In the city lord's mansion in Lieyang Pass, a lively banquet was set up.

But two people did not attend.

One is Jiang Yuhu, he himself doesn't like such an occasion, instead of thinking about how to fight openly and secretly with these Northern Liang people, it is easier to study how to destroy them all;

The other is Wang Ruoshui, on this occasion, Yelushi is both considerate of him and does not want to stimulate the mood of the Southern Dynasty people too much.

The two were not there, one reduced the coercion of iron and blood, and the other reduced the hatred of red eyes, so that the whole scene unfolded in a happy atmosphere.

Xia Jingyun raised his wine glass, "You have come from afar, a glass of water and wine, to wash the dust for you." ”

Yelushi raised his glass and drank it all, put down the wine glass and said with a smile: "Looking at the demeanor of the Marquis of Jianning, I know that the Southern Dynasty is full of treasures, and the words of outstanding people are true, sitting with you, the old man feels a few years younger!" ”

Xia Jingyun waved his hand, "The scenery of the King of Dingxi back then, this official has also heard of it, when it comes to young talents, you are not inferior to anyone!" ”

Yelushi shook his head, "The grassland tribe is mostly reckless, and they can know a little bit of wisdom, which is not worth mentioning. However, the Marquis of Jianning, whether it is the achievement of scientific research or the feat of turning the tide several times, is worthy of the title of the first person of the younger generation in the north and south dynasties. ”

Xia Jingyun unconsciously straightened his back when he heard this, showing a little pride, being able to be so praised by such a recognized hero and capable person, the joy was suppressed under his expression, but he was quietly betrayed by his eyes.

But in the face of such praise, Bai Yunbian, who was sitting first on the left, suddenly said coldly, "What is the intention of King Dingxi?" In front of my son, I praised Gao Yang as the first person of the younger generation, is this to separate the two of us? ”

Yelushi was stunned when he heard this, what kind of mess?!

Lao Tzu does have a plan in his heart, but what kind of discrepancy does it have to do with you!

is also separated from the two of you, the first person of the younger generation, in these seven words, you will also have a little bit of contact with the first four words!

However, after a short period of astonishment, the old fox immediately thought of the information about the deputy envoy in his mind.

He smiled slightly, "What? Lord Bai thinks that he is not weaker than Jianning Hou? ”

Bai Yunbian said proudly: "How can this Hou Ye be weaker than anyone in his life!" ”

Everyone in Beiliang was dumbfounded.

Yelushi endured his expression and nodded, "Lord Bai, the old man doesn't mean anything else, it's just that you are not good, you can be a marquis at a young age, if you are a man, at least you are a figure like my Liang Sijun, but if you want to compare to the convincing great achievements of the Marquis of Jianning, I'm afraid it is still a lot worse, right?" ”

Bai Yunbian frowned when he heard this, "Beiliang Sijun? Who do you scold? ”

King Jing couldn't bear it anymore, "Lord Bai, thank you for your hospitality tonight, I will respect you a little, but I can't tolerate you being so humiliated!" ”

"Ignoring you, do you dare to jump out by yourself?"

Bai Yunbian snorted coldly, "The merits of this marquis are all earned by real gains, Huai'an County persuaded to surrender alone, coerced the Cao Gang to attack the two counties, Longshou Prefecture attacked the city, went down to Jinling on a snowy night, and set Guangling in a battle, these are all well-known skills in my dynasty, and you should have fun if you can have one of the so-called Northern Liang Four Horses, right?" How did they get their name? Do they look like, or do they have a dad who is being chased around? ”

"You" King Jing was so stunned that he couldn't speak.

Yelu Shi was slightly surprised, "The old man once thought that Lord Xia was already a dragon and phoenix among people, but he didn't expect that there were even talents like Lord Bai in the Southern Dynasty!" ”

He raised his glass, "Fang is the old man's speech, Lord Bai, I will give you a glass." ”

Bai Yunbian nodded arrogantly and raised his wine glass, "You look like you can change your mistakes, and you are worthy of being a talent." ”

After the two of them drank up, Yelushi said again: "The old man once thought that I had many brave warriors in Liang, and many elegant literati in your country, but now the Marquis of Jianning, Lord Bai, and even the King Jing of your country, they are all military merits, both civil and military."

Speaking of this, he looked at King Jing and the rest of his entourage, "His Royal Highness King Jing, and the young people among you, when you return to the court, you still have to work hard to achieve half of the achievements of Marquis Jianning and Bai Gongzi, and my Liang will have hope in the future!" ”

King Jing glanced at Baiyunbian unwillingly, twisting his head and not saying a word.

