From October to October, there are rarely sunny days on the plateau. In the shrill wind, the snowflakes come and go in droves.

By the Lushui River, Xue Wanche, Yu Chigong, Niu Jinda, and Qiu Shili had wet hair. They took a refreshing bath in the cold and biting river water. Now they were in pairs, facing each other, taking turns cleaning each other's beards.

, they had been washing so relaxedly at the end of the month, and everyone had a thick layer of dirt rubbed off their bodies. In this battle, they had killed Tuyuhun and they no longer dared to provoke the sharpness of the Sui army.

Everyone relaxed and went to the river in batches to clean themselves. Swimming in winter was an essential training item for the Sui army. After years of training, everyone was not afraid of the cold river water mixed with broken ice. Everyone was sorting out

You, prepare to return to the court refreshed and refreshed.

People from the Western Regions do not celebrate the Spring Festival and have no idea of ​​going home to celebrate the festival. This time, they will go to the pilgrimage with several generals to accept the rewards from the Sui Emperor. For them, Luoyang, the capital of the Sui Dynasty, is far more beautiful than back home.

The Western Region is attractive, so even if they can't go home, everyone is interested in "going home for the New Year."

As for the purpose of letting these less than 13,000 Hu soldiers enter the capital, Xue Wanche, Yuchi Gong, Niu Jinda and others did not bother to ask. These surviving soldiers are naturally elite divisions. Judging from Yang Tong's past style, they should be

Let these barbarians open their eyes and see the colorful world of Luoyang. When they are too happy to miss Shu, they will take advantage of the situation to incorporate these powerful people into the Sui nationality. From then on, they will have nothing to do with the countries in the Western Regions. Then, let Su Dingfang

Training the new Silk Road Alliance Army will not only replenish the population of the Sui Dynasty, but the key is to gradually devour the war potential of the countries in the Western Regions. If things go on like this, the wealth of those small countries in the Western Regions will probably be hollowed out by Yang Dong's murderous methods.

"Xue Shuai, when we fought outside Jiyu City, Murong Fuyun clearly had an absolute advantage in strength, but he just watched us pack up the horses and horse corpses, and did not dare to pursue us. He must have been scared out of his mind. If

We captured Jiyu City in one go, and Tuyuhun, who had founded the country for more than 300 years, died."

Qiu Shili, who had shaved Niu Jinda, squatted next to Xue Wanche who was washing his face with water, his eyes shining with excitement.

Since ancient times, wars to destroy a country have been achievements that will go down in history. Qiu Shili naturally needs this fame. At the moment, Tuyuhun only has a few breaths left. If they work harder, they may not fail.

"You think too much?"

Xue Wanche took a towel, wiped the water on his face, sat down on a big rock, and said with a smile: "After the war, when dealing with the East/West Turks issue, I had the same idea as you.

I have done my duty to eradicate evil, but the Holy One does not agree."

"Why does the Holy One not agree?" Qiu Shili looked at Xue Wanche in confusion. This was something that more than 90% of the people of the Sui Dynasty could not understand. The two Turks were all torn apart. The Sui Dynasty was fully capable of annihilating them, but Yang

Dong didn't, which surprised everyone.

"The Holy One believes that the enemy cannot be eliminated by killing them all." Xue Wanche pointed in all directions of Jiyu City and said: "These places in Tuyuhun are all natural grazing places. Even if we completely uproot Tuyuhun,

But it won’t be long before Tubo people, Qiang people, and even people from Liuzhao will come.”

Qiu Shili said: "But so what? Just kill one of them!"

"What you said is similar to what Luo Shixin said in the Zhaowu Palace of Yicheng City."

The population will repopulate. If we destroy Tuyuhun, we will face a brand new hostile force. Tuyuhun has now made us brave. These people may not dare to offend us in their lifetime.

Great Sui border. But if it were replaced by a new force, it would not necessarily be the case. Now our Sui Dynasty focuses on the great cause of unification, and foreigners naturally focus on stability, and any new force on the border is far inferior to the Turks who have lost their courage.

People from the Western Regions, Tuyuhun people, and Goguryeo people are obedient and easy to control. These people are now bowing down to me in the Sui Dynasty and do not dare to invade the borders of the Sui Dynasty. For the time being, they can be used as watchdogs guarding the four fortresses."

"Xue Shuai still sees far." Qiu Shili admired.

Xue Wanche shook his head: "These principles were spoken by the Holy Spirit. Yuchi and Lao Niu were both present at the time."

"If we weren't here, would you accept this praise?" Yuchi Gong joked with a smile.

"Am I, Xue Wanche, so shameless? Even if you are not here, I will not pretend to claim it..." Xue Wanche said in a long tone, "That's weird!"

