"We and the imperial court have not yet reached the point where we must fight!"

Sikong Qingyun stared at Yan Dui and snorted coldly, "You just don't want us to hand you over to the imperial court, and you want us to protect you, but you are an outsider, why?" ”

Yan Twilight shrugged, "I'm just telling you a fact, you like to hear it or not. Just look at the corpses of those people, you endure and endure, in exchange for more sacrifices, in exchange for the court's inches, in exchange for your low morale, let alone fighting, when it comes to the imperial court, the army is frightened first. ”

"You are less alarmist!" Sikong Qingyun said with a cold face.

The king of the southwest listened to the two arguing, but did not say a word, until Yan Du said that his morale was low, and then he turned his head to look at the soldiers on the city tower. They were wearing armor and holding spears, standing there straight, looking full of morale, but their eyes were dull and even sluggish.

He thought of them standing here, watching those Xianbei soldiers slaughter the people in their southwest, and the people over there shouted excitedly, and they could only stand here and watch, perhaps at first they were indignant, but slowly they became indifferent.

If they had to fight at this time, would they still be able to afford to raise their spears and dare to fight against these executioners who tortured and killed the people?

The gates of Shou'an Town opened, and the first general went out with a few soldiers. After walking a dozen paces away, the deputy general glanced back at the tower, and that glance was deeply uneasy and frightened.

Still negotiating like this? Can you win?

Yan Du sneered first, but Sikong Qingyun said: "The imperial court is also seeking stability, and they won't want to fight, as long as we hand over the three of you to the imperial court, they will naturally agree to withdraw from the army." ”

Sikong Qingyun was full of confidence, as if everything was under his control.

"Qingyun, you personally go to the other party's military camp to negotiate." The King of the Southwest suddenly spoke.

Sikong Qingyun was stunned for a moment, "Second Uncle ......"

"We agreed to return these three men to the imperial court, and that they would not only withdraw their troops, but also hand over the executioners who slaughtered the people." The king of the southwest said and looked at Sikong Qingyun, his eyes deepened a little.

Sikong Qingyun frowned, "Second uncle, this, how is this possible?" ”

"If they don't, how can we believe that they won't kill the people of the southwest at will in the future? If such massacres happen again and again, do we really have to endure them any longer? ”

"But our military strength does not allow ......"

"The men of our twelve tribes are all iron-clad men, even if they fight to the last person, they will never prostrate on the Xianbei people!"

The king of the southwest gave an order, and Sikong Qingyun called 'second uncle' several times, but he didn't let him change his mind, so he could only go out of the city and join the lieutenant general.

Seeing them and their group heading towards the northern barracks, the King of the Southwest glanced at Yan Dusk again.

"According to the opinion of the king of Zhenbei, if we start a war with the imperial court in the southwest, do we have a chance of winning?"

The twelve tribes in the southwest sound like there are many people, but in fact, they are only one-tenth of the Xianbei people, and the twelve tribes are not of the same heart, if they really want to fight, let alone the court that cannot be beaten, they may disperse first.

"Nope." Yan Dusk told the truth.

The King of the Southwest frowned, "Then you just told us not to endure it anymore, didn't this make us die?" ”

Yan Du looked at the military camp of the imperial court in the north, was silent for a moment, and asked, "The imperial court wants to force you to withdraw from the southwest and move to the desert in the west, so that Xiyue will become a pure Xianbei country, right?" ”

The King of the Southwest nodded, "Yes." ”

"That said, they don't necessarily want a real all-out war with you."

"Why?"

"Xu is that there are also different voices within their court, Xu is that although their troops are strong, they have to defend the three major passes in the southeast and north, and they can't fight with you with all their might, Xu is because it is an unjust war, and the court must also take care of reputation, Xu is that you have also been heroic, and they are afraid."

The King of the Southwest frowned, "You said that this is all speculation. ”

"But if they really wanted to drive you away by force, they wouldn't have waited until now, would they?" Yan Dusk raised her eyebrows.

As soon as these words were finished, drums rang out in the barracks over there.

The king of the southwest hurriedly looked over, but saw that the Xianbei soldiers had actually guillotined the soldiers who had just gone over to the peace talks, including the deputy general and Sikong Qingyun.

His brow furrowed and his fists clenched.

The other side was clearly provocative, deliberately informing them with the sound of drums that they would see their people executed with their own eyes.

Although they were far away, it seemed that they could still be seen laughing wildly.

Then the guillotine was raised, and the soldiers were beheaded one by one, including the lieutenant general, and finally Sikong Qingyun.

"Beat the drums! Warn them! ”

The city tower here hurriedly beat the drum to shock, and when the drum was heard there, it did not kill Sikong Qingyun, but tied him to the wooden frame in front of the barracks.

"Obviously, they do not agree to hand over the executioners who slaughtered the people, and think that you are not qualified to negotiate with the imperial court. In other words, in their eyes, you southwest are a bunch of bed bugs, they can kill your people at any time, and the law and military discipline cannot control them. Yan Du said.

Da Rong also had people of different nationalities, but Da Rong never distinguished and inferior according to nationality, and in West Vietnam, the ethnic antagonism was so serious that it almost formed a situation in which one side slaughtered the other.

"King of the Southwest, if you can't give the court a strong enough deterrent, then your twelve tribes in the southwest are waiting to be wiped out."

The King of the Southwest breathed a sigh of relief, asked the soldiers to imprison Yan Dui and the three of them, and sent people to Red Leaf City, so that the leaders of the other tribes could quickly rush to Shou'an Town.

Yan Dui and the three of them were locked in the firewood room, Yan Dui hid a tile in his hand at some point, cut the rope with his hands behind his back for a while, and finally cut it, and then untied it for the Tuoba Siqi brothers and sisters.

"At this time, their defenders are all on the castle tower, let's escape." Yan Dui whispered.

Tuoba Siqi was full of worry, and wrote in Yan Dui's hand: "If we pick, the imperial court will definitely take the southwest to ask for blame, won't it hurt them?" ”

Yan Du couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Don't take yourself too seriously, the contradictions between the imperial court and the southwest have become more and more intense, and sooner or later there will be a war." ”

Tuoba Siqi had to compare something, Yan Dui clenched his fists and refused to listen to his nonsense.

"Fei'er, you take your brother, and I'll explore the way ahead."

As he spoke, Yan Du came to the door, and when he saw that there were no guards outside, he turned around and glanced at Tuoba Fei'er, then slowly opened the door and stepped out.

"Nobody, come here." He whispered.

But Tuoba Fei'er squeezed his eyes at him, Yan Dui realized that something was wrong, turned his head to look, and saw Sikong Mingyue holding his arms and looking at him with a dark face.

"You saved you, but you want to escape, do you have a conscience?"

Yan Du sighed, withdrew one foot that he had stepped out, and raised his eyebrows at Sikong Mingyue, "With you, you can't stop us!" ”