King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 693 Peace talks (2)

When Kuai Yue heard Li Lin's words, he complained incessantly, and hurriedly said: "Thank you Liaohou for the good tea, but Liaohou, you also know the purpose of XX's visit, let's talk about business quickly, so as not to waste time. If you missed it by one point, the common people will be in the flames of war, and you will suffer even more!"

Seeing Kuai Yue's appearance, Li Lin knew that Kuai Yue's heart was in turmoil, so he practiced Tai Chi unhurriedly, and said slowly: "Mr. Yidu, although this peace talk cannot be delayed, it concerns both parties The interests of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and millions of people cannot be neglected!"

Kuai Yue immediately said: "Marquis Liao, the king of a certain family is sincerely negotiating peace, and he has already agreed to the conditions that a certain one said to Mr. Genju a few days ago, and soon he will send Chen Kai and all his troops to General Zhao Yun. Daying, to show my king's sincerity, it's just that someone just received my king's letter, Liaohou! My king's sincerity has arrived, why is Liaohou still wanting to mobilize swords and soldiers, and he has already made a gesture to attack my king? Have the people of this world thought about it?"

Kuai Yue's heart was already burning with anxiety, coupled with the meaning of opening the gate to release water from his lower body, it put Kuai Yue in a tormented situation, so from the very beginning, his tone became irritable, and Li Lin frowned. Wrinkled, looked at the people around him, looked at Kuai Yue, and saw that Kuai Yue's face was a little red, Li Lin laughed in his heart, but he still looked confused, and said: "Yi Du, you What do you mean? I ordered to attack your lord's city instead? Even if someone ordered Generals Zhao Yun and Zhang He to lead the troops south, they still had the attitude of chasing Chen Kai. Lin didn't spy on Liu Jingsheng's territory at all. !"

Kuai Yue looked at Li Lin's appearance and obviously refused to admit it. You said you ordered Chen Kai to be pursued, but after Zhao Yun entered Nanyang, of course Chen Kai and the others wanted to defend the city. ah?Now that they have reached the banks of the Feishui River, and they are about to enter Wancheng, you tell me that you have no interest in this Jingzhou city, who are you fooling?

But Kuai Yue still had an understanding look on his face, and said: "What Chen Kai's lunatics did in Yangzhai was outraged by both men and gods. The Liao Hou was enraged and ordered his generals to pursue him. Xu Tian, ​​Yexian, Xiacai, and the three armies under Marquis Liao are training all day long, gearing up, are they preparing to attack Runan where my king is, or what?"

Li Lin glanced at Kuai Yue mockingly, and said doubtfully: "Mr. Yidu, of course, in this barracks, soldiers must be trained all day long. In the three-way army mentioned by Yidu, even all the barracks under my command will train every day regardless of rain, snow, wind and frost. Otherwise, how can we maintain the overall quality of my Youliao army, so that we can win thousands of miles on the battlefield! "Speaking, Li Lin glanced at Kuai Yue playfully. During several battles with Jingzhou soldiers, the individual quality of Jingzhou soldiers was obviously not as good as that of Youliao Army. Li Lin's eyes made Kuai Yue feel embarrassed. .

Kuai Yue still said: "The Marquis of Liao's soldiers and horses have a large mobilization of food and grass today, why is that?"

Li Lin said puzzledly: "Oddness, you asked a little too much, right? How can I tell you about our army's military secrets, but I still tell you that I have no intention of attacking your family, Liu Jingsheng!"

"You..." Kuai Yue wanted to continue asking, but suddenly felt that his lower body couldn't hold on anymore, so he quickly stopped, took a deep breath, and held back the urge to urinate.

Li Lin said quietly: "A certain person is always thinking of the common people. If you still want Yidu and Liu Jingsheng, don't speculate!"

Kuai Yue was out of breath, nodded slowly, and said, "Okay! Even if Marquis Liao didn't intend to fight again, it was due to someone's wild speculation, I hope Marquis Liao will forgive me!"

Li Lin waved his hand and said, "Hehe, it's all right, Lin has a lot of energy! Come on, Yidu, if you and I drink this bowl of tea, we'll turn the page!" Li Lin said again. He raised the teacup.

"Still drinking!" Kuai Yue howled loudly in his heart, wanting to cry without tears, Kuai Yue knew that he was sitting, if he stood up, his legs would definitely be trembling.

Li Lin looked at Kuai Yue with some hesitation, shook the teacup in his hand slightly and asked in doubt, "Oh? Could it be that Yidu is still a little reluctant?"

"No, no, no!" Kuai Yue said again and again. Now that I make a big move, I am afraid that I will urinate. As an envoy of another country, if my son loses control in the lobby when he is negotiating peace with a hostile country, it will be a joke from the gods Ah, not to mention losing all my face, my king's face will also be swept away!
Kuai Yue gritted his teeth, as if he was drinking poison, almost roaring in a low voice, and said "Drink!" It was "Gulu Gulu!" After drinking the tea in the bowl, Li Lin looked at Kuai Yue with a teasing smile. , slowly drank his own tea, and laughed in his heart: "Hehe, let me see how long you can hold it!"

