Chapter 941: Unification of the Western Regions
Xiao Wan divided his troops to encircle the east and west of Wusun City, and the combined forces of Wusun and Dayue held the east and west gates respectively.
Last night, the Great Moon army opened the West City Gate and announced its submission to Xiaowan.
The generals of Dayue were also quite principled, and after they left the city, they let people close the city gates, and did not introduce Xiaowan's army into Wusun City.
The generals of Xiaowan accepted the surrender of Dayue and collected their weapons, but did not form an alliance with them, but divided a part of their forces to guard these surrendered troops, and the rest continued to besiege Dayue City.
Tang Ning didn't worry that this was Da Yue's plan, with Lao Zheng there, if they faked their surrender, they would only pay a heavier price.
After Da Yue surrendered, Xiao Wan's pressure was immediately reduced by half, and on the other hand, Wusun had to face Xiao Wan's army independently.
Tang Ning looked at Mr. Xu and asked, "What did General Zheng say there?" ”
When it comes to General Zheng, even Mr. Xu has a hint of admiration on his face, before he went to the barracks, Xiao Wan had a draw with Dayue Wusun at most, and after he took over as commander, Xiao Wan has not lost a single battle.
It can be said that the reason why Da Yue surrendered so quickly is largely because the Xiaowan army led by him is invincible and invincible.
He looked at Tang Ning and said, "General Zheng said that within half a month, you can take Wusun." ”
In this kind of thing, Lao Zheng never makes a big fuss, Tang Ning just needs to wait for his good news here.
The news of Dayue's return soon spread throughout Xiaowan City.
This was another big victory for Xiao Wan, and the people all cheered, sang and danced, and the small countries that had surrendered earlier were also secretly glad in their hearts, glad that they had made such a wise decision earlier.
Compared with the excitement of the people of Xiaowan, Wusun went up to the officials and down to the people, and his heart was like pressing a boulder, as if a dark cloud was pressing on the top.
They joined forces with Da Yue, and they were not Xiao Wan's opponents, but now that they have lost Da Yue, their strength is only half of what they used to be, and their opponent has one more powerful helper.
With such a huge disparity in strength, it is only a matter of time before Wusun City is broken.
In the imperial city, the main hall that the ministers usually use for deliberations is very quiet at the moment, and no one from the lord or minister speaks.
All of them had serious faces, and their faces could not hide their sadness.
They are Wusun people, and they have the pride of being a superpower, but no matter how proud they are, they have to admit at this moment that the Wusun country has reached the moment of life and death.
The lord of Wusun sat above, his face pale and bloodless, and his straight spine was bent.
As the lord of the country, Wusun has fallen to the current situation, and he has an unshirkable responsibility.
Now that Xiao Wan's army is eyeing them outside the city, there is not much time left for them.
An old minister stepped forward tremblingly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lord, we must make a decision quickly......"
Another young courtier raised his head with difficulty and said: "Xiao Wan is strong, we are not opponents, they now have Da Yue and the Western Regions allies to help, no matter how stubborn Wusun resists, it will only increase the unnecessary casualties, we, we ......"
There was extreme depression in his voice, and after a long time, he exhaled a breath of turbidity, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's descend!" ”
After saying this, his face suddenly relaxed, and said: "I have inquired, if you return to Xiaowan, you can keep the name of the country, as long as they have military power, they will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries......
"Bastard!" An old man pointed at him, his fingers trembled, his eyes burst out, and he said angrily: "I, the soldiers of the Wusun people, how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death? ”
"Without military power, the power of life and death will be held by others, what is the difference between that and the death of the country......
"How can you say such a foolish thing!"
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The old ministers rebuked him one after another, but the other part of the hall bowed their heads deeply, neither agreeing nor objecting. But in such cases, there is no fierce opposition, but acceptance.
The young official was reprimanded by everyone, his face turned red, and he shouted in a violent rage: "If you want to die, do you want to drag the 200,000 people of my Wusun?" ”
When the crowd was questioned by this, their bodies froze in place, and they stopped speaking for a while.
"That's enough." At this moment, a hoarse voice came from above.
Everyone looked at the lord who stood up slowly, as if he had aged much older in an instant, and muttered, "The lord of the country ......"
The lord of Wusun waved his hand, his eyes scanned around the hall for a long time, a trace of reluctance appeared on his face, and he said word by word: "We, let's descend......"
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The time to take Wusun was more than ten days earlier than Lao Zheng said, because on the third day after Dayue's surrender, Wusun opened the country and announced his submission to Xiaowan.
Tang Ning thought that they would hold on for some more time, after all, Wusun was also a superpower with a population of hundreds of thousands, but they didn't expect them to see the general trend so quickly and make a choice.
Wusun's submission indicates that Xiao Wan has finally achieved the unification of the Western Regions, over the years, many countries have been annexed by the three major powers, and now Dayue and Wusun's submission, Xiao Wan can finally gather the power of the entire Western Regions together, and can mobilize more than 400,000 troops at any time.
Dayue Wusun, as well as the allies of the Western Regions, although they retained the names and regimes of each country, the royal families of each country are no longer in charge of military power, and only a small number of escort forces are left, and the rest of the generals have been disrupted and reorganized and placed under the command of Xiao Wan.
Tang Ning spent a full ten days discussing with Mr. Xu the policy of governing the Western Regions, as well as the future path of the Western Regions.
First of all, it is natural to have an attitude towards the countries of the Western Regions, which can continue the national law before Xiaowan.
There are big and small countries, but the citizens of various countries are not high or low, the people of Wusun and Dayue are not more noble than Huhu and Cheshi, even if they are Xiaowan aborigines, in terms of identity, they are also equal.
Second, it is necessary to open up trade routes in the Western Regions, create favorable conditions for merchants from all countries, and promote the commercial development of the Western Regions.
In order to do this, the horse thieves scattered in the Western Regions must be eliminated or subdued, without a safe environment, which merchant can rest assured that he can shuttle in the desert?
In addition, there were other detailed and cumbersome things, Tang Ning just pointed out the general direction for them, and handed them all over to Mr. Xu for implementation.
And he and Tang Yaoyao and his party, after completing these things, left Xiaowan and embarked on the road back.
At the same time, the news of Xiao Wan's conquest of Dayue Wusun and the unification of the Western Regions also quickly spread to the Chen State, the Chu State, the grassland, and the Qiandi ......
The emergence of a unified country in the Western Regions directly changed the situation on this continent, setting off a shocking storm in any place where the news was heard......