After Du Bian left, the angry General Zuo slammed his beloved golden bowl to the ground, as the fifth nobleman under the Xiongnu Shan Yu, how could he have suffered such humiliation?

Immediately sent someone to find the 9 commanders under his command to discuss countermeasures. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In his big tent, General Zuo sat firmly on the main seat, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he said bitterly: "Everyone, the 4,000-strong team was completely wiped out by the Han people, and the 61 places in the north that disappeared in the spring were also committed by the Han border army. ”

The first commander had the most temper and asked, "General, why did they plunder our towns?" The one who killed us? ”

The second commander was known for his stability, and said: "General, please tell us in detail about the cause of the incident, and we can judge it." ”

General Zuo said: "Well, at the beginning of January this year, those fools in the north went to loot Yanmen County, were killed and fled back, the Han army followed, more than sixty fell were destroyed, and hundreds of slaves were rescued; The 4,000th commander led his troops north to verify, and then rashly entered the land of the Han Dynasty, and was completely annihilated by the Han army,........."

After listening to this, everyone has questions, why is the combat effectiveness of this Han army so strong? How can you make a big fuss about this little thing?

Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, General Zuo explained: "I estimate that the Han army has trained a strong army in the process of fighting Xianbei, and now Xianbei Tanshihuai is dead, and Xianbei's various departments are not in harmony, so we have the strength to deal with us, and our life will not be good in the future." ”

The first commander asked, "General, what are the Han envoys' requests?" ”

"Cut the land, compensate for the loss, ransom!"

The first commander of the 1,000 was immediately dissatisfied: "I think that my Huns have been strong for hundreds of years, crisscrossing the desert in the south and the north, and obeying everything, why did they fall to such a point of being slaughtered by others?" I'm not convinced! ”

"The time is also, the momentum is also! I don't accept it either, but how can the combat effectiveness of our Hun Iron Cavalry be so degenerate? A thousand-person team was wiped out in an instant, dozens of people fell, and thousands of people were wiped out so silently, why not? Our lives have changed, and we no longer have the wildness we had at the beginning; We should try our best to move north and regain the territory occupied by Xianbei, otherwise there will be no Xiongnu in a hundred years. The third thousandth commander said.

The second commander asked again: "General, how much land is cut?" How is it compensated? How to redeem someone? ”

The general said the verbal agreement with Du Bian again.

The second commander said: "General, these compensations are too much, right? We simply can't afford it. ”

"If we can't afford it, won't the Han people know that we are weak and even more arrogant?" General Zuo said.

The third thousandth commander said: "Cutting off these lands is actually not much, but it only cuts off the passage for us to plunder the Han people in the future." ”

"Hehe, don't think about Yanmen County, maybe Taiyuan County still has a chance." The sixth thousand-captain said.

General Zuo said: "The Han envoy is very arrogant, declaring, if he offends again, he will retaliate tenfold or hundredfold, let's make friends with the Han people for the time being, don't think carefully, this is not the time when Xianbei is strong, now our role in the Han is decreasing, it is better to be careful." ”

The second commander said: "The general doesn't need to be so pessimistic, the border army is strong, and it is only a county in Yanmen. ”

The third thousandth commander said: "General, we should redeem the fourth thousandth commander as soon as possible, so that we can understand what happened and avoid being misled by the Han envoy's one-sided words." ”

The general gave him a blank look and said, "Do you think the Han people are stupid?" Cattle, horses and sheep are not delivered, can they be put in? ”

There is no objection to the rescue of the captives, and perhaps one day they will be subjected to this situation, and if they are not rescued, their overall strength will be damaged.

The second commander said: "General, this matter must be reported to King Zuo Xian for decision. ”

"No, I want to solve it within us, and then accumulate strength and go north to raid Xianbei, otherwise our strength will become weaker and weaker."

The first commander said: "I support the general's opinion, the Han people who plundered are only worthy of being slaves, which is of little significance, and the people who plundered the Xianbei can be incorporated into our tribe and strengthen our strength." ”

His words were nodded and approved by many commanders, and the grassland has the rules of the grassland, which the Han people do not understand.

The Second Commander said: "This matter should also be kept secret, otherwise the other ministries will be extremely disadvantageous to us." In addition, we must add a clause on mutual trade to the peace talks, because we have suffered greatly in strength due to drought in recent years, and we must trade more grain to help the people. ”

The 1,000th commander said: "The Han people are extremely cunning, and this must be included in the terms, otherwise they will sit on the ground and raise the price when the time comes, and it will be the people who will suffer." ”

"Let's talk about that."

