Chapter 2316 Want to Break Up
As for the things that were dismantled, Bai Shan said, "We decided to send someone to the Kucha King's City to see if we can negotiate peace with the King of Kucha."
Bai Erlang even looked up from his bowl. "Impossible! The King of Kucha is not stupid. Why would he negotiate with us?"
Bai Shan said, "What if we say we surrender?"
Manbao asked, "Can they be trusted?"
"Why not? General Guo followed Duke Ying into the Jin Dynasty and served as governor of Beizhou, Zhaozhou, Jiangzhou, and Jingzhou. He's a successful official. He also made contributions during the Western Expedition to Gaochang with Hou Ji. If he had accumulated merit, he should have been made a marquis long ago, right?" Bai Shan said, "But Your Majesty hasn't made us generals. He's resentful, so why not want to surrender Xizhou?"
He said, "As long as the Grand Commander's army remains in the Western Regions, we are separated from the Central Plains by the desert, and all communications must be based on official documents. As long as there are no unusual movements in the army, the court will not know even if we surrender, and even if they do, they will be unable to do anything."
The little friends opened their mouths wide.
Bai Shan said to them earnestly, "And it's not impossible to persuade the Grand Administrator to surrender. Although the Western Turks and the DTZ have a grudge, they are of the same lineage and are all Turks. General Ashina is a Turkic prince. How do we know he doesn't have any intentions of restoring his country? We can promise to persuade General Ashina on our behalf, and then give Tingzhou, north of Xizhou, to General Ashina to establish his own country and restore the Turkic royal court..."
The meat on Liu Huan's chopsticks fell into the bowl with a plop. He said tremblingly, "No, no, if I commit treason, my grandfather will beat me to death."
The other friends turned to look at him, their expressions indescribable.
Liu Huan stared at them silently, and it took him a while to react, "Fake, fake?"
Manbao touched his chest and said, "Don't scare me. Although being an imperial physician is a bit tiring, I have a lot of official land. I still like being an official."
Bai Erlang said, "I am the future prince consort. Even if someone betrays the country, I can't betray the country, right?"
Zhou Liru said, "My whole family is in the capital and Qili Village. How could we possibly commit treason?"
Bai Shan said to him, "Don't let your imagination run wild." Then he turned to Man Bao and Bai Er Lang and asked, "What do you think of my argument? Can it convince the people in the royal city?"
"Five points."
Liu Huan thought as he ate his rice: "It's not just five points, it's definitely ten points! If it's not ten points, it's at least eight points."
Bai Shan pondered and said, "This alone isn't enough. Why don't we give them some gold and silver items to play with, and then ask for medicine? If they have something they desperately want, they might be more trusting."
Manbao asked, "What if they send someone to see General Guo?"
That would be worrying.
Bai Shan pondered for a moment and said, "If they really send someone to see General Guo, then we'll be halfway there. Our goal is to delay for at least five days. Well, if one day passes today, we can delay for another four days."
At this time, the King of Kucha, who had returned to the royal city, was discussing with others how to pursue the victory and wipe out the remaining 2,000 troops of Guo Xiao.
However, the Turks who came to help were not very happy. Less than one-tenth of the gold, silver and treasures promised to them after they captured the royal city were delivered, and even half of the promised food and fodder was given to them. How could they possibly listen to the King of Kucha and charge into battle against them immediately?
The King of Kucha was also angry. Many things in the palace were stolen by Guo Xiao, and many things given to the Turkic army were temporarily borrowed from the nobles in the city.
Yes, I borrowed it.
After the King of Kucha fled, many officials and nobles in the royal city were left behind. Of course, they would not risk their lives to fight the Jin army, so after weighing the pros and cons, and with the persuasion of Zuo Cheng, they surrendered together.
Since they had surrendered, General Ashina naturally could not rob them, so after they presented some gold, silver and jewelry, he let them go on as usual. However, General Guo took his men to search the palace of the King of Kucha and took away all the good things.
The reason why these people rebelled against the Jin Dynasty again after just a few days was, firstly, because of their nostalgia for their homeland. Although Kucha was a vassal state of the Jin Dynasty, the destruction of their country was still a sad thing.
Secondly, because the kingdom was gone, these former officials naturally could no longer hold high positions, and the former nobles were naturally no longer so valuable. So after the King of Kucha sent people to contact them, they hesitated for a moment and then rebelled against the Jin Dynasty again.
But unexpectedly, life in the rebuilt Kucha was not easy either. Not only was there the pressure from the Western Turks, but they also had to give out more gold, silver, treasures, food, cattle and sheep.
Because this is what the king promised to others.
The king's things had almost all been looted by the people of the Jin Dynasty (in fact, no one suspected that they had), so when the king cried, they could only bear the pain and give him more things than they had bribed General Ashina and General Guo before.
Heartache!
They were so heartbroken that they couldn't breathe, so when they found out that the Western Turkic army had taken so many things from them but was still unwilling to send troops, they became a little angry.
The Western Turkic soldiers who came to support them were even more angry. It was the King of Kucha who took the initiative to borrow soldiers from them. He had previously borrowed warriors from two tribes from them, but both tribes suffered a crushing defeat and the promised things were not given to them.
Now they had recaptured the royal city for them, yet they still hadn't fulfilled their promise.
They bleed, they lose limbs, they sacrifice, but they still can't get the cattle, sheep, food, gold, silver and treasures that were promised to them. They are angry, very angry!
So the whole day was spent in anger and heartache.
Bai Shan and his men were busy for a whole day and night and had no idea about the situation in the royal city. After chatting by the fire, everyone washed their faces, hands and feet, and fell asleep in the tent.
The next day, Manbao woke up, washed up simply, and went to check the wounded. Baishan went to find General Meng and General Li to implement the plan discussed yesterday.
General Li did not object, but was worried, "Who can be the envoy?"
Bai Shan lamented, "We should have brought Wei Xingren and the others here. They are the most suitable people to do this kind of thing."
But we can also select people from the army. "There should be some smart clerks in the army, right? Let them serve as envoys."
General Li said, "They have to see the general first. They won't do anything of this magnitude unless the general speaks personally."
They had kept their original plan a secret even from the secretary. Only their own people believed in it, so outsiders would not believe it.
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "Let's take a look at General Guo's things first, and then decide on the candidate. If it really doesn't work out, I'll go there myself."
General Meng immediately said, "No, this is extremely dangerous. The King of Kucha is fine, as he's afraid of the Jin Dynasty. But the Western Turks are lawless and have no moral principles. What if they kill you?"
That was quite dangerous. Bai Shan hesitated, "Then...you go?"
General Meng: ...I kind of want to break up with you.
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
