Chapter 368: Borrowing the Dao, Borrowing Food

Bruhan has always been very active in welcoming envoys, especially when Wang Funing Luoer is there, he is even more willing to show off, and before anyone enters the main hall, he hears his voice talking to the envoys of the Shun army.

The crown prince of Loulan is the eldest princess, and Bruhan, who is the fiancΓ© of the eldest princess, already considers himself half a prince. Ning Luoer was very low-key when he was the man behind the queen, which was what Liu Yu appreciated, and as for Bruhan, Liu Yu didn't know why he felt sorry when he saw him.

Bruhan was enthusiastic about the envoys of the Shun Dynasty, but his hot face was attached to his cold ass. As soon as the military envoy entered the hall and saw Liu Yu, he threw down Ning Luoer, Bruhan and a group of officials from Loulan without saying a word, and excitedly went over and pulled Liu Yu's sleeve, and greeted Liu Yu with a pure accent. I vaguely heard these people call the envoys of the Shun Dynasty "commanders".

Out of ignorance of the Central Plains culture, the Loulan people did not understand the meaning behind this title. According to their understanding, this should be an honorific title, because judging from the tone of their voices, these people have great respect for the envoys of the Shun Dynasty.

Liu Yu was also very happy to see his old subordinates. Most of the envoys of the Shun Dynasty can be called by name, and those who can't be called by name are also familiar, and Liu Wu, who was once a small family member of the Dingguo Marquis's Mansion, is now a deputy general under Zhang Wuzhu, and the responsibility for this envoy to the city is actually the duty to welcome Liu Yu back to the camp.

Liu Yu stole the limelight from Bruhan and made Bruhan have some opinions, but this is the attitude of the Shun Dynasty people towards the envoys of the Shun Dynasty. Nor can he interfere. So he immediately beckoned Liu Wu and the others to sit down. Originally, he wanted Liu Yu to sit opposite and separate these envoys from the Shun Dynasty army. Who knew that these people consciously sat on both sides of Liu Yu, and looked at Liu Yu as the head. This attitude is even more puzzling to the people of Loulan.

As we all know, the envoy is a civil servant, representing the position of the civil official. And the military generals attacking the city should not have much intersection with the civilian officials, and there are only soldiers here who know Liu Yu as a soldier, and it is expected that he is a military general.

"Young master, this is what General Zhang asked the villain to hand over to you." After taking a seat. Liu Wu, who calmed down his excitement a little, remembered Zhang Wuzhu's confession, and handed over a pistol that was only equipped with a general level to Liu Yu, which should be used by Liu Yu for self-defense.

Liu Yu's repeating crossbow had already been confiscated by Che Tu, and now that he had a weapon in hand, he felt that he had something to rely on. At this time, Bruhan came over with a menacing attitude, but he did not dare to be as arrogant as snatching Liu Yu's telescope on the city wall, after all, the people of the Shun Dynasty military were wearing knives and "long sticks". Soldiers who fight with long sticks are not common even in the most backward countries in the Western Regions.

"What is this, envoy?" Brohan asked.

Liu Yu smiled and said: "A small thing, take it for fun." This is a gift that we give to the Shun Dynasty when we meet. Would you like to check it out? ”

Liu Yu was only holding an "iron lump" in his hand, which didn't seem to be lethal. He didn't make any more excuses, and he didn't ask any more questions. Liu Yu put away the gun and bullets very indifferently, he knew that he couldn't go back to the barracks with Liu Wu and them today, and the gun was left to defend himself.

The officials of Loulan Kingdom sat down one after another, and Wang Fu Ning Luoer sat on a high seat, and today's banquet finally saw half of the master of Loulan Kingdom. After the opening, Bulhan asked Liu Wu, the leader of the military envoys, directly: "Your Excellency, I don't know why you came to my Loulan country, killed my soldiers, and seized my city?" ”

Bruhan also spoke very resolutely at this time, with the intention of accountability. Liu Wu was very cramped in front of Liu Yu, especially when he appeared on such a big occasion at the diplomatic banquet between the two countries, he glanced at Liu Yu uneasily, Liu Yu smiled at him encouragingly, Liu Wu raised his momentum and said: "Our army was ordered to expel a Tubo people's nuisance to our border, the cavalry went all the way south, the Tubo people divided their troops and fled, and our army's food and grass supply was not in time, so I wanted to borrow some grain from your country." ”

These words should have been prepared by Liu Wu in advance, after saying this, Liu Yue noticed that Liu Wu's fists were clenched, and his forehead was sweating, it was already rare to be able to say it in such a nervous state without being humble or arrogant.

The monarchs and ministers of Loulan looked at each other, and they all looked at each other, feeling that the army of the Shun Dynasty was a little too arrogant, and they came from afar to conquer other countries, and they dared to attack their cities to grab food in the case of lack of food, which meant that they did not intend to form allies at all.

Of course, borrowing grain is the kind that is borrowed but not repaid.

Bruhan asked for what Ning Luoer meant, and Ning Luoer said a word, and Bru Han half-translated and half-expressed his position: "Shun Dynasty and my Loulan have never had diplomatic relations, and this time they actually proposed to borrow grain, do you want to borrow, or do you want to coerce us, and we have to hand over grain?" ”

The atmosphere was a little awkward, Liu Yu glanced at Chetu, who belonged to the representative of the "moderate" faction of Loulan Kingdom, which was mainly aimed at the attitude of the Shun Dynasty. Chetu really wants to form an alliance with Shun Chao, so she thinks about the consequences when she talks and acts, and she won't make things too stiff, and she also knows that Shun Chao has no intention of forming an alliance with Loulan now, and she won't think very highly of herself. At this time, Chetu's mood was very nervous, and she was afraid that the envoys of the Shun Dynasty military would not agree with each other, and the two sides would go to war directly. She was also afraid that Liu Yu would take out the tough style he had done in the Yue's time, and then the matter would really be irreparable, and Loulan State would not be able to form an alliance with the Shun Dynasty against Tubo.

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Bru Tianzuo is angry, why should we look at the Shun Dynasty army so unreasonably? Originally, we were just passing through your country, and the two sides did not understand the language, who could tell whether this was Tubo or Loulan? Borrowing grain is also to defend against our common enemy, that is, the Tibetan people, and we should understand each other for mutual benefit. ”

Liu Yu's words were mild, but in fact, he was also seeking a balance between the interests of both sides.

Now the army of the Shun Dynasty is coming to fight Tibet, because the distance is too far, and the logistics supply has not kept up, resulting in a shortage of food, if this food crisis cannot be solved, then the threat of the Tubo people will not be able to be swept away. Now Liu Yu also has to consider "borrowing" food as much as possible in a friendly situation, and if he has to meet each other, he must let him leave Loulan City first.

Ninloel looked "gentle", but when he spoke, he was tough, stood up and said something, and walked away. Make the whole banquet a little awkward. Bulhan translated on his behalf: "Our Royal Highness, say, we don't need your Shun people to help us fight Tibet, we will do our best to solve it!" ”

Liu Yuxin said that this prince really doesn't know each other, but since it is the meaning of the prince, it also represents the queen's position.

Having said that, can this princess with the same face really represent the queen? Looking at his age, at most thirty years old, how could he give birth to a twenty-year-old second princess? The eldest princess must be older. Maybe the queen has many princesses. (To be continued......)