Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 539 Continue Negotiation
In the afternoon, the Turkic military camp was surprisingly hot.

Qin Tian sat in the obo fanning himself while drinking wine.

Wine is certainly not a good wine, but in this case, it is very good to have a drink.

He didn't seem in any hurry.

Tieniu looked around and sighed.

"Master Hou, when did this kind of life come to an end? If I had known it would be so boring, I would have let me go to Jingzhou City and let Hu Shiba follow you. Didn't he want to follow you?"

Tieniu was not as patient as Hu Shiba.

Hu Shiba's temper is relatively good. When he was beaten at the beginning, he insisted on not fighting back, so it can be seen that if it was replaced by Tie Niu, those little servants at that time would have been torn to pieces.

Qin Tian smiled: "Don't worry, there should be news from Jingzhou soon, maybe today or tomorrow."

Hearing this, Tieniu continued to wait patiently.

In the big tent in the army, Jieli Khan asked: "Then Qin Tian hasn't thought about it yet?"

"Your Majesty Khan, Qin Tian didn't think about it well, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. He either drank and ate meat every day, or recited poems to fight against each other. After listening to his poems, many of our soldiers felt homesick."

Hearing this, Jieli Khan snorted: "This Qin Tian is really abominable. He is here to confuse our soldiers because of his talent."

Jieli Khan has never thought highly of literati, but Qin Tian's actions these past few days made him discover the power of literati, sometimes they are really powerful.

The lieutenants are homesick and war-weary. This battle is definitely not going to be won, but what they have to do now is to get more benefits as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty Khan, if you agree with Qin Tian, ​​anyway, those two things are just a matter of face, and they are not good for our interests."

"Yeah, real money is the most important thing, we want these."

"Women, just grab it from other places."

"........."

All the tribal leaders were a little impatient at this time, and wanted to get the benefits back as soon as possible. After all, the longer they stayed here, the heavier the Tang army's slaughter on the grassland would be. At that time, they didn't know How many people will be killed or injured.

While everyone was talking, Jieli Khan frowned slightly, and said, "What do you know? It is much more important for Tang to be my Turkic vassal than those actual interests. It is a matter of my Turkic face."

As he spoke, Jieli Khan snorted and said, "Let's go see Qin Tian."

Jieli Khan led people to Qin Tian's obo again, and the scorching weather made them feel a bit bored after entering.

"Qin Tian, ​​have you considered whether you want to agree to my previous request?" Jieli Khan asked, his attitude was still haughty and arrogant.

Qin Tian shook his folding fan and smiled faintly: "I'm afraid Jieli Khan hasn't figured out the situation. If that's the case, then it's better to wait."

"you……"

Jieli Khan was a little impatient, he didn't expect Qin Tian to be in a hurry.

"Okay, Qin Tian, ​​if you don't agree, tomorrow, Ben Khan will lead his troops across the river and fight to the death with you, Great Tang."

Qin Tian smiled slightly: "If you fight, then fight!"

If you fight, then fight. Qin Tian said it casually, as if he didn't take it seriously at all, but the leaders of the Turkic tribes trembled when they heard it.

How confident do you have to be to say such a thing?

They didn't intend to fight any more, but now they heard this, they felt more and more retreating, but even so, they didn't show it, Jieli Khan was so angry that he wished he could kill Qin Tian immediately.

However, at this moment, a guard rushed to report: "Your Majesty Khan, there is news."

"Say!"

The guard hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it here?"

"It's right here." Jieli Khan was very angry.

The guard didn't dare to hesitate, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty Khan, news came from Lingzhou that the Tang army fought our army, and our army was defeated and lost [-] troops. Zhishen lost his power and was captured, and the whole army was wiped out."

After the guard finished speaking, the air in the whole Obo suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at each other, and couldn't believe it was true.

There are a lot of soldiers and horses in Lingzhou City, and they lost [-], so how many of them are left, and the Turkic troops are weaker.

How could the entire army be annihilated when Zhi Shili held back the Tang army outside the city of Jingzhou, and he was still captured alive?
Zhishili is their Turkic general, who in the Tang Dynasty can capture him alive?
Shock, fear, and various thoughts came, making Jieli Khan's head a little swollen.

Now, he finally understood why Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and what Qin Tian meant in those words before. It turned out that they, the Tang Dynasty, had already arranged everything. Injured, never recovering after a setback.

Jieli Khan felt an unprecedented pressure.

If this war breaks out, the Turkic vitality will be great and the injury will be minor. Whether he can keep his position as Khan will be the major issue.

If he loses troops here, even if he can return to the grassland alive, how many troops will he have available, and the leaders of the Turkic tribes will listen to him?

Although he unified the grassland, it is basically impossible to say that the leaders of the Turkic tribes are loyal to him. I am afraid that many tribal leaders are thinking of replacing them.

Only when these soldiers and horses were brought back, those tribal leaders would not dare to act rashly.

He knew that Datang won, and Datang could afford to lose, but he couldn't afford to lose.

The sweltering weather continued, Jieli Khan glared at Qin Tian, ​​who was still shaking his fan, as if he had expected this result.

"Has His Majesty Khan thought it through?"

Qin Tian asked indifferently, Jieli Khan's brows were serious, and after a while, he turned around and left: "Continue to negotiate!"

Although Jieli Khan didn't say anything, just these four words meant that he agreed with what Qin Tian said before, removing the first and fifth items on the list.

In other words, Datang did not have to surrender to Turks, and when Turks left, they could not take away any of the people of Datang.

Jieli Khan returned to the big tent in the army. On Qin Tian's side, he showed a slight smile, then stood up, looked at Tieniu, and said, "Let's go, this battle is coming to an end."

Qin Tian is already familiar with all the items on the list. As long as the first and fifth items can be removed, the others are more or less acceptable. All he needs to do is to minimize losses for Datang. After the two news just came, it became no longer difficult.

Of course, what Qin Tian knew better was that even if it wasn't difficult, Datang would suffer a lot in this battle, and paying tribute every year would make Datang's treasury even more empty.

But there is no way to do it. Under the premise that they can't stand a big war, they can only sacrifice money in order to make a comeback in the future.

(End of this chapter)