King Wei! Zeng Hua smiled and arched his hand.

"I've seen Wuchang Gong!" Ran Min also replied with a smile on his face. This Wei lord, who was famous for killing Hu Ling in later generations, has now recuperated his spirits, and his majesty and heroism have appeared on his face again, and a pair of tiger eyes have long been without the fatigue that Zeng Hua first saw him, and now he is full of light and aggressive.

Zeng Hua stepped forward, grabbed Ran Min's right hand, and very warmly invited Ran Min into his big tent. Ran Min, who was half a head taller than Zeng Hua, was also not polite, Yu Zenghua walked into the big tent together, and the intimate expression of the two made people who didn't know the details think that they were good friends. The two were followed by the Wei general Dong, the chariot general Zhang Wen, the general Liu An, and the right chief of the Wuchang Mansion in Beifu, Shi Pu, the governor of the state and the governor Zhang Qu, and the left and right exploration generals Deng Yao and Zhang.

Ten days ago, 80,000 cavalry from Beifu suddenly appeared on the flank of the Yan cavalry, defeated the Yan army in one fell swoop with an overwhelming offensive, and rescued Ran Min who was in a desperate situation. Ran Min, who escaped, was naturally grateful to Zeng Hua in Beifu, and Zeng Hua took the opportunity to sincerely befriend this generation of heroes who made future generations argue.

A big battle has made Ran Min fully aware of the strength of Beifu, and his own men and horses are basically clean and slippery, although Ran Cao later gathered more than 7 or 8,000 remnants of troops to come to converge, but this point of men and horses compared with other people's 70,000 or 80,000 iron horsemen, even plugging the gap between the teeth. So Ran Min ignored the dissuasion of Dong and Liu An, who had been released, and insisted on close contact with Zeng Hua, and later entered and exited the Beifu camp as if he had entered his own place, with only a dozen followers.

Then the five-day pursuit battle was an eye-opener for Ran Min. also knew that the Beifu Army had not planned for a day or two for this day, maybe he and the Yan Army had already taken aim at the Zhenbei Army as soon as they contacted the Zhenbei Army in Anxi, so they waited for themselves and the Yan Army to fight for a bloody battle, and only after both sides were defeated did they come out to pick up the bargain.

For this, the ministers of Wei State, such as Dong and others, were all indignant, thinking that since the Beifu army wanted to help him, he should come out as soon as possible, especially Ran Cao, who had great opinions about Beifu. Almost all the defeat of the Wei army was counted on the head of Beifu. However, they were all reprimanded by Ran Min: "Why did people come to rescue you in the first place?" From the point of view of the use of soldiers. It is most appropriate for people to send troops at this time. Get the most out of the battle at the lowest cost. If people want to kill me, they can wait for the Yan army to kill me before sending troops. ”

After entering the big tent, everyone sat down separately, and after a little politeness, Ran Min took out a document and asked the guards to pass it to Zeng Hua: "Duke Wuchang, this is the list of ministers we negotiated yesterday to the Jiangzuo court, please check the future generations." ”

Zeng Hua took it and took a closer look. I saw that it was written that Ran Min's great-grandfather and grandfather died at the hands of Hu, and his father endured humiliation and burdens in order to avenge his family and hatred of the country, worshiped under the Hu thief, and waited for the opportunity to recover. After his father died in front of the Huns, Min Zi inherited his father's will and continued to lurk, and finally waited for the opportunity to be able to slash the stone beard thief. Now the great revenge will be avenged. Naturally, it is necessary to go to the imperial court. First express his will, and then describe his deeds, begging for the court.

After Zeng Hua finished reading it. couldn't help sighing: "King Wei is so sincere that he can express the sun and the moon. I should do my best to write a letter to the King of Wei and explain the details of this, so that the court and the people of the world know the true intentions of the King of Wei. ”

"Thank you Wuchang Gong for arguing with Ran." Ran Min arched his hand.

"That's what I'm supposed to do. I think the imperial court will understand your painstaking efforts and pass on the edict to the world to the ambition of the king of Wei. Zeng Hua also bowed.

"Haha!" Ran Min looked up and laughed happily.

