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Jishan is just a small hill.

The Jianzhou Jurchens chose Jishan as the venue for the negotiations, which was also carefully considered.

Jishan is located outside the defense area of Xuanfu Military Town, but the distance is not too far, it is located in the middle of the border of the defense area of Xuanfu Town and the place where the Jurchen garrison of Jianzhou is located.

Moreover, the area around Jishan is also considered to have a wide field of vision, and there is no place where you can hide troops and ambush, so you don't have to worry about the other party turning your face and causing trouble.

Even so, when Zhao Junchen set off to Jishan that day, the military town of Xuanfu was still as close to the enemy as if it was extremely nervous, and successively dispatched more than 30,000 elite troops to deploy at the border, and sent dozens of teams of scouts to the north, just in case, the critical moment could send troops in the shortest possible time to protect Zhao Junchen's safety.

Of course, the escort force around Zhao Junchen is also sufficient, Xuanfu Military Town has arranged a thousand-person guard, all of whom are elite veterans selected by Xuanfu Military Town, and Zhao Zicheng, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, and Zhang Jie, the most brave and good general in Xuanfu Town, personally led the troops to escort them.

When Zhao Junchen's team arrived at the foot of Jishan Mountain, it was found that the Jianzhou Jurchen's team had arrived here in advance, and the scale was slightly smaller than Zhao Junchen's guards, but there were also seven or eight hundred people, and the two teams of soldiers and horses were ten miles apart and faintly confronted.

Out of prudence, Zhao Junchen did not come forward at the beginning, first of all, the lower-level officials of the two sides had preliminary contact to discuss the specific way of this negotiation, and then took advantage of the time of the initial contact between the two sides, Zhao Junchen's guards also temporarily arranged a line of defense.

About half an hour later, the preliminary negotiations between the two sides finally came to an end - the two sides jointly decided that before the end of this negotiation, the guards on both sides must be stationed in place, and a large tent was erected between the defense lines of the two armies as the place for negotiations, and when Zhao Junchen and Xuan Ye met for negotiation, no more than 100 people could follow them.

After all these bits and pieces were arranged, Zhao Junchen finally stepped forward to set off, with Zhang Jie in the rear, and he led Zhao Zicheng, Zhao Dali, and Niu Fude and other staff, and slowly rode their horses to the outside of the big tent between the two armies.

Almost at the same time, the negotiation team of the Jianzhou Jurchen also came head-on.

Zhao Junchen hesitated, out of respect for historical figures, he did not take the lead in entering the account after dismounting, but stood outside and waited for a while.

didn't wait too long, just a few words, and the Jianzhou Jurchen team had already come to the front.

When the Jianzhou Jurchen's team gradually approached, Zhao Junchen could obviously feel the nervousness of the people around him.

There is no other reason, although the Jianzhou Jurchen team is only a hundred people, but it is indeed a strong aura, all of them are strong, murderous, and all of them are wearing three layers of armor, equipped with various weapons, riding tall horses, just like murderous beasts.

In comparison, Zhao Junchen's guards are also the elite of thousands of choices, and they are also equipped with the most sophisticated equipment and war horses, but they are a head behind in momentum.

Feeling the nervousness of the people around him, Zhao Junchen suddenly chuckled, and slowly sneered in a voice that everyone around him could hear: "Speaking of which, the Jianzhou Jurchens have been famine for several years, and the logistics supply during this period is also a big problem...... Although the team in front of them is strong and murderous, it should also be one of the very few teams in the Jianzhou Jurchen army that has the opportunity to eat a full meal, but I don't know how long they can hold out! ”

Zhao Junchen's ridicule is of course malicious speculation and groundless, but he doesn't need to verify the truth of his words, just to boost morale.

Sure enough, hearing Zhao Junchen's ridicule, Zhao Zicheng, Zhao Dali and others behind him suddenly burst into chuckles, and the original tension was greatly relieved.

At this time, the Jianzhou Jurchen team finally arrived in front of Zhao Junchen and the others, and after seeing Zhao Junchen's people smiling behind him, these Jurchen warriors were angry, and they only felt that they were despised.

But the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchen only frowned slightly, and did not show too much anger, just glanced at Zhao Junchen seriously, and then turned over and dismounted and walked towards Zhao Junchen.

In this way, Zhao Junchen finally saw this legendary Aixin Jueluo with his own eyes. Xuan Ye.

In later generations, this person was nicknamed "Kang Mazi", because he had smallpox when he was a child, so he left a pockmarked face, in fact, it was precisely because of that smallpox disease that killed all the contenders for the throne, so Xuan Ye was able to ascend the throne as the emperor smoothly.

