Tang Jingtian frowned and said: "Does the second brother mean that this king wants this king to release Zhao Xiong.......?

Tang Xiaokun said: "Brother Huang, I don't approve of the kidnapping of Zhao Xiong and Nangong Tai as hostages, in case of a stiff fight with the people in the east or south, won't we just make two strong enemies in vain?

"Previously, Yi Chao set up an ambush to plot against Shi Ziling, and the battle of 20,000 people could not trap him, but he took Yi Chao easily, what else can we do to deal with Shi Ziling?"

"What's more, I think Shi Ziling looks quite modest, not an arrogant and unreasonable person, at least he didn't care about Yi Chao's plot against him, but let Yi Chao back early, it can be seen that as long as we discuss it with Shi Ziling, maybe we can take a step back and reach an agreement?"

Tang Jingtian muttered: "Having said that, as soon as Shiziling came, we obediently let people go, and the word spread that it was not good for the reputation of our Tang Ying."

Tang Xiaokun said disapprovingly: "Brother Huang, those who achieve great things are not informal, and with Fang Wuming's ability, they still failed miserably to Shi Ziling, why should we conform to the situation and sell Shi Ziling a favor? ”

"Besides, Shi Ziling is not only the top master today, but also the commander of the Eastern Songhu Legion, it is rumored that he has a good way of governing the army, and has a lot of innovations in tactics, and is a rare general of the unified army, so why should we be entangled with him to the end with such a terrible character?"

Tang Jingtian said: "But in this way, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our cooperation with Ruyimen to continue." ”

Tang Xiaokun said: "This is not necessarily, after today's defeat, it was Fang Wuming who took the initiative not to interfere in Zhao Xiong's affairs, he didn't care about it, and we just let it go." Moreover, Fang Wuming marched into the Central Plains from Tianchi in northern Xinjiang, originally to promote his Ruyi Gate, since he came, I don't think he will go back soon. ”

"Although Shi Ziling is young, after all, he is also the sixth-ranked top master today, and his reputation is as high as the sky, and Li Yuan, the leader of the Connected Heaven Sect, can't help him, and Fang Wuming lost to him, which is not too embarrassing. ”

"Besides, even if Ruyimen no longer cooperates with us, as long as we don't get too stiff with the people in the east and south, if we want to rely on the power of the imperial court alone, there is no way to take our Tang family, not to mention that we still have the most powerful trump card that has not been used!"

Tang Jingtian frowned and said: "You mean Shizun? Shizun, his old man has not asked about the world for many years, and now the affairs in the Qing Sect are all taken care of by my old antique brothers, they are all monks, how can they care about the hegemony of our world?"

Tang Xiaokun said: "Brother Huang, no matter whether Tianzun cares about mundane things or not, he is your master after all, if something happens to you, a closed disciple, how can the Qing Sect sit idly by? I think it's just that it hasn't reached that point yet." ”

"Although Tianzun has ignored the affairs of the world for many years, he has always paid attention to the trends of today's martial arts, doesn't the Shangqing Sect send disciples to travel outside every year? Although the actions of these disciples are secret, the other major family sects are still well aware. ”

"Actually, if it weren't for the relationship with Tianzun, would Fang Wuming take the initiative to come and cooperate with us? I think as long as Tianzun is there, the people of the world will have to give you some face. ”

Tang Jingtian was very helpful when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Second brother, I am relieved to hear you say this, since this is the case, we will quickly invite Shi Ziling to come in and discuss it well, originally I was a little worried that he would make trouble in the palace, hehe......"

Soon someone invited Shi Ziling into the palace, Shi Ziling was also very curious all the way in, he knew that he was not from the Mingyue Continent, and he did not have many opportunities to see the royal demeanor, so he paid attention to the furnishings of the palace along the way.

Although the Tang family has not long established themselves as kings, this palace is still renovated in extraordinary style, which is not the same as Su Bairen's governor's city guard's mansion.

After Shi Ziling entered the palace, Tang Jingtian and Tang Xiaokun personally stepped forward to greet him, and Shi Ziling bowed and saluted.

Tang Jingtian said with a smile: "Shi Gongzi doesn't need to be polite, we are all people in the martial arts, so just treat each other with the etiquette in the martial arts." ”

Shi Ziling was a little surprised, and said: "Thank you King Tang, I had some ....... and some grievances with the two sons of King Tang before, but in fact, ......"

Tang Jingtian interrupted him and said: "I understand, Yifei was defeated and killed at the martial arts competition, although I deeply regret it, but I didn't blame Shi Gongzi for this, everyone is a fair duel according to the rules of martial arts, life and death have their own destiny, and if you want to blame Yifei, you can only blame Yifei for not learning well and bad luck." ”

"As for Yi Chao's private ambush and plotting against you today, I have already scolded him, if he wasn't injured, I would have let him come out to make amends. ”

Shi Ziling originally thought that Tang Jingtian had already established himself as the king, and his two sons were killed and injured in their own hands, how could they have some problems to embarrass themselves, and had been prepared for this to deal with hardships as early as possible, but Tang Jingtian did not expect Tang Jingtian to mention this, and his words did not reveal any dissatisfaction with Shi Ziling, which couldn't help but make Shi Ziling quite surprised.

