Chapter 169: Blackmail
The three of them immediately lifted the curtain of the tent and looked at it, and they could see that the sky dozens of miles behind the camp had been half reflected red, and they could imagine what the fire below had burned, and the direction was where the grain and grass supply point on their side was located.
For a moment, the three people in the big tent were stunned, you looked at me, I looked at you, and even Halibodo's originally dark face became a little pale.
"Such a vicious method, such a deep scheming."
Harry Qisheng muttered these two sentences in his mouth, he was able to ambush this strange army five days before his side found them, he had to admire the foresight and scheming of the other commander, but his head was quickly thinking about how to deal with it, now is not the time to think about how to attack the city, how to bring these tens of thousands of men back with dignity, it has become a top priority, a little careless, it is possible that the whole army will be wiped out here.
"Halibodo, how much food and grass is left in the camp at the moment?" Harry Qisheng asked a little weakly.
"It's only enough for tomorrow morning, and it's supposed to be shipped tomorrow morning, but now...... I knew that the convoy of grain and grass sent back to the territory would be a few days late. ”
From here to the nearest place in one's own territory that can supply grain and grass, it takes at least five days to march under normal conditions, and if there is a rapid march, it will take three days, and I don't know how many men and horses can do it without food for three days. If you want to go, you have to leave tonight, otherwise there may not be many people left when you get home.
Seeing the flickering face of Harry Kaisheng, who was secretly thinking about it, Desima and Halibaldo did not dare to disturb, and for a while, only the heavy breathing of the three people was heard in the big tent. It's just that retreating overnight like this will definitely not be able to hide from the enemy, and if the enemy still has the strength to take advantage of the opportunity to pursue, I am afraid that the result will be very unfavorable. But that's all there is to it.
After making up his mind, Harry Qisheng immediately ordered the whole army to pack up immediately, and at the same time strengthen the vigilance, preparing to withdraw the army overnight, and asked Desima and Halibodo to quickly go down and arrange, Desima was still a little unwilling. "Harry, can we fight to the death tomorrow, in case we can breach the city......"
"There is no case on the battlefield, the fire just now, I'm afraid the soldiers of the whole army know about it, where can they still afford to raise their fighting spirit." Harry replied in a flat tone.
"Desima, carry out the order."
Halibaldo also understood the current situation, and urged Desima to say that it was no longer a matter of whether he could capture Tokugawa Castle or not. It's a matter of whether his own army can return to the prairie alive.
"Report that the enemy army in the city has sent a negotiating envoy and has arrived at the gate of the camp."
"It's more appropriate to say it's not so much a deal than a blackmail." Excerpt from "The Memoirs of General Harry Kaisheng".
Liang Qiming was full of excitement mixed with admiration for Qin Duan, and stepped on Harry Qisheng's handsome tent with a relaxed pace. After seeing the fire in the rear of the enemy camp, Qin Duan immediately summoned Liang Qiming, Liu Xiaoshan, Li Daring and others to discuss, and when Qin Duan put forward his idea, everyone felt a little unbelievable. But under Qin Duan's explanation, everyone felt that they could give it a try. Liang Qiming volunteered to send an envoy to the enemy camp, and Qin Duan was a little worried about his safety, but under Liang Qiming's strong request, Qin Duan finally agreed.
"The three of them must be the famous generals Harry Qisheng, Desima, and Halibaldo, who are in Xia Liang Qiming, and today they are the envoys of the Tokugawa City army of the Great Qin Empire. I have heard of three big names for a long time, and I only saw them today. After Liang Qiming entered the big tent, he looked at the three of them calmly and said.
The faces of the three people on the main seat were a little ugly, and the impatient Desima was even about to have a seizure, but under the expression of Harry Qisheng's eyes. Finally endured it.
"Mr. Liang, I'm Harry Kaisheng, I don't know if I came to visit late at night, what do you have to say?" Harry Qisheng calmed down and asked in a rather calm tone.
"Oh, I came into the camp just now, and I saw that the general's subordinates were packing up, it seems that the general is planning to go home overnight?" Liang Qiming still has a lovely smile on his face, as if an enthusiastic old friend cares about a friend who is about to travel far away.
"We don't have to go around in circles, let's make it clear what Mr. Liang's intentions are here." Halibodo also couldn't help but say.
"Okay, hurry up, I was ordered by my lord today to come and make a deal with the three generals here." Liang Qiming said unhurriedly.
"Tell me about it."
Harry Qisheng, who was sitting in the middle position, was also a little strange, just after a few days of life and death battle, the other party actually sent someone to trade with him, which was a little strange.
"The opinion of my lord is to ask the three of you to leave 30,000 extra horses in your camp for us, and my lord will have a reward."
Liang Qiming said that originally Qin Dui meant that it would be good to have 20,000 horses, but as soon as Liang Qiming entered the Hun camp, he saw that they packed up and prepared to retreat overnight, and knew that the food in this military camp was absolutely extremely scarce, so he immediately increased the weight to 30,000 horses.
