After practicing the honeycomb crossbow, Li Mixia picked up a three-layer leather armor and looked at the sky carefully, looking at the big holes above, and remembering the power of the honeycomb crossbow on the battlefield, he only shuddered.

Xue Wanshu introduced: "The famous general of the Qin Dynasty, Meng Tian, once fought with the Xiongnu in the Hetao, he invested tens of thousands of crossbows on the battlefield, and the corpses of the Huns were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river. The reason why the Qin army achieved such amazing results in the Battle of Hetao. In addition to the Qin army's ability to fight well and the generals to command properly, the key is that the crossbow array played a huge role, and the Xiongnu could not raise their heads. Although the Huns are good at riding and shooting, once they lose the advantage of riding and shooting, they have no other ability, so they can only be defeated and lost. During the reign of King Wuling of Zhao, the Zhao army broke more than 300,000 Xiongnu at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, also because of the use of crossbow arrays. Since then, the crossbow has been a powerful weapon for suppressing light cavalry. But since the Han Dynasty, few people have regained this amazing method of warfare. ”

"The crossbow array is huge, why not use it?" Lituman asked, puzzled.

"It's too expensive." Xue Wan recounted the reason he had come up with, he handed them the two heavy crossbow arrows to look at respectively, and introduced: "Such a hundred arrows, the cost is almost one tael of gold, today each honeycomb ballista fires three rounds, each round of thirty arrows, a thousand taels of gold is gone; King Zhangxiong may think that a thousand taels of gold is not high, but it is very clear when converted into grain prices. ”

"One tael of gold is equal to 100 yuan per 1,000 yuan, and the price of grain in my Great Sui Dynasty fluctuates at about 400 yuan per stone, and one tael of gold can buy 2,500 stone of grain, that is to say, the three rounds of crossbow arrows fired today are equivalent to throwing 250,000 stones of grain on the battlefield."

Sort them out one by one.

Not only Li Mixia and Li Tuman were dumbfounded when they heard this, but Xue Wanshu himself was also startled, he finally understood Yang Tong's true intention of generously letting the Xiangxiong people watch the honeycomb crossbow.

Of course? Xue Wanshu also knows that war cannot be calculated by a simple data? But he obviously won't remind King Zhangxiong.

"It's a luxury, we can't afford it." The siblings Li Mixia and Li Tuman did come to a discouraging conclusion.

This weapon?

Not only cannibalism? Also eat money.

Only three rounds of launches? and shot away all the taxes of the Xiangxiong country for several years. Even if the Great Sui generously sent them thousands of honeycomb crossbows, the poor Zhangxiong couldn't afford to use them.

As for grabbing the Great Sui?

Hehe.

Not only can't you say? I can't even dream.

Otherwise, it will spread to the Great Sui and provoke the murderous emperor? He just needs to send an army? went to Zhangxiong to launch a few rounds of honeycomb crossbows, and the Zhangxiong army immediately finished playing, and then the national Zuo did not exist.

Li Mixia decided to be a member of the Silk Road Alliance honestly in the future, and honestly followed Da Sui's ass to pick up bones to eat.

We can't afford to provoke Xiangxiong, so follow you.

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Meanwhile? More than a dozen Tubo Subi captives were taken to Yang Dong's tent by Sui soldiers? The leader was Ba Dianzebu of the Tubo Subi lineage, and beside him were Cai Bang Suhan, the chief of the Cai Bang clan, Nong Chihuo, the younger brother of Nong Zhun Bao, and the other people were all chiefs of several tribes.

They did not escape from the encirclement of the Sui army, and fortunately did not die in the war and became prisoners of the Sui army. This is the first time they have seen Yang Tong? But Yang Tong's prestige has long been like thunder, and it is really the same as the legend? Good-looking, handsome, even though he looks like a well-mannered scholar? But his proud past achievements, and the bloodstained armor on his body? But it gives people a chilling aura.

