"What's going on?" Everyone was startled, and Guli Peiluo also jumped up from his chair.

"The Great Khan...... The enemy is fighting in the city. Cannon. Outside the big tent, the panicked voices of the soldiers came.

"What? Are they besieging the city? ”

"I didn't attack the city, I just fought in the city. Cannon. It's the kind of iron marble that can penetrate even the city walls. ”

Guli Peiluo strode out of the tent, and the generals followed him into the garden outside. But a dozen paces away from the Golden Horde, a big tree with a thick bowl mouth fell down, and the fracture was jagged, which was smashed by the iron cannonballs of the enemy troops outside the city. Several of the surrounding houses also collapsed in half, all of which were the work of those iron shells.

"Boom, boom." In the midst of the whistling, there were several violent roars, and the sawdust on the top of a wooden building not far away burst open, and the entire roof collapsed.

Everyone subconsciously squatted with their heads in their hands, and then they understood that it was still the masterpiece of the iron cannonballs fired from outside the city.

"Can these cannons actually hit here? It's three or four miles away from Xicheng. The siege weapons of the Tang people are so powerful. The horrified words of a general represented the voices of everyone at this time.

The rumbling sound was incessant, and in the surrounding courtyard, screams came from the streets one after another. The streets were filled with the sound of people running, and they always felt as if running was the way to avoid the air attack, but in fact it was useless. Because no one knows where the shell will land, or where it will land the next moment.

Guli Peiluo stood still with a pale face, and his generals dragged him to the eaves of a house to hide. Although it may be difficult for the house to resist if the cannonball falls, after all, there is something to cover your head, and you will feel safer.

The bombing did not last long, and it ended in about half an hour. But even if it was only this short half an hour, the damage and panic brought to the city of Toyosu were not small. Guli Peiluo and the others watched with their own eyes that the golden tent in the garden was directly hit by three iron bullets, smashing down the solid skeleton and columns, and smashing Guli Peiluo's golden tent into a puddle of ruins. If the people were still in the Golden Horde, I am afraid that some people would die.

Everyone was in a terrible mood, and although the enemy army did not attack the city, it was more intimidating than the siege. The opponent's siege weapons can cover almost the entire city of Toyoshu, which means that no part of the city is safe. Deaths and injuries are secondary, and the point is that this shadow and panic hanging over the head is the most fatal. The Hui soldiers, who had already returned from a great defeat and whose morale and morale had fallen to the valley, were afraid that they would soon collapse if they were subjected to such harassment.

Guli Peiluo came out of the garden with a pale face, intending to take a look at the destruction and casualties in the city and boost the morale of the soldiers. As soon as they walked out of the state yamen, they saw more than a dozen cavalry horses galloping from the west side of the street, and one of them was the eldest son of Guli Peiluo, who was in charge of guarding the city at the head of the city. Mo Yan Sili is Guli Peiluo's favorite son, and Guli Peiluo is very fond of him, so he stayed in the city during the war. After the death of Qizanali, Guli Peiluo asked Mo Yan to take his place and be responsible for holding on to Xicheng. Because he is the only one who still has the spirit to support the city, the rest of the generals are exhausted.

"Father Khan, father Khan. Are you okay? Mo Yan shouted from afar.

Guli Peiluo's heart was warm, his son was still caring, and he rushed back to ask about his safety, he didn't love him in vain.

"I'm fine, you're not stationed at the head of the city, what are you doing here?" Guli Peiluo frowned.

"Father Khan rest assured that the Tang people did not attack the city. They shot a letter to the head of the city, a letter to the Khan of his father, and the son did not dare to delay it, so he delivered it himself. Mo Yan Sili said what he meant. It turned out that he had not come to check on the safety of his father Khan, but to deliver a letter.

"Letter?"

Guli Peiluo was stunned, and then impatiently took the letter from Mo Yanli's hand. I tore open the envelope and took out the letterhead and looked at it. After a while, Guli Peiluo's face changed, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried.

"Great Khan, what does the letter say?" The generals asked.

