The woman did not even report her name, and when she entered Tumu Fort, she seemed to be ready to leave.

But Chen Xi would not do what she wanted and would not want to leave. She would even send people out of the city if she was holding her back.

Use me as a springboard in the power field, and don’t look at what this place or who I am... I have always used others to achieve my goals, and no one else’s reason!

As the envoy entered the city, the Tatars blockade net around Tumu Fort was officially formed, leaving only the southern water source without any trace of the Tatars found.

Even if the city sent a horse team to transport water, no one would harasse it, which gave the soldiers in the city an illusion... they could escape from the south of the city.

After discovering deserters one after another in the city, Chen Xi ordered strict defense and refused to allow similar situations. All Tumu Fort's exit passages increased their efforts to investigate. On the one hand, it was to prevent the Tatars from siegeing the city, and on the other hand, it was to prevent the soldiers in the city from escaping.

Chen Xi talked to Zhang Yong for a while. After calming down the resentment in the old eunuch's heart, the two entered the side hall together and prepared to negotiate with the woman again.

The woman sat on the simple wooden chair and looked a little lazy. Chen Xi glanced at her and thought to herself: "The Han women attach great importance to etiquette. They stand like standing and sit like sitting. Have you ever seen a woman with such a wide open legs and inappropriate one?"

In addition to Zhang Yong, there were several generals who came with Chen Xi, but not Hu Songyue, Liu Xu and Zhu Lie, but five commanders who acted as representatives.

Now, in addition to welcoming the envoys, Tumu Fort also needs to strengthen its defenses in the city. The three have a great responsibility. Chen Xi has arranged the affairs in advance and requires three people to cooperate in the implementation, so five secondary officers were selected to attend the meeting.

"Your Excellency, what do you call me?" Chen Xi entered the side hall and came to the chair opposite the woman's seat and asked from a high place.

The woman sat on the chair, looked up at Chen Xi, and smiled and said, "Don't you think it's abrupt if Lord Shen asks about a woman's name like this? But since Lord Shen asked, I don't want to hide it. My original surname is Yue, and my husband's surname is Lu. Now I am from the grassland. I change my name to A Wulu, whatever Lord Shen calls me!"

Chen Xi sat down slowly and waited for the guards to send tea to everyone in the hall. Then he said in an orderly manner: "According to the habits of the Han people, you should call the wife Lu Yue, or the name Lu. But now you are no longer a Han person, so it is more appropriate to call the name on the grassland... A Wulu, huh? This name seems to have only final vowels but no initials. It is really difficult to pronounce. It is better to call Mrs. A Lu!"

A Wulu frowned. She couldn't understand the final and initial consonant at all, but she could hear the abbreviation of Chen Xi. She was originally a name with three syllables, and it was directly abbreviated by Chen Xi to two characters. It seemed to be the title of women by southerners. She brought a "A" in front of it, just like a cat or a dog, which made A Wulu very dissatisfied.

A Wulu said: "Mrs. A Wulu sounds much better than Mrs. A Lu. Is it too rude to change someone's name at will?"

"Yeah?"

Chen Xi smiled distractedly and said, "Maybe it's a bad habit for me. I always like to simplify people's names as much as possible. For example, there is a general Hu Songyue in our army, so I like to call him Lao Hu. For example, the military supervisor Zhang Yong..."

Zhang Yong was sulking next to him and said, "Mr. Shen, for example, don't mention me, I am a poor person!"

Chen Xi shook his head: "This is not the case. On weekdays, we respect the military supervisor very much, so we naturally cannot call him a name directly. We need to respectfully call him Eunuch Zhang!"

Chen Xi explained seriously. At first, A Wulu listened quite seriously. Soon she realized that the problem seemed to be a bit off. After Chen Xi came in, she did not discuss the negotiation issue with her, but actually told her the name and abbreviation.

A Wulu thought to himself: "Is this kid sincerely enjoying me? This Tumu Fort has been surrounded by many people. Although the city is not short of water and food, it seems that there are not many soldiers and horses. The army outside the city is enough to eliminate the defenders in the city. The disparity between the people is huge, so how can he be so relaxed?"

After thinking about it, she immediately noticed the danger: "No, he must be afraid that after I leave the city, he will inform the truth outside of the city, so he will find any topic and drag me out of the city..."

At this time, Chen Xi smiled and narrowed his eyes into a slit, like a cunning fox. Now he met the Tatar envoy in full view of everyone, making jokes. He even thought he could discuss more about this. Anyway, he had nothing else, and he had time.

A Wulu took the initiative to get to the point and said, "I came to Lord Shen's army to discuss the exchange of the female general Huo Ling who was kidnapped by you."

Chen Xi was relieved: "It turned out to be a exchange of prisoners of war, which is very good... I wonder what conditions Mrs. Alu is going to exchange the people you need?"

"If Lord Shen is willing to let him go, I promise that Lord Shen and your troops can leave Tumu Fort safely and return to the inner Great Wall Pass. By the way, they will also give away a large number of jewelry. According to the value of the Ming Dynasty goods, it is worth about 100,000 guan!" Awu Lu said.

When they heard the amount of 100,000 guan, the commanders present suddenly stared.

Just a prisoner of war can exchange for the entire army's safety and a hundred thousand jin of ransom. Now even if there are civil servants in the city, there are only 8,000 people. On average, one person can get more than ten silver in the hands of each person. Even the commanders in front of him think it is a "huge sum", not to mention the money they can get far more than ordinary soldiers, let alone those civil servants.

