Cen saw that the old leader named Ge Yan had such a low posture, and he was embarrassed to make any more calculations, so as not to appear to be petty and impolite, so he immediately waved his hand and said: "It's easy to say, the leader of Ge Yan is so sensible, it seems that we can talk to each other!" ”

Ge Yan hurriedly beckoned: "Honorable envoy, please take a seat, please please!" ”

Cen Shen excused himself: "Cen is a guest, how can he dominate the guests?" Leader Ge still asked me to prepare a seat, and I will sit down here." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After repeatedly asking for help but being rejected, Ge Yan was not pressing, and ordered others to move a seat, Cen Shen sat down under Ge Yan's head, and there were ten small leaders here, after Lu Li's death, there was no one with greater power to take over the power of the clan, and now it was decided by these eleven small leaders, but Ge Yan was responsible for presiding.

After Cen Shen sat down, Ge Yan ordered someone to send wine and meat, and found a few beauties to dance on the spot, and someone next to him played and sang, so happy and lively, in this era, the nobles only use this way to entertain.

After eating and drinking for a while, Ge Yan asked, "I don't know why the Venerable Envoy came to our tooth tent this time?" ”

Cen Shen Yan dropped the lamb ribs, took a clean hand towel and wiped his hands, and arched his hand to Ge Yan and the other ten leaders: "Since the leader of Ge Yan asked, then Cen Mou will also tell the truth, Cen Mou came this time to save the lives of you and everyone in the power department!" ”

As soon as his words fell, a leader on the opposite side couldn't help but sneer: "Hey, it's really a strange news in the world, you just killed more than 4,000 of us, and now you are running to save us, can't you fool us all like three-year-old children?" ”

Cen Shen Zhengse said: "Does this leader know why my general's army wants to attack your department? I don't think I'll say the reason for this, but you know it, right? ”

The leader snorted coldly: "Hmph, that's because you Tang people first planned to kill the brother of Luli Khan, and he sent troops to retaliate out of anger, and it was your fault first!" ”

Cen Shen shook his head and said: "The difference between the leader's words, the destruction of the Eastern Qarlu Department is a matter of country to country, Wuli Khan and my generals are their own masters, Luli Khan is the brother of Wuli Khan, it is understandable that he wants my general to take revenge, but why did he attack my Tang military station?" He launched a national war with his own selfishness, which in itself shows that he is not a qualified leader, he deserves today's ending, and he also brought the current stepping force into the abyss, and now coming down here, the stepping power department will still have a chance to regain life in your hands, do you want to let the stepping power department perish, or do you want to let the stepping power department continue, do you still want to live? ”

"Bang!" With a bang, another leader slammed the table and pointed at Cen Shen and was furious: "You Tang thief still dare to threaten now that you are in my camp, is it true that the knife in my hand is not sharp?" ”

Cen Shen was not afraid, he didn't want to let it go at all, stared at the leader and said indifferently: "This leader can kill me, but killing me is equivalent to ruining your way of life, under is the envoy of General Zhao Ziliang, and he is the representative sent by him to be responsible for negotiating with you with full powers, if you die here, my general will think that you want to fight a decisive battle with the Tang Dynasty to the end, and then you will inevitably raise troops to kill the entire stepping force to death!" A small step on the strength of the department, no more than thousands of soldiers, dare to compete with my Tang Dynasty? ”

"You" The leader suddenly pulled out the long knife at his waist and rushed over and rested on Cen Shen's neck, but he didn't dare to do anything, none of the people who were leaders here were stupid people, and they knew that if this knife was really cut down, the entire stepping force would be over.

