Chapter 215 Achieving the Purpose
Chapter 215 Achieving the Purpose
"boom!"
Nalan Zongda swept away a square inkstone at hand, and a set of fine topaz inkstones immediately broke into pieces.
A lot of broken stones from the inkstone splashed down at the feet of everyone in the house.
"Humph! I want to see if that kid from the Qi family has three heads and six arms."
Everyone in the room lowered their heads and stopped talking.
Soon, another wave of people arrived at the city where Su Tang and his group temporarily stopped.
"Master, a group of people has come from outside the city. There are quite a few of them, about 5,000 cavalrymen." Qi Feng reported outside the house where Su Tang was temporarily staying.
"Are we at the foot of the city?" Qi Lingheng stood up and planned to go to the city wall to check the situation.
Seeing this, Su Tang also stood up, and the two of them walked out of the house side by side.
If the troops coming from Northern Xinjiang this time want to go to war with Su Tang and his men, Su Tang is not afraid.
We will set up heavy machine guns on the city wall soon, and kill any enemy that comes in seconds.
"Those people didn't come closer. They set up camp where the people from the northern border stopped today." Qi Fengji took a few steps and said behind Qi Lingheng and the others.
"It seems that they are still a little bit cautious." Qi Lingheng said to Su Tang beside him with a smile: "My wife's weapon really intimidated them."
The other side sent several thousand cavalry, but it was just a bluff, probably to embolden the people from the northern border who came to negotiate.
The one who could mobilize so many cavalrymen must be Nalan Zongda himself.
"Nothing can convince the enemy better than a strong fist." Su Tang replied with a smile.
The two smiled at each other, Qi Lingheng reached out and grabbed Su Tang's hand, and the two walked slowly towards the top of the city.
When we reached the city wall and looked into the distance, we saw that they were indeed setting up camp over there.
Perhaps they knew how powerful Su Tang's weapons were, so they set up camp very far away.
But they still underestimated the power of the weapon in Su Tang's hand.
In the previous few times, Su Tang and his men chose to attack the city from places that were outside the maximum range of the enemy's crossbows, just to prevent the enemy from shooting arrows from behind.
But the cannon in Su Tang's hand can fire far farther than any weapon of this era.
Therefore, those people from the northern border thought that the place where they set up camp was beyond the range of crossbows, and Su Tang's side could not hurt them.
But the heavy machine gun that Su Tang took out had a range that was enough to sweep their location, not to mention the cannons with a longer range, which could kill them in minutes.
No one came out of the tent opposite, probably because Nalan Zongda had not arrived yet. Su Tang and the others were not in a hurry. Su Tang placed more than a dozen people on the city wall and set up several heavy machine guns at several important positions on the wall.
"If they show signs of a large-scale siege, don't hesitate to let them know what the truth is." After giving a few more instructions, they returned to their temporary resting place.
"Hey, what is truth?" Qi Yan, who was standing on the top of the city wall, nudged Qi Feng with his elbow.
"I don't know either." Qi Feng shook his head.
"These are the truths." Zhao Qian adjusted the position of the heavy machine gun and patted his machine gun. "The master said that these hot weapons are the truth."
Qi Feng and Qi Yan nodded repeatedly. Zhao Qian was the one who learned these thermal weapons best among the group of people who entered Su Tang's space.
His ability has also been recognized by Su Tang. He is currently the acting leader of the Jinyiwei and is temporarily in charge of all the Jinyiwei.
Zhao Qian and his friends usually live in Su Tang's space. They have already learned more about the concepts and knowledge of the modern world than Qi Feng and his friends, so they can understand some modern words.
The tents of the Northern Frontier people were quickly set up outside the city. There were cavalrymen patrolling back and forth outside the tents on horseback, keeping on alert.
Su Tang and the others didn't have to wait too long, before someone came to the bottom of the city and shouted to Qi Feng and the others on the top of the city.
"Our king is here. Who among you wants to negotiate with the king?" The man still spoke with an arrogant tone.
Qi Feng looked down and saw that there was only a small group of cavalrymen under the city wall, and all of them were young people from the northern border. There was definitely no Nalan Zongda among them.
"If you want to negotiate, let your king come in person and talk in the city." Qi Feng shouted to the people below.
"Why not set up a tent under the city?" The other party took a step back.
"No, let's go into the city and talk." Qi Feng refused.
The other party did not respond to Qi Feng. They rode their horses and wandered around the city for a while before returning to their tents.
