, Chapter 8 Cutting off the back road

As the night wore on, the hustle and bustle of the city disappeared, and almost everyone fell asleep, and the streets and alleys became extraordinarily quiet, and a swarthy royal palace stood alone at the end of the street, the golden splendor of the day was no longer visible, and in the moonlight, it finally revealed the other side of the dilapidated and old, and the walls were full of shocking cracks.

A group of guards walked wearily past the palace, slowly disappearing into the shadows on the side of the palace, and headed for the military camp in the distance.

"Alright, their next patrol will be at least half an hour away."

Xiao Yuansong smiled self-deprecatingly, "For them, this is just a ritual that has been insisted on for nearly a hundred years, which is already very good. ”

At this time, the door slowly opened a crack, and Shen Guang poked his head out from inside, blinking in the direction of Su Lie with a smile, his eyes were full of pride.

Under the moonlight, Shen Guang's expression Su Lie could see it clearly, he hated it so much, but he had no choice but to wave his hand back, and a group of soldiers behind him rushed towards the palace quickly, and then there were black shadows rushing out in all directions, there were hundreds of people, these were the soldiers of the scout battalion, the elite selected from the five thousand army, a total of three hundred.

This time, the caravan entered the city with a total of 800 soldiers, and the 300 men from the scout battalion participated in the palace operation, and another 500 soldiers were waiting for orders.

Three hundred men rushed into the palace with great speed, and then the gates were closed, and from the outside, everything seemed as if nothing had happened.

But the palace was turned upside down, and groups of soldiers rushed into every room, captured the king's children and wives and concubines, and dozens of guards who lived in the palace resisted and were killed on the spot, and the palace was full of screams and weeping.

Su Lie and dozens of soldiers broke into the king's bedroom on the second floor, which was magnificent, with carpets from Persia on the floor, gold and silver vases of great food on the table, and a one-man high porcelain vase in the corners of the four walls, which was a famous product from the Central Plains.

In the middle of the room was a large ivory bed, carved with gold at both ends, and a silky silk bedding piled on the bed, but no one was to be seen.

"General, under the bed!"

A soldier saw a woman's foot exposed under the bed, Su Lie waved his hand, two soldiers stepped forward to grab the foot, only to hear a miserable scream, a young woman was dragged out, the woman was naked, the soldier casually threw her a bedding, she hugged it tightly, trembling all over, so frightened that she couldn't shout.

Several soldiers swept under the bed with the shafts of their spears, and a woman's frightened screams rang out from under the bed, mixed with a man's cry, "Spare your life!" Spare your life! "Shout in Turkic.

"Come out!" The soldiers shouted.

In the middle of the sound, an obese middle-aged man crawled out from under the bed, it was the king who sobbed, he was naked, the fat on his body was trembling uncontrollably, and two women behind him were also slowly dispatched, wrapped in satin, curled up in the corner and cried in a low voice, looking at the soldiers in the room with fearful eyes.

"You can't do that!"

The king pleaded silently, "You promised the Khan that you would not invade the kingdom of Iwu. ”

It turned out that he thought that the people of the moon had come in, and a soldier who knew a little Turkic shouted: "We are not Turks, we are Sui army!" ”

"Sui Jun!"

The king was stunned for a moment, this was something he had never thought of, the Sui army came to the country of Yiwu, it was like the sun coming out of the west.

"You ..... It's the Sui Army! ”

He switched to Chinese this time, stammered, and when he was young, he went to Dunhuang for a year and knew a little bit of Chinese.

Su Lie stepped forward and said slowly: "Ten thousand Sui troops are already waiting outside the city, surrender!" You can keep your subjects, and if you want to resist, not only will you not survive, but the entire city of Igo will be slaughtered. ”

The king didn't understand, Su Lie gave the soldier next to him a look, and the soldier said it in Turkic language, the king's face suddenly turned pale, and he immediately understood that this was the Great Sui to restore his rule over Yiwu, and he was going to die.

Su Lie took out a long knife, slowly pressed it against his throat, and said coldly: "I'll count three times, if you don't surrender, I'll cut off your head, one!" ”

"Two!"

Su Lie's eyes were sharp, his hands began to strengthen, and beads of blood had already appeared on the king's neck, and just as he was about to shout for the third time, the king finally let out a long sigh, "I am willing to surrender!" ”

He accepted his fate, even if he lost his country, he would at least be a rich man, and if the Turks could call, maybe he still had a glimmer of hope.

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The city gate has been controlled by hundreds of Sui troops, the city gate is wide open, a flame is burning on the city, more than a thousand troops patrolling the Yiwu country at night put down their weapons under the king's order, and accept the reality in fear and helplessness, they also saw that in the wilderness in the distance, a black cavalry is rushing to this side, the sound of horses' hooves is like muffled thunder, and the murderous atmosphere is monstrous.

More than 4,000 cavalry rushed to the city, the commander Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, the army quickly slowed down, Yang Yuanqing had seen that there was no need to enter the city again, the Sui army had completely controlled the situation, and all the Sui troops above the city were over.

