Zhou Qiang sent a message that he wanted to negotiate. After hearing this, Tan Fa couldn't make up his mind for a while. After all, Yue Ying had already made a plan to attack Shashi, and his troops were almost ready.
"Tan Fa, I am here to deliver a message on behalf of our King of Shashi. Shouldn't you inform your boss?"
Seeing Tan Fa's hesitation, Zhou Qiang said emphatically.
Tan Fa was stunned and said:
"Okay, you guys wait here first, remember, don't play any tricks on me, otherwise, I will kill you on the spot."
Tan Fa said a few words to a subordinate next to him, still had people surround Zhou Qiang and others, and turned around to go to Xingyue Town.
After a while, Tan Fa brought Tan Zong over.
Tan Zong took two steps forward, glanced at Zhou Qiang, Long Yongjun and others, and said:
"Are you here to negotiate?"
"We are not qualified to negotiate on behalf of the boss. We are just here to send a message. Yang Xiao, the king of Shashi, wants to negotiate with you, the king of Yuezhou, to resolve the dispute about Xingyue Lake. Let's make an appointment at a time and place to come out and talk to each other. Harmony is so expensive!”
Hearing the words "he weigui", Long Yongjun on the side almost laughed, but he held it back.
After hearing this, Tan Zong laughed and said,
"What, are you scared? Do you want to admit defeat?"
"Tan Zong, you only need to report this matter to your boss. As for the specific situation, it is up to the bosses of both parties to decide. It is not for you and me, subordinates, to make a decision. What do you think?"
Tan Zong thought for a while and said:
"This is not something I can answer you right away. I need to ask the boss for instructions."
"No problem, we can wait. Just give us a place to rest. You won't make us stand in the snow and wait, right?"
Tan Zong smiled and said:
"Okay, the two armies are fighting. Bu Zhan is here. Tan Fa, you take them to a house that can be sheltered from the wind to settle down temporarily. Send someone to guard them. If they do anything unusual, kill them on the spot."
"Yes, boss."
Tan Zong turned and left.
Tan Fa looked at Zhou Qiang and said:
"You have heard what our boss said. You twenty people, you'd better be honest, otherwise, don't blame us for being rude."
"Haha, how can we do that? No matter how stupid we are, we won't have twenty people come here to die, right?"
"Well, that's good if you know."
Tan Fa took Zhou Qiang and others to a nearby dilapidated building.
"This place is barely sheltered from the wind. You should go in and rest yourself. Again, don't play any tricks."
Zhou Qiang and others entered the building, and Tan Fa sent about a hundred people to surround the outside.
"Brother, can you give me some firewood to make a fire?"
Zhou Qiang chuckled.
Tan Fa said angrily:
"You can go find firewood yourself. You can only send five people out."
So, Zhou Qiang and Long Yongjun led the three of them into Wangxingyue Town. They cut down a few big trees along the way, dragged back the trunks and branches, and lit a bonfire in the dilapidated house.
Tan Fa sadly discovered that Zhou Qiang and others were getting angry, and he and a hundred brothers stood in the ice and snow drinking from the northwest wind.
After a while, the smell of barbecue came from the room. Tan Fa and others smelled it and wanted to curse.
Zhou Qiang came out and said to Tan Fa:
"Brother Tan, come in and warm yourself up by the fire, and eat some barbecue to warm yourself up?"
"Don't make any crooked ideas, I won't be fooled."
"Let's warm ourselves up, what's the matter? There are still a hundred people outside, and there are twenty of us. Even if we knock you down, it won't solve the problem. What's there to be afraid of?" said Long Yongjun on the side.
"I'm afraid? I'm so scared. Why don't you just eat a piece of barbecue?"
Tan Fa said loudly, and then explained to the brothers beside him, led the two people into the broken house and sat down by the campfire.
Long Yongjun handed Tan Fa a piece of roasted and oily snow wolf meat.
Tan Fa was not polite. He picked it up and gnawed it. It was indeed delicious.
After lighting the fire and eating barbecue, the hostility between each other suddenly eased a lot.
Tan Fa sighed:
"Hey, if we don't fight, we can still be brothers and drink and eat meat together. The weather is so cold, what are you doing?"
"Brother Tan is saying, aren't we actively seeking peace?"
"Haha, let me tell you, it's lucky that you came to sue for peace, otherwise, your Shashi would be in misery, and our boss is preparing to attack."
Tan Fa suddenly realized that he had made a mistake, so he quickly stopped talking and ate meat.
Zhou Qiang and Long Yongjun were shocked when they heard this. They kept calm and pretended not to hear, chatting with Tan Fa. However, no matter how they insinuated themselves, Tan Fa stopped talking about the attack on Shashi.
That night, Zhou Qiang, Long Yongjun and others spent the night in a dilapidated house. Tan Fa and others were miserable. They had to stay vigil outside. They all complained and sneezed from the cold.
Later, he felt really uncomfortable. Tan Fa simply took his brothers into the house and gathered around with Zhou Qiang and others to warm up. There were many people and there was plenty of firewood, so he lit two more bonfires.
Zhou Qiang, Long Yongjun and others behaved very gently, which greatly reduced the vigilance of Tan Fa and others.
Zhou Qiang asked everyone to take out all the barbecues and dried fish they had brought with them and roast them for Tan Fa and others to eat. These people stood in the wind and snow for a long time. They were cold and hungry. They took them over and ate them without being polite. Is there a bit of a guarded atmosphere? It's like a get-together between the two parties.
Some soldiers are not strict with their mouths and will reveal a little bit of information in their chats, such as:
"Alas, in this world of ice and snow, what's the point of fighting? It's up to us to suffer."
Some people even asked Zhou Qiang’s men:
"Brother, how far is Xiaoyang Town from here?"
"About forty kilometers, right?"
"Damn it, it's so far away. If we ran there, it would be freezing on the road."
Zhou Qiang and Long Yongjun also had intentions. They just silently collected these fragments of words to speculate on the situation in Xingyue Town. Occasionally they would loudly say something like "Peace is good, but the suffering of war is the suffering of our brothers below." , these words can resonate more with Tan Fa and others.
The night was uneventful. Early the next morning, Tan Zong brought people over. When he saw Tan Fa and Zhou Qiang and others walking inside the house and sleeping around a bonfire, he frowned. However, he could also understand Tan Fa and others. After all, it is so uncomfortable to stand in this ice and snow all night.
Seeing Tan Zong come in, everyone stood up immediately. Tan Fa was very nervous at first, but he felt a little relieved when he saw that the boss did not reprimand him.
Tan Zong walked up to Zhou Qiang and said:
"I reported your situation to the boss last night. Our boss said that we can negotiate. Let your boss come to Xingyue Town at 12 noon tomorrow."
"Xingyue Town, no!"
Long Yongjun immediately refused.
Tan Zong was stunned, "Why?"
"Xingyue Town is your territory. If our boss comes here, his safety will not be guaranteed. This location is definitely not suitable."
"Then where do you want to talk?"
"Xingyue Lake."
