Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2254 Li Ke's taking advantage of the fire

Outside Jinsha City, the Tang army camp.

The news that soldiers from Xiliang broke through Fenggui City and looted a large amount of food and grass from Tuyuhun spread quickly.

When the news came, Li Ke, King of Shu, stood up abruptly.

"What, Xiliang broke through Fenggui City?"

He was a little shocked, but more nervous and uneasy.

It stands to reason that Xiliang defeated Fenggui City and greatly weakened Tuyuhun's strength. It would be much easier for him to capture Jinsha City, or even destroy Tuyuhun.

However, Xiliang's move is tantamount to making a great contribution. In this way, even if he wiped out Tuyuhun, he would be regarded as picking up people's teeth.

The most important thing is that the imperial court did not send support from Xiliang at all. This situation made his situation very embarrassing, and he could not show how capable he was when he captured Tuyuhun.

"Damn, it's really hateful."

Li Ke, king of Shu, walked back and forth. After walking like this for a few times, he suddenly stopped again.

"Okay, everyone go back."

The crowd also felt aggrieved. Originally they thought they could make great contributions, but who would have thought that they could not conquer Jinsha City, and now that Fenggui City has been breached by Xiliang again, I dare say they want some credit. Have become a difficult thing ah?
They were very unwilling.

When everyone retreated, Li Ke called his confidant Han Feng.

"What's your order, my lord?"

"Go to Tuyuhun King City and make a deal with Tuyuhun King Turati..."

Li Ke told Han Feng about the situation. After listening to Han Feng, without the slightest hesitation, he quickly got up and left the barracks, and rushed to Tuyuhun King City.

Tuyuhun King City.

The news that Fenggui City was breached made the people in Wangcheng panic, because if they were not careful, they might be destroyed by Tuyuhun.

As the people of the royal city, they still have a strong sense of belonging to Tuyuhun in their hearts, and they are also proud to be the people of Tuyuhun.

They are ashamed to be subjugated slaves.

So they're worried, they're scared.

In the palace, Turati has been ill since the news came out. Although the illness is not very serious, he is not very well.

Everyone knows that their king has a heart disease. He is probably very worried about the situation in Tuyuhun. A big defeat in Fenggui City will lead to their defeat in the battle in Jinsha City.

And once Jinsha City was breached by the Tang army, they would be doomed for Tuyuhun.

Rebelled against Datang, can Datang spare them?

He was almost out of breath under the pressure.

He is very sad now, very sad.

And at this moment, a palace official hurried over: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is asking to see you."

"The prime minister asks for an audience? Let him in quickly."

In the past two days, Turati has handed over all the affairs of the court to the prime minister. If the prime minister hadn't been busy, the current Tuyuhun would be even more chaotic.

The palace servants were ordered to retreat, and not long after, Prime Minister Duolong rushed in.

Duolong is in his fifties this year, but he is still in good health. He is an old minister of Tuyuhun's former king Tuogu. He can be said to be loyal to Turati, but he has nothing to say about Tuyuhun.

"The prime minister is here, but what's the matter?" Turati was tired, lying on the bed and didn't want to get up.

Duo Long said: "Your Majesty, someone from Li Ke, the King of Shu, asked to see him and said he had something important to discuss with His Majesty the King. That person was very secretive, and only the old minister was found."

"Shu Wang Li Ke's people are asking to see him?" This made Turati feel very novel. Under the current circumstances, Shu Wang Li Ke should fight hard to capture Jinsha City, but why did he send people to Tuyuhun King City?

After thinking for a moment, Turati nodded: "Let him in."

Duolong responded, and soon Han Feng was brought up.

Turati just glanced at Han Feng, and then asked: "The king of Shu, Li Ke, sent you to see the king, why?"

Han Feng smiled and said: "The current situation of Tuyuhun is critical, and the country may perish at any time. His Highness the King of Shu sent me here, hoping to make a deal with you Tuyuhun, and at the same time give you Tuyuhun a chance to survive."

This is hard to hear, if it was before, Turati would definitely be angry, but now, the situation in Tuyuhun is different from the past, so at this time Turati could only suppress his unhappiness, and asked: "Oh, A deal, what deal?"

"His Majesty the King of Shu can keep you Tuyuhun from subjugating the country, but you have to cooperate with His Royal Highness to perform a show, and then surrender to our Tang army. Besides, if His Royal Highness Shu has orders from now on, you can't postpone Tuyuhun either. Of course, you can rest assured that His Royal Highness the King of Shu will only ask you to do it once, and after it is done, you will never treat you badly, how about it?"

With the current situation of Tuyuhun, if Li Ke, the king of Shu, continued to attack the city, and even waited until the gunpowder from the Tang Dynasty arrived, it would be a piece of cake to destroy Tuyuhun.

And at that time, even if Tuyuhun wanted to surrender, Datang might not accept it. After all, to Datang, what is destroying a country?
Over the years, there are not a few countries that they have destroyed. If they destroy a few more, what's the problem?
But now, Li Ke, the king of Shu, gave them a chance to Tuyuhun, a chance not to subjugate the country.

Although Shu Wang Li Ke's attitude was not very good, but in comparison, Shu Wang Li Ke did give them a way to survive.

This way of life is still very important to Turati.

So, after thinking about it for a while, Turati asked, "What kind of play does the King of Shu want us to play with him?"

Hearing this, Han Feng knew that Turati had agreed to their lord's request, he smiled slightly, and repeated some words of Li Ke, King of Shu, to Turati.

"How, what do you think of acting in such a scene?"

Han Feng wanted to know if Turati could accept this scene, Turati hesitated for a moment, but only hesitated, then nodded: "The scene that the prince asked us to perform, for me, Tuyuhun, It's a bit too risky, but if the prince can keep his promise, it's okay for me to play your scene with Tuyuhun."

"So, His Majesty the King agrees?"

Turati nodded: "I agree."

"Okay, then I'll go back and report to the prince. We hope to hear good news soon."

After saying this, Han Feng retreated in a hurry, and just after Han Feng left, Prime Minister Duolong asked quickly: "Your Majesty, do you really want to agree to the request of Li Ke, King of Shu?"

Turati let out a long sigh and said, "Prime Minister, now that we have reached this point, do we have any choice for Tuyuhun? Now, as long as we can keep Tuyuhun from subjugation, it will be fine."

(End of this chapter)