In Luyang, Wei State, in the Imperial City's Shengchen Palace, the voice of words continued to come out.

“…… As an envoy, the minister went to the military camp of Yan State, and everything was appalling, and every sentence was true. ”

Not long after the voice fell, Liu Gon knelt on the ground and secretly looked at the top of the imperial steps, behind the dragon case, and the Great Wei Emperor was looking through the information he had written on the way to the Yan Army.

Although the soldiers and horses of the Xia King of the Yan Kingdom who entered Chen Du County were strong, the Wei State was still profound, and what he said made the Chinese Wu Luo of the palace a little surprised, and the emperor above did not have any emotional fluctuations.

Liu Gon knew in his heart that the final decision would still fall on the emperor, and he could only try his best to facilitate peace talks to avoid the misfortune of the people of Chendu County.

After the dragon case, Zhao Chuanting watched the folds with an expressionless face, and his eyes raised and fell on the kneeling figure below.

"How are the soldiers in the Yan Army?"

"Back to Your Majesty, they are all veterans, and their expressions are hideous."

"What about the generals?"

"Rough and heroic, there are veterans and young people, they look arrogant, and they don't take their ministers seriously."

"Have you seen the Xia King of Yan Kingdom?"

"When I saw it, I was tall, my face was good, my eyes seemed to have a divine light, and my gestures were quite majestic."

Emperor Wei's eyes sank, and he said softly: "Pull him down and cut him down!" ”

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty? ”

Liu Gon hurriedly raised his head, and a soldier outside came in and dragged him out with his two arms, "Your Majesty! The minister's words are true, and they can only negotiate peace, not war. ”

The civil and military forces of the central government hurriedly stood up, and even the secretary of the military department followed and stood up to intercede for Liu Gon.

Seeing that most of the ministers had already come forward, they had to come out and intercede.

"Bring Liu Gon back."

Zhao Chuanting threw the fold aside, raised his hand and waved it casually, letting the civil and military who stood up go back. In fact, the scene just now was performed by him and Yuan Feng, and Liu Gon, a courtier who did not belong to both sides, set up the main battle faction, and had to make them fall to the side of Yihe.

"What did the Xia King say to you?"

Liu Gon, who almost lost his life, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Xia King of the Yan Kingdom said that there is no need to cut the land, as long as gold and silver, grain, cattle and sheep, see if Your Majesty can show sincerity, otherwise he will slaughter Chen Dujun." ”

"How clever! This Xia King of the Yan Kingdom is really a lovely opponent. ”

Zhao Chuanting leaned on the dragon chair and closed his eyes, "This is to put me in front of the people of Wei, if you don't give him to slaughter the city, if you give less, you will also slaughter the city, and when these people die, the sins will be on my head." The common people don't care about the curves inside, they will only think that it is not good for me to rescue...... It's so calculating, I don't believe he could come up with such a plan at his age, he has someone dressed as a scribe around him? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is one."

"That's right, everything makes sense, he is young, he was born as a marquis, he didn't do anything in the past, and suddenly he swept the Yan country with a flag, and entered the realm of no one in my Great Wei, it was too abrupt. It must be this person behind it...... What a talent...... Find a way to send a spy to the man and kill him quietly. ”

Zhao Chuanting pondered for a moment, and tapped the table with his fingertips rhythmically, "Since you know what the Xia King of Yan Guo wants, then it's all easy to do, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, there is nothing to be ashamed of, if you can't beat this year, then train the soldiers well, look for fighters, let's fight back next year, remember, the one who has the last laugh is the winner, you Aiqing can't learn from the Emperor of Yan Beigongye, don't be angry for a while!" Let's plan well and keep a strict watch, okay, the matter of killing the scribe and poisoning the craftsman in Fenzhou will be handed over to the Qianlong Mansion! ”

The tiger-like emperor got up from the dragon chair and pressed his hands on the table, "Come, give me a smile!" ”

The people below seemed to have become accustomed to it, and they raised their faces and smiled.

"Very good, very energetic, I just want you to understand, don't be afraid of how strong the enemy is, just stabilize your emotions and play this game of chess with him slowly."

After speaking, Zhao Chuanting turned around and walked down the imperial steps, and the eunuch Gao Xuan: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

Wenwu walked out of the main hall in twos and threes, and there was another small court meeting of the courtiers themselves, and Liu Gon, who had sent an envoy to the military camp of Yan State, was also invited, and several Shangshu summed up the conditions for peace.

"Liu Langzhong, this is the bottom line entrusted by His Majesty, try to use your tongue to minimize their asking price."

"I will live up to the trust of Zhu Shangshu!"

Liu Gon arched his hand, bowed down to several old ministers of the court with a righteous face, he turned around and strode out of the side hall, his eyes filled with the spirit of seeing death as home.

The clouds are walking, changing with the wind, under the autumn sun, far north in Junzhou Chendu County, the flames scorched the north city tower, and black smoke swept up to the sky.

The whistling stone projectiles flew over the city with a roar of flames, and fell into the city behind them, with a loud 'bang' and a chaotic scream of the people.

