Chapter 20: Hostage Exchange

Yang Guang ordered on the same day that because he was seriously injured and now needed to recuperate, all affairs would be handed over to Yin Dehuai to be in charge, and Yang Yichen would come back to actually control the military power.

The first order issued by Yu Dehuai was for Zhang Xiangren to take Liu Kuang to the Turkic territory to exchange Qin Qiong, and to bring cattle and sheep grain to negotiate peace with the Turks.

As soon as this move came out, it really caused a commotion, and now our army is like a rainbow, but it is asking for peace talks, which may be understandable in the court, in order to reduce losses, it would be good to send away the Turks with a little something, but not at the border pass, in the eyes of the soldiers at the border pass, this is to show weakness to the Turks.

At the same time, Yang Shuang, who was born in Shuozhou, also returned directly to Yanmen Pass, and a fierce quarrel broke out with Yu Dehuai that day.

Yang Shuang wanted to see Yang Guang, but Yu Dehuai refused on the grounds that Yang Guang was seriously injured and inconvenient to see people, and finally Yang Shuang returned to Shuozhou angrily and took most of his troops to Shuozhou.

Yu Dehuai got Yang Guang's big Sima token, but Yang Guang didn't show up, some people think this is Yang Guang's meaning, and some people think this is Yu Dehuai's own meaning.

Zhang Xiangren took the prepared supplies and quickly went to the place where the Turks were, and the arrows that had just arrived at the nearby scouts flew and landed in front of Zhang Xiangren's feet.

Zhang Xiangren's face was fearless: "Zhang Xiangren, the deputy general of Yanmen Pass of the Great Sui, came to negotiate peace with a hundred cattle and sheep and three hundred stones of grain on the orders of the Great Sima Yang Guang. ”

As soon as these words came out, even the Turks were stunned, they had lost the battle these days, why did the Sui army come to sue for peace.

The matter was quickly reported to Sha Bo Luo Khan, who was suffering from a headache because of the failure of the sneak attack, suddenly heard the Sui army come to the door to sue for peace, first surprised, then puzzled, and the clouds covered his face and said: "What does the Sui army want to do?" Did you bring grain, cattle and sheep? ”

"Bring it, I can see it clearly."

"The two armies are fighting without slashing, since they said that they came to negotiate peace, and they brought sincerity, let's welcome them in first, let Liu Wuzhou come over, although the sneak attack failed, but this kid has a good strategy, he is alert, and he is also very familiar with Dasui and Yanmen Pass, let him watch from the side."

Zhang Xiangren was invited in, and the few soldiers he brought with him were all left outside, and he walked alone through the road full of Turkic soldiers on both sides to the camp where Shabalio Khan was.

The Turkic soldiers on both sides smirked, as if they wanted to scare Zhang Xiangren, but Zhang Xiangren, a battle-hardened soldier, couldn't scare him just by his fierce face.

Walked into the camp tent and saw Sha Bo Luo Khan, Zhang Xiangren at this time found that Sha Bo Luo Khan's face was a little pale, his lips were dry, and his face looked very bad, he fought with Yang Shuang before, it seemed to be a draw, but in order to end the battle quickly, Sha Bo Luo Khan was hit hard by Yang Shuang, this time it hit him solidly, although it was not fatal, but it was enough for him to raise for a while.

"Zhang Xiangren, the deputy general of Yanmen Pass, has seen Sha Boluo Khan."

"Zhang Xiangren, I have heard your name, our people have fought with you many times, and I have not received any deception from you, your hands should be stained with a lot of blood of my people, I came here today to die."

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers around him drew their swords one after another, as if they were ready to dismantle Zhang Xiangren at any time.

Zhang Xiangren's face did not change: "Sha Bo slightly Khan, I came this time to negotiate peace with our Yanmen Pass Guard, brought a gift, and asked the Khan to accept it." ”

"You've come to ask for peace with me? Is it a lie that can be easily discerned to deceive me? You look down on me too much. ”

"I didn't dare to deceive the Khan, so I brought a hundred cattle and sheep, three hundred stones of grain, as a meeting gift, and brought Liu Kuang as a hostage in exchange to show our sincerity."

As soon as he heard Liu Kuang's name, Liu Wuzhou's face changed, he had worked hard to design to change his father back, but he didn't expect that now people will send you directly.

Sha Boluo Khan was even more suspicious when he heard this, Da Sui's attitude was too good, sending people and food, there must be demons when things go wrong, and he was more vigilant and signaled to his soldiers: "Give him a chair." ”

After Zhang Xiangren sat down, Sha Bolu Khan began to ask: "You are the deputy general of Yanmen Pass, why do you want to negotiate peace with us now?" ”

"I won't hide it from the Khan, after the last time our King Jin was attacked at night, he was stabbed seven times in his body, a valuable prince, and his body bones are not as cheap as people like us, and he can't get off the ground when he is injured, and he handed over the military power of Yanmen Pass to General Yu Dehuai Yu, and this time General Yu arranged for me to come over."

