In the next few days, Guo Yaoshi still took good care of Sun Tu and them, the daily wine and food were rich enough, and the soldiers in the city were also polite to them, at least compared to the possible food shortage in Zhuozhou City at the moment, they were indeed doing well.

But that's about it. Because in addition, no matter what Sun Tu asked, he was politely rejected by the people of Chang Shengjun, whether he wanted to see Guo Yaoshi to discuss the surrender, or walked around the city of Zhuozhou, these soldiers only shook their heads, and said that their generals were busy with official business and could not spare time to meet them for the time being, so they asked them to wait patiently for the time being.

In this way, Sun Tu and his entourage seem to have been placed under house arrest by Chang Shengjun, which naturally makes people unhappy and even more uneasy. And although he knew in his heart that this was just a strategy set by Pharmacist Guo in order to grasp more initiative, he also felt more and more impatient as time passed.

It doesn't matter if there are only envoys on their side, but now that there is another group of Liao people, the situation is completely different, not only the variables will increase, but the danger factor will also increase exponentially, who knows if the Liao people will seize the current opportunity to reach a tacit understanding with Guo Yaoshi, or if a Liao army suddenly appears outside the city of Zhuozhou?

Just when Sun Tu couldn't hold back and planned to force his way through the last wave, early in the morning of the fourth day, Chang Shengjun actually sent someone to invite them to meet their own general. This finally made Sun Tu breathe a sigh of relief, and being willing to meet showed that there was still a chance. However, when they came to the garrison yamen again, they found that a group of Liao people also arrived at the same time, and the two sides immediately confronted each other clearly.

"I can't imagine that you Song people still have the heart to come to Zhuozhou at this time, do you really think that you can rely on your rhetoric to make General Guo work for you?" Xiao Sixun immediately said mockingly.

Sun Tu immediately sneered: "You are talking about yourself, right?" Who doesn't know that now Liao's domestic and foreign troubles are constantly continuing, maybe the destruction of the country is just around the corner, and he still wants to use the power of the past to suppress the Chang Shengjun! To tell you the truth, whether it is Zhuozhou or the Changsheng Army, it has long been in the pocket of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Hmph, but it's just a matter of using your tongue in vain, you Song people are weak, so you will only use this trick."

"Then you are too ignorant, just last month, my Great Song Dynasty also broke your elite of Liao on the Baigou River. If you hadn't waited for the fraud first, I'm afraid that even Youzhou City would have changed hands now. ”

"It's just nonsense, why didn't you mention the heavy casualties of your Song army in that battle, but you want to blow nonsense in front of me, do you really think that I don't know the situation outside when I am in Zhuozhou?"

Seeing that the more the two sides talked, the more angry they became, and there was a tense effect, the Chang Shengjun who had just been on the side and only cared about watching the play hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "A few envoys, please don't hurt the harmony, if you have anything to say, go in first and talk about it." My general has been waiting inside for a long time. As he spoke, he made another gesture of please.

Sun Tu glanced at the Liao envoy thoughtfully, then snorted lightly and strode inside. Seeing this, the Liao people over there refused to lag behind, and hurried to catch up, almost walking into the gate side by side with him. After bypassing the Zhaobi wall in front of them, they looked at Guo Yaoshi, who was already waiting in the courtyard with people, and at this moment he still had a smug smile on his face, but he didn't know if he heard the quarrel outside, which made him feel that he had completely controlled the initiative in the situation.

Before and after the two sides came to follow, Guo Yaoshi hugged his fists and said, "Please also invite the two envoys Haihan, Guo has been entangled in all things in the city, so he has snubbed you in the past two days." Fortunately, there is time today, so let's settle the matter. Two, please! ”

Although he said an apology, no matter how he looked or not, he took it for granted, which made Sun Tu and Xiao Sixun feel a little unhappy in their hearts, but the former just smiled, and the latter snorted. In the end, no one had a seizure, and he went back to the church after him.

The seats in the hall have long been placed, and Guo Yaoshi naturally sits at the top of the main seat, but there is only one host and guest position in the next place, obviously this is also what he deliberated, just to constantly instigate the contradictions between the two sides, so as to make himself profit from it. Xiao Sixun immediately grabbed the first step and sat in this guest seat at once, and at the same time looked at Sun Tu defiantly, just waiting for him to sit down on his head.

But to his surprise, Sun Tu did not take a seat, but walked to the seat at the back, bent down and dragged the seat on the side to the right room in the hall, and then sat down. In this way, the sitting style of the main and second guests in this hall is quite strange.

Originally, according to the usual seating arrangement at this time, the host was on the top, and then there were seats on the left and right sides below, and they sat down according to the order of status, which was not only the case in the Great Song Dynasty, but also the Liao State had long been affected by etiquette, and there was such an arrangement.

