Fortunately, Xue Yan did not let Pei Zhiyuan and Shen Xu wait too long. At noon of the next day, he sent someone to pick them up and go to the commander-in-chief's camp.
The two stood outside the tent for a long time until the soldiers left the tent one after another, and then they were brought in.
The soldier brought Shen Xu and Pei Zhiyuan into the tent and said respectfully, "General, Military Advisor, the people are here."
The two then met the leader of the Northern Army, Xue Yan.
Xue Yan stood up. He was not tall, but he was wearing golden scale armor, leather shoulder armor, and a red silk cloak, and he looked very majestic.
Looking closely at his appearance, this man has sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a straight nose, and an air of righteousness and integrity.
Next to him was a man in a black robe sitting in a wheelchair.
The man held a folding fan in his hand, and half of his head was covered with a hollow butterfly wing, blocking his eyebrows and eyes, so his face could not be seen clearly. He must be the military advisor mentioned by the soldiers.
"You come to see me, Marshal, and ask me to surrender?"
Xue Yan's tone was filled with disdain. He walked forward slowly, circled around Shen Xu, reached out and lifted her chin to look at her: "There's also a beauty here. You dare to pretend to be my sister? You're so bold."
Pei Zhiyuan panicked when he heard this. He was originally certain that Shen Xu was the eldest daughter of the Xue family in the north, and felt that there was still room for negotiation, so he escorted her to the northern camp.
Unexpectedly, she was not the eldest daughter of the northern Xue family!
Now the situation of the two of them is that there is no chance of survival!
Shen Xu seemed very calm, and she answered in a serious tone: "Yes, if we didn't say she was your sister, we would not be able to see you, General.
I have already explained the specific reasons for persuading you to surrender in the letter."
Xue Yan sneered, "You actually came straight to our camp. Should I admire your courage or laugh at your stupidity?"
Shen Xu answered truthfully, "You should admire our courage."
The man in the wheelchair covered his face with a folding fan and burst out laughing.
Xue Yan pinched her chin hard, leaned in close and threatened, "My little beauty, do you know that I have an army of 400,000 men under my command? Aren't you afraid that I will throw you directly into the wolves and guarantee that they will eat you up until not even a bone is left?"
Shen Xu replied calmly: "Don't be afraid, I have a hard bone, you can't chew it.
Besides, they are just a mob, not worthy of being on the stage. The only thing the general can really use is the 200,000 regular troops of the Xue family. "
But the man in the wheelchair gently waved his fan and said leisurely: "You are quite arrogant, little girl, and quite interesting."
He continued, “But your royal army only has 250,000 men left, and our 200,000 rebels, no matter how untrained they are, can still be used on the battlefield to kill the enemy.
Even if two hundred thousand soldiers stretched out their necks for you to chop off, they would tire you to death."
"The general used 20,000 soldiers to form the Queyue Formation, which was able to capture three cities in a row and defeat the royal army of 150,000.
I have 250,000 soldiers against your 400,000, and I don't have no chance of winning."
The black-robed man waved his fan elegantly and leisurely, and asked with a gentle smile, "If you really can defeat us, then why did you come to our Xue Camp?"
Xue Yan continued, "Hmph, don't think that just because you broke our Queyue Formation, you have the qualifications to negotiate with us."
Shen Xu sighed softly and said, "General Xue, you have to understand one thing. I am not here to negotiate with you. I am here to persuade you to surrender. I am not representing the royal army, but the imperial court."
"What a big tone you have! Come here, drag these two out and behead them as a sacrifice!" These words directly angered Xue Yan. He shouted and ordered the guards outside to come in and drag the two out.
Shen Xu said slowly and calmly: "I have already stated in the letter that the emperor who has now ascended the throne is the Thirteenth Prince Xiao Mingcheng."
Xue Yan retorted, "So what? Your royal army will soon be defeated by us at Xiangyang Ridge and completely routed. By then, the imperial court will still be in dire straits.
The king's army is doomed to fail. Stop wasting time by barking and groaning here!"
Shen Xu was being held by the shoulders, struggling to avoid being dragged out. She said quickly: "This is very relevant. The mother of the Thirteenth Prince is from the Yang family in the southwest. Who said that we only have the Royal Cavalry?
General Xue, if you continue this battle, you will undoubtedly lose."
Xue Yan didn't say anything more. He waved his hand and said, "Drag him out and behead him!"
Shen Xu was dragged along, struggling and shouting loudly: "The Southwestern Army has arrived at the battlefield. You can't capture Xiangyangling. It's better to retreat now and save the soldiers and civilians in the north."
The black-robed man in the wheelchair immediately shouted, "Wait! Don't kill him yet."
"Military Advisor." Xue Yan looked back at the black-robed figure in the wheelchair with displeasure and said, "Military Advisor, don't listen to her lies. Now is the critical moment of the battle between the two armies. We can't let her keep us and disrupt our morale."
The black-robed man stopped him and said, "General Xue, when two armies are fighting, envoys should not be killed. Besides, this young lady is quite interesting. This military advisor is just thinking of discussing military strategy with her."
Xue Yan stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then ordered someone to bring Shen Xu and Pei Zhiyuan in again.
The soldiers tied the two men to a chair and sat them face to face with Xue Yan and the black-robed military advisor.
The black-robed military advisor slowly wheeled the wheelchair in front of Shen Xu, and looked at Shen Xu sitting on the chair with an inquiring look.
Shen Xu felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, so he simply stared at him too.
The man was thin, with half of his face covered by a butterfly-shaped hollow mask, revealing only his slightly pursed thin lips. His jawline was tight, and judging from the rest of his facial features, he shouldn't be ugly.
The black-robed military advisor raised his lips slightly, and said in a gentle tone, "Why are you looking at me?"
Shen Xu was dissatisfied and said, “Then what are you looking at me for?”
"You're quite interesting. You don't look very old, so how did you come up with the idea of coming to the military camp as an envoy?" He raised his hand to touch Shen Xu's face, tilted his head, and looked at her reaction curiously through the mask.
Pei Zhiyuan frowned and threatened in a deep voice: "What are you doing? Let her go!"
Shen Xu let him touch his face without dodging, his eyes calmly looking into the eyes beneath his hollow mask. "Of course, it's for world peace."
"Your eyes are very beautiful, clear and pure without any impurities. If I only looked at your appearance, I would never have imagined..."
The man in black robe only touched her face lightly without doing anything frivolous. There was a hint of admiration in his gentle tone.
"The person who came up with the idea of using heavenly beads to amuse the army and sniping the imperial prefect from a sentry tower could be such a young and beautiful lady."
Shen Xu was slightly stunned, then smiled and praised: "Master Military Advisor, you have something."
"But don't you know what will happen if you rashly come as an envoy when two armies are at war?"
He leaned close to her and said threateningly, "You are so beautiful, the wolves will really eat you to the bone."
"Master Military Advisor, thanks to you, I am alive, right?"
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