Chapter 421: Negotiation
Contempt for the progress of others is a manifestation of arrogance and expansion, although there is still a big gap between the Northern Barbarian Zone and the prosperous Zhenwu, but in this eternal land, even if it remains unchanged for a hundred years, it can be a thousand years of vicissitudes.
The merchant prisoner looked up at the horizon of the dawn in front of him, and couldn't help but say softly:
"Ye Jia, you have to guard against it. β
"You are not afraid of being heard by the Beyega people when you say such things on such occasions and in this place?"
Liu Xiang staggered up to the city wall, with three wine gourds hanging from his waist, which must have contained different kinds of wine.
"Are you drunk?" Shang Prisoner glanced at Liu Xiang and said coldly: "You got drunk on the first day you came here, and you were very embarrassed by Zhenwu's face. β
Liu Xiang hiccuped and said, "Actually, I'm not drunk, I'm stumbling because those barbarian mothers-in-law are so powerful that they tossed me all night......"
The merchant prisoner's voice was lowered: "You went to prostitution?"
"Shhhhhhhh β
The prisoner stopped talking, turned his head and continued to wait for the dawn to be born.
"You've been standing here for a night?" Liu Xiang tore off the wine gourd from his waist and handed it to the prisoner.
The prisoner nodded and refused the wine.
Liu Xiang's posture of handing over the wine remained unchanged, and said, "You have something on your mind." β
The merchant prisoner said softly: "I have something on my mind every day. β
In such a war, the king is also worried, and the general is also worried.
Liu Xiang said: "But I know that your mind is not about war now." β
The merchant prisoner said: "How can you see it?"
Liu Xiang said: "If it is about the war, you will never waste your time looking at the dawn, you should summon me and a group of military advisors and lieutenants to discuss the battle plan and response policy,"
Speaking of this, he looked at the distant horizon with the merchant prisoner, and said intoxicatedly: "I already have a premonition of the beauty of the dawn before it rises, do you know who will appreciate the dawn and the sunset?"
The prisoner asked, "Who?"
Liu Xiang smiled: "Sentimental people." β
The prisoner did not speak, acquiescing in the fact that he had become sentimental.
Liu Xiang said again: "It's still a lover." β
The merchant prisoner nodded clearly, he was also a lover.
Liu Xiang also said: "Unrequited lovers." β
The merchant prisoner took a deep breath, no longer hiding the weakness and worry in his heart, and sighed: "I have a premonition that something happened to Eleven, and I woke up from a dream last night and couldn't sleep anymore, and I couldn't sleep anymore......"
Liu Xiang looked at the weak appearance of the merchant prisoner in surprise, it was hard to see, it was really hard to see, it was strange, it was strange, it was strange! He asked softly, "Is this the magic of love......?"
"I really miss her, and I'm really worried about her, with her character, it is impossible to stay obediently in the Flying Snow Inn, in case she comes to me......"
The merchant prisoner simply closed his eyes, snatched the wine gourd that Liu Xiang had held up for a long time, and poured a few large mouthfuls of his head to dispel his sorrows.
Liu Xiang sighed: "I see that you just don't do it and take her over, so that there will be someone to sleep with you every night, and you can relieve the pain of lovesickness...... You must know that people's hearts are very small, and women can occupy most of your hearts, so how can you fight this war well?"
The merchant prisoner looked at the wine gourd in his hand and said, "I know how to make trade-offs, and I also know how to allocate my energy reasonably. β
Liu Xiang urged: "Then you drink it quickly." β
The merchant prisoner took a sip of the wine in the gourd, handed the empty wine jug back to Liu Xiang, and said, "Say it." β
Liu Xiang took out two fingers and said, "Or two things, one good and one bad, which one do you want to listen to first?"
The merchant prisoner said: "Let's be bitter first and then sweet." β
Liu Xiang pointed to the rising dawn and said regretfully: "Last night, the southern battlefield was attacked by demon cultivators, and the Yejia clan on the front line was wiped out. β
The merchant prisoner frowned and said, "One night?"
Liu Xiang nodded and said, "One night." β
The merchant prisoner's brows gradually relaxed, and he said softly: "As far as I know, we only have three or two artillery trucks in the southern battlefield, and the losses are not big. β
Liu Xiang sighed: "But as far as I know, Xia Sheng and her boatload of military doctors also ran over to help." β
"What!"
