Chapter 130: Act I: Negotiations
Su I Ezo saw this situation and hurriedly stopped Wen Sanwu, and persuaded: "Lord Wen is angry, although General Xiao's crime is unforgivable, but now is the time to use troops, it is really bad luck to kill the generals before the battle, it is better to let him wear the crime and make meritorious service first, and then deal with it after the pirates are exterminated." ”
Wen Sanwu took the opportunity to accept the sword, but still said angrily: "Since Prime Minister Su and I intercede for you, this official will leave your head first." Flatten, you will take the lead again for the vanguard! ”
Xiao Rong assured Wen Sanwu: "Please rest assured, the last general will be the first to die!" ”
Wen Sanwu snorted and ignored Xiao Rong again. Xiao Rong saw the opportunity to come to Su I's side and thanked him: "Thank you Prime Minister for interceding, this kindness will be remembered in my heart, and he will repay it in the future!" ”
Su I Ezo smiled: "General Xiao is too polite, this group of pirates is really difficult, if it weren't for the fact that there was no way, the prime minister would not have borrowed troops from Datang." Let's set up camp first and then make a plan. ”
In the evening, in the newly built camp marshal's tent, Su Izo, Wen Sanwu, Xiao Rong and others sat in front of a topographic map. Su I's general, Su Iyong, pointed to the map and said, "This is where we are now, and there is the pirate camp over there." The mountains were steep and difficult to defend, and the pirates had a ranged weapon that had a longer range and more power than a bow and arrow. We had organized the largest army of more than 20,000 men, but the pirates were crushed before they could even enter within a hundred paces. ”
Xiao Rong interjected at this time: "Yes, yes, yes, it's just a thing that can emit blue fire, and the sound is very loud." That's what I'm loaded on! ”
Wen Sanwu glared at him and said, "What is the general of the defeated army interjecting!" If you say one more word, you'll get out of here! ”
Xiao Rong immediately shrank into the corner honestly and did not dare to speak. Su I Ezo said in a round game: "Lord Wen, let's study the battle plan first." ”
Wen Sanwu smiled at this time and politely asked Su I Yongren to continue. Su Yongren continued: "According to our experience in the first few encounters, if we want to stop the pirates, the weapon must have a steel plate one inch thick. It's just that our country is seriously short of iron, and we can only make an iron shield to protect about a thousand people. But a thousand people are just not afraid of that kind of long-range weapon, they also bury countless explosive things in the ground, and as long as they step on them, they will directly kill dozens of people. So it's hard to attack head-on. ”
Wen Sanwu thought for a while and said, "What if we attack from the rear?" Do you have to go straight ahead? ”
Su I Yongren nodded and said, "They have surrounded all sides very tightly, we have tried many times, but we have not succeeded. ”
Wen Sanwu suddenly slapped the table and said, "Why do we have to attack, wouldn't it be better for us to trap them inside?" Surround them, cut off their supplies, and see how many days they can last! ”
Su Yongren shook his head and said: "No, they are not only very good in defense, but also very sharp in attack, we can't defend their attack at all, we have tried this method." ”
Wen Sanwu was annoyed: "Then what else can we do? The 100,000 troops I brought with me were all wiped out by that! I have 2,000 troops now, and it's hard to even protect myself! ”
Su I Ezo said at this time: "For today's plan, the only thing left is negotiation, I asked for negotiation once before, but they deceived our soldiers and refused to negotiate, this time there is you, the envoy from the Heavenly Empire, I believe they will give you this face." ”
Wen Sanwu showed an expression of lack of confidence and hesitated: "Prime Minister Su and I mean to let me go to negotiate with the pirates?" But what do you want to talk about? ”
Soga Ezo: "As long as they are willing to withdraw their troops, we are willing to pay 50 million taels of silver to redeem the Iwami Mountains." ”
Wen Sanwu pretended to be surprised: "Fifty million taels of silver!" Is it worth it for the sake of this hairless mountain? ”
Su I Ezo looked righteous and awe-inspiring: "In order for our people to have enough herbs, 50 million taels are not spared!" ”
Wen Sanwu rolled his eyes and said, "The prime minister really loves the people like a son!" This official admires! In this case, the official will go tomorrow! ”
And when they had finished their counseling, they departed. Xiao Rong waited for the Dongying people to finish before he smiled and said to Wen Sanwu: "How is it?" The last general did a good job, right? ”
Wen Sanwu smiled and said: "Commander Xiao's acting skills are really speechless!" You don't see what this group of old hats has fooled, the younger brother has already connected with the Dongying royal family, and the Su family will rely on Commander Xiao. ”
Xiao Rong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Su I Ezo already has the intention of wooing me, and it will not be easy to take him down." You said we only had 2,000 people left, why was he so polite to us? According to intelligence, Soga Ezo is a profiteer, and he has always disdained useless roles. ”
Wen Sanwu touched his chin that had grown some stubble and said: "We represent Datang, and there is no conflict of interest with them, they will definitely not turn their faces so quickly, wait until tomorrow when I find a chance to find him for a pension, he should not be able to pretend at that time." ”
The two muttered again, and the old man left for a long time.
