The outcome of the Battle of Gaochang was beyond many expectations, and the name of Wei Shuo began to spread throughout the Western Regions. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When the news reached Yueban, King Yueban was very glad that he was not bewitched by Bai Zhen.

However, now that Gaochang is getting stronger and stronger, he has no choice but to send an envoy to Gaochang to congratulate him in order to get along with the two countries.

When the Yueban envoy was still on land, it was rumored that Shanshan and Yanqi had been destroyed one after another, and now more than the Yueban country sent an envoy.

Including the western power of Shule, as well as Qiuzi, Khotan, Wensu, Shache, Weitou and other countries all sent tribute.

Looking at the prosperous and lively street market in Gaochang, the envoys of Khotan and Qiuzi couldn't help but sigh at the same time.

In the first battle of Gaochang, the two countries suffered heavy losses, except for the death of King Fu of Khotan, who escaped with his life, and tens of thousands of elites, including the king of Qiuzi, were lost.

Otherwise, the two countries would have sent peace envoys to Gaochang in a hurry, not because they were worried that Gaochang's army would continue to advance westward.

As soon as the king of Khotan returned to the royal city, he fell seriously ill, and later heard that Shanshan and Yanqi were destroyed, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly sent an envoy to beg for peace.

However, when the envoys of the two countries entered Gaochang, they found out how difficult the peace talks were!

At present, Gaochang's army is flourishing, and there are many Gaochang people in the market clamoring to send troops to destroy Qiuci and Khotan.

Although the two envoys didn't know Wei Shuo's true attitude, the people's fighting spirit was strong, and their attitude would not be much better.

Sure enough, when Wei Shuo heard that the two envoys were coming to beg for peace on behalf of Qiuzi and Khotan, he couldn't help but sneer: "Presumably, you two lords were stupid, thinking that if you send an envoy to Lao Tzu to say something good, I will forget that the two countries have jointly raised heavy troops to offend?" ”

"Humph! It's just wishful thinking! Go back and tell you the king, that they may take off the crown and descend the kingdom early. ”

"Otherwise, when my army comes to the city, it will be the time when you will die and the country will be destroyed."

At this time, Li Wei next to him stood up and pointed at the nose of the envoys of the two countries and scolded: "Qiuzi and Khotan colluded together, and once raised heavy troops to destroy my Gaochang. ”

"Now that you still have the face to come to He Sheng, do you treat us as idiots?"

"Go back and tell your king, if you know the current affairs, surrender as soon as possible, the lord may spare your life."

"If not, I will tell you to wait and see how powerful my Gaochang Iron Rider is."

Next to him, Yang Han couldn't help but smile, and then glanced at the envoy who was already frightened, and pretended to scold Li Wei and said, "Xuan Sheng, don't be rude!" ”

"The two envoys were shocked, during the war, General Li stuck to Gaochang, and most of his subordinates were killed by the soldiers of the two countries, so they hated the two countries to the core."

"Now he is frequently guarding the capital and continuing to send troops to recruit to avenge his subordinates."

The two envoys were relieved, and hurriedly wiped the sweat on their foreheads with their hands, and said to Yang Han: "Lord Taishou, I have been offended a lot before, and I hope that you will see that the Western Regions and the Central Plains have been friends for generations, and let me wait for a way out." ”

"This ......," Yang Han wanted to say but stopped.

Seeing that there was hope, the envoys of the two countries hit the railway while it was hot: "What conditions Gaochang has, please tell me, as long as it is not excessive, I will do it." ”

"Okay, the old man will say it directly!"

"Now there are two voices within Gaochang, one of which is the main battle faction represented by General Li just now, who hopes to continue to send troops to destroy Khotan and Qiuzi."

Speaking of this, Yang Han deliberately paused, and waited for the envoys of the two countries to continue urging before continuing: "There is another wave of the main peace faction represented by the old man, the old man thinks that if he continues to fight, although he can destroy your country, it will also make Gaochang lose too much, and the gains will outweigh the losses if they continue like this." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, the gains outweigh the losses." The two envoys echoed each other.

"Humph! What's worth the cost? As long as Khotan and Qiuzi are destroyed, all losses can be replenished. ”

Seeing that Li Wei was shouting and shouting again, the two envoys were so frightened that they didn't dare to interject anymore, and only looked at Yang Han with blank eyes.

