The army of the Qiuzi Kingdom was raided, and more than half of the soldiers were lost, so this kind of news naturally cannot but be passed back. In this regard, Zhao Xun sent people to express regret and regret to King Qiuci, and at the same time suggested that King Qiuci send troops to take revenge. Together with Gao Changguo and Zhao Jun, counterattack the Wusun people.

Qiuzi State is also one of the important reasons why the Zhao army did not immediately counterattack, but confronted Wusun State, making Wusun State's troops gather more and more.

The attack of Wusun Kingdom made Zhao Xun feel that Wusun Kingdom was in danger of ruling Gaochang Kingdom, Yanqi Kingdom and other places, and naturally it would not simply defeat it. Don't beat the other party for fear of hurting, this Wusun country who beats him doesn't dare to be disrespectful to himself, how can Zhao Xun rest assured that there is such an unstable hungry wolf around him?

In addition, this country of Guizi is also a trouble. Now the emergence of Wusun Kingdom, although for himself, puts himself in a disadvantageous situation. However, it is also a good help for himself to quickly solve the northern land of the Western Regions. It was precisely because of this Wusun Kingdom that Gao Changguo accepted Zhao Jun several times faster. It is also because of this Wusun Country that the Qiuzi Kingdom, which has always been difficult for him to start, once again floated in front of his eyes.

Seriously, at this moment, King Hali of Qiuzi is really reluctant to send any more troops. sent troops to attack the Yanqi country, and also reaped benefits. But what about attacking Gaochangguo? I didn't see the benefits, I didn't say anything, and I let my troops go away. The other half was also placed in the territory of Gaochang by Zhao Jun. In other words, of these 30,000 soldiers, except for 13,000 killed, the rest are also under the control of the Zhao army. And in the country of Qiuzi, how many 30,000 are there?

However, now, whether the king of Qiuzi wants to or not, he can't send troops. The Zhao army has spread the news of the raid on the army of the Wusun Kingdom by the army of the Qiuci Kingdom throughout the entire Qiuzi Kingdom. Whether it is ordinary people or civilian and military generals, they all ask to send troops to retaliate against Wusun State.

"Zhao Jun is really 'pressing' step by step! As soon as they passed the word, the king had no way to retreat. King Khali said bitterly.

After a pause, Han Li looked at Xiangguo Bai Yi beside him, and said in a sullen voice: "Bai Yi, you have seen King Zhao before, is it true that the fate of my Qiuci Kingdom is the same as that of Gaochang Kingdom and Yanqi Kingdom?" I respect the military orders of King Zhao, and this king is also willing to pay tribute to Zhao. Is it ......?"

Bai Yi sighed deeply, where is it not clear that Han Li is unwilling, but Bai Yi knows Zhao Jun's current strength better. The Zhao army in the Western Regions is only a small part of the Zhao army, and it can destroy more than a dozen large and small countries in a row. What would happen if more troops were moved here?

"Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent! This Zhao Jun ...... "Bai Yi wanted to say something, but he couldn't speak. Does he want to say that the Zhao army is unstoppable, so it is better to give up his rights and surrender, right? In the territory of the Zhao army, be an idle king?

"That's it...... Still don't talk about Zhao Jun, you also know the situation in front of you. The entire territory of the country of Qiuzi has been known. This king was 'forced' by the Zhao army to a place where there was no way to retreat, Bai Yi, you say, if this king does not send troops, what will be the consequences? ”

When Bai Yi heard this, his face moved, and he said urgently: "Your Majesty, you must not be like this. Not to mention anything else, there are still 17,000 soldiers in Gaochang Kingdom, and they are all waiting for the king to send troops to avenge them. If the king does not send troops, these soldiers are afraid that they will immediately defect to the Zhao army, which will become the best reason for the Zhao army to attack our Qiuzi country. ”

"In addition, now that the Wusun Kingdom has raided us, we have the upper hand in combat strength and morality. If there are no measures, we will be used to attack the royal family, and we will not get the support of the people and officials, especially the soldiers, I am afraid that we will not fight for the king with all our might. ”

Bai Yi can be sure that countless officials in the capital of King Qiuzi have been bribed by Zhao Jun, large and small. is the right Xiangguo Li Shu, who is equal to himself, and he has long been lying under the command of King Zhao. He believed that if He Li and Zhao Jun confronted him, he was afraid that before the Zhao army arrived, Hu Li would have already been dealt with by the internal 'chaos'.

Han Li's face turned red, and he said coldly: "This king retreats step by step, and Zhao Jun steps forward to 'force'. Bai Yi, what if this king is with Wusun Kingdom? Do you think we're going to ......?"

