Chapter 6 Holding the Lance (3 B)
After drinking the wine, Li Xu began to discuss with the elders in detail the terms of peace talks that would be relatively favorable to both sides. He had already promised not to drive the warriors of the Hale Clan to fight for himself, and it was natural that he would stick to that promise at this moment. But as the vanquished, the Zhuxia tribe also has to pay the price for their recklessness. In particular, the Su Si Attached Family, who sent the tribes to the battlefield, must also assume the responsibility of the common leader of the tribe even though he is not present today.
Therefore, the thirteen tribes of the Xia tribe must immediately withdraw their camps and retreat north after the peace talks are over. Li Xu did not want them to immediately compensate for the war losses in the Central Plains with cattle and sheep, but the troops must take 100 good horses, 100 strong cattle and 1,000 sheep to Boling every year for the next five years to atone for today's recklessness. If the livestock suffered losses during the transportation, the herdsmen themselves would be responsible for making up for it, and the Boling army would only receive the actual number of cattle and sheep that arrived.
The Boling army does not plunder the women of the tribe. However, while retreating, the thirteen tribes of the Xia tribe had to explain the benevolence of the Central Plains soldiers to all the tribes they encountered on the way. And tell the bravery of the Central Plains soldiers frankly to those who meet him. From Dani's point of view, from a bystander's point of view, the Zhuxia tribe had taken a big advantage in this clause. In fact, even if Xuzi did not ask for this, they would have exaggerated the strength of the Central Plains army exponentially. Only by boasting the combat effectiveness of the Central Plains army to the sky, the Zhuxia tribe will not be discovered by the surrounding neighbors about their weakness. Only then will they be able to survive the blow of defeat and recover little by little.
The third condition proposed by Li Xu was too cunning in Dani's opinion. It is the cunning of a mature man, which is very attractive to women. The condition was that the Boling army would not punish the men of the Zhuxia tribe by killing the men of the Zhuxia tribe in accordance with the steppe tradition, but the elders of the thirteen major tribes must immediately send messengers to the foot of the Great Wall to withdraw the most elite warriors of the tribes. At the same time, the elders must depose Su Si and join the tribe Khan and re-elect the leader of the White Swan.
"Detachment, detachment, detachment. Su Si, Su Si is attached to Ashina Bone Tuolu as a backer! "I must know that Na Miye and the others didn't dare to break the oath they had just made, so they had to pray for Li Xu to raise his noble hand in a mournful tone. One of the important reasons why the tribes abandoned their original common leaders and chose the Sulu family was because of the marriage bond between Tao Kuo Tuosi and Gu Turu. After Xu Dayan's training, the force of the Su Si tribe was originally the strongest among the tribes of the Xia tribe, and there was the Turkic royal court behind it, even if the elders reached a consensus to abolish Su Si's attachment, I am afraid that it would not be long before everyone still had to succumb to the hooves of the Su Si tribe.
"You make a decision. After that, the first person Bone Toru was looking for was me, not you. If Gu Tuolu dares to use troops against you, I will lead the Central Plains soldiers to raid his lair!" Li Xu thought about it and promised very confidently.
"Thank you, Lord Detachment!" Brother Shetuosha was afraid that Na Miye would say something that would make Li Xu unhappy, so he hurriedly agreed on behalf of everyone. Su Si has Gu Turu as a backer, but everyone can also let the attached adults be the backer of everyone. No matter how powerful Gu Turu is, he is just a small Turkic khan. And Lord Attached is now at least a little Khan in the Central Plains, and his strength is not worse than Gu Tuolu!
Besides, fighting with Lord Annexation, it is not certain whether Gu Tuoru and Su Si Attachment will return alive. Why should everyone lose the joy of attaching themselves to adults for the sake of two dying people?
There is also a generous condition that Li Xu can provide, but Ashina Bone Tuolu can't provide it anyway. That is the food that the tribes will survive the next winter. In Shetoshage's memory, the people of the Central Plains rarely experienced a shortage of food. Since it is impossible to get supplies for the tribe through war, it can also be brought back to life by other means.
Thinking of this, he rubbed his kneeling thighs, and asked in a tentative tone, "Lord Attachment, your warehouse in Su Si has been seized by Su Si Li." If the battle is over, can you send someone to one of our tribes to open a store? ”
"Yes, but you must ensure the safety of the Central Plains merchants!" Li Xu thought about it and agreed. Through another warehouse in the Khitan Ministry, he already knew the outcome of the warehouse he set up in the Susibu Ministry. Over the years, the two warehouses not only provided him with rolling wealth, but also raised a large number of war horses and leather for the Boling army. The loss of one of them will have a great impact on the future development of the Boling Army. Shetoshago's proposal to reopen the trade route between the two sides just made up for this shortcoming.
"But, can you, can you please be gracious to Lord Li, and send a caravan to transport a batch of grain after the autumn?" Seeing that Li Xu agreed happily, Brother Shetosha prayed again.
