The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 850 Chapter 830 Nine: The Promise Iron Bull Gets Horses

After letting go of these Turkic people, Duan Wuji felt at ease in his heart.

It wasn't too long before Su Long and Su Hu led the people who carried the dead bodies back.

Su Hu walked in front of Duan Wuji and said, "Godfather, those dead bodies have been brought back, what do you think about how to deal with these dead bodies?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Let people carry them to that shady place!
Fortunately, the weather is not too hot now, so it won't stink after a few days! "

"Oh! My mother! Still playing with these dead bodies!

This is so sick of us! "

Su Hu had no choice but to lead the people to carry the dead body again.

Su Long looked at Duan Wuji and asked: "Old man, why did four Turkic people run away on horses just now!

Do you know about this? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "I let those boys go, how could I not know?"

"Old man, it was hard to catch them, why did you let them go when you said that?

What is the reason? "

Su Dingfang laughed and said: "Long'er! You don't know something, your Uncle Wuji's idea is to be higher than our father and son, you really can't do it if you don't accept it.

Your uncle intends to release all these captives and exchange them for horses. One living person is exchanged for five horses. Isn’t this more than 1000 captives!If all the horses were replaced, there would be tens of thousands of army horses.

Your uncle has already told them about these dead bodies.

Each corpse is exchanged for a war horse. Those dead bodies are estimated to be more than 3000 people. If these dead bodies are exchanged for more than 3000 war horses, wouldn't we make a lot of money! "

If we add more than 1 war horses at once, what do you think our army will look like! "

Su Long slapped his head.

"How could we not have thought of such a bad move?
If so many army horses are really exchanged, our Beiping Mansion army will really become a division of tigers and wolves, and it will be difficult to win any battle in the future! "

Not too long, then Su Hu ran back again.

"Godfather, those dead bodies have been thrown into a cool place, is there anything else going on now?"

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Let's rest for a while now.

Let the soldiers eat a few mouthfuls of dry food, and you can go back and call up those fire-headed troops in a while!

Let them bring all those pots and pans, and we'll start the fire by this afternoon at the latest.

Let's bring all the food and so on, of course, and get those tents too, isn't it a few days' work, we have so many more horses at once, let the soldiers bring some fodder over too .

We have to stay here for another six or seven days!

How can the army survive without food and grass for a long time? "

Su Dingfang laughed and said, "I'll arrange this matter!

Tiger!After dinner, you and your brother are on duty to guard the prisoners!
These people can't treat them badly, no matter what they have to eat more than half full!

Did you hear this clearly? "

"Yes! I understand this matter.

How many soldiers do the two of us guard these people? "

"How about giving you two thousand soldiers? Tell you that none of these prisoners of war are allowed to run away. You want to keep them alive. We will trade them for horses in five days. Do you understand?"

"Yes! Son, I know what's going on."

Su Dingfang stood up.

"You two imperial envoys, please rest!
I will arrange the things you just explained. In addition, I will let the soldiers take back the more than 3000 war horses we got!

After a few days, new horses will be brought over. I don't feel very relieved that all the war horses are placed in this place. "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well, then you go.

What you said makes sense!To be honest, it is really not easy for us to get these war horses!

We must protect this hard-won fruit. "

Su Dingfang turned around and left, Duan Wuji and Tieniu had nothing to do, they found a stable place to practice martial arts.

A few days passed in a flash, and four days came in the blink of an eye.

Just after breakfast that day, Duan Wuji and the others were chatting in the big tent.

A small school ran in in a panic.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, and to report to the two relatives, the big thing is not good!
Smoke and dust billowed in the northwest direction, and a large number of Turkic horses were heading here!

What do you think about this matter? "

Su Dingfang was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look at Duan Wuji and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, aren't you in the army? I think you should take this big idea!"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Beat the drum and gather the crowd, although we have the best idea, we also have to plan for the worst.

In case the Turkic people came to fight, we can find a way to wipe out another batch of them. "

Su Dingfang nodded after hearing this, and then shouted loudly: "Beat the drums and gather the generals for me. I will immediately arrange the troops and arrange the battle."

With the sound of the three-way drum, all the generals and officers in the army ran into the big tent, and the whole big tent was full of people!

Su Dingfang said to the generals: "The Turks will arrive soon.

Gather your soldiers quickly, and we are ready to meet the enemy. "

After hearing this, these generals immediately walked out of the big tent and called up their own army.

All of a sudden, horns rang out in the barracks, and the atmosphere in the barracks suddenly became tense again.

Duan Wuji and the others walked out of the tent, and the soldiers who looked at him nodded their heads!

The military appearance of this Tang army is neat!The whole team is as neat as a knife cut!

Su Dingfang shouted loudly: "Brothers, the Turkic is coming again, everyone is ready to fight, no one should relax!

You must be ready to go and listen to my orders at any time. "

At this moment, a small school ran over and reported, "Commander Qi, the Turkic sent two envoys here, and they asked to see you."

After hearing this, Duan Wuji hurriedly said: "Then why don't you hurry up and call them over!"

Su Dingfang grinned when he heard this.

"Go and invite them here. See what they have to do!"

In a short time, two Turks were brought over.

The two Turks knelt down and saluted.

"The people of Xiabang see the adults."

Su Dingfang waved his hand.

"Get up quickly! Get up and talk about something!"

Su Dingfang and the others recognized it a long time ago, and the person who came was one of the few Turkic people they let go a few days ago.

Su Dingfang's face has softened a lot at this time.

"My lord, we have already obtained those horses, but how do you say we trade them!

If we gave you all the horses, what if you turned your back on them and refused to let them go?

