"Ladies and gentlemen." After the hall was quiet, Li Yuanlong's voice began to come out, "Presumably what kind of situation we are facing now, everyone knows it." The mercenaries are menacing, and they have advanced firearms, they can take people's lives hundreds of feet away, our army is not its opponent, the front has lost several battles in a row, and now the other side has occupied the northern belt city, less than two hundred miles away from my Jiaozhi capital, at this time when the country is in danger, I don't know if you have any magic way to retreat from the enemy? ”

After saying this, Li Yuanlong still looked at the ministers with expectant eyes, wanting to see if there were any good moves and any better way.

After hearing the prince's words, the courtiers who were still discussing just now stopped moving.

In fact, before the future of the prince, everyone talked about the domestic war more than once. Huang Hua returned, and news also came back from Ji Xu and Long Bian, confirming that the mercenaries had in their hands a powerful weapon of destruction far beyond their imagination, an advanced musket that could fire continuously and was extremely accurate.

Legend has it that the musket could reach a distance of six or seven hundred meters, and when it fell on a person, it could still be fatal. In contrast, the bows and arrows in their hands can only shoot about 100 meters, and when they are really lethal, they are only 50 or 60 meters. The difference is more than ten times, how can this battle be fought?

But what if you can't beat it? This is where they live, and the mercenaries belong to outsiders. Even if they are outsiders, they can't be left to their own devices, right? When the king was shut down, everyone put all their hopes on the prince, but now that the prince asked this question, how could they answer it.

The people who couldn't think of a solution had to turn their eyes to Li Yuanlong again, in their minds, they had no ability and couldn't find a way to solve things, but they were the princes, and there must be a solution.

Everyone stopped talking, although this was already expected by Li Yuanlong, but when he really saw this ending, he couldn't help but sigh, "Is there really no solution for everyone?" ”

Seeing that the prince was so disappointed, all the courtiers couldn't help but put their heads very low, obviously they didn't want to show the prince their incompetent side. However, some military ministers, although they also looked helpless, but no one lowered their heads.

As military generals, they were originally ready to sacrifice their lives for the country, and they were not afraid of death, after seeing that the ministers had no choice, all the military generals led by the famous general Fan Yuhai stood up in unison, "His Royal Highness the Prince, I am willing to be the vanguard, and I will not obey the order." ”

More than a dozen generals stood up together and said in unison, but it was also a little imposing, these words shocked the bodies of the Wenchen who were bowing their heads, and also shocked the eyes of Li Yuanlong, who was in the first place.

In any case, there are generals who dare to fight, and Jiaozhi should not destroy the country. The important thing is that with the support of these generals, his identity as a temporary commander will be stable.

"Well, the courage of the generals is commendable, and the prince is very happy." His eyes fell on Fan Yuhai, Huang Hua and other generals, and Li Yuanlong said with a sigh. And after saying this, he shook his head again, "It's just a huge gap in the weapons of the two sides, even if the generals are not afraid of life and death, but this prince doesn't want to give his life in vain, and before he thinks of a good way, he has to think carefully about whether to fight." ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince." As soon as he heard the meaning of Li Yuanlong's words, Fan Yuhai looked anxious, and he could feel that this was the prince who was going to give up the war and seek peace.

"Okay, this matter is determined by the prince, where is the prime minister?" Interrupting what Fan Yuhai was about to say next, Li Yuanlong's gaze swept to the ministers and asked.

"The old minister is here." Ruan Xuan Cheng took a step forward.

"This prince ordered you to go to Beidai City on behalf of this prince to negotiate peace with the mercenaries, see what they mean, if you are willing to withdraw the army, we are willing to give compensation, are you willing to go to this errand?" Even if he couldn't find a better way, Li Yuanlong said as he thought before.

This is going to sue for peace, speaking of which is not a good errand, as the prime minister of a country and the head of a hundred officials, if Ruan Xuan Cheng says that he is unwilling, no one can force him. But after his face changed a few times, he still nodded and agreed, "Even if the prince has a life, the old minister is willing to go." ”

"Okay, you deserve to be the prime minister of the country, so it's hard for you. Rest assured, negotiation is just a means, and from this day onwards, we will use the power of one nation to forge more iron shields and other iron weapons, so as not to be too passive in a war with mercenaries. The prince will also send someone to present a letter of state to the Ming Dynasty, and he will be willing to be a minister in exchange for the mercenary's retirement. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."Hearing this, all the ministers threw themselves on their knees one by one. Of course, they knew that everything was not easy to come by now, and now that Li Yuanlong had made so many concessions, they all felt very aggrieved. But when I think about it, it seems that there is no better way to solve the crisis than this method.

