A few days later, Emperor Wu Shizhong of Dafeng came to Wuling Prefecture in person, bringing with him 500,000 taels of silver, 200,000 taels of gold and 300,000 pieces of silk. The royal conquest team marched into the state city, and the soldiers and civilians of the whole city fell to the ground to greet them, and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

The first thing Wu Shizhong did was to gather all the Tufan captives, and after making a speech to them, such as "the Central Plains is rich in resources, the sacred heart is benevolent, and the Tufan and other nationalities have been friendly for generations", he ordered them all to be released, and asked them to send a message to the Deyong Khan, expressing that Dafeng was willing to negotiate peace with Tufan with great sincerity.

Wu Shizhong has never taken the invasion of Tufan seriously, he thinks that Tufan this time is just taking advantage of the war in the northern region for many years, the void of defense, only to capture many cities in the north, I thought that they would be like before, indiscriminately robbing some will retreat, but I didn't expect them to continue to attack the Central Plains.

Although there was a rebellion, fortunately, the nest of the Yuwen family in the Northern Regions was eliminated, which was like removing a piece of heart disease in the center of Wushi, which made him feel very happy. But he didn't expect that this move would make Yuwen Haotian and King Zhenxi get together, which is the crux that makes him most worried and restless now.

What he wants most now is to send heavy troops as soon as possible to annihilate the two kings of the northwest in the Western Regions, so as to protect his country from losing, but he didn't expect that the Tufan barbarians would be in the north for a long time at this time to confront Dafeng, so that he couldn't get out to deal with his big trouble, so he planned to negotiate with Tufan as soon as possible, and give some blood, so that these thieves could withdraw quickly. His bottom line is that in addition to giving a generous amount of silver and two coins, he will at most assign four cities such as Xiamaguan in the Northern Regions to the Northern Barbarians, so that Tufan will definitely withdraw his troops.

Soon after the Tufan captives were released, a message came that Deyong Khan was willing to meet with Emperor Dafeng in person to discuss an armistice. Wu Shizhong was overjoyed by the letter and immediately sent messengers to the Tufan camp to discuss the details of the peace talks and the arrangement of the agenda.

Finally, the two sides decided to set up a temporary camp in an open place ten miles outside the city, and the troops of both sides were to be stationed two miles away from the camp tent and were not to come close, and both sides sent no more than 20 guards without any weapons to guard the entrance of the camp tent, and to check the deliberative officers of the other side entering the camp tent to ensure that neither side was armed with any weapons.

In less than two days, the tent had been set up. On Dafeng's side, Wu Shizhong's personal leader Huang Lifu, Taiwei Shi Kecheng, Minister of the Guard Fu Biao, Hussar General Huang Zhipeng and Auxiliary General Fang Dingchao went to participate in the peace talks.

After the personnel of both sides entered the tent, they sat down relatively closely. After Wu Shizhong and Deyong exchanged pleasantries for a while, the two sides entered the theme.

Wu Shizhong asked Deyong: Our Dafeng has always gotten along well with its neighbors, and there was no offense in the autumn, so why did the Khan invade our dynasty? Deyong said that it was only because of the wars in the northern region for many years that the border trade was also useless, and in addition, the northern grasslands had been seriously desertified for many years, and the herdsmen could not make a living, so they had no choice but to go to the Central Plains to beg for food.

Wu Shizhong said that in this case, I am also sympathetic to the people of the Northern Regions, and I am willing to spend a huge amount of money to help the people, but please Deyong Khan immediately cease fighting, give up the 20 cities in the north that he has taken, and withdraw from the territory of Dafeng in the Central Plains. And he asked people to present the list of materials and gold and silver provided to Deyong.

After taking the list and reading it for a while, De Yong laughed and said, "Although the Holy One is generous, it only takes two years for my people to give all these treasures, so what is the way?"