The prisoner's face changed color in shock.
Liu Xiang hurriedly said: "But you don't have to worry, I just said, a good news, a bad news The good news is that the group of Yuexing people and demon cultivators only killed all the Yejia people, and did not do anything to our real martial artists, the gun carriage and soldiers were built, and even the herbs were not moved." β
The merchant prisoner put down half of his heart and asked again: "Xia Sheng, are they okay? β
Liu Xiang wondered: "Xia Sheng and the others were not captured, the penguin came back unharmed, but ...... It seems that a little maid is missing. β
"Little Handmaid ......"
Several pictures of the little maid flashed in the mind of the merchant prisoner, and the worry of the first half of the night suddenly crept into his heart.
"Xia Sheng, are they back?" he asked.
Liu Xiang said: "I received news half an hour ago that I had been repatriated to the Zhenwu military camp. β
"Find Princess Yesha too. β
The merchant prisoner left a sentence and left in the sky.
"Let me out, let me out!"
Eleven the last object before getting up, it was a kind of box that made a sound, maybe she used some force in her hand to trigger the button of the sound box, suddenly, a
A quiet and crisp bell sounded from the treasure box, and Eleven's restless heart was inexplicably calmed.
"Okay, I'll see that you still have some effect, so I won't smash you. Eleven turned off the volume of the treasure box and quietly stuffed it into his sleeve, and the good things naturally had to be kept for himself.
The camp tent was in shambles, everything that should have been smashed had been smashed to pieces, but the enchantment set up in the camp was still sonorous, this was the real cage.
"Let me out, let me out! Otherwise, let my husband find me and dismantle all you scoundrels!"
Seeing that there was nothing to smash and vent, Eleven crossed his waist and began to scold outside the tent: "You stinky barbarians, stupid barbarians, let your aunt and grandmother go, otherwise"
The tent door was suddenly opened.
A reckless man with five big and three thick, wrapped in a fur coat and a bearded face, rushed into the camp, and he was followed by seven or eight men who looked like him, perhaps in the eyes of barbarian women, such men could be called "real men", but when Han women saw it, nine out of ten people were disgusted.
Eleven took two steps back, frightened, frightened and hated in his eyes!
"This is the Zhenwu chick captured by Yuebeilou? In addition to being white and tender, it doesn't necessarily look good. β
Although the bearded man said this, a pair of lewd eyes never left Eleven since he entered the door.
A swarthy man beside him said: "Second patriarch, this little girl can be regarded as the best in Zhenwu, no wonder Yuebeilou will catch it and give it to you." β
The bearded man smoothed his beard and laughed: "Hahaha, with a thin waist and a small buttocks, it is not the best in Lao Tzu's place, it can only be regarded as improvised, hahaha...... Zhenwu girl, Lao Tzu hasn't done it for more than a hundred years, try it today!"
"Second patriarch, don't slaughter you if you're too happy, let a few of us drink soup!"
"Go, go!"
The bearded man was also direct, taking off his clothes as he walked, like a big bear in heat, greedy and disgusting.
"You...... Don't come here, I'...... I've got a trick up my sleeve, and it's a big deal to end up together!"
Eleven was frightened and retreated again and again, and the yin in his body had also raised the dantian, which could be crushed at any time.
"What are you doing?" Suddenly, an extremely cold voice came from outside the tent, and when he said goodbye, Yuebeilou had appeared at the gate of the tent.
The bearded man looked back at the person who came, his attitude immediately turned to enthusiasm, and he laughed: "Hahaha, Lord Beilou came just in time, I just wanted to find you to thank you, I like this little stunner very much!"
Yue Beilou glanced at the trembling Eleven, a trace of guilt suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Don't misunderstand the second patriarch of Yue, she is a guest I invited, and she is not a woman for you to play with." β
The bearded man was a little displeased, and asked rhetorically: "Is it possible that Lord Beilou is joking with me? You invite a woman with real martial arts to be a guest? Or is it in my clan camp in Yuexing." β
"Yes. β
Yuebeilou spit out a word lightly, crossed the bearded man and his entourage, walked straight to Eleven's side, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I was busy with some things before, and now you leave with me." β
Eleven If she is not a fool, she should leave with Yuebeilou, no matter which bearded man is good or bad, she should also pick the handsome one based on her appearance.
"Don't go!"
