973 "Heroes"
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Issam felt that he was indeed being ridiculed, but he really deserved to be ridiculed, what had just happened, and the reason why the incident that he was facing a desperate situation happened, wasn't it because the eastward escapees were blocked by the army and led him? It is precisely because of the merciless slaughter of those border guards that he has faced such a desperate situation, should he still thank those troops, praise those troops, and be impressed by their wisdom? It's like slapping yourself in the face.
Issam felt that his face was very hot, obviously he said something stupid, did something stupid, and deserved it, but fortunately, Suning had no intention of mocking, but was ready to talk about the matter, so that Issam understood that it was only a matter of time before the fall of the Persian Empire was now, and whether he would be killed was also in Suning's thoughts, so that Issam honestly accepted Datang's conditions, served Datang, and then died a good death.
"I understand, Su Shangshu, I am indeed not qualified to have any contrary views with you in this matter, I agree with your point of view, I just want to know now, what should I do to let Datang protect my family's life? Do you think there is anything else I need to do other than the Persian governor? Issam said anxiously, he didn't even plan to bargain, he would open the price at one time, and then everyone would say something else, Issam knew that from this moment on, he would be the same as those who fled east, and he was called a traitor.
Suning smiled and said, "It's very simple, after five years of governorship, it's okay to take the initiative to resign, at the same time." The Persian Special Administrative Region will no longer exist, and the Tang Dynasty will separate the Persian Special Administrative Region and set up the Daozhou County system of the Tang Dynasty, that's all, you have nothing to lose, after you resign. will be rewarded with the title of Datang, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, as long as your children and your descendants do not rebel, they will also be taken care of by Datang and hold official positions, what do you think? ”
Issam had already understood all Suning's thoughts, and he had no choice but to nod: "I accept a qiē condition, then." Will Datang also accept my conditions and let me survive? ”
Suning smiled and said, "How is it possible? With the lives of 30,000 or 40,000 people, will Datang let it go? Is that shameless? As for the apology, it is even more impossible, and it is also impossible to make any decisions that are not conducive to Datang, I promise you, His Majesty the Emperor will not promise you, there is no need to talk about this. ”
Issam was shocked: "Then how can you save me and my family's lives?" ”
Suning waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, don't worry, you are my favorite candidate for the governor of Persia, how can I let you die?" Although it is impossible for us to agree to these conditions. But you won't think of any other way to make you a hero who can turn the tide and save Persia? At that time. You will gain a lot of prestige, and I will cooperate with you by designating you to be the only person who can communicate with the Tang side, and ensure your safety before the collapse of Persia. ”
Issam was puzzled: "Turn the tide? Save Persia? Hero? ”
Issam himself thinks it's a joke, it's a mockery. This is the most ridiculous interpretation of the hero.
Suning shook his head and sighed: "You are still too upright to understand these rules, think about it, if during our negotiations, the Tang army gathers 100,000 troops and suddenly launches an attack on you." Are your emperors and imperial courts concerned with negotiations or about the attacks of the Tang army? What do you think they will focus on? ”
Issam's eyes widened: "This, this, this can't be!" ”
Suning said: "General Duhe is the protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and has the right to command the 200,000 troops of Anxi, and unfortunately, before I came here, His Majesty the Emperor gave me the right to transfer the Anxi army, as long as I give an order, the 200,000 troops of the Anxi army will be immediately dispatched to attack Persia, so that you have no defense at all, and at that time, you stepped forward and rode alone in front of the Tang army to make a speech, knowing the benefits, so that all the retreating Persian troops can see your bravery and fearlessness, and then, Datang retired from the army, what do you think? ”
Isam's brain was completely dead.
"It seems that what I said is too obvious for you to accept for a while, but this is indeed a very likely thing, I will mobilize troops and horses to attack you, defeat your border guards, and smash your capital, will your emperor and those advisers still pay attention to the results of the negotiations? At that time, you will pay the price of your request for this negotiation in exchange for the withdrawal of the Tang Dynasty, and then I will also announce that I will appoint you Issam as the only liaison between Persia and the Tang Dynasty, who will dare to attack you? Maybe you'll be promoted in a moment.
