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Chapter 310 The King Is Dead (14)
Xianglai said: "What about a woman, I am the princess of Beiliao, and I am one with my husband. His business is my business, and what I say is just like what he said. I can decide whether to surrender or not. You Why do you have to see him!"

Shi Yandao: "Oh, so you are that Lian Xianglai. Yes, you are indeed courageous, but a woman is a woman after all. From ancient times to the present, I have never heard that the king is still alive, so the princess decides political affairs. What's more It’s such a big deal to surrender!”

Xianglai was annoyed in the city: "Shi Yan, don't talk to my mother-in-law! If you want Beiliao to surrender, tell me. If you cancel this plan, you will immediately release the people of Beiliao and get out of the territory of Beiliao!"

Shi Yan was stunned for a moment, and said: "You really deserve your reputation, you are really pungent! Anyway, if you can really make up your mind, I will tell you that it doesn't matter. There are five conditions for recruiting, one is to be a minister, and the other is to accept Gong, the third is to cancel the border between the two countries, the fourth is to disband the Northern Liao army, and the border defense is handed over to the Southern Liao, and the fifth is Luo Jinxing to go to the Southern Liao to pay homage to our lord!"

Xianglai said: "The first three things can be agreed, but the last two are absolutely impossible! You have aroused public anger by threatening the lives of the people of Northern Liao today. The conflict is even more intensified! Let’s talk about the matter of asking my king to pay homage to the Emperor of Nanliao. You just saw that he refused to surrender. How could he pay homage to your emperor! I’m afraid he will be a corpse before he leaves the capital! At that time, it is impossible for you to agree to the first three conditions, if you want to subdue this place, unless you really kill all the people here!"

Shi Yan walked back and forth anxiously under the city for a few times, then raised his head decisively and said, "It's okay not to agree to the fifth article, but you must agree to the fourth article, otherwise it's no surrender, as long as my army withdraws, the North Isn't Liao still the former Beiliao!"

Xianglai knew that this point could not be easily negotiated, so he thought for a while and said, "Well, I will take a step back. The troops stationed in the Northern Liao Dynasty will be halved, and they will only serve as a defense. The Southern Liao will send a supervisory army. Ask Nan Liao to increase its troops, and then it will be logical for Nan Liao to send troops in again, and there will be no more objections from the people."

Shi Yan thought about it: "Send the supervising army? How do you know if you will be bribed by sending the supervising army!"

Xianglai sneered: "Why are all your officials in the Southern Liao Dynasty so easily bribed? In that case, it seems useless for you to accept me in the Northern Liao Dynasty. We can buy you all civil and military officials in the whole dynasty. One soldier will unify the world!"

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Shi Yan was stunned by what she said.

Xianglai said again: "At worst, I will give you another condition. As long as you agree to this one, I can return Lu Hong to you. Otherwise, Beiliao will become a vassal state of Southern Liao, and the monarchy is obliged to help us clean up the traitors. You sent Lu Fusheng together to vent our anger, and you seem to have no reason not to agree!"

Shi Yan was stunned by what she said again, and felt that what she said made sense, but felt that something was wrong.

Then Lu Fusheng came over and said: "General, I think it's better to agree to her for now. As time goes on, the general can slowly send troops to Beiliao."

Shi Yan turned back to stare at him and said: "That's what you said, if she turns around, she will change her mind, why don't we work hard and get nowhere!"

Lu Fusheng laughed and said, "General, you seem to have forgotten a step. Don't you think that taking a country down means taking hostages?"

Shi Yandao: "The hostage should be someone who is the king's closest relative. Luo Jinxing would rather die than go. Now there is only one brother left, let alone children. Who should I detain?"

Lu Fusheng looked up at the city, and said, "Don't you think the one on the city is very suitable? I heard that she seems to be pregnant. Putting her in Nanliao has the same effect as pledging a son or princess."

Shi Yan's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's right, why didn't I think of that!"

He shouted to the city: "Forget it, Lian Xianglai, if you want to keep the frontier army, you can, but you have to promise me another condition!"

Seeing Lu Fusheng whispering to him, Xianglai knew that he must have not come up with a good idea, and said, "Haven't your five conditions already been mentioned, why did they increase again? General Shi just broke his promise!"

Shi Yandao: "It's no wonder that the general broke his promise. You deny two of the five conditions I mentioned earlier. If you agree to all of them, why should the general add more!"

Xianglai said helplessly: "Since this is the case, General Shi, let's listen to it!"

Shi Yandao: "It's fine if you don't agree to dismiss the army and take me to Nanliao to garrison, but I need a hostage, otherwise you have the army yourself, and Nanliao has nothing to restrain you. Isn't your surrender just an empty talk!"

When Xianglai heard him talking about hostages, she had a bad feeling and said, "Who do you want as a hostage?"

Shi Yan pointed at the city and said, "It's you, the princess! I heard that the princess is pregnant. I believe that even if Luo Jinxing doesn't care about you, he should also care about the child in your womb!"

Xianglai leaned on the city wall with both hands and closed his eyes secretly, knowing that if he did not agree to Beiliao's army, he would be wiped out. Beiliao without a single soldier would be a toothless tiger. At that time, Nanliao would do whatever he wanted. It seems like a good deal to trade the life of the boy for the initiative of Beiliao!

When she was thinking about it, Shi Yan urged impatiently: "How about it, princess, give Shi an answer as soon as possible, so that Shi can plan the next steps!"

Xianglai looked up at him again and said, "Okay, I promise you!"

Shi Yan laughed loudly and said: "Okay, Princess Beiliao is really a straightforward person, so submit the letter of surrender and follow me out of the city!"

Xianglai said: "General Shi, please wait a moment. I want to write this surrender letter with my own hand, and Wang Yin wants me to cover it with my own hands. No one dares to do this except me."

Shi Yan said: "Okay, Wangfei, let's do it. It's just that the general doesn't have much patience, and I hope Wangfei will not delay. Besides, these common people are still waiting here. I believe they also want to leave my barracks as soon as possible!"

Xianglai didn't answer any more, turned around and walked down the city.

The general who guarded her silently followed her, and he didn't know if what Xianglai did was right or wrong, but he couldn't say no, because he couldn't bear to look at the innocent people outside the city. tragic death.

Xianglai came all the way to the palace, but did not dare to meet Luo Jinxing, so she went to the imperial study first.

The funeral of the king of Northern Liao Dynasty, coupled with the siege of the king's capital, the current imperial study is also deserted, only two young eunuchs are cleaning the dust.

Xianglai sent out the two young eunuchs, found a blank book after arriving at the Longshuan, hesitated for a long time, and then wrote the book with trembling hands. After finishing writing, he turned out the King's Seal of the Beiliao Dynasty, and said silently in his heart: "Be careful, don't blame me, I really can't bear to see you being cornered, so let me carry this bad name for you..."

(End of this chapter)