Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 802
In this era, the number of people and the speed of marching are exactly inversely proportional. If Wang Shuang led five thousand cavalry from the Protectorate of the Western Regions to attack Kucha, he would have to maintain his combat effectiveness. He would have to travel a maximum of one hundred miles a day, and it would take at least fifteen days to arrive. It will take at least three months to maintain the supplies.

However, with only twenty light riders and sixty horses, they marched towards Kucha day and night. In just five days, they arrived from Jiaohe City in the east to Yancheng, the capital of Kucha in the west.

Moreover, the Western Regions is really called the boss with big fists. Before the Eastern Han Dynasty was unable to control the Western Regions, Qiuci arrogantly killed Han envoys, intercepted business routes, and attacked and annexed nearby Han vassal states.

As a result, after the Battle of Bosten Lake and the Battle of Jiaohe City, Cao Zhang leveled the two wars between the famous Cheshi Qianguo on Tianshan North Road, and now almost all the [-] farming households in Cheshiqianguo were taken as war slaves to Longshang Mountains. The Han people went to dig mines, and the Cheshihou Kingdom, which was dominated by nomads, was also controlled by the Protectorate of the Western Regions. The Fifteen Kingdoms of Weiwai are also under the command of the big man again. Under this momentum, Qiuci is obviously timid again.

It was only ten days later that I brought a caravan of more than 100 camels, as well as special wines, refined wheat, musical instruments and other goods from Kucha, to plead guilty to Cao Zhang. Yes, the large melons from the Western Regions stocked by King Kucha were brought in hundreds of catties.

However, Qiuci's heart of surrender and tribute is obviously dishonest!
"The envoy of Kucha, Bai Yi, pays his respects to the Chief Protector!"

It was really a fat and fat Lord Bai, who was wearing a linen pointed hat unique to the Sai people, but Wang Hou's influence for this era was also revealed, and the cotton coat he was wearing was produced in Chang'an. Because the printing, dyeing and embroidery techniques are not available in the Western Regions now, he was led to the half-renovated Jiaohe City Daduhu Hall, and while enduring the smell of freshly painted lime powder, he respectfully paid his respects. .

"I heard that most of the guards want to turn hostility into friendship, and I, the King of Kucha, Zeluo was overjoyed, so I sent a special envoy to thank you for the peace agreement!"

"Didn't I ask Zeluo to apologize to Hecheng in person? Why didn't he come?"

Now the leadership style is getting more and more full, with a gloomy face, Cao Zhang asked sinisterly, but he was clearly prepared before coming, this fat master Bayi bowed calmly, pretending to be real With such a bitter face, he answered in Mandarin with a strong translator accent.

"I, Wang Zeluo, was overjoyed to hear that the Imperial Guard was recruiting. I originally planned to visit the Imperial Guard in person, but Wang was old and was preparing to leave. He accidentally contracted a cold and was unable to move forward. A special envoy came to apologize! "

Are you old and feel cold?It's really ups and downs. Cao Zhang is a young man who has not been working for a long time and lacks experience!This Luo is only in his early thirties and has only inherited the throne for a few years. Almost everyone in the Western Regions knows it, but this Bai Yi opened his eyes and talked nonsense in front of his face. He came here to fool his father. Two blue tendons stretched out.

However, he still didn't get angry directly, but continued to ask with a sullen and mature politician.

"My seat's request is to accept my Luntai, business travelers to pass through the border, Qiuci needs protection, don't make things difficult, and hand over the murderer who killed me. Can the King of Qiuci agree to these three conditions?"

"Princess, please forgive me!"

At the mention of this, the diplomatic swindler from Kucha made his old face bitter again, and bowed his head as dull as the real thing.

"My Kucha is growing and growing, and the population is increasing. Luntai has already been cultivated by a large number of Chinese people. If it is returned to the Han, these people will have nowhere to settle!"

"As for business travelers crossing the border, my king will definitely send troops to escort them, but Kucha is barren. In the past, commercial taxes were the backbone of our country. My king really cannot agree to not collect commercial taxes."

"As for paying the murderer who killed the Han envoy! During the season when the former envoy came, my king has already dealt with it severely, beheading the murderer at the head of the city, and the Han envoy can testify!"

Good guy, the three conditions, Kucha did not agree to one of them. In the former Han Dynasty, the round platform of the big Han army has always been a thorn in the eyes of these oasis powers in the western region. Using this as an outpost, the Han army can easily pass through the edge of the Taklamakan Desert. The force radiated Wusun, Kuci, Shache, Khotan, and other countries. Finally, the big man became weak and occupied this outpost. How could Kucha be willing to spit it out so easily?
There is also commercial taxation, which is interference in the internal affairs of other countries, but Wang Hou strongly supports the restart of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and this is the purpose!It is to save the tax collected by caravans passing by layer by layer and reduce costs.

As for punishing the murderer, everyone knows that it was King Qiuci who personally ordered the killing of Han envoy Liu Bi, but he just found a slave to kill him, and his perfunctory attitude should not be too obvious.

Especially after complaining, this master Bayi also threatened, holding his fists together, and he was quite arrogant again.

"The land of Kucha is thousands of miles away, with [-] households, and more than [-] victorious troops. North and Wusun, if the Han can forgive Kucha, and the two families will turn their wars into treasures. Kucha is willing to be the vanguard of the Han, and send troops to Shache in Khotan to pacify the land for the Han. Two rebellious kingdoms!"

This is a show of muscle. I have more than 5 troops in Daguici, and Wusun, a nomadic people from Congling, north of the Tianshan Mountains, as an ally. You have only 5000 troops in the Western Regions. I'm going to ask you if you're afraid!
In addition, Qiuci also had a good plan. After reaching an agreement with Cao Zhang, he used the name of the Han Dynasty to recruit soldiers and horses from small countries in the Western Regions. It is the number one superpower in the Western Regions, and its power can even be compared to the Guishuang people who have crossed Congling.

It’s also because the big man has paid too little attention to the Western Regions these years. Looking at this fat guy with two mouse beards, he doesn’t look like a good guy with a chance to win. Cao Zhang took a deep breath, but he still didn’t lose his temper after all. And he actually smiled extraordinarily brightly.

"The Protectorate of the Western Regions can agree to these conditions, but Qiuci still needs to hand over the murderer who killed the Han envoy to my big man, and I want to lead troops to Luntai, and he, King Zeluo of Kucha, must come and accept it." I can only be sealed by a big man!

When he heard that Cao Zhang was going to lead his troops to Luntai, Bayi, who had been arrogant just now, suddenly became impatient again, clasped his fists in embarrassment and asked with a bow.

"I don't know how many soldiers and horses the general guard will bring, my lord will prepare food and pay to meet him!"

"Five hundred cavalry, five hundred servants!"

There were only a thousand troops in total, and the chubby diplomatic swindler immediately winked, smiled happily, nodded and bowed indifferently, and agreed.

"So it's a deal!"

"very good!"

Seeing this guy bow down and follow the third young master of the Cao family that Wang Hou didn't learn well, that playboy's handsome face couldn't help showing a murderous smile.

(End of this chapter)