"See for yourselves." Guli Peiluo handed the letter to the general beside him, frowning and pondering.

A general took the letterhead and looked at it upside down for a long time, frowned and scolded: "The characters of the Han people are really fucking unrecognizable, and Lao Tzu doesn't know them." ”

The surrounding generals scolded one after another: "What are you doing in your hands if you don't know how to read?" Blind delay in effort. General Sangmu read it out, and General Sangmu knew the characters of the Han people. ”

The letter came to General Kuwaki. Sang Mu opened his mouth and read: "The Tang Dynasty Xiping King, the Right Xiangguo, the Jiannan Hexi Longyou Three Towns Jie Du made Wang Yuan advise Huairen Khan Guli Peiluo. He said: You and other barbarians, offend my Tang Dynasty, occupy my city, and humiliate my people. The sin is so great that it is unforgivable. Today, my Shence army waved the army to the north, and with a slight punishment, Jiao'er and other barbarians knew the power of my Tang Dynasty. In this battle, you should know the power of our gods, and the barbarians are invincible. Now it should have marched its army to attack the city and eliminate all evil. However, I remembered that the Hui tribe had received the grace of my Tang Dynasty back then, and it was a country of my Tang Dynasty, and it had also served my Tang Dynasty, so I thought about it again and again and decided to give you a chance to change your mind. This limit is equal to the surrender of the city before the unitary time, and there is no prevarication. If there is stubborn resistance, you will kill all the dogs, and there will be no forgiveness. ”

"Fuck it, this dog. Mother's tone is so big. ”

"Fuck it, sacrifice the city and surrender it, don't you let him slaughter it? Dog. The mother's little rabbit cub wants to be beautiful. ”

The generals were scolding.

Guli Peiluo didn't scold, just stood quietly aside, his face gloomy and contemplative.

"Great Khan, this guy is so rude, we can't surrender the city, let's fight with them." General Sangmu said in a deep voice.

All the generals looked at Guli Peiluo, waiting for his statement on the letter. Guli Peiluo raised his eyes and looked at the generals, and said in a dumb voice: "Brothers, do you think that Wang Yuan is arrogant and deceitful too much. But have you ever thought about it, at this moment, he has the ability to be arrogant. They didn't attack the city, they only fired a round of artillery into the city, which tells us that they can easily take the city and annihilate us. No matter how angry and upset you may be, he can do it. They can easily break the city, and we will destroy it all. ”

The generals were stunned, the Great Khan was by no means such a person before, but now, the Great Khan has changed. Could it be that the Great Khan really wanted to surrender the city? The problem is that after the surrender of the city, it will not be slaughtered by others, and there may not be a way to live.

"Brothers, do you think something is strange? They were able to take the city and annihilate us, but they came to persuade us to surrender. In the current situation, they don't have to. ”

"yes, it's a little weird. Why don't they attack directly? Do you think that we will really surrender the city? Let's salute before the soldiers? Someone muttered.

"It's not a salute before a soldier. We have fought a battle to the death, and now what are we talking about salute before soldiers? I thought about it just now, and suddenly I figured out this truth. They are afraid that we will fight hard, and they don't want to force us to fight hard, because they don't want to kill or hurt any more soldiers and horses. Guli Peiluo said with a yellow beard.

"Father Khan, why is that? How could they not attack the city in order to spare the casualties of their soldiers and horses? Mo Yan asked puzzled.

"Son, you don't understand. Although this Wang Yuan is the right minister of the Tang Dynasty and the king of Xiping. He also kept saying how the Tang Dynasty was, but in fact, he was not a subordinate of the Tang Dynasty. Why did Li Mao borrow troops from us? It's not because this Wang Yuan didn't listen to Li Mao's dispatch at all, but it was his confidant. I'm thinking that in today's battle, Wang Yuan actually suffered a lot of losses. Though...... Although we lost even more, we only had one enemy, him, and he, Wang Yuan, had another enemy, and that was Li Mao, the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses were badly damaged, what would happen to you? ”

"Does the Great Khan mean that Wang Yuan is worried that there will be too many losses of soldiers and horses, and Li Mao will do something to him when he turns around?" A general's brain is nimble, and he instantly comprehends the doorway.