Looking at the person in front of him now, perhaps because of historical inertia, he still has some pockmarks on his face, he is about thirty years old, and his thin figure is not tall, but his demeanor is quite steady, and he is wearing military armor and a long knife on his waist and hips, but he also has a bit of a murderous atmosphere, especially the pair of eyes that seem to be ancient but hide sharp eyes, which people dare not underestimate.

In the historical time and space that Zhao Junchen is familiar with, this Xuanye's character can be said to be good at forbearance, rigidity and softness, although this character is due to his nature, but the influence of the growth environment cannot be ignored - he basically grew up in a peaceful environment, and at the same time accepted the Manchu riding and archery culture, the Mongolian steppe culture, and the Confucian culture of the Han people, so he created the "Kangxi Emperor" that Zhao Junchen is familiar with.

But in this historical time and space, Xuan Ye's growth environment is not peaceful, and he often leads troops to fight and conquer everywhere, and there are not many opportunities to receive Confucian education, which will inevitably affect his character growth, compared to the "Kangxi Emperor" that Zhao Junchen is familiar with, he can no longer be regarded as the same person.

Zhao Junchen also stepped forward, almost at the same time as Xuan Ye, walked to the door of the big tent, and after looking at the person in front of him more and more carefully for a while, he deliberately used an arrogant attitude, raised his head slightly, looked down, and asked, "You are the Great Khan of the Jianzhou Jurchen...... Ai Xin Jueluo. Xuan Ye? ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, Xuan Ye's eyes moved slightly, but his expression was still calm, and he asked rhetorically: "I am Xuan Ye!" is not only the Great Khan of the Jianzhou Jurchens, but also the co-ruler of Monan Mongolia and Korea! You are the negotiation messenger sent by the Han Emperor, Zhao Junchen? ”

is a very targeted response, he deliberately described Zhao Junchen's identity, saying that he is the master of one party, and Zhao Junchen is just a minister, so he will naturally suppress Zhao Junchen in terms of identity.

Zhao Junchen was still arrogant, and said with a reserved face: "I am Zhao Junchen!" After defeating the coalition of the Mongol right wing and the Dzungar Khanate some time ago, he was originally recuperating in the capital, but this time the negotiations were not trivial, related to the situation between the imperial court and the Jianzhou Jurchens in the next few years. ”

The Dzungar Khanate also destroyed countless countries in the Western Regions, Qinghai and other places, and the meaning of Zhao Junchen's words is obvious.

Xuan Ye frowned again, only feeling that Zhao Junchen's attitude was too tough, and he didn't leave any affection, if this topic continued, I was afraid that it would be difficult to end peacefully.

Before Xuan Ye could express his position, a Han-looking strategist beside him spoke: "Lord Zhao's great military exploits, we have often heard of them, and I really admire them, although the Mongolian right wing has declined over the years, but I heard that the Dzungar Khanate is the overlord of the Western Regions, and it should have some strength, if I build a Jurchen, it will probably take three or five thousand people to defeat them!" ”

The implication is obviously that Zhao Junchen's record is not worth mentioning for the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Zhao Junchen glanced at the Han-looking strategist out of the corner of his eye and asked, "Han? ”

At the same time, Zhao Junchen found that Xuan Ye was surrounded by several Han-looking strategists, and even two Han-looking generals.

This Han strategist raised his head proudly and said: "My name is Qian Tong, I am a Jinshi in the eleventh year of Deqing, and I once served as the prefect of Liaodong, but ten years ago, I was recruited by the male lord to identify the general trend, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and now the official residence Jianzhou Nuzhen is the Fu Zheng envoy!" ”

Zhao Junchen snorted lightly and reprimanded coldly: "It's just a person who has forgotten the classics!" Is it also worthy to speak falsely in front of this cabinet? ”

Qian Tong shook his head and said: "The Ming Dynasty has long been eroded from the roots, anyone can see the trend of the building will fall, although I am committed to the establishment of the state, but I have never forgotten the ancestors, the reason why the Han people are Han people, not because of the blood, but because of the culture, I am also to continue the Confucian heritage......"

However, without waiting for Qian Tong to shake his head and finish his opinion, Zhao Junchen didn't look at him anymore, anyone could see his disdain, just turned his gaze to Xuan Ye, and asked: "You Jianzhou Jurchens, who are strong and strong, now want to take the initiative to invite the court of the mansion to fall, this matter is not a trivial matter for both parties, don't stand here and play tricks, let's go into the big tent and talk about it in detail." ”

These words immediately stifled Qian Tong's boastful talk and made him blush.

