Chapter 1233: Negotiation (3)

He was definitely at a disadvantage after being caught this time, but it wouldn’t be bad if he could plant some roots of trouble in Great Qi in advance.

Considering Qi Xiuyuan was almost 40 years old and had experienced war, how long could he live?

In another decade or so, the Crown Prince would be mature and strong, and his other sons would also grow up. At that time, there would definitely be a fight. It was better to think of a way to make the father and son fall out now.

Every time the person on the throne changed, there would be bloodshed. Perhaps that would be his chance.

Soldiers who did not want to be generals were not good soldiers. Similarly, an Emperor who did not want to unify the world was not a good Emperor either.

Ogedei’s dream was to unify the world and realize the unfinished aspirations of Great Jin. Even though he was imprisoned now, his dream had never changed.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. In fact, he only stayed silent for two breaths before nodding in agreement.

Little Treasure and Little Bear looked at each other excitedly and began to discuss the quantity and time of the reinforcements with him.

In the early years, West Xia had already occupied Tibet, which was why there were rebellions everywhere in the country because of the consecutive wars. Originally, it was only a sporadic bandit problem in some small towns, but who knew that the rebellions would become more and more serious? The rebels now occupied almost a quarter of the territory.

Meanwhile, the West Xia royal family was ambitious. Seeing that Great Jin, Great Yuan, and Great Qi were fighting fiercely, they did not take the opportunity to quell the rebel forces in the country but instead came over to interfere. By doing this, not only did West Xia upset Great Qi and Great Yuan, but it also gave the two countries an excuse to send troops.

Of course, in order to recuperate, Great Qi temporarily let go of this excuse, while Great Yuan and West Xia were currently engaged in a fierce battle.

However, judging from the current situation, it made sense as to why Great Qi did not send troops. The country was already in such a mess. When West Xia faced Great Yuan, four out of ten battles were tough, and out of the remaining six, two were even.

Until now, Great Yuan had not been able to take advantage of West Xia.

For Great Qi, this was not good news.

The result of a stalemate was inevitably a reconciliation. The reconciliation between the two great countries in the west and north would definitely be disadvantageous to Great Qi, not to mention that West Xia still occupied some of their territory.

Before the founding of Great Qi, Qi Haoran defeated the West Xia invading army in one go. At that time, he took back two more cities before taking up a post in Qiannan. By chance, he found an excuse for Fan Zijin to take back a lost piece of territory with a gold mine lying on it.

In the past few years, West Xia and Great Qi had signed an alliance, but there were still conflicts at the borders from time to time. After Yuan Zhao, who was guarding Tongchuan, fully implemented the policy set by Qi Haoran, there were no major battles and only constant small conflicts. He purposefully pushed the border outwards and tried his best to recover the lost territory without leaving any traces.

Last year, because West Xia sent troops to interfere in the war between the three countries, Yuan Zhao took back the four county cities at the border in one go and moved the border 80 miles outwards.

However, Great Qi still had unrecovered territory seized by West Xia and there were still Han people suffering up there.

The two boys knew that reclaiming lost territory was their father’s wish. Qi Haoran and even Qi Xiuyuan hung a map in their study and looked at the Western region in a daze from time to time.

By reclaiming lost territory, not only would they be fulfilling their fathers’ wishes, but they would also prove their ability.

At that time, they could proudly tell the adults that they had already grown up and could recover their lost territory even if they only came out to train…

Would they still have to worry about not having the chance to go out in the future?

Ogedei, who thought that Qi Wenchen wanted to grow his own influence so that he could compete with his father for power, would definitely vomit blood again if he knew what these two people were thinking.

Because neither side knew the other’s thoughts, both sides quickly reached a consensus on sending troops.

Little Treasure even signed a contract with Ogedei on the spot. As for the contract between the two countries, they would have to wait for the messenger to arrive before they negotiated and signed it. Although Little Treasure was the Crown Prince, he could not represent the messenger without the Emperor’s decree.

As the military agreement was a private agreement between the Crown Prince and Ogedei, this was the reason why Ogedei felt that Little Treasure wanted to fight for power with his father.

After signing the agreement, Little Treasure stood up with a smile and said, “In that case, the alliance between the two sides is settled. Your Majesty, you can summon your subordinates. The vagabonds who are still in Great Qi have to come to Weizhou so that we can send you and your men out of the country together.”

Ogedei’s heart skipped a beat. Little Treasure continued to look at him with a smile and said, “Also, you have to hand over the mine map that you have hidden. Since that’s the property of Great Qi, it’s not good to remain in Your Majesty’s possession.”

Ogedei knew that since his life was in the other party’s hands, it was impossible for him to keep these things. However, seeing that these two brats did not mention it, he’d thought that he could do something before the envoy arrived. Alas, it seemed that he had underestimated these two youths.

After a moment of silence, Ogedei made a request. “I want to send a message to my general.”

Little Bear snorted. “So that they can lead their troops to attack us?”

“No, don’t think so badly of His Majesty.” Little Treasure comforted Little Bear gently. “His Majesty is in our hands, and he wouldn’t want to be hung on the city wall as a hostage. So, he probably won’t do such a stupid thing, right, Your Majesty?”

Ogedei gritted his teeth. This person was even more detestable than Qi Wenjin to be threatening him openly.

However, now that he was at the mercy of others, there was nothing he could do about being threatened!

Ogedei couldn’t memorize all of the mines’ locations because of the vast territory and abundant minerals. Furthermore, he had to make deployments this time, so he brought the map with him.

Ogedei took out the map from the crevice of his inner coat and handed it to Little Treasure. He had wanted to draw a new one and remove some of it, but he was locked up here and his every move was monitored, rendering it impossible. In that case, he might as well take it out openly and leave a good impression on the other party.

Seeing how straightforward he was, Little Treasure and Little Bear had a better impression of him.

Ogedei still had 2,000 people in the silver mine on the outskirts of Weizhou City. If Ogedei hadn’t asked Nahe to take the token to summon them, Little Treasure and Little Bear wouldn’t have expected him to hide so many people.

Speaking of which, they were talking about the assassins who kept rushing in and the spies hiding in Great Qi…

However, looking at the 2,000-odd people who had put down their weapons and come to surrender, Little Treasure and Little Bear tactfully didn’t say anything. With a wave of their hands, they got Yuan Bo to take them away as captives for the time being. When the two countries signed the treaty, they could follow Ogedei back to Great Yuan.

Actually, the soldiers of Great Yuan who had come to surrender were very happy. Their parents, wives, and children were all on the grassland. Although they were very proud to be serving the Emperor, they had been dearly missing their families for the past half a year. Previously, they thought that they would never see them again in their lives. They did not expect to be able to live under the sun so quickly.

The soldiers tried their best to look sad, but their hearts were brimming with sweetness.

Nahe knew people’s hearts well. Although the soldiers hid well, he could still see some clues. By putting himself in their shoes, he could empathize with them.

He could not help but sigh in his heart. If the Emperor’s actions could not obtain the recognition of the soldiers, how could he win?

Even if the Crown Prince and Prince of Great Qi did not see through him now, there would definitely be endless trouble in the future. After all, not everyone had the mental fortitude to live in peace behind the enemy. They even had to secretly open up mines and transport gold and silver.

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