Chapter 724: Divide and Govern

Hancheng Plain

After the military review ceremony, the three-party peace talks group, Dali and Xianbei, were obviously a little quiet.

On the Dali side, the peace talks group headed by Wang Yun was leading people to revise the peace talks plan.

There was no way, Pingzhou's military strength was too strong, and the other party definitely disagreed with their original plan.

They could only make more concessions.

Wang Yun frowned, considering how to satisfy Pingzhou.

In the past two days, the three parties did not officially start negotiations, but were waiting for the military review ceremony, which was a competition of the quality of the soldiers of the three forces.

Originally, he planned that if Dali could suppress Pingzhou in this military review ceremony, he would have some bargaining chips in his hands.

Unexpectedly, the quality of Pingzhou's soldiers was so high. They lost Dali, and Xianbei also lost.

So, in the next peace talks, they could only give in.

But Wang Yun overturned the previous negotiation plan and made this concession decision, which made Fan Quan very dissatisfied.

Back then, Lu Desheng blocked his official career at Hongsheng Restaurant. He had been silent for six years and worked hard for six years, thinking that he would have a chance to avenge his previous shame.

Now, the opportunity was right in front of him, and he wanted to try hard, and he was very sure that he could win this round in the verbal confrontation.

Fan Quan tried to persuade Wang Yun not to change the previous plan.

Wang Yun waved his hand and let him go.

Wang Yun knew very well that the three-party peace talks were not only verbal confrontations among the negotiating members, but also a contest of the comprehensive strength of the various forces behind them. Now that Dali's comprehensive strength was inferior to others, what would Fan Quan's eloquence do?

On the Xianbei side, Tuoba Jin could see that his father Khan was really envious of the crossbows displayed in Pingzhou this time.

He thought that when he returned, he would ask Cao Huating to try hard to see if he could get a batch of crossbows from Pingzhou. By the way, their shields were also good things.

It was a pity that Cao Huating did not come with him this time, otherwise he could ask directly.

I did invite him, but he refused. The reason for his refusal was that he was a Han Chinese, and appearing in such an occasion as the tripartite talks would not be conducive to his activities in Pingzhou and Dali.

Tuoba Jin thought it made sense. Cao Huating was currently quite capable of him. If he was affected, he would also be affected. So he did not force him.

Dali Resident

Imperial Doctor Lin was treating Song Mo inside.

Lin Ran came out of the imperial tent and went to the imperial kitchen.

As soon as he arrived, he heard people chatting inside. He recognized the two people talking by voice as a pair of master and apprentice in the imperial kitchen.

"Xiao Ding, what are you looking at?" Master Li asked his apprentice, and then looked in the direction of his sight, but did not find anything unusual.

"Master, I'm looking at the totem of the Pingzhou flag."

Master Li said indifferently, "Isn't it just a big rooster? What's so good about it?"

After the morning, the rest of the Dali and Xianbei people were wondering what the twelve Pingzhou boys and girls holding up the huge rooster flag meant during the military review ceremony.

"Pingzhou's totem actually uses a big rooster. I don't know what Governor Lu thinks."

"Master, do you think it's possible that Governor Lu also knows that she is the hen crowing at dawn..."

Hearing this, everyone present laughed.

Bang!

Lin Ran kicked the courtyard door open.

The loud noise stopped the laughter inside, and everyone in the imperial kitchen looked at the newcomer.

Lin Ran asked them, "Have you laughed enough?"

"Commander Lin! We-"

"You are causing trouble for the emperor! No matter what Lu Songli is, he is now a powerful leader!"

The people present were scolded by Lin Ran and couldn't raise their heads. Yes, she is a woman, and now she owns five or six states. What about them?

"You guys, do more work and less gossip in the future, otherwise you will get into trouble one day!" Lin Ran said, and then asked, "Where is the porridge cooked for the emperor, give it to me!"

"Here--"

Lin Ran was walking back with the food box, and when he was halfway there, he was grabbed by his third aunt's cousin Xiang Tingyu.

Lin Ran looked at the man with red eyes and asked, "What's wrong with you?" This man was a nerd, who was appointed to sort out documents.

Xiang Tingyu handed the paper in his hand to Lin Ran, "Commander Lin, take a look at this map."

Lin Ran looked down and saw Pingzhou's totem rooster on the paper. Xiang Tingyu drew a large circle of lines around the 'rooster', "Commander Lin, I found that the totem used by Pingzhou now is an expanded version of the original Dali territory map."