Xuan Ye glanced at Zhao Junchen deeply, and only felt that he had to completely suppress Zhao Junchen's arrogance, so he nodded and said, "It's okay!" …… However, of course, the lip service is unnecessary, but there is still a real thing that needs to be resolved before you and I can negotiate! ”

Zhao Junchen raised his eyebrows and asked, "What about real knives and real guns?" What's the matter? ”

Xuan Ye said slowly with an expressionless face: "For this negotiation, I have always been sincere, and I have always restrained the warriors under my command, so that they cannot clash with the border army of the Ming Dynasty without authorization!" Three days ago, I sent a team of warriors into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, originally just to send a letter to Lord Zhao to agree on today's negotiations, but I never thought that Xuanfu Town reacted violently, and directly sent more than 10,000 troops to meet it! The Jianzhou warriors did not compete with the border army of Xuanfu Town on the spot because of my strong order, and retreated on the spot after leaving a letter......

This matter was nothing, but I heard that the officials of Xuanfu Town actually said that this matter was a great victory and publicized it everywhere, which made the warriors of the Jianzhou Jurchen not very convinced, and they have been making trouble here to fight again with the border army of Xuanfu Town! The Jianzhou Jurchens have always been based on riding and archery and martial arts, and I can't suppress them in this kind of thing, if they blindly suppress them, they may make trouble for themselves, and I am afraid that this negotiation will be difficult to continue!

In my opinion, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to have a real contest and resolve the grievances between the two armies...... Of course, the two armies can't fight in formation, the casualties are too large and hurt the peace, so let the leading generals of the two sides three days ago go down and compete with the skills of bows, sabers and guns alone, how about it? ”

Xuan Ye's performance was obviously to take the opportunity to show the martial courage of the Jianzhou Jurchens, suppress Zhao Junchen's arrogance, and seize the opportunity to negotiate.

At this time, if Zhao Junchen refuses, it is a sign of weakness.

So, Zhao Junchen turned his head to look at Zhao Zicheng.

Zhao Zicheng has always been arrogant and interested in battlefield exploits, this time he was supposed to stay in the rear, but he took the initiative to follow Zhao Junchen and wanted to personally participate in this negotiation, just to increase his political capital, Zhao Junchen thought that Zhao Zicheng was different from Guan Wuyuan's pure straw bag, at least his martial arts were still very good, so he agreed to his request.

But neither Zhao Junchen nor Zhao Zicheng expected that before this negotiation began, Zhao Zicheng would need to compete in person.

After hearing Xuan Ye's statement, Zhao Zicheng's expression was a little uncertain, but he quickly returned to his usual arrogant appearance, and raised his head and said, "I am Zhao Zicheng, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu of the imperial court!" Three days ago, it was this general soldier who personally led the troops to repel your Jianzhou Jurchens! If the Jianzhou Jurchen generals are not convinced, the general soldier is also willing to let them learn the skills of the general soldier! ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen did not object, Xuan Ye pointed to a Jianzhou Jurchen general behind him and explained: "He is Tuhai, one of the most brave and warlike warriors of my Jianzhou Jurchens, three days ago, he led the troops to send a letter to Lord Zhao, and he has not been very convinced afterwards, since it is Zhao Zongbing who is willing to go down to the competition, then he will have a discussion with Zhao Zongbing." ”

After speaking, Xuan Ye nodded to Tu Hai and said, "Negotiation is imminent, don't hurt the life of this Chief Zhao soldier!" ”

Tu Hai clenched his fists and said loudly in half-baked Chinese: "Don't worry, I will leave him alive!" ”

Seeing Xuan Ye and Tu Hai despise themselves like this, Zhao Zicheng's cheeks immediately flushed, and he sneered: "Swords and guns have no eyes, if I poke a hole in you, don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”

In this way, the two sides agreed on the competition, and then emptied a field outside the big tent, Zhao Zicheng and Tuhai each rode horses and held troops to prepare, and Zhao Junchen and Xuan Ye ordered someone to move tables and chairs, and sat not far away to watch.

Before the competition, Xuan Ye glanced at Zhao Junchen, and couldn't help but be a little curious.

The martial arts of the Jianzhou Jurchens are well known to the world, and Tu Hai is a famous military general among the Jianzhou Jurchens, compared to Zhao Zicheng's reputation for his record is much worse, and the odds of winning this competition are not high.

