Chao Yong looked at Yelu Dashi and said with a smile: "I wonder at what price Lin Ya is going to sell the war horse to us?" ”

Yelu Dashi frowned and thought for a while, before he said: "China has always strictly forbidden the sale of war horses to the Central Plains, even the Song Dynasty could not obtain a large number of good horses from the north. I will sell the war horse to you, and I will also deal with many officials in the Southern Courtyard, and the price of this war horse may be more expensive. ”

Chao Yong smiled magnificently: "Haha, I robbed the state in Liangshan, and the more is gold and silver, and Lin Ya only has to make an offer." ”

Yelu Dashi's eyes rolled, stretched out a finger, and said, "I won't deceive you, a horse is a hundred times." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "I'm afraid the price of Lin Ya is a bit outrageous, ordinary good horses in the North are only fifty times, but Lin Ya has doubled." ”

Yelu Dashi shrugged helplessly, and said: "I won't tell you, the war on the northern front is becoming more and more tense, and the war horses of Nanjing Road are constantly being sent to the front line, and the king of the southern courtyard has ordered the state capitals along the border to strictly seal the border to prevent the loss of war horses." I believe that in the future, Guizhai will still be able to get war horses from our country, and the cost will probably increase a lot. ”

The implication of Yelu Dashi was that if he did not buy horses from him, he would step up border patrols in the future.

Chao Yong smiled: "That's it, Lin Ya's price is a little too high." I'll look at a horse of sixty strokes. ”

Yelu Dashi shook his head and said, "One hundred times." ”

"Seventy Penetrations"

"One Hundred Through"

"Eighty times"

"One Hundred Through"

"Eighty times"

"One Hundred Through"

Chao Yong shook his head helplessly and said: "When Lin Ya refuses to let go, I am afraid that this business will not be done." If Lin Ya had nothing else to do, Chao Yong would have left. ”

Yelu Dashi saw that Chao Yong kept his mouth shut about it, so he looked like he was in pain, gritted his teeth and said, "You and I each take a step back, and a horse is ninety times." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "Eighty times is a sky-high price, the leader of the cottage knows that I am afraid that he will not be able to object, if it is more, I want to convince them that it is only difficult to be afraid." ”

Yelu Dashi gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, eighty times will be eighty times." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "I don't know how many war horses Lin Ya can trade at one time?" ”

Yelu Dashi thought for a while and said, "If there are too many transactions at one time, I am afraid that too many people will be alarmed, so we will tentatively set it at five hundred, how about it?" ”

Although Chao Yong still felt a little little, he also knew that Yelu Dashi must have sold it to Liangshan War Horse for other purposes, and he would not really send the war horse into the Central Plains in large quantities. Five hundred horses is already a large number for the Central Plains, which has always had few horses.

"Okay, I'll send someone to agree with Lin Ya on the time and place of the transaction later."

Yelu Dashi took a silver medal from his body, threw it to Chao Yong, and said, "Take my token to enter the country, and naturally someone will lead them to see me." ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Okay, happy cooperation." ”

"Happy cooperation, I will give Guizhai another meeting gift, I will lead the troops to drag the officers and soldiers of Cangzhou, and your army can only attack Zengtou City with all its might."

Chao Yong smiled: "I heard that Zengtou City specializes in hunting Liao horses, I'm afraid Lin Ya wants us to get rid of Zengtou City, right?" ”

Yelu Dashi also smiled and said: "If your army doesn't get rid of Zengtou City, I'm afraid that I will sell you the war horse, and the war horse may not be able to reach your hands, right?" ”

"Hehe, okay, then we will work together to get rid of Zengtou City and clear the way for our transaction."

The two agreed, and each turned his horse's head and returned.

After this delay, it was not early, and Chao Yong ordered the army to camp on the spot.

As soon as the camp was set up, Lin Chong came curiously and asked, "I don't know what the purpose of going to Brother Yong'er today?" ”

Chao Yong immediately elaborated on the agreement with Yelu Dashi.

