After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

During the second conversation, Qi Minsong just opened his mouth.

After Chu Xi smiled, he was merciless and used sharp words.

"So the King of Western Chu thinks it's too much! Don't you think about the fact that we put forward these conditions for one person last time? This time there are so many people, including General Wu and tens of thousands of soldiers. The number is absolutely worth it!"

These words were spoken without mercy, and Qi Minsong and Qi Jianshu who were present were speechless.

Whether in terms of quantity or weight, the latter is heavier, but His Majesty still wants to bargain, as if silently denying these people.

Tell them they are not worth the price!

When this news reached Qi Minsong, he was also angry, but anger was useless. Who made him have to deal with such a king!

Qi Minsong had fought with Chu Jiang several times, and although he knew his temperament very well, he still had some understanding of it!

Chu Jiang made these requests not out of kindness, but probably intentionally.

Qi Minsong couldn't guess Chu Jiang's intention, but he knew that once the news got out, the news that His Majesty felt that the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers were not worth the fifth prince's cousin would leak out...

I'm afraid the army's morale will be completely lost.

Chu Xi ignored their silence and said, "Okay, since you think our previous request was excessive, then this time we will increase it to 800 dan of grain, 1,000 war horses, and 20,000 taels of gold!"

It's just like raising the price arbitrarily.

Qi Minsong and others looked up suddenly, obviously not expecting her to do the opposite!

"There are too many of these, Prince Chu, why don't we discuss it further, Your Majesty..." Qi Jianshu's temperament was smoother than Qi Minsong's, and he spoke to the point.

Chu Xi naturally knew what he meant by being hesitant. They thought that the King of Western Chu would not agree to their request!

Chu Xi smiled, clasped his hands together and rested them on the table, his posture relaxed and natural, "That's all, if you still want to talk, I don't mind adding more!"

Qi Minsong moved his lips, as if he wanted to bargain.

Chu Xi, "In fact, you all know in your hearts that I didn't mean to embarrass you at the beginning. Those requirements are already the most basic."

"But your Majesty is not even willing to pay these. You have fought for him, charged into battle, conquered cities and plundered ponds for him, but he is not even willing to pay this little price."

"General Qi, if I were you, I would never work for such a king. In his eyes, even the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers are not as important as the life of the fifth prince's cousin. Do you think he would still care about the lives of others?"

These words were meaningful. Chu Xi knew who he was referring to, and Qi Minsong and Qi Jianshu also understood it!

Qi Minsong was silent for a long time, his hands clenched tightly, as if he was struggling with his conscience and couldn't make a decision.

After a while, he looked up at the young man who was sitting in a relaxed and leisurely posture. The other party's sharp words pierced his heart and made it bleed.

Qi Minsong stood up suddenly, turned his back to Chu Xi, and paused, "I will convey your request to His Majesty."

Qi Jianshu looked at Qi Minsong who walked out of the tent with complicated eyes, then glanced at the calm young man.

At this point, what else doesn't he understand?

Chu Jiang doesn't care at all whether the peace talks can be successful?

What he wanted was for the Western Chu army to become demoralized and fall apart, so that they would no longer be able to serve His Majesty wholeheartedly and without any grudges!

Rong Qingzhu was very nervous because Qi Jianshu was taking a long time to leave and kept staring at Qi Bai. He stood up reflexively and stood in front of him.

At this moment, he instinctively wanted to protect Qi Bai, and forgot that Chu Qi Bai did not need anyone else's protection!

Qi Jianshu sighed, "The world is like this, we... have no choice."

Isn't this a kind of regret and sadness? As military generals, they should have charged into battle and made contributions to the country, but they had to deal with such a king.

The King of Western Chu was at most a little better than the previous King of Great Zhou. Now that the previous King of Great Zhou has passed away, the third son, the Prince of Yan, has ascended the throne...

The Great Zhou is about to begin a new chapter, but the future direction of their Western Chu is still unknown.

This is exactly the effect Chu Xi wanted. Once the news gets out, even if Xi Chu wants to continue fighting, I am afraid that few people will truly fight for Xi Chu!

The King of Western Chu did not see the situation as clearly as Qi Minsong and other parties involved, and he was even less aware that chaos had already broken out in the army.

When he received the memorial from Qi Minsong stating that Chu Jiang proposed new conditions, he was so angry that he threw the memorial away and cursed Chu Jiang for taking advantage of the situation!

A minister stood up and advised earnestly, "Your Majesty, the most urgent thing is not to bargain with the Great Zhou, why don't we just agree to it?"

The higher the position a person holds, the more he only sees benefits and not human lives.

Especially when it comes to the lives of ordinary soldiers, even if a General Wu is barely added, the King of Western Chu feels it is not worth it!

If the court officials had not strongly suggested that he redeem those people in order to win back the morale of the army.

It is really possible that he would just give up in a fit of rage and let the people of the Great Zhou kill or humiliate those tens of thousands of soldiers, it would have nothing to do with him!

The King of Western Chu was a man who valued his reputation. It was humiliating for his chief commander to be captured twice in a row. It was good enough that he didn't kill them all in a rage...

Now he is asked to provide food, war horses and money to redeem these useless trash?

Why?

"No, I will never agree to it. That little brat asked for 20,000 taels of gold and 1,000 war horses. It's simply too much. I will never agree to such behavior!"

As soon as the King of Western Chu said this, a large number of courtiers knelt in the court. They did not care about the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, but the reputation of Western Chu.

It was a pity that no matter how hard they talked or how much they kowtowed and begged, His Majesty insisted on doing so.

He even ordered Qi Minsong to directly attack Xi'an City. Once Xi'an City was captured, he would naturally not have to give these things!

The Fifth Prince and the Fourth Prince were still wrestling in private, and had never considered how much turmoil it would cause to their royal family if the army completely rebelled.

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After receiving the latest instructions from His Majesty, Qi Minsong sat in the tent in despair, looking at the memorial for a long time.

He was thinking, if even the fifth prince could come up with this much money, how could the king of a country not be able to come up with it?

So, Your Majesty, do you not want to pay, or do you think that these soldiers who fought so hard are not worth the price?

On that day, Qi Minsong did not launch an attack on the city of Xi'an. Instead, he calmly asked someone to bring a few jars of wine, and he drank them alone in the tent.

After drinking it all, Qi Minsong fell asleep.

As for the Western Chu army, its morale has already been shaken, and your Majesty's refusal again would be making matters worse.

Just as Chu Xi had expected, many Western Chu soldiers were disheartened and disheartened. They took off their armor and returned to Western Chu.

Even if they had to bear the punishment of disobeying military orders and deserting the battlefield, they were unwilling to continue serving the Western Chu royal family.

It can be seen that the King of Western Chu really deserved his death!