In Xuan Ye's eyes, Zhao Junchen is a treacherous and wise person, and it stands to reason that he will never agree to this competition, after all, once Zhao Zicheng is defeated, this negotiation will lose the opportunity, so when Xuan Ye proposed the competition, he was already prepared in his heart that Zhao Junchen would find a reason to refuse, but he didn't expect Zhao Junchen to have no intention of refusing at all.

This made Xuan Ye a little surprised, and secretly a little jealous, only thinking that Zhao Junchen was afraid that he had another means to reverse the situation.

Xuan Ye never dared to underestimate Zhao Junchen, not to talk about Zhao Junchen's great military exploits on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, Xuan Ye also sent people to inquire about Zhao Junchen's deeds in recent years, and only felt that Zhao Junchen was a pillar of the Ming Dynasty, much more difficult than Emperor Deqing, Zhou Shangjing and others, and he was the most vigilant figure in the future of Jianzhou Jurchen.

The most important thing is that the Jianzhou Jurchen took the initiative to ask the Ming Dynasty emperor to surrender this time, and in a way was forced by Zhao Junchen, if it were not for Zhao Junchen who turned the attention of the Jin merchants to the development of Sichuan salt and the rectification of commercial taxes, etc., and suppressed the border smuggling operations of the Jin merchants, the Jianzhou Jurchen would not have been so serious this year, and would not have been forced to ask the Ming Dynasty emperor to surrender.

At this time, seeing the appearance of Zhao Junchen's old god, Xuan Ye couldn't help but ask: "Isn't Lord Zhao afraid of the defeat of this Zhao general?" Or is Lord Zhao very confident in the martial arts of this Chief Zhao soldier? ”

Zhao Junchen turned his head and glanced at Xuan Ye, and said slowly: "I am not familiar with General Zhao Bing, I only heard that he is skilled in arching and horses, but I don't know how powerful he is...... But I'm not worried about his defeat, even if he loses, we won't lose in the end! ”

Zhao Junchen's words made people unclear, and Xuan Ye frowned again, and wanted to ask.

But at this time, with a golden sound, the competition between Zhao Zicheng and Tuhai began.

In the cheers of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Zicheng rode out while waving his hand around, only to see him riding a white horse, wearing silver armor, holding a silver gun, wearing an inner red cloak, and with his heroic and extraordinary face, it is really good-looking, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhao Zilong is alive.

On the other side, under the silent gaze of the Jianzhou Jurchen warriors, Tu Hai also slowly rode his horse out, but he was a dark horse with a black armor and a cold temperament, holding a saber in his hand and a meteor hammer on his waist and hips, which can be described as a stark contrast.

After a moment of confrontation, the two drove their horses towards each other, and then a burst of swords and soldiers fought.

Just looking at Zhao Zicheng's appearance of driving a horse and holding a gun, he is indeed skilled in arching and horses, but he has always been hiding in the rear and only knows how to talk about it, but the experience of personally charging into battle is almost nothing, but he just received a few knives from Tuhai, he was already cowardly and weak, and soon fell into disadvantage.

Seeing that he was about to be defeated, Zhao Zicheng became more and more flustered in marksmanship, he was not afraid of his defeat and injury at this time, but he was afraid that he would lose face if he was defeated too badly, but he suddenly remembered something that Zhao Junchen sent someone to secretly tell him before he went out of the battle, so he gritted his teeth fiercely, and then ignored the knife that Tu Hai slashed at his arm, but just stabbed Tu Hai's horse under the seat with a shot.

Then, after a horse neighing, Zhao Zicheng had been cut down by Tu Hai under the horse, but Tu Hai's crotch war horse was also stabbed by Zhao Zicheng, but Tu Hai was experienced in combat, and after seeing the war horse injured, he took the initiative to roll to the ground, and then got up as fast as possible, and waited until Zhao Zicheng on the other side finally supported his body, and Tu Hai had already put the saber in his hand on Zhao Zicheng's neck.

Seeing the saber on his neck, Zhao Zicheng suddenly turned ashen, and with the blood on his shoulder, his image can be described as extremely miserable! - In fact, if he hadn't been wearing the finest armor, Tuhai's knife would have cut off his arm.

"If it weren't for the Great Khan telling my men to show mercy, I would have cut your neck just now, not your arm!"

Looking at the defeated general at his feet, Tu Hai said coldly.

In this battle, it is obvious that Tuhai has won completely!

In an instant, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were still cheering loudly just now were silent, and the Jianzhou Jurchen warriors, who had been watching the battle in silence, let out excited roars one after another!

