Hearing that Zhao Hongru proposed to garrison Zhenyuanguan, Zhang Boling subconsciously wanted to refuse directly.

If the Zhenyuan Pass is handed over to the Yan army, once the Yan army perceives the thoughts of the tiger army, the Yan army is furious, and the two armies go south, and the Yan army is surrounded in all directions, and the tiger army will inevitably encounter danger when it goes south.

Whether it can go south smoothly is very difficult to say with the Song troops.

At present, rejecting Zhao Hongru's suggestion, the other party will definitely doubt the sincerity of the Tiger Ben Army and strengthen the defense of the Tiger Ben Army.

The general's plan to defect to the Song State will be completely stillborn, and more than 100,000 tiger troops will suffer a catastrophe.

Zhang Boling was very embarrassed, but he did not refuse Zhao Hongru's request, his expression was calm, and he dragged his chin and said: "General Zhao, if you protect the interests of Yan State, your proposal is good." However, from the side of the Tiger Army, handing over Zhenyuan Pass to the Yan Army will be extremely unfavorable to the Tiger Army, if the Yan Army loses its trust and strikes first, the Tiger Army is undoubtedly digging its own grave.

This matter is not child's play, I must discuss with the general, otherwise, Zhang does not dare to make a conclusion and put the tiger army in danger, so I hope that the general will give a grace period of five days, and Zhang will give the general a reply within five days.

However, the Tiger Ben army in the Qingyang County area has a long way to go north, and it will definitely take half a month, so I hope General Zhao and Emperor Yan will wait patiently. ”

Knowing that it was difficult to delay time through negotiations, Zhang Boling still hoped to buy time for Yan Wushuang, at present, he could only buy five days, and no matter more, he was afraid that it would arouse Zhao Hongru's suspicion.

"Why should I trust you?"

Not long ago, from Zhang Boling's expression and demeanor, Zhao Hongru noticed that the other party was procrastinating, not at all, maybe he had different intentions.

At this moment, Zhang Boling agreed to hand over Zhenyuan Pass to the Yan army, but it was delayed for five days, plus the south went north to the Tiger Ben Army, and it was delayed for half a month, waiting for the Yan Army to receive the Tiger Ben Army, which will be more than 20 days later.

For such a long time, anything can happen, and Zhao Hongru can't help but suspect that the other party has ulterior motives.

The most important thing is that he is worried that Zhang Boling will delay time through negotiations, and the surrender of the Yan army is fake, and when the more than 200,000 tiger army gathers and makes a battle of trapped beasts, the real intention is that the other Yan army will launch a fierce blow.

Zhang Boling was embarrassed in his heart, sighed to himself that Zhang Hongru was cunning, seemed to guess his thoughts, pretended to chuckle, his expression was slightly contemptuous, and shouted: "General Zhao should know that there is not much surplus food in the Tiger Ben army, and after the 80,000 Tiger Ben army in the south goes north, the food in the army will become more and more scarce. ”

is too weak, causing Zhao Hongru to be suspicious, and if he doesn't pretend to be tough, he will show his feet, and the matter will not be solved.

Zhang Boling coldly said a warning: "At present, if General Zhao doesn't trust the Tiger Army, next, after surrendering the Yan Army, how can the Tiger Army gain the trust of Emperor Yan, perhaps, surrendering the Yan Army is a wrong decision!" ”

When he spoke, Zhang Boling always paid attention to the change in Zhao Hongru's expression, this old treacherous and cunning, if he saw that the other party was still suspicious, he would be ready to tear his face and threaten Zhao Hongru.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongru did not pursue it, but said in a solemn tone: "General Zhang, give you five days, if the matter of Zhenyuan Pass, the Tiger Army failed to make a choice, don't blame the Yan Army for being ruthless." This is the condition for the negotiation between the two armies of Zhao and Yan five days later, otherwise, the Yan army will not continue to waste time in vain. ”

Zhao Hongru had the same atmosphere in his heart, so he almost shouted that the two sides had seen each other on the battlefield, but he was afraid that the tiger and the army dog would jump off the wall in a hurry, so he could only temporarily suppress the anger in his heart to avoid the occurrence of small and unbearable things that would cause chaos.

