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Chapter 241 Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages

Xie Ming raised his head and looked at Murong Jing with a stern face, resisting the killing intent emanating from his body, his attitude was very firm, "It's worth the life of the next person in exchange for thousands of heads from the Dingxi Army."

Murong Jing looked at him coldly, trying to see flaws from his expression.But although Xie Ming's face was pale, his eyes showed determination, without any regard for his own safety.

A moment later, Murong Jing, who was already full of anger, suddenly showed a smile, looked at Xie Ming, and praised, "That's right, you have a glib tongue and an iron heart. You are indeed a talent in Hengshan. Today, the commander has seen it."

"Thank you, General, for your compliment. I'm just a member of the Hengshan Army, and there are countless talents far better than mine." Xie Ming was already sweating profusely at this time, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.Hearing this, a big rock in my heart finally fell to the ground. If the adult beside me hadn't secretly helped me, I almost fell to the ground.

"Okay, your envoy sent me to fix the Western Army. Please tell me what it is." Murong Jing didn't want to make false claims with him anymore. After the temptation just now, he was sure that Hengshan's power should not be underestimated.At least in the case of Dingxi Army suffering heavy losses, there must be no direct conflict with Hengshan.

"General, my lord ordered me to come here. There are three purposes. One is to establish friendly relations with your army, send envoys to each other to stay in each other, non-aggression, and mutual communication. Second, I, Hengshan, hope to maintain the The business is smooth, and at the same time, we also want to open the market with your army and exchange what we need. Third, we in Hengshan hope to establish military mutual trust with your army, eliminate wariness, reach a compromise on the border between the two sides, and jointly reduce military confrontation and avoid unnecessary conflicts. Conflict. The detailed description is in the document, please read it, general." Xie Ming knew about this trip early on, and said immediately. After speaking, he took out a document from his arms and handed it over.

Murong Jing took the document, opened it, narrowed his eyes slightly, and carefully chewed the meaning of each clause in the document. After thinking for a long time, he raised his head and looked at Xie Ming, "Thank you messenger, what you just said Three items, the first item, my commander agreed. However, the second and third items are related to the interests of our Shazhou, and need to be carefully considered. Your envoy can go back to the post first, and discuss it tomorrow, how about it?"

"That's right." Xie Ming nodded and said with a smile.

After the Hengshan envoys retreated, Murong Jing looked around at the high-ranking Dingxi Army present, "Everyone, you also heard the three items proposed by the Hengshan Army just now, what do you think?"

"My lord, the Hengshan Army is only a young force, and its strength should not be that strong. That messenger must have exaggerated." A general stood up with a look of disapproval on his face, "We don't care about these messy conditions. There is no need to agree. The last general asks for orders, and immediately leads an army of [-] to level their Hengshan in one fell swoop."

"Wait a minute, General Wang. My lord, my subordinates know a thing or two about Hengshan. Since they were able to survive the sweep of the Golden Werewolves, they occupied the Xiazhou Grassland and Weiyuan County in one fell swoop, and their move southward to threaten the Li family is also It is well known to everyone, it can be seen from this that the strength of the Hengshan Army is indeed extraordinary, and I should not be careless." A middle-aged man dressed as a scribe stood up, stroked his beard and said, "I listen to these three things, in fact, they are very important to me. In terms of the current situation of the army, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Just imagine, our army has suffered a great loss since the Tianyun Army invaded, and we urgently need to replenish our troops and raise money, food and military equipment. It is impossible to recover strength quickly without a year or two. During this period, we must adhere to the strategy of recuperating and recuperating, and we must not start a war easily. This is the concern of this subordinate, please think again, my lord."

"My lord, what Pan Changshi said, my subordinates have different opinions." Another younger scribe stood up, bowed slightly, and looked around the crowd, saying, "This Hengshan army can gradually grow under the encirclement and suppression of the Golden Werewolves, which shows that its Extraordinary. Since this is the case, then we should nip this threat in the bud. The Hengshan Army seems to be quite powerful, but its foundation is not stable after all. I decided that the Western Army is the northwest of the empire. It has gone through countless battles Count. Even though they suffered heavy losses, there are still as many as [-] to [-] elite soldiers. Why can't we destroy Hengshan in one fell swoop and take advantage of the situation to occupy Xiazhou Grassland and Weiyuan County? If we win these two places, our Dingxi Army will not only increase With millions of people, and a piece of land to raise horses, wouldn’t it kill two birds with one stone?”

