As for the things that were dismantled, Bai Shandao said: "We decided to send people to the King of Kucha City to see if we can have peace talks with King Kucha."
Bai Erlang raised his head from the bowl, "Impossible. King Qiuci is not stupid, how can he negotiate peace with us?"
Bai Shandao: "What if we say we surrender?"
Man Bao asked: "Can they believe it?"
"Why don't you believe it? General Guo followed the British Duke and surrendered to Jin. He successively served as governor of Beizhou, Zhaozhou, Jiangzhou, and Jingzhou. He all had political achievements. He also had merit when he followed Hou Ji to conquer Gaochang in the west. If he had accumulated merit, he would have been granted the title of marquis, right?
Bai Shan said: "But His Majesty has never given us the title of general. He has resentment in his heart. Why not want to surrender Xizhou?"
He said: "As long as the General Manager's army is left in the Western Region, we are separated from the Central Plains by the desert, and all news about the comings and goings is based on official documents. As long as there is no change in the army, we will not know about it even if we surrender to the imperial court. Even if we know, it will be beyond our reach.
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The friends opened their mouths wide.
Bai Shanhe said with great sincerity: "And it is not impossible for the general manager to persuade them to surrender. Although the Western Turks and the Northern Turks have enmity, they are all from the same lineage. They are both Turks. Is General Ashina still a Turk prince?"
Do you know that he has no intention of restoring the country? We can promise them to persuade General Ashina on their behalf, and then give Tingzhou north of Xizhou to General Ashina to establish the country and restore the Turkic royal court..."
The meat on Liu Huan's chopsticks fell into the bowl with a clatter. He said tremblingly: "No, no, if I commit treason, my grandfather will beat me to death."
The other friends turned to look at him, with expressions of confusion on their faces.
Liu Huan looked at them silently, and it took him a while to realize, "Fake, fake?"
Man Bao touched his heart and said, "Don't scare me. Although being an imperial physician is a bit tiring, there are many career fields and I still like being an official."
Bai Erlang said: "I am the future prince-in-law. I will not be able to rebel against anyone who betrays the country, right?"
Zhou Liru said: "Our whole family is in the capital and Qili Village. How can we be treason?"
Bai Shan told him, "Don't think so wildly." Then he turned to Man Bao and Bai Erlang and asked, "What do you think of my argument? Can it convince the people in the royal city?"
"Five points."
Liu Huan picked up his rice and thought: Where there is only five points, it is clearly ten points! Even if there are not ten points, there are more than eight points.
Bai Shan pondered: "This alone is not enough. Why don't we give gold and silverware to play with and then ask for medicine? If you are eager to ask for something, they may believe it more."
Man Bao asked, "What if they send someone to see General Guo?"
Then you'll be worried.
Bai Shan thought for a while and then said: "If they really send someone to see General Guo, then we will have half the success. Our purpose is to delay the time, at least for more than five days. Well, after one day today, we will delay it for another four days.
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At this time, King Qiuci, who had returned to the royal city, was also discussing with others how to take advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy and wipe out all of Guo Xiaona's remaining two thousand soldiers and horses.
However, the Turks who came to help were not very happy. Less than one-tenth of the gold and silver treasures they agreed to give them after they captured the royal city were cashed in. Even the promised food and grass were only half. How could they listen to Kucha?
The king's going to charge them immediately?
King Qiuci was also angry. Many things in the palace had been robbed by Guo Xiao. Many of the things given to the Turkic army were temporarily borrowed from the nobles in the city.
Yes, I just borrowed it.
After King Qiuci ran away, many officials and nobles in the royal city were left behind. Of course, they could not risk their lives to fight the Jin army, so after weighing the situation and being persuaded by Zuo Cheng, they surrendered together.
Since it was a surrender, General Ashina naturally could not rob them, so after they presented some gold, silver and jewelry, he allowed them to continue as usual. However, General Guo led his people to search the palace of King Qiuci, and all the good things were found.
Robbed.
The reason why these people rebelled against the Jin Dynasty after only a few days was because of their feelings for their homeland. Although they were tributaries of the Jin Dynasty in Kucha, the demise of the country was still a sad thing.
The second is that because the kingdom is gone, it is naturally impossible for them, the former officials, to be high-ranking officials again, and the former nobles are naturally not so expensive. Therefore, after King Qiuci sent someone to contact them, they thought for a while and then responded.
The Great Jin Dynasty.
But I didn't expect that life would not be easy when Kucha was re-established. Not only was there a Western Turk on top, they also had to provide more gold, silver, treasures, food, cattle and sheep.
Because this is what the king promised to everyone.
Most of the king's things had been robbed by the people of the Jin Dynasty before (in fact, everyone doubted that), so when the king cried, they could only endure the heartache and give out more things than they had bribed General Ashina and General Guo before.
Heartache!
They were so heartbroken that they couldn't breathe, so they became a little angry when they found out that the Western Turkic army was still unwilling to send troops after taking so many things from them.
The Western Turkic soldiers who came to support them were even more angry. It was King Qiuci who took the initiative to borrow troops from them. He had borrowed warriors from two tribes with them before. As a result, both tribes suffered a disastrous defeat and did not receive what they promised.
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Now they have taken back the royal city for them, but they still haven't fulfilled their promise.
They are bleeding, they are missing arms and legs, they have sacrificed their lives, but they still cannot get the cattle, sheep, grain, and gold and silver that they promised early in the morning. I am angry, so angry!
So the whole day was spent in anger and heartache.
Bai Shan and the others had been busy all day and night and had no idea about the situation in the royal city. After chatting by the fire, everyone washed their faces, hands and feet, and then lay down in the tent and fell asleep.
The next day Man Bao woke up, washed briefly and then went to check the injuries, while Bai Shan went to find General Meng Xiao and General Li to implement the plan discussed yesterday.
General Li did not object, but was worried, "Who is worthy of being envoy?"
Bai Shan regretted, "We should have brought Wei Xingren and the others. They are the most suitable people to do this kind of thing."
However, people can also be selected from the army. "There should be smart scribes in the army, right? Let them serve as envoys."
General Li said: "Then they have to see the general. They won't do such a big thing unless the general speaks in person."
Their original plan was hidden even from the secretary. Only their own people believed it, and only outsiders could believe it.
Bai Shan thought for a while and said: "Let's take a look at General Guo's things first, and then decide to choose someone. If it doesn't work out, I'll go there myself."
When General Meng heard this, he immediately said: "No, this is very dangerous. Let's forget about King Qiuci. He is now afraid of the Jin Dynasty, but those Western Turks are lawless and unethical. What if they kill you?"
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That was quite dangerous. Bai Shan also hesitated, "Then...are you going?"
General Meng:...I kind of want to break up the relationship.