Chapter 481 Stalemate

Qin Sheng, who hid in the dark and shot an arrow to force Lin Ran back, successfully covered his father-in-law's retreat, and immediately took another arrow and put it on a full bow.

His eyes were sharp, like a hawk, and he was determined to nip the danger that threatened his father-in-law's safety in the bud.

The whole situation changed rapidly. Except for a few people who were mentally prepared, everyone took a breath of cold air when they reacted.

Is Lu Desheng rebelling? Really rebelling?

Prince Gong's face was full of seriousness and worry. Your Majesty, you thought you could take down or kill Lu Desheng unexpectedly, but the Lu family was also prepared. The Lu family really had a rebellious heart.

Lu Desheng really deceived him before! But what if Prince Gong understood it? Now the situation is obviously out of control, and this is trouble.

At this time, Lin Ran returned to the crowd and stopped being a leader.

Prince Gong questioned him, "Lin Ran, why didn't you kill Lv Desheng immediately?"

Lin Ran paused, "I wanted to kill him, but I couldn't. Didn't you see the arrows shot from the dark? There was an archer hiding in the dark to protect him."

Prince Gong choked. The emperor made this plan to catch Lv Desheng off guard, but after Lv Desheng was prepared, the advantage of surprise was gone.

When Prince Gong looked at Lv Desheng, Lv Desheng's men protected him and retreated.

Prince Gong shouted at his back, "Lv Desheng, you have to think about it. Treason is a serious crime that will kill nine clans!"

"Before you make a big mistake, you should confess. I will plead with the emperor to spare your life and pardon your relatives at the same time."

Lv Desheng sneered as he walked. It was so naive to say such things when the plan was revealed.

Lv Desheng was surrounded by a group of supporters and retreated to the east, where Liaoxi County was behind him. He formed a triangle with the court officials who were behind Yuyang County and the Xianbei royal court negotiation team who were behind the northern grassland.

"Lord Lv, please sit down."

Someone brought a chair with great courtesy, and someone else handed over a vermilion cloak.

Lv Desheng had just taken off the official uniform of the Dali Dynasty and was only wearing casual clothes. He took the cloak, put it on, and then sat down with the hem of his clothes lifted.

Facing Prince Gong's persuasion, Lu Desheng only said, "Prince Gong, there is no need to say more. All this is the result of Song Mo's coercion. Not to mention his persecution of our Qin and Lu families, the fact that he gave up Pingzhou is unforgivable."

"In order to fight against the Xianbei army, all the soldiers and all the people in Pingzhou shed blood and sweat to barely save their homes. But what did Song Mo do in the face of all this? What did the court do? Cede Pingzhou and Youzhou, and let the people lose their homes and land! Let them shed blood and sweat and tears!"

"In the face of the Xianbei foreigners, Song Mo is a spineless, but I, Lu Desheng, am not. The emperor can give up the people of Pingzhou, and the court officials can give up them, but I, Lu Desheng, will never give up them."

"I swear to live and die with Pingzhou and the people of Pingzhou! If Pingzhou is, I am; if Pingzhou is gone, I will die!"

These words are definitely Lu Desheng's true feelings. Pingzhou is the foundation of their Qin and Lu families. If Pingzhou is gone, they don't have to live.

Lv Desheng's tough declaration shocked all the Han people present, especially the soldiers and ordinary people in Pingzhou, who were the most deeply touched.

Prince Gong's face was as gloomy as water. At this point, he no longer thought about right and wrong. He could only bite the bullet and deal with this matter.

The members of the Xianbei negotiation team were never expected to face such a change.

First, they thought that the Emperor of Dali had a hole in his brain. A capable minister like Lv Desheng was dismissed just by saying so. Before they had time to be happy, Lv Desheng rebelled?

Then they felt troublesome. Pingzhou was in Lv Desheng's hands, and it was difficult for them, the Xianbei, to take it.

And listen, what did Lv Desheng say just now? Calling them Xianbei barbarians is fine, and saying that if you want to occupy Pingzhou, you have to step over their corpses.

Not only that, his declaration later even shouted the slogan of coexistence and death with Pingzhou.

Such a strong resistance sentiment is very disadvantageous to them.

So, Lv Desheng must die.

"Prince Gong, in this situation, you Dali must give us an explanation to the Xianbei royal court. Does the result of the negotiation just now count?" Tuoba Yu stated with a serious face.

"Prince Tuoba, we Dali are firm in our words and will definitely recognize the agreement reached."

Prince Gong frowned and tried to ignore the heat on his face. He had to deal with the rebellion and stabilize the Xianbei.

Most of the officials present suddenly felt very strange in their hearts. This condition was negotiated by Lu Desheng. It was really...

They didn't know what to say.

Lv Desheng smiled jokingly, "Prince Tuoba, I'm sorry to inform you that the result of the negotiation just now is not counted."

"I was the person in charge of the negotiation for Dali just now. Now, as the highest local governor and the highest administrative person in charge of Pingzhou, I do not agree with this negotiation result."

Lv Desheng's words slapped Prince Gong's face and the court's face.

The court officials present all looked very ugly.

The members of the Xianbei negotiation team, led by Tuoba Yu, looked at Prince Gong at this time.

Seeing this, Lv Desheng said coldly, "Pingzhou is in my hands, and Tuoba Lian is also in my hands. If you members of the Xianbei negotiation team have a little bit of brains, you will know who to talk to."

Lord Lu's indiscriminate attack directly made the members of the Xianbei negotiation team look ugly.

They are just pretending to be stupid, not really stupid.

Hearing this, Prince Gong regretted that he had not asked Pingzhou to hand over Tuoba Lian to the court for custody in order not to alert the enemy. Now Tuoba Lian, the bargaining chip, is not in his hands.

"Lv Desheng, are you sure you want to go your own way?" Prince Gong confirmed his attitude again.

Lv Desheng spread his hands, "Prince Gong, I can't do anything about it. I can't just surrender, right?"

At this time, Zuo Anmin, who had been silent, said sternly, "Prince Gong, why bother talking to him so much nonsense? What he said just now was so high-sounding, but he just wanted to beautify his wolfish ambitions and the fact that he, Lv Desheng, was plotting treason! Such a traitor should be executed on the spot!"

Zuo Anmin was extremely sad. He never expected that his nephew would die in Pingzhou.

Prince Gong said solemnly, "Prince Tuoba, please lead your Xianbei army to retreat temporarily and give us some time and space to resolve the differences, okay?"

Lv Desheng said jokingly, "In fact, you can be more shameless and cooperate with the Xianbei."

But neither Tuoba Yu and others nor Prince Gong and others paid attention to him.

Of course, Tuoba Yu agreed to Prince Gong's words.

It is obvious that the two sides are going to fight.

He knew that they Han people have a saying, called snipe and clam fighting, fisherman profit.

They Xianbei will be a good fisherman this time, watching the show.

Wait until they are both defeated, and then catch them all in one net.

"All soldiers listen to the order--" Tuoba Yu took out the flag and waved it, "Retreat twenty miles!"