Outside the palace, a loud and desolate bugle sounded, echoing in the ears of the kings of the Western Regions for a long time, and everyone's faces instantly became bloodless.
There are 5,000 powerful emperor's guards in the city, and the main force of 50,000 Shence Army is stationed outside the city. In Shule, which is only a few hundred miles away from Qiuci, there are hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops watching.
If the Western Regions are compared to a fertile pasture, the Chinese emperor and his army are like a ferocious lion, bloodthirsty and ruthless, and the barbarians in the Western Regions are nothing more than a group of rabbits or goats who are unable to fight back.
More importantly, Tuqishi and Geluolu in the north and Tubo in the south were all destroyed by the Chinese emperor. This was equivalent to tightening a bag, and all the barbarians in the Western Regions could not escape even if they wanted to. If the cannibals can't be counted on, what can they do to resist the force of the Chinese dynasty?
If you surrender, your country will be destroyed; if you resist, your country will be destroyed, your family will be destroyed, your body will be destroyed, and your hatred will disappear.
Whether you turn left or right, the choice becomes extremely difficult.
He Lu¡¯s face became increasingly ugly, and his shoulders were shaking slightly.
Because he has realized that the Chinese emperor's spearhead is aimed at him first. As the country where the Anxi Protectorate was stationed, he had a large army pressing down on the country. If he had not stood up first to express his surrender, the Qiuci Kingdom would have been destroyed with Zhang Xuan's effort. And once he broke up with the emperor, he, the king of Kucha, and his hundreds of royal family members would die without a burial place.
Feng Changqing stared at He Lu quietly. Although he was speechless, it put great pressure on He Lu.
A layer of fine beads of sweat oozed out from He Lu's forehead, and his breathing became heavy.
Zhang Xuan sat there leisurely, raised the wine cup, and poured himself a drink.
?????????????????????????????????????????????? Suddenly there was a bang in the dead silence of the hall, and everyone was shocked. They suddenly looked around and saw He Lu, his face flushed, sweating like rain, kneeling in front of the emperor's case, and said in a trembling voice, "I am willing to go to the imperial palace." , surrender to the imperial court, long live my emperor!"
Having said these words, He Lu felt relieved, but he also collapsed to the ground helplessly and could not get up again.
Feng Changqing also breathed a sigh of relief. Although force and coercion are destined to be used, if no king of a small country in the Western Regions is willing to stand up and surrender voluntarily and implement a one-sided policy of massacre, it will be detrimental to the reputation of the emperor and the Chinese court.
Feng Changqing believes that people have a herd mentality. Under high pressure, between life and death threats, as long as someone takes the lead, a group of people will follow.
Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, put down the wine cup in his hand, stood up, walked over, and helped He Lu up personally.
Facing the crowd, Zhang Xuan smiled calmly and said, "Declared a decree to confer He Lu as the Prince of Shuntian County, retain the ownership of Qiuci Palace, and grant hundreds of hectares of land and pasture in Qinghai and Bohai, and grant a Prince's Mansion in Zhongjing so that he can live in Zhongjing. , you can also live in Qinghai or Bohai area. The title of Shuntian County Prince is hereditary and irreplaceable. I will be given a gold medal to avoid death once."
Zhang Xuan¡¯s reward is still very generous. In addition to depriving Helu of his right to rule the country of Qiuci, he actually gave him more wealth. You must know that the land of Kucha is vast and sparsely populated, with a population of less than 200,000. Even a king does not have much "oil and water". As a county king of the Chinese dynasty, he was given a large amount of land and pasture by the emperor, and his title was hereditary, so he could be a happy and prosperous king.
Of course, you must leave Kucha and move to Fandi or Imperial Capital. Otherwise, if the King of Kucha remains in Kucha, there will be too many variables and hidden dangers.
"I thank your Majesty for your great kindness!" He Lu trembled and bowed down.
From this moment of worship, he is no longer the King of Qiuci, the lord of a country, but an idle county king canonized by the Chinese Dynasty.
"Okay, very good. I declare that from now on, Qiuci will be renamed as the county seat of Anxi Road, Anxi Prefecture, and Shuntian County. Feng Changqing, you will personally take care of the matter of establishing the state department and county government. There can't be any mistakes. Of your tens of thousands of Anxi troops, I won't move a single soldier, leaving them all to you." Zhang Xuan laughed loudly and said loudly.
Feng Changqing bowed down and said, "I obey your order."
After He Lu made this move, many kings of small countries expressed their surrender one after another.
Not long after, Qiuci, Yanqi, Khotan, Ruoqiang, Qiemo, Ronglu, Yumi, Qule, Pishan, Xiye, Puli, Yinai, Shule and other countries successively declared their allegiance to their vassals and were ordered by the emperor Seal the rewards one by one. In the end, there were only two leaders, Wusun and Gumo.
Today Wusun hasNo longer as powerful as it was during the Han Dynasty, the country's population is only one-tenth of what it was back then, with only one city occupying the top and bottom, with a population of tens of thousands. And Gumo is a vassal state of Qiuci, with a city and a population of tens of thousands. These two small countries were also ranked low in strength among the thirty-six countries in the Western Region, but it was these two small small countries that refused to surrender. The two kings also put on a posture of preferring death to surrender, which was strange.
At least Feng Changqing didn¡¯t expect it.