The bearded man shouted, and several entourages formed a wall to block the door of the tent, and no one was allowed to leave.
The bearded man pointed to Eleven beside Yuebeilou again, and said bluntly: "I want this woman, will the Lord of Beilou give it?"
Yue Beilou tilted his head, his eyes were extremely cold, and he asked first, "Do you have a younger brother?"
The bearded man didn't know what this question meant, so he didn't answer.
At this time, a swarthy man came out of the entourage, patted his chest and said, "I am the younger brother of the second brother, what do you want?"
"Good. β
Yue Beilou nodded, and opened his hand to conjure a silver-white long blade, "Huh!" With a slap of the knife, the bearded man's skull fell from his neck.
"Second brother!"
"Second Patriarch!"
Yuebeilou drew a line in front of him with a white blade, pointed to the head of the bearded man on the ground, and warned in a cold voice: "If anyone dares to cross this line, the fate will be similar to it." Feel free to give it a try. β
When the entourage saw that the bearded man had his head cut off, he immediately pulled out his waist scimitar and wanted to charge fiercely, but when he went down, he heard Yuebeilou's words, and no one dared to stand behind the line.
The swarthy man pointed to Yuebeilou and said: "Yuebeilou, you are so bold, even our patriarch you dare to kill, have you demon clan talked about our Yuexing clan in your eyes!"
Yuebeilou said bluntly: "No. β
The swarthy man only dared to say angrily: "You are so arrogant, aren't you afraid that the alliance between Yuexing and the demon clan will collapse?"
Yuebeilou had already determined that these people would not dare to make a mistake, so he put away the white blade in his hand and said softly: "I have always thought that if you meet a partner who knows the general situation, the alliance between the demon clan and Yuexing will not collapse. β
He looked at the swarthy man again and said, "Your eldest brother was cut off by the real martial artist, and your second brother will take over the patriarch;
The swarthy man was speechless, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the eldest brother died to the second brother, and the second brother naturally wanted to give him the third brother when he died.
Yuebeilou seemed to be smiling, looked at the swarthy man and said, "Do you want to be a partner of the demon clan?"
The swarthy man naturally thought, but in front of so many followers, how could the revenge of killing my brother be counted like this? He snorted coldly: "The second brother is dead, and the patriarch will naturally be taken over by me, do you think you still have the ability to influence the leader of my clan?"
Yuebeilou's apricot blossom eyes turned into peach blossom eyes, he didn't say too many empty words, just asked softly, "Do you have a younger brother?"
The swarthy man took a deep breath,
After hesitating for a few breaths, he laughed dryly twice, and said, "Lord Beilou really can't afford to joke, please, I'll talk about it later." β
Yuebeilou said softly: "Interesting." "Pull Eleven out of the tent.
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"You let go of me, my husband is a Zhenwu general, he will definitely bring thousands of troops to level you!" Eleven wanted to shake off Yuebeilou's hand, but this man was so powerful that there was no way for her to use all her strength.
"If I let you go, these barbarians will compete for you, strip you naked, and humiliate you to death, and then they will cook you and feast on your entrails and flesh. β
Yuebeilou pulled Eleven to shuttle through the barbarian barracks, and when the barbarian men saw her, their eyes flashed with lewd light, and they gathered around, luring and teasing them with the incomprehensible barbarian words, and some people even went directly to rub oil!
Eleven once thought that such a barbaric scene could only be read in weirdness, but she didn't expect to see it with her own eyes today, at this time, she no longer wanted to shake off Yuebeilou's hand, but snuggled tightly, and said: "This, this, this...... How could the barbarian tribes here be different......? They are willing to wear clothes, and they look good...... It's ugly!"
Yuebeilou laughed coldly: "Each clan has its own habits, and the absurdity of the Yuexing tribe is famous, they like to rape women, like to eat human flesh, and like to do some ridiculous things that even animals can't do. β
"What about you?" Eleven looked at Yuebeilou and said, "You don't seem to be bad, but you are not as good as these beasts, aren't you also a beast?"
Yue Beilou was not angry, because to be precise, he was indeed not a human, he was a wolf demon, even if he cultivated into a human form, the blood flowing in his bones was beast blood, and the final form was also a beast.
"Everything is for profit, so there is no such thing as a beast being inferior. β
Yuebeilou threw Eleven into a spacious tent, spread out his palms and turned into a red light enchantment, leaving a command: "It's safe here, waiting for me." β
After speaking, without waiting for eleven to ask again, he turned around and withdrew from the camp.