After all, after the Tang Dynasty eliminated Persia, if an unknown person became a governor, it is estimated that your people will not agree, but you are a hero and prevented the invasion of the Tang army, maybe in the eyes of the border people, you are a scourge, they should very much hope that the Tang Dynasty will attack, but in the eyes of the vast majority of people, especially in the eyes of the little emperor, you are a big hero, that is the best political capital.
So, you have become a big hero, and then I will let people cooperate with you, build momentum for you, and praise you as the most conscientious official in the whole of Persia, and you must also do some good things in a timely manner, and when Persia can no longer support the collapse of the whole line, you can naturally become a governor, stabilize the hearts of the people, and after five years, resign, enjoy the glory and wealth, how about it, don't you think it's very good? Suning smiled treacherously, making Issam feel as if he had been calculated in the first place, and he was calculated willingly.
There is no way, if this is really the case, I can only agree and cooperate with Suning, after all, when I said that sentence, I no longer care about Persia, but only care about my family, like those who fled east, if it is known, I will die without a place to be buried, even if it is nothing, even if I refuse now, according to Suning Fangcai, it is estimated that I will die without a place to bury.
Hehe, it's come to this, what else can be done? Is there any other way than acceptance? If any. I guess it's the path of suicide, right? There is no second way to go.
Suning looked at Issam with a bitter face and asked, "What, Mr. Issam, are you agreeing?" Or not? If you say yes, you will definitely live, if you don't. You'll die within three days of your return, what will you do? I believe that you are a wise person and you will not make a wrong decision. ”
Issam glanced at Suning, sighed, stood up, and saluted Suning: "My net worth and life are in the hands of Su Shangshu, and I hope that Su Shangshu will keep his promise, and he will keep his promise in the future." ”
Suning stood up and reached out and patted Issam on the shoulder. Smiled: "You are really a wise person, as long as you make the right choice, your life will become brilliant, you have been making wrong choices in the first half of your life, and from now on, your choice is correct, and your life will become brilliant." ”
Issam didn't speak, but he agreed with Suning's words in his heart. I failed so much in the first half of my life, did I really make the wrong choice? If you make a different choice in the second half of your life. Will it become more successful?
Who knows?
That night, Suning gave an order to Du He to secretly dispose of all the envoys in the entire Persian team except for Issam and his two henchmen, and the reason was also easy to find, when the Tang army decided to attack, they were disposed of together. The reason for the attack was that some of the Persian envoys tried to steal the military secrets of the Tang Dynasty during the negotiations, which angered the Tang army, and the Tang army was angry and raised troops to attack the border passes of the Persian Empire, which was a very good plan.
October 30 of the first year of the Tang Dynasty, the sixth day of the negotiation between Suning and Issam. According to the established plan, Suning and Du He put their troops together, the Anxi army dispatched, raised 100,000 troops to raid the Persian border pass, the Persian defenders did not expect that the Tang army would suddenly attack, was blown up by a cannon fire, more than 3,000 people were quickly wiped out, none of them escaped, all were killed, the Tang army drove straight in, in just five days, the three provinces on the border of the Persian Empire all fell, the reason why the Tang army made such rapid progress was because of the support of the Persian people everywhere they went, and drove away the Persian officials, Assisted the Tang army in defeating the Persian army, and the Persian army quickly collapsed.
The Persian emperor and the court were in a panic, completely unaware of what was going on, snowflakes of urgent documents were sent from all over the border gates, often only received an urgent document from one place here, and the next hour it was already lost, the speed made them completely lose their square inches, they didn't know that the two sides were obviously negotiating, why did they fight? The little emperor sent an envoy, but the envoy was killed, chopped into meat sauce and sent back, the little emperor was so frightened that he cried, and the advisory group was silent.