Xia Jingyun smiled and said: "King Dingxi is polite, I have only done some small things, and I have a little worthless achievement, I can't afford such a compliment." ”

"Deserved, deserved." Yelushi said with a smile: "To be honest, it is also a good thing for me to be able to take this opportunity to let these young people have a long horizon and be brave after being ashamed." ”

King Jing didn't look at Baiyunbian, and said to Xia Jingyun: "Marquis Jianning, Xiao Wang has always admired your talent, in the capital, someone has sorted out your poetry collection, and Xiao Wang has often watched it!" Lin Hua thanked Chunhong, too hurried, helpless to come to the cold rain and late wind. People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. These sentences are also widely circulated in Shangjing! ”

"Yes, and the sentence that does not take pleasure in things and does not mourn for oneself. The worries of the world are worried, and the joys of the world are happy. It is also the motto below. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. But I personally prefer that resentment poem. Suddenly, I saw Mo on the willow color, and the penitent husband was looking for the marquis. Jianning Hou is indeed talented! ”

Speaking of this, many of the Beiliang entourage who had been ordered in advance followed suit.

If these things were indeed made by Xia Jingyun, he might really be fluttering, but these Beiliang people couldn't think of it even if they broke their heads, and Xia Jingyun wouldn't be proud of their praise at all.

However, after doing the whole play, Xia Jingyun had a self-contained smile on his face, "The so-called article is natural, and the clever hand can get it." I just have a little more inspiration, as long as you read more, perceive more, and exercise more, you will make works that are not inferior in the future. ”

Hearing that Xia Jingyun was starting to be a good teacher, Yelushi's heart was slightly relieved, and the time finally arrived.

A wine banquet ended happily in this way, touted and praised by the people of Beiliang, and the complacency of Xia Jingyun and Baiyunbian.

When the wine and banquet were dispersed, and the people of Beiliang returned to their residence, King Jing quietly asked Yelushi, "King Dingxi, is it done?" ”

Yelushi smiled and said: "Look at what you are talking about, if it is today's arrogant strategy, it will naturally be done, but the whole negotiation, it has not started yet!" ”

After speaking, he quietly added in his heart: For the real plan, it is even more far away.

King Jing snorted, "Anyway, even if you have figured out their temperament, it will be much easier to deal with when the formal negotiation is conducted tomorrow." ”

Yelushi nodded, "I hope so." ”

The next day, the first year of Yongping in Great Xia, the thirty-second year of Tianxing in Daliang, and the twentieth year of the first month.

On top of a tall building in the middle of the city, the rooms were newly furnished, with two rows of seats, separated by tables, opposite each other.

The Great Xia Mission, headed by Xia Jingyun, Marquis of Jianning, Great Xia, and the Northern Liang Mission, headed by Yelushi, King of Dingxi of Great Liang, each wore formal official uniforms and sat down at both ends of the table in two brief and informal contacts yesterday.

After the officials of both sides who were familiar with the etiquette system made the opening courtesy, Xia Jingyun looked at Yelushi and said: "Your country sent an envoy to sue for peace, and now we are also sitting here, I don't know what conditions your country is willing to come up with, in exchange for a truce between the two countries?" ”

Yelushi's expression was as calm and polite as last night, "The murder weapon of the soldier damages the property and goods, injures the soldiers, harms the people's livelihood, and damages the diplomatic relations, so I am willing to call off the army and truce with the heart of benevolence and virtue to Your Majesty, and for this reason, I am willing to bear the military expenses of 30,000 soldiers of your country for 200,000 taels of silver, the compensation of 100,000 taels of silver for the dead soldiers of your country, and the cost of repairing the equipment of your country's city, a total of 500,000 taels of silver." ”

"500,000 taels, what a big spirit!"

Xia Jingyun sneered, "King Dingxi believe it or not, I can earn 500,000 taels in two months?" ”

His face sank, "On such an occasion, such a stirring up of the people, and still saying such things, is it too child's play for King Dingxi, or is Your Majesty not sincere at all?!" ”

Yelu Shi's face did not change, "The Marquis of Jianning is angry, the so-called negotiation and negotiation, the two sides have to talk, what do you want, also say it, we will try to reach an agreement!" ”

Xia Jingyun said directly: "Our appeal is very simple, your country colludes with the traitor Dongfang Ping to invade the territory of my Swift Prefecture, only your country needs to capture or kill Dongfang Ping, and then withdraw from Swift Prefecture. ”

Yelushi waited for a while, and found that Xia Jingyun didn't mean to continue, so he raised his eyebrows, "Gone?" ”

"It's gone."

