Chapter 467 Death of King Zuoguli

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 467 Death of King Zuoguli

Waliga explained: "It is precisely because the north is the territory of the Han Dynasty that it is most likely to break out..."

"You are not willing to go north, and the Han people will naturally not think that we will go north... The north must be the weakest place for the Han people..."

Waliga's guess was good. Compared with other directions, the number of Han troops in the north was the smallest.

But this is only relative. In fact, this time Han Zeng was determined to annihilate all the Ailao people.

Waliga quickly convinced his compatriots, and under his command, the Ailao people headed north in chaos.

After traveling only seven or eight miles north, they encountered a Han army composed of more than a thousand soldiers from Jianwei prefectures and counties and four thousand southwestern barbarian rebels.

Facing the waiting Han army, the Ailao people launched two fierce attacks in succession but failed to break through the Han army's defense line.

At this time, Han troops from other three directions were also approaching.

"Waliga, what should we do now?"

All the leaders looked towards Waliga.

"Waliga surrender..."

At this moment, a voice that was very familiar to Waliga came from above.

"Wajila, it's you, why did you betray your tribe?"

Waliga asked loudly towards the hilltop opposite.

"My brother Waliga, I did not betray my tribe... All I did was for our tribe to have a better life..."

"Waliga, surrender...the big men are not our enemies...they will bring us a civilized and prosperous life..."

"It will be of no benefit to anyone if the war continues..."

Vajira's shouts spread throughout the mountains, and Vajila also fell silent at this time.

He looked around and knew that he had no chance of breaking through the siege...

"leader……"

The surrounding Ailao people looked at Waliga.

Waliga finally chose to surrender to the Han army.

This time Han Zeng adopted a preferential treatment policy for the surrendered Ailao people.

The Ailao people who surrendered were not treated in any way, and the Han army did not kill any prisoners.

Not only that, as long as these captured Ailao people completed the tasks assigned by the Han army, they could also receive housing and food treatment equivalent to those of Yicong.

Some Ailao people who completed their tasks better even received rewards from the Han army.

In order to embrace the Ailao people in the occupied areas, Han Zeng would also release a small number of outstanding Ailao people home every month.

Before letting these people go home, Han Zeng told these people that the Han army would help the Ailao people build principles and build cities here.

If the Ailao people from each village are willing to come and work for the Han, the Han will also provide them with exquisite utensils and delicious food.

After these people returned to their respective villages, although a few continued to fight against the Han, most of them ultimately chose to cooperate with the Han.

Under the influence of these people, the relationship between the Ailao people and the Han army gradually improved.

Some villages where life was relatively difficult were influenced by the propaganda and took the initiative to get in touch with the Han people.

Han Zeng did not break his promise and provided the people in these villages with jobs in building cities or building roads.

When these villages received food and wages from the Han people, more and more villages chose to cooperate with the Han people.

Han Zeng also sent a message to King Ailao that the Han Dynasty was a friend of the Ailao Kingdom. As long as the Ailao Kingdom was willing to submit to the Han, the Han Dynasty would not interfere in the internal affairs of the Ailao Kingdom.

After some thought, King Ailao thought that it was impossible for the Ailao Kingdom to defeat the Han Dynasty.

In addition, Han Zeng made it clear that the Han Dynasty would not interfere in the internal affairs of Ailao Kingdom.

King Ailao was already interested in surrendering to the Han Dynasty, but Ailao was not a centralized country.

Even King Ailao needed the approval of the seventy-seven princes to do this.

King Ailao summoned the princes of various ministries for discussion.

"How do you think we, the Ailao Kingdom, will get along with the Han people now?"

King Ailao asked the princes.

At this time, Waliga, who had been released by the Han army, stood up first and said to everyone.

"The strength of the Han army is beyond what our Ailao country can resist... The Han people are a civilized country... If our Ailao country surrenders to the Han... the benefits will far outweigh the losses..."

