Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2136 Father and Son Love
The leaders of the Ten Turkic Tribes already knew about the fall of Yumen Pass and the failure of the raid on Liangzhou City.

The successive defeats made their recognition of Ashina Helu less and less.

Ashina Helu is their khan, and as their Turkic khan, they have to lead them to tide over the difficulties. It's getting sadder.

If this continues, their Turks will be doomed.

Those who can become a Khan must be their Turkic heroes. If Ashina Helu cannot become a hero, why do they respect him as a Khan?
Many people have complaints in their hearts.

However, Ashina Helu is still the strongest at present, and they have no ability to help their people tide over the difficulties, so no one of them is willing to stand out.

After arriving at Khan's big tent, everyone found that Ashina Helu was a bit haggard, but they didn't say anything about it, they just asked, "His Majesty Khan summoned us, why?"

Ashina Helu sighed softly, and said: "I think everyone already knows that the eldest prince failed to lead troops to attack Liangzhou City, and he also became a prisoner of the Tang army. Now the Tang army wants us to use the former Tang people Instead, I want to hear what you guys think."

Hearing this, the crowd looked at each other without saying anything.

It is a good thing for them that the eldest prince Ashina Gugu was captured alive. In this case, they will have the opportunity to dominate the entire grassland in the future, because the other two sons of Ashina Helu are of average ability.

It's just these thoughts, how dare they express them so easily?
But if they want to say something about rescuing the eldest prince, they don't want to. If they say it, they have to send out the people they plundered from Datang. Although these people are a bit of a waste of their food, they can be used by them at will. It is still a very interesting thing for them to be insulted.

After all, those women fulfilled a lot of their needs.

There are few women on the grassland, and the conditions are not very good, which cannot be compared with those women in Datang.

The big tent was a little silent, and no one wanted to speak.

After Ashina Helu saw this situation, he couldn't help sighing again, and said: "Those captives of Tang Dynasty have become your property, and it is indeed a bit embarrassing for you to hand them over. However, the eldest prince is in the hands of the Tang army. If he is not replaced, it will become a shame for us Turks. As a father, I must be heartbroken. You can rest assured that those prisoners of the Tang Dynasty, I am willing to use money. How about exchanging them from you with cattle and sheep?"

Although he said some great principles and sold some father-son feelings, Ashina Helu is very clear that if you want these people to give up their own interests, then you have to give them more interests.

The captives of Tang Dynasty were the slaves of these tribal leaders, and they could be driven and slaughtered by them, but these slaves were also human beings, and if they were human, they had to eat and waste their food.

If it was a good year, these tribal nobles would not care if more people came out, but now that the drought is severe, they themselves have nothing to eat, and the food for slaves will naturally be even worse.

But if these slaves can exchange cattle, sheep, and money, it will undoubtedly be a profitable business for them.

Ashina Helu believes that as long as these people are smart, they will never reject his method.

And it is.

After he said this, the leaders of the ten surnamed tribes began to think in their hearts. After they understood that this change would allow more of their people to survive, they had no reason to refuse.

"His Majesty Khan and the eldest prince really have a deep father-son relationship. We are willing to exchange those prisoners from the Tang Dynasty."

"Yes, we are also willing to exchange it."

"We're all willing to take it out in exchange."

"........."

Everyone is willing to exchange, Ashina Helu's heart is bleeding, because he exchanged all his cattle and sheep for those captives, his soldiers and people will probably live in poverty in the future, but for his son, What can he do?

"Okay, then thank you all."

After saying this, Ashina Helu didn't dare to stay any longer, and soon sent someone to exchange with these tribal leaders.

In addition, he hastily sent people to Liangzhou City to negotiate with Qin Tian to discuss the place and time of the exchange.
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Liangzhou City.

Ashina Helu's envoy hurriedly came to Liangzhou City. When he arrived in Liangzhou City, autumn was almost at the end, and the cold wind was biting biting.

When Qin Tian heard that Ashina Helu's envoy had arrived, he knew that Ashina Helu had agreed to his terms, otherwise he would not have sent someone to negotiate with him.

"My lord, Ashina Helu's envoy is here, do you want to see him immediately?"

Qin Tian thought for a moment, then nodded: "Let him in."

The servants were ordered to retreat, and after a while, they brought in Ashina Helu's envoys.

Ashina Helu's envoys hesitated after seeing Qin Tian, ​​not knowing whether they should salute, but Qin Tian looked at him without any intention of opening his mouth, as if if he didn't salute, then they wouldn't have to. chatted.

After a while, Ashina Helu's envoy saluted and said, "I pay my respects to the King of Xiliang."

He had heard of Qin Tian's ruthlessness to his envoys. Thinking of offending Qin Tian, ​​he was afraid that he would not have a good life, so he thought it would be better to lower his attitude.

Qin Tian nodded and said, "Have you Khan agreed to exchange?"

"The Khan agreed to the exchange, but our Khan hopes that the exchange can be carried out in our Turkic territory. Those captives are in the hands of those tribal leaders. It may take a certain amount of time to exchange them from their hands, so he hopes half a month After the exchange, I don't know what the king of Xiliang thinks?"

For the exchange in the Turkic territory, the Tang army needs to prepare more soldiers and horses for safety, and their people will become a burden to the Tang army at that time, and may be attacked by the Turks at any time.

Obviously, although the exchange was agreed, this Ashina Helu is a generation of heroes after all, and deep down in his heart, he is by no means a peaceful master.

Qin Tian stroked his chin, he had grown a short beard in his thirties now, but when he stroked his chin, he showed a sneer and said: "Half a month, how about that?" I don't know if I can wait. If I can't wait, what you will see will be the corpse of your eldest prince. As for the location, it will be at Yumen Pass. You can take them away just like you did Send it back, time, I only give you ten days, see you at Yumen Pass after ten days."

(End of this chapter)