Ge Yan walked over and took the leader's knife off Cen Shen's neck, and said indifferently to Cen Shen: "Why should the envoy scare us? Although the Tang army is brave and self-authorized, the guys in the hands of my sons and daughters in the strength department are not vegetarians, as I expected, now your army can fight less than 9,000 soldiers, and I can also pull out 6,000 people, the difference in strength is not big, if you really want to fight, it is really not necessary for the deer to die, the envoy thinks? ”

Cen Shen knew that the other party wanted to show that his strength was still very strong and increase his bargaining chips for the next negotiations, so he said: "Leader Ge Yan's words are not unreasonable, but do you know Leader Ge Yan?" This time, our Tang army only sent troops to Xilin to defend and capture, under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, there are dozens of military garrisons like Xilin Guard, with more than 10,000 troops, and as little as two or three thousand people, even if we lose this time, if your department wants to win, I am afraid that it will lose a lot, is it still possible for your department to fight once or next time? ”

Cen Shen's words are true and false, he exaggerated in terms of the number of troops, but there are indeed dozens of large and small military garrisons under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, such as guarding and capturing the most such military garrisons of more than 1,000 people, and there are only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in the Tianshan Army, Han Navy and Yiwu Army.

Ge Yan was speechless, he was not very familiar with the military strength of the Tang army in Beiting, if it was really as Cen Shen said, it would be as easy for the Tang Dynasty to destroy the stepping force as it was to crush an ant.

Ge Yan and the other ten leaders exchanged eye contact, and then he said to Cen Shen as a representative: "Okay, since the Venerable Envoy said that he came to save us, then how to save the Fa, please also ask the Venerable Envoy to give a famous word!" ”

Cen Shen's spirit was shocked, and he said: "It's very simple: first, your department is subordinate to my general, and the leader of your department calls himself a subordinate to my general; Second, the Chebi people in the northwest direction of Xuanchi have been very dishonest recently, and our general has been ordered to monitor them, and your general will allow my general to garrison troops in your territory; Thirdly, your ministry wants to send a gift of reparation to my general, a total of 10,000 horses, 10,000 cows, and 10,000 sheep! ”

Before Ge Yan could speak, someone among the other ten leaders immediately shouted, "Impossible! My strength is also a big clan, our leaders used to call themselves khans, and your general is just a small Xilin guard, why should our leader treat your generals as subordinates? Also, a thousand miles around Xuanchi is the grassland where I stepped on the strength of the department, you actually want to garrison troops in our territory, this is impossible, is it really easy for us to bully? Besides, your appetite is too great to ask for 10,000 horses, 10,000 cows, and 10,000 sheep, are we cash cows? Want it? We will not agree to any of these three conditions! ”

Cen Shen sneered, ignored the man, stared at Ge Yan and asked, "This means that there is nothing to talk about in this matter?" ”

Of course, Ge Yan can't say anything about it, if the talk really collapses, the Ministry of Strength will suffer a catastrophe, he pretended to have a bitter face, and said to Cen Shen: "Honorable envoy, it's not that we don't agree to the conditions proposed by the honorable envoy, it's really that the conditions proposed by the honorable envoy are too harsh, and please let the envoy say a few feasible conditions, these three conditions, we really can't accept it!" ”

Cen Shen asked, "Leader Ge Yan, let me ask you a question, which is more important, life, dignity or money?" ”

Ge Yan is not a fool, how can he not understand why Cen Shen asked, he said: "It depends on who it is, people who are afraid of death think that life is more important than dignity and money, and people who love money will think that money is more important than life and dignity, and some people think that living is to live with dignity, so dignity is more important than anything else!" ”

Cen Shen continued to ask: "If you have to choose between these three, and you can only choose one, then dare to ask what will Leader Ge Yan and you choose?" ”

The leaders were all very angry after hearing Cen Shen's threatening words, and some of them were even so angry that the green tendons on their foreheads and arms burst out, and they were panting like cattle.

The first two of the three conditions proposed by Cen Shen are related to dignity, and the third is related to money, no matter who it is, living in the world as a human being, even if it is a shameless person, there will be a trace of dignity, not to mention these people as leaders, Cen Shen mentioned that two of these three conditions are slapping them in the face, and of course these people will not do it.

However, Ge Yan obviously knew that this was not the time to turn his face, and he had to endure it, otherwise once the talks collapsed, the consequences would not be something that they could bear.

