Chapter 266: Narrative in the Accounts
Yi Nan's camp was scattered, and after the 5,000 horsemen came in, they were quickly surrounded by Yi Nan's 50,000 horsemen, and the center of the entire encirclement was the big tent of Yi Nan's deliberations.
The big pot in the center of the tent boiled mutton, there was a lot of salted fish bean paste and spices in it, and the small stove where the dried cow dung was burned, and the mare's milk wine was warmed, because there was very little wood in the grassland, the dried cow dung was usually used as fuel, which was actually a bit of a waste in Sun Xiangfu's opinion, and the cow dung should be used as fertilizer.
Of course, this kind of fuel is also very critical for nomads, and it is necessary to save some use, why so many cattle, sheep and herdsmen will freeze to death in winter, and the fuel is insufficient, and they cannot be heated, which is a major key.
Sun Xiangfu naturally had no interest in this kind of wine and meat, and after sitting cross-legged on the sheepskin blanket, he said, "Your life is too hard, no wonder your sister is reluctant to leave when she arrives at my house." โ
Hearing this, Yi Nan's face turned dark, and he naturally enjoyed the things that Dongzhu Tuo people sent back, which was really good, and Thorn Ha'er described Shanyang as the same as heaven, and now, he understood why Jieli was planning to go south.
There are more than two people in the account, Sun Xiangfu has Su Dingfang, Xi Junmai, Abu Tusi, Zhang Ke and Xue Li, and there are more than a dozen head generals with big shoulders and round waists on Yi Nan's side.
"It's such a hard life, so that our grassland people are not afraid of the cold and have grown a strong physique, you and other Han people are indeed rich, but they are all soft bones."
"Soft bones?"
When Sun Xiangfu heard the words of the leader, he immediately wanted to laugh in his heart, he was going to come over to show off his high-end force, didn't he just give himself a chance? He knew that the most admired thing for these nomads was the strong.
Looking at this Xue Yantuo warrior who weighed about two hundred catties with extremely contempt, Sun Xiangfu opened his mouth and said, "It's a soft bone like us, with only a few hundred losses, we defeated more than 20,000 Tuli horsemen, beheaded 15,000, and captured 5,000 or 6,000. It is cartilage and flesh like us, with only more than 10,000 horsemen, we defeated Jieli's 100,000 army in a battle, beheaded 20,000, captured 80,000, and captured Jieli himself. Or do you Xue Yantuo think that your military strength is stronger than that of the Turks, and you want to test the edge of our Tang army? โ
Sun Xiangfu's words were not polite at all, and instantly overturned Yi Nan's speculation about Sun Xiangfu's character through some of the news he had collected.
However, although his words sounded harsh, they were very realistic, defeating Tuli and Jieli, but what really happened in front of him, although the Tang army was small, it really couldn't be underestimated, compared with the army of the former Sui, they were more than one grade stronger.
"Sanjay, don't be rude."
Yi Nan stopped those subordinates who wanted to spray Sun Xiangfu with Sanjie, and looked at Sun Xiangfu again, "My department was invited by Sun Dudu to come to the horse race and compare arrows, I don't know, what will Sun Dudu arrange for us guests?" โ
Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "The place where the horse races and arrows is in Shanyang City, I don't know if the leader of Yi Nan dares to go?" โ
"Go to Shanyang City? Sun Dudu dares to let my men and horses into the city? Yi Nan said with some surprise.
When Sun Xiangfu heard this, he smiled faintly, "Why don't you dare?" However, the surrounding areas of Shanyang City are all cultivated fields, and they can't stand the horses, so the leader of Yi Nan can station a large group of men and horses here, and lead thousands of light horsemen into the city. โ
"No, this is the plan of the Han people! Once I divide a small number of light horses to Shanyang, they will inevitably besiege our ยทยทยทยทยทยท."
"Hehehe, if I want to deal with you and others, why do I have to deceive you to Shanyang, even in this camp, it is easy for me to kill you and others, but don't think that you can surround us if you have more people, if you don't believe it, you can try."
