"You asked my army to retreat thirty miles in succession?" After hearing Tengri's request, Li Ling's brows quickly frowned, obviously a little unacceptable.

Tengri nodded without hesitation: "Yes, you Central Plains people have always been treacherous, we are trustworthy, but what if you suddenly attack after we leave the city as promised? So in order to show your sincerity, we must withdraw our troops for thirty miles first and give us time to leave the city."

After a pause, he smiled and said, "And you said, all you want is Yunzhou City. Isn't it just your wishes to leave like this? How about it, what I said makes sense. As long as you can agree, everything will be discussed."

Li Ling lowered his head and pondered. It was a bit unexpected for him to be so cautious, but it was not a problem to think about it carefully. After all, trust is two-way. So after thinking for a while, he said, "I can't do such a big thing, and I have to ask Dong Shuai before making a decision. In this way, give me some time, wait for me to go back and ask, and give you a clear answer."

"No, you can't leave!" Unexpectedly, Tengger shook his head and immediately refused his request. "My premise has not been finished yet. To show your sincerity, this time, not only will you withdraw your troops, but you will also leave hostages for us. Only when we leave safely will the hostages leave!"

Li Ling's face suddenly became gloomy: "Are you trying to take me hostage?"

"Haha, Lord Li, you are a fourth-rank high-ranking official in the Yue State court. I heard that you have made many contributions before, and this time you are in charge of the logistics and rations of your army. Your status is indeed high enough, so keeping you by our side will naturally make us feel much more at ease."

Faced with such a straightforward statement, Li Ling didn't know what to react for a moment, so he could only snort coldly. Then, he felt a little strange in his heart. He had only mentioned his official position before, and the specific position and past have not been revealed. How did the leader of Guirong from Mobei know so clearly?

The only explanation is that someone has provided relevant information, that is, here, in addition to these Guirong people, there are still people familiar with the officialdom of the Central Plains who are giving advice for them, and maybe even these requirements are taught by that person. And those who can do this and dare to do this, based on the previous situation, are only people from the Luotian Sect who have always had hatred with him.

As soon as this was clarified, Li Ling became even more alert. The Luotian Sect is a big opponent. How many times did they want to kill themselves? How could this time be an exception?

But in the end, the overall situation must be the most important. Whether it is public or private, you must also take over Yunzhou as soon as possible, even if you have to take risks! After making up your mind, Li Ling looked at the other party again: "I can agree to your request, and I will stay in the city. Do I need me to write a letter now?"

"There is no need to be so troublesome. You can go to the city wall now and explain things to them face to face. As long as they want, we can reach an agreement. After they withdraw, we will leave, and then you will be free." Tengger showed the pleasure of the grassland people, and he really did it.

Li Ling smiled. The other party was obviously still guarding against him leaving some code words in the letter, so he let himself talk to the soldiers outside the city directly in front of both sides. At this point, he could only do what the other party wanted, hoping that the army outside the city could have a solution to it. However, in his opinion, with the experience and ability of Dong Gongwang and other generals, this change should be able to be calmly dealt with.

As for himself, as long as he can win in the end, his safety should not be a problem.

...

Half an hour later, Li Ling climbed to the top of Yunzhou again.

Without having to yell hard, there was a Gui Rong soldier who shouted outside the city, attracting the attention of the Vietnamese army, and then he came forward and asked to meet Dong Gongwang and other generals.

After a while, Dong Gongwang came to the city with more than a dozen personal guards, stood outside the ground with an arrow and shouted at Li Ling at the top of the city: "Wen Zhong, what are you doing? Just say anything but it's not too late."

Li Ling smiled bitterly and replied, "Shishou Dong, I'm afraid the officials will not be able to get out. They said they would keep me here as a hostage until they were safe. But I believe that with Dong Shuai's ability, I will be able to keep me safe!"

Dong Gongwang's expression suddenly changed, and he even regretted that Li Ling had taken such a great risk to enter the city. If he had known that these Guirong people were so scheming, he would have sent a general in the army to negotiate, but he would have conveyed his meaning anyway.

But soon, he regained his composure and said loudly: "You are right. I am here, and no matter how many Guirong people dare to hurt you. Otherwise, not to mention that they are their relatives of the tribe on the grassland, I will lead troops to wipe out them, and no one will be left!"

