Chapter XXXIV Reaching an Agreement

In the Rouran camp, under the harassment of the Zhenbei Army for several days, it was like a frightened bird.

Once the Rouran army chased out of the camp, the Zhenbei army ran away, and every time the Zhenbei army attacked late at night, the Rouran army did not dare to chase far for fear of encountering an ambush.

"Quick, rush out with me!" Hu Lu held a scimitar and rode his horse towards the Zhenbei army outside the camp.

With Hu Lu's order, thousands of Rouran cavalry rushed towards the blood wolf guard led by Li Yan.

"Put!" Li Yan let out a loud shout, and the longbow in his hand had already shot arrows towards the Rouran camp.

"Let's go! Return to the city now! After Li Yan and his party released their arrows, they immediately rushed towards Xihai City.

Hu Lu watched Li Yan lead the Blood Wolf Guard to leave from under his nose, but there was nothing else he could do.

"Erhan, look! This is a document shot by the Zhenbei Army. "One of the guards handed over a brocade silk worn by arrows from the camp gate to Hu Lu.

Hu Lu took the brocade silk and walked towards the big tent, and many sergeants were arranged in the entire camp to be on duty at night in case the Zhenbei army attacked again.

In the big tent, Hu Lu took advantage of the dim firelight to look at the brocade silk shot by the Zhenbei Army in his hand, and frowned from time to time.

In the letter written by Li Yan in the brocade silk, the letter praised Hu Lu's achievements over the years, bluntly said the benefits of the two families to make a truce, and agreed to meet at noon tomorrow in the north of Xihai City.

"Childe, do you really want to make peace with the Rouran people? But will Hu Lu withdraw his troops? Han Qian asked with a puzzled expression.

"Brother Han, now that I am in danger, the camp of Lejuan is surrounded by the Huns, and General Tang is ill. In the past few days, the Huns' scouts have been found near Xihai City, and I estimate that the Huns' army will probably come to take advantage of the fire to rob. It is better to give some benefits to let Hu Lu withdraw his troops, so that the northern army of our town can concentrate its forces to fight against the Hun thieves. Li Yan stood at the head of the city and looked at the dark and hazy mountains in the distance, and said helplessly.

"Then what is the son going to use to make Hu Lu withdraw his troops?"

"Hehe, it depends on what Hu Lu needs most! Okay, Brother Han, it's not early, you should go back and rest early! Li Yan said and turned around and went down the city.

The night passed quickly, and in the Rouran camp, Hu Lu was discussing with several commanders under his command, and handed over the brocade silk of the Zhenbei Army last night to everyone for circulation.

"Second Khan, is there any conspiracy in this town's northern army?" A commander said to Hu Lu after reading it.

"What do you guys think?" Hu Lu glanced at everyone and asked.

"Second Khan, it's better to pretend to promise the Zhenbei Army, when the time comes, our soldiers and horses will be ambushed behind, just wait for the Zhenbei Army to leave the city, and then copy its back road and take Xihai City in one fell swoop." A thousand-legged man with a fleshy face and a strong body stood up and said viciously.

"That's right! Two Khan! As long as the Zhenbei army dares to go out of the city, he will not be able to return. The rest of the commanders chimed in.

"Second Khan, it's better to agree to the request of the Zhenbei Army for the time being, ambush a strange army in advance, if you don't break up unhappily, the Second Khan will kill the Zhenbei Army as soon as he gives the order." Ashina Muli bowed to Hu Lu and stepped aside.

"Good! Ashina Pastoral Force, you go and arrange it! The rest waited for the whole army to fight. Hu Lu touched his two mustaches and ordered.

In Xihai City, Li Yan got up early in the morning, and the two Li Yan and Han Qian were fighting hotly on the school field, and the sergeants who were watching the battle on the side let out bursts of exclamations.

The horse lance in Han Qian's hand quickly stabbed at Li Yan, Li Yan on the horseback stepped on the horse's pedal, and dodged towards the side of the horse's belly at the moment when the horse lance stabbed, Han Qian's horse lance stabbed into the air, and Li Yan's horse lance and Han Qian's lance quickly clashed, making a piercing sound.

The two war horses kept running forward on the school field, and the two on horseback were sweating profusely, but they couldn't help each other.

"Report!" From afar, I heard a sergeant coming to report the news.

"General Qiyu, the Rouran thief shot a letter and bluntly addressed it to the general." A sergeant sweating profusely ran in and saluted Li Yan and said.

"Oh? Take it! Li Yan sat on the back of the horse and grabbed the reins and commanded the sergeant.

Li Yan took the letter from the sergeant's hand, glanced at it, and smiled knowingly.

"Someone, pass the order, Captain Iron Hammer will lead two thousand troops to five miles north of the city to strictly prevent the raid of the Rouran people, and General Lei Ming will lead two thousand cavalry to go with the general to meet Hulu." Li Yan ordered.

Last night, Li Yan and Zhenbei general Zhang Jinghe shared their thoughts, of course, the most important thing Li Yan did not explain to Zhang Jing at all.

Zhang Jing also knew that the current situation was very critical, and now the Huns were ready to move on the border of the West Sea, although they did not know their intentions, but if the Zhenbei army fought with the Rouran army, the Huns would definitely drive straight in.

In the face of Li Yan's persuasion, although Zhang Jing did not have much hope for the withdrawal of the Rouran people, he could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Li Yan led the two thousand cavalry of the Blood Wolf Guard and the Thundering Thunder out of the North City Gate of the West Sea, and headed straight towards the place where the peace talks were agreed.

"Look, General! The Rouran Thief has arrived! ”

Lei Ming looked at the sand dunes in front of him, and hundreds of Rouran cavalry gathered around Hu Lu.

