Old clan leader hule secretly despised Cheng Yaojin. At the beginning, he knew better than anyone why Fuyun set fire to the grassland. Naturally, there were 10000 reasons why he didn't believe the Tang army. Besides, it was July now. Fuyun's fire burned dead grass. After a rain on the grassland, I'm afraid he had recovered his vitality long ago. There was a lack of forage.
However, the situation was stronger than people. The old clan leader of hule could only follow Cheng Yaojin's ghost saying: "I see. The army came all the way and was dusty. I hule tribe prepared some cattle and sheep to reward the army. Please don't dislike it."
Cheng Yaojin smiled and accepted it without mercy. His words changed: "in addition, there is another purpose of our trip, that is, the armor of the 3000 soldiers who died in the war in the Tang Dynasty is missing! Once these sharp weapons fall into the hands of some people with evil intentions, I'm afraid it will be a great disaster. We must try our best to recover them. We are also for the stability of the grassland."
"Three thousand armor!"
Old clan leader hule suddenly understood Tang Jun's intention when he heard the speech. He couldn't help laughing bitterly. Since ancient times, money has not been left blank. In this war, many iron armor of all departments of Dangxiang finally attracted Tang's attention.
He said that the reason why the departments of Dangxiang could survive between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun was that there were many powerful armor. This time, Tuoba chici and the first war of the Tang army completely exposed the strength of the departments of Dangxiang, and the Tang army naturally could not tolerate the departments of Dangxiang to have so many armor.
"But all the armor has been taken away by Tuoba chici. Now I'm afraid it has fallen into the hands of the Chinese Army!" old clan leader hule asked carefully.
Cheng Yaojin said with a smile, "but how did the general hear that many Dangxiang tribes left with many iron armor this time? I don't know whether these iron armor are the armor of our army officers and soldiers. Don't worry, clan leader hule. The general just needs to see it. As long as it's not, he will return it intact immediately."
Old clan leader hule turned his eyes helplessly. If the iron armor fell into the hands of Tang Jun, I'm afraid it would be a sheep's mouth and a tiger's mouth. It's impossible.
"If you don't let me personally persuade Hulan tribe," the old clan leader hule said helplessly.
Cheng Yaojin said with a smile, "I don't need it. I believe Hulan tribe will make a wise choice."
When Cheng Yaojin and hule old clan leader appeared in front of Hulan leader, Hulan leader immediately looked at hule old clan leader with hopeful eyes.
Old clan leader hule shook his head helplessly and opened his mouth to say a number.
"Five hundred armor! Where can Hulan tribe have so many armor!" the Hulan leader exclaimed. In order to repay the kindness of Tuoba tribe, he directly gave half of the iron armor of the tribe to Tuoba chici. Now there are only 300 iron armor left in the tribe, and he can't take out 500 iron armor anyway.
Cheng Yaojin said coldly, "Hulan tribe was very generous when giving iron armor. How can it be so stingy now."
If these tribes hadn't armed the Tuoba tribe, otherwise they would have been able to defeat the Tuoba tribe with less losses. Of course, Cheng Yaojin didn't like these tribes.
"But my Hulan tribe doesn't have so many iron armor at all." Hulan leader gritted his teeth and said.
Cheng Yaojin said indifferently, "there is no iron armor. You can use leather armor. Five leather armor is worth one iron armor, but at least 30% of the iron armor!"
On the grassland, although leather jackets are common, they are not shoddy, but many leather armor are mixed with many iron tools. The value of five leather armor is almost the same as that of iron armor.
"Otherwise, our army will search the tribe in person, and no iron block will be left for the Hulan tribe." Cheng Yaojin stopped and Merton came forward to personally demonstrate the effect of the magnet in front of the Hulan leader.
The Hulan leader's last fantasy was immediately dispelled. In a hurry, those iron armor could not be hidden at all. If they took the initiative to hand in, they could save some iron armor, otherwise they would lose more. The Hulan tribe would not hurt its muscles and bones if they lost their armor. If even the bows, arrows, swords and swords were taken away, it would be the disaster of destruction.
"350 pieces of iron armor, that's equivalent to 1750 pieces of leather armor!" the Hulan leader couldn't help but feel a pang of pain. As a result, the force of his Hulan tribe fell to the lowest point in an instant.
Hulan leader didn't expect to resist, but when he saw so many Tang troops here, Hulan tribe had no resistance at all. In addition, Tang Jun didn't touch the bottom line of Hulan tribe and didn't kill or rob cattle and sheep. He could only hand over 150 pieces of iron armor and 1750 pieces of leather armor!
Cheng Yaojin nodded after checking the iron armor and leather armor and turned to report to Li Jing.
"So many armor?" Li Jing exclaimed. Hulan tribe directly gave Tuoba chici 300 armor and took out 150 armor. There are so many armor in a tribe. I'm afraid the force of dozens of tribes in the whole party can't be underestimated!
Other generals also nodded and paid attention to the departments of the party for the first time. They could not help but rejoice that they listened to Merton's suggestions this time, otherwise the departments of the party would certainly be a potential threat in the future.
"Tell the general! In my opinion, Hulan tribe must have iron armor, or it will be forced again." Cheng Yaojin was eager to try.
Li Jing shook her head and said, "no, our purpose is to weaken the armed forces of the tribes in Dangxiang and lose the cavalry protected by iron armor, which is not a big threat to our Tang Dynasty."
Even if Hulan tribe can keep some, it is very few. There is no threat at all. Why should Hulan tribe be forced to a dead end? The generals nodded one after another.
Watching Tang Jun roar past, Hulan leader breathed a sigh of relief.
"Leader, shall we inform other tribes to hide the armor in advance?" said a Hulan warrior, whose armor was taken by the Tang army.
Hulan leader glared at the man with hatred and said, "now my Hulan tribe has lost so many iron armor and its strength has greatly decreased. If other tribes are strong, it must be my Hulan tribe that will suffer in the end."
The grassland is not a pure land, and the competition between tribes is also particularly cruel. In order to compete for water and pasture, there are often battles on the grassland. From time to time, some small tribes disappear silently in the grassland.
The Tang army went all the way north. Under the threat of strong force, all tribes handed in sufficient iron and leather armor, including hule tribe.
When Li Jing's army arrived in Lanzhou, it collected nearly 10000 iron armor and 30000 leather armor. Such a powerful force made everyone burst into a cold sweat.
Just when Li Jing collected a large number of armor from various tribes in Qingtang, the battle of YeHu gorge spread all over Chang'an city. The people were angry and shouted at Li daoyan's incompetence, and the chaotang hall was in an uproar.