Lu Huiqing is very proud, but he knows that his pride is meaningless to Xixia people.
What's more, the Xixia people have always been a serious problem for the Song people. They always fight grass valleys, cross the Yellow River and go straight to Bianliang, and live under the fear of the Xixia people's iron hooves every day.
Song people who grew up in this environment have a natural fear instinct for Xixia. On the one hand, they call themselves civilized people and despise barbarians. On the other hand, Xixia often beats Song people all over the place. Find teeth.
Even if there are occasional victories, most of the money will be lost in the final negotiation stage.
This made the people of the Northern Song Dynasty very entangled. It was obvious that the opponent was a barbarian, so why couldn't they beat them.
And if you win, you have to lose money.
Therefore, in the eyes of the younger generation of Song people, Xixia is very barbaric. Let¡¯s not talk about being strong. Even if he loses, he dares to ask you for money, thinking that he won by himself, which is too arrogant.
But now, Lu Sen told Lu Huiqing that the Xixia people are even more afraid now.
He felt that this was very strange.
Barbarians are sometimes afraid.
If other peers said so, he would not believe it, but if Lu Sen said so, he would believe it.
Back in the tent, Lu Sen sat on the main seat, took out some snacks from the system backpack, and ate them slowly.
Lu Huiqing was a little anxious at the side, he had been imagining what Xixia would do next, but after all, he was a young man with little experience in this area, and most of the time, the more nervous you were, the harder it was to think out. what.
After a while, he couldn't bear it any longer. He came over and asked, "Really Lu, what time is this? You're still eating. Don't you think about how to deal with Xixia people? Honor and disgrace matter."
"It's really important, so you have to eat and drink enough to deal with them." Lu Sen tapped his finger on the table lightly: "Mr. Lu, don't be too nervous. Eat something together to help you calm down." Feeling."
Lu Huiqing was quite nervous at first, but when he saw Lu Sen like this, he calmed down. He picked up a piece of honey chicken wing and asked while eating: "Really Lu is so calm, I think he should be confident."
"Didn't we already make a plan last night?" Lu Sen laughed.
"But this change, after all, is different from the plan. Will Master Lu make some temporary changes and adjustments?"
Lu Sen shook his head: "It's completely within expectations."
"Is Lu Zhenren expected to break up unhappy?"
Lu Sen laughed and said: "How strange, these uncivilized people are not like this. They always think that they can gain the upper hand if they are perverted and arrogant. They have always been like this. Prepare yourself well, ignore their threats, and everything will fall apart."
"Is it really that simple?"
Lu Huiqing was a little puzzled. If Mount Tai collapsed in front of his eyes without changing his color, many civil servants in the court could do it, but if he could successfully negotiate with the Xixia people, why bother to give Xixia Sui tribute every time in the past!
Seeing his appearance, Lu Sen explained with a smile: "My master once taught me that you have to beat others before you can be calm. In the past, when we played against Xixia in the Song Dynasty, we always lost and won. Few, even if they win, it is only a small victory, and it is difficult to form a strategic advantage. But now it is different, Xixia is already at the end of its battle, and we have enough money and food. Compared with this, their momentum will naturally not work. "
Da Song and Xixia fought so many games, each winning and losing, especially the two big victories of the Lu Sen Supervisor Army, which directly drained half of Xixia's blood.
Later, the Xingqing Mansion fell, and Da Song gave away his advantages, and then Di Qing took the Xingqing Mansion forcefully. When the war came to this point, both sides were exhausted, and their resources were almost exhausted.
The giant rice planted by Lu Sen has become more powerful, and the food and grass of the Song Dynasty have increased dramatically. The second is that under Lu Sen's deliberate guidance, the sea merchants are extremely active, not only appearing in the Spice Islands, but now even Extending its tentacles to the vicinity of the Indian Ocean has also brought huge tax benefits to Da Song.
All of a sudden, a wave of money and food came out, and the combat power recovered immediately.
In many wars, logistics and resources are fought.
In contrast, Xixia is not a high-yielding grain area. It relies on harvesting the passing merchants on the Silk Road to make a little money, and then goes to the edge of the Song Dynasty to collect grass and grain, mix some money and grain, and use some The castrated horses are exchanged for ironware and the like.
Although we have been winning all the time, the domestic supplies are actually being consumed all the time.
