Chapter 987: Ransom
One more night, the three-day contract with Baimaqiang expired.
The representative of Bai Maqiang visited again, and frankly admitted that they had not yet found Jia Zhu's whereabouts, and they were still trying their best to find him, but in the past few days, they had tried all kinds of methods, and there was only one night left, and to be honest, there was little hope of finding Jia Zhu. The Baimaqiang people themselves understood this, and they were worried that the clansmen would be killed after the deadline, so they had to come over in advance, hoping that the deer leader would allow the Baimaqiang to redeem the hostages.
"The ransom is negotiable." The white horse qiang represents the lower airway in a low voice.
Xu Shu said expressionlessly: "Redeem the hostages, I thought you would ask for some more time." ”
"The plateau is not peaceful."
Bai Maqiang said: "Our department has some energy in this area, ask for the help of all friendly and neighboring tribes, and make every effort to track down the whereabouts of Miss Jia, if Miss Jia falls into the hands of other tribes, it should give me thin noodles, we thought that there would be results soon, but until now there has been no follow-up." Please forgive me for saying bluntly, it is difficult for a Han woman to survive alone on the plateau, and if it weren't for Mr. Jia's insistence that Miss Jia is alive, we would probably have given up the search a long time ago. There is no progress in the search and rescue, and our department naturally hopes to redeem the tribesmen according to the rules on the plateau. ”
The representative of Bai Maqiang spoke earnestly and lowered his posture, showing the helplessness of searching for people with all his strength to no avail and having to pay a ransom to ransom people, which made people feel sympathy. Even a ruthless person can easily develop compassion under this rhetoric.
Poor Xu Shu is not an ordinary person, and he is not so easily swayed by other people's words.
"You're not telling the truth." Xu Shu sneered.
"What?"
"You don't ask for grace, not because you don't think you have any hope of finding Jazhu, but because you can't control the situation and the other tribes won't agree to give you more time."
The White Horse Qiang representative looked flustered, followed by silence.
"If I'm not mistaken, as soon as the three-day period arrives, the Qiang tribe will launch a full-scale attack, right?"
It is true that the representatives of the White Horse Qiang continued to be silent, they could not stop the other tribes from attacking the enclave, and they did not want their tribesmen to be killed by the deer leader to vent their anger, so they retreated to the next best thing, trying to redeem the people before the battle began. Bai Maqiang didn't dare to lie and deny it, nor did he want to confirm Xu Shu's speculation that the Qiang people were about to attack on a large scale, so he could only remain silent.
Xu Shu glanced at them and sneered, "You just said that the ransom is negotiable?" ”
"Yes, yes."
"I might as well guess again, it should be other tribes who took the initiative to help you bear part of the ransom in order to stop Bai Maqiang's mouth, right? Well, Ox Qiang, you can't continue to obstruct it with your few treasures, and you have earned a good reputation among many tribes for selflessness, and you are smart. ”
The face of the representative of Bai Ma Qiang has changed greatly, and the strategists of the Han family are really demons!
Xu Shu ignored the Baimaqiang people, looked into the distance and said: "The ransom you can give is nothing more than cattle, sheep and livestock, if we agree to release the people, if they can break the enclave after the war, the ransom can naturally be taken back, they don't actually have to pay anything; If we don't agree to release them, those hostages will basically not be able to live, and it is Baimaqiang who is injured, and no one can complain about them, and it is not even ruled out that some people want those hostages to be killed, after all, only Baimaqiang is weak, and the resistance encountered during the annexation is small, so it is easy to calculate......"
The representative of Bai Maqiang broke out in a cold sweat, and the two representatives exchanged a look.
The older representative gritted his teeth and said: "What are their plans, we can't guess, but if your ministry is willing to release people, we are willing to swear to the gods on behalf of Bai Maqiang that we will not participate in the next siege of you by the various departments of the plateau, and continue to search for Miss Jia's whereabouts, and do our best to protect her safety." ”
A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Xu Shu's mouth, and he said coldly: "Empty gloves white wolf, are we stupid?" ”
"Absolutely not!" Bai Maqiang was in a hurry, and hurriedly explained to Xu Shu that swearing to the gods was the heaviest oath, and no one dared to break it easily, and it was impossible to break the oath as a tribe. But Xu Shu didn't enter the oil and salt, and put on a cold and arrogant appearance, which made the representative of Bai Maqiang angry and afraid.
