The military meeting in Huangsha City was held again. The meeting started with a quarrel, continued with a quarrel, and could not end smoothly because of the quarrel.
Li Letian simply stated his thoughts, and the princes from all walks of life gathered together and began to blame each other, complaining about each other's shortcomings, and recounted how they fought hard and made great sacrifices.
Li Letian was sitting behind the handsome case, with a faint evil thought emerging from the bottom of his heart: Kill them, kill them all. Everyone cares about their own jobs, and you will die, and I will take the credit. Under such circumstances
How can we not be defeated? Maybe if we kill all these people and replace them with a group of younger people, things will change.
The morale of the army has been lost. Even if they are in a desperate situation, they cannot share the same hatred with the enemy. It is better to kill this group of people.
"Brother..."
There was a faint voice outside the door, and Li Letian was startled when he saw soldiers carrying a weak Li Xingzai into the hall.
After Li Xingzai was injured, he has been recovering from his injuries. Such military meetings have virtually isolated him. Of course, Li Xingzai's participation in such meetings has never played any role. In everyone's mind, it seems that there is no difference whether he participates or not.
But today, he was carried by soldiers and still willing to come here, which was indeed unexpected.
"Sixth brother, why are you here if you don't want to rest in peace to recuperate? Is your injury... okay?" Li Letian stood up, feeling a little guilty in his heart. He had indeed not visited Li Xingzai since he was injured.
"Brother..." Li Xingzai waved his hand: "Let me go."
"What are you going to do?" Li Letian asked subconsciously.
"Go to Cheng Dalei, ask him what he wants, and have a good talk with him."
Li Letian fell silent, and everyone in the hall remained silent. Li Xingzai's words reminded everyone that besides fighting to the death, there is another way to go, and that is peace talks. But peace talks with the same bandit are indeed important to these imperial figures.
A huge humiliation.
But this may not be a solution.
"Sixth brother, please take good care of your injuries, and you don't have to worry about things here."
"There is no other way. I have figured out the key. We can only negotiate with Cheng Dalei, otherwise we have no other choice."
"Okay!" Cui Xiang suddenly stood up and said: "If His Highness the Sixth Prince can really reach an agreement with Cheng Dalei, the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers will be saved by you alone."
"Haha, it's not that exaggerated. If we just give it a go, we can't defeat a group of bandits."
"The fight will naturally be won, but how many soldiers will be left lying on the battlefield? Your Highness is benevolent, but he just doesn't want to commit more crimes." Cui Xiang.
"I also agree with Prime Minister Cui." Song Bokang stood up and agreed.
The princes from all walks of life talked to each other, but most of them meant whether they wanted to fight or not. The key point was that Cheng Dalei's battle really frightened everyone.
Li Letian gritted his teeth, still a little hesitant in his heart.
"Brother, we can't delay things any longer, we've run out of food." Li Xingzai.
Li Letian gritted his teeth and said, "Okay then, Sixth Brother, go ahead and give it a try, but be careful. I know you and Cheng Dalei are old acquaintances, but now both the enemy and us are afraid that there are some things we can't do anymore.
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Things had to happen quickly rather than later. At noon that day, a small sedan left Huangsha City and headed for the Toad Army's camp.
Li Xingzai's leg injury had not healed, so he could only be carried in a small sedan. When he left, Li Letian, Yu Chili, Cui Xiang and others stood at the top of the city, looking at the back of the small sedan.
The toad army is a killing field and the devil's cave. Li Xingzai is a wealthy man. If he goes deep into the devil's cave, he really doesn't know what the consequences are.
The sedan gradually approached the Toad Army's camp and disappeared from everyone's sight. As it got closer to the Toad Army's camp gate, the legs of the four sedan bearers began to tremble.
A feather arrow flew through the air and pierced the ground in front of the sedan bearer. The four of them trembled and almost dropped the sedan to the ground. They saw the guards of the Toad Army aiming their bows at the four of them. There was no expression on their faces.
But the bearers knew that if they took a step further, they would use their iron bows to send arrows into the throats of the four of them.
Huge pressure hit me overwhelmingly, and cold sweat dripped from the back of my neck.
Li Xingzai in the sedan almost fell to the ground. He cursed mother, opened the curtain of the sedan, and yelled at Daying: "Tell Cheng Dalei to come out and see me."
The four bearers had already begun to pray. I had often heard that the sixth prince was a bit cynical and acted a bit randomly. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true. If you don't put your tail between your legs when you arrive at the entrance of this devil's cave, you are asking for death.
What they didn't expect was that not long after, the door to the Toad Army's camp suddenly opened, and several people strode over from the camp. The leader was a tall man with a big ax on his back and a sword on his waist.
Seeing this big ax, you can probably guess who the other party is. The other party is approaching step by step, filled with overwhelming evil aura. As he gets closer and closer, the four bearers tremble more and more violently.
Cheng Dalei bent down and glared at Li Xingzai in the sedan. Cheng Dalei noticed his injured leg and asked strangely: "How did you end up like this?"
"It wasn't you who caused it. Your explosion almost destroyed one of my legs."
"Tsk." Cheng Dalei sighed: "You should know that my advantage is not so easy to take advantage of, but you still have to squeeze in and join in the fun."
"Oh, who says it isn't?"
Cheng Dalei waved his hand: "Carry it in, carry it in, and let Liu Bei show you the leg. He is an expert in bone setting."
The four bearers walked forward in jittery steps. Cheng Dalei thought they were walking too slowly, so he waved his hand and told Yin Mu to carry Li Xingzai and sneak into the camp.
A spy had already passed the news here to Huangsha City, and everyone knew that Li Xingzai had entered Toad City. As for the final result, no one was sure.
There was a strong wind at the top of the city, but no one went down. Everyone was waiting for news from the other side. Was Li Xingzai killed in anger by Cheng Dalei, or was he able to successfully negotiate the terms and everyone could escape easily.
Of course, Yuchi Li hopes the former will happen, while Cui Xiang hopes the latter even more.
In the camp, Liu Bei briefly checked Li Xingzai's injuries, while Xu Shenji sniffed at the side.
"Why, isn't the injury very serious?" Xu Shenji.
"It's been a hundred days since my muscles and bones were broken. If I can save my leg, that's good." Li Xingzai sighed: "I don't know when I will be able to walk."
Cheng Dalei was holding a cup of hot tea in both hands. He was silent for a long time, and then suddenly interjected: "What are you here for?"
No matter how casual you pretend to be or how familiar you are, it is impossible to hide the thorns between the two parties. Li Xingzai is not here to reminisce today, he is here to negotiate.
Negotiations often occur between ourselves and the enemy.