Sure enough, Yang Han coughed lightly and continued: "If you can let Khotan and Qiuzi take the initiative to cede land and pay compensation, why bother with an expedition? ”

"The boss has a good idea, but I don't know if those small barbarian countries are willing to cede land and pay compensation."

After speaking, Li Wei glared at the envoys of the two countries, but when it came to the affairs of the state, how could the envoys of the two countries dare to speak easily, they could only lower their heads and pretend to be pitiful.

Seeing that the envoys of the two countries were still unwilling to cede the land and pay compensation, Wei Shuo said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "It seems that the previous battle has not made the two countries feel the pain in their hearts, otherwise why are they not even willing to pay compensation for the land cedes?" ”

"Boss, it seems that your kindness is going to be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs!"

"Well, even so, Lao Tzu still listened to General Li's suggestion to send troops. Someone, pass on my command! ”

If Li Wei's words and intimidation just now only made the two envoys feel a little frightened, but now Wei Shuo suddenly put on a look of wanting to transfer troops, and couldn't help but be frightened that the two envoys were scattered, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground to stop Wei Shuo, who was about to transfer troops.

"Most of them are slow to protect us, and we are willing to cede the land and pay compensation."

"Humph! It's pretty much the same, get up, first tell me where you are willing to cut Gaochang with me? ”

The two envoys glanced at each other, and each showed a few wry smiles.

Although they are envoys, they dare not be allowed by the king, how dare they cede the land casually, just a casual remark.

can look at the appearance of Gaochang up and down, if you don't cede the land and pay compensation today, I'm afraid you won't give up easily.

The envoy of Qiuzi gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "Lord Huiwei, Qiuzi is willing to cut off all the territory from the east of Wulei City to Tiemen Pass. ”

Seeing that the envoy of Qiuzi said his own conditions, the envoy of Khotan couldn't help but quickly turn his brain to see which piece of territory was suitable for being cut out.

However, he thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a suitable city.

"Hey, Khotanese envoy, why don't you speak? The people of Qiuzi have ceded all the territory east of Wulei City to Gaochang, what about you in Khotan? You won't be reluctant to give up even an inch of land, right? ”

"I have heard that in the past 100 years, Khotan has annexed Pishan, Qule, Ronglu, Humi and other cities, known as the powerful country from the exquisite northwest to the thirteen kingdoms between Shule, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty records: your country has 32,000 households, a population of 83,000, and more than 30,000 victorious soldiers, which is a great power in the Western Regions alongside Wusun, Qiuci and Shule."

"With such a large population and vast territory, a country that is still unwilling to cede land after being defeated in the war, it seems that I can only send an army to take it myself."

"The adults are tolerant, but the small ones are just a messenger, how dare they cede the land at will without the king's order?"

"It's better to be like this, please tell the capital to protect the conditions of Gaochang, and bring the small one back to the king of Yuming to decide, I don't know what your Excellency wants?"

When the envoy of Qiuzi saw the Khotanese saying this, he couldn't help but secretly regret that he was quick to speak, and he knew that he should learn from the other party.

Wei Shuo was slightly stunned, and then suddenly said: "In this way, Shuo is wrong, okay!" According to the envoy's wishes, you can bring back Gaochang's conditions and report to the lords of their respective countries. ”

"But there is another word to tell: you must remember, you only have one month!"

"Once the specified date is exceeded, and Gaochang does not receive a reply from you, our Gaochang army will immediately set off to pacify the two countries."

"The little one understands, and he will definitely not forget the advice of the big guard."

When the envoys of the two countries learned of the conditions proposed by Gao Chang, they immediately sat down.

Not to mention this condition, even they themselves would not agree, but in the face of the aggressive Wei Shuo, the two had to leave Gaochang in despair.

"Zhiyuan, do you think Khotan and Qiuzi will accept our conditions?" Yang Han looked at the backs of the two envoys and asked.

"It's hard to say, Khotan may accept it, after all, it's just a loss of money and no need to cut the land, only Qiuzi is afraid of ......"

"Also, cede half of the territory at once, including the royal city, and no one will happily agree to it."

"There is no urgency in this matter, the peace talks will not be negotiated in a moment and a half, and we will have time to spend with them."