Early the next morning, Liu Ze and the others had just gotten up, and Ling Xian came to greet him. The two sides chatted for a few words, and Liu Ze suddenly said: "I am a horse dealer in the Central Plains, and the purpose of coming to the Western Regions this time is to traffic back a batch of good horses back to the Central Plains. ”

Ling Xian frowned slightly, and then said: "The god envoy wants how much sweat and blood horses just have to open his mouth, as for the price, he dare not ask for it, the god makes a great favor to Dawan, although the first king has an order not to let the sweat and blood flow out, but if it were not for the power of the divine envoy, Dawan would have been Yi clan, presumably the first king Jiuquan would not be blamed, just ......"

"Is the commander afraid of the Huns' revenge?"

"Yes, this time the Huns were defeated by the gods, and they will definitely not give up, but they are afraid that they will come back soon, and they are afraid that the time will be ......," he said, Ling Bangdong fell to the ground, "and asked the gods to show mercy and save the Dawan people from fire and water." ”

Liu Ze hurriedly helped him up and said, "Let the chief manager rest assured, but I, Liu Ze, have a breath of air, and I will never let the people of Dawan be slaughtered." ”

The chief steward stood up tremblingly and said: "If the Huns come to attack it again, it will definitely not be just these two thousand people, if tens of thousands of troops come in person, how should the divine envoy deal with it?" ”

Liu Ze's men and horses are only two or three hundred, although they have defeated thousands of Hun cavalry, but if tens of thousands of Hun troops come, even if these two or three hundred people are brave and good at fighting, I am afraid they are not the opponents of the Huns.

For this problem, of course, Liu Ze is very clear, relying on his hundreds of people, if he really wants to defeat tens of thousands of Xiongnu horses, it is really a pipe dream, it seems that if he wants to fight against the Xiongnu, he has to think of another way. He said: "The terrain of this white antelope valley is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the four walls are ten thousand cliffs, only two paths lead to the valley, yesterday I have seen the terrain, these two passes are a husband when the pass is not opened, if you can mobilize some manpower, build some fortifications, even if the Huns are more, it is difficult to attack again." ”

Ling Xian was overjoyed and said, "It's all up to the divine envoy to arrange." ”

Liu Ze asked, "I wonder how many nobles are there now?" ”

"I'm ashamed, I think that the population of my Dawan country was known to be one million at the beginning, even if it was destroyed by the Xiongnu ten years ago, there were more than 100,000 people brought out under it, and most of them were displaced, hungry and cold, most of them have died, and now the population is less than 40,000."

"How many young men are there over fifteen?"

"In the past ten years, the Huns have been constantly pursuing, and the guards have suffered heavy casualties, and now there are less than one-third of the young and strong men over the age of fifteen." Ling Xian sighed, and his expression couldn't help but be a little lonely.

One-third, that is almost more than 10,000 people, if they can be reasonably organized, there is still a certain certainty of resisting the attack of the Huns. Liu Ze nodded and said: "Most of the aristocratic men can ride horses and shoot well, but they lack combat experience and unified command, and they are willing to reorganize an army for the nobles to defend against the attack of the Huns." ”

Ling Xian was overjoyed and said, "All the gods make Hongfu, and I thank you here." ”

"Without further ado, please order the chief to assemble all the men between the ages of fifteen and forty-five."

Ling Xian hurriedly went down to gather his men.

After eliminating some of the old, weak, sick and disabled, there were almost five or six thousand people, Liu Ze divided them into five thousand teams, led by himself, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Pan Feng, and Wu Anguo, and selected some leaders to serve as captains and squad leaders. As for weapons, the more than 1,000 weapons of the Huns that had just been captured came in handy, and some of the Dawan people's own swords, guns, bows and arrows could also meet most of the needs.

Most of the ethnic groups in the Western Regions are mainly nomadic, but all adults have practiced superb riding and archery skills, and the next training is mainly around the cavalry battle formation and offensive and defensive tactics. In terms of the ability of individual soldiers, these Dawan soldiers are no worse than the Hun soldiers, what they lack is only combat experience and skills, and it is the weakness of this aspect that makes the Dawan people and the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions vulnerable in front of the battle-hardened Hun soldiers. Liu Ze believed that as long as they underwent a short period of intensive training, these Dawan soldiers could quickly form combat effectiveness, and relying on the steep terrain, it should not be a big problem to resist the second attack of the Huns.

Of course, the most important thing now is intelligence news, Liu Ze urgently needs to know when the Huns will come? How many troops will be sent? The desert of the Western Regions is extremely vast, where is the main force of the Huns now? Fortunately, Pan Feng's Heavenly Team was brought, and these trained agents could just come in handy. After receiving the order of the lord, Pan Feng selected more than a dozen team members who were best at reconnaissance and set off immediately with a few Dawan guides.

