A lone tent was set up in the center of the battlefield by the Dingzhou soldiers, and when the tent was erected, the soldiers responsible for building the tent left one by one, and on the city wall, Boyan asked: "Nuoqia, have you seen clearly, did Li Qing set up an ambush in the tent?" ”

Nokia shook his head: "No, there are a total of sixteen Dingzhou soldiers who built the tent, and at this time, the sixteen Dingzhou soldiers have left, and the tent is empty." ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and there was a little panic in their eyes, the more Li Qing was like this, the more it showed that he had no fear, "Does Li Qing want to force His Majesty to sign an alliance under the city?" Boyan said.

Noqia was silent, in such a situation at the moment, I am afraid this is the best ending, but the conditions proposed by Li Qing must be extremely harsh, "Dignity and survival, Boss Boyan, which one do you choose?" ”

Boyan clasped the city wall with both hands, and said in an astringent tone: "Nokia, I'm old, so I choose dignity, and you are still young, so you should choose to survive." ”

"What about His Majesty the Emperor, how will he choose?" Nokia did not respond to Boyan's words head-on, but continued to ask.

"Your Majesty's decision to go out of the city to face Li Qing has already explained his choice." Boyan said lightly. Raising his head and looking at Tianguang, "Li Qing is coming out." ”

The camp of the Dingzhou army was wide open, and the two horsemen came out leisurely, the first one, the light robe was broad, and the attitude was leisurely, it was Li Qing, and behind him, Tang Hu, who was wearing a helmet and armor, held the flag of the Dingzhou army high, and the two went straight to the tent in the center of the battlefield. Li Qing opened the tent and entered, while Tang Hu planted the banner in front of the tent with force, and stood in front of the tent door with a knife, like a door god.

"Although he has an enmity with Li Qing, his demeanor and demeanor are still heartbreaking." Among the barbarians, when it comes to the degree of familiarity with Li Qing, of course, Noqia must be the first to be recommended. "Sometimes, it's hard for me to believe that this is a young man who is younger than me, and his scheming and far-reaching plans are so profound that people don't realize it at first, but when you find out about his trap, you are already in the middle of it, and you can't extricate yourself. Our battle with him, from the beginning of the fall of the forest, fell into his position step by step without realizing it, and now in retrospect, it is like two chess players, when we are still calculating his next move, he has thought of the second move, the third hand, and even more, we are falling behind step by step, and An can be undefeated! ”

"You're right!" A voice suddenly came from behind them, and the two turned around when they heard the sound, only to see Bayar coming slowly, but the accompanying guards stopped dozens of steps away.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!" Nokia said in a panic, what he said just now was actually accusing Bayar of being inferior to Li Qing in terms of temple calculations, which caused the ending of today's day.

"What is the sin?" Bayar approached the city wall, looked at the Dingzhou military camp under the city, and sighed: "I am a hero in vain, but Li Qing is indeed far superior to me, and I am convinced that I lost this game of chess with him." But the grassland clan cannot be extinct with my defeat, Nokia, Boyan and I are old, and you are still very young, and the future of the grassland clan will be supported by you. Hibernation, forbearance, maybe in a few decades, the grassland clan will have a chance to make a comeback. Even if we can't reproduce the glory of our clan, it is a good choice to let our people survive. ”

"Your Majesty!" Nokia knelt down, and Bayar's words had a thick ominous smell in them. "The steppe is inseparable from Your Majesty. Please be kind to yourself, Your Majesty. ”

Bayar smiled, "You want to be left, Nokia, do you think I'm going to fight Li Qing hard?" I'm old, and Li Qing is in the prime of life, even if I put it right in person, I won't be his opponent, even if I want to free myself, I have to wait until I'm done with things, otherwise it will only bring disaster to you, you get up. ”

Nokia stood up in trepidation.

"Boyan, old man, how is it, but do you still have the courage to meet Li Qing for a while as my guard?" Bayar laughed, and in anticipation, his pride flashed.

Boyan thumped his breastplate vigorously, and he said loudly, "Although Lian Po is old, he can still eat!" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, went down the city wall hand in hand, and went out of the city and went straight to the tent.

Bayar went straight into the tent, but Boyan was like Tang Hu, planting the big flag and the Dingzhou military flag together, holding the war knife in his hand, standing proudly. Tang Hu peeked at one eye, two eyes, three eyes, and finally laughed.

Boyan said angrily: "What's so funny? ”

Tang Hu snorted and said: "Your barbarians are really exhausted, Bayar is still an emperor, and the guards around you are so old, hehe, hehe!" ”

The black lines on Boyan's face appeared, and he said coldly: "Old man Boyan! ”

Uh, Tang Hu choked a little, who Boyan is, but he knows, because when Li Qing and the generals were deliberating, this name often appeared, in the barbarian clan, it was in a high position, and in the barbarian clan, it was not bad to describe it as below one person and above ten thousand people, compared to Tang Hu's status by Li Qing's side, it was much higher. Tang Hu coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment, turned around, looked ahead without squinting, and never looked at Boyan again.