Seeing Chen Xi silent, A Wulu asked, "Are Master Shen satisfied with this number?"

Everyone looked at Chen Xi, and even Zhang Yong looked expectant. Although the old eunuch cursed with A Wulu before, when facing the road to survival, he would not care about personal grievances, and life is more important than anything else.

Just when everyone was expecting Chen Xi to agree, Chen Xi shook his head apart: "I'm not satisfied!"

"ah?"

A Wulu was not much surprised, but Zhang Yonghe and the commanders widened their eyes... Chen Xi actually refused such generous conditions?

A Wulu asked curiously: "Mr. Shen, I hope you understand that we use such conditions to exchange Huoling alone. As for the other Tatar soldiers, you like to take them away or kill them on the spot. It's not my turn to take care of them. I only need to complete the task, and all of this... are approved by the Khan. I can guarantee you that we grassland people will never go back on our word. If you speak loudly, then you would be too insincere!"

Zhang Yong sat on the side of Shen Xi, with a nervous expression. He quietly pulled Chen Xi's clothes and whispered: "Mr. Shen, think twice before you act!"

Chen Xi ignored Zhang Yong and said, "Madam Alu, I hope you can understand that now that people are in our hands, it should not be you who are responsible for the conditions, but us, right?"

A Wulu said: "Please speak with Lord Shen!"

"Since I want to explain it, I will speak out." Chen Xi talked happily, "The so-called jewelry and gold in the prosperous times are now invading our Central Plains, and we are about to break the Xuanfu. Looking at the northwest, only the Tumu Fort has the official lead 50,000 troops..."

At the beginning, Chen Xi said "gold in prosperous times, jewellery in troubled times". A Wulu's first thought was: this kid was very greedy and did not want jewelry, but asked for gold. Later, when Chen Xi heard Chen Xi say "I will break Xuanfu soon", A Wulu's heart was terrified because Chen Xi told the Tatars' combat plan in one sentence.

When Chen Xi said "five thousand soldiers and horses", A Wulu couldn't help laughing. She had roughly seen the soldiers and horses in Tumu Fort, and even if she had done everything, she might not be able to gather 5,000 people. Chen Xi dared to say 50,000 when she spoke. A Wulu thought to herself: "Is this bullying me, a woman and a child, and I can't even count the number?"

"Mr. Shen, can you please tell me the key points?"

A Wulu interrupted Chen Xi and said bluntly.

Chen Xi nodded: "Since that's the case, I'm not polite. If you have 50,000 taels of gold or 10,000 horses, your soldiers and horses retreated ninety miles, and I will naturally release you!"

Although A Wulu had already expected that Chen Xi would speak loudly, he did not expect that Chen Xi would be so exaggerated.

At this time, she wanted to say, "You are not exchanging, you are just robbing it openly!"

Fifty thousand taels of gold mean little to the Tatars. As long as the Ming Dynasty blocked the trade routes, the Tatars could not spend even if they had silver or gold and could only be circulated internally. On the grassland, they were bartered, and gold, silver and jewelry were useless at all.

Looking at the Ming Dynasty, the interactions with the northern nomadic peoples were to fight and stop. When the battle started, the city blocks were closed. When the Ming Dynasty felt pain, it wanted to make peace and had to open some trade places to allow the grassland to communicate with the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty's national strength was restored, the trade places were closed and troops were planned to be sent, and the cycle was repeated.

In the end, the grassland people fought with the Ming Dynasty for two purposes, one was to loot and the other was to force the Ming Dynasty to open a trade port.

Grassland is a place that is difficult to be self-sufficient. Their dependence on the Central Plains is much more than the Central Plains needs the grassland.

No matter which tribe rises, if you want to truly live a good life, you still have to deal with the Ming Dynasty, either in war or trade, and you must choose one of the two. It is very difficult to defeat the giant, the Ming Dynasty.

Since the Tatars attacked the border a few years ago, border trade has been cut off. The Tatars saved a lot of money, and they could get 100,000 taels of silver, but there was no possibility of 50,000 taels of gold. Even the Ming Dynasty treasury may not be able to take out so much gold.

So the first one is to directly deny it.

As for ten thousand horses, it is the lifeblood of the grassland people. No tribe can give out ten thousand horses at a time to other tribes, let alone to the biggest enemy, the Ming Dynasty.

Article 2, the Tatars would never agree.

As for the statement of withdrawing from 90 miles, A Wulu thought it was acceptable, but it was not true that she said she would let Chenxi back to Juyong Pass. Her purpose was only to save Huo Ling. As for whether to fulfill her promise in the end, it had nothing to do with her.

At the speed of the Tatar cavalry, even if they retreated ninety miles, they would probably have to catch up before the Ming army could unearth the Mu Fort and return to Juyong Pass. By then, if they had the intention to make up, the Ming army would inevitably be defeated.

Chen Xi offered such conditions, which was equivalent to blocking the way A Wulu continued to talk, because the conditions between the two sides were too different.

"Mr. Shen, you obviously have no sincerity in negotiations!" A Wulu frowned.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "It's not about business. There is no forced buying and selling, everything is left to voluntarily!"

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ps: The third update is here!

The emperor continued to write and would send tomorrow's first chapter in the early morning.

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