Several leaders and generals under Yi Nan wanted to persuade Yi Nan, but they were interrupted by Sun Xiangfu's laughter, and after listening to his arrogant words, they all suddenly showed unkind expressions.
At this time, under the signal of Sun Xiangfu's eyes, Xi Junmai had already walked towards the hall, pointing to a group of Xue Yantuo on the opposite side, "The border clan, I don't know how to respect my Tang Tianwei, with the heart of a villain, the belly of a gentleman, it is ridiculous, I will teach you to know today, most of the governors of my family dare to invite you to Shanyang as guests, but it is to pity the hardships that you have lived in the bitter cold land of the Mobei grassland, but you are not worried about your own use of force and provoking border troubles." Because, in the eyes of most of my governors, this little trick of yours is simply not worth mentioning. One of these accounts counts as one, one-on-one, or together, today, I will let you see the strength of my Tang soldiers. โ
Even if Yi Nan was unwilling to start a war with Datang, when he was provoked by this, he began to get annoyed in his heart, and he was silent, but he gave Sanjie a look.
This Sanjie has followed Yi Nan to fight for many years, and his martial arts are also one of the top few people in Xue Yantuo's department, he has a big waist and a round waist, and his strength is great, even the running war horse can be knocked down by him, not to mention a Xi Junmai who looks like he is not too strong, after getting Yi Nan's eyes, Sanjie Teng jumped up from the sheepskin blanket, moved his neck, stared at Xi Junmai with a fierce look, and walked into the center of the hall step by step.
"Jun buy, don't hurt anyone."
In this solemn atmosphere, Sun Xiangfu's relaxed words made Sanjie break his work instantly, and now, he is no longer looking at Xi Jun buying it like looking at his prey, but is a little crazy and wants to tear Xi Junmai apart.
When the fists and feet are put right, it is not by brute force to win, especially a boxing and foot kung fu master born from a ranger like Xi Junmai, so far, the two strongest people he has encountered, Su Dingfang and Xue Li have not beaten him in terms of punches and feet, which proves that Xi Junmai's fist and foot kung fu is the top in the entire Tang Dynasty.
Regarding Sanjay's tiger pounce, Xi Junmai just turned around and flashed over, and by the way, he also hit Sanjie's ribs with a hook punch, and said with a relaxed smile, "If it weren't for the words of the governor of my family, your ribs would have been broken with this punch just now." โ
Sanjie, who ate Xi Junmai's punch under his ribs, was in pain, and his thick arm reflexively pulled at Xi Junmai, however, don't look at his thick wrists, he was caught by Xi Junmai at once, twisted his hands, kicked Sanjie's knees, and he fell to his knees, unable to react.
"At your level, you are not as good as the gangsters in Chang'an City! I think you'd better go together! โ
Xi Junmai looked proudly at the group of generals under Yi Nan, and when those people were about to be excited, they were stopped by Yi Nan.
"Slow down, my prairie boy's ability is on horseback, don't you wait to make an axe in the fists and feet that others are good at."
Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu knew even more that it was no accident that this Yi Nan could become big in the grassland, there were not many wise people on the grassland, Yi Nan was one, and most of his subordinates did not have this thing, so he could easily control them.
Sun Xiangfu likes to talk about things with wise people the most, and his eyes motioned for Xi Junmai to let go of Sanjie, and said with a smile, "Since the subordinate generals are interested, it is better to let them go outside the tent to have fun, and we just want to talk about something." โ
"That's very good, you have to compete with each other, and go outside the tent!"
With a wave of Yi Nan's big hand, several of his subordinate leaders retreated, seeing that they looked at Xi Junmai and the others with angry expressions, Sun Xiangfu beckoned Su Dingfang and whispered, "Just teach a lesson, don't kill people." โ
"The last will know."
