Chapter 1166

"And we still have a choice, that is, to abandon other cities and go straight to Baghdad, the imperial capital of Dashi, more than 2,200 kilometers, with our ability, it is enough to hit the vicinity of Baghdad. Although it may not be able to capture that city, it is more than enough to directly threaten the Great Food Imperial Capital, shake the entire Great Food Empire, and leave them with the most humiliating stroke. This shame, I'm afraid that Dashi can't buy it back with a billion taels of gold. ”

"Besides, if I'm not mistaken, the Great Cannibal will pretend to agree to our request and send a billion taels of gold to buy time for the rest of the army and find a way to defeat us behind our backs. So no matter what, these billion taels of gold, they will be out!"

In the end, Wang Chong looked confident, and his voice was more than a thousand pounds. Wang Chong never fought uncertain battles, and the way of blackmailing and adding reparations to wars was still very novel in this world, but it had long been the norm in another world, and even caused several nations in another world to rise rapidly.

War needs interests, and this protracted war has lasted until now, Wang Chong needs a satisfactory figure as an answer sheet to be handed over to the government and the opposition, including the people of the Tang Dynasty.

And seemed to respond to Wang Chong's voice, at this time, there was a bang, and the sound of wings breaking through the air came into his ears. The next moment, in the eyes of everyone, a huge golden-beaked falcon fluttered its wings and descended from the sky, flew into the hall, and landed on the golden conference table in front of everyone. And on the feet of this Saker, a rolled-up letterhead stands out.

"Buzz!"

Seeing this falcon, there was a dead silence in the hall for an instant, and everyone was shocked, showing a look of surprise. A few even stood up directly.

A billion taels of gold, will the big cannibal really agree?

At this moment, everyone held their breath. Snort, a thin palm stretched out from the side, and untied the letter at the feet of the big game falcon, just for a moment, Yuan Shurong's expression suddenly became excited:

"My lord, a billion taels of gold, the big cannibals agreed!

"What?"

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and when they heard Yuan Shurong's words, everyone in the hall looked shocked, and they stood up one after another.

"Let me see!"

The letterhead of the big cannibal first went to Gao Xianzhi's hands, and then to Cheng Qianli, Xi Yuanqing, Lou Shiyi, and Li Siye...... , turned around in the hands of everyone in the hall. In the hall, except for Yuan Shurong, few people recognized the big food text.

This matter was really shocking, shocked by Wang Chong's asking price of one billion taels of gold, and even more shocked by the reaction of the big cannibal. It doesn't matter if you recognize the words on the letterhead or not, it's just that way people can confirm it. Winning a reparation of one billion taels of gold in a war is unimaginable even for Gao Xianzhi.

- The benefits of his attack on the Stone Kingdom are far from comparable. It's just a small thing, a difference between cloud and mud.

Wang Chong's simple move suddenly overshadowed all his previous actions.

"Great!"

Cheng Qianli clenched his fists fiercely, his expression was excited, and no matter how much he said, it was not as shocking and impactful as a reply letter from the big cannibal. At this moment, everyone suddenly understood Wang Chong's strategic intentions.

"A billion taels of gold! If we write it into a report and report it to the imperial court, the civil and military ministers of the imperial court, including the upper and lower levels, absolutely no one dares to believe it. Even the Wenchen's side, including the officials' opinion of us, will change greatly!"

One billion taels of gold, this is simply an astronomical amount, even a deputy protector like Cheng Qianli couldn't help but be moved. Many soldiers were killed in the Battle of Talas, and the pension alone was a huge amount. Cheng Qianli had also considered what to do about this before, as the leader of these soldiers who died in battle, every general would protect his subordinates and strive for as many benefits as possible for them, but now, everything is solved.

However, the big cannibal also made some demands in the letter. ”

At this time, a voice came from his ears, Yuan Shurong frowned slightly, and said with a contemplative expression:

"According to the conditions of the Great Cannibal, they hope to sign a treaty with us to stop the war. The cannibals promised not to invade the Tang Dynasty again, but hoped that we would be able to withdraw from Khorasan and return to them the territory from Khorasan to Samarkand. and no longer threaten to attack other cities. ”

"Buzz!"

Hearing Yuan Shurong's words, everyone in the room suddenly fell silent, looked at each other, and no one spoke. From the perspective of Datang, the Great Cannibal's request is not unacceptable, and in exchange for one billion taels of gold for the territory that originally belonged to the Great Cannibal, this transaction will not be a loss in any case. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty fought all the way to Khorasan, since the beginning of the Qin and Han dynasties, and now for more than a thousand years, this kind of thing has never happened, which is an unprecedented achievement.

