Chapter 842: Bargaining

In the early morning of July 29 in the first year of Shaoxi, when the first rays of sunlight appeared on the horizon, the night of war was also coming to an end, and the banks of the Amu Darya River were also a mess, with corpses, ownerless horses, and dilapidated tents covering the entire plain.

The small force of pursuit was still running tirelessly across the plains, and after crossing the river, they were able to flee back to the Khorezmian soldiers on the other side of the Amu Darya...... Almost nothing, all of them were left on the east bank of the Amu Darya River by Temujin, Ye Qing, Qishilie Gods and Slaves, and Ye Li Zhan.

The cleaning of the battlefield was also handed over to the birds and beasts who had been following the army for a long time, and the Khorezm soldiers who were not completely dead were either bitten by the throat of the wolves and died, or they were swooped down by the fierce birds that had been hovering in the sky for a long time, pecked off with their hard beaks, pulled out the intestines in their stomachs, and pulled out their eyeballs.

The turbulent water of the river still seemed quite clear in the cold, but there were still floating corpses, war horses, etc., near the river, which had not been carried away by the current.

The morning sun completely rose above the horizon, and Ye Qing's losses in this battle were not few, even greater than the total casualties they had when they captured three cities and one battalion in a row.

On the opposite side of the Amu Darya, there are still a lot of Khorezm troops, last night's crossing of the river was completely blocked by Temujin, whether it was a frontal impact, or a detour on both sides, they were unable to successfully break through the defense line laid by Temujin, and also made the whole night, most of the Khorezm people, can only watch their own people on the other side of the river by the Liao coalition army one by one cut to the ground.

"There's movement over there." The beggar stone martyr god slave hoarsely voiced, at the end of yesterday, he had to fight in person, and he was so tired that he didn't even bother to raise his arm at this time, and sat on a corpse and said.

Temujin and Ye Qing were also covered with blood, and although their armor had been taken off, they still couldn't hide the thick murderous aura on the two of them.

A Khorezm man held the reins in one hand and a huge white flag in the other, and began to ride slowly across the river.

And just as they were focusing on the Khorezm, who was crossing the river alone, the sound of the hooves of a large number of horses sounded behind them.

As a matter of course, the sound of horses' hooves was regarded as the remnants of the pursuit, and when they rushed back to the camp at this time, they saw that the Khwarazmian people on the opposite side stood up unanimously, and even the Khwarazmian people who crossed the river to the center looked much more excited, and at the same time accelerated the speed of crossing the river.

"What's going on?" The wound on Ye Qing's left hand has not yet healed, after last night's battle, it was like the skin was open again, pushing away Mu Huali who had just been bandaged next to him, Ye Qing got up and looked behind him.

I saw that Mo Xiaobao didn't look tired, and even waved his hand at him with some excitement after he stood up, and then left the dozens of people behind him and took the lead in running towards him.

"Catchy?" Ye Qing's frowning brows loosened a little, and he looked at Mo Xiaobao who jumped off the horse in front of him and asked.

Mo Xiaobao nodded excitedly: "It should have caught a big fish, and it took several of us to catch him." ”

Although Temujin never spoke, he had been listening to the conversation between Ye Qing and Mo Xiaobao, and when he heard Mo Xiaobao say that he had caught a big fish, he immediately stood up, looked at the Khorezm people who had crossed the river for more than half of the time, and said, "It seems that this Khorezm man ran over so unafraid of death early in the morning, I'm afraid it has something to do with the big fish you caught." Did you ask about your identity? ”

"My bones are very hard, I won't say anything, and I can't understand what I'm saying, I feel like I'm scolding." Mo Xiaobao turned his head to look at his subordinates not far away, and beckoned them to bring people over.

When it was almost early in the morning, Mo Xiaobao still pursued a group of deserters from the Khwarazmians, these dozens of Khwarazmians, after going around in a big circle, began to sneak back from the place where they crossed the river last night, but unfortunately, they happened to meet a group of people who had been chasing for a night last night, and then washed by the riverbank, and finally in the case of injuring several people, the leader who looked quite identifiable actually took the initiative to surrender.

And Mo Xiaobao, who killed the red-eyed man, only left the person who seemed to be the leader, and the rest were all solved on the spot and thrown into the river.

After a while, a young man who was dirty, with a blue nose and swollen face, and was vaguely dressed and could still look luxurious, was brought to Ye Qing and the others.

Looking up and down at the embarrassed young man in front of him, he could feel the rather noble aura on this person's body, even if he had become a captive, but when he looked at them, there was still a trace of nobility and disdain.

After the tongue man was called, he was questioned several times, but he was never able to crack the man's mouth, but as Temujin's two slaps in the face again, the opposite side instantly erupted in angry scolding, and some Khorezm soldiers began to shoot indiscriminately at the river with bows and arrows.

