Chapter 209: Bargaining
Rong Sleeping Crane still smiled softly and said, "Forty thousand war horses, you said you couldn't take them out, and Lone also believed it." But Ru Ru's current war horses in Western Xinjiang should be more than 40,000, right?"
He raised his hand, patted Na Fu Zhen's shoulder, and said kindly, "All the captures in this battle are deducted from the 40,000 war horses, how about it?"
"......" Na Fu Zhen opened his mouth, and after a while, he said with difficulty, "Ruru horses grew up on their backs, and asking for their war horses is equivalent to asking for their lives! Not to mention that as I said before, serious war horses, even Ru Ru are not available everywhere! You plan to capture 40,000 war horses, this ...... This is definitely going to shake the foundation of Ruru's country! What are you ...... Are you planning to annihilate Ruru?!"
"It's impossible. Rong Sleepy Crane shook his head and said, "Lone is now fledgling, you only see that the Western Xinjiang has been fighting and dying for so long, not to mention the Southern Xinjiang Army, the Northern Xinjiang Army is specially cultivated to resist you, but it has also been coldly watched so far, and I know that Lone is in this Da Mu's situation, but it is similar to you, and it is deeply taboo by the superiors." ”
"In this way, if you Ruru is defeated in the western frontier to the point where the main force and the whole army are wiped out, do you think the northern Xinjiang army will not take this advantage and simply kill the king who went to the grassland to find your king's tent?!"
"Lonely hard work, exhaustion, painstaking efforts...... In the end, they fulfilled their merits and strength, and in the end, they even used this merit and strength to deal with Lone, do you think Lone is so wronged?"
Na Fu Zhen swallowed his saliva and said, "Then you plan to ...... What are you going to do with Ruru's main force?"
"Gu has just transferred a group of people from the Western Xinjiang Army, and plans to cultivate them as descendants. Rong Sleeping Crane said softly, "If you have more, you won't need it for the time being, let Ruru leave 20,000 horses, at least 8,000 war horses, and be satisfied." ”
Na Fu Zhen said: "Twenty thousand horses are no problem, but eight thousand war horses are too many!"
He said anxiously, "I also know a little about the current situation in Da Mu! King Gaomi has been fighting against the Meng clan for many years, although the county king, you have risen quickly, in the end, the time is too short and the foundation is shallow. Once they join forces to deal with you, you will be very dangerous! You must know that the elite cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army has a total of 40,000 cavalry, and the war horses in their hands are claimed to be 200,000 to the outside world, but in fact they are even 80,000!"
"In this case, you got 8,000 war horses at once, which is one-tenth of what they get!"
"Do you think that whether it is King Gaomi or the Meng family, they will not be hot?"
"God knows what tricks will be used to divide the profits!"
"So, I can't say that your next plans have been twisted and turned, have they?"
"And Ru Ru left so many war horses, it is easy to give the Northern Frontier Army and those old guys in the Da Mu Dynasty a wrong impression, that is, our Ru Ru is very good at fighting, but it is just a false appearance!"
"You have already decided to give up Yizhou at this time, even if you have another victory in the future, it will inevitably make people misunderstand your ability! After all, King Gaomi and the Meng clan will never let go of the opportunity to discredit you, right?"
"What's more, in case of what you said, King Gaomi and the Meng clan misjudged Ruru's strength, thought that there was a advantage to take advantage of, and decided to wave the Northern Expedition...... Even if I go back, I won't be able to challenge Dengchen Liyu, and I will definitely be asked to tide over the difficulties with him!"
"In this way, of course I can't get you a war horse from Ruru on a large scale!"
"The most important thing is that the Western Frontier Army is so corrupt, even after these days of eliminating the defense of the city, you may not have enough people to use 40,000 war horses, right? The consumption of war horses is very large, you are only starting now, and eighty percent of them do not have enough horsemen to take care of them. You must know that war horses are very expensive, and in the hands of laymen, no matter how miraculous the horses are, they can be cultivated with you!"
"So you don't need to gather so many horses at this time!"
"It's better to do this: get a batch of ordinary horses first, and train the soldiers!"
"When I go back, I'll take care of Dengchen Liyu, and then quietly send you a war horse, and then you'll have almost found the horseman or something, wouldn't it be good?"
