"Your Majesty the Emperor, these horses are just the first to be sent. Our king knew that His Majesty was going on an expedition to various parts of the Western Regions, so in consideration of the actual needs of the army, he also prepared 40,000 horses of the same height in the river, which could be worth at least 60,000 or 70,000 Mongolian horses. I hope to be able to help Your Majesty... ”

Xiao Xuan nodded with some satisfaction after thinking for a while: "Being able to propose 40,000 horses as a meeting gift at the beginning also shows your sincerity." It can be seen that your attitude is serious about seeking peace ... ”

"That's right, unlike the nomads of the steppes. In the area of the river, which is still rich, our Astrakhan dynasty has always been a peace-loving country, and has never dealt with any power within the Central Plains or has ever been at war. If the army is going to continue the expedition, the whole country can help ... ”

Xiao Xuan was silent for a moment, and still said with some hesitation: "Although your sincerity seems great, I have remembered one thing. For example, the war between Tang and Da Shi thousands of years ago. If our army will attack the Ottoman region in the future, or even Mecca. What will you think? How can our army leave the rear in the hands of a force that we cannot fully control during an expedition? ”

These words seemed to have been anticipated by the envoy who came, so he said bluntly at this time: "Of course the king knows that it is difficult for two people or two countries to trust each other. So a way has come to mind, and that is for you to send a liaison mission to Samarkand, where we will gather the strength of the whole country. Finally, you can get news from the rear at any time during your expedition. In this way, even if our army intends to rebel, it will not pose much of a threat. His Majesty the Emperor may not know. It is often said that the area of the river is far more fertile than the Mongolian steppe, but that is only compared to the territory of the Mongols, and if it is compared with the Persian area, the density of population and food output is really far from comparable. If it was only 30,000 or 40,000 first-class elite soldiers in the world instead of 100,000 troops, it would actually be very easy to obtain supplies on the spot during the expedition in the future. In this way, the Mongols made expeditions to Persia and even the Mamluk area, but they did not really need to maintain a logistics line of thousands of miles that was in fact impossible... ”

Hearing such a method, Xiao Xuan still frowned a little. However, at this time, the envoy of the Astrakhan Dynasty suddenly remembered something. In this era, the Astrakhan Dynasty was inferior to the Central Plains in the east and Persia in the west, but the women in the middle of the river were particularly outstanding. Many of the Persian women who went to the East were actually just from the middle of the river.

Therefore, he smiled and said, "The king knows that His Majesty the Emperor has a vast territory and is never short of wealth. Horses are one of the things we can get our hands on, but they're by no means the only ones. In Samarkand, there are many beautiful women, and the merchants who come and go praise all of them. There are young girls in the prime of their lives, and young children who can decide their future growth according to the needs of their customers, and they can also make people worry. His Majesty the Emperor intends to ask for as much as he wants, and he can come up with a rule, and the women who have followed the division today are just a greeting gift... ”

In fact, hearing such words, Xiao Xuan himself was also somewhat moved, but Xiao Xuan understood that his current identity in a sense was not just as simple as an emperor, in a sense, he was still a general preparing for an expedition and even a revolutionary leader beyond the times. Resources like this are only suitable for oneself to be secretly engaged in by some unknown means. As an initiative to contribute to other countries, it is absolutely unacceptable to oneself. Therefore, he said politely: "You are indeed attentive, but at this time, our army is preparing for an expedition. At this time, I am still worried that it will have some unpleasant effects on the military discipline of the disciplined pro-army troops. Therefore I hope you will understand our distress that such a gift is not appropriate to receive ... ”

In this way, through the method of refusing to return the favor, Xiao Xuan accepted some silver coins and horse gifts, but still put forward more horse requirements. And use this method to delay time as much as possible. At least on the surface, the way to completely deprive a regime of its ability to maneuver is to turn the cavalry into an infantry-based force. Only then will the Astrakhan dynasty be threatened by the loss of its army.

Of course, Xiao Xuan would not keep these two dissident regimes in key areas when the Kazakh Khanate had been completely reorganized, but finally planned to completely put down this regime in front of the gate of the Western Regions. However, in the winter of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Xiao Xuan did not receive the main force of Jianzhou in the direction of Ili to take the initiative to move westward, and it seemed that he was still on full alert and defense, and also planned to carry out a certain period of rest in this area, and waited for the spring and summer of Chongzhen's fifth year to be dominated by the first army and the second army of the revolutionary army to really sweep away the threat of Jianzhou and complete the return to the division with the team led by himself in the middle of the river, and then launch an expedition with a decisive military advantage. In Central Asia, a time to accumulate forces and strength is clearly needed.

At this time, Xiao Xuan's choice was of course to obtain enough benefits from the Astrakhan Dynasty through non-violent means as much as possible, and to spend some time to understand some of the situation of Imam Curry, so as to facilitate the completion of the consolidation and purge of this area by the fastest means in the future.

Imam Curry and even Imam Curry's domestic nobles finally made an unimaginably large compromise and decided to give away 80,000 war horses to completely dispel the doubts of the powerful enemy in the east. This also made Xiao Xuan finally convinced that the time to completely settle the Astrakhan Dynasty was approaching. But the pretext for war is still what you need.

In this way, Xiao Xuan finally let two local girls with outstanding contributions enter his temporary tent. Although Tian Xiuying was also a little worried at the beginning, it was not easy to say anything about this kind of thing after all.

However, a few days after such a carefree day passed, the news came that those river maidens who had come to pay tribute planned to assassinate them and were taken down on the spot by Xiao Xuan and the personal guards who had secretly arranged them. This really made Tian Xiuying feel a huge shock. It was only after learning that Xiao Xuan finally ignored it that he calmed down, but he changed his previous attitude towards this river dynasty.

(End of chapter)