Although there is no Son of Heaven in the Han Dynasty now, but when Cao, Sun and Liu do not support the Son of Heaven, the imperial regime of the Liu family under the regent of the Empress Dowager is definitely regarded as the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty.

The Han is orthodox, and of course the dignity of the Han must be maintained.

Qu Lingchen lowered her head, a little uneasy, she knew that her younger brother Qu Xi, although young, was very powerful, and had the wisdom to know people, this shopkeeper could come to see Liu Zhang, with such a high status, he must be a talented person.

It's just that Qu Lingchen was afraid that Liu Zhang didn't like the way the shopkeeper spoke, and he was a little apprehensive.

Liu Zhang didn't have anything in his heart, the purpose of this shopkeeper was so clear, he still wanted the Sichuan army to send troops to the Western Regions, after all, this time the Qu family also participated in the fundraising, and the money was not lent to the fat man, but directly involved, if the business was completed, it would be able to share dividends in a bright way.

So if the money is cheated, that is, it is cheated, and of course the Qu family wants to make up for the loss, and at the same time defend the rights and interests of the Han merchants.

Liu Zhang's heart is thinking more about the actual situation, of course Liu Zhang wants to send troops, you Han businessman was cheated outside, you Han as an empire, you don't put a fart, like words? After that, if the Western Regions doesn't want to pit anyone, they will pit whom? This business can't be done.

But can the Sichuan army still expedition to the Western Regions?

As if seeing Liu Zhang's hesitation, the female envoy of Loulan took a step forward, made a belly soothing ceremony to Liu Zhang, and said in a brief and crisp voice: "Your Highness, I think that the rise of the Shache Kingdom will not only endanger my Loulan and the countries of the Western Regions, but also the Han Dynasty.

As far as I know from Loulan, the Yueshi Empire (Guishan) west of Shache is raising troops and horses to prepare to attack Shache, and at this time, Shache is also on an expedition to my Loulan, obviously to border the Han Dynasty. And what does Shache do on the border with Dahan?

I believe that a crazy demon king like Latiana would never be here to do business with His Highness, right? I can't say. Once my Loulan perishes. His Royal Highness's Xiliang will face the powerful soldiers of Shache Kingdom?

I know that there is a saying in the Han Dynasty, those who commit strong Han will be punished even if they are far away, and now the Shache Kingdom will not only destroy many countries that are dependent on the Han Dynasty, but also endanger the Han Dynasty, I ask His Royal Highness on behalf of Loulan to send troops to rescue, the Han does not send troops, it doesn't matter if my Loulan is cold. Maybe my Loulan will perish soon.

But I'm afraid the influence of the Han is about to plummet, right?

His Royal Highness is a descendant of the royal family, although now the Han Dynasty is divided into three parts of the world, but His Royal Highness has the strongest military strength, and to maintain the national prestige of the Han Dynasty, in the eyes of the wild people, His Royal Highness has an unshirkable responsibility. ”

Liu Zhang looked at the Loulan envoy in surprise, what a powerful mouth, such a person can be an official in the Han Dynasty, at this time Liu Zhang couldn't help but think of the Loulan ruins excavated in later generations, as well as those Loulan female corpses that have not been destroyed for thousands of years.

Could it be that Loulan's civilization is really that high?

Just look at this woman and you know that she is highly educated. This is definitely incomparable to other countries in the Western Regions, if not for desertification. Loulan will really be very powerful.

Liu Zhang frowned and thought, to be honest, without the encouragement of Qu Hai, the shopkeeper of the Qu family, and the envoy of Loulan, Liu Zhang also wants to send troops very much, even if the situation of the Sichuan army is a little better, Liu Zhang will send troops to the Western Regions even if he loses the reputation of a faint king.

The consumption of troops in the Western Regions is too great, and after the loss of grain and grass, the people's will will definitely deviate, and the reputation of their tyrant and faint monarch will definitely be betrayed, and future generations will say that they are reckless.

Just like when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Dawan Kingdom, even if the expedition failed, he would become Yang Guang who conquered Goryeo.

But Liu Zhang doesn't care, how will future generations say that he can't control it, the people also take food as their sky, and it's normal for those who don't eat to hate themselves.

But in order to maintain the support of the people and not lose national strength, they disregard the prestige of the country, what is the difference between that and the Southern Song Dynasty? The people of the Southern Song Dynasty were much richer than the people of other dynasties, but was the approach of the Southern Song Dynasty desirable?

As everyone knows, the ones who really support the backbone of the Han nation are those who are reckless in military force and hollow out the people's livelihood, Qin Huang and Han Wu, and even Yang Guang after the defeat.

But can the Sichuan army really send troops now? Now that it has just entered the period of recuperation, the recovery of Guanzhong is still in a critical period, there are hundreds of thousands of displaced people to take care of, there are still so many troops to rest, and the grain and grass in Jingyi Erzhou have long been exhausted.

At this time, go to learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to conquer Dawan?

Let's not say that Dawan is much weaker than the current Shache, and his own treasury is far inferior to that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has unified the whole country, with a population of 50 million, what about himself? It is divided into three parts of the world, and the population of the whole world is only more than 20 million, and its own population is estimated to be 10 million, including Xiqiang in Dianzhou.

If he wins the war, Liu Zhang will not hesitate to send troops, but if he can't win, Liu Zhang can imagine that the power of the Sichuan army will definitely collapse, and there will be no scum left by Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

And now it seems that the probability of not winning is too great.

Seeing Liu Zhang thinking about it, the Loulan envoy saw that Liu Zhang wanted to fight, but it seemed to be difficult, which made her very happy, to be honest, when the king of Loulan sent her, the most worried was not whether the big man could win Shache, but whether the big man dared to fight.

