Chen Changqing glanced at Yang Xuan: "Remember to treat me to a drink tonight."
Yang Xuan nodded: "Drink Sansheng Sanshi wine as you like."
Chen Changqing narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Yang Xuan has already stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Yang Xuan, accept the order."
After the messenger read the first two sentences, Yang Xuan knew what the edict was about.
Didn't they kidnap Fuchardo's direct grandson? Now the court is asking Yang Xuan to negotiate with Fuchardo.
Yang Xuan accepted the imperial edict, secretly stuffed two hundred taels of silver notes into the envoy, and then went back to chat with Chen Changqing.
"Sir Admiral, speaking of which, how many soldiers do I, the general, have under my command?"
"Didn't I give you a guard horse?"
Yang Xuan nodded: "But after this battle, nearly half of them were killed or injured. I must add more troops."
Chen Changqing narrowed his eyes. Did Yang Xuan want to rip him off? He spread his hands and said: "The battle losses of the entire army have reached 40%. Everyone is short of soldiers. I am afraid that this matter can only be arranged after the spring of the imperial court."
"Then I'm going to negotiate with the Fucha Department right away. Why don't I bring more manpower?" Yang Xuan said, "Even if the Fucha Department doesn't dare to take action, then we have to put on a show, otherwise we'll be beaten by the Fucha Department."
Everyone looked down upon us and thought we had no one in Dasheng."
Chen Changqing was dumbfounded, this guy was always trying to extort money.
"But now everyone is short of men. Where can you ask me to get soldiers for you for a short while? Besides, how many people do you need to put on a show?"
Yang Xuan leaned into Chen Changqing's ear and said: "The more of these people, the better. Anyway, we are not going to fight. Otherwise, you can send me a few more guards. Anyway, I am just an envoy.
I won’t steal their soldiers.”
Chen Changqing squinted his eyes, trying to trick me, but there was no way.
"I don't care about this matter. If you have the ability, you can talk to them yourself. As long as you can convince them, I don't have any objection to how many times you go."
Unexpectedly, when Yang Xuan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Admiral, this is what you said. Don't go back on it when the time comes."
Chen Changqing was stunned, was he being plotted by this kid?
This kid has at least 800 tricks and is surrounded by pits. After this battle, he will be nicknamed the general who digs holes.
However, he still said firmly: "I never regret what I said. You should hurry up and prepare the Sansheng Sanshi wine. I will be waiting to drink it later."
"Don't worry, Admiral, you can drink as much as you want."
During this period of time, because Yang Xuan said to keep a distance as much as possible, I didn't look for him much, and there was no news about the letters I mentioned before.
Of course, the letter was sent, and it was sent in front of Zhao Mo, but in the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, and Zhao Mo didn't know whether there was a reply from the grassland or what happened.
After all, Zhao Su and his son have been away for so long, almost two months. If things didn't work out, they wouldn't have come back long ago.
The longer they stay in the Prairie Royal Court, the more likely it is that this matter will be accomplished.
Zhao Mo couldn't help but be impatient.
On this day, when Yang Xuan came out of the Admiral's Mansion, Zhao Mo saw the opportunity and walked over. On the surface, he held his hands to say hello, but in fact, he asked in a low voice: "How is the matter? Has Prince Sosna replied to the letter?
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Yang Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why are you in such a hurry? The fastest round trip from here to Wangting on the grassland will take a month."
Zhao Mo had no choice but to pretend to be passing by and leave by mistake.
Yang Xuan turned his head and glanced at Zhao Mo. Isn't this guy usually very smart? Why is he so anxious?
Zhao Mo's actions were indeed inconsistent with his usual shrewdness. In fact, Sosna had already replied to the letter and made arrangements according to Yang Xuan's instructions, but Yang Xuan had no intention of telling him.
Yang Xuan is busy now, going out to negotiate with the Fucha Department. This is a big deal, and this is not a two-party negotiation, but a tripartite negotiation.
Because Sosna is going too.
After all, Fuchabu is nominally a part of the grassland, and the benefits extracted from him have to be divided with the grassland royal court.
Sosna is here to share the spoils.
Yang Xuan has already contacted several generals in the army who are willing to follow him for a walk on the grassland.
After all, this is asking for a ransom. If you can really get a piece of land, it will be equivalent to opening up a new territory. Who would refuse such unearned credit?
Just take a stroll and you'll have the chance to leave a mark in history.
So five days later, Yang Xuan set off in a mighty manner with nearly 20,000 troops.
Don't underestimate the 20,000-strong army. Not to mention ordinary generals, there is even one deputy general under Chen Changqing.
Of course, this mission is still led by Yang Xuan.
Chen Changqing really didn't stop him, because he knew that Yang Xuan was trying to win people's hearts, and Chen Changqing was happy to help him.
This Yang Xuan, as long as nothing unexpected happens in the future, will definitely become a very popular minister. If we form a good relationship with him now, he or his descendants will be able to benefit from it in the future.
The army marched north and came out of the customs to the Tucheng where Chen Zhuo, Dong Yue and others were stationed.
Met Durm and Sosna.
A few people exchanged pleasantries, then held a banquet with wine, and after resting for a night, the two parties set off together.
This time, there were nearly 40,000 troops.
When Fuchardo heard the scout's report that Yang Xuan's envoy came to negotiate with nearly 40,000 troops, his expression changed.
Are you here to negotiate or to fight?
Fuchardo only brought 10,000 troops. If there was a fight, he would definitely suffer losses.
But he can't go back at this time. If he comes back with all his troops, it will really become a confrontation between the two armies.
And in that case, wouldn't his face as the leader of the Fucha tribe be completely disgraced?
There wasn't much left after it was lost.
The tribes that were attached to the Fucha tribe had already complained a lot about Fuchardo. They had previously done business with Dasheng and it was obvious that they could make money together, but Fuchardo had to oppose it.
Later, he disobeyed the royal court's order and insisted on getting together with the Wala people, and went to Dasheng to seize territory. As a result, his home was stolen.
Even after the army returned, they were unable to keep the people who stole the house. Instead, they lost a lot of hostages, and even their direct grandchildren were captured by Da Sheng.
And this negotiation is obviously another loss of reputation.
As for negotiations, Yang Xuan was already experienced. He set up a tent and set up a long table with fruit snacks on it. It still looked very classy.
The generals who came with Yang Xuan were muttering behind their backs. They were obviously exchanging meat tickets for ransom, but Yang Xuan could still pull off such a trick.
Sosna looked uncomfortable and said with a hum, "You did the same thing when you were negotiating with us."
Yang Xuan curled his lips: "Why, do you regret it? Otherwise, we will withdraw from the trade fair later?"
"Look at you, I'm just sighing, why are you so ungrateful?"
After a while, Fuchardo came, wearing a battle armor and carrying a sword at his waist, looking majestic.
Yang Xuan, on the other hand, was dressed as an ordinary scribe, but this comparison was outshone by others. He was dissatisfied and whispered into Sosna's ear: "We are here to discuss compensation after we are defeated. Why are we so majestic? I don't know.