Everyone laughed.

"Xue Shuai! Murong Fuyun sent an envoy to ask for an audience." A scout captain flew over.

"The fat sheep has arrived!" Yuchi Gong chuckled and reminded emphatically: "Old Xue, the knife must be struck harder."

"Having been with the Holy Master for so many years, we are very good at this. If this old boy Murong Fuyun comes to your door, we can squeeze his oil out of the stone. If this old guy dares not to give, we will also

There is no need to go back to Luoyang, just celebrate the New Year in Jiyu City."

Having said this, Xue Wanche laughed and said loudly: "Let him come here to see me."

"Here!" the captain agreed, turned his horse's head, and galloped away. After a while, he came over with an old man named Tuyuhun.

"Foreign Minister Sani, please see the generals of the Celestial Dynasty."

Sani's pure Luoyang Yayan shocked Xue Wanche, Yuchi Gong, Niu Jinda, and Qiu Shili. They all said this thing was substandard!

"Have you ever stayed in Luoyang?" Xue Wanche asked.

"Exactly!" Sani bowed his hands and said, "The foreign minister admires the culture of the Central Plains very much. He accompanied Prince Shun to Beijing for four years and lived in Luoyang for six years."

Xue Wanche and others suddenly realized, but this did not make everyone feel good. Under the influence of Yang Tong, they were full of evil thoughts towards the foreigners who 'taught the Chinese with their skills to control the Chinese', and said coldly: "I

I won’t have time to keep secretive and rambling with you, so just tell me what you have to say.”

Sani cupped his hands and said: "Return to the general, the foreign ministers are here this time on the orders of the Khan to resolve the dispute between the two countries, to surrender to His Majesty the Emperor Shengwu for peace, and to never violate each other..."

Waving his hand, Xue Wanche impatiently interrupted Sani: "My time is limited, I just want to know, Murong Fuyun wants to ask for peace, where is the sincerity?"

"This..." Xue Wanche's way of speaking without any warm-up made Sani not only uncomfortable, but also blocked the set of rhetoric he had prepared. After a long time, he smiled bitterly and said: "The Great Khan is willing to

Ten times the price will be paid to compensate for the losses of the Silk Road businessmen. In addition, he will become a vassal to the Celestial Empire and pay tribute every year."

Hearing this, Xue Wanche, Yu Chigong, Niu Jinda, and Qiu Shili were all dumbfounded. They never expected that the Holy One would find a random enemy to respond to the countries in the Western Regions. Who would have expected that they would find the real owner by mistake. Then, a wave of waves came.

Anger surged from the bottom of his heart, and Xue Wanche bared his teeth and shouted: "Is it gone now?"

"Uh... no more." Old Sani's face was slightly red. This condition made people feel like bullying a fool, but the generals in the Sui Dynasty over the years were obviously not fools.

"It seems that Murong Fuyun has not recognized the reality!" Xue Wanche shook his head and sighed. There was no emotion or anger in his voice, but even a fool could easily imagine that Xue Wanche was in a bad mood.

Although he thought that Murong Fuyun would cheat with him and avoid the important, he never expected that he would be so insincere when he was already approaching the city.

Compensation ten times the value of the goods?

When the Sui Dynasty was like a beggar, when more than 17,000 lives were like vegetation, when the money and food consumed during this trip was like soil?

Surrender?

It is not rare in the Sui Dynasty.

Pay tribute every year?

Xue Wanche just wanted to laugh. After annihilating Tuyuhun, what more tribute would be needed?

Silence, in the extremely oppressive silence, sweat continued to leak out from Sani's forehead even in the ice and snow. Xue Wanche said nothing, which made him even more uneasy.

"It seems..." After a long time, Xue Wanche glanced at Sani and coldly snorted: "Murong Fuyun hasn't understood Tuyuhun's current situation."

"General, this..." Sani wanted to explain.

"You don't need to say more." Xue Wanche waved his hand, "Since Murong Fuyun thinks that I, the Sui Dynasty, are easy to bully, then I, the Sui Dynasty, will teach him what it means to be smart. We will teach him tomorrow what it means to 'offend Da Sui openly'.

Even if he is far away, he will be punished." When he said the last sentence, a chilling light shot out of Xue Wanche's eyes.

Xue Wanche had long known that Yang Tong was looking for Tuyuhun to take advantage of him, but this was fake after all. Murong Fuyun might not be able to come up with a reason to explain it, but the Sui Dynasty could not find any real evidence, so such a forceful attack would inevitably lead to inferior results.

