Chao Yong looked at Yelu Dashi and said with a smile: "I wonder at what price Lin Ya is going to sell the war horse to us?"
Yelu Dashi frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Our country has always strictly prohibited the sale of war horses to the Central Plains. Even the Song Dynasty was unable to obtain a large number of good horses from the North. If I sell war horses to you, I will also have to deal with many officials in the South Court. The price of this war horse may be
It’s more expensive.”
Chao Yong smiled arrogantly and said: "Haha, I rob states and houses in Liangshan, and the wealth is gold and silver. Lin Ya just asks the price."
Yelu Dashi rolled his eyes, stretched out a finger, and said, "I won't bully you either. One horse has a hundred strings."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "I'm afraid Lin Ya's price is a bit ridiculously high. Normally, a good horse in the North is only fifty pieces, but Lin Ya's price is doubled."
Yelu Dashi shrugged helplessly and said: "To tell you the truth, the war on the northern front is getting more and more tense, and war horses from Nanjing Road are constantly being sent to the front line. Moreover, the King of the South Campus has ordered the states along the border to seal the borders tightly to prevent war horses.
Loss. I believe that your village will still be able to obtain war horses from our country in the future, and the cost will probably increase a lot."
Yelu Dashi's implication was that if he did not buy horses from him, he would intensify border patrols in the future.
Chao Yong smiled and said: "That's it, the price offered by Lin Ya is a bit too high. I think a horse will cost sixty pigeons."
Yelu Dashi shook his head and said: "One hundred strings."
"Seventy Guan"
"One hundred strings"
"Eighty Guan"
"One hundred strings"
"Eighty Guan"
"One hundred strings"
Chao Yong shook his head helplessly and said: "When Lin Ya refuses to let go, I'm afraid this business won't work. If Lin Ya has nothing else to do, Chao Yong will leave."
When Yelu Dashi saw that Chao Yong kept silent about the matter, he looked like he was in pain, gritted his teeth and said: "You and I each take a step back, one horse has ninety goals."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "Eighty Guan is a sky-high price. If the village leaders know about it, I'm afraid they won't be able to object. If it takes longer, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince them."
Yelu Dashi gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, eighty strings is eighty strings."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "I wonder how many horses Lin Ya can trade at one time?"
Yelu Dashi thought for a while and said: "If there are too many transactions at one time, too many people will be disturbed, so we will tentatively set the number at 500 horses. How about that?"
Although Chao Yong still felt that it was a little short, he also knew that Yelu Dashi must have sold the Liangshan war horses for other purposes, and he would not really send war horses to the Central Plains in large quantities. Five hundred horses were not enough for the Central Plains, which had always had few horses.
, already considered a large quantity.
"Okay, I will send someone to agree with Lin Ya on the time and place of the transaction later."
Yelu Dashi took off a silver medal from his body, threw it to Chao Yong, and said: "Take my token to enter the country, and someone will naturally lead them to see me."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Okay, happy cooperation."
"If we cooperate well, I will give Guizhai another meeting gift. I will lead the troops to hold back the Cangzhou officers and soldiers, and your army will just attack Zengtou City with all its strength."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "I heard that Zengtou City specializes in hunting Liaoqi. I'm afraid Lin Ya wants us to get rid of Zengtou City, right?"
Yelu Dashi also smiled and said: "If your army does not get rid of Zengtou City, I am afraid that even if I sell you war horses, the war horses may not be in your hands, right?"
"Haha, okay, then let's work together to get rid of Zengtou City and clear the way for our transactions."
The two reached an agreement and turned their horses' heads to return.
After this delay, it was getting late, so Chao Yong ordered the army to camp on the spot.
As soon as the camp was set up, Lin Chong came over curiously and asked, "What is the purpose of the general's invitation to Brother Yong today?"
Chao Yong immediately explained the agreement with Yelu Dashi in detail.
