Schneider snorted coldly, "Your logistical supply is extremely difficult! However, our army can replenish the lost logistics baggage in a short period of time! If our army marches eastward, you have no chance of victory! ”

Zhao Yun laughed and said, "Your Excellency General, you are really deceiving yourself by saying this!" If you really have the ability, how can you negotiate with me here! ”

His face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice: "Our army's logistics are indeed difficult!" But this is also because my Majesty Great Wei is unwilling to cause too much trouble in the Western Regions! If the war continues to expand, then we won't be able to do so much! In addition, after stabilizing the northern front, the main elite forces will definitely move westward! Your Excellency, General, think about it yourself! ”

Schneider frowned and was silent for a moment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Your Excellency General, you and I still don't want to fight here in righteousness!" It's not good for you and me! ”

Schneider nodded.

Zhao Yun said: "You and I have a truce!" Swap prisoners of war! The main force retreated three hundred miles! Only the basic garrison of the border remains! How is it? ”

Schneider thought for a moment and asked, "How do you exchange prisoners of war?" ”

"One-to-one swap!"

"No! Must be exchanged in its entirety! ”

Zhao Yun Zhengse said: "In the case of equal strength, everything must be fair!" So it must be exchanged one-on-one! ”

"What about the number of prisoners of war? What are you going to do about it? Schneider asked with a frown.

Zhao Yun said: "This is easy to do!" You have redeemed with silver and gold. ”

Schneider took a deep breath, "How to redeem?" ”

"A hundred taels of silver for each of the sturdy soldiers! Fifty taels each for the others! Zhao Yun said indifferently.

Schneider snorted, "You guys are blackmailing!" ”

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Don't get excited! What opinion do you have, you can say it! ”

Schneider reluctantly calmed himself down and sat back, "We can't come up with so much money, if you insist, then there is no need for this negotiation!" ”

"How much can you come up with?"

Schneider thought for a moment, stretched out three fingers, and said, "The strongest soldiers are each worth twenty taels of silver, and the others are ten taels!" ”

"No way!" Zhao Yun said categorically.

"That's ridiculous! It's still the same price as before! ”

Schneider said unhappily: "Your Excellency General, if you insist so much, we can't talk about it!" ”

Zhao Yundao: "I think we only have differences on this one issue? ”

Schneider hurriedly said, "No! We did not admit the current situation of Susa and Akbatana! ”

Zhao Yun rubbed his temples and couldn't help but be a little irritable. "I don't think you can call the shots on these issues! Let's go back and ask your majesty first! ”

Schneider thought for a moment and stood up, "We'll talk tomorrow!" ”

Immediately, each side retreated to its own military formation, escorted by 300 personal soldiers, while dozens of soldiers from both sides were still on guard at the negotiation site.

Zhao Yun returned to the big tent and immediately wrote a summons and called the herald to order it to be sent.

Schneider hurried back to Qinxifeng. As soon as the Roman Emperor Caracalla saw him, he asked urgently: "What is the situation?" ”

Schneider showed anger and carefully said Zhao Yun's request just now.

The lobby exploded, and the crowd was excited.

Caracalla frowned, feeling a little annoyed in his heart.

"Your Majesty, we don't need to suffer from this bird's anger! Deal with them by force! A majestic general said angrily.

The generals echoed it, and the lobby was very noisy.

Caracalla motioned for everyone to be quiet, and said in a deep voice: "At present, the English side is very unstable, and the remnants of the Senate are attacking Sardinia City, and although the rebellion in the Jerusalem area and the Egyptian region has been put down, the dark tide is still surging!" The strength of the Wei State is very strong, and as they say, their overall strength is no worse than ours! It is difficult for us to take Susa and Ekbatana, we should focus on solving the domestic problems first! ”

When the generals heard this, they fell silent. Schneider frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, you mean, to agree to their request?!" ”

Caracalla nodded helplessly, "But we must insist on our demands on the ransom issue!" ”

Schneider nodded, "I see!" ”

The next day, the two sides continued to negotiate between the two armies, and Zhao Yun and Schneider were both arguing over the ransom issue all day. As the sun was about to set, the two finally reached an agreement on the ransom, and the Romans would pay thirty-six taels of silver for one of the able-bodied soldiers, and eighteen taels for the others.

The Wei army captured nearly 80,000 Roman prisoners, deducted 30,000 prisoners exchanged with the Wei army, and 50,000 people had to be ransomed, and 1,200,000 taels of silver had to be paid according to the price agreed by both sides.

Although this amount of money was not much for the Great Wei Empire, it could be regarded as a slight compensation for the losses of the war.

The Wei captives captured by the Romans were basically the soldiers of the Western Regions Coalition Army and the Xiongnu Army who had been captured in the previous Qinxifeng offensive and defensive battles. By the way, in this great battle, the Western Regions Coalition Army lost nearly 100,000 people, which can be described as a great loss of vitality.

