Emperor Xingyuan glanced at the two men with sharp eyes. He didn't look back until they lowered their heads to admit their mistake, and then looked at the officials.
"No matter what the reason is, the captured soldiers are our sons of Xixia after all. I can't just watch the sons of Xixia die tragically at the hands of the emperor, so I decided to send someone to negotiate a peace."
"Meet peace?" As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes widened.
Someone stood up and said in disbelief, "Your Majesty, are we Xixia going to bow to Da Qian? How can this be possible?"
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!"
"I hope your Majesty will think twice."
"I hope the emperor will think twice." Many officials agreed, obviously they did not agree with Emperor Xingyuan's proposal.
Emperor Xingyuan's eyes were condensed, a sharp light burst out, and he stared directly at the man, "Master Pan, what do you mean?"
Emperor Xingyuan's voice was cold, and his sharp gaze made Pan Chengxi tremble as he spoke.
Pan Chengxi was the minister of the Ministry of Industry. As soon as he stood up, he attracted the support of many officials. This move made Emperor Xingyuan very dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, Wei...Wei Chen just feels that Da Gan is just a paper tiger. It is powerful on the surface, but in fact it is fragile. There is nothing to worry about. We, Xixia, only need to send a large army to go there, and we will be able to completely suppress Da Gan's army easily." Pan Chengxi's His voice became much softer, and his eyes became cautious. He was obviously worried that he would be dissatisfied with Emperor Xingyuan if he said something wrong, and his words became less confident.
"Complete suppression?"
"Haha..." Emperor Xingyuan suddenly sneered twice, and then his eyes darkened a little, with mockery, "You also said the same thing before Li Shiqi set off. At that time, everyone was full of confidence, saying that they could easily defeat Qianjun. What happened? ?”
"The result is that Li Yuanwei was sent." Emperor Xingyuan stared at Pan Chengxi and said word by word.
"In the past few months of fighting, more than 100,000 of our Xixia men have been killed. This is all because of your crazy self-confidence. Now Li Yuanwei has lost 15,000 people just after he set out. How can we fight this war?" ?" Emperor Xingyuan's eyes darkened and he suddenly asked.
The palace was extremely quiet at this moment. All the officials held their breath, and no one dared to make a sound at this time.
"Tell me, how should we continue the fight?" Emperor Xingyuan continued to say in a deep voice.
He changed the topic and raised his voice, "Speak, you don't dare to speak anymore, right? You're all mute now, right?"
"Your Majesty, calm down!" All the officials knelt on the ground and begged Emperor Xingyuan to calm down.
"Calm down your anger, calm down. You have been saying this all day long. Is it useful for me to calm down my anger?"
"If you want me to calm down, what can I do if I calm down my anger? Can you exchange for the life of a hundred thousand sons of Xixia?"
The officials in the palace lowered their heads and did not dare to respond, for fear of causing Emperor Xingyuan's dissatisfaction and spreading his anger on him alone.
Especially Pan Chengxi, who was trembling with fear at this time, could be said to be extremely scared.
Finally, Emperor Xingyuan turned his attention to Li Yuanji and said, "Li Yuanji, please go and find the commander-in-chief of the Qian Army... to discuss peace."
"Disband the court!" After saying this, without waiting for Li Yuanji's reply, Emperor Xingyuan waved his hand and left the hall angrily.
"Wei Chen...obey the order!" Li Yuanji was stunned on the spot, and after reacting, he hurriedly accepted the order.
Li Yuanji's face was pale at the moment. It was really difficult to negotiate peace, and he didn't want to go at all. But when Emperor Xingyuan called his name, he couldn't shirk it, so he had no choice but to accept it.
"Prime Minister, what should we do?" Li Yuanji stood up, came to Hu Liwei's side, and asked bitterly.
Emperor Xingyuan didn't have any charter, so how could this be negotiated?
"Don't panic, Master Li. The Emperor didn't tell you when to set off, which means there's still room for discussion." Hu Liwei rolled his eyes slightly, suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, and comforted him in a harmonious voice.
"For the time being, this is all we can do." Li Yuanji sighed with a dark face, and could only take one step at a time.
I hope that, as Hu Liwei said, Emperor Xingyuan will tell him what to do later, otherwise he will not be able to start negotiating peace.
Seven days later, dozens of figures appeared at the gate of the military camp where Li Yuanwei was located. It was shocking to see that the leader was none other than Li Yuanji, who was sent by Emperor Xingyuan of Western Xia to negotiate peace.
"Master Li, the general has invited you." The soldier made an invitation gesture to Li Yuanji, and then led Li Yuanji into the military camp.
As soon as they arrived near the main camp tent, Li Yuanwei came out, followed by a group of generals.
"Master Li!" Li Yuanwei greeted with his hands in hand.
"Humph!" Li Yuanji snorted coldly, not appreciating it.
When Li Yuanwei saw this, he was not angry, but became more enthusiastic.
He made a gesture of invitation to Li Yuanji, and then led him into the main camp tent.
"Master Li, please take a seat!" Li Yuanwei could be said to have given Li Yuanji enough face.
In fact, he did this because he knew what happened in the court. A large part of why Li Yuanji appeared here was because of him, so he had such an attitude.
With Li Yuanwei's attitude, Li Yuanji did not continue to show off and make things difficult, but began to complain to Li Yuanwei.
"General Li, you have done me a disservice this time."
Li Yuanwei did not shirk responsibility, "Master Li, calm down, this is indeed my fault."
"Hey!" Seeing him like this, Li Yuanji didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only sigh and sigh helplessly.
After a long time, he said again, "The emperor sent me here this time to negotiate with Ganren to see if we can reach an agreement to end the war."
Li Yuanwei listened carefully and did not interrupt.
"Negotiating peace is not the point. What is important is that the emperor wants Ganren to withdraw from Lanzhou City...you tell me, how is this possible?" Li Yuanji frowned, with a sad look on his face. He even felt in his heart that Emperor Xingyuan was doing this on purpose.
Make things difficult for him.
"Master Li, have a sip of tea!" Li Yuanwei poured a cup of tea himself and handed it to Li Yuanji respectfully.
"Drinking tea, what time has it been? You are still thinking about drinking tea. If this is not solved, can I drink it?" Li Yuanji looked at the tea in front of him and muttered with dissatisfaction.
After all, I still have to give face.
Li Yuanji took the tea and took a sip, the sadness on his face became more serious.
"Don't worry, sir. Early this morning, my subordinates have sent envoys to Lanzhou City to request to negotiate peace with Da Gan."
"That's not the point!" Li Yuanji rolled his eyes.
Is this a negotiation?
This is how to get back Lanzhou City.
"Report~General, Han Xiaozhi is back." At this time, the soldier's voice rang outside the tent.
"Let him in!" Li Yuanwei responded immediately after hearing this.
Han Xiaozhi was sent by Li Yuanwei to Lanzhou City with the purpose of promoting peace negotiations. Therefore, upon hearing the news of Han Xiaozhi's return, Li Yuanwei immediately asked him to come in and respond.
"I've seen the general." Han Xiaozhi went into the camp and walked toward Li Yuanwei.
"How is the situation?" Li Yuanwei said straight to the point.
"General, the commander-in-chief of the Qianjun said that we can meet." Han Xiaozhi answered truthfully, then paused and continued, "But they have a prerequisite."
"Tell me about it." When he heard that they could meet, Li Yuanwei finally felt relieved.
It was just Han Xiaozhi's last words that made his newly relieved heart become nervous again.