Chapter 42: War and Peace

Everyone looked at Nangong Yuan together, which made Nangong Yuan feel like a man on his back, and he naturally wanted to propose to fight, whether it was for public or private, but he couldn't help but consider the words of separation, starting a war at this time, Yu Guo and the people were not elected. However, as a general, if he proposes to remain silent or negotiate peace with the intrusion of the enemy, he is afraid that he will be laughed at by the DPRK and the central government, and if he proposes war, he is afraid that he will respond en masse, and in the end he will not fight. What's more, Prime Minister Bailu, the old fox, doesn't know the meaning, but I'm afraid that in the end, Qi Hou and the high priest will fall into an embarrassing place.

Nangong Yuan thought for a while, and then spoke: "Everything is up to the decision of the Marquis of Qi, and the minister is ready to lead troops at any time and vow to recapture Donglong City."

When he saw Nangong Yuan say this, his tone was calm, he relaxed slightly, nodded slightly to Nangong Yuan, and turned to look at Bai Qi.

When Bai Qi heard this, he was very happy in his heart, thinking that Nangong Yuan was also a reasonable person, so he no longer worried, and only thought about arranging for Yan Li to go to the peace talks on behalf of Huo Feng as soon as possible.

The prime minister Bai Lu under the hall was stunned when he heard Nangong Yuan's words, and wanted to assign this matter to Nangong Yuan, with his temperament, he must strongly recommend going to war, but after thinking about it, he must have set a countermeasure before the court meeting, and then he caught a glimpse of Yan Li's nodding and smiling at Nangong Yuan, and he was even more sure of this, and couldn't help but become even more annoyed: "General Nangong, Xiaoyao deceived me so much Huofeng, don't you think you should fight back?"

"The prime minister is right, if His Royal Highness the Marquis of Qi is determined to go to war, this general will immediately go to the battlefield to let the people of the free country know the majesty of my fire phoenix."

Bai Lu was so angry that his little face turned pale, staring at Nangong Yuan, his eyes were resentful, and he couldn't wait to scratch him.

Nangong Yuan didn't want to see her distorted face, so he turned sideways and didn't pose to her.

Bai Qi looked at Nangong Yuan and Bai Lu, exhaled lightly, and looked at Yan Li.

After thinking about Bai Qi's thoughts, he said: "The minister has a discussion, but please make a decision to the Marquis of Qi."

"High priest, just play", Bai Qi instantly felt a lot of joy.

"Yes, please go to Donglongcheng to negotiate this dispute, and General Nangong will lead the troops to accompany you, if the peace talks fail, it will not be too late to fight again."

Bai Qi glanced at everyone and pretended to think about it, but he said in a moment: "This strategy is very good, just do it, the high priest Zhan Li, the general Hou Nangong will listen to the order, and from now on the whole army will go to Donglong City, this Hou will give the two the right to make decisions in case of trouble, and hope that the two will live up to expectations and win victory."

"Yes...", Yan Li and Nangong Yuan respectively offered their hands to receive the order.

Bai Qi looked at the two of them, and finally showed a smile on his face, gave Steward Ko a look, and signaled to retreat.

"Today's deliberations are here, retreat from the dynasty", Ko Sen shouted, and everyone bowed their hands to leave.

After everyone retreated, Bai Lu swept away from Nangong and walked away.

"Hmph...", Nangong Yuan snorted coldly and ignored it.

With a helpless smile, he approached Nangong and said, "Thank you, General Nangong."

"I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do, what do you thank me for", Nangong Yuan's tone was cold, not to mention how much he was holding his breath in this court, and at this moment, he really wanted to vent in front of him.

"No thanks, no thanks, General Nangong, I have entrusted my life to you, you have to ensure my safety", Zhan Li teased, intending to alleviate the depression in Nangong Yuan's heart.

"That's what you asked for yourself...", Nangong glanced at Yu Li from a distance and said, and then took a step away.

"Alas... Well, it does", he sighed and followed.

Early the next morning, Nangong Yuan led several generals and 100 soldiers out of the city, and met the carriage at the gate of the city.

At first, Zhan Li looked at Nangong Yuan's people and horses and still had some doubts, that Nangong Yuan only held half of the talismans, did he want to directly transfer troops to the nearby Dongda Battalion, that Dongda Battalion is one of the four main military camps of Huofeng, and it can only be mobilized if it is a complete talisman, and then after thinking about it, Nangong Yuan must know that he has half of the talismans, and he is also expected to bring the talisman with him this time, so he can rest assured that he will bring a hundred personal soldiers with him, and the soldiers will meet one at that time, and it will not be a problem to mobilize the 300,000 troops of the Dongda Battalion.

Nangong Yuan dismounted and saluted Zhan Li, let his carriage join the team, and then rushed to the direction of Donglong City together.

Zhan Li and Nangong Yuan reached an agreement, and the rapid march finally arrived at the Dongda camp on the evening of the fourth day. Nangong Yuan first arranged for men and horses to be repaired three miles away, and he and Yu Li each rode a tall horse to the camp tent.

Zhai Hong, the chief soldier of the Dongda Battalion, had already received a letter from Nangong Yuan, so he had already brought his deputy general Zheng Ke to wait outside the camp.

"I've seen General Nangong, the high priest", although Zhai Hong is dressed in military uniform, silver armor and body protection, and has a strong figure, his face is like jade, his eyebrows are starry, his nose is straight and his lips are thick, and he is heroic when he speaks.

Nangong Yuan responded with a salute and said with a hearty smile: "Chief Soldier Zhai, don't come unharmed."