Subsequently, two agreements were signed, one for each party.

Zhao Yun looked at the agreement in his hand and smiled: "Okay!" That's done! ”

Schneider nodded, and said meaningfully, "I think we'll meet again in the future!" ”

Zhao Yun smiled and nodded.

Just as Zhao Yun was about to leave, Schneider suddenly stopped Zhao Yun, "General Zhao!" ”

Zhao Yun paused, turned around, and asked with some surprise, "Is there anything else?" ”

Schneider hesitated for a moment and said, "There's someone who wants to meet you!" ”

At this time, Zhao Yun noticed the carriage that had been parked not far behind Schneider, "Who is it?" ”

Schneider said: "General Zhao will know when he sees it!" Then he went to the carriage and said something very respectfully, and then a man in armor dismounted from the carriage with the help of a maid.

Caracalla saw Zhao Yun not far away, and became nervous for no reason.

Caracalla calmed down and went to Zhao Yun accompanied by the general Schneider.

Zhao Yun glanced at Schneider, who was standing beside Caracalla very respectfully, and already knew the identity of the man in front of him.

Zhao Yun couldn't help but feel a little strange, why did an imperial emperor suddenly want to see him?

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be His Majesty the Emperor of the Roman Empire, right?" Zhao Yun asked.

Caracalla nodded slightly.

The doubts in Zhao Yun's heart became even stronger.

Zhao Yun clasped his fist at Caracalla and asked very cautiously, "I don't know what His Majesty the Emperor has to say?" ”

Caracalla hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "General Zhao, if I can agree to any of your requests, can you serve my Roman Empire?" ”

Schneider, the general on the side, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

Zhao Yun was also stunned, and said, "This is impossible!" I, Zhao Yun, can only be loyal to Great Wei and His Majesty Great Wei! ”

Caracalla couldn't help but feel disappointed, "General, the Roman Empire is no worse than Wei!" You"

Zhao Yun interrupted Caracalla's words unhappily, "Your Majesty, I respect you as the emperor of Rome, but please respect your identity!" ”

Caracalla couldn't help but sigh when he saw Zhao Yun so resolute. Schneider on the side couldn't help but feel a little jealous when he saw it.

Zhao Yun hugged his fists and said: "If Your Majesty has nothing to do, then I will leave!" ”

Caracalla looked at Zhao Yun's back and couldn't help but sigh.

Schneider couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, is there anything wrong?" ”

Caracalla shook his head, and a look of some sigh disappeared in favor of his usual resoluteness. "Let's go back!"

The next day, the main armies of both sides began to retreat, according to the agreement, the main Roman force was to withdraw to more than 300 li west of Qinxifeng, that is, near Dura Europos, while the main force of the Wei army was to withdraw to 300 li east of Ekbatana, that is, the Caspan Fortress, which was originally the most important military fortress of the headquarters of the Rest Empire.

Cao Cao, who was still in Ekbatana that day, received a flying pigeon from Zhao Yun.

After Cao Cao saw it, he couldn't help but sigh: "This battle is finally over!" ”

"Your Majesty, what did Zilong say?" Zhang Liao asked.

Cao Cao glanced at the handbook in his hand and smiled: "It's almost the same as we expected before!" Now we're going to get to work on the aftermath! I couldn't help frowning, and asked Zhang Liaodao: "Wen Yuan, our army lost nearly 800,000 horses in this battle, right?" ”

Everyone present couldn't help but look solemn.

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "Our army has lost a total of 760,000 soldiers in this battle!" Among them, 60,000 are the rest servant army, 100,000 are the Western Regions coalition army, 40,000 are Kangju troops, and the other 560,000 are all soldiers of our army! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao couldn't help but sigh. "Among the 560,000 soldiers, 160,000 casualties were suffered by the garrison army and the reserve army, 100,000 casualties among the Hun army and the Xianbei army, and the other 300,000 casualties were all from the main army corps, among which the casualties of the first, fifth and sixth legions were particularly heavy!"

Cao Cao took a deep breath and sighed with a heartache: "It's really a heavy loss, and the vitality is greatly damaged!" ”

Ma Chao couldn't help but sigh: "The number of casualties like this is unprecedented!" ”

The generals couldn't help but nod.

Zhang Liao pondered: "All pensions and various expenses are estimated to consume sixty percent of the national treasury!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked.

Dian Wei couldn't help but say, "His grandmother's!" It's so expensive! It looks like a way to make money! ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Dian Wei's words are not bad! Just how to make money? This is laid down beforehand. Wenyuan, how should our army be arranged on the front line in the Western Regions? ”

Zhang Liao pondered: "At present, the main forces of the Jin people and the Romans are pressed along the Western Regions, and our Great Wei Empire is bound to deploy heavy troops here to deal with the threats in these two directions!" (To be continued.) )