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Negotiation is a hard and thankless thing. Without Li Yuan's consent or authorization, a smart person like Chen Ping would certainly not cross the bottom line. After proper testing, he arranged for Lu Jia to stay beforehand and quickly

Report to Li Yuan.

In the first round of confrontation, Chen Ping could be said to have achieved a complete victory. Lu Jia's failure was not so much due to his lack of personal ability as it was forced by the situation.

Peace talks.

If both parties want to talk, then an agreement can be reached quickly. But if one party wants to talk, but the other party does not want to talk, or the desire to negotiate is not strong, then for the party that wants to talk, it can only be a humiliating acceptance of inequality.

conditions.

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The suburbs of Xianyang in February.

The gusts of cold northwest wind blew the clumps of grass in all directions, and then went straight into the leaky clothes, clinging to the body with an icy coldness.

This is winter in the north.

The cold was so unbearable that Lu Jia wished he could live in the warm south, with the warm sunshine shining on Hexi, and enjoying the pleasure of heat accumulating in his body.

Lu Jia followed Chen Ping all the way and was very surprised. He never thought that a big shot like Li Yuan would abandon his residence in the city and stay in a military tent in the wilderness.

Leyouyuan.

The center of the Qin army is located.

This contiguous highland wilderness was an excellent place to station troops for Li Yuan who wanted to train troops. It was not far from Xianyang and only more than 170 miles away from Lantian Pass, which Liu Bang still occupied.

, the Qin army stationed here could just act as a deterrent to the Han army.

At the same time, as long as the time is right, Li Yuan can mobilize his army at any time, march to Lantian Pass, and drive Liu Bang into the plank road canyon in the Qinling Mountains in one fell swoop.

When Chen Ping came in to report, Li Yuan was standing in front of the sand table representing the topography of Guanzhong, studying the current battlefield situation with several military lieutenants and first-level generals.

Unlike Xiang Yu, Liu Bang and other princes, Li Yuan, in addition to military discussions between senior generals, also likes to convene middle- and lower-level officers to discuss the war situation. This is a habit that Li Yuan came from later generations. He was just a corporal in the people's army.

, closer to the grassroots officers who directly lead the troops in combat.

Hearing the news of the arrival of the Han envoy Lu Jia, Li Yuan was moved. This was not to say that he was surprised that Liu Bang proposed peace, but that Lu Jia was a person who impressed him deeply.

Unlike Li Shiqi, whose talents only appeared during the confrontation between Chu and Han, Lu Jia's achievements in Chinese history mainly came from his two missions. After Liu Bang pacified the Central Plains, Lu Jia went to Lingnan twice.

, successfully lobbied Zhao Tuo not to confront the Han Dynasty. It was precisely because of Lu Jia's eloquence that the Han Dynasty gained its initial stable situation of recuperation.

"Lu Jia, did you tell Liu Bang's conditions?" Li Yuan asked.

"The specific conditions were not mentioned, but judging from Lu Jia's intention, Liu Bang should be in a hurry!" Chen Ping shook his head and said.

"In that case, let Lu Jia come in to see him and hear what he has to say?" Li Yuan said with a smile. Liu Bang proposed peace talks, which is very consistent with the style of the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. If you can fight, fight, if you can't fight, then make peace.

, Xiang Yu in history was caused by Liu Bang's cunning tactics and finally lost his life.

Now, Liu Bang used this trick again, and Li Yuan couldn't help but become curious about what conditions Lu Jia would come up with.

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"Lu Jia, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, comes to see Li Hou of the Qin Dynasty!" Lu Jia entered the tent and after several steps, he raised his head and said loudly. Looking at the young generals of the Qin army in the tent, he couldn't tell which one was Li Yuan.

, look at this one, it looks like that one, it’s not bad either.

"Lu Jia, Marquis Li is here." Chen Ping's voice sounded. When Lu Jia was confused, Chen Ping, an old acquaintance, couldn't bear to see Lu Jia's joke and helped him out.

In Lu Jia's eyes, Li Yuan's appearance in front of him was no different from that of other military princes and lieutenants. In terms of age, they were also about the same. The only person who gave Lu Jia a different impression was

Li Yuan's piercing eyes seemed to see everything.

"Li Hou, the King of Han has a letter, please allow Lu to present it." After Lu Jia said this, he took out a long piece of silk cloth from the lapel of his close-fitting underwear, and respectfully held it in his hands to present it.

Li Yuan was stunned. Liu Bang still had letters. No matter from any aspect, he and Liu Bang did not have any friendship. What did Liu Bang write in this letter? Could it be that he wanted to describe the parting mood after the separation in Xingyang.

Chen Ping took the silk letter from Lu Jia with a gloomy look and sent it to Li Yuan. Obviously, he was not satisfied with Lu Jia's hiding method.

Li Yuan took the silk book and opened it to read, only to see several lines of seal characters on the silk brocade. After carefully identifying it, it turned out to be a flattering letter written by Liu Bang with sincere words, praising Li Yuan for being young, promising and capable. Among them

The words are colorful and beautiful, and the only thing wrong is the two characters "Liu Ji" in the signature. Compared with the previous seal characters, the character bones are much different.

"Haha, Zhang Zifang must have spent a lot of time writing this letter, and he also put a lot of thought into it. Thank you very much!" Li Yuan read it and laughed.

"Marquis Li, this letter was written by the King of Han——!" Lu Jia argued with some discomfort on his face.

"Liu Aji, a gangster pavilion chief, can write in this kind of handwriting. Mr. Lu is trying to trick me, Li Yuan, into being illiterate?" Li Yuan suddenly turned cold and shouted angrily.

"Li Hou, please calm down. The King of Han is really malicious. This letter is indeed Liu Hou's idea." Lu Jia was a little panicked by Li Yuan's glare. Lu Jia, who was afraid that the negotiation would collapse before it even started, had no choice but to tell the truth.

This letter was given to Zhang Liang before he left. The purpose was to use this letter to spy on Li Yuan's temperament and see if there were any weaknesses in his character that could be exploited.

"Zhang Liang, it's him again." Li Yuan couldn't help feeling resentful.

The princes compete for hegemony, and the strong one becomes the king.

The fact that South Korea was weak and destroyed was inevitable in this era, just like the current Qin state was attacked and destroyed by anti-Qin forces because of its weakness.

According to Li Yuan's idea, the Qin State was also destroyed by Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, who successively attacked the capital and was basically destroyed. As for the subsequent Qin Army, it was entirely created by Li Yuan.

The original Qin State had no relationship other than inheritance, but Zhang Liang was still so unyielding. There is no other word to describe it except stubbornness.

As a Korean descendant of Zhang Liang, coupled with his personality, Li Yuan thought that the possibility of Zhang Liang eventually serving Qin was almost zero.

A stubborn person, no matter how talented he is, cannot make Li Yuan feel good to him.

The seven-foot body of a man, a husband, is not used to fight fiercely for personal victory, but to build unparalleled achievements and create a legacy for all generations.
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