After Ran Min smiled, Zeng Hua then asked, "King Wei, I don't know how the jade seal of the country is prepared?" ”

When Ran Min heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, bowed his head and was silent.

Seeing Ran Min's appearance, Zeng Hua naturally knew that he was reluctant to give up this stone that represented the authority of the world. "King Wei, sometimes the more valuable things are, the more dangerous they are. How much more is the stone dead, but the man is alive. ”

Hearing this, Ran Min nodded, and quickly figured it out, his face suddenly turned to smile, and in the hearty laughter, Ran Min arched his hand and said: "It's that Ran is too childish, which makes Wuchang Gongjian laugh." Indeed, as Wu Changgong said, this heirloom jade seal is really a stone in my hands. I have already sent a message to the city and asked them to escort it over, and it should be handed over to the Duke of Wuchang in the near future. “

"Well, in that case, let's move on to other things." Zeng Hua said, while raising the teacup and signaling to Ran Min to toast tea, "I wonder what Wei is going to use to reward our army for their friendship and rescue?" ”

Hearing this, Ran Min, who had just raised the teacup, trembled all over, holding a weapon in front of the Ten Thousand Army Array, and his hands that had killed countless people were soft, and he almost couldn't hold the teacup, and the tea was sprinkled on the coffee table and placket everywhere.

"Wu Changgong, what are you?" Ran Min was really speechless. Zhenbei Jun saved himself and Wei Guo from fire and water this time, and he originally wanted to send something to show his gratitude, but he hadn't opened his mouth yet, but Zeng Zhenbei spoke first, and he clearly wanted benefits, is there such a shameless person?

"My 80,000 cavalry went straight to Jizhou from Bingzhou, this man eats horses and chews, and the brothers' rewards and salaries are a lot of money. Although I have already counted most of this account on the head of Yan Guo, but King Wei, you are a little more mean, and the next time my brother comes to be a reinforcement, he will run more neatly. Zeng Hua continued to say shamelessly.

Hearing this, Dong, Zhang Wen and Ran Cao behind Ran Min were very disdainful of this general of Zhenbei University, is this still the general of Beifu who is powerful in the world? He is simply a greedy businessman. Could it be that all those merchants in Beifu can squeeze oil out of the stones, it is really crooked at the top and crooked at the bottom.

But Ran Min didn't have the slightest intention of looking down on Zeng Hua, he smiled from face to face

Hua swept until Pu, Gan, Zhang Qu and the others behind him, who were calm as usual, got up: "It should be so!" It's just that I don't dare to hide it from Duke Wu Chang, my city treasury is now destitute, I don't know what Duke Wu Chang wants us to send to show his heart? ”

Indeed, in order to buy grain, weapons, and war horses in Beifu, Wei has sold off the large amount of wealth accumulated by Later Zhao in the city, and now the treasury of the city is indeed very clean. Cleaner than what had been looted.

"I heard that Shi Hu recruited 50,000 or 60,000 women a few years ago to enrich the harem of the city. Most of these folk girls have been ruined by Hu and have nowhere to go, so it is better to send them all to my northern mansion, and let Wei save a sum of food. Zeng Hua said with a smile.

Ran Min groaned for a while, thinking about it in his heart, and felt that it was a good deal. Ran Min doesn't have any special hobbies for women, so he doesn't have much interest in these 50,000 or 60,000 women in the city palace. And Zeng Hua's last sentence also made Ran Min agree. Now Wei is short of food. Even the grain seeds for spring ploughing were "borrowed" from Beifu. If you can save some food, you can save some, so I nodded and agreed.

But Ran Cao in the back was in a hurry, he and his brother Ran Zhi were very interested in women, and they both wanted to become a little bee and pick them to their heart's content among tens of thousands of women. Now seeing that these tens of thousands of women are about to be sent to Beifu, I can't help but feel indignant. Tens of thousands of people's daughters, squeeze you alive! Ran Cao secretly looked at Zeng Hua with a smile on his face. I thought viciously in my heart. But Ran Cao never imagined that according to the normal historical trajectory, these tens of thousands of women would become "military food" when the Yan army besieged the city, but history has turned a big corner, not only do these parties not know at all, but Zeng Hua, who changed history, has no feeling at all.

