Chapter 126: A Gift
Compared to the chaos on the side of the Turbulent Contract, the situation in the Western Regions Protectorate of the Silk Country is not much better. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wang Hanxin still led his army at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to intercept the Turkic army trying to retreat to the grasslands, and because of Hesa's previous actions, Mi Yiguo, who had just completed negotiations with the Tibetans, had to send the remaining troops of the Imperial Protectorate to strengthen the defenses in the eastern regions. Therefore, as the protector of the Western Regions, Sun Kewang has the troops that can be mobilized at hand can be described as pitiful. Although according to the results of Mi Yiguo's negotiations, Tubo Zampu Gesang led a large army to see Dadalan in the west, but there were two armies of other countries around him, and he did not have a single soldier at hand, which was indeed an unprecedented torment for Sun Kewang, who was born as a civilian official. Finally, when the Turkic army was repulsed and Abicheril was defeated, Sun Kewang's whole person almost softened. The first thing he did was to invite Mi Yiguo, who was currently the backbone of Wang Han's new army closest to him.
Mi Yiguo's whole person looks thinner, and the hard work of these days is written on his face. As Concubine Li's younger brother, Mi Yiguo was originally a beautiful young man with a good demeanor, and after being tempered by many wars after joining the army, he had a heroic spirit, but now he can only be described as haggard.
Sun Kewang knew that in the face of Hesa's surprise attack this time, the countries in the Western Regions were able to cope with it without much loss, and it was the result of Mi Yiguo's mediation arrangement, so he immediately poured a large glass of wine to catch Mi Yiguo's wind.
Mi Yiguo was not polite, took the wine and drank it cleanly. After the two sides sat down, Mi Yiguo opened his mouth first: "Lord Du Hu summoned the lowly to come, I don't know what happened?" ”
Sun Kewang looked around, leaned out, and said in a low voice: "I can't hide it, I invited Uncle Guo to come here, just to ask this Gesang of Tibet and Dadalan of Paz to hold each other so well, if they refuse to retreat, how should our army respond?" ”
Mi Yiguo sneered when he heard this, and said: "Your Excellency doesn't have to worry about this, if Lord Wang didn't defeat Abicilir, it's fine, now that Lord Wang has not only won the Tuqi army, but also beheaded Abiciel, then the army of Tubo and Paz will not only retreat, but I'm afraid they will also rush to send envoys to show goodwill to you." ”
Sun Kewang asked suspiciously, "Is this true?" ”
Mi Yiguo smiled: "Seriously. Although the Lord was relieved, the two ends of Path's Dadaran were reluctant to do so, just to reap the benefits, but he never dreamed that our army would win so quickly, and that it would have achieved such brilliant results, and now Dadaran had no way to go except to make friends with our country, so he would certainly send an envoy to show his friendly attitude. In this way, there would be no reason for Gesang's army to stay here any longer. It is true that Gesang is very reluctant to leave just yet, but judging from the current domestic situation in Tibet, Gesang is not ready for a full-scale confrontation with our DPRK, so the wise choice is to continue to maintain friendship with our DPRK and take the opportunity of sending troops to help us to extort a sum of money from us. As long as you prepare the terms agreed in the agreement and give you a generous gift, you don't have to worry about anything. ”
Hearing Mi Yiguo say this, Sun Kewang looked relieved, and let out a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good." It's just that there is still a suspicion below, if the envoys of Napas or Tubo arrive and find that there are only so many soldiers stationed in my capital, I am afraid that they will think that we are strong outsiders and cadres, and it is inevitable that they will covet it again. ”
Mi Yiguo nodded and said, "My lord is worried. But this matter is easy to solve. Since Abicheril is dead, then Hesa must be in a hurry to flee back to the grassland, so we can transfer back all the troops sent out, and by the way, we can also let the monarchs of the Western Regions come here, let them see Abiciel's corpse, these kings will naturally bring escort troops with them, so let alone thousands of people, relying on these troops is enough to support us in the scene, so why worry? ”
Sun Kewang nodded again and again after hearing this: "Uncle Guo really deserves to be Lord Wang's most effective staff, and there is no worry about Uncle Guo here." ”
At that moment, Sun Kewang immediately began to arrange according to Mi Yiguo's suggestion, and with the help of Mi Yiguo, these things were quickly arranged, but Mi Yiguo's calculation still had a slight deviation, that is, he miscalculated Dadaran's reaction speed.
Before the kings of the Western Regions had arrived, and even the garrisons sent by the Silk Country had not yet returned, Dadaran's envoy had already arrived.
The envoy of this visit was Dadaran's confidant military general Manum. Manum was born in the Paz Navy, but he was able to become a henchman of Dadaran, and with Dadaran's character, it was impossible to do so unless he had outstanding martial arts and command talents. In fact, Manum not only possessed these qualifications, but also had extraordinary courage and the ability to adapt to change, and he was appreciated by Dadaran for his miraculous exploits during the raid on Bandar Abbas. The assignment of important tasks to him by the envoy Dadaran is a testament to his trust, and of course, if Dadaran's face is not ruined, this time he actually wants to come in person.
Manum first visited the protector of the Western Regions, expressed Paz's friendship to him, and congratulated the Silk Kingdom on defeating the powerful enemy Tuqi and winning a great victory, and gave him a generous gift. Sun Kewang naturally welcomed Paz's move, and the two sides engaged in a dialogue full of hypocrisy, but not much substance, and a grand and extravagant but empty banquet.
After this, Manum visited Miyiko's mansion the next day. Nominally, Mi Yiguo is indeed the uncle of the country, but when it comes to his position in the Western Regions Protectorate, then he can be said to be full of people above the captain of Liupin Zhenwei, obviously Manum's rush is not Mi Yiguo, but his master Wang Hanxin. What surprised Mi Yiguo even more was that the things on the gift list sent by Manum were no worse than those given to Sun Kewang, the Lord of the Protectors.
What exactly does this Manum want? He acted with such fanfare, it seemed that he wanted the entire Metropolitan Protectorate to know about this matter, so this matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. Mi Yiguo lit up an orange alert in his heart, and ordered his subordinates to invite Manum into the mansion.