Ba Dianzeb was the first to salute: "The general of the defeated army? See His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui. ”

Yang Tong glanced at him lightly: "Sit." ”

"Thank you." Yang Tong's attitude? Let Ba Dianzebu and the others feel uneasy, they realize that people are swords, and they are fish and meat, and they can only be slaughtered by others, and they feel a burst of sadness in their hearts

They betrayed the king of Subi, originally wanting to fight for wealth, and Langri Zampu did give them what they wanted, but in the blink of an eye, the imposing Tubo fell to this step.

I wonder what will happen to the Suvi people?

"You have also seen today's war, and you should know the fate of Langri Zampu and Tubo."

Everyone was silent when they heard this, before today, they still had the ambition to compete with the Great Sui, but after seeing the power of the honeycomb crossbow, their confidence was all knocked out. Once Langri Zampu is finished, the surrounding enemies will naturally fall into the ground. The various ministries that have been conquered by force will definitely respond one after another, and Tubo is not far from the death of the country!

Yang Tong glanced at them and continued: "He can't protect himself, and he can't save you. So you need to save yourselves. ”

Everyone looked at each other, puzzled.

After all, Ba Dianzebu is a famous military general, and he is also the chief of the Ba clan, and he has more responsibilities than others, he is heartbroken, and said simply: "If the Holy Lord wants to ask for anything, please speak bluntly, whether it is asking for gold, silver, jewelry, cattle, sheep and horses, please say the amount, and we will let the clansmen prepare enough and present it with both hands." ”

Although the steppe people are fighting endlessly, because the population is extremely precious, unless it is a blood feud, neither the enemy nor the enemy will kill all the captives, but demand a large ransom. Seeing that Yang Tong didn't look like he was going to kill them, he simply made a request according to the practice of the grassland people.

"I know that this is your custom, and I will respect your custom, and you can redeem yourself, but the exact amount is up to me...... You and Cai Bang Suhan are chieftains of the two tribes, and they are also the high-ranking military attachés of Tibet, and each of them gives 500,000 sheep to redeem himself; As for Nong Chihuo, your brother Nong Zhunbao has been killed in battle, and his son is young, so the chief must be you, so he will also collect 500,000 sheep from you, and the others are both Tibetan generals and tribal chiefs, and I will ask for 200,000 sheep each. Yang Tong glanced at them and said coldly: "Of course, you can also not agree, but I will let the Great Sui Xiongshi get it, and I will get more when the time comes...... As for you, go and stay in Kyokanri. Anyway, there are a lot of people who want to replace you as chiefs. ”

Yang Tong's undisguised killing intent made the captives pale and tremble, and Ba Dianzebu gritted his teeth: "We don't have so many sheep, and the livestock is a life for us, a burden for the saints, we have some gold and silver utensils, fine jade, can we use these and good sheepskins?" ”

"I don't want that! I want your slaves. ”

"Okay, but I don't know what the saint does?" Ba Dozeb asked.

"The young man and the woman each have six sheep, three children, and one old man, and I want a complete family member."

"We don't have so many slave families."

"Ba, Nong, and Cai Sen are out of fifteen hundred households, and the rest are five hundred, and the rest are replaced by gold and silver utensils, jade, and sheepskins." Speaking of this, Yang Tong, who had pitted Li Yuan, warned again: "I don't accept the elderly, and I don't take the disabled with broken hands and legs, if anyone dares to play with me, my army will destroy you, understand?" ”

"Understood." Ba Dianzebu nodded, people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, what else can he say?

"It's good to understand." Yang Tong nodded in satisfaction.

Slaves in the steppe are prevalent, and a large number of slaves come from the warring prisoners of war, as well as the herdsmen who have broken the various ministries, and the steppe regards children as treasures and old people as grass, so the slaves in the hands of these nobles are mostly young and strong, women, and children, and these are not only the property of each department, but also the source of soldiers that they can call out to Zampu and the Great Khan.

