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Baili Guiyuan replied: "In the first few days, I was dying, and I wanted to commit suicide several times, but was discovered and stopped by the general in time. In the past two days, I got better and started to eat. Still not good!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "From an emperor to a prisoner, his reaction is normal, you still have to be vigilant as always, make sure his life is safe, find a way to get him some delicious food, don't let him His body is broken! Liu Yikang is still useful to us, he can't have an accident, understand?"

Baili Guiyuan clasped his fists and promised, "The general will understand!"

"Lead the way, Gu and Princess go to see Liu Yikang!"

"Yes!"

Baili Guiyuan first sent a soldier to report to the eunuchs and maids serving Liu Yilong, and also to Liu Yikang, so that they all had a mental preparation.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan walked into the inner courtyard, where the guards were stricter, with one post at three steps and one sentry at five steps.

In the main hall of the inner courtyard, Liu Yikang was standing in the middle of the main hall with a calm expression, accompanied by a woman in palace attire, and the maids and eunuchs who served him bowed their heads and knelt outside and inside the door.

The women in palace costumes beside Liu Yikang are his Concubine Wu. These court ladies and eunuchs were all brought by Liu Yikang from Jiankang before he left for the expedition. After Liu Yikang was captured, these people were also captured, but there were still many people in the river. drowned.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan walked into the main hall, and looked at Liu Yikang and his concubine Wu Guifei. Concubine Wu Guifei was a weak woman, and now she was imprisoned again, and her momentum quickly weakened. Look at Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan again.

Liu Yikang is a stubborn person, he is not afraid of Zhao Junsheng's gaze.

"You must be the king, right? Are you and your wife here to humiliate me? If so, you two will get your wish!"

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "As expected of an emperor, even in such a situation, he refuses to show weakness! Your majesty and noble concubine have been guests in my camp for more than ten days, and Gudu has not been able to come to pay a visit. Today, I took the time to come. It’s really late! Gu He Wangfei has brought fine wine and food, and wants to enjoy it with His Majesty and Noble Concubine, and I hope His Majesty and Noble Concubine will not dislike you. Come, let’s serve wine and food!”

A soldier outside the door brought over several short tables and placed them facing each other in the main hall, and placed cushions opposite each other after the short tables.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Leave the two of you here to serve, and let the others go out!"

The maids and eunuchs retreated from the main hall one after another as if they were pardoned. Only one confidant eunuch and one maid stayed to serve Liu Yikang and Concubine Wu. Zhao Junsheng also left behind the eunuchs and maids he brought.

Liu Yikang and Concubine Wu Gui had no choice but to follow, and they sat facing each other behind the short tables.

After the maids and eunuchs filled the cups with wine and stepped aside, Zhao Junsheng raised the wine glasses and said to Liu Yikang and Concubine Wu, "Your Majesty, Concubine, please!"

Hua Mulan held up the wine cup to accompany her.

Liu Yikang and Wu Guifei had no choice but to pick up the wine cups and drink one each.

Hua Mulan toasted again, accompanied by Zhao Junsheng, Liu Yikang and Wu Guifei had no choice but to toast again.

Afterwards, Liu Yikang and Wu Guifei each responded.

After drinking for four rounds, Zhao Junsheng put down his wine glass and said: "Your Majesty and the noble concubine have stayed here for more than ten days. I'm afraid I don't know the situation outside, so I'm here to briefly talk to your majesty and the princess; since your majesty and the noble concubine stayed After being a guest in the lonely military camp, only five days later, news came from Jiankang that the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty supported a new emperor. Your Majesty's nephew, you must be familiar with him, right?"

Concubine Wu Gui's complexion changed, Liu Yikang's complexion remained the same, but his hands kept shaking on the short table.

After a long time, Liu Yikang returned to normal. He said calmly: "They did the right thing. Only by setting up a new emperor can the king avoid taking advantage of my safety to threaten the Song Dynasty. The ministers' actions are very wise. It is the right time for the meeting, and the second is what everyone expects!"

