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"What's more, the Qin army can repel [-] Huns with [-] forces."

"How much chance do we have now that Qiuci is attacking from both sides?"

"Even if we repel the Qin army, don't we pay tribute to the Huns every year as before?"

King Kucha replied:

"The Xiongnu can't be trusted, so can the Qin army be trusted?"

"It first instigated the military and civilians to rebel and then refused to marry, which is clearly deliberate."

King Kucha said this because he still has not made much determination on reform.

Although the results of the reform sound good, many people are content with the status quo and are afraid of change.

For example, the King of Kucha is enjoying a good life now. He has the title of the largest country in the Western Regions. The nobles are stationed in several cities, but they respect the King of Kucha. Although the Huns want to pay tribute... it is just a loss of property. What's wrong with living like this for the rest of your life?

However, the appearance of Qin Jun disrupted this rhythm and made King Kucha feel a sense of crisis.

Although the blueprint drawn by Shen Bing is good, who knows whether the reform will be successful!

Who knows whether the countries can successfully form an alliance!

Who knows if the coalition forces can defeat the Huns!

As long as there is a problem in one link, King Qiuci may be killed.

King Kucha went on to say:

"As for whether we can defeat Qin Jun..."

"This king thinks what the Huns envoy said is justified."

"Qin Jun intends to form an alliance with us, and we just need to use the opportunity of the alliance to launch a sudden attack..."

"The Qin army is only [-], how can it withstand the attack of the Xiongnu and the Western Regions?"

Princess Wuyou was secretly startled.

What King Qiuci said was that if he formed an alliance with the Qin army on the surface and merged with each other, and then suddenly turned back when he sent troops to the grassland to conquer the Xiongnu... Qin army is really unlucky.

In fact, this is just the idea of ​​Princess Wuyou.

The Xiongnu's ideas are even more vicious... If the Western Regions and the Qin Army form an alliance, it will not be difficult for soldiers from the Western Regions to sneak into Gushi, Loulan and other oases.

At that time, it only needs to poison the water sources in these oases, and the Qin army will face the dilemma that the main force in the front will be surrounded on the grassland, and the bases in the rear will not be able to supply.

These are the strategies set by Mao Dun Shanyu.

Mao Dun Shanyu was not worried that it would not succeed, but only worried that Qiuci would not cooperate.

So they secretly sent a team of envoys disguised as herdsmen from the Western Regions to lobby in Kucha with their belongings, and promised to help Kucha unify the Western Regions once they succeeded in driving the Qin army out of the Western Regions.

King Kucha thought for a while:

Helping the Qin army defeat the Xiongnu, the Qin army stayed in the Western Regions and did not leave.

And to help the Huns defeat the Qin army... The Huns who are accustomed to living on the grassland will eventually go back, and then Kucha will dominate the Western Regions, so why not do it?

Kucha's analysis in this regard makes sense.

Because the desert areas like the Western Regions cannot accommodate people who are not productive like the Huns, they can only come to beg for some property and livestock every year, but they cannot live in the Western Regions for a long time.

But Qin Jun is different.

The Qin army will farm here, not only to farm, but also to build water and use advanced technology to expand the area of ​​cultivated land... This means that the Qin army will stay in the Western Regions for a long time and even live from generation to generation.

When will Kucha be able to come to the fore?

So industrious farming has its own benefits, and it is also a good character, but sometimes it is taboo.

Princess Wuyou was very conflicted at this time.

Her conflict is not about which side to fall to, but whether she should tell the true identity of Shen Bing, King of Kucha.

Princess Wuyou knew that a large part of the reason why her father favored the Xiongnu was because she was rejected by the Qin army.

If Shen Bing's true identity is revealed and the reasons for his refusal are clearly explained, will it be possible to bring back King Kucha's wishes?

however……

What if the will of King Kucha cannot be brought back?

If the King of Kucha knew Shen Bing's true identity, wouldn't it be true that Shen Bing would never be able to get out of Kucha?

Only then did Princess Wuyou realize that Shen Bing's caution was necessary.

Princess Wuyou didn't dare to take this risk, so in the end she didn't tell the truth but just argued.

However, at this time, the King of Qiuci could not listen to it, and strictly ordered Princess Qiuci not to have any more contact with Shen Bing.

However, due to the need for a "false alliance" strategy, King Qiuci didn't do anything to Shen Bing and the others, but kept secret about the Huns' envoy and sent a team of guards to watch over Princess Wuyou.

