Chapter 122 The Fox (July 2000)
"King Gumo, do you know your guilt?"
The next day, when the Wusun people camped outside Gumo City, the embarrassing King Gumo was pushed into the felt tent and knelt on the ground. After hearing the sound, he raised his head and saw the smiling young envoy in front of him.
He was wearing a escort dress, holding an eight-foot scepter in his hand, and gently played with his fingers of the yak tail dyed in red, with a gloomy smile.
On the right was a tall and majestic Han guard, his hands always placed on the ring-headed knife, and his eyes were staring at him with big cowbells.
On the left is the Sogdian caravan Sabao and Shibodao, who were once imprisoned by his own rank. This man was translating the question of the Han envoy into Gumo's words, pointing to the tip of his nose to question Gumo King.
"King Gumo, the angel, I ask you, can you know your guilt!"
"I……"
The unlucky Gu Mo King felt absurd when he remembered what happened in the past two days.
Wensu is a small country, and he dare not question the Wusun people's request for it. Gumo is not big or small in size. The total number of cities is more than 20,000 people, and the number of soldiers is thousands, so he is not as timid as the neighboring country.
King Gumo felt that he was considerate in receiving the Wusun mission not long ago, so he sent someone to negotiate terms with Wusun Prince Yuan Guimi, hoping to reduce the food provided.
Is he for himself? It is for the nobles and citizens in the city, so he can spend this summer with no need to spend too much blood.
But the Wusun people were unreasonable and suddenly terminated the negotiations. Four thousand cavalry generals surrounded Gumo City and were about to attack.
The noble Gumo in the city was afraid, so when Gumo King summoned them to discuss countermeasures, they all rushed over and tied up Gumo King, and threw them off the city wall with the grain asked by the Wusun people.
In the Western Regions, the king was often brought to take the blame. In the past, Dayuan killed Han envoys and attacked him. The Han army had broken the outer city for the second attack on Wan. The people of Dayuan were afraid, so they killed King Wan and came out to pray for peace. Dayuan was able to protect it, but King Wan's head was hung in the northern palace of Chang'an.
It is exactly the same as what happened in Gumo now, but it is just a normal operation.
After the Gumo King, who thought he would die, was taken to the camp, he realized that he was not Prince Wusun, the right general, but the Han envoy in front of him.
Ren Hong was very friendly and undressed the Gumo King, gave him a seat, and asked him this question kindly.
"I...I know the guilt!"
Seeing that there was a glimmer of hope, King Gumo immediately put down his stubbornness and bowed to the Han envoys, bringing his sins one by one.
"I mistrust the minister and disobeyed Wusun's request and did not provide enough food."
King Gumo glanced at Shi Bodao and said, "I was deceived by a wizard. I thought the Sogdians were the cause of the drought in Gumo this year. I wanted to expel them. I never thought that Sogdians were actually the Han envoy."
After hearing this, Ren Hong smiled and nodded, "These two are just small mistakes. The reason why Gu Mo was attacked was because of another big mistake."
But King Gumo thought for a long time and couldn't think of it. Ren Hong raised his face and knocked his scepter heavily on the ground, scolding:
"The Han Dynasty has returned to the Western Regions for more than a year and has rebuilt farming in Quli for half a year. As a former subordinate of the Han Dynasty, Gumo Kingdom has been slow to break off diplomas with the Huns and sent envoys to Chang'an to pay tribute and ask the emperor to give him a seal. It is simply unfaithful and unfilial. Are you very wrong?"
King Gumo suddenly realized that when the Han army attacked Dayuan, Gumo passed by Gumo, so Gumo also tributed to the Han Dynasty. However, in less than a few years, the Han army evacuated Luntai. Han envoys were rarely seen in the Western Regions. The North was controlled by the Huns, so the matter of inviting dynasties was abandoned.
He immediately saluted Ren Honglianlian: "I will send an envoy to the Han Dynasty immediately and ask the emperor for forgiveness, but it is still time?"
"It's a great deal to know the mistakes."
Ren Hong touched the scepter and smiled, "The gate of Tianhan will always be open to the wanderers in the Western Regions who are lost and know how to return. However, what should the Gumo envoy arrives in Chang'an? "
"Gu Mo has broken off diplomatic relations with the Huns and brought fine felt and other tributes to the court. Would you always be a country of Han?"
"What else?"
King Gumo was stuck again, and Shi Bodao, who was still a translator, couldn't stand it, so he reminded him:
"It was the Han envoy Ren's visitor who knew his feelings and moved him with reason, which made you awaken and return to Han again."
"That's right, thanks to Ren Jewish, Gu Mo will definitely express the great achievements of the Han envoy!" Gu Mo King wiped his sweat and thought he had passed the test. Unexpectedly, Ren Hong had a stern face.
“That’s enough?”
King Gumo was shocked and looked at Shi Bodao with help, but he shook his head. Even the agile Sogdians didn't know what Ren Hong was dissatisfied with.
Ren Hong patiently pointed out to King Gumo: "You have also seen what happened in the past few days. Wusun sent thousands of troops to punish the Han Dynasty for the city and the country that had not paid tribute to the Han Dynasty and had lost its way of subordinates. The day before yesterday was Wen Su, today was Gumo, and a few days later it was Kucha. Who will be unlucky?"
"So, Gumo has to tell his neighbors about this matter. King Gumo, you won't even know which countries Gumo is adjacent to, right?"
