The distribution of the spoils of war will not be allocated to the tribes separately after returning from the Zhaowu countries and Tocharo, and the leaders have no opinions, anyway, this time to the Zhaowu countries and Tocharo, they don't need to worry about the food and grass problems along the march of the army, they just need to lead the army to follow Zhao Ziliang on a journey, and there is good food and drink along the way, and most of them have not been to the Zhaowu countries and Tocharo, just take this opportunity to follow Zhao Ziliang to meet the world. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

So, on the tenth day of the ninth month, Zhao Ziliang led the Tang army and the Western Turkic tribes with ten surnames, and the army of the Bahanna country to the south from Tuozhi City, and soon passed through the upper reaches of the medicine and water to enter the territory of Cao.

Zhao Ziliang sat on horseback and looked at the trembling king of Cao and the civil and military generals behind him, sneering in his heart, but he never mentioned the surrender of Cao Guo to the Great Food Country, and only said: "Lord Cao, I heard that the Great Food Country sent an army to do evil and kill the people in your Cao State, and this general specially led the troops to rescue your Cao State, and the cost of grain and grass required by the army in Cao State is borne by you Cao State, do you have any objections?" ”

The king of Cao was sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the cost of grain and grass required by the army should be borne by our country, and Xiao Wang will send someone to the general's camp in a few days!" ”

"That's good!"

Zhao Ziliang led the troops to stay in the territory of Cao for four or five days, and the king of Cao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, such a huge army stationed here, always made him sleepless and had no choice, he had to send someone to Zhao Ziliang to send a heavy gift, hoping that Zhao Ziliang would leave with the army quickly.

Cao Guo was at a loss, when the Great Food Army called, they not only did not resist, but also surrendered to the Great Food Army, as a subject of the Tang Empire, of course, this kind of behavior was not tolerated by Zhao Ziliang, he did not kill the king of Cao Guo It was already extraordinarily gracious, so he did not hesitate to accept the heavy gift sent by the king of Cao State.

After the army stayed for another two days, Zhao Ziliang led the army to Kangguo, and King Cao was also taken to Kangguo with him. On 16 September, the army arrived at the capital of Kang, Samad Gandharon (present-day Samarkand).

More than 20,000 Tang troops appeared in Samad Gandhar, so that the Kang Guo government and the opposition were terrified, a few days ago, the remnants of the Great Food Country were defeated and passed by here to the west, these hateful Great Food Eaters went to loot a lot, making Samad Gandhara a mess, the whole city was not robbed of the palace, and now there are more than 20,000 Tang troops, isn't this fatal?

King Kang was worried that Zhao Ziliang led the Tang army to come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, so he was very panicked, and took the civil officials and military generals and the people of the city to meet him thirty miles outside the north city gate, and the people who greeted him lined up from thirty miles away to the city gate, and they all knelt on the side of the road and did not dare to get up.

Zhao Ziliang didn't say anything about this, just let them kneel like this, he rode on horseback and walked in front of the army, unhurried until the gate of the palace, the Tang soldiers quickly took over the city gate garrison, the Tang soldiers from the city gate to the palace gate, every few meters there was a Tang army soldier standing guard, and the Tang army soon sent a small group of men and horses to patrol the streets of the city, but all those who were not neatly dressed, bullied the market, bullied men and women, and did wrongdoing were all arrested and taken to the military camp outside the city, and even the Kangguo army was quickly surrounded by the Tang army and disarmed, All in one place.

The various performances of the Tang army made King Kang and his ministers even more afraid, and they followed Zhao Ziliang carefully all the way, lest they annoy the general who was in charge of their life and death at this time.

King Kang's throne was placed against the wall opposite the main hall, Zhao Ziliang sat up without any scruples, scanned King Kang and other ministers at the bottom of the steps with murderous eyes, and finally looked at King Kang and said: "Lord Kang, this general hopes to see the other lords of the Zhaowu Kingdom here within five days, if they don't appear here within five days, you should know the consequences!" ”

King Kang was sweating profusely, trembling and agreed: "Yes, yes, Xiao Wang immediately sent someone to inform them to come over to meet the general within five days!" ”

At this time, Brehan strode into the main hall with the hilt of his waist knife and reported: "General, Liu Bingyan, the envoy of the Anxi Protectorate in Kangguo, asks to see you!" ”

"Oh? Let him in! ”

"No!"

Soon a middle-aged official wearing a Tang Dynasty official uniform and a long beard walked in, this person was Liu Bingyan, he bowed to Zhao Ziliang with his fists and said: "Liu Bingyan, the envoy of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate in Kangguo, greets the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Lord Liu, this general has been in the city for so long, and he has long wanted to know the specific situation of Kangguo, why are you here now?" ”

Liu Bingyan said: "The general atoned for his crimes, the lower official didn't know that the general would lead the troops to Kangguo, before the lower official was on business in Shi Guo, and he rushed back quickly when he learned the news that the general led the troops south, please forgive the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "How many years have you been in Kangguo?" ”

"Back to the general's words, three years!"

