Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2127 The Stingy King

The courtiers of Guiwei Kingdom all set their sights on their king.

The king of Guiwei Kingdom was a bit thin and thin. Facing the inquiries of the officials, he smiled lightly and asked, "Is Guiwei Kingdom far from Yumen Pass?"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, not understanding why their king would ask such a question.

"Far, of course far."

The King of Guiwei Kingdom nodded, and said: "For such a long journey, if our Guiwei Kingdom wants to send troops and horses, it will probably cost a lot of food and grass, and it will be much more than some other countries. In this way, our Guiwei Country is at a disadvantage, how can we do such a disadvantageous business?"

When everyone heard this, they finally understood why their king did this. It turned out that he was stingy with money.

However, thinking of some of the previous actions of their Majesty the King, they understood even more.

Their new king is a very stingy person. Not only is he stingy with others, but he is also very stingy with himself. The stingy one can be said to be extremely ruthless.

The food on weekdays is similar to that of ordinary people, and their respective expenses are not luxurious.

If you only know these things, you will definitely feel that their king is a good king who loves the people like a son, and does not spend extravagantly at home, but things are not like this.

Their king is just stingy. There is a lot of money in his treasury, but he just doesn't want to spend it. Even if the country needs some money, he keeps crying poor and refuses to take it out.

It is said that their king sleeps in the treasury every night, sleeping with his gold, silver and jewels in his arms.

Think about it, such a stingy king, if you want him to pay for sending troops to deal with Xiliang, how could he be willing?

It's just that you are stingy about many things as a king, but you are still stingy when dealing with a country like Datang. I'm afraid this is a bit too much, right?

The officials looked at each other, and soon an official stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if we don't help Datang, if the Silk Road is opened, will they, Datang, hate us because of it, and treat us more recently?" Do some suppression?"

It is unlikely that Datang would directly send troops to attack their Guiwei country, but using some means of economic blockade, I am afraid there will be one. At that time, their Guiwei country will be blocked by other countries, and any business exchanges will not be possible. Then their country must not mess up?
This is definitely a very serious problem for them, but the king of Guiwei Kingdom just smiled: "Don't worry, the location of our Guiwei Kingdom is very good. As long as the Silk Road is opened, merchants will They have to pass through our Guiwei country. If they leave our Guiwei country, it will be very troublesome for them to conduct trade. They have to take a long way, but is the long way safe? We still have to leave our Guiwei country, if that happens, we will still trade with those merchants, don’t you think?”

If a country has unique conditions, it can naturally have more confidence. In the eyes of the king of Guwei Kingdom, they have such conditions in Guwei Kingdom, and they also have such confidence to do so.

Although the courtiers felt that their king's actions were a bit too much and a bit risky, but now they have refused, what else can they do, they can only be like this for the time being.
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The soldiers and horses of the countries in the Western Regions set off one after another, rushing towards Yumen Pass.

With so many countries in the Western Regions, they have collected more than 2 soldiers and horses.

Including the [-] soldiers and horses from Xiliang, they have a total of [-] soldiers and horses.

[-] soldiers and horses are not a lot, but it should not be a big problem to capture Yumen Pass.

And just as the [-] soldiers and horses from these countries in the Western Regions were rushing towards Yumen Pass, the news about Che Shi Kingdom had already spread.

"What, the Tang army helped Che Shiguo repel the Turkic soldiers and horses, and now Cheshiguo is safe?"

"Not only did they repel the Turkic soldiers and horses, they almost wiped out all the Turkic soldiers and horses. Of the [-] Turkic soldiers and horses, only a few hundred people escaped in the end."

"Tsk tsk, Xiliang's soldiers and horses are so powerful, it shouldn't be a big problem to capture Yumen Pass."

"No, who is the King of Xiliang? He is a monarch of the Tang Dynasty. He has never lost a war. Now with us soldiers and horses, there is no problem in conquering Yumen Pass."

The news of Che Shiguo's victory made these countries that sent troops here feel reassured, thinking that victory in this battle should be a certainty, and there will be no accidents.

And once the Yumen Pass is conquered, the Silk Road will be opened again. In that case, they will be able to get the benefits promised to them by the King of Xiliang. This is too important to them.

Everyone's fighting spirit is very high.

At the same time, Guiwei Country has also received news.

After hearing the news, the ministers of Guiwei Kingdom hurriedly went to see their king.

"Your Majesty, the Tang army assisted Che Shiguo in repelling the Turkic soldiers and horses. It can even be said that they wiped out their entire army. The Tang army is amazing. Is it not good for us to sin against the Tang army like us?"

"Yes, if we are willing to send troops now, it may still be too late."

"Yeah, no matter how much it is, it's fine for us to contribute a little bit. Some countries have sent two thousand soldiers, how about we also send two thousand soldiers?"

Two thousand soldiers and horses are not much for their Guiwei country, and the consumption of two thousand soldiers and horses is also very little. For a big country like their Guiwei country, it is really nothing.

They thought their king would agree.

What they didn't expect was that after they said this, the king of Guiwei Kingdom frowned slightly, and said, "Send some soldiers, since it has been said that our Guiwei Kingdom will not send troops, then why should we send troops?" Ma, the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are already powerful, and it is normal to repel the Turkic soldiers and horses. We just wait for the opening of the Silk Road and continue to do business with them. There are many countries that have not sent troops and horses. Do you think they are in a hurry?"

The officials were stunned, they didn't think that their king had no intention of sending troops at all, even if there were [-] troops, he was unwilling to do so.

Other countries didn't send troops, that's because Xiliang didn't send envoys, but Xiliang sent envoys to Guiwei, they refused, so what?
The nature of things is different.

But the king of the Guiwei Kingdom seemed to be stingy to the end, he just refused to send troops, so these ministers of the Guiwei Kingdom murmured a lot, but they failed to change the king of the Guiwei Kingdom.

The minister of Guiwei Kingdom has nothing to do.

(End of this chapter)