Wen Gula's continuous shouting attracted the attention of Li Wanqing, the general of the Tang Army and the deputy commander of the C Battalion of Pingnan Town, who was leading the team to rush to kill.

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Li Wanqing roared loudly.

The Tang army stopped attacking, but immediately formed a ring and firmly surrounded the Wengula and them.

Subsequently, the main general Cao Bianjiao, with a translator, slowly came on horseback.

"I am Cao Bianjiao, the chief general of the Tang Army, who are you? Why did you attack our army for no reason just now? Cao Bianjiao said coldly. General, I am the Prime Minister of Sulu State, Wengula, these soldiers and horses, it is because I don't know the origin of your army, I went out of the city to attack without authorization, and I ask the general for forgiveness. Wen Gula got off the horse, stood in front of Cao Bianjiao, bowed his head respectfully, and said with an extremely deferential appearance. Cao Bianjiao sighed, and said coldly: "What you said is the truth? Isn't it with those Sulu soldiers who are just right, singing double reeds to deceive the general. When Wengula heard these words that implied murderous intent, he was so frightened that he pounced and knelt on the ground. General, you talk like this, but you are frightened. Our Sulu country has always been a vassal of the Celestial Empire, and it has been loyal for hundreds of years. It's just that the location is remote, the people are ignorant, and they really don't know that it is the arrival of the heavenly soldiers of the kingdom, so they suddenly start fighting and have an unhappy quarrel with your army. My country of Sulu has no intention of being an enemy of your army. Wengula hurriedly explained. Cao Bianjiao sneered and said: "In this case, seeing that you are so pitiful, then I will estimate and believe you once." It's just that Ben wants to tell you that the reason why our army came to your country is because he has something important to explain to your lord. Wen Gula's heart sank, and he said hurriedly: "But I don't know what the general has to say about my small country." Please also ask the general to speak up and listen to him. Cao Bianjiao stared at Wen Gula, who was kneeling on the ground with a restrained and uneasy expression, and said softly: "Listen, my lord, Lord Li, the Duke of Tang Guo, got the news that the Spaniards will come to invade your country in the near future. Because your country is a vassal of our Ming Dynasty, and for fear that your country will die at the hands of the Spaniards and the people of the whole country will be slaughtered, I hereby order us to come and tell you. Let the king of your country, lead all the royal family, as well as the treasures hidden by the royal family, to get on the ships of our army and sailors, and go to the territory of Taiwan in our Ming Dynasty to take refuge temporarily, so as to take all your lives. The matter of guarding the country will be taken over by our whole army. Listening to Cao Bianjiao's words, Wen Gula's heart clicked, and suddenly there was an extremely bitter taste. Okay, what you say about stationing here for my country, and what you say about keeping my royal family safe, are all high-sounding excuses! The real reason is that I am afraid that these Tang troops have the intention of annexing our Sulu country, so they will send troops here. It's just that the Tang army is so powerful, and so far, the Tang army that has come ashore is afraid that there are nearly 20,000 people. They have so many soldiers and horses, and the country of Sulu, which is only the island of South Takalu, is afraid that it will be difficult to resist. It's just that I can refute him to my face? Wen Gula raised his head, just in time to meet Cao Bianjiao's two majestic gazes, which frightened him and couldn't help but tremble. "General, it's rare for the Heavenly Empire to care so much about the vassals of small countries, but this matter is very important, I need to go back to report to the king first, and then make a decision, do you think it's okay?" Hearing Wen Gula's low answer, Cao Bianjiao frowned, but still nodded and said, "Okay, then you should go back to your king as soon as possible and tell him that if you want him to make a decision as soon as possible, you won't have so much patience to wait." "Yes, yes, yes, I understand." Wen Gula got up from the ground in embarrassment, made a gesture back to Cao Bianjiao, and hurriedly said goodbye and left. Seeing Wen Gula and the others leaving in a hurry, Cao Bianjiao ordered the whole army to temporarily camp on the seashore and camp to rest. Wengula entered Dehe Lecheng, and hurried all the way to the palace. When I entered the palace, I saw the eldest prince, who was kneeling on the ground, and was scolded loudly by the Sulu king Unulula, who was standing on the Dan steps. "He's so old, you're so daring! Dare to lead troops without authorization to fight with the heavenly soldiers of the kingdom, this is good, you are defeated and lost, and you fled back in embarrassment, what face do you have to come back to see your father! "The eldest prince's face was blue and red for a while, and he couldn't raise his head when he scolded him." Your Majesty, the ministers have