Now Zeng Hua only knows in his heart that many of the former Guanlong refugees under his command have returned from Jingxiang, and many of them are young and strong. In Zeng Hua's heart, these people are all "Han people" who belong to the key support. It belongs to the descendants of the Chinese nation. Even if they are snatched up, they should be able to bloom and scatter their leaves and pass on their ancestry. Now the tens of thousands of women in this city are basically the daughters of the "Zhao people" in the Central Plains, which is exactly what Zeng Hua wants.

"In the future, my merchants from Beifu will come to Wei to do business. I also hope that the King of Wei will take care of it. Zeng Hua continued.

"That's nature!" Ran Min immediately replied that these Beifu merchants could bring a lot of goods and materials that he urgently needed, and he wished that these Beifu merchants would come as much as possible, but he was worried about what to exchange for.

"And if the people of Wei want to defect to my northern mansion, please ask the king of Wei to raise your hand." Zeng Hua continued to put forward his own conditions.

Ran Min was silent, the Wei State has been in turmoil in the past few years, and the people have run a lot, if they are allowed to continue to run to Beifu, then who else will be under his command to farm and weave cloth for themselves? But if you don't agree, you see how sincere Zeng Hua laughs, it's hard to refute his face!

Ran Min thought about it, and finally comforted himself, now that everything here has just begun to recover, and he can't support many people, and some of the people flee to Beifu, and his burden is lighter. Once the people in their own jurisdiction recover, are they still afraid that those people will not come back? Anyway, it's better to be in your hometown.

So Ran Min reluctantly nodded and agreed to this.

"Thank you, King Wei, for being reasonable." Zeng Hua said with joy on his face, "Now we will wait for the envoys of the Yan Kingdom to come, and then discuss the truce and the division of spheres of influence together." King Wei, that's what I think. ”

After a few words of chatter, Zeng Hua and Ran Min exchanged a few words, and discussed the general matter.

After half an hour, Ran Min saw that the matter was almost discussed, so he got up to say goodbye and prepared to go back to his camp. Zeng Hua took his subordinates to personally send them out of the camp.

"This Zeng Zhenbei is really greedy!" Seeing that the Beifu camp behind him had disappeared, Ran Cao was angry.

"Zhang Aiqing, what do you think?" Ran Min did not respond to his son's complaints, but turned to Zhang Wen and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, this Zeng Zhenbei is really not simple." Zhang Wen replied with his hand.

"Why do you say that?" Ran Min hurriedly asked.

"Actually, if Zeng Zhenbei wants this, he just needs to send troops to the city to get it, according to the situation of my Wei State, who can stop it?" Zhang Wen sighed and said.

Ran Min thought for a moment, nodded approvingly, and then motioned for Zhang Wen to continue.

"Zeng Zhenbei said this today, he gave His Majesty and Wei State face, but he got what he needed, and he lost only ......"

"All that is lost is his image and demeanor." Ran Min said.

"What about image and demeanor? As long as the results can be obtained, the Han Gaozu back then was even more unbearable than Zeng Zhenbei today, so what? Zhang Wen replied.

Ran Min was stunned when he heard this, lowered his head and pondered for a while, and finally raised his head and looked at the tent of Beifu, and laughed loudly, "I like Zeng Zhenbei's character." It's much better to say what you have than to be yin in your heart. ”

But Zhang Wen next to him didn't dare to agree, don't you know how yin this Zeng Zhenbei is? However, Zhang Wen just said it in his heart, and he didn't dare to say it, which swept Ran Min's interest.

"Military Master, do you really believe what Wei Ran said in this letter?" Gan handed Ran Min's minister table to Park and muttered.

"Haha, it doesn't matter if I believe it or not. As long as someone believes it, it's fine. Zeng Hua said with a smile. This Ran Min is really a good man. He was so arrogant that he dared to be stationed fifty miles away from my camp, and he did not avoid me at all, and he took it and put it down. ”

Hearing this, Gan couldn't help asking, "Military Master, do you really want to support this Wei Ran?" ”

"Why not? This Ran Min is destined to remain famous in history, so I will help him well. Zeng Hua turned his head to Gan

||compared, but he was not willing to be subordinate, it was really good to block the Yan army from going south. ”

Hearing this, Zeng Hua smiled and said nothing, while Gan also nodded thoughtfully.

