At night, Pishan Castle became dead silent, the occasional hurried sound of horses' hooves came and went in the whining wind, and the sound of Gongsun Zhi sounded in the main hall of the rammed earth and stone royal city.

“…… After the camp will follow up with the caravans for a few days, now the South Silk Road has been opened halfway, the road to Dawan is not far away, in the past, Shache, Shule and the two countries are the green mountains, to the landform, humanities and the Western Regions are quite similar to this, but they are different from the states of Dahan, the first three years, Li Guangli's westward expedition to Dawan triumphantly, Dawan will be on the Han sweat and blood BMW every year...... The hostility should be a little smaller, but not careless, the Dawan nobles can launch a mutiny to kill the king of the Han Dynasty, and it can probably be seen that these people will not easily let us more than 100,000 people cross the border easily. ”

"As far as I know, there are Kangju, Guishan, Anxi and other countries around Dawan, if you want to conquer Daqin, you must find out how they came through shortcuts, but at the moment, we still have to go through Shule and Shache first, and after crossing the green ridge to reach Dawan, we will make the next deployment, expedition to the west, you must also talk more with the soldiers under your command when you go down, and the purpose of the march is best made public, so that the soldiers below know what we are going to do and why we are fighting! Even if it's a lie, you have to find a good reason. ”

In the brightly lit palace, middle and upper-class generals gathered, led by Lu Bu, Yan Rou, Zhao Yun, Cao Chun, Ma Chao, and Sun Ce, as well as Pan Feng, Gongsun Yue, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, Ma Dai, and Zhou Yu...... Wait, as Gongsun Zhi's words stopped, he swept over all the core generals of the Western Expeditionary Army present, "If you still have any ideas, take advantage of this conference to say them together, otherwise it will be more troublesome for the three armies to make adjustments." ”

"If there is anything to say, if you are not convinced, you will be convinced." Zhang Fei, who was sitting in the back seat on the right, opened his voice and shouted.

Dian Wei, who was sitting in the front row, turned his head and showed his admiration to him, and then echoed loudly: "Yide said something human, Lao Dian felt that these guys rebelled and surrendered repeatedly, and they were not happy to look at, so they were simply killed together, and we had to save some troubles, and we had to save our strength to find the bad luck of the Great Qin people." ”

Zhang Fei leaned forward, his eyes widened, and he lowered his voice behind him: "Are you ugly man praising me or hurting me?" ”

In the middle of the words, in the opposite seat, Zhou Yu, who was wearing a deep coat, smiled, and tapped his fingers on the table, "It is never difficult to kill people and slaughter cities, but the labor division is on an expedition, and the lone army is hanging outside, and General Dian's words will only make all the surrounding countries regard us as tigers and wolves, and if we want to enter Daqin as soon as possible, I am afraid that the time will get longer and longer, and the morale of the army will also decline over time." ”

"It makes sense."

Gongsun Zhi nodded, all the people in his sight, none of them are easy people, and they all have their own ideas, but in such a meeting, few people express it, there is always a hidden ..... or even a cautious taste in it, in fact, he also thinks clearly, most of these people are bound by the general trend, if you want to say a heart, it will take time to run in, and there is no effect for a few months.

The scene cooled down a little, and Gongsun Zhi suddenly smiled: "By the way, the king of Khotan hasn't called out yet, and he will meet everyone." As he spoke, he glanced at Li Ke next to him, who hurriedly walked out of the door with a mace. In the side hall, Wei Chi Li'an sat tremblingly on the stool and waited for the summons, the room was dim, but the afterglow occasionally glanced in an inconspicuous direction, and a black figure stood in the corner like a ghost, and never said a word.

"Are you Han Chinese....or Khotanese?"

There was no movement over there.

"I'm Chi Li'an, the captain of Khotan...... Would you like to say something? ”

The wind whined through the eaves outside, and the room was still quiet, at this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and several guards came in, and the cramped and restless figure was erected out, opposite, Li Ke, who was holding a mace, turned his head to look at the king of Khotan, "The leader of my family and the generals of the Western Expedition want to see you, come with me." ”

"Yes...... Be! The envoy leads the way. ”

On the way back, in addition to the soldiers guarding the palace, there was also a girl in armor, with a slender figure, perhaps in order to save trouble for the war, she tied a ponytail behind her head and leaned on a crescent halberd on the rock pillar, and everyone knew her identity, and she was still outside to observe the meeting.

At this time, Lu Lingqi saw the escorted Wei Chi Li'an in front of several people coming from the end, remembered the performance of the other party on the battlefield during the day, and couldn't help but smile: "....... Can the king of Khotan dare to face the soldiers? ”

"The King of the Reckless Wilderness, naturally he doesn't dare to face the Heavenly Soldiers."

Wei Chi Li'an's face burned, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly, and Li Ke next to him stepped forward and waved his hand: "Get out of the way, don't delay the king of Khotan to enter the palace, be careful that I knock your head ....."

On the side of the open palace door, it seemed that some words were heard, and the mighty body in the banquet was slightly biased from the line of sight, Li Ke pushed the king of Khotan, "Hurry up, it's you, be careful to blow your head!" ”

"......." Wei Chi Li'an glanced up, and hurriedly walked into the main hall with small steps, this place originally belonged to him, which time he came in in the past was not with his head held high, and the guards followed left and right, but this time, under the gaze of more than ten not bad intentions, he never felt that this road would be so long.

After a while, his footsteps stopped in the middle, and his slightly trembling hands arched: "Chi Li'an, the ..... lieutenant of Khotan, has seen the general of Shangbang......"

"Call the Governor." Li Ke reminded him beside him, and then went to the first side to stand on the crutches.

"..... capital ..... governor ......"

Wei Chi Li'an re-exhaled respectfully, and in the low-hanging afterglow, the left and right Han generals all looked at him, their bodies trembled even more violently, and they quickly knelt down, and their foreheads touched the ground: "Up and down the country of Khotan, I am willing to drive for the state, please supervise the capital." ”

On the first place, a body of armor leaves rubbed softly, Gongsun Zhi held a jade cup, staring at the king of Khotan who kowtowed to the ground with indifferent eyes, poured the wine into his mouth, put it down on the table, and smiled in the swaying firelight.

"Don't be afraid, King Khotan, I'll ask you a few questions, and you just need to tell everyone here what you know, don't worry, I'll wait for the Han people to say that if they don't kill, they won't kill, but!" The word 'but' suddenly increased, and he shook his fingers, "....... But if you make it bad behind your back, then it's no wonder to me, it's light to kill your whole family at that time, did the king of Khotan understand? ”

"Wei Chi Li'an understands."

"That's good!"

Gongsun Zhi nodded, still sitting motionless on the throne of Khotan, "....... What do you have to say that my army is going over the green mountains to the west? ”

"If you don't know clearly, I'll kill your whole family too!"