"You are talking nonsense, King Jin's Palace...... King Jin clearly doesn't trust the two of you. ”

At this time, Liu Wuzhou on the side spoke, Zhang Xiangren glanced at him, his face was pale, and he replied lightly: "Liu Kuang confessed to all the people involved, after Gao Huairong died on the battlefield, His Royal Highness the King of Jin no longer doubted the two of us, and after verifying it, he trusted the two of us more than others." ”

When Shabali Khan heard this, he said, "You go on, why did you arrange for you to come and negotiate peace?" ”

"There have been many battles before, King Wei used most of the defenders of Yanmen Pass, King Jin has many suspicions, and now we are in a mess in Yanmen Pass, King Wei wants military merit, King Jin also wants credit, and he also wants to sweep away the bandits with great fanfare before, completely ignoring the life and death of everyone in Yanmen Pass, General Yu and I and many Yanmen Pass generals felt that they couldn't fight after discussion, and they patted their butts and left after beating them, but we have to continue to live here, and we can't let our sons and daughters earn their credit."

Zhang Xiangren and Yang Guangyu Dehuai re-sorted out what they wanted to say to Sha Bolu Khan before, and naturally slandered them in order to gain trust, so that the purpose of the peace negotiation seemed reasonable.

continued: "The King of Jin gave the Great Sima Token to General Yu, and now General Yu is fully responsible for the affairs of Yanmen Pass, and the King of Jin only explained that he wanted to bring Qin Qiong back, so General Yu thought of taking advantage of this opportunity to exchange hostages, not only to gain the trust of the King of Jin, but also to express his intention to negotiate peace with the Khan, hoping that the Khan would withdraw his troops and Mo Sheng's war. ”

Sha Bo Luo Khan laughed: "In this case, why don't you follow me to break through Shuozhou, and then break through Yanmen Pass, and go south to the Central Plains, I can reward you and Yu Dehuai for all the land they have captured, be my courtier, and enjoy endless glory and wealth." ”

Zhang Xiangren arched his hand and said: "Khan, I still came to negotiate peace, not to surrender to Cheng, what we hope is that the Khan will withdraw from the army, not to surrender to the Khan to attack our dynasty, such a crime will be scolded by future generations, we can't afford it." ”

Sha Bo Luo Khan suddenly showed a fierce face, and his eyes glared at Zhang Xiangren, like a poisonous snake staring at its prey.

"It seems that your sincerity is insufficient."

"Please forgive me, Khan, I am just a person who negotiates peace, if I want to commit treason and leave home, it will never be possible."

In this way, Sha Bolu Khan believed a little more, if it is said that Zhang Xiangren and others rebelled after the previous events, this kind of people who have fought for decades say that they will rebel, it is too fake, it is not a surrender to peace.

"A hundred cattle and sheep and three hundred stone of grain want to make peace with me, what is the use of this little thing? When I'm out to play? ”

"This is sincerity, now General Yu has just taken power, and His Royal Highness King Wei is very opposed to the matter of peace, he feels that the momentum of the fight is now strong, how can it be possible to negotiate peace with the Khan, the general quarreled with it, and finally General Yu took out the big Sima token given by His Royal Highness the King of Jin, which allowed me to achieve this trip, His Royal Highness King Wei moved to Shuozhou with his own personal guards."

"Your General Yu has such courage to dare to confront King Wei."

"The non-general is bold, the Great Sui Dynasty was initially decided, the southern Chen Dynasty has a great hidden danger, and the imperial court has already sent a messenger before, so that King Wei and King Jin can calm down the war here as soon as possible, it is best to win the battle, if you can't win in a short time, then negotiate peace, King Wei is impossible to accept the matter of peace, King Jin listens to King Wei more, now it's different, General Yu has ordered Qianli to hurry back to report the peace matter."

"The excerpt went to the capital, and it will take some days to go back and forth at the fastest speed, General Yu and I both believe that as long as there is the possibility of peace in the court, there will be many people who choose to negotiate peace, and this group of people seems to be just an annoying thing on the border pass, and it can be solved simply, but I have to go back with the idea that you also want to negotiate peace, so as to promote this matter."

Sha Bo Luo Khan waved his hand: "You can stay here first, arrange a camp tent for him alone, and arrange the soldiers he brought separately, not to bully, wait for my decision." ”

Zhang Xiangren was taken down, and Shabalu Khan summoned all the high-level generals to discuss the matter together.

The high-ranking Turkic generals were a little shocked when they heard that the Sui Dynasty actually wanted to negotiate peace, but they couldn't help but laugh.

"Hahahaha, the people within the Great Wall are always good at admitting defeat and infighting, they give us their wives, give us their food, begging us not to fight, a group of people in the court still proudly feel that they have made peace with us, and the depiction is just kneeling on the ground to lick our feet."

Sha Bo Luo Khan was not as optimistic as him and said: "Send someone to find out the truth in Zhang Xiangren's words, whether King Wei really fell out with Yu Dehuai, if they have internal strife, we can make good use of it, and even hope to cross the Great Wall this time." ”

In the face of the warlike Sha Bolu Khan, some people raised concerns: "Khan, the Sui Dynasty wants to ask for and it is good for us to get the grain commodities of the Sui Dynasty's tribute. ”

"Short-sighted, only by really hitting the south can we do it once and for all."

"Khan, with my understanding of the people of the Central Plains, if they enter the Central Plains, they will resist stubbornly, and if they give money and food, they can go on like this for a long time, and Khan, it's winter."

"Winter? Can't my Turkic soldiers be able to see the cold weather better than the people of the Sui Dynasty? ”

(End of chapter)