After a few days, the envoys of Yan finally arrived, and it was Murong Ke and Murong Ping who "went and returned". On that day, Murong Ping quickly escorted Murong to Jixian County, and on the way, Murong Ke had already woken up.

Murong Kedi's health was already good. It was only when he was extremely exhausted and angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma. After coming to his senses, he was treated by a doctor for a few days and then he got better, so he could bear the news of the annihilation of the 70,000 Yan army that came next.

A few days later, three Yan Army officers returned to Jixian County with Zeng Hua's letter. Murong Jun, the lord of Yan, was invited to send envoys to Weichang to hold talks with Beifu and Wei to clarify some "misunderstandings". And at the end of the letter, Zeng Hua wrote extremely "despicable": "20,000 wounded soldiers of the Yan army and 40,000 prisoners of the Yan army, looking forward to the benevolence of the Yan lord." ”

Murong Ke then volunteered and asked to be the envoy of the negotiation. Murong Jun thought about it and agreed, and sent Murong Ping to be his deputy envoy. So the two went and came back again.

"I've seen General Murong," Zeng Hua greeted Murong Ke and Murong Ping in front of the big tent, and he saw at a glance Murong Ke, who was handsome and handsome, and showed talent, with a face like a knife, delicate eyes, nose and mouth skillfully matched together, slightly white skin, and those slightly discolored eyes, which made Zeng Hua a little dazzling, what a fucking handsome guy, and the most handsome mixed-race handsome guy. I used to think that my brother-in-law Fan Zhe was very handsome, but compared with Murong Ke, it was simply, alas, there was no way to compare. And the Murong Ping in the back is also a talent, without the demeanor of a "traitor" at all.

"Thank you, General Zhenbei, for going out to greet you." With a smile on his face that fascinated thousands of girls, Murong Ke replied with his hand, and looked at General Zhenbei, who had lost extremely badly.

The three parties quickly sat down, and the banquet was also full of laughter and harmony, but this laughter and harmony only referred to Zeng Hua and Ran Min and Zeng Hua and Murong Ke, and Ran Min and Murong Ke couldn't talk about it at all, especially Ran Min and Murong Ping, whose four eyes were like fighting cocks.

"Now that everyone is seated, there is something to say." Zeng Hua began to preside over the meeting, "First of all, I hope that the Yan State and the Wei State will go to the emperor to change the title of king, and reclaim the title of vassals to the Jiangzuo court." This point Wei Wang Ran Min has already agreed. ”

"A slave is a talent, how can he be called an emperor in vain?" Murong Ping said angrily, pointing directly at Ran Min.

"The world is in turmoil, Er Cao Yidi birds and beasts are still called emperors, and I am a hero in Middle-earth, why can't I be called an emperor!" Ran Min did not show weakness, and opened his mouth to fight back.

Murong Ping couldn't help but be furious, and was about to get up, when he suddenly saw Ran Min looking at him coldly, and couldn't help but think of Ran Min's heroic posture on the battlefield more than ten days ago, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back, so he didn't sit there.

Seeing this, Zeng Hua couldn't help knocking on the table and announcing to everyone that he was the host of this meeting. Hearing this, Murong Ping hurriedly took this as a step and sat down with a snort.

"General Murong, you are an envoy of the Yan Kingdom, can you tell me?" Zeng Hua turned to Murong Ke and asked.

Murong Ke calculated in his heart that his Yan army was defeated by the Beifu, and he should be a vassal to the Jiangzuo court, the boss of the Beifu. Thinking of this, Murong regretted it a little, if his lord-second brother Murong Jun became the emperor later, he and Beifu would still be a family, and this Beifu would not dare to attack him so blatantly. Now Beifu has disabled the Yan army in the first battle, not only is it justifiable, but also has made great contributions.

"That's as it should be." Murong said in a deep voice.

