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"Prime Minister of the Hidden Country, meet the general of the Celestial Empire!"

As soon as the Hutun mission arrived at the Han army camp, they immediately came to meet Bai Qi.

Along the way, he had learned the outcome of the war, the 650,000 troops of the Nan Jie Department were annihilated, the Liuli City fell, Ku Jin was beheaded under the city wall, and even the Nan Ji was now a prisoner of the Han army.

Although he had already expected such a result, seeing such a situation with his own eyes still caused him an unprecedented psychological shock.

Now I just hope that the money and food I bring can appease Bai Qi and end this damn war as soon as possible.

But no matter what, he knew very well in his heart that the noble widow would not be able to recover his vitality in the next hundred years.

"It turned out to be the prime minister, get up and speak, come, give a seat, and serve tea."

"Thank you, General."

He got up and sat down tremblingly, facing the rumored "human slaughter" in the upper seat, it was impossible for him not to panic.

It's just that what surprised him was that this "human slaughter" was completely different from the imaginary image, he was only about twenty-four or five years old, and he was handsome, and he felt very comfortable at first glance.

Bai Qi glanced at him and snorted lightly: "I don't know what Prime Minister Hudun is doing here?" ”

He hurriedly got up and saluted, trying to overcome the fear in his heart, and said slowly: "General of the Celestial Empire, it is only innocent people who suffer in the confrontation between the two countries.

The contradiction between the noble widow and the Han should sit down and discuss it carefully in order to solve the problem, instead of making such a big move and causing thousands of lives to be ruined. ”

When Bai Qi heard this, he snorted lightly: "Is Prime Minister Tun here to be a lobbyist?" ”

He was taken aback and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't misunderstand, the general of the Celestial Empire, what I want to say is that the two countries should stop the army and negotiate peace, and they can't continue such endless expeditions." ”

Bai Qi's eyes were cold: "If it weren't for your noble widow who deceived people too much, how could my big man raise troops to punish him?" Last year, my big man announced it at home and abroad,

The land of the Western Regions has become the land of the Han family, but all the city-states in the Western Regions are blessed by the Han Iron Army, and the Yue Kingdom is the first friendly state of my Han in the Western Regions.

And your noble widows ignored my Han edict, and entered the country several times to harass the border people of the Yue clan, and even wantonly sold the Yue people.

My Han also sent an envoy to warn you, but instead of restraining in the slightest, you intensified your efforts to encourage the people to plunder the Yue Clan's country.

At all, I didn't put my big man in my eyes, and His Majesty was furious, and he had to raise troops to punish your noble widow.

In fact, at the beginning of the war, if your noble widow took the initiative to propose peace talks, the commander would naturally still be willing to listen to and consider the peace talks, but unfortunately you were too conceited.

Think that with less than 10 million people in the country, they are trying to fight with my big man? It's really beyond my strength, and now the million army is defeated,

But you came to this commander's tent to say what nonsense about the two countries fighting each other and harming the pond fish! Is it your turn to teach? Don't you know what your widow is in now! ”

The last loud shout made him so frightened that he knelt directly to the ground, and hurriedly said: "The general of the Heavenly Empire is angry, it is my gaffe,

This time, we came to ask for peace with sincerity, and in order to compensate for the losses of the Heavenly Army,

And he commanded me to bring 124,000 stones of grain and grass, 12,000 gold ingots, 1,400,000 silver coins, 6,000 head of cattle, and 30,000 sheep.

In addition, there are 300 jars of fine wine and wine, and 20 boxes of gold and silver utensils, and I only hope that the generals of the Heavenly Empire can stop making peace and stop fighting. ”

When Bai Qi heard this, he was also stunned: "I really didn't expect that your widow is so rich in China, and this peace gift is more than what I have looted in your widow's territory.

It seems that the rich people are all in the capital of the noble widows, and it is necessary to go there in person. ”

So he said with a calm face: "Prime Minister of Tun, do you think this money can make me withdraw from the army?" I'm a big man, how could I care about your little courtesy? ”

He hurriedly said: "The noble widow is not as rich as the Han land, this is the greatest sincerity that my small state can show, and I also ask the general of the Celestial Empire to laugh." ”

Bai Qi was silent for a moment, then glanced at Lao Feng, who was writing the side, and after the two exchanged a look, he spoke again: "Prime Minister of Hudun, my Han sent troops to show the importance of friends in the Western Regions.

It is not for the sake of your external things, but since you have sent these things, it is enough to prove the sincerity of your country, so let this money and food be regarded as your ransom for the redemption of your widows.

When you came, you also saw that those noble widows and soldiers were strictly guarded by our army, and the money and food were even three thousand places.

Pick 3,000 men and go back with you. ”

When he heard this, Mu Ran replied: "What does the General of the Heavenly Empire mean by this? ”

Bai Qi leaned back tactically: "Those captives will only waste food for Ben Shuai, and if they are let go, they are afraid of causing unnecessary threats to our army.

In that case, simply sell you a favor and let the Prime Minister bring back 3,000 captives. ”

He was taken aback and asked in a low voice, "You can only take three thousand people?" And what about the rest? ”

Bai Qi's eyes were cold: "Prime Minister Yudun, are you asking too much?" ”

Facing Bai Qi's cold and chilly eyes, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to take a breath.

"Can you bring more people?"

"Well, add five hundred, three thousand five hundred."

"Yes...... More of them? ”

"Four thousand people, don't bargain with General Ben anymore, General Ben is not a businessman, so he doesn't have so much time to waste time with you here."

In the end, Bai Qi exchanged 5,000 people and dry food enough for each person to support the capital of the return country.

With so much money and food, only in exchange for 5,000 lives, Lao Feng was admired by Bai Qi's shameless profiteer model.

However, thinking that this money and grain would eventually be used for the future construction of the Western Regions and the post-war recovery of various parts of the Central Plains, Lao Feng had no other ideas.

……

On the same day, he personally went to the place where the noble widow and prisoners were being held, and personally selected 5,000 captives to follow him back to the capital.

These 5,000 people are all carefully selected, all of them are related to the upper class of society in the country, and basically have the background of masters.

As for the rest, he really can't help him.

There is still a difficulty, and Tun wanted to take him with him, but when he thought that this guy often went against him, he gave up the idea of taking him back and left him to fend for himself.

He knew very well what would happen to the noble widow who could not be taken away, but now he could not take care of much.

As soon as he left, Bai Qi's expression suddenly dimmed, and he immediately ordered: "Order, give these captives some food,

Then go to clean up the battlefield in batches, bury the dead, let them have a full meal after repairing the marshal, and let them go free when the war is over.

In addition, officers at all levels prepared bows, crossbows, firearms, and spears, and kept a close guard around the prisoners of war, waiting for the commander's military orders. ”

"Whoa!"

This order was cold and ruthless, and the hand of Lao Feng on the side kept trembling.

Even though he already knew what Bai Qi was going to do, he ......

That's more than 400,000 lives! Even if they are not from the Central Plains.

Bai Qi's conversation decided their life and death, how terrifying, how decisive it was.