arrived in Yanqi to rest for two days, and by the way, he visited the king of Yanqi Kingdom; Yanqi and Loulan are under the rule of the Xiongnu, and the country is small and the people are poor! However, they relied on the dangerous terrain of Kuruktag Peak and the Tianshan Mountains, which was enough to defend the Xiongnu's brigade from the outside, so they were not interested in following the Xiongnu's orders to hunt down the Han mission.

On the contrary, they were attracted by the merchant goods that Li You could bring with him after entering the Western Regions with the Han army, and perhaps they had already begun to think about how to rob the caravan now!

Therefore, the Han mission had an easy time in Yanqi Kingdom, and after the mission was repaired, they re-embarked on the road to the west, and now they want to travel west along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to the Qiuci Kingdom; It's just that this time, unlike leaving Loulan, there are less than 20 soldiers and the general Pan Feng in the team!

Most of those soldiers died tragically when crossing the Gobi Desert, and it was inconvenient to be buried in the desert, so Li You had to set up a tomb for them on the bank of the Peacock River to commemorate them! And record their names, places of origin and other information on the parchment hidden close to them, hoping to ask for rewards for them after returning to Chang'an.

And Pan Feng has automatically returned to the Tiger Fu space because the three-month summoning time has arrived! The next summon will only have to wait until three months later! Without these soldiers and Pan Feng, the strength of the mission led by Li You was weakened again, and the only way forward in the future was to be more careful.

Qiuci was given as the prince's fief by Ashoka of India more than 100 years ago, but now it is also under the jurisdiction of the Xiongnu, but the strength of the jurisdiction is not as good as that of Yanqi, it is only a nominal submission, so the Han mission is safe on this trip, and there is no need to fight with the army of Qiuci, only need to send some thieves between the deserts!

The city of Qiuci is distributed between the desert oases, and its national surname is the white surname, which is the transliteration of Sanskrit puspa, which means "the flower for the Buddha", which shows that Qiuci is deeply influenced by Buddhist culture, which is also an important base for Buddhism to enter the Central Plains from the Western Regions in the future! Along the way, every time I met the monks, the members of the Han delegation cast curious eyes.

However, Li You had no interest in introducing Buddhism to the Central Plains, which could certainly play a role in weakening resistance and stabilizing the domestic situation, but it also invisibly consumed the blood of the Han people, which he did not like.

More than 600 miles to the west of Qiuzi Country is Gumo Country! Gumo is far weaker than Qiuci in terms of national strength, and is controlled by Qiuci to a certain extent! After walking along today's Tarim River for several days, everyone entered the territory of Gumo Kingdom!

"Envoy, the west of Gumo Country is Wensu Country, and the Wensu Country is Shule Country to the west, and after Shule Country, you will reach the Dayue Clan! At most, one month, our trip is over! Father Tangyi pointed to the city in the distance and said with a happy face, through the news heard in the Yanqi Kingdom and the Qiuzi Kingdom, it can be learned that the Dayue clan has not left the Ili River Valley now; This made them walk thousands of miles less than Zhang Qian back then!

But despite this, their journey is not short, from Chang'an to today's Gumo Kingdom, equivalent to the later generations from Xi'an to Aksu City in Xinjiang, in later generations it took more than two days to arrive by train, but in the Han Dynasty they took more than five months to complete this road!

This is a road that few Han people set foot in, Li You's trip marked the first official force of the Central Plains to formally intervene in the affairs of the Western Regions, and later Sima Qian used the word "chiseled hollow" in the "Historical Records" to describe Zhang Qian's trip, chiseled hollow, that is, opened the road; It was precisely because of Zhang Qian's trip that the Central Plains understood the situation in the Western Regions, and laid a solid foundation for the Han army to enter the Western Regions and establish the Western Regions Protectorate.

"After entering the city, find a place to rest for two days, and I will go to visit King Gumo!" Now that the Pig Kingdom of the Western Regions doesn't know anything about the Han Dynasty, and since it is far away, it is naturally impossible to talk about in-depth cooperation, and Li You is only in early contact now! Through the conversations with the kings of these small countries, they can understand their domestic situation and their views on other countries in the Western Regions, so as to prepare for the Han Dynasty to enter the Western Regions in the future, and with this information, they can also know which countries to suppress and win over those countries.

"Yes, Envoy!" Tang Yi's father had to accompany Li You to visit the local king, and the other people in the mission also had their own tasks, Chen Qingzhi had to go to these cities to inspect around, find out the flaws in these cities and draw maps; Xu Yannian took the soldiers who had been merchants in the mission to the market to look for all kinds of items that the Han did not have; Some people also borrowed the interpreter of Loulan Prince Humi's secret pack to go to restaurants, restaurants and other places to inquire about the latest news. As soon as they heard that they were going to enter the city, everyone was ready to start work!

"Envoy! There's a soldier ahead! "The outpost at the front came back and reported loudly, and without Li You's orders, these battle-hardened soldiers were ready to attack.

"Why did the enemy come from the northwest? The eastern gate was not much defended? Chen Qingzhi looked at the direction the enemy army was coming from suspiciously.

"Who are you? What's the matter with coming to my country? The other party also seemed to find that Li You and his party were not the opponents he imagined, and the leading general asked suspiciously.

"We're a mission from the Great Han! On the orders of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, visit the countries of the Western Regions! It's the army of Gumo Country? Father replied in the same language as he did, waving his hand for the soldiers to put away their weapons for the time being.

Seeing that the Han Mission put away its weapons, the other party also breathed a sigh of relief, and after a few words, both sides eliminated their vigilance! The lieutenant of Gumo took Li You and his party into the city.

"This general, I see that you are very nervous, I don't know if there is any war in your country that has not been successful recently?" Li You rode side by side with the commander of Gumo Kingdom, and asked as they went, "And why did you come from the northwest?" ”

"A labor envoy asked, but there has been no war in our country recently! It's just that the neighboring Wusun Kingdom of our country has been preparing to fight the Otsutsuki clan recently! We're fortifying in the northwest just in case! The Lieutenant of Gumo replied.

"No wonder so!" Wusun was in the northwest of the Gumo Kingdom, and his answer could be regarded as relieving the doubts in Li You's heart, but another question came up again, and he asked nervously, "I wonder how the war between the Dayue Clan and the Wusun Kingdom is going?" How many troops did the two sides muster? Who has the advantage at the moment? ”

After asking, Li You secretly prayed, Da Yue's Clan, you have to hold on for more time! Don't let me come all the way and you will be defeated; How can I complete the task of making an alliance with the Otsutsuki Clan?

The Lieutenant of Gumo opened his mouth, ready to tell the latest situation of the war between Wusun and the Dayue Clan!