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Chapter 64 Returning the Hostages (Part 2)

Outside Cizhou City, in front of the Song and Jin armies, Liu Yixuan asked the soldiers to escort these masked prisoners and were trading with Wanyan Gillet.

Liu Yixuan slapped his horse out and said to Wanyan Jilie: "Prince Wanyan, I will return these prisoners to you on the order of my head coach. I wonder if you have prepared all the things we want?"

Wanyan Jilie stood at the horse and looked at the Song army from afar. Seeing that many prisoners were covered with their heads and faces, they could not recognize which one was his children or the servants of the royal palace. So he said loudly: "I am naturally ready for what you want. Since the two armies want to make this deal, they should be honest. If you cover all the prisoners of our army, what is this? Could it be that these prisoners are fake?"

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "The old prince is worried too much. Our Song army is a benevolent and righteous army. How can we not be trustworthy? It's just that these prisoners are walking through the streets and alleys in our city. I'm afraid that they will see the defense situation of our army in the city, so they cover their faces. I am also acting cautiously. Please don't blame the old prince!"

Wanyan Jilie naturally didn't want to listen to his idle talk, and was determined to redeem his children, so he said, "I am naturally a trustworthy person. I have sent people to collect all the 10,000 taels of silver you want, all of them are in these boxes." He pointed to the pharmacist Guo tied to the formation and said, "And with this pharmacist Guo, I have tied it to you. I promise that as long as you put back our hostages first, I will hand over all the silver and people to you!"

Liu Yixuan sneered and said, "Old Qiansui, that's not OK. As the saying goes, pay the money and deliver the goods with the other hand. If we put the hostages first, you don't hand over the money and people to us. How can I get the job done with my coach when I go back?"

Wanyan Gillie also smiled and said, "I have been leading the troops for many years and have always kept my word and never break my word. Just don't worry!"

"Haha, this is probably not OK! The reputation of the old Qiansui is good in your Great Jin Kingdom, but it is not so good in our Great Song Dynasty. The younger generation came out to do the job after being ordered by the commander. If they lose all their personal wealth, they may not be able to save their lives when they go back. Therefore, as long as we don't see Yinzi and Guo Yaoshi, we will never let the hostages go!"

Wanyan Jilie wanted to see the courage of the young general of the Song army. If he really thought of his own words, he would put the hostages back first, and he would not save all the 10,000 taels of silver, and even Guo Yaoshi didn't have to return them. After hearing what the young general of the Song army said, there was no way. Wanyan Qiu Chu, who was standing next to him, asked Liu Yixuan: "Little General, since you don't want to release the hostages first, we don't want to pay you the silver first. It's not a solution to continue like this. According to the young general's wishes, what should you do?"

Of course, Liu Yixuan had his own considerations. He would never be able to return all these prisoners at once. If it was as Zong Ze was worried, the old prince would be unscrupulous if he had his own children. In the future, he would definitely be in danger of leading troops to siege the city. Fortunately, Liu Yixuan had already done his tricks and saw the current situation, which was in line with his own wishes.

Liu Yixuan said to Wanyan Qiu Chu: "General Qiu Chu, since we don't want to continue the stalemate, I have an idea. Qiansui is not careful to listen to it and see if it suits your wishes."

"What's the point, let's talk about it."

Liu Yixuan said: "That is, our army makes concessions first and releases Princess Wanyan back to your camp. After you get the princess, you will send the 10,000 taels of silver. After we count the silver and confirm the amount, we will return all the remaining prisoners. You will also give us our traitor Guo Yaoshi. In this way, neither of us will have to worry about one of our parties being cheated and changed our minds. I wonder what the old prince thinks about this idea?"

After hearing the handover procedure proposed by Liu Yixuan, Wanyan Jilie felt it was reasonable. After all, Song and Jin did not trust each other very much. Such handover method could also restrict each other in batches, and he nodded in agreement with the proposal. Seeing the old prince nodding, Qiu Chu said to Liu Yixuan: "My prince agrees with the general's proposal, so please ask the young general to release my princess back!"

Seeing that the Jin people agreed to his solution, Liu Yixuan winked at the soldiers. The two young soldiers responsible for escorting Wanyan Xueer quickly took Wanyan Xueer to Liu Yixuan. Liu Yixuan untied the cloth belt covering Wanyan Xueer's face. Wanyan Xueer showed an exquisite face and stared at Liu Yixuan viciously, with hatred on her face.

Liu Yixuan reached out to help her stroke her hair on her temples, but saw her dodging her body intentionally. Liu Yixuan knew that Wanyan Xueer hated her, and he had no way to resolve the hatred in Wanyan Xueer's heart. Who made the Song and Jin countries now mortal enemies? However, at this time, Liu Yixuan was full of reluctance to Wanyan Xueer. If Wanyan Xueer had not grasped Puyang City that day, he would not have made great contributions to burning food and making great contributions. If it weren't for the two armies capturing Wanyan Xueer alive, he would not have forced Wanyan Hong to ask for help everywhere, giving the Song army a good opportunity to pretend to reinforcements to take Cizhou at night.

"Princess, you have heard the conversation I had with your father just now. I will let you go back and you can reunite with your father." He sighed sadly and said, "Oh, I didn't expect that we will part so soon. I don't know when we will meet again today. It's really sad to think about it!"