On October 23, the third day of the siege, the soldiers guarding the tower suffered thousands of casualties, and the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom climbed the tower three times, and the white-knuckle battle almost destroyed the soldiers and horses on the city.

But when I felt it, the other party didn't seem to use all his strength, as if he was training.

Cao Zhen leaned against a wall of the city tower, and was asking his own soldiers to help him take off the arrow from his shoulder, he gritted his teeth, and in a low roar, the arrow was pulled out of his shoulder with a trace of flesh and blood, and was quickly smeared with wound medicine and bandaged by his own soldiers.

"General...... We can't fight anymore...... The court doesn't care about us...... The brothers were seriously killed and wounded. ”

The soldier who bandaged him said with tears in his eyes: "We don't know what the situation is outside, the enemy army has been attacking the city for days, and it feels like they are playing tricks on us...... After two more days, there will be no one in the city. ”

In three days, there were thousands of casualties among the more than 20,000 defenders, and the wounded barracks under the city were crowded with wailing figures, especially when the other side had that kind of siege tower, as well as a four-wheeled ladder, and there was a degree of advance and retreat, and it was as easy as stepping on the ground to rush up the city wall.

According to such casualties, after two more days, there will indeed not be many people on the city wall.

Cao Zhen didn't punish this personal soldier, he was sitting there thinking about a lot of things, remembering what a few Yan State cavalry who sent Wei Jintang that day said.

"Wait until you wash your neck and wait for death!"

He took a breath, closed his eyes and pursed his lips, was he going to surrender? If I surrender, what will happen to my brothers in the court and my family in Luyang?

On October 24, Cao Zhen, who had been thinking all night, was ready to surrender, but today Yan Guo had no intention of attacking the city, but only sent a group of cavalry to inspect it, and ran away after shooting a few arrows.

In the afternoon of that day, Liu Gon, who had arrived overnight, led the team from outside Chendu County, and he saw the devastated north gate city wall, and bowed his hand to the Wei soldiers who looked at the city wall.

Soon, the righteous and majestic face converged, held his breath and concentrated, and the two wars came to the Yanguo camp on the riverbank, swallowed saliva, and stood outside the restaurant, waiting for the communication.

A moment later, he was recruited into the restaurant, where the map of Junzhou was still hung, and the army generals were sitting around, and there was a solemn atmosphere.

In the murderous gaze of the crowd, Liu Gon gritted his teeth and tried not to let himself tremble, holding the peace document sealed by the imperial court, and respectfully presented it.

In the field of vision, Su Chen was dressed in a Phnom Penh Mountain armor, with beast heads and hideous teeth on both sides, a white cloak embedded in white velvet between the collar armor, and a slender war knife across his waist, facing away from Liu Gon who was holding a book.

Dian Wei stepped forward to take the paperwork from his hand, returned to the table and handed it to Su Chen, he glanced at the contents.

"Wei State compensated Yan State with 100,000 taels of gold, 500,000 taels of silver, 2,000 head of cattle, 3,000 horses, and 250,000 stones of grain."

"The King...... What do you think? ”

After reading the paperwork, Su Chen threw it on the table casually, nodded to the generals in the hall, and everyone got up and dispersed, and rode away one after another.

In a moment, on the top of the hill outside the camp, a bull's horn sounded.

Hearing this, Liu Gon's heart trembled, and before he could speak, he was set up by two armor soldiers, followed Su Chen outside, and watched the Xia King turn over and ride a big black horse, and rode out.

When Liu Gon and the envoy team came out of the camp on the river bank, the scenery in front of them came into view, and the pupils instantly tightened, and the two armies outside walked out of the camp and began to assemble in the wilderness.

"Remember what Lone said?"

Su Chen sat on horseback, looked at the outline of the city in the distance, and whispered to Liu Gon who was escorted off the carriage: "If you are not satisfied, you will capture the city and reward the soldiers of the army." ”

"The King...... King...... You can't...... The minister Liu Gon can also discuss with the king again! ”

Different from the promise made to several Shangshu in the court, Liu Gon even knelt in front of the big black horse, looking at the tall figure sitting upright, "King, stop the siege, and Gon will double the indemnity on the paperwork." ”

"That's right."

"But ploughing cattle, you can't take that much, you can only add 500 heads......"

200,000 in gold, 1,000,000 in silver, 2,500 head of oxen, 6,000 horses, and 500,000 stone in grain.

…… The Central Plains is really fat.

Su Chen looked down at the envoy of Wei who had pleading on his face, and nodded: "Okay, this contract, Lone will sign it, you take the envoy team back and send things over as soon as possible, don't let Lone's army wait for a long time." ”

Seeing the other party ride in the carriage, he left in a hurry.

Guo Jia rode over, "Is the king still fighting?" ”

"When they're gone, keep fighting."

The wind blew the white velvet between the collar armor, Su Chen squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Lone will not believe in any contract with the enemy country. Let's just take the city down this time. ”

(End of chapter)