Koji Zhisheng couldn't help but be depressed for a while, the reason why he seized the initiative to surrender was that he wanted to live, but Mo Jiazi's words made him irrefutable.

Once he loses the reason to surrender voluntarily, then he can only be at the disposal of the Tang army, and in fact, whether he surrenders voluntarily or not, there is Mo Jiazi's method of breaking the city with gunpowder, which will not play any role in the Tang army.

"But no matter whether King Gaochang surrenders in front or behind, Mo thinks that the general can't kill him." Merton's voice changed suddenly.

"Ahh Koji Zhisheng couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that the culprit who caused the fall of Gaochang would save his life in the end.

"Ink sacrifice wine, what does this mean? Koji Zhisheng ordered Gaochang to resist until the last moment, causing thousands of casualties to our army, and repeatedly refused the general's surrender, which is not the way to die. Hearing this, Xin Fang'er retorted loudly, once Koji Zhisheng did not die, he would definitely be escorted to Chang'an City, and if Koji Zhisheng had a grudge against them and sued them in front of Li Shimin, then they would be bad.

Hou Junji also said with a cold face: "General Ben also wants to hear the reason for the ink sacrifice wine. ”

Morton said loudly: "There are twenty-two cities in Gaochang, and now our army has only captured Tiandi City and Gaochang City, and there are still twenty remaining cities, if the king of Gaochang is killed, then the remaining twenty cities will definitely fight desperately against the Tang Dynasty, which will only cause unnecessary casualties to the two armies." ”

"With Mohou's firearms in charge, what is the remaining twenty cities?" Hou Junji laughed and said.

Merton shook his head and said: "The firearms supervisor has brought a total of two hundred wagons of gunpowder, after the battle between Tiandi City and Gaochang Kingdom, there are only fifty carriages of gunpowder left, which is not enough to break through the remaining twenty cities, unless the gunpowder is mobilized from Chang'an City on a large scale again, but in this way, the distance is far away, and it is time-consuming and laborious, and there are more Western Turks watching from the side, but with the King of Gaochang, it is not, with the King of Gaochang, the remaining twenty cities will definitely fall from the wind, and our army can conquer Gaochang without much effort, And it can preserve the strength of the army to deal with the Western Turks with all its might. ”

Koji Zhisheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Xiao Wang can write a letter of surrender, and the other cities will definitely take the initiative to surrender and welcome the army of Tian Khan." ”

"The ink sacrifice wine is right, as long as there is Gaochang King Koji Zhisheng, the remaining cities are like exploring the bag, and the last general is willing to lead the army to capture these cities." Xue Wanjun arched his hand.

"The last general is also willing to go." Niu Jinda also bowed.

The other generals echoed one after another, and Morton was right, Koji Zhisheng was indeed of great use, with this stepping stone, wouldn't the credit for breaking the city be at your fingertips, so why bother to attack.

And as long as these cities surrender, the wealth in the city is not at their disposal, Hou Junji is the main general, monopolizing the fat of Gaochang City, and although the other cities are rich in Gaochang City, they can't stand much, full of twenty cities, enough for them to share.

Hou Junji saw that Mo Jiazi had the support of other generals, and his face couldn't help but sink, and he wanted to forcibly kill Ji Zhisheng with the order of the main general, but Mo Dun's next sentence made him stop suddenly.

"Koji Zhisheng is also the king of Gaochang no matter how bad he is, and I am just a general, I am afraid it is not appropriate to kill the king, only His Majesty can have the right to decide the life and death of Koji Zhisheng." Merton said solemnly.

"Yes, I'm going to let the Heavenly Khan judge me!" As if grasping a life-saving straw, Koji Zhisheng shouted loudly.

Hou Junji's face was embarrassed, if it was on the battlefield, it would not be an exaggeration for the Tang army to kill the opposing king on the spot, and in the history of the Tang Dynasty's conquest, when the Eastern Turks were captured, Jieli Khan was not killed, and when Fu Yun captured Tuyuhun, he was killed by his subordinates, and Fu Shun surrendered and was supported by the imperial court as the king.

However, now that Koji Zhisheng has surrendered, if he forcibly kills him again, then he will have to take into account Li Shimin's attitude, not to mention that Koji Zhisheng still has a lot of use.

"And if we kill King Gaochang, I'm afraid that in the future, the Tang Dynasty will conquer all countries, and there will be no surrender." Merton persuaded again.

