Water Margin people

Chapter 1503 Betrayal

Puchanghai.

Sun Li and Du Fu led their soldiers to patrol the thawing Puchang beach.

"This Puchang Sea scenery is really nice!"

Du Fu looked at the sparkling Puchang Sea and spoke. At this time, many water birds had already flown in to look for food.

"Haha, I've always thought that the Western Regions were all yellow sand, but I didn't expect there would be such a nice oasis!"

Sun Li also smiled. He had been in the Western Regions for more than half a year and had seen a lot of ice, snow and yellow sand. This was also the first time he had seen spring.

"Report, General, people from Gaochang are here to negotiate!"

A soldier came on horseback to report.

"Gaochang people? Interesting, it's been so long and only Gaochang people are here! Are they declaring war?"

Sun Li frowned and said that he had been at Yumen Pass for so long and no one from Gaochang came to see him, but now they suddenly came, which obviously had a purpose.

"Let's go and meet him!"

Du Bo said.

The two soon arrived at the military camp on the beach of Puchang, where several Gaochang people were already waiting at the entrance of the camp.

"Meet the General!"

When they saw Sun Li and Du Fu coming, they hurriedly saluted and spoke very standard Chinese.

"You speak Chinese quite well!"

Sun Li looked at the aliens in front of him in surprise. These people had high nose bridges, prominent cheekbones, slightly blue pupils, and curly hair. They were obviously aliens.

But the speech was very standard. Sun Li had met many Western merchants at Yumen Pass. Although these people were proficient in Chinese, they all had some strange accents.

"We are people from Khotan, Kucha, Yuezhi, and Dayuan. We were once vassals of the Western Regions Protectorate."

Several people quickly introduced themselves.

"Hmm? No Uighurs?"

Sun Li looked at those people and asked, there were no Uighurs among them, not from any tribe.

"We came here privately!"

One person spoke.

"Come here privately? Interesting, come in!"

Sun Li nodded and rode into the military camp with Du Fu.

"What is your business in coming to my army without permission?"

Sun Li looked at those people and asked.

"We want to surrender to the general, and to the State of Qi! We are willing to become Qi's vassal and pay tribute to Qi for generations!"

Several people saluted to Sun Li.

"You don't think I will believe you, do you? Aren't you the best at saying one thing to my face and another behind my back? When the Han and Tang dynasties were strong, you surrendered to them and reaped the benefits of the Silk Road trade. Your mouths were full of grease!"

"But when the Han and Tang dynasties were in turmoil and the dynasties were in danger, you all betrayed them and took advantage of their misfortunes. You are worse than pigs and dogs!"

Sun Li said bluntly that these small countries in the Western Regions have always been fence-sitters and you cannot show any good face to these people.

"This... We are all small countries. We really can't influence the overall situation. We can only compromise!"

Everyone hurriedly explained that they were just a small country with tens of thousands of people and could not resist the big trend at all.

"So what? The harder it is, the more loyalty it demonstrates? If you don't have loyalty, then you can't be trusted!"

Sun Li looked at the people in front of him and said.

Several people looked embarrassed and didn't know what to do. The Qi general did not accept their goodwill at all and thought that they were cunning villains who were not trustworthy.

"General, we have the latest military intelligence!"

One of them hesitated for a long time before he gritted his teeth and said that since the other party did not trust them, they could only show their trump cards.

"What information?"

Sun Li then smiled. He knew that these people must have come here prepared, and the initial pressure was also to make the other party afraid to show their cards as soon as possible.

"Yelü Dashi, the Juer Khan of Western Liao, has brought with him Ibrahim, the king of Eastern Karakhanid Khanate, Mahmud, the king of Western Karakhanid Khanate, and Ajisi, the king of Khwarezm. In addition, there are 400,000 troops!"

The man said. "So that's what happened. I thought it was something else! I knew about it a few days ago. Bilege asked them to rest in Gaochang for a day, and Yelu Dashi took his men to Hami."

After listening to this, Sun Li lost interest. Some information that he already knew was of little value.

Those people were surprised. They didn't expect that Qi State knew such top-secret information.

"General, Gaochang Uighur Khan Bilege was unwilling to be an enemy of Qi, but Yelu Dashi insisted on the eastern expedition, so he had no choice but to follow..."

Seeing that the military news could not impress the person in front of them, everyone directly revealed their last trump card.

"Oh? Doesn't Bilege support Yelu Dashi?"

Sun Li asked with a frown, the news surprised him a little.

"Gaochang is also a weak Khanate, and it is helpless in the face of Western Liao. The Khan is willing to cooperate with Qi!"

Someone spoke.

"Cooperate? How to cooperate? Betray Yelu Dashi?"

Sun Li looked at the man and asked.

"If the timing is right, of course!"

Someone said immediately.

“When is the right time?”

Sun Li asked with interest, the timing was vague.

"This...this is not our decision!"

Several people were unable to answer, they could not answer on behalf of Bilego.

"If you can't make the decision, then go back and ask for clarification before coming back. The war is about to begin and you don't have much time!"

Sun Li looked at those people and ordered them to leave.

"General, we have some gifts for Qi!"

When they were about to leave, they suddenly remembered the gifts they brought. Sun Li's dominance almost made them forget to give the gifts.

Several boxes of treasures were carried in, along with ten beautiful exotic women.

"Ok?"

Sun Li looked at these things thoughtfully.

"I've accepted the things, you guys can go now!"

Sun Li nodded with satisfaction.

"Brother Sun Li, do you really want to accept these things?"

Du Fu looked at Sun Li and asked, although the Qi army seemed to be unconventional, in fact, they had strict military discipline. It would be better for generals to stay away from these things when they go out to fight, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

"Hehe, of course I don't dare to accept it! But His Majesty is coming soon! It's a perfect gift for His Majesty!"

Sun Li said with a smile that anyone who accepted bribes from foreigners would be gossiped about and bring about a lot of trouble, but the emperor was the only one in Qi who would not do that. The emperor was the richest man in the world and had all the power, so no one could bribe him.

"Haha, that's a good idea! But I'm afraid the ladies will hate you!"

Du Fu took a look at those beauties full of exotic beauty. If he gave them to the emperor, the harem would definitely bear a grudge against him.

"Hehe, your majesty only has the queen and a few concubines now. The emperors of all dynasties have kept themselves clean. As subjects, we should help your majesty!"

Sun Li said in a mean way that other emperors might have made suggestions if their subjects sent them beautiful censors, but there were too few people in Sun Lei's harem, so there was nothing to say if he sent them beautiful censors.

"Come on, send scouts to follow those aliens and see where they are going!"

Sun Li called the guards and gave orders.

"It seems like these alien coalition forces are not all of one mind!"

Du Fu said that what these people said today has proved everything.

"It's the same for all alien races. They come together because of interests, and they also turn against each other because of interests."

Sun Li spoke up.

(End of this chapter)