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but their eyes lit up, and their hearts immediately became agitated, wishing to go forward and ask for a fight immediately.Murong Jing also had a slight movement in his heart, obviously he was about to be convinced by what he said.

"My lord, you can't." Seeing that everyone was provoked to fight, Pan Changshi couldn't help being anxious, and quickly said: "The words of Tao Junshou are ridiculous. I Dingxi Army has only 2 soldiers left to fight. There are less than [-] people stationed at the checkpoints in Shazhou. And Hengshan has at least [-] troops on the surface, and they are all cavalry. Once the war starts, most of our army will be infantry, and it will be a field battle , how can we be their opponents. Furthermore, after my Shazhou experienced the Tianyun Army's raging, the place is dilapidated and the people's livelihood is dying, how can I support a huge battle? Even if our army defeated the Hengshan Army and wanted to occupy the It is impossible for Xiazhou and Weiyuan County to be blocked by Hengshan. Once the two sides turn against each other, the Hengshan army can rely on the danger of Hengshan to deal with our army. At that time, how can our army recuperate and accumulate strength? Please think again, my lord. .”

"This?" Hearing this, Murong Jing showed hesitation on his face, and he quite agreed with what Pan Changshi said.It is easy to start a war, but it is difficult to stop it.Now the Dingxi Army is at its lowest point of strength. Once the war starts, other forces will definitely take advantage of the fire, and even the Tianyun Army will launch another northward invasion.If so, Shazhou will be in danger, and the Dingxi Army will be finished.

"What Pan Changshi said is true, we can't clash with the Hengshan Army for the time being." Murong Jing finally made up his mind, looked up at the crowd, and said in a deep voice, "The most important thing for us now is to seize the time to recover our strength. As long as we have an army of [-], Hengshan is nothing to worry about. At that time, our army will leave Anzhou in the west and bring the entire Anzhou under the rule of our Dingxi Army."

Murong Jing's eyes burst out with a strong fighting intent, and he clenched his hands tightly, as if the whole world was under his control.

"As for the conditions proposed by Hengshan, you all discuss it to see if there are any omissions, and if there is any benefit to us. To negotiate tomorrow, we must maximize our interests." Murong Jing leaned on his seat, and his voice recovered. Calmly, hand the document down for everyone to read.

Therefore, the top Dingxi Army leaders present here began to discuss the conditions of the Hengshan Army, thoroughly analyzed word by word, and then criticized and revised, and finally reached terms that were beneficial to themselves, waiting for tomorrow's negotiations.

Regarding the conditions proposed by the Hengshan Army, everyone present felt that the benefits to Shazhou outweighed the disadvantages, and recognized the sincerity of the Hengshan Army's negotiation this time.

The people who returned to the post house finally let out a long sigh of relief, only to find that their bodies were sticky and smelled of sweat.

Lin Yifan, on the other hand, sat down and drank tea calmly, and told everyone to go back to their room to wipe their bodies and change their clothes.

After everyone changed their clothes and came back, Lin Yifan put down his teacup and looked at everyone with a solemn expression, "Everyone, negotiations will start tomorrow, and this will be a difficult game. Do you have confidence in this?"

"Yes! With the President here, we have confidence." Lu Hanjie looked at Lin Yifan reverently and said loudly.

"Then if I'm not here, you don't have confidence?" Lin Yifan asked with a wry smile.

"This, this, we..." Lu Hanjie faltered at this question, his face flushed with embarrassment.

"My lord, don't you want to come with us tomorrow?" Cheng Yi asked in surprise, frowning slightly.

"It is you who are going to Shazhou this time, not me. It is you who are negotiating, not me." Lin Yifan looked at the crowd solemnly, "It is impossible for me to follow you all the time and teach you how to do it. This negotiation will be done by you Dominant, I will not show my face again."

"Ah? My lord, if you're not on our side, we'll have no idea." Lu Hanjie pleaded after hearing this.

"Xie Zhengeng, you are the person in charge of this diplomacy, what do you think?" Lin Yifan ignored the two worried faces, and turned his head to look deeply at Xie Ming who had been silent all this time.

"My lord, my subordinates must do their utmost to ensure that we will not suffer from Hengshan." Xie Ming straightened his body, looked straight at Lin Yifan without hesitation, and said sonorously.

(End of this chapter)