As soon as he gave an order, the Sui army began to march into the city, Yang Yuanqing turned around and smiled at Wang Wei and said, "How, General Su didn't let you down!" ”

Wang Wei sighed softly, "Since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers, and it seems that I am really old." ”

Yang Yuanqing has already thought of one thing, in history, Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan, it seems that he killed Wang Wei and Gao Junya, this Wang Wei is actually a good person, and he misses his grandfather Yang Su's old love very much.

"General Wang, after the imperial court builds Yiwu County, I want to recommend you as the first Yiwu Taishou, are you willing?"

Wang Wei smiled bitterly, "I'm already fifty years old, I'm afraid that the Holy Lord will think I'm too old." ”

"Lian Po is not too old at eighty, Pei Xiangguo is still an envoy to the Western Regions at sixty, and General Wang is only fifty, it is the most experienced time, how can he be too old?"

Wang Wei nodded, he was actually moved, so he smiled and said: "It's not like we can get it by thinking about it, look at the meaning of the saint!" If God appoints me, I will not refuse. ”

Yang Yuanqing didn't say much, and urged the horse into Yiwu City, as soon as he entered the city gate, Su Lie immediately stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "Humble duty is not dishonoring the mission!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and gave a thumbs up approvingly, "This time you did a good job, I will ask for credit for you, at least your captain can be recorded in the military department." ”

Su Lie hesitated and said, "General Hui, the first merit this time should be Xiao Yuansong, followed by Shen Guang, and the humble position can only be ranked third." ”

"You write a report to the marching Sima, and I will report it to the imperial court according to the truth."

At this time, Yang Yuanqing had already seen King Yiwu kneeling on the side of the road, his head was dejected, Su Lie hurriedly pointed at Mo Si, "This person is King Yiwu, he was captured by us, and now he has surrendered!"

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, walked forward quickly, helped the king up, and said with a smile in Turkic language: "His Royal Highness the King is willing to belong to the Great Sui, this is a good thing, the Great Sui will not expropriate the Yiwu country like the Turks, on the contrary, it will make the Yiwu people gradually rich through trade, at least the houses they live in are no longer so dilapidated." ”

The king was stunned silently, and he cautiously asked, "What does the general mean by saying that the Iwu Kingdom will continue to be kept?" ”

Yang Yuanqing did not deliberately deceive the king of Yiwu, Yang Guang had made it clear that he wanted to establish Yiwu County, but he did not say whether to destroy Yiwu country, Yang Yuanqing thought that Yang Guang was likely to use the method of retaining the name of Yiwu country to build a county, at least in the early days, only retaining the king and name, but the king's actual control over Yiwu country was no longer there, it was just a spiritual symbol, which could appease the emotions of the Wusun people, and at the same time stabilize other countries in the Western Regions.

Of course, this is only a possibility, and he is not sure what it will be, but at least for now he has to appease the people of Yiwu, so that the army of Yiwu can cooperate with the Sui army to jointly resist the counterattack of the Western Turks.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "Whether the Yiwu Kingdom can be retained, the key is the attitude of the Yiwu Kingdom, as long as the Yiwu Kingdom is willing to submit to the Sui Dynasty and proton in the capital, the king goes to the capital every year to meet the Holy Son of Heaven, and with the heart of the courtiers and the benevolence of the saints, he will leave the Yiwu Kingdom to appease the Wusun people." ”

The words of the commander of the Sui army gave the king a glimmer of hope silently, he was the king after all, and he knew that Yang Yuanqing had a point, especially the last sentence 'to appease the Wusun people.' This is the key to the preservation of the Iwu Kingdom.

He was grateful: "Yiwu is willing to sacrifice 100,000 sheep to the Sui army as military rations to show our sincerity." ”

"Sacrificing sheep is one thing, but it's not enough to express your determination to submit."

Yang Yuanqing's eyes looked behind the king, and when he turned around, he saw a team of Sui troops escorting Tutun to him, he immediately understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, and gritted his teeth and said: "I am willing to kill Tutun with my own hands to clarify my intentions." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, he took a few steps back, and gave the soldier next to him a look, the soldier handed the king a sword, silently held the sword in his hand, and walked towards Tutun step by step.

Tutun was the first to be arrested, he was waiting at home for Xiao Yuansong to send him money, but he waited for a team of Sui soldiers, along with his two sons to be arrested, at this time the father and son were all kneeling on the ground, Tutun saw the king silently holding a sword and walking towards him step by step, he was immediately terrified, shouting: "You can't kill me, you swore an oath to the Khan!" ”

Mo Si was afraid that he would leak the content of the oath again, he stepped forward and pierced Tutun's heart with a sword, Tutun screamed, fell to the ground and died, Mo Si pulled out his sword, and wanted to kill Tutun's two sons again, but was stopped by Yang Yuanqing's order.

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, "Give them two horses and let them out of the city!" ”

The surrounding officers were all taken aback, and Li Yannian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Let them go, they will go and report to the Western Turks." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Even if you don't let them go, the Western Turks will soon know that someone else will report and let them go!" ”

The soldier let go of Tutun's two sons and gave them two horses, the two stared at the king Mo Si with bitter hatred, turned over and ran out of the city, looking at the two of them riding away, Mo Si couldn't help but glance at Yang Yuanqing, it was only then that he finally found out that this Sui army commander was powerful, and at this moment, he had no Turkic back road, so he could only die for the Sui army.

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