Chapter 1206: Successful Negotiations
This time, Said publicly got in touch with Qin Ying and agreed to meet outside the only intact south gate.
Many people were timid in their hearts about this meeting, and it was a risk to meet with the Persian rebels, in case the other party went crazy and killed people, but there was really no place to die.
Many people euphemistically declared that they were sick and did not want to be Said's retinue, and finally scolded Abbas angrily and angrily, and appointed their own captain of the Praetorian Guard to be responsible for Said's safety.
He was extremely disappointed in his old generals, these people were all brave generals and fierce generals who were not afraid of death on the battlefield back then, but now why have they all become pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep in the fence?
On the contrary, they are not as good as businessmen who break their homes and help the country.
Before leaving the city, Abbas held Said's hand tightly and said emotionally:
"From today onwards, you are my Abbas's Saeed brother, if ......"
He wanted to promise Said what happened to him, but Said smiled heroically with his mouth open, and his fluffy beard seemed to stretch out.
"My dear brother Abbas, please allow me to address you as such, Your Excellency the Governor. This time I negotiate with the rebels, I will definitely come back safe and sound, please believe me!"
Said's gaze was firm and flashing with excitement, Abbas could not see fear and worry in his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if Said was not a businessman, if he was twenty years younger, he would definitely hand over all the soldiers of Mulu City to him, and make him the most decorated general of the empire.
It's a pity that Said has been a businessman for half his life, and his temperament has been polished as smooth as a pebble, although his nature is good, but after all, it is difficult to carve.
In a voice of regret in his heart, Abbas watched Saeed out of the southern gate.
As the heavy city gate slowly closed, Mulu City once again lost contact with the outside world, and the hole in the city gate was pitch black, as if a monster was holding a bloody mouth, intending to devour everything in front of it.
Said's mood was very relaxed, and he even had some expectations, he wanted to see what kind of person Qin Yan, the Tang general who supported the Persian rebels, was.
But when a young face appeared in front of him, Saeed was stunned, was this the man who had cornered Abbas? For a moment, he even suspected that this was an impostor.
However, it wasn't until this young man opened his mouth that with Said's eyes for many years, it had been confirmed that this person was indeed the initiator of the siege of Mulu City.
"I'm Qin Ying, dare to ask Your Excellency, has your governor agreed to the conditions put forward before? If so, you can consider retiring from the army!"
Said and his heart were tacit, Qin Ying's dark and angular face was smiling, and there seemed to be a bit of childishness between her eyebrows, obviously not very old.
"Governor Abbas is willing to give 300,000 dinars as the cost of the Persian army's return to Tochar!"
After saying this, Said thought that Qin Ying would definitely find many excuses to raise the price again, but who knew that he would agree.
"Okay, if you say it, it's 300,000! However, there is a condition, it must be delivered within one day!"
"This, I'm afraid that one day's work is a bit rushed, but two days should be fine!"
"Two days is two days, I hope your governor can be true to his word!"
In just a few words, the amount of the bribe was decided, Qin Ying didn't say a word more, turned the horse's head and went back.
Said froze in place, he hadn't been able to come back to his senses for a long time, and many of the words he had prepared were useless, but the voice behind him pulled him back from his fugue.
"Brother Said, let's go back too, if we stay outside for a long time, we may invite an attack......"
It was Abbas's captain of the guard who spoke, this person's courage was not bad, and he had also followed Abbas to fight in the south and north for many years, and this time he followed Sayyid out of the city, and his heart was also up and down, after all, the Persian rebels had collapsed a large part of the walls of Mulu City one after another.
Especially until now, the generals in the city did not know how the Persian rebels had destroyed the city walls, and many people suspected that it was the power of the devil. Although they sincerely believe in Allah, if Allah will bless them at this time, how can they let the walls of Mulu City collapse one after another?
Therefore, following Said out of the city was determined to die, and at this time, there was no danger, so he naturally hoped to return to the city as soon as possible.
Said immediately regained his senses, nodded repeatedly, and urged his horse to follow the captain of the guard back to the city.
Although the drop of 300,000 dinars made Abbas feel a lot of pain, he still smiled and welcomed the warriors who had ventured out of the city to negotiate safely.
In addition to Said, the captain of the guard also introduced Qin Yan's basic situation to Abbas in detail.
Abbas nodded, convinced that the backers behind the Persians' siege of Mulu City were indeed Tang people. Otherwise, how could they let a Tang man be the commander of a large army?
"Isn't two days a bit rushed?"
"They plan to settle it in one day, and the villain has fought for an extra day, and he should be able to send the money out of the city in full!"
"No, no, no!, it's not that I'm worried about whether the promised money can be sent out of the city on time and in full, but why are they in such a hurry?"
A word woke up the person in the dream, and almost everyone present echoed it in unison.
"The rebels must have a ghost in their hearts, they have been waiting for a long time, and they are afraid that Ayi's reinforcements will block them under Mulu City!"
The captain of the guard even expressed his own unique opinion.
Seeing that Said was silent, and there was some disapproval in his eyes, Abbas asked:
"Brother Said, tell me what you think!"
Saeed then said:
"The villain suggests, don't delay time with the Tang people, otherwise it is likely to give them new excuses and reasons!"
Someone retorted:
"What's the excuse, if it's not for the fear that Ayi's 20,000 foot soldiers will come back and block them under Mulu City, why are they in such a hurry to deliver?"
"This ......"
Said, one is that he really doesn't know Qin Yan's inner thoughts, and the other is that he doesn't want to offend the people around Abbas because of this matter, since they think Qin Ying is afraid, they are afraid.
So, after hesitating for a while, he remained silent.
When Abbas saw this, he thought that Saeed also agreed with everyone's opinion.
However, he was wrong, and Said, who had already planned to remain silent, raised his voice and openly opposed the proposal to delay time.
"Doing so will only anger the rebels, may I ask you, what is the way to deal with it when the time comes?"
Another loud voice retorted disdainfully:
"When Ayi returns with his army, will those rebels still be able to return to Tocharian alive?"