"Never again, Your Majesty!" As soon as he heard what Han Li said, Bai Yi didn't understand what the other party said, so he was taken aback at the moment and said urgently.

"Why not? You can't just go to see King Zhao once and lose your courage, right? Or, are you also ready to take refuge in King Zhao? "He Li said with a blue face.

Bai Yi said bitterly: "Your Majesty, you also know the strength of the Zhao army. We simply do not have the strength to confront it. Although now the appearance of Wusun Kingdom has made Zhao Jun stalemate with it. However, if the defeated Zhao army retreats, the northern states will become the jurisdiction of the Wusun Kingdom. And Wusun Country is far from something we can resist. ”

"Compared with the Zhao army, the invasion of Wusun Kingdom has caused us more damage. After all, Zhao Jun also needs the powerful of various countries to stabilize the place. And Wusun Kingdom, they don't need it. ”

After a pause, Bai Yi smiled bitterly: "In addition, the king is also clear, the territory of my Guizi country is much more prosperous now than it was half a year ago, what is the reason?" Isn't it because the merchants of Zhao appeared here from the distant territory of the Han Chinese? If we are hostile to the Zhao army, these merchants will not come again, and when the time comes, the people who live on the close relationship with these caravans will have nothing to rely on, and some powerful people will be afraid that they will ......."

Han Li's face suddenly fell silent, and when Bai Yi said this, he also found that he had no way to escape now, and was 'forced' to death by Zhao Jun little by little. He Li felt that the strength of his body was losing little by little, and the original idea of wanting to use the power of Wusun Kingdom to kill Zhao Jun out of the Western Regions felt so ridiculous at this moment.

Although He Li has a very clear understanding of the situation, he also understands that compared to Zhao Jun, he is not worth mentioning at all. But who wants to surrender to others? Especially as the king of a nation.

"That's it...... Send troops, I hope that King Zhao can take care of my Qiuci country in the case of the blood and sweat that my Qiuci country has paid for the Zhao army to attack Yanqi country, Qiuci country and this Wusun country! Even his own subordinate ministers did not support him, and Khali suddenly felt a little disheartened.

In fact, before this, Wusun Guo also sent someone to contact him secretly, hoping that Qiuzi Guo could stand with Wusun Guo to fight against the Zhao army, and after the victory, the interests would be evenly distributed. But at this moment, Han Li understands that not to mention whether Wusun Guo and himself can defeat the Zhao army. Even if the Zhao army is defeated, will the huge territory of Yanqi and Gaochang still fall into their own hands? Perhaps, it is not impossible for the Wusun Congress to take advantage of the situation to destroy itself. Although the overall strength of Wusun Kingdom is not as good as the combined efforts of the three kingdoms of Qiuci, Gaochang and Yanqi, it is not far behind. But with a turtle country, how to get along with each other on an equal footing?

Therefore, after Bai Yi put the facts in front of him, Khali no longer demanded anything. Immediately, the matter of sending troops was 'handed over' to the left and right Xiangguo Bai Yi and Li Shu.

Regarding the choice of Qiuzi Country, Zhao Xun was naturally secretly happy, and in this way, it could be regarded as making his chances of winning one percent bigger. And for the coach of Wusun Kingdom, it is not a good thing.

'Refused?' Bastard! I don't know how to lift! Wait for Ben Shuai to defeat the Zhao army, and then settle accounts with him in the Guizi Kingdom. "Xiang Li, the commander of the army of the Wusun Kingdom who raided the army of the Qiuci Kingdom and occupied the fine sand city, heard that the secret envoy he sent was expelled by the Qiuzi Kingdom, and scolded with a gloomy face.

Although the coach of Wusun Country said so, this definitely does not mean that he can ignore the existence of Qiuzi Country. Originally, before Xiangli sent troops, the ministers of the kingdom suggested that the Qiuzi Kingdom be drawn into their camp and join forces with Gaochang to counterattack the Zhao army.

What made the minister of the king of Wusun feel pity was that Gaochang was defeated too quickly, so fast that Wusun Guo did not have time to make corresponding preparations. Therefore, seeing that the Zhao army had pacified most of the Gaochang Kingdom and was about to take the complete Gaochang Kingdom, the Wusun Kingdom had no choice but to send troops to raid the Qiuzi State army stationed in the western part of the Gaochang Kingdom.

originally thought that he could pull the country of Qiuzi to fight against the Zhao army together. But now, it has failed. Although Xiang Li was extremely annoyed by this, he couldn't ignore it. No matter how you say this, there are also forty or fifty thousand soldiers, and they are still on their flanks, which is indeed a threat to Wusun Kingdom.