Zhao Junsheng picked up the wine cup and drank it again, put down the wine cup and said, "Your Majesty's demeanor is really extraordinary, I admire it! On the second day after Liu Jun ascended the throne, he sent a delegation with Nanjun King Liu Yixuan as his envoy to Yicheng , propose a peace to Gu!"

Zhao Junsheng observed the expressions and reactions of Liu Yikang and Wu Guifei, and continued: "After careful consideration, I decided to agree to negotiate a peace, and sent a delegation of peace ministers headed by Zuo Pushe Dongfang Chen to negotiate a peace with the King of Nanjun and others. Agreeing to the conditions proposed by us, it is not impossible to withdraw troops and negotiate a peace, and today is the first day of peace negotiations. Do your Majesty and the noble concubine know what conditions the King of Nanjun proposed? They proposed that our army return to the original military demarcation line for at least 20 years No further invasion of the south is allowed! But they didn’t ask us to release your majesty, noble concubine and captured soldiers back. Is it strange for your majesty to say that?”

Liu Yilong said calmly: "It's nothing surprising. If they ask you to release the captives, King Qian will probably put forward even harsher conditions, which the Song Dynasty cannot satisfy! Judging from the actions of the new emperor, our I have been abandoned, and my effect on King Qian has been negligible!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled and shook his head: "Your Majesty is wrong. Although the new emperor Liu Jun has given up on His Majesty, those old officials of His Majesty have not given up yet! Your Majesty is still young, don't you want to return to Jiankang to rule the Southern Dynasty? Your Majesty Although I don’t have to worry about food and clothing here with the noble concubine, I will no longer be free after all!”

Liu Yilong's eyelids twitched, and he frowned and asked, "What does King Qian mean by this?"

Zhao Junsheng stood up and said, "If your Majesty wants to go back to the Song Kingdom, you can tell the guards, and the guards will report to Gu. Your Majesty does not need to give an answer in a hurry. Gu advises Your Majesty to make a decision after careful consideration! Gu still has something to do, so don't stay any longer." Already, both of you, please take it easy and say goodbye!"

After Hua Mulan got up and made a blessing, she followed Zhao Junsheng and left.

Outside the courtyard, Hua Mulan got on the horse and asked, "Brother Junsheng, do you really want to put Liu Yikang back?"

"If he is willing to agree to my conditions, it is not impossible to let him go back!" After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he turned to the guard general Baili Guiyuan and said, "In a few days, I will send people to send several captured Southern Dynasty ministers here one after another. Seeing Liu Yikang, you must strengthen your vigilance, be vigilant, not only to guard against someone from outside to rescue, but also to guard against what kind of moth Liu Yikang and those captured ministers are doing!"

Baili Guiyuan clasped his fists and bowed and agreed: "The last general will obey!"

The two rode to the barracks outside the city. Hua Mulan said, "I think Liu Yikang has a very tough temper, so I'm afraid he won't beg for mercy from you!"

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "That's not necessarily true, if you don't believe me, we can wait and see!"

Chapter 741

"Then you must lose!" Hua Mulan snorted, "By the way, how long do you think it will take for this peace negotiation to settle? What price will Nanchao pay?"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "That's not good!"

Hua Mulan frowned: "The peace negotiation cannot be dragged on forever. We must facilitate the signing of the peace treaty as soon as possible. 10 people are here to waste food and grass, and we can't afford it!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "That's why I ordered Liang Yi and Lu Shuang to cross the river to attack. To promote peace is to let the Southern Dynasty see our determination and prevent them from taking chances. If they don't agree to our conditions, we will fight To Jiankang, wherever their capital is moved, we will fight there!"

However, Hua Mulan did not hold much hope for Liang Yi and Lu Shuang's attack. It has been almost ten months since this battle was fought, and all the soldiers of the army are exhausted physically and mentally. The momentum of the attack is not so fierce.

Previously, with the rapid advance of the Gan army to the south, the Southern Dynasty defenders in the Huaibei area were frightened and fled south in panic. Now most of these troops are concentrated between the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River. After the initial panic, these troops have now stabilized. Morale was also recovering, and it was no longer so easy for Liang Yi and Lu Shuang to advance quickly. If they bypassed some insignificant cities to attack the fortress, they would be in danger of being cut off.

