Han Shizu

Chapter 504
On the next day, around noon, Tang envoys Zhong Mo and Li Deming were finally brought before Liu Chengyou.

The Guardians of the Holy Army were ordered to perform martial arts, obviously understanding Liu Chengyou's intentions. Li Chongjin and Wang Yansheng, two generals, in addition to the normal drills, also brought more than a dozen death row prisoners from Hefei Prison, put on Tang Jun costumes, and killed Zhong and Li. Two people watch.It's not that I haven't seen murder before, but facing such a brutal and cruel act by the Han army, the two of them were still frightened.

"Chen Zhongmo (Li Deming) sees His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!" Facing the Emperor Han who was seated according to the case, the two immediately bowed.

Zhong Mo is still better, but Li Deming's face is full of fear.Sharp eyes swept across the two quickly, Liu Chengyou looked at Zhong Mo, and said: "Zhong Shilang, we meet again!"

"It's an honor for foreign ministers to see His Majesty's beauty!" Zhong Mo's tone was neither humble nor overbearing when he said the compliment.

Feeling that Zhong Mo was not as frightened as he imagined, Liu Chengyou cast his eyes on Li Deming: "You are Li Shilang?"

Li Deming looked up at Liu Chengyou, then quickly lowered his head: "It's the servant."

"I just watched martial arts, how about my military appearance?" Liu Chengyou asked lightly.

Li Deming replied without hesitation: "The generals are burly and well-armored, they are indeed the most powerful army in the world!"

"Haha." Liu Chengyou laughed flamboyantly, seemingly satisfied with his answer.

"Let's talk!" With a smile on his face, Liu Chengyou didn't seem to be planning to make a fool of himself anymore, he waved his hands directly and said, "Li Jing sent the two of you north, what's your plan?"

"I report to Your Majesty that the ministers have come here on orders, hoping that the great powers will withdraw their troops and stop the war. If so, my lord will cut off the six prefectures of Guang, Shou, Hao, Si, Chu and Hai according to the intention of the great Han to pay tribute to his ministers!" Zhong Mo bowed his hand, unlike Sun Sheng who had to fight, he directly revealed all his cards.

"Heh!" Liu Chengyou sneered immediately, and said coldly: "The six states in your mouth have all surrendered to the big man now, and they are the states and counties under my rule. They bribed me with the soil of the Han and gave me generosity. How can you be so generous? Intentions?"

Emperor Han's mouth was full of gangster logic, and his greedy face was nakedly displayed in front of the second minister.Zhong Mo's face twitched a few times, and his mood was gloomy. It was obvious that Liu Chengyou was not satisfied with Li Jing's conditions.

Seeing this, Liu Chengyou suddenly changed his face, stared at the two viciously, and said in a stern tone: "Sun Sheng first, and then you two, come here again and again to fool me, is it easy to deceive me? Someone, pull these two out of the state government office and behead them for public display!"

When the emperor's order fell, four guards immediately entered the room, set up Zhong and Li, and pulled them out of the hall.The sudden change made the two completely unable to react. Judging from the appearance of Emperor Han, it did not seem to be a fake at all, and his murderous nature was so serious that they panicked immediately.

Zhong Mo struggled and shouted: "The two countries are at war, don't kill the envoy!"

Li Deming directly begged for mercy, screaming for mercy, dragging his legs on the ground, swinging endlessly, almost throwing off his boots.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have something to say, and I have something to say!" Li Deming's voice was torn apart, even terribly.

Seeing this, Liu Chengyou waved his hand to let the guards let go of the two, and Li Fang, who was waiting by the side, also closed his mouth about to remonstrate.Liu Chengyou's eyes were cold, impatient, and he said in a cold voice: "What else can you say? I don't have time to listen to your deceitful words here!"

This time, the two simply knelt down in front of the emperor, Zhong Mo's expression was tense, and he became unnaturally paler.Li Deming bowed and said: "My lord does not know the power of your majesty and the strength of the Han army. I hope that your majesty will punish your ministers in three or two days, and return Jinling. Please dedicate the land of Huainan to your majesty!"

Listening to his words, Liu Chengyou's expression softened. Looking at Li Deming, this is the one who knows current affairs.After pondering for a while, staring at this person, feeling uneasy and breaking out in cold sweat, Liu Chengyou said quietly: "Since that's the case, I will give you a chance to save your life for a while!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Deming said immediately.

Liu Chengyou guided the direction with his hand, and said: "Go back and tell Li Jing that I don't ask much. I want to cede land, become a minister, and pay tribute! Now, our Han army is sweeping through the Huainan states. His time is running out. Wait I take everything, Huainan alone is not enough to make me stop fighting! Do you understand?"

"Yes!" Li Deming said: "I understand!"

"Send someone to send them back!" Liu Chengyou ordered.

After the two Tang envoys left, Liu Chengyou once again covered up all the expressions on his face, he was numb as usual, but his mind was extremely active.

"Your Majesty!" Li Fang put the sorted out reports on the desk and asked softly, "If you overdo it by intimidating the Puppet Tang, I'm afraid it will backfire and make you stubborn!"

"You are very worried!" Liu Chengyou said: "However, as for people, once the will is relaxed, it is not so easy to regain their ambition. More importantly, I cannot let Li Jingjun and his ministers see through my intentions. Invasion The more urgent it is, the more pressing it is to deepen its resolution. Even if it is counterproductive, I will only become more urgent and take it as a slow plan."

