Habir pondered for a long time, and then said to the minister: "Let's tell the truth, Ben Khan has not enough confidence in his heart! Although we still have 30,000 cavalry here, the Western Qin coalition army is even more, they add up to nearly 50,000 people, and the Western Qin army itself has nearly 30,000! Not to mention the degree of bravery, in terms of weapons and armor alone, the Western Qin army is much stronger than us! They can beat the Pechenegs to move westward, and their combat power is definitely not blown! ”

"Got it!" The minister nodded and said, "In this way, our chances are too small!" In that case, the villain thinks that we still have to pay some price! The villain suggested that we did not agree to surrender, but only agreed to negotiate peace, after all, we only fought once, our losses were not too great, and the main force was still there! secondly, to hand over the murderers who sacked the caravan, and we can find some death row prisoners and slaves to hand over to them; third, admit mistakes and apologize, but not surrender; Fourth, we promise compensation, but the other party wants too much and we can't afford it, and the specific amount of compensation can be negotiated by both parties; Fifth, the tribute was promised, but the other party needed too much, and the two sides had to discuss further in this regard! ”

Habil thought about it and felt that there was no problem, if he wanted to solve this trouble, he really had to pay some blood to settle it, and he said to the minister: "Okay, just follow your suggestion, and you will discuss the specific terms with the envoys of Western Qin, and report the results of the negotiations to Ben Khan every day!" ”

"Yes, A. Thorn Han!"

Habil frowned again and said: "However, I am afraid that some slaves and death row prisoners will be handed over to Xi Qin, after all, the news of this matter has leaked, and they have long known that we sent cavalry to do it, if they keep holding on to this matter, we will always be a trouble!" ”

The minister asked, "What do you mean by answering Thorn Khan?" ”

Habil said: "This matter is a trap given to Ben Khan by the Eastern Roman Empire, this king did not notice them for a while, it was Bu Lan who took the initiative to take someone to do it, Ben Khan thought about it, since Ben Khan can't kill Bu Lan with his hands, it is better to hand over Bu Lan to Xi Qin to deal with, Xi Qin will definitely not see the face of the Eastern Roman Empire and spare him!" ”

The minister frowned and said, "The idea of answering Thorn Han is good, but can the Eastern Roman Empire allow us to hand over Bu Lan to Western Qin?" After all, you only released him yesterday, and Magath would have stopped it if he had known about it! ”

Habil sneered: "Of course we can't take the initiative to hand over Bu Lan to Western Qin, as long as we reveal some news to the envoys of Western Qin, they should know what to do!" ”

The minister sighed and said: "The answer is brilliant, and the villain admires!" ”

The next day, the Khazar minister sent someone to find Hong Yi, the two sides negotiated on the five articles proposed by the Western Qin side, Hong Yi was extremely dissatisfied with the Khazar Khanate only to negotiate peace and not surrender, the two had a big quarrel at the beginning of the negotiations, Hong Yi insisted on letting the Khazar Khanate surrender, and the Khazar minister also insisted on not surrendering, only agreed to negotiate peace, the negotiations had just begun to reach an impasse, and this was exactly what Hong Yi needed, he had to buy more time for Zhao Ziliang and Dugu Jun. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Since there is a disagreement between your two countries on this point, how about we both go back and think about it again and talk about it tomorrow?"

The Minister of Khazar had no choice but to agree to talk again tomorrow.

In the two days when Hong Yi was negotiating with the Khazarian minister, Dugu Jun, who was mixed in the middle of the mission, was not idle, and he used his status as a member of the mission to wander around the Khazar camp, trying to find and dismiss Bulan.