After some discussion, Wusun decided not to conflict with the Zhao army for the time being, after all, their original purpose was to complete the dispatch of troops to Gaochang Kingdom, rescue Gaochang King Gaoya, and obtain the western land of Gaochang Kingdom. Now that the western lands are in their hands, and the king of Gaochang has been destroyed, they don't have to pay anything. Of course, the premise is that Zhao Jun recognizes that this western part of the Gaochang Kingdom is owned by the Wusun Kingdom.

Of course, this is not to say that Wusun has no ideas about the rest of Gaochang Kingdom. It's just that the Zhao army is large, and with the backing of Gaochang and Yanqi, and the Qiuci country is an ally, there is no 'figureout' of the situation, and Wusun is naturally unwilling to go to war directly.

As a result, Wusun decided to negotiate with Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun was asked to recognize that more than a dozen cities in the western part of Gaochang Kingdom were owned by Wusun State. Of course, they also want to find out the details of Zhao Jun.

The envoy of Wusun Kingdom, Zhao Xun did not go to meet, so he was 'handed over' by Situ Liang. In Zhang Yuanjing's words, the other party was not qualified to meet King Zhao at all. Of course, if the other party surrenders, that's a different matter.

The two sides met in Langcheng to discuss the issue of the western part of Gaochang Kingdom. As soon as they met, the two sides had a conflict. The Wusun army raided the soldiers of the Qiuci Kingdom, which naturally made the soldiers of the Qiuzi Kingdom stationed in Langcheng extremely dissatisfied. If it weren't for the suppression of the generals of the Zhao army, I am afraid that when I learned that the envoy of the Wusun Kingdom entered the city, the envoy of the Wusun Kingdom would have been divided by the defenders of the city.

At the beginning, the two sides argued endlessly over the territory of the western part of the Gaochang Kingdom. The Zhao army demanded that the Wusun state withdraw from the territory of the Gaochang state, because the Gaochang state had become a vassal of the Zhao army. This matter within the territory of the Gaochang Kingdom, as the suzerain, Da Zhao, naturally has to be fully responsible.

The people of Wusun Kingdom were naturally reluctant to agree, and their request was that Langcheng should be used as the boundary, and the city area in the west of Langcheng would belong to Wusun Kingdom. And Wusun promised that it would not continue to the east, let alone cause conflicts and wars with Gao Changguo and the Zhao army.

"Langcheng as the boundary? You're not daydreaming, are you? The thirteen cities you occupy now are all within the territory of the Gaochang Kingdom, and no one can change this. If you want to take this place, then we can only talk about war. Situ Liang sneered at the moment.

The envoy of Wusun Kingdom said in a deep voice: "I know that these thirteen cities are the territory of Gaochang Kingdom, but this is already history. Gao Ya, the former king of Gaochang Kingdom, has ceded these thirteen cities and the surrounding areas to my Wusun Kingdom. ”

Immediately, the envoy of Wusun Kingdom took out a document printed with the seal of King Gaochang, put it on the table, and said coldly: "This is King Gaochang's elegant handwritten national letter, and the royal seal on it is not fake. This letter of state, it can't be fake. That's why we're doing it. As for why Gao Ya ceded the land with my Wusun Kingdom, this lord should know best. At this moment, I won't go into details. ”

Hearing the words of the envoy of Wusun Kingdom, Situ Liang's face was a little ugly. At this moment, he has proved that this Wusun country is indeed a reinforcement recruited by Gao Ya on the condition of cutting the land. And what the envoy of Wusun Country said vaguely was also putting pressure on Situ Liang.

The arrival of Wusun Kingdom was invited by Gao Ya for the sake of the regional Zhao army. If all the people of Gaochang Kingdom know about it, it will definitely cause a lot of 'commotion' and 'chaos'. If Wusun Guo uses this to create rumors again, it will bring even greater disaster. Of course, this is not important, the important thing is that in this negotiation place, because the place of negotiation is the territory of Gaochang State, therefore, there are also representatives elected by Gaochang State to participate, Situ Liang does not want any unfavorable words to come out of the mouth of the envoy of Wusun State.

Situ Liang's 'gloomy' face was calm, and he said coldly: "This matter is related to the Gaochang royal family, not those of us can call the shots, this matter, this official needs to personally summon the new King Gaochang, and will also ask my Great Zhao Zhao King for instructions." However, if the letter of state made by the former king of Gaochang State harms the interests of Gaochang Kingdom, I think that neither the current King of Gaochang nor King Zhao will accept it. There is no doubt about that! ”

The face of the envoy of Wusun Kingdom changed slightly, but he immediately recovered, although he was dissatisfied, but it was not good to have any more attacks, no matter what, what the other party said was also reasonable. Moreover, it can be heard from the other party's mouth that at present, this western part of Gaochang Kingdom is temporarily under control of his own hands.