Lin Chongqi said: "The Liao army and the Song army are fighting, and the advantage is in the war horses, and the Liao people are also well aware of this, and they have always strictly forbidden war horses to flow into the Central Plains. This Yelu Dashi is a royal family, how could he do such a thing that shakes the foundation of the country. Could it be that there is fraud in it? ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "A transaction is only five hundred horses, worth 40,000 guan, Yelu Dashi should not design for 40,000 guan." ”

Lin Chong frowned and said, "Then what is the intention of this Yelu Dashi to sell war horses to us?" Could it be that he is really just greedy for money? ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "I'm afraid it has a lot to do with the destruction of Liao by my dynasty." ”

Lin Chong suddenly realized: "Brother Yong means that Yelu Dashi knew that the Song Dynasty was going to send troops to attack the Liao State, so he sold the war horse to us, so that we could drag the Song Dynasty back?" ”

Chao Yong nodded and said: "The Liao and Song Dynasty have been peaceful for a hundred years, and the Central Plains will inevitably infiltrate many Liao people, and the matter of Lianjin destroying Liao has made a lot of noise in the court. It's just that they didn't dare to use force as in previous years, so they didn't make a fuss. Yelu Dashi is on the border of Song and Liao, and he is the first to bear the brunt, so he naturally knows more about the affairs of the Central Plains. The Song Dynasty wanted to use the Jin State to recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun. The Liao State wants to use us to hold back the footsteps of the Song Dynasty, and we want to use the Liao War Horse to expand its power, which is exactly what each needs. ”

It was only said that Elder Zeng learned that Zeng Tu and Zeng Suo had only brought back less than 200 horse troops, and the rest were all annihilated by the Liao army, and almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

Zeng Tu and Zeng Suo were also shocked to learn that their fifth brother Zeng Sheng and teacher Shi Wengong had all been arrested, and the 1,000 soldiers and horses they brought with them were also wiped out.

After some discussion, everyone suddenly lost their courage, and immediately the elder Zeng personally repaired a book and sent someone to Liangshan Dazhai.

Chao Yongzheng was discussing with everyone in the tent to attack Zengtou City, and he heard that there were still people in Zengtou City who wrote a book.

Chao Yong gave the order and brought the person who brought the book in.

Ding Zhuangjin's big tent in Zengtou City, seeing these many leaders, suddenly trembled a little.

Li Kui shouted: "When you see so many of us, don't you kneel?" ”

When did Ding Zhuang face these many generals alone, and when Li Kui shouted loudly, he was so frightened that his legs weakened, he knelt on the ground, raised the letter high with both hands, and said tremblingly: "Xiao ...... Renfeng Zeng...... The order of the elder is to write to the heroes of Liangshan. ”

In a panic, Ding Zhuang called out the names of Elder Zeng.

Li Kui saw that Ding Zhuang was timid, walked up, glared at Ding Zhuang and said, "What is Elder Zeng?" It's an old thief, right? ”

This Ding Zhuang saw that Li Kui looked fierce and had murderous intent, and he was almost paralyzed on the ground in fright, and hurriedly said: "It's not Elder Zeng, it's Elder Zeng... Old.... ”

Li Kui saw this Ding Zhuang spitting and spitting, and reached out to pull out the plate axe inserted in his waist.

Seeing this, Ding Zhuang of Zengtou City hurriedly shouted: "Zeng old thief, Zeng old thief." ”

When everyone saw that Zeng Tou City had sent such a person to write the book, they couldn't help but laugh.

Chao Yong smiled: "Tie Niu, don't mess around, bring the letter." ”

When Li Kui heard this, he snatched the letter and handed it to Chao Yong.