Of course, Loulan knew that the Han Dynasty was now divided into three parts of the world, and at such a time of division, which prince would not keep an eye on the country and send troops to expedition to the Western Regions, unless this prince was crazy.

The king of Loulan himself felt that the Han would not send troops, and similarly, Shache and other Han vassal states did not expect the Han to send troops.

It's just that Loulan had to send envoys, because they didn't want to lose the country, and even they had already planned that if Loulan fell, they would retreat to Yumen Pass to seek refuge from the Sichuan army, which required King Loulan to believe that the Han would still agree.

But at this time, seeing that Liu Zhang actually had the intention of sending troops, and was still weighing the pros and cons, the Loulan envoy couldn't help but be overjoyed, and at the same time admired Liu Zhang, even if Liu Zhang heard that it was a joke after sending troops to the Western Regions, she would not be surprised.

If you can think about this matter carefully, it has already proved that this newly rising Han strongman has an absolute heroic temperament.

"Your Highness." The Loulan envoy stroked his belly and saluted: "We understand the difficulties of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty is now in rebellion by two powerful forces, and His Royal Highness is involved in domestic affairs, and it is difficult to mobilize troops against Shache on a large scale.

But in fact, His Highness does not need to mobilize troops on a large scale, His Highness can mobilize the grassland troops to attack Shache, which can save a lot of consumption."

"Grassland troops, you said Xiqiang troops?" Liu Zhang said to the envoy of Loulan that this suggestion is completely unfeasible, Loulan does border with the Qiang people, but it is not the West Qiang, and the affairs of the West Qiang are concentrated in a grassland of the Qiang people, and in fact, the Qiang people are a very widely distributed ethnic group.

The Qiang people bordering Loulan are not under Liu Zhang's control.

If you send troops from Xiqiang, you will also have to cross the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world, which is not as convenient as entering Liangzhou.

There is no difference between sending troops from Xiqiang and sending troops from Yumen Pass, if Xiqiang is mobilized, it is to dispatch cavalry, and it is more annoying to go to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau than to go to Yumen Pass.

"It's not." The Loulan envoy denied Liu Zhang's speculation and said respectfully: "It's the grassland soldiers." ”

"Soldiers?" Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment, obviously not reacting.

The Loulan envoy said: "That's right, the soldiers and horses of the Di people now dominate the western grasslands, and they are as strong as the Xiongnu back then, and they can enter the Western Regions to fight, and the Di people have 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest of the grasslands are 20,000, and many soldiers and horses are fighting in the semi-desert all year round, and there are ......."

"Wait, wait." Liu Zhang hurriedly interrupted the words of the Loulan envoy: "Who did you hear that I controlled the soldiers and horses?" ”

As soon as he mentioned the soldiers and horses, Liu Zhang thought of Zhi Lanying, a woman who was very military-minded, a political idiot, and dared to love and hate.

But what she dares to love is Beigong Zhi, who Zhao Yun killed, and it is Liu Zhang who dares to hate.

Do you want to continue to pretend to be Beigong to stop deceiving her? Beigong Zhike is dead, Zhe Lanying doesn't know? Even if he admits that he is not Beigong Zhi, can he still pretend to be someone else?

If it was an ordinary situation, he pretended to be another person to lie, maybe Zhi Lanying forgave himself again.

But this time when he sent troops to the Western Regions, he wanted to let the Di people help, and he could still make up who he was? It can be said that Liu Zhang's identity is exposed.

Liu Zhang still doesn't know why Zhi Lanying hates herself, if she knows that she is Liu Zhang, let alone help herself, if she doesn't beat herself with red eyes, then she should burn high incense.

At this time, the envoy of Naloulan said strangely: "The female leaders of the soldiers and horses are all the concubines of His Highness, and the soldiers and horses of the Di people are not controlled by His Highness or by whom?" ”

Seeing that Liu Zhang was even more foggy, the Loulan envoy frowned and said: "Your Highness won't hide this from our small countries, when I came in from the city gate, I had already seen the leader of the Di people, Zhi Lanying, wearing a wedding gown and going out of the city, as if he had something awkward with His Highness."

Although Loulan is a small country, it has been to the Han for a hundred years, and this time it is unyielding to Shache Ning, and it is here to ask the Han for help, even if His Royal Highness does not agree to send troops, please do not deceive Your Highness. ”

"What? It was Zhe Lanying who wore a wedding robe at the gate of the city, how could this be, wasn't it Cao Xian? ”

The rest of the people also looked at the envoy of Loulan, Zhe Lanying's name was much louder than Cao Xian, and the merchants in Shuzhong all knew it, Qu Lingchen, Xiao Furong, and Huang Yue also knew it, but, as Liu Zhang thought, wasn't that Cao Xian?

"I am absolutely not mistaken, when Beigong stopped controlling Yumen Pass, I Loulan and Beigong stopped from being very close, and often sent envoys to each other, and I often went to Yumen Pass, and I met the leader of Zhelan once in Yumen Pass.

At that time, she scolded Beigong Zhi outside the gate, Beigong Zhi didn't go to see it for fear of causing trouble, but I was curious to go out, Zhen Lanying's appearance and voice, as well as that simple and sunny temperament, I will never be mistaken. ”

"What, Zhelan?" Liu Zhang stood up immediately.

Although it was just wishful thinking for Zhe Lanying to like herself, after all, so many things had happened between the two, and she had caused her to flee the grassland and was forced to make a desperate attempt to take the Hetao.

But this woman is very kind to herself.

It can be said that between the two, only they owe Lan Ying, and there is nothing Lan Ying owes to them. (To be continued......)

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