The participants in this meeting are all important and important figures, therefore, the number is not large, only Zhang Tao and Zhang Tianci participated on the side of the barbarian tribe, although Zhang Yueli is more suitable, but in view of the personality, Zhang Tao did not let him participate.

On the Xuanyuan side, Xuanyuan Excellence and Xuanyuan Wuji are naturally Xuanyuan Excellence, and Xuanyuan Xiu also occupies a place because of the relationship between Ye Gucheng.

The Holy Fire Sect is Wan Yan Lie and the young man Wan Yan Hui.

After the two sides took their seats, they began to introduce each other, and they asked for warmth.

Ye Gucheng didn't want to waste time on polite topics, and immediately, his face turned pale, and he went straight to the point: "I don't know why your sect suddenly thought of forming an alliance with us?"

"The city lord laughed, in fact, my sect was not temporary, I had this idea as early as a few years ago, but I was forced to ally with the Montenegrin clan at that time, and it was difficult to come forward directly in an embarrassing situation, so when I learned that the nobles attacked the Fury Wind Canyon, I deliberately delayed the dispatch of troops, just hoping that the nobles could understand the intentions of our clan. It was Wan Yanhui who spoke.

These words are reasonable, and they also fully answer why the barbarian tribe did not injure a single soldier and retreated.

"If the old man is not mistaken, at the beginning, the Holy Fire Sect still had tens of thousands of cavalry and the Black Mountain Clan to guard the Angry Wind Canyon, and the old man watched them fight bravely, and it seemed that he had no intention of showing mercy to his subordinates. Xuanyuan Zhuo seemed to mention it casually, but it hit the nail on the head.

Wan Yanhui replied with a chuckle: "I don't know if the nobles will reveal some important content to the soldiers at will! But my sect will definitely not, if such a hidden information is leaked, wouldn't it be a disaster to exterminate the sect!"

Xuanyuan Zhuo also smiled, nodded in approval, and then, the conversation changed, and slowly continued: "There is still something unclear about the old decay, since there is an alliance, why didn't you make an alliance afterwards, but only proposed the alliance after the completion of the new city?

Ye Gucheng was also very curious, of course, he was more angry than curious, looking at Zhang Tianci squinting at Xuanyuan Xiu, who smiled in return, he was very unhappy.

"Speaking of which, all this is also a coincidence! At the beginning, our sect did intend to send troops to negotiate, but later learned that the Montenegrin clan was in civil strife! The sect leader was wise, and naturally he would not miss the opportunity to weaken the Montenegrin clan, and decisively sent troops to fight, not only recovering the lost territory all the way, but also taking the opportunity to conquer most of the territory of the Montenegrin clan, and now the Montenegrin clan is just a beast in a trap! Therefore, I hope that the nobles and our sect will jointly send troops, all the way south, all the way west, and the two sides will attack and wipe out the Montenegrin clan from this land in one fell swoop. Wan Yanhui's answer was decent, reasonable, and well-founded, so that people couldn't see the appearance of a barbarian at all.

When Zhang Tao heard this, his heart was moved, if the Black Mountain Clan was really wiped out, and the Holy Fire Sect would definitely not dare to make a difference after seeing the new city defense and the combat power of the soldiers, then half of the territory of the Northern Wasteland would be included in his arms.

"Joint troops?" Ye Gucheng looked at the person who had been silent, and said indifferently: "The sect leader may not know what we think, we just want to live in peace and don't want to participate in the war anymore." ”

Wan Yanlie smiled dumbly, and said slowly: "The city lord said that he was laughing! Born in troubled times, how can he say that he is alive in peace! Besides, if they jointly send troops to destroy the Black Mountain Clan, it is better to wait for them to recover and raise troops to attack the noble city!"

Besiege!

Ye Gucheng seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, and said proudly: "Sect Master, how many soldiers and horses do you think will be needed to capture our city?"

Hundreds of years ago, there were tribes who gathered hundreds of thousands of people to attack the northern boundary city defense of the Nansheng Continent, but unfortunately they returned in vain, and the noble city defense may not be as good as the Nansheng Continent, but only one or two tribesmen's soldiers and horses, the possibility of capturing it is very small. Wan Yanlie told the truth.

"In that case, why should I add casualties to my soldiers? Ye Gucheng's expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "It's not a secret, we have today's peaceful and stable life, it is not easy to come by, it is how many soldiers' blood in exchange, I don't want and will not let the soldiers die for no reason, if you want to coexist peacefully, I welcome it very much, but if you want to use this to let us send troops to be your cannon fodder, I'm sorry, I can't do it." ”

Zhang Tao's face changed slightly, Ye Gucheng's rejection of the alliance so bluntly was extremely detrimental to his future hegemony, but after all, he was not in the main position, and it was inappropriate to refute it face-to-face, not to mention, there was also a clan eyeing at him, and he was in a dilemma for a while.

Xuanyuan Zhuo saw Zhang Tao's expression in his eyes, he was normal on the surface, but he was secretly happy in his heart, the alliance was not successful, and he was his greatest hope.

As for Xuanyuan Wuji and the others, they naturally don't worry about these things, they just show their faces and go through the motions, whether it is a fight or a draw, they just follow the order.

On the contrary, it was Yan Hui who suddenly smiled, and painted a strange stroke to the strange atmosphere.

"Why are you laughing?" Ye Gucheng was not stupid, how could he not hear the sarcasm in the laughter, and his face was a little displeased.

