The Khotan city wall was two feet high. Sitting on the city tower, the short fat man could clearly see a large number of Tang Dynasty cavalry galloping from the east.
Monk Fan had already opened his stance and wanted to fight. Hearing the words of the short fat man, he was confused and hurriedly looked into the distance. Due to the obstruction of the city wall, he could not see the cavalry, but he was a Taixuan cultivator and listened carefully.
Listening carefully, you can still distinguish the sound of horse hooves from the noisy human voices, but due to the distance, the sound of horse hooves is not obvious.
In order to determine the number of cavalry, Monk Fan hurriedly raised his spirits and looked far into the sky. He saw the smoke and dust brought up by the horses galloping in the east covering the sky and the sun. He instantly took a breath of cold air.
Monk Fan returned to the wooden platform in shock and astonishment. He first looked at him in horror, and then looked at the short fat man on the tower in despair.
The wooden platform is close to the city wall, and the view to the east from the wooden platform is blocked. However, the onlookers are far away from the city wall. At this time, some people have seen countless cavalry rushing from the east. They also know the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty.
Why did you come here? You didn't worry that you would be attacked, so you didn't panic and run away.
Unlike the calm onlookers, Khotan's officials and soldiers were all pale-faced and frightened at this time. They were not fools and knew that they had caused a big disaster.
"Master, what should we do?" The short fat man was so frightened that he lost his mind, and his soul was in danger.
Fan Monk originally thought it was a bluff, but he never thought that he actually brought a large number of cavalry. You must know that cavalry is different from infantry. In terms of combat power alone, one cavalry is worth at least five infantry.
With so many cavalry coming fiercely, not to mention that Khotan was completely unprepared, even with the strength of the whole country, it was no match for them.
"You can order the city gates to be closed and see if we can storm the city by force." He looked up at Humpty Dumpty.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this..." The short fat man was incoherent.
Ignoring the short fat man, he turned to look coldly at Monk Fan, "You can also try to see if you can capture me. If you can capture me, you may still have a chance of survival."
"There is no Amitabha Buddha, and the poor monk is a monk..."
Don't wait for the monk to say
After he finished, he interrupted him and said, "Master, you are the national counselor of Khotan. In the eyes of everyone, you must not be arrogant and timid in asking for peace, otherwise you will humiliate the Khotan state."
Seeing that Monk Fan was speechless, the short fat man on the tower hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, there may be a misunderstanding about this matter."
He tilted his head and looked at the tower, "I am the prince of the Tang Dynasty. I am a commoner in Khotan. I cannot afford to be called His Highness the King. The war is imminent. His Highness the King should mobilize the army and fight to the death with the Tang army."
Whether he is embarrassed or not, the most fearful thing is to be embarrassed in public, but what is more terrible than being embarrassed in public is to lose his life in public. The short fat man is eager to survive, completely disregarding the dignity of the king, he bows repeatedly and begs, "No, no, no, Khotan and the Tang Dynasty
Good friends. There have been many misunderstandings before. I hope that Your Majesty will be generous and tolerant and don’t share the common understanding with us."
Seeing that there was no answer, the short fat man shouted loudly to the Dali Temple minister, "Gemu'er, don't be rude to Duke Ji, please take off the shackles of Duke Ji."
The minister of Dali Temple was worried and didn't know what to do. Hearing the words of the short fat man, he hurriedly returned the sword to its sheath and removed the shackles from Ni Zhuo's body.
At this time, our own cavalry was less than two miles away from the city. The sound of hooves was like thunder and the earth shook. The people outside and inside the city did not know what was going on. Seeing the murderous and menacing cavalry, they scattered to avoid it.
At this time, the onlookers no longer wanted to watch the fun and wanted to stay away from the right and wrong, but they did not dare to run around randomly. It was probably fine if they stayed where they were. If they ran around shouting and yelling, they would be fine.
It is easy to lose your life.
Seeing that they were unmoved, Humpty Dumpty and a group of officials could only shamelessly plead with Ni Zhuo. They were not familiar with him, but they were familiar with Ni Zhuo. In fact, Ni Zhuo usually gave them gifts, but when things happened, they...
He turned his face and refused to acknowledge anyone, and now that a disaster was approaching, he could only ignore his dignity and plead with Ni Tuo in every possible way.
Not long after, Datou and others led their own troops
The cavalry arrived at a gallop. Since there was no order to attack, our own cavalry did not act rashly. The top four jumped onto the wooden platform and stood behind them, while the five thousand cavalry lined up from the south of the city waiting for orders. The five thousand cavalry did not seem to be many, but in fact they were quite a lot.
