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Chapter 132 I have no intention of releasing a single one of the 100,000 barbarian prisoners!

After Lu Chen left the prison, Xiao Pengtian sighed deeply. Now they had absolutely no other choice.

To survive and protect the entire Sirius King tribe, perhaps the only option is to remain loyal to the Northern King.

but……

They had just lost 200,000 of their own kind to the soldiers led by the Northern King.

How many people in the tribe would be willing to pledge allegiance to the Northern King now?

If the Northern King truly intended to relocate the Sirius King tribe to the Northern Prefecture, and it wasn't some kind of conspiracy, then the Northern King would most likely have broken up the entire Sirius King tribe and wouldn't have allowed them to gather together.

In that case, is the Sirius King Tribe still the Sirius King Tribe?

Once their tribe members were scattered throughout Northshire, their tribe was essentially gone.

At that time, his title of Sirius King will only be a title; he will have neither land nor subordinates.

Xiao Pengtian pondered for a long time in prison, but in the end he still couldn't make up his mind. He planned to wait until the Princess Consort and the Northern King negotiated before making a decision.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

With Wu Yuan running back and forth, Lu Chen and Yelü Nanyan finally settled on the location and time for the negotiations.

Soon, Lu Chen led his men northward to the northern grasslands.

Lu Chen wasn't stupid, so he naturally wouldn't venture deep into the grasslands. Their negotiation location was beside a tributary of the Wanning River.

According to the regulations, each side is only allowed to bring 500 people.

Lu Chen also led only five hundred Black Cavalrymen to the North.

Of course, Mu Changtian, Qin Yushan, and Wenren Lie also went along.

Yelü Nanyan was the same. Although there were not many men left in their tribe, in order not to let the Northern King know that their situation was bad, they tried their best to gather five hundred strong men. They all looked very strong, but there was not a single Grandmaster among them.

As Lu Chen approached the designated location, he discovered that a cavalry unit was already waiting on the riverbank, where tables and blankets had been set up.

As Lu Chen and his group gradually approached the negotiation location, two beautiful scenes came into Lu Chen's view.

A voluptuous, mature woman wearing a fur cloak, various head ornaments, and with her hair tied in a bun caught Lu Chen's eye.

The woman was dignified and elegant, and did not look like a barbarian woman at all, but rather more like a woman from the Xia Dynasty.

At this moment, Lu Chen used the system to identify the woman's information.

Name: Yelü Nanyan

[Identity: Former Queen Consort of the Sirius King, 32 years old, Ninth-Rank Martial Artist. Her mother was a young lady from a family in the Great Xia Dynasty. She was abducted by barbarians in her youth and gave birth to Yelü Nanyan in their tribe. Influenced by her mother from a young age, Yelü Nanyan longed for the Great Xia Dynasty. Because the Sirius King was already old when she married him, she served him for many years until his death. She remains a virgin to this day. She wields considerable power in the Sirius King's tribe. While caring for the former Sirius King, she led the tribe to further expansion and achieved immense strength.]

Rating: 96

【Favourability: 45】

After reviewing Yelü Nanyan's information, Lu Chen wasn't too surprised, as it was similar to the intelligence about Yelü Nanyan that the Embroidered Uniform Guard had gathered.

Then Lu Chen's gaze fell on the woman next to Yelü Nanyan, who was wearing a fur coat and looked somewhat young.

Name: Xiao Wenyao

[Identity: Daughter of the Wolf King, Barbarian Princess, Rank 7 Martial Artist, Uncle Xiao Pengtian, 18 years old this year. She does not want to marry the Northern Xian King and has tried to escape to the Great Xia Dynasty many times. Xiao Pengtian originally planned to secretly send Xiao Wenyao to the Great Xia Dynasty after conquering the Northern Prefecture. However, after learning of the Barbarian army's defeat, Xiao Wenyao plans to exchange herself for Xiao Pengtian.]

Rating: 94

[Affection level: 50...51...55 (continuously rising)]

Upon seeing Xiao Wenyao's information, Lu Chen seemed somewhat surprised. As the daughter of the Sirius King, he had killed her father, yet she not only harbored no resentment towards him, but also had a favorability rating of over 50, which was still rising.

Kind of interesting.

at the same time.

Xiao Wenyao and Yelü Nanyan were both sizing up Lu Chen, who was approaching from a distance.

Yelü Nanyan had long known that Lu Chen was only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old youth, but the information she had previously received was all negative news about Lu Chen, such as that Lu Chen was greedy for pleasure, kept many beautiful women in the palace, and spent his days indulging in pleasure, and had long since been drained of his body by beauty.

