The negotiation between Li Yong and Lun Qinling was lively, and the first day of the conversation was about to collapse, and then he never attended again, so Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Shigui went to pretend, and in the end, the two of them didn't go, and they hung up on Qinling again, which made Lun Qinling anxious, and they talked about it for almost seven days, nothing was negotiated, what threat, Li Yong directly set the tone, that is, if you don't accept it, you will do it, and if you don't accept it, you will do it, and if you don't talk about it, there will be no result, Lu Dongzan also received news from his son's side, and decided to give Li Yong some military oppression, That is, his 200,000 army moved in the direction of Songzhou, and Li Yong also received Lu Dongzan's movements, so he naturally understood what he wanted to do.

"Don't worry, he's just bluffing, don't bother, if he was going to come, he would have come a long time ago, why wait? He was also afraid that Tuyuhun would strike back, and the place they had fought before would be in vain, and we continued to strengthen the city defenses while slowly consuming with them. ”

The two veterans agreed with Li Yong's analysis, and on the one hand, they ordered the defenders to strengthen the city wall and reserve materials, as for the Qinling Tomb, they still ignored him, and Xue Rengui also received Li Yong's instructions, that is, to follow and contain Lu Dongzan, and give him a chance to give him a chance, so the black army and Lu Dongzan began the kraft candy tactics, Lu Dongzan was annoyed, Xue Rengui's dragoons were elusive, and from time to time he threw some heavenly thunder (grenades) in his camp, because he had already taken precautions, so he did not cause any major casualties, but he was very hit by morale, The two sides pulled for nearly ten days, Lu Dongzan couldn't bear it at first, because it was about to enter winter, and the weather was getting colder and colder, and it was no longer suitable for fighting, so he asked Non Qinling to step up negotiations, and when Non Qinling received the news that his father was pinned down by the black army, and he was no longer able to put military pressure on Songzhou, he was also discouraged, and sent someone to inform Li Yong, saying that he was willing to negotiate again, Li Yong saw that the weather was getting colder and colder, and the wounded soldiers in the army needed to return to China, so he agreed to reopen peace talks, and the two sides met again, Li Yong was still so arrogant, And the Qinling Tomb is no longer as arrogant as it was back then.

"Xishanbo, if you renegotiate today, I won't talk much nonsense, I am ready to be willing to pay two million silver to redeem Songzhou, I don't know what you think of it?"

Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Shigui both looked at each other when they heard this, two million silver, not two million, but Li Yong refused directly without hesitation.

"It seems that you still don't understand, let me tell you, if you want to negotiate, you have to follow our rules, my condition is to cede Songzhou, compensate our army for this loss, compensate for 10 million taels of silver, 3 million taels of gold, this is my bottom line."

Everyone was stupid when they heard Li Yongkai's conditions, and there was still like this? Invaded the other party's city, and lost so much money, and it was not worth so much money to sell them all with this number, Qin Lingqi almost fainted, but now he has no better way, gritted his teeth and said.

"Don't you think it's too much for you to seize our territory, and you still want us to compensate?"

Li Yong shook his index finger and said.

"Tsk~tsk~ You can't be the master, go back to your father, we're not afraid to wait, you see, it's winter soon, and your dream of annexing Tuyuhun can only stay next year, so can you still take care of this side then? Time is running out for you. ”

"Report ~ Tubo Lu Dongzan's 200,000 army was attacked by the mysterious black army, suffered heavy losses, and has retreated to the Aba area."

"What? It must be you, the Black Army is your Datang, right? ”

"On Qinling, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense, be careful that I sue you for slander, maybe, this is a play played by your Tubo people to show us."

"You...... You ......"

"If you don't have anything to say, leave Songzhou quickly to find your father, don't waste everyone's time."

Li Yong's deliberately unreasonable request was to tell Non Qinling that he wanted to go back to Songzhou, not to mention that there were no doors or windows, Xue Rengui also seized an opportunity to catch Lu Dongzan's loophole, and a fierce beating of muskets and artillery directly wiped out Lu Dongzan's more than 20,000 people, Lu Dongzan hurriedly led the army back to Aba to rest, as for Songzhou and Tuyuhun can only wait for next year to make plans, Non Qinling also rushed back to Aba with his mission, and Li Yong also wrote a note to Li Er, telling him the results of the negotiations, Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Shigui two old guys also signed jointly on it, for no result is the best result, this is also what Li Er wants, the imperial court wants, the Songzhou of Tubo has become the Songzhou of the Tang Kingdom, Songzhou City has also reopened the city gates, so that the displaced people began to return to the city, but Li Yong stipulates that the Han people are preferred, the Tubo people must register and make a register, and each household must receive a thing called an identity plate, if the inspection finds that there is no such thing, they will be arrested and punished, Li Yong and Duan Zhixuan said goodbye to Zhang Shigui together, Because they want to return to the court with the ashes of the remaining soldiers and dead soldiers, Li Yong's injuries are almost healed, there are doctors from Xishan, it would be hell if you don't think about it, in the open space of the Songzhou camp, Li Yong, Duan Zhixuan, Zhang Shigui, Niu Jinda and other generals and all the soldiers gathered together, and placed a white altar in front of all of them, these are the ashes altar that Li Yong asked Xishan to send over, with the name of each dead soldier pasted on it, and more than 30,000 ashes jars are neatly placed, Li Yong said sonorously to everyone.