Turning his head to look at the soldiers on the other side of the river bank who could vaguely see their faces clearly, he saw that they all looked indignant, and they couldn't stop shouting and scolding, Ye Qing slowly turned around, and then pulled out the knife in Mo Xiaobao's waist, which still had a strong smell of blood.

"One last time, who are you?" The bloody waist knife was placed on the young man's neck by Ye Qing, and at this time, the young man's eyes gradually showed a trace of fear, and his throat moved unconsciously.

"Why are you hitting us?" The young man asked under the translator of the tongue man, but the young man did not get Ye Qing's answer, but felt a trace of pain in his neck, and then a wisp of blood began to flow down his neck: "...... Well, I say, my name is Aladdin Aslan, and I am the prince of Khorezm. ”

After Ye Qing heard the satisfactory answer, he slowly put away the knife, and the Khorezm man on the opposite side, as Ye Qing raised the knife, instantly became silent and looked nervous, so when Ye Qing slowly withdrew the knife, the Khorezm man felt as if the boulder on his chest had finally been moved.

It's just that at this time, they didn't dare to shout and scold across the river anymore, and one by one they began to focus on the generals who were not far away and had crossed the river with white flags.

Knowing the identity of the other party, Ye Qing and Temujin looked at each other all of a sudden, and they didn't expect that in this battle, they would catch such a big fish, but then the problem in front of them was: how to deal with it?

Let it go, it's too shameless, right? There were also a lot of casualties on his side. If they are killed, I am afraid that the soldiers on the other side of the Khorezm River will desperately pursue and kill them, and even cause the Khorezmian people to send more armies to crusade against them, and then they are afraid that it will be difficult for them to return to the ancient city of Liaoguo Ke smoothly.

Temujin shook his head slightly, signaling that Ye Qing could not be killed, Ye Qing's eyes fell on the messenger of Khorezm, who was immediately pressed in the water by the soldiers waiting on the shore, and motioned for the messenger to come over and talk.

Aslan was taken down by Mo Xiaobao again, Ye Qing did not forget to tell Mo Xiaobao to guard it strictly, and then followed Temujin, the beggar Shilie gods and slaves, and the field battle that had just sent scouts again, watching the messenger of Khorezm come towards them.

Now everything has exceeded the scope that Ye Qing and Temujin originally expected, hitting the banks of the Amu Darya River, and then withdrawing their troops back to Liao, this is their original plan, so no one thought that they had just hit the Amu Darya River for half a day, and then experienced an extremely tragic night battle, which made their side also suffer countless casualties.

Of course, they didn't expect that they would be able to capture a prince of Khorezm in the battle of Amu Darya, so they didn't know what to do for a while, so they could only find out if this envoy who crossed the river to negotiate regardless of the danger to his life came for their prince.

"I'm going to meet our Highness first." The envoy's first sentence was straightforward, and then Ye Qing and Temujin directly rejected it without hesitation.

Naturally, the two of them were also completely clear about the purpose of the envoy risking his life to cross the river, so the prince of Khorezm who had just been escorted away had become synonymous with glittering gold, silver and jewelry at this moment, whether in Ye Qing's mind, or in the minds of Temujin and the beggar Shilie gods.

And Temujin, as the commander of the first army, at this time, did show the appearance of a bandit that the commander of the first army should have, and if you want to return to your royal highness, you can, take money in exchange, not to mention that in the battle last night, we also killed countless people, how should this account be settled?

His Royal Highness the Prince was in the hands of others, and they were so tough that the envoy had no room for bargaining at all, so he could only temporarily agree to Temujin's request, and the two sides made a promise at the same time that they would face each other across the river and not fight again.

After a short negotiation in the early morning of July 29 in the first year of Shaoxi, the two sides were temporarily at peace, and the corpses were also taken away one by one by the unarmed soldiers of Khorezm.

Three days later, in the early morning, the messengers of the Khorezmian people came to the other side again, willing to agree to the demands of Temujin, Ye Qing and others, and give them a large amount of compensation, but only if they had to return their princes to the other side of the Amu Darya River first.

So this time, there was no need for Temujin to refuse, and the beggar Shilie gods and slaves next to him threw the messenger of the Khorezm man into the water and directly told him to get out.

Early in the morning of the second day, when a large number of boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, cattle, sheep, horses, and camels were sent by the Khorezmian people, Temujin's upper lip touched his lower lip, and he did not release His Royal Highness the prince as originally agreed, but decided to take His Royal Highness the prince and began to retreat eastward, until they withdrew to the border city of Liao, and they would not be willing to let His Royal Highness return to the royal city of Khorezm.