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In the camp of the Tiger Ben Army, Zhang Boling returned to the tent of Shuai, and without the slightest delay, he told Li Mu the truth about what happened during the meeting.

He said with emotion: "General, Yan Jun has shown enough sincerity, far beyond our expectations, and the last general can hear the respect of the generals of Yan State for the general in Zhao Hongru's words." ”

Zhang Boling has the idea of persuading Li Mu, but he knows Li Mu's character, and he will definitely not easily regret what he decides.

This time, since it has been decided to surrender to the Song State, it will not be easy to change if nothing else.

However, in order to compare the importance that Song Yan and the two countries attached to the Tiger Ben Army and the general, he still did not hesitate to say it, not wanting to change Li Mu's mind, just to give him more references.

Hearing this, Li Mu shook his head slightly, and said: "Yan State is a country established by force, and the soldiers have a high status in the country. Therefore, Yan Jun respects any famous general, which is expected. ”

After taking a sip of tea, Li Mu continued: "However, we broke away from the Zhao State, not to gain respect, just to find a way back for hundreds of thousands of Tiger Ben Army, and we should also seek a way back, at present, the comprehensive national strength of the Song State, and the geographical location, far exceed the Yan State, take refuge in the Song State, the Tiger Ben Army to make up for the lack of money of the Song Army's cavalry, go to the Song State, the Tiger Ben Army is more useful." ”

Li Mu insisted, Zhang Boling is not good at saying anything, the general has his own plans, he has followed him for more than ten years, and he has not let everyone suffer, this time, he still believes in Li Mu.

However, the matter of Zhenyuan Pass is very important, and it is impossible to make a quick decision to give a reply to the Yan army, and five days later, the Yan army may set off a front, and the matter of everyone's surrender to the Tiger Ben Army may be directly lost.

Asked: "General, in order to dispel the doubts of the Yan army, whether to hand over Zhenyuan Pass to the Yan army, the last general feels that the conditions proposed by the Yan army are too domineering, and he has not considered our situation." ”

"The Yan army is too cunning, this is going to force the Tiger Ben Army to a dead end!

General Yan passed the news of the Hu Ben army's surrender to the Song Dynasty to Meng Kuo, the empress learned that this matter was particularly important, and personally went to the Bishan area, ready to meet with Yan Wushuang in person, at present, we are most short of time, five days, General Yan can not meet with the empress at all, the time is too urgent, I hope General Yan can negotiate smoothly. Li Mu said with emotion.

Li Mu did not expect that Yan Jun would use Zhenyuan Pass to test the sincerity of the Tiger Ben Army, and this move completely made the Hu Ben Army fall into passivity.

Regardless of whether Ningwu Pass was assigned to the Yan Army, the Tiger Ben Army did not have the slightest benefit to speak of.

After all, if you don't hand it over, it will arouse the suspicion of Yan Jun, and if you hand it over to the other party, the Tiger Ben Army will be in a worse situation!

After a long silence, Li Mu sighed deeply and said, "It's not impossible to agree to the Yan army's plan, after all, it is currently necessary to drag out the Yan army for twenty days without using force, otherwise General Yan will not have much time to meet with the empress." ”

If he can't buy time for Yan Wushuang to meet with the empress, it will become a dream to switch to the Song Kingdom.

Without much hesitation, Li Mu said: "Five days later, I will meet with Zhao Hongru, how long can it be delayed, as for Zhenyuan Pass to hand over to Yan Jun, it doesn't matter, after all, if we gain time to switch to the Song State, what kind of situation the Zhao State ends up in will have little to do with us." ”

On the way to the Bishan area.

