Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 1088 Qin Min and Yu Wenyi's Understanding of Grasslands

"How about it? I've seen the cunning of these prairie wolves, Mr. Yuwen." Qin Min smiled mischievously. As an envoy of speed, familiarity is a necessary quality, and he joked with Yuwenyi after only a few days .

Yu Wenyi was a little helpless, what Qin Min said made sense, he had been here for so many days, but he hadn't opened up the situation yet, and he deeply felt that he had failed Wang Xiu's expectations.

Originally, I thought that this group of barbarians in the north had nothing but force, but their brains were a mess of pigs and sheep. How could they have the wisdom to conquer the upper kingdom.At this moment, he doesn't think so anymore. The lower class of this group is simple and simple, even blindly obedient and foolish, but the upper class is full of intrigues, even more aggressive than them. The result of failure in calculation is often death, and there is no other way to choose .

This makes every decision of the barbarians have a strong taste of blood, and there is also an unusual cautiousness in it. It is often difficult for them to bet on some. They are naturally happy to lean towards the Great Song Dynasty. When it comes to taking refuge, it is not a something happened.

"This bunch of pigs and sheep have taken so many things from us, and I really don't want to make money back." Qin Min smiled lightly. He also knew a little bit about whether he needed to see these prairie people, and said: "It depends on Deng Da. The shopkeeper’s method, can you squeeze out this bunch of pigs and sheep, oh, you still need Master Yuwen’s help.”

Yu Wenyi raised his eyebrows. He did not reject the merchants, and even somewhat agreed with Qin Min's approach. Anyway, he earned back the money given to the various ministries of the grassland, and what he paid was only items made of soil and silk. Instead of?So he said in a deep voice: "It seems that the governor has a plan."

"What kind of plan is it? It's just a small business, earning some hard-earned money to subsidize the expenses of the envoys. Hey, Lord Yuwen lives in the temple, so how do you know the sufferings of the envoys? The little money from the court is not enough to feed the whole family." , let alone transportation expenses, the imperial court doesn’t give you a penny, and everyone has to earn it themselves.” Qin Min vomited bitterly, looking miserable and helpless.

Yu Wenyi has black hair. This fellow governor is really a wonderful person. He not only cries for being poor, but also uses this as an excuse to make money recklessly. I really don’t know what Wang Xianggong thinks. He smacked his lips and said: "It’s not easy to be a governor, but I don’t know how Doing business."

"Exchange salt and iron for furs, and of course there are other good things. Porcelain and silk are necessary." Qin Min said in a strange way.

"Salt and iron are strictly controlled, especially iron products, which are strictly forbidden to flow into the grassland." Yu Wenyi was talking about the Jurchens. They are very strict with the grasslands. In the war of war, even trade exchanges are mostly based on barter, so as to reduce the use of coins by the grassland as much as possible.

Even the Jurchens understand the truth, Qin Min will not understand?Obviously there is another mystery in it.

"It's all in exchange for benefits from the captives, and it's still within the controllable range. They won't be equipped with a lot of equipment. More importantly, it's better to let the beggars and Krets have limited arming than let the captives hold their scalps." It's better to fight." Qin Min said a little lazily.

Yu Wenyi understands it, but he doesn't agree with it. Through contact with the greed of the grassland people, he has seen the terrible fighting power. It is simply that these people are divided for the sake of profit and cannot form a strong force, so they are repeatedly succeeded by the Jurchens.

If this group of barbarians obtained a large amount of copper and iron and made corresponding arrows, the situation would be another scene.

He suddenly remembered Wang Xiu's evaluation of the savages on the grassland. They have a strong leader, leading these mobs together, and equipped with well-equipped armor and arrows. extinction disaster.

"Why do you want their furs instead of secretly transporting war horses through Hexi?" He suddenly thought of what he had overlooked. The Song court lacked war horses and did not hesitate to launch the Northwest War. Even if there is no extermination of Xia, they can pass through Kansai and be transported eastward from the area under the jurisdiction of Longyou Duhufu.

Qin Min looked at Yu Wenyi in surprise, a little in disbelief, and said: "Through the Hexi transfer, there will be thousands of miles of Guanshan, and there will be no horses in ten. The price is not ordinary. Also, the imperial court is excellent, and the grassland horses are short. There is more than tenacity and insufficient impact, so it is not appropriate to deploy a large number of forbidden troops at this stage."

"So that's how it is." Yu Wenyi suddenly realized, and then remembered the horses he saw. They were short in stature. If the Song Army wore them in full gear, it would be a very strange sight. No wonder the frontline troops of the Jin Army did not equip prairie horses. The armor was too heavy. However, the Liangzhou Ma Ke from Hexi is different. He is tall, powerful and tenacious. It is a perfect war horse that combines the strengths of Eastern and Western horses.

"However, it can be seen from the official pond that the master is also interested in grassland horses, and is planning to take Hexi, and use trade to generate grassland war horses." Qin Min said plainly.

Everyone is smart, so there are some things that needn’t be said too much. Yu Wenyi understands Wang Xiu’s thoughts, and also understands the direction of certain policies of the imperial court. The pastures, on the contrary, may have to be further reduced.

However, it was still on the northwest battlefield. The military information just obtained came from the Qiyan tribe. The horse army of the Qiyan tribe and the Kelie people attacked Tanliang City and seized the city in one fell swoop.

According to the region, Tanliang City should be the battle area of ​​the Song Army. Even if it is still in the hands of the Xia Army, it will not be the turn of others to capture it. Don't want to reach out south of Keimen.

This group of ignorant pigs and sheep attacked Tanliang City with light soldiers, and took down the city in front of a brigade town of the Song Army.

For Xia Guoshengmin, the Song Army also burned, killed and looted, but they were sporadic atrocities by stragglers, or massacred cities for strategic deterrence. As long as they were honest, their lives would not be threatened.

The real disaster was when the city was destroyed by these barbarians from the grassland. These barbarians burned, killed and looted the entire city. Men were killed, women and children were robbed, and gold, silver, and wealth were all looted.

The most important thing is that Xia Jun hoarded a large amount of food and grass, which was also burned by these people. They did not have any foresight plan, all the wealth that could not be taken away was reduced, and all the old, weak, sick and disabled were killed. Regardless of the feelings of his allies, the Song army who rushed over was stunned.

Some people who escaped, as well as the remnants of the Xia Army, saw the Song Army troops, hesitated to meet the God of Help, and leaned forward to seek protection, and asked the Song Army's town lord to save their homes and stop the massacre of the prairie barbarians , Not long ago, they were still hostile parties, but they were able to stand on the united front.

(End of this chapter)