Guli Peiluo nodded and said: "That's right, because of this, he is reluctant to attack the city, afraid that we will fight to the death." We still have 30,000 brothers, and it's okay to bite him off 10,000 or 20,000 desperately, but of course we're finished. But he lost thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses on us, how many troops did he have in total? How to compete with Li Mao again? Li Mao will take the opportunity to kill him. We're finished, and he's finished. ”

"What the Great Khan said is very true, it turns out that this guy has such an idea. It's no wonder you have to storm the city. We can't cheapen him, let's drag him, consume him, and let him finish. Someone shouted.

Guli Peiluo squinted at the man, frowned, and said, "We're all finished, what's the benefit?" Let that Li Mao fisherman benefit? Idiot! ”

"That's it, stupid, why do we want to let Li Mao benefit? We should take advantage of Wang Yuan's psychology and find a way to reach terms for a deal with him. Maybe you can get out of the way and survive this catastrophe. Someone shouted.

"Exactly, exactly, Great Khan, we should do this. Tell Wang Yuan to let us leave safely, otherwise we will fight him to the death. The generals shouted. Suddenly, there was light in the darkness, and the generals' minds became more flexible, and their mood became much better.

Guli Peiluo pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want to leave safely?" I hope so. Now that they have the upper hand, at least they can wipe us out in one fell swoop. So in fact, if you use this as a condition, it is still useless. If we become arrogant because of this, it will annoy Wang Yuan. If he gets annoyed and fights us to the death, it won't do us any good. So, I mean, you might as well go and talk to them about a mutually acceptable condition. Our bottom line is that we can all make it back to the grassland alive, and the rest will be easy to say. As for the conditions, even if they are harsh, then what is it? It's just a piece of paper. If we keep it, it's an agreement, and if we don't keep it, it's a dead letter. The important thing is that the grass left is there, and you are afraid that there will be no sheep to eat? ”

"What the Great Khan said is very true, and we will raise our hands and feet to agree."

"The wisdom of the Great Khan is much higher than that of Wang Yuanke, Wang Yuan is a fart in front of the Great Khan!"

The generals shouted loudly and patted their asses. Guli Pei Luo was used in his heart, and he wanted to say another smug words, but suddenly remembered that he had just been defeated in the hands of Wang Yuan, and he had killed and injured seventy percent of the soldiers and horses, and he was talking about anything better than the other party, which was self-deception. When I think about it this way, those words of praise sound like sarcasm in my ears.

Guli Peiluo's response speed was beyond Wang Yuan's imagination. When Wang Yuan was explaining to the generals who were in general mood in the tent why he wanted to persuade Guli Peiluo to surrender, the letter sent by Guli Peiluo arrived.

This time, the messenger who delivered the letter was not as arrogant and domineering as a few days ago, seeing Wang Yuan kneeling down and kowtowing a few times, after presenting the reply, he bowed his head and didn't even dare to come out, let alone look at Wang Yuan. Presumably, he also knew the fate of the previous messenger, and he was worried that if he accidentally offended the other party, he would be stripped of his clothes and shaved bald, and then roasted the bird with a torch, which was really shameless.

Wang Yuan read the letter and handed it to Gao Xianzhi, who nodded slightly after reading it.

Only then did Wang Yuan open his mouth and say to the messenger: "Okay, Guli Peiluo has this sincerity, then it is naturally good." His willingness to personally come to our army for talks shows his sincerity. I'm going to the Tang Dynasty and will never do something shady, so you go back and tell him, so that he can rest assured. ”

"Yes, yes, the villain must bring the words."