"Grain?" Li Xu paused for a moment, and quickly remembered the important reason why the various tribes were moving south. The population of the various tribes is not very large, and if trading some food can weaken the fighting, why should he not do it. "Not in spring and summer, but after autumn there will be caravans to trade with your tribe. If necessary, you can also send caravans to Zhuo County, exchanging horses, calves, and hides for grain and salt. And this news can be spread, and all the tribes that did not follow the Ashina family's southward invasion, or those who have lost their way back, can go south to Zhuo County to buy life-saving food. Those who insisted on following the southern invaders of the Ashina family only had a knife and no grain. ”
"Thank you, Master Fuli!" Brother Sha Tusha pressed his hands to the ground and knocked his head down heavily. With Li Xu's promise, even if the thirteen tribes of the Xia tribe can't breed many livestock in summer, they won't starve too many people to death in winter. As long as they survive the most difficult period, the grass will sprout, the cattle and sheep will give birth, and the warriors of the Hazard Clan, with the strength they have accumulated, will be able to conquer the weak and small around them and ensure the continuity of their race.
"Detachment, detachment from the adults treat me like a new parent. We are willing to worship you forever as the messenger of the silver wolf! Yeli Babich didn't want to let Shetosha Ge take advantage of it alone, so he hurriedly said.
"Lord Detachment was originally the Silver Wolf Emissary designated by the Immortal Heaven!" Bishi Namiha glanced at him and said loudly. "It was the people of the Susi tribe who were blinded by the devil and rejected the gift of immortality. Therefore, I will swear here that I would rather destroy the entire clan than obey the orders of the Su Si Department again! ”
"I swear by the Ministry!"
"I swear by the Ministry of Maps!"
The ministers knew that Su Si had left the general trend, so they simply broke their wrists. But for the ghost door in the hearts of Shetu Shage and Bizhi Na Miye, they can also see through it at a glance.
If the Su Si Department loses the qualification to lead the White Swans, the next strongest ones are the Shetu Department and the Must-Know Department. That's why the two tribes are so flattering to the Attached Lord. But having one of these two tribes become the leader of the White Swan is really unacceptable.
The patriarch of the Shetu tribe is too young and a little arrogant. The elder Shetshago was too cunning. With the ministry at the head, the other tribes will certainly be oppressed. The Ministry of Must-Know is even more useless, that Miye is known as the old fox, and he is born to take advantage of it and not suffer losses. Let the people of the Ministry of Must-Know wear the swan crown, and the swans will definitely only fly to the eyes of money!
After thinking about it, everyone hesitated about which person to choose as the new swan leader. Although Li Xu did not order everyone to make a choice today, without a leader as the core, it was difficult for everyone to jointly fight against the threat of the Su Si Ministry.
His eyes must have known that Na Miye and Shetu Sha Ge were both old and refined people, how could they not guess the thoughts of the other elders. The two looked at each other, nodded at each other, and then knelt a few steps together, kneeling together in front of Li Xu, "The white swan has lost his leader, and he doesn't know where the road ahead is." Since the Immortal Heaven has chosen to attach the Dependent Lord to guide us, we are willing to elect the Dependent Adult as the leader of our equals, and present the Swan Crown with both hands! ”
"The Wild Force is willing to follow your lordship!" Ye Liba Beach had made a mistake before, and this time he immediately seized the opportunity to curry favor with Li Xu. If it is only as a vassal, the future life and death of everyone has little to do with the silver wolf messenger in front of them. But if they were all his shepherds, he would not be able to watch them starve to death.
The guy who can achieve the position of an elder, which one is not as cunning as a fox. Hearing the words of Shetoshago and Yeliba Beach and others, they immediately understood the twists and turns. Immediately, the thirteen elders immediately pushed the table open, and at the same time knelt in front of Li Xu, vowing to represent the entire clan to worship Lord Li as the head of the white swan.
"White swans wave their wings, and there is no mountain in the world that they can't fly. The white swans are lined up in human characters, and there is no wind and rain to stop them from soaring...... "Regardless of whether Xuzi agrees or not, the elders sang with tears in their eyes. They had all heard of the dream of the winged silver wolf. And isn't the Attached Lord who leaps over the mountains and rivers the silver wolf with wings?
"Everyone, get up, get up!" Li Xu didn't expect that the negotiation would end up like this, and he couldn't laugh or cry. Being a chief of six counties has exhausted him, and if he takes care of the chores on the grassland, I am afraid that he will die of exhaustion in the future.
"If the adults don't agree, the offspring of the white swan will lose their direction. The white swans who have lost their direction can only fall into the trap of the hunter! Shetosha wept and kowtowed. The gray sideburns fell like dead grass shaking in the wind.
Xuzi couldn't bear to let the other party beg him so much, and he didn't want to make more entanglements in this matter. After thinking about it, he responded in a low voice: "This matter, this matter needs to be said slowly." The big war is coming, and I don't have time to worry about the affairs of the grassland for the time being. ”
"The Great Khan of our steppe is not as troublesome as the officials in the Central Plains!" You must know that Miye heard Li Xu's tone loosen, and hurriedly reminded loudly.
The Great Khan of the Ha tribe was only the co-leader of the tribes. Each ministry has its own set of operating rules, and the Great Khan rarely interferes. It was only when there was a dispute between tribes or when war was declared on the tribes of other peoples that the Great Khan was needed. In addition, the Great Khan's tribe is also responsible for the mutual cooperation between the subordinate tribes, such as material exchange, disaster relief and other dispatch tasks. And take a percentage of the remuneration from it.
If the Great Khan's desire for power is strong, such as Su Si's detachment, he can use the power in his hands to make the white swans fly in the direction of their own consciousness.
And for a person who is not strong in the desire for power, this great khan is actually a big shopkeeper, and he is also very good.
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