Lin Ran understood. Pingzhou has taken over the territory of Dali and part of the territory of Xianbei?

"Pingzhou's totem not only draws the territories of five or six states it owns, but also the entire territory of Dali and part of the territory of Xianbei." Xiang Tingyu said this in one breath, looked at the map and said with his hands on his waist, "ambitious! Ambitious!"

Lin Ran had a blank expression. Isn't Pingzhou always like this?

"Commander Lin, do you think we should report this to the emperor?" Xiang Tingyu asked eagerly.

Lin Ran thought, tell the emperor? Will the emperor vomit blood after hearing this? What hatred and resentment, why do they all want the emperor to die?

But he could only vaguely say, "Let's talk about this later, don't let it affect the peace talks."

The emperor's life is also a life.

Xiang Tingyu nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you, and put the overall situation first!"

...

On the fourth day of October, the tripartite peace talks officially began.

At 7:00 pm, the Pingzhou negotiation group headed by Lv Desheng, the Dali negotiation group headed by Wang Yun, and the Xianbei negotiation group headed by Tuoba Jin arrived at the venue one after another.

The seats were also arranged in a triangle, and the three parties took their seats one after another.

Fan Quan was destined to be disappointed. He had no place to use his skills in this negotiation.

Because Wang Yun had already set the tone, and in order to ensure that he would not make mistakes, Wang Yun also asked people to add some ingredients to his meals.

As for Lv Desheng, he was ready to fight and planned to press Fan Quan and the Dali negotiation group to the ground as soon as he came on stage.

However, as soon as he came on stage and sat down, he scanned the people on both sides, but did not find Fan Quan's shadow. Where was he?

Forget it, it doesn't matter if Fan Quan is not there. Anyway, he is well prepared, and all this firepower is directed at other negotiating members of Dali.

After making the decision, Lv Desheng looked at Wang Yun and Tuoba Jin with sharp eyes, and asked first, "How do you and Xianbei want to negotiate this time? Also, when will the land in Pingzhou that you promised to give us be delivered?"

Wang Yun and Tuoba Jin: ...Haven't we started the talks yet? Are we asking them to give the land away?

Wang Yun thought, as Wang Heyu said, the members of the Pingzhou negotiation team are really difficult to deal with, and Lv Desheng is the most difficult among them.

Wang Yun was the first to reply, "Lord Lu, we Dali will definitely fulfill our promise. Let's talk about each other's ideas first, okay? After all, the purpose of the peace talks is to reach a consensus."

"Okay, I understand what Dali means." After that, Lu Desheng asked Tuoba Jin, "What about you?"

Tuoba Jin replied, "Let's talk first. Don't worry, since we Xianbei have said that we are willing to take out the North Border and Liangzhou as bargaining chips for peace talks, we will definitely take them."

Lv Desheng: "Okay, then tell me your ideas and requirements."

Wang Yun: "This is what we think. Your Pingzhou is militarily strong, and we Dali don't want to fight with you again."

Then Tuoba Jin also replied, "We Xianbei are the same."

Lv Desheng, Lu Wei, Chen Yue and others were a little confused. Why did this sound a little cowardly?

After the last peace talks with Wang Heyu and others, they thought that today would also be a hard battle, but such an opening made them confused.

Lv Desheng hummed, "So what?" It's still unclear what Dali and Xianbei are up to, let's wait and see.

"So stop the war and divide the land."

Well, Dali actually made such a big concession?

Lv Desheng, Lu Wei, Chen Yue and others looked at each other, confused. This time, the opponent was unexpectedly cowardly.

Tuoba Jin followed closely, "We Xianbei also mean the same thing."

"How to divide it?" Lv Desheng shook his head, and didn't think about it if he couldn't figure it out. Anyway, the current situation is beneficial to Pingzhou.

Wang Yun said, "We Dali will take out Yanzhou, but there is a condition."

Tuoba Jin: "We Xianbei will take out the northern border and Liangzhou, and exchange Jizhou with your Pingzhou. This is our Xianbei sincerity, but we also have a condition."

Have Dali and Xianbei reached a preliminary consensus? At this time, Lv Desheng and others have confirmed this.

He asked in a deep voice, "What are the conditions?"

Wang Yun: "I hope that after the war ends, Pingzhou will give Qingzhou, and we Dali will give Yanzhou."

Tuoba Jin: "Xianbei will give Jizhou."

Wang Yun revealed their purpose, "We three parties will work together to establish a free trade zone consisting of three major states, where the people of Dali, Pingzhou and Xianbei can trade with each other."