It's night, Kirin Hall.

Although it was late at night on Chinese New Year's Eve, the Qilin Hall was full of courtiers, waiting for the audience of the Wusun envoy.

Wusun is a small tribal country.

The Wusun people "do not plant trees in the field, but chase water and grass with the animals", and the Huns have the same customs, nomadic herding.

Wusun is adjacent to the Yueshi, nomadic herding between the Ili River valley and Qilian, and bordering the Xiongnu to the north. In terms of the place name of later generations, Wusun is in the east of the Tianshan Mountains in present-day Xinjiang, to the area of Dunhuang in Gansu. The Yueshi is in the middle of Zhangye, Gansu and Huang, Qinghai.

The Xiongnu are now unified by the Great Qin, so for the Yue, the north (Shaanxi) and the east (Inner Mongolia) are both the territory of the Great Qin, which gives the Yueshi a great danger.

Because Great Qin wants to expand westward, the first to bear the brunt is the Yue clan.

For the sake of his own safety, the Yue clan has greater depth, so he can only expand in the west and south directions, which is why he is in a hurry to send troops to attack Wusun and Qiang.

To the west of the Yueshi is Wusun, and to the south is Qiang.

Qiang, located in the south of the Hexi Corridor and north of the west of the Hequ Corridor. The meanders of the river are the land of the nine meanders in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and all the places to the west and north are the land of the Qiang people. It is thousands of miles away, connecting Sichuan and Shu in the south, Wusun and Yueshi in the north, and Loulan in the west.

Judging from the regional place names of later generations, the territory of the Qiang nationality is mainly from Qinghai to Xixue.

Therefore, the Yueshi sent troops to Wusun and Qiang this time, but they succeeded. Then the entire Gan, Qing, and Tibet will be the territory of the Yue Clan, and then they can even continue to the west to unify Loulan and other countries in the Western Regions.

The historical Yueshi is indeed the same.

At the beginning, in 200 BC, the Yueshi people were nomadic in the area from Zhangye to Dunhuang in the western part of the Hexi Corridor, and their power was strong and they were the fierce enemies of the Xiongnu.

Around 176 B.C., the Yueshi was defeated by the Xiongnu and moved westward, along the way to defeat another small nomadic tribe near Dunhuang, Wusun, killing its king and seizing its land. Around 160 BC, it was again defeated by the Xiongnu and Wusun, who were supported by the Xiongnu, so they had to continue to move west.

In the end, the Yueshi attacked Daxia in the west, occupied both sides of the Fushui (Amu Darya River), and established the Dayue Kingdom.

Since then, the Yue clan has been the most prosperous, and all the countries are called the King of Kushan. The territory stretched from present-day Tajikistan to the Caspian Sea, Afghanistan, and the Indus Valley.

The Kushan Empire established by the Yueshi had a population of about 5 million and more than 200,000 soldiers, and was considered one of the four great powers in Europe and Asia at that time.

Therefore, in the face of the strength of Great Qin, the Yue Clan must expand westward and attack Wusun.

Li Yang guessed that it was estimated that Wusun also knew his fate, and there was no possibility of peace, so he could only come to Daqin for help.

"Envoy Wusun is here!"

With the sound of singing and cheering, it was obvious that the envoy of Wusun had arrived outside the hall.

Everyone looked outside the hall, and sure enough, there were two messengers in strange costumes, led by the palace people, walking towards the Qilin Palace.

"Envoy Wusun, with the sincere heart of my king, I greet His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin, and greet His Royal Highness the eldest son of Great Qin."

As soon as the envoy of Wusun entered the hall, he gave Fusu a deep look.

Obviously, they had already learned that the Great Qin Emperor was not there at this time, and it was the eldest son Fu Su who was in charge of the country.

"The envoy of Wusun came to Qin this time, but he was in a hurry to see him late at night, but what is the matter?" Fusu smiled, didn't be polite, and went straight to the point.

