The envoys sent to the Wei army from Handan, the capital of South Korea, were Han Chao, the high minister of Han Dynasty, and Zhao Zhuo, a scholar-bureaucrat. The guard generals were "Kai Kaidi", the local general of Handan.
They were a group of more than ten people, riding in three carriages, flying the flag of "Han", and slowly arrived at Wei Camp, which was only five or six miles away from Handan City.
At that time, the scholar-official Zhao Zhuo peeked out of the carriage and saw the Wei camp in the distance that seemed to stretch for more than ten miles. His face was a little ugly. He turned to his minister Han Chao and said: "Master Han Chao, I see that the Wei army is only five miles away from the city." Camp, its determination to conquer my Handan is very strong."
Han Chao nodded upon hearing this and agreed with Zhao Zhuo's statement. After all, only when the Wei army was extremely desperate to attack Handan, would they choose to set up camp only five miles away from the city to facilitate their future attack on Handan.
This reflects the confidence of the Wei army from the side - they do not think that the Korean army in Handan can pose any threat to them.
"The Wei army has won several battles. The soldiers are arrogant and the generals are arrogant. There may be an opportunity to take advantage of it." Han Chao said thoughtfully, stroking his beard.
After hearing this, Zhao Zhuo also nodded in praise.
They both felt that the Wei army built a military camp only five miles away from Handan. This was obviously due to the pride of winning several battles. As the saying goes, arrogant soldiers will be defeated, so Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo believed that as long as they could stabilize This Wei army delayed its attack on Handan as much as possible, and waited for reinforcements led by "Shanggu Shou Ma She" to arrive, and they would definitely be able to defeat the Wei army and lift the siege of Handan.
While they were discussing in the carriage, the carriage slowly arrived in front of the Wei camp. The guards of the envoy team rode forward with open arms, negotiated with the Wei soldiers guarding near the camp gate, and explained the reason for their coming.
The person guarding the gate of this camp today is the Shangshui Army sergeant "Bai Rao" who has been promoted to the rank of 500-man general.
At that time, Bai Yao was laughing and amusing himself with the Shang Shui soldiers near the camp. Suddenly he saw three carriages slowly approaching in the distance under the protection of several escorts. He frowned slightly. After all, these three carriages were all standing upright. Flag with the word "Korean".
So, Bai Rao and more than twenty Shang Shui soldiers surrounded them and aimed their weapons at these uninvited guests.
Seeing this, the envoy's guard rode Kaikandi forward and explained in the Wei dialect to Bai Lao: "We are following the king's order to see Wei Gongzi Run, hoping to provide convenience."
"Wei Gongzi Run? Oh, that's His Royal Highness Prince Su..."
Bai Rao was originally a Chu native from the "Pingyang Army". He had lived in Wei for five years and had mastered the writing and dialect of Wei. Otherwise, it would be really embarrassing at this moment.
"What's the proof?" Bai Rao asked.
Seeing this, Zhang Kaidi took out the negotiation document written by Li Hou Han Wu from his arms, dismounted and handed it to Bai Rao.
Bai Rao glanced at the open ground warily, then spread out the negotiation document and took a few glances at it. Seeing that the document did not seem to be a forgery, he nodded and said: "I will send someone to ask for instructions from His Highness Prince Su. Before that, Please hand over the weapons you carry with you to us, and the envoys on the carriage please also get off the carriage and search yourself."
"search?"
When they heard Bai Rao's true words from Zhang Kai's mouth, Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but feel a little angry. After all, they were here as envoys, and Wei Jun's search was really an insult to them.
But Bai Rao didn't take the dissatisfaction of Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo to heart at all - not because he deliberately embarrassed the two Handan envoys, but because King Su Zhao Hongrun had been assassinated more than once, so he now wanted to see Zhao Hongrun. The outsiders, the soldiers of King Su's army all wanted to strip him naked, lest these people who didn't know the details would hide sharp blades somewhere on their bodies.
At Bai Rao's insistence, Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo were searched sullenly by several Shang Shui soldiers, including the guard general Zhang Kaidi and other accompanying personnel.
About half an hour later, a soldier hurried over, clasped his fists towards Bai Rao and said, "Your Highness has an order to invite the Handan envoy to meet with the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army."
Bai Rao nodded, came to Han Chao, Zhao Zhuo, and said, "You three, please."
Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo looked at each other with open eyes, feeling a little uneasy. After all, their weapons had been confiscated at this time, and the place they were going to was a camp of 100,000 Wei troops.
However, to the surprise of the three of them, the Wei soldiers in the camp did not seem to be as vicious as they originally imagined.
Along the way, they met many Wei soldiers, but those Wei soldiers either looked at them with smiles or looked at them with curiosity, and did not deliberately humiliate them as expected.
Even when they met several generals with a thousand or two thousand men on the way, those Wei generals just looked them up and down, asked Bai Rao if they had searched them, and released them after confirmation. , and had no intention of embarrassing Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo.
"The military discipline of this Wei army..."
Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo looked at each other and exchanged looks.
On the way to the commander's tent, Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo looked at the situation in the Wei camp with their eyes open and calmly.
At this time, the construction of the Wei camp had not yet been completed. There were many soldiers carrying wood on their way to and from the camp. However, what made Han and Chao frown secretly was that these soldiers were not slack at all due to their hard work. On the contrary, these Wei soldiers were all laughing and joking. , morale is extremely high.
