Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 504
Liu Mu didn't speak because someone was already participating in the negotiation, so he didn't want to speak.

It will be obvious that the negotiation has reached a stalemate. Tu Midu wants to hear Liu Mu's opinion. Tu Midu has already heard rumors about Liu Mu. This is a young man with extraordinary wisdom.

Otherwise, it is impossible to marry the princess of Datang with the status of a commoner.

"Let me say, I'm not very professional in negotiations." Willow was avoiding the question.

Tu Midu pressed Liu Mu's shoulder: "We Huihe people don't want to waste too much time at this table, our time can be used to kill the enemy."

"Okay. Let's change the calculation. For example, for your military expenditure, I will provide [-] cans of various kinds, plus [-] three-layer forged steel knives..." Liu Mu just listed the items that Su Shichang quoted sky-high prices, and always In terms of value, it was about [-]% higher than Li Jing's quotation.

Li Jing's standard is how much money, but what Liu Mu gave is the real thing.

Tumidu didn't calculate these values ​​at all in his head, and he didn't even feel the slightest increase of ten percent. He only heard that after sending troops to clear the area designated by Li Jing to get such a large amount of supplies, his eyes lit up.

"Very good, I am satisfied with the price."

Li Jing and Su Shichang were both stunned, just now they wanted to make some confuse but confused lions open their mouths.

The two of them realized it immediately, the emotional Huihe Khan's reaction to numbers was quite poor.

"Well, since that's the calculation, how about a ten-man leader is a fine steel knife?" Li Jing sat back at the negotiating table.

The Huihe people immediately agreed, and cutting down a ten-man long is a refined steel knife. They tried the refined steel knife of Datang just now, and it was no worse than the treasured swords used by their leaders. No frills.A different scabbard would be better than their current knives.

"Then, we will exchange the heads of ten thousand Turkic households for the five royal horizontal knives. If we don't kill enough, we will exchange less, but what if we kill ten?" Tu Midu sat opposite Li Jing.

Li Jing also got angry, and slammed the table: "Even if we don't have knives in our hands, you can kill 20 households, even if I go to the palace to steal, I will steal [-] royal knives for you."

"happy!"

The negotiations that had already ended were restarted, and this time it became simpler, and everything was changed to real objects instead of coins.The contract was signed in just half an hour.

Then, Li Jing began to talk about his strategic plan for the Huihe people. Everything should be done according to his own timeline. He must not send troops early or late, and the speed of attack must also be according to his own requirements.

Finally, the talk was over and the sky was dawning.

Liu Mu was so tired that he didn't want to walk anymore, he just wanted to go back to sleep while holding his sore waist.

Li Jing walked back with Liu Mu, and Li Jing said: "The strategic depth of the Turks is the enemy. If we send 100 cavalry to the north, if we don't have [-] million military expenditures in the past three months, the soldiers will starve to death on the grassland. This is not yet Calculate logistics expenses, pensions for soldiers, rewards for military exploits, and so on."

"En." Liu Mu nodded.

Li Jing said again: "But the accounts can't be calculated in this way. The real tough battles have to be fought by ourselves. I talked to Ashnadur about clearing out all the tribes east of the red line. Only the strength in his hands right now is what we are considering." With limited military spending, it will take more than two years."

"The place is too big, and we can't hit it and leave. We have to step by step to recommend our control circle. Two years is not a long time."

Liumu has seen the map. According to the area drawn by Li Jing, it can be said that the tribes who went north in the Tang Dynasty have gone as far as the territory of the later Lao Maozi.

Miejieli, the pressure on these tribes will be reduced, and they will definitely come to the south.

Even if you want to make peace, you have to be convinced before making peace.

Seeing that Liu Mu already understood the strategy, Li Jing added: "Without Ashnadur, Tuli Little Khan, Shiwei, and Khitan, we would not have dared to go all the way north. With their tribes to help supply supplies Only when we fight against China, we Da Tang dare to plan to go all the way north in two to three years."

Li Jing's words made Liu Mu shudder.

Datang’s policy in history was not like this. I remember that in history, Datang used methods such as marriage, alliance, canonization, etc., so that many tribes in the north became the vassal state of Datang

This vassal is only a nominal vassal, and Datang does not interfere in the internal affairs of these vassal states.

Take Huihe as an example, the Anshi Rebellion also helped Datang clear up the civil strife. Datang successively had six princesses who married Huihe.But these small states such as Tiele and Tuyuhun are different. They will repeat and attack Datang whenever they have the opportunity.

Kucha, in particular, is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, but whenever there is an opportunity, it seizes the important route of the Silk Road on the Western Front of the Tang Dynasty.

The most hateful thing is naturally Goguryeo, who proclaims his vassal every day and tries his best to expand every night, encroaching on the land of the Tang Dynasty.

"Are you going to Beizheng?" Li Jing asked Liu Mu.

Liu Mu shook his head vigorously: "I won't go, I will go for at least a year, and I don't know how to march and fight, so why don't you help Brother Yao with logistics."

"That's fine. I'm going to write to Chang'an today. Please send someone to guard Shuofang instead of me. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Two people, one is Li Ji and the other is Hou Junji."

After Li Jing listened to Liu Mu's suggestion, he just nodded his head slightly. He wanted to choose Li Ji, and Hou Junji didn't have enough qualifications to be a general of the town.

Liu Mu asked again: "About that matter, has the plan been made?"

Li Jing knew that Liu Mu was talking about the strategy of rushing, and replied in a low voice: "It's still close, I'm still thinking about whether the little Khan Tuli is reliable, this time he must be putting on a posture to attack the Later Sui Dynasty, and send troops in Jieli Afterwards, gather superior forces to destroy his reinforcements, do not attack the Hou Sui siege, and transfer Jieli's main force to fight."

"But..." Liu Mu only said one word, and Li Jing understood Liu Mu's meaning: "But, what if Xieli doesn't come to rescue me? The Khan brought all the tribes east of the Turks to the Tang Dynasty, and the Later Sui Dynasty was besieged."

Liu Mu understood: "Does the little Khan of Tuli dare to face Xieli's soldiers, at least withstand the first blow of Xieli's vanguard."

"Whoever said that you don't know the art of war, that's what it means. Then the little Khan Tuli led his patriarch to fight and retreat, and lured Xieli further, so that he could rush to the Turkic Yazhang. Then Li Daozong and A Shi Nadur's allied forces stormed Hou Sui and took Hou Sui."

When Li Jing talked about this, Liu Mu interjected, "Let Jieli know that Yazhang was attacked, then he will return to the army."

Li Jing nodded: "On the way back to the army, our army will do the work with ease."

"Brilliant plan!" Liu Mu and Li Jing both laughed at the same time.

(End of this chapter)