The two commanding soldiers jumped off their horses and immediately ran to report to General Li: "The general manager divided his troops into two groups, one to cut off the road to the West Turks, and the other to go back to King City of Kucha, and we can arrive early tomorrow morning..."
Keke forwarded it to Man Bao.
Man Bao heaved a sigh of relief, and ran to find Bai Shan.
Bai Shan was standing at the window looking at the street below, when he heard the movement, he turned his head to look at her, he smiled slightly and asked, "Any news?"
Man Bao nodded fiercely, squinting his eyes at him.
Bai Shan knew it, and he also smiled, without asking for specific information, he stretched out his hand to her.
Man Bao put his hand on his, and they looked side by side at the street below the station.
Although it has only been through the war, the street has become lively again, and there are many small stalls selling all kinds of food under the post station.
It's a pity that they can't go out, otherwise it would be good to taste it.
There may be another war here tomorrow.
Early the next morning, officials from Kucha brought several medicinal material merchants to see Zhou Man. They brought some medicinal materials, some listed on the Manbao list, and other medicinal materials.
As soon as he came in, the official glanced at the servant serving in the station calmly. After seeing him shake his head slightly, he knew that Bai Shan and the others were honest last night and did not do anything unnecessary.
The official smiled and introduced the medicinal material dealers he brought to Zhou Man, and then stood aside to watch them identify the medicinal materials and bargain.
What Manbao wants are good medicines for nourishing blood and qi. Basically, she wants all the medicines brought by the medicine dealers, and also pays back the price. As for other medicines, Manbao thinks about the situation of medicines in the camp , I picked some and bought some, and at the same time proposed to look at some other medicinal materials.
With just such a choice and a counter-offer, the group stayed until noon.
Ke Ke said: "The army set up an ambush at another city gate, and little general Meng brought the soldiers and horses in your tent to the gate of this side."
This is about to attack, Man Bao lowered his eyes, picked out two herbs from a pile of herbs, put them on the table, one west and one north, and asked Bai Shan with a smile, "This is Baiji and Agrimony for hemostasis." , I remember that we have Agrimony in our army, but there are not many of them, do you think I should buy more Agrimony, or some Baiji?"
Bai Shan looked down at the positions of the two herbs on the table, paused and said, "Agrimony is good, but since we have them in the army, let's buy some Baiji."
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Man Bao nodded, turned his head and negotiated with the medicinal materials that could provide Bai Ji: "Bring us a load."
Bai Shan took out the money bag, poured out an ingot of gold from it, and asked the merchants to split the bill and give him the rest.
When the merchants saw this ingot of gold, they wanted to recommend some other medicines. They spent more than half of it, so they might as well spend all the gold.
But Bai Shan said with a smile to the officials: "Now your medicinal materials are too expensive. When the general enters the city, please ask the king to let the soldiers in the army buy some cheap medicinal materials. In the last battle, many soldiers in our army were injured. .”
They took back the royal city in the last battle at the city gate. This was a proud battle for Kucha, so the officials were very proud. They smiled and said, "When General Guo comes in, the king will give you preferential treatment."
Bai Shan glanced at Man Bao and smiled, "Since that's the case, even if it's for the sake of the lieutenant soldiers, we should go back and finish this matter quickly."
Bai Shan took the opportunity to bid farewell to the officials, and proposed to leave through the west gate.
He explained: "You also know that many soldiers in the army are the source of soldiers from the Central Plains, and they all want to go back to their hometowns, so General Guo just discussed this move with several generals in the army. Chaos, when you send troops over to take over formally, this matter should not be publicized."
"The day we came, General Guo changed the people on the checkpoint and found other excuses to leave the camp. At this time, it is difficult to leave the camp through the north gate, otherwise the soldiers guarding the checkpoint will not be able to explain it."
The official frowned slightly, "But I'm going to follow you back to the camp to meet General Guo. Are you going to be sneaky?"
Bai Shan hurriedly said: "That's not the case, as long as the envoys change into Han Chinese clothes, then you will follow us directly into the camp to meet General Guo, as long as we have discussed the matter of accepting the surrender, we will find an opportunity to gather the soldiers' weapons, Bring them back to surrender. At that time, the king's army can take over directly, and even some soldiers who don't obey orders can be taken down quickly." The other party saw that Bai Shan was thoughtful and reasonable, so he thought for a while and then nodded, " But it’s a bit far to go out of the city from the west city gate and then walk back to the north city.”
Bai Shan smiled and said: "Although it is far away, we are going out of the city now, speeding up the road, and we can arrive before sunset, and at that time the army is eating, and it is getting dark again, so fewer people will notice us. "
The official couldn't help but smiled and said, "Master Bai is really thoughtful, he even thought of this."
It is suspected that they planned the route and reason early on.
Bai Shan smiled at him embarrassedly, "It's a secret, it's always better to be careful."
The officials had no opinion, but the matter was still reported to the king.
The soldiers quickly went to report back, and King Kucha agreed.
When Bai Shan and his group drove a car to the west gate, General Bali rode on his horse and looked at them from afar. He sneered, turned his head and said to his confidants: "King Qiuci is not bloody. After so many days of siege, he surrendered as soon as the opponent surrendered."
"General, shall we go back?"
"No," he said, "The food, grass, gold and silver that Qiuci promised to give us have not been paid enough. Since he doesn't want us to send troops, he will give us the food, grass, gold and silver that he promised before leaving."
"What if they don't give it all the time?"
Pulli sneered: "If he doesn't give it to us, he will take it himself."
As he spoke, his eyes swept over the stalls on the street and the shops behind him, and Man Bao rode beside Bai Shan, Ke Ke said: "Your camp raised the banner you mentioned."
Man Bao looked at Bai Shan and said, "I want to eat the big cake in the tent."
Erge, who was walking not far away on horseback, couldn't help but look up at her. This was discussed before leaving the camp. Once Zhou Man said this, the army would return to attack the city in two quarters of an hour.
He couldn't help turning around, but he didn't find anything abnormal, but there seemed to be abnormalities everywhere.
So where did Zhou Man get the message from
No matter where it came from, the backs of those who heard this sentence stiffened, they sat up slightly, and seemed to continue to walk forward without any abnormality, but their hands touched the handle of the knife from time to time, making sure that their own knife was hanging on their waist .
Only Bai Shan smiled back at her, "Eat it when you get back."
The two stopped talking, but looking at the west city gate in the distance, the two slowed down the speed, which invisibly slowed down the convoy. Man Bao even pointed to a cake on a stall and said: "Although you can eat it when you go back, But I still want to try the meatloaf from Kucha.”
The officials from Kucha, who came to see them off and also went to Daying with them, generously bought two of them for a taste.