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Chapter 377 Borrowing but not repaying, it is not difficult to borrow again

After several days of continuous combat, the three thousand cavalry led by Liu Yu completely defeated the Tubo people.

Zanpu, who represented Tubo, signed the surrender letter. Liu Yu should have fulfilled his promise to release the prisoners of war, but because the Tubo people could not raise millions of kilograms of grain for a while, Liu Yu could only continue to seize these people. He used the military rations of the Tubo people to feed the prisoners of the Tubo coalition forces. Liu Yu did not need to raise the food himself, which was equivalent to capturing nearly 20,000 slaves.

Liu Yu was wondering whether it would be better to ask them to build a Great Wall or a Tucheng.

The overall situation has been decided, and the army of the Loulan people finally arrived late. The leader was Brukhan. This little white-faced dressed in military uniform and went on stage to perform, but he seemed very feminine when standing in the army. There were not many soldiers from Loulan, only about four or five thousand people. The first thing he came was to accept the city occupied by the Shunchao army, but difficulties occurred. Liu Yu did not delegate power.

Chetu asked angrily, and the person questioned was not Liu Yu, but Brukhan. Liu Yu looked at it from a distance. Brukhan and Chetu were quarreling fiercely, and in the end, Chetu almost slashed people with a knife. Liu Yu was not afraid of the big deal, and he wanted Chetu to cut Brukhan with a knife. But his wish failed. Although Chetu was angry that the Loulan people were indifferent to the slaughter of their people, she could still maintain rational restraint.

"Thank you." In the end, Chetu and Brukhan parted unhappily, Chetu walked over and said to Liu Yu.

"I won't give you a few nice words and I won't give you the city easily. I said it was two days, and now four days have passed, so time doesn't matter to everyone!"

It seemed that it didn't matter, and he said calmly: "With your army in the Cong Dynasty helping us guard the city, our people will live and work more peacefully. You can continue to occupy it."

It doesn't matter if you cut the slightest. Liu Yu was at a loss. He didn't even talk about principles, which always talked about principles?

There are so many earthen cities that even garrison troops. Who will supply the military rations when occupying them?

"Who, let's discuss it again. How about you take some food and just treat it as a redemption of the city?"

…………

When the war ended, the next strategy was clear in Liu Yu's mind.

To eliminate the Turks, there will be no future troubles. In this way, he can return to Chang'an City to live a leisurely life.

After making up his mind, Liu Yu didn't want to stay for a moment, and escorted nearly 20,000 Tubo coalition prisoners of war and walked towards Loulan City. He didn't want any city ransom, and Loulan's city was thrown there, whoever wants it.

At this time, Brukhan began to grab credit, and Lian Shun Dynasty withdrew its troops, and they did not follow him.

Before the army arrived in Loulan City, Liu Yu learned that there was a lively incident in Loulan City. Because Brukhan led his troops to resist Tubo in the south, the Khtarites who had just occupied Kucha took advantage of the situation. The Khtarites were much stronger in combat power than those of the Western Regions. In just two or three days, Loulan City had already been occupied by one-third. The Loulan people were fighting street battles with one of the few Khtarites in Loulan City.

“It’s really interesting.”

There were about 300 cavalrymen stationed outside Loulan City. At this time, they had evacuated the place of right and wrong, and Timur had already joined Liu Yu's central army. The Khra people deliberately did not have a head-on conflict with the people of Shunchao. They wanted to fight quickly, but they did not expect the people of Shunchao to come back so quickly.

Liu Yu, who received the news, ordered the army to station, and at this time they were nearly a hundred miles away from Loulan City.

Chetuk came to the Central Army tent to look for Liu Yu with concern, and she had just received news from Loulan.

"General Su, can you save us Loulan once?" Chetu's speech was no longer a tough tone, but a pleading tone. This was also the first time she called Liu Yu "General Su", "We Loulan people will be grateful for your kindness."

Liu Yu sighed and said, "Do you Loulan people have to intervene in your own affairs? Don't you still have thousands of troops in the south?"

Thinking of the profit-oriented Brukhan, who would rather see his own people suffering than stand up, felt disappointed with his own people and said, "As long as the general is willing to save Loulan this time, Loulan will be a vassal state of Shunchao in the future. We are willing to pay tribute every year and follow the head of Shunchao."

Liu Yu thought for a while and had to say that the statement of quarrel is very consistent with the interests of Shunchao. But now the situation in Loulan City is chaotic and the city has been broken, so it is not easy to save it.

What's more, Jicha is not the queen after all, and what she says is not accurate.

"Let me think about it!"

Liu Yu had long been unhappy with the Loulan people. Even if he wanted to save him this time, he would not plan to save him immediately. Instead, he would wait until the Loulan people were completely desperate before going. In this way, he would no longer have to bear the cowardly anger of His Majesty the Queen and His Highness Wang Fu, and he had the final say in everything.

Liu Yu marched slowly. He walked fifty miles a day and started camping before dusk. He suddenly felt worried, but unfortunately she was no longer allowed to enter the central army tent to meet Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was waiting for the Loulan people to collapse completely. Fortunately, the Khra people were very prosperous. After one day, the palace in Loulan was conquered and looted. It is said that the queen and Wang Fu fled to the military camp east of the city in a hurry. Loulan City has now lost three-quarters of it.