something important to repay! Wengula, who was standing at the entrance of the palace, shouted urgently. Unurula raised his head and saw that it was his prime minister who had returned, his face was suddenly full of anticipation, and he hurriedly shouted, "Wengula, why did you come back so soon?" But I can ask why the Tang army came to our country far away? Hearing the urgent question of King Unurula, Wengula did not notice tears in his eyes, and he walked quickly to the bottom of the Dan steps, and then threw himself on his knees. Your Majesty! The criminal is incompetent, Tang Jun is here, it is, it is ......" "What is it?!" "I want to take advantage of the decline of my Sulu country to seize my Sulu country!" Wengula sobbed loudly, and told Cao Bianjiao's words to the Sulu king Unulula. The face of Unurura, the king of Sulu, gradually tightened, and the expression on his face was very complicated and difficult to understand. And when he heard Wen Gula's words, the eldest prince jumped up vigorously. "Father, the Tang army is so deceitful that he is embarrassed to use the excuse of protecting my royal family to forcibly annex my country, which is really hateful and hateful! Please give the order of my father, so that I will lead the whole army and fight to the death! He roared loudly with a hideous face. Unexpectedly, in spite of his annoyance, Unurura remained standing with a blank face, his empty eyes as if he were looking at a very distant place. "Father! It is a national matter, please make a decision quickly! He stamped his feet and shouted at the King of Sulu. Unurula let out a long sigh and said to him, "Don't say anything, you should stand down first." I'll think about it later, my father. "Father!" "Stand down!" He stomped his foot in hatred, and finally left the palace in anger. In the palace, there was silence. Unurura snorted and sat back on the dragon chair with a confused gaze. And the prime minister Wen Gula, who knelt on the ground, didn't dare to breathe, and he knelt on the ground like a puppet. In the end, it was the king of Sulu who asked with difficulty: "Wengula, in your opinion, the Tang army has coerced our country to surrender like this, can this king agree to them?" Wen Gula trembled, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, although such an order from the Tang Army is extremely strong and rude, our country is small and weak, and there is really no room for resistance!" "Oh......" "Your Majesty, you think, my whole army is only more than 5,000 people, of which about 1,000 are stationed in other towns, and it is difficult to transfer them back for a while. In my capital and Lecheng, there are only nearly 4,000 soldiers and horses. However, the eldest prince raised troops without authorization, and lost nearly 2,000 elite people of our army, so that there were only more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in the capital of our country and Lecheng. With this amount of troops, how can it be the opponent of nearly 20,000 Tang troops outside the city! "Then what do you mean, can you only surrender...... "Your Majesty, in the opinion of Yichen, if you can surrender to the Tang Army, it will actually be a good ending for my royal family." "Oh, why do you think so?" "Your Majesty, I think that the country of Sulu is small and weak, and in recent years, it has been defeated by the Dutch and the Spaniards, losing the city and land, and the national strength is declining. In this world of great controversy, it is already a struggling to survive, and it is difficult to continue. From the point of view, even if the Tang army does not come to fight for our territory, I am afraid that our Sulu country will either die at the hands of the Dutch or the Spaniards! Wengula sighed with a worried face. The King of Sulu's face was very ugly, he rubbed his beard and frowned, but he did not speak. Wen Gula paused, and then continued: "If our Sulu Kingdom can surrender to the Tang Army, then the members of the royal family and property can be preserved. And with a large amount of property accumulated in this country, although our royal family abdicated and removed the country, it is enough to rely on these treasures to live a good and leisurely life in Taiwan. And if our country is finally destroyed by the Dutch or the Spaniards, I am afraid that my royal family members will be killed by these Western Yi, and all their property will be taken away by them, such a fate will be too tragic. Listening to Wengula's analysis, the king of Sulu let out a long sigh again. However, he was silent for a long time, and finally said in a low voice: "Aiqing's analysis makes sense. The Tang army is so powerful, it is really difficult for our Sulu country to resist, if we insist on resisting ourselves, it is just hitting the stone with an egg and bringing defeat to ourselves. It's better to retreat and find a good way out for my royal family. Okay, please go out again, explain to the generals of the Tang army, and wait for the king to prepare in Hele City for a day or two, and then surrender to the Tang army. "Yes, Your Majesty, Your Lordship." Wengula looked sad and hurriedly took his leave. Soon, he came out of the city and returned to Cao Bianjiao, the chief general of the Tang army, expressing that the king of Sulu