When he thought of this, Hou Sheng suddenly felt that he had a bright future.

Hou Sheng was very panicked. He had always relied on his trust in King Jian of Qi, and at the same time he had made a lot of money as the Prime Minister of Qi. He also indulged his disciples and relatives and friends to do a lot of corruption and abuse of power.

If King Jian of Qi lost confidence in himself because of this unfavorable peace talks with Zhao State, then there will be so many people who will offend Hou Sheng, and then there will definitely be many people who are willing to take advantage of Hou Sheng.

Once the truth is revealed, then Housheng will be dead.

So no matter what, of course, it is impossible to give up for your future and life, so I decided to try hard.

So Housheng took a deep breath and said to Zhao Dan in front of him in a trembling voice: "These are all misunderstandings. Please listen to Housheng's explanation!"

Zhao Dan looked at Hou Sheng's appearance and felt a little funny.

The current situation has become like this, so naturally Zhao Dan did it intentionally.

Although Zhao Dan has indeed made up his mind to negotiate peace with the people of Qi, don’t forget that Zhao State has taken the initiative in the battlefield now. Of course, Zhao Dan has to use the current situation to seek more benefits for Zhao State.

That's why Zhao Dan told the ministers of Zhao in advance that they wanted these ministers of Zhao to cooperate with Zhao Dan to perform a good show to deceive Hou Sheng, making Hou Sheng mistakenly believe that Zhao's attack focus was still on the 150,000 troops of Qi, which forced Hou Sheng and King Jian of Qi to make more concessions to protect the 150,000 troops.

Judging from the current situation, Zhao Dan's plan has obviously been successful. Hou Sheng not only seems to have been fooled, but also has a very good degree of being deceived.

So Zhao Dan pretended to cough and said coldly to Hou Sheng in front of him: "Houqing, you have the last chance to speak. If you can't satisfy me, then you will hurry back to Linzi City and let King Jian of Qi prepare to deal with my army."

When Hou Sheng heard this, he was very good. As long as one thing was not good, Qi State would be destroyed in a minute.

Under Zhao Dan's strong pressure, Hou Sheng finally stopped hesitating and immediately spoke to Zhao Dan: "King, my king had already said before I set off that as long as the king was willing to quit the army with Qi and let Kuang Liang in Gaotang City lead his army back to the country, then Qi was willing to ced a hundred miles to the king!"

"A hundred miles?" Zhao Dan's brow moved slightly, and then a funny expression appeared on his face: "Houqing, Houqing, isn't I talking about you? Now that my country is so vast, I'm afraid I have to have at least thousands or tens of thousands of miles. Do you think this mere land of hundreds of miles can really impress me?"

Although it is indeed necessary to get benefits, Zhao Dan really didn't take the benefits that Qi State brought out seriously.

It’s like a person taking a million to bribe a billionaire. This is simply funny!

The cold sweat on Hou Sheng's forehead became even more intense, and he hurriedly continued: "The king doesn't know anything. My king has already said that the king of this hundred miles can be designated at will!"

Hou Sheng was forced to do nothing, so he thought about discussing the matter first, and then going back to explain slowly to King Jian of Qi.

Anyway, no matter what, Hou Sheng at least completed the errands assigned by King Jian of Qi, right?

After hearing Hou Sheng's words, Zhao Dan's face moved slightly, showing a serious expression for the first time. After thinking for a while, he said, "Since that's the case, only the King of Qi is willing to ced Pinglu City to me. This time I will quit the military and reconcile with Qi."

"Pinglu City?" When Hou Sheng heard Zhao Dan's words, his whole body couldn't help but tremble.

As we all know, the political system of Qi State is different from that of other countries.

This country particularly likes the auspicious number of five. In addition to the unique "Five Major Officials of Qi", Qi has another system, which is the five-capital system.

The so-called five-capital system means that the State of Qi divides the entire country into five parts, each with a capital city. Among them, Linzi is naturally the highest position as the capital where the King of Qi is located, and the other four capitals can be regarded as four military regions.

The highest officials among these four capitals, that is, the four capital doctors are equivalent to the highest commanders of a military region. They are usually responsible for governing the local area, but when they are in war, they become commanders, gather the troops in their military region and follow the orders of the King of Qi to fight.

But except for Linzi, the other five are not fixed, and are mainly designated based on the situation faced by Qi at that time.

The five capitals of Qi State are now Linzi, the capital city, and then there are Jucheng, Jimo City, Gaotang City and the Pinglu City that Zhao Dan just mentioned.

Among these five capitals, Gaotang City has now become the land of Zhao State, and Pinglu City is exactly the closest to Gaotang City among the other four capitals.

If this city was also ceded to Zhao State, it would definitely be a very serious weakening for Qi State.

From the perspective of Zhao State, as long as Pinglu City can be obtained, the Hejian land of Zhao State and the former land of Lu State Qufu will be formed.

In fact, the reason why Qi State set up one of its capitals in Pinglu City was that it hoped to use Pinglu City as a forward base for the attack and destruction of Lu State.

It is precisely because Pinglu City is so important that after hearing Zhao Dan's conditions, Hou Sheng couldn't help but change his face. After a while, he ate and said to Zhao Dan: "King, should you discuss this matter again..."

"This matter is completely undiscussed!" Zhao Dan waved his hand very decisively and interrupted Hou Sheng's words: "Didn't Hou Qing say it just now? As long as I am willing, I can cut off a hundred miles of land from Qi. Now I have decided to cede this Pinglu City and its radius of hundreds of miles."

After Zhao Dan finished speaking, Hou Sheng's expression became even more ugly. He looked extremely hesitant and could not say a word for a long time.

Although he was ready to cede land and make sums from the beginning, Hou Sheng was naturally very hesitant to think of ceding such an important city.

After all, the price is still too high. If King Qi is not satisfied with this condition, then Hou Sheng agreed to it would be like he was seeking death himself.

After a long time, Hou Sheng still did not make any decision.

Seeing this, Zhao Dan showed a smile on his face and said, "Houqing can go back and think about it first, but I only give you five days. If you don't get any response within five days, then continue to fight!"

Seeing Hou Sheng's back disappear from his sight, Yu Xin couldn't help but say, "King, will the people of Qi agree to such conditions?"

Zhao Dan smiled confidently: "Now the Yan State's army is still raging everywhere in the territory of Qi. Without the Kuang Liang army, the remaining troops in Qi would not be opponents of the Yan army at all! So there is nothing to worry about, just wait for the news."

The real core issue of this negotiation lies in the 150,000 Qi army led by Kuang Liang in Gaotang City.

As long as the 150,000 Qi troops are in their hands, whether it is to deal with Yan's attack or counterattack Zhao in the future, the Qi people will still have some confidence in their hearts.

But if the Qi army was eventually destroyed by Zhao in Gaotang City because the peace talks could not be reached, the Qi army would lose far more than a Pinglu City in the future.

Zhao Dan felt that as long as the monarch and ministers of Qi were not fools, they would agree to their own conditions.

Sure enough, four days later, Housheng asked for Zhao Dan again and informed Zhao Dan about the final decision of Qi State.
Chapter completed!