Qiu Luan's reaction exceeded everyone's expectations. Xiao Qin was stunned. Before he could react, An Dahan was already anxious.
"Your Majesty, please go slowly. If you have something to say, please speak it carefully!"
Hu Zongxian, who was following Qiu Luan, just happened to grab Qiu Luan who was about to run away, which made Qiu Luan's escape look more like running away after being angered.
An Dahan couldn't help but think to himself: Xiao Feng's words are indeed true. There are indeed many brave men among the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. This Qiu Luan is not as greedy for life and afraid of death as Xiao Qin said.
In the midst of the mountain of swords and the forest of swords, he stormed off in anger and walked away. How could a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death be so generous and heroic?
Qiu Luan was stopped by Hu Zongxian and walked into the main tent. Still in shock, with a straight face and no expression, he found a seat and sat down to calm down his frightened mood.
Anda Khan was even more surprised. This man was really brave and careful. He sat on the main seat as soon as he entered the room. This is my position. As an envoy, you go deep into the enemy camp and turn your back on the guests. How courageous and knowledgeable you are!
Xiao Qin was a little unsure for a moment. Is this still the Qiu Luan he thought he knew?
Hu Zongxian didn't give them more time to figure out and observe, and spoke directly coldly.
"I, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, came here to discuss peace. Not only did you not treat me politely, but you also acted like someone who has never seen the world. It is really disrespectful.
General Qiu Luan is unwilling to meet with you and others. If there is sincerity, we can continue to negotiate. If there is no sincerity, we will leave now! "
Xiao Qin said lightly: "I'm afraid you can't leave if you want to."
Hu Zongxian laughed loudly. Qiu Luan's courage was fake, but his courage was real. He laughed wildly and without any scruples. He only laughed so hard that everyone in front of the tent turned pale.
"The three of us dare to enter the enemy camp, and we don't care whether we can leave alive. If you are willing, just kill them. I will walk slowly on the road to Huangquan. I guess you will arrive soon!"
Qiu Luan's face was expressionless, and he was already panicking: Old Hu, why are you so tough on your words? I actually still care about whether I can leave alive!
Xiao Qin said coldly: "Your life is at stake, but you still dare to be so arrogant. It's easy for me to kill you, but it's extremely difficult for you to kill me. We still have fifteen thousand cavalry. If we want to break through, you have to stop us." Can you live there?"
Hu Zongxian's triangular eyes glanced at Xiao Qin coldly. The two looked at each other, but neither could overwhelm the other. Xiao Qin was shocked: This person is indeed a person.
"You had 15,000 cavalry last night, but now there are probably only 14,000 left. I, the Ming cavalry, are fighting with you day and night, to the death, and you are aware of your suffering!
Let’s not talk about whether we can stop you. Let’s just say that if you break out, I’m afraid you won’t have time to burn, kill, and loot. Our Ming cavalry will keep chasing us. If you dare to burn and kill, the formation will be in chaos. We will take the opportunity to rush forward and fight!
As a result, you can only return to the grassland in dejection with less than half of the remaining soldiers when you arrived, and you will be empty-handed and gain nothing!
By then, I'm afraid the Khan's position may not be stable! After all these years of sweating across the grassland, I don’t want to end up without an end. "
Originally, Anda Khan was used to leaving this kind of talk to Xiao Qin, but now he spoke, which made Xiao Qin's heart sink.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be alarmist, and you don't have to worry about my affairs. There should be conditions for peace, so tell me what conditions you have."
Hu Zongxian nodded: "Happy! The Great Khan is indeed very happy! Let's not talk about the past, let's talk about this time. The Great Khan led his army to invade our territory of the Ming Dynasty and kill our people. The Great Khan should express his apology for this!"
This condition is completely superficial and has no real gains or losses for both parties, but it is also the basis for all subsequent conditions.
If Andahan does not agree to this condition at all, everything will be out of the question. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no one has lost his temper, let alone such a face-conscious emperor as Jiajing?
Anda Khan also knew this very well. As a powerful man living in a corner, he was not embarrassed to show off to the Ming Dynasty, so he nodded.
"Listen to the conditions later!"
Hu Zongxian felt relieved, thinking that it was hard for Xiao Feng to predict every step so accurately that night. Even Qiu Luan, a man who was afraid of death, turned decay into magic.
But he didn't know that the reason why Xiao Feng asked Qiu Luan to be the envoy was because as the only general who defeated the Tatars, if Qiu Luan didn't come, Qi Jiguang would have to come.
Although Xiao Feng judged that An Dahan would not fall out, but what if it happened? If they fall out, does Xiao Feng still need to consider whether he will die Qi Jiguang or Qiu Luan?
As for Hu Zongxian, there is no way and it is irreplaceable. Unless Xiao Feng goes by himself, no one more suitable than Hu Zongxian can be found in the court.
“The reason why the Tatars invaded the Ming Dynasty is no different from that of other nomadic peoples, except because of the bitter cold outside the Great Wall and the shortage of supplies.
