Chapter 45 Sincerity in Negotiations
It seems that no one owes anyone, Wu Shengjun is desperate, the court does not owe glory to each other, Niu Da doesn't understand the deeper meaning, but he simply feels that his brother takes his life to exchange his life for bullshit Wu Jielang seems to have suffered a loss, and his brothers fight desperately It seems that what they want is not the military attache Wu Jielang of the 38th section, this kind of reward seems to be completely different from his will at the beginning of the war.
Yun Zheng was very troubled, after the Hot Spring Pass became a stinking city pass, Wuchao City also became like that, only countless pigs and sheep entered and exited the city gate in a big way, and no trace of anyone could be seen.
Fortunately, it is not too far from Guangzhou, Yu Jing brought a large amount of fire oil and finally had a place to use, the trebuchet threw the fire oil into the city pass, and then threw the fire into it, and Wuchao City became a burning city......
The fire burned for six whole days before it was gradually extinguished in a drizzle, and it was the Jiazi Battalion who led the way into the city, and they carefully entered the city like ghosts, all dressed in white clothes and white pants, and the whole city had been turned into charcoal, but there were many more white bones on the ground that had not been completely burned clean.
The drawbridge has been completely burned down, hanging on the other side of the cliff in a mess, the Jiazi battalion searched the city and did not find any living creatures, and then re-burned the things that were not burned through, after such a fire, even if there are germs in Wuchao City, it will not cause any damage to people.
Wu Shengjun began to rebuild the suspension bridge, but the suspension bridge they built was much stronger than the rattan bridge built by Nong Zhigao, and iron chains and fasteners had become the standard configuration of Wu Shengjun, so in less than half a day's effort, a suspension bridge formed by twelve iron chains appeared on the cliff, and as long as wooden planks were laid on it, such a bridge was enough for the entire army of Wu Shengjun to pass guò.
Everyone else is busy. Only Yun Zheng is playing with those elephants, these elephants who have been trained by the wingmen are really very smart, under the temptation of Yun Zheng's various delicacies. It can already be controlled by the horsemen in the Wusheng army to do some simple work. Although the scars on their bodies still did not grow, they did not delay them from swallowing all kinds of fruits and grains.
Elephants have no resistance to the lure of sugar cane. In order to get a piece of sugar cane, they prefer to go between the woods and the construction site with thick timber rolled around their noses.
There were only twenty-one elephants alive, and this number made Yun Zheng very satisfied, even after the raging of gunpowder. No matter how severe the injuries on their appearance were, they all healed quickly, most of the dead elephants were elephants with injured internal organs and eardrums, and Yun Zheng was very sorry for the dead elephants who were bleeding pus from their ears.
There are still twelve baby elephants left, which is nothing short of a miracle, these injured elephants. As soon as they were able to survive, they began to raise the remaining baby elephants, and because of the survival of these baby elephants, the frightened feelings of the elephants were quickly appeased.
Elephants occupy a very important place in Yun Zheng's battle plan. It would be unthinkable to traverse some forest paths that have long been covered by vines, without elephants opening the way in front of them.
The reason why Li Dezheng, the king of Jiaozhi County, dared to blatantly support Nong Zhigao and sent his younger brother to the Great Song Dynasty to show off his power and extort money, was that there was a vast primeval forest between Guangyuan Prefecture and Shenglong Mansion.
Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Central Dynasty began to rule over Cochin, after years of rectification, there have been four roads in the forest that can be passed by the army, but these roads need to be constantly repaired, cut off the clumps of vines before they can be called roads, since Li Dezheng came to power, three of these roads have been ordered to be closed, leaving only one of the roads that is most favorable for the defense of Cochin, and the remaining three roads have been swallowed up by the jungle in the fastest time.
Some people may not believe it, but the vines in the tropical jungle can grow more than a meter in a day and night, and as long as no one walks on the road with a machete for more than a month, the road will become indistinguishable from the rest of the forest.
The official text of the Great Song Dynasty only indicates one road, but in the commercial traffic map of Cui Da, there are three thick black lines in the middle of the forest.
No matter how ruthless Li Dezheng's decree was, it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the Jiaozhi merchants who wanted to trade with the Great Song Dynasty and were unwilling to pay taxes, Yun Zheng didn't need much effort, and he didn't even need to come forward, Cui Da had already marked these three roads neatly on Yun Zheng's marching map.
Today's Cui Da no longer has an obese figure, and he is already a capable businessman standing behind Yun Zheng. Looking at Yun Zheng feeding the elephants with sugarcane, he smiled and said, "General, do you really plan to use these elephants to open the way in the forest?" ”
Yun Zheng stuffed the last sugarcane into the mouth of a female elephant with only half a tooth and said: "Compared to people, I believe in elephants more, elephants' requirements are very simple, as long as I give it sugarcane, it will help me work, do a sugarcane boy without deception, now they are used to asking for their own sugarcane after work, I am also used to them asking me for sugarcane after work, this cooperation is very good, whether it is an elephant, or I am very satisfied."
