Ahhudala looked at the embarrassed and weak Hengsar and said coldly: "Hengsar, I never thought you would be here today!"
Hengsar did not say a word, but still looked at Ahudala.
When Hengsar recognized that the person was Ahudala, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth and reveal a sneer.
At this time, someone brought a bowl of water. Upon seeing this, Ahudala took it and said, "I'll do it."
Holding the water bowl, Ahudala slowly squatted down, handed the water bowl to Hengsar's mouth, and said: "You are thirsty, drink water."
Hengsar glanced at Ahudala, hesitated for a moment, and then stretched out his mouth to drink. Unexpectedly, Ahudala immediately moved the water bowl away, making Hengsar unable to reach it.
Hengsar raised his eyes and looked at Ahudala, frowning as if asking, what are you going to do?
Ahudala said: "Please, please beg me and I will give you a drink right away."
When Heng Saer heard this, a sneer appeared on his face again, and then he leaned back and leaned against the wall of the city, raising his head and laughing even more.
Ahudala immediately became angry: "Why are you laughing? Don't laugh!"
But the more Ahudala stopped drinking, the happier Hengsar laughed, and gradually he laughed out loud.
Ahudala was so angry that he threw a bowl of water at Hengsar's face, his chest rising and falling angrily.
Chai Yan took the water bowl from Ahudala's hand and handed it to others, and then said: "Second Prince, there is no need to be familiar with him."
Ahudala pointed at Hengsar and asked bitterly: "Taoist Master, can you let me know his life with my own hands?"
Chai Yan did not answer, but took Ahudala aside and said softly: "Your Highness, the Second Prince, the Piz army has not retreated yet, so Hengsar is a very important bargaining chip, but I promise you,
When the day comes that he is no longer of use, he will be handed over to the second prince."
"Is this true?" Ahudala said excitedly.
Chai Yan nodded solemnly: "Seriously!"
Ahhudala turned and glanced at Hengsar, suppressing the anger in his heart and said: "Okay, let this guy live a few more days!"
Chai Yan turned around and gave some instructions to Cheng Jiu and the others, and then started walking with Ahudala as if they were taking a walk on the Fangcheng Trail.
Ahudala asked: "How long does the Taoist think it will take for the Piz people to withdraw their troops?"
Chai Yan glanced at the distance to the north, slowly shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, but judging from the current situation, I guess there should be very different opinions in the Pitz military camp. Otherwise, they would have continued to launch the campaign long ago.
On the offensive."
Ahudala nodded and said: "That's right! Hengsar is their commander, but now he has become our prisoner. If they continue to attack, Hengsar will die. If they don't continue, their food and grass will not last long.
, this is a dilemma!”
Chai Yan smiled slightly and asked: "Does the second prince know how much money we asked the people of Piz in the letter in exchange for Hengsar's life?"
Ahhudala was shocked and hurriedly advised: "Taoist Master, this must not be done. Hengsar is very resourceful, so you must not let the tiger go back to the mountain!"
"Second Prince, don't worry, we have never thought of letting him go back." Chai Yan said with a smile.
Ahhudala was puzzled: "Then why did you write a letter..."
Chai Yan explained: "Second Prince, we told the people of Pitz that we can redeem people by giving money, but in fact it is just a delaying measure. In this way, the war can be temporarily stopped, and secondly, the morale of the soldiers of Pitz can be maintained.
"Come on, think about it, their coach has been captured by us, how can the soldiers still have the intention to fight?"
"Yes, what the Taoist priest said makes sense. Let the people of Piz think that the life and death rights of Hengsar are in the hands of their own people. If they are rescued, they have to pay money. If they are not rescued, the morale of the army will be greatly reduced. Wonderful, wonderful.
!" Ahudala praised with admiration.
Chai Yan walked to a crenel, looked into the distance and said, "It's been almost two days, and I don't know how the Piz people have discussed it. If you think the asking price is too high, you should come and pay back the price."
Ahudala was suddenly curious: "Taoist Priest, how much money did you ask for in the letter?"
Chai Yan paused and said loudly: "One hundred thousand taels..."
Ahhudala was surprised: "Only one hundred thousand taels? This...that's not much!"
Ahhudallah thought to himself, it is very fair to redeem a general who can command fifty thousand people with one hundred thousand taels of silver!
"The second prince is gold!" Chai Yan added.
Ahudala was immediately speechless: "Yellow...gold? One hundred thousand taels...gold!"
