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(23) Negotiation

Su Yuncheng finally came to his senses from the huge noise. What happened? Su Yuncheng didn't wait for the report, and he didn't care about Su Xiangyun. He raised his legs and went out and rushed to the source of the loud noise.

The power of human curiosity is huge. Su Yuncheng, who left the gate, soon found that there was a group of people surrounding the street not far from his home. The people who were scared to death just now have now cheered up to watch the fun.

Su Yuncheng's men unceremoniously used whips and wooden sticks to disperse the onlookers. The audience still refused to go away under the threat of whips and sticks. They seemed to be accustomed to all this, standing a little further to continue watching their excitement.

The road was originally a good one, but now it has been blown up a big pit. Needless to say, the houses nearby have suffered. Not to mention the walls of a house that is close to the explosion point, the walls of the house are also covered with iron fragments of large and small. Su Yuncheng made a simple visual inspection and said that the pit was at least two feet deep and was about three or four feet wide.

God! Su Yuncheng finally felt scared now. The explosion of this thing is only three feet away from his home. You don’t have to look at it and you know that it should be coming to him. Thinking about the fact that this thing really falls into his study, his life will definitely be unsafe.

Moving! You must move as soon as possible. When Su Yuncheng made the decision to move, he was also viciously scolding Bai Qi. Bai Qi wanted his own life, but fortunately God blessed him.

While Su Yuncheng was so scared that he was half-suffered, Bai Qi outside the city was also scared out of cold sweat. The range of this giant catapult car was also very far. He originally ordered that he explode a few times on the city wall to scare the defenders, but he didn't expect that he would hit the city area in an instant. If he landed at the home of a person, he would not hurt the innocent.

When Jie Donghai saw Bai Qi's face look ugly, his heart began to stir up. It seemed that the accuracy of the giant catapult car needed to be improved. He called his subordinates to retreat two miles away. Jie Donghai then asked Bai Qi whether to continue.

Bai Qi didn't know that the explosion just now actually completed a legendary precise blow, which scared Su Yuncheng and decided to move, even the fighting spirit of the soldiers in the city was greatly hit. Although Su Yuncheng was quite calm on the surface, his psychological defense line had begun to shake. Faced with such a super-economic weapon of mass destruction in the Bai Qi army, Su Yuncheng felt desperate for the first time and smelled the breath of failure.

"Master, do you want to do it a few more times?" There was an error after just a few beats, and Jie Donghai felt a little embarrassed.

Just now, Bai Qi was standing outside the city and could clearly hear the explosion sound in the city. This fully demonstrated the huge explosion sound. Although it was difficult to break the city wall, it could not be said that this thing was useless. At least it could have a huge deterrent effect on the opponent's psychology. This means that I can't beat you to death and I will scare you to death.

"Want, not only needs to be beaten, but also needs to be beaten in a planned manner." A small plan formed in Bai Qi's mind.

Jie Donghai didn't understand what a planned fight was, but Bai Qi's subsequent explanation immediately made Jie Donghai suddenly realize.

"Every half a minute I throw one into the city, starting from the next moment until all the bombs were smashed."

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the intimidation plan, Bai Qi dispatched 5,000 cavalry to be specially responsible for protecting this giant catapult cart and preventing the defenders in the city from jumping out of the city to destroy. Bai Qi gave his new tactic a more advanced name - the spiritual strike method.

What does it mean to be unable to sleep or eat? What does it mean to be thorns on the back? What does it mean to be an ant on the hot pot? After a night passed, look at Su Yuncheng and find out the answer.

It should be said that Bai Qi's hand is too immoral. The accuracy of this giant catapult is really not very good, and the landing point of the bomb is difficult to grasp. Whoever it can be hit after throwing it out depends on God's arrangement.

It is precisely because of this unruly landing point that everyone can be in danger of the entire capital Liangcheng.

Another morning came, and after another roar, the firemen took their early steps to the city wall.

"Brothers, hurry up and eat, so as not to be killed by the Thunder in the sky and become a starving ghost."

Almost overnight, the residents and soldiers in the city gave the incomprehensible bomb a loud name.

After a night, Su Xiangyun almost couldn't recognize his father when he looked at his father again. Su Yuncheng, who had only a few white hairs, turned half of his head white overnight. The explosion sounded intermittently all night. Su Yuncheng also struggled in front of the oil lamp for a night. Fear and helplessness accompanied the whole night, and was worried that the victims of the next explosion would not be said by himself, but also despair for the future of Liangcheng.

Looking at his father, Su Xiangyun felt a little painful. The heroic prime minister and the father of the leader and ministers looked so decadent now. After a night of straightening his back, he hunched over and leaned against the chair and coughed constantly.

Su Yuncheng finally did not lock Su Xiangyun up, and Su Xiangyun also came to his father's study after sleeping all night, hoping to have a peaceful long talk with Su Yuncheng.