, after the formation, there was a large area of darkness stretching hundreds of feet to the north and south, and two miles to the east and west.
Good people are not necessarily smart, and bad people are not necessarily stupid. Seeing that the attack on the city was not immediately ordered, the short fat man knew that things might turn around, so he hurriedly ran down the tower, bowed one after another, apologized and begged for mercy.
At this time, in addition to the onlookers, there were also people watching from a distance outside the city, and the soldiers on the city wall were also nervously watching. As the king of a country, begging for mercy in front of so many people, it is really embarrassing to be thrown into my grandma's house.
However, she did not let him go down the steps, and kept a dark face and refused to answer his questions.
As the saying goes, you can't hit a smiling person with a bad punch. If he were to do something else, and the other party could do this, he would give up as soon as it was good. But this time, he didn't want to give in when he was good. Khotan wanted to do it.
Although the seizure of Ni Zhuo's property made him angry, what made him most angry was that the Khotan Kingdom actually wanted to bring Ni Chenyi into Yeting. At this time, he was on the verge of breaking out. As long as everyone in Khotan mishandled the situation even slightly, he would issue an order.
Siege the city.
In the face of the pleadings of Humpty Dumpty and others, Ni Zhuo did not give them a good look. He had always been generous in dealing with others, and the same was true for Khotan officials. The ancients said that they could eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. These people had all suffered before
He had good interests, but when things came to pass, he turned his back and refused to recognize anyone. He fed them here and there, and fed a group of biting dogs. If he hadn't arrived in time, his whole family would have ended up here. You can imagine the anger in Ni Zuo's heart.
Know.
"Namo Amitabha," the monk sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and sang the Buddha, "My Buddha has a saying, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? If you kill me, I can relieve the hatred in everyone's hearts and save Khotan. I would like to lead my neck.
Slaughtered."
"Don't do this to me," he said coldly, "despite your Taixuan cultivation level, if I really want to kill you, you can't run away."
"Your Majesty, don't listen to their nagging and give the order." Datou was determined to take action.
Ni Zhuo was the biggest victim of what happened today. I wanted to ask for his opinion, so I raised my head and looked at Ni Zhuo.
Ni Zhuo understood, got rid of the short fat man and others, and rushed over. Seeing this, he hurriedly greeted him, "My lord, I have frightened you."
Ni Zhuo waved his hand, "I knew you would come, but I didn't expect you would come with troops. How are you going to resolve this matter?"
Nose trembles slightly.
Ni Zhuo shook his head hurriedly when he saw this, "You must not replace him, otherwise he will give others a handle and be criticized. All you need is to intimidate him and establish your authority."
"Wouldn't that be too cheap for them?" He frowned.
"If a war breaks out and the city is destroyed, merchants from all over the country will inevitably go far away to avoid disaster," Ni Tuo said. "At that time, it will be very inconvenient for us to exchange rice and grain easily. This time you lead your troops here, not only will Khotan be shocked, but also the countries in the Western Regions will be shocked."
Knowing this, no one will dare to embarrass the Ni family again in the future. Our goal has been achieved, and there is no need to go to war."
Seeing no answer, Ni Zhuo could only persuade him in a low voice, "Khotan was trying to make money and not kill anyone. It would seem inappropriate to go on a killing spree."
After being reminded by Ni Zhuo, I remembered that Humpty Dumpty had previously ordered Ni Zhuo to be executed in prison, and also left a house for the Ni family. Although his conscience was gone, he never did bad things.
However, when he thought that the short fat man was going to fill the courtyard with Ni Chenyi, he was still filled with anger. Seeing that he had not spoken for a long time, Ni Zhuo killed him first and then played.
I have been concerned about this, but what happened today was purely a misunderstanding, and now the misunderstanding has been eliminated. Prince Yong is just patrolling here and visiting Ni on the way. He has no other intentions. I hope you will not misrepresent right and wrong in the future. Thank you, thank you very much."
Hearing Ni Zhuo's words, Humpty Dumpty and others were relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The reason why they tried Ni Zhuo publicly was because they wanted to kill two birds with one stone. They not only seized Ni Zhuo's family property, but also strengthened the prestige of Khotan. It did not go against their wishes. Originally, they wanted to kill two birds with one stone.
He showed his face, but ended up exposing his buttocks. It was really embarrassing and made people laugh...