The envoy of Wusun took a deep look and said: "Your Royal Highness, the eldest prince of Great Qin, Wusun is now a neighbor of Great Qin (and the Mongolian province of Great Qin), and the two countries have good trade and friendship, and they are friends. ”

The envoy of Wusun stammered a so-called friendship, and then said: "But now, my Wusun has been invaded by the Yue Clan, which has brought war and chaos to the surrounding areas of Wusun and Great Qin, and interrupted the peace of the region, so my king sent me to negotiate with Great Qin about the peace and stability of our neighboring areas." ”

"The Yue Clan's dispatch of troops to Wusun, I, Great Qin, have also heard about it, and the peace and stability in the surrounding areas of Great Qin is indeed something that Great Qin is concerned about." Fusu nodded slightly, glanced at Li Yang, and then said, "Since the envoy of Wusun is here to discuss the peace and stability of the surrounding area, it is better to let the dean of the National Council of Great Qin discuss with you!" ”

Li Yang understood, stood in the ranks, bowed to the envoy of Wusun, and said with a smile: "Your envoy came to Qin this time, not only to talk about the peace and stability of the surrounding area, but I don't think it is an urgent matter, tonight is late, your envoy has been running all the way, and he must be tired, why don't you arrange for your envoy to rest first, and when you have rested, we will discuss slowly, how about it?" ”

Joke, obviously he came to ask for help, but he actually went around in circles, wanting Daqin to take the initiative to send troops to maintain regional peace and stability, and he had a good idea. What about dreaming?

Li Yang will not be stupid enough to talk to you, since you don't open your mouth to ask for help, Lao Tzu will hang you for a few days to see who is in a hurry.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the Wusun envoy was dumbfounded.

Rest for a few days and talk slowly? That Wusun Ke was destroyed by the Yue Clan, and he was talking about a fart.

Stunned for a moment, the Wusun envoy hurriedly said: "Respected Dean of National Affairs, you don't know, the Yue clan has already sent troops to my Wusun, and also sent troops to the Qiang tribe, and now the surrounding situation is already very critical, so don't delay." ”

Li Yang smiled: "Benjun knows, it's just that the Yue Clan is attacking you, and there is no threat to me Daqin, don't worry, hehe, don't worry, it's late at night, let's talk about it another day." ”

"............" Wusun envoy was subconsciously stunned, and he came from his heart. Especially when he saw Li Yang's indifferent and indifferent look about the surrounding situation, he couldn't wait to beat his chest.

The two envoys glanced at each other, their expressions were like eating flies, they sighed in their hearts, and finally had to throw the "strategy" aside, and hurriedly said: "It's not a secret, this time the Yue clan took advantage of my Wusun's unpreparedness to send troops to attack, my Wusun originally only had 40,000 soldiers, and now it has been lost by nearly half, so my king sent this envoy to Qin, but also to ask for help from Daqin, and I hope that Daqin can send troops to help for regional peace and stability!" ”

"Oh, it turns out that the Wusun envoy is here to ask for help from my Great Qin this time!" Fusu was stunned for a moment, pretending to be suddenly enlightened.

"Exactly, I hope that His Royal Highness the eldest prince can remember the friendship between the two countries and send troops to help each other." The envoy of Wusun pleaded sincerely.

Fu Su nodded slightly, thoughtfully, as if it was quite difficult to decide, so he raised his head and asked, "What does Taifu think?" ”

Li Yang said: "Back to Your Highness, the Yue clan is said to have 100,000 people who control the strings, and the strength is also above the original Xiongnu, if Daqin sends troops to aid Wusun, then my Daqin and the Yue clan will have a big war, this price ...... Very heavy!. ”

"The ministers are also absolutely sure that Great Qin doesn't have to bear such a heavy price for others, it's not worth it!" Everyone seconded the motion.

"What you say is true!" Fusu nodded, so he said helplessly: "Wusun envoy, it seems that Gu can't agree to your request." The Yue Clan did not invade my Great Qin, and Lone could not let the warriors of Great Qin sacrifice in vain. ”

The envoy of Wusun came from his heart, and hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness, the respected eldest son, I don't know, this time Daqin rushed to help my Wusun, it is not unbeneficial to Daqin, but in fact, it is a good opportunity for a day. ”

"Oh? What is a godsend? Fusu wondered.

"That's right, now the Yue clan has divided its troops to attack my Wusun and Qiang, causing the Yue clan's royal court to be empty, if Great Qin sends troops to attack the Yue clan at this time, it will definitely be able to destroy its country and unify the Yue clan. This...... Isn't it a godsend for Great Qin? The envoy of Wusun said.

However......

However, I saw Li Yang look disgusted, and said: "Yue's Clan, it is the land of projectiles, and I have no interest in sending troops to seize such a projectile land." ”

When the Wusun envoy heard this, none of them fell down and wanted to die directly.