After Mao Wenlong, Cao Wenzhao and the four brocade guards got off the city wall, they walked in the direction of the white-robed army.

Soon a cavalry group was heading straight for this side.

"We are the messengers of the Ming Dynasty, and we hope to be able to ...... King Qin saw each other. ”

Mao Wenlong said lightly.

Hearing this, the cavalry nodded.

After ordering them to disarm and search them, he escorted them to Lu Yan's tent.

In a hastily erected tent, Lu Yan wore a red cloak and sat on a chair made of golden silk nanmu, and a rare white tiger skin was spread on the chair, giving people a sense of luxury and luxury.

I don't know who copied this white tiger skin from Hangzhou, and his subordinates thought that only Lu Yan was qualified to have this tiger skin, so they dedicated this tiger skin to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan also knew that this tiger skin was very rare, so he put it away, so it became Lu Yan's treasure.

"The messenger of the Ming army?"

After hearing the report of the pro-soldiers, Lu Yan couldn't help but be stunned.

What did the Ming army send envoys to do at this time?

Is it to condemn him?

Presumably, if he attacks Fengyang, many people will be furious.

"Bring them in."

Lu Yan thought for a while and said.

It didn't take long for Mao Wenlong and his party to be brought in.

At first, Lu Yan didn't care, but when they came in, Lu Yan's mouth opened wide in surprise.

"Master Mao...... Brother Cao......"

This sudden meeting made him suddenly feel like he had been caught doing something bad, and this bad thing was not an ordinary bad thing, but the number one bad thing in the world - rebellion.

Presumably because of him, these two people must have suffered a lot.

Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao both looked at Lu Yan with complicated expressions.

I think when they first met Lu Yan, he was just an ordinary person with a few family members.

At that time, he still asked for them, but he didn't expect that more than a year later, he had become the most powerful anti-king in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, occupying nearly four provinces, after several wars, the Ming Dynasty was defeated to the loss of generals, and it was even possible to replace the Ming Dynasty.

"What should I call you, Lu Yan still ...... King Qin? ”

Cao Wenzhao said with a complicated expression.

"Haha...... Of course you call me Lu Yan, Brother Cao, aren't you laughing at me? ”

Lu Yan smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Quickly pass on my order, prepare a banquet, today I will have a banquet for Lord Mao and Brother Cao, if you don't get drunk, you won't return."

Soon Lu Yan reacted and said to the guards beside him.

Meng Kuo nodded, and quietly ordered one of the guards to go out.

And he stared at Cao Wenzhao with a nervous face, he had heard of Lu Yan's evaluation of Cao Wenzhao.

The unparalleled general of the Ming Dynasty has a fairly high force value.

Now Cao Wenzhao is less than ten steps away from Lu Yan, although he has no weapon, but if he suddenly attacks, it is still completely possible to hurt Lu Yan.

Nie Zheng next to him looked at Meng Kuo with some confusion, not understanding why he was so nervous.

Since the assassination of Sun Degong, Lu Yan saw that his swordsmanship was good, so he made him his personal guard.

But when he saw the person who was staring at him, he knew why.

As an assassin, he could tell at a glance that Cao Wenzhao was definitely a master among military generals.

A pair of arms are powerful, the eyes are shining, and the hands are covered with calluses, which is definitely due to regular martial arts.

It also made him quietly put his hands on the hilt of his sword.

"You came with him."

Mao Wenlong said to Meng Kuo and a few others.

He remembered the battle of Zhenjiang Fort, and the performance of Meng Kuo and others was very eye-catching, but he didn't expect them to start a rebellion with Lu Yan.

They glanced at Mao Wenlong and did not answer.

The reason why they helped Mao Wenlong was entirely because of Lu Yan, not because they wanted to be Mao Wenlong's subordinates.

For Mao Wenlong, they have never had any feelings.

Seeing this, Mao Wenlong couldn't help but sigh.

"Am I really such a failure?"

Lu Yan didn't answer, and the scene was a little cold for a while.

"Lu Yan, stop, don't go wrong like this again."

Mao Wenlong said, "Because of you, the price of grain in the north has skyrocketed, and the people's lives are miserable. Lord Sun's plan to build a city outside the gate has also been put on hold, and the silver in the treasury has almost been spent because of you, and now even the border army can't pay the silver. If this continues, the entire Ming Dynasty will be in chaos, and when the Jurchens enter the customs, how can you bear it? ”

Lu Yan looked at him quietly, not knowing what to say.