The army routed rapidly, often at the touch of a button, or the Tang army came far away, the Persian army fled quickly, not fighting at all, plus the border people have long been tired of Persian rule, has been fighting against it, the Tang Dynasty arrived at this time, they are even more supportive, pick up farm tools and seized weapons to join the queue of the Tang army, fight together, charge together, vent their anger and sorrow, and avenge the relatives who died and fled eastward.
The entire Persian court was in a mess, and it wasn't until a day later that Isam was mentioned, obviously to negotiate, but the Tang army went to war without declaring it, what is this? Didn't he go to negotiate? It must have been his collapse in conversation, that's why the Tang army attacked, it's all Issam's fault! It's all his fault!
It seems that people have found a window for catharsis, arrested Isam's family, and prepared to behead him, but they soon realized that there was no point in doing so, even if they killed Issam's family, they couldn't stop the attack of the Tang army, and those advisors originally meant just to sacrifice an Issam and then regain a little Persian face, but they didn't expect that now even their lives would be lost, these advisers were ready to resign, and then defect to Rome with their families and property, The little emperor received letters of resignation from five advisers in one day, and he was so anxious that his tears dried up.
It was at this time that news suddenly came from the front that the offensive of the Don army had stopped.
I don't know why, it seems that there is no reason at all, it started, stopped, and there was no time for the Persians to react, and then, the letter of Isam, who was known as the culprit, arrived, and the little emperor personally opened and read it, and was shocked, it turned out that the reason for this qiē was that several officials of the mission tried to steal the military secrets of the Tang Dynasty during the negotiation process, and were discovered by the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang army was furious, and the Anxi Dadu Hu was angry and raised 100,000 troops to attack Persia, and Issam was under house arrest at first, After escaping at the risk of his life, he hurried to catch up with the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty army, and met the main general Du He and the negotiator Suning.
Xiao to the advantage, at the cost of giving up all the conditions for negotiation, give up all the border people who have fled and are willing to follow the Tang army to leave, in exchange for the result of the Tang army's withdrawal back to the border, the two sides urgently negotiated for three days and three nights, the Tang army's top management finally agreed to withdraw the army, but also asked for war reparations and land cedes, etc., Issam argued with reason, let the Tang army give up the land cession demand, but the compensation still has to continue, Issam had no choice but to ask the emperor if he is willing to agree, the Tang army has now stopped marchingIf they don't agree, it's hard to guarantee that they won't continue to march.
The little emperor almost jumped up with joy, and immediately announced this great news, the five members of the advisory group who had resigned and were about to leave were dumbfounded, and ran back in disbelief, and were driven out of the national capital by the little emperor with an angry scolding stick, and the original advisory group of ten people was suddenly missing five people, in addition to Issam, there were four people, among these four people, according to Issam's correction, there were two people who instructed the mission officials to steal the military secrets of the Tang Dynasty.
The people of the two advisory groups trembled and looked at the little emperor, the little emperor didn't say a word and waved his hand to push these two people out and beheaded, although the advisory group has been in power for a long time, but the little emperor is not a puppet, he is now extremely grateful to Isam, so he ignored the announcement of accepting the conditions of the Tang Dynasty, as long as the Tang Dynasty retreats, anything can be, three days later, Issam came with the news, the Tang army accepted the peace talks and is ready to withdraw the army, but the prisoners and population that have been obtained will not be returned, Persia was also asked for an indemnity of 30,000 taels of gold and 50,000 sheep.
The little emperor all agreed, regardless of all the promises, as long as the Tang army retreated, Issam signed a peace treaty on behalf of the little emperor and the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty retreated, returned the territory, and returned to the border, Persia delivered 30,000 taels of gold and 50,000 sheep, Issam returned to Persia with full glory, in the name of a hero, as the commander of the army, Duhe also wrote to the little Persian emperor to praise Issam for "not afraid of hardships and dangers", "regardless of life and death" actions, said that he would only accept Issam and Tang contact in the future, We do not accept any other contact with Datang.
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