The Han people under the city wall, who were also spectators, burst into thunderous cheers. After the Liaotunnel City was captured by the Liaodong Army, the people in the city suffered, their families were destroyed, and their families were destroyed. They were extremely miserable. Now they see the Liaodong Army who destroyed their families and their families.
Being beheaded, they all burst into tears.
The reason why Zhao Xun let these people gather here to watch is to let them know that the Xiaoguo Army has avenged them, and they should cheer up. Search for the latest updates in Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work.
After watching for several rounds, Zhao Xun let the people leave. Of course, those who wanted to stay were free to stay. On the platform, groups of prisoners of the Liaodong Army were taken up and turned into headless corpses.
Team after team of Mohe people became executioners.
These Mohe people first betrayed the Sumo Mohe tribe and joined the Liaodong Army. Now they have killed tens of thousands of the Liaodong Army in order to survive. In the future, they will have no place to rely on except the Xiaoguo Army.
The Mohe people naturally know the purpose of the Xiaoguo Army, but do they have a choice? Compared with survival, everything else is not a problem. Besides, the Liaodong Army is not of their same race, nor is it as powerful as the Xiaoguo Army, and it cannot protect them.
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From the morning until noon, except for the officers and soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army, whose expressions remained unchanged, the other dozens of envoys from various tribes who were watching had pale faces. The envoys of the Liaodong Army watched their prisoners being killed one by one, and felt hatred in their hearts.
, but there was nothing they could do. The prisoners of the Liaodong Army initially begged for mercy and then cursed them, but they could not change the determination of the Xiaoguo Army to kill them.
At noon, Zhao Xun invited the generals to the banquet and began the formal peace negotiation among the ministries.
In fact, the envoy of the Liaodong Army really wanted to unite the Sumo Mohe tribe and the Khitan tribe to fight back together. He believed that if the three tribes attacked at the same time, the Xiaoguo army would definitely not be so arrogant.
If the three tribes really work together to fight back, the Xiaoguo Army will indeed not be as powerful as it is now. It will demonstrate in front of the various tribes and even enter a passive defensive situation. But the three tribes really cannot work together. The Liaodong Kingdom and the Sumo Mohe Tribe will
fight
After decades, how could they put aside their hatred for each other and join forces to attack the Xiaoguo Army? They would only let each other fight, while they sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight. The three Khitan tribes have no hatred against the two tribes, but they have no hatred against the two tribes.
Without borders, we cannot work together.
As long as the Xiaoguo army attacks one side with all its strength, the other two sides will not be able to fully support it. The reason why Zhao Xun called the tribes to negotiate a peace was not because he really wanted to negotiate a peace. He wanted to teach the three tribes a lesson, but the logistics could no longer support it.
Especially in order to relocate the people, a lot of food and grass were used. If it weren't for the seizure of a lot of cattle and sheep from the Liaodong Kingdom and the Sumo Mohe Tribe, it would have been even worse.
That's why Zhao Xun gave up the attack and used coercion to make the three tribes surrender. He provided cattle, sheep and horses to supplement the Xiaoguo army's losses. Of course, the required territory was also indispensable.
The luncheon was very simple, there were no luxurious dishes, just some simple Youbei local vegetables, beef, mutton, etc.
"Please forgive me, because the Liaodong Army's shameless raid has caused a shortage of supplies in our Liao Tunnel City, so we can only make do with this lunch!" Zhao Xun said calmly.
What else could the envoys from various tribes say? More importantly, after watching the beheading for a long time, they didn’t have a good appetite.
"Hmm...what does it smell like?"
"Yeah, what's the smell? It's pungent and unpleasant?"
During the banquet, an unpleasant and pungent smell suddenly came from the banquet, and everyone couldn't help but frown.
"No need to worry, these are soldiers outside the city burning corpses. The weather is hot in August, and a bad move will lead to plague, so the corpses need to be burned in time." Bao Muyang said with a smile while eating mutton. This thorn
The unpleasant smell in his nose did not affect his appetite at all.
After lunch, envoys from all ethnic groups gathered together, and Zhang Qian and Zhang Yu also stayed. Because it was not a secret matter, Zhao Xun didn't mind everyone discussing it together.