Rong Sleeping Crane looked at him with a smile and said, "So, if you want a war horse, you have to support you to replace Dengchen Liyu first?"
"It's not like I'm trying to calculate you. Na Fu said sincerely, "Although you have concealed the surrender of my troops, the fact is that there are too many people under my hands in your hands, even if they are all confidants who have followed me for many years, they may not have Dengchen Liyu's eyeliner, or like Sheng Shixiong, he is willing to die for Ruru." So if you let me go back, I won't be able to take them all away!"
"Otherwise, your secrecy will be meaningless!"
"I can only choose some absolutely credible people and go back with me!"
"Among them, Tulu has to stay, because firstly, his injuries are not yet healed, and the doctor on Damu's side is much more powerful than the wizard on my grassland, and he is recuperating here, I think it is better than being brought back to Ruru by me; ”
"So I must leave Tulu to give them an example, to prove that I don't distrust them, but so that Dengchen will not be suspicious!"
"In this way, without Tulu by my side, I am like losing an arm, and in Ruru's opinion, I am defeated, my reputation will inevitably fall, and I will inevitably face the accusation and accountability of Dengchen Liyu!"
"If I send you a war horse immediately, Dengchen Liyu is not a dead person, right?"
Rong Sleeping Crane said with a smile: "The question is, at that time, are you still willing to send war horses to Lone? Lone is afraid that you will in turn send people and horses to the Northern Xinjiang Army or something, and borrow a knife to kill people!"
"I am willing to send my son and son as hostages!" said Nafu Zhen, "My most important eldest son, his biological mother is my wife, the pearl of the Monalo clan. As you know, the Monaro clan has been very kind to me, and in my most difficult time, I married the most beloved daughter, and I swore that if I regain the throne from Dengchen Liyu one day, the prince must also be the blood of the Monaro clan! So after the birth of the eldest son, I poured almost all my heart and soul into him, and before this battle, I even told my subordinates that once I had any three strengths and two weaknesses, I would support him to replace my position! This is also the reason why Dengchen Liyu will not be able to resist the questioning of the leaders, and I am the successor! It's not that the dragons have no leader, once something happens to them, there will be scattered sand under their hands! For the safety of this son, I will never betray you!"
Rong Sleeping Crane's smile remained unchanged and said, "Ah, no, I don't believe it." After all, my Da Mu Son of Heaven is a person who doesn't care about flesh and blood, who knows if you are the same?"
Na Fu Zhen said angrily: "Your emperor of Da Mu is a special case, the tiger poison does not eat children, how can anyone not feel sorry for his own flesh and blood?"
"Well, so does my father. Rong Sleepy Crane said regretfully, "You see that Lone is so willing to die in Yizhou to this day, but the court is indifferent, obviously King Gaomi not only doesn't care about Lone's life or death, but even wants to borrow your Ruru's hand to kill me!
Na Fu Zhen secretly spat out a mouthful of blood and said, "Ling Zun and your Emperor Da Mu are brothers, so it's not normal. How can other families be the same? Don't you see that your princess is said to be deeply favored by her mother's father, and loves her like a treasure?"
Rong Sleeping Crane smiled: "But the maiden grandfather of the princess of Lone County, but he personally used her and Lone as bait!"
He patted Fu Zhen on the shoulder cordially, "Come, tell Gu carefully, who are the people who gave you the news, is there a way to help Gu pit them? ”
…… When bargaining in the mountain col, in the northern Xinjiang, Gongsun Xi hurriedly walked into the guest house and knocked on the door.
"Who?" came the girl's voice in the house, and when she asked, she had already opened the door, and when she saw that it was him, she hurriedly curtled her knees, and was about to greet him, when Gongsun Xi frowned and asked, "Is Niangniang here?"
The little maid in front of her hurriedly said: "Niang Niang is drinking tea with Mrs. Feng in the back room, the slave maid goes in and asks, you can come in first to avoid the wind and snow! ”
At this time, Sheng Weiqiao, who was inside, had already heard the movement and asked Yishan to come out and ask.