"What about Lieyang Pass and Phoenix City?"

"That's my Great Xia territory, what does it have to do with your country?"

The corners of Yelushi's mouth twitched when he heard this, "Jianning Hou is just joking." ”

Xia Jingyun said lightly: "It was the King of Dingxi who came to laugh first." ”

The scene fell into an embarrassing silence for a while, and King Dingxi sighed, "It is a pity that the Marquis of Jianning is a man of great talent, but he has to twist and behave like a woman in a vegetable field at this negotiation table. The old man doesn't hide it anymore, I want to exchange it for Lieyang Pass and Phoenix City, and the 60,000 snow dragon riders and leopard riders, please make a condition for Jianning Hou! ”

Xia Jingyun was also silent for a moment, and said according to the development expected by Yelushi and others: "Since the king of Dingxi is so refreshing, as the so-called heroes cherish heroes, Benhou will not go around in circles, the previous conditions of Swift Prefecture must be met, and secondly, the military expenses you just mentioned will be doubled and the compensation will be one million taels." We can give you back the Burning Sun Pass. ”

King Dingxi shook his head, "Marquis Jianning, now it seems that your sincerity is not enough!" How can it be useful to exchange a city for a state, and ask for such a huge amount of extra money? ”

Xia Jingyun didn't speak, and Bai Yunbian snorted coldly, "Don't agree?" Then lead the troops to fight!? ”

King Jing-for-tat, "Lord Bai, is this your attitude towards negotiation?" ”

"What is the attitude of this officer? What attitude do you want? You, not us, were beaten and begged for mercy! You started the war, and you were the ones who were beaten to the point that their heads were broken and their heads were bleeding and their heads were covered with bags, and now you say that you want peace talks, what? I'm so easy to bully in Daxia? Hit if you want, stop when you want? ”

Bai Yunbian took a sip, "This official told you that if you want to stop fighting, then show sincerity!" If you can't take it out, we'll fight again! Fight until you're sincere! ”

"Baiyunbian! Don't think that if you are lucky enough to win a game, it will be great, I am a Beiliang iron rider, and I am never afraid of anyone! Fight if you want to! ”

"Huh! By the skin of one's teeth? Come on, go and invite King Jing to come and listen! ”

King Jing and the subordinate officials of Beiliang opened their mouths to refute, and Honglu Siqing and others immediately sprayed each other, and the situation was chaotic.

In this chaos, King Dingxi looked at Xia Jingyun and found that he was looking at his nose and nose, and he didn't mean to stop it, and sighed, "The two sides have a lot of differences, I'm afraid I can't talk about anything today, Jianning Hou, it's better to rest for the time being, and talk about it in the afternoon." ”

Xia Jingyun nodded, "It's okay, we're not in a hurry." ”

The two sides parted unhappily, and the next two days were almost a repetition of today's process, and almost all of them were spent in quarrels.

The one by the white clouds was like a fish in water, hearty, but Xia Jingyun quietly frowned.

Because, he saw that Jelushi was not in a hurry.

The two passes are in the hands of Great Xia, and the news of a small rebellion has come in the Northern Liang Kingdom, and tens of thousands of elite people in the direct line of the Xue family are still used as prisoners and laborers, locked up in Qingchuan Pass and Yanhui Pass, how can Emperor Liang not be in a hurry.

But now since he is really not in a hurry, it means that there is really a problem behind this.

Xia Jingyun looked to the east, at this time, the letter should have been delivered.

In Changshan County, Xia Yunfei, the Hou of Xing'an, Great Xia, had already returned from Zhongjing, and at this moment, he was sitting in the room, staring at the map of Yuyan Prefecture.

Outside the door, a guard suddenly came to report, "Master Hou, there is a messenger holding a letter from the Hou of Jianning, saying that there is something important to report." ”

Xia Yunfei's expression froze, "Please let him in!" ”

Soon, the three sergeants walked in, were blocked by Xia Yunfei's personal guards ten steps away, knelt on one knee, and took out a secret letter from his arms, "Xing'an Hou, the little one is ordered by Jianning Hou to send a secret letter, please Xing'an Hou personally enlighten it." ”

Xia Yunfei's personal guard went to take it and handed the letter to Xia Yunfei.

Xia Yunfei checked the fire paint, opened it, frowned quietly, stared at the letter back and forth a few times, and then solemnly put it away, "The three of you have worked hard, go down and rest for a while, and wait for Ben Hou to write a reply, and then bother you to send it back." ”

After the three of them retreated, Xia Yunfei returned to the desk with the map, looked at the map, looked at the letter in his hand, pondered for a long time, and called a henchman in.

