Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 178 Oral Agreement
On the earth mountain and the water village, a raging fire ignited, and Duan Hongchen used his final nirvana!

All the way to the righteous soldiers, the second to the extraordinary soldiers, this is the strength Gao Chan showed and the trick he said.The second line of surprise soldiers attacked from the upstream and downstream respectively.One thousand soldiers, one divided into ten, relying on fishing boats in places where the water flow is slightly slower, sending a little bit every day, after the first batch sent over, they either killed patrolling scouts, or hid in the mountains, so they were not discovered by Duan Hongchen.

Along the way to sneak attack, Duan Hongchen and hundreds of cavalry went over and won a big victory.However, when the second surprise attack came, Duan Hongchen chose to retreat without hesitation.

And above the water stronghold, many inflammable objects were placed in the barracks where they were originally stationed, and all gates were closed to slow down the enemy's speed.After dozens of cavalry were killed, they set fire to the camp with Firebolts.

The fire is soaring!

Duan Hongchen rode 2000 people on foot and retreated to the nameless hill.

Gao Chan occupied the ancient ferry, and there were still 2000 remaining troops, leaving 2000 people to guard the ferry and 1 to guard the food road.The remaining [-] people followed Duan Hongchen closely, and at night, successfully surrounded the nameless hill.

Two thousand to ten thousand, the situation took a turn for the worse again.Before going up the mountain, Duan Hongchen estimated the situation.If you return directly to Longquan Mansion, all the previous efforts will be in vain.Moreover, regardless of success or failure, the land east of Longquan Mansion will never return to the Bohai people.

Even with teeth, the Goguryeo people must be nailed here.Duan Hongchen dispatched a team of cavalry to report back to Longquan, where there are still two thousand Xu Qing's soldiers, and tens of thousands of Bohai subjects!They can easily form tens of thousands of militiamen!
Duan Hongchen didn't know that Xu Qing had already left Longquan to go to the Dahe clan, and he didn't know that almost all the rich and right families in Longquan Mansion and Bohai had quietly written letters to the Goguryeo military camp to protect themselves.

Selling the country and seeking glory.

When Xu Qing left, he left a sentence: "If you are defeated in the world of mortals, first kill the heroes in the city, and then call on the old people of Bohai. Together with the remaining two thousand state soldiers brought over, maybe you can get back [-]%."

But now, Duan Hongchen is going to be undefeated, what should he do when he is half-defeated?
Chu Jiang Qitai was in a dilemma.In the end, after negotiating with General Anhe's Mansion, it was decided to control the Haoyou family first, and then confiscate the private soldiers of the Haoyou family. In addition to the confiscated militia and a thousand state soldiers, a total of 3000 troops were assembled for defense.

The Patriarch Haoyou was under control, and those private soldiers did not dare to disobey, the militiamen could make up for it, and the state soldiers were the mainstay.Such 3000 people are still quite effective.At least, comparable to the two thousand Goguryeo people.If he and Duan Hongchen attack from both sides, it is still possible to change the situation.Not to mention victory, at least the monarch can be rescued, right?

On the nameless hill, because everyone evacuated in a hurry and did not bring food and grass, fortunately there is still a spring up the hill.On the first day, he was still able to hunt and eat wild vegetables, but on the second day there were only bugs left on the mountain, Duan Hongchen ordered to kill horses to satisfy his hunger.Six hundred horses, without fodder, would starve to death if they were not killed.Dozens of horses a day can last for a while.Maintaining current morale is more important than horses.

As long as the reinforcements come in time, even the horses don't have to be killed too much.Duan Hongchen is waiting for reinforcements, he just begs the Goguryeo people not to attack prematurely.In fact, the Goguryeo people also wanted to consume the morale of Duan Hongchen before attacking the mountain.However, during this waiting time, the Goguryeo people fought among themselves again.

Xu Qing said flatly: "I'm here to unite with you!"

Monk Yelubai Erzhang couldn't figure it out, he was puzzled and asked, "Unite?"

"That's right, let's unite with you to destroy the Xi clan and divide the land of the Xi clan equally."

"Hiss..." Yelubai circled around Xu Qing, scrutinized him carefully, and thought to himself, could it be that I've got the wrong person?
After repeatedly verifying Xu Qingzheng's identity, he asked, "What is the relationship between Bohai State and your benefactor?"

"Well, let's put it this way, King Bohai is my sworn brother, and his daughter is my younger sister, who will be my fourth wife in the future."

"What's the relationship..."

"Let me tell you, it's a family relationship."

"This is embarrassing..." Yelubai said, "I didn't expect such a relationship between my benefactor and Bohai Kingdom, alas..."

"What? Do you want to swallow Bohai together after the Xi Clan is wiped out?"

Yelubai's "drunkness" is gone now: "To be honest, I'm not the only one who thinks this way, everyone in the tribe thinks the same way, what's wrong, what's wrong?"

Xu Qing cursed inwardly, this is the cornered question: Is there anything you can impress me about?
Xu Qingdao: "I guess, in the battle between the Dahe clan and the Xi clan, it was your Danbu who charged forward, right?"

"That's right, so what?"

"How? Do you think that although the Xi clan is slightly weaker than your Dahe clan, what will happen to your Dan clan after the battle between your Dan clan and the Xi clan?"

Yelubai fell into deep thought: "My Danbu's strength will definitely be greatly reduced..."

"Of course, after your Danbu's strength is greatly reduced, do you think the Dahe clan can still be as united as it is now? What are the consequences of not being united?"

"This...they..."

"They will try their best to escape the battle to preserve their strength, and wait until after the battle to share the victory among themselves!"

