King Vesudeva II of Kushan, at this moment is sitting in the palace, listening to his close pet talk to himself about some remarks in the palace, Vesudeva is thin and has no imperial demeanor, of course, he was not like this before, a year ago, he was still a tall and handsome king with extraordinary appearance, and it was this good appearance that allowed him to stand out among the royal children and become the king of Kushan.

However, a year ago, he could no longer maintain such an imperial demeanor, the Han army invaded, because an assassin, actually went to assassinate the commander of the Han army, at the beginning, he still liked this assassin, and once talked around, this assassin did what the Kushan people wanted but did not dare to do, for the Han army, he was very jealous, but did not feel too much threat.

The biggest threat came from Nusha, he thought.

But the development of things was unexpected, the Han army actually took only a few days to break through the unbreakable Gaofu city that Vesudeva thought was impregnable, and all the illusions of Vesudeva were shattered at once, you know, before the war began, he also fantasized about defeating the Han army, to enhance his prestige, and then get rid of Nusha, but all this did not have time to think about it, and Gaofu has become the garrison of the Han army.

Vesudeva immediately panicked, on the one hand, he hurriedly ordered to send soldiers from all over the country to Fulousha to protect the king, on the other hand, it was to abuse Nusha, the Han army captured Gaofu so easily, all this was his fault, Nusha deserved to die, however, he still did not order Nusha to commit suicide, because in the empire, there is only such a general.

He was very nervous, and the Han army still sent a messenger, limiting him to hand over the assassins within three months, so that this war could be avoided, of course, there were also many people who played, so that he should not believe this, how could the Han army retreat from such a large-scale expedition? The best way is to stabilize the Han army, and then entangle the country's army, with Nusha as the commander, and drive the Han army out together.

If Nusha had not been mentioned, Vesudeva might have agreed to these recitals.

But since the virtuoso mentioned Nusha, then Vesudeva had to think about it and hand over the soldiers of the whole country to Nusha? Believing that he had not gone mad, Vesudeva resolutely rejected these performances and began to search for the Assassin, who had been denounced all day long, and the Assassin had brought ruin to Kushan!

However, just when he was looking for assassins everywhere, the army of the Han Dynasty raided the areas of Gandhara and Kala, and continued to attack, approaching Fulousha, at this time, Vesudeva reacted, the Han army just wanted to stabilize themselves, their purpose was to destroy Guishan, he then remembered to recruit all the people of Guishan to participate in the war, Guishan has nearly 10 million people, will he be afraid of the 100,000 or so Han army?

However, when he gave the order, the connection between Fulousha and the south had been severed, and he had gathered a large number of troops to enter Fulousha before, and the result was that many important places were emptied, and there were no defenders, and the Han army was like a broken bamboo, directly cutting off the connection between the royal city and the locality, and Vesudeva's orders could no longer be transmitted, and he was the only one who could keep in touch with Nusha.

In the past year, he didn't know the situation outside, and only some fleeing people came from outside to inform the outside situation that the Han army had occupied all the areas of Guishan, and only he and Nusha were still resisting, this is what he heard now, the commander of the Han army was too cunning, and he relied on the false news of the surrender of the royal city and the destruction of Guishan all the way, and occupied a large area of land in Guishan without loss.

The outcome seems to be somewhat clear.

And in this situation, the increasingly uneasy Vesudeva heard new news, including that Nusha had established himself as king, or was going to surrender to the Han army, etc., in short, all these news came from Nusha, and a large number of refugees and fugitive nobles said that Nusha had established himself as the king of Kushan, and even announced that he had died.

This made Vesudeva very panicked, now he is hiding in his palace all day long, the situation of Fulousha is gradually becoming chaotic, all kinds of rumors are flying, even if Nusha has already sent someone to explain not to believe these rumors, Guishan will definitely be able to win, but this has not been able to expel the haze that covers Fulousha.

"What's next... Send someone to replace Nusha? The King of Guishan asked a little uneasily, his favored retainers stood aside, and he couldn't give any decent advice, his favored retainers of the first Qin Dynasty had already been executed by him, these days, the more uneasy the King of Guishan was, the faster the speed of the change of this favored retainers, and the indiscriminate killing at will made no one willing to serve as his guard or close attendant.

Sometimes, he will even take his own guards to carry out some massacres in the royal city at will, to vent his anger and uneasiness, such a move, making Fu Lousha more and more chaotic, the empire of Guishan, has gradually come to the brink of extinction, the favored ministers dare not say anything more, King Guishan has become more and more brutal these days, and he doesn't know if his words will bring him death.