Cen Shen said lightly: "You may not know that the eastern division of the Mukun Department has sent 3,000 troops and is approaching Xuanchi, think about the consequences of making decisions indiscriminately!" ”

When the leaders heard Cen Shen's words, everyone suddenly changed.

Ge Yan stabilized his mood for a while, thought about it and said to Cen Shen: "Honorable envoy, you see if this will work, you just arrived today, you must be very tired, why don't you take a rest first, as for the three conditions proposed by the envoy, let me wait for discussion and discussion, and then give the envoy an answer, I don't know what the envoy thinks?" ”

Cen Shen also knew that this negotiation could not be completed in a while, and he was not in a hurry, just so he could take advantage of these few days to recuperate, so he agreed: "Okay, you will discuss slowly, but I will give you a reminder below, my general only gave me seven days, if I haven't returned within seven days, my general will inevitably lead a large army to attack, and even if you agree again, it will be too late!" ”

There had been a three-day delay on the way here, which meant that they only had four days.

Ge Yan and the others sent Cen Shen away with ugly faces, and they had a fierce quarrel in the big tent, all of which were arguing over the three conditions put forward by Cen Shen.

The next day, Cen Shen was invited back, and when he saw the leaders, he asked, "I wonder how the leaders have discussed?" ”

Ge Yan smiled and said: "Venerable Envoy, if you take out the first article, the second and third articles will be easy to discuss, this is the premise!" ”

In fact, the self-proclaimed claims of these barbarians have no role and significance for Zhao Ziliang, as long as they don't claim to be kings without authorization, he can ignore them, this first article is indeed dispensable, but this one is very important for people who step on strength, if the leader of the power department wants to call himself a subordinate to Zhao Ziliang, doesn't that mean that they are a lot shorter than the surrounding tribes? It is also a relatively strong tribe, if it cannot have an equal dialogue with the surrounding tribes on many things, it will suffer a lot, and this is related to the face of the whole clan, the country has the dignity of the country, and the tribe of course also has the dignity of the tribe, so these people insist on taking this article out.

Cen Shen thought for a while, and then said to Ge Yan: "Okay, this article can be changed, the leader of the Stepping Strength Department is equal to my general's status, and the surrounding tribes are also like this, I think the Stepping Strength Department can't be special, right?" ”

Ge Yan and the other ten leaders glanced at each other, and finally everyone nodded in unison, and then Ge Yan said to Cen Shen: "Yes!" Now let's talk about the second one, we are allowed to garrison your army at the foot of the Golden Mountain in the northwest of our territory, but the number cannot exceed a hundred! Thirdly, we can offer 2,000 oxen, 2,000 horses, and 2,000 sheep to your general! ”

Cen Shen said: "The third article cannot be changed, there are not enough benefits, my general can't persuade the other departments to retreat, these cattle, sheep and horses are actually sent to them!" Second, the number of garrisons cannot be less than 1,000 cavalry, otherwise the safety of the garrison cannot be guaranteed! ”

Ge Yan knew that the number of livestock to be sent was only a must, but the garrison strength should still be able to fight for it, so he said: "Okay, we agree to send the number of livestock mentioned by the envoy, but the garrison strength can only be five hundred horses at most!" ”

Cen Shen frowned, shook his head and said, "No, five hundred is too little, at least eight hundred, it can't be reduced!" ”

So the two sides reached an agreement to submit to Zhao Ziliang, but his leader was equal to Zhao Ziliang in terms of status, allowing the Tang army to garrison up to 800 troops at the foot of Jinshan Mountain in the northwest of Xuanchi, and at the same time sent Zhao Ziliang a gift of 30,000 cattle, sheep and horses.

After Zhao Ziliang received the apology, he distributed the spoils, and sent people to garrison in the northwest of Xuanchi to monitor the Che Yan and Ta Li troops west of Jinshan, and the leaders of each department returned with their own troops after receiving the spoils. (To be continued.) )