An Duanquan only met Zhou Kan, the commander of the inspection and school headquarters of the Northern Command, and was sent back to Huaiyuan Military City with courtesy.<
"How?" Qihuomai waited expectantly for An Duanquan's reply: "What did they say?"<
"I didn't say anything. I just told us to wait and think about it carefully." An Duanquan was still thinking about what happened just now and answered the question about begging for money absently.<
"How long?" Qi Huomai asked again. He knew that this request for peace was a bit too harsh, and he was afraid that the other party would not agree immediately. Bargaining was definitely inevitable, but he didn't have much time. Now the entire Huaiyuan Military City
Food has become so scarce that even the tribal elders can only eat one meal a day. The elders have begun to complain about this, adding huge pressure to begging for food.<
"No," An Duanquan looked helpless: "The commander's surname was Zhou. He just told us to wait, and then kicked me out without saying a word."<
"This..." The beggar was speechless. He did not dare to complain openly about his Anda. He just muttered "trash" secretly and paced back and forth, anxious.<
"I answer, don't be impatient. After our request is sent over, they will have to discuss it. I'm afraid this person named Zhou won't be able to make the decision on such a big matter. He will have to report it to Liucheng. When Liucheng returns the news, at least he will
It will take four or five days... By the way, I might send someone out of the city to check out the situation." An Duanquan came up with an idea and wanted to test the other party's attitude.<
Qi Huomai knew that what An Duanquan said was reasonable, so he had no choice but to send his cavalry out of the city and patrol around the Huaiyuan Army City. In less than a day, the cavalry figured out the attitude of the Yingzhou Army.<
"A single horse can come and go freely out of the city, but if two or more horses travel in a group, they will be immediately surrounded by the cavalry of the Yingzhou Army. One of my men wanted to bring a few bags of dried meat into the city, but was stopped by Yingzhou Army.
The army and cavalry blocked him, but they didn't kill anyone. They just took away the dried meat and let him go. What's the point?" Beggars thought hard.<
An Duanquan was also thinking. He was more insightful than begging for work, and speculated on a possibility: "It means they are waiting for a reply from Liucheng. So they relaxed the restrictions on Huaiyuan Military City, but the food is still not allowed to be transported."
Come in - this is understandable. It seems that our proposal still has room for discussion."<
"But how long will this wait? Our food supply can no longer sustain... Is it true that Mr. Hua can't get reinforcements?" It's shameful to beg for money.<
An Duanquan looked embarrassed: "Answer, Abaoji and the other thieves are playing tricks on us. They refused to obey orders and are now wrangling. ngm) You know, in this situation, Chu Tebu and Nirsa
The warriors of the tribe can't move either. They have to help defend Buyeo City, otherwise... But don't worry, our brothers will bear the cost of redeeming the tribe's warriors. In addition, we will also give some compensation to the Wu Kui tribe, so that you old men can
Don’t worry, the loss won’t be huge.”<
Qihuomai also knows that there is no better way now, so he can only accept this fact helplessly, hoping in his heart that the Yingzhou Army will give a time for negotiation as soon as possible.<
Just when the food he had bought through begging was running out and rats were being hunted in the city, the negotiation envoy from the Yingzhou Army finally arrived. The arrival of the envoy made Zhou Kan feel a little regretful. If he could not regain the Huaiyuan Army City by force, his achievements and achievements would be
What he regrets even more is why the Khitans haven't come to the rescue for so many days. Compared with Zhou Kan's deep regret, the city is full of joy. Under the leadership of An Duanquan, several more courageous people
The elder Wu Kui, who couldn't bear it anymore, also followed him out of Huaiyuan Military City, and started negotiations in a temporary tent in the Yingzhou Army Camp.<
The tent was very large, with a long table on one side and several piers on both sides. On the other floor of the tent were scattered rows of shelves. On the shelves were several pots of freshly cooked mutton and several jars of open pots.
A bottle of fine wine.<
As soon as An Duanquan and others entered the tent, they were immediately attracted by the fine wine and cooked meat on the shelves. They couldn't turn their eyes away. Several elders greedily sniffed the aroma wafting from the shelves, but the more they sniffed, the hungrier they became.
Their stomachs couldn't help but growl. When they sat down on the pillar, several soldiers came in with a wooden basin and placed a piece of fragrant bread on the table in front of them one by one. Everyone was immediately greedy, but
I'm embarrassed to do it because of my appearance.<
After waiting for a while, a row of officers came in through the curtain outside the tent and sat across from An Duanquan and others. An Duanquan took a look and vaguely felt that one of them seemed very familiar. He seemed to be a Khitan, but he was a match.
Wearing this Yingzhou Army uniform, I can’t remember where I’ve seen it.<
The chief envoy of the Yingzhou Army who participated in the negotiations was Jun Wuli, the former Xiaolang of the Pinbu Department. The current Yuhousi newly established United Front Work Office is Li Suomo, and the deputy envoy is Gao Mingbo, who records affairs for the United Front Work Office in the external affairs department.<
Gao Mingbo spoke first: "Everyone, since my family, Mr. Li, is familiar with your envoy, I have specially treated you all. I will eat bread to cushion your stomach first. After the agreement is reached," he pointed to the wine and meat on the shelf beside him:
"There will also be a banquet. Please feel free to discuss anything you want after dinner."<
Hearing that the envoy from the Yingzhou Army was familiar with him, An Duanquan couldn't help but look at the man in the middle carefully, only to see the man smile: "Brother An Duanquan, don't you remember me? I'm Wuli.
