Everything starts from Menghualu

Chapter 480 Peace and Appeasement

"No, She'er, don't think too much. I know you and Falcon don't have a good relationship, but he would never do such a thing. This must be Xue Wanfeng's conspiracy." The Great Khan said

"Yes, Uncle Khan, I thought too much. I'm sorry, but Uncle Khan, what should we do?" After hearing this, She Er did not entangle himself, but turned to ask

"Okay, I understand. You go out first. I need to think about it carefully." said the Khan.

After hearing this, Sheer naturally bowed and left. After he left, the Khan, who had behaved very calmly just now, suddenly changed his expression.

Although he had just stopped She'er from talking and told him not to worry, this still could not change the fact that he himself was worried.

That’s right, he was actually not as calm as he appeared just now. After all, this matter was too suspicious, as these three tribes were also defenseless.

Two of them were ambushed, so why was the Eagle Master still intact? Could it really be Xue Wanfeng's trick? But no matter how I looked at it, it didn't seem right.

Thinking of this, he shook his head. He knew that now was not the time to think about these things, so he began to think about his next move. However, the seeds of doubt had already been planted.

At this time, Li Shimin naturally also received this news.

"Hahaha, good, good, that's great. Xue Wanfeng actually did it. Great, now Chang'an will be fine." Li Shimin laughed.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. I think the danger in Chang'an will be resolved within three days." Fang Xuanling hurriedly congratulated him after hearing this.
"Hahaha, yes, but we shouldn't be too happy. This incident has reminded us that the grassland is still a huge threat."

"I will never allow this to happen again, so you two have to work hard and come up with a solution as soon as possible to resolve this hidden danger!" Li Shimin said.

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui naturally bowed in greeting. Time passed quickly and it was the next day in a blink of an eye. Li Shimin learned that the Ashile tribe was going to send envoys into the city to negotiate peace.

After Li Shimin learned the news, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He knew that everything would be over soon. However, he was not in a hurry to meet the envoy, but sent Fang Xuanling to meet him.

"The envoy has come a long way and has worked hard. I wonder what you need to see Your Majesty about?" Fang Xuanling asked

"Humph, my Great Khan said that we can withdraw our troops, but we must be compensated. If there is no compensation, we will continue to fight for another month." Tuoxin said forcefully.

"Oh? Then I wonder what kind of compensation the Great Khan wants?" Fang Xuanling asked.
"Hmph, here are all the conditions from my Great Khan. I will wait for you for a day. You can discuss it on your own. You must give me a result tomorrow." Tuoxin said forcefully.

Fang Xuanling took the list, glanced at it briefly, and cursed in his heart. Although he had already prepared for the other party to ask for a huge amount of money, he didn't expect them to be so bold.

"Okay, envoy, please rest in the inn first. I will give you a reply tomorrow." After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, he left with the list.

Li Shimin looked at the list in his hand, but he didn't lose his temper. Instead, he said in a deep voice, "It can be seen that the Ashile tribe is really unwilling to accept this time."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't have come up with something like this. There are too many things on it. We can't give him all of them, not even half of them. We can only give him 30%."

"And this is not a gift to them. We are asking them to exchange it with the people of the Tang Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the Ashile tribe will not agree to this." Du Ruhui said

"He will definitely do that. If the royal court is really lost, it will be a huge loss for the Ashile tribe. At that time, they will not be able to suppress other tribes on the grassland."

"So it's not us who should be anxious now, but the Ashile tribe!" Li Shimin said

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling bowed immediately and came to the post station early the next morning.

"What did you say? Only one third? And you want to exchange slaves? This is impossible, this is impossible! You are simply dreaming!"

"Your Chang'an City can only hold out for one month at most, one month at most!" Tuosin said forcefully.

"Don't be angry, envoy. You are right. We in Chang'an can only hold out for a month. But, your army doesn't seem to have that much time, right?" Fang Xuanling said.

"Humph, you are totally insincere. I will send your reply to the Great Khan, but what the Great Khan will do is not up to me. Please leave now!" Tuoxin said forcefully.

Fang Xuanling naturally would not be angry with him, so he turned around and left. Tuoxinsili then started to use a falcon to send a letter to the outside of the city, delivering the news outside the city.