After thinking for a while, Liu Chengyou said again: "Prepare an edict to order the troops to step up their attacks, continue to eradicate the puppet Tang's strongholds along the river, and drive the Tang army to the river. For peace, you might as well discuss; for battle, you might as well fight!"

On the side of the Tang envoy, the treatment seemed to be pretty good. He was escorted by the Han emperor's Ouchi guards to the ferry, boarded the boat, pulled the anchor and set sail to the south.

In the cabin, Zhong and Li sat facing each other, both of them were in a bad condition, their faces were sinking like water, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was very dull for a while.After a while, Zhong Mo finally spoke: "Li Shilang, if you really want to return Jinling, please Your Majesty offer Huainan?"

"Otherwise?" Li Deming raised his eyelids and said to Zhong Mo: "You have also seen the ferocity of the Han army, killing people at every turn, ruthless and ruthless. How can the greed of the Han Emperor be satisfied by small profits? Taking Huainan and dedicating it, how can we stop the war and eliminate the disaster of the army?"

Hearing his words, Zhong Mo looked bewildered, and said: "I made this proposal to the emissary. In the future, how can I stand in the temple and face the elders of Jianghuai? On the Qingshi Danshu, there is a pen, which is also denounced by thousands of people. It is notorious. !"

"If Zhong Shilang is afraid of criticism, after returning to court, let me play the solo. You can keep silent and stay out of it!" Li Deming said lightly.

Seeing his attitude, Zhong Mo shut up and didn't repeat himself.

In fact, Li Deming had no other choice. In retrospect, he behaved too unbearably in front of Emperor Han.In order to save his life, You Qi asked to offer Huainan's words, as soon as he said it, there was no way out.

On the other hand, he also saw that although this discussion was too Tang and not conducive to Jianghuai, it made great contributions to the Northern Han Dynasty.In the future, if the Northern Han Dynasty can destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, with this credit, it can also have a place in the Northern Han court.

With the progress of the Northern Han Dynasty's conquest of the Tang Dynasty, it can be said that the world's attention has attracted the attention of the world. Many people have realized that this troubled world is coming to an end. Judging from the development of the Northern Han Dynasty, as long as there are no major accidents, It is only a matter of time before the world becomes one again.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the Northern Han conquered the Tang Dynasty because they were greedy for the prosperity of the Jianghuai River.But in the eyes of people of insight, this is the prelude to domination of the world.And Li Deming is obviously one of these many people of insight.

Zhong and Li returned to Jinling and reported the situation of the mission. As expected, Li Jing was furious and dissatisfied with both of them.

"Bandits, villains, thugs!" In the inner hall, Li Jing was so angry that his hands trembled and he almost overturned the imperial case. Humiliation. The vast land of the six prefectures still can't satisfy their ambitions, and they want to covet my entire Huainan, which is too deceiving!"

"Northern Han wants to fight, I will fight with him! Humiliated the country so far, humiliated me so far, it is difficult to bow to that child!" Li Jing waved his hands vigorously and shouted loudly.

Sometimes, the louder the yelling, the more guilty and impotent the rage.Li Deming and Zhong Mo knelt in front of the imperial court, and when they had finished venting their anger, Li Deming said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the six Huai River prefectures are now under the control of the Han army, as are most of Chu and Yang. The prefectures of He and Tai are being attacked. With only six prefectures, it is really difficult to satisfy their ambitions!"

"Could it be that my Tang Dynasty can only let him get what he wants?" Li Jing stared at Li Deming.

Li Deming said: "At present, in the Northern Han Dynasty, tens of thousands of troops are attacking me and defending along the river. I went to the north to see the strength of the Han army, which is unparalleled in the world. Our dynasty has lost consecutively. How can the crowd be stopped? If your majesty rejects the peace talks and fights with him, if he completely angers the Han emperor and crosses the south of the Yangtze River to attack, what should his majesty do? Once the river defense is lost, it will be too late to regret!"

Hearing Li Deming's words, Li Jing's anger was slightly restrained, showing a little fear. Realizing the situation, he couldn't help shivering twice.

But obviously, he was still unwilling, and his eyes were slumped: "Could it be that there is no other way?"

"Your Majesty, the Northern Han Dynasty is now invading the Jiangbei area more and more urgently. If we don't make a decision as soon as possible to make them retreat, once Huainan is completely occupied, I'm afraid that the fourteen prefectures will not be able to satisfy the greed and violence of the Han Emperor!" Li Deming sighed sadly.

In order to complete the task, Li Deming also went all out, showing the demeanor of the "surrender faction" in every word.

However, Li Jing was still hesitant. Compared with the six prefectures in Huaihe River and the fourteen prefectures in Jiangbei, the gap between them was not even a tiny bit.At this time, the assistant came, and Li Zhenggu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, came to report: "Tai, He, and Shuzhou have all surrendered to the Han army!"

Hearing this, Li Jing seemed to have no extravagant hopes. He waved his hands dejectedly, and said with a choked tone, "Forget it, I am willing to dedicate the land of Huainan to the best of my ability! Pay tribute to the Han soldiers!"

(End of this chapter)