Nine hundred and twentieth eight chapters grab business
Lao Zheng and several elders are not at home these days. They have gone out to subdue the horse thieves in the surrounding areas.
The horse thieves in the Western Regions actually don't have many decent forces. They are just a bunch of rabble who bully the weak and fear the strong. But they are better because of their numbers. If they can gather all these horse thieves, even the big countries will have a headache.
With their strength, it may be difficult to capture the heads of enemy generals among thousands of troops, but among more than a hundred horse thieves, quietly eliminating several horse thieves leaders is like picking out a treasure from a bag.
Thousands of horse thieves near the Wutanzi Kingdom have secretly fallen into the hands of Tang Ning. Old Zheng and the elders are expanding further afield, with the goal of integrating the horse thieves with a radius of several hundred miles. This will create a powerful force.
A huge force that no one can ignore.
Due to historical reasons, all the small countries in the Western Regions gathered in this area with a radius of several hundred miles. After the establishment of the Western Region Allies, it invisibly promoted the alliance of other small countries. For example, after the alliance between the Pulei Hou Kingdom and the Beilu Hou Kingdom, their military strength immediately reached seven
The three kingdoms of Beilu, Quli, and Ronglu allied themselves with Baiyu, and they were able to muster up 1,200 victorious troops. At the end of the day, Ruoqiang and other four kingdoms also temporarily formed an alliance, and their military strength reached more than 2,000.
In terms of numbers, none of the three major alliances is inferior to the current Western Region allies, but in terms of combat power, they are still far behind Wu Tan Zi who can defeat two thousand horse thieves without spending a single soldier.
Far.
Even so, it is enough to deal with ordinary horse thieves.
However, after these small countries formed an alliance, before they had time to let go, they received another piece of desperate news one after another.
It seems that in order to fight against the alliance of these small countries, the horse thieves in the Western Regions actually got together. In a very short period of time, they gathered 5,000 people, and the number is still increasing.
Except for the allies in the Western Region, the other small countries in this region could only muster 4,000 troops even if they all joined forces.
The horse thieves in the Western Regions are fierce and easy to kill. With the same number of horse thieves and troops, those horse thieves can achieve an overwhelming victory.
In other words, even if their three alliances merge into one, they are no match for these horse thieves.
However, just as the ministers and kings of these countries were anxiously running around, new hope appeared in front of them.
Qiemo Kingdom, the leader of Qiemo Kingdom looked at the person below with a look of respect on his face, and asked: "I wonder if the envoy has come to my small country of Qiemo from afar. What is the important matter?"
Although this was the Qiemo Kingdom and he was the lord of the Qiemo Kingdom, he was still very careful when talking to this young man in his palace.
Just because this person is the messenger of Dayue, and Dayue, unlike Qiemo, which has only a thousand people, is a superpower with hundreds of thousands of people and more than 100,000 troops. One hundred Qiemo can't be as big as one.
moon.
The young man looked at the leader of the Qiemo Kingdom, with a look of arrogance on his face, and said: "I have been ordered by the king to recruit you and other small countries to surrender. If you are willing to submit to me, Dayue, you are just a horse thief. How dare you offend me, Dayue?"
The power?"
When the young man spoke, his tone was filled with a look of disdain.
And he also has the capital to be proud of. Dayue is one of the three superpowers in the Western Regions, with more than 100,000 troops. Any blind horse thief dares to provoke Dayue's subordinates. The long yellow sand in the Western Regions is his.
The place where the bones are buried.
The Lord of Qiemo naturally knew this. As long as they declared their submission, those horse thieves would not be a concern. But his face darkened.
Because he knew that after surrendering to Dayue, Qiemo would no longer be Qiemo, and Qiemo would not be a big country like Gumo and Khotan. After surrendering to Dayue, Qiemo could still retain its name in name, and thousands of people like them could
Once a small country surrenders to Da Yue, its name as Qie Mo will completely become history.
In the days to come, their troops will be mobilized and their people will be dispersed. Perhaps in just a few years, no one will remember the name Qiemo, and he will be the king of Qiemo's country.
On the surface, the messengers of the Big Moon were helping Qiemo through the difficulties, but in fact, what they wanted to do to Qiemo was not much better than those horse thieves.