Lin Shuying traveled day and night, non-stop to the edge of the mountain, eager to meet the general of the Tiger Ben Army.

She didn't know why Li Mu didn't take refuge in Yan State, but instead switched to Song State. After all, judging from the current situation, the Yan army is sharp, and it is only a matter of time before it annexes Zhao State.

In addition, the Tiger Ben Army defected to the Yan State, and there was no need to travel thousands of miles, and there was no need to break through the Yan Army's defense line, so there would not be a large number of casualties among the Tiger Ben Army.

Similarly, she knew better how much harm would be caused by the defection of more than 200,000 tiger troops to Yan State, and the situation between Song and Yan would undergo earth-shaking changes.

Of course, none of this happened, the Tiger Army was ready to defect to the Song Kingdom, she had to determine the Tiger Army's defection to the Song Kingdom in the shortest possible time, and try to get the Tiger Army to go to the Song Kingdom.

Once she has the elite cavalry of Zhao State, it will completely change the weakness of Song State's lack of cavalry, and at the same time, her decomposition of Song Qi's military power will also be effectively solved.

The more important issue is that the strength of the Song army increased dramatically, and the Yan army was thrown away again, and the Song and Yan countries competed, and the Song State had a stable advantage.

Every time she thought of this, Lin Shuying couldn't wait to meet Yan Wushuang, and even considered that as long as Li Mu and the others didn't ask too much, she would not hesitate to agree.

In addition, in order to successfully recruit the Tiger Army, on this trip, she took Liu Zhuoya, who was also a courtier of Zhao State, with her, hoping to make things more and more stable through Liu Zhuoya.

When there were two days before Li Mu and Zhao Hongru would join the alliance, Lin Shuying and Liu Zhuoya secretly arrived at the edge of the mountain, without resting, and directly contacted Yan Wushuang, hoping that the two sides would meet as soon as possible.

Yan Wushuang came to the Bishan area more than half a month in advance, and got in touch with Meng Kuo as soon as possible, and learned that Meng Kuo sent someone to send the news back to Kaifeng, and he was waiting for Lin Shuying to arrive in impatience.

Although it was not clear why Meng Kuo told him that Lin Shuying would receive him in person, Yan Wushuang was still excited in his heart.

can meet with Lin Shuying directly, and any demands of both parties can be put on the table to communicate, besides, Lin Shuying has traveled thousands of miles to come directly from Kaifeng to the Bishan area, which is enough to prove Lin Shuying's sincerity.

With Zhao Mu's suspicion when he was in Zhao State, Lin Shuying's actions undoubtedly showed great trust in the Tiger Ben Army.

At this moment, Lin Shuying sent a letter to suggest that the two sides meet as soon as possible to implement the surrender, Yan Wushuang did not delay a little, led a small number of followers, and quickly and secretly went to the Song Country Station.

Switched to the Song State, but did not succeed in solving it, and the Tiger Ben Army did not arrive safely in the Song State, so this matter could not be publicized and avoid extraneous branches.

Moreover, the Bishan area used to be the old land of the Yan Kingdom, and it was too ostentatious to pass through the market, and it may not expose its whereabouts.

Arriving at the Song Country Station, Lin Shuying and Liu Zhuoya waited patiently, and Yan Wuwei saluted the two of them and sat down on the right.

At this time, Lin Shuying instructed the guards to bring tea and pastries to Yan Wushuang, and said bluntly: "General Yan, everyone eats and sleeps in the open air, and riskes their lives to arrive in Bishan, so I won't greet you much, let's get straight to the point, put everything on the table, and after the Tiger Ben Army goes to the Song Kingdom, I will hold a grand ceremony to pick up the wind and wash the dust for everyone." ”

"Your Majesty Empress Xie!" Yan Wushuang arched his hand, and then continued: "The empress came from Kaifeng City, which is enough to show the empress's sincerity, and the last general dared to ask, after the tiger army switched to the Song Kingdom, what does the empress plan to arrange?" ”

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