When Chao Yong opened it, he saw that it was written:

Zeng Rong, the lord of Zengtou City, once again bowed to the leader of Chao Yong's army: the former was ignorant of the dangerous Dao God Yu Baosi, relying on Xiao Yong, and robbing the war horses of Guizhai. Xiang said that the Guijun went down the mountain, and the reason should be attached, the teacher Shi Wengong set fire to the mountain, and took the children to attack the Guizhai army, the sin was heavy, and there was no argument. However, it is the intention of the teacher Shi Wengong, not my father and son. Now Shi Wengong has been captured, and the first evil has been eliminated. In the previous war, two of the five sons of my Zeng family had died, and now the fifth son, Zeng Sheng, was captured by the cottage again, and there was an invasion by Liao soldiers, and the special envoy sued for peace. If the war is stopped, I am willing to return all the horses that were originally taken, and the shortfall has been made up with gold and silver, and then I will pay the three armies with gold and silver, and redeem my five sons Zeng Sheng. It also avoided two injuries and was taken advantage of by the Liao. I hereby enshrine the book, and beg to take a look.

Chao Yong looked at it and handed it to Shi Wengong.

Shi Wengong saw that Elder Zeng actually put all the blame on him in order to let Liangshan retire, and couldn't help but say angrily: "I have made a lot of contributions to the birth and death of Zengtou City. I don't want to be an elder but want to put me to death, it's really a shame, and when I come to break Zengtou City, I will be able to solve the hatred in my heart when I kill this old thief. ”

After the next writer entered the account before, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head when he saw many leaders, and only then did he see that Shi Wengong was also among them, and it seemed that he had already voted for Liangshan. Now that he said such cruel words again, he couldn't help but lie on the ground in fright, trembling.

Chao Yong smiled: "The teacher is bad! We are fighting with each other, but it is only a momentary anger; Now that the Liao soldiers are invading, since Zengtou City has taken the initiative to make peace, how can we lose our righteousness because of a momentary anger. ”

Immediately replied to a letter, asked people to take ten taels of silver to reward the person who sent the letter, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I will wait for the heroes of Liangshan to do the right thing for heaven, only kill the wicked, and not harm the people." ”

"Thank you, the king, for the reward."

The messenger took Chao Yong's silver in fear, packed the reply, and left.

Lin Chong waited for the messenger to leave, and asked, "Brother Yong'er really wants to make peace?" ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said, "Zeng Tou City has done a lot of evil, how can he spare them because he sent some gold and silver." I just need them to send Yu Baosi, if they send it, the hearts of the Zengtou City army will inevitably be shaken, and it will be much easier to break Zengtou City at that time. If they don't send it, it's just the same as now, and we will rebuild siege equipment to break Zengtou City. ”

When the messenger returned to Zengtou City, the elder Zeng heard that Shi Wengong had voted for Liangshan, and he was even more frightened, and when he opened the letter tremblingly, he saw that it was written:

The lord of Liangshan Bo will Chao Yong's handwritten letter to Zeng Rong, the lord of Zengtou City: Since ancient times, the country without faith will eventually perish, the rude people will eventually die, the unrighteous wealth will eventually be taken, and the brave will eventually be defeated. Reason is natural, and there is no wonder. Liangshanbo and Zengtou City have no enmity and guard the border. Always do a temporary evil, and then provoke the injustice of today. was going to break Zengtou City and exterminate the Zeng family, but it coincided with the invasion of the Liao soldiers, and they couldn't bear to be in the same room, so they were taken advantage of by foreign races. However, if you want to make peace, you must return to the horses, and you must take the horses and the murderer Yu Baosi, and reward the sergeant 100,000 yuan. The two are delivered, and I will return Zeng Sheng. Loyalty, courtesy, and rest. If it changes, don't decide.

Elder Zeng and deputy teachers Su Ding, Zeng Tu, and Zeng Suo all read the letter.

Su Ding said: "Liangshan soldiers and horses are prepared, and Shi Wengong's martial arts have been captured. He voted for Liangshan again, and if we want to resist, I'm afraid that the mantis arm will be used as a car. ”

(To be continued)