Chapter 325: Different Opinions, Confusing

The first year of the Tang Dynasty Zhaowu, the fifth day of the fifth month.

Under the leadership of Lan Yu, the Marquis of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, half of the 100,000 Tang troops stationed in the Anxi Protectorate (Northern Prefecture) were drawn to attack the Wusun Kingdom to seek justice for the Xiaowan Kingdom destroyed by Tibes.

The Wusun Kingdom is located in the southeast of Lake Balkhash and the Ili River Basin. It is considered to be a relatively strong country among the countries in the Western Regions. Whether in terms of territory, population or economic development, it is far superior to its neighboring country Xiaowan.

At the same time, the Wusun Kingdom is also one of the few countries in the Western Regions that can gather tens of thousands of troops, and the country can mobilize as many as 100,000 troops.

The neighboring Xiaowan Kingdom is a small country composed of nomadic peoples in the Western Regions. It has a large area of ​​fertile grassland and is a natural grazing land.

The military strength of the Xiaowan Kingdom ranks last among the countries in the Western Regions, and the number of soldiers capable of fighting in the country is barely over 10,000.

Because of this, King Tibis of Wusun had the confidence and strength to destroy the neighboring country Xiaowan overnight.

The reason why frictions and conflicts frequently broke out between the two countries was that the two sides had long been resentful of the competition for pastures.

Before Chen Huaian pacified the rebellion in the Western Regions, the Uighur Khanate, which had always been the leader of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, played the role of a peacemaker between Wusun and Xiaowan.

After Chen Huaian restarted the Silk Road, it was Lan Yu, the former general and now the Anxi Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, who replaced the then King of Jin and now the Emperor Zhaowu of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Huaian, to maintain the delicate balance between the countries in the Western Regions.

Who knows if King Tibis of Wusun has been so bold recently that he suddenly took a ruthless action against the neighboring country Xiaowan, broke through its capital Gubi City overnight, and slaughtered all the king of Xiaowan, Maimaiti, and the royal family members.

The news that Lan Yu, the Anxi Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, led a large army to conquer Wusun spread like wildfire.

Before the Tang Dynasty's Guanning Iron Cavalry set foot in the territory of Wusun, Lan Yu, who was on the march, received a request for an audience from Subati, the special envoy of Wusun.

On this day, the Tang army was setting up camp near Lake Balkhash. In five days, the army would reach Chigu City, the capital of Wusun.

"Report--"

"General, Subati, the special envoy of the King of Wusun, wants to see you!"

In the central army tent, Anxi Marquis Lan Yu, who was gathering his generals around the marching map to study the combat operations against Wusun, suddenly heard the announcement of the messenger outside the tent.

Hmm?

In the big tent, Lan Yu, who was writing and drawing on the marching map, frowned, threw the brush in his hand onto the map, and sneered:

"Hmph, this Tibis, didn't come earlier or later, but waited until the front of our Tang army was pointing directly at his Wusun Kingdom's capital, Chigu City, and actually sent an envoy to ask for an audience. What does Tibis want to do?"

As soon as this was said, a Tang general in the tent smiled and said, "General, Tibis sent an envoy here at this time, he must be here to admit his mistakes and beg for mercy!"

Hmph!

Lan Yu glared and replied unhappily, "It's too late to admit your mistakes and beg for mercy--"

As he said that, he waved his hand and ordered the messenger outside the big tent, "Bring up the Wusun envoy!"

"I have received your order!"

Soon, Subati, the special envoy of the Wusun King Tibis, entered the central army tent of the Tang army under the guidance of the messenger.

At this moment, in the central army tent, the main generals of the Tang army had already taken their seats according to their ranks.

Anxi Marquis Lan Yu sat on the main seat of the general in the middle of the tent, and on both sides were the two deputy generals Tan Li and Luo Quan, and then there were the Tang generals wearing armor and carrying swords, sitting upright.

As soon as he entered the tent, Wusun's special envoy Subati felt the murderous atmosphere in the tent.

It was an inexplicable pressure, a somewhat breathless atmosphere.

Subati knew that this invisible pressure came from the murderous aura revealed by the generals in the army who had been on the battlefield for a long time and fought countless times in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

This trip was probably dangerous, and it was difficult for him to persuade the Tang Dynasty to withdraw his troops with his eloquence!

At this point, Subati could only bite the bullet and salute Lan Yu on the main seat.

Subati clenched his right fist, placed it flat on his chest, bowed to Lan Yu at a 90-degree angle, and said, "Respected General of the Tang Dynasty, please allow me to pay the highest respects to the Emperor and General of the Tang Dynasty on behalf of King Tibis of Wusun;"

"Welcome General to our hospitable Wusun!"

Although it is not advisable to hit a smiling person, Lan Yu, who was holding back a lot of anger and worried about where to vent, could not care less. He sneered and retorted, "Okay, then this general and the 50,000 Tang soldiers outside the tent would like to thank King Tibis for his kindness!"

