Chapter 211: A Test in the Midst of Life and Death (9)
What Jiao Lin meant was that they were willing to take out 5,000 cattle and sheep and 1,000 war horses in exchange for begging and blazing rocks.
I have to say, in fact, this condition is still quite generous, cattle and sheep are still good to say, these thousand war horses, but what about the big spend?
In this era, war horses are really valuable, because cavalry has too much advantage over infantry in combat, in the past, Xiang Yu's 30,000 iron cavalry broke Liu Bang's 560,000 army, but? Although the cavalry is good, there are only a few places in the world where horses are produced, and other places, of course, are short of horses, the reason why the Song Dynasty has not been able to beat the Xia State of Liao, is not because of anything else, but because of the lack of horses, the only horse production in the Central Plains Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, was sold to the Khitan people by Shi Jingjiao, and since then in the territory of the Song Dynasty, there is no place for war horses to grow, and therefore, the Song Dynasty has not been able to form a strong cavalry at all, of course, it has been beaten everywhere.
If Duan Ye hadn't had a fixed opinion in his heart, I'm afraid he would have agreed, this condition is actually very good, after all, Duan Ye is a person in the era of hot weapons. Although he admired the indomitable and overwhelming cavalry charge, he was not obsessed, he would not be easily impressed by the war horse, even if there was still a strong cavalry in his army now.
He looked at Jiao Lin, and still said, "I'm afraid that the eldest prince is more willing to be around for a while!" ”
The meaning is very clear, your condition is not good enough, and I can't agree to it yet.
Of course, these were also expected by Jiao Lin, he smiled and said, "Then adults can open a number!" ”
The words have come to this, and there is no need for the two sides to hide it, so why don't you spread it out directly?
Duan Ye said very simply: "Mr. Jiao, I'm afraid you are mistaken, the eldest prince just wants to stay in Nan'an City for a while, what about this?" It's not a question of cattle, sheep and horses! ”
"What's the problem?" Jiao Lin asked.
"Duan Mou went east this time, he was sent to the edict of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he was led by the generals of the Prince, unless the purpose was accomplished, otherwise, Duan Ye would not give up!"
What Duan Ye said was an understatement, but the resoluteness in his tone was unquestionable, and the meaning of this was not difficult to understand, Duan Ye was ordered to suppress the rebellion of the beggar tribe, or? Just wipe out all these rebels, or? If they can surrender on their own initiative, of course they can.
Of course, Jiao Lin understood, but he still asked a little reluctantly, "Is this ...... Anything else to talk about! ”
Negotiating this thing requires strength as a bargaining chip, Duan Ye completely stands on the initiative, where is there anything to talk about, so Duan Ye shook his head lightly, but firmly.
Jiao Lin sighed and said, "Actually, Jiao also knows that there is actually nothing to talk about!" ”
Duan Ye asked a little strangely: "In that case, why did Mr. Jiao deign to come!" ”
"Cannibalism, loyalty!" Jiao Lin smiled bitterly: "Since this is the case, Jiao Lin will leave, Jiao Lin must tell the king of Xiping what the adult means!" ”
Duan Ye's mouth opened, and in the end he didn't say what he wanted to say, but said, "In that case, Mr. Jiao go slowly!" ”
"Farewell!" Jiao Lin went out without looking back.
Actually, what Duan Ye wanted to say at that time was to persuade Jiao Lin that if he couldn't stay in the beggar department, he could come here, because during the whole process, Jiao Lin left a very good impression on Duan Ye, and Duan Ye decided that this was a talent.
It's just that the Jiao family is also a big clan in Hexi, and they have been friendly with the beggar department for a long time, even if Jiao Lin can come by himself, I'm afraid he won't be able to pass the family's level, and there are many times, he is really in the rivers and lakes, and he can't help himself!
After Jiao Lin left, Cui Hao asked, "My lord, are we going to continue fighting!" ”
Duan Ye nodded affirmatively, and said: "Of course we must fight, we must fight, I see that this Jiao Lin is going back, and he is also very lucky, and it is impossible to expect Qifu Guoren to surrender, otherwise, he would not have to rebel in the first place, so we must not only fight, but also fight hard, only if he is beaten, it is possible to surrender him!" ”
"What your lord says is very true!"
After Jiao Lin returned to the Warrior River, Qifu Guoren met with Jiao Lin as soon as possible.
Looking at the concerned eyes of Qifu Guoren, after Jiao Lin finished his salute, he said a little helplessly: "King, the asking price of that period of business is too high, and Jiao Lin has not been able to complete the task!" ”
"Oh!" Beggar Guoren didn't seem surprised by this result, and he asked, "How much does that karma cost!" ”
He said...... Unless the king leads his troops to surrender, he will only fight to the end! Jiao Lin said cautiously.
"There are documents to prove it!"
"Nope!" Jiao Lin said calmly: "This matter is only verbal work, but it is not written!" ”
Qifu Guoren is also a person who has mixed in the Chang'an Imperial Court, of course, he also knows the rules inside, so he is no longer entangled in this issue, he knows that Jiao Lin also tried his best, in fact, as soon as Qifu Chipan fell into the hands of Duan Ye, this result was almost doomed, he filmed Jiao Lin to do this thing before, but it was just a fluke in case.
Now, a fluke has not happened, and everything still depends on strength.