But soon another wave of people appeared over there, this time with much larger numbers, about two hundred cavalrymen.
"My name is Nalan Zongda."
Qi Feng made a gesture, and the city gate below opened. Qi Feng shouted, "Only ten people can come in."
In fact, it would be useless no matter how many people came in, but it would be easier to control the situation with fewer people.
After a long while, Nalan Zongda below finally responded and appointed a few people to follow him.
Qi Feng looked at the people following Nalan Zongda, and they were obviously masters.
Naranzongda led his men into the city on horseback.
Qi Feng, Qi Yan and a few others quickly got down from the city wall.
As he approached the city wall, Nalan Zongda finally saw the tragic situation on the other side of the wall.
This was the first time that Nalan Zongda saw the destroyed city wall up close. At that time, he heard the people below report that Dayong actually had powerful firearms that could blow up the thick city wall in one go.
They had gunpowder, but they had never seen a firearm with such power.
People of this era only used gunpowder occasionally when mining.
"Where is that boy named Qi?" After entering the city, Nalan Zongda, riding on a tall warhorse, glanced at the people standing opposite him.
"Our master is in the yard over there, please follow me." Qi Feng stepped forward, mounted his warhorse and prepared to lead the way.
"You have no sincerity at all." A man behind Nalan Zongda pointed at Qi Feng with a horsewhip and shouted.
"You were the first to break the agreement. Where is your sincerity?" Qi Feng said to the man, "Don't point the whip at me. If you don't want your hand anymore, I don't mind helping you."
"You..." The person behind Nalan Zongda wanted to say something.
Nalan Zongda in front raised his hand, and the man immediately stopped talking.
"Lead the way."
Nalan Zongda and his group followed Qi Feng and headed towards a house in the city.
At this time, Su Tang and the others had also been notified that Nalan Zongda had really come in person.
The door of the room where Qi Feng and Su Tang were staying temporarily was wide open, and they were waiting for Nalan Zongda to come inside.
After entering the courtyard, Naranjonda's men were no longer allowed to enter the house.
Nalan Zongda only brought an old man into the house.
On Su Tang's side, there were only three people in the room.
Qi Lingheng just suggested to Su Tang that she release Thirteen so that Su Tang could have an extra layer of protection.
After Nalan Zongda entered the house, he quickly glanced around the room. Then, without waiting for Su Tang and the others to invite him, he found a chair near the door and sat down.
"You are the kid from the Qi family."
"I am Qi Lingheng..."
From then on, the entire negotiation was conducted by Qi Lingheng and the old man next to Nalan Zongda.
And Nalan Zongda would, at some point, agree to the negotiation conditions proposed by Qi Lingheng.
In the end, Nalan Zongda not only agreed to the original request to give Dayong war horses, but also promised to send all the war horses to Dayong the next day.
Finally, he compensated Qi Lingheng with a large sum of silver and a lot of cattle, sheep and other livestock.
"I am still thinking about returning before winter. Your war horses and other compensations will be delivered here tomorrow."
"Okay." Nalan Zongda agreed with gritted teeth.
"I want to know what kind of firearms you used to attack the city." After agreeing to Qi Lingheng's request, Nalan Zongda also made a request.
"Cannon." Qi Lingheng replied.
Let them know that Dayong has weapons that can attack the city and intimidate the enemy. Qi Lingheng's purpose of this trip has been achieved.
Nalan Zongda asked his question, and although he still didn't understand, he didn't ask again and again. After all, it was Dayong's bargaining chip, and even if he asked, the other party would not tell him the truth.
Afterwards, Nalan Zongda and the old man signed another contract with Qi Lingheng, and agreed not to fight with Dayong within a hundred years and to seek peace completely.
They also proposed to send a woman from the Nalan tribe to marry into Dayong as a token of their sincerity.
After the marriage alliance, it was difficult for Qi Lingheng to make a decision.
Historically, this kind of marriage occurred frequently, and the defeated country would often send its princess to the victorious side as a sign of sincerity.
The Nalan tribe wanted to send the woman to Dayong, and Qi Lingheng did not make any statement. When the person was sent to Dayong, it would be up to Emperor Jing to make the decision.
Nalan Zongda and the old man who entered the room did not even look at Su Tang and Shisan who were inside the room.
After the conversation, the two left quickly surrounded by their subordinates.
Qi Feng escorted them out of the city.
"Princesses in the royal family are so miserable." Su Tang fiddled with the teacup on the table. Fortunately, she had married Qi Lingheng.