Tang Xiaokun said: "Shi Gongzi, we are all people who do big things, so don't take some small personal grievances too seriously. You went to our Zhongzhou City this time, obviously you have a heavy responsibility, and the imperial brother invited you to the palace just to listen to your opinion in person. ”

Shi Ziling immediately said solemnly: "Don't hide it from the Tang King, Shi Ziling is here to solve the problem of our Zhao Xiong Commander's capture, General Zhao Xiong is one of the only two major commanders in our east, and he has deep seniority in the army, and his sudden capture has shocked us all in the east. I am entrusted by Lord Su, so naturally I hope to rescue General Zhao Xiong as soon as possible. ”

Tang Jingtian smiled slightly and said, "Shi Dutong, you should know what our purpose is in arresting Zhao Xiong and Nangong Tai, right?"

Shi Ziling nodded and said: "I understand that the Tang camp hopes that our two main forces in the east and south will take the lead in retreating, so that other people and horses will follow suit, but it seems that you are a little unkind to force us by sneak attack and capture hostages." ”

Tang Xiaokun said: "Shi Gongzi, the two armies are facing each other, and they are naturally unscrupulous in order to achieve their goals, so how can there be any kindness at all? We are facing the threat of a multi-way crusade army, and the capture of hostages is also a last resort. ”

Shi Ziling smiled: "I understand this, but I think you also know that most of the people and horses who were ordered to come here to crusade this time were just to deal with the imperial decree and go through the motions, and did not really have a substantial attack on the Tang camp, especially our eastern men and horses, who were stationed far outside the Tang camp defense circle, and had never harassed the Tang camp, but Zhao Xiong was the ......."

Tang Xiaokun said: "Shi Gongzi, we also have our difficulties, some time ago from Yanjing City, the news came from Yanjing City, the newly recruited several major armies of the imperial court have been basically completed, and it is likely to send troops to the Zhongzhou Mansion to crusade against us, of course we hope to send away the current few people as soon as possible." ”

"If we let the men and horses in various places form a joint force with the imperial army to besiege us, even if our Zhongzhou capital is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has a geographical advantage, I am afraid it will be very difficult. ”

Shi Ziling said: "General Tang, let's not talk about whether the newly formed legion of the imperial court will definitely send troops to fight against you, even if it is, I think the forces of the major places may not really be willing to act as their pawns." ”

"Take our eastern part as an example, although our Lord Su has always listened to the words of the imperial court, but we are still extremely cautious about starting a war with the Tang Ying, and we will never take the initiative to start a war against the Tang Ying unless we have to. I believe that the Nangong family or other small local armies are also intended, so you don't have to worry so much. ”

Tang Jingtian said: "Having said that, once the war breaks out and there are more people here, we will be more dangerous, and we naturally hope that you can retire as soon as possible." ”

Shi Ziling naturally understood in his heart that Tang Ying wanted to see the army and horses from all walks of life retreat as soon as possible, but Su Bairen was unwilling to disobey the orders of the imperial court, and Shi Ziling was helpless. At the moment, if Zhao Xiong was to be saved, the best way was naturally to capture a few important people in the Tang camp in exchange, but Shi Ziling was not in a hurry to do so, and was not even willing to make such a threat.

In fact, before he came, he had already thought about things very clearly, since the east was not willing to completely withdraw the army, then even if he arrested Tang Ying's people this time and exchanged them to Zhao Xiong, next time it would be difficult to guarantee that the other party would not arrest people again, Shi Ziling could not come here every time to save people and arrest a few important people of the other party in exchange.

It was in order to settle the matter satisfactorily once and for all that Shi Ziling calmly accepted Fang Wuming's challenge, in order to deter the people of Tang Ying and Ruyimen with absolute strength.

Now that Fang Wuming has been successfully defeated, I believe that the Tang Ying has already known his strength, and it is expected that Tang Ying's side should also be looking for the bottom of the stairs, if he makes a threat, it will make the other party unable to step down. Therefore, Shi Ziling was always unhurried, and never forced the other party to release him in a high-pressure and threatening tone.

In fact, the so-called way of negotiation and negotiation is also the way to attack the heart and mind, and the momentum of the martial arts has something in common.

At this time, Shi Ziling frowned, and deliberately made a very embarrassed appearance and said: "Don't tell you two, before I came this time, Master Su repeatedly ordered me to rescue General Zhao Xiong, and I also had a headache for this." ”

"Well, I also understand that the Tang battalion has the difficulties of the Tang battalion, do you think this is good, although my side cannot withdraw all the troops, but I, the commander of the capital and corps, can order the withdrawal of half of the army. ”

"We only have 5,000 troops and horses here, and if we withdraw half of them, we will only have 2,500 people, and I believe that the crusading armies in other places will react accordingly after seeing our actions in the east, even if they only withdraw half of the military horses, the total number of people left will be relatively limited, so the threat to the Tang camp will be even smaller. ”

"And I can guarantee that no matter how much the imperial court orders our eastern army to crusade against the Tang camp, our eastern men and horses will never be the first to attack. In other words, at most, we are just following behind the large army of the imperial court to cheer, I say this, I don't know if King Tang can rest assured?"