on the empty wilderness.

The two armies gathered for a kilometer and stopped, facing each other.

In front of the army, Qin Huaidao rode a white hoof, holding a pergola to observe the front, and was a little surprised in his heart.

During the military discussion, Qin Huaidao decided to eat the 5,000 people of the Dianhe Department first, and then attack Putao overnight after defeating its arrogance, and take it in one fell swoop, so as not to miss a great opportunity, but what is the matter if the Dianhe Department does not move?

"Someone's coming." Next to him, Luo Tong whispered.

Qin Huaidao also saw it really and looked at Zhao Long.

Zhao Long nodded knowingly, rode his horse to meet the comer, and asked, "Who is coming?" ”

The person who came was in his twenties, with a sturdy figure, but he had a bit of the elegance of a scholar, learned Tang etiquette and hugged his fists, and said in a fairly proficient Tang language: "In the young patriarch's building of the Xiadianhe tribe, I am specially invited to meet your family." ”

"What?" Zhao Long asked.

"Talk about some business."

"Wait." Zhao Long was a little surprised, but he didn't make his own decisions, and returned with a horse's head and told the truth.

Qin Huaidao was a little surprised, he didn't come to fight, what was going on in business? After thinking about it, he said: "Luo Ying will go with me, and the others will be on standby to attack at any time." ”

"Obey!" Connivance has been granted.

Qin Huai Daoce immediately stepped forward, looked at the other party and asked, "What business do you want to discuss?" ”

"Sure enough, it's a Tang person, I don't know what to call it?" Hug your fists in the building.

Since the other party wants to talk about business, not to fight, it can be seen that Dianhe's choice is different from Pu Tao, which is interesting, it is worth using, since you want to use it, of course, you have to show your value, Qin Huaidao did not hide it, and said truthfully: "Qin Huaidao, the protector of the Tang Dynasty, was ordered to return the exiled people." ”

This reason has been used in Putao before, maybe the other party already knows it and can use it again.

Sure enough, there was not much surprise in the building, and there were not many questions, obviously he already knew, and said with a smile: "I have seen the protector of the Tang Kingdom, and I have long heard of the demeanor of the adults. ”

"Tell me about your conditions." Qin Huaidao asked quietly, there is no free lunch in the world, not to mention that the Turks advocate the law of the jungle, and it is impossible to return it in vain.

There was no circle in the building, and he said bluntly: "There are more than 5,000 slaves in our department, all of whom were obtained in previous years, and we are willing to return them all free of charge, but there is one condition, our department needs 100,000 stones of grain, 10,000 stones of snowflake salt, 100,000 horses of cloth, and 10,000 jars of liquor. ”

I have to say that the other party is very sincere.

There are a lot of things, but if you think of a way, you can transport them, but if something goes wrong, it will be a demon, Qin Huaidao was a little more cautious, and asked: "There are a lot of things, give me a reason." ”

"This thing is not difficult for you, the liquor and snowflake salt are still made by you, it is not a secret, if the Qiang country is divided into three major tribes, Dianhe, Putao, and crossbows, countless small tribes, Dianhe is the strongest, the population is the largest, but in recent years, there has been a drought, food is in short supply, cattle and sheep are not enough to eat, and the trade route is interrupted, the clansmen are having a hard time, if they can't get food supplies, they can only start a war, and the reason why the Putao tribe attacked your department is because of lack of food." Lou said truthfully.

There was a bit of helplessness in these words, and there was also a threat - if they could trade, the Ministry of Pawns would not mind handing over the slaves, it would be better to eat with more than 5,000 people less, and if they couldn't trade, the Ministry of Pawns would have to do it in order to survive.

This is a real villain!

But this kind of person is easy to deal with, Qin Huaidao judged that the other party did not lie based on the information obtained from the previous interrogation of Chi Xian and the catalogue, ten years ago Loulan died due to drought, Ruoqiang also fell apart, and everyone had a hard time.

After pondering for a moment, Qin Huaidao smiled and said: "Since you know this official, you should know the temper and style of this official, you can give you something, the price will be according to your market price, and you will not charge a copper plate more, but you have to give it to me first." ”

"No problem, I went to Chang'an before the second half of the year, and I knew that the protector of the country was benevolent and righteous, and I was convinced, and I heard that the adults subdued the Qitun departments, and Putao fought two battles, killing 13,000 people, and the majesty was unparalleled, unstoppable, so I persuaded my father to value peace, not to compete with adults, but also to help, just to stay out of the way, to remain neutral, I don't know if adults can be fulfilled?"

Qin Huaidao looked at the other party with interest and said with a smile: "You are very good, I agreed." ”

"So, thank you, my lord, someone will deliver it before dark, but the supplies ......"

