"Your Majesty, please stop!" Ten miles outside the city, Li Youlema stopped, turned over and dismounted and walked in front of the King of the Yue Clan and arched his hand, "This time we will return to Chang'an, as soon as one year, or as slow as three years, and we will definitely send envoys again!" At that time, our Han will definitely launch an offensive against the Xiongnu in the east, and with hundreds of thousands of troops of our Han Dynasty pressing the border, the Xiongnu may have no intention of taking care of the Western Regions anymore! ”

"This king is waiting for the arrival of the Han envoy in the Western Regions!" The king of the Yue clan also hurriedly dismounted, and said reluctantly, although Wusun has lost most of his troops, but Hunt Jiaomi still escaped, maybe it won't be long before he will bring a large number of Hun cavalry to attack the Dayue clan again, and at such a time he needs the assistance of the Han even more.

After that, he turned his gaze to Huvishka behind Li You, "General Huvishka, you must escort the Han envoy back to Chang'an on this trip!" ”

When he set off from Chang'an, Li You still had more than 100 entourage, but after fighting all the way, crossing snow-capped mountains, and crossing the sea of sand, now there are only more than 30 people left! Therefore, the king of the Yue clan sent Hu Weishka to lead 300 cavalry to escort Li You back to China, firstly, to ensure their safety, and secondly, Hu Weishka will also go to meet the emperor of the Han Dynasty as an envoy of the Great Yue clan.

"Even if Huvishka sacrifices his own life, he will protect the safety of the envoy and General Chen!" Hu Weishka replied respectfully, his mood was quite complicated now, on the one hand, because of the regret of missing the pursuit of the remnants of Wusun, and on the other hand, because of the yearning for the dreamy city in Li You's mouth—is Chang'an really so great?

"Remember your words today, if the envoy and General Chen have a slight accident, I will not let you go without Your Majesty speaking!" A look of jealousy flashed in Vesishka's eyes, and he also wanted to see if the soldiers of the Great Han were really as brave and good at fighting as Li You said, and if the generals of the Great Han were still as great as General Chen!

Bidding farewell to the king of the Yue clan, Vesishka and other nobles who came to see him off, Li You led the delegation to embark on the journey back to Chang'an, the number of this team was more than twice as large as when he set off from Chang'an, in addition to Li You, Chen Qingzhi, Tangyi's father, Pan Feng and the remaining more than 30 soldiers, doctors, and civil officials, there were also the messenger of the Dayue clan, Hu Weishika and his three hundred cavalry, the second prince of Loulan, Fu Mi camel and his personal entourage, and there were representatives of three countries in a small team.

This time back to Chang'an, Li You did not plan to return along the way they came, but chose another road, they would turn south to reach the country of Shache, and then cross the Green Ridge River to the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain to the west, through the Khotan country, the Jingjue country, and the end of the country, and then return to the territory of Loulan State, and then enter the territory of the Xiongnu from Dunhuang, and once again break through the encirclement and interception of the Huns and return to Chang'an City along the Hexi Corridor.

This route is almost parallel to the route of the Loulan, Yanqi, Qiuzi, Wensu, Gumo, and Shule kingdoms when he came, except that the route when he came was on the north side of the Taklamakan Desert, and when he returned, he took the south side.

The reason for this choice is because Li You wants to take this opportunity to visit some countries in the Western Regions, find out their details, and provide more references for the Han to enter the Western Regions.

In addition, Wusun is located in the north of the Western Regions, if he returns along the same road, maybe he will encounter the reinforcements from the Xiongnu, these meaningless wars are better to avoid as much as possible, he also needs to save enough strength in the Hexi Corridor to meet the interception of the Huns! I don't know why, he vaguely felt that the Bank of China said that he must not give up, and he would appear in front of him again.

Li You looked back at the long procession, when he set off from Chang'an, the Han envoy carried silk, lacquerware, tea, bronze mirrors and other products of the Central Plains, although most of the goods were discarded when they broke through the Xiongnu interception and crossed the Great Snow Mountain, but only these remaining things still made the kings and nobles of the Western Regions countries stunned.

And this return they are not empty-handed, the horse in the middle of the team is carrying the specialties that Li You collected from the countries of the Western Regions, compared to the luxury goods such as silk and bronze mirrors, although the things Li You brought back are not eye-catching, but in terms of future value, they are far more than these; Of course, the most precious thing is the map of the Western Regions that he personally collects in his arms, with this map, it will be much more convenient for the Han to enter the Western Regions in the future!

The team walked for several days and came to the royal city of Shache City, where there were 16,373 mouths and 3,49 victorious soldiers. In the future, Ban Chao will lead 25,000 troops from Khotan and other countries to defeat the 50,000 combined forces of Shache and Qiuzi.

After visiting the Shache King and collecting local specialties, the mission continued southeast and entered the territory of Khotan; There were 19,300 people in Khotan, 2,400 victorious soldiers, and its lord was Wei Chi, whose people were good at farming; The geographical location of Khotan is extremely important, it is the distribution center of Western trade and travel, the key point of Eastern and Western cultures, and the Tang Dynasty will become one of the four towns in Anxi in the future.

Therefore, Li You stayed here for a few more days, and after drawing a detailed map of Khotan, he took the various seeds collected from here and traveled to the Exquisite Kingdom.

The kingdom, which would become known as the Queen of Excellence, sits on an oasis on the banks of the Niya River, with a population of only 3,360 and a 500-strong army.

To the east of the Jingjue Kingdom is the end of the country, and the scale of the end of the country is smaller than the Jingjue country, only more than 1,600 people, more than 300 soldiers, its citizens in the desert oasis rely on the cultivation of grapes and grains for a living, Li You specially collected various varieties of grape seeds to prepare to bring back to Chang'an (although grape planting is mainly based on cuttings, but it can also be used with seeds).

After a difficult trek along the edge of the Taklamakan Desert and the northern foothills of the Altun Mountains, they finally returned to the country of Loulan, where the Fumi camel grows; At this time, Fu Mi Camel no longer doubted the strength of the Han Dynasty, and with his cooperation and guidance, the mission easily escaped Loulan's brigade and entered the territory of Dunhuang.

Along the way, dozens of people died in the desert and fighting, and now there are only more than 240 members of the mission left, and they want to break through the encirclement and interception of the Xiongnu with these horses and horses, and return to Chang'an! I don't know where the BOC said it would be waiting for them!