Several people looked at Yang Xuan with wide eyes, asking for food from the enemy?
What kind of weird idea is this?
Yang Xuan spread his hands and explained: "Isn't this normal? I captured their people. If they want to keep these people alive, they have to pay food to feed them. Is it possible that we can help them feed them?"
Several people looked at each other, as if there was nothing wrong with what they said.
So Yang Xuan said: "You go pick two captives and ask them to go back and pass a message. If you want to keep these prisoners alive, give them food. When will their food arrive, when will these prisoners have food to eat?"
Mr. Yang is indeed a businessman, and his abacus is really accurate.
Wala gritted his teeth angrily and said that he had no food and grass, but he could exchange it for Dasheng's slaves.
Yang Xuan looked at the envoy from Wala and raised his eyebrows. This Wala man is quite good at calculating. Why are you bargaining with me?
"It's okay to change people, one for three."
The Wala envoy was anxious: "We are also prisoners, why should we exchange one for three?"
Yang Xuan calmly said: "How can it be the same? You have captured our Dasheng people and used them as slaves for so long. I have captured your soldiers and they have never been used as slaves. This is to exchange the old for the new."
The Wala envoy was immediately confused. How can we divide the prisoners into new ones and old ones?
But then again, according to their price in Wala, three slaves can't be exchanged for a warrior, let alone a horse, and they can only exchange for an ox.
Even so, the price still has to be repaid, and the Wala messenger added: "One for two at most."
Yang Xuan glared: "Now it's you who are begging me to change, so I'll change if I don't."
After speaking, he waved his hand and signaled the guards to blast the Wala messenger out.
Brother Ouyang immediately stepped forward, set up Nawala Messenger and started to go out. Nawala Messenger was anxious and immediately shouted: "Change, change, one for three, we will change."
Yang Xuan waved his hand, and the four Ouyang brothers brought the Wala messenger back.
"Sorry, I want to change it now. It's too late. The price has increased."
The Wala messenger was stunned, you are just sitting on the ground and raising the price.
Yang Xuan continued: "Three thousand and two hundred prisoners are exchanged for ten thousand Dasheng people, and ten thousand people's food will be added for ten days."
The Wala messenger waved his hands repeatedly: "You can exchange for prisoners, but you must not exchange for food."
This is a confrontation between the two armies. Food is a strategic material. It is easy to give anything, but food must not be given.
Yang Xuan turned his head and said, "See you off."
"Wait a minute." The Wala envoy said quickly: "It can be exchanged for anything, but food cannot be exchanged. After all, we are also short of food."
Yang Xuan snorted and said: "Then I don't care, I want food. Jiayuguan is occupied by you. You can transport food from the rear."
"It takes a long time to transport food from the rear. It may not take ten days and a half to arrive."
"That's your business. Remember, during the period of transporting food, you have to provide food for the prisoners yourself. Whenever there is food, they will have food to eat."
After speaking, Yang Xuan no longer waited for the Wala envoy to argue, and directly drove him out.
Li Qianhu came over and asked: "Mr. Yang, are our asking prices too harsh? What if they don't replace it?"
"Don't change?" Yang Xuan raised his eyebrows: "If we don't change, we will have three thousand coolies plus shields. If we don't have anything to eat, we will let them eat us. When we have a thousand or eight hundred left, we will release all the prisoners."
"Release all the prisoners?"
Everyone was puzzled.
Yang Xuan said: "When they get to the point of cannibalism, these people become crazy. Putting them back will only disturb the morale of the army. There is no use for us to keep a group of lunatics."
"hiss……"
Emotions: What Mr. Yang just said about eating himself, is he really eating it?
People eat people?
Master Yang is really cruel to his enemies.
Fortunately, the Walas sent food the next day and promised that the exchanged prisoners and food would be delivered within ten days.
In this case, a fight is unlikely for the time being.
But they couldn't just sit around and not work, so the Wala people started cleaning traps and filling holes.
And Yang Xuan didn't show any weakness. If you fill the holes, I will dig them, and I will dig them in front of you. Anyway, I am idle, and the person who dug the holes is still a prisoner of Wala.
Let your people dig holes and trap your own people, it's very satisfying to think about it.
The Wala people moved very quickly. In just five days, 10,000 prisoners and corresponding grain and fodder had been transported. The two sides exchanged hostages in a sinkhole below the camp in a very friendly manner.
It's not that the Wala people want to be friendly, but they know that there is a big pit under their feet and they may fall into it at any time, so they can only stay calm.
After the exchange of prisoners between the two sides was completed, Yang Xuan asked directly: "The exchange of hostages has also been completed. How about we start a war now and save you from running back and forth?"
General Wala and others are all stupid. I am standing on top of the pit and starting a war. Isn't that looking for death?
What do you mean by saving yourself from running back and forth? Do you mean that I will fall into the trap again if I come back?
He ignored Yang Xuan and led the people back carefully.
Yang Xuan shook his head: "It's boring, the Wala people are too timid."
Of course, the Wala people were not as good-tempered as Yang Xuan imagined. As soon as the prisoners came down from the mountain, the army began to attack. It was unpleasant to see such bad breath coming out.
However, after this period of time, there were many more traps and pitfalls in the forest. By the time it got dark, we had advanced less than two miles.
As soon as it got dark, the Wala people had to stop their advance and could only camp on the spot.
But how could Yang Xuan let the enemy camp under his nose? A sneak attack at night would definitely not work, so after dinner, he sent people to continuously harass them.
Sometimes he would come over and shoot two arrows, and sometimes he would shout in the distance. The whole night, the Wala people did not sleep well at all.
After daybreak, we have to continue filling holes and eliminating traps.
They were pulling back and forth, but Chen Changqing was getting angry.
According to his intelligence, Yang Xuan had been surrounded by the Oara army for more than 20 days. After the Oara people launched their attack, there was no movement. It was not even clear whether Yang Xuan was dead or alive.
Chen Changqing led troops to advance many times, but was met with tight defense by the Oara people. They even sent an additional 20,000 troops to the front line, and a full 50,000 troops faced Chen Changqing at the front line.
Just when Chen Changqing could hardly sit still and was about to start the war, he finally received a letter from Yang Xuan.
There were not many words written on the small note, just one sentence, asking Chen Changqing to wait for an opportunity to attack.
Chen Changqing's eyes narrowed to a slit. Chen Changqing didn't know whether to believe such a meaningless sentence.
Your small camp is trapped in the mountains by the Oara people, and you still want me to wait for an opportunity to attack?
What opportunity are you waiting for?
Where to attack?
What if Yang Xuan was captured and the enemy sent false news?
Chen Changqing is responsible for guarding the front line. If it is a trap, the front line of Wutou Fort will not be able to be defended, and even Ganzhou Chengdu will fall.
If something unexpected happens, the entire northwest of Dasheng will be completely unsafe.
However, Chen Changqing finally chose to believe Yang Xuan. First of all, it was his identity. He was already guilty of losing Jiayuguan. If Yang Xuan was lost again, his end would probably be very miserable. Not only would he lose his official position and his head.
Even the family will be affected.
Secondly, Chen Changqing still believed in Yang Xuan's resourcefulness. Although he had not fought many battles, in his opinion, Yang Xuan was as smart as a monkey, so he probably would not suffer any big losses.
So as long as Yang Xuan sends news, Chen Changqing will launch an attack regardless of the cost.