A stiff smile appeared on Qiemo's face, and he said: "This matter is too important, and I need to discuss it with the ministers..."
Seeing that he did not agree immediately, the young man looked a little gloomy and said: "Don't think that the Western Regions are still the Western Regions of the past. If you small and small countries don't find a strong backer for yourself, sooner or later you will be destroyed by horse thieves and annexed by big countries.
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At the end of the day, the king had no intention of arguing with him anymore. He apologized and hurriedly walked out of the hall and summoned all the important officials in the country to another hall.
"My lord, this is absolutely impossible!"
"If we surrender to Dayue, wouldn't we be the kings of the country's subjugation and traitorous ministers? How can we have the face to meet our ancestors in the future?"
"But if you don't submit, you will be killed by horse thieves sooner or later. If you submit to Dayue, you can at least save your life, and you may have a chance to make a comeback in the future..."
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After listening to the words of the king, the ministers of the Mo Dynasty started talking incessantly, each holding his own opinions and quarreling fiercely.
"That's enough!" The leader of the Qiemo Kingdom waved his hand, interrupted their words, and said: "The big moon wolf is ambitious. They want me to submit to Qiemo. They just want to use the power of small countries like us to fight against Xiaowan.
, instead of being used as a pawn by Da Yue, it is better to fight to the death with the horse thief!"
After he finished speaking, a minister seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly a surprised expression appeared on his face and said: "Master, we have another choice!"
The Lord of Qiemo looked at him sharply and said quickly: "What choice?"
The minister took a deep breath and said: "Allies of the Western Regions!"
The King of Qiemo's body trembled, and he immediately remembered the letter of credence that he had discarded in the corner. It was Wu Tanzi's letter of credence inviting them to join the Western Region Allies, a letter of credence that he immediately rejected.
At that time, they still had a choice, but now, they have been forced into a dead end by the horse thieves and Da Yue.
Even if they can win against the horse thieves in a head-to-head fight, Qiemo will be severely damaged and may die soon. If they surrender to Dayue, Qiemo's name will disappear immediately, and they will be regarded as scapegoats by others and die on the battlefield.
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Compared with these two options, joining the Western Region Allies can not only protect Qiemo, but also have a strong backer, or in other words, they can become their own backer!
The letter of credence made it very clear that the allies in the Western Region would not interfere in each other's internal affairs. Even if Qiemo joined the allies, he would still be the Qiemo country, and he would also be the leader of Qiemo. The only difference was that when the allies
When encountering a crisis, they must fight together with other members to resist foreign enemies...
He once thought that this was a constraint on Qie Mo. Now, in his opinion, this choice is simply a gift from God.
The Lord of Qiemo's eyes flashed and he said: "Inform the Lords of Qiemi and Ruoqiang that our Lords have important matters to discuss with them..."
At the same time, the leaders of Pulei, Beilu and other countries had gathered together, their faces extremely gloomy.
"Otsuki wants to treat us as scapegoats..."
"There are horse thieves coveting us in front of us, and there is the ambition of a big moon wolf behind us. Could it be that God wants to destroy us?"
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After several people sighed, Lord Beilu suddenly raised his head and said, "I have a plan..."
Several people looked at each other and spoke almost at the same time.
"Allies of the Western Regions!"
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Tang Ning did not expect that instead of waiting for people from Qiemo, Beilu and other countries, he would instead wait for Dayue's envoy.
The envoy of Dayue had a very arrogant attitude. He explained the purpose of his visit straight to the point, which was to persuade Wu Tanzi to submit to Dayue. Otherwise, it would be Dayue's army next time, not him.
Not only Wutanzi, but also Huhu and Cheshi had envoys from Oyue visiting, expressing the same meaning.
It seems that the superpower Big Yue, after going to war with Xiaowan, has finally set its sights on small countries like them.
Needless to say, countries such as Beilu and Pulei should also have encountered the same situation.
As a result, Tang Ning looked at the Big Yue envoy with a somewhat unkind expression. It was his short-term plan to integrate these small countries together and establish an alliance in the Western Region. Big Yue actually had his mind set on them. Didn't he want to fight with him?