"It's almost done."

Liu Yu had a plan and said that the destruction of Loulan City was likely to be that night. If he didn't take action, it would be difficult to turn around and be occupied by the Kharats and fight again.

Liu Yu held a brief military meeting, and then sent three groups of troops, about 600 cavalry along the way to rescue Loulan City from the east, south and north directions. This time, in order to completely shock the Khra people, Liu Yu sent someone to use his distinguished weapon: earth cannons.

The central army also drove towards Loulan City overnight. Everyone along the way could see the flames of Loulan City soaring into the sky. The Khabara people were very brave when fighting with the Loulan people, but they completely lost their composure when facing the muskets and earth cannons of Shunchao. Less than an hour after the war started, the remaining Khabara soldiers fled out of the city. Unfortunately, because of their scarcity of cavalry, the Khabara people who escaped from the city could not escape the fate of being killed. The cavalry of Shunchao fought three battles and three victories inside and outside Loulan City. When Liu Yu's central army arrived at Loulan City, Loulan City was already occupied by the Shunchao army.

“What a wonderful day.”

Liu Yu did not rush into the city, but continued to send troops to clean the battlefield in the city. Loulan City became depressed because of this battle. The culprit was not the Khra people, but the local cannons of the Shunchao army. When Liu Yu led his troops into the city the next morning, half of the house collapsed on both sides of the street at the gate of the south city. This is just a microcosm of the ruins of Loulan City.

The refugees in the city sat on both sides of the street, watching the troops of Shunchao enter the city. They have now completely lost the ability to resist. Chetu dismounted from horseback to comfort the people, and the people also thanked them. After all, Chetu brought back the reinforcements from Loulan. At this time, her reputation among the people was even comparable to that of Queen Loulan.

In the severely damaged Loulan Palace, Liu Yu finally met the queen of Loulan Kingdom, Queen Hulin, and of course, Wang Funing Loul of Loulan. Liu Yu stepped into the palace of the Loulan people as an occupier commander. Queen Wang Fu and officials of the Loulan people came out to greet him in person.

Liu Yu walked straight to Queen Hulin, looked at the queen who was nearly forty years old, a bit rich but also graceful and beautiful, and smiled and said, "This must be Her Majesty the Queen of Loulan Kingdom. I'm lucky to know, lucky to know!"

If Liu Yu met with Queen Loulan as a national envoy, Liu Yu would have to salute. At this time, Liu Yu had an ambitious smile on his face, with a slight enthusiasm on his face, and there was no respect.

Behind Queen Lin, there is also the eldest princess of Loulan's crown princess of Loulan. She is already in her twenties, as well as the second princess who Liu Yu had met in Yuezhi and the third princess whom she had met in the palace that day. At this time, there was a baby in the cradle that Ning Luoer was holding, which should be the child that Queen Hulin had just given birth to.

No matter how domineering Liu Yu was, the Loulan people now could only cater to it. Liu Yu was not too rash. At this welcoming banquet, he just sat in the head position, with Queen Hulin and King Ningluor sitting in the main seat. At this time, the Loulan people were most concerned about when the Shunchao army would withdraw from Loulan, while Liu Yu was concerned about the ransom issue.

The city cannot be taken away. Loulan City is 108,000 miles away from the Central Plains. Nowadays, transportation is underdeveloped, so it is relatively difficult for Shunchao to garrison troops. As long as the conditions are negotiated, Liu Yu would not mind returning Loulan City to the Loulan people to manage.

Because the language of both sides was not clear, and the very ignorant Brukhan was not there, the person in charge of the translation became a quasi-Tune. But in fact, the second and third princesses in Loulan Kingdom both understood the Central Plains. Sometimes they translated what Liu Yu said clearly in their mother's ears.

Care about Queen Lin's knowledge that the Shunchao people did not intend to stay in Loulan Kingdom for a long time, so she finally felt relieved. However, she was still worried that the Shunchao envoy who had offended them would take the opportunity to revenge the Loulan people and do things like massacre. In the Western Regions, it was common for the city people to be massacred after a country was destroyed. They were afraid that the Shunchao people would not be patient in managing the Loulan Kingdom, but directly adopted the simplest and most rude way.

Queen Hulin said something, and then the entire Loulan people's hall was silent, and even Qi Tu's face was a little changeable, and he said, "Our Queen, I want to marry our third princess, Princess Xiyi to you!"

Liu Yu was stunned at first, and then looked at the shy girl beside the queen, and immediately felt like she had become a beast. Princess Xiyi had not yet developed well, she was thirteen or fourteen years old, delicate and thin. But he also knew that at the age of thirteen in the Western Regions, he was at the age of getting married.

"I'll discuss this later!"

Liu Yu did not agree or refuse, but he had denied the marriage in his heart. He knew that openly rejecting at this time would definitely be hostile to the Loulan people, and it was also the greatest insult to the Loulan people. After all, this is different from an ordinary marriage. Queen Lin married Princess Xiyi to Liu Yu, which was equivalent to a humiliating "marriage". Princess Xiyi could not maintain a noble status after marrying her, and might not even be as good as a maid.

"It's better to talk about the withdrawal of troops tomorrow." Liu Yu said, "We don't want the city of Loulan people, nor your population. The most important thing is your surrender. By the way... I borrow some food. The more you borrow, the better."
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