Lin Chongqi said: "In the battle between the Liao Army and the Song Army, the advantage lies in the war horses. The Liao people are well aware of this and have always strictly prohibited the flow of war horses into the Central Plains. This Yelv Dashi is a member of the royal family, how could he do such a thing that shakes the foundation of the country? Could it be that
Is there any fraud in it?"
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "One transaction is only 500 horses, worth 40,000 gold. Is Yelu Dashi designing it for 40,000 gold?"
Lin Chong frowned and said: "Then what is Yelu Dashi's intention of selling war horses to us? Is it possible that he is really just greedy for money?"
Chao Yong smiled and said: "I'm afraid it has a lot to do with our alliance with the Jin Dynasty and the destruction of the Liao Dynasty."
Lin Chong suddenly realized: "Brother Yong means that Yelu Dashi knew that the Song Dynasty was going to send troops to attack the Liao Kingdom, so he sold war horses to us to let us hold back the Song Dynasty?"
Chao Yong nodded and said: "After a hundred years of peace between the Liao and Song Dynasties, many Liao people must have sneaked into the Central Plains to work carefully. The matter of joining forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty has made a fuss in the court. It was Cai Jingdu who served for this purpose. There is no reason for the Liao Kingdom to not know about this.
.It’s just that they didn’t dare to use force to force each other like they did in previous years, so they didn’t make a fuss. Yelv Dashi was on the border of Song and Liao, and they were the first to bear the brunt. Naturally, they knew more about the Central Plains. The Song Dynasty wanted to use the Jin Kingdom to regain
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The Liao Kingdom wants to use us to hold back the Song Dynasty, but we want to use the Liao Kingdom's war horses to strengthen our power. This is exactly what each of us needs."
It is only said that Elder Zeng learned that Zeng Tu and Zeng Suo only brought back less than 200 horse troops, and the rest were all annihilated by the Liao army, and he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.
Zeng Tu and Zeng Suo were also shocked when they learned that their fifth brother Zeng Sheng and their teacher Shi Wengong had all been captured, and that the thousand soldiers and horses they brought with them had also been wiped out.
After some discussion, everyone suddenly lost their courage. Elder Zeng immediately wrote a letter in person and sent someone to deliver it to Liangshan Dazhai.
Chao Yong was discussing with others in the tent to attack Zengtou City, when he heard someone from Zengtou City writing a letter.
Chao Yong then sent an order to bring in the person who had written the book.
When Ding Zhuang entered the big tent in Zengtou City, he suddenly trembled a little when he saw these many leaders.
Li Kui shouted: "You have seen so many of us, why don't you kneel down?"
Ding Zhuang had never faced so many generals alone before. When Li Kui shouted loudly, he was so frightened that his legs softened. He knelt on the ground, raised the letter high with both hands, and said tremblingly: "Little... man Feng Zeng...
On the orders of the elders, I came here to write to the heroes of Liangshan."
In panic, Ding Zhuang called out all the names of Elder Zeng.
Seeing that Ding Zhuang was timid, Li Kui walked up to him, glared at Ding Zhuang and said, "What is it, Elder Zeng? Is he the old thief Zeng?"
Ding Zhuang saw that Li Kui looked fierce and had murderous intent on his face. He almost collapsed to the ground in fear and said quickly: "It's not Elder Zeng, it's Elder Zeng...Old..."
Li Kui saw the young man hesitating and reached out to pull out the ax stuck in his waist.
Seeing this, Ding Zhuang from Zengtou City hurriedly shouted: "Old thief Zeng, old thief Zeng."
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw that Zengtou City had sent such a person to deliver the letter.
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Tieniu, stop fooling around and bring the letter."
After hearing this, Li Kui took the letter and handed it to Chao Yong.
When Chao Yong opened it and looked at it, he saw the following words:
The mayor of Zengtou City once again paid homage to Chao Yong, the leader of the army: the former's subordinate Yubao Siwuwu, relying on Xiaoyong, robbed Guizhai's horses. Xiangri's army came down the mountain, and it was reasonable to surrender. Shi Wengong, the teacher, set fire to it.
