Chapter 72: The Great Han Comes
This group of men and horses had shabby armor and dusty clothes, and at first glance they looked far less well-equipped than the personal guards of the Otsuki Clan! But if you look closely, you will find that these people are extraordinary.
They didn't have the nervousness of ordinary troops approaching the city, and they all looked relaxed and laughing, but if you pay attention to their gaze, you will find that any place on either side of the road where there might be an ambush for soldiers has not escaped their eyes! Although the team is loose and can attack from any direction, they can fight back immediately; It was more than 50 people in this area, and it shook the nearly 1,000 soldiers of the Otsuki clan on the city wall speechless.
"Who are you? What's the important thing about coming to my Otsutsuki clan? The general of the east gate swallowed a mouthful of saliva, held the scimitar at his waist tightly in his right hand, and mustered up the courage to poke his head out and ask loudly.
"I'm waiting for the messenger of the Great Han! Came from Chang'an, thousands of miles away, to see His Majesty the King of the Otsuki clan! The voice of the comer was not loud, but a sense of confidence from the heart overwhelmed the general.
"Big Han? What country is that? The general looked at the people beside him suspiciously, it was the first time he had heard the name of this country! But since it can cultivate such elite soldiers, Dahan is already a great country!
"General! The villain heard his father talk about the big man! A soldier from a merchant family replied in an incredulous tone, "Those silks that are more precious than gold are made in the Great Han!" Father said that Dahan is thousands of miles away in the east, and it is a great country with thousands of miles of land and hundreds of millions of people! ”
"Thousands of miles away!" The general couldn't help but open his mouth wide! A journey of 10,000 miles was completely unimaginable for him!
"Yes! Checkmate! Between the Han and our Dayue clan, there are also Wensu, Gumo, Qiuzi, Yanqi, Loulan and the Xiongnu countries! Even when we were still at the foot of Qilian Mountain, it was thousands of miles to go to Dahan! Not to mention now! The soldier replied respectfully.
"So in your understanding, is Dahan our enemy or friend?" The ranks of the Great Han Mission are getting closer and closer, and the general is getting more and more nervous, if such a man becomes his enemy, it will be too unfortunate for the Otsutsuki clan.
"The villain also heard his father occasionally talk about the big man! I don't dare to talk about this kind of thing! The soldier swallowed a mouthful of saliva and replied cautiously, "I just heard my father say that the Han and the Huns are enemies!" And we have fought against the Huns before, and if we think about it in this way, maybe they can help us! ”
"Good! Open the gates and let them in! "The general finally breathed a sigh of relief, he definitely didn't want to be an enemy with such an army, even if there were only fifty of them!" Is your father in the city? Go back and bring him here at once! ”
"Yes!" The soldiers hurried down the walls and into the middle of the city! And the other soldiers began to open the gates, ready to welcome these guests thousands of miles away!
"Huh? Are you saying that they and the Huns were enemies? So how did they pass through the territories of King Kun and King Hutu? The general didn't think about the question until then, but the only soldier who knew anything about the big man had already run away.
"Get out of your spirit! Don't let the messenger of the Great Han look down! The general taught his subordinates a lesson at the gate of the city, and then came out with more than a hundred soldiers.
Even though he had been mentally prepared for a long time, the general was still taken aback when he saw these soldiers of the Han Dynasty mission up close! I'm afraid that there are only thirty soldiers like this, oh no, at most only twenty people can defeat the more than 100 personal soldiers he brought out, right? This is still the best batch of soldiers of my Otsutsuki clan!
"The envoy of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian, has seen this general!" Li You's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"This will be Huvishka of the Great Moon Clan's Guishan Department! He is now the general of His Majesty the King of the Moon Clan! Welcome to the messengers from afar! The white-skinned man replied respectfully, and at the same time looked curiously at the Han Festival held in Li You's hand.
The Dayue people were originally ancient Indo-Europeans who migrated from the Eastern European Plain, so Huvishka was white-skinned and deep-eyed, which was very different from the Huns and Loulan.
"I have heard for a long time that Guishuang is one of the five departments of the Great Moon Clan, there are many talents, and when I see the general today, it is really extraordinary!" Li You knew that the Da Yue clan was divided into five marquises, including Xiumi, Shuangmi, Guishan, Fat Dun, and Dumi, among which the development of Guishan was the best in the future, and they were driven to the Amu Darya River by Wusun, unified the various departments of the Da Yue clan, established the Kushan Empire, and controlled Tajikistan to the Caspian Sea, Afghanistan and the Indus River Valley, and Anxi, Rome, and Dahan were listed as the four major powers of Eurasia at that time.
It was not until 241 AD that the Kushan Empire was conquered by the Sassanid Emperor Ardashir I of Persia, after which the Otsutsuki clan gradually disappeared from history.
"These soldiers under your envoy are god-like figures!" Huvyshka exclaimed in heartfelt admiration, and as he spoke, he led the group into the city.
After waiting for the members of the Han mission to enter the city gate for a long time, the soldiers on both sides of the city gate breathed a sigh of relief, and the kind of murderous aura exuded from the whole body of the more than fifty soldiers when they entered the city just now almost forced them to breathe.
took Li You and his party to the camp near the city gate, ordered people to bring food and water, and Huvishka also went out in the middle, and confirmed that Li You and the others were indeed from the Han Dynasty from the father of the soldier just now.
After he had eaten and drunk, Huvishka asked, "I wonder what is the matter of your envoy coming thousands of miles to my Dayue clan?" I'm afraid it's not just about visiting our Majesty the King, right? ”
"This envoy came to the Western Regions this time, firstly, on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor to visit the lords of the Western Regions; Second, it is to explore the terrain of the Western Regions, so as to prepare for the big war with the Xiongnu in the future! Li You didn't directly say his purpose, because now saying it is equivalent to the Han asking for the Yue clan, which is slightly disadvantageous to him. On the contrary, if the Dayue clan first begged the Great Han to form an alliance, the next thing would be much easier!
"Huns! That's a terrible enemy! Hu Weishka said with emotion, he remembered the king of the Dayue clan who died in the hands of the old Shangshan Yu more than thirty years ago, and now his head is still used as a drinking vessel by the Xiongnu's Shan Yu, which is a shame for all the Yueshi people, but now they are not only unable to take revenge, but they may also suffer a greater blow here in the Xiongnu's vassal Wusun Kingdom.
Li You's words also reminded Hu Weishka of the question he had just asked, and he couldn't help but ask, "Dare to ask how your envoy passed through the territory of the Xiongnu Kun Evil King and the Hutu King?" ”