At the same time, for soldiers, fighting in depth, going deep into unfamiliar territory, being unfamiliar with life, and staying here for a long time may not be a good thing for Datang.

"I'm against it!"

A cold voice suddenly came, and Su Hanshan suddenly spoke, and said with a cold expression:

"If we really agree to the request of the Great Cannibal, we will not have lost our efforts. Everything needs to have a first time, when we were able to occupy the unfamiliar Western Regions, and now we can also occupy Khorasan and firmly control it. Anyway, it's worth a try!"

"Of course it's impossible to say yes!"

Wang Chong laughed when he heard this:

"Now it is the Great Cannibals who covet the Central Plains and are defeated by us, and in turn attack Khorasan and the troops are coming to the city. This war is a big cannibal spending a billion taels of gold to compensate us for our losses in the war, and not some equal bargain. It seems that His Majesty Mutassim still doesn't quite understand his situation, nor does he understand what the attitude of a defeated person should have. General Cheng, you lead your army across the Tigris River, attack the nearest city of Shandar, and retreat to Khorasan when they are almost occupied! ”

"Understand, leave this matter to me!"

Cheng Qianli laughed when he heard this.

The development of this war is now beyond his comprehension, but for Wang Chong, Cheng Qianli has completely unreserved trust, so no matter what Wang Chong says, he will not hesitate to carry it out.

Then some specific city defense matters were discussed, and the meeting ended, and the crowd quickly dispersed.

"Wang Chong, there are still a lot of masters in Dashi, do you think they will really keep their promises?"

When everyone left, only Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi were left in the room, and the latter finally couldn't help but speak.

"Lord Duhu, you also said that there are still a lot of smart people in Da Shi, how can they really negotiate peace with us? This is just their delaying tactic!"

Wang Chong cut the railway.

Da Shi is a fighting country, taking pleasure in conquering, and from the very beginning Wang Chong has already concluded that it is impossible for them to really negotiate peace, and where will the peace negotiation agreement come from.

It's just that the billion taels of gold that Wang Chong wants, whether the big cannibals want it or not, have to hand it over, and now is not the time for them to beg for help.

......

Coming out of the council chamber, Wang Chong climbed on the west side of the city wall of Khorasan, and looked into the distance, outside the wall, the sound of the Tigris River roaring came from afar, and the sound was in the ears, this wide river was a natural barrier, an invisible defense line of the city of Khorasan.

From the moment he first arrived in Khorasan and saw the river for the first time, Wang Chong felt its important military value, and to some extent, Abmus/Lin was right, the city of Khorasan was indeed extremely difficult to attack.

"General, have you thought about it, when the Great Eclipse Caliph Mutassem III was furious and sent hundreds of thousands of troops to come, as well as I don't know how many governors and generals, how should we deal with it at that time. There can never be a real peace negotiation with the big cannibal, and even if the other party agrees, it will be difficult for the general to get out. ”

A voice suddenly came from behind him, and it was heavy.

"Hehe, so we and the big cannibal thing, the general already knows. Does the general also think that we will give up Khorasan and withdraw our troops from here?"

Wang Chong smiled slightly, and didn't look back.

He was on the high walls of Khorasan, of course, not to admire the majesty of the Tigris, there are too many rivers like this in the Central Plains, and Bahram's invitation is the reason why he is here.

"Of course not, or I wouldn't be here. ”

Bahram said in a somewhat jerky language. Bahram could not speak the language of the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Chong could not speak Khorasan, and in the end, in order to communicate, the compromise between the two was to communicate in the language of the Great Food.

“...... But in the uprising, the army now has such suspicions, if you retreat, people will be panicked, this wave of troops that we have gathered with great difficulty will be dispersed in an instant, and the big cannibals will definitely chase and attack us, and everyone will suffer heavy losses at that time. ”

Bahram paused, and continued, a deep worry on his brow. He didn't care about the negotiations between Datang and Da Shi, and a billion taels of gold was not the focus of his attention, and even to some extent, Bahram thought that this was still a good thing, because only if Datang got benefits from here, they would stay.

The Great Cannibal is too powerful, so powerful that apart from the Tang Dynasty in the East, there is no empire that can compete with it at all.

This time, so many rebel troops are willing to come out, but also because they see the hope of resisting the Great Food from Datang, so if Datang withdraws from Khorasan, the impact on everyone can be imagined.

"This matter depends on the prestige of the general to appease. Datang will not retreat, at least not easily. ”

Wang Chong smiled slightly:

"As for the fact that the caliph will send hundreds of thousands of troops over, the general doesn't have to worry about this matter, the big cannibals will not have a chance, at least for three months, absolutely not!"