"That's right. Now that everyone is in the same court, this is easy to say. Zeng Hua clapped his hands and said. Now let's talk about the matter of Jizhou, the two of you are not fighting back and forth for Jizhou, I will help you preside over it today. ”

Hearing this, Murong Ke was a little nervous. Yan Guo went south, just to seize the Central Plains, and now only half of Jizhou was beaten by Beifu with a stick, and now Beifu is asking you Yan Guo to withdraw from Jizhou, and even withdraw from Youzhou is reasonable.

"That's it. This is half of the Jizhou family. You don't have to spit out the four counties of Zhongshan, Gaoyang, Hejian, and Zhangwu occupied by your Yan Kingdom. It is divided into North Jizhou and belongs to your Yan State, and the counties south of Changshan, Boling and Bohai Sea are divided into South Jizhou and belong to Wei. How is it? After Zeng Hua finished speaking, he looked left and right at Murong Ke and Ran Min.

Ran Min naturally had no opinion, but Murong Ke couldn't say anything if he had an opinion, with such a stroke, Wei Guo obviously took advantage. Although the Yan army was defeated in the hands of Beifu, didn't he also defeat the Wei army? Fully qualified to occupy the entire Jizhou. But looking at Zeng Hua's appearance, he is obviously biased in favor of Wei. Murong also knew. This is Beifu wants to use Wei to contain Yan, but in the current situation, Yan Guo can't bow his head, 200,000 elites are now less than 70,000 or 80,000, scattered in Youzhou and Pingzhou, and if Kumoxi, Khitan, Goguryeo and other northeastern countries know that the Yan army is so defeated, these 70,000 or 80,000 people don't know if it's enough.

"We have no opinion." Murong nodded with difficulty, he believed that his second brother would also agree.

"Okay, let's talk about the third item." Zeng Hua smiled with a smile.

Ran Min heard this. Knowing it's time for the big thing. Suddenly I felt a burst of amusement in my heart, and I couldn't help but say fiercely in secret, you surnamed Murong. Just wait to see what it means to peel the skin?

Murong Ke also heard that something was wrong, and said vigilantly: "Please also ask General Zhenbei to say it clearly." ”

Zeng Hua was also polite: "In this battle, the imperial court has preached the power of heaven, what about me?" also got the merits of the war, and he can be promoted. And why did my 80,000 soldiers work so hard? Not yet

Wealth. ”

Murong Ke was speechless, but his face became even paler, while Murong Ke opened his mouth and couldn't close it.

"We have 20,000 wounded soldiers of the Yan army and 40,000 prisoners of the Yan army, in order to show that the heavens have the virtue of a good life, as long as the lord of Yan agrees to go to the emperor and change the title of king, and promises to stick to the north of Jizhou and never invade the south, I will release these 20,000 wounded soldiers immediately." Zeng Hua still said with a smile, "As for the 40,000 Yan army captives, they were all chased back by the soldiers of our Zhenbei Army with great difficulty, and some of them were recovered from Tang County, hundreds of miles away. ”

"What does General Zhenbei mean by us?" Murong Ke asked with a blushing face.

Zeng Hua immediately took out a piece of paper from his bosom, and then read: "I have determined the land like this, Xianbei generals, nobles and officers, Zheyou surnamed Murong, five hundred families of the Central Plains refugees in Pingzhou, or a thousand good horses in Liaodong, or a few cattle and sheep; is not of the Murong tribe, 300 families of displaced people in the Central Plains, or 500 good horses in Liaodong, or a few cattle and sheep; Sergeants, whether Xianbei or Xi, Khitan or others, all folded 100 families of displaced people in the Central Plains, or 300 good horses from Liaodong, or a number of cattle and sheep. ”

"You ......." Murong Ping pointed at Zeng Hua, but he couldn't speak for a long time.

"I think the price is unfair, you can negotiate, you can ask for the price, you can bargain on the ground." Zeng Hua still said with a smile.

Not only Murong Ke and Murong Ping were already mad, but even Ran Min was stunned. The 40,000 Yan army captives are counted, and Yan Guotie is bound to lose his family, thinking of this, Ran Min couldn't help but laugh secretly, but after laughing for a while, his heart moved, and he turned to Zeng Hua in the middle, and suddenly felt that the smiling face was full of conspiracy.

