Chapter 469: Ten miles back
Ashina Taimen is undoubtedly a great nobleman on the grassland, although he is not the top, but he is definitely the overlord of one side, the Khan King of a large tribe of more than 20,000 people around him, he is qualified to look down on the weak tribes around him, including his younger brother's tribe.
On the grassland, Ashina Taimen and almost all the tribes of the Khan do not get along, the Khan King who is bigger than his tribe looks down on him, and he disdains to associate with him, and the weaker tribe Khan King, he looks down on it, or disdains to associate with it, even his younger brother Ashina Dake, he rarely cares, the most he can do is when the tribes of the two tribes have a conflict, he does not pursue the fault of his younger brother's people, for him, this is already the limit, no matter how good it is, after all, this is the prairie, A place where the jungle eats the strong.
Now that Ashinada has suffered a catastrophe, he, as an elder brother, really can't stand by anymore, so he has to send troops to rescue, but it is impossible for him not to take advantage of his younger brother.
Riding a horse and standing under the big sword, Ashina Taimen thought to himself: "After this time, my tribe will be even stronger, I won't return all the tribes to that stupid person of Dake, of course, as long as he doesn't forcibly take back his subordinates, then I can keep him alive, if he wants to forcibly take it back, then, he shouldn't be my brother, why should I treat him as a younger brother!" ”
Touching the leather armor on his body, Ashina Taimen sighed, he originally had a pair of all-iron black armor, but unfortunately it was broken, the nail leaf was missing, but he had no way to get a new nail leaf, so the iron armor could only be placed at home and guarded by his woman, and he could only wear such a pair of leather armor, even if he suddenly felt a Khan King, what could he do, he was not as good as a small general of the Central Plains!
Looking at the mountains in the distance, where the Central Plains army was stationed, it was really strange, why the Central Plains army hadn't left yet, how much trouble would it save itself. If they stay here, do they really want to start a war with themselves?
A centurion rushed over and shouted: "Taimen Khan, the Central Plains army has sent people down the mountain, it is our sudden people, it seems to be a horse thief, somehow they have taken refuge in the Central Plains army, and now they are regarded as messengers, they want to negotiate peace with you, they don't want to go to war!" ”
Ashina Taimen's spirits lifted. The Central Plains army does not want to go to war? Then why did they run to the grassland, and so many people came?
With a wave of the horsewhip in his hand, Ashina Taimen said: "Let them come over, I want to question, and, search, do they have daggers!" ”
The centurion said yes, rode away, and returned in a few moments. Said: "Taimen Khan, they didn't bring anything, but there were a few people who had money from the Central Plains." And no less! As he spoke, he took a few small leather bags down from his horse and held them high for Ashina Taimen to watch.
Ashina Taimen narrowed his eyes. Of course, he knew Dafang coins, and he knew that with just one string of such coins, he could buy a good tent on the grassland. Or a dozen fat sheep, or even after melting, the copper inside can be made into armor leaves and mounted on top of the armor.
"With so much money in the Central Plains, it seems that the Central Plains army is very rich!" Ashina Taimen said softly.
He waved his hand and asked the centurion to put away the leather bag, he planned to go back to his territory, find a blacksmith to melt the money, and repair his iron armor, although copper and iron are different colors, but he didn't care, anyway, the armor is not for seeing, but for life.
Enda was pushed to Ashina Taimen, Enda did not hesitate, got used to it, knelt down, and shouted: "Meet Taimen Khan, you are the highest flying eagle on the grassland, the most ferocious white wolf on the ground......"
He complimented Ashina Taimen as he had seen the tribal leader before, after all, he was just a horse thief before, and when he saw the tribal leader, especially the Khan king like Ashina Taimen, it was so humble that he couldn't be more humble, of course, even if he was humble, people might not be willing to look at him!
But this kind of expression is very useful in the eyes of Ashina Taimen, because he no longer regards Enda as a horse thief who is a lost dog, but as a messenger of the Central Plains army, as soon as his identity changes, when he sees Enda like this, he thinks that the Central Plains army is softening him!
Ashina Taimen waited for Enda to finish flattering, and then asked: "Your Central Plains master wants you to come and talk to Ben Khan, but do you want to surrender?" ”
"It's not surrender, it's peace, don't use knives to kill!" Enda said hurriedly.
He himself also felt that he was a little too embarrassed, losing the face of General Yang, why did he kneel down for Ashina Taimen as soon as they met, and he didn't even understand why he had such a reaction, thinking about it, he stood up himself, but he still bent over and stood in front of Ashina Taimen's horse.
Ashina Taimen frowned and asked: "This Central Plains army is from Dafang, the Central Plains is such a country, what are they doing here when they come to us, are they going to fight with us, who is the general leading the army, and what is his name?" ”
When his younger brother sent someone to deliver a letter to him, the person who sent the letter did not explain what the Central Plains army was here for, nor did he explain who the person who led the troops was, so he naturally had no bottom in his heart, and did not expect this so-called messenger to tell the truth, but it was always okay to ask.
