The domed hall of the main building of the post station was rearranged, and the other low tables and stools were cleared, and a long table was placed in the center, and five or six chairs were placed on each side, which was also called Hu Bed. The Tang people never sit on such a thing in formal occasions, but today's negotiation venue is arranged by big cannibals, so it is not so formal.

At the beginning of the morning, representatives from both sides officially entered, and the lineup was also very large. The negotiators of the Tang Army were Li Siye, then Cheng Qianli, Wang Zhengjian, Ma Fu, Duan Xiushi, Tian Zhen, and Bi Sishen. The representative of the Great Eclipse is even more powerful, and the one who can sit at the top is not actually Bo Sirin, but an important member of the Abbasid family, Mansour, the younger brother of the current Safam Caliph; Then there was the governor of Khorasan and Posilin, and then there were a bunch of generals with strange names, which were so long that they wanted to beat people.

Li Siye sat on the Hu bed opposite, and then began to stare intently at the mustache with a black turban on the opposite side. Mansour spread out his hands and pretended to be happy and said, "Ambassador Li, does it feel like I'm familiar with me, where do we seem to have met?" ”

"Aren't you the representative of the Great Eclipse Envoy whose life I saved? The former noble son of the Abbasids, and now one of the heirs of the Abbasids, Mansour. ”

Mansour wanted to create a sense of surprise for the reunion of old friends, but Li Siye's words were like a cold narration of official documents, and he couldn't find the next words for a while.

And Bo Xilin's surprise did not seem to be pretending, pointing to Li Siye and asking Mansour: "It turns out that His Royal Highness knows Ambassador Li, and he can't imagine that the old acquaintance has become today's enemy, which is really embarrassing." ”

Maybe it didn't mean this in the original words of Bo Xilin, but it was forcibly translated into this way by his own translation.

"His Highness Mansour and I have only met in Pingshui, but today is a formal occasion for negotiations, so let's not talk about personal matters, let's just start talking about business."

"Okay," Mansour said, clasping his hands, "before the formal negotiations, as an old acquaintance, we are going to give you a gift. ”

"Oh, who can give me a gift?"

Mansur clapped his hands, and immediately two men brought up from the corner a man in a ramie robe, who was wearing a black hood on his head, and was staggering to his knees.

He winked, and the samurai immediately removed the hood from the man's head and forced his chin up with both hands so that the Anzai army could see it.

Li Siye carefully identified it, feeling that he had never seen this person, so he raised his hand and asked, "Who is this, why is it so faced?" ”

Mansour smiled: "It seems that Ambassador Li really doesn't know, this is the prince of Shiwang who provoked the war between us, he traveled all the way to Samarkand, and then came to the city of Tus, wanting to borrow my soldiers to avenge his father. Our original intention was just to give justice to the people in this country, but we didn't expect that the road to justice would be so bumpy. Now that I've figured it out, where is he seeking justice? He is using the word justice to satisfy his personal vendettas, and he has dragged both of our countries into unprovoked wars almost for his own selfishness, and has displaced many families. He is a sinner, so I will send this sinner to Ambassador Li and leave it to Dr. Li to dispose of. ”

After Mansour's introduction, Li Siye realized that he was such an unlucky child, and it was understandable that he wanted to avenge his father and seek the strength of other countries, but he was born at the wrong time and made the wrong choice.

Li Siye smiled: "If you say so, I should be grateful to him, if it weren't for him, why would I be sitting here today to negotiate a treaty with His Highness Mansur and Grand Duke Abu?" ”

As soon as these words fell, Archduke Abu's face immediately became a little unbearable, Mansur smiled and skipped this verse, pointed to the paper in front of him and said: "The conditions asked by Ambassador Li are too harsh, even if it drops to seven million gold dinars and 20,000 war horses, we will not be able to bear it, and in terms of the oath of sovereignty of the suzerain, the Tocharian realm is the inherent sphere of influence of my great food, and we will definitely not let go." I also ask Ambassador Li to be lenient with us. ”

Li Siye refused: "This is our final condition, and it cannot be changed." ”

And Bo Xilin snorted and said, "Ambassador Li, don't be busy refusing yet, maybe the more you want now, the more things we will get back in the future." ”

Cheng Qianli, who was sitting across from him, leaned over and retorted: "Governor Jibo is too confident, do you think you can save such a defeat in this life?" ”

Due to the lack of translators in each side, most of them didn't know what the other party was talking about, and they just relied on the rich expressions on their faces and the pictures. Duan Xiushi and others in the Tang army felt a little ashamed of this scene, and they always mistook themselves for bargaining merchants.

Since the talks could not be reached for the time being, Mansour proposed to suspend the negotiations and take a half-hour break to exchange views.

While the two sides were resting in their respective rooms, Mansour took the initiative to find Li Siye and talked to him about the fate of the two in the past, hoping to exchange this opportunity for some favors to reduce the weight of the negotiation.

Li Siye naturally refused again without being soft or hard: "Your Highness Mansour, politics is politics, human favor is human favor, and I will never sacrifice our inherent conditions because of human favor." I think you will be able to understand that when you become caliph in the future, you will understand this better than I do. ”

In the face of Li Siye's remarks, Mansour did not find it ugly. After a short break, the two sides began a new round of negotiations.

After non-stop bargaining and mutual deception, Li Siye stopped negotiations several times to intimidate the resumption of the war, and the two sides finally reached a consensus on the content of the treaty.

The content of the treaty agreed that the war indemnity for the Great Food Kingdom to compensate the Anxi Protectorate was 4 million gold dinars, which was 400,000 more than the 3.6 million gold coins expected by Li Siye, and the war horses were 12,000.

The contents of the treaty were written in two languages on a large piece of paper, each stamped with the seal of the Governor's Palace of Khorasan and the seal of the envoy of Ansi, and the treaty was officially approved by both sides, and the treaty was named the Treaty of Kyzylkum according to the place of the negotiations.

After more than a year of war, the Anxi army was accustomed to sleeping in the open and suffering from war, and Li Siye finally got what he wanted. This is called taking both face and lining, and his achievements are enough to be proud of all the existing generals of the Tang Dynasty, and it is enough to occupy a very conspicuous position in the annals of history.

After the treaty was signed, the Anxi army withdrew from Mulu City, crossed the Kizilkum Desert along the same road, crossed the Amu Darya River, and returned to Kangju City, the center of the nine countries in the river.