Of course, Gu Mo King knew: "In addition to Wen Su and Wei Tou, there are Shule and Shache!"
Shule and Shache are located in Kashgar and Yecheng areas in later Xinjiang. They are both major countries in the western Western Regions and are also the only way to the west of the Palacioles.
Ren Hong smiled and said, "Yes, Gumo should send someone to persuade Shule, Shache, Wensu, and persuade them to send envoys to the court together. If they don't want to, they may be attacked by Wusun at any time. As long as they enter the court obediently and submit to the emperor to the emperor to receive the seal, then they are all the dogs of the Han Han... No, they are the tribute states of the Han Han, and the foreign princes and all the worlds will no longer have to attack each other."
Those countries were also within the range of the Wusun cavalry attack. When Gumo was scared, they looked at the end that Kucha would soon come, and they should immediately return to the arms of the Han Dynasty father.
Ren Hong asked Gu Mo King to get up, and the door of the felt tent was already open.
"Go, King Gumo, go and tell Wen Su, Shule, Shache, that the Han Dynasty will end the attacks on each other in the Western Regions, bring peace, and the days of bullying the weak will never come back."
King Gumo took a step and turned around, a little scared: "Han envoy, the nobles in the city tied me up and threw it out. What if they didn't let me enter the city, or killed me directly?"
Ren Hong smiled and said, "What am I saying? If you could wake up earlier, send someone to the court, and wear the seal of the Han Dynasty, how could the nobles in the city dare to rebel easily?"
He waved his hand and urged King Gumo to set off: "You just need to say that the Han envoy and Wusun only recognize you as King Gumo and have reached a peace agreement with you. I think who dares to touch you again!"
The Gumo King was a little brave and hurriedly left after saying goodbye to Ren Hong. He didn't know, but Ren Hong murmured to himself as he looked at his back.
"If someone really touches you, then you will die. I just need to say those words again with the newly ascended King Gumo, and there is no trouble."
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King Gumo was a little stronger than Ren Hong expected. He was not shot to death by the nobles at the city, but pretended that he had reached a peace agreement with Wusun and Han envoys. If he died, the peace agreement would be invalid!
"The Han envoy only recognizes me, King Gumo! If I die, I will attack the city immediately!"
With this saying, King Gumo was welcomed into the city. Next, he immediately made up all the food he wanted in Wusun and asked the envoy to promise Ren Hong that he would immediately send someone to inform the neighboring country and enter the dynasty together.
The King of Gumo did not forget the betrayal of him, and the nobles of Gumo were also trembling. The battle between the king and the ministers and the bloody storm in the city had just begun.
But Ren Hong was not interested in this kind of stubborn struggle. Wusun got the food he needed and did not want to spend a few days siege the city to waste time. When the horses were full of the water plants by the Oasis River, they prepared to set off.
Han Gandang was amazed: "Ren Jun, I remember that Lai Dan was promoted to the rank of the lieutenant by advising Yutian, Jianmi, Jingjue, and the last four countries entered the court."
"Now, Ren Jun persuaded Gumo, Shule and others to enter the court without any effort. It is much bigger than the small states in the south, and his contribution is greater than Laidan, right?"
Ren Hong corrected him: "Although Lai Dan ruined a big deal and put him in danger, as long as he was still alive and still defending the territory for the Han Dynasty, we will call him "Captain"."
"Weiwei."
Han Dandang agreed casually, and looked at the Wusun cavalry, who was so frightened by the number of people alone, and suddenly realized: "I understand, Ren Jun's plan is called "the fox is fake and the tiger's power!"
I don’t know where Lao Han heard the story of the Warring States Period, but Ren Hong became more and more disgusted with this guy.
"Han Feilong, you are such a vulgar person. What does this strategy have to do with the power of a fox and a tiger?"
Ren Hong smiled and said, "The reason why I, a fox, can stand out in the Western Regions and coax the Gumo King to make me revolve around is not the silk tiger that was broken by Wusun. But because, behind you and me is a earth-de Huanglong from the East, a powerful Tianhan!"
"You have to say that it's just because it's just a fake dragon power!"
The Han Dynasty responded to the view of Huanglong with the virtue of the earth and changed the truth. This metaphor is really fine.
Han Gandang suddenly realized and muttered the relationship between fox, tiger, and yellow dragon:
"The fox is fake and the dragon power is really interesting. When I see the robes again, I will talk to them."
The horn of the Wusun people's departure has echoed throughout the oasis. Ren Hong urged Han Gandang to pack up his armored soldiers: "There are still three or four hundred miles away from Kucha. If we don't take down Kucha City quickly and lift the trap of Luntai Quli, we may be about to start winter when we return to Chang'an."
"I also want to go back and see. Gumo and Bangqi went to Weiyang Palace to congratulate the emperor, and declared the grand occasion of the Han Dynasty's complete recovery of the northern Western Regions!"
Ren Hong got on the horse and hummed the song "The Song of the Horse in the West".
"Receive the power of the spirit and descend to foreign countries, and cross the quicksand and the four barbarians to patrol."
"Not bad, I, the little fox, have begun to contribute to this dream of the heavenly dynasty."
Ren Hong did not expect that the conversation between him and Han Gandang, together with the metaphor of the fox and the yellow dragon, would soon spread to the Han army in the Western Regions.
This brings you the first nickname of your life.
"Desert Fox!"
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Chapter completed!