Just when Tang Yin decided to send his troops south to aid Yancheng, the city-state of Besa suddenly sent envoys to negotiate peace.
This is very interesting. When negotiating peace between countries, Besa should go to the imperial court of Haotian. Even if he didn't go, he should still discuss with the royal court of Feng Kingdom. However, Besa did not go to either of them. Instead, he came directly to Tang Yin.
It can be seen that the city-state of Besa is not worried about the Haotian Empire or the Feng Kingdom, but Pingyuan County headed by Tang Yin.
The envoys from Besa City-State brought many gifts, and also sent Tang Yin a personal letter from King Besa, inviting him to go to Besa City, the capital of Besa City-State, to discuss peace talks between the two parties in person.
Tang Yin accepted all the letters and gifts brought by the envoy, saying that he would think about it first and give a reply the next day. Then he asked the envoy to be invited out and settled in his residence in Shunzhou.
After the envoy left, the hall of the county capital immediately exploded. It was definitely a good thing that Besa took the initiative to come to negotiate peace, but inviting Tang Yin to Besa City probably had bad intentions. Many civil servants in the county tried to dissuade him.
Tang Yin cannot accept Besa's conditions no matter what.
Their dissuasion was exactly what Tang Yin wanted. It wasn't that he didn't dare to go, but that he didn't want to negotiate peace with the city-state of Besa at all. In the past, he was just the governor of a county, but he made peace in the city-state of Besa. Now he has become a county.
First of all, the strength has been increased several times. When facing the city-state of Besa, there is no need for sneak attacks and harassment tactics. You can directly send troops to fight head-on.
After hearing the advice from the civil servants not to go, Tang Yin just followed the trend and nodded in agreement: "What you said makes sense. It's better to be cautious about this matter."
Tang Yin has always been fond of taking risks. When has he ever been cautious? Shangguan Yuanji secretly frowned and asked, "Don't you want to negotiate peace with Besa?"
Tang Yin secretly thought something clever, looked up and smiled, and said: "Besa has a lot of gold, silver and jewels, and Besa's goods are valuable. Besa people can also be captured as slaves. If we negotiate a peace, what will we rob in the future? What will we capture? Money.
Where did it come from?”
"Yes!" Before anyone else could say anything, Shangguan Yuanrang nodded his head and agreed repeatedly. He said to Tang Yin: "I think you should go to Besa City again, not to negotiate a peace, but to fight directly. I am willing to go with you."
Let's go together, sir." He always remembered that Tang Yin had made a sneak attack on Besa City, but he had not yet done this.
Shangguan Yuanji glanced at Shangguan Yuanrang unhappily, raised his hands to Tang Yin and said, "No, sir! Since Besa has taken the initiative to seek peace, we should seize this opportunity. If we continue to be at odds with Besa, and the war continues, finally
Ordinary people are still suffering. And Besa is very powerful. What if he raises his troops to attack again? Besa is really worried. What if he assembles all the forces of the Morpheus Federation to attack us? I hope you will think twice.
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Tang Yin sneered, narrowed his eyes and said proudly: "If they really dare to come again, I will let them come back and take back King Besa's head!"
"Yes!" Shangguan Yuanrang began to nod again, he liked hearing this.
At this time, Qiu Zhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Have you not forgotten where your focus should be?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was stunned, including Tang Yin. He asked: "What does this mean?"
Qiu Zhen said slowly: "The city-state of Besa is so big. Even if you send more troops, can you still annex the city-state of Besa? Can you annex the Morpheus Federation? If not, it will be a serious problem behind your back.
We have to send heavy troops to guard the border, and now Yancheng is in danger and may be captured by the Ning Army at any time. At that time, you will have to defend both front and rear. Wouldn't you be in a dilemma of being flanked? If you want to attack the city-state of Bessa, now is not a good time.
, what adults should do now is to stabilize one side and concentrate on dealing with the other side. With our current strength, it is far from enough to fight on two fronts."
His analysis was incisive and everyone nodded.
Shangguan Yuanji continued: "Plundering Besa's property can indeed increase our fiscal revenue, but this can be achieved through normal trade after the two sides negotiate a peace. If we just blindly use force and fight continuously, then...
It’s too short-sighted.”
Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji were not merciful at all, and their words were serious. Everyone couldn't help but worry about them, especially those civil servants who were promoted by Shangguan Yuanji and came into contact with Tang Yin.
Not much, but he also knew that he was bloodthirsty and Yu He broke the law. He actually wiped out Yu He's entire clan, which shows his cruelty.
Even Shangguan Yuanrang felt that the eldest brother had spoken too harshly.
Sure enough, being labeled as short-sighted, Tang Yin's face suddenly darkened, his eyes flashed with a terrifying light, and he stared straight at Shangguan Yuanji.
At this time, the atmosphere in the hall immediately became dull. People lowered their heads, did not dare to look at Tang Yin, and did not dare to breathe.
After an unknown amount of time, the glint in Tang Yin's eyes disappeared. He took a deep breath, and then laughed angrily. He shook his head and muttered in a low voice: "Fuck."
No one expected that Tang Yin could laugh and curse out a Three-Character Sutra at this time. When everyone was dumbfounded, Tang Yin asked: "What should I do? You two tell me what to do now?"
"Accept the peace negotiation!" Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji replied in unison.