The second commander asked again: "General, how to raise the compensation materials?" ”

"The 4,000-strong team bears one and a half shares, I bear two shares, and the rest is shared by you." In this way, the pressure on each thousand-person team is slightly less, and General Zuo has already set an example, so they can't say anything, which is also one of the reasons why General Zuo's department is cohesive.

The third commander asked, "Just reconcile with the Han like this?" I'm not reconciled. ”

"If you are not reconciled, you will strengthen your strength as soon as possible, in recent years, we have declined too much, after the autumn, we will join forces with the Han border army to loot Xianbei, Xianbei is chaotic, this is our opportunity, and it is also the reason why I am reluctant to contact Zuo Xianwang." General Zuo explained.

The first commander said: "General, the Han people are treacherous and cunning, and their words may not be credible, and I am against cooperating with the Han people, otherwise it is unknown if they will be betrayed." ”

"This is a later story, and we should solve the immediate crisis first."

General Zuo reached an agreement with you to negotiate with Du Bian again, he could not make the decision on business matters, and if he went back to ask for instructions, it would take time.

So General Zuo accepted the proposal of the 2,000th commander, and he went to Han on behalf of General Zuo, and finally confirmed the agreement, and by the way, observed the strength of the Han people, and made corresponding adjustments according to their strength.

Du Bian agreed very much with such a request, so he accepted the proposal and returned to Taoyuan Fort together.

General Du Zuo's envoy, Gao Shun still received him well, and personally negotiated trade with him, and set the price.

The messenger said: "The price of meat and grain is 1 to 10, so is it better to use this as an exchange ratio?" ”

"Hehe, the messenger is right, but it is the ratio of pure meat, and if it is a living creature, it will not produce so much meat. I propose, in the future, once a year in August, the trade, at this time cattle, sheep and horses are the fattest, and the grain here is also the cheapest time, I set for more than 100 catties of sheep to exchange for fine corn or soybeans 2 stone, or to wheat 3 stone, you must be clear, the border county, 100 catties of sheep is only 500 yuan, and the minimum price per stone of millet is 300 yuan, I have already sold at a loss, mainly to make good friends with Rubu. ”

The second commander was very much in favor of the choice of trading time, so that their cattle and sheep were the fattest and the grain was the cheapest, so that they could get more profits, and in this way they would save them a lot of fodder. The two sides negotiated for a while on the transaction price, and finally decided to exchange 100 catties of sheep for 3 stones of corn or soybeans, or 4 stones of wheat; The bullock and the high-class war horse were exchanged for 40 stone of corn or soybeans each.

Others, such as linen cloth and pottery, were agreed on separately, and both parties were happy.

There was no objection to other matters, and the two sides signed the agreement smoothly, and when the envoy returned to bring cattle, sheep, horses, etc., the captured man would be released.

When the messenger returned, everyone was very satisfied with the price agreed; General Zuo strictly ordered secrecy, even the people of the tribe were not allowed to know, otherwise their trade qualifications would be revoked, and he hoped to have exclusive trade qualifications, squeeze the interest rate difference of other tribes, and maximize the interests of his tribe.

The commander of the first thousand asked: "The price of sheep is so high, why are cattle and horses so ordinary?" ”

The second commander said: "Xianbei and Wuhuan cut off the secluded merger, the right monopoly of Hao, the price of a horse is up to two million, and the big Han horses are in short supply, and they cannot be sold regardless of whether they are high or low, otherwise it is an act of the enemy, so the price of sheep is raised and the price of cattle and horses is lowered; The Han people still think I'm stupid, they make a lot of money, but in fact, I don't have the idea of selling them cattle and horses at all. ”

Everyone said, "Wonderful! ”

"How strong are they?" General Zuo asked again.

"We have been misled, the force is a local powerhouse, with huge castles that are more difficult to conquer than county towns, and have strong troops that are not easy to provoke."

The commander of the first thousand said contemptuously: "What is so terrible about the local heroes? Why bow to it? ”

The second commander said: "Hehe, the local heroes are more difficult to deal with, they can come and attack us at any time, and we are helpless against them; If it were the border county officials, they would be worried that we would retaliate against the border people and tolerate it, but Haoqiang would not worry about our revenge and acted without scruples, which is what makes them terrible. ”

"The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk more, the ministries will raise supplies and redeem people immediately." General Zuo was already very satisfied with this, and saw this as a good opportunity for the tribe to rise.

"Yes, General."