Zhao Zicheng, who was still showing off his martial arts just now, walked up to Zhao Junchen dejectedly, and pleaded in a low voice: "Elder Zhao Ge, he is incompetent and incompetent, and he has disgraced the imperial court!" ”

Zhao Junchen glanced up at Tu Hai, who was roaring and demonstrating loudly in the center of the venue, but he sneered, and then turned his gaze to Zhao Zicheng's shoulder wound, and said with relief: "You did a good job, and you don't need to ask for guilt...... It doesn't matter what your injuries are, right? ”

Zhao Zicheng saw that Zhao Junchen didn't blame himself, but cared about his injury, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "It doesn't matter if you have a humble injury, you have armor to protect you, and you didn't hurt your bones!" ”

Zhao Junchen's attitude was still full of concern, and said: "But you can't delay, go to the doctor to heal it, your body is important...... By the way, let's also watch the second contest! ”

In fact, Zhao Junchen had long expected Zhao Zicheng's defeat, and he agreed to this competition, which originally had the intention of taking the opportunity to recover Zhao Zicheng.

On the other side, Xuan Ye was originally planning to take the opportunity to preach to Zhao Junchen that the Jianzhou Jurchens were invincible, but when he heard Zhao Junchen's last sentence, he couldn't help but be stunned, and interjected and asked, "Lord Zhao, why is there a second competition?" There is no such arrangement beforehand! ”

As soon as Xuan Ye's words fell, he heard the cheers of the Jianzhou Nuzhen, and suddenly turned into an emotional curse.

Xuan Ye turned his head to look, but found that Zhao Junchen's bodyguard, Zhao Dali, was now wearing armor and holding a mace, and rode into the arena, thinking that he was going to continue to compete with Tu Hai.

What's more, after Tuhai went through the battle just now, he not only lost his physical strength, but also lost his horse, and the competition at this time was naturally extremely disadvantageous.

Seeing this scene, Xuan Ye's face changed, and he asked Zhao Junchen angrily, "Lord Zhao! What do you mean! Do you still want to use wheel warfare to deal with my Jianzhou Nuzhen warriors? You Han people have always been a self-proclaimed state of etiquette, and you have such shameless behavior? ”

Zhao Junchen took it for granted, and said: "Of course it's a wheel war, I didn't send a crowd to beat that Tuhai and I was already very restrained!" Today's competition, in the final analysis, is to compete with the strength of the Han army and the Jianzhou Jurchen army! Since this is the case, it is natural to take out the strengths of both sides to compete, and how can there be any reason to attack the strengths of the other with their own shortcomings? I also admit that your Jianzhou Jurchen is brave and good at fighting, and the strength of my Han people is that there are many people! The previous soldier fell, and immediately ten soldiers stood up! There are tens of thousands of Han people, and there are tens of millions of adult men, and they have always fought more and less when fighting, which was so before, is like this, and will not change in the future, there is nothing bad to admit, today's competition will naturally have to fight more and fight less, only in this way can we give full play to our advantages! ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's shameless remarks as a matter of course, Xuan Ye couldn't help but be furious!

But in addition to being furious, Xuan Ye couldn't help but think that Zhao Junchen's statement was reasonable...... Especially after hearing Zhao Junchen's remarks that "there are tens of thousands of Han people" and "there are tens of millions of adult men", I couldn't help but feel jealous!

At this moment, Xuan Ye finally understood what Zhao Junchen meant by what he just said, "Even if he loses, our side will not be defeated in the end".

Seeing Xuan Ye's expression, he was about to open his mouth to refute himself, but Zhao Junchen took the initiative to give Xuan Ye a step and asked, "If you don't want this competition to continue, how about this competition ending in a draw?" ”

Xuan Ye's eyes were fixed on Zhao Junchen's face, and finally nodded coldly: "Since you Han people only know how to bully more and less, then this competition is naturally meaningless!" ”

When he expressed his position, Xuan Ye knew that his plan to use the martial arts of the Jianzhou Jurchen to put pressure on Zhao Junchen and fight for a negotiating advantage was a complete failure!

On the other side, Zhao Junchen smiled and instructed Niu Fude: "Tell the soldiers, just say that the Jianzhou Nuzhen Khan is not willing to continue the competition, and this competition will end in a draw!" ”

After finishing the order, Zhao Junchen didn't wait for Xuan Ye to open his mouth, and said again: "However, the martial arts of the Jianzhou Jurchen are indeed admirable, and in order to show my respect, I also brought a gift to the Khan this time!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen waved his hand, and three large boxes were brought over.

After the big box was opened, Xuan Ye looked down, only to see that the box was full of dense human heads!

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