This was obviously for the others in the city to hear it. Tengger was right next to him. He also looked dark and snorted heavily. This was a bare threat.

Li Ling didn't answer this, but thanked him, and then got to the point: "Ship Dong, they asked me to talk to you at this time because there was still a request to convey that if they wanted them to open the city and evacuate, we had to withdraw our troops first and retreat thirty miles. In this way, we have sincerity, otherwise they would continue to defend until the city was broken."

Dong Gongwang took another breath. These guys were really lions and made such unreasonable requests.

The army retreated thirty miles, which was an extremely serious matter. Even a commander of the three armed forces like him would not dare to issue such orders at will at will, which would greatly reduce his morale. Once the enemy goes back and fights back to attack the city, his combat power will probably be greatly reduced.

"I can't agree to this request. If I really do this, I will launch a surprise attack when I retreat. My team is in chaos, but what should I do?" Dong Gongwang flatly refused and even raised some possibility in person.

Li Ling was also stunned. He had never led troops and had never considered such an impact. Naturally, it was even more impossible for him to help the Guirong people speak. However, Tenggeri whispered loudly at this time: "General Dong, we have to make demands for safety. After all, you Central Plains people are the most unreliable and always don't keep their words away!

"It is the men on the grassland that are the most trustworthy. Just like you said, we can't afford to delay, and we don't want to die here, so that the tribesmen on the grassland will suffer. So we really want to retreat. As long as you don't keep it, we will leave.

"You just retreated thirty miles to give us a security guarantee, and to build trust between the two sides, why can't it be used? Don't worry, I can swear to Changshengtian now that if I, Tengger, don't pay attention to the attack when you withdraw your troops, I will ask Changshengtian to drop thunder and kill me, and completely degenerate my entire tribe!"

After he said this vow, it was really hard for Dong Gongwang to question it. Because he knew very well that the Guirong tribes now believed in the heaven of immortality. As long as the oath was made in the name of immortality, they would definitely abide by it, otherwise, let alone the tribe members, they would even look down on themselves.

At this moment, the old general was caught in a weighing matter. Should he respond or refuse? If he responded, how should he arrange it next? Also, Li Ling was obviously detained by them and refused, his situation would be really dangerous.

After some thought, Dong Gongwang finally spoke again: "I can accept your so-called trust, but if you say you don't believe me, I may not trust you. There are too many retreats of thirty miles. In this way, both of us will take a step back. I will only retreat ten miles and give you a certain buffer. How about it?"

"No, ten miles are too few. You can kill us quickly after seeing us leave the city."

"Then it's twenty miles, no more. Also, after we retreat, we will only give you one day to leave the city. As for the specific time, you can grasp it yourself."

"No, I still retreat too little..."

"If you have to persist, I have no other choice. At worst, I can spend more time and effort to fight you." Dong Gongwang suddenly became tough.

This made the ghosts on the city hesitate a little. After a moment, they finally reached a consensus and replied: "Then retreat twenty miles away, and we will leave. And this Lord Li, stay in our city first, we will treat you well. When we are safe, we will let him go."

In response, Gongwang Dong was not easy to raise objections, so he agreed and looked at Li Ling from the heights deeply before he drove away.

"Master, are we really doing what they said? Wouldn't that let the tiger return to the mountain?" As he returned to the camp, a general immediately stepped forward and asked with a look of unwillingness.

Gong Dong looked murderous intent in his eyes: "Of course not. As the saying goes, soldiers never get tired of cheating. This is just a strategy to lead them out of the city."

"Then we still retreated, they were all staring at it."

"Only by retreating can we lead them out of the city. If I expected it was not bad, I was afraid they were also having similar ideas, so all we had to do is..." The old general said, his eyes flashing even more.

At the same time, Li Ling in the city also followed Tenggeli and the others down the city, while walking, still estimating how to deal with this game.

But at this moment, a low shout suddenly sounded in front of him: "Come on, take him down!"

After ordering, more than ten people rushed up quickly. Li Ling and the scholar were not the opponent of these powerful Gui Rong soldiers. Before they could react, they were held down and tied up.

Now, he was completely confused: "What are you doing?"
Chapter completed!