Shan, and brought his children to attack the army of Guizhai. The crime was so serious that no one could argue with it. However, it was the intention of the teacher Shi Wengong, not my father and son. Now Shi Wengong has been captured and the culprit has been eliminated. Two of the five sons of my Zeng family died in the previous battle.
Man, now the fifth son Zeng Sheng has been captured by the stronghold again, and the Liao soldiers have invaded. He has sent a special envoy to ask for peace. If Meng calls off the war and calls a truce, he is willing to return all the horses that were captured, and make up for the shortfall with gold and silver.
I will reward the three armies with gold and silver, and redeem my fifth son Zeng Sheng. This will also prevent two injuries from being taken advantage of by the Liao people. I hereby submit this letter, and I will beg for inspection.
Chao Yong read it and handed it to Shi Wengong.
When Shi Wengong saw that Elder Zeng actually put all the responsibility on him in order to make Liangshan retreat, he couldn't help but said angrily: "I have fought for Zengtou City through life and death, and I have made many great contributions. I don't want Elder Zeng to want to put me at risk."
He really deserves to be killed in this place. Only when I break Zeng Tau Market and kill this old thief will I be able to relieve the hatred in my heart."
After entering the account, the person who wrote the letter was too frightened to look up when he saw many leaders. Only then did he see that Shi Wengong was among them. It seemed that he had already surrendered. Now that he said such harsh words, he couldn't help but lie on the ground in fear.
Trembling.
Chao Yong said with a smile: "The teacher is bad! Our fight is just a momentary anger. Now that the Liao soldiers have invaded, since Zengtou City has taken the initiative to make peace, how can we lose our righteousness because of our temporary anger."
Then he replied with a letter and asked someone to reward the person who sent the letter with ten taels of silver. He said with a smile: "Don't be afraid. We are the heroes of Liangshan who will uphold justice and only kill evildoers without harming the common people."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
The messenger frightenedly took the money from Chao Yong, pretended to reply to the letter, and then left.
Lin Chong waited for the messenger to leave and asked, "Brother Yong really wants to make peace?"
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "Zengtou City has done many evil things, how can we spare them just because he sent some gold and silver? I only want them to send Yu Baosi. If they don't send it, Zengtou City's military morale will definitely be shaken. Then we will ask for it again."
It will be much easier to defeat Sotou City. If they don't send it, it will be the same as now. We can rebuild the siege equipment and break Sotou City."
When the messenger returned to Zengtou City, Elder Zeng heard that the messenger said that Shi Wengong had surrendered to Liangshan. He was so frightened that when he opened the letter tremblingly, he saw that it read:
Chao Yong, the chief general of Liangshan Bo, wrote in a handwritten reply to Zeng Nong, the chief of Zengtou City: Since ancient times, a country without faith will eventually perish, rude people will eventually die, unjust wealth will eventually be taken away, and generals without courage will eventually be defeated. It is natural and unreasonable.
What's surprising is that Liangshanbo and Zengtou City had no enmity and each guarded the border. It was because you committed a temporary evil, which led to today's injustice. We were supposed to break Zengtou City and exterminate the Zeng family, but the Liao soldiers invaded.
I can't bear to fight against each other in the same room and be taken advantage of by foreigners. However, you have been disrespectful. If you want to make peace, you must seize the horses. You must also seize the horses from the murderer Yu Baosi and reward the sergeant with one hundred thousand guan. Send them to me.
I will return it to Zeng Sheng. Since I am loyal, I don't care about etiquette. If something changes, I will make no decision.
Elder Zeng and deputy teachers Su Ding, Zeng Tu and Zeng Suo all read the letter.
Su Dingdao: "The soldiers and horses from Liangshan came well prepared, and Shi Wengong, who was so skilled in martial arts, was captured. He surrendered to Liangshan again. If we resist stubbornly, we are afraid that we will use the mantis' arms as a chariot." (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, novels are better.