Su Dingfang took the generals down, and Sun Xiangfu looked at Yi Nan and said, "Leader Yi Nan, I don't know how you have considered some of the suggestions mentioned by this governor in the letter before?" โ
"Claim to the Tang Dynasty?"
"Of course, your Xue Yantuo Department was originally subordinated to the Turks, but now the Turks have been wiped out by my Tang Dynasty, and Jieli and Tuli have become prisoners of my Tang Dynasty, and you Xue Yantuo Department surrendered to my Tang Dynasty, which is not a shame."
"I, Xue Yantuo, have unified Mobei, and there are millions of people, enough to become a country of its own, why do you have to submit to the Tang State? Do you have a law for the bitter cold land of my grassland? Yi Nan's face was pale, staring at Sun Xiangfu's eyes and said.
"Yes! It's too much, you haven't seen the development of Shanyang City, now, the family of the Tang Dynasty, the enthusiasm for these bitter cold places outside the gate is high, if your ministry can't be a minister earlier, it is estimated that it won't be long before those families will arrange your ministry in the court, and when the time comes, I'm afraid that your Xue Yantuo department will not be able to stop my Tang Dynasty's iron horse. Sun Xiangfu's tone was a little inflammatory.
"I, Xue Yantuo, can't stop the iron cavalry of the Tang Kingdom?"
As if he had heard some joke, Yi Nan raised his voice.
"Why, you still don't believe me? Why don't we make a bet, now, we didn't go outside to see the soldiers and generals under our subordinates fighting each other, no matter how many games they fought in the end, as long as your Xue Yantuo department defeated my subordinate soldiers, and your department declared itself a minister to my Tang Dynasty, this governor will no longer mention it, if the so-called warriors of your Xue Yantuo department have not won a single battle, then you will listen to my words and call the Tang Dynasty.
You must know that my subordinate generals are not at the forefront of the Tang Dynasty, and the expeditionary force under General Li Jing and the Xuanjia Army directly under His Majesty the Emperor are much stronger than my generals. โ
Hearing this, Yi Nan's heart was moved, and he said, "I won't be a vassal to Datang if I only win one game, so what if I win a few games?" โ
"If your subordinate warriors can win a few games in a row against my subordinate soldiers, it proves that your Xue Yantuo's soldiers are stronger than my Tang Dynasty, not only will I not ask you for the advice of the ministers, but also send grain, grass and coal for your Xue Yantuo Department to spend the winter, in the future, Xue Yantuo Department has the needs of grain and grass, coal and iron, salted fish and bean paste, tea, etc., as far as you can come to Shanyang to purchase, I Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate on the quantity, no restrictions."
Sun Xiangfu seems to be very generous.
In fact, this is a pit, although he has confidence in Su Dingfang and others, but the martial arts of Abu Tusi and Zhang Ke are not top-notch, especially Zhang Ke, what he practices is the ability to protect people, and he is better at using new equipment, so outside, if Xue Yantuo really has ruthless people to challenge them one-on-one, it is also possible to lose one or two battles.
However, regardless of victory or defeat, with this agreement, the war between Xue Yantuo and the Tang Dynasty should not be able to be fought, and the ministers are not called ministers, in fact, Xue Yantuo still maintains autonomy, and the Tang Dynasty occupies a name that has no practical use at present, and these things mentioned by Sun Xiangfu are very much needed by the Xue Yantuo Ministry, once the purchase and sale supply agreement is reached, the Xue Yantuo Ministry will be inseparable from the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, because, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, there is no Shanyang, a large manufacturing machine to make things here, They Xue Yantuo couldn't enjoy these good things.
What Sun Xiangfu wants is not to go to war for the time being, and after a year or two, these fields outside the pass are developed, and the village fortress and city are all built, and they want to fight again, it will not be so easy to fight, and at that time, the family will not only cut off all the material supplies of Xue Yantuo in order to protect their vested interests, but also a very large number of people will be concentrated to fight against it, just like Jieli came to fight Shuozhou, and the Wang family launched more than 10,000 soldiers in only a few days.