But now it seems that all the information she received was false.

The young man who rode in on horseback was dressed in a dark blue robe with a python pattern. He looked elegant and handsome, and his body appeared strong and powerful. He didn't look like someone who had been weakened by wine and women.

Clearly, they were scammed.

No, it should be said that everyone was deceived by the Northern King.

Yelü Nanyan instantly formed a new judgment about Lu Chen: he was an extremely ambitious man.

Yelü Nanyan couldn't help but feel worried; today's negotiations might not go too smoothly.

Moreover, Yelü Nanyan also noticed the black cavalry behind Lu Chen. Although there were only five hundred of them, the black cavalry exuded a strong murderous aura, indicating that they were an elite heavy cavalry force.

Clearly, the Northern King's ability to defeat the 300,000-strong barbarian army must have involved these heavy cavalry. Although the Northern King only brought these 500 men, Yelü Nanyan knew that the Northern Commandery certainly had more than just these 500 heavy cavalry. The Northern King's bringing these 500 heavy cavalry was obviously to demonstrate his military strength.

At this moment, Xiao Wenyao stared intently at Lu Chen. She was initially very nervous, after all, the thought that she might become the Northern King's slave after going to the Northern King's mansion and be tortured by him every day.

But upon seeing Lu Chen, she was instantly captivated by his appearance.

Compared to the barbarians, Xiao Wenyao preferred the people of Great Xia. Moreover, she had long heard that the Northern King was handsome and dashing. Under Wu Yuan's brainwashing, Xiao Wenyao had long harbored feelings for Lu Chen.

In the past, she had thought that after her father conquered the Northern Commandery, she would go to him and ask him to bestow the Northern King upon her as a slave.

Of course, her idea has completely vanished. Not only is it impossible for the Northern King to become her slave, but she may very well become the Northern King's little slave girl.

However, if she could become the Northern King's woman, the mere hatred of killing her father would seem insignificant.

Just as Xiao Wenyao was staring at Lu Chen in a daze, a familiar figure suddenly appeared behind the Northern King.

The tall figure was also riding a horse, but he was disheveled and looked very tired.

Upon seeing that Lu Chen had actually brought Xiao Pengtian with him, the entire barbarian tribe could no longer stand still. The high priest exclaimed excitedly, "It's General Xiao... General Xiao!!!"

Xiao Wenyao instantly snapped out of her infatuation. Seeing that Xiao Pengtian was truly alive, Xiao Wenyao was incredibly excited. She was about to run forward, "Ah... Uncle!!!"

Yelü Nanyan grabbed Xiao Wenyao's hand, preventing her from going over.

The Northern King brought Xiao Pengtian along, clearly to increase their bargaining power. At this time, it was not convenient for them to make contact; everything had to follow proper procedures.

Before long, Lu Chen arrived at the riverbank.

He dismounted directly from his horse, then looked at the beautiful Yelü Nanyan and said with a smile, "It is said that the Queen Consort of the Heavenly Wolf King is stunningly beautiful, and any man who sees her will be unable to look away. I did not believe it at first, but after seeing her today, I can see that she is indeed worthy of the reputation."

Hearing this, Yelü Nanyan was not angry. She smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness. Please take a seat."

Lu Chen didn't hesitate and went straight to the table, then sat down.

He didn't have the habit of kneeling, and sitting cross-legged made Lu Chen a little uncomfortable. Lu Chen planned to finish the business quickly and go back as soon as possible.

Yelü Nanyan then said, "King of the North, what do you think of the conditions we initially proposed?"

Lu Chen said with a smile, "One hundred thousand horses, one hundred thousand sheep, and twenty thousand cattle. Under normal circumstances, that would be enough to exchange for one hundred thousand barbarian soldiers."

"but……"

Upon hearing the word "however," Yelü Nanyan frowned slightly, and the negotiations officially began.

Lu Chen gazed into Yelü Nanyan's beautiful eyes and said, "However, if I were to release all 100,000 barbarian soldiers, wouldn't that be creating trouble for myself? What if you feel you can't stay on the grasslands anymore and one day lead a large army to attack Beijun again?"

Yelü Nanyan had clearly anticipated Lu Chen's response, and immediately said, "We can sign an alliance, and within a hundred years, the Tianlang King tribe will absolutely not migrate south again."

Lu Chen said, "Alliance is a good thing, but how come I remember that the Sirius King Tribe has already signed alliances with the Great Xia more than once?"

"To you barbarians, alliances seem to be something that can be torn up at any time."

