Luo Xia Hong had just taught a few of the envoys under Daxing, and the order from Chang'an City to let them go back was transmitted to Zhang's Mansion.

Zhang Yuan was a little speechless, His Majesty the Emperor really didn't bother to hide anything.

It is estimated that the embroidered messengers in the envoy team have engraved the map in their hearts, and then Liu Che didn't think about anyone else.

As soon as the people here moved, the Chang'an City side began to prepare for the mission.

Liu Che's reason for sending Chu Da as an envoy was to let the Western Regions countries contain the Huns in Hexi, which was actually not much different from the last time he asked Zhang Qian to send an envoy to the Dayue clan.

Such a reason can be believed by the Huns, and it can also be believed by the Han people.

The people of the Han Dynasty and the officials were more confident in the war that was coming next year, and the Huns would not care too much.

Feng Weiqing is a former general, this is a public to the whole world, and the Huns will definitely not be able to hide it.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuan and Wei Qing's idea was to let Wei Qing lead the cavalry out of Yanmen.

In this way, the King of Lou Fu and the King of Aries will be more inclined to the goal of the Han army, and the same as the Battle of Mayi, it is the Xiongnu Dadanyu.

At that time, even if the Xiongnu Dadan Yu led the troops south, he would not be able to hit the cavalry team led by Wei Qing, and would only face the tens of thousands of Han defense troops in Yuyang County, Yanmen Dai County.

After almost half a month, the mighty envoy team finally set off from Chang'an City and began to travel north.

There were more than 300 people in this team, 70 or 80 officials, more than 100 soldiers accompanying them, and then more than 100 people.

The gifts and treasures he carried filled almost ten ox carts, and of course the food and stuff were only enough for everyone to eat on the road.

For this point, Zhang Yuan still admires Liu Che and the mind and wisdom of the Han people.

Gold and silver treasures were given to the Huns, and money was something outside the body, especially now that each region is relatively closed to the geopolitical environment.

The Huns wanted to use these gold and silver treasures to buy food, or weapons and equipment, that is, four words.

It's hard to get to the top!

There were only two kinds of people who could do business with the Huns.

The people of the Western Regions and the Han people.

The Han people must have been sneaky in doing business with the Huns, and the management of weapons and grain was very strict.

You don't see any merchants in the Han Dynasty who can do business such as weapons and grain, and the only group that has food at home is the nobles, but it is difficult for this class to trade with the Huns.

The part of their desire for profit mixed with money and wealth is very small, and the main thing is the desire for power.

Tian Wei was greedy enough, and it was completely impossible for him to exchange interests with the Xiongnu.

When he sat in the prime minister's position before, what treasure could he not get?

So basically everyone has such a consensus, unless it is really time for life and death, otherwise few people have to deal with foreign races.

Liu Che also cut off the titles of I don't know how many people, some committed suicide, and it was really rare to surrender to the Huns.

In this way, the gold and silver treasures brought by Chu Da, as long as Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan can exterminate the Huns, will still return to Liu Che's hands in the end.

Even if it didn't return to Liu Che's hands, Liu Che wouldn't feel sorry for these utensils that couldn't be eaten.

Chu Da led a large army to the north, and this was not the first time he had gone north.

Earlier, Chu Da, who had Liu Che's edict in hand, also went to Yanmen County once.

The Xihe County that I was going to this time was only next to Yanmen County, so Chu Da still felt a little familiar.

It took less than half a month for the group to arrive at the previously agreed Xihe County Pingding City.

It was also almost one of the frontlines against the Huns, but the fighting was not as fierce as Yanmen Yuyang, so there were many Huns active in the city.

Of course, on the surface, these Huns were all Huns who had taken refuge in the Han Dynasty, otherwise it would be impossible for the Han army to let them enter and leave the city alive.

Anyone who understands understands that these Huns are a group of people who wander the Han border for profit.

They traded with the Han people, the Qiang people, and the people of the Western Regions, from the Han people to obtain exquisite silk silk, from the people of the Western Regions to obtain the cherished spices, from the Xiongnu people to obtain gold, from the Qiang people to obtain cattle and sheep.

In fact, silk silk and spices of the people of the Western Regions are all strong external plundering of wealth, so the Han Dynasty's control over silk and silk is not so strong.

