with Benjamin. The king of the county knows Mongolian, what else do you want me to do? Zhang Fu thought.

There are not many negotiators in the big tent, on the side of King Yan is Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, Zhang Fuhe and the interpreter, opposite is the Mongolian Great Khan Erleboke, the crown prince Benyashiri, the Taishi Ugqi and an old man dressed as Han with half-white hair, according to the Mongols, this person is called Wang Xing, and he is the teacher of the young leader of the Wara tribe, Eseku, similar to the role of the prince and the prince.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Ugqi first asked: "The county king of the Southern Dynasty, it's not the first time we've met, so we won't go around in circles, may I ask about the conditions of the Great Khan of our country last time, how did your father reply?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a while, and said, "Dear Master, my father has already agreed to most of your country's conditions. ”

"Really? What did you promise? ”

"After my father ascends the throne, the Great Khan's younger brother, Prince Kharguchuk, and the Great Khan's uncle, Dibaonu, will be sent back to Mongolia, and some other nobles mentioned by your country can be released back to Mongolia."

"As for Daning and Kaiping, my father can give up and no longer garrison, but there is one condition."

"On what terms?" Ugqi raised an eyebrow and asked.

"The father will release the Wuliangha tribes and let them be nomadic in the Kaiping and Daning areas."

"That's right," Ugqi was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "No, Kaiping is already the pasture of Arutai, and Daning is the pasture of Mahamu, so the Wuliangha tribe can only go back to the hometown of Liaohe to graze." ”

"Respected Taishi, Kaiping and Daning are too close to the Great Wall, and my father's suggestion is that neither side should garrison troops, but Taishi insists, then what my father can accept is that the Wuliangha tribe grazes in this place, and this matter cannot be backed down."

Ugqi was furious: "What's the matter? The county king of the Southern Dynasty, are you threatening this Taishi? ”

"Don't dare, respected Taishi, for the sake of the harmony between the two countries, my father's suggestion is very appropriate, please Taishi and the Great Khan to see clearly."

Ugqi was about to speak, but Wang Xing next to him interjected: "This matter is temporarily shelved, what about the other conditions?" What is your father thinking about? ”

"Okay, the king continued."

"Your country's request for Suiyuan City, after my father promised to ascend the throne, he would gradually withdraw his troops and retreat the defense line to the Hetao and Dongsheng lines, but before withdrawing the troops, we will demolish Suiyuan City and turn it into a real pastoral area."

Why is that? Isn't it good that Suiyuan City is a place for mutual markets, just like Kaiping and Zunhua today? ”

"This is what my father means, and if your kingdom builds its own city, my father will not object to it."

"What about Liaodong?"

"For Liaodong, because our dynasty has a large number of garrisons, my father decided that your two countries should be bounded by Tieling, the south belongs to my Ming Dynasty, and the north belongs to Mongolia, how about it?"

The negotiations between the two sides were fluent and without hesitation, and Zhang Fu could feel that this kind of negotiation should have been carried out many times, and this time it should be the final negotiation.

About half an hour later, Ugqi suggested adjourning the meeting and letting Zhu Gaoxu go to the side tent to rest, and they had to discuss it.

After Zhu Gaoxu and Zhang Fu arrived at the partial tent, they sat down in turn. Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhang Fu with an expressionless face and said with a smile: "Wen Bi, why aren't you surprised at all?" Did you know it before? ”

"Back to the little prince, before coming to Zunhua, the prince said something, and when he arrived in Zunhua, he met General Jiang and the little prince successively, and Wen Bi had already guessed some in his heart."

"Hehe, Wen Bi really has you." Zhu Gaoxu laughed and said: "It is worthy of thunder in his chest, and his face is like a peaceful lake." This kind of ability of Mount Tai to collapse in front and not change color, this king is breathtaking. ”

"The prince praised it falsely, Wen Bi didn't dare to be ashamed."

"Wen Bi, what do you think of Father's conditions?"

"The last general thinks," Zhang Fu hesitated for a long time, and said in a low voice: "The last general thinks that the prince's concession is too big." ”

"It's not big, it's not good, the Mongols are not easy to fool, but it's nothing, my father just gave up the territory beyond the Great Wall and restored to the situation in the early years of Hongwu."

"You know what?" Zhu Gaoxu's voice was suddenly lowered, but he couldn't hide the excitement in it, and said: "If this negotiation is settled, the Mongols will send 100,000 troops into the pass, work with my father to defeat the army of the imperial court, and then borrow 30,000 elite soldiers to go south with my father." After the father planned to defeat the army of Ping An and Shengyong, he immediately went straight to the capital with lightning speed, and as long as the capital division was completed, the father could ascend the throne and become the emperor. ”

"That's right," Zhang Fu pondered, still a little hesitant: "But even if you add the Mongols, you don't have much advantage in numbers." ”

"Hehe, in the art of war, it is said that if you take it by surprise, you will not be prepared to attack it." Zhu Gaoxu said proudly: "The court did not know that the Mongols would enter the customs, when they were holding on to our army, the Mongols suddenly came out from the north, they were caught off guard, and they were bound to be defeated, and the court was mostly infantry, and they couldn't run much, most of them would be captured by our army, at that time, our army would have 300,000 people, and great things could be expected!" Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoxu stood up, excited and uncontrollable.

Zhang Fu thought for a while, and arched his hand: "Then the general will congratulate the little prince, the little prince will be the prince in the future, even," Speaking of this, Zhang Fu subconsciously closed his mouth.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back at Zhang Fu, a smile on his face, and then the two couldn't help laughing.

Half an hour later, the Mongols also put forward their final conditions, requiring the Ming Dynasty to retreat to the Liaoyang line in the northeast and abandon Shenyang, and the rest according to Zhu Di's conditions.

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it for a while, and then agreed, and the two sides immediately made a bloody alliance and swore to the sky that the two countries would always be united and destroy Zhu Yunwen together.