Standing in front of Su Yuncheng and looking at his father who suddenly became old, Su Xiangyun was speechless for a moment, but just stood silently and stared at his father.

"You are here, sit down." Su Yuncheng's voice exuded a helpless fatigue.

Su Xiangyun was about to say something, but there was another loud noise. The father and daughter looked up at the direction of the sound at the same time.

"You go back and tell Bai Qi, let him choose a place, I want to talk to him." Su Yuncheng shook his hand powerlessly, indicating that he didn't want to say anything else, and his turbid and blood-filled eyes closed again.

Su Xiangyun wanted to open her mouth and say something, but she still shut her mouth and went out.

Bai Qi still felt that he was responsible for Su Xiangyun's departure. Thinking of Su Yuncheng's efforts to collude with Zhang Chu, there was nothing else he dared to do. Su Xiangyun's return was probably in danger. It was precisely because of this that Bai Qi ordered the giant stone casting car to bomb continuously. While the mental blow was also a warning bell for Su Yuncheng, making him dare not make things difficult for Su Xiangyun easily. Bai Qi did not expect that the giant stone casting car first threw the bomb to Su Yuncheng's doorstep, which scared Su Yuncheng. The following night bombing hit the military morale and morale in the city, and finally prompted Su Yuncheng to make up his mind to negotiate, which was an unexpected gain.

Humans often have a sense of fear of what they don’t know, and Su Yuncheng is no exception. When they find that Bai Qi can control a weapon he has never seen before, and the power of this weapon is far beyond his ability to bear, fear naturally arises, just like before the Opium War, the Qing government first disdained foreigners, and then was completely afraid of it. Su Yuncheng was willing to negotiate, which is exactly the reason. However, it is not realistic to say that Su Yuncheng could give up the benefits he got. Negotiation is a strategy, one is to delay time, and the other is to bargain, hoping to keep Duliang’s territory.

After bombing for a night, Bai Qi himself did not sleep well. He thought in his heart about the night before Su Xiangyun parted. From the wet pillow, Bai Qi judged that Su Xiangyun had cried all night. Su Xiangyun, who was sandwiched between him and his father, can be imagined how difficult it was to be these days.

Thinking of the dangerous situation that Su Xiangyun might face, Bai Qi decided to take down Duliang as soon as possible, which was also in line with the current strategic needs. He found Kong Beihai and began to discuss specific deployments. The key to how to take down Duliang at the lowest cost depends on the effect of the bomb. With 500 small throwing cars as the main force, he used bombs to kill and injure the defenders as much as possible. This became the consensus between the two. The most urgent task is to hoard bombs. At present, there are 3,000 bombs stored in Yulongguan. Bai Qi felt that it was not enough and asked Jiezhou to transport another batch as soon as possible. The matter was left to Jie Donghai to handle and let him go back to Jiezhou in person.

As for other troops, they prepared enough siege equipment and conducted simulation training before the attack. It is estimated that when Jiezhou's materials have arrived, all offensive preparations have been made.

After everything was arranged, it was already noon. When Bai Qi pulled Kong Beihai to have lunch together, someone suddenly came to report, "Madam Su is back!" Bai Qi couldn't believe his ears after hearing this. He came back one night. This was too strange, did he hear it wrong?

When Su Xiangyun appeared in front of Bai Qi with a tired look on his face, Bai Qi believed that he had heard it correctly. Su Xiangyun, who saw Bai Qi, looked obviously a little excited. The people around him naturally retreated with tactfulness and gave the place to the dog man and woman.

Although he had only been separated for one day, this day seemed so long to Su Xiangyun. After a passionate hug, Su Xiangyun couldn't help but cry. After Bai Qi's comfort, Su Xiangyun finally calmed down and then raised Su Yuncheng's request.

Su Yuncheng wants to negotiate? Bai Qi's first feeling was that this old guy had to play tricks. In this situation, as long as Zhang Chujun did not take the initiative to attack, sooner or later, Bai Qi belonged to the capital Liangcheng. At this time, the negotiation was proposed, and Bai Qi told him how careful he should be.

Bai Qi first asked Su Xiangyun about the situation in the city. Su Xiangyun told Bai Qi about the current morale and morale in the city and the status of his father after the explosion of the bomb. Bai Qi couldn't help laughing after hearing this. It was something he didn't expect. However, Bai Qi did not think that Su Yuncheng would be willing to fail, and the preparations for the siege still had to be done. As for the negotiations, of course, it was best for Su Yuncheng to surrender without fighting.

Bai Qi decided to set the negotiation location at Shilipu, north of the city. The place was closer to Duliang City, which easily made Su Yuncheng feel at ease. In order to show his sincerity, Bai Qi ordered the entire army not to enter the 30-mile radius of Duliang City.
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