Chapter 210: Three Kingdoms Surrender in Succession

Sima raised the bridge, Ban threw down the brush.

Sima Xiangru’s life as a winner undoubtedly made future generations envious for thousands of years, while Ban Chao’s life of light cavalry in distant lands became ingrained in the spine of every Han person.

In the plane of his previous life, Mo Xiaobai had never met Ban Chao. Meeting Ban Chao for the first time in this life, looking at the thin old man before him, Mo Xiaobai was a bit afraid to recognize him.

An old man in his sixties, not even as tall as himself, would be an old fellow with one foot already in the coffin in the Great Han, yet he turned out to be Ban Chao, who threw down the brush to join the army and swept across dozens of nations in the Western Regions.

Outside the east gate of the Wang City of Qiuci, Mo Xiaobai was still in a daze, but the thin old man had already spoken: “The Baron has traveled far to the Western Regions; this old man must thank the Baron on behalf of the subjects of the Western Regions for his assistance, and even more so thank the General of the West and the Emperor for not forgetting this land of the Western Regions.”

“I dare not, I dare not, how could this junior accept the Old General’s thanks.”

Ban Chao’s words brought Mo Xiaobai back to his senses immediately; he hurriedly stepped aside and said: “I led the troops here this time only for the grand plan of completely destroying the Northern Xiongnu. If I didn’t cause you any trouble, this subordinate is already relieved.”

“Hehe~ Two thousand cavalry traveling far to the Western Regions, capturing Yiwu, pacifying Qiuci, and now persuading Gumo and Wensu to surrender. If the Baron came to cause trouble, wouldn’t that be saying This old man has managed things poorly all these years?” Ban Chao joked with a laugh, then said seriously: “This thanks is what This old man should give, and the Baron deserves it.”

“Old General praises me too much. Shall we enter the city and talk?”

“Good, enter the city!”

When Mo Xiaobai and Ban Chao entered the city hand in hand, both Luyu and A-Dai beside them looked spirited.

Look, look.

This is the living Ban Chao!

The only Dingyuan Marquis in thousands of years of Huaxia!

After the Han Army entered the city, Ban Chao did not continue to chat idly with Mo Xiaobai. Instead, he first conducted a surrender acceptance and re-education for the three kingdoms of Qiuci, Gumo, and Wensu.

Education was necessary; without it, these people would likely forget the pain once their scars healed after some time.

The result of the education was that the eight hundred convicts Ban Chao brought this time—in other words, a group of former prisoners of the Great Han—would be stationed in the Wang City for a long time.

When the entire ceremony of accepting surrender on behalf of the Emperor ended, the long-lost prompt sound of the Intellect Brain finally rang in Mo Xiaobai’s ears:

“Great Han Dynasty Announcement~ Because Player ‘Daydreaming’ successfully launched a coup in Qiuci, assisting the new King of Qiuci, Bai Ba, to ascend the throne, Qiuci surrendered to Ban Chao and formally declared itself a subject of the Great Han. Specifically rewarding ‘Daydreaming’ with 300 Merit, and rewarding all Players in the Western Regions with 30 Merit.”

“Great Han Dynasty Announcement~ Because Player ‘Daydreaming’ persuaded Gumo to surrender, Gumo formally surrendered to the Great Han. Specifically rewarding ‘Daydreaming’ with 200 Merit, and rewarding all Players in the Western Regions with 30 Merit.”

“Great Han Dynasty Announcement~ Because Player ‘Daydreaming’ persuaded Wensu to surrender, Wensu formally surrendered to the Great Han. Specifically rewarding ‘Daydreaming’ with 200 Merit, and rewarding all Players in the Western Regions with 30 Merit.”

Three Dynasty announcements exploded in the high sky one after another.

Mo Xiaobai made a huge profit of 700 Merit, and Fatty and A-Dai were also overjoyed.

In addition to his own 90 Merit points, A-Dai also had the 120 Merit contributed by Yang Zhi for him, adding up to a total harvest of 210 Merit.

As one of the protagonists of this coup, although there was no Dynasty announcement related to him, Fatty received another prompt himself, rewarding him with 100 more Merit than A-Dai.

Being able to earn several hundred Merit, A-Dai and Luyu were naturally happy, but when the announcement appeared, the happiest ones were not them, but the five hundred Players stationed in Yiwu City.