"Messenger from Sumo Mohe tribe, my condition is that the land south of Heicheng, which is 100 miles wide and 300 miles long, belongs to our Xiaoguo Army. In addition, your tribe needs to compensate for the war horses, 5,000 oxen, and 30,000 sheep." Hu
Xiang spoke on behalf of Zhao Xun.
The envoy of the Sumo Mohe tribe was still the head of the Zuo household. After listening to Hu Xiang's words, he looked at Zhao Xun who remained calm and said with a look of embarrassment: "Heicheng is an important city in the south of our Sumo Mohe tribe. We can't give it away lightly."
"Thirty thousand sheep are enough, but cattle and war horses are not enough." Losing the war horses will only increase the strength of the Xiaoguo Army, but there are not many cattle.
Hu Xiang sneered: "The southern heavy city? You want to defend us? Do you think your black city is stronger than Liao Tunnel City? There are more defenders than the Liaodong Army in Liao Tunnel City?"
The head of the household in Zuo was immediately speechless. Yes, the Xiaoguo Army even defeated Liao Tunnel City. Your Black City is nothing. Black City was not a big city in the first place, because the land of Sanfu in the south was occupied by them.
, so the black city is just an inland city
, far away from the border. But it is different now. The Three East Prefectures were recaptured by the Xiaoguo Army, and Black City is the southern border city. More importantly, the three hundred miles south of the Black City is a good pasture. Let the Xiaoguo Army give it to them.
Really unwilling to do so.
Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "South of Heicheng, including Heicheng, which is a hundred miles wide and three hundred miles long, my Xiaoguo army must go there. If you are not willing, then I will go and get it myself. When the time comes,
You have lost hundreds of miles of land. As for the horses and cattle and sheep, fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand horses and cattle, how about it?"
The head of the left household of Sumo Mohe Department opened his mouth. He didn't know what to say. Refuse? Still joking. When he set off, he already knew that the Mohe Eight Banners Soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army had already marched towards Heicheng, passing through several villages and towns.
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Fortunately, those who refused to surrender, all the men were killed, the women and children were robbed by the Mohe Eight Banners soldiers, and all their money and supplies were looted. If they were allowed to reach the Sumo Mohe tribe, who knows what would happen.
It's not that the Qiuyi Army is afraid of the Xiaoguo Army and dare not fight with it. It's just that if this continues, the Su Mo Mohe tribe will only become weaker and weaker. The Xiaoguo Army can kill 100,000 or 200,000 people in battle, but Su
The Momohe tribe cannot. This is the population gap. Millions of people died under the Xiaoguo Army, which will not shake the foundation of the Xiaoguo Army at all. But if the Sumo Mohe tribe loses so many people, it will basically be wiped out.
The other tribes did not speak. Zhao Xunzhi was strong and cold-blooded enough to make them shut their mouths. Zhang Qian and Zhang Yu were secretly surprised by Zhao Xun's power in the north. The barbarians in the north were now like mice under the cat's paws.
What's the difference? This shows the strength of the Xiaoguo Army and Zhao Xun's status in Youzhou.
The expression of the head of the Zuo household of Sumo Mohe tribe changed several times, and finally he said with a wry smile: "I can agree to the conditions of the governor, but the Xiaoguo army under the governor is not allowed to leave the Heicheng north at will. At the same time, open a link between Youzhou and
Our department’s commerce.” This is also the bottom line given by Qiyuanyi.
Zhao Xun knocked on the table gently, and the crisp sound made everyone feel extremely depressed. The head of the Zuo household of Sumo Mohe Department was even more nervous waiting for Zhao Xun's decision. If Zhao Xun did not agree, there would only be a fight.
Of course, war is only the last and helpless choice. Avoid it if you can. The current Xiaoguo Army cannot be provoked.
"Okay, I agree to your conditions. You and I will use the Black City as the boundary, and we are not allowed to cross the boundary. We will open a trade route for both sides and allow merchants from both sides to trade with each other."
Afterwards, the two signed the covenant, and the other tribes served as witnesses and left their signatures. Of course, everyone knew that this thing could not last long.
"Three Khitans!" Zhao Xun said calmly, with no hint of happiness or anger in his tone.
