Chapter 638: Entering the City for Peace Talks (Second Watch)
Mu Han frowned and said:
"Regardless of whether the Feng Ying Kingdom is sincere in negotiating peace or has other schemes, you can only know after meeting the envoy. It's just a messenger, and even if you enter the city, you can't turn the waves. If Feng Yingguo is sincerely seeking peace, even his father will not be able to do this matter, and he must report it to Qi An and make a decision by His Majesty. ”
Her meaning couldn't be clearer, the matter of seeking peace needs to be reported to Qi'an and waiting for the emperor to decide, and it is not even okay not to report it to the emperor for a ruling, let alone ignoring Feng Yingguo's request for peace and directly rejecting it.
Generals can only decide the war, not whether the two countries are reconciled. The only thing a general can do in the face of this matter is to meet with the envoy, and at the same time to prevent this from being a ruse, discuss a reconciliation method that is beneficial to both countries, and then report it to the imperial court and wait for the peace of mind. Because before sending troops, His Majesty did not have a will, even if the other side sued for peace, he would continue to fight.
The generals agreed with Mu Han's answer, and the Feng Lord of the Feng Ming Kingdom personally sent a letter asking for reconciliation, of course they couldn't ignore such a big matter, and it was a necessary order to see the envoy first and then make a decision.
Except for Xue Chong, Xue Chong did not agree with the peace, and he didn't want to see the envoy of the Feng Ming Kingdom, so he had no choice but to obey the majority. He wasn't sure what Feng Yingguo meant, if he wanted to know what Feng Yingguo meant, it seemed that he could only say it after seeing the messenger first. He secretly thought in his heart that if that envoy dared to make a ghost on the territory of Long Xiguo, he would definitely kill him with a knife.
Mu Ye also agreed with Mu Han's opinion.
Regardless of whether Feng Mingguo is sincerely seeking peace or has other tricks, since Feng Mingguo has taken the initiative to make a move, they should take it and then investigate the truth and truth, blindly avoiding and refusing to deal with it head-on, that is not what the master does. Besides, what Mu Han said is right, a messenger is in Heding Mansion, on his own territory, under the noses of so many people, what waves can he make?
Mu Ye agreed to Feng Yingguo's request for peace.
Three days later, the envoy of the Feng Netherworld came to the gate of Heding Mansion with two soldiers in armor and full armor.
The leading messenger was a pock-faced man, about twenty years old, dressed in a new robe, holding a fan in his hand, dressed as a literati, but he was betrayed by a pair of thieves and rats, who looked like a ruffian who bullied the market.
Xue Chong stood on the city tower and watched from afar, he didn't recognize this person, which made him a little surprised, he thought that the person who came to negotiate peace would be Chang Xi or Si Qian.
He frowned.
The kid with the head and the thief is so frivolous that it is despised, he thinks that it is strange that a person with this kind of face can let him do great things, and at first glance he is a fool with no ink and an empty stomach.
Because of this, he was even more vigilant, how could Lord Feng send such a fool to sue for peace? Could it be that they were afraid that they would kill the messengers, so they sent a small minion to test one or two first?
He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't dare to be sure, his eyes fell on the two little soldiers who were following behind Hong Si.
The two little soldiers were wearing the armor of the Feng Ming Kingdom, and only a pair of eyes were exposed, and Xue Chong knew that a masked soldier like this was the personal guard of the Feng Lord. Lord Feng sent two personal guards to escort him, and it seemed that the envoy's status in the Feng Netherworld was not low.
The defenders of Heding Mansion searched Hong Si's body first, and then strictly ordered the two soldiers to take off their armor and accept the search.
The two soldiers did not resist, and slowly took off the armor on their bodies, probably because they were dissatisfied, the armor of the two people took off very slowly, and coughed several times.
The defenders of Heding Mansion just obeyed orders, and the other party was not an enemy this time, so they didn't dare to be too rude, so they waited patiently for the two to take off their armor, and stepped forward to search their bodies carefully, making sure that they didn't bring any weapons or other strange things, and then let them go.
Hong Si watched the movements of Long Xiguo's soldiers and kept smiling, people thought that he should be annoyed, but he didn't have a seizure.
Xue Chong stood on the city tower, staring at the three people from the Feng Netherworld entering the city, and he suddenly ordered the city guard beside him:
"Go and tell the two soldiers who came in with the messenger that they can't go any further, but wait at the city gate. I'm afraid they'll play tricks when they go in and cover each other. ”
The city keeper thought so, and immediately went down the tower and stopped the three people who were about to go to the city. Although he stopped, his attitude was quite polite, and he said with a smile:
"My lord, the general said, you can go inside, but these two can't follow your adult in, you need to stay here. The lower officials will entertain the two brothers well, so let the two of them stay here and wait for the adults. ”
Hong Si laughed hehe, and said sarcastically with hanging eyes: "Long Xiguo is such a big shelf, this official came to negotiate peace on the order of His Royal Highness Lord Feng, but he didn't come to give you a face and make you slap him!" ”
The city defender just laughed, and did not mean to give in at all.
Seeing this, Hong Si's eyes flashed with anger, but he had to swallow his anger, and he said angrily to the two little soldiers behind him:
"You're waiting here for you!"
With that, he strode into the city.
As soon as Hong Si left, the city defender immediately summoned four small soldiers and asked them to entertain the two brothers of the Feng Ming Kingdom, but in fact, they separated the two people and locked them in two rooms, and let the two small soldiers guard them respectively.
Although good tea and snacks were entertained, the guards all entered the house to guard, making the two soldiers of the Phoenix Underworld feel like prisoners.
After doing so, Xue Chong was quietly relieved, originally he thought that these two people would have some small movements, but the fact was beyond his expectations, the two small soldiers were locked in the house, and there was no movement, but they borrowed the thatched house halfway, and it was quickly used up, which made the soldiers of Long Xiguo, who had already been on guard, instantly deflated.
The two soldiers were probably angry at Long Xiguo's approach, and touched the refreshments twice, but they didn't eat them.
The messenger who came to talk about reconciliation was just as ordinary, like a ruffian who asked for debts, and was instigated by Mu Ye's glare.
Originally, the conditions for the peace negotiation of the Feng Ming Kingdom were that in addition to the occupied land, there would be three cities, but he was scolded by Mu Ye, and then changed to the land that he had already occupied, and he was still scolded by Mu Ye, Mu Ye threatened not to withdraw his troops, and he would definitely fight with Feng Ying Kingdom to the death.
Hong Si had no choice but to change to compensation with silver money, not land, Long Xiguo must pay compensation to Feng Mingguo.
Mu Ye thinks that this item is still acceptable, although there is a dispute over the amount of money, but only the indemnity can be used to resolve the war and recover the lost land, and this matter can be reported.
That was the end of the peace talks.
Hong Si left Heding Mansion with two small soldiers and went back that day.
They didn't do anything, but instead discouraged the people of Long Xiguo, who had not even dared to choose the place of the general's mansion for the original guard, or even the place of the peace talks.
All the precautions were done, but none of them were used.