Although several brothers and nephews of Dengli Khan were unwilling to rescue the Khan who was trapped in the Tang Dynasty, at the insistence of Prime Minister Dunmohe, the Uighur court finally decided to redeem Dengli Khan in consideration of the overall situation.
In the Tang Dynasty, the right minister Wei Jiansu was responsible for negotiating with Prime Minister Dun Mohe. There was not much bargaining in this negotiation. The Uighurs agreed to redeem the Uighur army for a total price of 10 million sheep, regardless of how many people were left in Feihuxing.
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Among them were not only the prisoners of war from Feihuxing, but also a thousand prisoners of war captured by the Tang army in Yi County.
Of course, the ransom did not include weapons and war horses. The weapons and war horses must be kept. The two parties agreed to deliver and release the people in Qingsai Canyon, Yunzhong County.
When the Tang Dynasty gained face, it also gave face to the other party. Both parties agreed to reach an agreement in their own terms. What the Tang Dynasty signed was a redemption agreement, in the name of opening a clan. If the other party was defeated, the trapped and remnant troops would be redeemed in the form of ransom.
What the Uighurs signed was an armistice agreement, which made it clear that the Uighurs were not prisoners of war, but an agreement between the two parties. The Uighurs returned to the grasslands. It was mentioned in the text that the Uighurs paid 10 million sheep as war compensation for the Uighurs' invasion of the Tang Dynasty.
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Li Ye signed the armistice agreement on behalf of Datang.
Prime Minister Dun Mohe did not stop in Chang'an. He immediately ordered General Gu Duo to drive back to Feihuxing, while he rushed to Yunzhong.
Considering that autumn has arrived, they don't have much time to travel back and forth. The Uighurs have already made preparations in advance. They have brought 12 million sheep and 100,000 horses, and will deliver the sheep to the Tang Dynasty in advance. They will directly deliver the prisoners of war to the Tang Dynasty.
Pick up.
Ten days later, Xi Wanli led 30,000 cavalry to accompany the Tang Dynasty handover envoy Duan Xiushi and the Uighur general Gu Duo to the Feihu Xingxi exit, where there were 30,000 troops led by Nan Jiyun.
Gudu led a dozen of his men into Feihuxing and soon arrived at Feihu County.
Dengli Khan looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally his bones came.
"Khan, several princes within Uighur disagreed with the rescue, but Prime Minister Dun Mohe insisted on rescue, and other tribes also requested rescue, so the opponents had no choice but to agree."
Dengli Khan gritted his teeth with hatred and said: "I knew these bastards wanted me to die in the Tang Dynasty!"
"Prime Minister Dunmohe has concluded negotiations with the Tang army and has paid 10 million sheep to redeem the Huihe army."
"In what name is redemption made?"
Dengli Khan didn't care how many sheep he paid, but he cared about the name in which he was redeemed. If it was in the name of a prisoner of war, then he would not be able to continue to be a khan. No Uighur would accept a prisoner of war to continue to be a khan.
Khan.
Gu Duo handed the agreement to Dengli Khan. Dengli Khan read it carefully, not missing every word. He breathed a long sigh of relief. It was an armistice agreement and he did not become a prisoner of war.
"When can we leave?"
"You can leave now, but Khan had better look at the copy. There are conditions on it."
Dengli Khan took the copy and looked at it carefully. He frowned and said, "If you can't take away weapons and horses, how can you ensure the safety of the army?"
Gu Duo smiled bitterly and said: "Khan, the other party made it very clear that they want ransom. If they want to kill us, it will be easy. They only need to let in a group of sick mules and horses. All our horses will die within ten days, and the meat will be preserved."
If not, it will rot soon and we will have no food. This trick is very cruel, but fortunately they did not use it.
And since their regent has signed the agreement, he won’t go back on his words again, so Khan doesn’t have to worry!”
Dengli Khan was just pretending to be pretentious. In fact, he was more anxious than anyone else to leave this damn canyon. He would accept it if he were asked to strip naked and leave.
Besides, he knew better than anyone that they had no choice at all.
An hour later, the 55,000 Uighur soldiers put down their weapons, said goodbye to their horses, and lined up to the west of the valley mouth. The 60,000 Tang troops watched the Uighur soldiers pass by one by one.
Each person took a five kilogram bag of dry food and a water hyacinth, and lined up to go to Yanmen Pass.