When he heard that Gongsun Xi was coming, he said, "Tell him to come in and sit, and I will go out immediately." ”
Gongsun Xi then untied his coat and walked into the door, picked a seat and sat at the bottom, and after a while, Sheng Weiqiao came out with Old Madam Feng, and when he saw him frowning, he asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
"......" Gongsun Xi didn't speak, and looked left and right first.
Sheng Weiqiao understood and asked his subordinates to go out, and Xuan Yu Feng also stood up and said, "Say it." ”
When there were only three masters and servants left in the house, Gongsun Xi watched Yi Shan make himself a cup of hot tea, retreated behind Sheng Weiqiao, and stood up with his hands, before he said: "The king of the county has something to send people from the north of Xinjiang, and his subordinates glanced at the order by the way, and learned that Fu Zhen and the lonely army went deep into Damu's subordinates, all of which are in the hands of the king of the county, and they are here to tell Niangniang!"
"What?" Sheng Weiqiao snorted and covered his mouth in surprise, "Did he really do it?"
Gongsun Xi said: "The order is very urgent, and the king of the county has no time to say more, only the result." The problem now is that in the past two days, due to the fact that on the Chang'an side, the Gaomi King's side officially impeached the Meng clan for colluding with Ru Ru to intercept you, and the northern Xinjiang side is also full of such rumors, making a lot of noise, if the Meng clan also knows about this, it is likely that he will be caught by the county king out of fear, which will be unfavorable to you, so that you can exchange with the county king!"
Sheng Weiqiao frowned and said: "This uncle has already told me, but you also know the situation at this time, there is no way to do it, you can only take one step at a time." ”
After a pause, he asked, "By the way, you just said that Mi Zhen had something to send people from the northern frontier, but you don't know what the order was?"
Gongsun Xi said: "It's about the layout on the grassland...... The king of the county has not announced the news of the capture of the Fuzhen department, because he plans to put a long line to catch a big fish, and the whole plan is almost at this time, and he does not plan to continue to detain that Fuzhen. It's just that this person is the prince of Ruru after all, even if the hatred between him and Ruru's current Khan Dengchen Liyu is as deep as the sea, he is not without feelings for the entire Ruru. ”
Now that the king of the county has been in contact with him often, it is convenient to convince him. ”
"I'm afraid that after he returns to the grassland, he will forget the mention of the county king and get out of control, so I plan to give him a longer memory. ”
Sheng Weiqiao said: "What kind of memory?"
"For example, tell Dengchen Liyu, the time and route of Fuzhen's return to the grassland?" Gongsun Xi said, "Anyway, let him clearly understand that if he doesn't do what the king of the county says, he will definitely not end well, and it will not help Ruru's ending." ”
He also said, "And doing this can also make our people make a good impression in front of Dengchen Liyu, maybe it will be useful in the future." ”
Sheng Weiqiao thought for a while: "The reason why this matter has to be ordered to be done by the people here in Northern Xinjiang is because Mizhen doesn't want Na Fuzhen to know?"
Gongsun Xi said: "Yes. The king of the county said that Na Fu Zhen was not bad, and he had the idea of completely subduing the other party, so he had to keep the bright and upright image in Na Fu Zhen's mind. ”
“…… Then that Fu Zhen is really good!" The corners of Sheng Weiqiao's mouth twitched, but he remembered all kinds of actions when Rong Sleeping Crane was still called Sheng Sleeping Crane before, and vowed to be a "good brother", so where is he being a good brother, he is simply forcing himself to be a good sister who is understandable, no matter how he teases, no matter how he teases, he is not angry, and he is completely out of temper, okay?
Gongsun Xi was very dissatisfied with her statement, and objected: "Niangniang, you can't say that! The king of the county has always been very good to his subordinates!"
Sheng Weiqiao squinted at him: "What a good method? Hiding from that Fu Zhen, he secretly sent someone to the north to dig a pit for that Fu Zhen's way back, maybe he had to pinch the hour to be a life-saving benefactor...... That's good?"
Gongsun Xi was silent for a moment, and decisively changed the topic: "The king of the county doesn't know about you in the north until now, but this time it was a person from the Wuyi camp who came to the north to deliver the letter. Although it is difficult to visit you because of the need to keep your identity secret, presumably your secret letter in Northern Xinjiang is already on the way to Western Xinjiang!"
Sheng Weiqiao: "........................"