"Then tell me now. You'd better come up with a solution to our predicament. Otherwise, don't blame us brothers for being disloyal. If we hand you over, I believe the Tang Dynasty will forgive us."
General Kang Ying said angrily. Of course, he only said these words because he was angry, but some people around him actually nodded. If we really hand him over, it can allow us to avoid this crisis, then this method can be tried.
"General, I advise you not to do this. If I'm handed over, my life won't matter. It's just a rotten one anyway. But we all believe in the Kunlun God. If you hand me over, Kunlun's divine fate will bring punishment to the entire grassland. Will you be able to unite in the future?"
Xueyantuo Khan was extremely nervous. What he feared most was that these people would hand him over, so he could only involve the gods. Fortunately, feudal superstition was still very strong at this time, so some people around him did not have this idea. What this guy said was not wrong. Their ancestors had some contacts with each other, and they all believed in the God of Kunlun. If they handed him over, they would not be able to explain to their own people.
"Then stop talking about this useless stuff. What do you think we should do?"
The Prime Minister of Loulan signaled everyone to be quiet. We have no time to quarrel now. After Gaochang is pacified, it will take at most one month for the Tang army to be free. If they continue to march westward at that time, we will be forced to fight with the Tang army, and there will be no way to retreat.
Although the others had a lot to say in their minds, they had no choice but to look at the guy in front of them because they had never dealt with the Tang Dynasty army.
"We can send a representative to negotiate with Li Xiang of the Tang Dynasty and ask him to promise not to cross the western border of Gaochang. In that case, we will recognize their rights in Gaochang and withdraw our troops."
Xueyantuo Khan told his method, and it was indeed a method that won the approval of many people, but most people did not think of it.
"Is this even feasible? We've already had a conflict on the border, and now we're negotiating with them, wouldn't that make us look like cowards?"
General Kang Ying of the Western Turks said with some concern that the Turks and the Tang Dynasty had irreconcilable hatred. After being defeated by the Tang Dynasty, these people were unwilling to submit to the Tang Dynasty, so they brought their people to the northwest where the environment was even more harsh.
We thought we had escaped and were already more than 2,000 miles away from our hometown, but we didn't expect the Tang army to come again. If we let them come to kill us again, our strength is much weaker than it was back then, and we are no match for them at all. It is said that the Tang army has developed rapidly in recent years.
"We are now at a dead end. Given the current situation, we only have two options. One is what he mentioned, and the other is to immediately write a letter to our country asking them to increase their military forces and declare war on the Tang Dynasty."
The Prime Minister of Loulan saw it more clearly. Now a decision must be made because every minute is extremely disadvantageous to them. If the Tang Dynasty can sort out the situation in Gaochang, then Li Xiang will be labeled as an invader. Can such a person let the Western Regions coalition go?
According to their investigation of Li Xiang, if you pose any threat to the Tang Dynasty, he will immediately crush you.
The existence of the Western Region coalition forces is not only a threat to the Tang Dynasty, but the patrols of both sides also exchanged fire some time ago. If both sides had not been more restrained, a fight would have broken out long ago.
According to their original idea, if the Western Regions coalition forces could capture Gaochang, their strength would be able to surpass that of the Tang Dynasty. However, who knew that Gaochang was so useless that the Tang Dynasty was reduced to this state in just half a month, so now they are at an absolute disadvantage.
General Kang Ying looked at the people around him, and everyone nodded helplessly. It seemed that everyone agreed to negotiate. However, they had received some news about the negotiations with Li Xiang before. This guy dared to ask for a high price at the negotiation table.
Of course, if you can agree to his demands, then your country will be able to continue. For example, Tuyuhun is still alive and well. Although it has lost a lot of rights, it is much better than those who don’t even have a country. For example, Goguryeo and the Xueyantuo Khan in front of us were killed like dogs.
Finally, it was decided that General Kang Ying of the Western Turkic Khaganate and the Prime Minister of Loulan would go to negotiate. Originally, Xueyantuo Khan had to be brought along, but Xueyantuo Khan was not a fool. If he was seen by the people of the Tang Dynasty, he might be detained at that time.
Based on today's situation, if the Tang army made this request, I'm afraid General Kang Ying would kick him out immediately. They would not regard him as a believer of the Kunlun God. Although feudal superstition has some effect, when it comes to their own substantive interests, everyone can do anything.
Li Xiang was drawing the route to the Western Regions in his tent when he unexpectedly received a letter saying that General Kang Ying of the Western Turkic Khaganate wanted to meet with him.
"What's there to discuss? Our route of advance is almost complete. We're just waiting for the army in Gaochang to reorganize. That way, we won't have to worry about anything and can march westward. Why would we even need to talk to them?"
Niu Jinda said disdainfully that in his opinion they had to fight westwards. We didn't need to destroy all the countries, we only needed to destroy one or two major ones, and the rest would understand what was going on.
"That's not the way to say it. We haven't finished our preparations yet, so we should just talk to them first and see what their bottom line is. If we can reach an agreement, there's no need for us to resort to war."
The situation is different now, and the way of thinking is also different. Before, all Li Xiang thought about was war, but now that others are actively negotiating, it means that they don't want to go to war either. Since you want to end the war first, I have to put forward the conditions.
When Li Xiang set out from Chang'an, he knew that the alliance of the Western Regions was unreliable and would inevitably lead to conflicts. When they did, that was when he had his chance. During the negotiations, regardless of their ideas, Li Xiang would sow discord between the nations...