"Hmph, the cat cries rats and pretends to be merciful, don't do this!" Wanyan Xueer turned her head, obviously not accepting his affection.

"Why, do you still hate me so much? I treat you brothers and sisters so well these days, so why did you feel wronged?"

Wanyan Xueer said, "Yes, during this period, you treated my brother and sister with courtesy. I will naturally not forget your kindness. Today, my father redeems me with gold and silver. I have no complaints. I just regard it as a thank you for your care for many days. From then on, I will never have any connection with you!" He stared at Liu Yixuan and said, "Liu Dalang, you and I are their own masters, and they are incompatible, and they cannot be good friends. If I meet again on the battlefield in the future, I will never show mercy!"

After hearing this, Liu Yixuan felt that Wanyan Xueer was too heartless. He was considerate to her, but he couldn't get a trace of her favor. He was also distressed. He wanted to ease his relationship with Wanyan Xueer with his kindness, but the resentment between the Song and Jin countries was too deep, and the subjects of the two countries were helpless. He had no choice but to shake his head and sigh.

"Okay, I hope we still have the fate to meet." He said to the left and right again: "Come here, send Princess Wanyan out of the battle!"

A pair of soldiers escorted Wanyan Xueer out of the Song army camp. At this time, the two armies were only a hundred steps apart. Wanyan Jilie immediately saw that his daughter was escorted by the Song people, so he signaled to Qiu Chu and asked the soldiers to pull the four large boxes prepared in front of the formation in a wooden cart. The soldiers of the Song State arrived in front of the Jin army formation according to Liu Yixuan's instructions, and put Wanyan Xueer back, pulled back the few boxes that the Jin people took out, and successfully completed the first transaction.

Wanyan Xueer returned to the Jin army formation and rushed into Wanyan Jilie's arms. The father and daughter met each other and each was sad, and she would not express her feelings.

When Liu Yixuan saw the soldiers pulling back two wooden carts, there were four large wooden boxes on the cart, he hurriedly asked the money and grain officials behind him to come to inspect the goods. Several officials opened the boxes and saw that all the silver ingots were filled with four boxes. Liu Yixuan picked up a few ingots and saw that the official seals of the Northern Song Dynasty were engraved on them, including those from the Chongning period, some from the Daguan period, some from the Xuanhe period. Obviously, these were the treasury silver that the Song Dynasty paid tribute every year. The poor Song Dynasty actually used its gold and silver to fatten the group of hungry wolves in the north, and the day when they were fat and healthy, it was the time when their country was destroyed and their family was destroyed.

"Oh! What we tried our best to get is something that belonged to us. It's so sad!"

When the coach Yuan next to him saw Liu Yixuan sighing repeatedly, he hurriedly advised: "Okay, brother, don't sigh anymore. It's important to order someone to count the silver!"

Liu Yixuan naturally did not dare to delay too long, so he asked the money and grain officials to carefully count the amount of silver. After the officials received instructions, they took their seats one after another, some counted, some kept accounting, and some calculated. In a short while, the four boxes of silver were counted clearly. The money and grain officials reported: "Mr. Liu, the silver sent by the gold man was not much, not much, and a total of ten thousand taels."

"Okay, it's also worthy of the old prince." Liu Yixuan got up and walked to the formation and said to Wanyan Jilie: "Old prince, I have counted the silver you sent, and the amount is indeed not too much. Now, please ask the old prince to escort Guo Yaoshi over, so that I can also return the remaining prisoners to you!"

Wanyan Jilie had the first transaction, and also ordered Qiu Chu to send a team of soldiers to escort Guo Yaoshi to the Song army as they did just now, and when he came back, he brought the remaining prisoners together, so that the two armies could complete the transaction smoothly.

Wanyan Qiuchu selected fifty elite soldiers and escorted Guo Yaoshi to walk to the Song army formation. Liu Yixuan was so happy to see that Guo Yaoshi was tied up and was escorted back by Jin soldiers. He was so happy that if he handed over this Guo Yaoshi to Qinzong, he would get a reward of 10,000 taels. Furthermore, Guo Yaoshi betrayed the Song Dynasty and the people of the world should be punished. If he exchanged him back today, he would be responsible for the crimes he committed.

The Jin Bing Primary School who escorted Guo Yaoshi came forward to report: "Several generals, the subordinates of Guo Yaoshi you want have been delivered. Please hand over my little prince and the subordinates of the royal palace to the subordinates!"

Liu Yixuan asked someone to take Guo Yaoshi over, and said to a team of officers and soldiers who were guarding the prisoners before the battle: "Since the Jin people have sent all the silver and people, we should also return these prisoners to the Jin people. Follow my orders, leave these prisoners behind, and the entire army will withdraw their troops and return to the city!"

With Liu Yixuan's order, the Song army behind him left behind the masked prisoners, and Hulala retreated all the way back to the city. The retreat speed made the Jin soldiers who came to lead the people stunned. Seeing that the Song army had all run away, the Jin soldiers hurriedly took off the masked cloth from the prisoners and untied their rope.

Seeing that the Song army was retreating at an amazing speed, Wanyan Jilie hurriedly brought people to check. As soon as he walked up to him, he heard the soldiers hurriedly report: "Old prince, it's not good. Among the people Song army returned to us, there is no little prince!"
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