——

Swift State, State City, State Pastoral Mansion.

Dongfang Ping said to his cronies: "In the past two days, has there been any movement over there?" ”

"I heard that in the past few days, Murong Long has been drinking heavily in the army, wantonly beating and scolding and whipping the soldiers, and many of these Northern Liang soldiers who have been living in a foreign land have fled."

"Drunken trouble? How many escapes? ”

Dongfang Ping frowned, instinctively feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.

The military discipline of the Northern Liang people is indeed not strict, and he also knows about Murong Long's good wine, but he always feels that in the current situation, it seems a little unreasonable for the other party to be so casual.

Just as he was thinking about it, a personal guard came to the door, "Your Highness, Murong Long asks to see you." ”

Dongfang Ping immediately said: "Invite him to the main hall to wait." ”

After speaking, he hurried out and came to the main hall, the expression on his face had been replaced by the familiar humility, "Oh, general, I haven't seen you for a few days, I miss it very much!" ”

Murong Long nodded in agreement, "Isn't it, it has been snowing heavily these days, and I haven't entered the city, and I miss His Highness very much!" ”

Dongfang Ping went directly: "Let's go, let's find a good place to drink!" ”

Murong Long's eyes showed a little excitement, but he forced it down and waved his hand, "Wait a little bit about drinking, I still have something to ask you!" ”

Dongfang Ping was puzzled: "What's the matter with the general?" ”

"That's right. Didn't he come out of the army in the past few days, so he thought about practicing this bunch of waste, who knows, before he could get serious, there were many people who couldn't stand it and ran away. ”

Murong Long spoke a little embarrassed, Dongfang Ping pretended not to know, and was shocked, "It's not a trivial matter for this soldier to escape!" ”

"It's not a big problem to escape some people, I have already sent someone to send a message to the imperial court, and ask them to send me another five thousand harrier eagles to ride over, and I can stabilize the situation for you. But the lieutenants under his command said that these dogs have been here for two or three months, and they can't stay because they are impetuous, so they didn't come to His Highness to see if there was any way to appease them? ”

Dongfang Ping thought for a while, "Well, I will let my subordinates collect hundreds of women tomorrow and send them to your army, and then treat them with some wine and meat, presumably these soldiers will be able to feel a lot more at ease." ”

Murong Long's eyes lit up, "It has to be His Highness!" Let's go! The big thing is solved, let's drink well! Damn, without His Highness, I've been drinking all the wine these days. ”

——

Swift State, Fanyang County.

The head of the Canglong King was already hanging high on the pole, and some of the original subordinates were slaughtered, and some were surrendered and scattered.

In the core of the Canglong King's cottage, in the Juyi Hall, Hu Dakui sat on the tiger skin chair of the Canglong King, looking down, still feeling like a dream.

In the past, when the bandit leaders in Fanyang County were deliberating, he was lucky to squeeze in and sit at the end of the front row, and if he was unlucky, he could only shrink back and listen to the bigwigs.

It's only been a dozen days, and he has become the real boss of Fanyang County?

He looked at the head of the Canglong King swaying in the cold wind, and suddenly felt that it was good to be a puppet like this.

Xiao Fengshan washed away the blood, simply bandaged the wound on his hand, and slowly got dressed.

Although the result was not unexpected, the Canglong King, as the largest anti-thief force in Fanyang County, was indeed much more tenacious, and this battle also lost several capable brothers, which made him quite sad.

Returning to the Juyi Hall, Hu Dakui hurriedly got up and was concerned, Xiao Fengshan waved his hand, "Congratulations to the big boss, now we are the top spot in Fanyang County." ”

Hu Dakui hurriedly said: "It's all Leader Xie who is brave and good at fighting. ”

Xiao Fengshan was about to speak, and a personal guard came to report, "The big boss, Xie Leader, someone has come to fall into the grass!" ”

Hu Dakui glanced at Xiao Fengshan, Xiao Fengshan bowed slightly, and Hu Dakui coughed lightly, "Bring it up!" ”

Soon, the five men walked in together.

"The great boss is mighty, I and other five brothers, quite martial arts, willing to come to take refuge, ask the big boss to take in!"

Hu Dakui was overjoyed when he saw these powerful people.

Xiao Fengshan's gaze keenly swept over their hands, legs, and hairstyle.

The place of the calluses on the fingers must be those of a practitioner who is proficient in swords and bows;

Heavy pants can't cover the slight loops on his legs, and most of them have been on horseback since childhood;

The stubble on the back of the neck is faintly exposed.

His eyes lit up, a native of Beiliang? (End of chapter)