"Negotiating peace with the Barbarian State can at least stabilize the Barbarian State and solve our worries. And now that the Barbarian State is taking the initiative to seek peace, we can also put forward some favorable conditions for us and take advantage of the opportunity to gain benefits." Qiu
Zhen said with a smile: "It's just that we don't know yet whether Besa's peace proposal is sincere or just to lure the adults into taking the bait."
Tang Yin nodded. He did have a cruel and cold-blooded side to his character, but he also had a tolerant side. He was really angry when Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji reprimanded him in public, but after thinking about it, he realized that what they said made sense, and
It's rare for these two people to have the same opinions, which only means that they are wrong.
Of course, it was precisely because they understood Tang Yin's personality that Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji dared to speak out.
He turned to look at Letian and Ai Jia, and asked: "What's going on in Barbarian State recently?"
Lotte shook his head and said: "There is no movement. The barbarian army's expedition to our county was unfavorable. After returning home, the army was dispersed. Now there is no movement to recruit again." The city-state of Besa has an all-military service system. When fighting, all the people are soldiers, and there is no war.
At that time, there were very few standing troops, and most of the soldiers were sent home.
The city-state of Besa is a country with relatively few resources, and its agriculture is also backward. It is simply unable to support such a large army all year round.
Tang Yin said quietly: "From this point of view, it seems that the barbarian country has no intention of using troops against our county."
"Yes, my lord."
"Then this peace negotiation is also true?"
Lotte could not guarantee this, so he quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"Haha!" Tang Yin looked up and smiled and said: "Since I have been invited by others, why not go? Anyway, this is not the first time I have been to Bessa City, so it doesn't hurt to go again!"
"Sir!" After hearing that Tang Yin was going to the capital of Besa, Shangguan Yuanji said again: "This matter should be considered in the long term and we should not take risks easily."
"Hey?" Tang Yin waved his hand and said: "The barbarians are warlike and martial. If I don't go, doesn't it mean that I am timid and afraid of the barbarians? Once I am looked down upon by the barbarians, it will be difficult to continue this peace negotiation."
This time Qiu Zhen agreed. He didn't want to take risks in everything. Risks also pay attention to rewards. A successful peace negotiation with the barbarian country would be of great benefit to oneself without any harm. It was worth taking the risk for Tang Yin to go. He responded: "I
I agree with you, sir, to go!"
Shangguan Yuanrang immediately added: "I would like to go with you, sir."
Tang Yin laughed, leaned forward and said, "With Yuan Rang accompanying me, even if the barbarians have evil intentions, there is nothing to fear!"
Shangguan Yuanji's mouth moved, but he finally swallowed his words of dissuasion. He felt that Tang Yin was indeed safe with his second brother protecting him, and he was not afraid of Besa's evil ideas.
The next day, Tang Yin summoned envoys from Besa City State and decided to accept the invitation and was willing to go to Besa City to negotiate peace.
The envoy from the city-state of Besa was overjoyed. After setting a date with Tang Yin, he left happily.
Hearing that Tang Yin was going to Besa City again, Fan Min found Tang Yin immediately, looked at him with worried and complaining eyes, and said quietly: "Brother Tang, didn't you say that you won't fight the barbarians again in the near future?
Really? Why are you going to the barbarian capital again?"
Tang Yin smiled, gently held her shoulder, and said: "This trip is not to fight, but to negotiate a peace. When the peace is reached, we and the barbarian country will really end the war and have a truce!"
"Are the barbarians sincerely negotiating for peace? Could it be..." Fan Min was worried, fearing that Tang Yin would never return.
"Humph!" Tang Yin snorted, his eyes gradually darkened, he raised the corners of his mouth with an evil smile, and said: "If the barbarians sincerely negotiate for peace, that's all. If they intend to trick me into going to Bessa City, then it's a sheep."
It doesn’t matter whether you enter the tiger’s mouth or the wolf among the sheep.”
I don't know what he looked like on the battlefield, but the murderous aura he naturally showed when he spoke made Fan Min tremble.
Feeling her body trembling, Tang Yin suddenly lost his murderous aura. He took off his outer cloak and put it on Fan Min. He frowned and scolded: "It's very cold now. Don't wear more clothes. You'll catch the wind chill."
But no one will care about you."
Fan Min grabbed Tang Yin's cloak and moved closer to his arms. Although he was scolding her, Fan Min felt sweet in her heart. Tang Yin was not a person who could speak sweet words, but that did not mean that he was inconsiderate.
"Can I go with you?" Fan Min raised his head and asked in a low voice.
Tang Yin said: "Forget it this time. If there is another chance to go to Besa City next time, I will take you there again."
Fan Min asked this just as a test. After hearing this, her eyes dimmed and she said, "You said you are not going to fight. If you are not going to fight, why can't you take me with you?"
Tang Yin was stunned for a moment, then hugged her and said half-jokingly: "If I don't take you there, it might be calm. If I take you there, there might be a fight!"
Fan Min was puzzled and asked: "Why?"
Tang Yin said with a smile: "What if the king of Besa falls in love with you after seeing you and wants you from me? What do you think I should do? If I don't give you out, and the two sides fall out, won't they start fighting?"
After hearing this, Fan Min's face turned red, and she shyly buried her face in Tang Yin's arms, but she was so happy that she flew into the air. Tang Yin's joke also made Fan Min's worry lessened a lot.