But Sun Tu's hand was completely unreasonable, and he sat directly with Guo Yaoshi, not only did he not fall behind, but also cut Xiao Sixun's status much lower, which made his face dark, and he wanted to do it, but he was unwilling, so he could only be stunned there.

Sun Tu's hand not only embarrassed the Liao envoy, but also caught Pharmacist Guo off guard, and after being stunned for a moment, he smiled bitterly, but he didn't see it. He really can't investigate this matter, after all, it was his first calculation, and they just broke their own design.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall was a little weird, Sun Tu had already spoken first: "General Guo, it seems that you are planning to sell the first-hand goods today, and the one with the highest price will get it?" ”

These words once again made Pharmacist Guo's face stiffen. Doesn't it mean that the Song people are the most polite? Doesn't it say that the Song people are gentler than the Liao people? Why can't I feel anything about this Song envoy? This person's boldness and aggressive momentum are no worse than those of the Liao envoy!

I thought so in my heart, but I still had to say it. At that moment, he reluctantly smiled and said, "General Sun is right, I do have this intention." However, this is also a helpless move, who asked the envoys of your two countries to come at the same time, so I can't make a choice, I can only see what kind of protection you can give to my brothers below, so that I can have a satisfactory explanation to them. ”

Hearing a few words from him, he pulled out his sergeant as a shield, Sun Tu laughed again in his heart, but his face looked quite solemn: "What General Guo said is that this matter is like doing business, you should shop around, and sell it at a high price." ”

Seeing that these two people were talking to each other, and they had a great deal of conversation, and the meaning of finalizing the matter was finalized, Xiao Sixun's heart became even more anxious, and he immediately said: "General Guo, don't forget that you were a courtier of my Liao State at the beginning......"

"But he is also the leader of the rebel army who was forced to revolt, and he is also a member of my Han people, and he has always been bullied by your Khitan people." Sun Tu immediately replied.

Xiao Sixun didn't answer his words, just snorted in a low voice, and continued to look at Guo Yaoshi and said, "You have to think about it, the Song people have always been cunning and changeable, just from today's fact that they openly tore up the alliance and used troops against our Great Liao, we can know that they are not credible." Although you are Han, you are not a Song person after all, will they tolerate you? But my Da Liao is different, as long as you have the ability and make meritorious contributions in the next war, the imperial court will definitely reward you again under the past blame, and even if the Zhuozhou area is handed over to your jurisdiction, it will not be a difficult matter! ”

"Hahaha, your Liao Imperial Court is really generous, and you actually took Zhuozhou as a reward and handed it to General Guo. Then should I tell your emperor that I will reward him with Linhuang Mansion? Sun Tu laughed and mocked. Without waiting for the other party to attack, he looked at Guo Yaoshi again: "General Guo, the sincerity that my Great Song can give is much stronger, not only can I promise what you asked before, and use Zhenzhuozhou for generations, but I can also provide you with enough food, grass and armor for your whole army to help you defend this city!" In addition, as long as you have made meritorious contributions to the imperial court in this war, you will inevitably be rewarded with gold and silver treasures, and you can even buy the best mansion in Tokyo, which is a very popular minister. As he spoke, he turned back and beckoned to one of his subordinates who had been left behind.

The man had been carrying a package with him, and at this moment he hurriedly took two steps forward and handed the things to the Changsheng soldiers guarding the door, and he sent the things into the hall and put them on the long case in front of Guo Yaoshi.

Just listen to the sound of the thing when it is put on the case, and you can see that the contents of the package are really not light. And when Pharmacist Guo opened it casually, he felt a flower in front of him, and everyone inside and outside the hall couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, just because inside the package was dozens of gold ingots, which were shining dazzlingly in the sunlight at this time.

At a cursory glance, Pharmacist Guo knew that this bag of gold was as much as three hundred taels, and even he couldn't help but breathe slightly, which was a huge amount of money that he had never seen before.

Sun Tu looked light-hearted: "General Guo, the three hundred taels of gold here are just to show our sincerity, as long as you are willing to submit to my Great Song Dynasty, gold, silver, money and food are not a problem." "These gold were copied from Tong Guan's hands, and at this time, it can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and things are useful.

Seeing Pharmacist Guo's appearance, Xiao Sixun's face became even more ugly, he really didn't expect the Song people to come to such a hand. At that moment, he snorted and said, "Pharmacist Guo, you have to think about it, gold or something is just something outside the body, if a person dies, it is no different from a stone!" Although I Da Liao can't take out these yellow and white things now, but you don't forget what I said two days ago, once you really betray my Da Liao, in a few days, when the army arrives, Zhuozhou will definitely be burned! ”

Guo Yaoshi was still glad that he was playing this hand, if he hadn't pulled the two parties together, how could it be so beneficial? Gold is just a trivial matter, but the promise of the Song court is what he wants the most. However, after hearing Xiao Sixun's threatening words, his face changed again, which was really embarrassing.

One side induces him to benefit, and the other side threatens him, what choice should he make?