King Guishan looked at him coldly and said, "My favorite minister, he actually asked me to replace Nusha and let Mo Ren be greasy, hahaha, does he really think I'm stupid?" He was a spy sent by the Han army, so I killed him, and after him, I also killed a lot of people, because they were always talking nonsense, either against Nusha or something, and they couldn't give a good advice..."

"They all received money from the Han army... This is betrayal! The King of Kushan shouted angrily.

Favored ministers, no, now can no longer be called favored ministers, this position is a close minister, similar to the Han Dynasty's servant order, is to serve the king all day, and as the king's adviser, because this position is mostly held by the king's henchmen, also known as the favored minister, but now he is no longer a favored minister trusted by the king, just in these three months, he is already the fourteenth close minister in office.

"Today, you must also give me a suggestion, if you say it well, I will spare your life, if you say it bad...", King Guishan sneered, and the ministers looked at him in horror, but they were thinking about how to say in their hearts, among the previous ministers, there were those who received money from the Han army and persuaded the King of Guishan to replace Nusha, and there were also those who persuaded the king to give power to Nusha and handed over the soldiers of the royal city to him.

But no matter how much they tried to persuade them, they could not avoid death.

So, how can he answer in order to avoid falling into the same fate as his predecessors? The ministers couldn't help sweating on their foreheads, and seeing that he was silent for a long time, the King of Kushan gradually became a little annoyed, and was about to open his mouth to put him to death, but the ministers hurriedly came back to their senses and hurriedly said, "King, there is only one way now. ”

"Oh? You say, what else can be done? Sure enough, as soon as he said this, the king immediately became interested, his eyes flashed with hope, pulled him to his side, let him sit down, the minister was particularly apprehensive, however, he could only try, anyway, no matter how he said it, or not, it was impossible to escape death, the minister said seriously: "The king thinks that today's army can be compared with the Han army?" ”

"This...", King Guishan thought for a moment, then shook his head, he said: "These soldiers I summoned to the royal city, they said that they wanted to go home all day long, they had no morale, and they complained every day, and they could only send the soldiers of the royal city to supervise them.

King Kushan still saw it very clearly.

"Then what do the kings think are the chances of winning the war between us and the Han?"

King Guishan didn't look very happy at this moment, frowned, and asked, "Do I want to ask you, or do you want to ask me?" Do you have any suggestions? The ministers didn't dare to continue to ask, stood up, and said loudly: "In my opinion, this battle between Guishan and Dahan has no chance of winning, and Guishuang will perish, but not far away!" ”

"You!! Licentious!! King Guishan was furious, pointing at the ministers in front of him, almost gritting his teeth, he said angrily: "Could it be that you also want to insult your own monarch before you die?" I'll make your life worse than dead! Seeing King Guishan's appearance, the ministers seemed to understand something, and hurriedly shook their heads and said, "King, I don't mean to insult you, nor do I want to blame you for the defeat. ”

"The defeat was only because the Han Dynasty was too strong... It's not our fault. ”

"And now the best way is to surrender with the Han Dynasty, I think, instead of waiting for the Han Dynasty to break through the city wall and capture us again, it is better to surrender earlier, I have heard that those kings who surrendered to the Han Dynasty in the past, after the war, continue to hold their positions, they can still eat, drink and enjoy, and they will not be killed, but those who have contributed to the Han Dynasty, they will not hurt..."

Hearing the words of the close minister, King Guishan was not as angry as he was just now, he hesitated for a long time before asking, "The sin of war does not lie with me, right?" ”

"Yes, if it weren't for the fact that Guishan had lost the North Guishan before, and watched the Han army continue to enter the north of Guishan, which became the climate, how could there be today's defeat?" , The minister asked rhetorically, in fact, in my heart, I have a great contempt for this king, how is this not your fault? But if you make Nu Sha Lai the commander of the whole country, it is impossible for the Han army to occupy so many areas in one year!

They can't even get in!

However, the ministers did not dare to say these thoughts in their hearts, and persuaded the King of Kushan to surrender, and said that the result of the war was a dead end, and the reason for the defeat was definitely not here, and the King of Guishan, who had been afraid for a whole year, seemed to have found the backbone of the heart at this moment, he grabbed the arm of the near minister, and said: "You go to see the commander of the Han army for me, if he can guarantee my future glory and wealth, I am willing to surrender!" ”