In the evening of that day, Dugu Jun returned to the camp, Hong Yi had just returned, and immediately asked after seeing it: "Lord Dugu, how is the situation?" Got in touch with Bulan? ”

Dugu Jun sat down, poured a cup of tea and took a sip, and said: "In the past two days, I heard that Bu Lan has now been demoted to a thousand-commander, the level of a thousand-commander is too low, it is not easy to see him on formal occasions, and no one has seen him here, and I don't know the Khazarian language, it will take some time to find him!" ”

Hong Yi comforted: "Your Excellency doesn't have to worry, the lower officials can delay for a little longer, and you must give enough time for your adult to find Bulan and contact him!" By the way, since the adults don't understand the Khazarian language, there happens to be a little guy next to the lower official who often follows the lower official to the Western Regions, and with him by the side of the adult, it must be much more convenient for the adult to find Bulan! ”

Dugu Jun immediately arrived: "Call him quickly!" ”

Soon, a young Sogdian named Wulan walked into the big tent and saluted Hong Yi: "My lord! ”

Hong Yi said to Wulan: "From now on, you follow Lord Dugu, Lord Dugu has an extremely important task, you are responsible for assisting!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Yalan agreed, and saluted Dugu Jun: "I've seen Lord Dugu!" ”

Dugu Jun looked at Wulan for a while, nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, people look very smart, not bad!" ”

Dugu Jun took Wulan away, took him to his tent, and said to him, "Wulan, you can speak Khazar, don't you?" ”

"Yes, sir!" Yalan replied.

"Well, this officer has given you a task, and you inquire about a general named Bran in the Khazar camp, he is a commander of a thousand, and it should not be difficult to find. This was originally the task of the official, but the official does not understand the Khazarian dialect, if you inquire directly, it will arouse the suspicion of the Khazars, but if you know the Khazarian dialect, it is not easy to be suspected if you go to inquire, you just need to find him and tell the official, and the official will definitely speak for you in front of your family! ”

Yalan agreed: "Don't worry, my lord, ask about this kind of thing, Yalan is very good!" Please wait for the good news of the villain! ”

The next day, Hong Yi came back from the negotiation and told Dugujun a very surprising news, "My lord, guess what the Khazarian minister said to the lower officials just now?" They agreed to hand over to us the murderer who led the troops to ransack our caravan, and this person is Bulan! But they said they couldn't take the initiative to hand over Blan, because the Eastern Roman Empire would intervene in this matter, unless we insisted on handing over Blan! ”

After hearing this, Dugu Jun stroked his beard and said: "It seems that Habil has reached the point where he wants to get rid of Bulan and then quickly, Bulan is the object of support from the Eastern Roman Empire in the Khazar Khan, of course Habil can't easily exist like this, but with the support of the Eastern Roman Empire, he can't attack Bulan, so this time we want to borrow our hands to get rid of him, see that this time God helps me!" Just now Yalan told me that he has already inquired about Bulan's camp, and I will go to see Bulan tonight! ”

"Oh, that's great!" Hong Yi was overjoyed, it was half the success to be able to find Bulan, because the current situation is extremely unfavorable to Bulan, if Bulan is not a fool, he will definitely find a way to protect himself, although the Eastern Roman Empire can protect him, but it is too far away, and the whip is beyond reach, he can only take refuge in Western Qin if he wants to live now, but this needs to depend on the integrity of this person, if Bulan is a person with a heavy temperament, is the kind of Khazar who would rather die than betray, then it will be troublesome.

That night, Dugu Jun took Yalan to Bulan's tent, and was stopped by two Khazar guards outside the tent, Dugu Jun signaled to Yalan, Yalan nodded, and said to the Khazar guards: "My lord asks to see General Bulan, please report!" ”

The two Khazar guards glanced at each other, and one of them said, "Wait! ”

The other one walked into the tent to report, and soon came out again to lure Dugujun and Yalan in.

Bu Lan sat on a stool and watched Dugu Jun and Wu Lan walk in, and asked, "The two of you are from the Western Qin Mission, right?" Is there anything wrong with coming to me so late? ”

"Xiqin Dugujun has seen General Bulan, this is my entourage, he can be used as a link of communication between us!" Dugu Jun bowed and said, and Wu Lan immediately translated Dugu Jun's words.