Wu Shizhong knew that the people he was talking about meant these northern cities seized by Tufan, and his heart was itching with hatred, but he still said quietly: "The Khan is as bad as he says, the land of the northern region has always been barren, there are few properties, and the people are fierce, it is difficult to govern, if it is strong, it will also have troubles." ”

"So for the rich land of the Central Plains, we also dream of it, and we don't want to stop there. De said in a somewhat provocative tone.

Hearing him say this, Xiangguo Huang Lifu stood up angrily and said: "That's just wishful thinking, my Dafeng soldiers are strong and strong, swords and guns are sharp, and I can't slaughter them at will, just because my Dafeng Emperor is kind-hearted and can't bear the people to suffer from the war, so I am willing to stop the war and seek peace, and settle the matter, not to be afraid of the country." ”

So the two sides argued endlessly, and they didn't come up with a result for a long time.

In the end, Wu Shizhong said that if Tufan withdrew his troops, Dafeng could assign the four cities of Xiamaguan in the Northern Regions to Tufan's rule and never take it back.

After hearing this, Deyong said happily: "The Holy Lord took the initiative to release the prisoners and cut the land, and the sincerity of seeking peace can be seen, but it is not a lie that our side will seize the land of the Central Plains. It's not too early today, let's talk about it for the time being, and when we talk about it for the next time, please bring a sword with the Holy One, and then I will be willing to try it with the Holy One to see if it's your sword or my shield. ”

The first meeting ended in nothing, and Wu Shizhong didn't expect the other party's appetite to be so big. For such a long time, even Wulingzhou City could not be captured, and he still wanted to take my Central Plains land, I really don't know what the other party is relying on, and dare to spit out this wild words.

The next day, when going to the talks, the emperor asked Fu Biao, the minister of the temple to bring an ancestral sword - Ruyi Xuantie, which was originally the sword of the first emperor Wuyu Wang, which can be described as sharpening iron like mud, indestructible, so that Tufan Beiban can see the art of casting iron in the Central Plains.

After the meeting began, De Yong asked the guards to take out a piece of armor worn by heavy potassium cavalry and come in, and asked Emperor Wu to try it with a sword.

Wu Shizhong motioned to Fu Biao to step forward, Fu Biao held the Ruyi Xuantie, stepped forward and swung a sword at the cavalry armor, only to see a cold light flash, the armor was immediately split in half, fell to the ground, and made a clanging sound.

Wu Shizhong said unexpectedly: "This is the matching sword used by my grandfather, it is carefully forged from Kunlun Xuantie, it is extremely sharp, although there are countless killings and slashes, it is still like a new system, undamaged, please present it to the Khan for appreciation." ”

Deyong took the sword and looked at it, sure enough, the sword body was as new, and the blade was not rolled at all, and he even said, "Good sword, good sword! After handing the sword back to Fu Biao, he said: "However, this kind of delicate object also depends on what it is dealt with, I still have one thing here, and I want to ask General Fu to try it again." ”

After that, he waved his hand, and the two guards brought in an iron plate, only to see that this iron plate was two feet square and more than an inch thick.

After the guards placed the iron plate on the ground, Deyong asked Fu Biao to try it with a sword, Fu Biao had to step forward and swing his sword to slash the iron plate, only to hear a sound, only to leave a scratch on the iron plate, but it was safe and sound. Fu Biao stabbed the iron plate with his sword again until the sword was bent, and only pierced a small hole in the iron plate, which failed to penetrate.

"You see, the cavalry armor just now is just a layer of iron, and this real iron plate, the sword is also helpless. Deyong pointed to the iron plate and said.

Shi Taiwei said at this time: "The sword is only used to kill the enemy, how can it be used to destroy the iron wall, the Khan can be said to be meaningless. This iron plate is so heavy, it is impossible for a soldier to hang a piece on his body to fight, so what is the use?"

"That's right, and that's what I want to show you, so please step outside the tent and see the demonstration in front of our camp. Deyong stood up and raised his hand in an inviting gesture.

Wu Shizhong didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd for a while, glanced at several ministers, and then walked towards the door of the tent with suspicion.