Chapter 1098

Qu Zhisheng couldn't help but feel dejected. The reason why he seized the initiative to surrender was that he wanted to live. However, the words of Mohist school made him irrefutable.

Once he lost the reason to surrender voluntarily, he could only let the Tang army handle it. In fact, whether he surrendered voluntarily or not, the method of breaking the city with Mohist gunpowder would have no effect on the Tang army.

"But whether King Gaochang surrendered before or after, Mo thought that the general could not kill him." Merton suddenly changed his voice.

"Ah!" Qu Zhisheng was stunned when he heard the speech. He didn't expect that the culprit who led to the fall of Gaochang would finally save his life.

"What's the meaning of Mo offering wine? Qu Zhisheng ordered Gaochang to resist until the last minute, causing thousands of casualties in our army, and repeatedly refused to surrender the general. Which is not the way to die?" Xin liaoer retorted loudly. Once Qu Zhisheng didn't die, he would certainly be escorted to Chang'an city. If Qu Zhisheng harbored hatred for them and told them in front of Li Shimin, Then they're bad.

Hou Junji also said coldly, "the general also wants to hear the reason for Mo's sacrifice."

Merton Lang said, "there are twenty-two cities in Gaochang. Now our army only captured Tian City and Gaochang City, and there are the remaining twenty cities. If we kill the king of Gaochang, the remaining twenty cities will fight against the Tang Dynasty, which will only cause unnecessary casualties between the two armies."

"With mohou's firearms in prison, the remaining 20 cities are nothing." Hou Junji laughed.

Merton shook his head and said: "The firearms warden brought a total of 200 chariot gunpowder. After the war between Tiancheng and Gaochang, there are only 50 chariot gunpowder left, which is not enough to break through the remaining 20 cities. Unless the gunpowder is mobilized from Chang'an again on a large scale, it will be a long way, time-consuming and laborious. More western Turks are eyeing, but not with the king of Gaochang The king of Gaochang is here, and the remaining twenty cities must fall at the sight of the wind. Our army can conquer Gaochang without effort, and can preserve our troops and make every effort to deal with the West Turks. "

Qu Zhisheng was overjoyed at the speech and hurriedly said, "yes, yes, Xiao Wang can write a letter of surrender. Other cities must take the initiative to surrender and meet the heavenly Khan army."

"Mo's offering wine is right. As long as there is Qu Zhisheng, king of Gaochang, and the rest of the cities are like looking for things, the last general is willing to lead an army to capture these cities." Xue Wanjun arched his hand.

"The last general is willing to go." Niu JINDA also arched his hands.

Other generals agreed one after another. Merton was right. Qu Zhisheng is really of great use. With this stepping stone, the credit for the broken city is not readily available. Why bother to attack.

And as long as these cities surrender, the wealth in the city is not for them to take. Hou Junji is the Lord general and monopolizes the fat of Gaochang city. Although other cities are rich, they can't hold many. There are twenty cities, enough for them to share.

Hou Junji saw that mojiazi was supported by other generals. He couldn't help but sink his face and wanted to forcibly kill Qu Zhisheng by the order of the Lord general. However, Merton's next sentence stopped him immediately.

"Qu Zhisheng is also the king of Gaochang, and we are just generals. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to kill the king. Only your majesty has the right to decide Qu Zhisheng's life and death." Merton solemnly said.

"Yes, I want Tian Khan to judge me!" Qu Zhisheng shouted as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Hou Junji's face was embarrassed. If it was on the battlefield, it would not be too much for the Tang army to kill the other king on the spot. In the history of the Tang Dynasty, Jieli Khan didn't kill him when he captured East Turk, Fu Yun was killed by his men when he captured Tuyuhun, and Fu Shun's surrender was supported by the imperial court as king.

However, now that Qu Zhisheng has surrendered, if he forcibly kills him again, he will have to take into account Li Shimin's attitude, let alone Qu Zhisheng's many uses.

"Moreover, if we kill King Gaochang, I'm afraid there will be no more surrender in the future when the Tang Dynasty invades all countries." Merton advised again.

Surrendering is also a death, and not surrendering is also a death. I'm afraid that all countries will fight to the death at the place where the Tang army will fight in the future, which is extremely disadvantageous to the Tang army!