Although Princess Wuyou was in a hurry to report to Shen Bing, there were always a few guards by her side, and once she returned to the palace, the guards would guard every exit and not give her a chance.

So Princess Wuyou thought of a way: teach a trusted maid two simple Central Plains dialects, and let her warn Shen Bing.

Shen Bing found him immediately, and whispered:

"The envoys of the Huns are already in Kucha, and the King of Kucha seems to intend to form an alliance with the Huns."

Can't help being surprised, said:

"General, this place is not a place to stay for a long time."

"If you don't, the general will follow me out of the city now!"

Shen Bing knew what he meant.

There is a saying that "if you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of no firewood". As long as Shen Bing, the general of the Qin State, can return to Gushi smoothly, then Kucha is not a problem, and it is up to Shen Bing to decide whether to fight or not.

But Shen Bing asked back:

"Do you think I can still leave the city?"

坾 answer:

"Before I waited, I sent six people."

"If they can leave the city, we should have no problem."

Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"That's because those six people were out of town to deliver letters."

"If I am in a hurry to leave the city at this time... I am afraid that King Qiuci will realize what I know."

"At that time, not only will he not be able to leave, but he will also force King Qiuci to kill him."

After thinking about it, she thought it made sense, then nodded and said:

"In this way, we can only sneak out of the city by night."

Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"I'm afraid I've been watched by King Qiuci, and it may not be so easy to escape from the city."

He hurriedly asked:

"How about that?"

Shen Bing felt a little regretful.

If I had known this earlier, I should have dispatched the army when the messenger left the city.

At that time, when the soldiers came to the city, the King of Kucha would not let them go.

However, Shen Bing only thought that with the help of Princess Wuyou, he would be able to leave the city soon. He didn't expect that things would turn so suddenly and suddenly deteriorate to such a point. Now he is in a dilemma.

It quickly darkened.

Just when Shen Bing and Bi were in a dilemma in the wooden building and did not dare to act rashly, another maid came in with a jug of wine.

She put down the jug and said in a low voice:

"Why don't you leave?"

Shen Bing was stunned, it was actually the voice of Princess Wuyou.

It turned out that Princess Wuyou knew that Shen Bing and his party hadn't left yet, so she changed clothes with the maid and came alone in a hurry.

Women in the Western Regions all covered their faces with tulle, but the guards failed to notice.

Chapter 458 Trust

Happy New Year, brothers and sisters, everything goes well and the family is safe and healthy!

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Shen Bing smiled wryly, and replied in a low voice:

"You underestimate your father and king too much."

"If I want to leave at this time, I'm afraid I will startle the snake."

When Shen Bing said this about Princess Wuyou, he understood.

She gritted her teeth and said:

"No, I will take you out as a princess."

"If necessary, the general can also consider taking me as a hostage!"

Shen Bing smiled and said:

"If I, Shen Bing, escaped with the princess as a hostage, what face would I have to propose marriage in the future?"

Princess Wuyou glared at Shen Bing:

"It's such a life-and-death moment, but you still have the heart to joke around!"

In fact, Princess Wuyou said so, but she was quite impressed by Shen Bing's fearlessness in the face of danger.

What Princess Wuyou didn't know was that Shen Bingchang was not afraid of danger, but he had a solution when he saw Princess Wuyou.

Shen Bing took a glass of wine from Princess Wuyou and asked:

"Princess, do you know how many Hun envoys are there and where are they staying?"

Princess Wuyou nodded and said:

"There may be more than a hundred people in Baishan Bieyuan."

Shen Bing casually took the map he made before the case and placed it in front of Princess Wuyou, asking:

"Can the princess point out its location?"

Princess Wuyou glanced at the map, pointed to a place and said:

"It's here."

Then he asked suspiciously:

"Why does the general ask these questions?"

Shen Bing remembered the position, nodded and said:

"Princess, please come back, Shen Bing will take care of the next thing."

Princess Wuyou knew what Shen Bing was going to do in an instant, she looked at Shen Bing in surprise, and said:

"The general is..."

"This matter is absolutely impossible. If you kill the envoy of the Huns, how can the father let you go?"

Shen Bing smiled, raised his glass and took a sip of the mellow wine, then asked:

"If we kill the envoys of the Huns, what choice does Your Majesty have besides letting us go?"

Princess Wuyou was taken aback for a moment, and then understood.

What Shen Bing said is reasonable, if the two countries do not kill the envoy, if the envoy is beheaded, it means that there is no room for discussion, only fighting with each other.

It is true that King Kucha can be said to be the Qin army who killed the envoys of the Huns.