Chapter 247 Request for Negotiation

Houcheng, the border of Dali and Xianbei grasslands, Dali and Xianbei both stationed an army on their respective territories.

On this day, a small patrolling group of Xianbei soldiers found that the other side was actually building a high platform.

The Xianbei soldiers observed for a while and found that the other side sent a team to stare at them with weapons, as if to prevent them from attacking by surprise, and another team was still building the high platform.

The Xianbei soldiers didn't understand what the other side was doing, so they reported the situation.

The high platform was quickly built, and a burst of gongs and drums attracted the attention of the other side.

The soldiers on the Dali side shouted directly, "The Xianbei barbarians on the opposite side, please ask your General Yuchi Rui to come out, our county magistrate has something to say to him!"

The highest general on the Xianbei camp is Yuchi Rui. Dali Houcheng has made such a big scene, so he naturally came out to see it.

Lu Desheng climbed the observation tower.

Qin Yan followed him.

Among the four brothers of the Qin family, Qin Sheng is the best, followed by Qin Yan.

Le Guicai was below, commanding the soldiers to prepare for the response.

There was no high platform on the Xianbei side, so Yuchi Rui simply asked someone to bring a horse, and he rode on the horse, losing the battle but not the battle!

Both sides were ready for battle.

Lv Desheng shouted across the air, "May I ask if the person in front is Yuchi Rui, General Yuchi?"

The other party also replied across the air, "I am Yuchi Rui, may I ask who you are?"

"I am the new Houcheng County Magistrate Lv Desheng!"

"Lv County Magistrate, what do you mean by this?"

"This time I came forward to ask you to tell your Tuoba Khan that our Dali Liaodong County Houcheng Negotiation Group wants to talk to him."

Yuchi Rui frowned, Dali Liaodong County Houcheng Negotiation Group? What the hell?

Before he spoke, the two deputy generals next to him spoke.

"Hahaha, Dali has no one left?"

"Does Dali look down on us Xianbei? You are just a county magistrate, and you dare to talk to our Khan?"

Lv Desheng nodded at Le Guicai

After a while, a person appeared on the high platform.

Seeing the little prince Tuoba Lian who was hung up and still cursed in Xianbei.

Yuchi Rui was silent, and the deputy general's laughter also stopped.

The new Houcheng County Magistrate said that he wanted to negotiate. The other party was not qualified, but the other party held your life. Can you refuse to negotiate?

After confirming that the other party had seen Tuoba Lian clearly, at the signal of Lu Desheng, the soldier guarding Tuoba Lian stuffed a rag back into his mouth.

"General Yuchi, our negotiation team is a little low in rank, but there is no way. We have to make decisions in an emergency. You Xianbei only gave five days, and higher-level officials could not come."

Yuchi Rui took a deep breath. It's true that we gave five days, but it's only three and a half days now. You don't wait for higher-level officials to come, but directly arrange the negotiation time on the fifth day? Gui Xin?

"How do you want to negotiate?"

Lv Desheng: "The time for the negotiation is set at noon the day after tomorrow. We will talk about the specific negotiation method then. Oh, by the way, Tuoba Khan does not have to come in person. He can also appoint a negotiation team to negotiate."

Yuchi Rui narrowed his eyes, "What if we don't agree to negotiate?"

Lv Desheng patted his face, "Little Prince Tuoba Lian, did you hear that? Your father Khan and your Xianbei generals don't care about your life or death."

"Mmm---"

Tuoba Lian struggled, and the Xianbei soldiers on the opposite side were in a commotion.

"Master Yuchi, tell your people not to act rashly, otherwise..."

As soon as Lu Desheng finished speaking, Le Guicai used a little force on the knife on Tuoba Lian's neck, and the knife entered the flesh, oozing out red and dazzling blood.

"How dare you! Aren't you afraid that our Xianbei cavalry will flatten your Liaodong County?"

"Go ahead, go ahead. Anyway, we have no way to survive if we lose Liaodong County. It's impossible for us to release people for nothing." Lv Desheng said lightly, "At worst, we will die together! Anyway, we have little Prince Tuoba Lian buried with us, which is enough."

Faced with such a tough Lv Desheng, Yuchi Rui hurriedly called for a stop and asked his soldiers to retreat ten feet to show their submission.

"Come on, send a message back to the royal court for eight hundred miles! Report to the Khan and say that Houcheng County Magistrate Lv Desheng wants to negotiate with us! The time for the negotiation will be arranged at noon two days later." After saying this, Yuchi Rui immediately whispered to his own archer, "Can you shoot the other side?"

The big guy next to Yuchi Rui shook his head, "The lookout tower built by the other side was carefully calculated, just outside my range. Unless you are a sharpshooter who can shoot through the willows at 100 steps, you can't shoot the other side."

Yuchi Rui couldn't hide his disappointment when he heard this.

The goal was achieved, and Lu Desheng smiled and said, "General Yuchi, in the next two days, Lu will be here to welcome the negotiation team of the Xianbei Royal Court. But you must be punctual, otherwise I don't know what bad things will happen."

"Don't worry, County Magistrate Lu!" Yuchi Rui gritted his teeth.

Then, he watched the opposite side slowly evacuate in an orderly manner.

Xianbei Royal Court

Tuoba Khan sat at the top, watching the people below quarreling.

"Dugu Zhong, if you say you don't want to fight this war, then where can we Xianbei put our face?"

"That's right, the little prince Tuoba Lian was captured by others, and we Xianbei didn't say anything. Will anyone be able to bully us in the future?"

"Don't talk so nicely, Helan Yan, He Ximing, you advocate war, isn't it because you want to avenge your son?"

"Yes, you are too selfish. For your own selfishness, you don't care about the life and death of the entire tribe!"

"So you mean you won't save the little prince Tuoba Lian?"

"You are talking nonsense! Of course we have to save people, but we can't raise troops easily!"

"What's wrong with raising troops? Are we Xianbei people afraid of war?!"

"If we raise troops now, we will not care about cattle and sheep? It will delay spring grazing. What will our entire tribe eat and drink in autumn and winter?"

"Yes, you should really go down and listen to the voices of our herdsmen!"

"If we have nothing to eat or drink, we will go and rob the Han people! We have always done this in the past, why can't we do it now?! After robbing Liaodong County, we can rob Dali's Xuantu County, Liaoxi County, Youpingbei County, Yuyang County..."

"Do you think Dali is a soft persimmon and let us control it?!"

"Khan, please make a careful decision."

Tuoba Khan on the throne did not speak. Did Tuoba Lian want to save him? He wanted to save him. After all, he was a son, an adult son, and he was very useful.

But raising troops to the south? This decision is not easy to make. You have to be cautious. If you don't do it well, the tribe will have problems surviving the winter.

Why don't these people think about it? It's true that they can go south to rob Han people, but robbing requires skills. They have to study where they can rob and where they can't rob. They can't just do it recklessly!

"Report!"

"What's the matter? Report!"

"Khan, General Yuchi Rui is reporting that the magistrate of Dali Houcheng County, Lv Desheng, has kidnapped the little prince Tuoba Lian and asked to negotiate with us Xianbei! The time for the negotiation is set at noon two days later."

Tuoba Khan narrowed his eyes.

Everyone in the royal court was stunned.