In the northwest steppe, in the court of the Western Turkic king, Khan Mohelu exclaimed: "What you said is true? ”

"It's true, this matter is that Lord Suka made an alliance with the Marquis of Lantian in person, and there are many witnesses such as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Chu present, and the Marquis of Lantian said that he wants to spend money to take revenge, as long as we destroy Gaochang and give it to him, he will pay two million." The deputy envoy of the Western Turks, who had hurried back in fifteen days, reported excitedly.

"Someone is coming, and the leaders and generals from all walks of life are quickly dispatched."

The Western Turks are now developing rapidly, from 100,000 troops to 250,000 troops, which is about to catch up with the Eastern Turks in their heyday, which is also thanks to the wool business in cooperation with Datang.

Although the money in the wool business eventually fell into the pockets of the Western Turkic nobles, the common people did drink soup because of the wool, at least in recent years, fewer Western Turks have died due to natural disasters.

It was in the tent of the Khan that Mo Helu summoned the leaders of the Eighteen Roads and the five major generals.

"Great Khan, why should we give the territory we have laid to Datang? Wouldn't it be better for us to occupy it ourselves? Someone spoke out against it.

Mo Helu's face darkened, how could there be such a fool under his hands?

"Before I explain, let me ask you a question.

Do you know how much 2 million is cost? ”

Everyone is puzzled, everyone is a war, and they are not businessmen, why do you ask this?

King Zuoxian of the Western Turks stood up and said: "Great Khan, according to our wool transaction with the Tang Dynasty, a sheep's wool is a penny, and a thousand wen is a consistent money.

Then the consistent money is a thousand sheep, and two million guan is two million and a thousand sheep......

The subordinates are ignorant, and the way of counting is too weak, and they really can't calculate ......"

It was not wrong for King Zuo Xian to calculate like this, but he didn't calculate it in the end, but the people below didn't even laugh at him, because everyone didn't know how to calculate, and they didn't even know how to use sheep to calculate, which was worse than King Zuo Xian.

Mo He nodded and said: "Yes, King Zuo Xian has the ability, if it is said that there are two million guan of money, Ben Khan can't tell, but if you use sheep to calculate, Su Ka has calculated, my country earns 50,000 guan of wool a year, and these two million guan is forty times the income of wool in a year, which is the money we have spent selling wool for forty years." ”

"What ......"

The crowd exclaimed.

"Great Khan, Great Khan, so if we defeat Gaochang, we won't have to raise sheep for forty years?" A burly general said excitedly.

There were laughter in the king's tent, and King Zuo Xian explained: "General Hu Li, what will we eat if we don't raise sheep?" It's okay to not trade wool for forty years, but it can't be counted like that.

Let's put it this way, that is, if we do this business, your tribe will get forty times as much food, enough for you to eat for ten years. ”

In this way, everyone's enthusiasm is even higher, saying that everyone will not count money and wool, and directly saying that the food is affordable, and the food that each tribe gets every year because of the wool trade is limited, which is not enough for the whole tribe to eat, but to ensure that they will not be starved to death.

General Hu Li shouted: "Great Khan, then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and take someone to kill that Gao Chang, he has long seen that he is not pleasing to the eye, and the children in the clan have not eaten enough for many years. ”

Mo He laughed and said, "Aren't I just looking for you to fight?"

Just now, the leader of Tu Sai asked me, why don't you take Gaochang for yourself?

I know that you border Gaochang and want to expand your territory, but Gaochang here is also short of food and products, and people can't eat enough, if we fight, but no one will give us 2 million, and we have to feed the people of Gaochang more country, are we stupid to say this? ”

"Great Khan Heroes!"

A Western Turkic war preparation meeting ended successfully, and there was no need to even mobilize before the war, and the leaders of the Hui clan said that forty times the food and property, who did not rush to the front line? Even the old man over fifty years old wanted to lift his waist knife again and step on the war horse.