The generals nodded one after another. If Hou Junji killed Qu Zhisheng in public, it can be said that he had done everything, and the reputation of Datang in the western countries would be completely rotten.

When Hou Junji saw that something had to be done, he changed his face and said with a smile: "the ink sacrifice is really dignified, even if he would rather lose the power of breaking the city and stick to the Mohist concept of keeping faith, I admire it!"

Merton said positively, "Mo has no selfishness, but is bent on thinking of the Tang Dynasty."

"Well, I'll leave you Qu Zhisheng's life according to Mo's sacrifice." Hou Junji turned his head and looked at Qu Zhisheng's way.

"Thank you mo for offering wine, thank you Shangshu for sparing your life!" Qu Zhisheng escaped from death and thanked him repeatedly.

Merton said, "I hope King Gaochang can make meritorious service. If he can successfully surrender the remaining 20 cities, I think Tian Khan will certainly see the credit of King Gaochang."

Qu Zhisheng immediately brightened his eyes and hurriedly said, "I'll write, and now write the surrender book?"

Qu Zhisheng didn't expect that he had a feud with the Mexican family to destroy the country. Now he has the grace of the Mexican family to save his life.

Hou Junji reached out and waved. The two soldiers immediately waited for Qu Zhisheng to write the surrender document.

Seeing Qu Zhisheng's departure, Merton turned to Hou Junji and said, "the general's plan is really clever. He bluffed Qu Zhisheng in a few words. With Qu Zhisheng's cooperation, our army can seize the whole territory of Gaochang."

Hou Junji was stunned. He didn't expect that the Mo family was so talented that he would give him a step down here. At that moment, he immediately took a donkey down the slope and said, "it's just a small sum. I can't bear to let my Tang soldiers bleed and sacrifice in vain. I played this play without discussing with you."

The generals came over and hugged each other and said, "general, this is also for the soldiers of the whole army. We admire it!"

Soon, Qu Zhisheng had written the surrender document. The generals were overjoyed when they got the document. With Qu Zhisheng's surrender document, everything was simple. Even if there were individual recalcitrants, they just needed to send someone to see the collapsed Gaochang city wall.

The generals happily selected the cities they were going to occupy and couldn't wait to leave. In their view, this was an easy victory!

Merton didn't care about this war achievement. First, there were only a thousand firearm supervisors, and most of the gunpowder had been used. In addition, with the power of blasting the city wall, there was no need to join the fun and follow the generals.

After the generals left, Xin liao'er said anxiously, "general, it's a great disaster to leave Qu Zhisheng. If this person knows that we robbed Gaochang's wealth, he will surely retaliate against us."

It can be imagined that if Qu Zhisheng does not die, he will either become a puppet like voshun of Tuyuhun, or be left in Chang'an city like Jieli Khan. He will be granted a nominal official to appease the people of Gaochang. Once Qu Zhisheng knows what they have done, he will certainly report to Li Shimin to avenge the destruction of the country. "

Hou Jun Ji sneered at it, "you worry more. According to the general, Zha Zhi Sheng is just following the position of our army, and has the final say that he is not concerned about the Treasury of Gao Chang. Moreover, the officials of the Ministry of high Chang are trying to resist our army and have destroyed their books.

Xin liao'er's eyes brightened and said, "general's name! As far as the last general knows, Ju Wentai is old and mediocre and enjoys luxury. He spends a lot of money to buy Mohist luxury jewelry every year, and he bribes Yugu Sheh with a lot of money. He has already emptied the state treasury."

Hou Junji nodded with satisfaction when he saw that Xin liaoer was on the road. In this way, even if Qu Zhisheng suspected the appeal, they were not afraid, and even thought he wanted to avenge himself.

"Report, the general, general Qixin Heli, has reported that ashnahoru has led his troops to escape, and robbed the Khan futu city before leaving." a herald hurried to report.

Hou Junji and Xin liaoer couldn't help sighing. If they hadn't delayed in Gaochang city for a day, ashnahelu would have got the news and fled.

However, ASHNA helulin's departure helped them a lot. The Khan futu city was looted by the West Turks, which could cover up what their Gaochang city did.