Hua Mulan reminded Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, I think you still have to warn Liang Yi and Lu Shuang not to be greedy for meritorious service. Now that there are a large number of soldiers from the Southern Dynasties gathered between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River, if they go deep into the enemy's territory without support, they will be easily trapped. Siege!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, "What you said is not unreasonable. Although the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty are not as powerful as our army, they have not lost their courage. There are still warriors and good generals!"

In the late afternoon, the peace talks delegations from both parties came to the venue again to discuss under the auspices of Zhou Qiu.

Dongfang Chen was the first to speak: "Our conditions have already been raised. If you want our country to stop fighting, you must agree to our conditions!"

Zhu Bian turned his head to look at Liu Yixuan, King of Nanjun, Liu Yixuan nodded, Zhu Bian immediately said: "The conditions you put forward are too harsh, we can promise you some conditions in exchange for your strike!"

"First of all, you proposed that our two countries should be considered as brothers. We agree with this point, but we think that we should be brothers and you should be brothers!"

"Secondly, you proposed that my country cede the north of the Yangtze River and the south of the Huaihe River to your country. This is absolutely impossible. my country can cede Xuzhou and Qingzhou to your country, but you must return other lands in our country!"

"Again, you proposed to make our country compensate 3000 catties of gold and 20 million copper coins. Even if I turn my whole Song Dynasty upside down, I still can't make up so much money. Your rude request is making it difficult for us to accept! After consideration, we can compensate you with one hundred catties of gold and [-] copper coins!"

"Again, your proposal to ask our country to make sacrifices to your country every year is simply a joke. My Great Song Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven, how can I make sacrifices to a barbarian country? Your request is pure nonsense!"

"Again, your side proposed to send a hostage to our country to go to Beijing as a hostage. I'm afraid it won't work. Our emperor has just ascended the throne. He has neither a queen nor a concubine. He has no heirs. Who should I send as a hostage?"

Gan Guoyi and the ministers got together to discuss it, and Li Yuande said: "The two countries are brothers, our country is a brother, and your country is a brother. This is a prerequisite. If you don't agree to this, everything else is out of the question! "

On the side of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, Pei Songzhi frowned and said, "This is an impolite request from your country. The dynasties established by our Han people have always been the kingdom of heaven, and your Qianguo is a small country that jumped up from the hands of the Xianbei people. Brother? Furthermore, our Great Song Dynasty has a vast territory, which is far from being comparable to that of Qianguo, so why should you be a brother of Ganguo?"

Xu Yan, the peace negotiating representative of the Qian State, scolded angrily: "It's full of nonsense and nonsense! I Dagan is the Han who is in power. We rose up against the barbarian rule, wiped out the northern captives, and reappeared the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty! And your country Humph, with all due respect, it’s just a kingdom established by those who betrayed the mastermind, how dare you guys have the nerve to call yourself the Kingdom of Heaven? Don’t you know how to write the shameful word?”

The knowledgeable Pei Songzhi couldn't refute it. It is a fact that Liu Yu established himself as the emperor on behalf of Jin as a courtier. This is illegal for an orthodox literati like Pei Songzhi. How can he refute it?

I saw Li Yuande said again: "You guys actually say that my Dagan's territory is not as good as your country. This is simply arrogant! My Dagan's border starts from the Gaoguli Sea in the east and Jincheng in the west; it starts from the Huaihe River in the south and ends in the desert in the north. South, it takes three months to ride a horse from east to west, and two months from north to south! The king of our country is older, but the emperor of your country is younger. No matter how you look at it, you should be your brother. , and your country is my younger brother, it is very polite for our country not to call itself my father and let your country be my son!"

The envoys of the Southern Dynasties couldn't find any reason to refute, but for Liu Song, compensation and confession were trivial matters. Da Song had money, so he couldn't afford to pay some money, but he couldn't lose face. Let Da Song be his brother. , and respecting Qianguo as a brother, several people present could not accept it.