Jia Xu has nothing to do now, Ling Xian is proficient in Chinese, and there is no obstacle to the communication between Liu Ze and Dawan, so he naturally put Jia Xu, the translator, aside. Jia Xu asked many times when to return to Yangguan, Liu Ze always smiled and said nothing, according to the contract, Jia Xu could not return to Yangguan by himself, not to mention that there were two small soldiers who did not leave for about twelve hours a day, and the name of protection was actually surveillance, Jia Xu naturally knew it, but he laughed dumbly in his heart, even if Liu Ze did not monitor, he wanted to cross the vast desert with his own strength, and the possibility was almost zero.

The "myth" of the sun god envoy to defeat the Huns and save the Dawan people spread far and wide, and in a very short period of time it spread all over the green mountains and Nanshan areas, and eight or nine of the twenty-five countries in the Western Regions that were destroyed by the Huns fled to the Nanshan area like Dawan, and at this time they sent envoys to come to meet the divine envoys with rare treasures. Among them, there are many rare treasures, Yu Zhenguo's envoy presented a priceless piece of Hetian jade, Wusun Kingdom presented a huge night pearl like a duck's egg, Liu Ze accepted it honestly and unceremoniously this time, he knew in his heart that since these exiled kings or princes gave such a heavy gift, they must have asked for it, not to mention that they have some ideas these days.

The envoys of the eight major tribes that Liu Ze met with in the future were properly settled, and inquired in detail about the current situation of each tribe, the size of the population, and the strength of each tribe that could fight. The Green Mountains and Nanshan Mountains are on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet-Pamir Plateau, and the natural conditions are harsh, and the tribes can be said to be living on the death line, and the annual cold and famine can take the lives of the tribesmen at all times, and the occasional raids of the Hun cavalry make them even worse. Each tribe had a team ranging from two or three thousand to five or six thousand, but after fighting the Xiongnu for many years, the casualties of the soldiers were very large, and the morale was also extremely low.

The strength of the Huns in southern Xinjiang is only 3,000 cavalry commanded by Yu Xian, in the battle a few days ago, more than 1,000 people, including Yu Xian, were killed in the upper valley of Bailing, and the remnants of the troops are now cowering in Hotan City, waiting for the Xiongnu Shan Yu to send a large army to come. Liu Ze pointed out sharply that the fundamental reason why the 25 countries in the Western Regions were destroyed by the Xiongnu was that each country fought its own war and did not help each other.

"Lips and teeth are cold! A mere 3,000 Hun soldiers, in a period of several years, unscrupulously rampage, burning, killing and plundering, what did they rely on? Isn't it possible that there are no hot-blooded warriors in your tribe to contend with? In fact, the reason is very simple, it is precisely because of the war between your major tribes that the Huns have the possibility of breaking through. As long as your major tribes unite their forces, it is possible to defeat the Huns, otherwise, your tribe will slowly be eaten away by the Huns and annihilated by the cruel environment. ”

Messengers, you look at me, I look at you, all look at each other, this problem is not that no one has thought about it, but it is too difficult to implement, the countries of the Western Regions, especially the neighboring countries, have been attacking for many years, and they all have a deep hatred of blood, not only is it difficult to help each other, but there are many things that fall into the well, and the final result is naturally broken by the Huns, such as Loulan and other countries, not even a single living mouth has not been left behind.

"Compared with the disaster of the Huns, the resentment between you is nothing, sincere unity, and the only way out is for you. This is the end of my words, and when you return, you can consult with the king and prince of your family, and the contemptible people will wait for you in the upper valley of the white antelope. Liu Ze knew that these envoys couldn't be the masters.

At this point, all the messengers rose up and took their leave, after all, they had no right to speak.

Jia Xu, who has been idle for many days, is very busy today, so many tribes have translated Liu Ze's words one by one, and he has to translate their words to Liu Ze again. Liu Ze saw that he was busy sweating, and secretly surprised in his heart, how can someone in the future be proficient in the three countries and five Chinese, this Jia Xu can actually understand so many foreign languages, can be described as a genius among geniuses, but these talents are only the tip of the iceberg of Jia Xu's talents, it seems that he still needs to really grasp it, don't let talents slip through his fingers.

For the affairs of the Western Regions, Liu Ze is confident that he still can't use Jia Xu, and his own ability is enough to deal with it, so let's treat him as a translator and use him as a strategist, at least after returning to the Central Plains. Liu Ze knows very well that the arrogance of these celebrities makes it impossible for them to be impressed lightly, if they want to make them loyal to the first life, they must let them see the strong side of their lords, even if they can't dominate the world, at least they have to dominate the side, after all, people are also gambling with their lives, and how can they really serve without a good political future.

After the envoys retreated, Ling Xian shook his head and said: "It's difficult, it's really difficult to let the major tribes let go of their family feuds, give up their past suspicions, and work together." ”

Liu Ze smiled slightly and said: "The leaders of all clans are all smart people, presumably they could have thought of the joint in this earlier, but because of the situation, no one would bring it up first." This is the only and last chance for the countries of the Western Regions, and if they miss it, they may really have to destroy the country and destroy the race, and I believe that they will be able to judge the situation and make a wise choice. ”