Because the Intellect Brain’s division of the Western Regions was a vast area starting from Shule and Yarkand in the west to the Yumen Pass in the east.

Yiwu City was located exactly northwest of the Yumen Pass.

“What’s going on? I actually gained 90 Merit.”

“Didn’t you hear the announcement? The Great God pulled off another big one!”

“But what does the Western Regions have to do with us?”

“We’re already out of the Yumen Pass; I guess we count as being on the edge of the Western Regions?”

“Haha~ The Great God is giving us welfare. Tsk tsk, it looks like there are benefits to staying in a small place. You don’t have to do anything, just fight some wild monsters nearby, and you can pick up Merit. 90 points is quite a lot.”

The Players in Yiwu City picked up 90 Merit for nothing, which was a complete surprise. At this moment, the Players who had finished the Battle of Mount Jiluo and chased the Xiongnu all the way to the West Sea, or Qinghai Lake, were also exploding with excitement.

No wonder they hadn’t seen the Great God throughout the consecutive battles and pursuits of dozens of days.

It turned out the Great God had gone to the Western Regions to stir up trouble!

Listening to the announcements released by the Intellect Brain, it was obvious that the Western Regions battlefield was more promising than the Instance main storyline battlefield!

“I remember now, Ban Chao is in the Western Regions right now!”

“Ban Chao isn’t dead yet? He’s still in the Western Regions?”

“Dead? Sigh, I forgot, I forgot. The Great God is indeed the Great God. The Western Regions definitely aren’t pacified yet. Wait until the Western Regions are pacified, there will probably be another wave of Merit.”

“I want to say, if we go to the Western Regions now, will we make it in time?”

“Why go anywhere now? Here we are forcing the Chanyu of the Xiongnu into a dead end. Catching the Chanyu will definitely bring a huge amount of Merit. If we run around now, we’ll likely end up with nothing.”

The appearance of the announcement made the main storyline Players by the West Sea shake their heads and sigh; they had once again perfectly missed the opportunity to harvest Merit and could only watch Mo Xiaobai make a fortune.

At the same time, after the surrender ceremony ended, Ban Chao and Mo Xiaobai finally had the chance to sit down and have a good chat.

“Old General, now that the three kingdoms of Qiuci have surrendered, the recovery of the entire Western Regions is just around the corner. Do you have any other plans? Or a next step?”

“Since Qiuci has surrendered, the only concerns in the Western Regions are the three kingdoms of Yanqi, Weixu, and Yuli. If these three kingdoms can be pacified and appeased as well, then This old man’s years of hard work will not have been in vain.”

One old, one young, one asking, one answering.

The two sat drinking tea and chatting, determining the fate of the remaining three kingdoms that had not yet submitted.

“The Kingdom of Yanqi once ambushed and killed the former Protector; they certainly cannot be easily forgiven. But if we put on a posture of attacking, I fear they will be deeply guarded and we cannot settle it in one battle. I have an idea: why not first send someone to contact the Left Marquis of Yanqi, Yuan Meng? I heard he once served as an attendant in the Great Han and knows exactly how powerful the Great Han is. Perhaps he can be our inside agent.” Mo Xiaobai said, stroking his chin. Ban Chao listened beside him; although he did not speak, a hint of approval showed in his eyes.

To resolve the nations of the Western Regions, it had to be a quick battle; dragging it out a little would bring other variables. Previously, Ban Chao had kept the nations of the Northern Route from acting because he hadn’t found the right timing.

Ban Chao originally thought he would have to wait another two years, but he didn’t expect Mo Xiaobai’s arrival to directly make the complex situation of the Northern Route suddenly clear.

Now hearing Mo Xiaobai’s plan, preparing to start from within the Kingdom of Yanqi rather than purely forcing with military power, he immediately smiled and said: “The Baron is young in age, but his strategy is quite seasoned. First secretly communicate with Yuan Meng, then find an opportunity to force Yanqi to surrender. Such a method is different in approach but equally skillful as the Baron’s capture of Qiuci.”

“I don’t deserve the praise, I don’t deserve it. This junior just felt that doing it this way would save some effort.”

Mo Xiaobai smiled modestly, then asked, seemingly unintentionally: “Old General, I heard that a few days ago, you rejected the request of the Da Yuezhi envoy to marry a Great Han princess?”