Northern Barbarians.

If you want to say that the king of Hui Hu, he is also a big wrongdoer, when the king of Hun Tu wanted to lead the army to the battle, the king of Hui Hu was the first to object, as the only one of the eight kings who has a connection with the Shaozhuang faction, the king of Hui Hu is still very rational and objective.

The status of the noble gatekeeper was very prominent, and it brought them endless power and wealth, but now if the khanate is to continue to be strong, the noble gatekeeper must change.

This time to negotiate on behalf of the Khanate, the pressure on the shoulders of King Hui Hu was not small, and this old gentleman, who was nearly sixty years old, was standing in the camp thirty miles outside the Pingjiao Pass at the moment, frowning and pondering while feeling the raging autumn wind of the desert.

Soon, at the gate of the camp, the fast horse attacked, a Northern Barbarian soldier wearing a sheepskin felt hat rode on a horse, after seeing the Huihu King Yelu Qingshi, the man quickly turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and saluted, "Qi Yu Wang, Zhongyuan letter, invite the prince to rush to Pingjiaoguan for peace talks in three days, this is their letterhead." ”

Yelu Qingshi picked up the letterhead in the man's hand, opened it, read it carefully, and then pursed his lips and said, "This king knows, you go down first." ”

"Yes."

After the man retreated, Yelu Qingshi looked into the distance with heavy eyebrows, and at the same time sighed in a deep voice, and his secret sigh seemed to confirm the outcome of this negotiation.

……

Three days later, in the early morning, the rising sun, when the sun shines on the thick city wall of Pinggao Pass, a dull and solemn drum sound slowly sounds, the drum is heavy and powerful, at the gate of the city, led by the king of Hui Hu and the Northern Barbarian Council and the mission is slowly walking towards Pinggao Pass.

Looking at this Xiongguan where 200,000 Beiban soldiers were buried, King Hui Hu was not only secretly sad, but he, the King of Hui Hu, could be regarded as entering the Pingjiao Pass on behalf of the Beiban, but he entered the Pingjiao Pass as a loser.

After entering the city for a few steps, the Beiban mission bumped into Zhang Xingshan, the general of the Pingjiao Pass, looking at the barbarians in front of him, Zhang Xingshan wore a sword on his waist, walked to the front of Yelu Qingshi, the king of Huihu, and shouted loudly, "Dafeng national law, foreign entrants, military attachés unload their armor, and civil ministers take off their hats. ”

Yelu Qingshi naturally understood that this was Dafeng giving them a horse, and the officials behind him whispered, probably saying that the Dafeng officials were too unreasonable or something.

In their northern barbarians, taking off their hats is a disrespectful behavior, even those dignitaries and nobles in the royal court on weekdays will not take off their hats easily, this Xingshan let them take off their hats as soon as they came in, it is really a little not to take them seriously.

If it were on weekdays, the officials of Dafeng had such a rude behavior, the prince of the Northern Barbarians would definitely leave without looking back, but today they can't go, they are here to negotiate peace on behalf of the Khanate.

If peace fails, Qin Feng will lead his army north, and thousands of people will be displaced, the war will break out again, and people's hearts will be unstable, this is not the picture they want to see.

"Everyone......" Yelu Qingshi said loudly, and the officials behind him stopped arguing at the same time and looked at him, the king of Huihu.

I saw Yelu Qingshi slowly bow his head under the gaze of the officials behind him, and took off the Zhu Yu hair hat that symbolized his identity.

The officials behind him were angry, and even more trembling with anger, only to see King Hui put his hair cap in the palm of his hand, beat his chest and salute, "This general, it's okay now." ”

Zhang Xingshan nodded very satisfied, got up and stepped aside, made a gesture of please, and said in a deep voice, "Welcome the envoys of the Khanate to come to me to settle the peace ......."

With Zhang Xingshan's roar, the Beidi army behind him roared in unison, "Welcome the envoys to enter the customs." ”

The sound shook the earth and shook the ground.

Yelu Qingshi frowned, walked forward quickly, and the officials behind him were helpless, so they could only take off the hair hat on their heads with anger and resentment.

King Hui knew that the war would only bring pain to the Northern Barbarians, and they had waged countless wars for the so-called land and resources, but hundreds of years had passed, not to mention the rich Central Plains, and they had not even stepped through the Pingjiao Pass.

If the Khanate wants to be strong, the only way to go is peace, which is why he is willing to come to settle the prison and negotiate peace on behalf of the Khanate......

But at this time, the officials behind King Hui Hu didn't think so, until now they still thought that if they continued to let Murong Zhuozhuo fight, then it would be these Central Plains officials who would take off their hats now.

In their hearts, there is nothing wrong with this war, and the fault lies in the fact that they lost.

The negotiation hall of the two sides is set up in the drum tower of Pingjiaoguan, Yelu Qingshi walked into the hall, and after seeing a group of officials in green robes, he bowed slightly, and then walked straight to the right side of the negotiation table, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Ning Xiaochuan sitting opposite him.

Yelu Qingshi was a little stunned, he even wondered if he was dazzled, this Dafeng actually sent a child to negotiate with him?

Our Khanate has lost the battle, but it doesn't despise us so much, does it? Once you push yourself to be in a hurry, it's a big deal to burn all the jade, and our khanate is also a galloping horse on the steppe, which has a backbone.

