Tibet

Chapter 407 Bargaining
Early the next morning, the two sides held a formal negotiation in the Hezhong Governor's Mansion. The negotiation had two contents. One was to demarcate the border and sign a non-aggression agreement, and the other was to discuss the redemption of prisoners of war.

It can be said that the first agreement is the basis of the second agreement, without the conclusion of the first agreement, it will be difficult to carry out the negotiations on the prisoners of war.

But the delineation of borders has always been done on the basis of war, just like the [-]th parallel between North and South Korea, which is the result of war and the natural dividing line between the two forces.

The same is true for the Tang Dynasty and Dashi. After the Battle of Talas, the front of the Tang army has reached the east bank of the Amu Darya River, so the border between the two sides is naturally the Amu Darya River. If Dashi does not accept it, then fight again. I am afraid that the final result will be Even Khorasan will be captured by the Tang army.

In fact, after the Tang army captured Kang, Abu Muslim who fled to Mulu sent someone to Gao Xianzhi and begged the Tang army not to cross the Amu Darya River. He also promised not to invade the river again, and Gao Xianzhi agreed. This is actually a Oral boundary agreement.

Then it depends on whether Ziyad accepts this agreement now. If he admits it, then today's negotiation will be very simple.

Ziyad was the deputy general of Abu Muslim. He was the deputy governor of Khorasan at the time. He knew the verbal border agreement very well. He also went to Baghdad and reported the border agreement to the Caliph. Only then did Abbas feel relieved and fully mobilized troops to deal with Rah Man.

Therefore, when Li Ye proposed to implement last year's verbal border agreement, Ziad agreed immediately without hesitation.

Ziad knew very well that strength was everything. If Dashi was strong, even if the border was cast with pig iron, his army would smash it to pieces.

Ziad also figured it out, the Tang army definitely didn't have 3 troops, if they had [-] troops, how could they stop at the Amu Darya River?He had already entered Mulu to plunder wealth.

Li Ye smiled and said: "I'm glad that we can face the reality. The Tang court has prepared a document. It was originally hoped that your envoys would sign it when they came to the Tang Dynasty last year, but His Highness Mansour did not come because of something. I still use this This text is basically the consensus we reached just now, and there are two languages, so take a look!"

Li Ye handed over to Ziyad an agreement with a comparison between Dashiwen and Chinese. Ziyad probably flipped through it, and the content was almost the same, so he stopped looking at it. The purpose of his condescension to Suiye today was not to reach any border agreement or friendly agreement. , These things are all based on strength to speak, no matter how extravagantly written it is useless.

What he wants are prisoners of war, and prisoners of war are the only purpose of his trip.

"The agreement needs to be handed over to the Caliph for review and signature. I will hand it over as soon as possible. Let's talk about the prisoners of war!"

Li Ye shook his head, and said unequivocally, "Let's sign the memorandum for this meeting first, and then talk about the prisoners of war."

Ziad does not have the power to sign the border peace agreement, but he must sign the memorandum of negotiation, otherwise the two sides will talk for nothing. These memoranda of negotiation between the two parties are actually the basis of the border peace agreement.

Just like the border agreement between the two countries we signed now, what is the basis for drafting the agreement is one negotiation memorandum after another.

At this time, Zhong Hui handed the memorandum written in the languages ​​of the two countries to Li Ye. Li Ye read it carefully, then signed his name, stamped it with the great seal of the governor, and handed it to Ziyad in duplicate.

Ziad also read it carefully, and it was exactly the same as the verbal agreement reached at the beginning. He signed his name and stamped the governor's seal, and each party held a copy.

"Captain Li, now we can talk about the issue of prisoners of war!"

Ziad is a typical soldier. He doesn't know much about negotiating skills in the mall, and he can't expose his bottom line prematurely. Several civil officials around him winked at him repeatedly, but he turned a blind eye.

Li Ye laughed like a cunning fox.

"The Tang Dynasty negotiated with the enemy to return prisoners of war, and generally used the redemption system. Before we returned prisoners of war to the Sogdian countries, we also used the method of redemption. One hundred gold dinars were exchanged for one prisoner of war. The prisoners of the Great Food Army Same."

Xie Jin and Zhong Hui next to them almost yelled, it was too dark, when a person has a hundred guan, it is ten sheepskins, which is equivalent to [-] guan.

Xie Jin and the others also immediately realized that this was the superintendent's asking price.

After the translation, Ziad's face immediately darkened, "It's impossible to buy a hundred gold coins. We only buy and sell young and strong slaves for ten gold coins at most."

Li Ye shook his head, "But they are not slaves. They are the soldiers of the Great Food Army who fought bloody for the Caliphate. Your price of slaves is an insult to them."

"I know that too, so the caliph promised twenty gold coins to redeem one person."

Li Ye still shook his head, "I'm not lying to Your Excellency Governor, you can ask Kang and other small Sogdian countries, we indeed redeemed a prisoner of war with a hundred gold coins.

Of course, I have always respected the Dashi army, so be it!I made a compromise, fifty gold coins can be redeemed for one person, nothing less, any less would be an insult to the dignity of the Dashi warrior. "

"Li Dudu, if I can make the decision, I am willing to pay two hundred gold coins. My soldiers are priceless, but the caliphate is only willing to give me twenty gold coins each. This is what I have repeatedly fought for. The dynasty has just been established. Without taxes, Bagra really can't afford more money, so please forgive these poor soldiers!"

Xie Jin couldn't bear it, wrote down the words "almost" and handed it to Li Ye.

Li Ye was unmoved, he still smiled and said: "Although we can't get more money from the Caliph, I believe that the families of these soldiers will be willing to donate generously to their loved ones."

"So shameless!"

Xie Jin cursed secretly and lowered his head.

The two sides came and went, arguing for a long time, and finally Li Ye reluctantly gave in, and at the price of 35 gold dinars for each prisoner of war, the two sides reached a redemption agreement.

This is also Li Ye's knowledge that the other party can only give so much money at most.

Although Ziyad doesn't know how to negotiate, he is by no means stupid. He knows that the caliphate is in urgent need of troops. As long as he can get the troops, he will eventually agree to pay an extra [-] yuan per person. As for asking the families of the prisoners to take the ransom, Ziyad will do this kind of thing not out.

Just three days after Ziyad left, Li Ye's army also set off. He left the deputy governor Dugu Ying to lead [-] troops to defend Suiye, and he personally led [-] troops and [-] camels, marching in the direction of Juzhanti kill.

The army is all cavalry, including [-] heavy armored infantry. Li Ye has followed Gao Xianzhi to conquer Juzhanti before, and he knows how to win Juzhanti.

The biggest flaw in Juzhanti is that the Juzhanti River splits the city in half, and the city can be attacked by water.

I believe that the Sogdian coalition forces really want to win Juzhanti, and it is completely easy. The key is that the city lord Hamil’s backer is Dashi.

Li Ye remembered very clearly that the last tactic used to capture Juzhanti was to build plank roads in the open and cover Chen Cang secretly.

The current defenders are no longer the original Sogdian Army, but replaced by Tocharians from the Bushi Kingdom.

Then, I can completely repeat the old tricks, and once again build the plank road openly and hide the old warehouse.

(End of this chapter)