Chapter 503: Prince Ba Tie

The fruitfulness of the battle was far beyond Li Huaitang's accident.

Weapons and armor and war horses are not to mention, and Li Huaitang does not care about gold and silver treasures, in the past few years, he has won many battles, and he has become accustomed to this kind of results. He was shocked by the 10,000 ploughing cattle and 10,000 carts of grain, as well as the grain that according to the Tibetan captives, there were more than ten times that number, which were stored in the lower countries and waited for them to return to load.

The abundance of grain production in the Indus River is really better than seeing it, and it further strengthened Li Huaitang's strategy of colonizing this place.

More than 10,000 slaves were captured by the Tibetans, and Wei Anguo suggested that they should all be taken back to build roads and open mines, but Li Huaitang vetoed them on the spot. The way back is long and difficult, and it takes a lot of effort to bring these people back, and it is not cost-effective to care about the food and drink on the road. Moreover, Li Huaitang's purpose was to get the local people to actively grow sugarcane and extract sugar for him, and it was better not to do anything that would damage his reputation.

10,000 slaves were released like this, even the slaves couldn't believe it was true, you know, slaves mean wealth, just now this group of strongmen who eliminated the hungry wolves in Tibet didn't blink an eyelid, and threw away millions of dirhams for nothing!

The slaves left suspiciously, however, with one exception, he chose to stay. Those who remained were richly dressed and affluent.

I heard that a person who claimed to be a secret prince asked to see him, and Li Huaitang became interested.

"You're a prince? How did you end up here? ”

The prince was a young man, who seemed to be pampered, his complexion was white in contrast to that of other slaves, and his appearance was handsome and his demeanor was elegant, which was in line with the image in Li Huaitang's heart.

Halfway through the translation, the prince suddenly knelt in front of Li Huaitang crying, and kept shouting: "God is pitiful, Tian Khan has finally sent troops to save us!" ”

Li Huaitang was slightly surprised, this prince could actually speak Tang Yan, and his behavior was a bit grotesque, but after thinking about it, he understood most of it. Dare to love this prince is a fan of the Tang Dynasty, and when he heard him ask him in Tang Yan, he took it for granted that he was Tang Jun.

When the situation was clarified, it was the turn of the secret prince to be surprised. Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry was the first time he had heard of it, but it was so powerful, like a heavenly soldier and a general, and the ferocious Tubo cavalry had no power to fight back.

After the suspicion, the prince secretly rejoiced that if this group of Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry was as plundering as the Tubo people, then his country would be doomed, they were far stronger than the Tubo people, and there were more people. Ning Yuan's iron horseman's act of freeing the slaves showed signs of a civilized division, which made him feel a little relieved.

"I don't know what General Li is doing when he leads his army thousands of miles here?" The prince was cautious and tempting. What thousands of miles are just words, and the distance between heavy mountains is more terrible than thousands of miles.

Li Huaitang turned around and signaled to Tie Niu, who led several camels over, each carrying heavy goods on its back, and Li Huaitang took out some silk white cloth and glass cups and bowls to show the prince.

"The purpose of my coming here is to sell my Ningyuan's specialties to your land, and then exchange some brown sugar to go back, hehe, my lady likes sweetness!"

"Buying and selling?" Buying and selling has always been done by caravans, where have you ever seen an army as a peddler? The prince couldn't laugh or cry, but he couldn't judge the truth of what Li Huaitang said. He felt that there was really no need to deceive him if he was as strong as Li Huaitang, and if the situation was true, then it would be a blessing for the countries of the river valley.

After a conversation, Li Huaitang also knew something about the prince's situation.

The prince's name is Ba Tie, a few years ago he studied under a passing Tang monk, learned some Tang dialects, the country of Ba Tie has always been a subsidiary of the Great Food, under the jurisdiction of the Balhei General's Mansion in Tocharo, the Great Cannibal let them pay a large amount of grain and slaves as taxes every year, and the slaves plundered by the Tubo people ploughed cattle and wagons and grain were ready to be transported to Mulu, but the Tubo people came uninvited again, killed the Great Food Envoy, and robbed everything, including his prince.

Feeling the difference between Li Huaitang and the Great Cannibal and the Tubo, Ba Tie couldn't help but open the conversation and complained: "The Great Cannibal only looks at the result, no matter the reason, if we can't deliver enough grain slaves this year, they will definitely send troops to rob and kill in the coming year, and the Tubo people will definitely not give up, once you leave, they will come back, and all the suffering will be borne by my country and my people......"

Li Huaitang thought for a while, interrupted Ba Tie, and asked, "Is there a road leading to Mulu?" ”

Ba Tie put away his bitter gourd face and replied: "Yes, but the road is a bit far, and it is relatively close to Balhei." ”

"Balhei?!" Li Huaitang remembered the city of Qishi in Shi Guo, which was quite close to Balhei.

Ba Tie nodded seriously and added: "In the past, the caravans from Ningyuan City took this road to a secret, but they were closed by the Great Cannibals two years ago. ”

The direction of the mountain range is slightly inclined to the south, separating the north and south, so the north-south road is extremely difficult to walk; There are also continuous mountains between Lost Secret and Tochar, but they run north-south, and the two countries basically travel along the river valley between the mountains, although the roads are also rugged, but compared with the green mountains, there is a world of difference.

After finding out the general terrain, Li Huaitang was overjoyed, according to this statement, after the Indus River valley is equivalent to the rear of the Great Diet Khorasan, if he forms a large army here, and suddenly stabs their chrysanthemums at a critical moment, he will definitely be able to get a surprise effect.

"Army, food," Li Huaitang said overjoyed.

Ba Tie seemed to have realized something, and hurriedly said generously: "As long as the general stays, we are willing to provide food for free, oh no, all the food and clothing are ours!" ”

"Hehe, His Royal Highness the Prince is kind and understands it in my heart. I am only here to punish the Tibetans, and by the way, to strengthen trade and trade with the countries of the river valley, and to exchange with each other, as for the garrison, I am afraid it will be difficult to do what His Highness wishes. ”

Li Huaitang's answer made Pakistan Railway very disappointed, however, when the mountains and rivers were in doubt, the willows and flowers were bright and another village. I only heard Li Huaitang say in a turning tone: "Men should be self-reliant, and it is better to rely on others than on themselves." I think so, I left a small number of generals and soldiers to help your country and the countries of the river valley to establish a joint army, and be responsible for training, the Great Food coincided with civil strife, and the Tubo was busy with the war of the Celestial Empire, the focus is not here, with my generals here, it is basically no problem to deal with the Great Cannibals, or the Tubo people. ”

Pakistan's confidence seemed a little insufficient, and he hesitated to answer.

Li Huaitang saw Ba Tie's worries, and injected him with a heart booster: "My generals are all excellent generals, in the battle with the Great Food and Tubo, they have won many battles, and they know the details of the Great Cannibal and the Tubo people, Your Highness can rest assured." Moreover, I have a heavy army stationed in the direction of Lianyunbao, and I can come over at any time to support if the war needs it, but this food and military supply ......"

If you can't pick up a watermelon, it's good to get an apple. Pakistan immediately agreed to be the logistics director, responsible for coordinating relations and providing supplies.

Ba Tie was young, and he couldn't think of Li Huaitang's intentions for the time being, and he said that he was helping to build an army, however, however, he didn't say the most important person who controlled the army......