Seeing that Murong Ke didn't speak for a long time, Zeng Hua put down the paper and changed the topic: "My 80,000 cavalry are all stationed in Changshan now, more than 100,000 horses, plus more than 100,000 prisoners, just pooping every day can stink to death in a county, I'm really anxious." General Murong, you can just pay the price, if you wait like this, I really don't know when it will be a head. The day before yesterday, a few bastards actually asked someone to dig a pit, saying that they were going to pit those Yan army wounded. Aren't these bastards ruining my reputation? Do you think I'm so cruel? ”

Hearing this, Murong Ke finally spoke: "General Zhenbei, can you reduce this number to a quarter?" ”

"That's not good, it can only be reduced by one-fifth at most, you just go according to the four-fifths price marked on it." Zeng Hua, who was urging Murong to give a price just now, shook his head and said.

Murong Ke, who was almost about to collapse, endured the incomparable humiliation, bargained with Zeng Hua little by little, and finally talked about half of the price just now, Zeng Hua refused to give in anymore, and Murong Ke finally had to agree.

"One last thing." The triumphant Zeng Hua said.

"May I ask what else is going on with General Zhenbei?" Murong Ke asked weakly.

"Have you heard of Beifu's Hu Order?" Seeing Murong Ke nodded, Zeng Hua continued, but his face was like a layer of cold ice, "But I heard that Yan Guo also took in a lot of ground hus?" This Hu is the public enemy of the imperial court, since the Yan Kingdom has been returned to our dynasty, it is natural to abide by the laws of the imperial court, you should dispose of these Hu as soon as possible. Speaking of this, Zeng Hua's eyes also glanced at Ran Min.

"Yes, our Yan Kingdom will definitely dispose of these Hu." Murong Ke replied.

"That's good, as long as Yan Guo goes to the emperor to write to the ministers, I will immediately release 10,000 wounded soldiers; Send Hu to me, and then I will release the remaining wounded soldiers, and then we will release as many prisoners as we want, okay? Zeng Hua asked.

"Everything is subject to the arrangement of General Zhenbei." Murong Ke said gloomily.

"Lord, are we really just leaving?" Gan looked at the land of Hebei and asked reluctantly.

"Do you still want to stay here?" Zeng Hua asked with a smile, watching his subordinates bury nearly 40,000 Hu corpses in the distance, all of which were sent by Yan and Wei a few days ago. Zeng Hua ordered people to find out nearly 40,000 "heinous" Hu in the old way of begging Hu Ling, and then ordered 30,000 iron horsemen to go out, cut down and count all these Hu in one go, and then fill in and erect a monument.

"Why didn't we sweep away the Wei State and the Yan Army in one go?" Gan asked reluctantly.

"Destroy the Yan Kingdom? Although we defeated the Yan army and annihilated his 100,000 iron cavalry, it did not hurt his vitality. Zeng Hua replied.

Gan nodded, he knew that a nomad like Xianbei could be a string control as long as it was a man.

"Even if we can defeat Yan, can we continue to defeat Kumoxi, Khitan, Goguryeo and Rouran behind him? You must know that in order to prepare for this battle, I have been preparing since two years ago, and I am almost pouring all my strength into the Beifu, if we have any mistakes in the Yan Kingdom, our efforts over the years will be in vain. Zeng Hua said patiently, "Guanlong has just begun to stabilize, and we don't have the ability to support us to recover the entire Hebei, we don't want to drag the entire Guanlong down because of Hebei and Yanguo." Rice, take a stutter. ”

"And when are we back?" Gan asked.

"When we have the ability to completely defeat the Yan Kingdom." Zeng Hua replied, then waved his hand, led more than 70,000 Feiyu cavalry, escorted more than 10,000 Hu, 40,000 Yan army prisoners, and marched along the well to Bingzhou. And in the land of Sanfu, the good news, two vassal tables and a "stone" were heading straight for Jingzhou under the escort of more than a thousand Feiyu troops.