"General Lei, you lead the cavalry to wait here, Brother Han, you and the Blood Wolf Guard will go with me to meet the law." Li Yan commanded a thunderous roar and led the Blood Wolf Guard towards Hu Lu.

When Li Yan walked less than a hundred steps away from Hu Lu, Hu Lu's personal guards pulled out their scimitars one after another.

The Blood Wolf Guard behind Li Yan also drew his sword and wanted to kill Hu Lu, Li Yan waved his hand, and the Blood Wolf Guard put away the big knife.

After Hu Lu saw the blood wolf guard behind Li Yan put away the knife, he ordered the guard to put away the scimitar, and rode his horse towards Li Yan and walked slowly.

"Stand down!" Li Yan walked towards Hu Lu, and the blood wolf guard behind him followed.

Li Yan and Hu Lu rode one by one and walked in the opposite direction. After a while, the two of them looked at each other, Hu Lu held down his scimitar, and looked at the young deputy general of the Zhenbei Army in front of him, Li Yan.

Hu Lu thought of his grain and grass in the yellow sand valley, and almost couldn't help but draw his knife to kill Li Yan, this young man with a faint smile on his face was the one who burned his grain and grass.

"Li Yan, the deputy general of the Zhenbei Army, has seen Hulu Khan." Li Yan sat on the back of the horse and said lightly.

"Humph! Brat! Say anything quickly, and if it doesn't suit me, I'm afraid this is where you'll be buried. Hu Lu snorted heavily at Li Yan in front of him.

"Haha! Hulu Khan really looks up to himself, and he does have the will to negotiate peace today, but if Hulu Khan thinks that you can take down our Zhenbei army with the thousands of remnants of the soldiers you ambush behind you, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. Li Yan laughed.

"You~ Could it be that General Li is here just to show his tongue?" Seeing that Li Yan didn't care, Hu Lu pointed at Li Yan and said loudly.

"I heard that Hulu Khan's expedition to Wusun Country this time was a last resort, and now that he has suffered such a big defeat, I am afraid that from now on, the leaders of all the tribes will look forward to your nephew Bulu Zhenma." Li Yan saw that Hu Rhythm was angry, and said disapprerovitously.

Li Yanruo said that Bulu is really the son of Shelun Khan, this person is brave and good at fighting, and over the years to the east to fight Kumoxi and Khitan have been defeated and retreated, seizing a large area of land. In the various ministries of Rouran, they already have a certain prestige.

"Li Yan, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to use the peace talks to humiliate me? After hearing what Li Yan said, Hu Lu was immediately furious.

"Hulu Khan is not in a hurry, what Li Yan said is true, now the Mobei tribes like the Tiele Department and the Thorn Le Department have shown signs of resistance over the years, and now Shelun Khan is getting older, and his son Bulu is really deeply loved by Shelun Khan, Shelun Khan is afraid that after a hundred years, Bulu Zhen will succeed to the position of Great Khan!" Li Yan continued.

"So what?" Hu Lu said angrily.

"The Khan was originally the one with the best chance to succeed the Great Khan, but Shelun Khan has divided your tribe again and again over the years, but Bulu Zhen, the son of Shelun Khan, has divided nearly ten tribes in the east, and now his prestige and strength are comparable to yours. Can the khan bear to be suppressed by Bulu Zhen? Li Yan looked at Hu Lu, who was already angry to the extreme, and said to himself.

"Li Yan is willing to help the Khan, I don't know what the Khan wants?" Hu Lu spoke, Li Yan said in a deep voice.

"Oh? General Li is so young, but he knows my Khanate well, which is really admirable. I don't know what General Li meant? Hu Lu looked puzzled, looked at Li Yan in front of him, and couldn't help but feel that this person was more difficult to deal with than he imagined.

"Over the years, the Khan has been at war with the Wei State all the year round, and has been losing more than winning less, Li Yan thinks that the key is still the advantage of the sword, and now the Khan does not rectify the tribe and win the hearts of the people, but comes to attack my West Sea, it is really unwise. How about the two strikes and makes peace? In the future, I will provide 50,000 catties of pig iron to the Khan every year~"

"What you said is true?" Before Li Yan finished speaking, Hu Lu said excitedly.

Pig iron, Hu Lu is too needed, and every time he fights with the Northern Wei Dynasty over the years, Rouran is slightly inferior to the armor. However, in the entire Rouran tribes, very few can produce iron, and Shelun Khan uses it to equip his tribes, where is it still the turn to get Hulu.

"That's natural, but these 50,000 catties of pig iron are not given to the Khan for nothing, I need the Khan's 5,000 war horses in exchange!" Li Yan opened his mouth widely, wanting to slaughter it fiercely.

"What do you say? Five thousand war horses? General Li, I can give you a maximum of 2,000 horses, is there any more. Hu Lu was obviously very interested in what Li Yanruo said about pig iron, and although he was very angry in his heart, it was not easy to show it.

"Two thousand is too little, at least four thousand war horses, not one less!" Li Yan said firmly.

Hu Lu saw Li Yan's tough attitude, but four thousand war horses was not a small number, so he naturally wouldn't agree easily.

"General Li, I can give you up to 3,000 war horses every year, if you don't agree, then leave it at that." Hu Lu sighed and said in a deep voice.

"Good! Since the Khan has said so, then according to what the Khan said, in the future, the two families will cease fighting, and Daliang will exchange 50,000 pig iron for 3,000 war horses for the Khan every year, of course, this transaction is only known to you and me, what does the Khan think? Li Yan pretended to be in pain and said.

"Good! But how can I trust you, General Lee? Hu Lu asked cautiously.

"Tonight, I will have five thousand catties of pig iron handed over to the Khan, but I need three hundred horses." Li Yan looked like a profiteer, and his face was flushed.

"Good! Just as you say! ”