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At this point, Pang Tong couldn't help feeling unhappy and angry. However, looking at Cao Pi's honest smile and childish face, he held it back and did not attack on the spot.n∈

After all, the other party is still a young man who is not yet qualified, and strictly speaking, he is still a child; and he is now twenty-five years old and has grown up long ago. How can adults have the same knowledge as children?

What's more, the purpose of his trip was to form an alliance with the Wei State and work together to send troops. On this point, they all have the intention to form an alliance and the goals are the same.

This is Pang Shiyuan's mind and demeanor.

Although he is extremely wise, meticulous and eloquent, he is generous to others. He usually looks at others' strengths and never reveals his shortcomings. He likes to evaluate people and cultivates other people's reputations, so the people he evaluates often exceed the actual talents of that person. People are very surprised by this, so they ask Pang Tong.

He said: "Today, the chaos is coming, and the way of justice is gradually declining. There are few good people and many evil people. I want to raise such a custom to achieve the goal of promoting the right path. Therefore, we must preach a good example and improve the worldly style. If we do not do this, there will be fewer and fewer good people. If we can improve five of the ten people, we can do half of this, and then achieve the purpose of educating the world, so that those who have ambition can encourage themselves. Isn't this good?" This is Pang Tong's concern for the country and the people, and also his values. In the current words, what he does is to convey positive energy.

From this we can see that Pang Tong is a truly broad-minded person. He is not particular about the details, has high elegance and a grand demeanor. On the contrary, if he does not have the tolerance, how can he see other people's strengths and be willing to achieve other people's fame? Pang Tong is undoubtedly a pioneer of this virtue, and perhaps it is unknown whether he praises his own children.

In this society where people are judged by their appearance, he stands in a forgotten corner and is the most inconspicuous existence among the crowd, not even as good as ordinary people. However, he has created a pure and powerful inner world for himself through his own efforts. His mind is far more glamorous than his appearance, wise and powerful, and is better than most of the most beautiful people in the world.

But Pang Tong is definitely not a bad person. He has his own standards for dealing with things and a unique style of behavior. In troubled times, his talents are all concentrated on military struggles, calm, long-term, and extremely keen insight and judgment. He is good at capturing opportunities and killing decisively. Once he seizes the fighter, he will attack quickly without hesitation.

Soldiers are the devil. Military struggle is a battle between life and death. There is no tolerance for any kindness or compassion. It is the military strategist to do to bring limited military strength and resources to the extreme and achieve twice the result with half the effort. Pang Tong is one of the best.

This time he was sent to Chang'an. His name was not found in the list of the Southern Han envoys, but he hid among his entourages with a pseudonym and sneaked into Chang'an City. Not only did Pang Tong, but Cao Pi, who was sitting opposite him, was the same. They tried every means to come to Chang'an. They not only wanted to form an alliance in secret, but also to observe the situation in Xiliang and the forces of the passes along the way, and to prepare for the soon-to-be-launch attack.

Only by knowing oneself and the other can one be defeated in a hundred battles. The wise men of the Northern Wei and Southern Han knew this very well, so they made the same move. Taking advantage of this opportunity to observe the throne ceremony, they sent the most capable people to Chang'an to spy on the defense forces of the pass and the strength of the Western Liang army. How can one kill two birds with one stone be missed easily?

While thinking secretly, Pang Tong waved his hand gently, and a burly man standing behind him immediately stepped forward, took out a bright yellow edict from his arms and handed it to Cao Pi. Seeing this, Cao Pi also waved his hand to signal the entourage behind him to come forward and handed it to Pang Tong.

Pang Tong whispered: "This is the letter of the covenant of my lord to the Emperor of Wei. Ziheng might as well open it. If there is no objection, you and I can sign the covenant on behalf of the two lords." While speaking, Pang Tong had already spread out the edict in his hand. The font on the yellow letter was very large, and it could be seen clearly through the moonlight.

However, Pang Tong and Cao Pi had never met. This was the first time we met. If there was a fraud or one of them committed a fraud, the other party would be in trouble and would definitely not be able to walk out of Chang'an City alive. To be cautious, the burly man standing behind Pang Tong and Cao Pi's entourage lighted the wind lantern almost at the same time, holding the wind lantern for them to carefully identify the edict in their hands.

"This, 20,000 war horses are too many, right?" Cao Pi agreed before, but now he was shocked after seeing the numbers on the covenant. He looked at Pang Tong with suspicion, and needed him to give a reasonable explanation. Obviously, in Cao Pi's view, the covenant submitted by the Southern Han Dynasty was like a lion opening a big mouth, asking for a price everywhere, and asking for 20,000 war horses at all times. Do you think that Wei was a horse farm? You must know that although Wei seized tens of thousands of war horses in the Battle of Jizhou, the number was still limited. Most of the war horses had been formed into an army, and there were no remaining war horses at present. The most important thing is that Wei itself had no pasture and could not cultivate war horses. In addition to the seizure, the remaining war horses were purchased at high prices from caravans that privately sold war horses.