"Strange Stone Forest! A wild land, no one ever thought that one day a city would be erected here! What no one could do for thousands of years! The nobles did it! Wan Yanhui always thought that the city lord was majestic and strategic, and he must use it as the basis to dominate the party, but he didn't want to, he actually got the treasure land and didn't use it, there was a natural danger barrier, and he had hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, but he was in a safe corner, and he didn't want to make progress, it was a pity!" After Yan Hui sighed, his expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Dare to ask the city lord, what is peace?" For example, in the Nansheng Continent, one clan is the dominant clan, ruling for thousands of years, but how long has it been too peaceful? When one day, the northern barbarians are as dominant as the Nansheng clan, and at that time, where should the isolated and helpless new city go? Are the descendants of the city lord as full of wisdom as you to defend this city? If there is a chance to destroy one clan first, then threaten one less clan later, and at the same time, the nobles and I can also take the opportunity to expand the territory after dividing up the territory of the Montenegrin clan, why not?"

"So, your sect didn't come to integrate into our city this time, but to divide the troops against the Black Mountain Clan and divide its territory equally?" Xuanyuan Zhuo's expression moved, and he preemptively opened Ye Gucheng's mouth.

"Not bad!" Wan Yanhui nodded in agreement, and then continued to say: "It's not a secret, originally with the current strength of my sect, it is not impossible to destroy the Black Mountain clan alone, just to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, and at the same time express the sincerity of my sect, the sect leader came in person, if the nobles decide not to participate, my sect can leave now to prepare for war on their own, but the nobles must swear by the clan god." ”

The oath of the clan god is the most sacred oath on this continent, and once the oath is made, the covenant must not be broken, otherwise it will be punished by heaven.

Xuanyuan Zhuo finally understood the intention of the Holy Fire Clan's trip! To put it bluntly, it was nothing more than not daring to swallow the Black Mountain Clan alone, after all, after the war, it would inevitably lose its troops and generals, such as Xincheng taking the opportunity to send troops to the Holy Fire Sect, I was afraid that the other party would not be able to bear it, and then the territory would not be a small matter, and the danger of exterminating the Sect would be a big matter!

Zhang Tao was scheming, and naturally wanted to understand the truth, and immediately, he said slowly: "I think your sect must be tired after a long journey, why don't you ask your sect to go to the post house to rest first, and wait for us to discuss it and reply, do you think it's feasible?"

Wan Yan Hui glanced at Wan Yan Lie, saw him nodding, got up and said, "So, it's hard work." ”

Zhang Tianci saw his father's gaze, although he was reluctant to show Xuanyuan, he obediently got up and led the way away.

"Wuji, you go down first with Xiu'er!"

"Obey!" Xuanyuan Wuji knew that the next content was not suitable for participation, and left quickly with Xuanyuan Xiu.

Soon, there were only three people left in the conference hall.

"What do you two think of the Holy Fire Sect's alliance?" To be honest, Ye Gucheng is enjoying his current life very much, and he doesn't want to change it.

How could Zhang Tao not hear the meaning of Ye Gucheng's words, and immediately, he said solemnly: "City Lord, Wan Yanhui is reasonable, survive in troubled times, the strong are respected, now we are sitting on a natural danger, we should send troops to quell the chaos, take the opportunity to expand the territory, only by completely destroying the enemy, we can have real peace." ”

How could Ye Gucheng not understand the truth, in fact, he had already woken up in the middle of Yan Hui's words, but he was pure by nature, and he had seen too many bloody killings, so he really didn't want to be more swordsmen than he could. Subconsciously looked at Xuanyuan Zhuo, as if hoping that the other party could stand on the same position as him, even if this position might be wrong!

"Old Man agrees with Deputy City Lord Zhang's opinion. Xuanyuan Excellence actually changed his position this time.

For a while, Zhang Tao was also a little puzzled by the other party's thoughts.

"Deputy City Lord Xuanyuan, do you mean that you also agree with the alliance?" Ye Gucheng was a little suspicious of his ears, according to his thoughts, Xuanyuan Zhuo must be opposed, after all, the other party has always resisted forming an alliance with the Holy Fire Sect.

"That's good!" Xuanyuan Zhuo nodded slightly: "Before, the old man didn't agree to form an alliance because he was worried that the Holy Fire Sect had bad intentions, but now that he is only sending troops together, he has no worries, and for the long-term peace and stability of my city, this battle is inevitable." ”

Hearing this, Ye Gucheng couldn't help but be silent.

The post house is actually a large idle house dedicated to entertaining VIPs, and of course, the furniture in it is fully furnished.

Wan Yanhui took the drink handed by the guards, waved his hand to signal him to retreat, and then brought it to the wooden table, picked up a cup and took a sip, his eyes suddenly lit up.

This drink tastes so good, I don't know what it's made of.

Wan Yan Lie's performance was a little weird, he was indifferent to the drink in front of him, he just glanced at Wan Yan Hui indifferently, and said slowly: "Does the military advisor think Ye Gucheng will agree to our alliance?"

"It doesn't matter if Ye Gucheng agrees or not, what matters is whether Zhang Tao and Xuanyuan Zhuo agree, but in my opinion, the alliance can be achieved, but anyone with ambition will definitely not miss this opportunity. Wan Yanhui clearly guessed that Ye Gucheng was just a puppet through a short observation and random inquiries along the way.

"What does the military advisor mean, Ye Gucheng is just a puppet?" Wan Yanlie seemed to be touched.

Wan Yanhui grinned, but did not answer, and tasted the drink by himself.