Yelubai didn't speak, he knew that the Dahe clan could stop the downward trend because of Danbu's strong wrist, Xu Qing continued: "Besides, even if they don't play tricks, your Dahe clan swallowed the Xi clan , the Turks can watch you grow bigger?"

"At that time, the Bohai Sea will not be able to withstand your Dahe clan's attack, and they will take refuge in Goguryeo and attack you from the south, and the Turkic people will attack you from the west. Is there any hope for the Dahe clan to win?"

Yelubai let out a long sigh: "Oh, the Dahe clan after the war must be weak, and it is absolutely impossible to resist the two strong soldiers..."

"What if, after the war, the Dahe clan is not weak?"

"how is this possible?"

"If someone sneak attack from behind, it is possible."

Yelubai lowered his head and tried to calculate the gains and losses in his heart. After considering the threats from other ministries and the Turks, he swallowed his saliva: "If the conditions of the Bohai people are reasonable, it would be nice to have an assistant who sneaks up from behind."

"Two conditions, one, share the Xi clan after the war..."

"Impossible! The Xi clan was brought down by us, and the Bohai people are just helping. Why should they share it equally with you?"

"You heard it clearly, it's a joint share, not an equal share. Don't say you don't want to share it equally, even if it's an equal share, Bohai can't eat such a big sheep!"

"Together? How much?"

"Three thousand for men, five thousand for horses, and twenty-eight for cattle and sheep. Moreover, you can talk more about it to outsiders, and all those who are sent or secretly will be sent to your alchemy department."

Yelubai was noncommittal: "What about the second condition?"

"Lend me three thousand cavalry to reject Goguryeo!"

"Oh, I said, how did Bohai come up with such a plan!" Yelubai said, "Bohai is hard to protect itself, so what can we use to support our family?"

"You should have heard that Bohai defeated thousands of cavalry of the Xi tribe in one fell swoop with thousands of infantry, right?"

Yelu Bai was awe-inspiring, didn't he decide to send troops to the Xi clan after hearing the news?
An hour later, Xu Qing and Yelubai returned to the sweat tent with ruddy complexions.At this time, everyone has already eaten and drank enough, and some people with good digestion ability have begun to feel empty in their stomachs again.Seeing Yelubai come back, he knew that the "discussion matter" had come to an end, and looked at each of them with his head raised.

Indeed, after an hour of verbal confrontation, the two reached the following agreement:

The Dahe clan lent three thousand soldiers to Xu Qing in exchange for Xu Qing's three thousand divine crossbowmen (Xu Qing's nonsense) to attack the Dahe clan at a certain time.

Three thousand cavalry can set off, walk on the border between grassland and desert, reach the Bohai Sea within three days, and participate in battle within five days.

After the war, the Xi people got a quarter of their land in Bohai, a third of their captive slaves, and an equal share of cattle, sheep and horses (actually a quarter of Bohai).In this way, the Dahe clan is not considered to dominate the Xi people, let alone dominate East Asia, and the vigilance of the Turkic people will be greatly reduced.As for whether the Dahe family will turn around and deal with Bohai after the Xi family has digested it, that is not something Xu Qing can consider.There was nothing written about this agreement, it all relied on the mutual trust between Xu Qing and Yelu Bai.If you want to abide by it, you will naturally abide by it. If you don't want to abide by it, it is useless to engrave the agreement in stone.

Someone asked, since the Dahe cavalry can go to the Bohai Sea by detour, why not just divide the troops into two places, and one go around the back and attack directly?

First, the strength of the Dahe clan is not much stronger than that of the Xi clan, and it would be too dangerous to divide the troops, but it would allow the Xi clan to defeat them one by one.If only 3000 people are allocated, it will not weaken the strength.Second, the [-] cavalry sent out is only the fighting power of the cavalry. Even if it is a sneak attack, it will not cause too much harm to the Xi people, which is really tasteless.But the crossbowmen in Xu Qing's hands are different, they are the sharp weapons for breaking the cavalry!
When this was done, it happened to be the day before Duan Hongchen retreated, when the two armies were confronting each other.

When leaving, the leaders of all the ministries came to see Xu Qing off and gave him some exquisite fur clothes.But the weather is too hot, I sweat even wearing one piece of clothing, why send so many fur coats?Xu Qing glanced back resentfully, those prairie men suddenly felt a little embarrassed, these were the only valuables that could be sent out on the prairie.

Seeing this, Xu Qing felt relieved, the two solid-color fox furs were not bad.This is the real thing, not a chemical textile product, and I can't put it down when I walk on the road and admire it with the fox fur.

"Ow!"

As soon as Xu Qing returned to the place where his group was stationed, two "tigers", one big and one small, rushed over. Huang Shimei and Xu Qi each held Xu Qing's hand and opened their mouths to bite.Xu Qing was so frightened that he took two pieces of fox fur as a shield, but heard:

"Huh? This dress is so beautiful!"

"It's Xu Qing's conscience, but the clothes are so big, how can I wear them!"

In a blink of an eye, the two fox furs had already arrived in Huang Shimei's and Xu Qi's hands. They kept making gestures with the fox furs. The one who thought the clothes were too big was naturally Xu Qi.

Xu Qi realized something was wrong, and handed the fox fur to Huang Shimei, and made another pounce, but was caught by Xu Qing: "Listen, you really belong to a dog!"

Xu Qi gritted her teeth: "Hmph! Where's my gift?"

Xu Qing blinked, and Xu Qi immediately let go of Xu Qing happily, seeing him touch his arms mysteriously: "Puppy dog, this tooth of the prairie wolf king will be given to you to ward off evil spirits!"

(End of this chapter)