After listening to the five conditions put forward by Yang Wu, Gao Yu's heart suddenly became cold.

"This condition is too strict, almost every one of them is close to the bottom line mentioned by the king at the beginning!"

These five conditions are almost the same as the bottom line proposed by Ma Yin, which makes Gao Yu a little suspicious that the bottom line has been leaked, so Yang Wu deliberately proposed these.

Of course, he also believed that no one would leak this, after all, when the discussion was made, all the ministers present were all old ministers of the Chu State, and they had followed Ma Yin for many years, and Gao Yu believed that they would not leak it out.

"Among these five conditions, the others are okay, after all, the king also has a certain psychological preparation; It doesn't matter if you limit the number of troops to 10,000. ”

"Although the king mentioned that the army should be limited to 20,000 people, it is still difficult to maintain an army of 20,000 due to the barrenness of Jizhou and Chenzhou. So this one is also negotiable. ”

"However, this fourth article sends an heir of Qin Yanhui, Yao Yanzhang and other generals to Jinling as a hostage with a son of the king, which is ......."

Gao Yu felt very embarrassed.

It would be better to say that only Ma Yin's son was sent as a proton, after all, Ma Yin had already agreed; Even if he wanted his own heirs to be sent to Jinling, he didn't want to.

However, if he wants those generals to send their heirs here, this is not something he can agree, at least he must send someone back to discuss it with Ma Yin and others.

Gao Yu frowned and thought, but Yang Wu didn't have so much time to accompany him.

"Have you heard all these five requirements clearly? Do you want to listen to it again! ”

Gao Yu hurriedly stopped and pondered, bowed down and replied, "The minister heard clearly!" ”

He was originally a well-informed person, and his memory was very good, and he was listening attentively just now, so he naturally wrote it down after listening to it only once.

Yang Wu nodded and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't hear it clearly, these five conditions also know that you may not be able to call the shots, so you can send this order to Shaozhou and let Ma Yin also take a look." ”

Zhou Zong immediately stepped forward and handed the document to Gao Yu.

After Gao Yu took it, Yang Wu continued: "Gu made it clear that these five conditions are the prerequisites for negotiation, and there must be no changes or any bargaining. ”

"If Ma Yin agrees to these five articles, then the negotiation can continue, and you can continue to listen to Gu's other requests."

"If he doesn't agree to these five conditions, then there is no need for you to continue to stay in Jinling, you might as well go back early!"

Yang Wu's tone was very firm and could not be questioned.

"There must be no changes, and there must be no bargaining." The meaning of these two points is: "You either accept it or you fight, there is no third way to go." ”

Seeing that his attitude was so resolute, Gao Yu had no choice but to reply: "The king also knows that under such conditions, ministers cannot make their own decisions, and they must obtain the consent of my family's marshal." ”

Then, he said in a tentative tone: "But now that my marshal has agreed to surrender to the king, in order to avoid damage to the soldiers, how about asking the king to temporarily stop the army and stop the war?" ”

Li Chengsi sneered: "Strike the army and stop the war? Could it be that Ma Yin wants a little time to concentrate his forces so that he can fight to the death with our army? ”

Yang Wu waved his hand and said: "There is no need for a truce, the five conditions of Gu have been told to you, this is the premise of the surrender." If Ma Yin agreed, then Lone would naturally order a temporary strike. ”

"So if you can't call the shots, then send someone to report to Ma Yin. If the time is late, our army has already captured Langzhou, but I am afraid that the conditions for Gu will be improved by then. ”

"Okay, that's all for today, you can step back first!"

"Yes, the minister is retiring!" Gao Yu was helpless, so he had to bow and leave.

After he walked away, Chen Yanqian said: "Does the king think that this Ma Yin will accept these five conditions in the end?" ”

"Let's beat us, why bother whether Ma Yin accepts it or not? If he agrees, Lone will give him a way to live, and if he doesn't, he will be killed directly. Yang Wu smiled and replied with a relaxed expression.

A few days later, in the city of Shaozhou, there were some dilapidated Thorn Shi Mansions.

"What? The strength of our army should be limited to 10,000 people? ”

"And you want me to send a son to Jinling as a proton?"

"That's too much! Gao Yu: How did he do it? Such an excessive condition was directly refused, and even sent someone back to report? ”

……

Just as Gao Yu expected, as soon as he passed back the five conditions put forward by Yang Wu, it attracted condemnation from all the ministers under Ma Yin.

The other ones are good to say, but the key point is that these generals also want to send a son to Jinling as a hostage, which makes them a little difficult to accept.

As the lord of the Chu State, since Ma Yin enjoys the right to be a monarch, he naturally has the responsibility to pay, so it is only natural for him to send a son to Jinling as a proton.

But they did some courtiers, they used to fight to the death on the battlefield, and they had already dedicated enough to the country, why did they send a proton to go?