"<
An Duanquan suddenly understood, pointed at the other party and said: "You are a Wuli brother. You have defected to the Han people. Are you here to replace General Li of the Yingzhou Army this time?"<
In the past, Wuli, the current Li Suimo didn't care about the sarcasm in his words, and said with a smile: "Brother An Duanquan finally recognized it, Wuli was my name in the past, and my current name is Li Suimo, bye."
Now that I have General Li as my father, An Duanquan should not call me the wrong brother in the future. You must be hungry these days. Eat something first and then talk after you finish."
One of the ministers, Wu Kui, couldn't bear it for a long time. He picked up the noodles and stuffed them into his mouth. Now someone took the lead, and everyone else followed suit. Even An Duanquan put the noodles to his mouth, but
It’s just not that miserable to eat.<
Seeing An Duanquan and others eating, Li Nuomo couldn't help but sigh. The big shots who used to be aloof now show their true colors in front of the military power of the Yingzhou Army. This is really a great change.<
After An Duanquan and others finished eating the noodles, Li Nuomo withdrew his emotion and said, "Let's get started. General Li is very concerned about this incident and sent me here to take a look. If you have any suggestions, feel free to ask."
Let’s talk and listen.”<
An Duanquan's expression perked up, and he said immediately: "That's right, something happened that is very regrettable for both parties this time. Our request..." He faced Wuli in the past and Li Suimo in the present, speaking unnaturally.
Then he began to speak Khitan dialect.<
Gao Mingbo on the side immediately said: "This negotiation will be conducted in Chinese. If your envoy uses Khitan again, we will terminate the negotiation."<
An Duanquan was startled, but then he felt relieved. There were so many Han officers, so it was a bit inappropriate for him to speak Khitan. Anyway, he was also familiar with Chinese, so he immediately changed his language and said in Chinese, "I'm sorry, I'll speak in Chinese."
Well, we came here with sincerity, hoping that similar wars will not happen again in the future. Such wars are purely a misunderstanding, mainly instigated by Brother Rong. Brother Rong is the city lord stationed in Yan County, so
We still need the Yingzhou Army to give us a reasonable explanation. In addition, in order to avoid similar unpleasantness from happening again in the future, we hope that both parties will return to their previous actual control areas, with Yiwulu Mountain as the boundary, and form a brotherhood and live in harmony from now on.
.In order to deepen friendship, we propose to open a mutual market in Yan County to exchange and purchase the goods that each other needs. Of course, we also ask you to release our soldiers who were captured due to misunderstanding. We can use cattle and sheep to pay the ransom fee."
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Gao Mingbo immediately retorted: "I'm afraid your envoy hasn't figured out this matter yet. First of all, this war is not a misunderstanding. The soldiers of the Wukai tribe brazenly tore up the peace agreement reached by the two sides in Jizhou and led troops deep into the areas controlled by us.
, attacked the recruits who were being trained by the Northern Command of our Yingzhou Army at Lumingwa in the northeast of Helong Mountain, and were defeated by our recruits. As for Brother Rong, your envoy is right, this person is from our Yingzhou Army.
, it belongs to our internal affairs, so you should stop dwelling on it and interfering. Secondly, what we are talking about now is the matter of Huaiyuan Army City. In other words, the focus of the discussion is, what do you want the remnants of the Wukui tribe in Huaiyuan Army City to get?
For this reason, what conditions do you plan to use to impress us, so please don’t mention things like withdrawing troops. Finally, the release of prisoners of war can be discussed separately and is not the focus."<
After hearing this, An Duanquan sneered and said: "The previous fault disputes can be put aside, but what your envoy said is really too much. We have thousands of elite soldiers in the city of Huaiyuan Army. We are united from top to bottom. The city is solid and the food and grass are sufficient. If we can't deal with it, we can't deal with it."
Please stop saying this, your envoy, it is really ridiculous. If your department could fight, it would have been defeated long ago, and I am afraid that it will not wait until today."<
Gao Mingbo didn't flinch and pushed back on the spot: "Then let's stop talking. Please go back and wait until our troops are defeated. Commander Zhou must be very happy." With one sentence, An Duanquan was convinced on the spot.
Unable to get off the stage, he just panted heavily, pretending to be angry, and winked at the ministers at the side, Wu Kui, asking them to come out and change things.<
An older elder coughed twice, smiled softly, and said: "Calm down, calm down. It's easy to talk about anything, why bother to make it so bad? If we really want to fight, it will be bloody again, so many people will die."
What are the benefits..."<
Gao Mingbo said calmly: "Everything you do has to pay a price. In order to defend our homeland, our Yingzhou Army has the strongest fighting will. We are not afraid of dying in battle. As long as we can make the enemy pay a painful price, we have the sacrifice
All determination”<
An Duanquan said loudly: "Are we Khitan people afraid?"<
Gao Mingbo stared closely into An Duanquan's eyes and said, "Whether you're afraid or not is not a matter of words."<
An Duanquan said angrily: "You..." He vomited one word, but couldn't say any more. He was also afraid that the other party would really decide to fight, and it would not end well.<
Gao Mingbo stared at the opponent's dodging eyes and said: "My general said that any negotiation on the table is supported by swords, guns and arrows under the table. If the bottom of the table is not hard enough, don't be harsh on the table.