"Brothers, we have lived up to expectations and taken it, we have defended the home behind us, but we have also paid a very heavy sacrifice, there are more than 30,000 brothers lying here, and more than 10,000 brothers are disabled to varying degrees, but do we regret it?"

"No regrets~ No regrets~ Long live the soul of the Tang Army~"

"Life is a hero, death is also a ghost. Brethren, bring home our good brothers. ”

"Woo~" The dull horn sounded the signal for them to go home, Li Yong took the soldiers who were going home, each solemnly holding a columbarium with both hands, and then slowly walked out of the camp.

"Sending the soul of the Tang Dynasty home~"

"Bang~" The entire Songzhou battalion knelt down on one knee and clenched their fists on their chests, sending these heroic Tang soldiers with the highest etiquette of a soldier, Li Yong and they walked out of Songzhou City with the ashes altar in their eyes, just like that, Li Yong and Duan Zhixuan took the team to Chang'an, and the black army didn't stare at Lu Dongzan anymore, because Li Yong also told them that they could withdraw to Xishan, there was no need to fight with Lu Dongzan, after all, it was about to enter winter, and Xue Rengui's ammunition was about to run out, so he immediately ordered to catch up with Li Yong, like how did he come at that time, How to go back, when he saw thousands of carriages containing ashes, his heart was very uncomfortable, although his black army had no casualties, but this reminded him of the battle in the Turks, he also lost a lot of brothers, Li Yong They arrived at Tonggu Pass and stopped, in addition to resting, he also prepared some things, that is, white cloth, spirit flags and paper money, and also carved a one-meter-high tablet, which prominently wrote the soul of the Tang Songzhou army, so this tablet walked in front of the team, and everyone tied white cloth on their heads and arms, Holding the spirit flag, all the way, all the people knelt down when they saw it, the war in Songzhou has long been known to the world, their deeds have been praised by the people of the world, Li Er and the imperial court also received Li Yong and Duan Zhixuan's return to the folds, although Li Yong did not agree with the minister, but was recognized by all the generals, especially Li Er, because he was also a military general back then, and acquiesced out of emotion. Because every time they pass through a county, the local people have volunteered to burn incense to welcome the heroic spirit back, so Li Yong they marched not fast, after more than ten long days of waiting, Chang'an City finally waited for this army that has made great sacrifices for the country, the north gate of Chang'an City opened the city gate early, the people in the city were waiting outside the city gate in plain clothes early, when they saw the one-meter-high black tablet, they lit incense and knelt down, and the silent horn sound was also blown on the city wall, Li Yong looked at Duan Zhixuan and Niu Jinda and other generals, Then everyone nodded tacitly, and raised the spirit flag in their hands, and the carriage containing the ash jar was lifted off the white cloth, revealing the ash altar filled with each carriage, and then slowly walked towards Chang'an City, the people in the city looked at the team that was getting closer and closer, and many people began to cry and cry, and the soldiers stationed on the city wall and the city gate held spears in their hands, and knelt down on one knee with one hand in their fists on their chests.

"Brothers, we're home, do you see? These are things that you have protected with your lives. ”

Li Yong said quietly, but his voice was still heard by everyone present, and the captain guarding the city roared loudly.

"Welcome home the soul of the Tang Army~"

"Welcome home the soul of the Tang Army~"

All the people shouted loudly, with a cry in their voices, Li Yong and they passed through the gate of Chang'an City, the city and outside the city, kneeling full of people wearing plain clothes, Li Jing and other military bigwigs all waited in armor, including Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling Several civil officials, but they wore plain clothes, Li Jing and other generals knelt down on one knee with the highest etiquette of soldiers, and those civil officials hugged their fists and bowed, Li Yong and they silently accepted all this, because the sacrificed and injured soldiers should accept all this, After Li Jing and other generals finished saluting, they all walked to the team that stopped in place without saying a word, and then took the white cloth handed over and tied it on their helmets and arms, Du Ruhui took out the holy decree and began to read it, the beginning is what is whining and mourning, no one can understand, and finally finished reading, Li Yong and they were able to continue to move forward, at this time, Chang'an City was full of crying, and the people shouted "Welcome the soul of the Tang Army home." Li Yong and they walked for two hours before returning to the assembly point where they set off, they assembled and set off here, and now they are back here, a jar of ashes was carefully held down, Li Jing and other generals looked at the dense white ash jar, the fist in his hand was clenched tightly, like Cheng Biting Jin is so angry, this is good and dead to endure the anger in their hearts, they have not seen it, but the dead soldiers add up to more than they are now, but so many died at once, and they were killed by the conspiracy of their own people, which couldn't help but make them angry, Li Jing patted Duan Zhixuan and Niu Jinda on the shoulder, and then looked at Li Yong.

"You have worked hard, thank you for bringing them back, I, Li Jing, thank you."

After Li Jing finished speaking, he hugged his fists and bowed, and the rest of the bigwigs also bowed to them, holding back tears and pain for a long time, Li Yong, Duan Zhixuan and others finally shed tears.