And now, after three major defeats, theXie, didn't you say you want to"
Lu Sen sat down, stretched his waist, and said, "The Western Xia barbarians are stupid, but they always think they are smart. They might be confused at what I said at first, but after they think about it for a while, Then they will think that I am cowardly, and even think that I have been pressured by the court to prevent me from offending them. After all, the court officials are very afraid of the Xixia people."
"So what?" Lu Huiqing couldn't help asking.
"Then they will think that we are just scumbags, and they will find a way to eat our wave of people in order to obtain better negotiation terms."
Lu Huiqing was stunned for a moment: "So Master Lu, are you showing weakness to the enemy?"
"It's okay to think so." Lu Sen touched his smooth chin: "But in fact, the conditions I gave are the real trump card. If they agree, we can destroy Xixia without bloodshed. It's a pity they won't agree."
In Xixia's camp, Shi Bing and Muzang Ade sat facing each other.
Shi Bin crossed his arms and kept thinking about the meaning of Lu Sen's conditions.
Ade didn't hide, but he seemed extremely happy: "Song Dog is still Song Dog, even if there are strong people like Lu Zhenren, they are still cowards."
"Why did the waiter Wuzang say such a thing?"
Mu Zang Ade said excitedly: "I have heard that when Song Gou was negotiating with us, several officials were extremely strong, but after a few days of quarreling, they became timid. It turned out that it was Song Ting's Instinctively, they do have warriors, but those in high positions are too cowardly, haha."
"You mean, Master Lu was also coerced by Song Ting?"
"I can think so, how arrogant and domineering Master Lu was yesterday, but today" Muzang Ade patted his thigh excitedly: "Can't you understand the obvious difference between before and after?"
Shi Bing thought about it for a while, and felt that it was the same: "The words of the servant who didn't hide are very reasonable."
"General Shi, I suggest mobilizing the army to force the opponent." Muzang Ade showed a treacherous smile, like a little fox: "Closer to them slowly."
"Do you want to do something?" Shi Bing felt a little inappropriate: "Now we are negotiating peace after all, if the Prime Minister of Tibet doesn't know"
"Don't do anything, just scare them." Muzang Ade said: "As long as we approach slowly, they will definitely retreat in panic, so that when we negotiate tomorrow, Master Lu's prestige will no longer be there."
"Then try it." Shi Bing felt that this matter was indeed feasible.
Afterwards, Xixia's iron cavalry army started to move, slowly oppressing them.
In the tent of the Song army camp, Shi Huiqing looked at the dust billowing on the opposite side, smashed his tongue and said, "The Xixia barbarians are really oppressed as you said, Master Lu."
"I'm just taking history as a mirror." Lu Sen laughed and said, "Notify all soldiers to retreat as planned."
Taking history as a mirror What he said is true, it is just the history of future generations and the world seen by future generations as a mirror.
However, the Xixia people became excited when they saw that the Song people really retreated.
As cavalrymen and hunters, they have a chasing instinct for 'fleeing' enemies.
If it weren't for Shi Bing's death order, they were not allowed to charge, and when the Song army was retreating, they would put down their horses while retreating, which would have dispelled their desire to hunt.
In the Xixia army, Shi Bing looked at the Song army who was slowly retreating, and said with a smile: "It is indeed correct to place the negotiation site here. If it is in the hills, it will be difficult for us to charge, and the Song army will not be so afraid of us. .¡±
Muzang Ade said excitedly: "Continue to oppress them and drive them back to the city of Xingqing Mansion. I want them to sign the annual tribute document in front of hundreds of thousands of people in Xingqing Mansion."
Shi Bing also felt the same way. He thought that the people of Song Dynasty had changed to Lu Zhenren as the chief negotiator, and there should be some changes. He didn't expect that it would still be like this.
Fortunately, my family defected to Xixia more than ten years ago, and staying in Song Dynasty really has no future.
On the plain, two armies, one retreating and the other advancing, seem to have a tacit understanding.
Song Jun retreated for nearly an hour, but suddenly stopped, set up camp on the spot, and soon surrounded the entire camp with rejecting horses.
"It seems that the people of Song Dynasty still have a little bit of backbone." With a horsewhip, Ade Wuzang criticized Song Jun in front and said with a smile, "You are angry from embarrassment? You don't want to retreat anymore?"
But Shi Bing suddenly felt a little palpitating: "I don't have a servant, I seem to have a bad premonition. ?