Chapter 703 This melon is so sweet
Luo Shizhong was a little confused when he saw the letter covered with the seal of the Tulupan Khanate. The first thing he thought of was a conspiracy.
The Turus Khanate has been squeezed and even annexed by its neighbor Yerkand, and has survived until now, relying on a promise, of course, this promise is quoted.
Gu Jia also looked unbelievable. He was originally worried about the rash attack on Hami. Now the Khan of Tulupan not only did not condemn and pursue the investigation, but also came to surrender sincerely. Who would believe this matter?
However, Jie Xinghua was heartless. Seeing the two frowned and silent, he patted the messenger's shoulder to praise the Khan of Tulupan for understanding the current affairs. He didn't care whether people could understand it or not, and even wrote a reply with oral statements.
The general meaning is that the Ming Dynasty welcomes the participation of the Tulupan tribe, but if you want to join the Ming Dynasty, you must be sincere, but it is not just a simple word.
Although Jie Xinghua is a rough person, he also knows that at this time Tihami is just sprinkling salt on someone's wounds. No one else mentioned it, so he naturally won't be able to make trouble.
However, the Ming army had already reached halfway, and Tulupan had to go. If it was true that the letter of surrender was requested, the Ming army would take a walk in the name of patrol and take over the city defense of Tulupan in the name of increased defense.
If it is false to request a submission of a letter, it doesn’t matter. Isn’t it enough to become real?
"The commander once told us that a weak country has no diplomacy and will be beaten if it falls behind. What are the concerns of the two adults? Now our Ming Dynasty is in full swing. This place where Tulu is so powerful, it is reasonable to be bullied by Yarkand, so it is also reasonable to join our Ming Dynasty."
Xie Xinghua sent the Tulupan envoy away, then took off the wine pot from his waist and took a few sips. Recently, he has fallen in love with the unique camel milk wine in Hami City.
This thing is different from what he often drinks in Chahar. After drinking it, he felt as if he was full of energy and wanted to find someone to practice.
"A weak country has no diplomacy, and if you fall behind, you will be beaten... Is it really what the prince said?" Gu Jia murmured.
Although the meaning of the words is simple and clear, it sounds thought-provoking, and Luo Shizhong, who was standing beside him, also fell into deep thought.
Just then, the food and fodder officials came to report that more than 10,000 camels were finally collected and asked whether to start immediately.
The entire Hami City only has five or six thousand camels for marching. In order to raise these camels, it took a lot of effort to feed the food and fodder pipes.
Gu Jia glanced at Luo Shizhong and then at Jie Xinghua. The former showed excitement because he had eaten Hami's sweetness, while the latter blushed and gave him a camel alone to attack the city.
As the commander of these ten thousand soldiers, Gu Jia naturally would not ignore morale. After all, he had served as a senior official of the Ministry of War, and Gu Jia ordered the entire army to go to the desert of the sea.
Three days passed the vast sea and walked to the foot of the Flaming Mountain.
The weather was already particularly hot in mid-May, not to mention that at the foot of the Flame Mountain, Gu Jia and Luo Shizhong kept wiping the sweat on their foreheads, and Jie Xinghua mumbled and cursed to see a ghost.
In mid-May, even when Chahar was not yet hot, he now understood why the Ming Dynasty gave up Tulupan back then. Apart from sand and mosquitoes, there was nothing good about it.
Fortunately, he was urging Gu and Luo and the others came to suffer. I regret it, I regret it! Jie Xinghua unscrewed the wine pot and poured wine into his mouth at the sun, but the wine was just finished.
"Tnn, if anyone gets us a pot of wine now, we are willing to give him all our money." Xie Xinghua shouted at the soldiers behind him.
"Mr. Xie, it is not allowed to carry or drink privately in the army. Even if you take out all your wealth, you don't have it!" Luo Shizhong kindly handed over his kettle.
After spending a few days with Jie Xinghua, Luo Shizhong understood that Jie Xinghua's so-called wealth was just a few taels of silver on his body, and he was still grinding from Lord Gu with a thick face.
But at the same time, he also admired Jie Xinghua's courage and truly achieved that as long as the court needed it, he would leave all his belongings immediately after leaving Chahar.
"We want to drink, your water is so warm that we won't drink it!" There is naturally water on the camel that Xie Xinghua rode, but in such a hot day, the water has long been sunburned into hot.
"untie……"
"Report - Ten miles ahead, I found unknown cavalry, with about 3,000 people!" While he was speaking, the whistle cavalry rushed from the west and saw three people falling from the camel and kneeling down and said.
"Zhang Xuan of the Slow-Mind Divine Machinery Camp is in line, General Luo, the cavalry battalions guarding on both sides will ask you." After being impatient, Gu Jia ordered without hesitation.
After all, it was outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it was still a place of scorching heat. Although there were only three thousand unknown troops, Gu Jia still did not dare to be careless.
"Sir Gu, what about us? Our big knife has been so hungry and thirsty!" Jie Xinghua was very excited when he heard that he was going to start masturbation, but he found that it seemed that he had nothing to do with him, so he immediately became anxious.
"Haha, Xiao Jie should be impatient. This army may not be here to fight." When it was really critical, Gu Jia was still calm.
Sure enough, after a quarter of an hour, the cavalry on the west side finally received the exact information. The troops in front were no one else, but were the Turusan sprinters who were leading their personal guards to welcome him.
Shaoqing came from the Tulupan army, and these soldiers were all wearing bright armor and bright scimitars. The first one was a dark-faced young man in his early twenties.
The man was not wearing armor and was wearing a long red and green satin gown. Because the weather was too hot, his upper body had already taken off to his waist.
"The general of sin came to greet the angels quickly!" When the man walked to more than ten steps away from Luo Shizhong, he got off the camel and bent down with his right hand and bowed down.
"General Ma doesn't have to be too polite. Since you have decided to join our Ming Dynasty, then we are a family. How far is this place located in Tulupan City?" Luo Shizhong got off his mount and bowed his hand and said.
Since Gu Jia and others still had important things to do, they decided not to show up in front of others. Luo Shizhong was flattered and acted as the commander of the Ming Dynasty as a general.
"Report to the Angel, this place is called Huozhou, which is less than a hundred miles away from Tulupan City. Oh, by the way, when the Sin General passed by Huozhou, a truck of fruits and vegetables came from the local area. The Fire Mountain was extremely hot, which could just relieve the thirst of you."
After Ma Su said that, he waved his hand and came from behind a cart. The back of the car was filled with fruits of various sizes, similar to the cantaloupe melons in later generations.
When Jie Xinghua heard that there was a melon to eat, he patted the camel and walked to the back of the wooden car as Luo Shizhong's personal guard. A Turus soldier picked up a big one and handed it to learn about Xinghua as if he was pleased.
Jie Xinghua smashed the melon with a punch, then broke apart and took a bite hard, then grinned at Luo Shizhong:
Chapter completed!