If you let him go, you will definitely be afraid that we will turn around and run away!

These are concerns that both of us have, so let's see what to do about this matter! "

Su Dingfang was also stunned when he heard it, and couldn't think of what to do for a while.

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "This matter is easy to handle, let's trade in batches!
We release twenty captives first, and you can take them away now. When you come back, you will bring us a hundred horses. Do you think this method will work?

In this way, the risks of all parties are within the controllable area, and neither party will give up the transaction because of a small profit! "

Duan Wuji said to Su Long beside him: "Hurry up and get twenty captives, let them take them away, we don't care about the thirty or twenty prisoners!"

Su Long listened to Duan Wuji's order, turned around and ran out, within a short time, twenty captives were escorted over.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "You can take them away now. Whether you have the sincerity of the deal will be up to you."

When the two Turkic people saw Duan Wuji doing this, they couldn't help but nodded!

"This method is good. It seems that this method is really good. Just wait, we will get the horses for you in a while."

After speaking, the two Turks led the twenty prisoners and left.

When the prisoners of war saw that they were really released, they were all overjoyed.

These prisoners of war followed the two Turkic men and disappeared without a trace after a while.

The transaction started in this way, batches of prisoners of war were released, and batches of war horses were continuously exchanged.

When Su Dingfang saw this situation, his face was already full of joy. The distance between the two sides is not too far, there is only a mountain pass, about ten miles away!
As the deal progressed, both parties stepped up their efforts.

Batches of captives were taken away, groups of horses were driven over, and the transactions were carried out quickly and orderly.

When the sun was about to set, the captives and horses were exchanged.

The next step is to exchange the corpses for horses. The Turkic people transported back one hundred corpses each time, and then brought over one hundred horses.

After the sun went down, torches were lit on both sides, and neither side was willing to stop the deal.

The whole transaction was not considered complete until after dawn the next day.

Both parties are very satisfied with this transaction, and no one feels that they have suffered a loss in this transaction.

Duan Wuji saw that the sun was already high, and said to Su Dingfang with a smile: "I'm talking about old Su! How many horses did we get in this transaction?

Have you counted it? "

"Of course this number has been counted. When I was trading just now, I ordered someone to count it.

Those captives were exchanged for a total of 120 five horses.

A total of 190 four horses were exchanged for those dead bodies!
This adds up to a total of 310 nine horses!
In exchange for so many horses, that's something my old Su couldn't even imagine in his dreams!

Together with the military horses we got yesterday, this is a total of 160 four horses.

With these horses, the number of horses in my army will be less than [-] horses, which is not much difference.

Envoy Duan, brother Duan, within a year or so, my Beiping Mansion will have [-] cavalry troops.

The boundary of my Beiping Mansion will be safe and sound from now on.

I'm busy today, tomorrow I will definitely show off the merits of the two of you! "

If we let our father and son fight this battle alone, maybe we can win a certain victory.

However, if you want to get these more than 1 military horses, it is absolutely impossible.

According to my character, I will definitely behead these captives to show the public, in order to commend the military might of our army.

I didn't expect you to find another way to exchange them for so many horses!

I, Su Dingfang, have been leading troops in combat for many years, and this is the first time I have opened my eyes so much.

Su Long, Su Hu, have you seen it?Our father and son claim to be able to conquer the war. Compared with others, it is not a star and a half! "

The two listened and nodded.

Su Hu said with a smile: "A few days ago, my godfather asked me to get those dead bodies back, but I was not willing at that time!
Unexpectedly, these dead bodies can be exchanged for more than 3000 military horses!

After that night, it seemed that we two brothers really didn't mess around!

It seems that this is really incomparable to others!If we compare with others, it is really incomparable! "

Tieniu looked at Duan Wuji and said, "Brother, I really didn't expect that!

When you said you got at least [-] military horses, I thought you were bragging!
Unexpectedly, after this battle, what we got was not 6000 horses, but more than [-] army horses!

Don't say that their father and son couldn't think of it, even I didn't think of it! ;
Old Su!You can't break your word!No matter what, you have to invite our brothers for a few days! "

Su Dingfang laughed out loud.

"No problem, absolutely no problem.

If we have won such a big victory, if I don't treat you well, then I can't justify it! "

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Now that the battle has been won, there is nothing to do with the two of us here, and we two brothers will go back to the city!
You guys should handle the rest of the things, and we won't care about these miscellaneous things.

These are all your business. "

"My lord, you can do whatever you want, we will take care of this matter.

Su Hu, you can go back with your godfather and the two of them. With you at home to take care of them, I feel more at ease! "

Su Hu listened and nodded to the three of them.

"Well, then the three of us will leave, Daddy, is there anything you can't handle here?"

"What's the matter with me here! Isn't there those dead horses? I'll scatter them to the barracks and improve the food for the soldiers. This will save a lot of food.

Didn't we get so many army horses all at once, I have to get some fodder for them anyway, with so many horses, the fodder they eat every day is not a small amount!

Don't worry, you don't need to worry about these small things. Your brother and I will take care of these things, so you can leave at ease!

Hu'er, after you go back, you have to learn from your godfather and the others!

Let me tell you, this is a rare learning opportunity! "

"Well! I know, don't worry, I will work hard to learn from them.

Daddy, let's go then. "

After finishing speaking, the three of them walked out of the tent, mounted their horses and headed straight for Beiping Mansion.

When they arrived at Old Su's house in Beiping Mansion, the three dismounted from their horses. The servants ran over and took the three people's horses away, and the three went straight to the small courtyard where they lived a few days ago.

(End of this chapter)