"What the King of Yan said is that he was too anxious." What can the two subordinates say? What the King of Yan said is wrong? He doesn't hurt his back when he stands and speaks? This is not the way to survive as a subordinate?

"This is the weakness of human nature. Do you understand? Once the generals of this clan surrender, they often show that we outsiders are more eager to prove their value." Sima Ji glanced at his two subordinates and said, "Of course, when using these people, you should still pay attention to means and not be too indulgent."

The Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty was a typical example of this kind of situation where the combat effectiveness doubled after surrender. Earlier, did the Hu generals of Yishui of the Tang Dynasty show mercy when they dealt with their own clan? Of course, An Lushan also appeared among them, but with the Xuanzong's operation, it would be a matter of time before the generals in the border town would rebel sooner or later.

If Dajin now handed over one-third of the national army to a person with a foreign surname, and even let others seize military, financial and power, all the conditions for rebellion will be fully equipped. If someone rebelled, it will not mean that they are wrong, it will only mean that you are stupid. It is simply encouraging rebellion.

The two nodded frequently because the Legalists they learned were theories that targeted the weaknesses of human nature. It was easy to accept similar knowledge, but naturally they could understand the truth. As for Confucianism, the group of people who studied hard could not understand it. The Confucian skin and legal bones that existed for a period of time were wearing Confucian skin and practiced the Legalists, simply put it simply, I smoked and drank but I was a good girl.

"It sounds difficult to let them kill each other, but in fact it is not so difficult, you can just look at it." Sima Ji has always taught his confidants.

The later companies that deeply understand the weaknesses of people's hearts are of course big penguins. Penguins really have the kind of feeling I know that I have a bad reputation, and I don't do it. You are my father if you recharge money. It's such a real feeling. As for the environment where penguins exist, it's all based on peers. It's not that I am strong, but other bastards are too weak. The top ten game companies in the world, I have the largest turnover, and I am still a major shareholder in half of the other companies, but I won't brag about it.

You said you learn more about Alibaba’s founder if you have nothing to do, and you come out to fill chicken soup with your own skin and bones. You can hire more self-media to brag about your ideals and future, and have a pattern, such as Qigong masters, Zhao Junqi, female college students circles, and Putian advertising.

When I send some red envelope activities by the end of the year, don’t mention that WeChat payment poses a threat to my payment. Let’s have another article of chicken soup, and then at critical moments, don’t come out to stand on the platform. Don’t be as stupid as the founder of Penguin, who dares to stand on Huawei publicly. See how smart our founder is, it’s okay to pour chicken soup on it, but big things just won’t come out.

In fact, the speed of marching is far slower than when he was on the grassland. After all, he is not familiar with the place when he goes west, so he still needs to be careful of some forces that do not understand the style of the King of Yan. Some forces feel that they are so stupid. Sima Ji has no choice but to do this. According to the Sogdians, when they arrive in Samarkand, they are not far from the Persian border.

Now Sima Ji also knew that there was indeed a Great Wall on the eastern border of Persia, and it was indeed a double-layer Great Wall protection. However, he did not take it seriously. The Great Wall was naturally useful and was of no use to an overall force. For him, the King of Yan, who had conscripted corvee and repaired the Great Wall of Youzhou, it was useless at all.

A few days later, Sima Ji led his army to finally approach Samarkand. Zhao Shen, who was pursuing him in advance, had found a camp to welcome the arrival of the main army.

"Although the last general did not conquer Samarkand, he conveyed the fate of the Sogdian army to the city through the defeated troops. I expected that people in the city were panic now. But a few days ago, a soldier left Samarkand and headed west. This soldier seemed to be quite elite." After seeing Sima Ji, Zhao Shen began to report the situation, "I also brought a batch of baggage. I wonder if I went out to ask for help or what?"

"If the defeated troops were conveyed to the city truthfully and the real situation on the battlefield that day, the people in the city should be afraid of us. There are two possibilities: one is to share the same hatred for the enemy to defend the city, and the other is to directly open the city to surrender, because they think they are not our opponents and should not be panic? Do the people in the city flee every day? This should not be? No matter whether they are the main battle or the main peace, there should not be such chaos. Control order is the most basic." Sima Ji held his hands behind his back and heard Zhao Shen's report.

If you don’t fight, if you don’t fight, if you don’t fight, why does Samarkand seem to be paralyzed? Sima Ji suddenly turned around and said, “Did King Sogdian lead people away? Go and call Gelgus and ask if there are other troops in Sogdian territory?”

Soon after, Gelgus came in, and shook his head after hearing Sima Ji's question, "Sogdd is not a big country. It is good to be able to pull out 50,000 troops. There are no such number of troops in the territory, and it is impossible to fight against you, the king. There are not many elite troops in the city, and there is no ability to resist the army's siege."

"Maybe the Sogdian King is no longer in the city." As soon as he heard the reality of Samarkand, Sima Ji concluded that it is highly likely that the Sogdian King had run away with his confidant elites and asked, "If you go west again, is there any country that can take in the Sogdian King?"

"Only Persia, the king!" After answering, Gelgus asked directly, "Gelgus is willing to lead his troops to pursue the Sogdian King. He may catch him before he arrives in Persia. Please help the king."

Sima Ji raised his eyebrows. He didn't believe that Gelgus would still turn against him. What if he could turn against him? He couldn't beat him, but he just lamented that the law of fighting with his clan was really a common world.

Sima Ji actually didn't think about how King Sogdian was doing. After all, he was just passing by here and would return to the Jin Dynasty sooner or later. But it seemed that Gelgus wanted to usurp the throne. Since that was the case, Sima Ji nodded, "You can lead our troops and 5,000 Jin troops to pursue him, but if I want to enter the city, you will let Samarkand open the city to surrender first. After all, if I don't surrender, I will certainly have to bear the losses of the siege, the Sogdian residents inside will suffer greater losses, and the combat effectiveness of both sides is so obvious. You know this best."

"I'll do it right now!" Gelgus immediately agreed when he heard this. If King Sogdian ran away, his family should still be there. Because King Sogdian should not know the news that he had surrendered, his family would not be investigated when he died in the battlefield.

But what Gelgus is thinking about now is no longer news from his family. He has figured it out these days. Just like Sima Ji's sarcastic thoughts a few days ago, he is still alive, and his whole family can marry and rebirth after he dies. Wouldn't that be even better if he can replace the Sogdian King with Sima Ji's support? As for whether the Jin army can enter the city without any offense, the Jin army will leave sooner or later, and Sogdian is not the final word he said.

"King of Yan!" After Gelgus left, Zhao Shen whispered, "This person seems to be using us."

"It doesn't matter, we don't want an inch of land, we only need money... and a tripod!" Sima Ji almost forgot the holy relics of the Great Zhou that he was obsessed with, and quickly added two words.
Chapter completed!