Chapter 476 Preparing for Negotiation

Lv Desheng took a sip and said slowly, "Seventh Prince, you are not nervous at all after hearing such news."

Tuoba Lian was silent, mainly because he was exhausted.

Lv Desheng was surprised, "You can still be so relaxed. I don't know where your confidence comes from. Do you think nothing will happen to you?"

"Have you ever thought that the conditions proposed by your father Khan are so outrageous? If you can't reach an agreement, you will be in danger. At the very least, you will lose your arms and legs, or even your life."

Hearing this, Tuoba Lian, who had been indifferent all the time, felt nervous.

Lv Desheng looked at his expression and said, "You don't have any illusions about your father Khan, do you think he will never let you get into trouble?"

Tuoba Lian was wavering in his heart. His father Khan should not let him get into trouble, right? After all, he is his youngest son.

"Or do you think you can be compared with his grand ambitions?" Lv Desheng asked a soul-searching question.

Tuoba Lian: No.

"Besides, Tuoba Khan has seven sons, not just you. If you are gone, he still has six. Well, at his age, he should be able to reproduce. It's a bit difficult to have a series of sons, but it should be no problem to give you a few younger brothers later." Lu Desheng's words only meant one thing, that is, Tuoba Khan has no shortage of sons.

At this time, Tuoba Lian's confidence has disappeared.

At this time, Lu Desheng said slowly, "Seventh Prince Tuoba, don't say that we didn't give you a chance. You should have your own power in the Xianbei royal court, right? Why don't you take the initiative to contact them?"

"Your life is your own. If you don't save yourself, don't blame us for killing you."

"We have a saying here that power will expire if it is not used. The same is true for power. If you lose your life, you will lose everything. The power in your hands will also be taken over by one of your brothers, right?" Lu Desheng said, shaking his head, "Poor."

At this time, Tuoba Lian stared at his tea, "I want tea!"

Lu Desheng: ? ? ?

Lao Cao, who was standing by, quickly expressed his opinion, "Lord Lu, according to the regulations, the captives should be given water once every two hours." He didn't abuse the captives.

No wonder Lao Cao was nervous, mainly because they had a clear regulation in Pingzhou that it was not allowed to abuse the captives at will without permission.

Tuoba Lian reiterated his request again.

Lu Desheng was surprised, "Okay, pour him a cup of tea."

"Three cups!" Tuoba Lian emphasized.

"Okay, three cups!" Satisfy him! Poor child.

After pouring three cups of tea, Tuoba Lian finally couldn't drink anymore, "Prepare paper and pen for me."

He wanted to work hard for himself.

Lu Desheng said something very right just now, his life is his own, if it's gone, it's gone.

Lu Desheng: "Come on, paper and pen."

Tuoba Lian wrote the letter, handed it to Lu Desheng, and told him to pass it on to his confidant.

"Don't worry, the letter will be delivered, and we can't let you fall in our hands." This was sincere. Xiao Lianzi was a very good person, and he really couldn't bear to kill him helplessly if the talks broke down.

After receiving the secret letter, Lv Desheng was satisfied and left with a step that he didn't recognize his relatives. How to discuss with his daughter and make good use of this secret letter.

After Lv Desheng left, Tuoba Lian told Lao Cao, who was guarding him, that he was going to the toilet.

"Let's go. Lazy donkeys have a lot of shit and urine." Lao Cao muttered.

Tuoba Lian: ... I can bear it!

Tuoba Lian didn't yell anything, because the people here didn't indulge him at all.

The guard next to him asked curiously, "Lao Cao, you said that to him, but he didn't scold you?"

"Scold him, let him scold." Lao Cao said nonchalantly, he was not afraid of wasting his saliva.

The guards gave him a thumbs up.

Anyway, he was given water once every two hours, so he could scold if he wanted to. He deserved the dry mouth and tongue.

"Don't be unhappy, we didn't abuse you."

"After drinking the water, do you have to go to the toilet? I have served you all day long, and I don't have to do anything else."

Lao Cao muttered, "Because of your Xianbei invasion, everyone is busy, and I have to help occasionally."

Tuoba Lian wanted them to come up with a result quickly and let him go back. It was too painful!

...

As if to prove that what they said was true, the Xianbei royal court captured the neighboring Dai County on the same day.

Song Mo was shocked and angry.

Faced with the lion's big mouth of the Xianbei, the court was speechless.

It was impossible to agree. Because if they agreed, they would have to cede five states of Dali, which was almost like cutting out their hearts.

But if they didn't agree, the foreign army led by the Xianbei was gathering in Yanmen and marching south, and it was not just talk.

This problem was too tricky, how to choose?

"Ceding five states is absolutely impossible!" This was what Song Mo said.

In the face of the rude request of the Xianbei royal court, Song Mo's attitude was unusually tough.

At this time, the Xianbei envoy said, "Don't you have a saying in Dali, asking for a high price and paying a low price? No matter what, we can talk."

After the Xianbei royal court proposed negotiations between the two sides, the Dali court agreed.

It is indeed necessary to talk. If not, there will be no choice but to go to war.

The place of negotiation, under the strong suggestion of Zhang Xian, was set in Youbeiping County, Youzhou. The reason is that it is convenient to escort the hostages. Otherwise, if the negotiation place is set elsewhere, what if the hostages are robbed on the way to the negotiation site?

Zhang Xian's words make sense, and Song Mo agreed.

Youbeiping County is adjacent to the grassland in the north, and they, the Xianbei, can also station troops here, and the Xianbei royal court naturally does not object.

The negotiation site was finally chosen in Youbeiping County, Youzhou.

After learning about it, Lu Songli smiled slightly.

Youbeiping County currently has no government and is considered a chaotic power zone.

Youbeiping County is connected to Liaoxi County in the southeast, Xianbei grassland in the north, and Yuyang County in Youzhou in the west. No one can take advantage.

For the court, the negotiation site has been chosen, how to negotiate next? Who is responsible for the negotiation, and what is the bottom line of the court in this negotiation?

There was a lot of noise in the court.

This is obviously a thankless job, and no minister is willing to go.

In addition, no minister dared to express his position easily.

Agree, that is five states, who dares to advocate agreement? The ministers who advocate agreement are afraid that they will be scolded by the world as traitors, lackeys and spineless.

If they don't agree, if the Xianbei army goes south, they will also be guilty.

It's difficult, too difficult!

Finally, as a last resort, they thought of a compromise.