Chapter 295: Negotiations

"Second brother and third brother, and a few brothers, what are you trying to do, do you want to rebel?" The first person to speak was Ji Qian, just now when he heard Bai Jin and Li Muzhi talking about the 30,000 elite horses under the city, he couldn't help it for a long time, and now when he saw the opportunity to speak, he hurriedly shouted.

"Old eight, what do we want to do, don't you still know the way?" Ji Hongchang asked with a cold snort.

"Old eight, what you said here doesn't matter, let's go and stay aside!" Ji Wen said with a smile, he knew that the current Eighth Emperor Ji Qian was an ornament, and it was Empress Cui and Cui Jingsheng who could really speak, and even Li Muzhi only had the right to speak in military affairs, and had no right in political affairs.

"You ——!" Ji Qian was in a bad mood, this was his reverse scale, "Don't be arrogant, don't think that you can break through the gate of King's Landing with 100,000 elite horsemen around you, don't even think about it-"

"Is this king still afraid of you?" Ji Wen also said angrily, "Ji Qian, if you don't believe it, you can try it later-it's just a puppet, and you still think you are something?" ”

"You bastard-" Ji Qian was completely furious, and shouted at the guards beside him, "Prepare to release arrows—shoot him to death for this king-"

However, as soon as his order was issued, the guards guarding the city did not react, but just moved their eyes to Bai Jin, wanting to inquire about Bai Jin's meaning. This is Bai Jin's ability, as long as he is in the military for a day, except for the Northern Liao army, the rest of the sergeants and soldiers have to look at his face when they want to do anything, even if it is the order of the eighth prince who is the prince.

"What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and release arrows for this king—" Ji Qian shouted, but the soldiers defending the city still did not react. And the 160,000 troops under the city, just after Xu Zizhang gave an order, they instantly raised their bows and arrows and aimed them at everyone on the city wall.

The 60,000 cavalry before the Three Kings used bows and arrows, and the cavalry that Ji Qingchen formed for Ji Wen was equipped with the same crossbow arrows as the Northern Liao Iron Cavalry.

Sixty thousand bows and arrows and one hundred thousand crossbow arrows were aimed at the head of King's Landing, and the momentum suddenly fell into a condensation.

"Three Highnesses, what do you want to do? You have to think clearly, this is King's Landing. Seeing that Ji Qian was still roaring, Li Muzhi on the side couldn't stand it anymore, so he questioned the three kings under the city.

"Hmph-General Li also knows that this is King's Landing!" Ji Ping said coldly, "Do you know whose King's Landing City this is?" ”

Seeing that Li Muzhi was about to answer him, Ji Wen under the city continued, "It used to be Dayan's King's Landing City, our Ji Clan's King's Landing City, and the King's Landing City of the Seven Great Families, but now the King's Landing City of Queen Cui alone has become the King's Landing City of the Cui Clan?" ”

After Ji Ping, who was riding on the horse, finished speaking, he saw Bai Jin's expression change, and he asked Bai Jin, "Isn't what this king said wrong?" Marquis of Jin? The father and emperor have just died, and the bones are not cold, Queen Cui and Cui Taishi have arbitrarily destroyed the politics of the four kings, so that the four kings have existed in name only, and now they are wantonly dividing the kings, and letting the kings be vassal kings, what do they want to do? Marquis Jin, don't say that you don't know the way. ”

Being yelled at by Ji Ping, Bai Jin's face changed slightly. His prestige in the military is very high, and his prestige in the court is also very high, and everyone respects him, but this does not mean that Ji Ping and Ji Wen, who are the princes, are also respectful to Bai Jin.

"Say it! What do you want. Bai Jin opened his mouth and said, his words were very simple, and the meaning was very clear.

"Can you call the shots here?" Ji Hongchang asked, "If the Marquis of Jin can be the master, we can negotiate, if you can't be the master, please ask the Marquis of Jin to order, and we will see you on the battlefield again!" ”

Ji Hongchang, who was born in the military, spoke domineeringly, and he was not stunned by Bai Jin at all, after he finished speaking, he bent his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at the head of King's Landing, and saw the feather arrow break through the air, cross the sky, and shoot a big flag on the city tower.