The next morning, Wen Sanwu, who was neatly dressed, put up the Tang Dynasty battle flag and led the three attendants towards the cottage. As soon as he walked fifty steps outside the cottage, the cottage sentry shouted, "STOP!"
Wen Sanwuyi was stunned and shouted loudly: "This official is a special envoy of the Tang Dynasty, come to negotiate with your leader, and ask your leader to come out!" ”
The man was also stunned, and then sent a pawn down to call someone. Soon, Wang Xingye, dressed in European aristocratic attire, walked up to the sentry tower and asked, "Who is coming?" ”
After Wen Sanwu repeated it again, Wang Xingye said: "In this case, you can come in." With that, he asked the sentry to open the gate. Wen Sanwu walked in tremblingly, and the attendant behind him also wanted to follow up, but was stopped by the sentry, and the sentry glanced at Wang Xingye after a while. Wang Xingye said: "You just wait outside, not everyone can come in the village." After saying that, he closed the gate of the walled wall.
Wen Sanwu saw that the gate of the village was closed, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Wiping the beads of sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, he whispered: "Acting is really tiring, I won't take this job next time!" ”
A familiar business suddenly sounded behind him: "Okay, you don't even want to do such an easy job, what else do you want to do?" Be careful that Wen Xiang hears and deducts your salary! ”
Wen Sanwu turned around and saw that it was Wang Erhu, and said with a smile: "What's that, the young master of my family is good to me, unlike some people, who can't even wear their hair through the small-minded ones!" ”
Wang Erhu raised his eyebrows and said: "General Ben is cautious, you stole a bottle of good wine rewarded by Wenxiang back then, I can remember it for several years, shouldn't you give it back to me?" ”
Wen Sanwu immediately frowned when he heard the word "wine" and said: "Eh, don't mention it, I haven't drunk wine happily since my younger brother got married." ”
Wang Erhu was surprised: "My brother and sister are so strict? ”
Wen Sanwu said sadly: "No, my daughter-in-law said that when she can beat the big knife in her hand, when will she stop caring about me." But you don't know her martial arts, eh, I don't expect to win her in my life. ”
Wang Erhu said with a smile: "Cut, it's enough for you to marry the second female general of Hebei, what are you sighing about, how is it like me, I went to a Dongying woman." Eh, it's a comfortable day! ”
Wen Sanwu couldn't help but punch him and scolded with a smile: "Look at your virtue, that is, my sister-in-law has never been to Datang, otherwise I would not have taken a fancy to you!" Do you say that's how you treat your guests? The official has been standing here for a long time, and the official is a member of the fourth grade of Datang! How dare you, a school captain, be so sloppy! Beware of the official going back to you! ”
Wang Erhu stretched out his big hand and said with a smile: "The end of the banquet will already be prepared, please Lord Wen, please try my daughter-in-law's craftsmanship!" ”
Wen Sanwu said happily: "I have long heard that the young master said that you married a virtuous and lovely daughter-in-law, and the younger brother has long wanted to see the true face, so hurry up." ”
The two talked and laughed and came to Wang Erhu's room, where each special combat team member had a room of 120 square meters with three bedrooms and one living room. In addition to the lack of network, water, electricity, and coal are complete.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a beautiful woman in a kimono kneeling in the living room waiting. Seeing Wang Erhu coming back, he immediately stood up, walked to Wang Erhu with a smile and helped him change his slippers, and took off his robe and hung it on the hanger next to him. Seeing Wen Sanwu envious, although Mulan is also very virtuous, but it has never been associated with gentleness, as long as Wen Sanwu has an opinion and her Xiang Zuo will sit at the head of the bed without saying a word and wipe her Aomei Hanluo knife, at this time Wen Sanwu can only be soft...
The seven side dishes are extremely exquisite, and it can be seen that Wang Erhu's wife Xiaorou is extremely talented in learning ** Tang cuisine. Not only are the dishes beautiful, but they also taste delicious. can envy Wen Sanwu, and Wang Erhu is even more proud.
After three rounds of drinking, it's time to talk about business. Wang Erhu first asked: "What are the conditions for Su I Ezo to let you negotiate this time?" ”
Wen Sanwu pouted and said, "Fifty million taels of silver, send it to Huazi!" ”
Wang Erhu laughed and said, "That's right, it's ten times more than last time." So how do we deal with it? ”
Wen Sanwu thought for a while and said: "If you send the 90,000 urns out in a while, I will say that you think the silver is too small, well, it will be a billion taels, see what he says." Also, let's get the pension first. ”
Wang Erhu nodded: "Just do as you say, this Su I Ezo is not a good thing, and it must be slaughtered!" ”
Wen Sanwu nodded: "It's not, you don't know, he smiled so happily when he saw our soldiers and generals, as if he wasn't helping him fight." Don't slaughter him, slaughter whom! Come, let's go brother. ”
The two quickly made up their minds and began to drink again. At ten o'clock in the evening, Wen Sanwu's wine was almost gone, and he pretended to be aggrieved and ran out of the cottage. After seeing Su I Ezo, he shouted, "Prime Minister! These thieves are so deceitful! When you wait for me to go back to your majesty, you will definitely bring a million troops to exterminate this thief!" ”