He didn't know what Yang Ze's name was, but he said that it was General Yang Da, a very young Dafang Empire official, and he couldn't have said this more clearly.
As soon as he heard that General Yang was very young, Ashina Taimen immediately put his mind at ease, and the young man could lead the troops to the battle, that must be a nobleman, although as a tribal khan, he himself was also a nobleman, but he could still look down on other noble children, thinking that a young man like General Yang was just relying on his mother's belly, so he could be an official in the position of a general, but he had no ability, so he didn't have to take it too seriously.
Ashina Taimen asked again: "You said they are going to the Northeast?" There are a lot of barbarians there, they are going to conquer the barbarians, just passing through our Sudden Grassland by the way, are you sure? ”
Although the Sudden Awakening people will also be called barbarians compared to the Central Plains people, this does not prevent him from calling the tribes of the Northeast barbarians, because in his eyes, the Northeast people are more fierce, and the tribes there are more barbaric.
Enda hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, they are going to conquer the barbarians in the northeast, but they are passing by our grassland, and they have no intention of fighting, but because Da Khan ...... This villain doesn't know the specific reason, anyway, Da Khan arrested their people and wanted to extort ransom, but the fight started, and Da Khan hasn't beaten anyone yet! ”
Whether the people who live in the Northeast are barbarians or not, Enda doesn't care at all, but he also knows that the people in the Northeast are very powerful, but no matter how powerful it is, what does Ashina Taimen want to call it, he just follows the words, and it doesn't cost anything!
Ashina Taimen nodded and said, "To fight the barbarians in the northeast, you really need to send a strong army, otherwise you can't beat it." It's no surprise that Da Ke didn't fight this Central Plains army, but this Central Plains army doesn't want to waste time on our grassland, that's for sure, right? ”
"Yes, that's what General Yang said." Enda hurriedly said: "He also said that he was willing to return Da Khan, as well as the cattle and sheep and the subordinates, all of them were sent back, he didn't want anything, and he was willing to send another batch of gifts to hand over to Taimen Khan!" ”
When the commanders and centurions of the Taimen Department heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, it would be good if there was no need to fight, not only would they not have to fight, but they could also get a lot of benefits, wouldn't it be better.
Ashina Taimen's face was happy, and he nodded: "Okay, just follow that General Yang, but ......" He swallowed his saliva, and was embarrassed to say, just return the subordinates and the cattle and sheep, my brother Ashina Dake, you can keep it! He really couldn't say this, but he didn't want to let his brother come back like this!
Thankfully, there was someone by his side who could speak for him, an old man who looked like a wizard and said, "How is Dakhan now, is he hurt?" ”
Enda said: "I was a little injured, but I wasn't too strict, I could still speak, but I couldn't ride a horse!" "He's telling the truth, Ashinada can indeed speak now, but he can only lie still, but there is no need to go into too much detail.
Ashina Taimen and the old wizard glanced at each other and nodded, so it is easy to say that Enda is seriously injured now, but he is not dead yet.
"Our army will withdraw ten miles first, and then let that General Yang release people, and the troops and cattle and sheep will also be sent back, as for the gifts for peace...... "Ashinada glanced at the old wizard.
The old wizard immediately said: "Wait until all our people are put back, if there is a gift, we will not pursue, if not, then there will be no politeness, gift armor, to ...... I want a thousand pairs of armor, and if I can't get them together, then five hundred pairs will do, and I can't go any less! ”
In fact, even if there are only a hundred pairs, or even ten pairs of armor, the people of the Taimen Department will be very satisfied, until now, except for Ashina Taimen, there is a pair of iron armor, the soldiers and generals in the tribe are wearing leather armor, and no general can wear iron armor, in the tribe, a qiē iron thing is very valuable, even the horseshoe is a sought-after good goods!
Enda agreed one by one, turned around and said goodbye, and went up the mountain to report to Yang Ze, and Ashina Taimen was a man of words, and immediately retreated with the Sudden Awakening soldiers, and the team began to coax again, following the road just now, running into the distance.
Chang Chenggong watched the retreat of the Sudden Awakening soldiers on the mountain, shook his head with a smile, and said: "These people are so easy to deceive, they haven't gotten anything yet, they start to retreat, no wonder they always say that we are generous and cunning, not that we are cunning, but we are really like this, if you don't cheat, you are sorry for yourself!" ”
Yang Ze snorted and said, "I didn't lie to them, I will indeed give them as I say, but after taking my benefits, what kind of consequences will be caused, that is their own business!" ”
The generals hurriedly patted their sycophants, but their sycophants were too monotonous, and they turned over and over just those two sentences, either the general was wise, or the general saw thousands of miles, and there were no tricks! (To be continued......)