After Kuai Yue's tea is finished, it's time for the servant to fill up the tea again. Now Kuai Yue wants to strangle the servant who poured water for him to death.

Kuai Yue still hurried to the topic, and said: "In this case, Liaohou, my king's sincerity has come, and I hope that Liaohou can reconcile with my beloved king. The two families will stop fighting and devote themselves to benefiting the people so as to restore my great man. Is the momentum good?" As he said that, Kuai Yue watched Li Lin's movements closely, even if Li Lin nodded his head.

But Li Lin frowned, and said: "Yi Du, your master didn't care about the people in the world back then, and sent troops to attack me. Now that he wants to negotiate a peace, I'm afraid it's just Chen Kai and his soldiers. Not enough?"

Bing Yuan also chimed in at this time and said: "Yi Du, the old man told you that day that handing over Chen Kai and his soldiers and horses is the prerequisite for peace talks between your family Liu Jingsheng and my lord, but this is not your peace talk." condition!"

"This..." Kuai Yue was startled. What Li Lin and Bing Yuan meant, it seemed that Liu Biao handed over Chen Kai and those thousands of troops, which was not enough at all, and Li Lin was willing to retreat.

Kuai Yue said: "Liaohou, at that time my king was really deceived by the villain, so he made such a bad policy, which hurt the peace of the two families. Now my king has repented, punished the treacherous ministers, and is willing to reconcile with Liaohou. Let's look at the Marquis of Liao! Under the great battle, both families will be injured, Marquis of Liao must not...don't..."

After listening to Kuai Yue's words, Li Lin obviously didn't want to give more. He waved his hand and said, "Humph! Your family Liu Jingsheng has no way to attack me, and now he knows that he has lost to our army, so he wants to withdraw casually? Do you think I, Li Lin is the one you fight when you want, and withdraw when you want? Hehe! In ancient times, in wars, the defeated party was managed by paying indemnities. Doesn’t your king know that?”

Kuai Yue said angrily: "Marquis Liao, my king is concerned about the safety of the people and is unwilling to fight again. What is a defeat? My king still has more than [-] elite soldiers and hundreds of generals. How can he be defeated?"

Li Linxie looked at Kuai Yue with a smile, and said quietly: "Since there is no defeat, what do you mean by being with me now? Alien, tell your family what, what kind of Chu king, don't pretend if you don't have that ability Now, my three groups of troops have joined Sun Quan's one, and have surrounded Runan in all directions, and my two generals, Zhao Yun and Zhang He, have also reached the bank of the Feishui River. You must know, what is this Feishui? If my army goes south along the Fei River, hehe, it won’t be a problem when we reach Xiangyang all the way..."

"You! Marquis of Liao!" Kuai Yue was horrified, pointing at Li Lin and said, "Marquis of Liao! Didn't you just say that you didn't spy on my lord's city, and that the three groups in Runan didn't intend to attack? What are you saying now? What do you mean!"

Li Lin spread his hands and said with a smile: "Yes, I didn't mean that at first? But if your family Liu Jingsheng still insists on holding on and is unwilling to admit defeat, then what I just said is what will happen to Liu Jingsheng in the future, Mr. Yidu, You are extremely intelligent, you should understand what I mean, right?"

"I..." Kuai Yue lowered his head, his eyes rolled wildly. It seemed that the Marquis of Liao had a big appetite. Kuai Yue said slowly, "Marquis Liao, my lord is willing to send 20 shi of grain to Marquis Liao. Is it possible to compensate the Marquis of Liao for the food and grass spent in this battle?"

20 shi is not a small amount. It is still affordable for Jingzhou, where Liu Jingsheng has been in business for so many years. In Jingzhou, Liu Jingsheng is very rich, and the grain and grass are piled up like a mountain. It is better to take it directly to Li Lin. In exchange for peace, otherwise it will be put in the grain and grass to wait for mold. As for Jingzhou's years of no wars and good grain harvests, the Central Plains has been fighting for years, and even Xuzhou, which is called the Central Plains Granary, has no more grain and grass in stock. More, Kuai Yue dared to conclude that Li Lin must be short of food and grass now, so his 20 shi is very tempting!

"Food and grass?" Li Lin snorted lightly, which caught Kuai Yue by surprise, as if Li Lin was not willing to cut the conditions that Kuai Yue said. Li Lin shook his head slowly and said, "Your Liu Jingsheng You really don't take me seriously. Are you sending beggars? 20 shi for food and grass. If I send troops to take down the entire Jingzhou, the food and grass I can get will probably be no less than ten times that amount. Your Liu Jingsheng is rich. Who in the world doesn't know? Jingzhou is the world's food and grass, the land of fish and rice, if you want to use your most abundant things to exchange for the situation that I have finally obtained, you are really thinking well!"

Kuai Yue was so annoyed that he couldn't do it, and said a little angrily, "Then, the Marquis of Liao's intention is that he doesn't want to negotiate a peace?"

Li Lin quickly waved his hands, and said, "It's not that, I and all the civil and military under a certain command yearn for peace!" After speaking, he also looked at Bing Yuan, and they all nodded at the right time , agreeing, it seems that what Li Lin said is very reasonable, leaving Kuai Yue speechless, the cooperation between the monarch and his ministers is really good...

(End of this chapter)