He was tempted to say that this was a sacrifice that had to be made in the process of unification, but he knew it was a bastard.

It's like you are going to die for the sake of a better future for your country.

No one can take the life of another person out of righteousness, unless he is willing to take the initiative.

"You can't say that, this country is a virtuous person. The prince of my family is wise and martial, and his virtue is outstanding, and he has taken the country of the Ming Dynasty to be expected by everyone. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has been plagued by disasters and famines recently, and it is clear that the heavens have warned that this is the loss of Daming's virtue, and calls on people to rise up and replace it. What are those Jurchens, as long as our prince dominates the Ming Dynasty, just the Jurchens can extinguish their ears. ”

At this time, Jia Xu walked in with a folding fan, and they were followed by some elite guards, obviously called by the guard Meng Kuo had just sent out.

Looking at this person who was still holding a folding fan on a cold day, Mao Wenlong looked unhappy, so he asked: "Who are you, I talked to the boss of your family, what are you talking about?" ”

"He is my military advisor, you can call him Mr. Wenhe. A lot of times what he means means what I mean. ”

Lu Yan said.

At this time, he also had to stand up for Jia Xu, although Mao Wenlong had the grace to promote him, but now it is difficult to know whether he is friend or foe.

Jia Xu is his confidant and strategist, of course he has to endorse him, and he can't let him chill.

Jia Xu glanced at Lu Yan with a little gratitude, this lord became more and more decisive.

"I am very sorry for the soaring food prices in the north and the hardship of the people. In this way, I will allow the boats of Huguang and Jiangxi to carry grain northward through the canals under my control, so as to ease the grain tension in the north. ”

Seeing that Mao Wenlong still wanted to speak, Lu Yan waved his hand to stop him, and then continued: "In addition, for the sake of your face, I am willing to withdraw from the army, I promise you that as long as you and Dongjiang Town are stationed in Fengyang for one day, I will never attack Fengyang City, what do you think?" ”

"You're going to retire?"

Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao both exclaimed.

But soon they were all a little moved.

They didn't expect Lu Yan to be so affectionate and righteous, and he had just brought soldiers and horses to attack Fengyang, and he was willing to retreat in their face.

The two brocade guards also looked at Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao with some surprise, it seems that these two people have a really big face.

What they didn't know was that the reason why Lu Yan did this was because it didn't have much value to attack Fengyang.

There is not much benefit in capturing Fengyang, but it may lose the general, which is definitely more than worth the loss.

Instead, it is better to sell them a face and leave Fengyang for later.

"I've made so many concessions, I believe that Da Ming shouldn't let you come to meet me again."

Lu Ming looked at the two brocade guards and said.

He knew very well in his heart that these two brocade guards were definitely here to spy on Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao.

Da Ming didn't believe the two of them, and was afraid that they would betray some of Da Ming's secrets, so he specially sent Jinyi guards to monitor them.

Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao were very surprised, but they soon felt that it was tricky, which seemed to be inconsistent with his plan.

Their plan was to drag Lü Yan here, and then wait for the border army to arrive and deal with Lü Yan with the defenders of Fengyang.

Cao Wenzhao opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.

Mao Wenlong's eyes also flickered, and he didn't know what to say.

"Can't you accept the appeasement? The court has suffered heavy losses for you, and if you continue like this, you don't know how many people will die, can't you look at the face of the people in the world and accept the court's appeasement? ”

At this time, a black-faced brocade guard stood up and said.

The other Jinyi Wei glanced at Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao with dissatisfaction, and they should come out to speak at this time.

But Cao Wenzhao and Mao Wenlong either lowered their heads or tilted their heads to the side, so they didn't see these things.

"Accept the court's appeasement? Of course. I remember saying before that if I were to commit Nanzhili and Guangdong, my conditions would be even harsher. Now my condition is to seal all the territory I have laid down, how about it? ”

Lu Yan said with a smile.

"This ...... How can this be. ”

Another brocade guard hurriedly said, "It is impossible for the imperial court to agree. ”

"So what is the plan of the imperial court? Speak it up and listen, maybe we can talk about it. ”

At this time, Jia Xu laughed.

"The imperial court is willing to crown you as the king, so that your children and grandchildren will live forever in Fujian. This is a rare grace from the imperial court, and I hope you can accept it. ”

The black-faced brocade guard said.

"You seem to have forgotten my words, I said that if I invade Nanzhili and Guangdong, my conditions will be even harsher."

Lu Yan said lightly.

