Pan Hong's eyes lit up, "Good luck, let Kang Juguo pay the "levy" tax, what a brilliant idea!"

Zhao Guanghan asked confused at this time, "What is "submission"?"

Pan Hong explained, "This is an ancient ritual from the Zhou Dynasty...the word conquer comes from here..."

Zhao Guanghan nodded and said, "That's it!"

Zhang Yue looked at Zhao Guanghan and said, "You will be granted the title of Marquis soon, so you still need to read this book!"

Zhao Guanghan chuckled, "Don't worry, Lord, after this battle, I will start studying..."

Zhang Yue smiled, turned to Pan Hong and said, "I invite Mr. Pan here this time just to trouble Mr. Pan to preside over this peace negotiation..."

Pan Hong stood up after hearing this and said, "This is a matter within the scope of a subordinate!"

Zhang Yue nodded and turned to Geng Shu and said, "This time I am going to wrong Mr. Geng!"

The peace negotiation between the Han army and King Kang Ju was indeed not a good thing for Geng Shu personally.

If the Han army continued to besiege Shule, it would not be a big problem to capture Shule City or even the head of King Kangju.

In this way, it can be said that Geng Shu will be granted the title of Marquis.

Now that the Han army has negotiated peace with King Kang Ju, Geng Shu's military achievements are somewhat inferior.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Yue said "I have wronged Geng Shu"!

When Geng Shu heard this, he said indifferently, "I am now a member of the Western Regions, so naturally I should put the affairs of the Western Regions first. What's more, in this world of great strife, I'm afraid there will be no chance of becoming a marquis!"

When Zhang Yue and others heard this, they all praised, "Mr. Geng, you are so majestic!"

Zhang Yue adjusted his clothes and bowed to Pan Hong, "I'll leave it to Mr. Pan..."

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"Does the Han army really agree to negotiate peace?"

King Kang Ju jumped up from his seat in surprise.

Mahamu said with joy on his face, "Marquis Yunyang, the Protector of the Western Region of the Han Dynasty, personally agreed to this matter..."

Everyone in the hall was overjoyed when they heard this.

"That's great...that's great..."

King Amancai said in surprise, "My head is finally saved!"

King Yan also said yes repeatedly.

After rejoicing, King Kangju asked with complicated emotions, "Does the Han army have any requests?"

Mahamu said, "The Han army requires that I, Kangju, and Dawan must submit to the "conquest"... We will discuss other conditions in detail later!"

Kangju Wangdao, "What does it mean to submit to "conquest"?"

Mahamu said, "This is an ancient ritual of the Han Dynasty. In fact, it is similar to paying a ransom. It just needs to publicly admit submission to the Han Dynasty..."

King Kangju sighed, "That's all we have now!"

He smiled bitterly and continued to ask, "What else does the Han army want?"

Mahamu said, "The Han army requested that we send plenipotentiary representatives to the Han camp to negotiate within three days!"

King Kangju nodded, then turned around and asked, "Who among you is willing to go to the Han camp with Mahamu to negotiate?"

When the people on the left and right heard what was said, they looked at me and I looked at you, but they were afraid and did not dare to speak.

King Kangju snorted coldly and was about to get angry.

Mahamu quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the most suitable representative for this matter is General Stohel..."

Everyone on the left and right breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

After some thought, King Kangju also discovered that Stohel was indeed the most suitable candidate.

He nodded and said, "In this case, Stohel will be the chief envoy and Mahamu will be the deputy envoy..."

At this time, King Amancai said from the side, "Little Wang can also participate..."

King Yan also said, "Little Wang is also willing to go and have a look."

King Kangju looked at King Amcai and said, "Then you two will also participate as deputy envoys..."

On March 12, the first year of the First Yuan Dynasty, representatives from both sides formally held negotiations at the Western Camp of the Han Army.

The representatives of the Han Dynasty are Pan Hong, Zhao Guanghan and Geng Shu.

The representatives of the Kangju coalition were Stohel, Mahamu, and King Amcai.

It was said that it was a negotiation. In fact, the Kangju coalition did not have much room for bargaining.

Representative Kang Ju naturally knew this very well. Now the coalition forces had actually been forced into a dead end by the Han army.