Zhang Xuan looked at Wusun King Moye and Gumo King Pijie quietly, with a strong smile slowly appearing on his face.
He waved his hands and said, "Okay, the time has come. Let's have another banquet. I will not return with the kings until they get drunk tonight! As for King Wusun and King Gumo, you can leave on your own after the banquet. I will never If you try to stop me, I will never make a mistake. However, I still say the same thing, as long as you leave this city, you will become my enemy, and I will raise my troops to destroy it!"
He Lu and other kings fell to the ground, while Moxie and Pijie gritted their teeth and lowered their heads in silence.
The reason why the two of them did not surrender was because they had long felt that the Chinese dynasty had the intention to annex the countries in the Western Regions, and had made various preparations in advance for the whole country to move to the Great Food Country. Before coming to the royal city of Qiuci, they bribed the important officials of Geluolu Yehu's tent with a lot of money, and planned to use the Geluolu road to flee the whole country and go to Dashi.
Therefore, the two of them did not surrender.
The feast ended happily, at least on the surface. Moxie and Pijie were anxious and anxious at the banquet. They finally waited until the banquet was over before they hurriedly fled the Qiuci Royal City - today's Shuntian County, Anxi Prefecture, Anxi Province, and returned home.
They did not realize that the two generals beside Zhang Xuan, Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun, had already disappeared from the banquet. By the time they fled out of the city, they had already led 10,000 troops each to attack Wusun and Gumo cities.
Zhang Xuan knew very well that such restoration and naturalization could not be carried out without cold-blooded methods. He had to kill one person to serve as a warning to others in order to make these small countries in the Western Regions accept their fate. Since necessary deterrence is inevitable, Zhang Xuan will not be merciful.
Zhang Xuan¡¯s order to Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun was to capture Wusun City and Gumo City, kill all the royal families in the two countries, and wipe out all their armed forces. Anyone who resisted would be killed without mercy.
He Lucheng fearfully served the emperor and gave up the palace to the emperor. He took a group of royal family members and moved to another mansion in the city.
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He Lu's son, He Na, the eldest prince of Kucha, stood in the hall with a few brothers with a gloomy face, and asked angrily, "Father, I have founded Kucha for hundreds of years, and I am just going to die like this?" There are 200,000 tribesmen in Qiuci, and 20,000 soldiers and horses can be gathered. How can we let others slaughter us like this!"
"No, we are not convinced!"
"Father, please go against it. Let's fight our way out of the city. The worst case scenario is that we will join the cannibals!"
He Lu was furious and scolded, "You bastards, you know nothing! I have a population of hundreds of thousands in Kucha, but how many of them are Han people? Compared with the hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers, do you want to compare the 20,000 armored soldiers with the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops? ? If I surrender, at least I can save the glory, wealth and lives of hundreds of people from my Qiuci royal family!"
"If you resist, you will definitely die! If you bastards say something rude again and offend His Majesty the Emperor of China, I will not be able to save you!"
"Moye and Pijie dare to resist. I, the Qiuci disciple, am the leader of the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions. Do we have to give up the land and family property passed down from our ancestors?"
He Na also stamped his feet angrily.
"Moxie and Pijie? Do they dare to resist? Well, they just want to move the whole country to Dashi. To get to Dashi, they have to pass through Geluolu. It is hard to say whether the Geluolu people will let them pass."
"Moreover, the emperor has already sent out troops. I'm afraid that Wusun City and Gumo City have been occupied by the emperor's army before Moye and Pijie have returned to the country Moxie and Pijie will definitely die!" He Lu lowered his voice. He said anxiously, "If you bastards don't want to die, just stay in the mansion and follow me to Qinghai in a few days. The emperor has rewarded hundreds of hectares of land and pasture in Qinghai and Bohai. I, Qiuci, The royal family can enjoy wealth and honor in peace.¡±
"Whoever dares to cause trouble, I will be the first to tie him up and deliver him to the emperor for disposal!"
He Lu said viciously and walked away.
He Naye and the other princes stood there with their faces flushed, their mouths trembling with anger.
In their hearts, their father was too cowardly and incompetent. After being frightened by the Chinese emperor, he gave up his ancestral inheritance and became a slave. The title of the county king is hereditary but not replaceable? Prosperity and wealth? When you really become meat on the chopping board, people can't do with you how they want.
He Na alsoHis two brothers exchanged a look and quietly went to He Naye's room.
They are not willing to lose their glory and power. Although the Qiuci Kingdom is small, no matter how small it is, it is its own country. Every plant and tree has the final say. If they lose the title of the country and are deprived of their royal status, they will be reduced to nobles like you, and their lives will be precarious.
They are not willing to give in!
In the shadow around the corner, He Lu stared in the direction of He Naye's room, his face getting darker and darker. He knew He Naya's son too well. He had a strong character and ambition, and he was very likely to cause trouble behind his back.
But in He Lu¡¯s view, no matter how they engage in or make trouble, they will always be dead ends. In the face of absolute strength and hundreds of thousands of troops, any resistance is pale and feeble.
He Lu took a step forward, but suddenly slowly shrank back.
After much hesitation, he decided to pretend to be confused. It would be a good idea to let He Na and a few people make a fuss and test the emperor's movements. The worst result is to give up He Naye's son. Anyway, he has many sons, and many more can be born at any time.