Chapter 517: Negotiation
"Prime Minister, Xu Maogong is here, asking to see him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
Vermilion Bird City, in the county government, Li Heng was dealing with political affairs, and a personal soldier walked in from outside the door and spoke.
Li Heng raised his head and exclaimed, "What? Xu Maogong came in person? ”
"Yes, he calls himself Xu Maogong."
Li Heng sneered: "Whether it is the real Xu Maogong or the fake Xu Maogong, I can recognize it at a glance; Let him wait in the lobby and I'll be there." ”
"Yes."
Li Heng put down what he was doing, walked a few steps in the house, and felt a little incredible, Xu Maogong actually came in person, is he really not afraid of death? Could it be that Xu Maogong thought that he really didn't dare to kill him?
"Yes or no, I can see at a glance."
Li Heng chuckled twice, added a piece of clothing, walked out of the house, and walked towards the lobby.
After a while, he came to the outside of the lobby, and when he looked inside, he frowned, and with his eyes for many years, he concluded at a glance that the person sitting in the lobby was most likely Xu Maogong, even if it wasn't, it was also a perennial high position, and that kind of temperament was not something that anyone could have.
Li Heng walked in and said with a smile: "Master Xu is here, if you miss the distance, forgive your sins." ”
"Li Guoxiang."
Xu Maogong quickly stood up.
The two greeted each other and sat down separately.
are all looking at each other, as if they want to see through each other's thoughts...
Xu Maogong laughed and said: "Li Guoxiang is really generous, he will kill my 40,000 iron horsemen as soon as he makes a move, which is admirable; I used to think that a scholar is just a scholar, how can he? But who would have thought that you would be a character like Zhuge Kongming. ”
"Xu Junshi praised."
Being praised by Xu Maogong like this, Li Heng was happy in his heart, there were few people in the world who could be praised by Xu Maogong. In other words, Xu Maogong has never praised a person like this.
Li Heng said: "Xu Junshi's hand is not small, since entering my Xiliang realm, he has eliminated hundreds of thousands of Xiliang soldiers, even killed several of my generals, and even Du Ran and Fu Yan were defeated in your hands, compared to you, what is this small victory?" ”
"Master Xu, we are all smart people, so we don't need to go around in circles, let's talk about it, how are you going to deal with General Wei Chi's matter?"
Xu Maogong said with a smile: "Then it depends on whether Li Guoxiang is willing to raise his noble hand." ”
"I'm very willing to raise my noble hand, and I even want to give Xu Maogong to the military advisor for nothing, but... I, General Xiliang, may not necessarily agree. ”
Li Heng said: "You also know, how many people did Wei Chigong kill me in Xiliang?" His hands were stained with the blood of my Xiliang soldiers, how could the Xiliang soldiers go around him, just when he was hit by dozens of arrows, if I hadn't ordered the body to be buried, I am afraid that he would have been chopped into meat sauce by now. ”
Xu Maogong scolded in his heart, and said in his heart: "Mom, in this way, I still have to thank you?" ”
His face was impassive, and he said: "Thank you Li Guoxiang, I, Xu Maogong, am not such a person who doesn't understand the rules, as long as I can get it from Datang, I can give it to the Minister of State." ”
Li Heng said: "Okay, that's what I want!" ”
"Then please ask Xu Junshi to give an order, the army of the Tang Dynasty will withdraw from the White Tiger Pass, and not only that, but I will have to give up the Qinglong Pass and let me garrison it instead! How about two passes, in exchange for Xu Maogong's corpse? ”
"Hahaha..."
Unbeknownst to him, Xu Maogong laughed loudly and shook his head again and again.
Li Heng said: "What? Why is Xu Junshi laughing? ”
Xu Maogong said: "Li Guoxiang, do you think I have that right? General Wei Chi is indeed important, but if it is exchanged for cities, it is impossible, these cities, how many Tang soldiers have I buried, who dares to give it to you? Who will say yes? ”
"If Li Guoxiang has this idea, then we don't have to talk about it, you can do whatever you like."
Li Heng sneered: "Don't agree? Okay, then I'll deal with you together, Xu Junshi, don't forget, you can be on my territory now, if I give an order, you will die on the spot immediately. ”
"I, Xu Maogong, will be afraid of death if I fight?"
"That's right, but if you die, will Tang Jun still live? I will lead Xiliang Erlang to capture the White Tiger and recapture the Green Dragon... If you die alone, Datang will be finished. ”
..........
The two of you come and go, bickering, and no one lets go.
Li Heng insisted on changing back to the two levels of White Tiger and Qinglong, but Xu Maogong was completely not afraid of death, he wanted to kill him, and he wanted the city, but there was no door.
In the end, it was Li Heng who compromised, he took a step back, and said, "Then withdraw from the White Tiger Pass, plus 50,000 loads of military rations." How is it? ”
"You're too angry, aren't you? 50,000 quintals of military rations? What is the body of your lieutenant Chi Gong? Is it gold? Let me tell you, do I want it or not, if you break General Wei Chi's corpse into thousands of pieces, it will only arouse the anger of the Tang army, and you will face an even more crazy attack by the Tang army! Xu Maogong still didn't let go.
"Do you still have that capital? Today's Xiliang, for today's Tang Army, I have confidence in defeating you!! If you don't have 40,000 iron horsemen, you won't dare to fight me in the field, and you won't have a spearhead.... ”
Xu Maogong sneered: "Don't forget, you don't have cavalry, if you talk about the excellence of the soldiers, my Tang Dynasty will not lose to Xiliang!" ”
The two of them quarreled with red faces and red ears...
Li Heng said: "Okay, let's not quarrel first, you say, what are you willing to pay in exchange for Wei Chigong, you can't let me work in vain, right?" ”
Xu Mao said fairly: "We are willing to send 30,000 military rations!" ”
"What? Thirty thousand but? Li Heng got up suddenly, his eyes kicking like a bell.
"Are you going to ask for food when I do?"
Li Heng said: "I'll tell you the truth, I have already reported to the king, saying that I held on to the White Tiger Pass and annihilated the 40,000 iron horsemen of the Tang Army, I must get the White Tiger Pass, you must give it to me!" ”
"If you push me into a hurry, don't blame me for detaining you, you are worth much more than Wei Chigong! Cheng bites Jinhua and will redeem everything. ”
Xu Mao said fairly: "The two armies are fighting, and they don't kill them, this is the rule since ancient times, if you detain me, who will dare to believe you in the future, and who will dare to believe in Zhou Gandang?" If you are defeated in Xiliang one day, how dare I, Datang, make a gentleman's covenant with you again? ”
"Li Guoxiang, we are all smart people, you shouldn't be able to do these stupid things, right?"
"Hmph, that's not good, the rabbit is in a hurry and bites."
If he didn't care about this and wanted to leave a way back, Li Heng would have let Xu Maogong be detained long ago.
However, even if he is not prepared to embarrass Xu Maogong, he must not be relented.
"Since you are determined to win the White Tiger Pass, then good, I can promise you to return the White Tiger Pass to you." Suddenly, Xu Maogong said.
When Li Heng heard this, he was very surprised and said in surprise: "What you said is true?" ”
"Really."
"What about the grain?"
"There is no food, you have now defeated Jiangnan, are you still short of food?"
Li Heng thought for a while and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then I should also go down, and I will exchange Wei Chigong for the White Tiger Guancheng." ”