Through Yelu Qingshi's extension, Xiaochuan Yan also seemed to see the dissatisfaction of the Northern Barbarian prince in front of him, and hurriedly got up and arched his hand, "Ning Xiaochuan, the servant of the Great Fengli Department, came to discuss the withdrawal of troops with your country on the order of the Son of Heaven, I don't know what your country's envoys are called?" ”

Squire?

So young and a squire?

Although Yelu Qingshi was a little suspicious, when Ning Xiaochuan revealed his identity, at least it showed that Dafeng did not despise them excessively, and Yelu Qingshi got up and walked the Northern Barbarian etiquette.

"The old man returned to the king of the Khanate, Yelu Qingshi, and met Ning Shilang, and the peace matters were decided by the old man with full power, and the old man hereby hoped that Dafeng and the Khanate could live in peace with the khanate, and jointly discuss a peaceful policy that is beneficial to the people on both sides."

Before Ning Xiaochuan could speak, Tong Xuesi, who was sitting on his left, spoke, only to see Tong Xuesi snort coldly, "Lord Wang, I'm afraid I can't agree with this, the current situation is the result of months of bloody battles between the people and the soldiers of my Dafeng, if it is beneficial to both sides according to what you said, then wouldn't the blood of the people and soldiers of Dafeng be shed in vain?" ”

Tong Xuesi's remarks made Ning Xiaochuan not expect, and this time he gave Yelu Qingshi a slap in the face.

Yelu Qingshi frowned slightly, "Today's negotiation is a peaceful negotiation, if this lord negotiates with this kind of remarks, I think it will be difficult for the negotiations between our two sides to continue." ”

"When the iron cavalry of your Northern Barbarians set foot on my Dafeng land, there is no peace between our two sides, we can sit here today to negotiate, it depends on the soldiers behind us, if we can't help them get some benefits at this time, then how can I be worthy of those soldiers who were born and died?

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the fact that you lost the war, would we have been able to negotiate peace today? Tong Xuesi said coldly again.

What he said was obviously reasonable, but he heard Yelu Qingshi being particularly harsh, and he saw Yelu Qingshi sitting on the chair with a black face, "In this negotiation, our Khanate came with sincerity, but from the mouth of this big man, this king doesn't seem to have heard the sincerity of your country." ”

Tong Xuesi wanted to speak again, but was stopped by Ning Xiaochuan, Ning Xiaochuan knew that if Tong Xuesi was allowed to play again, it wouldn't take long for this negotiation to take place, Yelu Qingshi was about to slap his ass and leave, and now the domestic environment in Dafeng did not allow them to go to war again.

"Don't worry, this is a handwritten letter from your majesty that I asked me to pass on to you, hoping that both of us can sit in the chair calmly and resolve the dispute between the two countries." Ning Xiaochuan stretched out his hand and motioned to Yu Gongming next to him to hand Gao Yuan's letter to Yelu Qingshi.

Yelu Qingshi looked at this letter, not so much that this was Dafeng's sincerity, but that it was a threat, that is, the lofty imperial status forced them to sit at the negotiating table, once this letter was accepted, then they would be pressed to death here, but if they didn't accept it, it would not give Gao Yuan face, it would be a slap in the face of Dafeng.

Looking at the hot potato in Yu Gongming's hand, Yelu Qingshi still reached out to take the letter after thinking about it for a long time, Ning Xiaochuan smiled slightly, he also knew that as long as Yelu Qingshi took the letter, then the initiative of this negotiation was in their hands.

"Okay, now that the sincerity of both sides has been clarified, then the negotiations can begin......" Ning Xiaochuan said with a smile.

Qin Feng, who had been eavesdropping in the next room, looked a little complicated after listening to Tong Xuesi's words, and after listening to Ning Xiaochuan say how powerful Tong Xuesi was that night, he was still a little unimpressed.

Now it seems that he really underestimated this country's imprisonment for wine, and this person always gave him a familiar feeling when he talked, and this feeling came from the deceased Zhiguo Gong Tang Yuntian.

I remember that Tang Yuntian also negotiated with the envoys of Xiqiang in this way, and wept with a sentence of 80,000 dead souls, how could the living take care of their own bodies, and they exchanged for the land of Hexi today.

And this child Xuesi gave him the same feeling, in other words, this is the Wenchen they were born and died to protect, for the country, for the family, for the people.

The corners of Qin Feng's mouth rose slightly, and Tong Xuesi didn't have to worry about the next negotiation, "This Tong Xuesi is a talent, but such a talented person is just a mere country and imprisoned for wine, which is a great loss to my Dafeng, write a letter to the officials in the tone of this general, and recommend this person." ”

"Yes." The lieutenant behind him gave up.

……

In the next three days, Yelu Qingshi felt what is called official extortion, as soon as this Tong Xuesi opened his mouth, he paid compensation and cut the land, from the first war between the two sides to the death of Yan Ziyue, and then to King Huntu, one ring after another.

From Confucian morality to vertical and horizontal games, from the melee between the two sides to the Northern Barbarian Court, and finally even Ning Xiaochuan didn't know why it was involved with Yelu Qingshi's grandson.

Yelu Qingshi is even more bitter, whenever he doesn't say a word, Tong Xuesi will use the Praetorian Guard and the Northland Army to press him, and what terms they say, they can always find all kinds of reasons, and in the end, Yelu Qingshi is about to cry, where is this peace negotiation, this is simply taking advantage of the fire to rob.

Looking at the letter from the Son of Heaven on his desk, Yelu Qingshi smiled helplessly, and went back with this kind of peace clause, and the last bit of face of their eight kings and nobles was about to be lost by themselves.