The Jurchens outside Shanhaiguan are not as wealthy as Mongolia, but they can coexist peacefully with the Ming Dynasty. Why?
It is because the Ming Dynasty regarded the Jurchens as vassals, and they were open to mutual trade and exchange of goods. The Tatars should also come forward to express their vassal status and request mutual trade, which is the fundamental way to achieve long-term peace and stability.
How can we take it in a war, and the lives will be reduced to ashes, and the mountains and rivers will be stained with blood? "
Mutual market! ! !
An Dahan's eyes lit up, and he felt ecstatic in his heart. He said to himself that you are talking so nice now, didn't I ask for it back then?
How did you respond? Not a single needle or thread from the Ming Dynasty will flow into Mongolia! You are afraid of us, afraid that we will get the advanced things from Ming Dynasty and attack Ming Dynasty in turn!
But there seems to be no point in arguing about this at this time, and Anda Khan needs to finalize this mutual market matter as soon as possible. In his opinion, Daming had compromised and was afraid of being beaten.
"If we can trade with each other, of course it would be great. I would like to make a request. Why not?"
Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty are adjacent to each other, so it would be better to open three places for mutual trade to avoid long-distance travel and make it convenient for each! "
He originally thought that since Hu Zongxian took the initiative to propose mutual trading, he would definitely agree to it at this time, but unexpectedly, Hu Zongxian refused to give in.
"Open one location first. If both parties can trade fairly, we can then consider opening more. Otherwise, this location will also be closed."
Xiao Qin coldly interjected: "You are not sincere. You have to make it clear that it is you who have taken the initiative to negotiate!"
Hu Zongxian smiled coldly, coughed, and said nothing. When Qiu Luan heard the cough, he immediately remembered the secret signal he had set and stood up immediately.
"Let's go, no more talking!"
Xiao Qin frowned, not knowing what to do with Qiu Luan, but An Dahan was a little flustered.
Mutual trading is indeed a great thing for nomadic people, and they must not easily engage in it due to temporary anger.
"Your Majesty, please stay. If we can open more later, there is no harm in opening one first.
As for fair dealing, this will happen naturally. Our Mongolian people are kind and honest..."
Hu Zongxian used his color to signal Qiu Luan to sit down, then smiled slightly and interrupted An Dahan's words.
“Of course we believe that the Mongolian people are kind and honest, but since it is a business, there must be rules and we cannot rely on the character of both parties.
Daming will establish a goods evaluation office on the mutual market, which will be jointly managed by both of us to evaluate the goods of both parties.
Banzai will send imperial envoys to monitor at any time to ensure fairness and justice. "
Anda Khan frowned. He really wanted to sell some bad horses and old sheep to Ming in exchange for supplies. He didn't expect that Ming would be so smart.
But then he felt relieved. As long as the mutual market opened, how to do business would depend on whose fist was stronger. If that doesn't work, you can also bribe officials to solve the problem!
So Anda Khan nodded: "Are there any other conditions? For this Khan's expedition, can the Ming Emperor reward me with some property as a show of grace?"
Anda Khan is a tycoon, he doesn't care about the nominal status, the focus is on the benefits. Whether one tael of gold is called a reward or compensation, it is still one tael of gold.
It won't be worth two taels just because it's a reward, and it won't be worth half a tael just because it's compensation. Therefore, it is still necessary to let Jiajing go to a higher level.
Unexpectedly, Hu Zongxian immediately shook his head: "If you want rewards, there will be many opportunities in the future. The Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world, so a few rewards are nothing. But this time it doesn't work. The reason is clear to the Khan!"
I understand the meaning of this. I can give you some money, but not now.
As long as you are obedient, Ming Dynasty has never been the master of Sosou. After the business is done, when the emperor is happy, how much money can't he take away?
Xiao Qin smiled: "If you don't give it to us, won't we grab it ourselves? Stop dawdling and hand over the "Cangjie Heavenly Book" and the gunpowder formula. This peace negotiation can still be negotiated. If you don't agree, there is no need to negotiate!"
Hu Zongxian coughed, and Qiu Luan immediately jumped up: "Let's go, let's not talk anymore!"
An Dahan glanced at Xiao Qin helplessly: We had a good conversation, what are you doing? Don't you see that Qiu Luan is a fool?
But he is the envoy, and he is leaving. Whatever the deputy envoy says will not count!
Hu Zongxian looked at Xiao Qin coldly, the anger in his eyes was enough to burn Xiao Qin to ashes, but Xiao Qin still smiled and was not affected at all.
"This is Mr. Xiao, right? The next condition is you. You have to go into the city and detoxify Mr. Xiao's body!
This is the final condition for this peace negotiation! "
Xiao Qin looked at Hu Zongxian with gentle, jade-like eyes, with the most graceful smile on her lips, but her words were as firm as stone.
"Xiao Feng's life must be exchanged for the Book of Heaven and gunpowder. Other than that, no other conditions can save him!"
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