Horse on the World

Chapter 325 The Price of Survival

A solitary tent was set up by Dingzhou soldiers in the center of the battlefield. After the tent was erected, the soldiers responsible for setting up the tent left one by one. On the city wall, Boyan asked: "Noqia, look Are you clear, did Li Qing plant an ambush in the tent?"

Nuo Qia shook his head: "No, there are sixteen Dingzhou soldiers who set up the tent. At this time, all sixteen Dingzhou soldiers have left, and there is no one in the tent."

The two looked at each other, and there was some fear in their eyes. The more Li Qing was like this, the more it showed that he was confident, "Does Li Qing want to force His Majesty to sign the alliance under the city?" Boyan said.

Nuo Qi'a was silent. In the current situation, I'm afraid this is the best ending, but Li Qing's conditions must be extremely harsh, "Dignity and survival, Chief Boyan, which one do you choose?"

Boyan clasped the city wall with both hands, and said in a harsh tone, "Nuo Qia, I am old, so I choose dignity, but you are still young, so you should choose survival."

"Where is His Majesty the Emperor, how will he choose?" Nuoqia did not respond directly to Boyan's words, but continued to ask.

"Your Majesty's decision to go out of the city to face Li Qing has already explained his choice." Boyan said lightly.He looked up at Tianguang, "Li Qing is coming out."

The camp of the Dingzhou Army opened wide, two cavalry came out leisurely, the leader was Li Qing, with a light robe and wide band, and a leisurely attitude. The flag was raised high, and the two went straight to the tent in the center of the battlefield.Li Qing opened the tent and entered, while Tang Hu planted the big flag in front of the tent with all his strength, and stood in front of the tent with a knife, like a door god.

"Although Li Qing is an enemy, his demeanor is still heart-wrenching." Among the barbarians, when it comes to the degree of acquaintance with Li Qing, Nuo Qi'a must be the first. "Sometimes, it's really hard for me to believe that this is a young man younger than me. His scheming and far-reaching layout make people suddenly unaware at first, but when you discover his trap, you are already deeply involved. , It’s hard to extricate ourselves. Our fight with him, from the fall of Shanglinli, we fell into his trap step by step without realizing it. Looking back now, it’s like two chess players, and we are still calculating his next move When playing chess, he has already thought of the second move, the third move, and even more, we are behind every step, and An Neng is undefeated!"

"You're right!" A voice suddenly came from behind, and the two turned their heads, only to see Bayar coming slowly, but the accompanying guards stopped dozens of steps away.

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Nuo Qi'a panicked. What he said just now was actually accusing Bayar of being inferior to Li Qingyuan in terms of temple calculations, which led to today's ending.

"What's the crime?" Bayar approached the city wall, looked at the Dingzhou military camp below the city, and sighed: "I'm vainly conceited to be a hero, but Li Qing is indeed far superior to me. In this game against him, I am convinced that I lost. But the grassland clan cannot just die out with my failure. Nuoqia, Boyan and I are both old, but you are still young, and the future of the grassland clan will be supported by you. Dormancy, forbearance, Perhaps decades later, the Grassland Clan will still have a chance to make a comeback. Even if we cannot reproduce the glory of our clan, it is still a good choice for the clan to survive."

"Your Majesty!" Nuoqia knelt down, and there was a strong sense of ominousness in Bayar's words. "The grassland is inseparable from Your Majesty. Please take good care of yourself, Your Majesty."

Bayar chuckled, "You're thinking about it, Nuoqia, do you think I'm going here to fight Li Qing? I'm old, and Li Qing is in his prime, even if I let him face to face, I won't be His opponent, even if I want to free myself, I have to wait until the matter is done, otherwise it will only bring disaster to you, get up."

Nuoqia stood up anxiously.

"Bo Yan, old man, how are you? Do you still have the guts to go meet Li Qing as my bodyguard?" Bayar laughed loudly, his heroic spirit flashed across his eyes.

Boyan thumped the breastplate vigorously, and said loudly, "Even though Lian Po is old, he can still eat!"

The two looked at each other and laughed, and went down the city wall hand in hand, one person and one horse, out of the city and went straight to the tent.

Bayar went straight into the tent, but Boyan, like Tang Hu, planted the flag and Dingzhou army flag together, stood proudly with his sword in his hand.Tang Hu sneaked a sneak peek with one eye, two eyes, three eyes, and finally burst out laughing.

Boyan said angrily, "What's so ridiculous?"

Tang Hu snorted and said, "You barbarians are really at the end of their ropes. Bayar is still an emperor, and the guards around him are so old, hehe, hehe!"

Black lines appeared on Boyan's face, and he said coldly: "Old man Boyan!"

With the sound of "uh", Tang Hu choked up. He knew who Boyan was, because when Li Qing was discussing with the generals, this name often appeared, and he was in a high position among the barbarians. It is not wrong to describe it as under one person or above ten thousand people among the barbarians. Compared with Tang Hu's status beside Li Qing, it is much higher.Tang Hu coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment, turned around, looked straight ahead, and never looked at Boyan again.