"What do you say? What kind of thing is your lord, you dare to say such things, I think he was frightened crazy by the war. ”
Desi Ma couldn't hold back any longer, stood up and scolded, 30,000 war horses, what are you kidding, now there are less than 50,000 war horses left in the barracks, although his team is known as 100,000 iron cavalry, in fact, the real number of cavalry is only 60,000, and the rest are infantry and logistics personnel.
Liang Qiming was still smiling, but he showed a look of disdain for Decima's words.
Harry Qisheng stopped Desima from continuing with a stern gaze, and replied quietly: "Oh, this deal seems to be not small, what price are you going to offer?" ”
Halibodo was also very angry at this seemingly unreasonable request made by the other party, but he thought that the other party was not crazy, and since he must be ashamed to say so, he also wanted to hear the other party's conditions.
"There must be no food and grass in the general's camp now, and the way back is far away, I am afraid it will take three or four days to get to the next grain and grass supply point, my lord is willing to provide food and grass for your soldiers and horses for three days, and promise not to take advantage of the fire to loot when your army retreats." Liang Qiming calmly put forward his own conditions.
Harry Qisheng's gaze stayed on Liang Qiming, "What if we don't accept this condition? ”
"Oh, it doesn't matter, then I'll leave it at that if I haven't said it. However, I believe that the three generals will understand the truth and will eventually agree to this deal. Liang Qiming shrugged his shoulders and said.
"What if we want five days of bread and grass?" Harry Qisheng's eyes were firmly fixed on Xiao Li's face, trying to find a flaw in Liang Qiming's face.
Liang Qiming's mind changed sharply, "Of course you can, if you leave 30,000 war horses." ”
After pondering for a long time, Harry nodded with difficulty, "Okay, we agree. I'll finish the deal tonight. ”
Desima jumped to his feet and said, "No, I don't agree. ”
'I'm the manager and I'm responsible for the decisions I make.
Harry replied in a resounding voice. Halibodo also nodded slowly, "I agree with General Harry Kaisheng's opinion. Mr. Liang, then please go back to the city and report and prepare. ”
Liang Qiming saw that the matter had been completed, so he didn't say much, nodded and said, "Okay, we'll see you later." And there was a great tent.
As soon as Liang Qiming left the tent, Desima couldn't control himself anymore, and roared like thunder, "Harry Qisheng, Harry Bodo, are you two crazy, why would you agree to such blackmail?" ”
Harry Qisheng turned his back and didn't answer, he understood Desima's feelings, the war horse that he had worked so hard to cultivate was sold cheaply by a few catties of grain and grass, it should be said that it was not even sold cheaply.
"Desima, you calm down, if you don't accept it, you sue us, there is only one meal of food, and there is at least three days of travel, how can these tens of thousands of people go back with so many wounded soldiers? If the enemy attacks us again while we are half starving, will we be able to resist it? Halibodo patiently persuaded the angry Decima.
"Desi horse, if you want to drive some, the war horse can be tamed again if there is no one, and the warrior is gone, it will not grow in a day or two." Harry said quietly.
"Then the enemy will have such good intentions, I don't know how to destroy us?" Desima said with some anger.
"Then they have to think about the consequences of the fish dying and the net being broken." Harry replied with a strange look of murder and pride on his face.
The trade went very smoothly, the Huns left 30,000 horses according to the agreement, and Qin Du also gave the other party three days of grain and forage according to the agreement. Before leaving, Harry Qisheng asked Liang Qiming, "What is the honorific name of your family?" ”
"My lord's surname is Qin Mingdu."
"Qin Dui, Qin Dui." Harry Victor chewed on the name he would never forget.
"Sending a message to your Lord Qin, the gentleman will take revenge, three years is not too late, we humble Huns will use blood to wash away this shame." Harry Qisheng said word for word.
It's a pity that it was only until Harry Qisheng died of old age, and he didn't finish what he said today, because Qin Dui didn't give him a chance at all, maybe Qin Dui didn't give the Beihun people a chance, and before they had time to take revenge on themselves, they had already destroyed the Beihun Kingdom.
The entire Humble Hungarian nationality has become one of the countless ethnic groups in the Great Chinese Empire, and it can be said that the Humble Nationality has achieved the Qin Dynasty and the Great Chinese Empire.
"General Harry Kaisheng, our county guard also admires the general's talent, why do we have to meet each other? I really hope that the next time we meet, we can have a good time. ”
Liang Qiming replied with a sincere smile, this is the truth, Qin Duan really admires these three brave Hungarian generals.
"Thank you for your kindness on my behalf, it's really as he said, 'The Tao is different, don't conspire with each other', if we see each other in the future, we will never die." Harry Qisheng said through gritted teeth. (To be continued......)