"Hey, if you want dignity, you need to be strong. I hope that after this incident, everyone can work together to build my Jiaozhi stronger, so that no one will underestimate me and the earth in the future. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chitose Chitose, Chitose." Listening to Li Yuanlong's teachings, all the courtiers showed their intention to be angry and strong. All this was in the eyes of the prince, and he was very pleased, if he could experience this suffering, it would be a good thing for everyone to have a change.

Of course, there is a sentence in his heart that Li Yuanlong will not say, that is, the negotiation is fake, and it is true to take the opportunity to create more iron weapons to meet the enemy. Since he was a child, he also does not believe that praying can be exchanged for peace, only when he is strong, others will look at it, and the real strength lies.

Even if the other party really has such an advanced musket in his hand, with the current conditions of Jiaozhi, if he wants to win the war, he needs to pay too much, and if he doesn't get one well, it will shake the foundation of the entire Jiaozhi, which is not what Li Yuanlong, who has lofty ideals and ambitions, wants to see. What he needed was to win this battle at the lowest cost, and for this reason he did not hesitate to temporarily bow to the Ming in order to gain their support.

He had already inquired clearly, and the general leading the army on the other side was the loyal and courageous prince of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the title is awarded by the Ming Dynasty, then the matter will be easy to do, as long as the Ming Emperor makes a decree to let him withdraw from the army, then how dare the other party not retreat? At that time, it will be time for you to counterattack with all your might, and even make a surprise attack on the way of the opponent's retreat, and if you don't get it, you can get that kind of advanced musket for your own use.

As for whether Da Ming will do his wish, he asked Yang Chendong to withdraw his troops. Hehe, you don't have to think too much about it at all.

What is Daming? As long as you say something nice, or even make some verbal promises, you will definitely do what you say for the sake of fame.

This is to die to save face and suffer sin. It is precisely in order to win a good name and a broad-minded title that in history, I don't know how many dynasties have paid a heavy price for it. Even Li Yuanlong can see this point and make use of it, so you can know how much such a big shortcoming hinders the development of China.

The temporary court meeting ended, and Li Yuanlong found Prime Minister Ruan Xuan Cheng and told his true purpose.

"Prime Minister, when you go to the mercenary camp, you don't have to be too anxious, you can take your time in the negotiations, in this way, the people I sent to ask for peace with Daming will cooperate with you to send the good news, please rest assured." Considering the distance between Jiaozhi and Daming, some things can't be done in a day, and how to win this time is what Ruan Xuan Cheng needs to do.

After understanding what the prince meant, Ruan Chuncheng was very relieved in his heart, what he was worried about was that the prince was really cowardly, if this was the case, how could he lead Jiaozhi to carry it forward? Fortunately, everything is just an expedient measure, so that the person who can bend and stretch is the leader of Jiaozhi.

With a look of admiration on his face, Ruan Chuncheng confidently patted his chest and assured Li Yuanlong, "His Royal Highness the Prince, please rest assured, once the old man is here, it will not be a problem to hold it for ten days and a half months." ”

"Okay, this prince will order those who go to Daming to seek peace to speed up their journey." Li Yuanlong also swore that he said. In general, he still values the talent of this prime minister very much, and naturally he doesn't want him to make any mistakes.

On the evening of the same day after the two discussed, the officials who went to Daming to sue for peace secretly set off. And the next morning, Nguyen Xuan Cheng also changed into a brand-new official uniform, and took a group of relatives out of Hanoi City, and went straight to Beidai City, two hundred miles away.

The team had just set off, and the Cochin messenger rushed to the north to bring the city one step ahead, and gave a general idea of what their prime minister meant.

North Belt City.

With the entry of Yang Chendong with the main force, this place has become a different situation, and the rich people in the city who instigated others to attack the mercenaries were pulled out of their homes one by one. But whoever does not obey and dares to resist will be killed. For people of different races, Yang Chendong admitted that he has never had a good temper, especially this kind of master who wants to secretly stab, it is even more hateful, and he will settle the account when he gets the opportunity.

Under Yang Chendong's iron-blooded skills and policies, more than 20 wealthy people in the city were brought out of their homes. At first, there was some resistance, but after slaughtering more than 60 people from two families, the others became honest, and when they went to arrest people, they were obediently taken out of their homes.