The dome hall of the main building of the inn was rearranged, and other low tables and stools were cleared away. A long table was placed in the center, with five or six chairs on both sides, also called Hu beds.
People in the Tang Dynasty never sit on anything like this in formal occasions, but today’s negotiation venue was decorated by a cannibal, so it didn’t look so formal.
At the beginning of the morning, representatives from both sides formally entered the scene, and the lineup was also very large. The negotiator of the Tang Army was headed by Li Siye, followed by Cheng Qianli, Wang Zhengjian, Ma Li, Duan Xiushi, Tian Zhen, and Bi Sishen. The representative of Dashifang was even more powerful and could
The person sitting in the first place is actually not Boshirin, but an important member of the Abbasid family, Mansur, the younger brother of the current Safah Caliph; followed by the governor of Khorasan, Boshirin, and then a bunch of
Generals with strange names, names that make them want to beat them up when they hear them.
Li Siye sat on the bed opposite him and began to look at the man with a black turban and a mustache opposite him. Mansour spread his hands and pretended to be happy and said: "Ambassador Li, do you feel that I am very familiar? We seem to be somewhere."
Have you seen it?”
"Aren't you the representative of the food envoy whose life was saved by me? The former noble son of the Abbasid family and now one of the heirs of the Abbasid dynasty, Mansur."
Mansour originally wanted to create a sense of surprise when old friends reunited, but Li Siye's words were like a cold narration of an official document, leaving him unable to find the next words for a while.
Bingbo Xilin's surprise was not fake. He pointed at Li Siye and asked Mansour: "It turns out that Your Highness knows Ambassador Li. Unexpectedly, the old acquaintance has become today's enemy. It is really sad."
Maybe Bingbo Xilin's original words didn't mean this, but it was translated into this by our own translator.
"His Highness Mansour and I just met by chance, but today is a formal occasion for negotiations. Let's not talk about private matters and start talking about business matters directly."
"Okay," Mansour clasped his hands and said, "Before the formal negotiations, as an old acquaintance, we want to give you someone as a gift."
"Oh, who can give it to me as a gift?"
Mansour clapped his hands, and two people immediately escorted a man in a ramie robe from the corner. The man wore a black hood, staggered, and was pushed to his knees on the ground.
He winked, and the Dashi Samurai immediately took off the hood from the man's head and forced his chin up with both hands so that the Anxi Army could see it.
Li Siye looked carefully and felt that he had never seen this person before, so he raised his hand and asked, "Who is this? Why is he so unfamiliar?"
Mansour smiled: "It seems that Ambassador Li really doesn't know him. This is the prince of Shiguo who provoked the war between us. He traveled all the way to Samarkand and then came to Tusi City, trying to borrow a meal from me.
The soldier avenged his father. Our original intention was just to give justice to the people who lost their country and family, but we didn't expect that the road to seeking justice would be so bumpy. Now I have figured it out, where is he seeking justice? He
This is using the word justice to satisfy his selfish desires. He has almost dragged our two countries into unprovoked wars for his own selfish purposes, and has also displaced many families. He is a sinner, so I want to take this
The criminal was given to Ambassador Li and left at Doctor Li's disposal."
After Mansour's introduction, Li Siye understood that he was such an unlucky child. It was understandable that he wanted to avenge his father and seek the power of another country. However, he was born at the wrong time and made the wrong choice.
Li Siye chuckled: "If you say so, I should be grateful to him. If it weren't for him, how could I be sitting here today discussing a treaty with His Highness Mansour and Grand Duke Abu?"
As soon as he said these words, Grand Duke Abu's face immediately became a little uneasy. Mansour ignored this section with a smile, pointed at the paper in front of him and said: "The conditions requested by Ambassador Li are too harsh, even if it is reduced to seven
One million gold dinars and 20,000 war horses are too much for us to bear. In terms of the sovereignty oath of the suzerainty, the Tocharian territory is our inherent sphere of influence, and we will definitely not let go. Ambassador Li, please be more lenient with us.
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Li Siye refused flatly: "This is our final condition, and it cannot be changed."
Bingbo Xilin snorted and said, "Ambassador Li, don't be too busy refusing. Maybe the more you ask for now, the more things we will get back in the future."
Cheng Qianli, who was sitting opposite him, turned to face him and retorted: "Governor Bingbo is too confident. Do you think you can save such a defeat in this life?"
The two sides went toe-to-toe with each other. Due to the insufficient number of translators each brought, most people did not know what the other party was saying and just relied on the rich expressions and gestures on their faces. Duan Xiushi and others from Tang Junzhong
This scene feels a bit shameful. They always mistake themselves for merchants haggling.
Since they could not reach an agreement for the time being, Mansour proposed to suspend the negotiations and take a break for half an hour to exchange views.
While the two parties were resting in their respective rooms, Mansour took the initiative to come to Li Siye and talked to him about the slight fate between the two of them in the past, hoping to exchange this encounter for some favors to reduce the weight of the negotiation.
Naturally, Li Siye refused again without mercy: "Your Highness, Mansour, politics is politics, and human relationships are human relationships. I will never sacrifice our inherent conditions for human relationships. I think you should be able to understand that when you become the caliphate in the future,
, will understand this truth better than me."
Faced with Li Siye's remarks, Mansour did not find it ugly. After the two sides took a short break, they started a new round of negotiations.
After constant bargaining, mutual intrigues, and Li Siye stopping negotiations several times to threaten to restart war, the two sides finally reached a consensus on the contents of the treaty.
The content of the treaty agreed that the war compensation for the Anxi Protectorate from the Great Food Kingdom would be four million gold dinars, which was 400,000 more gold coins than Li Siye expected of 3.6 million gold coins, and 12,000 war horses.
It finally gave up control of Tochara and handed over all sovereignty to the Tang Dynasty. It also recognized Mulu City as a border free city-state, and neither side was allowed to station troops in it.
The two sides wrote the contents of the treaty on a large piece of paper in two languages, and each stamped the seal of the Khorasan Governor's Palace and the seal of the Anxi Jiedushi. Even if this treaty was officially recognized by both parties, depending on the location of the negotiation,
The treaty was named "Treaty of Kyzylkum".
After more than a year of war, the Anxi Army was accustomed to sleeping in the open air and suffering in battles. Li Siye finally got what he wanted. This was how he took both face and dignity into account. His achievements were enough to surpass those of the Tang Dynasty.
All generals are enough to occupy a very conspicuous position in history.
After the treaty was signed, the Anxi Army withdrew from Mulu City, followed the original route through the Kizilkum Desert, crossed the Amu Darya River, and returned to Kangju City, the center of the nine countries in the river.