"This is outrageous! This is absolutely outrageous! Tang, Tang! Humph!" The Great Khan said angrily.
"Uncle Khan, did the Tang Dynasty not agree to our conditions?" She Er asked doubtfully.

After hearing this, the Great Khan did not say anything, but threw the letter directly to She'er. After reading the contents of the letter, She'er knew why his uncle Khan was so angry.

"Uncle Khan, please don't be angry. I know the Tang people are unreasonable, but this condition is actually good for us. We have robbed a lot of slaves this time."

"Among them, there are some old, weak, sick and disabled people who we haven't had time to deal with yet. According to our past experience, they were eventually killed by us or died on the way back to the grassland."

"Now that the Tang Dynasty wants to exchange them, why don't we return these people to them and let them pay for them with food and grass? Uncle Khan, although we failed this time." "But we have also gained something. This time we have reached the capital of the Tang Dynasty and are at the gates of the city. I believe that when the tribes on the grassland hear this, they will not dare to make any more moves."

"It's not too bad, and our loss this time is not big. We can come back next year. By then, as long as we deal with the problem of Youzhou, I believe we will succeed." She Er said
"Well, what you said makes sense. At this point, this is the only way. Well, I'll leave this matter to you. Let's go back as soon as possible. I'm afraid that Tuloshe, that useless guy, won't be able to hold on for much longer."

"Okay, go out now. I need to take a break." said the Khan.

After hearing this, Sheer bowed and left the tent to arrange the exchange.

Three days later in the morning, She'er brought the carefully selected slaves to exchange with Fang Xuanling, and then the Ashile army retreated, and the siege of Chang'an was lifted.

Fang Xuanling entered the imperial study with a smile on his face. When he saw Li Shimin, he hurriedly saluted and said, "Your Majesty, the Ashile tribe has begun to retreat."

"Okay, okay, Xuanling, you've worked really hard this time, but you and Keming should hurry up and follow up on what I told you before. This is the first time I've suffered such a big loss in all these years!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Facing Li Shimin's words, Fang Xuanling naturally bowed hurriedly, and at this time Li Shimin said, "The peace of Chang'an this time is entirely due to Xue Wanfeng. I want to thank him very much."

"Your Majesty, this is normal, but I'm afraid we need to discuss how to thank you. After all, in name, Xue Wanfeng is still a rebel." Fang Xuanling said.

"Well, yes, this is indeed not easy to deal with. Let's do this for now. Let's wait until the Ashile tribe leaves the territory of our Tang Dynasty before discussing this matter." Li Shimin nodded.

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling naturally bowed and then slowly retreated.

At this time, Xue Wanfeng had already set out on the road back to Youzhou with the things given by the Ashile Royal Court. Everyone of them had a smile on their face.

After all, even if there had not been the two previous robberies this time, their current gains would be enough to equal what they gained in the previous five years. How could they not be happy?
At this time, Xue Wanfeng was also very happy. After all, he was able to snatch so many things from the Ashile tribe without much effort. How could he not be happy?
But now he is still a little worried. He is afraid that the Ashile tribe will not come back. That would be troublesome. Everything could easily go back to the way it was before.

However, even if the Ashile tribe really did not come back, he could not do anything. After all, he only had two thousand people. Even if he wanted to attack by force, he did not have that much capital.

Master Xiong, you didn't come out because you were afraid of the consequences. But if I take the initiative to go forward, I'm afraid the loss will be huge in the end. I'm a rebel now, why would I risk my life for the Tang Dynasty?
At the same time, at the royal court, when Khatun received the news that Xue Wanfeng had left, she finally felt relieved. After all, in her opinion, the matter was resolved and there was no need to withdraw from the front line.

But what she didn't expect was that her good mood disappeared just two days later.

"Asshole! Asshole! Trash, this trash! How can he retreat? How can he retreat? The enemy is already at the gates, why doesn't he hold on? Why!" said the Khan.
"Khadun Xi Nu, Ke Dun Xi Nu, we have been keeping this news well sealed, it is impossible for it to leak out. There is only one possibility for the Great Khan and his men to receive the news."

