Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 498
Gu Bi who was in Yanmen quickly agreed to Pei Fangming's request.

Perhaps to show his sincerity, Gu Bi allowed Pei Fangming to go to Yanmen Pass with his own soldiers.

Naturally, Pei Fangming knew how to measure, even if Gu Bi allowed to bring his own soldiers, Pei Fangming only brought around ten or so people.

That night, Gu Bi opened the door and let Pei Fangming, An Jie and his party enter Yanmen Pass.

Once inside, Pei Fangming carefully looked at the layout of Yanmen Pass.

Just as he thought, there is almost one post at five steps and one sentry at ten steps in Yanmen Pass.The knife is in hand, the arrow is in the string, and there is no dead corner in defense.

Moreover, the inside of the pass is not flat. Various camps are staggered up and down, and each camp has its own stairs leading to the city wall, which provides strong support for Yanmen Pass.

"This is not a good time to do it."

Temporarily giving up the action against Gu Bi, Pei Fangming started to look at this grand pass again.

Pei Fangming can be considered to have seen many famous customs in the world.

Hulao Pass, Hangu Pass, Xiao Pass, Hu Pass, Jiange...

But in front of Yanmen Pass, these passes always feel a little less flavorful.

"Those passes are mostly in the Central Plains."

It was An Jie who explained Pei Fangming's confusion.

"Although the various passes in the Central Plains were also built to match the dangers of mountains and rivers, there is not much difference between the inside and the outside."

"Yanmen is different."

"Since ancient times, when you leave Yanmen, you will arrive at the grassland. Rather than saying that this is a pass, it is better to say that this is a natural dividing line."

Yanmen is almost the northernmost point that farming civilization can control, and the world further north seems a little strange.

Pei Fangming suddenly realized: "That is to say, I am the first Han general to arrive at Yanmen in a hundred years?"

An Jie wondered, "Is this important?"

"Of course it matters!"

Pei Fangming laughed and said, "Back then, I followed His Majesty to see Yunzhong, which I hadn't seen in a hundred years, and now I see Yanmen again, do you think this is a good omen?"

"Now that Yunzhong has been recovered, this Yanmen...is very close!"

"What is so close?"

Just when Pei Fangming was excited alone, Gu Bi had already come to the two of them.

"Of course Uncle Gu Bi is close at hand!"

An Jie can be regarded as a bridge between the two parties, under his comfort, Pei Fangming and Gu Bi, two enemies who should be life and death, are sitting together at the banquet at this moment.

"Nephew An Jie, when I saw you in Jinyang, you were still a teenager, but now you are so mature."

Gu Bi was the host, and he praised An Jie as soon as he took his seat.

"It all depends on the holiness of the Son of Heaven!"

After all, An Jie had studied in the Imperial College, so he gave all the credit to Liu Yizhen who was far away in Chang'an in a few words, so that Gu Bi could understand that standing behind him and others was the Emperor of Song Dynasty.

Gu Bi glanced at An Jie with a half-smile and then focused on Pei Fangming.

He knew that Pei Fangming was the guard of Jinyang and the person in charge of this meeting.

Seeing that Gu Bi looked at him, Pei Fangming saluted Gu Bi neither humble nor overbearing: "General Gu, I have already reported your letter to His Majesty. But there are some things in it that really need to be discussed, so I came to Yanmen."

Gu Bi stroked his beard: "What? Could it be that the Emperor of Song Dynasty won't agree to my request?"

"Do you know that once this Yanmen Gate is occupied by the Song army, there will be no danger for Pingcheng to defend."

"That is to say, what I donated is not Yanmen, but Pingcheng, and even the entire Great Wei! Such a scheme is not too much to exchange for those things, right?"

Pei Fangming said solemnly: "Of course not too much!"

"Titles, money, food, these ancient generals have as much as they want!"

"But there is only one thing, and that is Tuoba Tao's life!"