The dissatisfied ministers naturally didn't dare to say that Ma Yin was not, so they could only get angry at Gao Yu.

It's a pity that Gao Yu is not in front of him at this time, even if they scold hard, it is useless.

Ma Yin's face was also not good-looking.

As a monarch, it is naturally difficult for him to come forward to persuade the ministers to agree to send his heirs to Jinling.

And more importantly, he is now old and gradually has no ambition to dominate the world.

If the negotiation is successful this time, as long as Yang Wu is no longer overly persecuted in the future, he also plans to rebel again.

But this does not mean that he is willing to let all the ministers send their heirs to Jinling as hostages, after all, it almost means that his back road is cut off.

At that time, even if Yang Wu settles accounts after the autumn and finds a reason to attack him, as long as the interests of the generals are not touched, I am afraid that these former veterans may not be willing to rebel for him.

Seeing that everyone's faces were very bad, and they were all scolding Gao Yu for being incompetent, Zhang Ji stood up.

"Ahem! Please listen to the old man! ”

Zhang Ji is an old minister after all, and after Liu Jianfeng was killed, the ministers originally wanted to support Zhang Ji to succeed him, but Zhang Ji himself was unwilling and gave up his position to Ma Yin, which led to the later Chu State.

Therefore, Zhang Ji's prestige among the crowd is still very high.

"I don't know what Zhang Yuanjun thinks?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, the old man just carefully read the decree of the king of Wu, and found that it was written very clearly, these five conditions are the premise of the surrender, if you don't agree, then there is no way to talk about the surrender!" Zhang Ji reminded.

The crowd was silent.

They just thought that this article was too much, and they were all scolding Gao Yu for being incompetent, but they forgot that this was the five prerequisites for Yang Wu's proposal, and they also specifically pointed out that they could not be changed, and they could not bargain.

So just like Yang Wu said at the beginning, either accept it or start fighting.

This is by no means something that Gao Yu can change.

Ma Yin also woke up after getting Zhang Ji's reminder, and at the same time felt extremely bitter in his heart.

"Either accept it or keep fighting. It's a complete no-brainer! ”

He is also a hero, and naturally understands that since Yang Wu said such things, it is impossible to change Yang Wu's decision, whether it is intercession or reasoning.

So he won't be stupid enough to send someone to intercede again, which will only be more humiliating and more ridiculous.

Nowadays, he really has only two choices: "accepting" and "continuing to lay".

"Let's talk about it, whether we want to accept these five conditions put forward by King Wu or not!" Ma Yin looked at the crowd and saw that they had all realized this, so he immediately asked.

But no one immediately stood up to answer, but frowned and pondered.

After a while, Zhang Ji spoke: "King, the minister thinks he can accept these five conditions!" ”

Everyone looked at him, apparently still hesitating.

Zhang Ji continued: "Among these five conditions, the first, second and fifth are all good to say, and we also mentioned them when we discussed them, and they did not exceed the bottom line. ”

"As for the third article, the strength of our army must be limited to 10,000 men. The old man thought this was acceptable. ”

"Because if we only keep the two places of Jizhou and Chenzhou, we are afraid that we will not be able to maintain too many troops at that time. Moreover, the soldiers are expensive but not too expensive, and a little less troops can train real elite soldiers! ”

Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement.

"Even if the third article is forgotten, Lone can accept it. What do you think of the fourth one? Ma Yin asked in a deep voice.

Gao Yu said: "I don't know what the other people think, but the minister thinks that sending an heir over is better than fighting to the death with the people of Wu." In short, if the king agrees, the minister is willing to send his eldest son to Jinling! ”

Gao Yu didn't look at everyone, but he showed his attitude.

As for the worry in Ma Yin's heart, although he was also aware of it, he didn't say it at this time.

Ma Yin frowned and looked at the others.

This is the case with the troubled times, if it is finally completed, then the person who is the monarch will naturally enjoy the most benefits; However, if the battle for hegemony fails in the end, he needs to bear the heaviest consequences.

At least at this time, Ma Yin still has to worry about whether his family will be wiped out, and Zhang Ji and other courtiers, as long as they don't go too far in the future, then even if this negotiation fails and the two families go to war again, they don't need to worry about being wiped out after the defeat in the future.

And even if they're lucky, they can be reused.

After all, in this era, as a minister, no matter how hard he fights with the enemy, he is still doing his duty as a minister and doing his duty, so he will not be held responsible.

With Zhang Ji taking the lead, the others also began to waver.

It didn't take long for Qin Yanhui to stand up and say, "If the king agrees, the minister is also willing to send his heir to Jinling as a hostage!" ”

Then Yao Yanzhang and the others also stood up and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this situation, Ma Yin could only think in his heart: "That's it, it seems that everyone doesn't want to completely fall out with Wu for a son, the military spirit has been lost, why should Lone go against the sky again?" ”