Chapter 396: The Big Stick of Trade
"What about selling them weapons? Don't you see how Wuhuan is, don't we sell them less weapons? What about Wuhuan now, is it still the Wuhuan of the past? ”
Ye Chen asked this question, and they all started to think.
Today's Wuhuan, the combat power has declined very much, and they are no longer the male soldiers on the grassland, even if they are well-armed, they rely on the soldiers to fight, although weapons and equipment are also very important, but this is on the basis of the soldiers' qualifications, let a group of untrained peasants with sophisticated weapons and the army with ordinary weapons in a hundred battles, the result of which the peasants will definitely be defeated.
Besides, selling weapons is only part of the trade with the grasslands, Du Kang wine, grain, salt, etc. will trade with them, once the Xiongnu can easily obtain them, then who is willing to carry a knife and fight the enemy.
If it's easy to rob, forget it, it's more comfortable to do business without capital, but the 100,000 army can't help others, and you can't grab it, at least you have to pay a heavy price, which even a country can't easily bear.
"Lord, do you plan to let the Xiongnu and Xianbei also wear down their will like Wu Huan, so that they don't have the courage to fight again." Guan Yu asked.
"That's right, after this battle, if they disband their army and let them go back to the tribes when they go back, it will be difficult for them to gather together in the future, and during this time, if we let them get what they want through large-scale trade with them, it will be even more difficult to attack us in the future."
The Xiongnu sent troops, if they did not get benefits, who would follow them to fight in the future, even if Yu Fuluo wanted to gather troops, those tribal leaders would definitely resist if they could not see the benefits, and it would be difficult to gather enough troops at that time.
Moreover, after this battle, Ye Chen will definitely strengthen the defense of the entire Liaodong, and when the time comes, Wangping City will be built, and Gongsun Chan of Liaoxi will also strengthen his armaments, and it will be difficult to break through Liaodong at that time.
"In the same way, if you sell them weapons, you will not sell them the best, nor will you sell them too much at one time, other materials can be supplied to them openly, slowly infiltrate them through trade, and finally treat them differently, constantly creating contradictions for them, as long as they can't form a piece, then they don't want to attack us again in the future."
If you want to attack Liaodong, it is not a matter of one tribe and two tribes, without a few big tribes united, there are absolutely not enough troops to deal with Liaodong, this is Ye Chen's confidence.
Several generals no longer had to worry, the example of Wuhuan appeared vividly in front of their eyes, it only took two years, and in two years, Wuhuan's combat power had dropped seriously, and even the most basic vigilance had been lost, otherwise it would not have allowed people to easily attack their hinterland.
When Yu Fuluo received Ye Chen's letter, Kirby Neng also saw dozens of generals who were released back by Ye Chen.
"Bastard, I knew it was Yufro's ghost, bastard." After listening to the confessions of his generals, Kirby was able to scold Yu Furo bastard.
"Yes, my lord, if it hadn't been for Yu Fuluo who tricked us into opening the way ahead, and he himself went to sneak back and escaped, otherwise we wouldn't have been captured." One by one, his generals cried and reprimanded Yufro.
Kirby can take a few deep breaths and suppress his anger first, he doesn't dare to do anything to the Huns now, because he still needs the food provided by the Huns, Kirby can not have his own food channel, but he came for the plunder this time, and he didn't think about fighting any tough battles at all, so it is inevitable that he is not fully prepared.
"My lord, the Liaodong Han Army sent a letter." Ye Chen was not in a hurry to send a letter to Kirby, he just wanted to wait until these generals went back before sending it, so that the effect would be better.
The letters sent were not much different from those sent to the Xiongnu, both of them were engaged in trade with them, but there was an additional condition for the redemption of the captives.
If it is according to the market price, nearly 4,000 people, all of whom are soldiers, how can it cost tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, but Ye Chen asked Kirby to send 10,000 horses to redeem it.
The letters given by Ye Chen all had quotations, and when they saw that this quotation was actually thirty percent lower than the one they had purchased from Wu Huan before, they were immediately moved when they saw this offer.
What Wuhuan sold to them was already second-hand or even third-hand, of course, the price was high, and the price Ye Chen gave them was actually not low, much higher than their normal price, but it was first-hand, and the price was much lower.
Looking at the conditions, Kirby was moved, this is related to the purpose of his trip, at present, Xianbei is still chaotic, there is no unification, what he wants to do is to unify Xianbei, and he never thought about fighting with the army of Liaodong.
Now he can get what he wants without having to die, how not to make him excited, he is the person who knows best how rich Wuhuan is, Wuhuan's wealth is because of trade with Liaodong, as long as he can take it over and trade directly with Liaodong, then his tribal strength will grow rapidly, and it is no longer a dream to unify Xianbei.
It is impossible to cooperate with the Huns, unless there is a great benefit, this enmity cannot be easily touched, unless there is enough reason.
There is also the fact that the captives have to be dealt with, 10,000 horses are nothing, and this time it is more than this that is snatched from Wu Huan, so Kirby Neng can no longer fight with Liaodong, so the next thing is the biggest benefit.
But Kirby Neng did not act rashly, and even he did not dare to openly break with the Xiongnu, and these released generals were also temporarily isolated by him, he was afraid that once he broke with the Xiongnu and had no advantage over Liaodong, then Liaodong would not tear up these agreements.
What Kirby Neng didn't know was that trading with the grassland was not a strategy that was taken out, but a big strategy, even if there was no Xiongnu Xianbei joint attack on Liaodong, as long as Ye Chen cleaned up Wuhuan, then he would trade with them next.
"Send someone to send a message to Liaodong, we are willing to trade with them, but the specific conditions need to be discussed with them."
"In addition, give me an appointment to meet with Yu Fuluo, and discuss with him to attack Wangping City as soon as possible, saying that our tens of thousands of troops cannot wait for death here."
The two orders went down, but there seemed to be a problem with these two orders, both to fight with Liaodong and to talk about cooperation with Liaodong, in fact, it was nothing more than Kirby could put pressure on Liaodong in this way, obtain more benefits, and strive to have more preferential treatment when negotiating conditions.
Kirby Neng is also a hero in history, and in the later period, he unified Xianbei and was powerful, directly threatening the security of the north, and Cao C had to assassinate him to disintegrate Xianbei and resolve the crisis.
Yu Fuluo received the news from Kirbineng, and then looked at the letter from Liaodong alone, thinking quietly in the big tent.