, not only loses one's identity, but the key point is that it may expose the Sui Dynasty's Western Region plan and arouse the vigilance of various countries, which is detrimental to the development of the Sui Dynasty. But now, the person who was taken advantage of is actually the real criminal, and they recognize it. This is completely

It's all because they are famous. Even if Tuyuhun is destroyed, there is no need to worry about the other countries in the Western Regions making irresponsible remarks. In other words, no matter how hard the Sui Dynasty goes, it will be a very satisfying thing to concoct Tuyuhun.

"General, calm down. The Great Khan is grieved because of the death of King Tianzhu in battle, and he is a little unsure."

Sani broke out in a cold sweat. This was actually the conditions he set out on his own in order to reduce Tuyuhun's losses, based on the arrogance of the Celestial Kingdom. Murong Fuyundu agreed to seek peace at all costs. At this time

At this moment, he felt like shooting a stone in the foot,

Thinking about it carefully, he also felt that he had gone too far. The war was started by Murong Fuyun, and now he was beaten to the capital, but he did not want to make them retreat at any cost! Is this possible? Even if Yang Tong really wanted to end the war,

After he was so unsincere and even offered humiliating peace terms, I was afraid that the war would continue if he didn't want to fight. He took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said, "The foreign minister wants to know the terms of His Majesty the Emperor Shengwu.

So that I can explain it to the Great Khan and ask the general to inform him."

Xue Wanche nodded and said loudly: "The four counties of Xihaidu were the territory of our Central Plains Dynasty as early as the Han Dynasty. During the Sixteen Kingdoms of the East and West, the Central Plains was in constant war. You Tuyuhun people moved into this area and then developed to the surrounding areas.

, and established the Tuyuhun Kingdom, and repeatedly led troops to attack the Hexi region and cut off the Silk Road. It was not until the period of Emperor Wu that the Great Sui Dynasty recovered all their homeland and established four counties. However, you have never given up and have been coveting my land in the Great Sui Dynasty. See me

When war broke out in the Sui Dynasty, Murong Fuyun thought he had an opportunity. Not only did he forcibly seize Xihai and other counties, but he also imitated the Turks and directly sent troops to support Xue Ju, interfering in our internal affairs in the Sui Dynasty, and always threatening the Hexi area. If not for the Sui Dynasty, he

If we take control of the Hexi area in one step, I am afraid that you have already occupied it. This is also the time when our army was at its peak in the Sui Dynasty, and we destroyed the Eastern and Western Turks successively, which made Murong Fuyun afraid of settling the scores after the Autumn period of the Sui Dynasty. The Holy Emperor warned Murong Ke in Yecheng, telling you not to

He thinks he is smart and self-righteous, but... Murong Fuyun, this thief, not only did not appreciate the benevolence and righteousness of our Sui Dynasty, but instead attacked Hexi and intercepted and killed the caravans along the way. Not only did he attack the caravans of the people from the Western Regions, but he even dared to attack the caravans of our Sui Dynasty.

, I, the Sui Dynasty, must avenge this revenge and seek justice for the merchants who unfortunately died."

"The Silk Road is one of the economic lifelines of our Sui Dynasty and other countries in the Western Regions. You Tuyuhun created a precedent for this dynasty. Now all the countries in the world are watching our Sui Dynasty's reaction. If our Sui Dynasty stops here, what will they do?

Think? They will not think that I, the Sui Dynasty, are benevolent and righteous. Instead, they will think that I, the Sui Dynasty, are weak and incompetent. In the future, when they have no money, they will come to rob the caravans on the Silk Road. If we do not destroy the country and punish them severely, others will follow suit in the future!"

When Sani heard this, his face turned pale and he said in a trembling voice: "Does it have to be like this?"

"This is not the first time that Murong Fuyun has plundered caravans on the Silk Road. He also did this before and was killed by His Majesty Emperor Wu once. Unexpectedly, just a few years later, his scars were healed

Forgetting the pain, he once again sent troops to plunder the merchants, kill people and silence them, and cut off the economic lifeline of our Sui Dynasty. This is really too much bullying. Tell me, why do we, the Sui Dynasty, have any reason to forgive his sins? Go back and tell Murong Fuyun that you want to keep Tuyuhun.

, just use his head in exchange." Xue Wanche said calmly, he no longer wanted to look at the old man, he was afraid that he would not be able to restrain the murderous intention in his heart and chop the old man to death with a knife.

Sani thought silently for a while, and suddenly remembered Xue Wanche's shouting in front of the formation. Suddenly, he suddenly had an idea and realized that Xue Wanche had no intention of destroying the country. When he came to this conclusion, his heart felt a little calmer, and he handed over his hand and said: "

General, this is too harsh."

Xue Wanche said calmly: "According to your grassland custom, when the Great Khan dies in battle, he will exchange 250,000 sheep for his body. You can ask Murong Fuyun to give 250,000 sheep to buy his life."

"this……"
To be continued...