At this time, a monarch from the east said: "Waliga, you are not saying this because you are afraid of being beaten by the Han people... Our Ailao country is also a big country, how can we be inferior to others!"

"Pawari! Who doesn't know what kind of person I am, Waliga... The Han people came here to clear the way to Shendu..."

"If this happens, the benefits our Ailao country will gain will be no less than those of the Han people..."

Having said this, Waliga looked around and said, "Although our Ailao Kingdom is stronger than those small countries in the south, how does it compare to Yelang Kingdom?"

At this point, Waliga looked at Pawari and said, "Pawari, you know about Yelang Kingdom, please tell me!"

Pawari stood up and said: "The Yelang Kingdom is slightly stronger than our Ailao Kingdom!"

King Ailao said at this time: "Our Ailao Kingdom is far inferior to Yelang Kingdom..."

All the princes of Ailao Kingdom all admitted that Yelang Kingdom was far more powerful than Ailao Kingdom.

Waliga continued at this time: "In the past, our Ailao Kingdom often fought with Yelang Kingdom, losing more and winning less... But even Yelang Kingdom is only equivalent to one county of the Han Dynasty..."

Pawari said: "This is serious... How many counties does the Han Dynasty have?"

Waliga sighed and said: "After I was captured by the Han army this time, I met several princes of Yelang Kingdom... Yelang Kingdom has now become a Han Dynasty..."

"In a county like Yelang, there are more than a hundred big men..."

At this time, the rulers who had been in contact with Yelang Kingdom also spoke out to testify for Waliga.

One ruler even said: "What can we lose by surrendering to the Han, except for some land that we don't want..."

Another ruler agreed: "Compared with what we have lost, the benefits we gain from surrendering to the Han are really insignificant..."

Slowly, more and more princes agreed to submit to the Han Dynasty.

After eight days of discussion, the leaders finally reached a consensus.

Then the Ailao King sent a message to Han Zeng, saying that the Ailao Kingdom was willing to negotiate with the Han Dynasty.

After receiving the message from King Ailao, Han Zeng was overjoyed and immediately sent people to negotiate with King Ailao.

After a month of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement.

In May of the third year of Yuanfeng, King Ailao led 77 subordinate towns, more than 50,000 households, and more than 600,000 people.

The Ailao Kingdom suddenly became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty more than a hundred years earlier than the original history, which also completely changed the historical process of the southwestern Yi region.

When the news reached Chang'an, all the princes in Chang'an were overjoyed. Everyone seemed to have seen the day when the body poison path would be opened.

At the request of the ministers and princes, the emperor officially issued an edict consecrating King Ailao and his seventy-seven princes.

In order to speed up road construction, Huo Guang, in the name of the emperor, ordered the conscription of 60,000 Di and Dong Qiang people to the Ailao Kingdom.

In order to gain wealth, the Ailao king and the princes who were enthroned by the Han Dynasty also mobilized a large number of Ailao people to participate in the construction of roads.

After receiving support, Han Zeng reported to Chang'an, "The road to physical poisoning will be opened within two years..."

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Zhang Yue had been staying in Yanran Mountain for a month without knowing it.

That day, a team of Jiankun people finally arrived at Yanran Mountain.

"My servants pay homage to Lord Chi You!"

As soon as the visitor saw Zhang Yue, he knelt on the ground and performed the highest courtesy towards Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but be startled when he saw this, although he learned from Qian Niuwei and some surrendered Huns nobles that some people among the Huns now regard themselves as the reincarnation of Lord Chi You.

But when someone actually called him Lord Chi You, it still made him feel unreal.

"Get up!"

Although Zhang Yue thought a lot in his mind, he still reacted quickly on his face.

"Why are you here?"

Zhang Yue asked knowingly

"Reporting to Lord Chiyou, this servant is sent by the king's order..."

While the person was talking, he took out a crude parchment roll from his side.

Zhang Zhan stepped forward to take the parchment scroll, inspected it before presenting it to Zhang Yue.
To be continued...