"Zhai Zongbing is polite", he replied, he had a relationship with Zhai Hong when he was marching with Yan Moyu before, I don't know if he remembered, and looked at the deputy general Zheng Ke next to him, who was thin, not tall, dark-skinned, with a pair of small eyes, a square face and hooked nose, and full of energy.

"Deputy General Zheng Ke has seen General Nangong and the High Priest", Zheng Ke bowed his shoulders and bowed his arms and gave a military salute.

"Hmm...", Nangong Yuan nodded, glanced at it and walked into the barracks.

"Vice General Zheng is polite", Zhan Li smiled gently, returned a bow, and followed Nangong Yuan and Zhai Hong into the camp.

Zheng Ke called someone to go three miles away to pick up the team brought by Nangong Yuan.

In the tent of the East Camp, wine, meat and food had been prepared on the five long tables, and Zhai Hong personally led Nangong Yuan to the main seat above and said, "General Nangong, please take a seat."

Nangong Yuan nodded in response, and sat cross-legged on the cushion in front of the long desk generously.

Zhai Hong led him to sit in front of the first long case in the lower left of Nangongyuan, and he sat down in front of the long case opposite him.

Zhai Hong sat down and sent someone to serve wine, and exchanged a few words with Nangong Yuan and Zhan Li, and after a while, the deputy general Zheng Ke led the two staff leaders of the East Battalion, Zhang Duo and Li Liang, into the tent, and sat down on both sides after saluting Nangong Yuan and Yan Li, the deputy general Zheng Ke sat under Zhai Li, and Zhang Duo and Li Lianggang sat down under Zhai Hong.

Zhai Hong saw them sitting down, raised his glass to Nangong Yuan and Yu Li, and said: "General Nangong, high priest, come from afar, and the last general will prepare this thin wine for the two of them", and drank it all.

Zheng Ke, Zhang Duo, and Li Liang also raised their glasses when they saw Zhai Hong raising their glasses, and drank a glass.

After three rounds of drinking, the deputy general Zheng Ke, the staff leaders Zhang Duo and Li Liang got up and retired and went to busy with military affairs.

Zhai Hong looked at Yan Li, his eyes flashed and said: "High Priest, have we met, if the last general is not mistaken, five years ago, when the master of King Kang returned to the court, the high priest accompanied him"?

Yan Li smiled, nodded slightly, and said: "General Zhai is so memorable, he can never forget it at a glance, and he admires it", and raised his glass to show his respect.

"So, it's really you the high priest, hahaha", Zhai Hong smiled and said, "Is this a reunion of old people?"

"Well, of course it is", said the detached man.

Because of the relationship between Kang Wang Yan and Mo Yu, the two felt less strange to each other, and after a few words, they became more familiar.

Halfway through the wine and dinner, Zhai Hong asked Nangong Yuan to order someone to remove all the wine utensils and replace them with tea.

"General Nangong and the high priest, come here this time, you can use the place of the last general, please give orders."

Nangong Yuan roughly told Zhai Hong about some of the things he came this time, and Zhai Hong nodded yes.

Nangong glanced at Yu Li from afar, turned his head to Zhai Hong and said: "If you really can't negotiate and have to go to war, I'm afraid that you will have to call 300,000 soldiers and horses in the East Battalion, and then ask General Zhai to cooperate."

"It's... General Nangong should know that the soldiers and horses of the East Battalion need to have a complete talisman."

"This, General Ben naturally knows."

"Well, if General Nangong can get a complete talisman, the last general should obey the military order."

"Hmm...", Nangong looked at Zhan Li from afar, and saw him leisurely drinking tea, his face sank.

Listening to the conversation between the two, he felt that he should not make a move at this time, on the one hand, it is inconvenient to publicize the talisman in hand, on the other hand, once the talisman is united, there is always a bad premonition, and after considering the countermeasures, he knows it.

"High Priest", Nangong Yuan turned his back to Zhai Hong and looked at Yan Lidao.

"General Nangong, this barbecue is good, do you want to taste it."

"No, General Ben is a little tired today."

"General Nangong, the last general has already arranged the camp tent, please come here", Zhai Hong walked over and opened the tent curtain first.

Zhan Li followed out, and waited for the three of them to come to the camp tent arranged for Nangong Yuan.

"High Priest, your tent is over there," Zhai Hong said.

"Oh, okay, I'll take a look at General Nangong's camp first"?

Zhai Hong was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what he meant, and pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Then, high priest, the last general will wait outside the tent."

After the two entered the tent, Nangong Yuan turned around and said a little angrily: "High priest, what does this mean?"

"General Nangong, I'll tell General Zhai about the transfer of troops."

"Can he listen to you"?

"Presumably, General Nangong knows that the other half of the talisman is here with me."

"Well, His Royal Highness King Kang said it before leaving."

"In this case, General Nangong can know about the military talisman, and he must not publicize it to the outside world, for fear of accidents."

"Now the situation is compelled to take care of anything else."

"In this way, General Zhai has followed His Royal Highness King Kang for so many years, and His Royal Highness King Kang has been pulled up, let me talk to him."

"Didn't you hear that he wanted to see the full talisman"? Nangong Yuan was even more angry at this time.

"If you see two talismans, are you complete?"

"This...", Nangong Yuan thought about it, while looking at Zhan Li, and suddenly felt that Zhan Li was not what he knew, not only calm and wise, but also familiar with power and art, the city was far deeper than what he saw, was he doing this to prevent me, his heart became more and more angry, and he couldn't help but twist his eyebrows and cold eyes.