Originally, the highest army of the Western Turks could gather 250,000, but who knew that after the real gathering at the border, they realized that there were 300,000 troops at once, and many of them brought their own dry food, and many people wanted to fight for this forty times the income.

Mo He was speechless, looking at the extra veterans and children, he couldn't rush back at this time, so let's stand behind and make a strong noise.

"King Zuoxian, the Central Plains has a saying called 'soldiers who surrender without a fight', we are now 300,000 people, Gaochang will have an army of 100,000 if he dies, you go, tell that Gaochang Ju Wentai, ten days, ten days without surrendering, Ben Khan personally went to Gaochang Wangcheng to kill, anyway, the Tang Dynasty wants territory rather than population."

Gaochang State is a country established by the Han in the Western Regions, that is, the Turpan region of Xinjiang in later generations, which historically existed from the fifth century to the seventh century AD.

In the second year of Zhenguan, Master Xuanzang traveled west to learn scriptures, passed by Gaochang, received great courtesy, and became brothers with Ju Wentai.

Hearing the words of King Zuoxian of the Western Turks, Ju Wentai was shocked, Gao Changguo never dared to offend the Western Turks, and he still had a faint intention of relying on it, why did he come to destroy the country?

"King Zuoxian, I don't know what fault Gao Chang made to offend the Great Turks? As the saying goes, it is better to settle a grievance than to settle it, and if it is not our right, we are willing to apologize to the Great Turks and compensate for the losses. Ju Wentai said humbly, he didn't dare not be humble at this time, the 300,000 army, the destruction of the country was just a wave of his hand.

King Zuo Xian looked at this king who even had his hair shaved and sneered: "I really don't know if you have been chanting Buddha all day long and your eyes have been blurred."

You did not offend our Great Turks, but offended the overlord of the Central Plains, offended the Tang Dynasty, and offended the existence in the Tang Dynasty that you cannot afford to provoke. ”

"This, how can it be ......"

Ju Wentai was puzzled, why was he not Datang's soldiers and horses when he offended Datang? The Western Turks don't see much of the Tang Dynasty, okay, you still help people take revenge?

"Don't think that no one knows what dirty things you have done, your Gaochang location is excellent, blocking the main road from Datang to the Western Regions, and bullying and oppressing past merchants every year, making people miserable, Datang has long been dissatisfied with you.

If it weren't for the fact that it was not easy for the Tang army to travel west, do you think the Tang Emperor would keep you to this day?

But you, a person, are reciting Buddhist scriptures on your lips, but you are insatiable in your heart, this time it's good, you dare to go to the Tang Dynasty to make trouble, and if you provoke someone who shouldn't be provoked, people will come to ask for your life.

Less nonsense, in ten days, if you don't open the city and surrender, the 300,000 troops of the Western Turks will slaughter Gaochang with blood. ”

Ju Wentai was stunned, the Western Turks were so tough, it seemed that it was not a bluff, it was really to avenge others, but he couldn't figure it out, his own Gaochang Kingdom, even the Tang Emperor couldn't, who else in the Tang Dynasty dared to do it to himself? And can you please the Western Turks?

"Who did I offend Gaochang, please show King Zuoxian, if possible, I am willing to personally ask for reparation." Ju Wentai asked respectfully.

"It's late, your Gaochang envoy joined forces with several other countries, and you didn't know whether you were going to provoke the Marquis of Lantian of the Tang Dynasty and set fire to the Zhongnan Academy.

Who is the Marquis of Lantian? That's the uncrowned king of the Tang Dynasty, a person who is on an equal footing with the Tang Emperor, people say, the Western Turks sent troops to destroy your Gaochang, and after the matter is completed, two million yuan will be bought from us, do you think you still have a way to live? ”

With a plop, Ju Wentai sat down on the ground, what happened? Didn't you confess not to let you cause trouble? Two million? How much is that? The treasury of Gaochang is only 100,000 yuan, and this is over, it is completely over.

(End of chapter)