Chapter 77: Forming a Covenant

"Your Majesty, this envoy came from Chang'an thousands of miles away on the order of my Han Emperor, precisely to conclude an alliance with your country and jointly flank the Huns! If Your Majesty is willing to sign the Covenant, then we will do our best to help your country resist the Wusun Kingdom, a vassal of the Xiongnu! "If you want us to help, you can sign the covenant first, let me complete the task first!

Hu Fu gave himself two tasks, the first was to lead the envoys to avoid the interception of the Huns and successfully reach the Dayue Clan! It is now done; The second task is to reach an alliance with the Dayue clan to flank the Xiongnu and successfully return to Chang'an! Now is the perfect time to make an alliance with the Otsuki clan!

If the Dayue clan loses to Wusun's hunting arrogance in this battle, then they will move west to the Amu Darya River valley and will definitely not sign an alliance with the Han Dynasty; And if they defeat Wusun, it is still two to say whether they dare to take revenge on the Xiongnu at that time, because the current Dayue clan is too weak compared to the Xiongnu! Perhaps, after they have gone to exploit the value, the king of the Great Moon Clan will categorically refuse their request to form an alliance to flank the Xiongnu, right?

That's why Li Youcai put forward the proposal to conclude an alliance at this time! If you want us to help, let's sign this covenant first! As long as the king of the Yue clan signs the covenant and seals it, then his second task is half completed!

As for whether the Dayue clan will abide by the covenant and attack the Xiongnu at that time, this is not something Li You needs to care about! Hu Fu had no requirements for this, and he and Emperor Wu of Han would not pin their hopes of defeating the Xiongnu on this!

What's more, even if the Da Yue clan didn't take the initiative to attack the Xiongnu, wouldn't I give this alliance to the Huns to see, so as to prompt them to attack the Da Yue clan? From here, when you return to Chang'an, you still have to pass through the territory of King Hutu and King Kunxi! Oh, maybe the BOC said it was still there waiting to intercept itself, right?

When Chen Qingzhi led fifty Han soldiers to defeat Vesishka for the first time, Li You decided to choose a suitable time to propose an alliance! And there's never been a better time!

"This!" The King of the Moon Clan didn't hesitate for long before deciding to sign this covenant! It's not the 21st century, and there are simply too many things where two countries sign an alliance and then turn around and tear it up! If there were no means of restraint, such a covenant would be even better than wiping the butt paper! The king of the Yue clan has already made up his mind to use the covenant to get the help of the Han mission first, as for the future! It's not impossible to flank the Huns! As long as the million-strong army of the Han Dynasty hits the Western Regions, we promise to stab the Huns in the back!

"Please also ask the envoy to draft an alliance, and I, the Great Moon Clan, will conclude an alliance with the Great Han!" The king of the Yue clan said loudly, and he even began to summon his servants to take out his seal!

"Forming an alliance is a matter of national importance! Don't be so hasty! Li You wanted more people to know about this covenant, rather than a few people signing it silently in this small house, "According to the practice of the Han Dynasty, before the two countries conclude an alliance, they must bathe in incense for three days!" Then gather all the important ministers of the country and the envoys of the surrounding countries, build a special high platform, and sign the covenant in the presence of the important ministers and many envoys! ”

All this is nonsense, at least Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, must not have followed this process when he was in the siege of Baideng! But Li You was sure that no one in the Western Regions knew what it would be like for the Great Han to conclude an alliance with other countries! Everything he did was to let the Xiongnu know about this matter as soon as possible, so as to cut off the other thoughts of the Dayue clan.

"This" King Yue was stunned again, this was completely different from what he expected to sign the covenant in private, but he didn't know how to refute it, just as Li You thought, King Yue didn't know what the process of signing an alliance between the Han and other countries should be! But just judging from the Han Festival that Li You never leaves! It seems that a country that can produce such beautiful items should have such a rigorous process for forming alliances, right?

"The alliance ceremony is not only a symbol of the alliance between the two countries! This is also an opportunity to showcase the civilizations of both countries! Unless it's a vulgar people like the Huns! All other countries should show each other what they are most proud of! My Han Dynasty inherited the thousand-year-old civilization of China, and there is a great etiquette, so it is called Xia; There is the beauty of uniforms, which is called Hua! Therefore, my Han is extremely strict with the etiquette requirements for making alliances! And the Otsuki clan has been established for hundreds of years! Presumably not a vulgar person like the Huns who don't know etiquette, right? "Li You has also commanded the army of the Yue Clan, and the Da Yue Clan has been nomadic in the Hexi Corridor since the 5th century BC, and the history is not short.

The king of the Yue clan still doesn't understand thick black learning, and he can't say the words of the original king of Chu, "I am a barbarian" ("Historical Records-Chu Family": Thirty-five years, Chu Vasui. Then he said, "I am not guilty." Chu said: "I am a barbarian."; This passage is about the remarks of Xiong Qu, the king of Chu, the state of Chu attacked the state of Sui, and the king of the country of the country said that I have no sin, why do you want to attack me? Xiong Qu said directly, I am a barbarian, I don't want to reason with you! It has the momentum of today's big hooligans! )。

In addition, now that the Da Yue clan has a request for the Da Han Mission, he pinned all the hopes of the Da Yue Clan's victory on Chen Qingzhi, so he could only grit his teeth and agree to Li You's proposal, "Everything will be done according to your envoy's wishes!" Later, the king will order the minister to go and ask for advice! Three days later, I, the Otsutsuki clan, and the Dahan made an alliance! ”

Bathing in incense and changing into clothes that will be washed, three days later, Li You took all the members of the mission with a solemn expression, and slowly walked to the high platform that had been repaired in the past few days with neat steps.

On the side of the high platform, the king of the Yue clan and his important ministers also changed into their most gorgeous clothes and walked towards the high platform under the elite guards of the palace.

There were still three zhang away from the high platform, and the soldiers on both sides stopped, and Li You took his cousin's father and Chen Qingzhi; The king of the Yue clan took his prime minister and Vesishka to the high platform.

Playing music, offering incense, candles and wine, and sacrificing to heaven and earth have completed a set of complicated and eye-opening procedures for the Yue's people, and the Yue's king is already tired and sweating! These etiquettes were made up by Li You and Chen Qingzhi together, and it was a good toss in line with the principle of how to move and how to come! It wasn't until an hour later that Li You and King Yue signed their names on the covenant and stamped each other's seals!

What Li You didn't know was that the alliance process he had made up quickly spread throughout the countries of the Western Regions and became the standard process for the alliance of the countries of the Western Regions! And with the Kushan Empire in the future, it spread to Central Asia, West Asia and South Asia

Of course, these are all later words, today when Li You and the King of the Yue Clan signed an alliance, the King of the Yue Clan couldn't wait to ask, "Dare to ask your envoy, now you can help us resist Wusun's attack, right?" ”