If one tael of gold is converted into silver in Muyue Kingdom, the ratio is about 1:15. In other words, one hundred thousand taels of gold is equivalent to one and a half million taels of silver.
Chai Yan smiled and said: "Second Prince, don't be surprised. In negotiations, you always have to shout higher to ask for a higher price."
Ahudala nodded and agreed with this.
Next, the two of them quietly looked to the north, staring at the Pitz camp.
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Pitts State Army Camp.
In the Chinese army's tent, Conlit summoned the generals to the tent early in the morning.
For no other reason than to continue discussing how to redeem Hengsar.
After a day's discussion yesterday, the military camp was basically divided into two groups. One group advocated redeeming Hengsar with gold. However, the price still had to be negotiated. It was impossible to give 100,000 to the other party if they asked for 100,000.
The other faction opposed the redemption of Hengsal on the grounds that he left the camp without permission during the war. If he had not done so, he would not have been captured by the enemy. All the consequences were caused by his blind arrogance. Moreover,
Now that all the food in Yuanhe Fort has been burned, the losses have been extremely heavy, so it is even more inappropriate to spend a lot of money on it.
"General Conlit, the top priority should be to continue to fill up the mountains, so that we can conquer Qingyuan Pass in one go!"
"General Conlit, you can't act rashly. If you offend the Muyue people, General Hengsar's life will be in danger!"
"Danger? People are already hanging on the pass, how can there be any danger? It's a dead end!"
"You! How could you say such a thing? General Hengsar treats you well. Without General Hengsar, where would you be today?"
"Yes, General Hengsar promoted me, but don't forget, what is the current situation, and what is the purpose of our army's advance? As long as we can capture Qingyuan Pass, General Hengsar will be the leader of the country.
It’s worth sacrificing your life!”
"You are so heartless!"
"You are so stupid!"
Conlit listened to their bickering, refusing to give in to each other, and suddenly felt his head was as heavy as a bucket, and he was extremely annoyed.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing!"
Conlit suddenly shouted loudly, causing the tent to immediately become quiet.
Conlit stared at the side that advocated continuing the attack and asked: "You said you want to fight, well, let me ask you, the granary of Yuanhe Fort has been completely burned down, and the subsequent supply of grain and grass is far away, and besides, the grain and grass in our camp are only
It’s enough for five days. Are you sure you can capture Qingyuan Pass within five days?”
"This..." "Uh..."
No one on the main attacking side dared to answer this question. After all, they were attacking the Qingyuan Pass, and no one dared to take advantage of this.
"Tell me, why don't you speak?"
Conlit asked loudly, and the main attacking faction was completely silenced.
Afterwards, Conlit looked at the group that advocated rescuing people and asked: "And you guys, you keep saying that you want to redeem people. The other party wants one hundred thousand taels of gold. Do you have any? What do you want to give?"
At this time, someone said: "General Conlett, we can negotiate the price with them."
Conlit's eyes immediately locked on the man's face: "Talk? Well, I'll send you to negotiate, and you tell me what price is appropriate?"
The man immediately stopped talking because he didn't know what price he could negotiate.
Suddenly, the camp fell into dead silence, everyone stopped talking, and the situation was frozen for a moment.
It took a long time before someone asked: "General Conlett, neither fighting nor ransoming can do anything, so what should we do? We can't just retreat, right?"
This can be said to be what Conlett was thinking.
Last night, Conlit thought about it all night. After much deliberation, he still felt that retreating was the safest choice.
First of all, Conlit was aware of the domestic situation. Too many battlefields had been opened up, and the royal capital was beginning to be overwhelmed, so many ministers were interested in stopping the attack on Qingyuan Pass.
At present, the granary has been burned down, the coach has been captured alive, and the morale of the army has been severely damaged. These are enough to put them firmly on the pillar of shame!
Secondly, Conlit has always wanted to replace Heng Sal, so no matter how worried he was about Heng Sal in front of others, he would never save him. As long as Heng Sal died and returned to the royal capital, he would never save him again.
There is no need to be outdone by Heng Saer. Among the younger generation of generals, Kang Lite is the leader.
Conlit frowned, shook his head solemnly and said: "Don't talk nonsense about retreating troops. This has to be decided by the royal capital..."
After a pause, Conlit said: "In this case, I will write a letter immediately to explain everything, and then send it back to the royal capital in a hurry, so that the king can make this decision in person!"
After hearing this, everyone in the tent immediately exchanged glances with each other. After a while of low-pitched discussion, everyone nodded.