was willing to surrender and not to fight with swords. "My king has decided to destroy his kingdom and surrender to your army. And please wait for a day or two, and after I and Lecheng have counted the property of the treasury, we will surrender to your army. I only ask your army to abide by the agreement, save the lives of our royal family members, and allow them to take their royal property and go to Taiwan to live in peace. Listening to Wen Gula's words, Cao Bianjiao had a bright smile on his face. Yes, all the conditions agreed to by our army will be complied with. In addition, because your king knows the times so well, it is a great achievement to avoid a sword fight. Therefore, he will declare his merits to Lord Li of Tang Guogong, and there will be another reward in the future. "Okay, then I'll report to the king of our country." Wengula bowed his head in response, and turned to leave. "Wait!" Cao Bianjiao whispered in the back. "What else does the general command?" Wengula turned back sharply. Cao Bianjiao glanced at him: "Wen Gula, if you go back like this, I am afraid that you will transfer the treasury assets into your royal property." Such an act is unacceptable to the general. You need to take three civilian officials of our army with you and go back to count the treasury, so that the general can rest assured. Wen Gula was stunned for a moment, and his face was embarrassed. It's just that when he saw Cao Bianjiao's fierce eyes, he immediately replied with a weak heart: "Since you have such an arrangement, general, you will obey the order." Cao Bianjiao nodded, and then picked out three civil officials from the Supervision Division, and entered the city with Wen Gula, counting the treasury without mentioning it. In the entire Hele City, when they were preparing to surrender, in the secret room of a luxurious house, the eldest prince was gritting his teeth and stomping his feet with resentment. "Hmph, my father is mediocre, Wen Gula is incompetent, and under the pressure of the Tang army, he doesn't even have the courage to defend the city and fight, so he thinks about bending his knees and cutting off the foundation of my Sulu country for hundreds of years, which really makes me feel painful!" With a hideous face, he finished speaking loudly, and the general next to him with a gloomy look on his face said in a low voice: "Prince, the matter has come to this, what can you do if you are dissatisfied?" "Yan Guda, you are my most trusted general, and you don't have to hide it. Tell me the truth, this is the case, is there anything you can do to turn it around? He shouted with blood-red eyes. Yan Guda sneered, and then said in a low voice: "Eldest Prince, in my opinion, there is a way to do things by man, how can there be no way at all." "Oh, go on." "Great Prince, the situation is already so critical, we can only take extraordinary measures." Yan Guda said with a fierce face: "In my opinion, only if you take power urgently, the eldest prince, quickly unify the forces of me and Lecheng, and then rely on the city to hold on, and wait for the camera to change, my Sulu country can have a glimmer of life." "When Yan Guda said this, his Gu Ma Mo had changed his face greatly." You mean, you mean......" Flooding Guda looked directly into the eldest prince's rather panicked eyes, but nodded firmly, and at the same time made a hard downward motion with his right hand. His face suddenly turned pale, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead. "O great prince, there is a way that when you keep interrupting, you will suffer from it. If you don't hurry up and act quickly, deal with the king and Nawengula, and wait until the raw rice is cooked, it will be too late! He sighed, but his face gradually became more and more hideous. Snatch! With a muffled sound, he pulled out a knife from his waist and slammed it into the table. He used great force, this small knife was completely gone, and only one handle was exposed on the table, still trembling slightly. "Good! Do as you say! His eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "Father, don't blame the child for being ruthless, but now that the country is in such a crisis, and you are bent on surrendering, I can only do this extraordinary thing for the child." Seeing that his ancient thoughts had been done, Yan Guda's face was happy, and he said anxiously: "Prince, as long as our army can fight against the Tang army for a long time, the Tang army will come thousands of miles away, and there will be insufficient food and grass, and it will inevitably retreat at that time." And our army just took advantage of the situation to attack, and the veteran soldiers of the Tang army division were tired, and it should not be difficult to defeat. He paused, a grim look flashed on his face, and he said in a low voice: "If we are lucky, we can also lure the Tang General into the city and take him hostage, so as to force him to surrender or retreat, then we will wait for a big thing!" He nodded and said, "Okay!" Flood Guda, your analysis is very reasonable, do as you say! Then let's do it tonight. Now, let's discuss how to proceed. Then, the voices of the two men fell into obscurity. It's just that when the two finished discussing, a smug and vicious laugh broke out in this secret room.