Bayar opened the curtain and entered, Li Qingzheng sat cross-legged behind the carpeted low table, in front of him, a complete set of tea sets were neatly placed, the small stove was burning, and the steaming water was rising, seeing Bayar coming in, Li Qing stretched out his hand and motioned to the other party to sit at will, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty came by chance, my water is just the third boiling, which is just right for making tea." ”

Bayar smiled and sat down, different from Li Qingpan's sitting, but he sat on the blanket, raised and bent his knee, one knee hooked to the ground, his left hand on his left knee, and his right hand on the low table, watching Li Qing skillfully lift the small teapot, raise it high, and rush down with a stream of water, and rush into the small teapot accurately.

"I have heard for a long time that the Central Plains tea ceremony is broad and profound, and now I can get Li Dashuai to make tea in person, Bayar is very lucky!" Bayard Road.

Li Qing said with a smile: "Your Majesty Liao praised, Li Qing has only learned a little fur, and he dares to praise it, but this water is very rare, this is the snowflakes that my guards took from a plum tree little by little from dozens of miles away, and it is specially designed to entertain Your Majesty!" Li Qing said, while picking up the small teapot, shaking it a few times, pouring the first water into the tray, taking the pot and then rushing into the second water, as soon as the boiling water entered the teapot, a smell of tea immediately came to the nose.

Eight delicate and lovely small teacups were lined up, Li Qing filled the teacups one by one, and stretched out his hand, "Please!" ”

The two stopped talking, each picked up the teacup, slowly tasted the tea, and after drinking the eight cups of tea, Bayar played with the delicate teacup in his hand and said, "Say, what are the conditions?" ”

Li Qing tapped his finger lightly on the short table, and said: "Don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, His Majesty the Emperor is an understanding person, so I don't have to beat around the bush, first, Your Majesty's Yuanwu Empire must not exist." ”

"I understand this!"

"But you as a people will always exist." Li Qing continued.

"Under your rule?"

"Of course."

"You and I have two families, hundreds of years of continuous vendetta, it is not an exaggeration to say that the feud is as deep as the sea, how can your light words make me believe that my people will exist under your rule without being bullied?" Bayar sneered.

Li Qing raised his chin and said proudly: "First, this is what I Li Qing said, I will do what I say, and it will naturally make my words be implemented, and second, Your Majesty the Emperor, do you think that the situation you are facing now will be worse than this?" ”

Bayar couldn't help laughing, "Good Li Qing, you are very proud, but I admit that you have the capital, but what I want to tell you is that if it is just like this, I will not hesitate to refuse." ”

Li Qing shrugged, lifted the small teapot, filled the eight cups in front of him, and said slowly: "You can keep a force of 20,000 people, of course, they must be in my Dingzhou army sequence, for me to charge into battle, in exchange for the dignity and material guarantee of your people's survival." ”

"What do you say? Can we still save an army? Bayard was a little shocked.

"Can't believe it?" Li Qing said with a smile.

"You're not afraid they'll come back at any time?" Bayard asked.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, why did you leave your dignity and pride behind and sit aggrievedly in front of me to discuss the surrender of our army?" Li Qing asked rhetorically.

Bayar's face turned blue and white for a while, and he said after a while: "I must find a way for my people to survive. ”

"Yes, you can abandon your dignity and pride, then I will have hundreds of thousands of your unarmed clansmen as hostages, and the leader of this army of 20,000 people will naturally serve me with all his heart if he is not stupid." Li Qing said this very bluntly, that is, he wanted to threaten the surnames of hundreds of thousands of barbarians, and let these 20,000 grassland elites fight the world for him, if this army dares to mess around, then Li Qing can erase the existence of the entire barbarian tribe at any time.

"But I still have nearly 100,000 troops left?" Bayar said coldly.

"Consume it!" Li Qing's face was as usual, but the words that came out of his mouth were extremely cold, "I can only consume the excess existence, I can only allow you to keep 20,000 elites, not to mention, Your Majesty Bayar, among your 100,000 troops, I am afraid that there are at most 50,000 of them that can be called elites, and the rest of the warriors put together by small tribes are vulnerable." This is the price at which your entire army can survive. ”

"Consumed?" Bayar was stunned, he realized that he had once again miscalculated Li Qing's cruelty. "Do you want me to send them to their deaths for nothing or let them commit suicide en masse, I don't think you're going to consume them with your warriors, do you? Kill a thousand enemies, lose 800 yourself, even if you think you have a heart or not, I hate to betray them, your loss will not be low, right? ”

Li Qing laughed, "How come? My warriors are my priceless treasures, how could I let them die on the eve of victory? You have another goal! ”

Bayar's face slowly changed, he already knew what Li Qing wanted to do, "Li Qing, you turned your hands into clouds and covered your hands into rain, but don't you think you are too shameless like this?" ”

Li Qing picked up a cup of tea and drank it slowly, "Your Majesty Bayar, doing this is not only for me, but also for the survival of your barbarians in the future, you won't understand, right?" ”

(To be continued)