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The Beiban region is also divided into north and south, and the north is occupied by the Yejia clan, building the capital of Jinling, and building the "Shanhaiguan" to resist the invasion of other clans. In the south, it is composed of primitive tribes headed by Yuexing, with many tribal conflicts and backward clan civilization, which is a real barbarian land.
Shanhaiguan, only the mountain, not the sea, the pass across the plain is the only towering mountain range, the name is "Qinglian Mountain".
How could Yuexing and other barbarian tribes afford the strategic significance of Qinglian Mountain? They only thought that the mountain was steep, the road was difficult, they could not hunt or catch fish, and it was a place where there was only trouble.
The Yejia clan practiced the avenue of the world, and knew the role of "the entrance of mountains and seas, easy to defend and difficult to attack", so as early as five hundred years ago, they secretly built plank roads, tunnels, and entrances on this mountain to resist the attack of the entire southern barbarian tribe.
Yuexing can't pass through the Shanhaiguan, on the contrary, Ye Jia can lead his troops to go out, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, and can protect the territory of thousands of miles.
The advance troops of Zhenwu were stationed here, the cavalry returned to their positions at dawn, and the infantry had three days left to do both day and night.
At this moment, the merchant prisoner stood at the entrance of Shanhaiguan, overlooking the major tribes south of Shanhaiguan, in order to resist Yejia, all the tribes in the south also formed a united front, originally he thought that after the beheading operation, Yuexing and other clans would be in chaos, but later he learned that for the absurd barbarian tribes, the death of a patriarch is nothing, and another one is to be crowned.
"Hmph, what a ridiculous realm, it's a pity that it will soon disappear from the True Martial Realm. The merchant prisoner snorted softly.
There are two roads leading to the flood wilderness, one is from the north of the Shanhai Pass, along the Qinglian Mountains to the end, you can smoothly reach the flood land, this mountain road is rugged, the marching route is strange, along the winding mountain range will take a lot of unjust roads; the second is from the south, through the Yuexing and other tribes and clans to guard the southern barbarian land, according to the speed of the march, the infantry day and night, at most less than three months to reach the center of the flood wilderness.
If you don't take a shortcut, are you a fool?
"General Shang, a guest has arrived. β
Liu Xiang shouted at the foot of the mountain, and the shout echoed through the valley and soon reached the ears of the merchant prisoner.
The merchant prisoner made a gesture to Liu Xiang, signaling for the guests to come up.
Those who have met once are acquaintances, and those who have not met are called guests.
The merchant prisoner listened to Xia Sheng's explanation of last night's raid, and it was a group of half-human, half-wolf demon soldiers who started the battle, the night wolf clan.
The Night Wolf Clan is one of the five major demon clans in the Demon Domain, and it is also the only race that can negotiate with Zhenwu face-to-face.
Yuebeilou climbed the mountain, with an arrogant attitude, even if he was a guest, he was not polite at all, he went straight to the point:
"On behalf of the Night Wolf Clan, I met with General Shang in the hope that the Zhenwu army would stop crusading against the wilderness. β
The merchant prisoner gently spat out two words: "Reason." β
Yuebeilou said ruthlessly: "The reason is that the two countries were able to resolve peacefully, and they were both exempted from unnecessary sacrifices. β
The merchant turned his head, as if looking at a naΓ―ve three-year-old child, and he asked, "Do you know what you're talking about?"
Yuebeilou said coldly: "I don't have time to play a quiz game with you, you, tell me now, your attitude and answers." β
The merchant prisoner took a deep breath and only said, "If you want us to stop attacking, it's okay, but only if you take the demon clan out of the Flood Realm." Zhenwu didn't want nails to be driven at his feet. β
Yuebeilou was silent for a long time, and his tone softened slightly, and said: "We retreat to the edge of the True Martial Realm, and you stop here, how about each side take a step back and achieve a win-win situation?"
The merchant prisoner didn't answer directly, but asked, "Causing trouble in the Flood Desolation Realm is the task assigned by the Yuanmen to your demon clan?"
Yuebeilou said: "Yes." β
The merchant prisoner sneered: "The dignified demon clan, but you have become a lackey of the Yuanmen?" hahaha...... What a laugh!"