Seeing Shang Bo's sincere expression, Mou Yu Khan just felt that the Tang envoy was really thick-skinned.
The Tang Dynasty had just flooded the elite Uighurs, and now they had the audacity to say that they were here for the goodwill of the Uighurs in the Tang Dynasty.
However, Mou Yu Khan deserves to have the blood of the Li Te people, and he also inherited the businessman's flexibility and flexibility.
Since this businessman is not afraid of death, let's listen to what he has to say.
Mou Yu Khan snorted coldly and said, "Are you here to bury my father Khan?"
Shang Bo shook his body and said: "Khan's words are wrong. The envoy said that he came here for the sake of friendship between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs."
"Friendly, it turns out that the Tang Dynasty is so friendly!"
Mou Yu Khan was also very depressed. His father Khan not only ruined the 20,000 elite Uighurs, but also the hegemony of the Uighurs to unify the grassland.
After the Battle of Jinshan, the Geluolu people completely betrayed the Uighurs, and now the Uighurs have completely lost their influence in the western region of Hanhai.
On the Mobei grassland, there are not only Uighurs, but also Turks, Rourans, Qiang, Hu and Xianbei people.
After the defeat of the Uighurs, these tribes showed their disobedience.
The grassland is such a realistic place. He who has strong soldiers and horses will be the king.
Because only the most powerful tribe can establish the order of the grassland, lead everyone south to plunder, and prevent people from starving to death in winter.
This is also the survival law of the Mobei grassland for hundreds of years, and it is also why even if the Central Plains civilization defeated the Huns, there are still Rourans, Turks, and Uighurs who continue to rise.
Because the grassland naturally needs a king, not long after the Tang Dynasty eliminated the Turks, the Uighurs quickly rose to become the overlord of the grassland.
Maintaining a weak grassland hegemony is beneficial to Longyou.
This is also an important reason why Shangbo volunteered to go to the Uighurs as an envoy. At this time, the Uighurs were the weakest and the most able to bargain.
Although Mou Yu Khan was angry, his tone softened.
He looked at Shang Bo and said, "Aren't you afraid that the Uighurs will stop the horse market?"
Nowadays, the royal guards have suffered heavy losses, and it is probably impossible to organize a war against the Tang Dynasty. Mou Yu Khan deserves to have a merchant blood, and he threatened King Jianning with the tea-horse trade.
But Shang Bo smiled and said: "Honorable Khan, now His Highness owns the pasture in Longyou, and we people of the Tang Dynasty can graze our own cattle."
Mou Yu Khan said: "Does the horse farm alone have adult war horses? Does King Jianning think that war horses can grow up in just one month?"
Shang Bo then said: "We also have the war horses of the Geluolu people. The war horses they raise are no less good than the Uighur horses."
"You!" After hearing the news from Ge Luo Lu, Mou Yu Khan stood up, took out his sword and put it on Shang Bo's neck and said:
"Are you really not afraid that I will chop you down?"
Shang Bo said without fear: "If the Khan wanted my life, I wouldn't have let Shang Bo say so many words. This time I came for the goodwill between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs, and I also came for the Khan.
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Khan Mouyu calmed down, he took back his saber and said, "Tell me, now that I am the Khan of the Uighurs, what qualifications does King Jianning have to cooperate with me?"
Mou Yu Khan looked at Shang Bo. As a Uighur anti-Tang faction, Mou Yu Khan knew the system of the Tang Dynasty better than his brother Ye Hu.
The prince goes out of town to make a special appointment. This kind of thing only happens in special times and is a special appointment.
Once An Lushan rebels, princes like Li Yan will inevitably recall him to the capital.
According to the intelligence from the insider placed by Mou Yu Khan next to Prince Ye Hu, the Tang Dynasty had already reached Qingqu, not far from Xijing, and was less than a few hundred miles away from Xijing.
Seeing that the Tang Dynasty was about to regain Xijing, and the Anlushan Rebellion was finally pacified, how long could Li Yan, the King of Jianning, stay in Longyou?
Faced with this problem, Shang Bo said: "Khan, the Anlushan Rebellion is not so easy to put down."
Mou Yu Khan looked at Shang Bo in surprise. The Anlushan Rebellion was about to be put down. This was something that even the Uighurs could see. Why could the envoy of King Jianning make such a prediction?
Shang Bo said: "If your Majesty attacks Fan Yang first, seizes An Qingxu's lair, and then mobilizes all the troops from across the country to surround the two capitals, An's thieves can be wiped out with just a few clicks."
"But His Majesty was eager to regain the two capitals, so he gave An Qingxu another chance."
Mou Yu Khan asked in confusion: "Why is this?"
"The summers in both capitals are hot. Now the soldiers in front of Xijing are all troops from the northern border towns. These soldiers cannot bear the heat and are homesick. Xijing is one of the most fortified cities in the world. If the Tang army cannot capture it for a long time, it will definitely be impetuous, and it will give peace of mind.
This is an opportunity for thieves to take advantage of."
"The second is that if the An thieves abandon the two capitals and flee back to Fan Yang's home base, the imperial court will recruit another army to go to the north to quell the rebellion."
Mou Yu Khan looked at Shang Bo and did not expect that a Sima under King Jianning could make such a judgment on the battle situation.
In fact, Shangbo is also a reenactment based on historical trends. Historically, the entire Anshi Rebellion was not put down until the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, 761 AD.
Now is the second year of Zhide, which is 757 AD, which means that it will be four years before the Anshi Rebellion is put down.
These four years were the final development time for King Jianning. Before the Anshi Rebellion was completely quelled, his position as the general manager of Longyou could still be held back.
The diplomatic strategy set by Shang Bo for Li Yan was to "alley with the Uighurs in the north, carry the Tibetans in the south, manage the Western Regions, and march into Hexi."
Obviously, it is in Longyou's interest to maintain stability in the north.
Of course Mou Yu Khan would not be convinced by Shang Bo, but it was in Mou Yu Khan's interests to cooperate with King Jianning and maintain trade with Longyou.
Mou Yu Khan said to Shang Bo: "It is only fair to add more weapons to the Baowen Mountain Tea Horse Market and exchange the Uighur horses for weapons of the Tang Dynasty."
Shang Bo smiled and said: "Ordnance of the Tang Dynasty is not allowed to be sold. Smuggling of arms is a serious crime. King Jianning is His Majesty's biological son, so he cannot violate Tang law."
Mou Yu Khan was extremely angry and laughed: "Then you still said that you came here for the sake of the friendship between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs. Where is the friendship?"
Shangbo said: "Isn't the most important thing in today's grasslands peace? Weapons cannot bring peace, only food can."
Mou Yu Khan's eyes lit up. Gele Khan was defeated in the expedition. He lost not only 20,000 elites, but also a large amount of baggage and livestock.
Without this food, many tribes would starve to death.
At that time, even if it is not for ambition, but for the sake of survival, there will be fierce fighting on the grassland.
Shang Bo said: "In order to get something, you have to pay the same price. This is the principle of equal exchange in the alchemy of the Central Plains."
"If the Uighurs want to obtain food, they naturally have to exchange it with something. This is only fair."