Qifu Guoren waved his hand and motioned for Jiao Lin to go down, Jiao Lin sighed, glanced deeply at Qifu Guoren, and left.
Qifu Guoren silently walked to the room of Qifu Qiangui, Qifu Qiangui was napping, but it was obvious that because of something in his heart, he slept very lightly, and as soon as Qifu Guoren came, he reacted.
"Big brother, this ......" Although Qi Fu Qiangui didn't finish his words, of course Qi Fu Guoren knew what he wanted to say?
Qifu Guoren shook his head lightly and said, "Prepare for war!" ”
After speaking, Qifu Guoren gently patted his younger brother, who was already dumbfounded, and then strode out.
At this moment, the eyes of Qi Fu Guoren were bloodshot.
Three days later, without waiting for any reply to Duan Ye, he left Hu Kai to lead the army to defend Nan'an, and personally led the main force south, he had already made up his mind to break through the Warrior Fort in one fell swoop and annihilate the beggar army.
In fact, after rejoicing with Liu Yiru that time, Duan Ye found that his body had been half better, and after careful deliberation with Liu Yiru, Duan Ye was pleasantly surprised to find that it was indeed because of the dual cultivation method passed on by Ge Bo who was cultivated by the two of them, which had been perfected into the realm, as long as Yin and Yang were combined, it could run automatically, so the body damage could be repaired.
Duan Ye, who was overjoyed, naturally dragged Liu Yiru and asked for it day and night, and Liu Yiru had to obey in shame for the sake of Duan Ye's body.
Sure enough, Duan Ye's injuries were miraculously healed, and now he is fighting on the battlefield, and there is no problem at all.
The news of Duan Ye's southward journey was quickly spread to the Warrior Castle, but although Qifu Guoren expected this, he didn't expect it to come like this, especially according to the return, Duan Ye should also be injured a lot, including Jiao Lin's return, and it was also determined that Duan Ye was injured, at least in the short term, it was impossible to fight.
However, Duan Ye really came, which needless to say was a great encouragement to the morale of the Dunhuang army.
Now I don't care about thinking about what else is in this, the enemy has hit the door, and the fight is in the end, Qifu Guoren convened the generals to discuss, and Qifu Qiangui and Qifu insisted on leading the army to fight, otherwise they threatened to die in front of Qifu Guoren, and Qifu Guoren thought about it for a while and agreed.
So the father and son of the begging Qiangui and the begging mansion led 3,000 soldiers and horses to fight, but they didn't expect to face Duan Ye, who had not recovered from his injuries.
The father and son were overjoyed, and they didn't care about any rules and morals, so they directly chose to besiege Duan Ye, although Duan Ye resisted hard, but after all, his body and bones were not good, and after fighting with the two for nearly a hundred rounds, he had to turn around and escape.
Where is the beggar who has already killed the red-eyed Qiangui who is willing to let go, and shouted: "Stay for your life!" Then he pursued him with his spear, and the beggar kept his mouth tightly pursed and did not say a word, but he looked not like a man, but like a bloodthirsty wolf.
The dog that can bite is not prosperous, this is the truth, Duan Ye ran in a hurry, but they chased harder.
Could it be that Duan Ye is so vulnerable, of course not, when the begging Qiangui and the begging mansion were chasing happily, and when they were about to behead Duan Ye under the horse, a white-robed military general suddenly came out of the oblique stab and went straight to the rear army of the beggar Qiangui.
I didn't think much about it when I returned to the beggar family. Although he and his son rushed a little too violently, the rear army itself left the elite, they are all warriors of warriors, only a few hundred people, what can they do.
But he was wrong, the person who detoured behind the enemy was not someone else, but Tan Daoji.
Tan Daoji has not been on the battlefield for a long time, just like a hungry tiger, the tiger goes down the mountain, that is, there is the courage of ten thousand people.
The generals of the Dunhuang army, Tan Daoji, like a sharp sword, inserted into the enemy formation, God blocked and killed God, Buddha blocked and killed Buddha, and there was almost no enemy.
The beggar Qiangui saw the problem at this moment, and hurriedly turned around to save him.
But at this time, Duan Ye, who had been running away, suddenly turned around and came back, killed with him, and actually dragged him alive.
At the same time, Duan Yejun's divine arm archers, who had been prepared for a long time, began to fire volleys......
This time, unlike the small test of the begging and annihilation of the Begging Blazing Rock Department, this time, it was a flat field battle outside the Warrior River, and it was a dignified duel, they had already prepared for it, and gave the order, ten thousand arrows were fired together, almost uninterrupted, and the dense rain of arrows completely suppressed the rear army of the begging department, so that they had no chance to reinforce at all.
At this time, Duan Ye's department, the whole army attacked, the momentum was like a sea of mountains, originally, the number of beggars and Qianhui was small, and the previous completely relied on a momentum, but now it was oppressed by the powerful arrow rain of the divine arm bow, and then Duan Ping led the army to rush, and immediately retreated.
Under the protection of his own soldiers, the begging mansion that saw the opportunity early escaped back, but the beggar who rushed too hard was captured by Duan Ye.
Duan Ye, who won a great victory, did not love to fight, but immediately ordered to withdraw from the army, so that Qifu Guoren, who personally led his troops to rescue, could only cry out in vain.
In this battle, almost two-thirds of the 3,000 people in the begging department were lost, and the important figures of the beggar department were captured by Duan Ye, and it can be said that Duan Ye won a complete victory.