"Even if you abide by the contract, how can you guarantee that your successor, or the next Sirius King, will uphold the covenant?"

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Yelü Nanyan's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

Lu Chen's words were true. The Sirius King Tribe did indeed sign several alliance agreements with the Great Xia, but each time it was the Sirius King Tribe that took the initiative to break the agreement.

Moreover, the Northern King pointed out a crucial point: the next person to control the Sirius King tribe may not necessarily abide by the alliance.

Therefore, it will be very difficult to get the Northern King to sign an alliance treaty.

Yelü Nanyan then said, "If you don't know what kind of conditions the Northern King wants, you can speak frankly."

"However, I still want to remind the Northern King that even without these 100,000 barbarian soldiers, our Sirius King tribe can still stand tall on the grasslands."

"If we don't sign the alliance, some soldiers might be tempted to raid southwards, and that would have nothing to do with our royal court."

Lu Chen chuckled and then said, "Princess Yelü, if you really thought these 100,000 barbarian soldiers were dispensable, you wouldn't have come to negotiate with me."

"I believe that Princess Yelü knows very well what the current situation of your Sirius King tribe is."

"If there are no men, it's hard to say whether the Sirius King tribe will still exist after this winter, since there is still the Northern Xian King in the north."

"The Sirius King tribe has lost more than 200,000 men in one fell swoop. If the Northern Xian King finds out about this, he will definitely not let go of the Sirius King tribe, this fat piece of meat. If the Sirius King tribe is wiped out, then the entire northern land will be dominated by the Northern Xian King. They have no reason not to do so."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Yelü Nanyan's delicate hands trembled involuntarily. She had anticipated Lu Chen's words, but she had not yet figured out how to refute them.

The only thing you can do is pretend to be strong.

Yelü Nanyan said, "Doesn't the Northern King think his ideas are a bit too naive? The Sirius King tribe has been in the North for a hundred years, and has long since multiplied to countless people. The loss of only a few hundred thousand people, does the Northern King really think the Sirius King tribe is finished?"

Lu Chen said calmly, "Princess Yelü, let me be frank. You don't need to pretend that your Tianlang King tribe is very powerful anymore. From the first day I arrived in Beijun, I have been paying attention to your every move. I know exactly how many people your Tianlang King tribe has, how many horses, cattle and sheep you have, and what kind of business you have with the merchants of Daxia and the aristocratic families and the Eighth Prince of Daxia."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Yelü Nanyan and the elders of the barbarian tribes instantly changed their expressions.

Their dealings with the Great Xia family and the Eighth Prince were known only to the barbarian high command, yet the Northern King revealed them directly, indicating that he already knew everything about the Heavenly Wolf King tribe.

Of course, they weren't sure if these were barbarian soldiers or if Xiao Pengtian had betrayed them.

They are now very clear that they are in a very passive position in this negotiation, with almost no room for bargaining.

After a long pause, Yelü Nanyan chuckled and said, "So, from the day the Northern King arrived in Beijun, he was already thinking about how to destroy the Tianlang King's tribe?"

Lu Chen said, "Eliminate? No, no, no, I have no such intention."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Yelü Nanyan was immediately puzzled. If it wasn't to destroy the Tianlang King tribe, then what was it for?

Lu Chen continued, "There are many barbarians in the North, not just the Sirius King tribe, but also many more barbarians in the west. Even if one tribe is wiped out, other barbarians will still migrate to the North."

Yelü Nanyan said, "Since the Northern King is not after our tribe, what conditions does he have? Please state them directly."

Lu Chen felt his legs were a little sore, so he stood up and looked at Wan Ninghe, saying, "Let me be frank, I have no intention of releasing a single one of the 100,000 barbarian prisoners."

Upon hearing this, Yelü Nanyan and the barbarian elders were immediately taken aback.

Yelü Nanyan's face was pale. This was the worst outcome she had anticipated. After all, these were 100,000 barbarian prisoners, and this was the best opportunity to annihilate the Tianlang King tribe. How could the Northern King, a man with such deep cunning, possibly let this opportunity slip by?

Yelü Nanyan then said, "Since the Northern King has no intention of releasing them, why agree to negotiations? Could it be that the Northern King intends to use this opportunity to eliminate us all at once?"

Considering this possibility, Yelü Nanyan and her group mobilized barbarian cavalry to provide support from a distance from the beginning, as neither side would bring such a small number of people to the negotiations.

As soon as Yelü Nanyan finished speaking, the atmosphere became tense. The barbarian soldiers gripped their swords tightly, and the black cavalry were ready to charge at any moment.

(End of this chapter)