"The road is far away, it takes time for the materials to arrive, and there are too many materials to be transported at one time, it needs to be divided into three times, of course, if the cooperation goes well, you and I can maintain a long-term cooperative relationship, and the first time it can arrive within twenty days, how?" Qin Huaidao immediately said, why should he refuse to make money?

Divided into three times, the first time arrived in twenty days, it was to drag the other party, as long as the Dianhe tribe did not participate in the war during the cooperation period, and it was okay to take the crossbow branch after taking Putao, and then it would be their own initiative

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Lou Li thought about it for a while and promised, "No problem, then it's decided." ”

"Good!" Qin Huaidao agreed.

"Farewell!"

The other party clenched his fists and saluted, pulled the horse's head and left.

Qin Huaidao stared at the other party's departing back, his eyes contemplating, this guy is a talent.

"Uncle, if you really cooperate with them, what if you confuse us?" Luo Ying asked.

"No, whether it is Chixian, the catalogue or the information provided by other tribes, it shows that everyone is having a hard time, there are many people in the Dianhe Department, there are many mouths, there is a lot of consumption, it is not strange that there is a lack of food, there are only two choices for no food, buy and rob, robbery means war, people will die, once the strength of the tribe is weakened, it will be targeted by other larger tribes, annexed, as a last resort, no one will choose to rob, so he came to the door, but he is a smart person."

"Isn't he afraid that we will attack after taking Pu Tao and the crossbow?" Luo Ying still didn't believe it.

Qin Huaidao thought for a while and said: "Dianhe must have considered this, but he still came over to talk, there is only one explanation, they are seriously short of food, otherwise they will not agree to hand over the slaves, handing over the slaves can not only show goodwill, but also reduce the food of five thousand people, why not?" As for attacking ......"

Speaking of this, Qin Huaidao paused, a little uncertain, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable.

frowned slightly, and after pondering for a moment, Qin Huaidao continued: "If it were me, if the Dianhe Department was really short of food, I would also choose to cooperate and remain neutral, which has three major benefits, one is to save more than 5,000 people with food; the second is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so that all parties can fight each other and consume strength; Third, wait until you buy enough food and then see, once all parties lose, pounce on it and take a bite, swallow it all, strengthen yourself, if our side wins, there is no chance to make a dead hand, continue to cooperate, no loss. ”

"Aren't you afraid we'll eat them?" Luo Ying asked in surprise.

Qin Huaidao looked at Luo Ying, his eyes flickered, and he asked rhetorically: "Normally, how many soldiers are left after we take Pu Tao and the crossbow branch?" ”

"The war must have its own losses, and it is no problem to have thirty or forty thousand left." Luo Ying said uncertainly.

"There are 50,000 soldiers who can fight, why are they afraid?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

Luo Yingmeng reacted and said dissatisfiedly: "Co-authoring the book is invincible, no wonder he came to trade, not only to get food, but also to sit and watch the two tigers fight, to reap the benefits of the fisherman, a good means, so why do we still cooperate with him?" This guy is too shady. ”

"Why not cooperate? We can't play three at the same time, cooperation is advantageous, this guy is a smart person, it's a pity to meet me. A sneer flashed at the corner of Qin Huaidao's mouth, thinking that Huang Que was behind, then he had to have that strength.

Luo Ying was a little enlightened and didn't ask any more.

The two returned on horseback, and the crowd greeted them and asked.

Qin Huaidao briefly explained the cooperation and his own analysis, everyone is also a human spirit, and they all nodded in agreement, it is better not to fight, you can free your hands to clean up Pu Tao, as long as you take Pu Tao, your strength will be able to grow a few points, if Dianhe really hands over five thousand slaves, it will be better.

As for the future, each by his own means!

After explaining the pros and cons, Qin Huaidao's face turned grim, and he earnestly advised: "Brothers, the biggest drawback of our waiting is the lack of troops, cancel the plan to attack Putao tonight, let them continue to be nervous and fatigued, anyway, they don't dare to relax, let's talk in two days, in order to ensure that the Putao Department does not relax, Luo Tong ......"

"In!"

"You take people to the vicinity of Putao to exert pressure, strangle the scouts, and create an offensive posture, but don't really fight, tired soldiers, the others return to the camp to stand by, to prevent Dianhe from sneaking attack, if Dianhe really hands over the slaves, we can have thousands more credible soldiers." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Everyone suddenly received their orders.

The battle was not successful, but there was one more opportunity, Qin Huaidao was in a good mood and ordered the troops to retreat.

The army slowly departed, and soon disappeared at the end of the wilderness.

Luo Tong made sure that there were no Dianhe scouts to follow him halfway, and then led the army to leave quietly, and went straight to the Putao tribe.