Chapter 410 The price of the two sides is high, and the principle of bidding is that the one with the highest price wins

Chapter 410 The price of the two sides is high, and the principle of bidding is that the one with the highest price wins

A big battle can determine the direction of a country in ten years or even a hundred years, this is the saying.

Although this battle in the northwest was at best a battle of tens of thousands of people, compared to the strangulation of hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong, however, in a strategic sense, this was a long-planned major offensive in Tibet, and the result was stubbornly blocked, not to mention, and more than 20,000 soldiers were killed and captured, and although the 30,000 troops were basically closed, it was impossible to expect these soldiers to fight the Tang army again in a short period of time.

lost the best opportunity to occupy Tuyuhun, and lost the bridgehead to attack the four towns of Anxi and Longxi, in addition to dealing with civil strife, redeeming his younger brother Zanpo, even if Qinling is an iron-clad man, he is also anxious about it, and when he sent an envoy this time, he was ready for Li Xian's sky-high price.

Sanjidab, who served as the envoy, was Qinling's cousin and accompanied him with more than 40 people. He originally thought that the Tang Army was extorting gold, silver and jade silk at most, but who knew that it was on an "accidental" occasion that he caught a glimpse of Fusar who had no Lu clan from afar.

Knowing that something was wrong, he "tried his best" to find out information from the Tang Army, and finally learned that the nobles such as the Wulu clan were actually planning to redeem the prisoners of war, and he was almost out of order for a while. He also did not have time to inform the Qinling Tomb in Luo of the situation, and immediately demanded the redemption of the prisoners of war.

The Gar family, who still controlled the Tibetan regime for the time being, was naturally more confident, and as soon as they opened their mouths, they wanted to redeem all the prisoners of war, a total of 13,000.

Lu Wei and Du Yuanzhong immediately informed Li Xian of the situation, and the moment he heard the news, Li Xian immediately jumped up from the recliner. He burst into laughter.

Doing business requires negotiation. If there is no bidding on both sides, how can this price be raised? He now had the most sought-after commodity at his disposal—in an era when strong men often had to go to war, and it was obvious that there were more women than men. If there are no males in Tibet, how can the population be reproduced? Not to mention dominating the northwest, even self-protection is a problem.

The vicissitudes of the sea, twenty years in Hedong and twenty years in Hexi, can Qinling guarantee that there will be no other tribes in the northwest?

"Go find Fusar!"

After giving this command, Li Xian sat back lazily. Not much. Fusal arrived like a fart, with a smile on his face.

Fusal thought that he had already offered a very generous price, and Li Xian must have come to him to give the final answer, so as soon as he met and saluted, he asked respectfully, "I wonder why His Royal Highness King Yong came to me?" ”

"It's not a big deal, Xiao Lu and Xiao Du have already told me about the negotiation, and the three thousand people will be redeemed by you!" Li Xian saw Fusar's expression of joy for a moment, so he coughed lightly. He said slowly, "I won't tell you, Qinling's envoy has also arrived, although I have a grudge against him. But he humbly pleaded for peace and was willing to compensate Datang for his losses this time. By the way, redeem the ...... of Zanpo"

Fusal didn't expect that Li Xian's attitude towards Qinling would suddenly take such a 180-degree turn, and he was dumbfounded, and finally burst out with a sentence: "Your Highness, that Qinling is the most treacherous, if you send Zanpo back, it will definitely be a tiger returning to the mountain, absolutely not!" ”

"I don't want to agree, but although I am an ambassador to appease, this kind of big idea still has to be taken by General Qibi He Li, and I have no choice!" Li Xian pretended to be helpless and spread his hands, and then threw out the bombshell that had been prepared for a long time, "In addition, this time the envoy from Luo Ji is also preparing to ransom all thirteen thousand prisoners in the name of Zampu. I think since the three thousand have been given to you, let them redeem the remaining ten thousand. ”

Li Xian said it lightly, but for Fusar, this was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, and he was completely stunned by the joy. 13,000 ...... Didn't those damned people have intelligence that although there were many prisoners of war captured by the Tang Dynasty, most of them were Tuyuhun people? If he had known that there were thirteen thousand, how could he have been entangled in the first place only with those three thousand captives?

In an instant, he thought of the greatest possibility, and immediately wanted to tear up Qinling to shreds to vent his anger - the news he got was released by Qinling, and it actually said that there were only more than 4,000 people captured! Who knew that the real situation was that nearly 10,000 people were killed in the battle and more than 10,000 were captured, and it turned out to be such an unprecedented defeat!

"Your Highness, if Garqinling is the successor of the prime minister, the Tang Dynasty will never have peace, and the prisoners of war must not be handed over to him!" Fusal took a deep breath, finally made up his mind, stepped forward and gritted his teeth, "I am willing to send a message to the head of the Wulu clan immediately, and he will come to negotiate in person." These thirteen,000 captives, we are determined to win! ”

Li Xian glanced at Lu Wei and Du Yuanzhong, and saw that both of them were full of excitement, while Fusardi's eyes showed infinite desire, so he simply sighed and turned his back to be silent. Others saw only his contemplative back, but they didn't know that he was struggling to laugh.

It's ideal, it's a great result! The longer the time dragged on, the more tasks those prisoners of war would complete, and the higher the reward would be, so he was happy to accompany these two groups of people. As for the patriarch of the Wulu clan to come, he welcomed it very much, and it would be better if Qinling could also come, he would definitely "entertain and never commit a "battle of will".

