Because of the vigorous propaganda of the three counties of Houcheng, Wangping, and Wuxian County, the eighteen counties of Houcheng, as well as the places near the vicinity of Liaodong County in Xuantu County, all knew that the delegation headed by Hou Cheng was going to negotiate with the Xianbei royal court, and the time was scheduled for March 22.

The news of the negotiations spread outward from Liaodong County as the central point.

At present, almost all the forces that have received the news, whether it is the imperial court in Chang'an, the famous families in the Central Plains, or the family lords in the south, will focus on the northeast and pay attention to the development of the situation in Liaodong.

The day before the negotiations, the Xianbei negotiation group headed by Tuoba Xun arrived at the border of Houcheng, joined up with Wei Chirui's army, and stationed there.

On the side of Houcheng, the high platform has been built, and the relevant personnel are doing the final inspection.

Negotiations will start tomorrow, but there can be no leaks.

Tuoba looked at the high platform that appeared out of thin air and asked, "This high platform was built by the order of the Hou Cheng County?" ”

Wei Chirui was in a terrible mood, "Yes. ”

Tuoba Patrol stopped talking.

At night, they attacked Houcheng.

But Hou Cheng's side seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and they guarded it strictly, and made a lot of traps to attract them.

tossed in the middle of the night, not only did they return in vain, but they were all slightly injured.

Gradually, they fought a real fire, and He Lanyan and Su Ximing were planning to lead a large army to give them a hard blow.

Hou Cheng's side directly sacrificed Tuoba Lian.

Le Guicai held a knife in one hand, grabbed Tuoba Lian with the other hand like a chicken that was tied, and shouted murderously at Xianbei's side, "If you Xianbei don't stop tonight, I will directly kill your little prince, and there is no need to negotiate." Let's get straight to the fight! ”

At this moment, he actually shocked Tuoba Xun and the others.

Xianbei stopped, and after the two sides dispersed, Helan Yan and the others muttered, "When did this Dali general become so tough?" ”

On the evening of March 21, Shi Tao and his entourage went through a lot of hardships and finally reached the boundary of Wangping, as long as they passed through Wangping, they would arrive at Houcheng.

At this time, Shi Tao's whole person was pickled, but he couldn't care about it.

"Let's work hard, let's go overnight tonight, and we will be able to get to Houcheng tomorrow." Shi Tao weakly encouraged everyone.

Jiang Changyun said silently in his heart, cousin, I did my best.

Adults are so stubborn, I can't be blamed for this.

This croton can't be down anymore, and if it goes down again, it will kill Master Shi's Qingqing, and your cousin will have to get in too.

didn't mention the back, in order not to make people suspicious, he put the medicine in the big pot of rice, everyone was tricked, and he himself couldn't pull it.

The carriage went a little further, and then it was forced to stop, and the road ahead was cut off, and the carriage could not go.

The handlebar cursed in a low voice, and if I knew it, I wouldn't cut corners.

If Qin Zhao was here, he would definitely tell him, brother, that the other road was blocked.

Shi Tao's face was very dark, "Turn around and take another way!" ”

Jiang Changyun probed, and took a look at the dug up official road in front of him by the light of the torch, and was speechless in his heart, who did this because of the deep and big pit? What a lack of great virtue!

This carriage can't be passed, horses can't pass, people can't pass, but they can go to Houcheng on foot? I can't make it all night.

Jiang Changyun thought about his cousin asking him to give the chin beans to Master Thorn Shi, and he deeply felt that this matter of digging up the road was estimated to have nothing to do with his cousin's delay, and it was the same damage. No, the person who came up with the idea of digging the road is a little more damaged.

When it took them more than an hour to finally set foot on another road, and less than a quarter of an hour they had walked forward, they found that the road was blocked.

The whole section of the road, I am afraid that there are two or three zhang away, and it is blocked by large and small stones!

Shi Tao stood on the blocked side, gritting his teeth, Lu Desheng, Chen Ping, you are so good!

