The meaning of redemption is easy to understand, and Qing Yu Huaijin feels that Lu Shen will definitely open his mouth.

Sure enough, I only heard him say indifferently: "I have already received a military report from Governor Xiao, although Brother Ling ran in vain and wasted precious time on the road, he did not enter the trap in the end, and it can be regarded as a precipice to avoid more heavy losses." Because of this, he is qualified to participate in this negotiation, otherwise Ling Zun will have to pay a very exaggerated price to ransom your brothers and sisters. ”

Qingyu Huaijin was happy in her heart at first, although Lu Shen was definitely not a positive impression in her eyes, she believed that the other party did not need to deceive herself.

After getting rid of the daytime killing and calming down, what she was most worried about was not her own safety, but her brother who led the army to Dongyang Road.

The Huaizhou army broke through Heluo in one day, which showed that Lu Shen had a clear understanding of the situation of the whole battle, and he had no intention of leading the army back to Ruyin, which meant that Ruyin City would definitely not be able to hold it, and it would be a trap prepared by Xiao Wangzhi for Qingyu Zhongwang.

Lucky......

Qingyu Huaijin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then remembered Lu Shen's later words, and couldn't help glaring at him, and said, "And then?" ”

Lu Shen said secretly that this woman really couldn't change the delicate temper she had cultivated since she was a child, and if she was a little gentler, she dared to kick her nose and face, and went straight to the point: "Brother Ling should be on the way back to Heluo now, I don't want him and the more than 10,000 cavalry to enter the land of Gyeonggi." You write him a handwritten letter and ask him to lead his troops north to stay in the territory of Henan Road. ”

"That's it?"

Qing Yu Huaijin was a little incredulous, and hesitated: "This is the condition you offered?" ”

"That's right."

Lu Shen nodded.

Qingyu Huaijin tried her best to control her emotions, but before the surprise came to her heart, she heard Lu Shen say unhurriedly: "This is my condition not to bully you, if Brother Ling doesn't care about your life and death or even your innocence, and you have to lead the troops to Heluo to take a look, then I have no choice but to fulfill his wish." ”

An empty rejoicing.

But this time, Qing Yu Huaijin did not lose his temper, because Lu Shen was indeed not that kind of stupid person.

Lu Shen continued: "Second, let Mou Lianghu and his subordinates continue to retreat westward, until they withdraw from the land of Gyeonggi, and stay in the territory of Jiangbei Road to sum up the lessons of this battle. In short, your army must not come within 300 miles of Heluo City, and the time limit is one month. If they can do it, I guarantee that you will not be in danger during this time, or at least stay safe. ”

Qing Yu Huaijin pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Okay, I promise you, but I can't guarantee that they will do it." ”

"It's up to you to decide how to write this letter, I just look at the results and then make the corresponding choice."

Lu Shen's response was resolute and cold.

Qingyu Huaijin couldn't help but be discouraged, the other party had an absolute advantage and did not advance, she really had no way to reverse the situation.

You can't talk about it, but you can't beat it.

She took a soft breath and forced her composure.

Lu Shen then said, "Now let's talk about the price of redemption. ”

"You say."

"First, the pseudo-Yan emperor was abolished, and the Great Qi and Jing dynasties coexisted peacefully with Henan Road as the boundary. At present, Dongyang Road, Moyang Road and Heluo City in the territory of Pseudo-Yan have returned to the rule of Daqi. The remaining three areas of Henan Road, Weinan Road, and Jiangbei Road in the territory of Puppet Yan could temporarily remain neutral in the name of autonomy and serve as a buffer zone between the Great Qi and Jing dynasties. ”

Qing Yu Huaijin didn't want to interrupt him, but he couldn't help it at the moment, and said sarcastically: "You might as well let me pay tribute." ”

Lu Shen smiled: "If you have such an idea towards Your Majesty, I definitely don't mind." ”

Qing Yu Huaijin said angrily: "You can't even hear the good words? This kind of condition is impossible when you think about it, do you really think I am that important? ”

"Actually, I have already given you a lot of face to Your Majesty."