The banner broke, like a kite with a broken string, and planted the head of the city.

The words on this banner clearly fell in front of the eyes of everyone in the city, and it was a big word "piety", which was the battle flag of Ji Qian.

"You don't deserve this banner!" Ji Hongchang roared coldly.

At this moment, the guards on the tower of King's Landing were shocked, and the cavalry under the city were also stunned, they didn't expect Ji Hongchang to shoot if he said that he would shoot it, and with one arrow, he gave Bai Jin and Li Muzhi, the first and second people in the Dayan military, a dismount.

In the face of Ji Hongchang's provocation, Li Muzhi's face was calm, he had experienced too many such things, and he didn't take Ji Hongchang's provocation to heart at all. As for Bai Jin, when he saw this cold arrow, his eyes showed a look of relief that could not be noticed by others. He was glad that Dayan could have such an iron-clad royal child like Ji Hongchang, and he was glad that Emperor Yan had such a son, because Ji Hongchang's performance at least showed that no matter what kind of crisis Dayan was in, there would always be children of the royal family who dared to stand up and stand up and dare to oppose the power.

"His Royal Highness King Ning, don't intimidate the old man, the old man hasn't experienced any kind of big war, is he still afraid of the 160,000 army in front of him?" Bai Jin said lightly, "Just talk about your conditions, right?" ”

Bai Jin is like this, he doesn't have many words, and he can name the subject in one sentence.

"Let our army enter the city to take over the defense of King's Landing City, restore the government of the four kings, Empress Cui can no longer interfere in the government affairs, as for who to appoint as the new monarch, wait until our royal children and ministers discuss and then decide." Ji Wen said lightly.

This is the strategy they have determined before, that is, to let the army enter the city, no longer be threatened by Empress Cui and Cui Jingsheng, and force Empress Cui to no longer participate in politics. Let the government be restored to the period when Emperor Yan was just critically ill and ordered the four kings to discuss the government.

However, Ji Wen's conditions, Bai Jin would not agree.

Because Cui Jingsheng's bottom line is to let the three kings each lead 10,000 soldiers and horses into the city, just to ensure their respective safety, as for participating in politics, as for letting Queen Cui no longer participate in politics, this is impossible, without Queen Cui, how can a Cui Jingsheng fight with Pei Wenhua and several great scholars? How can Ji Qian be enthroned as emperor?

"This condition is too harsh, and the old man will not agree to you." Bai Jin resolutely said, "The old man can only promise that you will each lead 10,000 troops into the city to ensure your own safety." ”

"So, the Marquis of Jin wants to fight us?" Ji Hongchang said coldly, his face was murderous, and he had unconsciously put his hand on the saber on his waist.

Even if there were Ji Wen's 100,000 iron cavalry Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang didn't dare to be so arrogant before, but just now they saw the combat effectiveness of Ji Wen's 100,000 iron cavalry, which is definitely a strong existence, plus their 60,000 elite cavalry, 160,000 horses are not afraid of the 300,000 army in Shangjun's Landing City, because these 300,000 troops are not all cavalry, and there are some soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is very poor.

That's why Ji Hongchang dared to be so domineering.

Since I have already torn my face with you Queen Cui, Cui Jingsheng, and Ji Qian, what can I do in a fight?

Bai Jin didn't want to fight with the army of the three kings, not that he couldn't win the three kings with 160,000 fine cavalry, but even if he won the three kings, the losses on their side would not be small, and the army of Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang among the three kings was still on the way, and they were marching towards King's Landing? By then, he had suffered heavy losses, and by the time these two armies reached King's Landing, the city's defenses would be in jeopardy.

Therefore, he didn't pay attention to Ji Hongchang's words, but took a deep breath and moved his gaze to Li Muzhi, Li Muzhi understood what Bai Jin meant, and said a few words to Ji Qian on the side, Ji Qian was a little angry, but he still nodded slightly and hurriedly disappeared on the city tower.

