"General, the reason we thought of at first, but now we can't convince the general outside the city, how can it be good now, and the great general Hou Junji, who has scraped the land in the Gobi for several years before, has been sent again, this person is fierce and has a big appetite, we can't afford to offend."

The general dressed as a Tang Army who sat under him said, "Are you sure it's Hou Junji?" ”

The envoy replied: "I am very sure, because of Hou Junji's murder in the Western Regions, and because he also came to the Hami Palace, I recognized him at a glance. ”

"Looking at it this way, the general who led the army this time should be an important minister, or even a prince surnamed Li."

King Hami nodded: "What should I do now?" ”

"Why don't you tie me up and go to the army to receive merit?"

"The general laughed, I would never dare to have such a heart." King Hami said that he didn't dare, but he scolded in his heart, it was you who withheld the tribute back then, and it was also your idea to let the border army materials be deducted, if it wasn't for your grace and temptation at that time, how could I do such a wrong thing.

This Hami king has forgotten who he is, and that is what he says about selfishness, vanity, and insatiable greed.

The greed of King Hami can be seen in his splendid palace, where he is like an emperor, in order to make the garrison of the imperial court support him, he conquered dozens of nearby tribes by force, requiring these tribes to pay him annual tribute of cattle, sheep and horses, and also to exploit the passing merchants, and loot the goods, some of which were used to train his minions, and some of which were used to bribe the garrison generals.

It is not quite right to say that he is unscrupulous, in the face of the powerful Turkic coalition army, he grovels and secretly bends the terms with them, although he is not lightly squeezed, but the goods that should be paid are not less. He was more afraid of the Turks than the imperial court.

The imperial court will generally send civil officials to hold them accountable, as long as the bribes are in place, they can basically be safe, but the Turkic coalition army is different, the financial dare to pay tribute is a little less, and immediately send cavalry to attack Erzhi, and loot in the city, not only looting, but also killing, so thinking of the ferocity of the Turks, King Hami is more willing to offend the court.

After all, the imperial court is far away from itself, although there are also garrisons, but that bit of men and horses is not enough for the vast Western Regions, and there will be no substantial threat to him King Hami, although the Western Regions are nominally under the jurisdiction of the two major protectorates of the imperial court, in fact, most of them are still autonomous.

"What are you panicking about? Now the key is to pass the current crisis, since this is the arrival of the imperial army, it means that there is going to be a war, and if there is a war, he can't do without us, why don't we go out of the city to meet the general, and ask him why he is besieging the city, even if he holds the evidence that we have withheld military rations, it needs to be reported to the imperial court, and another official should be sent, and now he dares to send troops to besiege the city, and we can refer to him when the time comes. ”

King Hami has lived in the Western Regions for generations and knows very little about the affairs of the imperial court, which is one of the reasons why he wants to drag the generals of the garrison here into the water, so that the officials sent by the imperial court to investigate the case can be handy. Hearing what the general said, King Hami decided on the spot to go out of the city with him at once.

In order to declare that the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the king of Hami also deliberately let the young and strong people in the city line up neatly at the gate of the city, more than 14,000 men and horses, although the clothes are stretched a little, but the momentum is still there.

The Hami guard and the king of Hami came to the tent of the high butcher and finished the salute.

Gao Buer asked Hami what the surname was.

"Returning to the generalissimo, the last general Mo Du, belongs to the Beiting Dadu under the guard."

"General Mo, I don't know if you have heard of the detention of the border army's materials?"

"The last general has never heard of this, the materials for the border troops everywhere are regularly and quantitatively transferred, the last general has a list here, and the list also has the signature of the Hami Palace, if the commander needs it, the last general can take it now."

Seeing that this Mo Du and King Hami cooperated very tacitly, Gao Buer knew that these two people were afraid that they would have been embarrassed for a long time, and there was no result if they asked again, so he ordered the guards to tie up the two, and the evidence and interrogation of their own people were responsible.

On the one hand, Gao Buer sent people to Yumen to order the materials of the army and the grain and grass promised by the imperial court to be requisitioned to the west of the Turkic coalition army, and on the other hand, he sent people to inquire about the preparations of the tribes in the Western Regions for the westward expedition, and at the same time asked Hou Junji to disperse the Hami army and arrange it in various camps. Originally, Gao Buji thought that he had 50,000 people in his hands, plus the previous garrison, 70,000 or 80,000 people were enough to control the Western Regions, but when he arrived, he found that the manpower was a little insufficient.

Not to mention whether Tubo will send troops to Kunlun, that is, the Turkic coalition army that is about to be faced, according to the latest information, the number of people who control the strings has reached more than 400,000, and the difference between about 300,000 is quite large, and now Su Dingfang has rushed to Yumen with more than 20,000 people and horses to garrison, and the army left in the Western Regions plus the newly incorporated Hami King's men and horses are only worth 100,000, although they can make up for the difference in numbers with firearms, but the difference is too much is also very dangerous, although the Turkic coalition army has been defeated many times, but the combat power is still there.

At present, Gao Fuji urgently needs to find out the situation in the Western Regions in order to make accurate arrangements, and at present, the situation in the Western Regions that the imperial court has mastered before is not accurate. Therefore, he ordered the scouts in the army to go out on the one hand, and on the other hand, he ordered the army to rest and recuperate, wait for the situation to be clear, and after the supplies arrived, he decided whether to march to Tingzhou.