"In addition, he was reluctant to surrender the city directly, but it also made us very unhappy. You tell him that you'd better be mentally prepared. If we are not satisfied with his own terms, there is not much time left for you. When I say before the unitary time, it must be before the unitary time. You tell him that I, Wang Yuan, will do what I say. Best if he can make us happy. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. The villain must tell. Dare to ask the prince, do you have anything more? ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said, "It's not for the time being, I'll set up a tent in front of the camp and wait for him." There you go. ”

The messenger knelt down and kowtowed to his leave, and hurried back to the city.

The sun was slanting in the west, and the air was still hot, but it was much better than the midday heat. On the sand outside the Shence Army barracks, a tent was erected. It is said to be a tent, but in fact it is just an awning with wind leaking on all sides. Two flatbed carts were pushed under the tent, and the stones were placed underneath them, and there were long tables. Several wooden boxes are placed on either side of the seats.

Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi sat on the wooden box drinking tea and chatting, Liu Jun, Song Jiangong, Liu Dehai, Zhao Qing, Tan Ping and other generals stood aside and looked out towards the west gate of Fengzhou. After seeing no one for a long time, Liu Dehai scolded: "Is this dog fooling us, so scared that he doesn't dare to come?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Don't worry, he will definitely come, if he doesn't come, will he die?" ”

Gao Xianzhi solemnly said to the generals: "Don't mess around for a while, I know you are unhappy, you want to completely annihilate them, but the marshal and I are doing this for other reasons, and you don't understand the reason." ”

The generals slammed their mouths and agreed.

A moment later, under the east gate of the city, more than a dozen horsemen galloped in the dust, and everyone turned their heads to look, but saw that under the protection of dozens of cavalry, Guli Peiluo was riding horses.

……

Wang Yuan and Guli Peiluo This is the first time they have really met. The moment they saw each other, Guli Peiluo and Wang Yuan both showed a certain degree of surprise. Guli Peiluo was surprised that his opponent turned out to be such an elegant and calm young man. Judging by the age, it should not be more than twenty-four or five years old. Such a young man is the opponent who defeated his bitter fruit, which somewhat made Guli Peiluo feel a little ashamed.

And Wang Yuan was surprised that after a big defeat, Guli Peiluo was not as decadent as he imagined. He was tall, ruddy-complexion, and in good spirits. A smile can be disguised, but a look can't. Could it be that this backbone Pei Luo doesn't care about the current situation? Or does he already have a plan to deal with it?

"Huairen Khan?" Wang Yuan stood up and smiled.

"Exactly. Are you Wang Xiangguo? Guli Peiluo asked in a deep voice, staring at Wang Yuan with blazing eyes, not like a loser at all.

"I'm Wang Yuan. I didn't expect you to dare to come in person. Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Guli Peiluo smiled and said: "There is no place in this world that I dare not go." Besides, I absolutely believe in Wang Xiangguo's character. Wang Xiangguo is not the kind of person who plays tricks. ”

Wang Yuan laughed loudly, nodded and turned around to introduce the generals around him to Guli Peiluo one by one. Guli Peiluo also introduced the generals who came with him, and then the two sides sat down one after another.

The entourage of the two sides has made preparations, several clerical clerks have set up pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and their noses are dipped in ink and waiting, because the next thing is a negotiation, their job is to record the content of the negotiation, and then according to the content of the negotiation and draft the terms, of course, the premise is that the negotiation can be agreed.

"Huairen Khan, we don't have to waste time, the purpose of our meeting here today must not be said. I got straight to the point and made my request. If you can agree, we will stop fighting today. If you can't accept it, then you don't have to waste everyone's effort, let's see the real chapter on the battlefield. Wang Yuanyu said arrogantly.

Guli Peiluo was extremely dissatisfied with Wang Yuan's attitude, and it can be seen from these few words that Wang Yuan spoke condescendingly from the perspective of a victor, and did not take himself seriously at all. But he still endured it without having a seizure, he didn't want to come up and talk about it, and the other party did win. Victory is victory, as a Hui people, never shy away from such a reality, Hui people worship the strong.

"Wang Xiangguo is quick to speak, I agree with you. asked Wang Xiangguo to state the conditions. If it succeeds, it will be a truce, if it fails......