This is called the unity of the people - almost all the Wei soldiers in the Wei camp are contributing to the attack on Handan, the capital of South Korea.
This discovery made Han Chao, Zhao Zhuo, and Zhang Kai's hearts sink.
Not long after, the three of them, guided by the 500-man general Bai Rao, arrived at the Chinese army commander's tent in the camp.
At this time, outside the commander's tent, Zongwei Chief Shen Yu was standing there. When he saw the 500-man general Bai Rao leading several Handan envoys, he nodded to Bai Rao and said, "Leave this place to me."
"Yes!" Bai Rao clasped his fists and turned to leave.
Seeing this, Wei Jiao, the chief of Zongwei, looked at Han Chao, Zhao Zhuo, and the three of them up and down, and asked: "Are these three envoys from Handan?"
After hearing this, he stepped forward with an open mind and introduced seriously: "This is the chief envoy, Mr. Han Chaohan, this is the deputy envoy, Mr. Zhao Zhuozhao, and I am the guard general."
"Oh." Wei Jiao nodded, then stretched out his hand and said, "Please... Your Highness has been waiting for you in the tent for a long time."
Under the guidance of Wei Jiao, Han Chao, Zhao Zhuo and Zhang Zhang walked into the handsome tent with some uneasiness.
It's no wonder, after all, the person they requested to see this time was the eighth son of the King of Wei, the commander of one hundred thousand Wei troops, the enemy commander who captured Shangdang County and then marched to Handan City.
But after they entered the account, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Because in the tent, Zhao Hongrun, who was sitting on the main seat, looked handsome and young, like a son of a rich family. With a smile on his face, it was impossible to tell that he was a commander with a hundred thousand troops and the loss of hundreds of thousands of Wei's enemy soldiers. .
Seeing Han Chao, Zhao Zhuo, and the three of them looking at Zhao Hongrun blankly, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao frowned, coughed, and said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, these three are the envoys of Handan."
Hearing this, Han Chao woke up from a dream. He quickly raised his hands and saluted, and complimented with a smile: "I am Han Chao. I have admired Wei Gongzi Run for a long time. When I saw him today, he was astonished... The hero in my heart is actually a great man in this world."
He is so young and can be regarded as a young hero, which is rare to see in a hundred years." At this point, he pretended to be angry and said to Zhao Zhuo: "Master Zhao, Han just lost his temper, why didn't you remind me?"
After hearing this, Zhao Zhuo said innocently: "How can Mr. Han blame me?... Mr. Han doesn't know that my cousin has a little daughter who has just reached the age of hairpins. He has entrusted me to find a suitable marriage partner. He asked the young man to marry her.
Youwei, I have been worried about this for the past few days. I just met Wei Gongzi Run, and I thought to myself, oh, isn’t this far away and right in front of me?"
Han Chao laughed when he heard this and said: "How can your cousin's daughter be worthy of the Young Master Run of Wei in front of you and me? Don't make others laugh." After that, he saluted Zhao Hongrun with an apologetic look.
During this period, when these two people were talking, Zhao Hongrun and the other sect guards in the tent were all amused by these two people, and the slight embarrassment just now disappeared.
"You're pretty good at talking..."
Zhao Hongrun looked at Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo with a half-smile, put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "I appreciate Lord Zhao's kindness. I already have a good wife, so I can only politely refuse Deputy Zhao's kindness."
After hearing Zhao Hongrun's joke, Zhao Zhuo showed a regretful expression at the right time, making the atmosphere in the tent quite harmonious.
After some joking, Zhao Hongrun ordered the clan guards to set up seats for Han Chao, Zhao Zhuo and Kai Zhang.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun already knew in his heart that Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo were very eloquent lobbyists. When dealing with such lobbyists, they must not be allowed to dominate the discourse, otherwise they would be led by the other party's nose.
Therefore, after Han Chao and others took their seats, he took the lead and asked: "The three of you are here today, do you have any advice?...Oh, by the way, please don't blame me for my poor hospitality. In recent years, Japan
The king is quite busy and his thoughts are all over there."
Very busy. What are you busy with?
Of course, he is busy preparing to attack Handan, the capital of South Korea!
Sure enough, after hearing this, the smiles on Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo's faces froze, and their momentum also stagnated.
After thinking about it for a while, Han Chao cupped his fists and raised his hands and said: "Master Run, I am here under the order of my king, hoping to make peace with your country and call off the troops to make a truce... For this reason, I, Handan,
A generous gift has been prepared. As long as Mr. Run agrees to withdraw his troops and lift the siege of Handan, I, Handan, will surely give you a generous gift."
"Buy me?"
Zhao Hongrun was a little dumbfounded. He shook his head and said with a smile: "I understand the good intentions of the two distinguished envoys. How can I abolish the official position for personal reasons?"
Hearing this, Han Chao quickly said: "Not only Master Run, but also for your army and your country, I, Handan, will also send you a generous gift. I only hope that the two countries will make peace and stop fighting."
"...Does this mean paying compensation and admitting defeat?"
Zhao Hongrun looked at Han Chao in surprise when he heard this, and was a little confused.
After all, in his opinion, although the losses of the Korean army this time were not small, they were not serious enough to break South Korea's muscles and bones. South Korea still had enough troops to restore its disadvantage, but why did it admit defeat so easily?
If he were to put himself in his shoes, Zhao Hongrun would never be willing to admit defeat like this.