Yeluliang could not answer, but his deputy replied: "Your Majesty, we and other people of the grassland only know one truth, and that is that the weak eat the strong. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWhen my Liao country is strong, it will be able to defeat the surrounding countries and bow down. As soon as His Majesty said that he had stolen things, I didn't think so. ”

Lu Chengqi retorted with a smile: "Then in that case, my army defeated your Liao army, and it is not an undeclared war as Ambassador Yelu said?" Then I captured the soldiers of the Liao State, and I don't have to return them? ”

The deputy envoy was caught by Lu Chengqi and couldn't refute it for a while. Yeluliang sighed and said: "Your Majesty, we are not Han Chinese, Han people have read very few Han classics, and the etiquette of the Liao Kingdom is not the same as the etiquette of Dashun, so it is normal for us not to understand. But we have come only for those captured soldiers, and I hope that Your Majesty will raise your noble hand and let them return to China and be reunited with their families. ”

When Lu Chengqi heard this, he felt funny and said, "I'm not afraid to make it clear to you, if I want them to go back, it's okay." Take money in exchange, a centurion, a thousand dollars; A thousand-commander, ten thousand dollars; a 10,000-strong commander, 100,000 yuan; If it is your emperor's cousin, Yelu Nerugu, it will cost 500,000 guan to show his worth. ”

When Yeluliang heard this, he was so shocked that he came back to his senses after a while. When did Dashun become so business-oriented, asking for money with his mouth closed? The three Liao envoys looked at each other and didn't know how to answer.

Yeluliang said cautiously: "Your Majesty, is this move uncourteous? ”

Lu Chengqi frowned slightly and said, "Why is it not in line with the etiquette system?" Although I don't have such a ritual system, you Da Liao does! I have heard that after you Daliao are captured, if you want to redeem people, you must pay a ransom. If you don't pay, the captives will become slaves, I don't know if I understand, right or wrong? ”

Yeluliang was choked by his own words again, and he wanted to cry without tears. There is indeed this rule in the Khitan tribe, after defeating the battle, if you want to redeem the young men of your tribe, you must exchange cattle and sheep money for it. But that was a long time ago, and now the Khitan tribe has gradually become a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural Liao State, where are there such rules?

With a sad face, he said, "Your Majesty is indeed knowledgeable and talented, and our tribe does have this rule. Can ......"

Lu Chengqi cut off his words and said, "If there are such rules, I will follow your rules." If you want to ransom someone, then pay the ransom. There is not so much money and silver, and it can be exchanged for cattle, horses, sheep, etc. You Khitans, every year you go south to invade my Dashun border and kidnap my Dashun border people, really I am a fool who only gets beaten and doesn't fight back? I tell you, if you want to ransom people, and pay enough money, I will release them. If you don't have a penny, I won't let it go! ”

Lu Chengqi was so "unassailant" that he really frightened many people. Xu Chongguang looked at Lu Chengqi who was wearing makeup blankly, as if he didn't know the emperor in front of him. Yes, which dynasty and generation of emperors had such greed for money? I raided the home of a corrupt official before, which is understandable; To encourage business development, what he said was to increase the revenue of the treasury, and it did increase the income, and Xu Chongguang also admitted it; But in front of him, people asked for prisoners, but Lu Chengqi still held on to the word "money and silver", which is a bit of that...... It has damaged the royal majesty. Who has ever seen an emperor disregard etiquette like this, tear off his disguise and ask for money directly?

Xu Chongguang and the twelve ministers, Feng Chengping, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and all the officials of the Military Staff Department were stunned, and they forgot to advise for a while.

Yeluliang smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, but this rule, our tribe has abandoned it for a long time......

Lu Chengqi said unhappily: "You are here to deliberately entertain me, you lost the battle, and you can't think of the price to take the prisoner back?" There is no such good thing in this world! My forbidden army is also raised by a mother and a father, and they are injured, disabled, and dead, and I am very distressed. As the unjust party, you want to regain the spoils of my Dashun so easily after losing the battle, how can there be such a good thing! My forbidden army asks for money for salaries and pensions, and if I don't ask you, who will I go to? ”

This breath, Lu Chengqi has been holding it in his heart for a long time, and today he finally vented it. Since he was reborn, he has been trembling every day, diligent in government and serving the country, isn't this the day! The powerful military strength of the Liao State was like a boulder, pressing on Lu Chengqi's heart, making him dare not take it lightly every day.

After the victory in the Battle of Youzhou, Lu Chengqi was completely relieved, at least for a few months, he would no longer worry about the military operation of Liao. He can also seize the time, develop the combat effectiveness of the army, and train a few elite soldiers, so that he will not be afraid that the Khitans will go south to invade the border again.

wants to fight back, Dashun's confidence is still a little worse. First, there is a shortage of war horses. Although Dashun has two horse farms in the Yellow River Hetao and Youyun area due to historical reasons, because it is a government-run horse herding system, the number of horses is sufficient, but the quality is not good. Most of these horses are horses, which can only pull carts, not war horses. With a slight sprint, it is already out of strength, where can you get on the battlefield! The cavalry has no impact, it is like a magnified target, and the enemy's bow and arrow are unrecognizable.

Second, logistics are insufficient. The vastness of the Liao State is no smaller than that of Dashun. If you want to fight such a big country, you don't have a complete logistics system, so you can only think about it. You don't see it, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty exhausted the money accumulated by Wenjingzhizhi, and drove the Xiongnu out of the grassland, causing the Xiongnu to go to the Middle East. But after defeating the Huns, the Han Dynasty was also injured because of this, and it collapsed later. Lu Chengqi is determined to be the master of Zhongxing, so he can't help but think about this issue, and when he can fight, he must also consider what are the benefits of fighting. If it causes unfavorable factors to the stable situation in Dashun, Lu Chengqi would rather not fight. Before the Chidao was built, when the logistics could not be guaranteed, Lu Chengqi would not easily start the war against the Liao State. According to the strategic plan, Dashun is now in the strategic defensive stage, focusing on defense, and there is some offense in the counterattack. Let those Khitan people who think Dashun is easy to bully know that Dashun is no longer the Dashun of the past, because the current emperor has been replaced by Lu Chengqi!

Third, the country is not very peaceful. In the Yunnan-Guizhou region, there are shear-cut thieves, which gradually become a climate and have to be guarded against; In the land of Dengzhou and Qingzhou, water is becoming more and more rampant. There is a saying that if you go outside, you must first settle inside, which is very reasonable. The people can't even guarantee their lives and property, where is there any spare strength to support the imperial court to fight!

With these three difficulties, it is impossible to counterattack Liao. But it is not easy for the Liao State to gather a large army to attack Dashun again. The Liao State was a tribal system, and if you wanted to gather a large army, you had to recruit troops from various tribes. If it is good to win the battle, but if the battle is lost, which tribe wants to become the leader of this wrong? Therefore, to a certain extent, the military strength of the Liao State is what Dashun himself is used to. Liao's victory in a hundred battles is somewhat mixed with the momentum of victory over the Central Plains army, in fact, aside from this factor, the Liao army is not a big deal.