In fact, Pei Fangming didn't intend to have a good negotiation with Gu Bi from the beginning.

But there must always be a name to enter the customs, and it would be a bit too fake to agree to all of them.

"Oh?"

Gu Bi raised his eyebrows, matching his upside-down oval face, it really made people laugh.

However, Pei Fangming's complexion was as usual, his momentum was not weaker than Gu Bi's, and his spine was straight.

"Why do you have to kill my Lord Xianbei? Is Da Song so narrow-minded?"

"Not narrow-minded!"

Pei Fangming interrupted Gu Bi: "Tuoba Tao is a powerful enemy of the Song Dynasty. He has repeatedly invaded the northern border of our country. He has committed all kinds of crimes, including burning, killing, looting, and committing heinous crimes! If he does not die, our Song Dynasty will have no face to face the people of Hebei!"

While Pei Fangming was speaking, a sound of a sword being unsheathed suddenly came from behind him.

Pei Fangming thought he had been exposed, and was about to rush towards Gu Bi, but An Jie on the opposite side frantically gave Pei Fangming winks, so Pei Fangming gave up the opportunity to do it again.

Looking at Gu Bi again, he glared at Pei Fangming angrily: "What kind of nonsense reason? Let me ask you, you really don't agree to this matter?"

Even though he could feel the coldness brought by the sword behind his back, Pei Fangming remained unmoved: "Tuoba Tao will always be my confidant of the Song Dynasty if he is alive. Similarly, if he is alive, Song and Xianbei will never be able to live in harmony."

"And General Gu's request is a bit too strange."

"If Tuoba Tao is alive, he will definitely not let General Gu go. Why did General Gu want to save Tuoba Tao's life instead?"

"Naturally..."

When Gu Bi's words reached his lips, he stopped again.

What he wanted to say was naturally because Tuoba Si was kind to him.

But at this moment, when he said this in front of a Song general, even Gu Bi felt that his words were a little inappropriate.

After a moment of silence, Gu Bi gently waved his hand.

At this time, Pei Fangming heard the sound of the blade returning to the scabbard again, and he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning his head slightly, Pei Fangming found a row of armored warriors standing behind him, no wonder An Jie didn't let him do it rashly just now, otherwise he would have been hacked to death before he rushed in front of An Jie.

But the development of the situation is not friendly to Pei Fangming.

Gu Bi now holds almost all the initiative.

If he suddenly went back on his word and planned to kill Pei Fangming and An Jie to take credit for Cui Hao, then Da Song would have nothing to do.

Fortunately, Gu Bi's current attitude has not changed too subversively, but he can clearly feel the tangled twists and turns on Gu Bi himself again.

A long time passed.

Gu Bicai raised his head and asked Pei Fangming again, but this time his momentum was much weaker: "Except for this one, can Da Song agree to anything else?"

"nature!"

Pei Fangming nodded swearingly.

"As long as the ancient generals offer Yanmen, the grievances between the Xianbei clan and our Great Song Dynasty will be completely wiped out."

"If General Gu is willing, I can even ask His Majesty to let Xianbei move to the interior or Hetao, so that Xianbei no longer has to worry about food, drink, and clothing."

Anyway, Pei Fangming is fooling around, as long as Gu Bi can be taken down, these can be discussed slowly.

Seeing that Gu Bi seemed to have let down his vigilance, Pei Fangming was ready to do something again.

"boom!"

A loud noise interrupted the solemn banquet.

Gu Bi stepped out of the banquet hall to look carefully, and found that a group of soldiers were attacking and killing his own troops.

"How brave!"

Gu Bi thought that the people brought in by Pei Fangming suddenly betrayed him, but the innocence in the eyes of Pei Fangming and An Jie made him sober.

"Isn't this one of yours?"

"of course not!"

"Whose man is that?"

Gu Bi was terrified after seeing the general who came out from behind: "Wang Huilong!"

(End of this chapter)