Bayar lifted the curtain and entered. Li Qing was sitting cross-legged behind a low table covered with carpets. In front of him, a whole set of tea sets were arranged neatly. When Yaer came in, Li Qing stretched out his hand to signal the other party to sit down freely, and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence, Your Majesty, my water happens to be at the third boil, which is just right for making tea."

Bayar sat down with a smile, unlike Li Qing sitting cross-legged, he sat on the blanket, raised his knees, bent one knee to the ground, stroked his left knee with his left hand, and put his right hand on the low table. Watching Li Qing skillfully lift the small teapot to him, he lifted it high, and a stream of water rushed down, accurately pouring into the small teapot.

"I have heard for a long time that the tea ceremony in the Central Plains is extensive and profound, and it is a great fortune for Bayar to have Marshal Li make tea himself!" Bayar said.

Li Qing smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Liao praises it. Li Qing has only learned a little bit of fur. I dare to praise it, but this water is very rare. This is my personal guards who rode their horses for dozens of miles. It is made of snowflakes taken from the plum tree little by little, and it is specially for the entertainment of His Majesty!" Li Qing said as he picked up the small teapot, shook it a few times, and poured the first water into the tray In the teapot, take the pot and pour the second water. As soon as the boiling water enters the teapot, a scent of tea immediately hits the nostrils.

Eight exquisite and lovely teacups lined up, Li Qing filled the teacups one by one, stretched out his hand, "Please!"

The two stopped talking, each picked up their teacups, and slowly sipped the green tea. After finishing the eight cups of tea, Bayar played with the exquisite teacups in his hands and said, "Tell me, what are the conditions?"

Li Qing tapped the short table with his fingers, and said: "You don't speak dark words in front of Ming people. His Majesty the Emperor understands people, so I don't have to beat around the bush. First, His Majesty's Yuanwu Empire will definitely not exist."

"I understand this!"

"But you will exist forever as a nation." Li Qing continued.

"Under your rule?"

"of course."

"You and my family have been fighting for hundreds of years. It is not an exaggeration to say that the hatred is as deep as the sea. How can your light words make me believe that my clan will exist under your rule without being bullied?" Bayar sneered.

Li Qing raised his chin and said proudly: "First, I, Li Qing, said these words. I will practice what I say, and my words will naturally be carried out. Second, Your Majesty, do you think that the situation you are facing now will not be resolved?" Is there anything worse than this?"

Bayar couldn't help laughing, "What a Li Qing, you are very proud, but I admit that you have the capital, but what I want to tell you is that if it's just like this, I will refuse without hesitation."

Li Qing shrugged, picked up the small teapot, filled the eight cups in front of him, and said slowly: "You can keep an army of 2 people, of course, they must be in my Dingzhou army sequence , go to the front for me, in exchange for the dignity and material guarantee of your people's survival."

"What did you say? We can still save an army?" Bayar was a little shocked.

"Can't believe it?" Li Qing said with a smile.

"Aren't you afraid that they will backfire at any time?" Bayar asked.

"Your Majesty, why did you abandon your dignity and pride and sit in front of me to discuss surrendering to our army?" Li Qing asked back.

Bayar's face turned blue and then pale, before he said after a while, "I must find a way to survive for my people."

"That's right, you can abandon your dignity and pride. Then, I will have hundreds of thousands of your unarmed clansmen as hostages. If the leader of this 2-strong army is not stupid, he will naturally serve me wholeheartedly." Li Qing This is very straightforward, it is to threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of barbarians, and let the [-] grassland elites fight for him. If this army dares to mess around, then Li Qing can wipe out the entire barbarian army Tribal existence.

"But I still have nearly [-] troops left?" Bayar said coldly.

"Consume!" Li Qing's expression was as usual, but the words he spit out were extremely cruel, "I can only consume the excess existence, and I can only allow you to keep [-] elites, not to mention, Your Majesty Bayal, your [-] In the army, there may be at most [-] people who can be called elite, and the rest of the small tribes put together fighters are vulnerable. This is the price for your entire army to survive."

"Consumed?" Bayar was stunned, he found that he once again miscalculated Li Qing's cruelty. "Do you want me to send them to die in vain or let them commit suicide collectively? I don't think you will use your soldiers to consume them? Killing a thousand enemies will cost you [-]. Even if you think you have no intentions, I hate it." If you sell them, your losses won't be low, right?"

Li Qing laughed, "How? My soldiers are my priceless treasures. How could I let them die on the eve of victory? You have another goal!"

Bayar's expression slowly changed, he already knew what Li Qing wanted to do, "Li Qing, you turn your hands into clouds, and turn your hands into rain, but don't you think you are too shameless?"

Li Qing picked up a cup of tea and drank it slowly, "Your Majesty Bayar, doing this will not only benefit me, but also the survival of your barbarians in the future. Don't you understand?"

(End of this chapter)