Just then, a player walked up.
Xu Shu's body was full of rebellious energy, and he said respectfully: "Lord." ”
After these days of confrontation, the Qiang people have already known that it is the deer leader who occupies the camp of the three wolf Qiang, and the lord of the deer is a fish unwise who is known as the [Tu Tu Yingjie], and he is the lord of Ba County, who is famous all over the world and is in the limelight. Xu Shu dragged it in front of them as if it was twenty-five or eighty-thousand, and when he saw Yu Buzhi but was so respectful, the Baima Qiang people did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly greeted Yu Buzhi.
The head of the fish is not intelligent, it is neither enthusiastic nor indifferent, and the majesty of the high-ranking person is fully demonstrated.
"Yuan Zhi, what's the situation?"
Xu Shu said the meaning of Bai Ma Qiang, and faintly expressed his anger at Bai Ma Qiang between his words, thinking that the other party only wanted to redeem the hostages, and did not do his best to find Jia Zhu, and then suggested that the Bai Ma Qiang hostages should be killed directly when the appointment period arrived tomorrow morning, and then fight to the death with the Qiang people...... Bai Maqiang's representative was terrified and frightened, and he didn't care if he would offend Xu Shu anymore, and tried his best to explain that the ransom was forced by the situation, and the headquarters really spared no effort in finding Jia Zhu, and was definitely not lazy.
"Find one person to save a thousand people in the tribe, how can we not do our best?" Bai Ma Qiang said.
Yu Buzhi pondered for a moment, and said to Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, change people." ”
"My lord?" Xu Shu looked reluctant.
Yu Buzhi waved his hand: "Killing prisoners hurts Tianhe, I don't like it." The Qiang people first pursued and killed our people who chased the deer, and we fought back and occupied the camp, as a matter of course. The Qiang people do not want the land where the ethnic group lives to be occupied and rise up in groups to attack, although they are outnumbered, but it is also reasonable. Even so, everyone is upright and upright in the battle, and there is no complaint, and the men who chase the deer stand up to the sky and the earth, take prisoners to vent their anger, and lose the prestige of our army. ”
Xu Shu's face was ashamed, and he bowed his head and said, "No." ”
The representative of the White Horse Qiang was grateful and admired the high wind and brightness of the lord of the deer. is worthy of being a prince, and his bearing and courage are not comparable to ordinary people, no wonder the treacherous Han family strategists are so convinced in front of him.
Is the fish unwise really so generous?
Of course not.
Baimaqiang can't stop the other tribes, and no matter what the outcome is after the agreed period, the Qiang attack will come as scheduled, and until then, Baimaqiang will definitely try to solve the hostage problem. War cannot be avoided or not. Rather than this, it is better to accept Bai Ma Qiang's request, and at the same time lose a good reputation, in exchange for Bai Ma Qiang to withdraw from the battle, and use the hostages to obtain the materials he needs, why not kill three birds with one stone?
Bai Maqiang took the initiative to promise to continue to look for Jia Zhu, which is enough to see their sincerity.
Xu Shu did a thorough job of the bad guys, and when the good mermaids didn't come forward, it was naturally easier to gain Bai Maqiang's gratitude.
Yu didn't know how to make a decision, and then withdrew, and left the bargaining to Xu Shu.
Xu Shu fully deduced the ambivalence of not being willing to let go, but also having to let go, and opened his mouth on the details of the lion, with a very strong attitude. The representative of Baimaqiang was eager to redeem the clansmen, and there was a promise that other tribes would pay the bill, so he didn't care much about the amount of ransom, but he was still so angry that he vomited blood by Xu Shu's conditions.
A Qiang man for a yak, two horses and five sheep?
Are you kidding!