Lu Shen's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and then he said: "Heluo City and Dongyang Road are already under the control of our army, and nearly half of the territory of Moyang Road has been recaptured by our army, and during this time, Governor Li Dadu is just accumulating strength, which does not mean that he does not have the ability to clean up the cattle and save the festival." Now that Heluo has been broken, the puppet emperor is dead, the puppet Yan court is almost paralyzed, and Niu Cunjie is only a matter of time before he loses support from the rear. ”

Qing Yu Huaijin was slightly panicked by his eyes, and at the same time had to admit in his heart that his analysis was not exaggerated in the slightest.

But she couldn't weaken her momentum on her face, so she said strongly: "Lu Shen, you do have the advantage right now, but I must remind you of one thing, my dynasty has pacified the Zhao State, and the army of more than 400,000 is about to finish recuperating." It is impossible for Your Majesty to let you occupy Heluo, as long as you do not withdraw for a day, the army will continue to move south, and sooner or later the war will expand to Huaizhou. ”

Lu Shen smiled and said nothing.

Qing Yu Huaijin said seriously: "So I advise you to accept it when you see it, and don't be greedy and chew too much." ”

"Whether you can keep Heluo or not is something I need to consider, and you just need to write down my request yourself."

Lu Shen's attitude was as always, and he seemed to be very conceited.

Qing Yu Huaijin didn't believe that he would really defend Heluo, and he would definitely not be able to defend it with these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city alone.

Now that the Huaizhou Army has just recovered a large area of territory on Dongyang Road, Xiao Wangzhi cannot spare extra troops to support Heluo.

It should be a bargaining routine.

Thinking of this, Qing Yu Huaijin gradually calmed down.

Instead of arguing on that topic, she said, "Second? ”

Lu Shen said leisurely: "Second, the two countries signed a friendly alliance in the official name to ensure that they would not invade each other, and they need to be stamped by the Son of Heaven with India. Of course, the contents of this covenant were to be drawn up by the envoys of the two countries, and I had only one request, and that was to guarantee that the two countries were completely equal, and that there was no distinction between the two countries. ”

Again, this is an impossible requirement.

The reason is very simple, Emperor Jing has been busy completely annexing Zhao in the past two years, so he has no time to look south, which does not mean that he will sit back and watch the corner of Southern Qi for a long time.

Now that the battle of Zhao is coming to an end, and the army of the Jing Dynasty is recuperating, the next step will naturally be to set its sights on the south, how can it be possible to sign this Raushzi friendship covenant at this time?

On the contrary, it was the Southern Qi that needed time to digest the regained territory and popular hearts, and turn these territories into territories under their firm control.

In fact, for the monarchs and ministers of the Jing Dynasty, even if this covenant is signed, it is not too binding, and it can naturally be torn up unilaterally when the time is ripe.

The problem is that the monarchs and ministers of the Jing Dynasty did not need to put on this shackle, nor did they have to bear a notoriety of being untrustworthy, they could send troops when they wanted to go south, why should they take into account the evaluation in the history books thousands of years later?

There is no doubt that Lu Shen's request is disgusting Emperor Jing.

Qing Yu Huaijin looked at the flat expression on the face of the man opposite, this time he didn't even have the desire to argue, and said indifferently: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Also, don't worry."

Lu Shen said in a slow tone: "Now not only the county lord is in the hands of our army, but also the retainers of the Qingyu clan, the generals at all levels of the Jing army, and even all kinds of soldiers of the cavalry army. The exact number of people is still being counted, but I can quote a price to the county lord first. ”

Qing Yu Huaijin couldn't help but stare at her eyes, and a faint look of anger appeared on her face.

Lu Shen was unmoved, and said: "An ordinary soldier is exchanged for a war horse, the commander of the army is exchanged for five war horses, the centurion is exchanged for twenty war horses, and the commander of a thousand is exchanged for a hundred war horses." Based on the fact that our army has not captured generals of the rank of commander or above, we will stop here. As for the retainers of the Qingyu clan, each of them exchanged fifty war horses, what about you, the county lord...... Not much, two thousand horses. ”

"Why don't you grab it!"

Qing Yu Huaijin shouted angrily.

Lu Shen shrugged and said, "I'm just painting a cat and a tiger." At the beginning, you Jinglian people went south to loot every once in a while, and I don't know how much food and people were robbed of our dynasty, but now my offer is very fair. In addition, I can tell you clearly that the first two conditions can allow the envoys on both sides to slowly negotiate at that time, and the last one is not negotiable. ”

He looked directly into Qing Yu Huaijin's eyes, and said undoubtedly: "I will put back as many war horses as I take out from the north." One less horse, and one more head to the south. If none of the horses in the north refuse to come out, I will use the heads of all of you to build a Jingguan on the northern outskirts of Heluo City. ”

Qingyu Huaijin's eyes were slightly red, but she was not very excited in her heart.