This would be a fool who knows that someone is blocking him from going to Hou City.

Jiang Changyun shrunk his neck, lacking virtue, too lacking virtue!

"My lord, let me go first."

"My lord, I'll go too."

"And me!"

After a quarter of an hour, everyone looked for a place to sit down.

"My lord, shall we still go?"

The entourage shouted in their hearts: This trip is too difficult, too difficult!

Shi Tao was about to answer, when the familiar abdominal pain struck again, and he hurriedly said, "Prepare a change of clothes for me." ”

"My lord, I'm running out of clothes."

Shi Tao: "What about yours?" "He doesn't dislike it.

"It's also used up."

Shi Tao wanted to say, 'Go buy some, old and new', but when he saw that the road was blocked in the village in front of him and the store in the back, he was congested.

Boldly suggested, "My lord, why don't you take a break here?" The little ones wash and dry their clothes......"

"And the situation of adults, if you lie quietly and rest, if you don't run around, it should be better."

Shi Tao was silent for a while, and finally waved his hand weakly, "Let's rest here for the night." "Early tomorrow morning, the organizers will open the way!

Hou Cheng, the next day, it was the right day of negotiation.

The negotiation team of the trio of Lu Desheng, Chen Ping, and Liu Heshan, plus Li Dan, the chief bookkeeper of Wangping, and Guo Chunsheng, the chief secretary of Houcheng County, made up a five-member group.

Today, each of the five of them is wearing a new official uniform.

Chen Ping pulled his official uniform, and when he looked at Liu Heshan, the other party also happened to look over.

Both of them are a little uncomfortable, isn't it a little too arrogant to wear them like this?

This is what Lu Desheng forced them to wear, saying that wearing it like this can bring good luck.

"Damn, sir, I'm a little uncomfortable."

"Master, don't worry, you can feel at ease, anyway, Lord Lu wears it like this." He is the head of the negotiating team, and he will definitely attract more hatred than you.

"Okay."

Tuoba Xun took Dugu Zhong, He Lanyan, Su Ximing and others to the high platform.

Hou Cheng arranged the entire negotiation venue very highly, and simply raised the cards by half a level or a level.

The Xianbei negotiation team that followed Tuoba to patrol in looked at this conference hall and was very satisfied, feeling that such an arrangement was quite like that and worthy of their identity.

The two sat opposite each other.

Le Guicai and Wei Chirui led the elite to each other, guarding against each other.

Tuoba Xun took the lead in asking, "You are Lu Desheng, the new county commander of Houcheng?" ”

"This official is Lu Desheng."

As soon as his voice fell, the members of the Xianbei negotiation team on the opposite side all looked at him, this person was the county magistrate who dared to name and negotiate with the Khan? Don't have three heads and six arms?

Tuoba Xun looked at Lu Desheng twice, felt that there was nothing special, and asked instead, "What about my brother Tuoba Lian?" ”

"I knew you would ask for this, look over there—" Lu Desheng pointed out.

Tuoba Xun, Dugu Zhong and the others looked in the direction he pointed, only to see that Tuoba Lian was tied hands and feet and hung up with thick hemp rope.

At the foot of Tuoba Lian, there is a deep pit, and at the bottom is dense with spikes, and when a person falls, he will be pierced into a hornet's nest.

Behind the pit, two rows of soldiers armed with bows and arrows stood by.

They are all warning them not to act rashly.

"Little Prince Tuoba, you have suffered."

However, when did the soldiers of Liaodong County have such a cold momentum?

I haven't seen you for a few days, and this Liaodong soldier is a little different.

The members of the Xianbei negotiation team got together in pairs and muttered.

When they fought last night, they found that the strength of Hou Cheng's army was increasing, although the increase was not very obvious.

Recently, the brothers of the Qin family have been helping to train soldiers. At first, it was Qin Yan who assisted Le Guicai in training, but later Qin Heng and Qin Zhao came back from work, and they were also brought up to help train soldiers.

"Don't talk nonsense, what do you have to do to release Tuoba Lian?"