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Gao Ming was still thinking about who to send to negotiate with the Goguryeos.

After all, if the status of the person sent was too low, the Goguryeo people would definitely be suspicious, and the high-status might be better and unwilling to do such a "despicable" thing.

Li Jing stood up at this time, which immediately made Gao Ming a little overjoyed.

"If it were you, the Goguryeo people would definitely think that we were really ready to accept their surrender, so that the number of sneak attacks on Ji'an or Marudu City would definitely increase greatly, to be honest, Wei Guogong, you are willing to come forward to negotiate with the Goguryeo people, it really helped me a lot, but your reputation ......"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Ji also stroked his beard and laughed.

"Haha, His Royal Highness the Prince's words are wrong, I, Li Jing, am already in the age of the sixtieth year, the loess has been buried to my neck, reputation is not so important to me, along the way, I have been taken care of by His Royal Highness, and now the old minister can do his part for the Tang Dynasty and His Royal Highness, it is really a blessing for the old minister!"

Looking at Li Ji's serious look, Gao Ming suddenly nodded.

"Wei Guogong's bearing really makes me admire, then there is Lao Wei Guogong in this matter!"

"Yes! The old minister obeys! ”

After speaking, Li Ji bowed to Gao Mingshen, then turned around and walked out slowly.

After Li Jing left, Gao Ming turned to look at Cheng Yanjin and Hou Junji.

"Pass my order, from now on, we will make every effort to sweep away all the cities around Liaodong City and Jian'an City, block the main transportation routes, and at least take Marudu City or Ji'an City before the Goguryeo people find out that we are with them!"

"Yes!"

Under Gao Ming's order, the Tang army moved again, like a fierce beast opening its bloody mouth, revealing its sharp fangs!

The Tang Dynasty's attack did not stop because of negotiations, but captured the towns of Goguryeo all the way.

When Li Jing met with Goguryeo's envoys, Zhang Liang had already led his troops and horses to take Beisha City;

When Goguryeo's envoys went back to invite "weighty" figures, Cheng Biting Jin and Wei Chigong had already taken Xuansu and Hengshan;

While Li Ji and the great nobles of Goguryeo were sitting together to negotiate, Li Ji and Xue Wanche were storming Wheat Valley and Silver Mountain......

And for a major battle like a siege, it was definitely impossible to completely block the news, so the Goguryeo envoys who were negotiating also got the news.

"What? Datang is attacking us? What's going on? ”

In the face of the shocked negotiation envoys, Li Jing's face did not change.

"Impossible! Our Datang is a state of etiquette, it is impossible to do such a thing, and now that we have an advantage, there is no need to do such a sneaky thing, there must be someone who wants to sabotage our negotiations, if you don't believe it, you can go! ”

"This ......"

Hearing Li Jing's words, the envoys of Goguryeo suddenly fell into deep thought.

In his heart, the Han people are all good-looking, and since they are all sitting at the negotiating table, they should not do such despicable things, so he immediately called the Goguryeo soldiers in charge of liaison to him and gave him serious orders.

"You go back and tell Da Zheng Lu that our negotiations with Datang are going well, and now there are only some differences on some small issues, if Da Zheng Lu makes concessions, the war will end soon!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the herald immediately went back to report to Quan Gaisu, and the remaining envoys still negotiated with Li Jing unyieldingly, hoping to complete the negotiations as soon as possible.

His attitude was very serious, and if Gao Ming had the heart to accept Goguryeo's surrender, they would probably have already negotiated at this time.

But it's a pity that Li Jing didn't come here for negotiation in the first place, he came to talk nonsense.

"First of all, Goguryeo must withdraw its troops from Silla and return to Silla all the prisoners and property that the soldiers had taken from Silla."

"This ...... There is no problem in withdrawing troops from Silla, but the property that the soldiers have looted from Silla is impossible to calculate, and even if they had to return it, it would probably be ......."

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Li Jing slapped the table forcefully.

"No! It must be returned, and the farmland destroyed by the Goguryeo people must also be compensated! ”

“……”

Then, the two argued for a whole afternoon on the question of how much Goguryeo should pay Silla.

finally pulled out some results, but Li Jing said that he was old and easily tired, and he needed to rest, so he left the envoys of Goguryeo and went to eat and sleep by himself.

Looking at Li Jing's immediate back, the envoys of Goguryeo felt that there were 10,000 *** heads running over in their hearts.

"Damn, whether our Goguryeo will pay Silla money or not is it a matter of your Tang Dynasty? This is really a dog meddling with a mouse! Phew! ”

Although he was very angry, the negotiations had to continue, but what made him even more devastated was that the next day Li Jing threw out another more difficult negotiation theme - plea for guilt.

According to Li Jing, Goguryeo was disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty and should have asked Quan Gaisu to go to Chang'an to plead guilty to Li Shimin in person.

Of course, the envoys of Goguryeo would not agree to this kind of request, so the two negotiated on this issue for another morning, and the envoys of Goguryeo succeeded in persuading Li Jing to let the great nobles of Goguryeo go to Chang'an instead of Quan Gaisu to plead guilty.

Then, the two began negotiations for sending a few big nobles to Chang'an to ask for guilt, according to Li Jing's intentions, at least fifty, otherwise they would not show sincerity.

The Goguryeo negotiating envoys felt that ten people were enough, and more would have a bad impact on Goguryeo.

This time, Li Jing did not budge, insisting that fifty Goguryeo nobles should be asked to plead guilty, and the eldest sons of these nobles must be sent to Chang'an as hostages, but the Goguryeo negotiation envoys said that it was okay to be hostages, but only the second son.

The tug-of-war between the two began again, and at the end of each day, the Goguryeo envoy had a feeling of exhaustion, but he still endured his exhaustion and wrote down the content of the negotiation as a gong and asked people to take it back to Izumi Gaisu.

Receiving the news brought back by the negotiation envoy, Quan Gaisu also had a headache, he felt that the Tang Dynasty was much more difficult than the Sui Dynasty.

At this time, his heart was full of grievances and regrets, and he felt that if he could go back to the beginning, he would definitely not fight Silla, and he would definitely pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year.

But it's too late to say anything now, so he can only ask the herald to tell the envoy in charge of the negotiation, let him negotiate with the Tang Dynasty as much as possible, the Sui Dynasty prisoners can be put back, and the eldest son of the nobles can also be taken to the Tang Dynasty as a hostage, as long as he doesn't let him go to the Tang Dynasty, the rest is easy to say.

Izumi Gaisu really wanted to surrender, and he also felt a little physically and mentally exhausted for the sake of negotiation.

Although there are still war reports such as "the city is attacked by the Tang Dynasty", he didn't pay too much attention to it.

He has always comforted himself that these are all measures taken by the Tang Dynasty to put pressure on Goguryeo, and as long as Goguryeo accepts the negotiation conditions of the Tang Dynasty, it will naturally withdraw its troops.

It's a pity that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and on the fourth day of negotiations between the Goguryeo envoys and the Tang Dynasty, Quan Gaisu received a battle report -

The former royal city of Goguryeo, Ji'an City, known as one of the "Beijings", fell.

After seeing this battle report, he was completely dumbfounded.

"This ...... How is this possible?! ”