There is no shortage of war horses in the Jing Dynasty, and now the excellent horse breeding places in the world are under the control of the Jing Lian clan, and a few thousand war horses are nothing, even if the number is doubled, it is acceptable.

Even if Lu Shen would use these war horses to strengthen the cavalry strength of the Ruishi battalion, it would be difficult to compete with the Jing Dynasty iron cavalry on the battlefield in the future.

Of course, she didn't understand the deep meaning of Lu Shen's request, at least not now.

Pretending to be silent for a moment, Qing Yu Huaijin said slowly: "I can't directly agree to your three requests, but I can write them down and send them to my father for decision." ”

"Nope."

Lu Shen simply shook his head and said, "The last letter was written to Brother Ling, but this handwritten letter related to the ransom of you must be written to Your Majesty." ”

Qing Yu Huaijin was stunned.

After a long time, she said with an ugly face, "You...... Are you trying to sow discord? ”

Lu Shen said calmly: "Yes." ”

Qing Yu Huaijin said angrily: "Why are you so-"

"Shameless, huh?"

Lu Shen interrupted her and continued, "I'm just imitating you." Previously, you let Wang Shidao's subordinates stir up the storm in Yongjia City, almost ruining my plan to attack Heluo, and now I naturally have to double it. After this letter is handed to the Emperor of your Dynasty, I am eager to see how he will be treated. ”

Qing Yu Huaijin said coldly: "Don't be delusional, Your Majesty will never doubt the loyalty of Qing Yu's family, and my father will not embarrass Your Majesty." ”

"I believe it."

Lu Shen said these three words again, and then said lightly: "But I don't believe that no one in your court is jealous of Ling Zun's military power and prestige, such as the marshal of the Northern Courtyard?" For example, how many major clans are side by side with the Qingyu clan? If you favor the emperor too much, the rest of the world will be interesting. ”

"I don't write."

"No, you can write."

"Why?"

Qing Yu Huaijin asked angrily.

Lu Shen stood up and walked over, stopped in front of her, and looked at her condescendingly, with a faint smile on his face.

"What are you going to do?" Qing Yu Huaijin subconsciously shrank back.

In the end, she is just a pampered young girl after all, even if some decisive words are blurted out before, when she is really faced with a possible miserable encounter, the fear in her heart will not disappear because of her personal will.

Lu Shen didn't make any extra moves, and said slowly: "A drink and a peck, all are determined by heaven, the cause of the past is the fruit of today, you have to understand this truth." County Lord, you are a smart girl, you should believe that Ling Zun and your Majesty Chao have the ability to solve this trouble, and don't ruin everything for the sake of impulse. ”

"Tomorrow morning, I will see the first letter to Brother Ling. By the morning after tomorrow at the latest, I must see a second handwritten letter addressed to your majesty. ”

"That's all you have to say, you think about it."

Lu Shen's tone was gentle, but with a bit of awe-inspiring killing intent.

Qingyu Huaijin was silent, she looked at Lu Shen's back as she turned around and left with a complicated expression.

When he walked to the courtyard outside, another sentence came: "By the way, you can go to the bath now, I asked someone to go to Zhuo Yuan to get your change of clothes." Nowadays, the conditions are limited, you should be patient and don't have too high demands. ”

The voice gradually drifted away, and Qing Yu Huaijin never responded.

Until more than a quarter of an hour passed, she shrank in the wooden barrel of the wing, feeling the warm water wrapping her body, as if she suddenly came back to her senses, and couldn't help but raise her hand and hammer a few splashes viciously.

Recalling the previous conversation, her eyebrows furrowed as far away, and she muttered hatred to herself.

"What's the spirit?"

"Sooner or later, one day, I will tie you up and parade through the streets, if you refuse to kneel down and beg for mercy, I will have you cut into a stick!"

However, Qing Yu Huaijin didn't notice that even though what she said seemed to be very relieved at this moment, her voice was very low, as if she was afraid of letting the maids outside hear a few words.

(End of chapter)