If Dayong were defeated one day, Emperor Jing would probably send her or other princesses to marry.
"Since ancient times, princesses have been raised by the people, so the emperor believes that the princesses are useful for winning over court officials or marrying into foreign countries."
"Then I'm really lucky." Su Tang raised her eyes and looked at Qi Lingheng.
"I am lucky to have the chance to marry a lady." Qi Lingheng felt that he was really lucky to have lived this life again. He met Su Tang and married her.
Su Tang is special, and is the greatest reward God has given him for his rebirth.
"Hey, after they deliver the horses, let's go back quickly." Su Tang rubbed her face. If she didn't interrupt him, this guy would start to be cheesy again.
Qi Lingheng looked at Su Tang's red face, and his low laughter echoed in the room.
After just laughing a few times, he saw Thirteen still standing in the house.
"Well, Thirteen, do you want to go back and have a rest?"
Su Tang turned her head and glanced at Thirteen who was standing against the wall. "You haven't been out for a long time. Why don't you go outside for a walk?"
"No, I'll go back." Thirteen said expressionlessly.
Su Tang raised her eyebrows and waved her hand, sending Thirteen back to the space.
This time, the movement in the northern border was very fast, and the livestock and property promised to Qi Lingheng were delivered the next day.
Of course, women from the Nalan tribe were also sent along.
Nalan Zongda was really cruel. He even sent his little daughter here.
Su Tang asked people to drive all the livestock into the city first. As for Princess Nalan Yuelan, she was rejected by Su Tang.
"We are not responsible for bringing the princess back for you. If she gets sick or dies on the way, the responsibility will not fall on us." Su Tang was still dressed as a man at this time. She looked at Princess Nalan Yuelan and refused.
The maid who came with Nalan Yuelan shouted, "How can you speak like that, boy? Are you cursing our princess?"
"Anyway, we are not responsible for bringing living people back. If you want to go to Dayong for marriage, you can send them there yourselves." After Su Tang finished speaking, she turned around and went back into the city.
After Su Tang entered the city, the heavy city gate behind her slowly closed.
Those who came to see Nalan Yuelan off were left standing awkwardly outside the city gate.
Although Nalan Zongta sent the princess to the marriage alliance, he also sent a lot of dowry items and planned to go to Dayong with Nalan Yuelan.
After all, letting the princess go through a marriage proposal was already very unfair to his daughter, so Nalan Zongda spent a lot of money this time and gave a lot of gifts.
"Let's go back to the camp first." The tents set up by the people from Northern Frontier outside the city had not been dismantled yet, although Nalan Zongda had taken most of his troops with him when he left.
But today he was sending cattle, horses and the princess over, so he left some of them here.
"Princess! They are such bullies."
"Go back." Nalan Yuelan glared at the maid beside her.
The maid stamped her feet and followed Nalan Yuelan with some reluctance.
On this side, Su Tang entered the city, and after the city gate was closed, she put all the cattle, horses and property sent from Northern Xinjiang into the space.
They returned to the northern border and planned to travel light, but they would not bring so many livestock back with them.
"When are we leaving?" There were still many people from Northern Xinjiang outside the city. Although they posed no threat to Su Tang and his men, they had sent a lot of livestock. If they just left empty-handed under their noses, it would be too shocking.
Although some people had seen some people and objects appearing around Su Tang and his men, the war had just begun and Su Tang and his men's artillery was very powerful.
Even if someone told about the abnormality on Su Tang's side, the listeners would not take it seriously. They would just think that those people were hallucinating because of the power of the artillery.
"We'll leave when it gets dark at night." After dark, they first left on horseback. Once they were out of most people's sight, they could then drive motorcycles to continue their journey.
Day two.
The sun in the sky shines on the broken city wall.
Nalan Yuelan led his men to the city again.
This time she only brought a few followers with her, hoping to persuade the people of Dayong to take her away with them.
They just stood under the city wall for a long time, but they didn't wait for anyone on the wall to ask them any questions.
Originally, whenever someone approached the city wall, the Dayong people in the city would speak out to stop them.
Nalan Yuelan frowned as he looked at the towering city walls.
"Did you hear any sound?" Nalan Yuelan asked the people next to him.
This time when she came, she brought two death warriors with her to protect her just in case.
"No." The two assassins were very skilled and had sharp eyes and ears, so they did not hear any sound.
"That's not right." So many livestock were delivered yesterday, and she saw those cattle and horses being driven into the city.
With so many livestock crowded in the city, how could there be no sound?
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