Surrender is death, not surrender is death, I am afraid that in the future, where the Tang army will fight, all countries will resist desperately, which is extremely unfavorable for the Tang army!

The generals nodded one after another, if Hou Junji killed Koji Zhisheng in public, it can be said that the matter will be done, and the reputation of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions countries will be completely stinky.

Hou Junji saw that it was impossible to do anything, and his face changed at the moment, and he laughed and said: "The ink sacrifice wine is really high, even if you would rather lose the merit of breaking the city, you also adhere to the concept of trustworthiness of the Mo family, this general admires it!" ”

Mo Dun said: "Mo is not selfish, but is dedicated to the sake of Datang. ”

"Okay, according to what the ink sacrifice wine said, I will spare your Koji Zhisheng's life." Hou Junji turned his head to look at Koji Zhisheng and said.

"Thank you for the ink sacrifice wine, thank you Lord Shangshu for sparing your life!" Koji Zhisheng escaped death and couldn't help but thank him repeatedly.

Merton said: "I hope that King Gaochang can make meritorious contributions, and if he can successfully surrender the remaining twenty cities, I think Tian Khan will definitely see the merits of King Gaochang." ”

Koji Zhisheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "I'll write, write a surrender book now?" ”

Koji Zhisheng never thought that he and the Mo family had a grudge to destroy the country, and now he actually had the grace of the Mo family to save his life.

Hou Junji stretched out his hand, and the two soldiers immediately put Koji Zhisheng down and went to write a surrender document.

Seeing Koji Zhisheng leaving, Morton turned around and arched his hand to Hou Junji and said: "The general's plan is really clever, and he bluffed Koji Zhisheng in just a few words, and with Koji Zhisheng's cooperation, our army is just around the corner to capture the entire territory of Gaochang." ”

Hou Junji couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that Mo Jiazi was so good that he would give him the steps here, and immediately borrowed the donkey from the slope and said: "It's just a small plan, this general is forced to be like this, and I can't bear to let my Tang soldiers shed blood and sacrifice again, so I didn't discuss with you and acted in this play." ”

The generals came over and hugged their fists and said: "The general's move is also for the sake of the whole army, I admire it!" ”

Soon, Koji Zhisheng had already written and written the surrender document, and the generals couldn't help but be overjoyed after getting the document, with Koji Zhisheng's surrender document, then everything was simple, even if there were a few recalcitrant people, they only needed to send someone to see the collapsed Gaochang city wall.

The generals happily selected the cities they wanted to capture and couldn't wait to leave, in their opinion, this was a low-hanging fruit of war!

Merton, on the other hand, didn't care about this feat, because the firearms supervisor had only a thousand people, and most of the gunpowder had been used, plus he had the skill of blasting the city wall, so there was no need to join in the excitement anymore, and he also left with the generals.

After the generals left, Xin Fang'er said anxiously: "General, leaving Koji Zhisheng is a big disaster!" If this person knows about our plundering of Gaochang's wealth, he will definitely take revenge on us. ”

It is conceivable that if Koji Zhisheng does not die, he will either become a puppet like Tuyuhun's Fushun, or he will be left in Chang'an City like Jieli Khan, and a nominal official will be appointed to appease the hearts of the people of Gaochang. ”

Hou Junji sneered: "You are too worried about this, as far as General Ben knows, Ko Zhisheng is just facing the pressure of our army just after succeeding to the throne, and he has no heart to pay attention to Gaochang's treasury at all. ”

Xin Fang'er's eyes lit up and said, "The general's name!" As far as the last general knows, Ju Wentai is old and mediocre, and enjoys luxury, but he spends a lot of money every year to buy luxury ornaments of the Mo family, and even bribes a large amount of money to set up a valley, and has already emptied the treasury. ”

Hou Junji couldn't help but nod with satisfaction when he saw Xin Fang'er being so upright, in this way, even if Lu Zhisheng was suspicious of the accusation, they were not afraid, and they could even think that he wanted to take revenge.

"Report, general, General Qixin He Li has come to report, Ashina Helu has led his troops to flee, and before leaving, he even looted the Khan Futu City." A herald hurried to report.

Seeing this, Hou Junji and Xin Fang'er couldn't help but sigh, if they hadn't been delayed in Gaochang City for a day, how could Ashina Helu get the news and escape.

However, Ashina Helu did them a great favor before leaving, and the Khan Futu City was looted by the Western Turks, which was just enough to cover up what they had done in Gaochang City.