"Tomorrow morning, this general will personally lead 50,000 Tang soldiers to visit the hospitable Wusun!"

Uh——

After hearing what Lan Yu said, the smile on Subati's face, the special envoy of Wusun, froze immediately.

After a moment, he smiled again and said, "General, you are really good at joking. The 50,000 Tang soldiers under your command are not here to visit our Wusun country. They are clearly going to confiscate our property!"

Humph!

Lan Yu snorted coldly with a straight face, saying, "Since you all know what I am going to do, why bother to come here and waste your breath? Let your King Thebes prepare for his death;"

"This time, the iron cavalry of my Tang army will not call off the troops until you flatten your Wusun country!"

Hearing this, the smile that Subati had managed to squeeze out froze again. He said helplessly: "General, I think the general must have misunderstood our Wusun Kingdom;"

"The truth about our Wusun Kingdom sending troops to Xiaowan Kingdom this time is not as rumored to the outside world. It is because our Wusun Kingdom wants to seize Xiaowan Kingdom's pasture for grazing when the summer rains are abundant and the grasslands are fertile;"

"In fact, it is because the king of Xiaowan Kingdom, Maimaiti, secretly trained a group of assassins and quietly sneaked into our Wusun Kingdom City with the intention of assassinating our Wusun King;"

"This is why my Wusun King had to lead the troops in person to Xiaowan Kingdom to ask for an explanation..."

In the big tent, in front of Lan Yu and a group of Tang generals, Subati repeated the causes and consequences of Wusun Kingdom's sending troops to Xiaowan Kingdom.

But his version of the story is completely different from the one told by Bas, the envoy of Xiaowan, who escaped from the capital Gubi with the dying wish of King Mamtim of Xiaowan and went to Anxi Protectorate to report the news and seek help.

According to Bas, the envoy of Xiaowan, it was because King Tibis of Wusun coveted the fertile pastures of Xiaowan that he brazenly sent troops to annex Xiaowan and killed King Mamtim and his royal family;

According to Subati, the envoy of Wusun, it was King Mamtim of Xiaowan who secretly trained assassins to sneak into the city of King Tibis of Wusun to assassinate Tibis but failed;

Tibis was forced to lead his troops to Xiaowan to ask for an explanation.

Moreover, the king of Xiaowan, Mamtim, and his royal family did not die tragically at the hands of the soldiers of Wusun. When the king of Wusun, Tibis, led his troops into the palace, the king of Xiaowan, Mamtim, and his royal family had already been killed in the palace hall.

Finally, Subati vowed, "General, our King Tibis has always kept in mind the teachings of the Great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and even put the words of the Great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty on the wall, "May the Silk Road in the Western Regions be as close as a family, and no more wars", and hung them high above the palace hall;"

"That's why, during the last border friction with Xiaowan, our King Tibis tried his best to remain restrained and wrote to the general for help;"

"If, if my Wusun country really wants to annex Xiaowan, How could Wan Kingdom wait until now? "

After a pause, Subati continued: "General, if the Tang Dynasty is going to fight with Wusun Kingdom because of the unfounded slander against Wusun Kingdom by the outside world, it is not only a blasphemy against the original imperial edict of the Tang Emperor, but also a slander against the millions of people of Wusun Kingdom!"

"Subati, you are confusing right and wrong, slandering others, and you are the first to complain--"

Suddenly, a figure jumped out from the corner of the big tent. It was Bass, the special envoy of Xiaowan Kingdom who was accompanying the army.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he pointed at Subati's nose with tears in his eyes, saying: "Now, the king of my Xiaowan Kingdom has passed away, and more than 300 royal family members have died. Of course, you Wusun Kingdom can put all the dirty water and shit on my Xiaowan Kingdom;"

"Anyway, there is no evidence, right?"

Bass was very emotional, and his whole body couldn't help shaking. He continued to roar: "But, you have overlooked one thing. I, Bas, the royal minister of Xiaowan Kingdom, the king's personal walker, was personally in the palace of the capital Gubi. "In the palace, I witnessed the atrocities of you Wusun people;"

"Those demons wearing the armor of your Wusun royal guards and holding the unique scimitars of your Wusun royal guards chopped anyone they saw in the palace hall, even, even the babies in their swaddling clothes were not spared;"

"You, you demons will not die well, and you will go to hell sooner or later!"

Poof--

The emotional Bass, recalling the tragic scene in the palace hall that day, could no longer hold back a mouthful of blood, and fell into the tent with black eyes.

For a while, the huge central army tent became silent.

Lan Yu, sitting in the position of the main general, looked at Bass, the fainted envoy of Xiaowan Kingdom, and then looked at Subati, the envoy of Wusun Kingdom with a solemn face, but he was a little undecided.

The other generals of the Tang Dynasty were the same. Facing the confusing case in which the envoys of the two countries insisted on their own opinions, they didn't know what to do.

Subconsciously, all the Tang army generals turned their eyes to Anxi Marquis Lan Yu, waiting for the general's final decision!