Water Margin people

Chapter 1581 Tocharians

Before noon, Sun Lei and his central army arrived outside the city of Samarkand.

"It looks like the battle is over!"

Sun Lei looked at the corpses all over the ground and spoke.

"Samarkand is an important transportation hub in the Transoxiana region. We have sent people to persuade them to surrender many times before, but these people pretended to obey and secretly disobeyed. They said they were finally conquering the Qi State, but in fact, they were still a country of their own!"

Li Assistant spoke.

"We have to let these guys know how powerful we are, otherwise they won't behave themselves."

Sun Lei said that conquering a piece of land was never easy, he didn't have time to waste, so he used the simplest method of killing.

The city has been cleared. Sun Lei looked at the streets and nodded with satisfaction. Samarkand was the most beautiful city he had seen since leaving the Pamir Mountains.

"Yes, it's a good place! It's just right for stationing troops!"

Sun Lei nodded with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, we have seized a large amount of gold and silver from the Seljuks, hundreds of carts!"

Sun Li reported with a smile.

"Hundreds of cars? I can't believe that a small city can have so much money!"

Sun Lei was a little surprised. Although Samarkand was a beautiful city, it was very small, just a small city with a population of 100,000. How could such a city have so much wealth?

"Count them and give some as rewards to the army later!"

Sun Lei nodded and said that it was impossible for him to take all the money back to the Central Plains. The journey would be difficult, so it would be wise to give some as rewards on the spot and spend it.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Sun Li took the order and went.

"Your Majesty, the population of the city has been counted. The total population is 95,714..."

Lin Chong reported to Sun Lei.

"They were all made slaves, so this road should be repaired. Since they made their choice, they should pay the price!"

Sun Lei said directly that he was not a benevolent king and could only use force to deal with these stupid and barbaric people.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lin Chong nodded and said that the road from Samarkand to the east also needed to be repaired to ensure smooth logistical supply for the army.

There wasn't a lot going on in the city, so Sun Lei made some simple arrangements.

Anbahai and others brought the captured Seljuk nobles including Sanjar to the palace.

“Is this man Sanjar?”

Sun Lei asked, pointing at Sanjar with a sneer on his face.

"Yes, your majesty, this man is the Seljuk Sultan Sanjar."

Ajisi spoke.

"Lock them up. Look at these people. They are very unconvinced. I am too lazy to ask anything!"

Seeing that Sanjar and his men were unconvinced, Sun Lei knew that he would not get any good answers if he asked questions at this time, so he might as well starve them for a while.

"The old rules, they will be like you in the beginning! If you sympathize with them, that's another matter!"

Sun Lei said while looking at the foreign generals.

"I'll understand later!"

The foreign generals looked at Sanjar and his men with ferocious faces. He had suffered a lot of humiliation in the past. Although they deserved it, Sanjar was more unforgivable. How could they miss the opportunity to beat a fallen dog? The humiliation Sanjar suffered would definitely be ten times more than theirs.

Sanjar originally wanted to negotiate with the Emperor of Qi by relying on his status as the Seljuk Sultan, but he did not expect that the emperor was too lazy to even ask a single question.

Sanjar wanted to speak, but Ajisi and the others already knew what Sanjar would do. How could they let Sanjar get his wish? If Sanjar did not suffer greater pain, that would be their greatest pain.

"Want to talk? Wait, when His Majesty calms down, you will have a chance to speak!"

Ajisi looked at Sanjar with a ferocious face and said.

"What are you going to do?"

Sanjar asked with some fear.

"It's nothing. You are already His Majesty's prisoner. We won't torture you or kill you! There is a square in the middle of the city. We will put you in a cage!" Bilego said with a smile. Sanjar burned, killed and looted in the city. He was a heinous criminal. If they were put in a cage, the people in the city would not let them off easily.

"You...can't do this...I am the Sultan, the king of this land!"

Sanjar's face turned pale. He knew best what he had done in the city. If he was locked in a cage, the people in the city would grind them to ashes.

A group of foreign generals immediately covered Sanjar's mouth, preventing him from making any sound.

Sun Lei didn't care about all this. He gave some instructions and prepared to leave.

"Your Majesty, where are you going?"

Wang Jin and others asked.

"The Leper King of Jerusalem agreed to meet me, and the location is south of the Caspian Sea!"

Sun Lei said.

"Your Majesty, is there any danger?"

Yang Zhi and others immediately became alert. The people in the West were all aliens and no one could be trusted. He suspected that this was a trap set by the aliens.

"It's not that dangerous. The Crusaders and the Arabs are enemies of life and death. There is no way to mediate. Even if the Leper King has a conspiracy, it can only be him. The powerful are far away from the Kingdom of Jerusalem. What conspiracy can they have?"

Sun Lei shook his head. He was not worried about the conspiracies. It was impossible for the Leper King to unite with the Arabs.

"Also, don't worry too much. I'm not going alone. I'll bring 20,000 troops with me!"

Sun Lei comforted everyone again. He knew that everyone was worried about his safety.

When they heard that he would bring an army of 20,000, everyone felt relieved. These 20,000 must be the elite in the army. The 20,000 elite soldiers of Qi State are not afraid of any enemy in this world.

"Report, Your Majesty, an envoy from Tocharia wants to see you!"

A soldier came to report.

"Tocharian envoy?"

Sun Lei frowned.

"Your Majesty, these people came at such a good time! They came right after the war ended!"

Sun Li said, the war broke out yesterday and ended at dawn, but the Tocharian envoys arrived before it got dark. There was only one possibility, that is, the Tocharians had been paying attention to the situation here.

"Tell them to come in!"

Sun Lei spoke while sitting on the throne.

Soon several white men with beards, high noses and deep eye sockets were brought in.

As soon as they saw Sun Lei and his companions, they immediately knelt down and bowed, still following the etiquette of the Central Plains.

"Greetings to His Majesty the King of Tang!"

Several Tocharians spoke up.

"King of Tang? The Tang Dynasty has long been destroyed, and now it is the Qi Kingdom!"

Sun Lei looked at the Tocharians and said coldly.

"Drag him away and give him fifty beatings with the military sticks!"

Sun Lei waved his hand and gave the order.

The soldiers immediately stepped forward and dragged several people away.

"Your Majesty, although these Westerners are barbarians, they are not stupid. They know that the Tang Dynasty has fallen and the world is now ruled by the Qi Dynasty. They call your Majesty the King of Tang. This is to test whether your Majesty will manage the West like the Tang Dynasty."

Li Assistant spoke.

"So they deserve to be beaten!"

Sun Lei said in a cold voice that these people in the West are just cheapskates who only care about food and not beatings. If they are not taught a lesson, they will think that Oriental people are easy to talk to and can play some tricks on them.

Li Kui was most excited about beating with a military stick. He took the stick and was about to beat the opponent himself, but fortunately he was stopped by Bao Xu.

"Your Majesty only wants to punish them, not to kill them. If you beat them with fifty military sticks, they will be turned into meat paste!"

Bao Xu stopped Li Kui and said.