Yang Tong wanted the slaves of these Tubo nobles to fill the four counties of the four seas, live together with the local herdsmen, and transform into the yeoman farmers of the Great Sui, and accept education together, but also to deprive these Tubo nobles of potential military resources, weaken their strength, and lay the foundation for the annexation of Tubo in the future.

As for the annexation of Tibet now, of course, it is also possible, but after eating such a large territory and millions of people at one time, the imperial court can only arrange for them to settle in a fixed place in order to facilitate unified education, but so many people live together and learn the essence of the advanced civilization of the Central Plains together, which will immediately become a huge hidden danger for the Great Sui.

At the beginning, the Han and Wei dynasties moved a large number of Hu people inward, and as a result, there was a five-hu chaos; Li Zhi moved the Goguryeo people into the country, and the Goguryeo people later established a state directly in the Central Plains.

Therefore, Yang Tong was extremely cautious about Tubo, a country with a strong folk customs and a population of several million, and thought that it was better to swallow it step by step, digest it once and plunder it again.

Otherwise, if a few ambitious heroes emerge in these places that have mastered the advanced productive forces, they will become a new country far more powerful than Tibet.

"The above is your ransom, let's talk about the next step of cooperation." Yang Tong smiled faintly.

"Please speak clearly." Everyone's eyelids jumped, and they felt more and more uncomfortable, and their hearts that had finally settled down hung again.

"The army in Tibet is empty, I will send an army to take Luo directly, and at the same time, the countries that have been bullied by you, such as the Xiangxiong Kingdom, the Daughter Country, and the Great and Small Bolu, will also fight together." Tubo lost too many troops, and Yang Tong was not afraid of them, so he directly said the next strategy, "As for which tribe the various armies are fighting, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Ba Dianzebu was shocked and lost his voice: "This ...... Didn't we promise to pay the ransom? ”

"The ransom is a redemption for you now, and has nothing to do with the next war. If you become captives next time, the ransom will still be like this... I will never raise prices..."Yang Tong said flatly.

Ba Dianzebu and the others were so angry that they almost turned their backs, and their eyes were about to erupt with fire.

When what are we?

The sheep of the white flowers, or the granary of the Great Sui Dynasty?

But when I think of the current situation in Tibet, one by one it is like frosted eggplants - wilted.

If the Great Sui received the ransom and then sent troops again, it is estimated that they would have to be taken prisoner, so many times, no, only twice, they would have to go bankrupt.

"Holy Lord, can I understand it like this......

"Say it! I listened. ”

Ba Dianzebu took a deep breath and suppressed his majestic anger: "As soon as the ransom arrives, the Holy Lord will naturally let us go; But you let the Sui army follow behind you, wait for us to reach the border, and then catch us and ask for ransom, doesn't that mean? Isn't that so? ”

"Poof!"

Yang Qinfang, who was guarding Yang Dong's side, burst out with laughter, staring at Yang Dong with a pair of wonderful eyes, she felt that Yang Tong must have thought so.

The faces of Du Ruhui and the others also turned red all of a sudden, and they looked at the butter wax on the wall one by one, as if they had become a philosophical master who thought about life.

They all thought that Yang Tong would do this.

"Hugh will spend your time in the belly of a gentleman with your care." Yang Tong's expression was slightly unnatural.

"That's a good idea, thank you Saint." B. Dozer preached.

"I won't be arrested immediately, but Tubo dares to be the enemy of the Great Sui, and it is certain that he will be retaliated against, and you must be mentally prepared for this." Yang Tong said lightly.

The crowd was speechless.

Tubo provoked the Great Sui, and after the Great Sui won the war, it was normal for the Great Sui to march into Tubo with the momentum of the great victory. As a member of Tubo, it is normal for them to be attacked by the Great Sui Xiongshi.

If you don't want to be beaten, you can only resist, and you can't resist it.

What to do??

All of a sudden, all the Tibetans were in a dilemma.