"Good! You are an army that cannot be defeated or dragged down, with great combat power and super willpower, the enemy will tremble when they think of your arrival, your appearance will terrify everyone, all other enemies will be vulnerable in front of you, and your greatest enemy can only be yourself! If you can overcome laziness, fatigue, and control all emotions that make you lose or lose your strength, you will be invincible! ”

"I am your king, and I will be the best and most competent king! I want all the people of Western Qin to be fed, clothed, and live in spacious and bright houses; Let everyone have little support and old age to rely on; Let politics be clear and everyone can live freely; Let the fallen soldiers enjoy glory and respect, let the wounded soldiers receive preferential treatment, and let the families of the martyrs have no worries about food and clothing; so that talented people can give full play to their talents; Protect all the people from external humiliation, let the Western Qin army shock the world, and let the Western Qin subjugate the Western Regions and all ethnic groups! Let any of the people be proud to be a member of the Western Qin Dynasty! ”

"You are a soldier and a general, you must be the strongest soldier, an invincible general! People can't do without pursuit, people without pursuit are like walking corpses, this is our common pursuit! Are you ready? ”

"Ready!"

"The king will wait and see! Okay, let's go! ”

The large army began to set out in groups in turn, and the march route followed the southwest direction. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoOn the right side of the lower reaches of the Volga River, there are still large areas of land and pastures that are under the rule of the Khazar Khanate, Zhao Ziliang took Duan Xiushi and two thousand cavalry of the escort army to march for a day and then entered the territory of the Khazars, since entering the territory of the Khazars, the marching speed of the Western Qin army has slowed down a little, not only to be careful to avoid the Khazar residence, but also to avoid the Khazar ranger outpost, the speed will naturally slow down.

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Camp of the Khazarian Army.

Hong Yi entered the big tent with two retinues and saluted Habil: "Hong Yi, the envoy of Western Qin, has seen the king of Khazar Khan!" ”

Habil asked with an unkind face: "Envoy of Western Qin, what did the King of Western Qin send you for?" ”

Hong Yi asked unhurriedly: "Isn't King Khan please sit down?" Inviting guests to sit is the most basic etiquette of any civilized nation! It is said that the Khazars are a people who have broken away from barbarism and entered the age of civilization, are these all rumors? ”

Habil was extremely embarrassed by these words, and hurriedly ordered left and right: "Why don't you sit down for the envoys of Western Qin!" ”

A small stool was moved over, Hong Yi sat down generously, and arched his hand: "Dare to ask the King Khan, my Western Qin caravan was sacked by your cavalry earlier, and then we sent envoys to negotiate with the Khan, but you don't know that your country not only did not admit its mistakes, but also brutally killed all the entourages and escorts of our mission, and detained my envoys!" Is there a fault between the Khan and your country in this matter? ”

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Hong Yi continued: "Does the Khan know why the people of the civilized world despise and hate the barbarians? Because the barbarians are not reasonable at all, they only recognize fists and swords, guns, bows and arrows, and think that the king of the Khan and the people of your country are such people, otherwise why would the king of the Khan and your country loot my caravan, kill the members of my mission, and detain my envoys for no reason? ”

Habil was not pleased, and he was furious: "You fart! How is Ben Khan a barbarian? How can my Khazar Khanate be a barbarian country? More than 200 years since the founding of the country, China has long had writing, etiquette, and trade with other countries, and has truly entered the civilized world! As for the sacking of your caravan, it was not the work of my Khazar Khanate, the reason why Ben Khan detained his envoys and killed his retinue and guards was because they were disrespectful to Ben Khan and did not obey the laws of our country in Ben Khan's domain! ”

Hong Yi shook his head and said: "King Khan, it's not interesting for you to say that, do you know who the envoy of our country you detained?" He is His Royal Highness the Second Prince of my Western Qin, if it were someone else, it would be possible to talk nonsense, but the Second Prince would never be possible! His identity and mission will never allow him to slander and slander others at will, because your two countries do not share a border, and there is no conflict of interest, and the second prince has no reason to frame you and your country! ”

Habir said with a gloomy face and a cold tone: "Envoy, your mouth is on you, you can say whatever you want, but the looting of your country's caravan is definitely not done by our army!" If you Western Qin want to fight, my Khazar Khanate will never be afraid! ”