"Wait a minute, three highnesses, let's discuss it again!" Li Muzhi said, "It's not that you can't negotiate—"

The reason why Li Muzhi said this was because he didn't want to start a war with the Three Kings, not to mention that most of the Three Kings' army was still on the way, and he was about to arrive at King's Landing, and it was here that he lost too many soldiers and horses, how could he go north to deal with Ji Qingchen. Besides, Li Muzhi also has his own thoughts in his heart, that is, to agree to the request of the three kings, let the three kings participate in politics, and then use their forces to deal with it, wouldn't it be better?

That's why he told Ji Qian his thoughts and asked Ji Qian to ask Empress Cui and Cui Jingsheng.

He estimated that with Empress Cui's shrewdness and Cui Jingsheng's intelligence, he would definitely see something powerful for Ji Qian from his suggestion, and he would agree to the request of the three kings.

Ji Ping, Ji Hongchang and Ji Wen under the city heard Li Muzhi's words, so they stopped talking, just rode on their horses and waited quietly.

With 160,000 elite horsemen, they are bold and not afraid of anything.

After waiting for a while, he saw Cui Jingsheng and Ji Qian appear on the city tower, Cui Jingsheng's face was ugly, but when he saw the 160,000 murderous elite horsemen under the city, he still held back the anger in his heart, and said in a gentle tone, "It's okay for the three highnesses to participate in politics, it's okay to transfer a large army into the city, these old men have no opinions, but the city defense can't be handed over to you, and the queen can't help but participate in politics." If you can agree to this request of the old man, the old man can order the city to be opened now. ”

The three kings discussed for a moment on the castle tower, and they felt that such a compromise was not impossible. After all, if they really broke the net with Cui Jingsheng and Queen Cui, they may not be able to gain the upper hand. As for not giving them the right to guard the city, they were always a little uneasy.

Cui Jingsheng on the city tower saw that the three kings had not spoken, so he held back the anger in his heart and continued, "In this way, the old man will give you another step and give you the defense power of the two city gates, but you can only garrison two thousand troops, what do you think?" ”

"Eight thousand!" The third prince, Ji Hongchang, replied categorically.

"Impossible, only three thousand, no more!" Choi Kyung-seung compromised.

"Seven thousand, we will retreat!" Ji Ping said in a calm tone.

"No, it can only be four thousand at most!" Cui Jingsheng gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

The two sides bargained under King's Landing in this way, and it felt a bit like walking into a wet market.

"Okay!" At this time, Ji Wen nodded and replied, "We each led 10,000 troops into King's Landing City, and then sent 8,000 people to garrison the defense of King's Landing and two gates, and restore the government of the four kings." ”

"Okay—" Cui Jingsheng said loudly. He couldn't see anything on his face, but he was already extremely angry in his heart, but there was no way, now they were weak, so he could only agree as a last resort.

Cui Jingsheng thought in his heart, just promise you first! Wait until you leave the country and send troops to Xishu and Lingnan, and see how the old man cleans you up.

"Can the Marquis of Jin vouch for us?" Ji Ping moved his gaze to Bai Jin, he didn't dare to believe too much in Cui Jingsheng and Queen Cui, as long as Bai Jin could guarantee that with Bai Jin's character, they felt that Queen Cui and Cui Jingsheng would not play any tricks anymore.

"The old man can vouch!" Bai Jin said lightly.

"In that case, we accept your conditions!" Ji Ping said.

Then the three kings began to discuss, and the result was that it was determined that Ji Hongchang and Ji Ping were responsible for the defense of the two city gates, and they left 38,000 men and horses under King's Landing, so that the remaining army retreated to a temporary military camp outside the city, and let Ji Wen sit in the military camp outside the city, and Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang entered the city to participate in the government affairs.

They did this because they didn't want Queen Cui and Cui Jingsheng to be wiped out.

Because as long as Ji Wen and more than 100,000 troops are outside the city, they control the defense of the two city gates, as long as Empress Cui and Cui Jingsheng dare to do anything to Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang, Ji Wen outside the city can lead the army into King's Landing City as soon as possible.

Ji Ping, who discussed for a while, told Cui Jingsheng the result, which made Cui Jingsheng so angry that he almost vomited blood, but he had no choice, so he agreed.

In this way, the three kings resolved a war disaster through negotiation with Queen Cui, Cui Jingsheng and Ji Qian.