For the two vassal states of the Northern Wei and Southern Han, war horses were the most scarce war resources five years ago. They were priceless and had no market. Often, a superior war horse could be worth a thousand gold, and the number was very small, making it hard to find a thousand gold. Nowadays, all prefectures and counties that produced war horses were controlled by the Xiliang army and were strictly controlled, so that war horses were not allowed to flow into the Northern Wei or Southern Han territory. Once someone was found to sell war horses privately, they would be killed immediately, and even the wife and children were young, implicating the three tribes.

In terms of controlling war horses, the laws of Xiliang are extremely cruel and have no human touch. Caravans or military officials who dare to sell war horses are strictly and severely punished. Therefore, all war horses in Xiliang are under military control, and all horse farms and pastoral areas are under the General's Mansion and are unified under the jurisdiction of Li Li's shogunate. No one is allowed to intervene. Even the generals in the army cannot take away a war horse without permission.

It is precisely because of the strict control of war horses flowing into other vassal states in Xiliang that the prices of war horses have been rising repeatedly. Even so, there is still no market for prices and shortage of supply. In addition to war horses, there is no shortage of hordes and slow horses in the Northern Wei and Southern Han, and the prices are low. Generally, gentry or wealthy families have dozens of slow horses, but war horses are extremely rare. They are limited to military or famous families. Ordinary families cannot afford the best war horses that can cost thousands of gold.

Seeing Cao Pi's face change drastically, Pang Tong was not surprised and said calmly: "Ziheng doesn't have to be impatient, let me tell you in detail. Along the way, Ziheng must have seen that there are many war horses in Xiliang, and war horses can be seen everywhere on the official roads along the way, including many excellent war horses. Even the roadside post stations have hundreds of war horses that can be rented at will, and the price is low. As long as you plan properly, it is not difficult to raise thousands or even tens of thousands of war horses. The most important thing is that Xiliang is adjacent to Wei, and as long as you are willing to pay, you will definitely be able to buy war horses.

What's more, as far as I know, Li Li of Xiliang trades horses for food every year from Wei, which is often a transaction of tens of thousands of war horses. So Ziheng should not hide it from me. Your Wei State is not short of war horses, and our Southern Han itself does not have superior war horses, so war horses are in urgent need. In the near future, if there were no large number of cavalry charges in the battle, it would definitely not be the enemy of the Western Liang cavalry. Now, since you and my two families join forces to fight against the Western Liang army, and with the circumstances and reason, Wei State should support some war horses. After all, our Southern Han army is strong, which is beneficial to both of you and me; vice versa."

Speaking of this, Pang Tong paused and said with a smile: "What's more, this time, I, the Southern Han Dynasty, did not want a war horse. Ziheng might as well continue to look down. My lord is willing to spend 40,000 gold and 100,000 stones of grain and grass to buy these war horses. I heard that Yanzhou had a severe drought last year and the locust plague in Qingzhou was flooded. These food and grass were the materials that the Wei State urgently needed. As an ally, my Southern Han Dynasty naturally cannot sit idly by and should do its best to support some of the food and grass in Wei State. After all, we are about to use troops to Xiliang, so the main

It is reasonable to say that before the troops move, food and grass will go first, and it is reasonable to exchange food and grass for war horses. In this way, you and I will take the best of both worlds, and Ziheng still needs to hesitate?" A truly eloquent person always thinks about others' words and looks at the problem from the other party's perspective. Only in this way can he be persuasive. Pang Tong's words are reasonable and evidence-based. After he said this, things that are not reasonable have become a relief for Wei State, as if Wei State had taken advantage of the Southern Han Dynasty.

But he forgot that the alliance in Cao Pi did record 100,000 stones of food and grass, but these food and grass were not exchanged for war horses, but for 20,000 sets of cavalry equipment. In other words, this time, Liu Biao of Jingzhou planned to use 40,000 gold to buy 20,000 war horses from the Wei State, and then exchange 100,000 stones of food and grass for 20,000 sets of cavalry armor and equipment. That is the real lion's big talk. It is not enough to describe this alliance by taking advantage of the situation. It is simply a robbery!

What can 40,000 gold do? At most, it is to buy two thousand horses or hordes, and even two hundred war horses cannot be bought. However, the Southern Han used this money to buy twenty thousand war horses from Wei. What is this to rob? As for 100,000 stones of grain and grass for 20,000 sets of cavalry equipment, it is barely reasonable. After all, Wei seized a lot of incomplete armor and cavalry equipment from the Battle of Jizhou. It is not difficult to repair it and get twenty thousand sets of sets. What's more, Yuan Shao of Jizhou reserved a lot of armor and weapons during his lifetime, and there were already many iron ores in Jizhou, so there was no shortage of armor and equipment.

Compared with the letter of alliance submitted by the Southern Han Dynasty, there were no excessive requirements in the alliance of Wei. The only requirement was to urge the Southern Han Dynasty to send troops as soon as possible. Taking advantage of the unstable foundation of the Western Liang Dynasty, the two families joined forces to give Li Li a blow, thereby disrupting the Xiliang army's position and seeking victory in chaos. They divided up Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Yangzhou under Li Li's rule, and completely drove the Xiliang army out of the Central Plains.

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