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Chapter 1709 The old well appears

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    After Qin Qiong's victory, he took advantage of the power of victory and marched to Shule City.

    In order to cut off the chance of Shule monarch and his ministers, Qin Qiong ordered people to carry Ubusu's head to see Amijue and ask him to wake up.  He also ordered people to pile the heads of the beheaded Western Turks under Shule City.  There were so many Turkic heads that they were piled into a hill.

    In recent years, the Western Turks have gained great power, and all the countries in the Western Region have no rivals.  The cavalry of the Western Turks are also wreaking havoc in the south of the Tianshan Mountains. Until now, the countries have even become accustomed to this situation, and their fear of the Western Turks is engraved in their bones.  So when he saw Ubusu's head, Shule was shaken all over, and Amijue was even speechless.

    Before this battle, although everyone was afraid of the Sui Dynasty, many people still clamored that there was support from the Western Turks and there was no need to fear the Sui people.  Therefore, the Shule Kingdom dared to show their teeth and claws against the Sui Dynasty. Now that their hopes were shattered and the country's destruction was in front of them, everyone just wanted to make amends.

    When the hill with human heads was built outside the city, the people of Shule were frightened to death.  Compared to the numbers in words, this kind of scene undoubtedly has a greater impact on people.

    Amijue no longer had any luck, so he prepared to surrender in Kaicheng.

    As for the Shule ministers in the city, they all changed their appearance. In the past, they were closer to the Turks than to their own fathers. Now they have become staunchly pro-Sui Party.  As for the Western Turkic supervisors in the city and the officials who could no longer turn around, they were abandoned directly.

    On May 15th, the Shule people opened the city gate and surrendered to the Sui army.  The Sui army occupied Shule without any bloodshed.

    Amijue captured all the Western Turks, including the Western Turks Supervisory Army, and handed them over to the Sui army in order to obtain forgiveness from the Sui army.

    Qin Qiong did not kill these people as Amijue wished, but returned them to the Western Turks.

    The Kingdom of Shule rebelled against the enemy, and all the former superiors and superiors became prisoners.  These people were full of hatred for the Shule Kingdom's betrayal and wanted to massacre the entire Shule Kingdom.  In the future, with these people in the Western Turks, the Shule Kingdom would not dare to fall to the Western Turks again.

    After occupying Shule, the top priority before Qin Qiong was how to deal with the Shule Kingdom.  It is not impossible to kill Shule Kingdom directly like bandits, but if you do that, you will lose your reputation.  Moreover, the Sui Dynasty wanted to rule Shule for a long time, so it could not act so simply and crudely.

    Of course, it would not be possible without internal purges. The Sui Dynasty could not keep the monarchs and ministers of Shule State and let them continue to be in their positions and affect the direct rule of the Sui Dynasty here.

    Qin Qiong had to first order his troops to occupy the cities in Shule, and then take over the treasury and army.

    Amijue did not dare to stop him, so he had to serve Qin Qiong with all his heart. He only hoped to serve the Sui general well so that he could keep the throne.

    As for the officials in the city, they also defected one after another, vying to be the good dogs of the Sui Dynasty.

    In the past, ministers from various countries in the Western Regions, who did well, almost had the support of the Western Turks. Everyone missed the opportunity to curry favor with the Western Turks, but they must not miss the opportunity to curry favor with the Sui Dynasty.

    Qin Qiong was not too active. He just asked his subordinates to contact these Shule officials and classify them into categories.

    Soon after entering the city, Qin Qiong wanted to offer sacrifices to Ban Chao.  When the Eastern Han Dynasty first entered the Western Regions and the Xiongnu launched a war in the Western Regions, Ban Chao defended the enemy in Shule. At that time, Shule was the Han's base camp for running the Western Regions.  Ban Chao was well-known in Shule Kingdom at that time. Even when Ban Chao was about to leave, Li Dan, the captain of Shule, committed suicide by killing himself in order to prevent Ban Chao from leaving. The people even hugged Ban Chao's legs and tried hard to persuade him to stay.

    Banchao was kind and powerful to Shule. King Shule killed two of them and established two.  Qin Qiong's sacrifice to Ban Chao demonstrated the power and majesty of the Central Plains dynasty and made the people of Shule feel majestic and friendly.

    The Shule people did not dare to refuse, so the sacrifice was held in the royal city.

    There is a well outside the royal city. When Qiuci, Gumo and other countries sent troops to attack Shule, Banchao and Shule Wang Zhong were the horns of each other, echoing each other, and guarded Panlu City (the capital of Shule, the name of the Han Dynasty).  Although they were alone, they still persisted for more than a year.  The Kucha Allied Forces were unable to attack fiercely, so they cut off the river flow to the city, hoping to use this method to force Banchao to surrender.  Ban Chao ordered people to dig a well in the city, but there was still no water when the well was dug to a depth of fifteen feet.  At that time, the soldiers were so thirsty that they even squeezed horse dung juice to quench their thirst.  Ban Chao was not discouraged and firmly believed that water would be dug out. He ordered people to continue digging, and soon he saw spring water gushing out.  Ban Chao immediately ordered his soldiers to spread the water outside the city and tell the people of Kucha that there was water in the city.  The Kucha people saw that there was water in the city and could not conquer it by force, so they had to retreat.

    But this happened more than five hundred years ago. This well dried up during the Western Jin Dynasty. It has been three hundred years now, and now there is only one dry well left.

    Seeing this, Qin Qiong asked Amijue about the well.  Some Shule officials who knew about the old events did not dare to hide it, so they told Qin Qiong the original story.

      Qin Qiong couldn't help but sigh: "God bless the Han family and Shule, they are the same family, and all the talents came out of the water to bless this city."

    Everyone agreed.

    Qin Qiong then suggested that since Ban Dingyuanhou (Ban Chao) was being worshiped, the meritorious well must be indispensable, so he led people to pray in front of the well to commemorate the well's achievements in defending the city against enemies.

    Amijue felt that the Han army was ridiculous, and it was understandable to offer sacrifices to Ban Chao, but having to offer sacrifices to a small well was really troublesome.  But he knew it well and didn't dare to say anything. He had to keep a smile on his face.

    After the sacrifice, everyone thought the matter was over.  No one would have thought that this well, which had been dry for more than three hundred years, would be filled with water again overnight the next morning.  Everyone was shocked when they saw it, and the news spread all over the city.

    Even Amijue was dumbfounded. He had seen this well so many times since he was a child. They were all dry wells, so why did water suddenly come out?

    Qin Qiong was not surprised and said to everyone: "This well is a commemoration of Shule Kingdom's submission to the Han Dynasty. In the past, the Kucha people besieged the city and the Han army defended it, so the water suddenly came out to help the Han army. After the Western Jin Dynasty,  The Western Region no longer belongs to the Han Dynasty, so this well has dried up to show that it will not provide water to the barbarians. Now that my great master, the Sui King, has arrived again, this well will of course have water again if we see our old Han dynasty."

    Everyone agreed that this was a spiritual well.  The Han family's return to Shule was considered by the Shule people to be destiny.

    Therefore, the attitude of the people of Shule towards the Sui army became much more positive.

    ¡°In fact, there are no miracles in this world, but Qin Qiong did it deliberately.  Qin Qiong heard the story of this well as early as after entering the city.  So he made a plan and ordered people to dig a well several feet deep overnight two days before the sacrifice.  Due to the invasion of wind and sand, the bottom of this well was gradually blocked, so no water came out.  The Sui army dug a well this time to connect it to the aquifer, and suddenly there was water.  But others didn't know it, and they were shocked by the miracle.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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