"If you're not happy with our terms, we can negotiate. The imperial court has already made a decree and agreed to appease you, but I don't know why you refused. ”

The black-faced brocade guard said.

At this time, Lu Yan remembered the two unlucky eggs who were hung in Hangzhou by him.

Could it be that the imperial court really intends to negotiate?

"Negotiations?"

Lu Yan chewed this sentence lightly in his mouth.

"Right...... Negotiation. Now we have strong enemies watching outside, and fighting back and forth like this will only cheapen the Jurchens. How many people in Liaodong were arrested by the Jurchens as slaves and servants, if you really have the ability, you should go to fight the Jurchens. ”

Cao Wenzhao finally mustered up the courage to say.

Hearing this, this made Lu Yan silent.

Cao Wenzhao's words really went to his heart, in fact, his plan has always been to destroy the Jurchen first and then the Ming Dynasty, this order cannot be messed up.

For his own incident, the only thing he didn't want to face was that it would cheapen the Jurchens, even if he knew that he could easily defeat the Jurchens after unifying the Ming Dynasty.

Because in the process of reunification, I don't know how many Han people will be harmed by the Jurchens, and this number will definitely not be a small number.

It could be tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

What he had always despised the most was that when there were foreign enemies on his side, the Han people were still fighting in the nest, and now he was doing what he despised the most.

Seeing that Lu Yan's mind had moved, Mao Wenlong hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said: "You are from Liaodong, and millions of fathers and villagers are in dire straits, don't you want to go over and rescue them?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Yan was speechless again.

In his previous life, in the words of some people, he was an angry youth, commonly known as an angry youth.

Often dissatisfied with this, dissatisfied with that, thinking that many people are unpatriotic.

Although many people have a lot of smears against the angry youth with ulterior motives, believing that they are a group of mouth-to-mouth parties who will only add to the chaos, they cannot understand the good intentions of some people.

Lu Yan has always been very disdainful of this.

But for Cao Wenzhao and Mao Wenlong's words, he really doesn't know how to refute it.

Because with the standards of the angry youth, now he should join hands with Da Ming to destroy the Jurchens, and then fight behind closed doors, and this has always been his plan.

Seeing Lu Yan's speechless appearance, those brocade guards were very surprised, they didn't think about it and just said a few simple words to move Lu Yan.

Jia Xu smiled bitterly, and he knew nothing more about his father-in-law.

He knew that Lu Yan's heart was moved.

For some of Lu Yan's ideas, he has always thought that they are very pedantic.

As long as you conquer the world, destroy the Jurchens, and then become emperors.

Of course, later generations will praise Lu Yan's behavior in all kinds, and the life and death of some ordinary people are nothing.

Those who have achieved great things, which one is not ruthless and treats all beings as mustard.

As long as you can win, the history books are not just written as you want.

People will only remember the glory of the victors, and where will they remember how many people died in them.

Regarding the disagreement between Lu Yan and Jia Xu, Lu Yan can only be explained as a generation gap.

A big, big generation gap, a generation gap that spans millennia.

"Actually, I also think the negotiation is good. It's not good to fight back and forth like this, our soldiers are already physically and mentally exhausted after fighting. And for the sake of the common people in the world to avoid military disasters, let's negotiate. ”

Jia Xu stood up and said at this time.

The lord is worried, so naturally his subordinates come out to share it, and Jia Xu is very aware of this.

Lu Yan glanced at Jia Xu, and he knew Jia Xu's personality very well.

What is the world, in his eyes, all are bullshit.

As long as he and his family are doing well, of course, in order to live well, he may bring his own lord a little by the way.

He knew that Jia Xu said this completely according to his own will.

"In that case, let's talk."

Lu Yan thought for a while and said.

It's also time to take the Jurchens and Nanyang under the knife.

Hearing this, the two brocades breathed a sigh of relief, and the task of this trip was finally completed.

Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao looked guilty and didn't dare to look at Lu Yan.

This couldn't help but make the careful Jia Xu suspicious, and he looked at Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao and chuckled silently.

After agreeing to negotiate, the atmosphere in the camp immediately eased.

One of those brocade guards went back to his life, and Lu Yanshu chatted with Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao about the recent situation.

After knowing that they were not clear about being affected by themselves, Lu Yan was also humble again and again.

It didn't take long for a feast to be prepared.

Lu Yan had dinner with them, and after the guests and hosts were happy, Lu Yan asked Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao to stay.

Mao Wenlong thought about it, but still refused.

Only Cao Wenzhao stayed, and of course all this was within their plan.

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