After a long time, he finally brewed a hesitant and helpless expression, and slowly turned around: "Everything comes first and comes first, since you arrive first, then I have to give you a chance." That's it, a month, I can only give you a month. If your patriarch doesn't come here in a month's time, I won't be able to explain to the top or bottom! ”

Seeing Fusal leave gratefully, Lu Wei and Du Yuanzhong glanced at each other, and muttered at the same time - nothing can be explained to the top and bottom, the emperor who disposed of prisoners of war has already been handed over to this King Yong, who does Li Xian need to explain? The soldiers only care about the actual benefits, and they don't care about the life or death of these prisoners of war; Qi Bi He Li and other generals will not care about this matter.

This is obviously naked blackmail, Fusar actually thought that Li Xian was responsible for 100,000 points!

I don't know which of the two was the first to laugh, and after a while, Lu Wei and Du Yuanzhong laughed so happily that they forgot what gaffes were. And Li Xian not only didn't think it was wrong, but he also laughed, and finally saw that the two of them were really not presentable, so he opened his mouth and shouted: "Have you laughed enough?" The rest is up to the two of you, all in all, quietly 'leaking' the price from this side to that side, and vice versa. This price code, how can it be raised without raising the bar? ”

Lu Wei nodded, and then thought of another neglected question: "What about Zanpo's ransom?" ”

"That guy?" Li Xian tilted his head and thought about it, his eyes gradually narrowed, "Anyway, he is also the third son of Gardongzan, at least I have to exchange a few thousand cattle and sheep or equivalent gold and silver utensils!" Anyway, you two look at it, you might as well tell the envoy of Qinling, just say that the court is very angry about Qinling's escape to the west and arson and wounding people, and there is already an order urging me to sacrifice Zanpo to His Majesty, and then behead the public to set an example, so that they can ponder for themselves, whether to redeem the body at that time, or bring a living person back! ”

When the envoys on both sides knew about the existence of the opponent, the balance of the entire negotiation suddenly fell to the Datang side, even if he was nakedly threatened by Li Xian, Sanjidab could only be secretly angry in his heart, and at the same time he was in full swing and reformulated the negotiation plan with the accompanying think tank, and returned the letter by the way. Of course, the food, drink, and entertainment expenses of dozens of people on each side of the two sides, Li Xian was all instructed to add to the total ransom at the end.

If you are not the one he invited, why should you ask him to take care of your food, clothing, and shelter?

For the people of the Central Plains, winter is not suitable for marching into the army, but for the Tubo or Tuyuhun people, the more cold and freezing the weather, the more suitable for hurrying. Whether it is a swamp or a lake or a river, it will be frozen solidly, but there will be no thoroughfares like the Central Plains here, even if you are fast, you can walk 400 miles a day to reach the sky.

The poor messenger on the road suffered enough, but not for the sake of retribution for the Tang Army, but for the ransom price and other opponents encountered in the negotiations. Seeing that there were Tibetan messengers being "escorted" out of Shudun City every day, the Tang Army, which had good things, secretly circulated a song that slipped away.

"The Tibetans spit out gold, spit out grain, spit silver, and the gold and silver are piled up into a mountain, all of which have gone into my pocket!"

Luo Chuji, Yao Yuanzhi and Pei Yan and Ah Luo arrived in Shudun City under the escort of the Tang Army, and they heard such rumors, and Ah Luo, who knew Li Xian's temperament, only smiled bitterly, but Pei Yan and Yao Yuanzhi couldn't help but look at each other. When the subordinate officials of the palace met and exchanged information, the three of them were shocked to learn the true story of this victory and the progress of the aftermath. The promising Pei Yan, as the emperor's first envoy in the Yongwang Mansion, was also shocked by this "achievement".

At this moment, the entire Yongwang Mansion team except for Li Jingye and Gao Zheng, who was far away in Chang'an, had all arrived, and they had to hold an emergency meeting in Li Xian's room. Lu Wei and Du Yuanzhong hadn't seen their colleagues for a long time, and as soon as they met, they were excited and gushing, and Li Xian couldn't even interject next to him, so he simply let them help him publicize.

When he heard that the Tibetan side had opened 3,000 pieces of gold and silver utensils, 3,000 yaks, 20,000 sheep and 6,000 horses for 13,000 captives, Pei Yan couldn't help but gasp and immediately glanced at Li Xian.

"When the patriarch of the Wulu clan arrives, the price will only be higher." Li Xian smiled slightly, nodded to Pei Yan, Yao Yuanzhi and Luo Chuji, and said, "This cattle, sheep and horses are available in Longxi, which is not unusual, but it is just right to supplement Tuguhun, and the eldest princess of Honghua has agreed to buy it in installments." As for the horses...... There are also a lot of horse supervisors in Longxi, and there is no shortage of my Datang now, and this gold and silver utensils are not worth a few dollars. ”

The price that people put forward was actually commented by Li Xian as not worth a few dollars, which suddenly made Pei Yan and the other monks scratch their heads, since this is the case, why do you still negotiate?

And Li Xian glanced at the confused crowd, and then slowly explained: "In fact, if my Tang Dynasty can serve these prisoners of war for decades, the value is far more than that. If it weren't for the fact that these people were put back, they would be able to make the two factions in Tibet have a good period of civil strife for a while, I wouldn't have looked down on this ransom! ”

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