"No one will be afraid, especially in front of the dignity of the eight million people and the royal family of the entire Western Qin! King Khan, I hope you will think clearly, what your country has done has directly hurt the face of my Western Qin royal family, this is an insult to all the people of my Western Qin, if the war starts, it will be an endless situation, and my Western Qin will never stop even if it hits the last person! I hope that the Khan will understand where your Khazar ancestors came from, that you were driven out of the East! The Northern Wei Dynasty defeated the Gaoche State, forcing you, a branch of the Western Turks, to move westward, the Northern Wei Dynasty only occupied the northern Central Plains and had swept the northern barbarians, and now my Tang Empire is subdued, and all the countries in the world are subservient, and you a small Khazar dare to compete with my Tang Empire? You have a maximum of one million people, and the population of my Tang Empire is more than 70 million, and the territory is thousands of miles away from east to west, and it takes a year to walk on horseback, and my country's annual tax is as high as 80 million guan, and the tax of your Kozar country can be 5 million guan? I have nearly a million war horses in Datang, how many of you have? I have an army of millions in Datang, how many are there in your Khazar country? My Datang builds millions of sets of weapons and armor every year, how many sets can you build in the Khazar country? The Eastern Roman Empire has the inheritance of the Western Roman Empire and is one of the most powerful countries in the Western world, but the Eastern Roman Empire does not dare to show off its power in front of my Tang Empire, if it dares to provoke us, our Tang Dynasty will directly cut off its trade routes, and its strength will have to drop by half, King Habil Khan, you haven't realized what kind of existence you and your Khazar Khanate are going to face! The Pechenegs have been fighting with you Khazars for so many years, and they have always had the upper hand, and if it weren't for the support of the Eastern Roman Empire, I am afraid it would not be so easy. Now that the Pechenegs have been beaten westward by us, if the Khan is obsessed, the next unlucky one will be the Khazar Khanate, and will the Khazar Khanate have a chance to move west at that time? ”

Habil's hands on his legs were clenched tightly, and he looked a little pale from the exertion, and the muscles under the old bark-like skin of his face were shaking, and sweat was dripping from his forehead and waistcoat.

His lips trembled, obviously Hong Yi's reminder reminded him of the stories handed down by his ancestors, Hong Yi did have the confidence to say this, he was just holding on before, although the Khazar Khanate can despise the surrounding barbarians in this generation, it is indeed because it has some strength, but compared with Western Qin, it is too far behind, it is a big step behind in all aspects, and the strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all, at this time he felt fear, but how can he say that he is also the lord of a country, where can he fall into prestige? He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Envoy of Western Qin, tell me what you mean!" ”

Hong Yi took out a scroll from his bosom and opened it and read: "First, the Khazar Khanate surrendered to my Western Qin; second, hand over the murderers who ransacked my Western Qin caravan; Thirdly, the king of Khan must personally present his sword to our king, admit his mistakes, apologize, and express his submission to my Western Qin from now on; Fourth, compensate for the loss of our caravan and our army's military expenditure of 8 million yuan; Fifth, every year we will pay tribute to our king two thousand war horses, five thousand cattle and sheep, and five hundred gold (catties)"

This is really a sky-high asking price, Habil has a violent personality, he slammed the table and said angrily: "Fart, I think you are crazy!" Come on, drag these people out and cut them down."

Hong Yi smiled, and sat motionless.

A minister next to him hurriedly said: "Wait! ”

The Khazar warriors who were about to drag Hong Yi and the others out retreated again, and the minister saluted Habil and said: "Answer to Assassin Han, even if you don't agree with their conditions, you can send them away, but you can't kill their envoys, the envoys represent the king of Western Qin, if you kill him, we and Western Qin will have no room to turn back!" Besides, since ancient times, there has been a custom of two countries fighting each other, and if we don't follow the rules, we will be laughed at by others! Moreover, if two countries in the civilized world are at war, even if one side is defeated, the winning side will not kill the monarch of the defeated side, because the king must maintain the dignity of the king of another country if he wants to maintain his own dignity, but if he kills the envoy of the other party, it is equivalent to using a knife against the king of the other party, and the other party has no need and obligation to maintain your dignity, this is a rule, and the rules cannot be broken at will. ”

As a monarch, Habir certainly knew the importance of maintaining his authority and decency, but he did not understand the underlying rules between kings of various countries, and he felt quite reasonable after listening to what the minister said, so he nodded and asked, "But the conditions they put forward are too harsh for Ben Khan to accept!" How do you say? ”

The minister thought for a while, and said to Hong Yi: "Your Excellency, we monarchs and ministers need to discuss it, please go out to rest and rest first, I will arrange a camp for you and your entourage, if you need to bring it up as soon as possible, we will try our best to meet it!" ”

Hong Yi got up and arched his hand: "You are a Khazar official who has seen the world, and I am happy to negotiate with a Khazar official like you, there should be no obstacle to negotiation between us!" ”

"Thank you for watching!"

After Hong Yi left, the minister asked Habil: "Answer: "Answer, just now the other party put forward five conditions, I don't know which conditions you are not satisfied with, since the other party is asking for a price, we can pay back the money on the spot!" This time it was originally our fault first, and the Western Qin army is now in full swing, eyeing us, we want to not bow our heads is not good, otherwise we can only fight, if the assassin is sure, we are naturally not afraid, if the assassin Han thinks that the chance of victory is not big, then we have to bow our heads in order to keep the inheritance left by the ancestors! ”