"Okay,"

Sonny said in a deep voice, "Since it is an alliance, we can't not show any sincerity at all, at a fixed price, our Great Qing Kingdom is willing to take out one and a half million taels of silver to fund your country to send troops to Huguang, as for the war horses, now our Eight Banners elite is engaged in a bloody battle with the three towns of Nanjing of the Tianwei Army of the Ming Dynasty, the consumption of war horses is too great, and there are not many extra war horses in my hands, however, I can make the decision on behalf of our regent, your country will send troops to Huguang, we are willing to provide your country with 6,000 good horses to help you prepare for an elite cavalry!" What do you think? There's still sincerity in the future, right? ”

Sun Kewang and Wang Zhaolin glanced at each other, their eyes were full of surprise, I thought that Sony would be very dissatisfied with the emperor's request, at least the two of them wanted to get the remaining 100,000 taels of silver, but it was not so easy, I didn't expect that Sony gave himself a direct reply, although it was far from the emperor's request, but it was also very good, 6,000 good horses, now the entire Great Western Army, over 10,000 or so cavalry, cavalry is there, but the most painful thing is that there are no horses, Sichuan horses are all inferior horses, There is no way to fight at all, and now with the six thousand good horses provided by Manchuria, it is different, and it is completely possible to form an elite cavalry.

"Good!"

Sun Kewang said in a deep voice: "Lord Sony is really a cheerful person, in that case, what else do I have to say to Lord Wang?" It's up to me and the two of us! ”

Sonny said in a deep voice: "However, two, we are villains first and then gentlemen, once the alliance is signed, your country must immediately send troops to Huguang, and our Great Qing Kingdom will also guarantee that within two months of your country's troops, all these silver taels and war horses will be transported to Sichuan, after all, it is three or four thousand miles away, and the silver taels are good to say, we need to raise war horses temporarily, the time is short, even if it is the Great Qing Kingdom, it is impossible to make it up......"

Wang Zhaolin said with a smile: "This is natural, after all, it is six thousand good horses, if it is the Great Western Kingdom, even if it is prepared for a year, it will not be prepared, our emperor will definitely understand, as for the matter of sending troops, we will also urge the emperor to send troops as soon as possible, please rest assured!" ”

The two of them got the benefits of Sony, so they naturally did their best to do things for Sony, as for how much silver the Qing Kingdom gave to the Great Western Kingdom, and how much it had to do with themselves, none of them could fall into their own hands, or the 100,000 taels of silver came from the truth, it was real.

The two of them were not in a hurry to see Zhang Xianzhong, and on the third day, they entered the palace together to meet Zhang Xianzhong.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and the king of Dingnan and Sony had several conversations, arguing with reason, and making strong statements, so that the envoy of the Great Qing Kingdom was relieved and promised to make concessions on the remuneration......"

Wang Zhaolin bowed to Zhang Xianzhong and said.

Zhang Xianzhong asked, "Concessions?" What kind of concessions? ”

Sun Kewang said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Sony has promised that if the two countries sign an alliance and we promise to send troops to Huguang, the Great Qing Kingdom is willing to give 1.5 million taels of silver as a reward, and at the same time, we are willing to provide 6,000 war horses to our Great Western Kingdom to support us in preparing for an elite cavalry!" ”

"Six thousand?"

Zhang Xianzhong frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "The matter of silver is a trivial matter, but these six thousand war horses are a little too little, right?" If I want to say, less than 10,000 war horses, then there is no need to talk about it! If you want to cooperate, then show sincerity, as soon as Lao Tzu sends troops, it will also have to pay a huge price, just these military salaries, grain and grass don't cost money? ”

"The Emperor's ......"

Wang Zhaolin smiled bitterly: "Six thousand war horses, a lot, you know, war horses are not better than infantry, infantry is easy to recruit, but war horses, especially excellent war horses, now there is no market, even if we hold the silver to buy, there is no place to buy, even if it is Manchurian, now the war horses are not particularly abundant, you don't forget, now the Manchurian Eight Banners in the Central Plains, and the Tianwei Army has fought repeatedly, the Manchurian Eight Banners are still losing soldiers, in the past few months, the elite of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the casualties have exceeded 20,000 at least, they still continue to replenish the war horses, support the front battle, can give us six thousand war horses, it is already the best they can, the minister and the king of Dingnan for two or two days, but they have been soaked in the post house with Sony soft grinding hard bubble......"

Zhang Xianzhong also understands in his heart that war horses are the most important resources of a country, and they are as important as salt and iron, not to mention that now the Great Qing Kingdom is competing with the Ming Dynasty for the world, and the war is in full swing, even if there is no war in the Great Qing Kingdom now, it is impossible to send 20,000 war horses to the Great Western Kingdom in one go, this bargaining chip is too heavy.

"Well, since that's the case, then so be it, one and a half million taels of silver, six thousand war horses, that's enough, two Aiqing, then choose a day to sign an alliance with the envoy of the Great Qing Kingdom! As for these silver taels and war horses, it takes time to agree with Sony, and the silver and war horses must be sent to Sichuan within a certain period of time! ”

Zhang Xianzhong said.

Sun Kewang bowed and said: "The emperor can rest assured, Sony has already expressed his position to us, as long as we send troops to Huguang, the Great Qing Kingdom will send one and a half million taels of silver and six thousand war horses to Sichuan within two months, it is by no means a broken promise, and now they are begging our Great Western Kingdom to do things, they don't have the courage to do this, at this time, then our Great Western Kingdom is open, otherwise, in the face of the attack of the two strong enemies at the same time, even if the Eight Banners of Manchuria are strong, I am afraid that they will not be able to support it, right?" ”

Two months?

That is, sixty days, from the capital to Sichuan, at least four thousand miles, even if you are in a hurry day and night, you have to walk sixty or seventy miles every day to be able to reach Sichuan, I have to say, the Qing Kingdom is very refreshing, two months to be able to send things over, it is already very good.

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes flashed, calculating the gains and losses of the benefits, and after a long time, he said: "Okay, since this is the case, then let's take a gamble, if we succeed, we will earn half of the Ming Dynasty, sitting on the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, if we fail, the big deal is to honestly nest in Sichuan, with the mountains and rivers, whether it is the Manchurian Tartars, or the Ming court, we don't want to get us!" ”

"That's it!"

Sun Kewang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Erchen is willing to personally lead the army to the battle!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded and replied: "Passing the decree, Sun Kewang is the generalissimo of the expedition to the east, commanding the sixty battalions of the front army and the Chinese army, and the 90,000 army is assembled in the direction of Badong County, going straight to Jingzhou, and entering Wuchang Mansion; With Liu Wenxiu as the generalissimo of the southern army, commanding the 45 battalions of the left army and the right army, and the 60,000 troops marched from Fengdu and Luzhou to Wuling, and went straight to Changsha. ”

(End of chapter)