The official agreed, and just as he was about to speak again, a junior official came running in and said: "Your Majesty, General Bali is here..."
Before he finished speaking, the general of the Western Turks strode in and said with a smile: "I heard that the king's distinguished guests have arrived, won't the king let us meet them?"
King Qiuci's eyes flashed with displeasure, but a smile appeared on his face and he said: "General Bali is here, please take a seat."
General Bali took his seat directly.
When Bai Shan and the others came in with two big boxes, they saw a person sitting under the throne. After Bai Shan paused, he only saluted towards the throne.
King Qiuci was curious about General Guo's injury, so he asked Zhou Man.
Man Bao didn't dare to say too harshly, otherwise he thought General Guo was going to die, so what if he directly sent troops to attack the camp; and he didn't dare to say too softly, what if he didn't believe it and suspected them and directly detained them?
Therefore, Man Bao dropped his book bag on the floor, making sure that he could not understand, and finally told him the consequences, "...if it cannot be treated in time, even if it is cured now, it will also affect his lifespan."
King Qiuci didn't understand what he said before, but he understood this sentence. He became energetic and asked: "What medicine does Guo Xiao want?"
Man Bao then handed over the medicine list he had written early in the morning. They were all good medicines for nourishing blood and qi. The first one on the list was ginseng.
There was only one box of this thing in the King of Kucha's palace. He sent people and merchants from the Central Plains to buy it with a lot of money. When King Kucha escaped, he didn't take many things from the warehouse, but he didn't forget this box of ginseng. Of course he couldn't
To Guo Xiao.
However, King Qiuci would not say anything. He could only say that many medicinal materials were not available in the palace. After all, the palace had been robbed before. However, he would mention it to the ministers and see where they are in the city so that they can be bought.
them.
Bai Shan took the opportunity and said: "It is benevolent that the king is willing to let us buy the medicinal materials. How dare we let the king spend more money?"
King Qiuci couldn't help but fall on the two boxes.
Bai Shan immediately said that they did not use the gold and silver to buy it, and they did not even use the loot this time. General Guo still had some savings.
The smile on King Qiuci's face became more real now.
Then the topic got to the point. King Qiuci mentioned when they would enter the city and surrender. Bai Shan said that he would buy medicine and give it to General Guo, and that he would lead the surrendering troops in when he could mount his horse.
Bai Shan also raised the issue of General Guo's future treatment.
Ba Li, who had been sitting silently aside, suddenly sneered and said: "The defeated general, it is a mercy for the king to accept his surrender. How dare he ask for an official position?"
Bai Shan looked at King Qiuci with a troubled expression.
The King of Qiuci laughed with Bali and said: "General Bali, Guo Xiao is quite capable. If he is willing to surrender, we can still get a general in Qiuci."
"Does your Majesty believe them so much? The Han people have always been cunning, and this may be their delaying tactic," Bali said to the King of Qiuci in Turkic dialect: "If you ask me, it is better to lead the army to defeat them directly, and then the troops will be surrendered and become prisoners.
, wouldn’t you listen to your Majesty’s words more?”
Bai Shan and Man Bao could understand without the need for Ergo translators. They frowned slightly and did not hide their understanding. They quickly spoke to King Qiuci in Turkic language, which they were not very proficient in: "Please keep your promise, Your Majesty."
Then he said to him: "General, although our General Guo is injured, he is resourceful and has strong generals under his command. We have three thousand troops. I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to attack my camp directly, right?"
Bai Shan said tit for tat: "Otherwise, why would the king and the general have to wait for so many days instead of pursuing the victory on the second day when our general was injured?"
This stung King Qiuci. Why didn't they pursue the victory? It wasn't because Bali felt that the money was not enough, so no matter how many times he mentioned it, the other party turned a deaf ear and found various excuses to refuse.
Now that I know that Guo Xiao has a lot of gold and silver treasures in his hands, he wants to buy them, but if he goes, where will his share of those things be?
You must know that most of the trophies in Guo Xiao's hands were looted from the palace.
Ba Li wants to take away the things from his palace in Qiuci. How can this be justified?
So King Qiuci was more determined to accept Guo Xiao's surrender. He quickly appeased Bai Shan and Ba Li, saying that Guo Xiao also obeyed the emperor of the Central Plains. The war between them had nothing to do with Guo Xiao himself, so the past grudges
It's all over and everyone will be friends from now on.
Ba Li's cheek twitched, and finally he held back his breath, reluctantly exchanged greetings with King Qiuci, and then left.
King Qiuci checked the time and found that it was getting late, so he asked Bai Shan and the others to stay for dinner. They would stay at the inn outside the palace tonight. After getting the necessary medicinal materials the next day, they could go out of the city and discuss with Guo Xiao.
A matter of surrender.
At that time, the royal city will send envoys to discuss specific matters with Guo Xiao.
How could King Qiuci dare to let Guo Xiao, who claimed to have three thousand troops, directly enter the city? Naturally, all the soldiers had to put down their weapons and take off their armor before they could enter the city and accept surrender.
Bai Shan agreed with a smile, and then left the palace with Man Bao.
The officials sent to receive them took them to the inn, and tactfully said that Qiuci was not the Central Plains, and there were not all the medicinal materials they were looking for. Some of the medicinal materials they were looking for might not be found.
Man Bao expressed his understanding and said that he would be satisfied as long as he could buy half of General Guo.
The two parties reached a consensus and everyone was very happy. The official said that he would personally bring people and medicinal materials to see them tomorrow.
After everyone left, Bai Shan signaled Daji to close the door, and then said to Jin Kui'an: "They still can't trust us, and they obviously don't want us to come into contact with other people."
Jin Kui'an asked, "What should we do?"
Erge asked: "Master Bai, is there any other way to contact the people in the city?"
Bai Shandao: "I'll try my best, you don't have to worry, just follow my gestures tomorrow."
Jin Kui'an always felt that they were yellow-haired boys who were not trustworthy in their work, but Erge believed in them. Bai Shan did not let them interfere, and as expected, he stopped interfering, and stayed at the inn to eat and drink with peace of mind, waiting for the arrival of the next day.
Bai Shan and Man Bao looked at each other without saying anything.
As dusk approached, Bai Shan and Man Bao tried to leave the inn for a walk but were stopped. The official guarding them said, "The war has just happened in the city, and now it is still very chaotic. The two adults are from the Central Plains at first sight."
, unlike us, we are afraid of getting into trouble if we go on the street. For the safety of adults, you’d better not go out.”
Bai Shan regretted and said: "I wanted to take this opportunity to buy some things, but since it's inconvenient, I can only wait until later to take a good tour of Kucha City."
The group of people was restrained in the inn, and Manbao kept asking Keke to pay attention to the situation at the camp.
But because the distance is a bit far, although it is still within the scanning range of Keke, many detailed things cannot be known in time.
It stared at the open space and the entrance of the camp. When it saw two horses running in quickly and being caught by someone, it followed them.