The Khmer people you are talking about, they are asking for so much that it is difficult for me to agree to their conditions, and I am almost not qualified to agree to their conditions.
The Zhenla Kingdom has disappeared, and they still want to regain the glory of Zhenla, which is actually very stupid, why do they have to play the flag of the Zhenla Dynasty and make Li Dezheng hate them? You must know that as long as it is related to the change of the country and the transfer of political power, there is often no chance of symbiosis, and unless one party completely disappears, a new balance will emerge. ”
Cui Da helped Yun Zheng bring a bundle of sugarcane from the feed store, and used his waist knife to cut these sugarcanes into small sections, small sections, and now the people who come to eat the sugarcane are all baby elephants.
After Yun Zheng fed all the baby elephants, he saw that there were still two pieces of sugarcane beside him, so he handed one to Cui Da, and the two of them talked while cutting the sugarcane.
"General, since the Khmer people are willing to show us the way and help us deal with Li Dezheng, why don't you agree to their request? Anyway, we can say yes to it all, and then we can overturn it. ”
Yun Zheng shook his head with a smile, took a bite of the sugar cane, the sugar cane was good and the sugar content was very high, until he spit out the dregs in his mouth, he looked at Cui Da and said, "Do you think the Khmer people are stupid?" What ideas you can think of that they won't come up with? Cui Da, don't you often break your word when doing business? ”
Cui Da smiled: "Naturally, I keep my promises, how can I do business with others if I don't keep my promises." But these Khmer people are different. ”
Yun Zheng sighed and said: "It's the same, Cui Da, you remember, it's all the same, since God gave us the same head, there is not much difference between us."
You go to tell the Khmer elders that it is impossible to give them Quang Yuan Prefecture, there is no possibility, this is already the land of the Great Song Dynasty, they can't get involved, and it's impossible to help them build an army, this is making trouble for the Great Song Dynasty, you also have to sue him, after the Thang Long Mansion is breached, the wealth in the city is ours, and they can't touch it, but I don't mind if they form an army to attack the city next to Thang Long Mansion. ”
Cui Da was embarrassed and said: "Such an answer will definitely fall apart, the Khmer people do not have enough benefits and it is impossible to help us pass through the three hundred miles of Lin Mang." ”
Yun Zheng smiled weirdly and said, "You are not an elder monk of the Khmer tribe, why do you help them make decisions?" Let me tell you something, the harsher my conditions are, the Khmer people will discuss with us seriously, don't you believe it? Just ask the monks, the heads of the Khmer people are monks anyway, and maybe they will like this answer. ”
Cui Da angrily slapped the sugar cane he had already cut into Yun Zheng's hand, and walked towards the canyon angrily, the leader of the Khmer elders is now waiting for news in the canyon not far away.
A baby elephant flung its soft nose to Yun Zheng's side and made a childish sound, it seemed to be very unskilled in the use of its nose, Yun Zheng saw this guy trip over his nose more than once.
Seeing that it had finally learned to use its nose awkwardly, Yun Zheng put Cui Da's shaved sugarcane into its grown mouth as a reward, and the newly grown baby teeth could not bite the unpeeled sugarcane.
In the distance, the elephant leisurely picked up food with its trunk, and the broken branches were stuffed into its mouth, and in a short time, the trees there were ravaged and bruised.
The baby elephant finished eating his sugar cane, and actually stared at the remaining half of Yun Zheng's hand, his mouth was calling, his eyes were full of desire for deliciousness, and the mother elephant who was eating leaves over there looked vigilantly this way, Yun Zheng helplessly stuffed the sugar cane in his hand into the mouth of the baby elephant, and the guy shook his fat ass and walked towards his mother.
Cui Da's efficiency was very high, and he came to the military tent again at dinner, and looked at Yun Zheng like a ghost: "You are right, those Khmer people seem to be relieved, and promised me that everything is easy to discuss, and there will always be a result that everyone is happy with." ”
Yun Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I now believe that the Khmer people really want to figure out Guò for us to obtain their own interests, this is an attitude to discuss things, if they dare to propose to hand over Guangyuan Prefecture to them again, I want to kill them all, until I clear the Khmer people in this land, I will not march to Thang Long."
You go and tell the Khmer people, I will meet them tomorrow at the mouth of the canyon, and this matter must be kept secret, if the matter leaks out, I may be very unlucky. ”
ps:
The first chapter, the son has a parent-teacher conference today, the child of the second year of high school, it is the time to decide the fate, I have to be cautious, there is only one change today, and it will break out tomorrow, and the journey of competing for a monthly pass at the end of the month will begin.