Chapter 1118: Door-to-door negotiations
"Your country is looking for you to negotiate?" Fei Ze heard that it really had something to do with his country's envoy.
"Exactly. Guess who asked me to talk?" Ding Kui deliberately sold a pass.
"Judging by the recent actions of our army, it should be Xiang Ban. ”
"He's a legion commander, and he's not on par with my military rank. ”
"You are the honorary commander of the Eighth Legion, and it is impossible for your country to send a division commander. Fei is confident.
"Hahaha, I really can't hide it from you, Xiang Ban asked me to talk alone. ”
The commander of the Northern First Army was ordered by Dai Gu to negotiate privately with Ding Kui, which is also the meaning of the Commander's Mansion of his own country.
Although the strength of the Northern Route Army was greatly damaged, although the establishment of the two corps had been restored after the emergency replenishment of troops, the combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and it was difficult for them to resist the attack of the Eighth Army and the Twentieth Army Corps alone.
Ding Kui wanted to know what kind of medicine was sold in his country's gourd, and agreed to Xiang Ban's request.
The two sides made an appointment for a one-on-one meeting, and no one could bring more than one, and the meeting place was a lake on the border between the two countries. The mountains around the lake are dense and dense, which cannot accommodate too many troops, and it is not conducive to the movement of cavalry, so there is no need to worry about the other side setting traps.
In fact, Xiang Ban is more dangerous than Ding Kui, he talks with the Juggernaut Knight alone, and if he doesn't speculate, someone can squash him with one hand.
The two met in a clearing near the lake.
Ding Kui came riding a tiger-striped thunder horse, this peerless horse had just grown, but it had already shown extraordinary qualities, and its speed was comparable to that of most land monsters that Ding Kui had ever seen.
"General Ding is really extraordinary. Xiang Ban kept looking at the tiger-striped war horse as he spoke.
It is very rare for the legion commander to be able to ride on the leopard body and run on the thunder horse, the tiger striped thunder horse in the southern countries at most only one or two, he has the good fortune to see his king ride when traveling, his mount is only a pure-blooded thunder horse.
"Hehe, if you talk about my horse, it's just luck. Ding Kui looked at the man in front of him, "I am fortunate to meet today, I have seen all the five commanders of the Northern Route Army." ”
"Hmph, are you thinking when you can defeat me and trample the Northern Route Army under your feet?" Xiang Ban felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
On the battlefield, he successively defeated the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Northern Route Army, and his Northern 1st Army was completely defeated by his own Northern Route Army. All the corpsion-level officers who invaded Nanqiu County were captured alive, which was the greatest shame since the formation of the Northern Route Army.
"There are no winners in wars, and even though we have won, we still have to suffer huge losses, and I wish nothing had happened. ”
Ding Kui spread out his palm, and a fighting dragon rose from his palm, and then flew to the stone next to him, circling and flying around the stone, and after a while, the stone was cut into a stone bench.
"Please sit down and talk. With that, he controlled the Douqi Dragon to fly towards another boulder.
Xiang Ban pondered: Is this a demonstration? His control over his fighting spirit has reached such a point, and he is still so young, I am afraid that he will have a great chance to be promoted to a legendary knight in the future, and there is no need to grudge against such a person.
"Thank you!" he sat down on the stone bench.
Ding Kui made another stone bench, sat down in front of Xiang Ban, and said, "If you don't like it, pull my people out to fight your legion, can you win?" However, if I defeat you, there are other legions in my own country, and I don't have the confidence to defeat a kingdom, so I think peace is the only way out for us." ”
"I'm here today to talk about the truce. Xiang Ban defaulted to his own defeat of Ding Kui.
"The armistice is a good thing, but what troops does the armistice you mentioned include?" Ding Kui guessed a little about the other party's intentions.
"As for me, I can't represent my own country, I'm afraid you can't represent Shaodian country, right? The Northern Route Army authorized me to talk to you about the truce on the border between Jiangzhou and Nannuma Prefecture. Xiang Ban didn't go around in circles, and directly explained the intention.
Ding Kui understood that his country had no intention of stopping cooperation with the rebels, but he was unwilling to start a full-scale war with Shaodian State, and wanted to control the scale of the war within a certain range.
"Hmph, you started the war, what kind of scourge did you make Nanping County, and now you don't want to fight, forget it? My army has traveled a long way here, and I will go back with your words?"
"You guys didn't grab anything in Beiluan County, and the Eighth Army didn't go far from Nanqiu County to Nanping County.
A truce between your and my armies is good for both countries, and we are no cheaper than you.
I know that your Eighth Legion can fight, but your own country does not have a good fighting army, and you may not be able to win if you have to fight to the death.
This time I asked you to talk privately, just to hope that everyone will spread out the conversation and say that you can mention it if you have the conditions, but don't go too far. ”
Xiang Ban didn't expect Ding Kui to accept the truce easily.
"If it weren't for the competition between Meng and your country for the island, your country's elite army would have come a long time ago, right? I don't need to capture your country's territory, I can go to Beiluan County when I have time, there are no three army corps stationed, can you defend me?"
Your Zhongbei Route Army colluded with our rebels, and it should not fail to rescue the rebels in Zhongwangzhou, I am afraid that I will not be able to spare time to come to Beiluan County, your country's loss of money and grain in Jiangzhou is far greater than that of my Nannuma Prefecture, who can consume whom?
I'm not a warmonger, and I'm willing to bring peace to the people of the two countries, but," Ding Kui paused, "I have to give an explanation to the soldiers, to the commander of the corps, and to the commander of the theater. ”
"Just say it directly, what do you want to explain?" Xiang Ban is an anxious person, and he can't stand Ding Kui doing so much foreshadowing.
"Lose money! Or to put it another way, the soldiers can give up their upcoming military exploits when they have a reward, and they can give an explanation to their superiors when they have a military heart, and they can also compensate the people on the border, so that everyone is willing to accept the truce. Ding Kui decided to knock his own country, after all, he had the initiative.
"How much?" Xiang Ban is not a person who is good at negotiating, and he is bent on completing his task as soon as possible, and the pressure on him from the Juggernaut Knight is really not small.
"Four million gold coins. "Ding Kui is not verbose.
Xiang Ban frowned and said, "This is equivalent to a county's tax for a year, do you think I can come up with that much money?"
"A county can solve a state's military expenses, no matter how this account is calculated, you can't take it, and Jiangzhou will definitely be able to get it! The Northern Route Army will be paid a month's military salary less.
If you say too much, I think it's too little, but a soldier will go to a few million dollars for ten gold coins, and what about the compensation for the people? What about the cost of rebuilding border villages and towns? I have to count one gold coin at a time. ”
Ding Kui didn't actually calculate carefully, and he didn't think about paying compensation before he came.
"I can't be the master of this matter, and the front line will definitely not be able to take out so many gold coins for a while. ”
"It's okay, you can go back and apply, you don't have cash to get the grain and grass to recharge, if I am not Jiangzhou Mu, I will definitely agree." ”