"Great Governor!" Most of the envoys from the three tribes are the sons of the heads of the three tribes, which is equivalent to princes.
"You three troops attacked me, Youzhou, for no reason. Should you give me an explanation? Otherwise, everyone will be like you in the future. I will be exhausted and have to go back and forth every day to rescue. Not everyone in our Xiaoguo Army can do it."
If you do it lightly, you will have to pay the price."
The three princes admitted their mistake in unison and said they were willing to offer three thousand horses and five thousand sheep as an apology.
"Each army has three thousand horses and five thousand sheep? What? Do you think our Xiaoguo Army sells vegetables?" Zhao Xun said angrily.
Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the princes of the three tribes. Prince Dajibu said: "Great Governor, we don't want to send more people. We are different from the Sumo Mohe tribe. We have a small tribe and we all rely on grazing for a living. We really don't have many spare livestock."
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Zhao Xun said calmly: "It's not just the three of you who are attacking our Shunzhou Prefecture this time, right?"
"There is also the Fenwen Division, which has more than 200,000 people under its jurisdiction and can gather more than 80,000 troops. It is stronger than any of our three divisions. This attack on the Governor is also their intention."
There are more than 200,000 people, and 80,000 troops can be gathered. This nomadic people is very powerful, with men, women, old and young as soldiers. In a real crisis, 140,000 to 50,000 troops are also possible.
"Let's do this. The compensation will be as you say!"
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your kindness!"
"Wait, I haven't finished speaking yet. However, the three of you are going to get rid of the Fenwen Department. The pastures and people of the Fenwen Department will be yours, but we want half of the cattle, sheep, and horses."
"This..." The princes of the three clans hesitated. Starting a war? This matter is not easy to handle.
"If this is not possible, then I will personally lead the army north to Shunzhou Prefecture. The Mohe Eight Banners soldiers in Liaozhou Prefecture are idle. It is also okay to wander around the territory of the Khitan tribes."
"Zuo Huzhang, if I hire you to fight, are you willing to go to Khitan to fight? We will share the spoils equally, and we will provide the missing soldiers and armor, how about that?" Zhao Xun smiled and said to Zuo Huzhang of Sumo Mohe tribe.
The head of the Zuo household of the Mohe tribe in Sumo knew that these words were just Zhao Xun's attempt to intimidate the three tribes of Khitan, and they would not conduct cross-regional expeditions, but Zhao Xun had to give him face. He said with a smile: "I am happy to serve, and I can get benefits."
Naturally, I, Sumo Mohe, will not refuse this matter."
Although the sons of the three clan chiefs of the three Khitan tribes also knew that it was unlikely that the Sumo Mohe tribe would send troops, Zhao Xun's words also expressed the intention of hiring other tribes to take action. You know, the Sumo Mohe tribe and the three Khitan tribes
Although they are far apart, the tribes in Beihai are indeed closely connected, and the Shiwei tribe in the northeast is also eyeing them. Who can guarantee that Xiaoguo Army will not join forces with other tribes to attack?
"Grand Governor, we...we agreed, and we also asked for the resumption of trade." After some secret discussion, the three princes said with a wry smile.
"Yes, the compensation must be sent to Shunzhou Prefecture within one month, and the action against the Fenwen Department must also be launched within one month. Otherwise, I'm afraid the Xiaoguo Army will use the road to go north in person!" Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.
said.
Naturally, the three princes agreed quickly. Since this was the case, what else could be said.
"By the way, prepare nine of the best horses for me. Whether they are yours or the ones you bought, I will exchange them with salt cloth. At the end of the year, I will go to court to pay homage to the emperor. How can I not have a gift?" Finally, Zhao
Xun suddenly said.
"See you in Hajj?" Zhang Qian and Zhang Yu exclaimed at the same time.
"What? Shouldn't it be right? We have recovered the three eastern prefectures and pacified the north. If nothing else happens, the war will be resolved in a short time! It's time for me to go to the court to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor." Zhao Xun said with a smile.
Zhang Qian and Zhang Yu's eyes were rolling around, and they didn't know what they were planning. Obviously, Zhao Xun's decision to go to the Hajj to see the emperor was completely unexpected.