When plundering the wealth of other countries or other peoples, it is good to sell some luxury goods.

Cattle, sheep and gold are needed by everyone, which is a rigid need, but spices and silk silk are not.

This kind of trade for a long time will only make the Huns and Qiang people weaker and weaker.

This is probably the earliest consumerism.

After staying in Pingding City for three days, Chu Da set off from Pingding City and turned all the way to the west.

In fact, he had already found a guide on the first day, but in order to let the rest of the Huns spread the news, Chu Da had to stay in Pingding City for a few more days.

Three days was just enough for the ears and eyes of those Huns to spread the news to the nearest King of Lou Fu and the King of Aries.

As the envoys traveled westward, they came across two cities, but they were deserted and uninhabited.

Occasionally, the Qiang tribe would be nomadic here, leaning on the ruined city to survive the bleak nights.

Ever since the battle was made out of Pingding City, there has been an atmosphere of unease in the team.

The desert can be seen from the look, and the desolation with no edge in sight is telling everyone that the land under their feet is no longer a place where Han people can get used to living.

"Daxing order, we must enter the Hexi Corridor within seven days, otherwise we will be very dangerous."

The Hun guide that Chu Da found was also worried, so he said what he wanted to say in his heart.

In fact, from the perspective of the Huns, their quality is actually very good, which is also the reason why the Han Dynasty has repeatedly sent envoys to the countries of the Western Regions, but they all use Xiongnu guides.

These people are very responsible, because they have to make deals with the Han Chinese, so they have long abandoned their hatred.

Think about Zhang Qian, who has been in the Huns for many years, and has long been out of belongings, but his Hun guides can still help him get out.

This quality is actually commendable, but the hatred between nations cannot be reversed for the better because of individual qualities.

"Atugu, we'll speed things up.

But everyone is also coming to the desert for the first time, and they will definitely be a little uncomfortable physically.

Let's go slower a few days ago, and we'll pick up speed in the next few days. ”

When the Hun guide named Atugu heard Chu Da's words, he cursed a fool in his heart and stepped aside.

If you don't listen to the guide in the desert, you will die a miserable death.

The envoy team is the best way to go now, don't speed up now, wait until a few days into the desert and then speed up?

Atugu never understood why the Han sent such a fool to lead such a large team of envoys.

I heard that this person is still one of those with the highest official position in the Han Dynasty.

No matter how Atugu has an opinion about Chu Da in his heart, everyone in the envoy team still has to listen to Chu Da.

So they started to move forward slowly at a very slow pace.

After four or five days, everyone in the team was much more relaxed.

During this period, they encountered more than one Qiang tribe, but when the Qiang people saw them, they immediately chose to hide.

With more than 100 well-equipped armor soldiers, plus everyone in the envoy team carrying weapons, it can already be regarded as a relatively powerful team here.

This is also the reason why Atugu chose Chu Da and them, as long as they do not encounter a large force of Hun cavalry, such a team can completely pass through the Hexi Corridor to reach the Western Regions.

But the reality has taught Atugu a lesson with a fluke mentality.

"It's not good, it's the banner of the Aries King!"

When Atugu led the envoy team to find a water source, he found a black Xiongnu army on the other side of the lake.

"You say it's the Aries King?"

Chu Da was not afraid at this time, but there was still a trace of excitement contained in his voice.

"Yes, the great Aries King, the Great Traveler orders you to get on your horse and run away to the city of Pingding.

After the Aries King grabs the treasure, he will not spend his troops chasing you. ”

The entire contingent of envoys consisted of dozens of horses, and it was impossible for everyone to escape.

With Atugu's first exclamation, the people in the team were already panicking, although they knew that they might not be able to return to their hometown on this trip, but they did not expect that they had just left the territory of the Han Dynasty and met the Xiongnu army a few days ago.

Chu Da was very calm, he looked at the Hun army on the other side of the lake, and found that their number was not too large.

There are definitely not more than 10,000, and the formation is very loose, and even at this time, they are still setting up tents, and they don't seem to have taken their group of people into account at all.

"Gather your vehicles together and get ready for battle!"

Chu Da judged a little in his heart, and immediately gave an order in a loud voice.

At this time, the faces of many people in the team changed.

