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"Who swore to me that there would be absolutely no mistakes? Now that there is a problem, telling me that the Kushan people are too cunning? Do you think that the Western Region Protectorate is just a decoration?"
Bai Qi's cold questioning voice made Setia tremble with fear. He quickly put his head on the ground and replied in a trembling voice: "General Bai, please calm down. Our country of Cheshi is loyal to the great man. The sun and the moon can tell us that there is no such thing as Not the slightest bit disobedient to you!"
Bai Qi did not answer him directly. He looked at the document in his hand and said word by word: "If you complain and ask me, Master Wang, to send troops, that's fine.
We will provide the money, we will transport the food, and we will fight the battle. We don’t need to use any soldiers from your country. We only need to detect the enemy’s movements.
As a result, your special code and even the information were false! Do you want to rebel? "
Bai Qi threw the false information in his hand at Sethia's head and asked sternly.
"I'm guilty, General Bai, calm down, I'm guilty, I'm guilty!"
At this moment, apart from kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to admit his mistake, Setia's mind was really blank.
Back then, when the Western Region countries such as Waci, Wusun, and Yiqu resisted the Han army, this Rentu did not hesitate at all and slaughtered all the resisting forces, including the civilians.
Now, will it be Che Shiguo’s turn?
Of course, Setia is more worried about whether his life will be sacrificed here in advance than whether the Drivers' Congress will be destroyed.
The other five captains of the Zhechong Mansion in the hall all looked at Setia sideways, their faces full of disdain, with no intention of speaking to him.
Bai Qi stood up, walked to Setia and said, "Go back and tell your king to wash his neck and wait. Do you want to anger the Han army and pretend that nothing happened? Hum...get out!"
Setia wanted to say something more, but when he raised his head and met Bai Qi's eyes full of solemnity, he suppressed the words in his stomach, kept buckling his head, and crawled away from the place of right and wrong.
As soon as Setia left, Duan Yan was the first to exhale, took out a small wooden box, and sighed: "This barbarian is finally gone, but he's suffocating me."
He opened the box and found paper-rolled cigarettes inside. He took out one and threw it into his mouth very gracefully. Then he took out the cigarette and lit it, and took a deep breath comfortably.
Seeing this, the other generals also took out their cigarette cases one after another. In an instant, the entire palace was filled with clouds and fog, like a crematorium... ah no, like a fairyland...
This cigarette is the latest product developed by Chang'an Cigarette Factory. With the filter cigarette holder, it is much more convenient than using a pipe.
However, since paper cigarettes are still in their infancy, and the technology is not yet mature enough to be mass-produced, the price is naturally extremely expensive, and only smokers with a monthly income of more than fifty silver dollars can afford them.
As for the few people who work in Tengyunjiawu, which one doesn’t have a huge net worth? I really don’t care about the price of this kind of cigarettes, just be happy.
After a cigarette was burned out, Bai Qi stubbed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the desk, exhaled a wisp of white smoke from his nostrils, and then said: "The documents from the Ministry of War have come, and I believe you all know that your Majesty fully supports our fight. This battle,
But before officially starting the war with Kushan and Dashi, internal hidden dangers must be eliminated. For example, in the Cheshi Kingdom, huh, if the brothers from the Intelligence Department had not sent a secret report in time,
I am afraid that I am ambushed without even knowing it. I have long been interested in attacking Che Shiguo first. What do you think? "
Bai Qi, who is 24 years old this year, has become very sophisticated and has the aura of a coach in his behavior. This is all tempered through one bloody storm after another.
Lu Yu also put out the cigarette in his hand, gently stroked his long beard and said to Bai Qi: "The little country of Cheshi dares to be disrespectful to my big man. It is even more suspected of collaborating with the enemy. It is only reasonable to destroy it."
Duan Yan said: "But there is something unclear about General Bai. Since General Bai intends to destroy the Cheshi Kingdom, why should he tell Setia in advance? Isn't it good to take him by surprise?"
Bai Qi lit another cigarette, took a deep breath, blew out a perfect smoke ring, and said slowly: "To fight, we must defeat them from the front in a dignified manner. The commander of Che Shi Guo Ben is bound to destroy them.
So what if they are prepared? Does Xiaoguo, the charioteer, have the ability to withstand our cavalry? What's more, it doesn't necessarily have to be done by force to make them surrender..."
Before Bai Qi finished speaking, Tian Yan said: "General Bai, it is not your character to convince people with reason. Besides, barbarians fear power rather than virtue. No matter how weak the charioteers are, they will not take the initiative to cancel the country's title and merge with me, right?"
Tian Yan was also a ruthless man. He destroyed the entire Wusun Kingdom in a rage, and even destroyed the Wusun Kingdom in a single fire. Under his ravages of 200,000 people in the city, less than 30,000 people survived. .
The meaning of his words is very obvious. Stop talking nonsense and just do it.
Bai Qi smiled and said: "Fight, of course we have to fight. After all, we are the ones who are responsible this time. The chariot division is collaborating with the enemy to harm our Han army. Immortality is not enough to win over the military's morale.
But everything must be done with a two-pronged approach. We first send troops to attack the tribes around Che Shi, so as to put pressure on the Che Shi royal family and force them to submit. "
Xia Yu sighed: "The general still can't figure it out. What is this Che Shiguo thinking? How dare he go against my big man? Where does he have the confidence?"
Lu Yu snorted softly and stroked his long beard: "I think Che Master probably thinks that he can rely on Guishuang to drive our Western Region Protectorate out of his country, and he just wants to use the enemy's help to create pressure on us."
Bai Qi smiled and said: "In this case, everyone has no objection to killing the car master? Then let's vote and agree to the car destroyer. Raise your hands." He said the first one raised his hand.
Duan Yan hurriedly said: "General Bai, skip these etiquettes. If you want to destroy the little Cheshi Kingdom, then destroy it. Just mention what you need. There are still many things in Longyou Road waiting for the general to go back to take care of. If you want someone to pay you a certain amount."
Bai Qi nodded with satisfaction: "I'm just waiting for your words. There is no war in Longyou Road right now. You can allocate 5,000 men and horses and 100,000 shi of food to be sent to the Duhu Mansion. As for the rest, just send 2,000 men and horses each."
No one had any objections. They were already controlled by Bai Qi, so how could they not support his distribution?
But Lu Yu put forward an additional condition, asking Bai Qi to take Guazhou Zhechong Prefecture with him when he went to Guishuang.
Bai Qi understood that Lu Yu wanted to repay Liu Ce's kindness, so he agreed, not to mention that he had originally intended to mobilize Lu Yu's troops to attack Guishang.
"Report to General Bai that Lieutenant Geng and Dolma Maiti have returned to Zhixin City and are now waiting outside the Governor's Mansion."
"Order him to come in!"
"Here!"
Geng Gong's arrival made Bai Qi energetic. He said to Lu Yu: "This Geng Gong is a rare and blessed general. General Lu, you must make good use of him."
Lu Yu blinked his eyes, cupped his hands and said, "General Bai, don't worry, I am no longer as arrogant as before. After your majesty's teachings, I know how ignorant I was before."
Duan Juan took over and said, "General, I have no objections to Commander Geng. But what's going on with Dolma Maiti? I heard that General Lu plans to give him a promotion path. What's so special about him?" ?”
