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The messenger smiled bitterly and said, "Besides, King Chen requires them to deliver everything within a month before he can release all the prisoners."

He swallowed hard and said, "Otherwise, if we are late for one day, we will starve them for one day, and kill ten Zhaoguo soldiers at the same time."

"what!"

Is Gu Xingyuan out of his mind? These conditions are not only harsh, but are actually forcing the Zhao Kingdom to perish!

Zhao State was a small country, with only about thirty cities in total, but Gu Xingyuan asked them to cede twenty cities!

Even if they put all their national strength together, they might not be able to come up with 5 million taels of silver, 100,000 war horses, and 100,000 sheep within a month.

One day's delay would mean one day's starvation for the Zhao captives. In less than ten days, all 210,000 Zhao soldiers would have starved to death.

In forty days, the people of Zhao simply could not gather so many things.

To call Gu Xingyuan a killing god is to flatter him. He is simply a butcher who has no regard for human life!

Even rabbits bite when they are angry, not to mention that the people of Zhao have always been fierce.

"After hearing this condition, General Liang and the others' faces changed."

"The High Priest of Zhao State naturally refused to agree, saying that if King Chen insisted on doing so, it would be better to kill him, so that he would not be unable to return to report."

Gu Xingyan said in a cold voice: "He didn't kill the high priest, but turned around and killed Ava?"

The messenger shook his head: "He was not killed immediately. King Chen did not give the Zhao people any room to maneuver. Seeing that the high priest refused to agree, he immediately overturned the negotiation table."

"Then they ordered Ava to be taken out of prison and hung on the city wall. They whipped him ten times a day and had pepper water poured on his wounds to force their high priest to agree."

When everyone heard this, they were so angry that they clenched their fists.

Gu Xingyuan must have been kicked in the head by a donkey. By hanging Ava on the city wall, wasn't he telling all the Zhao people that he was obviously going to kill him and provoke their anger?

"What did the high priest promise to give?"

"The high priest and other Zhao Kingdom ministers were furious when they saw King Chen was so unreasonable, and they refused to give in."

"I only promise to give you five cities, one million taels of silver, ten thousand war horses, and ten thousand sheep. I also promise to give you five hundred beauties at most."

Gu Xingyan narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Shuangwan.

It seems that the high priest's willingness to negotiate is questionable, as he wanted to exchange such a small amount of things for Ava and 210,000 Zhao prisoners of war.

At this moment Li Shuangwan also looked at him.

They both thought of a possibility at the same time.

After all, it was Gu Xingyan who had talked to the high priest in the previous life.

The final treaty required the cession of ten cities, two million pieces of silver, fifty thousand war horses, and thirty thousand sheep.

For the next twenty years, Zhao paid a tribute of 500,000 taels to Daliang every year.

Daliang released all the captives from Ava and Zhao.

The two countries promised to stop the war for 30 years and open up trade.

But this life is more than half less than the previous one.

Li Shuangwan nodded slightly at him.

The messenger coughed twice and said, "After about ten days, Ava was tortured to the point of being on the verge of death."

It was only Ava. If it were someone else, they would have died long ago after being tortured like this.

Li Shuangwan asked anxiously, "Why couldn't Elder Shen, General Liang, and the Minister of Rites persuade Prince Chen?"

The messenger looked at her and shook his head, "No. On the first day, His Royal Highness Prince Chen proposed such harsh conditions. The High Priest of Zhao State and others rejected them immediately, and then they started arguing."

"Back at the command post, several adults have advised King Chen."

It seems that Gu Xingyuan did not agree and insisted on doing it his own way.

"Before that, His Majesty has issued an order that does not require so much. We can make some concessions. This move will force Zhaoguo to jump off the wall, and in the end it will be more harm than good."

"Unfortunately, not only did Prince Chen not agree, he also ordered his secret guards to keep the adults under guard."

Gu Xingyan's expression was very unpleasant: "He dared to put several adults under house arrest!"

"Yes. After that, all negotiations were led by Prince Chen alone. No one dared to say a word. His Highness Prince Chen refused to give in. The High Priest of Zhao State also refused to give in. The negotiations came to a stalemate."

"After more than ten days, Ava really only had his last breath left. His Royal Highness Prince Chen was anxious and ordered the military doctor to treat him, but unfortunately it was too late."

"Seeing that he couldn't save the person, he simply killed him?"

The messenger nodded: "Yes."

"In the end, His Royal Highness Prince Chen, he decided to go all out and simply cut off Ava's head and threw it on the negotiation table."

"He also said that if the high priest still didn't agree, he would be given the heads of ten Zhao soldiers every day, so that he could make the decision carefully."

Everyone was stunned.

Gu Xingyuan is really going too far. He probably doesn't even understand what a covenant or peace talks are!

Is this something that humans can do!

"How far had things developed before you came?" Gu Xingyan asked solemnly, his tone filled with indescribable anger and helplessness.

Although Ava is a cruel man, he is indeed a good fighter.

He was the only opponent he met in his previous life who could compete with him in such a battle.

If they had not seized the initiative and used Lan Yue to let Cang Qiong send false news, the Cang Lang Army might not have been able to defeat him so quickly.

The messenger looked very unhappy. "Prince Chen tried to conceal this matter, but the Zhao Kingdom delegation smashed the courtyard used for peace talks in Qiubeipo, and the noise was too loud. Only then did General Liang, who was under guard, learn about it."

"Before I set off, several gentlemen wanted to suppress this matter as much as possible."

"Unfortunately, the Zhao people have been completely enraged, and the 210,000 prisoners imprisoned in Sun Moon Mountain are showing signs of rebellion."

"Master Liang was afraid that things would get out of control if they continued to develop like this, so he ordered his subordinates to sneak out and rush over to report to you, Marshal, at night."

"You said you ran away secretly? What else did Gu Xingyuan do?"

"Yes, His Royal Highness Prince Chen was also afraid that the news of his killing of Ava would spread, which would be detrimental to his reputation, so he ordered people to close the gates of Rangcheng and no one was allowed to leave the city."

"I swam out from the canal surrounding the city, bought a horse and galloped here."

Gu Xingyan took a deep breath, and then another deep breath, anger already surging in his heart.

"General, if this continues, the Zhao Kingdom prisoners will definitely not be able to be suppressed. General Liang asked his subordinates to come here to ask you to go back."

Gu Xingyan's face was frighteningly cold.

Li Shuangwan knew what Gu Xingyan was worried about, and said to Shu Wenbo, "Brother, please write a letter quickly and report the details of this matter to the emperor immediately."

Shu Wenbo glanced at Gu Xingyan, knowing that Brother Nine was extremely furious at this time, and nodded: "Okay, half a cup of tea will be fine."

"Ah."

Li Shuangwan walked over and gently shook Gu Xingyan's hand: "Xingyan, we have to rush to Rangcheng immediately."

Gu Xingyan looked at her: "Then you..."

Li Shuangwan shook his head: "It's okay, this matter is too big, let's solve it first."

Gu Xingyan nodded.

Seeing that everyone's attention was on the messenger, Li Shuangwan pulled Gu Xingyan away and said, "Xingyan, there is something wrong with the high priest of Zhao State. You have also discovered it, right?"