Bu Lan got up, nodded and said, "It turned out to be Lord Dugu, please take a seat!" ”

After the two sides sat down, Bu Lan asked someone to bring tea, and while drinking tea, Bu Lan asked, "I don't know if Lord Dugu came to me so late?" ”

Dugu Jun put down the teacup and said, "I heard that General Bulan's recent situation is not good?" ”

Bran was a little unhappy when he heard this, "What does this have to do with your mission?" ”

Dugu Jun smiled: "Of course it matters, General Bulan's scene is well known!" Now your country's Assassin Hanhabir is already very dissatisfied with the general, in addition to the reason that the general was defeated by our army led by General Bai Xiaode last time and lost more than 6,000 people, but also because General Bran has too much power in Samandar, and at the same time you are a Jew, your loyalty to the faith is much higher than the loyalty to Assassin Khan, of course Habil will not be happy, and he will not allow people like you to hold power, you are still safe and sound, I am afraid that the Eastern Roman Empire is contributing, right? But did you know that now the Eastern Roman Empire will not be able to keep you either! Our mission came to Habil this time and put forward five conditions, the second of which is to hand over the murderer who led the troops to ransack our Western Qin caravan that day! At today's negotiation meeting, your minister has hinted to our envoys that it was you who led your troops to ransack our caravan in Western Qin, why did he do this? Is it his own meaning, or is it Habil's meaning, you are a smart person, you should understand, right? ”

After hearing this, Bulan's face turned pale, and his whole body trembled, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Habil is going to kill me!" ”

Dugu Jun smiled: "General Bulan is really a smart person!" ”

Bu Lan looked up at Dugu Jun and asked, "Lord Dugu, did you come to me to tell me about this?" I would like to thank you for telling me the news secretly! You're not so kind, though, are you? ”

"It's comfortable to talk to a smart guy like General Blan!" Dugu Jun smiled and said: "Although you are now a thousand-commander, you can't do anything now, as long as Habil gives an order, you will be handed over to us immediately to take away and accept our punishment!" So now even the Eastern Roman Empire can't protect you, and your only way to survive is to cooperate with us! ”

"You want me to betray the Khazar Khanate? It turns out that you guys are playing with this idea, do you think this is possible? Blan sneered.

Dugu Jun was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "It may not be possible, you have to try to know!" ”

Bran said categorically: "As long as I want to bother Lord Dugu, I will not betray the Khazar Khanate!" ”

"Don't say it so absolutely, in fact, you have already betrayed the Khazar Khanate! From the day the Eastern Roman Empire supported you, you have betrayed the Khazar Khanate! ”

Bran frowned and said, "What Eastern Roman Empire supported me?" What do you mean? What do I have to do with the Eastern Roman Empire? Oh, I see, you mean my relationship with Archbishop Magath? He is the archbishop of Judaism, I am a believer in God, this is our relationship, Lord Dugu thinks too much! ”

At this time, Dugu Jun sneered: "General Bulan, why do you deceive yourself again? There are thousands of believers in God in this world, why does Magath support you alone? Magath is just an archbishop, what does he use to support you? These two times he came forward to find Habir to save you, if it weren't for the Eastern Roman Empire standing behind him, what do you think he would have the right to speak? How much top-secret information about the Khazar Khanate has Magath taken from you over the years? Don't you know that you have actually become the voice of the Eastern Roman Empire within the Khazar Khanate? ”

Bu Lan's face turned extremely pale in an instant, but Dugu Jun didn't give him time to buffer, and continued: "General Bu Lan, in fact, you know very well in your own heart that you are just a centurion, no matter how hard you try, you can't get greater rights, but if you find that if you join Judaism, you will get the support of the church, and the church has always been quite influential!" What does this mean? Explain that your purpose and motivation for joining Judaism is not for pure faith, but for rights! How many of them have joined the sect for pure faith? I'm afraid that Magat's motive for joining Judaism back then was not so simple, right? ”

Bu Lan closed his eyes, tried his best to suppress the fear in his heart, and said to Dugu Jun: "Lord Dugu, I'm a little tired, please go back!" ”

"In that case, I won't bother in the next, but I will come back in the next, I hope the general will also think about it, so as not to regret it, farewell!" After Dugu Jun finished speaking, he gave up his hand and walked out with Wulan.