Chapter 262: Dividing the Grass (2)
After this letter was sent, Zhao Gu did not pay any more attention to these tribes until three days later, when he passed another letter. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
If anyone chooses to support Li Jiqian, they can lead the troops to fight to the death with Zhao Gu now, and if they are willing to cooperate with Zhao Gu, they will invite the tribal leaders to come to the Song army camp tomorrow to discuss the specific method of dividing the grass.
It can be said that this letter is Zhao Gu's ultimatum to the major tribes, whether it is life or death, war or peace, all will be known before tomorrow night.
For his actions, Li Jiqian and Xia Weibing naturally couldn't be unaware, but both of them chose to wait and see, Xia Weibing knew that this was Zhao Gu trying to weaken Li Jiqian's supporters, and was naturally happy to see it, but Li Jiqian couldn't figure out Zhao Gu's ultimate purpose, so after thinking about it in every way, he decided to take a look.
On the night of the second day, Zhao Gu had a bonfire party prepared, intending to welcome the tribal visitors.
As he expected, there were still a lot of people attending the banquet, most of them were those tribes that had been in Western Xia, as well as the tribes abandoned by Li Jiqian, and Xia Weibing's tribes were some, but they obviously wouldn't take refuge in Zhao Gu, thinking that they were just here to listen to the method of dividing the grass.
The reason why Zhao Gu can distinguish whose mark these tribes are playing is naturally Zhao Gu's verification and speculation for a period of time, the tribes on the grassland do not have much contact with each other, and their positions with each other are almost transparent, as long as they check with their hearts, it is not difficult to find out at all.
Welcoming the leaders of these tribes in, Zhao Gu didn't say much at first, but kept persuading everyone to drink wine and eat meat, as if he had forgotten the purpose of inviting everyone to come this time.
He forgot, others didn't dare to forget, so a sturdy old man from Xixia was the first to stand up and say, "Master Hou, I don't know what you interrupted to do with my Xixia?" ”
Seeing him ask, the others all looked at Zhao Gu intently, looking forward to his answer.
Zhao Gu smiled slightly, and said to the military supervisor on the side: "Prison army, this question and answer is enough to be written into the history of the Great Song Dynasty, and when you go back, you can show it to the emperor and the ministers, you have to record it clearly." ”
The military supervisor nodded, signaling that he knew, and this scene fell in the eyes of the leaders of the tribes, and he couldn't help but increase his trust in Zhao Gu a lot.
Everyone knows that what can be written into the annals of history must be rigorous, if Zhao Gu wants to fool them, there is no need to be so formal, after all, even if he regained Western Xia by flickering, in the future in the history books recorded in the process of subduing Western Xia, he will definitely mention today's events, and it is not a good thing for his reputation.
After doing this, Zhao Gu looked at the old man and replied, "There are only three purposes for the westward expedition. ”
"What are the three purposes?" The old man asked.
"First, subdue Western Xia."
"Second, let Li Jiqian step down."
"Third, let the rank live a good life."
After Zhao Gu finished speaking, he looked at the old man and asked, "Does the old leader think these three purposes are excessive?" ”
The old man shook his head: "It's not too much. ”
"That's good." Zhao Gu smiled slightly: "As long as you promise to help me let Li Jiqian step down, Western Xia will naturally be recovered by then, and after Western Xia returns to the Great Song Dynasty, you will naturally live a good life." ”
"Then I don't know what Hou Ye means by dividing the grass?" Another leader asked.
Zhao Gu replied: "Ben Hou will take this as an example, in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, most of the people are farming, if this Hou divides the fields in the Great Song Dynasty, it is natural to divide the fields according to the population of each family, and the fields they get will be enough for their family to live. Ben Hou is not very familiar with the use of grassland on the grassland, so he can't make specific distribution data for the grass division method, so this is the reason why Ben Hou invited you to come, you are all elders of various tribes, and you must know more about these than I do. ”
Everyone nodded, and at the same time, their eyes lit up, thinking that if their tribe could really get enough grassland for everyone, then what if it was to recognize the legal status of the Great Song Dynasty, anyway, Western Xia used to recognize the Great Song Dynasty as the master.
Zhao Gu saw that many people had already moved, and immediately pulled everyone to discuss the specific value of the grass method, until the third pole of the day, everyone finally came up with the specific value, Zhao Gu handwritten two documents, respectively stamped his Zhuozhou County Marquis seal and the Marshal of the Western Expedition seal, and then said: "If you are willing to return to the Great Song Dynasty, please come over and press a handprint, and if you are unwilling, please leave." ”
As soon as Zhao Gu's voice fell, many tribal leaders immediately came over and pressed their handprints, but a few people seemed reluctant, but they were probably afraid that they were in the Song camp at this time, so after twisting for a while, they still pressed their handprints.
After everyone pressed their handprints, Zhao Gu put away one of the documents, and handed the other document to a tribal leader under Xia Weibing, and said, "Please transfer to Lord Xia Weibing." ”
The tribal leader nodded, and then solemnly put away the paperwork, and the tribal leaders knew that Zhao Gu had already reached a consensus with Xia Weibing, and Xia Weibing was probably the person he chose to be in charge of Western Xia.
The tribal leaders couldn't help but become more and more worried, as long as the person in charge of the Western Xia was still a Western Xia person, they didn't need to worry about the Great Song Dynasty going back on their word.
And the leaders of the tribes under Li Jiqian were furious, and they didn't expect Zhao Gu to hook up with Xia Weibing.
Zhao Gu naturally noticed their movements, but he didn't say anything, he asked these people to go and deliver the letter.
From this point of view, Zhao Gu's speculation all along is not wrong, even if some of these tribes are Li Jiqian's former tribes, and they are also dead to Li Jiqian, but there are still some tribes that are loyal to Li Jiqian, or they are simply undercover, and Zhao Gu talked with the leaders of the tribes tonight, these people are bound to inform Li Jiqian.
This is exactly what Zhao Gu wants to see, although he has now attracted some Xixia people in Western Xia, but the biggest boss in Western Xia is still Li Jiqian, presumably Li Jiqian will not be able to hold back anymore after hearing about tonight's incident.
As long as he dares to jump out, Zhao Gu can complete his work and completely solve the dispute in Western Xia.
After the discussion, Zhao Gu sent people to send away the leaders of the major tribes, especially the tribe under Xia Weibing, and Zhao Gu even sent many people to escort them, he didn't want these people to die on the way and cause unnecessary trouble.