Atugu didn't understand what Chu Da was still thinking if he didn't run at this time.

The rest of the people felt that Chu Da wanted to fight to the death with the Huns, and it was the side that was absolutely impossible to win, and their fate was very clear next.

As for some people who knew that Chu Da's trip was to infiltrate the Xiongnu high-level, unlike most people, they felt that it was best to give up resistance now and wait for the Huns to arrest them.

In this way, the task can be completed without bloodshed.

"Commander Gaotun, send a few cavalry back to Pingding City to ask for reinforcements."

Among the accompanying soldiers, the highest-ranking officer is this Gao Tun Chief.

Gao Tunchang, who was still arranging the formation of the enemy, couldn't help but ask Chu Da.

"Daxing Order, even if you run all the way here, when the army of Pingding City arrives, it will be tomorrow.

Although the last general is ready for battle and ready to sacrifice his life for the country at any time, he does not think that we will be able to carry it until the reinforcements arrive tomorrow. ”

Chu Da saw that Gao Tunchang also had such a man's blood, and slapped him on the shoulder.

"I'm not here to ask for reinforcements, but to let the people of the Han Dynasty let His Majesty know our choice.

We chose to die standing instead of living on our knees, you know?

Do you want to watch your soldiers die in obscurity? And even their families don't get any compensation? ”

Chu Da said very seriously, and many people around him heard it.

Gao Tun Chang bowed to Chu Da and immediately sent someone to ask for help.

"Daxingling, have you forgotten the mission of this trip?"

An official from a big bank walked up to Chu Da and said to Chu Da in a low voice.

Chu Da glanced back at him, and kept the man's face firmly in his mind.

If nothing else, the fact that this person can say these words proves his identity.

Chu Da glanced at the others, and he didn't know how many embroidered messengers or other nobles were in the team.

"I am to lower the suspicion of the Huns about us, and if we are really restrained, it will not attract their attention."

Chu Da's tone was very flat, so that the embroidered messenger could hear the word cold-blooded.

Originally, no one had to die, at most he was humiliated by the Huns, but if he chose to fight, many people would die on the spot later.

No one can say whether what Chu Da did was right or wrong at this time.

After encountering the Xiongnu, what Chu Da needed to do, neither Zhang Yuan nor Liu Che gave clear instructions.

Even if this group of embroidered messengers was very worried, they could only listen to Chu Da's command at this time.

Anyway, Liu Che wants only one result, that is, to successfully break into the Xiongnu.

As for how many people will survive in the end?

Sorry, I didn't really think about it.

"The Hun cavalry over there is starting to move."

Atugu shouted again.

The Xiongnu army on the other side of the lake chose to attack from both sides.

In the huge Hun army formation, two cavalry rushed out of it, along the shore of the lake with a momentum towards Chu Da's envoy team.

Chu Da swept his eyes and saw the scale of the opponent's battle.

Each cavalry is estimated to have about a thousand men, and two cavalry are two thousand.

Using 2,000 people to attack his team of more than 300 people, and most of them are people who have never been on the battlefield, this Aries King is still quite cautious.

On the battlefield, it is not shameful to strike more and less.

Any good general will not fight fairly or anything.

There is no fairness in war.

This kind of interaction with life-filling is as shameless as it can be.

10,000 against 100 should do their best.

The legend that the Persians attacked the Greek city-states and came up with a Spartan 300 warriors is possible in the era of hot weapons, but in the age of cold weapons...

Are the Persians fools, tens of thousands of men fought 300, and in the end 20,000 were killed.

Tens of thousands of people went up together, not to mention that they still had weapons in their hands, even if they used their fists, they would hammer the armor on the three hundred Spartan warriors.

At that time, it was definitely not only these 300 people who fought against the Persians, and the statement after the break was the same as fart.

Three hundred people against an army of 100,000 can fight for three days?

What kind of terrain does that have?

A terrain with mountains on both sides and only one person in between?

And there had to be a boulder in the middle of it, so that the Persian arrows could not shoot it.

Even so, it can't be stopped for three days.

The degree of shamelessness of Westerners in order to create heroic characters can be seen from this.

At least in the situation that Chu Da is facing now, he never thought that the more than 300 people under his command could defeat the 2,000 Hun cavalry in front of him.