Stocher's goal is to keep the Kangju cavalry in his hands as much as possible.

These cavalry are all the elites of Kangju and are the foundation of Kangju's country.

If this group of cavalry cannot be brought back home, it will only be a matter of time before Kangju is annexed by the Parthian Empire or the Kushan Empire established by the Dayue clan.

Therefore, before coming to participate in the peace negotiation this time, King Kangju had already made it clear to Stohel and others that as long as the Han army agreed to let the cavalry return home, Kangju could pay any price.

Despite this, Mahamu, as the deputy envoy, still hoped to negotiate with the Han army as much as possible so that Kangju could retain more of his original energy.

Contrary to Kang Ju's representative, Pan Hong was thinking about how to seek the greatest benefits for the Han Dynasty without overly weakening Kang Ju's strength.

At noon that day, negotiators from both sides arrived at the camp prepared by the Han army at the same time.

After the representatives from both sides introduced each other, they sat on the east and west sides respectively.

The two parties sat down, and Pan Hong first threw a silk letter to the Kangju representative.

"These are the conditions of my great man, you may have any objections!"

As the victor, Pan Hong naturally cannot lose his reputation as a big man.

He made the big man's request directly.

When Stocher saw Pan Hong's performance, he became furious.

However, Mahamu next to him suddenly grabbed him.

And he said with a smile, "Han envoy, please wait a moment, let me take a closer look!"

Pan Hong was impressed by Mahamu's fluent Chinese.

Pan Hong recalled the information about Mahamu in his mind, but he became somewhat interested in this person.

According to Zhang Yue's plan, after this discussion, the Han Dynasty should cultivate pro-Han forces in Kangju.

In Pan Hong's opinion, Mahamu might be a good candidate.

It took Kang Juguo and others three quarters of an hour to read the silk book Pan Hong threw to them.

In the meantime, Pan Hong and others were not in a hurry, they just drank tea slowly, ate fruit and waited quietly.

Seeing that Kang Juren had finished reading the silk book, Pan Hong said slowly, "How about the three of you? Please reply to me as soon as possible after reading it..."

At this time, Stohel said with a dark face, "These are really the conditions of the Han army... This is too harsh..."

Pan Hong didn't speak this time, but Zhao Guanghan said at this time, "Yes, this is my big man's condition. Do you agree or not?"

Hearing this, Stohel said angrily, "Does the big man really regard us as fish on the chopping board? Our coalition army still has 40,000 people... The big man is not afraid of me waiting for the fish to die..."

The Han army and others had already heard from Stohel's words that the Kangju people were actually just strong on the outside and capable on the inside.

Geng Shu laughed when he heard this and said, "The fish is dead and the net is broken. That's a good thing. I feel that the military merits are insufficient..."

Stohel did not fully understand Geng Shu's words, so he had to ask Mahamu.

Mahamu explained to him in a low voice, "What the Han military captain means is that his military merit is not enough. If he wants to continue fighting, he wants it, so that he can be named a marquis..."

Stohel remained silent after listening to Mahamu's explanation.

Pan Hong also urged at this time, "Have you thought about it?"

Mahamu smiled and said, "Why should the Han envoys be anxious? Can the conditions of the Han Dynasty really not be lowered? It is probably not in the interests of the Han Dynasty that Kang Juguo is too weak!"

After Mahamu finished speaking, he bowed politely to Pan Hong and others.

Pan Hong thought highly of Mahamu again. Kangju was indeed a big country and it still had some talents.

But there was a smile on his face, "If a person does something wrong, he will be punished, and the same is true for a country..."

Mahamu said, "This war is actually Kang Ju's fault, and our country is willing to pay the price, but... Kang Ju who is too weak is not in the interests of the Han Dynasty..."

The negotiations between the two sides on the first day were just testing each other out and there was no substantial progress.

Zhang Yue heard that King Cai and King Yan also participated in He Tan as representatives.

Therefore, it was decided to hold a banquet for the two kings that night.

King Amcai and King Yan were both flattered after being invited.

In the minds of the two of them, after this negotiation, Zhang Yue was actually the supreme emperor at the head of both countries.
To be continued...