Under the escort of the Tang army, 55,000 Uighur soldiers crossed Yanmen Pass. Opposite was Yunzhou. There was no resistance or conflict along the way. All the Uighur soldiers were eager to go home. Winter will be in two months. Every soldier is eager to return home.
Worrying about the situation at home.
Including Dengli Khan and several captains of ten thousand men, they received slight preferential treatment. Each of them had a horse and one more grain than the soldiers.
Four days later, the team arrived at Qingsai Valley. At this time, the Tang Army had delivered 10 million sheep at the mouth of the Zihe River Valley two days ago. The 10,000 Tang Army cavalry drove the sheep as far as the eye could see to Fengzhou.
These flocks of sheep, worth tens of millions of dollars, were eventually transported by water to various parts of the Tang Dynasty for sale. The money earned was used as war dividends, half of which went to the left treasury of the imperial court and half to Li Ye's inner treasury.
Fifty-five thousand Uighur soldiers passed through the Qingsai Valley and entered the prairie. It was only then that tens of thousands of Uighur soldiers seemed to have returned to their hometown. Their whole bodies and minds relaxed, and they cheered and ran towards the distant camp.
Prime Minister Dun Mohe led more than 10,000 Uighur soldiers to set up camp dozens of miles away. They welcomed the released Uighur soldiers into the camp. After three days of rest, the army returned to the grassland in a mighty manner.
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In the past few days, there has been a wave of land withdrawals in the imperial court. In the early stage, it was the Guanzhong gentry, Wei family, Du family, Su family, Liu family, Yang family, etc., and in the later stage, it was basically all the Guanlong families, and households were reported almost every day.
Ministry, abandoned the manor in Guanzhong.
The first to retreat was the Dugu family. They were also among the top landowners in the Tang Dynasty. They retreated from eight manors in Guanzhong, totaling about 200,000 acres. According to the court policy, there were two methods: redemption and replacement. The Dugu family chose
replaced.
Immediately after, the Changsun family and the Dou family all withdrew from the Guanzhong Manor, then the Yuan family withdrew from five manors, and then the Yu family, the Hou Mochen family, the Doulu family, etc. followed suit.
One less, two or three more. Within ten days, the Guanlong family all withdrew from more than a hundred manors and millions of acres of land. All these families chose to replace them, and no one chose to redeem them.
The reason is also very simple. The imperial court does not allow new manors of more than 500 acres, which means that land annexation is no longer allowed. An exception is made for the replacement of manor. In this case, everyone naturally wants to keep the manor.
There is a deeper reason for this, which is the replacement of overseas islands.
All families have received various plans from the court to exchange land, among which the island exchange for ten times is the last option.
However, most families have ignored this option, but there is no airtight wall in the world, especially among the Guanlong nobles, who are all married to each other and have various inextricable relationships.
Yuan Xiao, the grandson of Yuan Yuan, Duke of the State of Pi, married a daughter of the Dou family. Yuan Xiao is currently serving as the governor of Longzhou. He happened to be reporting on his duties at the court these days, and Yuan Xiao received shocking news from his wife.
The news really shocked Yuan Yuan. The Dou family actually changed the island. Each of these family heads were thousand-year-old foxes. Of course, he knew that the Dou family would not get kicked in the head by a donkey and run to change the island.
The Dou family must have followed the Dugu family and the Changsun family. In other words, the Dugu family and the Changsun family have most likely replaced the island. What are they doing? They hide it from themselves.
"Grandpa, maybe the Dou family wants to do overseas business. They had this idea before."
"You think it's too simple. Why do you need islands for overseas business? Moreover, these are desert islands. It is impossible for the Dou family to replace a desert island alone. I guess the Dugu family and the eldest grandson have also replaced it."
Yuan Xiao suddenly remembered something and said quickly: "My grandson had a gathering with some old friends yesterday. Changsun Qun was also there. We mentioned the matter of land replacement. Changsun Qun said that not only did their family's land in Guanzhong be handed over, but also the land in Hedong.
The manor in Zhongyuan was also handed over, for some unknown reason?"
Yuan Yuan nodded slowly and said: "As expected, there must be something big in this. The Dugu family and the Changsun family must be hiding something from me!"
"How about Grandpa go and ask!"
Yuan Yuan thought this way. He took out a greeting card and handed it to his grandson, "Give it to Dou Xian for me. I will visit him tonight!"
