Take sides? Everyone was stunned for a moment, hesitated and looked at each other for a long time, and finally Ma Wanjie was the first to take the lead and stood on the right, followed by the Qiuzi people, and then the others, only the Khotanese envoy stood in place awkwardly and didn't know what to do.

"What? Is there anything wrong with the Khotanese envoys? Wang Xuance kept a faint smile, even though he was tired now.

"No, no." The Khotanese people habitually shook their heads, but looking at the buddies who were still fighting the same enemy just now, now they all stood on the other side, and the inexplicable resentment in their hearts unconsciously surged up: "However, I have something to hope that the envoy of the Tang Dynasty will solve a certain doubt." ”

"Let's talk about it, if you can solve Wang, you will naturally not be stingy with a little saliva." Wang Xuance made a gesture of please speak.

"What did Datang come to the Western Regions for? What are the benefits of the Western Regions that are worthy of Datang's unsparing scheme? The envoy of Khotanese also let go and flipped the table desperately.

"There is nothing in the Western Regions, there is no shortage of things here in Datang, come here, Datang is here for peace in the Western Regions." Wang Xuance said solemnly what he had said countless times, but he turned to the back: "But there are always some people who don't want peace in the Western Regions, they are selfish, and they only think about how to exploit some weak countries. Envoy of Khotan, do you think there is still a need for such a selfish country? ”

Although Wang Xuance's words were a bit provocative, they were quite touching in the ears of some small countries that came with him.

It is their misfortune to guard a strong neighbor, and the rules of the Western Regions make them miserable to be exploited by big countries such as Khotan and Qiuci, but they dare not say it, because it is likely to destroy the country.

On the other hand, the Tang Dynasty, the strength of the Tang Dynasty has disdained to exploit them, but every time they go to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute, there will be countless rewards, which are far more than they have contributed, and they are much more.

Compared with the two, a group of small countries looked at the envoys of Khotan with a little unkindness, even if they knew that Wang Xuance was instigating them, they couldn't hide the unwillingness in their hearts.

"Respected envoy of the Tang Dynasty." The people of Khotan still use the same name as Wang Xuance in the past: "Khotan is not the kind of country you say, Khotan has paid a lot for peace in the Western Regions, but everything has changed after the arrival of the Tang Dynasty, it was the Tang Dynasty that provoked the war, it was the Tang Dynasty that launched an attack on Khotan, and occupied the city of Shache!" ”

Whether it is a rake, or a truthful statement, the Khotanese envoy's words are a little wishful, and a fierce tyrannosaurus on the other side is accusing the tyrannosaurus of evil deeds, except for saying that the Khotanese envoy's courage is commendable, everyone thinks he is crazy.

"Khotanese, are you ready for war?" In the face of the statement of the Khotanese people, Wang Xuance unabashedly threatened.

"The matter has come to this point, what else is there to prepare for, the Tang Dynasty came to the Western Regions just to try to kill me in Khotan, and I will die left and right, what am I afraid of in Khotan!" The Khotanese envoy also planned to fight.

At the beginning, he was unable to accept the cession of territory proposed by Yu Chi Baolin, but now in the face of Wang Xuance, he knew that the request made by the surnamed Wang would only be more excessive, in this case, it would be better to fight to the death, and let those lucky countries in the Western Regions see what the true face of the Tang Dynasty is.

"Can you take the words of the messenger as a declaration of war?" Wang Xuance smiled and asked a little unmoved.

"Yes and what!" The Khotanese envoy said with a stiff neck, and at the same time turned his head to the group of people standing on the right: "Do you think they will let you go?" Lao Tzu tells you, this is impossible, they are just a group of evil wolves, they will not let us go if they don't gnaw our flesh and suck our bone marrow. If we want to survive, we can only unite and drive them out of the Western Regions with the help of the Western Turks, which is the way we can preserve ourselves. ”

The Khotanese envoy behaved like a martyr, but everything he showed was in vain.

Gaochang has already surrendered, and Qiuzi is difficult to support alone, even if he wants to help Khotan, he must consider the more than 40,000 people left in the Tang Dynasty, after all, there are only 15,000 people in front of them now, and for the Tang army with 60,000 people, only a quarter.

The poor guys didn't know until now that the total strength of Datang in the domain was actually not 60,000, but 75,000.

The two big countries did not appear, and the small countries with only a few thousand troops would not stand up, and the small countries with a population of tens of thousands and thousands of troops actually wished that the Tang Dynasty would come in immediately, and when the time came, they would immediately take refuge in the Tang Dynasty.

Although there is an old saying in the Central Plains: It is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, but the chicken also depends on what kind of chicken it is, and the phoenix also depends on what kind of phoenix. After eating the last meal and not the next meal, the chicken that has to worry about the livelihood every day seems to be a good choice compared with the phoenix that eats every day.

It is for this reason that in the face of the forced eyes of the Khotanese envoys, the envoys of all the small countries lowered their heads and no longer looked at them, while Ma Wanjie of Gaochang had schadenfreude in his eyes and a provocation in his eyes.

After finishing the calf, the Khotanese envoy shouted the slogan for a long time, and finally found that it was useless at all, and even Qiuzi, who had an alliance with Khotan, did not stand up, but exposed the relationship between Khotan and the Western Turks.

"Khotanese envoy, you can go, go back and prepare." After hearing the Western Turks, Wang Xuance's face had already turned cold, and even looking at the envoys of various countries standing on his right, there was a faint hint of unkindness.

"Hmph......, I'm in Khotan, I will definitely retaliate, I will definitely retaliate, and when the head of the King of Han is placed in front of the Tang Emperor, it will be when your head falls to the ground." The envoy of Khotan had been forced to a dead end, and once again took out Li Yuanchang, the second goods, and threatened.

"You can try it and see if the head of the head of the lord of Khotan was sent to Chang'an first, or the head of the king of Han was sent to Chang'an first." Wang Xuance did not give an inch and looked at the envoy of Khotan.

Lao Wang is not stupid, when Khotan is obviously not the opponent of the Tang Dynasty, the lord of Khotan will kill the King of Han? As long as you don't pump your brain, you will know that this is simply impossible. With a prince of the Tang Dynasty in his hand to save his life, even after the defeat, there is a possibility of survival, this kind of thing is not Wang Xuance, even the honest Yu Chi Baolin can figure it out.

Therefore, the threat of the Khotanese envoys was of no practical use at all, except that it appeared that Khotan's confidence was insufficient.

(End of chapter)