Zhao Ziliang asked: "It's not a short time, during your time in Kangguo, did you hear that Lord Kang, his ministers or the people had any disrespectful words to my Tang Dynasty?" ”

As soon as Zhao Ziliang asked this, King Kang and his ministers trembled with fright, and they all looked at Liu Bingyan, hoping that he would not talk nonsense, otherwise they would suffer.

Liu Bingyan turned his head and glanced at King Kang and his ministers, and said, "General, during the period when the lower officials were in Kangguo, they didn't hear anything disrespectful to King Kang, his ministers, and the people to my Tang Dynasty!" ”

King Kang and the others seemed to be in collapse when they heard this, and several courtiers were still paralyzed on the ground, especially King Kang, who was already delirious with fright.

Zhao Ziliang glanced at King Kang, waved his hand, and asked the palace maid to help her away, and then looked at King Kang: "Lord Kang, General Ben has decided to stay here these days, where do you plan to let General Ben live?" ”

He hurriedly said: "The buildings of our country are the palace, and of course the general lives in the palace!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Then where do you and the queen live?" ”

"The little king also has a courtyard in the city, and the little king and the queen live there these days, and the general can rest assured that he will live in the palace! By the way, general, when Tianbao was three years old, His Majesty the Emperor had canonized Xiao Wang as King of Qinhua, and the general could call Xiao Wang King of Qinhua."

In the opinion of the foundation, this title shows that he is still a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, and Kangguo is still a subject of the Tang Dynasty, presumably Zhao Ziliang should have a better attitude towards him, but in Zhao Ziliang's view, it is not the case, if the identity of the foundation is the king of Qinhua, Zhao Ziliang will give a subordinate salute when he sees him, which is clearly to take advantage, so Zhao Ziliang's face changed, he patted the armrest of the seat and snorted coldly: "King Qinhua? So the lord of the country still thinks that he is a courtier of my Tang Empire, Kang Guo or a vassal of my Tang Empire? ”

He hurriedly said: "Naturally, naturally! ”

"Hmph, then why didn't you resist when the Great Food Country came over, but surrendered the whole country? General Ben asked Liu Bingyan to send you a note, asking you to send troops to attack the Great Food Army, why did you find an excuse to resign and not send troops? Is it really easy for me to be fooled? You keep saying that you worship my Tang Dynasty as the suzerainty and call me a minister, but in fact you are just perfunctory and fooling my Tang Emperor and my Tang Dynasty, but when the Great Food Army comes, you immediately take refuge in the past! Lord Kang, you have to know that the grass on the wall has no good end, do you believe that General Ben will change the dynasty of this Kang country in an instant? ”

"Plop, plop, plop ??????" In the blink of an eye, he and his ministers fell to their knees in fright.

"The general spares his life, the general spares his life, ??????" For a while, there was a wailing sound in the main hall.

Zhao Ziliang made these people cry for a while, and shouted: "Enough! ”

The others were so frightened that they immediately stopped crying, and the hall was suddenly silent again.

Zhao Ziliang said: "Today, I see that you are still quite obedient, and this general will temporarily store your neck and head on your neck!" Let me ask you, if the Great Food Army comes again in the future, will you still surrender the whole country without a single soldier? ”

Seeing this, Zhao Ziliang slapped it, and the table in front of him was suddenly shot apart.

"What? Look at you like this, if the big cannibal comes back next time, will you still surrender the whole country? Hmph, it seems that you are all tired of being crooked, well, this general will fulfill your ??????."

He hurriedly said: "The general is angry, the general is angry, Xiao Wang has something to say, the general's Tang Heavenly Soldiers are thousands of miles away, and if the Great Food Army wants to come, it is close to us, my Kangguo has few small soldiers, and it will be defeated in a few rounds. ”

Zhao Ziliang said coldly: "Fundamentals, do you think I don't know how far the Great Food Army is from here, do you think I don't know where the Great Food Army will go if it wants to come?" They have to walk at least thousands of miles to reach Kangguo, the nearest town to Kangguo is Mulu, the capital of Khorasan Province, most of the way here is desert, and the army has to make a lot of preparations in advance, this general does not believe that you will not get the news in advance, it will take at least two or three months from getting the news to the big food army to Kangguo, is it not enough for my Tang Heavenly Soldiers to come to Kangguo? Am I right because you surrender to them in order to preserve your national strength and cherish the people, because you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you dare not fight against the big cannibals? ”

The others were seen through by Zhao Ziliang, and they all drooped their heads.

Zhao Ziliang sneered: "Don't speak? Is it the idea that General Ben said to be waiting for you? (To be continued.) )