"The message was sent by Xue Wanfeng. I'm afraid Xue Wanfeng had already calculated that we would block the message, so he sent the message while negotiating with us." Raymond said
Bastard! Bastard! Damn Xue Wanfeng, I'm going to kill him, I must kill him! Raymond, go and hide everything, don't reveal any flaws.

"Also, when Xue Wanfeng returns, tell those chess pieces to kill Xue Wanfeng at all costs!" Khatun said with a gloomy face.

Faced with the Khatun's order, Raymond naturally would not say anything else. After paying his respects, he went downstairs to prepare. After he left, the Khatun's face became extremely ugly.

Of course, the two sides on the Shuozhou front also received the news. At this time, Ashile Falcon from the Ashile Falcon Division was looking at the news sent from the grassland.

"Falcon, what's wrong? What did the boss say? Why do you look so unhappy?" Yaluo said
"Something happened. The Youzhou army invaded the grassland. They looted the tribe and extorted a large amount of property and slaves from the royal court." Ashile Falcon said
"What? Then, we have to go back quickly, Eagle Master, Eagle Master?" Ya Luo said hurriedly.
"Don't worry, nothing happened to our Eagle Division. Xue Wanfeng only looted the Bear Division and the Wolf Division, and didn't touch our Eagle Division." Ashile Falcon said in a deep voice.
"Ah? He didn't touch us, how is that possible? He touched everyone except us, is he that kind? Wait, Falcon, he wouldn't want to, wouldn't he?" Yaluo said in surprise.
"Yes, that's what you think. He deliberately kept us here to arouse the Great Khan's suspicion and make our Falcon Division suspected and isolated." Ashile Falcon said
"Ah? This, this is too cruel, right? I, I, Falcon, what should we do now? Continue fighting here?" Yaluo asked

"No, there is no point in continuing to fight here. Luo Yi's Tianjie Army is not that easy to deal with. We have been fighting for so long but have made no progress."

"The most important thing is that the Great Khan has withdrawn from the Tang Dynasty because the royal court was surrounded. It is estimated that he will return to the royal court soon." Ashile Falcon said
"Ah? The Great Khan has already withdrawn his troops? This, Falcon, will put us in danger. You must be prepared in advance." Yaluo said worriedly
I know, I have thought of a solution, and the Great Khan will surely see that this is Xue Wanfeng's conspiracy, so don't worry, everything will be fine.

"Oh, by the way, send a letter to Shuozhou City, telling them we are going to withdraw and asking them for food and supplies." Ashile Falcon reminded him.

"Ah? Falcon, did I hear you right? Just tell them directly? It's hard to say whether they will believe it or not, not to mention they need supplies? This, this, this?" Yaluo asked in doubt.
"Just go if I ask you to. Don't worry, they will definitely give it to you." Ashile Falcon said
Yaluo was confused, but since Falcon said so, there must be a reason for it, so he bowed and went out to do the job.

After he left, the calmness on Ashileshun's face disappeared, because he knew very well that the Great Khan might not doubt him, but She'er and Tukoshe would never give up.

Once the Great Khan returned to the royal court and he was not with the Falcon Division, the Falcon Division would suffer a huge loss of food and fodder, which was unacceptable.

So he had to go back, and he had to go back before the Great Khan, and he must not go back empty-handed. Only by returning with the trophy, the belt, could he ensure that nothing would happen to his tribe.

And things turned out just as he expected. When Luo Yi learned that they were going to withdraw and asked them for supplies, he immediately found Gongsun Heng.

"You've read the letter. What do you think? Do you think we should agree to his request?" Luo Yi said.
"Your Majesty, since you have summoned me here, that means you have already agreed, right? So it's okay, I agree." Gongsun Heng said directly.

I knew that you couldn't hide this from me. Don't blame me. Really, there is nothing I can do about it.

"I can't go back to Jingyang, and Li Shimin won't let me go back. If I can't end this now, I'm afraid I'll be in big trouble." Luo Yi said directly
"Your Highness, there is no need to be so polite. Without the help of your Tianjie Army, Shuozhou would have been lost long ago, so please don't be polite." Gongsun Heng said directly.

(End of this chapter)