Hmph, what fell into our hands do you still want to take back? How can it be! The envoy of the Wusun Kingdom sneered in his heart, and he didn't care about the threat in the future. As long as I get it now, will I 'hand it over' in the future? The hostility between the two sides is not based on justice and reason, but on strength.

Of course, although Situ Liang's face was ugly on the surface, and he was speechless for Wusun Guo to take out the national letter of King Gaochang, his heart was there, and he had already made a course of action for the overall situation. This Wusun country cannot be completed by simple negotiation and peace, because the other party is not afraid of himself. For such an adversary, it is only possible to speak to the other party by force.

Situ Liang no longer paid attention to the problem in the western part of Gao Changguo, that is, the general of Gao Changguo in the hall was also blocked by him when he was ready to refute it. However, Situ Liang did not stop there, "Since you have the credentials of the former king of Gaochang Kingdom in your hands, let's not talk about this matter for the time being, since you are here this time, what do you want to talk about, then you must be sincere." I don't know what you, Wusun Guo, are you talking about this time, is it sincere and sincere? ”

The envoy of Wusun Kingdom vomited in his heart, and immediately smiled: "Of course, what do I Wusun Kingdom talk about this time, of course, I hope to solve the problem in the western part of Gaochang Kingdom in a peaceful way, so as to avoid another smoke between you and me." A peaceful solution can also bypass the people around this area and prevent them from falling into the suffering of war and chaos. After all, the people of the more than 10 cities in the west and the people in the surrounding settlements, large and small, have suffered countless casualties due to the war. ”

Situ Liang understood that the other party also pointed out that it was the army of the Qiuzi Kingdom that burned and looted in the western region of Gaochang Kingdom, which was even worse than my Wusun Kingdom. If it weren't for my Wusun Kingdom's attack this time, I'm afraid that your Zhao army would not be able to blend the armies of Qiuzi Kingdom and Gaochang Kingdom.

Situ Liang said coldly: "No matter why your Wusun Kingdom came, but it is an ironclad fact to raid the army of my Great Zhao Alliance and the Qiuzi Kingdom, I don't know if your Wusun Kingdom has any explanations for this?" ”

The envoy of Wusun Kingdom said in a deep voice: "I don't know what your army wants my Wusun Kingdom to do?" In the western region of Gaochang Kingdom, my Wusun Kingdom will not 'hand' over to the army of Qiuzi Kingdom. As for the raid, it was also because the army of the Qiuzi Kingdom stood on the territory of the Wusun Kingdom ceded to me by King Gaochang Gaoya. ”

The envoy of Wusun Kingdom said this, although Situ Liang was dissatisfied, but Situ Liang still had a trace of secret joy in his heart. Why? Because here, there are also generals and colonels of the Guizi Kingdom. Although they have nothing to do with the western part of Gaochang Kingdom, they were raided this time by the army of Qiuzi Kingdom. Wusun Guo said this, which naturally made these Guizi State generals indignant. And Situ Liang hopes that they are all on Zhao Jun's side.

Next, Situ Liang could hear from the words of the envoy of Wusun Kingdom that the other party had no intention of living in peace with Zhao Jun at all. This time, in addition to testing oneself, it is more about delaying time for oneself.

Like the Zhao army, the army of Wusun also needed time to prepare. Zhao Jun hopes that the rear will be stable and that the Qiuzi Kingdom can also participate in his own camp. The Wusun State raided the western part of the Gaochang Kingdom, and the grain and grass in the rear failed to keep up in time.

In view of this, in the negotiation with the envoy of Wusun State, Situ Liang argued on the basis of reason, and on the other hand, made fewer concessions, and there was a tendency to be helpless. It made Wusun Guo feel that the Zhao army could not immediately wave the army to fight with his own side now, and the rear did not seem to be able to settle down immediately, which made the envoy of Wusun State more and more arrogant.

The talks between the two sides naturally ended up unhappily and did not reach any useful agreement. In a word, Situ Liang, like the other party's envoy, delays anything important on the grounds that he can't make decisions and wants the rear to make decisions. Therefore, this simple negotiation lasted only two days, and the two sides did not reach any effective agreement.

For Situ Liang, in addition to gaining the military hearts of the remnants of the Qiuzi Kingdom, this negotiation also made up his mind to use force against the Wusun Kingdom.